The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-23
GREATER ACTIVITY.
Americans and Filipinos Both Showet
1t Last Week.

censored news by cable from Manila
since the American occupation:
Last week witnessed very consid'
cradle increase in rebel and American
activity in the field. Many slSirmishes
| occurred and several small engage.
| ments in northern and southern Luzon.
The termination of the rains permits q
| resumption of operations on both sides.
The Americans are undertaking q
series of aggressive movements against
the insurgents, notably upon the island
| OF Samar, against Gen. Lullban, whose
forces hold the entire island with the
exception of three coast towns, each oil
which is garrsoncd by two companies
of the Goth infantry, and platoon oil
artillery.
The rebels are continually shooting
into the garrisoned towns, and oui
forces have not been sufficient to retail
late effectively. Commerce in Samara
has been at standstill, and most Of
the influential inhabitants have de.
parted. Gen. Hare has arrived there
with $50 men. He will bring eight com
panies of the 2d infantry from the isl.
and of Martinique, as they may be
needed, and will proceed energetically
to crush Gen. Lubban, while the U. S.
gunboats will patrol the cost to pre-.
vent the escape Of the insurgent leader.
Lukban still holds three members OF
the 43d regiment prisoners
The rifles which the party of Capt.
Devereaux Shields of Co. +, Goth volun-
teer infantry lost last September in
Martinique at the time of the capture
have not yet been recovered from the
Filipinos. All the Martinique garri-
sons are being continued
The l4th infantry, which recently
arrived from China, will relieve the
2lst infantry from dnty in Manila, and
in southern Luzon, the 3Sth infantry
proceeding to the island of Panay to
reinforce the troops there.
More Troops for Young.
The 2Sth infantry will reinforce the
garrisons in the island of Mindanao
particularly at Kagayan, where an
armed truce between the rebels and
the Americans has existed for months
past.
Gen. Wheaton, commanding in the
department of northern Luzon, is send
ing rcinforccmcnts to Gen. Young
provinces, where the natives, under
Gen. Tinio and Aglipay, the excom.
municated priest, are showing signs OF
rcstlcssncss, dcscrting the domiciles
they have occupied during the rainy
season, and joining under compulsion
of fear the insurgents in the noun
tains.
Notable among the weeks engage
ments was Gen. Grants advance, with
Maccabebe and American scouts, upon
a rebel stronghold 35 miles north of
Manila. which was defended by 200 in
surgents armed with rifles. After
skirmishing and fighting for the
greater part of a day and night, the
enemy was dslodged from the noun
tain fastncss, and immense quantities
of rice and stores with ammunition
were destroyed. Fifty Filipinos were
killed and many others wounded. The
insurgents carried off their dead. The
American losses were IL privatcs and
killed.
Lieut.. Fred Alstacter of the engin-
GERS, who was captured by the insur-
gents in Luzop last September, has
sent, with the permission of his cap.
tors, letter to Manila asking for
food, money and clothing, which will
be forwarded TO him by native run
ncr. His health is broken and his re-
lease predetermined.
Gen. Macarthur has gone TO Subig
bay with Admiral Remey on the u S.
cruiser Brooklyn for the purpose of
examining the locality. 1t is prob
able that |, 500 marines, now in Philip
pine waters, will be used TO relieve
certain army posts, rendering the re-
lieved soldiers available for other and
more urgent duties. 1t is understood
that Gen. Macarthur is considering
the question of esta blishing more ma
rines in the vicinity of Subig. lie is
expected to soon return here.
Although news and commercial mes
sagcs between Manila and points in
America and Europe are not sub ject to
censorship, all messages between the
Philippines and the orient are cen
sorcd as heretofore.
10 Ter Cent Charge on Mexican Money.
For the purpose of maintaining the
existing ratio of two Mexican silver
dollars to one gold dollar, arbitrarily
fixed by Gen. Macarthur last August,
10 be maintained until such time as