River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-03
ARE SLAIN BY BOLONEN.
Company c, Ninth Infantry, Al
most Annihilated by Insur-
gents on Island of Samar.
CAPT. CORNELL AMONG THE KILLED.

UNI 10 VVHNLLE hMVHO th- 0~G@S'
Two other Commissioned Officers Al
so kfIled-OnIy "A Few Men Escape
to Tell the Story-Attacked while
ut Breakfast and Taken ConipIete-
Iy by Surprise.
Manila, Oct 1.-Gen. Hughes, from
the island of Samar, reports the ar
rival of Sergt. Markley and one pri-
yate at Tannan, from the fight at
Balangiga, where Al men of company
c, Ninth infantry, were killed by in
surgents, who attacked the troops
while at breakfast Saturday last. Tie
men who have reached Tannan say
that the officers of the company, who
were at first reported to have es-
capped, were killed with the majority
of the company. The troops were
attacked, while unprepared, by 400
bolomen, of whom the Americans
killed about 40. Many of the sol
diers were killed in their quarters be-
fore they had time to grasp their IL
fles.
Gen. Hughes is going to the scene
of the disaster and will personally
command the troops.
Society to Kill Whites.
A new branch of the Katipunan has
been discovered at Tarlac, capital of
the province of that name. The OBJ
ject of the society is the slaughter of
the whites. Marcelino Mariyille, pres
ident of Banoang, is the chief of the
new branch. which includes numbers
of native constabulary, who were re-
Gently armed. One policeman admits
that he was taxed a dollar and was
ordered to make bolos. A regular
collection has been made by the or
ganization from the natives, either
by persuasion or threats, and an up
rising had been planned for an early
date.
The conditions in Tayants (Taya-
bas?) and Batangas are not reassur-
ing. The worst form of guerrilla war
fare prevails there. The insurgent
forces are distributed. under cover,
along every road and trail, and wait
for travellers in ambush. The insur-
gent leader Caballos (who formerly
belonged to Gen. Cables command,
but who refused to surrender with
Cailles) is retreating to the noun
tains. The main forces of the insur-
gents are scattered in bands over the
province, where they dig up rifles
when there is an opportunity to use
them
Commissioned Officers Killed.
Washington, Oct. In addition to
the enlisted men, three commissioned
officers of company c, Ninth infantry,
are supposed now to have been killed
in the action in Samar, Philippine is
lands, last Saturday.
The officers are: Capt. Thomas W.
Council First Lieut.. Edward A. Bum
pus, Mai. Surgeon r. S. Griswold.
Corrected CableGram.
A question having arisen as to the
accuracy of the cablegram received
at the war department Sunday from
Gen. Chaffee, the cable company was
directed to repeat il. The repetition
disclosed some inaccuracies that ma
terially change the message. As cor
rected the dispatch reads:
''Manila, Sept 29-Adjutant General,
Washington: Hughes reports following
from Bassey, Southern Sarar: Twenty
four men, company G, Ninth regiment,
United States infantry Il wounded. have
just arrived from Balangiga remainder
Iii In
company supplies and all rifles except
three. Company was attacked during
breakfast morning September 2S; COM
pany Y strong; officers, Thomas w. Con-
nell captain; Edward A. Bumpus, first
lieutenant; DR. r. S. Griswold, major sur
geon.
(signed "CHAFFEE"
AS corrected, the dispatch shows
that company c, of the Ninth, suf-
fered the disaster. No company was
mentioned in the dispatch made pub
lie Sunday. The serious discrepancy
between the original and the correct
ed dispatches, however, is that the
latter indicates that the commissioned
officers of the company are missing,
perhaps killed, while the former indi-
Gated that they escaped.
The father of Capt. Cornell resides
in New York city. He telegraphed to
the war department Monday that he
is in receipt of cablegram from the
quartermaster of the Ninth regiment
saying that his son had been killed
in action. He asks for confirmation
of the dispatch from the war depart
ment, but the officials here are I'M
able at this time to confirm the in
formation.
Terrible Blow to Family.
New York, Oct 1.-Two dispatches
were received Monday at the residence
in this city of David J. Connell, the
father of Capt. Thomas w. Council,
of the Ninth United STATES infantry.
One was from the war department at
Washington saying that Capt. Cornell
had been killed in action. The other
was from Quartermaster Ramsey, of
Capt ConneH's regiment, under a
Manila date, and contained the same
information. The news of Capt. Con-