The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06

and we went around another bend with the
fields for a mlc on each side OF the rt,vrrr i,uhn
Of f~ugitives. We anne smack into. n niue VII
lage that everybody but the pilot thought was
Nueya Cacerss, There was n row OF houssS
along the river front, and beyond them 4 COCO
sized square with Il church at the Tar SIDE VI !"
WARNING 10 BOiOMEN Ma
The pilot was just explaining Thar NueNn
Caceres was Just beyond THIS Tlacr Mntn W
and waving hs hand rruntcall, at sone TIhhe
whom W could not see, lie shouteu M ~
time and some OF the men, thOugnt ne W."
deiying us aud wanted to shoot hun on tvhS
ernl PRINCIPLES. lie carried q cane when hhl'
the men were ready to swear was q n"9,
An opening in the line of hnts on me pE"N
showed us the plaza and In the middlt ~ II"
dlgnilled elderly Filipino IN Il new 9uN o. PLY
less white. and wearing. IN" small Diack urr"n
Ia, that Is the insclarnblc marx oil It1'nl' y, y
good pace. 4. the gnnboat flashed across NJ"
range Of vision lac halted wlth q Jcrk VA, ,ban
most threw him over backward ana men
the huts shu, the plaza ont again ana We heN'i
found on, whether he fell or not, me nun
with the cane kept cunning along ana sllouInp
all The m" and We did,It see whf. see ~,
certainly was making the time 81 ,in tAittss
runner for he was krsplng up win 'ne n.u''
Two minutes later We swept mound a rlsll-
aug'ed turn and almost M 10 the l,t' pl'i'
liai serve aS n landinE place lor we ,VMn
Then We saw what the shouting was about
The boloinen and ~t'ccheros VINO had stRl'd l2
the last were beginning to leave the Town anu
they had started down the river not KNOWING
that we were coming up inns te,o" pa,
been trying to warn them IN time Wien Trey
saw W. they were AZ a lOss for a few %iniiut'~,
We stopped opposite the peers, an anchor was
let 40 aStern and preparations mace !" s"HlS
in 10 one Of the landings. The bo,ulh'Ii
were running ont along the river hheod oi Us
| They were not 800 hundred yards away and they
moved more slowly than any Filipino run,
Always ] had ever seen. II was a curious Hil
~pu2,ling performance. "" couldn't make Oui
whether il meant "A big fg!t or not Ahead 81
our position a few yards "A line Of boats was
Il - ..t..s. arn.a sh.r OIL u.r O.. .al A a IN . a ~
in place Of the old substantial wCoCpn one
which had been destroyed The pilot said we
could go up no further with the ginboal, As
| quickly as possible she was laid dloT yside one
Of the landings and the men were jumping
ashore. At the same time one OF the Sa.!orinrn
was sent M the foremost TO take a iooE
| about the place, 1t was tiv" minutes OF O o'clock
! when the men of Rogers company. we're on
shore. just beyond IA" improviset DrldEN
| there was Il large field of gras~. There was
tie hiding place of most Of the men who wtTr
running ont of the town 50 fast. We, conId
Sre them perfectly wei gong into tn" tall Sr'f-
by the score, and could naye k'iled a rresr
many with easr and without the least daiisTI
il \ naa been desired. They were IN sloft nan
rang" for the krags.
ArPUoAo 0f AN ARMED FORCE.
he men IN shore had Just begun To SCnllei,
| 0it through the town when the masthead
l""EoG, reported n force Of about tire" hHllGi.i.
men advancing into the town from the SCUM
and east, They We're IN skirmlsh line ana
seemed 10 Dc coming through the fields. lac
could not make oft whether they were otr men
or not, nut Thought they were ~Fllli'lnO-. lh-
>tan'ly Althousc made ready to pct the gun
boat 20 the other SIDE uf the river %her" h''
would have a better place to use her gun ana
the tripod was brought out Tor one oi The Coz
automatic gun, to ~" taken ashore 10 help
out Rogers md his men II II turned out 20 be a
fore" OF insurgents trying tho Rniuc They have
tired only once 50 FAR. Of running on and try lng
10 l0rce Their way back IN. Another man Went
NJ We mast Nith a powerful iGir of binCcuiGiS
and aS soon a. h. sdw the advancing Inc It.
shouted that thor were Americans tor he could
| see Their Gllnlll. IN hntH lie Nn. TANlff 1lNhf
were CUI. Parkor's men coming in from carolina.
hey had not got down Ia PaleS'rU0 and had
rome across the country to the main road at
tohc"r".on, a barrlo Just "A iiue way ont 81
Nlleva taCares. After they lelt he "uCoanuts
Or tunr"pClon they had had 10 cross n broad
Nat from which they were in plain sight Of those
IN Maya This wa what had started he bolo-
men on the run down tine river. Now they were
caught between the two forces and their only
hope WA IN the tail grass. That was why 80
many OF them stopped 50 close To our position,
They were trusting To their chance % getting
H'To.' the river and away IN the darkn"', .
