The age-herald., 1900-05-03
TWENTY AMERICANS KILLED BY REBELS They Were Caught in Church
 and Surrounded. MADE A DESPERATE FIGHT When a Relief Party Finally Arrived the Soldiers Who Had Fought
 for Two Days Were Com
 pletely Exhausted
MADE A DESPERATE FIGHT

Manila, May 2-The American garrison of Catubig, Island of Samater, consisting of thirty men belonging to the Forty-third regiment, has been attacked by rebels. Twenty of the Americans were killed The remainder were rescued.
 The Americans were quartered in the Catubig church, which the enemy, number ing several hundred men, surrounded and fiercely attacked.
 The Americans fought for two days, and then the rebels managed to ignite the roof of the church, and it burned away and finally fell upon those inside the church. The walls remained intact, however, and were used as a shelter by the besieged Americans for three days longer the enc my attacking the building on all sides at once.
 The Americans continued firing from the windows and doors of the church, and did great destruction among the Filpinos
 It is estimated that over 200 of the latter were killed, many dead bodies being re- moved from the scene of the fight. After five days resistance by the Americans a lieutenant and eight men arrived from Laonn and engaged the besiegers, who thereupon retired.
 The fortunate arrival of these reinforce ments prevented the annihilation of the American force entrenched in the church, who had repeatedly declined to surrender when ordered to do so by the Filipinos.
 The ten survivors were without food, had little ammunition and were physically ex- hausted when relieved.
 This fight has encouraged the Filipinos, who are now acting in an aggressive man.
  coast, particularly the town of Catarma, when garrison will be withdrawn to Laonn
 Rebel Warehouse Discovered
 6:O5 D. m.-General Funston has discov- cred a rebel warehouse near Cabanutuan, province of New Egija, containing all the archives of the Malolos government, Aguin- aldo's correspondence up to the time Of his flight and much valuable historical mat ter.
 The belief is growing that Aguinaldo was killed by the Igorottes. There is no proof that he has been alive since Major Peyton C. March of the Thirty-third regiment abandoned the chase after the Filipino leader in the Benquet mountains, although an insurgent officer who recently surren- dered to General Young says that the fnsurgent general Tinio, holds this belief Ilnfo held regular communication with Aguinaldo until December 2S, since when he has heard nothing from him. and,Tino thinks Aguinaldo would find means to communicate with him if alive. Major Marchs information is that there were only half dozen soldiers with Aguinaldo when he fled beyond the Bontoc wilder ness, where the savages are hostile to all strangers. Friends of Aguinaldos wife as- sert that she has heard nothing from him since they parted.
 She Is in a delicate condition and nearly prostrated with worry. Therefore she has not been informed of the death of her child, and thinks it with her friends at Bacoor.
 Sultan or sulu
 The Sultan of Suu, with retinue in- cluding several of his wives, has sailed for Singapore, oStensibly on a religious mis- sion. A Hong Kong dispatch to a Manila paper says the Sultan has gone to Singa- pore in order to protest to the British against the Americans establishing tariff against imports, claiming 1t is violation of the treaty of 1887, between Spain Great Britain and Germany, Germany guaran. teeing the Sulu islands free trade, whereas the Americans have established a tariff nearly doubling the prices of tobacco rice and the Sulu staples of life, most of which are imported from Singapore. The Filipino crew of the steamship Esca- no recently mutinied in the channel be- tween Cebu and Leyte and killed the cap tain, the mate and the owner, Senor Es- cano, and his son with knives, during a desperate struggle. The mutneers then scuttled the ship and escaped to the Leyte mountains with $28, 900.