The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

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dred and sixty niggers on the right Of the rr",
point" Hundred and sixty niRgcr- un tia
right Of the rcnr point II. rock"t"d l',rif
halt way M To- the front and then n caught In
with III" man who had been on III" rear run,
himself
Tell 'rm 10 ~ to he'll aud come ulorg, h.
shouted Va" word went back WhuuIIng MI
"" Fam" on ~ last that We dldn't md u,
whether they an" on on. that l%nyltH'Nuu p
NOT. The MAJOR never 'nld u Nord ahugt he
man who had given an order ter him
In the town We found two hyst"rioal Suan.
iarc~, n few natives, a lot Of ,hlnos and ,,m.
whit" flags. On" Of N" SranIards VII 400 ~.
capped prisoner. IA" other u merchant u' Ruh
who had married the daughter oi H." ~InslIgrnt
local pr"sidrnie one al III" natives va, tie
Ileutsnant-Co Colonel who had commanded ia
bOlo men. N" had refused 10 fight or H. nm
away. Another was the local chief Of pu're
whose men were guarding tho prisoner. w
had just gone out into ~" hills a little Va, nd
would be- back either this evening or ~ 'bs
morning; III" Is III" nephew OF the holp 'ljrl
We hustled into quarters and got super rLs
Spaniards and the chief OF Police cam" ~ and
had n talk with the Major and wrr" - r. ih,t
the prisoners would be- back by 10 m the morrur,
nj the very latest The chief Of IolIco .ad
he would 20 ont himself and find them aud
bring them in. As he was In command OF 10
guards. and a. the Spaniards vouch"d fur N,
being n "bucn hOmbrc. H. Major let hun e
The Major told them thai If they wcrr rt
absolutely certain OF ne return OF ~" Prism.
rrs he would start u fore" ont after them AZ
once. But they We're certain, and 80 Their" /
is. We shall wait her" to-InUrroN for lio'n
and If they com" or not, go Dd'h 10 lfgt 10
next day.
OF NATIVE FAITH.
INCA, Feb. 2s They didn't come. The lolo
Colonel was greatly "N"rci-'d about m" Do.
lection Of his nephew. u" .9ld h" ""nItut
possibly account fort, When IN" prlS9n"r~l Ind
not put in an appearance by 10 O'clock 'r,'or.
dav morning the Major began 10 make in.
0niries. The Spnniards, were very rlmu Drt
disconsolated The old boI"mln sem nj
eight runners 10 hunt around In the mountains
and brink in the missing. w" waited and wan.
dered over the old tumhlc-down %d"or"ri' town
II looked ~ IL IL had had no care Tor n ,cI-
fury, and if that Is n sample ~ N" ability =
the natives To run Il ln,nl'! n tuy'tiiu'r',
Heaven help any larger afalr tuev undrr'nfe'o
manage But the lake is beautiful. H. stands
ON the side of the volcano which faces ia" cave
In of the crater. The town * bot Nccn them.
Across the lake the hills rise bold and abrupt.
covered with thick timber, and tangled under.
growth. Beyond these hills thp ClcaUIug peak
OF Nnvon, miles away down m NhaN, ro-" IN
and emitted great clouds Of whit" steam aud
dazzling silver Napor, III" lake was ilI"d WITH
ducks and they We're 80 tame that when W"Nout
down and tried To get Il photograph Of Thorn va
couldn't make them fv even by shooting Ut
| them with a revolver. The captain, Wh" had lost
his shotgun stood around all day and ground HE
teeth. He wished the Adiutant would never
have ANYTHING but bacon to eat all hi~ life, hut
would never be ont Of sight Of great tlOCk> =
fine fat ducks,
In the afternoon late two Of the prisoror
hunters came back and reported that ~" ~.
snrgent- had sent ont n party from N" hUl,
ana nau TtInh'n Iif @Iil1lul W, NH'tll lI'h 'il
then liked across the mnlintanrS on the other
side of the lake toward 1lbl That town j. N
IN" %bailiwick Of H.: FarrlSons oI Iaha'o ava
Legaspi, ana the Ma1Hr drridSa TO I' men
tions and il was necessary 70 return to lsa'or
more. The old bolo Colonel SAID he woull come
along, for II would never do for Inn ~
stay in Buhi after having surrendered IN 'la
Americans. If they left no garrison there
the insurgents surely would come back and
have his head, The Chinos We're in a great
atntn ~ nv ,l claimant at tho nrnEnptt al orr gong
away, and many of them made preparduorNio
Come along.
