The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-20
1HE,I.NAR IN
PHILIPPINES
lmpudeht Demand for
Autonomy.
.FUNST0A'S RICH PRIZES
He Finds all the Rebel Archives and
Large Supplies o.
Ammunition.

! hs!iiIlul,illOI1s
NEW YORK. June IA cable 70 the
Sun, dated Manila, June 7th, says: The
Kat.punan Society, a secret order which,
i it IS said, was the instigator of ali the
revolts against Spanish rule, and which
It is known, had a pridcipal part in the
rising against the Americans, has pre-
pared petition to the Congress of the
United States which will be stlbn1 tied
through the Philippine Commission. The
petition recites the history CT the Kati-
punaa Society, including the dc tai OIL It's
orga nization, to which it is alleged four
million members belong 1t declares that
since 1879 independence has been the sole
aim Of the society. 1t rehearses the
events OF the present insurrection in proof
OF the tenacity OF the F.lipinos to Their
ideals.
Continuing, the petition says that from
the commencement of the lighting peace
full natives have supported the insur-
gents secretly and that this support con-
tinuss 10 be given, either will ngly or
under conpuls.on. 1t denies that the
revolution represents the PEI sonal or po-
lit!oal ambitions Of the leaders, and de-
ipeisgo. Including the Morcs, support the
insurrectioa. The society declares that
annexationsis impossible. The racial diff
ferenees are firreconcilable Recent num-
erous robberies and similar crimes are
the natural zreeult of the state of insur-
rection, snd are not indie ative of the
general e. sdency of the F'iiipincs 1t il
Impossible to force last.ng peace, and
autonomy cannot succeed. There only
remains independence, which, with Ameri-
can protection, is demanded
The promoter OF this irnpudence Is one
OF the principal founders of the Katipu-
nan Society. He told the Sun CORES
pondent today that he was authorized to
treat on behalf of the armed insurgents
and that their real demand comprised
independence in internal affairs and AM
erican direction of foreign relations. In
other words, the Filipinos to play and
the Americans to pay
MANILA, June 7.--Captain Frank E.
Crenshaw, with forty men of the Twenty
eighth infantry. while scouting near Taal
was led into an ambush by a guide Cap
tain Crenshaw was badly wounded in the
head and one private was wounded The
amtushers were scattered leaving ten
dead and three wounded on the field. Cap
of Il ancnabato, Bulucan province, had
1slight brush with the enemy Flint and
two privates were wounded.
Funston's kIch Prize.
VICTORIA, B. O.. June THE Manila
,Times, received by the Idzumi Maru. says:
"On May I'd General Funston made one
of the biggest hauls of the Philippine war
perhaps the biggest. He was making
personal reconnaissance with eighteen
troopers. in the direction of Rongabon
ard Pontabagan, up the Rio Grande de
Pampanga. the r.ch valley of the Rio
Grande is shut in by small steep bluffs,
covered with dense forest which
stretches back into the Unknown noun
tain regions. The bright eyes of the Gem
eral espied a bamboo ladder in a cleft of
the cliffs, and he turned aside to inyesti-
gate.
The ladder was perfectly perpendie eu ar
ard reside it rope hung from the brink
of the cliff to the ground Apparently
the rope intended to assist in the
ascent or descent of persons using the
iacder. When pulled it,rang ella lig.
deep-toned alarm bell-somewhere away
in the woods, back from the brow of the
precipice. The General and his men as
cended the ladder
At the top, a footpath led away into
the gloom of the forest and there. in "a
snug Little ravine. beautifully concealed,
they found wonderful store of treasure.
No gold nor silver, nor pirates plunder,
but all the archives of the rebel repub-
lie, carefully cached aud awaiting the
resurrection. There were thirty or forty
large wooden cases. neatly packed.
Grammed full of state documents There
were other things saved frcm the xsre. X
of Malolcs, about LOCO Hctchk.ss shells, a
quantity Of dynamite, a stock of bombs
ard much other ammunition, 200 pounds
Of black gun-powder, office furniture
. from the Malolos Audienca, carpets,
, chairs, TALES and lot of miscellaneous
, goo6s Of no special Importance
The documen We're the principal prize
After as coed an inspection as c.rcum-
stances permitted, General Funston set
ASIDE several tons of useless rubbish and
burnt it on the spot, saving the state pa
pers. These comprise al the correspond
enoe of Aguinaldo and his chief official
: from the time of their earliest dealings
! with Dewey down to the rurr d ,--iera-
ton from Malolos. (Archives subsequent
10 that date were, 1t will lie remem 81 ed
taken a. Tarlac in the miod,e of last
man and Dewey besides several bus ness
IRIS in Man la. Agu naldo's own letter
hcoF, giVirg press &C PIES of er-..-' thing
ne wr6te' Is so there. 1t IS rumored
Inat the correspondence shows some
. nrr IN Manila to have had relations
VII tbc re- els hitherto unsuspected.
) The whole cache was ingeaiously hid
J cen amoag the trees IN the ravine and
y ofcd @ o. heavily NJ tn n ia to an un-
usual thickness. The structure made