Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-01-04
D[A|D HERO IS HONOR[D.
Funeral Of Gen. Lawton Held at
Manila, and Body Is Placed
on Transport.
NATIVES SHOW SYMPATHY foR WIDOW.
Signal Corps Men Attacked ut Tole.
vera, and Four of Them Either
captured or Killed - Merchants
anxious to Have Campaign in Ca
vite Province Begun.

Manila, Jan. 1.-The funeral of Gen.
Henry w. Lawton, who was killed at
oan Mateo on December is, was held
saturday with impressive ceremonies.
Inc remains were conveyed from the
4 Iaco cemetery down to the Luneta, to
Pasig and thence to the transport
Thomas, which sailed in the afternoon.
AS the body was removed from the
vault Chaplain Marin read the prayers.
The personal staff of the late general
was augmented by Color Sergeant
Simon, Trumpeter Haberkam and Pri-
Yates Oakum and Mohrusen. The lat
ter, who were closely connected with
zen. LaWton's recent campaigns, bore
the casket from the vault to six
horsed caisson awaiting at the gate.
The funeral procession was composed
OF the band of the Twentieth regiment,
Ten. Hall and his staff two troops of
the Fourth cavalry who were with Gen.
Lawton at the time of his death, bat
terry Of artillery, a number of clergy
men, the caisson, covered with flowers;
the personal staff of the general, on
foot; Gems. Wheeler, Watson, Bates,
ForsNthe, Kobbe and Schwan and Rear
Admiral Watson, in three carriages;
naval battalion, Maj. Gen. Otis and his
staff, the foreign consuls in full dress,
and the members of the Philippine SUI
preme court. Native delegations from
the towns where Gen. Lawton estab-
lished civil governments presented
wreaths. Women from the same towns
waited on Mrs. Lawton Friday and pre-
sented her with their condolences and
flowers
Crowds of natives and Americans wit
messed the procession, the band played
dirges and the crowds uncovered.
At Pasig the casket was transferred
to a tug, ''taps'' was sounded and
prayers were offered by Chaplain
Pierce.
Four enlisted pall-bearers will ac-
company the remains to the United
States.
New York, Jan. IA dispatch to
the Herald, from Manila, says: Six
men of the signal corps were attacked
Thursday at Talevera, east of Tarlac,
by force of 200 insurgents, and four
OF them were either killed or cap
tured.
A dispatch stating that the Filipinos
were harassing the entire Lingayan
coast from Vigan to San Jacinto in
small bands, and that Lieut.. j. C. Gill
more and the members of the cruiser
YCrltown's crew, who are prisoners
of the rebels, had been separated and
were with insurgent bands in the
northern mountains, was censored by
Gen. Otis on the ground he had con-
trary information.
The strength of the insurgents at
Matalbon caused surprise to the
Americans.
Merchants here are anxious to have
= the campaign in Cayite province be-
gun, so that it may be the sooner
finished and the ports be opened to
trade.
Gen. Otis recent decree authorizing
civil marriage makes no provision for
divorce. Only the Catholic reasons for
separation are recognized in the or
der.
Girls ~ years old and boys of IA are
permitted to marry with the consent
of their parents, but otherwise they
must be 21 years old.
In order to remove any doubt of the
status of Protestant marriages per-
formed during the last year by army
chaplains, where one of the contract
ing parties was Catholic, Gen. Otis
order was made retroactive Native
women who have married soldiers
without Catholic rites have been os-
tracised by their relatives.
Justice Arellano requested the omis-
sion of divorce clause from the de-
cree because of the belief of the Fill
pinos that the marriage tie cannot be
broken.
Pension Vouchers Seized.