We LEFT Buli soon after o o'clock MS morn.
ing and made the march comfortably hv
o'clock. We found that the bridge unlh"r- bat
been completely destroyed by the fire and soma
Of them had fallen IN such a WAY ms 10 mok'a
bridge paSSable for the men. II was slow got
ting across, but we didnt get wet
In Iriga we found "a dozen Of tho Bnhi prs.
oners. They got away from the!r guar soon
here, where they arrived Yesterday afternoon.
Thi- afternoon We Just loafcd and rested and
got ready to 20 back TO Nueva tncercs in Mo
morning RationS had come down with a guard,
which will escort all the Spaniards and the sur
rendered insurgent officers in and deliver them
10 Gen. Bell. All told, there are now fourteen
Of the surrendered insurrectos, including on"
Captain, who was wounded in the right armin
the fight on the hills last sunday morning
Abella, the civil Governor of the province, :
among them The ChinOs are telling all sorts
Of stories about the insurgents being ready 10
rush Iriga Tonight and they declare the town
will be burned. We shall know tomorrow.
TRIED 70 BURN THE TOWN.
.NUEvA CACERfs, March The insnrgent,
did, Try To burn lriga, and the .attemrt
robbed us Of enough sleep TO make the hike
into this town that followed far from an I'M
alloyed Joy Late in the afternoon, day before
Yesterday, Mac and ] went out on the road to
Baao, To whore Capt Rickeman had his quarters.
The prisoners, released and new made, were
10 start with the escort early the next morning,
and We thought We should gain sleeping time
by getting a mile or So on the way that after;
noon. We turned In very carly. and II seemed
TO me but half n minute before lewis. the Cap
tain'S striker, was shaking Rickeman and eN-
claiming
"Rickemau, Capt. Rickeman' Wake up' THO
ringers are trying TO burn this town, Keep cool
Don't You get excited There n hg fire down
town, but its lust n rlIse 10 get Us ont of here
so they can rush this end Don't make any noise
and keep cool"
There was q lot more Of it. but Rickeman vas
getting ny all the time. and 80 were the rot ~
Us. From the window in tho back room the fra
could be- seen very plainly. and i looked 10 l'
Of good size and IN the heart Of the town II
was half past 10 O'Clock, We got on our clothes
and started for the town 10 50" wat va hap
pening. RiCkcman leaving orders 10 hay" '""
notice. The fire had been set in som" nipa -na','
outside our lines. The companies Shopping 'l
the town had been turned ont, and they had
torn down some hut~ in m" path of the FIRE ard
stopped il before ANY serious damag" wa done.
Mhcn,w We got there I wa dying uut very rapid
But Will" We were there We heard that tlG"s.u't
WV W cut ~ bp' III wv INV nus hl'l wa
20 bN way of NHbua To BaaO. This wa ON TOO
other road which ran past Nh" burned area ard
all the distance We had gained IN ~" aii"rN"''
WAS 50 much against lis now. We turned I'm nE1n
rather -ulky. Before the ATTEMPT iu burn 10
tow "" would have ridden - Bnao b. fi'
~hnrs road without a Thought, bit nnN Va
concluded We had better 20 with the escort.
50 at half past 2 the guard turned o. o,'.
LOWS got up 10 give rs a last Breakfast 0ni
he made the cOnrc good and strong IL" is ~"
son of n Dakota stat" senator. who can" .'''
tho army for fun When Ne got out into 'NA
street We were lust in time 10 800 the beginning
Of another fire in the other end of tow.
This time II was u large house. but II va not
close 10 any other building aud the iir" did ut
spread. When We got downtown the escort W..
ready, but the bull carts that had brought
frlar~ or the other SrHuHrd~. FINALLY Nr'u
everything el-o Wa ready the onl,"r who Va
TO command the "-cor' couldn't uIah" ny l'
mind to ~ uutll Ia" had formed ia" SPAWNED.
N rolumu~ ui four~, placing each one on a caro-
fully selected and particularly recommended
spot IN th. road II Wa after g whHu ~" E"t
away aud the l~anguaE" OF the Colonel va a
violation of H." Army Regulations.
II was Two hours To- NabUa, fer We marched
SLOWLY. Some of The trInr> were not IN ,,f-
ditloiI 10 walk, but they had no means Of rdIe.
ana 80 they stuck 10 the hIkIng Enuciy. 1.rr"
was no telling when there would he dn,tl'r
chance 10 gul Ia Nu"NH iHC"rc~. and 'fufI
mere " would b" only n question Oi TN" N'rn
'h"N could go on 10 Manila and all ihpif tr,UE',
h' ended. Some oithn hI~k lost of them had lId
"" mex or The influence to gel hold Of ponce.
hey HroWlcd about having Ia ride hor.,-
pack instead Of IN a carriage, but u VA Loo
tir'abl" that They never shared rides WIN
~" poor fellow who could harlIN -tagE'ra along,
! hey lIIl all been warned to tTpI.Tp. f#tr