Connecticut western news., 1899-06-01
BOAT SCREW WCAPTURED
Insurgents Seize Petty Officers
 of the Relief.
RUHoR OF FIGHT IN MINDANAO
London Dispatch Says Zsmboanga Ha. Been Attacked-Captain Tii- ley. Body Buried at UoiIo-sol- diers' Grave. Decorated at Manila.

Manila, May 31.-The third engineer. another officer and a boats crew from the hospital ship Relief, while sailing in catboat yesterday of Paranaque, were captured by insurgents, who put of from the shore in boats.
 The cruiser Boston will soon sail for the United States with Captain Barker. temporarily in command of the Asiatic squadron. and the departure of that ott- cer will leave Captain George +. Wilde, now in command of the Boston, in su- preme control until the arrival of Rear Admiral Watson.
 Captain Wren has organized a com pany of 100 Macabebes as scouts. They wear United States army shirts and trou- sers and are under Wren's personal com mand.
 General Smith, who was sent with a detachment of troops in search of Captain George H. Tilley of the signal corps, re- ported missing at Escalante, on the is- land of Negros, sent launch to Iloilo yesterday with the body of Captain Til- ley on board. The body of Captain Til ley was buried later in the day with not able ceremonies. English friends of the captain joined with his comrades of the signal corps in arranging for the funeral and heaped wreaths of flowers upon the coffin of the dead soldier.
 General Smith remains at Escalante, with his soldiers, to search for the miss ing men who were with Captain Tilley when he met his death.
 Memorial Day Services.
 Memorial services were held in the Paco cemetery yesterday morning. A re- Quiem mass, celebrated by Chaplain Me Kinnon of the First California infantry, and an appropriate sermon by Father McQuaid preceded the decoration of the graves of thousands of soldiers of all re- hgions who are buried beneath the great shade trees in the former Catholic ceme- tery. Upon the graves were placed flags, white flowers and green leaves. Several Englishmen and Spaniards were present. A majority of the headstones on the sol diers' graves bear the epitaph, Killed in action"
 In the afternoon, on Battery knoll, Chaplain Stoll of the First Montana in- fsntry delivered an invocation, and Chap lains Pierce of the Fourteenth infantry and Gressey of the Thirteenth Minnesota delivered orations Business was entire ly suspended. and the flags on shore and on the warships in the harbor were at half mast.
 Ihere nave pracucally been no hostin- ties for several days. General Lawton has inspected the lines from Caloocan to Phsay.
 An order has been issued re-establish- ing the Philippine courts. which have been closed since the American occupa- ton. It reviyes all the Spanish system, without conflicting with the sovereignty of the United States. The chief justice Is Cayetano Arrelano. The associates of the civil branch are Manuel Araulla, Colonel Crowder and Gregorio Aranita. The justices of the criminal branch are Raymundo Melliza, Ambrosio Risnzares, Julie Lorento. Major Young and Captain Birkheimer. The attorney general is Florentio Torres. This corresponds with the American supreme court. The Filipi- no members are all prominent lawyers.