The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-17
MORE TRIALS N MANILA
LIEUT.. BOYER, CAPT. BARROWs
AND A CIVILIAN ARE NEXT
ON THE LIST
ONE SURRENDER Is REPORTED
Gen. Mascarde's Chief of STAFF Says
Insurgents Are in a Bad Way
TAFT Commission
I'm Cebu.

MANILA, April ia court-martial
has been convened and will meet to-
morrow to try Lieut.. Frederick Boyer,
who is charged with the enbezzlement
of commissary stores. Capt. Frederick
j. Barrows, Of the Thirtieth volunteer in
fantry, who was arrested under similar
charges, will be tried later
A civilian named Fletcher, accused Of
unlawful conversion Of commssary
stores, will be tried by the provost court
tomorrow. Speaking of the commissary
scandals a prominent army officer said to
the representative of the Associated
Press that he had every reason 20 be-
lieve that Col. Woodruff, head Of the
subsistence department at Manila was
not implicated. He said that Col. Wood
ruff was one of the ablest men in the
service and that his honesty was I'M
questioned. He asserted that Col. Wood
ruff was ignorant of the fact that Harold
M. Pitt, manager Of Evans & Co., the
army contractors was leasing hin the
house in which he lived for much less
rental than Pitt had paid therefor. Upon
discovering this Col. Woodruff inme-
diately vacated the house. Pitt is al
legged to have said that Capt. Read, of
the commissary department, deceived
, Col Woodruff, who thought Capt. Read
to be thoroughly honest. Thu irregular
tiles in commissary matters We're at first
attributed to Capt. Reads unfamilfariIy
with the work Col. Woodruff was re-
luctant to believe that frauds were be-
ing perpetuated, but the facts disclosed
caused him to give Capt. Read most
severe reprimand and to begin an in
vestigation, which may involve accord
ing to the prominent army officer pre-
vtousiy referred to the examination OF
Capt. Davis, who was deputy comnlissary
before Capt Read, but who was sent
home on sick leave.
ONE MORE SURRENDER.
! MANILA, April 1.-THE chief of staff
nf the insurgent Gen. Mascardo has sur
rendered at the town Of Marivales, In
Bataan province, LCzon, He said that
Mas ce Ido's band of followers. now great
ly diminished, are in a bad way. 1T Is
irl1 ossible for them to elude the Amer
leans, they are unable to obtain 1904
and want to surrender 1t is expected
that Gen. Mascardo himself will surren-
der shortly.
Tt is intimated that an official an
nouncement regarding the disposition Of
Aguinaldo will soon be made.
TAFT IN CEBU.
CEBU. Island of Cebu. P. l., April 49,
Judge Taft, president OF the Pnihppine
commission, says that Mgr Chapelle,
the papal delegate to the Philippine ISL
ands, told him the friars were not TO
return to the provinces, and that only a
sufficient number of them were now in
Manila to act as instructors in the col
leges This disposes of the troublesome
''friar question"
Cebu is the first island to be visited by
the commission upon which the insurrec-
ton is still active. It is unsafe to leave
the city of Cebu without an armed es-
cort The delegates from the towns of
the island who are now here are anxious
for the establishment of a PROVING al
government which. they believe, would
assist in ending the instruction in Cebu.