The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-24
MANY ARRESTS MADE
Gen. Otis Reports the Filipino Junta
Active at Menila.
Spanish Residents In Morong Actively As
aisf ng the Rebels-TTo Fiilpinou 60
TIAng-Sensationai Report About
Our soldiers.

Manila, March 20.--Geu. Otis con-
siders Manila the most troublesome
center in the situation to-day. The
insurgent iunta here. in conjunction
with that in Hong Kong, is growing
active. A number of representative
insurgent leaders from different parts
Of LuEon have recently been in con-
ference in Manila. Some have been
placed under arrest. but the others
thus FAR have not been interfered
with.
Reports are current here OF active
rebel organization In the province Of
Morong, where the insurgent leaders
are said to be assisted by prominent
Spanish residents. II Is also report
ed that the rebels are recognizing in
the province of Zambales, under
Mascardo. Brigands are committing
atrocities In the province of Nueya
Eciga, where they have murdered 90
natives and Cinnamon. The Nueva
Eclga insurgents are heavily taxing
local traders and farmers, with the
result that business Is paralyzed and
there is a general scarcity Of food.
The funds for maintaining this
guerrilla warfare are collected from
the various towns in the island,
whether occupied by the Americans
or not, even including Manila
Travel between the towns garii-
soned by the Americans il becoming
more dangerous, ALI wagon trains
must be escorted by heavy guards
in order to insure their safety.
Charged with MutiIating Themselves
New York, March 2O.-Frederick
Palmer, in letter TO the World un-
der date of Manila, says:
There are between 80 and 20 meH In the
hospitals who shot of their trigger An
gers while on outpost duty In order TO
get discharged from the army and have
transportation to the states and perhaps
a pension. But the officers are not so
easily fooled. They say, and the sur
geons say. that man can discharge a
, Krag rifle Just as well with the second
as with the first finger Of the right hand.
Therefore the wounded men will keep
less the board appointed to consider their
cases concludes that they ought to have
two or three years in that terror among
prisons. Billbld. Manila. SO the loss of
trigger fingers on outpost duty is RAPIDLY
going out OF fashion.
The great thing about the volunteer
regiments is that they are living proof
OF the facility with which The war de-
partment could transport 5000 men hay
Ing arms and uniforms to Manila. These
men had little drill except what they
got or shipboard. They are able to stand
up to any of the fighting that has been
IN store for US since the great northern
movements OF Lawton. Macarthur and
Wheaton, but where they fail Is In the
foremost requirement of the soldlers-it
| Is difilcult 10 keep them In control.
| Whenever We take a town II too often
happens that within an hour afterward
several OF our men are drunk on "bino. y
Rarely Is a Filipino under the influence
of the liquor, and natives have the ut.
most contempt for drunken man.
To he Given American Names.
Washington, March 20.-AmericaI
names will be submitted for those Of
many OF the towns in the Philippines
The greatest difficulty prevails in de
livering letters to officers and mer
in the islands. Gen. Otis has advised
the war departmer as follows: "0r
account of the duplication of names
of towns in the Philippines, it win be
necessary, until such time as ther,
can be a revision, to have all mail ad
dressed to the provinces. | inclos'
letter for Santo Tomas, p. /. Ther,
are towns OF this name in the prov
inne Of Pampanga, in the province o.
Union and In the province Of Batsn
gas. Santa Cruz ia in Mindoro. in Ii
Guna, in Illinois Sur, in Cavlte, IL
Zambales and Davao, Unless IN,
names OF the province is stated on al
such letters it Is impossible for thlI
Office to forward them intelligently.'
Filipinos to Bs Hanged.
Manila, March sO.a-A military com
mission at Bayambang has sentenced
to be hanged on March 80 the two ma
tives who have been found guilty o.
numbering their countrymen.