The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-08
DEFIED BY FILIPINOS.
American Troops Fail to Take
Mountain Stronghold.
IMMENSE COST OF WAR
MILLIONS OF MONEY AND THOU
SANDS OF LIVES SACRIFICED.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
Manila, July Is (via San Francisco,
Aug. O.-The insurgents in the vicinity
of Cagayan, on the island of Mindanao,
are becoming so troublesome that It
may become necessary to augment the
United States force stationed there by
a body of troops from some other sta
ton. The insurgents, numbering, it IS
estimated, about 1000 in all, are fort1-
flying the mountain passes and are
otherwise preparing to give battle 10
our soldiers. Only recently deJach-
ment under command of Captain Mil
Ter Of the Fortieth infantry had an ex-
citing and bloody experience with the
natives near Agusan, about ten miles
from Cagayan.
In attempting to take his command
through the narrow defile Captain Mil
Ter encountered such strong defenSeS
that his entire advance guard, number
ing fourteen men. were left in the
power Of the insurgents. Five of this
number eventually escaped and report
ed that eight of their fellows were
killed and one taken prisoner. Captain
Miller was wounded in the engagement
which preceded the Abandonment Of the
advance.
Captain Elliot, leading reinforce
ments, was severely injured by being
struck by a native contrivance known
as a spear shooter. Captain Elliot
men came across no less than half a
dozen of these ingenious weapons.
Both parties being without COM
manders, the soldiers were obliged to
return to Cagayan. According to the
latest adVices the insurgent stronghold
is still untaken.
Costing $50, 100000 a Year
The paymasters department is kept
constantly at work arranging for the
payment of the 55 200 officers and men
of Uncle Sans army now engaged on
these islands. The disbursement is
made every two months. and the aver
age sum required is something over
81 coo, 600. or in the neighborhoOd of $780,
100000 a year.
Major Eide, president of the Manila
board of health, has completed his re-
port Of the army for the fiscal year
ended June 80. Official figures were
kept by the board commencing with
October, 1899. During the months from
October to June, inclusive, the total
number of deaths, exclusive Of Chinese,
from the different classes of diseases
was as follows: TuberculouS, 1872; beri
beri. 642; malarial diseases, 1913; diar-
rhaeaI diseases, 1913; acute lung dis
eases. 631; typhoid fever, Al; smallpox,
Z; bubOnic plague, $50; leprOsy, A; mea-
sles, 4.
The death percentage during this Pc
| riod of nine months, estimating Ma
nila's population to be $780, 900, is about
| % per cent.
During the months from January to
| June the total number of deaths, in
| Guiding all classes, from bubonic
| plague, was 696.
Ministers Are Killed.
From many sections of the archipe-
| lago news of atrocious murders of Am
| orleans and others by insurgents is re-
ceived Three American ministers-LO-
rey, Springfield and Rickets-were muir
dered at Batanisland; two natives were
+ Killed at Santa Cruz, and a report of a
/ CHASTITY crime in revenge for Major
/ MaXinO's capture by the Americans
/ comes through official channels
! After Major Maxine was taken priS-
Oner by American troops at Unisan a
( sang of TUlisaneS killed his father-in-
! law, his wife, four of his children and
( his nephew butchering and torturing
/ them and rObbing his family of about
! $1,000 in money and jeweiry. A de-
/ tachment of six men, under Captain c.
/ H. Newberry Of the Thirtieth infantry
/ with Major Maxine as their guide, en-
! COuntered the desperadOes, killing nine
and taking thirteen prisoners, besides
! recovering a portion of the jeWelry and
( $500 of the money.
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