Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
MOST DARING FEAT.
American Scout Invades Filipino
Camp and Captures Deserter.
Army Omcers In Manila Add Four Compa-
mics OF Infantry to the Regular PaEroi
Gen. Macarthur Has High
Praise for Natives.

Manila, Aug. 27.-Pitchers' first dis
patch from Mindoro tells how Lieut..
Hazard, of. the Third cavalry, COM
manding a troop of Macabebe scouts,
captured the American deserter, How
ard, who, as leader of the Filpinos,
had been annoying the Americans
for many months. Ferguson, one of
Lieut.. Hazards civilian scouts, dis
guised as an insurgent, with eight
Macabebes, penetrated into the camp
of Col. Athena, commanding 24O rifle
men and 200 bolomen, at night, located
Howard, bound and gagged him and led
him away without disturbing the
camp.
Capt. Harold L. Jackson, of the First
infantry, surprised Gen. Lukban at
Pambukan, in the mountains of the
island of Samar. Three of the gem
erals guard were killed and Lukban
was wounded, but escaped. His fam
lily were captured. A captain and q
lieutenant were also made prisoners.
Do Omoers Fear Trouble?
Manila, Aug. 27.-In the city of Ma
Mia there are now less than 1000 eff
fective soldiers and it has been decided
to increase this number by four COM
panies of infantry. There is a feeling
that, although there is no apparent
prospect of trouble, nevertheless in
the event of an uprising in the fu-
ture such as is always possible among
the Malays, it would be better to have
a sufficient body of troops available.
Many army officers say they are graf
flied at the increase in the military
force. They think that, with the mill
tary guard withdrawn from the pris-
on, another uprising there might re-
suit in the release of about 1900 pris-
oners. This possibility is regarded
as menace to the city by those who
take that view of the case, as they
regard the white guard as insufficient.
Macarthur Praises Natives.
Chicago, Aug. 27.-Gen. Arthur Mac
Arthur, late commander in the Philip
pines, returns home strong in his faith
in the power of American Institutions
to solve every problem in the islands.
He is optimistic also concerning the
native gifts OF the Filipinos, and their
possibilities of development. He be-
heyes, moreover, that there is no army
like the army of the United States,
volunteers and regulars combined. OF
that delicate problem, the church
question, the matter of the friars, he
said this: ST am persuaded that the
application of American institutions,
the spirit of the constitution and the
fundamental law of the separation of
church and state, will solve every
problem growing out of the ecclesias-
teal situation, and I hope that appli-
cation viii be no whit abated."
Asked if the Philippines would af-
ford theater for American eXpan-
sion, he said: ''No white man can do
physical labor in the Philippines. Nor
will the Filipinos come to the United
States. They are used to a climate
with a variation of only four or five
degrees-how would they get along in
one with variation of 100? The is
lands are marvelously rich, and when
developed will demand a population
much greater than they now have.
White leadership and capital will be
blessing to the natives who in the
midst of great resources are underfed
and undersupplied."