Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-07

Trey IN " -. vii be ~ tsrmsna tsd With
out any comp Sston aftsrs the sxtsrnina-s
\ ton of the army rs occupa tiof. Nj sa 5ss
v Third The defAnd srs 81; the philippines,
I Ia your. col Eaand Win attack the guard Iat
sBilibid ma sslibefats the prisoners ana
n s''prssidiartd and. having sccompl
sthiss thsy wall lss arrnsd, saying "a thsm,s
Brother, We nnust aYenge ourselves on
I the Ameritsns md extsrnninateE them
SIthat ~ 10y n take our revenge for tie
sssinfanniessand treAal esias which they havS
icoinn,i TIED UPON III. \. IIave no compassion!
upon them !: n tack With yigor. HI All FIT
\ ptnos en- maSse' VIAL second you. LonG
liv0 Filipino sindepend ence.t 49, NJ n S$
III Me order which will bs fol-
lowed lii the attack will b a follows
The sharpsho oters Of Tondo and santa
AIMS will begin the attack from With.
out, and these shots will be the signal
Sfsr the smilitia Of Trozo. Binondo. Quiapo;
and sampaloc to 80 out Into the street
7 and do their duty. Those Of Pace, ErmitaI
and 4Malate, Santa Cruz and San Miguel
/ viii not start out until ~ o'clock unless
they see their comp anlons need assist
4 s'six The militia. viii start out at s
70 'clock in the morning. n II all do their
/ duty our revenge will be complete. Broth
5ers, Europe contemplates U.s. We know
how to die 81 men, shed cling our blood
III defense Of the liberty Of our country.
Death to the tyrants, war without quar-
I ter to the false, Americans. who have de-
7ceived u.s. Is III \. 4 II "A, b III .s.
XII The savage barbarity OF this order
shows the oh ara ter of the ginsur-
gents, aud how totally ;unht they are
Ito Organize and c0nd uct . Civili1ed.
government Mt in$ Ss2 53,;i is3fs,s s
u This sandico Is one Of the tablest ana
most prominent men. He VAS one Of the
men who, In the meeting at EIongkon
@on May IS 1898, advised Aguinaldo that
There will be no better occasion than
the present for the expeditionary forces
TO land on those islands and to arm them
selves: at the expense Of the Americans
and assure the attainment Of our legiti-.
mate aspirations against those very peo-
ple.',S N }fs .$'s,t r.
y That order Of Feb. is, inst quoted,
III = specimen Of! their Legitimate
aspirations against Our people, IS
& The uprising prescribed by the order
of Feb. is did not, on account Of the ac-.
stivity and vigilance OF cur people. take
place on the 18th but did occur one week
later, on the night of the 22d and 23d Of
February. Apart Of the scheme was to
fire tt e$ city at numerous points, and for
this purpose many buildings, In different
parts Of the city, had been saturated
with kerosene, and Tagal sharpshooters
had been, secretly station in adjoining
buildings for the purpose OF shooting
down our men while attempting to put out
the fires. The outbreak began with the
firing Of the city about g. p. nj. ON the
22d.E The first house fired was in the sub
urbs OF Santa Cruz. :. S##$ r INV s
It was an abiding place of Filipinos. u
5s jfsAs to what occurred after this, i: will
quote from Gen. Hughes provost mar
ishal --report ;;s q $ III
z The police, as represented by the Thir-
tenth Minnesota Infantry, u. s.. VI, arr
rived on the scene almost Immediately
and were able to establish beyond q doubt
that the fire was of incendidary origin
and that, Kerosene oil was the fluid made
use of In starting It. e. !. ~ The wind
at the time was variable and 1t was nee
essary to fight the fire from three sides.
Efforts were made to prevent the 2efi-
cheney Of the firemen by occasional shots
from the surrounding houses ), !. r.
Efforts were also made to destroy the
fire hose by puncturing ut. ~. The
locality was well selected for the nefari-
GUS purpose OF the incendidary The build
ings were constructed Of light materials
and the streets narrow. Furthermore, It
was district peopled by Chinstnen, and
they had large stores Of dry cocoanut
shells stored, for fuel, Owing to these
causes it was II o'clock p. m. before the
fire department could get sufficient CON /
troll of the fire to assume the offensive
and subdue it, This fire burned two
blocks, as shown in the accompanying map
marked "A. y 1t would seem that the object
81 this fire was to burn out the barracks
OF the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers and
the police company on Gale Dolores.
About the time the fire in Santa Cruz was
brought under control "a second one was
noticed in the suburb OF Tondo.5< =: I .&.
This fire was started by inslrgent soldiers
who had entered the city by passing
around the left of Gen. MacArthur's line .
1t was started at different points to wind
ward Of the location OF two Of the city
police stations Companies M and C, Thir-
tenth Minnesota-with the evident In
tention OF roasting them out. The posi- !
bility Of such tactics on the part OF the
enemy Ha0 Deeu IOreSeen ana PROVIDED
against a .i$S. Unfortunately enemies
were on all sides and occasional shots
were fired from houses in the vicinity.
The first attempt 81 the lincendidaries to
start < fire IN the rear Of the troops was
made In the main building Of the Binondo
market. I. S !: A second and successful
effort was mad BY setting fire to some \
2nipa structures outside the main building.
!. %$ &. The lesson learned by. these fires
is t1,at5we are living in the midst OF cruel
enemies, who are capable Of resorting to
any means to further their ends. ''.~..s>. /
y But will not take further time to quote
from Gen. Hughes report. Those who
are anxious to read the fun details Of this !
horrid attempt to burn the city and de- Z
Estroy our soldiers can read the reports BY
Gen. Hughes, Col. AmesS and Captains
Morgan, McKelvey, Robinson and Nets.
and Lieutenants Snow and Bruckhart Of
the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers. The
Following is a part Or the report Of Col
Lucas or the insirgent forces upon this
rising and firing Of the city: 81 $s p
/ 4 Excellent Sir: I consider It very Inn
portant to report to you what occurred On
the night Of the fire, Wednesday, the g22nd