The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-25
THE PRISONERS
TREATED WELL.
Gen. Otis Gets a Letter From Bland
ford and Heppee.
TRANSPORT SHERIDAN ARRIVES.
She Takes a Large Number OF R%ecruits
To Otis-Dctails OF the Ncgros Fight
Show That One Third OF The
Insurgents Were Killed.
TRANSPORT SHERIDAN ARRIVES.

WASHINGTON. July 2f-The War De-
partment to-day made public the cable,
gram received yesterday from GeneId.
Otis. giving fuller details of the hsht
with the robber band on the lslahu OF
N's Manila. Received %. 1879.
Campaign against mountain Ionper
bands. NcgrOs. more successful IMAM re-
ported. byrne with MS seventy men
tUled oDe-third OF the four hundred ana
nny assembled, including their leauer' q
Spaniard or Spanish MOstiso. Pursuit
then made by Lieutenant Evans ana ee,
tachment OF Sixth Infantry. who killed
three and captured one OF the roDbtts.
captured one hundred dead stock. many
spears and bOlOs. large quantities OF pro-
visions and destroyed one hundred nuts.
The two casualties IN bArnfS nk.t "l.
Private David S. Anderson, killed; ALBERT
b. Jerkes. slightly wounded, both Of Com
p1 Cs{ipped) otis"
THE ZEALANDIA ARRIVES.
Gables have also been received az tho
war Department from General Otis am
%uouncing the arrival at Manila Of the
Zealandia yesterday ana the Sheridan
TODAY. There were no casualties on the
Zeaiandia and the health OF the troops
was good with the exception Of a lew
cases Of measles.
the ZeaIsndia sailed from San Fran
cisco june %. with COMPANIES G. r. q
and ]. Twenty-fourth Infantry. seven
officers. i06 enlisted men and recruits
making an 59l.
MANILA. July 24-6 Il. M.-The J7i.cl
state transport sheridan. which sailed
from San Frincisco Jun 25th with rein
forcements for General f.. 5. Otis. has
arrived here. on July 18th a greai water
spout was discovered directly iT the
course Of tho ship and TO avoid it IL was
necessary 90 make a detour Of several
miles.
General Otis has received a letter.
dated July ID. and signed by Charles
Blanford and Fred Heppee. respectively
assistant engineer and third officer Of the
hospital ship Relief. who were captured
by Filpinos off P|aranlque on May 10Th.
The letter says the prisoners n the
hands Of the insurgents ARE receiving
excellent treatment. but the suspense of
fearing the loss of our position is ,erri-
bic"
OTIS TO 1NTERCEDE.
The writer's beg General Ous to inter-
cede for their release. General OTIS has
taken steps i'm that direction.
Two Augustinian friars wh0 had landed
from the Hong Kong ship have been ar
rested here. II IS said they had d0cu-
mFUfE upon ItfII NFI rNAN Fi4'nANs 'nNe
were agents Of the Filipino Ju1ta al Hong
Kong and that they intended 10 bear mes
sages 10 AguinaldO.
ON. board the transport Sheridan. mo
arrival of which az Manila is reported
above. were Brigadier-Generai Samuei r.
NJ Youns and aides. Colonel DaEgett,
Major Quinton. Companies j and H. OF
the Fourteenth Infantry, 29 enlisted
men and two company officers; Troops
A and +. Fourth Cavalry, seven oihcers
ana l78 enlisted men; Lieutenant Moss
and twenty-five men of the Twenty
fourth Infantry. eight Hospital Corps
men. and forty-one members Of the sig
mai Corps. as well as 1.2iS recruits for
the regiments already I'm the Philippines.
MORE TROOPS TO GO.
The War Department has ordered
4. .. &. y. r. +. X, l. and VI, Third
Cavalry to proceed 10 Seattle 20 be en-
barked for the Philippines Islands. These
troops 20 from the following posts: Fort
Never. Va: Ethan Allan. Vermont; JEFF
ferson Barracks, No. and Fort sheridan.
III. Each of the troops for the Philippine
Islands is to be recruited 10 100 men hv
the transfer of recruits from San Fran
cisco.