The record-union., 1899-03-24
This Fact Brought to Light in a Letter
Conflscated at Caloocan.
Details Of the Battle at I1oilo on
March 18th Show That Four
Hundred Rebel Rifemen En-
gagged the United States Forces,
the Former Pouring In a Heavy
Fire Upon the Americans.

w ASHl-NI1ON, March -o.-lHo eau
ture of Caloocan, in the Philippine ISL
and of Luzon, by the United States
forces recently resulted in the confis-
cation of considerable mail addressed
to the insurgent Government. 1t in
cludes a number of letters to Aguinaldo
and other leaders, and brings out some
interesting facts about the Filipino Of
fetal methods.
Postal Agent Vaille at Manila has
forwarded some of this mail to Acting
postmaster General Heath. One letter
is addressed to Aguinaldo's so-called
Secretary of the Treasury, and. is in
reply to a request for money. The
writer is apparently the fiscal officer at
LUG ona, Luzon, to whom the insurgents
had entrusted the duty of Squeezing"
the merchants, and he had apparently
confiscated for the insurgent cause a
lot of cocoa fiber belonging to a to-
bacco company When asked to turn
over the proceeds the agent remarks
that only $500 had come into his
hands, and that amount he had paid
to the troops, who were clamorous for
more. The letter is written in very
fair Spanish
Apparently Aguinaldo's treasury off,
Gals are running short of paper, for
the outer covering of the letter is
made of a sheet of paper, written all
over, torn out Of a record book, and it
Manila bagging.
A translation of the letter follows:
no. So. This Government is in re-
ceipt of a dispatch from the Treasury
Department, under your worthy con-
al.
into the central treasury of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the cocoa fiber of
the Compania Caberlera tobacco COM
rahy), and l cannot do more than in
form you that the local Governor who
was ordered to make the sale of said
article has only paid into the provincial
treasury $500, which sum is already
distributed among the soldiers of the
provincial battalion. and that, under
date of the 9th instant, I informed you
that the provincial treasury had no
funds for the expenses of said battalion.
/ begged your department to send
funds. I again beg you to take the
proper steps to prevent the complaints
of the soldiers.
God help you for many years.
Signed at Lucona, January 8, 1899.
''QUIRINO ELAZAR,
1.-THE Secretary of the Treasury of
the Revolutionary of the Island"
Another captured letter received by
the Postoffice Department was sent
from the Provincial Governor at Anti
polo, addressed to Aguinaldos Secre-
tary of the Interior, in which he apollo
gizes for not being present at Malolos
at the PRONUNCIATION of the constitution,
TONI hot <o1a
gram commanding his presence, though
dated January Dist only reached him
January 23d. two days late. To atone
Tor his action he says he ordered all
the. local municipal Presidents to get
up demonstrations and cry Long live
Filipinos Independence and down with
annexation" This is signed by Gov
ernor Jose Elrose, Governor of Antipolo.
Some intercepted letters to Agunaldo
himself have also come into the posses
sion of the Postoffice Department.
THE FIGHTING AT ILOILO.
MANILA, March 23.-5:10 p. M
Details of the fighting at Iloilo on
March 10th, show that 400 rebel rifle
men from Pania We're met by seven
companies of the Eighteenth Regiment of
United States Infantry and a battalion
of the Tennessee Volunteers. AS sup
ports, these troops had three pinch
ITotchkisses, under General Miller,
tn of Jaro across the river. The
Americans were met with a heavy fire.
One American was killed and fifteen
wounded of the Eighteenth. and there
We're several cases of sunstroke. Cen
eral Miller estimates that fifty rebels
were killed and 100 wounded