The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

scoundrels that have infested the Camarines.
II was tough luck 70 come so near TO catch
II would have been easy 10 kill him.
Kendrick had had a hard time. lie went to
Calabanga with four officers and i42 men on the
he started with a native guide. who seemed
TO be willing enough. so, that they trusted him.
But instead Of taking the column to the east,
toward Manguirin. he led II away TO the north
and into a hopeless tanglc q jungltsh brush
wandered about with this false guide. getting
further and further ont Of their way. The
Captain of the other company with Kendrick
is the famous Yellowstone" Kelly. who has had
years of experience a. q scout and guide in the
job over to him. and with a compass and old
Isaroe 10, help him Kelly brought the column
back to the 'tSil they me, had been trying 70 hin;
settlement They struck the trail on the morn
ing Of March T. the day after they were due
in San jose, Fate played them a curious trick.
for they came into the trail just in from, Of an
insurgent ambush. IL was just such a trail as
McNamee had had 10 contend with, impossible
brush at both. sides and q single step Of either
way mud and mire with streams every few
hundred yards banked like "A Bad Lands canon.
just after they had struck the trail they came to
a stream a ll!'l' wider nan usual and the scouts
bull a trench on the other side. They had
not been as skilful in concealing ii a. they were
our men began TO deploy as well as they
could in the thick brush and mud but bcforethey
could get anything like a satisfactory po-itiou
the insurgents opened un. They had two cannon
trained on the trail, and let these go with first
volley. The range was very short, and they
shot high, ~ usual. but in the few minutes that
they stayed to fight, they killed two Of our men
OUT. With their cannon they left thirteen dead
men in their trench and IA few rifles. There
were tiftv rounds for the cannon, bamboo shells
filed with old scrap iron and small stones.
Twenty ponies. saddled and bridlad. were left in
the brush for our men. The rifles, boloe and
bows were broken up. and the canno were
thrown into the stream. our men went on to
Lalud that afternoon and buried their dead.
' hey we're just preparing to go on 10 san Jose
when McName" cane up, The whole battalion
$40 in the afternoon. one company was en-
barked on the Venus. but II was very rough, and
the Major decided To whit until morning TO
embark the rest. for il WAS dangerous work
III the big ~wells in the dark. When they were
all ready TO 20 the next morning. the 80, Mayor
volcano was in eruption, and the -kipper said it
was dangerous 70 go to sea. The ashes were
so thick they could not see 700 yards, But they
persuaded HIM 80 start oui and had got almost
10 san Miguel Ray when they met Gen Bates
going ont TO look for them IN the little gunhoat
Paragua.
We had been watching that eruption from
san Miguel Bay all day. We were sixty five
the ashes lew 10 Us III a fine gray cloud. II
was markedly noticeable when We got up in
the morning. McCntcheon and had come
down from Nueva taCpreS and were waiting
gu the Athenian for the expedition TO go 10
Daet IN North tamarines, McNarnee's bat
talon was 10 do that work and that was why
II had been picked Mp by the Venus When
We first noticed the peculiar appearance Of
the sky i, was suggested jokingly that Mayon
was in eruption Nobody took the suggestion
seriously. not even the mar who made II But
as the day wore on the sky changed from just
merely a Clouded appearance To an angry red
Dish brown, Toward the mountain the air
Nlns : a thtgl Tint nnfltnn rn,1l la "a, ,A,
even old lSarOg, That was hardly q stones
throw away on a clear day The cloud turned
q dirty yello" One Of the officers on the
Athenlan said TO another
IL you we're in Kansas now and saw that
coming al you you'd get into your cellar as
quick n YOU could
You're right there" was the reply, that's
more like a cyclone than anything | have ever
seen out here.
The most curious thing about the disreputa-
hi" cloud was that Il got no nearer and yet did
not reCede It's outside edge seemed 10 hang
over the middle, of the entrance to the BAY
I kept settling lower and lower. but without
lateral motion. No ashes had fallen on rs
late IN IA" afternoon, but the opinion had be-
come general by that time that the peculiar
ny must be due 10 an eruption Early in
like a fine snowstorm. They went every
where he smallest crack or crevicp was
not usht enough 10 keep them ont sThe avn
on tho decks they could be swept rp BY the
dlstpGnfnl There was much wondering
what was happening al ,Lsgaspi and Albay,
at the base Of the old fellow. and We wished
We were down there so as TO sea the great
mountain IN all It's glory.
We turned in that nigh, satisfied that the
paet expedition would not go for several DAYS.
Before O'Clock in the morning Capt 'Snlley
woke us and said the Venus was in with McNa-
nee,s battalion and we should have 10 20 TO
the Paragua at once II we wanted to make the
hike So We turned out and went to the gum
boat Everything was covered with ashes
IH ,EA- 4t..l H.IV - tAA oil In-- a. N--.-
looked a. II she had been painted gray While
mand Major, Mcyamse came on board the
Paragua and told the General the story of
the two marches around lsaroc.
cannot describe those trails 10 you he
said. They are worse than anything | ever
experience there. Nothing in Colorado or
IN" Bad Lands or Montana can compare with
them
u was a short run to the river on which Daet
stands The pilot said il would be possible to
take the Paragra clear up to the town. but tho
General was anxious 10 get through as soon rs
posslhl" and away from Manila. so he decided to
and n" men NJ the barrio at the mouth of
the river and let them march up to town. As
We, came up To the harrio. which the Spaniards
called Mercedes, white flags were fving from
every point ~ vantage. Around the corner
of a big goodwin that stood on the point formed
by tha river and the beach. the Insurgents
brasures for three guns. Neither gun nor
man was there To receive us, however. Two
companies Wee taken from the Venus aboard
the nlnboat and in small boats in tow. and
v" went into the river and tied up 81 a pier in
front OF n Godown. The men went ashore and
a smooth Young man IN the cleanest white and
With the Air Of a clerk for some Britisher. came
down from the godOwn and presented the
card of the Hon. John Barrett. who used to be
Minister 10 Siam. The possession Of this card
Nas his evidence Of good faith and respecta-
hihty. He said the Senior had given II 10 him,
! asked hun where tho Senior was and he replied
,E~scapad9 Ne wanted to know when. the
senior had escaped and he said three or four
DAYS ago He was greatly puzzled Mt the laugh
that answer raised.
There was a great quantity Of hemp ready for
shipment y The barr!o aud in paet fheo wners
OF the godown A. Mercedes had fed. all being
natives, hut they had left their representa-
flves 10 look out for things. and these men told
Us that there were no insurgents in the province,
! here never had been a large garrison, and
what few there had been had been withdrawn
some time ago, They also told Of n scnrvv
trick som" .Japanese flibnstsrs played on the
IN Insurgents last fall. Thev came down with n
steamer full Of rifles and ammunition. They
landed N0rifes and got the 500. mo that had been
promised for the whole consignment, then
steamed away With the rest Of IT nnloaded and
without having left a single cartridge for the
rifles they had delivered That was almost as
good n trick az me one Spitzel ard Sylvester
worked on them. Both here and NJ Nueva
, hceres the natives said that there was no
rum IN fre. story that had such credence In
october 70 the effect that the German steamer
lara hhd landed ls,O0 rifles and 6.Ov0,NO
cartridges AT Daet in August or Sentemher,
We got away from Mercedes early IN the after
noon and made a fine ruin 10 Mambulao where
th'' sa' there are gold mines Two. or three
companies are NJ work there now and a few years
engineer Of this concern now lives In Nueva
I nCprpS, and he said tho vhoia propn.ition was