Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-09-25
American Crew Made Prisoners
or Murdered by the
FIllplnos.
OTIS SENDS IMPORTANT NEWS
Garrisons Placed In the Island
of Tawai-Insurgents
Want to Confer

Manila, September %. 1t is reported
that insurgents have captured the Uni
ted States gunboat Urdanata In the
Arania river on the northwest side OF
Manila bay, where she was patrolling
One officer and nine of the crew art
missing.
E The United States gunboat Petrel
ssnt to investigate reported the Urdan'
sta beached opposite the town of Orani
on the Orani river. She was riddled
with bullets and burned and the follow
ing guns with their ammunition cap
tured One FOUNDER, one Colt automatic
CUR, one Nordenfelt twenty five milli-
metre gun. The crew of the Urdansta
ire prisoners or have been killed. Fur
lher details are lacking.
Washington, Sept. 25.-Two import
ant dispatches from General OTIS al
Manila we're made public at the war
dt partmert today. as follows:
MANILA, Sept. 53.-Hughes at 1loilo re.
puts that Lopez and sixty-four armed
men surrendered to Byrne at Castellano
NeIros. An election occurs In that
island on October 2. In sought con-
ference, chief of the insurgents, Panaya
wished to know what promise could be
given them In case of formal submls-
sion. He was told no answer was pos
be until he surrendered aud his force
disCanded.
Manila, September 24.-Bates re.
turned from Jolo on the 2lst inst hav-
ing placed gar isons at Siassl and Bun
gam, Tawai, of the Tawai group. One
company is in each place Affairs In
ihe archipelago are satisfactory. Bates
saw the chief Insurgents of Zamboanga,
wao are still anxious to receive Uni
led States garrison on the condition OF
its withdrawal should Agninaldo sue
ceed in Luzon. The proposition is not
10 be entertained. ZamboaDga is hay-
Ing trouble with mere Datos 10 the VI
cinity, who raised the United states
flag. The Dato cagayan of Sulu island
visited Jolo and gave his adhesion ana
desifed to raise the American Tag IN
s'ead of the Spanish flag on the island.
The American flag will be raised there
ready to give six months notice IN or
der 10 establish in the archipelago tne
customs rsguiatlors under tne prevocoI
between Spain, Germany and tireat
Britain of 1885. Bates report was oy
mail. OIis.
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
Washington, Sept 2o Secretary Root
received cable message from General
Otis regarding the Chinese situation In
the Philippines. He says ship load OF
700 can be loaded without serious inter
ference with military operations. Otls
disc uses at considerable length the SUB
ject of Chinese in the Philippine islands
The dispatch was referred to the sfatt
department, where it was made the
subject of conference between Act
ing Secretary Hill and the Chinese
MN Ste.
The Chinese will be landed but with
out recognizing the right Of the Chines'
government to demand this. On the
otl or hand the Chinese government
while permitting men to land, does no.
in any matter concede our right to ap
Div the Chinese exclusion law to th'
philippines and stands by the principles
enunciated in a formal protest mad'
last week by the Chinese minister her'
aoainst General Oils action, declaring
the Chin ese exclusion laws to be II
fol ce in the Philippines.