The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-06
FILIPINO
PLOT TO BURN
RESIDENCES
OF Governor General and Arch.
bishop of Manila, Government
Buildings and the Banks.
1T FAILED TO MATFRIALIZF
Owing to Display of Force..Gun.
boat Wheeling Bombards an
Insurgent Settlement.

MANILA, Oct. 5,-The Archbishop Of
Manila notIaed General Otis that there
was plot on foot to burn the resi-
dences of the governor general and the
archbishop, together with severai'govs
ernment buildings and banks, but the
plot failed to materiallze, possibly be-
cause OF a display OF force.
The first reports regarding the aftair
at Paranaque last night seem TO have
been much exaggerated. The facts are
that small band of insurgents follow
ing the bay road, poured volley into
the village and later another into Las
Plnas, with the result that two or three
houses were burned, The cracking OF
the bamboo caused 1t to be telegraphed
to Manila that there had been much
shooting.
The United States transport Warren,
from San Francisco with 1900 recruits,
has arrived.
The United States guuboat wheeling,
from vancouver, March Sd. via Homo
lulu. while passing Saint Vincent, in
northern Luzon, shot down Filipino
flag. The Flllplnos fired volley at the
wheelIngs men. who were sleeping on
deck, and the Wheeling bombarded the
settlement,
AguInaldo according to a report
brought to Manila to-day by a Domini-
Can friar from the north
has issued orders to the Filipino
soldiers in the northern provinces to re-
turn to their towns and to resume
farming.
This story lacks confirmation but
the rumor may be in accordance with
Agulnaldo's policy of keeping the coun-
try as productive ms possible by using
his men in alternate shifts on the farms
or under arms.
Towns Evacuated.
Dagupan, San Fernando and Dellci-
Met, which are under the guns Of the
United States warshlps. are supposed
to be evacuated. It is alleged that the
evacuation order calls upon the male
Inhabitants to be orderly In case Of the
arrival OF American troops and ex-
presses the hope that the Americans
will protect the towns.
The expedition sent to the orani river
under the command OF Captain coTn-
well, to recover the sunken gunboat
Urdaneta, returned to cavite yesterday
with the hull Of the boat after bonn
harding oranl and landing a forca
Captain cornwell brought one prisoner,
Lieutenant Franklin. of the army
gunhoat Lagunn de Bay, guided the
expedition. There were no casualties.
On Monday morning the expedition
entered the river and anchored above
orani near the Urdaneta, the inhabi-
tants of the town Simultaneously evacu-
ating 1T and carrying their belongings
with them.
The gunboats bombarded orani, the
beaches and the surrounding country
for half sn hour. receiving a Mauser
vOlley in reply.
The urdaneta was towed on the baI
about 10 o'clock that evening, the opOr-
ations of the Americans being unmO,
Tested.
The following morning the bombard-
ment was renewed to cover landing
of 1SO blue Jackets and marines about
half mile above the town. On enter
ing oranl the Americans experienced
a slight rife Rre from the Filipino
trenches. They found the town unten-
anted and that the shells had ignited
a few huts.