Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-01
ALL OFFICERS
ORDERED TO SPAIN
Those Who Remained In Philip
pines Must Return.
CABLES CONNECT ISLANDS.
CABLES CONNECT ISLANDS.
Gen. Young and Thirty. fourth voiun.
teers Embark for Home-Rebels
Attack Town Of suog.

Manila. Feb. 2s.--All the Spanish
military officers In the Phllippln,
Islands have been ordered, through tn
Spanish consul general, Senior Marina
to return to Spain. There are probably
seventy Of these officers who, on &C
count Of business interests. were per.
mtted to remain on the islands after
the Spanish troops were sent home
They received no salary from the Span.
ish government.
An American company has negotiat-
ed the purchase of the Manila street
railway, which they propose to convert
to an electric system. Many business
men in the Philippines are awaiting the
inauguration Of civil government "a
apply for railway, timber and mining
concessions.
The government cable has been An
lshed to the island of Jolo, in the Sulu
group, and messages are now transmit
ted to all the southern islands. The
cable system now connects Panay, Ne
gros. Cebu, Leyte, Samar Mindanao
and Jol0, and messages are conveyed
by means Of the heliograph from Bohol
to the north end of the island Of Min
doro.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press here Is informed on good author
lily that the recommendations of the
military board Of claims in the matter
or testing the question OF allowance of
claims for damages to property result
Ing from the military operations in the
Philippines will be sent to Washington
by mail tomorrow for reference to Con-
gress.
The recommendation of the board Of
claims that the claim Of Holman & Co.,
a swiss firm doing business at Ilollo on
Panay island, be dlsallowed, has been
approved by Gen Macarthur. None Of
these claims for damages has yet been
allowed, with the exception Of few
minor exceptions. In which the claims
were peculiar or exceptional; these
have been paid from the insular funds.
The claim against the American gov
eminent Of the Manila Dagupan rail-
road involving a million and a half,
Will also be sent to Washington when
the case Is completed.
Mai Gen. s. NJ. b. Young and staff
with the Thlrty-fourth United States
volunteer infantry and nine companies
OF the Thirty-third, have embarked on
the United States transport Logan and
VIII sail tomorrow. En- route they will
stop at Candon. on the western coast OF
Luzon, TO take on board companies G,
Il and NJ OF the Thirty-third United
States volunteer infantry. who have
been released from the quarantine i'm.
posed by reason of a slight outbreak of
There have been festivities at the
town Of Catbalagon, on the island OF
samar, under the auspices of the Fed
birthday, that evening
and during the festivities the insurgents
attacked the town in force. but were
quickly driven away In disorder. There
were no American casualties. It Is ru-
nored that the insurgents from neigh
boring Islands are concentrating on the
sland OF Samar,
A band OF seventy armed insurgents
entered the town of Suog, In the prov
nee OF South Ilocos. Luzon, where they
titled one native and abducted FIVE. At
Of the same day. they at
acked the town OF Santa Maria, burn
ng fifty houses. The insurgents were
by the Americans, who had
me man wounded. One native scout
md two civilians were killed. The in
retreated to the mountains.
loosely pursued. Their losses were not
earned.