Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-13

feeds and shelters them. Besides this,
the American authorities are distribute
ing cargoes Of rice among the destitute
natives in provinces outside OF Manila,
Aguinaldo has cut az their subsistence
\ hese natiyls - ontside poyin NC ~
reported anxious 2to come under the
ahelt1ring folds Of the American Aa4. n
Il Is not known certainly TO this day,
probably never win be known. whether
the insurrection broke loose a the r.
sult 81, . carefully laid plot OF. mersly
a. the spontaneous elimination Of mis-
guided Filipino ambition. Il was sud
den and not generally looked for. That
much is certain. A company Of Ameri-
can regulars on duty at one Of the ex-
treme outposts observed Ill at once, q
man In the uniform Of 4 Filipino SER
geant running from house to house
1mong the natives He seemed II .
state Of strong excitement. They watch-
ed him. Soon shots were heard. Imme-
diately the general call to arms rang
ominously through all Manila. This
was between 8 and Q O'Clock the night
Of Saturday, Feb. 4. -. ..~%.-l !:
The effect was electrical Soldiers Oh
duty and bent on pleasure in the city
rushed pellmell to quarters. In the
streets our men knocked the native cab
drivers and coachmen of their perches,
seized their conveyances and tore like
Jehu to camp. For the next "a hours
there was as hot q time in this old
town of Manila as any city ever saw.
In less than no time q skirmish line of
soldiers standing four feet apart was
thrown out around the whole city. It
was actually ~ miles long. Fire. shoot,
punch, prod, club, was the order of the
day wherever hostile Filipino showed
his head. Many of our soldiers remained
on duty 10 solid hours engaged in bust
ness like this. When the shades Of even.
ing fell on Sunday. Feb. 3, 2,500 hap
less Filipinos lay dead and wounded in
and about Manila. Here ended Mr..
Aguinaldo's first lesson.
With scarcely days intermission
the lesson has been continued ever since
Even to those administering it the cost
\ has been heavy. We may hope that by
the time this reaches my readers the
story of blood and death will be ended,
Itprobably would not have continued
so long only that Aguinaldo has with
him those who know more Of fighting
than he does He has in his camp SOL
diers from the late Spanish army. Many
of these were caught and forced with
a gun at their heads to join his army.
TO the shame Of their country it must
also be recorded that the insurgent
leader has among his counselors two or
three men who formerly belonged to
the American army: They had been
dishonorably discharged from our ranks.
! Burning with rage and the desire for
}, revenge, they went over to Aguinaldo.
I Perhaps there was not much else left
for them to do. N i. 's5 g. / '@ &
How many men Aguinaldo has it is
hard to say. One estimate puts the
number az high as 100. 900. If he ever
had SO many, he has them no longer.
He has raked and scraped the earth for
II them. Dou btless you at home have read
that large tale of how Manila was laid
in ashes by the insurgents. The only
4 firing 81 Manila was done by the Amer
lean soldiers under orders. 49,"
a Among the dead Of the Filipino force