The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-17
LUZON WANTS C|VL RULE
Residents of Manila Petition Phil
ippine Commission for Anal
gamation with Morong.
ALL REBEL LEADERS HAVE SURRENDERED
Natives Agree to Subdue the Bands
of LadrOnes-Gen. Macarthur Lib
crates More PrisOners-Army to BE
Reduced-Other Notes from the
Far-OR Islands,

Manila, May THE liberation of
another thousand prisoners to cele-
brate Gen. Tinio's surrender will be-
gin this week and the liberation and
transportation to their homes of the
1000 Filipinos who were set free by
Gen. Macarthur, to signalize the is
suance of Aguinaldo's proclamation, is
nearly completed.
Army to BE Reduced.
Washington, May AFTER care
full consideration of the situation in
the Philippines as it exists to-day, the
administration has decided to reduce
+ the army in the Philippines to 49,
900 men. The opinion prevails here
that this number will be ample for
the present needs of the service in
the islands.
Ask for Civil Rule.
Manila, May s.-A delegation of rep
resentative inhabitants of the prov
ince of Manila has petitioned the Phil
ippine commission to amalgamate
that province with the province of
Morong, the inhabitants of which are
seeking the enjoyment of peace and
the privileges that will come with a
civil government. The petition de-
clares that all the insurgent leaders in
the province of Manila have surren-
dered The commission has promised
that conventions will be held in both
provinces at an early date at Pasig.
Will Subdue LadrOnes.
A delegation from Laguna province
has also requested the establishment
of civil government. The delegation
asserted that 10000 inhabitants Of
20 pueblos were willing to undertake
the subsection of the Ladrones re-
naming in the province, and that they
were capable of carrying out the I'M
dertaking. The commission promised
| this delegation that convention
would be held at Santa Cruz. These
are examples of the numerous over
lures made by the natives in behalf of
peace.
Replies to Criticisms.
Washington, May Seen. MacAr-
| thur, in letter to the adjutant gen.
eral of the army just made public, re-
plies to a communica ton received by
| him through the war department from
| the Women's Christian Temperance
union of Columbus, Wis, in regard to
the liquor traffic and social evil in the
Philippines. Gen. Macarthur says
that the writer's of these letters have
been misled as to the facts. He de-
clares that not only is the social evil
properly regulated, but persons of
doubtful character have been deport-
ed from the islands and regulations
have been adopted prohibiting the
! landing of those from other countries.
| Commenting upon the conditions in
Manila he says: 81 am convinced that
! the city of Manila may to-day chal-
lenge a comparison as to its moral and
! orderly condition with any city of the
United States"
LuzOn Revolt Ended.
Manila, May 9.-Maj Batson has re-
ceived the surrender of 10 rebel rifle
men in the vicinity of Binangonan, La
Infanta province, northern Luzon.
This ends all trace of insurrection in
this province.
Civil Rule for Manila.
Manila. May 9.-Provost General
Davis is preparing recommendations
to submit to the commission for a
separate scheme of city government
in Manila. The commission favors a
plan of federal center, similar to
that of Washington and the City of
Mexico. Ordinances are in course of
preparation.
Surrender.
Manila, May 1O.-Reports from the
districts commanded by Gen. Bell
show that 7S3 rifiemen have surren-
dered during the past month. These
include all of Gen. Tinio's men who
had remained out and the force Of
the eX-priest rebel leader, Aglipay,
who surrendered at Laong on April
%, with the exception of 40 men who
have disobeyed their ex-leader's or
ders to come in, and who remain I'M
der arms in the province of Ilocos
NOrta