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CUBA AND PHILIPPINE NEWS.

missary department which were devel-
oped on the 30th by the arrest OF Capt.
Frederick j. Barrows, of the Thirtieth
volunteer infantry, quartermaster of
the southern department OF Luzon,
together with seven commissary SER
geants, several civilian clerks, prom
iment government contractor, and a
number of storekeepers and other
persons, will be probed to the bottom
Orders have been issued that no guilty
man escape. The number of men i'm
plicated in the frauds is undetermined
and high rank will not suffice to shield
the delinquents. Col. Woodruff, the
chief commissary at Manila, said to
the representative of the Associated
Press that the Irregularities were ex-
aggerated and that the troops were al
ways well supplied with stores. Col
onels of the returning volunteer regi-
ments praise the commissary service
instructions have been cabled by
Secretary of Navy Long to Rear Ad-
miral Remey, Communicating chief of
the Asiatic station, authoring him TO
enlist 500 natives of the Philippines for
service on board the former Spanish
gunboats and other small vessels which
are to be maintained exclusively in the
Philippines These men will form the
nucleus of an important service COM
posed solely of enlisted men, Rear
Admiral Crowninshield, chief of the
bureau of navigation, believes that be-
sides resulting in the government OBJ
tanning efficient service, the employ
ment of natives will speed respect for
the American flag and create strong
feeling of loyalty.
Edward M. Brodie and James +. Cof>
fey, troop c, Sd cavalry, were recently
convicted by court Martial at Manila
of murder, and sentenced to imprison-
ment at hard labor for life, 1t APP
peared from the record that the accused
murdered harmless native boy aged
10, whom they met on the highway.
Maj. Gen, Wheaton, commanding the
department of northern Luzon APP
proved the sentence, which will oe
duly executed at Bilibid, Manila, i. l..
The following surrenders have oc-
curreds The insurgent Gen. Arejola,
with 80 officers and 500 men, at the
town of Nueva Caceres, in the province
of South Camarines, southern Luzon.
The remainder of the command of Maj
Pablo Tecson, at the town of San
Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan province,
central Luzon, and lG officers and 20
men in Bulacan province and at other
points.
Fifteen hundred pounds of dynamite
were used on the 9th in blowing up the
forward superstructure of the sunken
u. ;. collier Merrimac, which has long
impeded the entrance to the harbor
Divers found 40 feet of clear water over
the Harvard portion of the wreck. In
week the residue will be blown up,
thus completely clearing the harbor
entrance.
Senator Proctor, who has just err
turned from Cuba, where he has been
making observations concerning con-
ditions in the island, says he found a
disposition among many leading
Cubans to accept the terms of the
Platt amendment as the most salts
factory solution of the relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
The capture Of Aguinaldo has caused
much interest at Madrid. The press is
divided on the subject Some of the
newspapers are delighted with his cap
ture and describe him as black traitor
to Spain. Others consider him a traitor
to his own race, and declare he was
bought with American dollars.
Lieut. Warren Dean, with 30 men of
Troop C, of the Sixth cavalry, was al
most surrounded at Sunga Mountains,
in Cavite province. During the ensuing
action Is insurgents were killed and
two Americans were wounded. The
insurgents then retired.
Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico, after an
hours conference with the President
on the 9th, announced that he would
return to Porto Rico about May l. He
will continue as governor of the island
at the request of the President
The temporary government in the
Philippines as outlined by the commits
sion, is to consist Of governor, a cab
met and legislative council. The
provincial legislature will be appoin-
tive.
A special dispatch says that impor-
tant proposals relative to the surrender
of all the insurgents in the Philippines
have been made by Aguinaldo, though
Gen. Macarthur TO the United States.
The wholesale grocery dealers of
Manila report doubled sales of grocer
les since the investigation into the al
legged commissary scandals was COM
menced.
At San Fernando on the sth, 10 off.
GERS and l73 men, with 1873 rifles and
nine revolvers, of Pablo lessons COM
mand, surrendered and took the oath.
Nineteen cases of smallpox exist at
Oak Harbor, o., and the entire town
is quarantined.
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