Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-08
4 GlLLMORE'S DIARY.
Extracts From 1t Give an Account of
the Lieutenant's imprisonment.

the Lieutenant's imprisonment.
At the fall Of the last Filipino capt.
4al, San Isidro, when Colonel Summers
entered the city with the Oregon and
Minnesota troops, Sergeant Black and
Corporal Harding Of Company I, with
q squad Of Oregon and Minnesota
troops, entered the prison and found 4
cipher message written on the wall By
Lieutenant Gilinare OF the Yorktown
stating In what part Of the cell under
the stone floor would be found letter
written by himself ana u diary, says
the New York Herald.
, There was no signature to the diary,
Is it was broken off abruptly in the
middle Of sentence. Several pages
Of the first part Of the diary were
missing. Ii is evident they referred to
the writer's life from his capture on
Jan. q to March %. when the city OK
1Ialolos was taken by the Americans.
The following are extracts from the
diary without date:
Men, women and children all fee
ing from the advancing Americans. A
couple Of hours march brought US to
3uinga, where all the Spaniards and
ourselves stopped for rest in a con-
vent. At in the morning we were on
the march again. About four hours
march brought us to the bank of a
large river, and here we were ferried
across in a large canoe. On the othe:
side lay Dalinag, our resting place for
the night. We were taken into a con.
vent and put into room about 9 by
10, with nothing to sleep on but the
door and a litter covered with blood.
The sergeant Of the guard was young
Spaniard, and he tried to make it as
easy as possible for US, bringing us
some rice and fish to eat.
1--WE saw many wounded here from
the front. Next morning we were
awakened by the natives throwing
stones through the windows at us to
see us move. Hundreds came to gaze
at us through the door, including many
priests. At about 8 o'clock we were
started on the march again without
breakfast. Many Of the Spaniards
were so sick that they could hardly
walk, but the native guards struck
them with their guns to make them
move faster, shouting "Sigce!" all the
time. That word shall never forget,
for it rang continually In my ears
Sigce, sigce, sigce, like a man driving
cattle. We were in better condition
than the Spaniards, SO they put us
ahead, but every once in awhile we
had to stop and wait for the cazaderos.
Eleven months Of imprisonment, hun
ger and hard treatment had left them
in poor condition to march on a dusty
road in the broiling sun. A three
hours march brought us to San Rafael,
right in the foothills. They fed us
here on dry rice without salt or any
thing else"
Sutrerings of the prisoners from hun
ger on the march northward to San
Ardo, where they heard of five days
armistice from some Spaniards, who
gave them two silver dollars, are also
recorded In the diary, which ends:
1.-THE five days passed slowly and
heavily, although we had plenty to
eat, all donations Of the Spaniards, ex-
cept four motas a day each and two
measures Of rice apiece given by tho
government. This alone would Just
about have kept body and soul togeth-
er. We sang songs together to show
that we were In good spirits"
Hitting Back.
"Our Dreyfus case may be very i'll
Favored affair."" said the Frenchman,
''but please don't forget that you Ger
mans have your schweitzer case."-Phil
adelphia North American.
, Woes of the Cultured.
"Your daughter seems to be suffering