Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-10
DESERVED HIS FATE.
American Deserter Captured
and Decapitated by Scouts
Gen. ChaAee Disapproves Sentence
ofDeath Against Gen. Torres.
Mexican Silver Causing More Trouble Help
Soon Expected from Congress.

of Manila to Acting CiNi. Govern
Bongabon. province of NeuNa F'lJ'
have killed the American negro i'aNio
Fagin. a deserter from the 2tth tcoi'
oretN Infantry. vino for more than tWt
wears has been leading F1lipinos
against the American troops. The ma
tive scouts decapitated their prisoner
The mans head. however. was r'coG-
uized as that of FaSin. They also 81
cured his commission in tn" inSurEeh'
army. Fagin had on one Of his iinger~
the class ring Of Lieut.. Fredk. W. Alt
staetter of the engineers. WI" "as
CAPTURED by FilipinoS supposedly un-
der the command Of Fagin h'nself'
oct. IS, 1900.
Faein has been reported killed upon
several occasions. The authorities are
satisfied that former statements OF MS
death were erroneous and that he mas
now been killed.
4 military commission has sentenced
the Filipino General Torres 10 ne
hanged. after finding him guilty of or
.icring the assassination OF 'ofpord'
FieIdn.r Of the 18th Inf. at Maloios.
proyince of Bulacan, last october. 1fe
sentence Of the commission mas heeh
,iisapproved by Cen. 'haitec. VINO
f;nds that the commission had reason
,hI. grounds to doubt whether Gen.
Torres personally ordered the assassl-
nation Of the American soldier. ten.
,,baffee thinks that the high rank held
by Torres in the insurgent army "ouio
have been sufficient TO prevent such
,,nmilitary action OH his part.
fnN-
mission has passed an act authorizing
the insrlar purchasing agent 10 "raN
money in gold for III" payment oi sup
plies purchased. as the merchants re-
fuse to sell goods for Mexican SILVER.
\ general feeling OF uneaSiheSs prt''is
among the business men OF MAMMA iron.
the unofficial announcement that btE'E-
ming. Jan. /, the United States fhlilpplhe
commission intends to reduce. by the dit
ference of the fall in the price OF sl.-
yer the present ratio "f t"' -heNici''
dollars for one gold dollar
It Il hoped. however that som" Sniutph
OF th.. difficulty may De FOUND "nlch MAY
ohvfate this necessity. dS. i"i !hStdlt';
thu, taxing Of each silver dol ar imported
INFO th.. Islands by the differync'' between
it, act,ial bi,ili0r price and - cents in
gold until such tim" as the ! nlt''H states
Congress gives authority Tor INT lSSu-
:,nce al Z; Philippine currency
Supt. Atkinson OF the public schools oi
th. .trt hipclago. has written Letter tC
pedro Paterno, the Filipin" politician.
Saying instructions have been gwen |"
"vnrv school throughout the islands I"
..elchrat. annually the birthday of JOS
Rizal, the Filipino patriot. VIII" was exc
rute~t by the Spaniards The Ia" ana
history OF Rizal will be- r.citsd IN th''
schools on this day. PateTno. in i man
ifestn, has asked for Contributions from
the scholars, their parents hnd TN II
teachers to h" devoted 10 constructing
the proposed monument l" Rizal $ mem
Dry Paternn concludes his manifest" b.,
saying: III tizai, the i'ilipin" WASH
Ington. Were. ;IliV" he would help all Fill
pino children to gain an education
At 4 luncheon given by ne Press Gun
Of Manila, today. To Acting Civil Govern
rr Wright Gen. Chance and Mi. Whitley.
attorney 10 the Philippines. Gen. Chaff",'
said the aim of th.. military authorities
Wright said tn" desire of tn" government
was to establish aud uphold thr best Of
American institutions in III" Philippines.
uhil.. Mr. Whitley said 10 'H1. IT. tn"
Filipino peopl,. and establish eompulsu-
rr education for Filipino children w"rc
among the principal obligations Of tn'
Government.
private secretary "a SiN1n Lopez. whom
Efforts We're made to d.lort from Manila
after he had landed there without swear
ing allegiance to the United States. is
still hanging fir" before tho Sillrtm'
court. Patterson attorneys claim that
their client once having landed is b"ynnd
The jurisdiction Of W. Morgan Shustrr,
collector of customs for the Philippines,
who has been trying t" effect Patterspn's