The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-22
THE WAR IN
PHILIPPINES
Impudent Demand for
Autonomy.
FUASTON'S RICH PRIZES
He Finds all the Rebel Archives and
Large Supplies Of
Ammunition.

NEW YORK, June IA cable to the
Sun, dated Manila, June 18th, says: The
Katpunan Society, a secret order which,
revolts against Spanish rule, and which
II IL known had "A principal part in the
rising against the Americans, has pre-
pared a petition TO the Congress OF the
United States which viii he submitted
through the PHILIPPINE Commission The
pet ,tion recites the history Of the kati-
human Society, including the dctai of It's
organization, to which II IL alleged four
million members belong. 1t declares that
since 1882 independence has been the sole
aim of the society. II rohearses thS
events of the present insurreCtion in proof
OF the tenacity Of the flllplnos to lhelf
ideals.
| Continuing, the petition says that from
the commencement of the lighting peace
full natives have supported the tnsur-
gents secretly and that this support con-
tnues TO be given, either Willingly or
rev ulutiun represents The personal or pO-
utttHl ambitions Of the leauefs, ana de~
Clares that the people of the enIlre afCh-
lDClHgO including the MofOS, support the
IInsurrectiou, I he society declares that
ANNEXATION is impossible. The racial diI-
| fcrenCos are irreCOnCilable. Recent num-
circus rubberios and similar crimes are
| the natural result of the state Of lnsur-
reCtiun, and are not indicative OF inc
| general tendency Of the FlhpihcF' II u
Impossible to force lasting peace ahu
rem aims independence, which, win Aineil-
can protection, is demanded.
| The promoter of tins impotence Is on
| of the principal founders OF the Katipu-
uau Society. He told the sun cores
| pendent today that he was authorized to
| treat on behalf of the armed insurgents
and that their real demand comprised
Independence in internal aftairs ana Am
| eriCan direction Of foreign relations. In
other words, the Filipinos to play and
| tho Americans to pay.
a a N a h
| Crenshaw with forty men of the twenty
eighth infantry, while scouting near Iaal
was led into an ambush by guide, cap
| tain .Crenshaw was badly wounded in the
| head and one private was wounded. The
ambushers were scattered, leaving ten
| dead and three wounded on the helu. cap
| tain Flint while scouting five miles east
OF Bancnahato, Bulucan PROVINCE, mad q
slight brush with the enemy. Flint ana
| two privates were wounded.
Funston's Rich Prize.
! VICTORIA. Il. c., June THE Manila
Times. received by the Id2umi Maru says
| ION May I'd General Funston made one
of the biggest hauls of the Philippine war
Iperhaps the biggest. He was making n
| personal reconnaissance with eighteen
| troopers in the direction OF Bongabon
| and Pontabagan, up the Rio Grande &c
! pampanga. Tue rich valley OF the Slc
| Grande Is shut in by small steep bluns
| covered with a dense forest, which
stretches back into the unknown noun
tain regions. The bright eyes of the Gen
eral espied a bamboo ladder in a cleft OF
| the cliffs, and he turned aside TO lnNesu
gate
and beside II a rope hung from the brlnR
of the cliff to the ground. ApparentlS
the rope was intended to assist In th'
ascent or descent of persons using the
ladder When pulled Il rang bella big
| deep-toned alarm bell-somewhere away
In the woods back from the brow OF the
ceuded The ladder
| At the top, a footpath led away int,
! the gloom Of the forest and there, in a
snug little raVine, beautifully concealed
! they found a wonderful store of treasure
No gold nor silver, nor pirates plumber
hut all the archives of the rebel repuh-
He carefully cached and awaiting the
resurrection. There were thirty or forty
| large wooden cases, neatly packed,
crammCd fun of state documents. Ihefe
were other things saved from the, wreck
Iof Malolos, about 1000 HotChliss shells, q
quantity of dynamite, stock or bombs
land much other ammunition, 200 pounds
of black gun-powder, Office furniture
from the Malolos AudlGnca, carpets,
chairs, tables and a lot of miscellaneous
goods of no special Importance.
| The documents were the principal prize.
| After as good an inspection as crcum-
stances permitted, General Funston set
Inslde several tons of useless rubbish and
burnt it on the spot saving the state pa
Ipers These comprise all the correspOnu-
| ence Of Aguipaldo and his chief official
| from the time Of their earliest dealings
| with Dewey down to the hurried mgra-
ton from NIalolos. (Archivcs subsequent
| to that date were, it will he remembered,
taken at Tarlac in the middle of last
| Year, There are letters to ana from Wild
| man and Dewey besides several business
| firms in Manila. Agu!nGldo's own letter
| book giving press copies of everything
he wrote, is also there. 1t Is rumored
| that the correspondence shows some
firms in Manila to have had relations
with the rebels hitherto unsupported.
The whole cache was ingeniously hid
den among the trees in the raVine and
rooted over heavily with nipa to an I'M
usual thickness. The structure mace
quite a Zig warehouse, with not an inch
OF space vacant. 1t was found, later, that
there were other approaches to the cache
lust like the one described, with alarm
| bells oyerywhere and a guard of forty or
| ntty rebels had just fed, leaving their
dinner half eaten.