The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04
BRISK FIGHT
WITH REBELS
Colonel Whit is Victorious Over
the FiIipinos.
SEVERAL INSURGENTS KILLED
LUKBAN's OFFER TO NEGOTIATE
TERMS Is REFUSED.

Manila, Dec. S.-Colonel Wints col
Umn has had a sharp brush with forty
insurgents in the Sipa mountains, kill
ing several of them and burning four
teen cuartels.
Advfces from Carthalogan, capital of
the island Of Samar, report that the in
surgent general Lukban has offered to
negotiate terms of surrender with Gen
eral Smith. To this offer the American
commander replied that the time for
negotiations had passed.
Lieutenant Commander James NJ.
Held, commanding the United States
gunboat Frolich, during November de-
stroyed 147 boats engaged in smuggling
supplies to the insurgents.
General Smith has ordered all male
Filipinos to leave the coast towns for
the interior. In order to be allowed to
return they must bring guns. prison
ers or information of the whereabouts
of insurrectionists
Five hundred natives of Cathalogan
have volunteered to fight insurgents in
order 10 bring peace to Samar- OF
these 100 have been accepted. They
are armed with bolos and spears and
are doing scouting duty under COM
mand Of Lieutenant Compton.
Destroyed Rebel Fort.
At daylight yesterday Lieutenant
Baines of the Ninth infantry attacked
and destroyed a rebel fort, inflicting
heavy loss. He found at the fort an ar
senal with appliances for making and
/ reloading cartridges.
The American marines are working
havoc with the insurgent cause in the
southern part of Samar. Lieutenant
1 William B. Fletcher. commanding the
gunbOat Quirbs, has destroyed twelve
salt manufactures. thirty-hve tons of
hemp. twelve tons of rice and several
barriOs. which served as rendezvous for
the insurgents
! The local newspapers here published
/ extras when they received the news Of
/ The United States supreme courts de-
+ cision of the Fourteen Diamond
+ Rings" case. that the Philippines were
/ American territory and that the i'm
position of duty on articles imported
+ into the United States from the Phil
/ ippines is improper. The announce
ment of the decision caused great eX-
element and jubiliatiOn samong the
/ merchants and general public here.
Representatives of the principal bust
! ness houses say it viii revolutiOnize
+ the entire trade of the Orient. and the
I civilians and military men are pleased
at the prospect of sending presents
I home without having to pay duty on
/ them.
Await Official Advices.
+ The civil. authorities here have not
4 yet formed an opinion on the subject
/ but they think the law only applies to
I goods going to the United States, and
ara anxiOusly awaiting an official COM
munication on the subject, since, if the
decision holds here, new means for OBJ
I tanning funds TO run the government
+ VIII be necessary.
General Luke Wright. the vice gov
4 erpOT, thinks that a general revision
of taxation is imperative. The Spanish
! merchants are pleased, since Spanish
/ goods have the same treaty rights as
! American goods.
The collector Of the port. W. Nor
gan Shuster, says it means returning
/ the S7O0O.000 collected in duties by the
customs officials. The custom house
was besieged today by importunate in
Quirers, and the decision Of the SUI
preme court was the only thing talked
about at the clubs. in mercantile cir
cles and in the civil and military Of
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