Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-06-22
THE FrLrPISos SURPRISED.
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a~p.fse-I.sss Death.


mrt with an unexpectedly warm re-.
eep'ion. and were rrpuise,i with loss
OF - killed. % prisoners and r-any
wounded.
Tried ." ssvr.s.s the s-~vs~..s.
The rrssl forre. estimated 20 have
numbered s,ss' nsss. advanced stealth
sls from the Jungle nnrth q sbe eiiv
and Then divided with ths. evident ptsr<
pose Of surrounding the Americans.
R~.~vves Th~tr rIr~.
The outpost % the Iowa regiment
discovered the enemy and retired 70
their Hn~-. where the entire division
awaited in an intrrneh-d position. The
Iowa regiment and che Kansas r-xs-
ment received the hrSt shock of the
attack. ReServing their irr until the
enemy was within e10 yar,i~. the fir,
eollry Of the Americans hit the r-b-l-.
who returned the fir~ wildly. the rr~t
of their line failing to advance.
EsI"y~s the Nsv~fsy .s the rAtss.
The Americans. who thoroughly en-
joyed the novelty of the situation.
awaiting an attack saili~,l forth. ard
the insurgents ther.upon turned and
fed into the jungle. oar loss was u
men Wounded. majority of shom ar,
slightly hurt
Cen FuuSton's brigade ~ Kansas
MonfanaS and Gen. Hai~-s brigasis. the
Seventeenth regiment and tn. Iowa
regiment. constituted the force en-
gagged.
tE.t-srds O.. r~r.s.sI gs--..I.
Agutnalslo l. reported tn have p-r~na-
ally conducted the ATTACK and dpr-para-
tions wsrr made for several davS 20
bring forward truat- FROM Candat,,.
and othrrS. from Dssupan. werv trans
ported ~ rail
Along the front - ths Kansas r-s-i-
ment - rwis~i dad were sylnnsssI
Nrrsrt~s ~ . r~s~xr.ps op~rss.r.
The first news - th~ Fiiipiua al
sansr wa rrport~.ihy telegraph o,--
raior. who was cut ~ fh- brisl<~ a.
Apaiit - as--rtain th- caus~ ~ th~
brrak in ou- ~ the wir~s Ne was
compelled to brat hs.ty rvsrvst an
der Hrr
Witnesses she Sssa~r sf Lsss-
\ Spanish oesrrr Who has h-~n
pri~onsr Ia the hands sf the r-t~ls
and Who vas r~i-ased by As'iinslsls1.
ha- come fhruu<h our Inns to Manila.
he claims 20 have h.rn a witness 81
the assassination Of Gen. Lima. sc-
cursiing - his story. the relations hs-
fwe~n the two FiIipino leaders had
ben strained 70 the brrakiny point b.
cause Of Lnna's attempts to assume
coRfroi % Affairs. and the finaI rraptur.
was forc-d BY Aguinalslo issuing secret
orders 90 the provincial governments.
Lama th~rvupon s~nt IN Aguinalso.
demansling copies Of the documents.
and Nguinalsio replied curfiy tha;
Luna va -s..rIAI OF the army ard
that the civil government did not CON
eern hifl.
Thr~af~s~d the Life Of tkaisaia~-
Luna on opening the reply at his
headquarters. in the presence of his
Officer. sxclained. hotly:
He will be- dead Tomorrow
one officer. who was friendly &c
Aguinaldo. FASTENED to warn him. and
Aguinalslo called together 20 trusted
soldiers. fellow townsmen of his, and
stationed them around his house with
instructions to kill any one attempt
ing to enter. regardless of rank.
Mardered ny the Guard.
Luna appeared the next day and saw
Aguinaldo at the window.
a member of the guard said:
--Aguinaldo has gone to inspect thu
troops"
Luna then exclaimed: .-You are a
liar drawing his revolver and striking
the guard and tried TO force an en-
trance into the house Before he
could use his revolver one of the
guards bayonetsd and another shot
him in the back and others stabtGd
him. In all he had 20 wounds. Luna's
aisIe-de-camp was killed in the same
way.
The story Net Isspii-tsIy Believed.
The Spaniard's story has not entire
IL dispelled the doubts of Luna's
death. and bets that he is alive are
freely made at the clubs Some people
think Aguinaldo has taken pains 10
send the Spaniari here with his story
| in furtherance of some diplomatic
scheme. while others suspect Aguinal-
do has been assassinated ~ Luna's
men,
Wv~ak~a Vengeance on the A1agos-
since the Americans withdrew from
Csndaha, recently. the rebels have re-
turned and have wrrsked vengeance
upon those who befriended the Amer
leans. They slaughtered the Fill
pinos who surrendered the town and
displayed their Aeads ON poles in the
public square.
Hsssiiisies Repsrtes ss Csse-
The hostile natives of Cebu are more
menacing. Mail adviees saw hostilities
against the AAe1cans have begun
there Col. Hamer, the American COM
mander. has asked for rrinforrements,
and four companies of the Tennessee.
regiment have been sent TO him from
Iloilo.
The Nebraska regiment has been or
dered to sail for home early next week
Minor &. Keith Dangerously IN.
New Orleans. June is.-Minor a.
Keith. OF Boston. president of the Bos-
ton Fruit Co., and the head of the
Banana trust. is dangerously i'll Ut
Puerto Cortez- IL is reported that
MIR. Keith had broken his right leg
| in an accident.
Reciprocity siss 5arb.dees-
Washington. JHue IA new treaty
between the Unised States and Great
Britain. covering reciprocity with the