by a curious cirCuns lance il turned out
10 be a good hope. No cGor, would have pecn
made 10 take them auyway, that i no svsc al
trorl. for they had mHdc DO attack on IL,
ohe company of, - his left a BE- came into
town ~ max" the ferry. He Knew nothing
OF ne cnnboa' This c'mrsny was dcp!2yed
and ADVANCING IN u direction that would have
brought II right through TIE field in which
so many Of the natives had taken refuge But
Just h"for" h" truck this field the captain
saw above the tree tops lear Whe"c ne knew
IN" ferr" vas two big United States flags and
lnmed alriy 'nme =" the CONCLUSION that rHt
and had occupied TIA" ferry already. So Ne"
returned 10 the column ard Reported 10 Col
Parker. Those two Nags were the bright
uo" ou~i.u~ which the naIaguH was iviug
At the Trucks in honor ~ WashiNGtou's ni,ih-
day. cat Roger lent one men to- TIE nj cr
side of the river go establish outI o-t- and tlov
had not gnup 'itrcI feet NJ the bank before
there were ono hot and then n big ,ula.h
in the water Then 'Ns gray head Of al Old
man CGul" NJ cautiously aad di Icd Inu"dl-
at"lg brli.d a hanca lying on the more. Tie
men went down 20 Tim and made him come
Out al the water. They Said he EHi had a
hoio, Snno Of them >ail he had had three
ruth them. ! g1,c.s by now hC really wounded
three or four Of them and by nest week there
will have been at least a dozen OF him. Thi,
l. a line growing country,
No attention was pa'd 20 the men in the grass
patch. Col. Parker came ~ INTO the town
raDldly and ionnd II deserted. The 4Go valan,
Ien1 was GDn" with h, warrior, sworn Ia die
On he Geld rather tlan surrender II they
would only swear 20 die rather than ruH there
might be- some fun Win them som"tino.. Tho
whole night before tefs had delivered har-
hnsucN. Why should they not fight Tor their
hone, he said. Who wa AFRAID to stay and
i1oHl IN" coward Americans, Had thrv not
made a glorious defence al CalahaurI and
hurled the rui'IJn invader back into the sen
whcnc" they came; Had they not killed great
NUMBER of III" hated enemy there ana witt only
onirthc iErun-eOuentIa ius, of two de9d ,nthclr
own SIDE Then t.LcH would .tay and rglli
here in Maya and they would teach HE despoilrr
IA lesson he would B0i lorrol. This was cut m
'front.' OF the EnglishmGn'~ house. ana the
tnglIslmUn laughed md thought Of the bale.
ana bales Of hcuIp h" ha5 N hi r, Gowns i,ug.'
Tor 81 or S. q p.cul. which ne Wa~ 1,trE 10 Sell
very soon for SIS Or $40 when the Americans
came. So N" fare" went on as it hnG for a
night and u dar before, and then IN the u,rning
an old man came running IN FROM the Con-
cerCion road and told them We \msrrrns
were Just here behind The Cucoi nat, nd would
soon be- coming along. hurdrCC~'oI Them and
eyrrl man with n gun. Here was the chance
said Penn e. his Nallentes. come nj last r.pl,, ia
them, He himself would 20 ont first and 90
whore the swine were 80 that lie MIGHT the hrrtar
lay his great trap 'ur them. III On he WouII
return and there ,hOuid b" greet dOings Mel
perhaps, there will be, but he ha.u't como hal
vet, =" no on" can tell. II began 20 lawn IN Tho
N%al!"nt"~ aiitr n while that lcna hai ran AWAY
aud Then they started. 900, The ri'in,r,n mad,
u hut III" bOlomeu. sour Of thran. ,tDytl "a
long th't they were caught. or could hay, beru
IL ktuuH U0G beer the object Of the UDeratirn.
Cot Parker lad some of his men i'm ui,tI tors
ana hi uu'no~l~ stationed wien the min
force came up the road from tin ferry co.'s
t"uWin ana lO'sl hpu marched over To tlc fpt. 4
That morning from I~ihnpann. where tLny md
been iuirri 10y the re.t If The i'oop, ,.iH.,1Ia
few eNceit,uns, and with Gen. Bate ard Con
Bel wllh iN.m, Lad footed it into town Tho
Wounded had been sent or To- the traD-u,r,
Tartar ttom the ferry. So vOu soc how "A move
meNt ol several columns in conjunction c1n l,
made 10 work properly We struck the town
rom three sides within tho hour almost. aud
The nnIY thlng that rrovtsItcd y by I.ht and
the capture and killing Of a lrt of iu.urrrrt.
l II "a - IIA ta4t that thu - ID