The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-04-21
TAKEN BY REBELS.
A Party Of Dewey's Men Is Am
pushed by Filipinos.
RICH FILIPIKOS WANT TERMS MADE.
Gen. Corbin Talks About the Return OF
. Volunteers from aIaniIa-Gen. shafter
Has = Supreme Confidence In
Gen. LawtOn's Judgment.
Washington, April l9-The navy de


Washington, April I9.-The navy de-
partment has given out the follow
ing dispatch from Admiral Dewey:
Manila. April 1s-Secretary OF the navy.
Washington yorktown visited Balem. Luzon.
east coast Of LuZon. p. I April y. for the pur-
pose Of resCuing and bringing away the Span
ISL forces consisting Of 81 soldiers, three on
GERS and two priests, which were surrounded
by 800 Insurgents Some OF the insurgents
armed with Mauser rifles BY natives
Lieut. J. c Gilmore, while making .
ambushed, we're fred upon and captured Fate
unknown, as insurgents refused 70 com uni
cate The following are missing: Lieut. Gil
more. Chief Quartermaster W Walton. Cox
swain J. ElwOrth, CIunnersmate J. Nyglrd-
Sailmakers' Nate Vandoit, SeameH W h
Ryuuers and c W Woodbury.. Apprentices
3 W. A EenviIle, J. A Peterson; Ordinary
Ssamen. + BrizOlese. o BMcD0nald.- Lands
men L. T. Edwards. F. Anderson, J Dillon and
G A M0rrissey--DsWey-
The dispatch caused much excite
ment in naval circles as soon as its
contents became known. It was re-
eeived late yesterday and considerable
delay was occasiOned BY the blindness
of some of the cipher words 1t was
impossible completely TO decipher it,
and the asterisks indicate the unin-
telligible words The capture Of the
YOrktOwn's men was discussed with
much feeling in naval circles. The
misfortune was felt with added
keenness, as the navy has pTided
itself thus far on immunity from
reverses The admirars dispatch
of yesterday was the first knOvyl-
edge the department had that the
Yorktown had gone on this special
mission to relieve the Spanish garri-
son at Balem. That the capture
should have been effected while the
American forces were on a mission of
mercy toward the Spaniards, rather
than in the prOsecu ton Of a campaign,
led to the belief that Spain would
have no further ground for question
ing the good faith with which the
Americans were seeking to relieve the
condition Of the Spanish prisoners.
- Although the dispatch gave no indi-
cation that Lieut. Gilmore and his men
had lost their lives, vet great anxiety
was aroused by the mystery surround
ing their fate while in the hands of an
uncivilized enemy. This is the first
capture Of any Americans, military or
naval, so that it is unknown how the
insurgents viii treat our men. If civ
ilized methods were pursued an ex-
changed could be quickly effected. as
Gen Otis has a large number of Fill
pino prisoners but the insurgents
have been averse thus far to exchang-
ing Spanish prisoners, and this raises
a question as to what they will do with
the YOrktOwn's men. The purpose of
officials here is to spare no effort to
secure the speedy release of our men.
RICH FLIPISOs WOULD LIKE TERMS MADE.
Manila, April IA number of
prominent and wealthy FiIipinos are
organizing a committee to take steps
TO bring about If possible an under
standing between the rebels and the
Americans One branch Of this com
mittee intends to ask the United States
Philippine commission to make a
statement as to what terms will be
offered the rebels if the latter will
surrender. Another branch of the
committee viii approach Aguinaldo
with the terms and viii endeavor 10
persuade him TO accept them. It is
considered doubtful, however, if any
members Of the committee will dare
to personally confer with the rebel
leader. The committee includes sew
eral persons recently condemned to
death by Aguiualdo for petitioning
him to cease fighting.
on THE RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS
Washington, April 19.-Gen. Corbin
says nothing further has been done
regarding the return Of the volunteer
soldiers from Manila If the troops
could be spared, there is no transport
service to bring them home and will
not be for some time. Il is believed
that the transports now on the way TO
Manila and those which viii leave in
a few days viii return with volunteers.
The war department officials think
that, by June l, there will be enough
transports at Manila to bring back all
that want to come
THINKS LAwToS IS RIGHT.
Chicago, April 19--Mai Gen. Shat
ter passed through Chicago Monday en-
route to his brothers home IN Svca-
more, Ill He was much improved in
Iaa1fh DfzouzE7ur fha DIS1S--=-..