The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08

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mad been running, things very we'll lie was
q hieoi, as were all the Inhabitants Of the place.
Ihs town has a few fairly good buildings, In.
ma, Nc worn-outifed look oi No many Filipino
villages, huts In bad repair. ruins uninhabitab!e
ana useiess, but never removed 10 make room
for decent places, dirty streets, decay and indif-
ierenc, everywhere
Donso presented more amusement 4 white
nag ON ur UeaCh greeted our approach " hen
Visa went In and demanded the surrender Of the
place The Lieutenant who met him wanted slx
hours 10 think II over. So Wise landed al once,
anu NE insurgents ran away 10 the hills lusi IL
nina Me Town SOtne Of the few who stayed told
hun that the soldiers numbe red about 20, per
maps hall OF hem with guns. As our men were
DUSTY gellng their siors and baggage ashore
We Insurgents began shooting al them from tie
hls 30 We went out and gave LsiJe. hey
ser- on a hall beyond a small open field. They
nae battery up there, With which they were NY
ing 10 shoot som-uOdy Our men formed IN sAir-
nlsh line In the open field, gave the customary
whoOp, and started for the hill The insurgents
bla1ed away win their old guns, and, although
everybody heard the noise Of the stun they fired
Nhlsulns through the air, 40 one could i-l shefe
surgens ran down the other side, and We haven't
seen EN- siaoe. Thus ended the assault on Don
sol Helghs Donsol IS iust a nipa village VIII a
We're about 100 bales Of hemp there.
Sorsogon had about 10000 bales, or q h,tle
more IN Lhe ~gVdowns aud ready 70 ship, WIN
ne Sntsugon dlsln,t ~ lhe pnSr tnIlrgl IN
Manila today that Is nearly g., h1,VU tA-Aican)
worth OF hemp IN mat one uisi1cL which Is iot
ranked trsiClAss, either Ia the quantity or quality
OF It's product THIS has not been a very good
year for hemp, either, although he output dues
not iall So very far U.o~ that OF normal years,
showing that, however much the insurgents may
have taxed Ae Industry, thty dd moi prevent the
su1ppers iVm gong on with ,Aeii work.
LgasPi was ue neAt port after Sorsogon, ara
Major Shiptun's battalion Of the Forty seventh,
Who vent w as Tie garrison, we're PARTICIPANTS
In one Of the most picturesque PERFORMANCES our
,rcops have been through in ihe Philippines.
l Ia ma r.NR 4 Al vf.I Ilf IN axe n AflI1Oln
resistance. there We're between GU AND 40 oil
them, and they stayed In their huge trenches
preparations 10 land Then W. fanked hen,
ana he Nashville gave them The worst OF SONS
t-auuhl gun practice. " hen 1t MAS over thirty
one q thea we're lying IN one trench, ami our men
a-fc Suu finding dead Insurgents Tie next day
vim ~ aue away. The count then was hily-
D'r ! hem Ia nve OF ours WOUNDED. tne bunch
Of them Lad te-n caught IN their trench between
two parties OF our men, ana very lev Of thenl got
AWAY uuhurL After hat Major Shlp,on took
Two companies across a lteY stream SadIns tp
lnsurgeul flags bad been fylng ali day, carturIis
a battery q Jour bronze guns The o'her i~o
cuIpall-s vent up Il" Aihay, at1ut az huuf
chased he Insurgents out ana gotiouf more uron]e
LgAspi and .\lhsy are rrh, a, the foo, Of he
big volcano, and now We had a chance t. see II
near at hand This MAS the third point 81 view
Going down TO Sufsoron w. saw II from the west
At Norsogon We saw u from the SCUM, and now
Il9hl NEF tHA uAN "lAA hE' rN' '
the same wonderfully SvMmet1cA cone nslnc
from th- taSe slopes Al the uniform angle ut -
degrer' 10 p-ak hat would hardy 'urn,sh sane.
are very fertile, and covered WIN hne heds q
hemp and with groves, ana dotted here and here
with huis Bat when the SIDES take on th.el'
sleeper turn they become rough and scared, AM
are hare u all signs Of HE Nj Gay clouds oi
dust tlpN down he rugged 81 pes, and most Of
the time the Peak vas hidden III mist
Lag4Spl Is a well bull and good kIng town,
hut AlNsv. which always las leen accounted h.
