The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-29
REBELS ARE AS||R AGAIN
SPIRITED BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR
LOOC, UNCLE SAM,S TROOPS
KILLING SEVENTY-FIVE
DESERVING SOLDIERS LEAD
Former Wearers of the Blue
Now in Command of Detach-
ments of Insur-
gents.

MANILA, Oct. 2S-While scout&g near
Looc detachment of the Twentieth and
Twenty-eighth regiments under Capt.
Beigler, were attacked by 400 insurgents
armed with rifles, under the command of
white, man, whose nationality Is not
known to the Americans. The insurgents
for the most part were intrenched.
After heroic fight Capt Beigler
drove off the enemy killing more than IS.
The fight lasted for two hours. Capt
Beigler and three priVates were slightly
Injured and two of the Americans were
Killed.
= An engagement took place Oct "a be-
tween detachments of the Third cavalry
and the Thirty-third volunteer infantry,
numbering SO and "a force of insurgents
Including 400 rifeHen and one thousand
sbolomen. The fighting Wis desperate
Finally under pressure of overwhelming
numbers the. Americans. We're compelled to
retire on Narvican. 40 a
Lieut. George L.. Febiger and four prf-
Yates were killed, nine were wounded AMI
four are missing. Twenty-nine horses are
missing. A number of teamsters were
captured by the insurgents but were sub
sequently released. The enemys loss is
estimated at $50.
HEADED BY A DESERTER.
A civilian launch towing barge loaded
tackled by a force of $50 insurgents under
David Fagin, a deserter from the Twenty
fourth infantry. The American troops on
hearing the firing turned out in force be-
fore the boat could be captured and loot
ed. Fagin, who has sworn special enmity
against his former company, was in COM
mand. Of the twenty men who were cap
tured four were returned One whose
body was recovered was horribly multi
a 10 oiY dc TO Iii
mer companions threatening them with a
horrible fate. One of Fagin former COM
mand who was captured was Lieut.. Fred
er1ck w. Alstetter, who is still a prisoner
Gen. Halls expedition with a force of
nearly 800 men through the mountains of
Binganonan, province of Infanta, in pur-
suit of the insurgent Gen. Sales, though
1t discovered no traces of the enemy, en-
countereG great hardships on the march
Even Chinese porters died and forty men
were sent to the hospital. Reports from
Gen. Young's district show daily in
crease of insurgent activity. While de-
tail of the Thirty-third infantry was re-
turning from Bangued it was fired upon
by insurgents, Sergt. Berstaller being Kill-
ed and two privates killed.
The Philippine commission has decided
to compile the revised Philippine customs
tariff from its own Investigations, as
sisted by the regular army board. The
result will be forwarded to the United
States for publication and discussion
among those interested in foreign COM
merce. When the details appear to be
satisfactory and the draft has been ap-
proved by the secretary of war the COM
mission will premulgate it here as a law.
The measure has taken on a new and
international commercial interest, ari
the course of the commission is heartily
commended here
Archbishop Chappelle, who recently
left Manila, accompanied by several
friars, for the northern districts of LII
zon under conditions that aroused the
suspicious of the Filipinos here that ne
intended to establish the friars in par
ishes, was welcomed on his arrival at
Dagupan. AS two years have elapsed
since an opportunity for baptism had
been presented more than $500 persons
have been baptised.
In view of the protest of the parish
against the appointment of friar as
parish priest, Mgr. Chappelle did not
attempt to make it.