Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-03


by the character of the opposition to
the administration of President Me
Kinley. 1t has taken the form CT a
rabid advocacy of the dishonorable,
would be no war in the Philippines
now. if it were not for the belief that
Mr. Bryan is to be the next president
of the United States and that then
Aguinaldo will come into his rights.
The Hon. r. r. Hit in his speech
at Rockford, H., on September %,
associated with the state department
in Washington, remarkable for his
knowledge of the Spanish language,
who was in Manila with General Otis
as translator and interpreter, and this
gentleman relates that it was part
of his duty to translate the Tagal
proclamations and papers. and that the
substance of this hostile literature was
extracts from anti-imperialistic pub
lications, the infamous traitorous IT,
rades of the tories who are encourag-
ing the armed enemies. Of the United
States to carry on the war against us
until Bryan will be elected-and chat
they assume to be certainty-and
then they are to be rewarded. Fancy
what an impetus is given the cause of
assassination of Americans by such ut
terances as Mr.. Bryan made in his ad-
dress and letter of acceptance.
In fight in the northern part CT
Mindanao our soldiers found an in
fernal machine and a lot of bamboos
were laid over a trench, and there was
arranged a great number of bows and
place, the cord pulled back, and the
entire machine so aimed as to strike
the center of a mans body. BY an in
genious contrivance the stepping on
the bamboos set eff the bows. and a
shower of arrows met the advancing
column. Eight men were killed and
several wounded.
This is the new method of warfare
introduced by the anti-imperialist5 n
the Philippine jungles. On the 10th
Of September there were killed at Man
itan by an ambuscade attack the fol-
lowing American soldiers:
William Fitzgerald, first sergeant,
6,
Evremonde De Hart, sergeant, com
pany l., Fifteenth infantry.
Laurtz Jensen, corporal, company
l., Fifteenth infantry.
William L. Baker, private, company
L, Fifteenth infantry.
John P. Brink, private, company l.,
Fifteenth infantry.
Edward c. Coburn, private company
L, Fifteenth infantry.
Fred Duggan, private. company L.
Fifteenth infantry.
George r. Horton, private, company
L, Fifteenth infantry.
Emanuel Kaufman, private, company
L, Fifteenth infantry.
Thomas p. Kelly, private company
L, Fifteenth infantry
Arthur S. Mansfield, private, COM
pany L, Fifteenth infantry.
Thomas Mulrey, private, company
l., Fifteenth infantry.
Edward NJ. Neal, private. company
l., Fifteenth infantry
Thomas | Pitcher, private, company
L, Fifteenth infantry.
Scott L. Smith, private. company l.,
Fifteenth infantry.
Richard Tayler, private, company
L. Fifteenth infantry
Thomas p. A. Howe, first sergeant,
company l., Fifteenth infantry.
Edwin j. Godahl. private, company
l., Thirty infantry volunteers.
Gso. A, Haight, private company l..
Thirty-seventh infantry volunteers.
Alfred J. Mueller, private, company
l., Thirty eyenth infantry volunteers
James & West, private, COMPANY
l., Thirty-seventh infantry volunteers
Edward otallcup, private, company
L, Thirty seventh infantry volunteers
here are in this list the names OF
soldiers from New Jersey, New York
Fennsylyan.a. Massachusetts, Kansas
Georgia, Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois
Minnesota, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The assassins who slew these mer
were incled by the proclamations O
recesslty that the killing of American.
will prevent peacemaklng. They knc9
by Aguindldos friend Bryan's prom
Ises at indianapolis, that he was ready
to call next March an extraordinary
session Cf congress to turn the Philip.
pines over to Agulnaldo and place tlt
army GHC navy of the United Sta AZ
in his ial Dis to protect him from Euro
Fear pD@ ers. Nothing could be NOR
anImating or exciting to the Tagalo
than this news of Mr.. Bryan's program
of material assistance.
A fe@ months ago a Spanish sur
geon was captured along with a bod