better l!acn, = nothing lat ihe "reCA ana run ~
any b-au,v u worth II MAY have had once. IL
derives some elements II he picturesque fror1
hing sl'u1'ed almost among he hlls which use
abruptly from tie rear Vt lhr Old church, M We
buildings are dilapldatsc and Wuhl. down RUNS
tina, look as # they had teer gn''u'f'd 'or Yeas
stand on the main street, and the whole n'ho"ls
like the memory - a scuurgr just teNoro II We
town Of Daraga has stolen us hrceni virtue ana
become the trading centre iradiuun saws .Altay
once was There he big Chinese merchants VITO
supply the wants of mos, Of, The T-,plr u ne
reg. n have their stores and ne buildings are y
soTe lnplrarC" ~ 'ainHT' ulrN Ncr- ~ ~
pur,ar0a. for the insurgents, running though
after 'A-'r d~'eai, AZ leesspl and Al's> hur.i
he glare If the flames reflected on the distant
heavens
I centre Of one - the richest districts for hemp IN
tie islands One q the Nashville ilnch shells
accidentally hit irp corner ut . godown belonging
10 a BRUSH firm Of Maniis. and 300 teI'- WEI"
destroyed. In a goodwin further down The beach
~ iu-urgert took retuG' and fired OUT q an urr+f
window The Hack smoke Of Ms Remington
hrtrayed HIM, and four shells struck hat end oi
the & down That cost 800 choice bales
From lygaer. n. 'a,'r'anu Ven, over 10
Virac on the island ofCa .~nGuanes, with biohop'S
/ COMPANY Of Wise battalion tt'n kpbh" went
over m the Nashville - So how Ri>h.1 - along
Thar. w,r, hal, . !11an i1SurC 'nis there VITA
c.ns AMI a. first hoy thought ih"y would hghi
but they ,nGng"t urHr minis whom IL zane um'
H. mas g,n' an. there Mas ~, trnubl" Shin
tn = battalion h.. hNan transferred Rom the
HgncucS tr Ih' run u l"ga>,' 70 III" N"nl>,
I'D D.. - 40. go WrwHHF - ar a.
,Th"a s,,rcs had Sen mi aisi.GT 'i-,m n. Venus
,h" " nj back u S1-s'C n an TOOK Alien lat,
talon = Tn. FcIF mir, slh whom she haG
M the Hancock : " rs anl She came NaCs 10
, Manla. The Cas,o!lano cam in rom Nllrac
and g, h5I c.2nnE nj ior Sa'na9g5 5n ~
maauma. ant The Forty seventh headquarters
u taylighln' moTnlns We all pulled ol'f.r
Of only a few hours. The town i on a III" Strta-n
that nun, in from some pretty god sized Hills
. moi far bchintit The h-a-h uil". and smooth
ih,r, Wa M tr1uhl' in Ian ling 1t was APPARENT
n, the star, that th.re would be n r@~is,an"t for
n svqrns However. Major Gilmore took lis
hattalior in on The beach well helJv town md
cawo in N the Gspk a. II he expected : hot hshi
when the oy'Prts were taking position down
one = h. 20 is the Insurgents letoF n I'D smooth
~. ramon Al ,h"m and 'h't hrunght m a LA
ing aIu"oiripn. which resulted IN the capture
i eleven I'll n guns il'. wv Ni'atllE '. VIII .f-N'
gs~', " ithput loss ou our = :" II appeared thEt
II -y.l Iukusn. brother NJ The notorious enlli
anil fL.f who has been rTis!0g thr mischief in
SsmAr ant iny'" under tn ha'lpunan frg End
r,lUnr himself an i~nsurC"n' g"n-r'l, had com
uhp.ci IN CnlbevuG. Nicanie hHNfrg hS head
quarters NJ Ca'hslcCan, further ,Wn u" coast
On roprr Miguel had 2io men. hall them m the
artillery. and the rest infantry half Of whom
war. armed with guns an half with hn.u> There
v. > some pretty good house in ttlN1NnC, AMI
The pl, y. was cleaner A.i NOR SCI! rp>I"Cllng
,hqn most = The towns W. Ia! NA'u Two Ing
ishmen. AMI one Amer an. Scott l,,v-l 'hrr-
in tho interests ~ Manila houses lhor- WAS
r,r,tl,re ~. h,mp hut mt a. much - II tTfS
rs+ Mt tean 50 hard In the in'd n" II vas AN-
Uulpn There had lean r" SHIPS irT 50 long
that the rica was gone and th'T' was NJ money
Srt't hal been paying lo pr cert q month for
m.0.y With which Il" luT CHOW 'nd \" SAC NAV
1, man with tn silver Gu'arN right Their" a. pav
S,,i down for Il. could pruhs .ly ct hemp for So
. riru'. or any equally absurd pric"
~, haIngan furnished ~" spectacle 81 TIE Trip
W. g,t ih-r, iN thr early dawn An found q l''h'
vh'Is r,g Tying DOWN ~ n" bah MAJOR
Nliar. whoSe battalion o. The Forty ,hiri was 10
-,!sop he rla-e. went In \ small boat with. =
~ 10 Gag 70 So, what Was wanted cen koNh'
a. haI Information 20 the effect TINT uk'S0
dI NJ, iuteni 10 make a fight hut would ieini
a. T., and under cover - thHt burn The own II
w,s in The hon ~ sy'',ing such Q hIpT"ninC
,h,, he wsite4 To- discuss the white fsC business
irNend Handing with all S'""' As h. Ghc ~ or
sv.rv'oiy vas cyc'aiwinE on ih' fine appearance
~ he town Itla~iu \ smell semirrcuIAr shqrNf
r,' surrounded hv high l'ls, covered win ihlrE
rs-..,'jon and trees The houses wer" mostly
~ yo,I Win irnn roots. and th"re HN> an ar
r,5Sra-itv and lecency about the place unusual
IN tn- allen found Second Lieutenant who md
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