Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-04-21
AMBUSHED.
Detachment From the Yorktown
Captured by FilipinOs.
They Had Gone to Rescue Be-
Ieaguered Spaniards On
East Coast.

Washington, April IS. - The
Navy Department has given out the
following Dispatch from Admiral
Dewey:
Manila, April 18.--Secretary of
the Navy, Washington: Yorktown
visited Baler, Luzon, east coast of
Luzon, P. l., April II, for the pur-
pose of rescuing and bringing away
the Spanish forces, consisting of
eighty soldiers, three officers and
two priests, which were surround
ed 400 insurgents. Some of the in
surgents armed with MaHser ri
hes. \ Lieut.. J. c. Gil
more and men, were ambushed,
fired upon and captured. Fate .un-
known, as insurgents refused to
communicate afterward. The fol-
lowing are missing: The officer
previously referred to; Chief Quar-.
termaster Walton; coXswain, ].
Ellsworth; gunner's mate, H. J.
Hyard; sailmaker's mate, Ven
eight; seamen, w. H. Bynders and
C. w. Woodbury.; apprentices, D..
w. Neville, A. ]. Peterson; ordi-
nary seamen, F. Brisolese, o. b.
Mcdonald; landsmen, L. T. Ed
wards, F. Anderson, j. Dillon and
&c. A. Morrisey. DEWEY.
The greatest concern is mani
tested at the Navy Department
over the news contained in the Dis
patch. Knowing some of the cruel
ty manifested by the Filipinos to-
ward their prisoners, the officials
can only hope for the best. They
are encouraged by the fact that
three American soldiers who were
captured by Aguinaldo's forces be
fore Manila were not killed, and al
last accounts were treated well.
Instructions were sent to the Ad-
miral to use every effort to secure
the release of Lieut.. Gilmore and
the enlisted men who are reported
missing, either by ransom or eX-
change. Gen. Otis and Admiral
Dewey have about 1000 Filipino
soldiers in their possession. Aguin-
aldo's well-known reputation for
feathering his own nest leads to
the belief, however, that he will
prefer to listen to overtures for the
purchase of the freedom of the
Americans. The President has at
his disposal S3,OOO,OO0 for extraor-
binary expenses, and this money
can be used. Already the sugges-
ton has been made that the efforts
of Dewey to effect the release of
captured men may pave the way
for overtures for peace from Aguin-
aldo.
There has been a great deal of
mystery as to the purpose for which
the three million dollars was Sc
cured, and it is not beyond the
bounds of probability that some or
all of it may be used to persuade
Aguinaldo that his cause is hope
less. With AguinaldO out of the
way the backbone of the uprising
will be broken, according to the be-
lief here. 1t was said to-day that
a suggestion that some of the three
million dollars be offered to Aguin-
aldo had been made to the govern
ment, but the War Department au-
thorities ridiculed the idea.
Baler, the place where the &C
tion occurred, in which Lieut.. Gill
more and fourteen enlisted men
were captured, is III miles from Ma
Mia on the east coast of Luzon.
The province is peopled by the lion
gate, a race reported COW ardly,
but fierce and blood-thirsty. Lieut..
Gilmore is well-known in Washing
ton, where his wife resides. He
was born in Philadelphia July 10,
1854. He served with Capt. Sigs-
bee on the st. Paul during the war
with Spain.