Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-03-09
From The Philippines

Christmas week passed OF no with
out its sadness. Prt, Jessie B. Smith.
Company K, 25tb Irfantry wss aeei.
dentally shot and killed by Sergeant
n. T. Henry, on December SIst about
$3.50 .. 10 hey ord that IL was copcluf-
lively proven it was sn accident, par
ticulars are mesgre. Both men are
popular In the company and both have
the eymp Why Of their commands.
Deceased was ~ years old and . ma
tive OF KENTUCKY and . hDe specimen
OF pb ysical manhood, Away, j .IIy and
In good spirits. BE ives buried BIZ the
side Of musician Wilburn and P II.
Bates, Co. 1. Rev. Wimms ofilcisted.
The Bird Battalion B. b. team and
quar- cite took part In the exercises
and took all prizes except the baseball
game &C liza Xmas. Captain O'Neil
see ms immensely proud Cf his tesme.
All The towns highly celebrated on
Christmas here. Sergeant Wstst and
his cooks surpassed their Thanksgiving
day Iepsst. At San ksrcillens Conn
psny L perhaps made the grsstest dis
play
On New Years eve ming Captain Dun
lap. U. s. N. @. ard bis famous ma
rine tenn CT me up from subic and
OhrRspoo to cross bats with Captain
ON, irs Bird Battalion tesp. The
game was pulled OF on the 2pd and wss
excellent up TO the sth IL ming when
| the he me team hatted the marines TO
pieceF winning by the score Of % to
%.
The q. 6 Cruiser. AlbsBy went on a
reef ir Subic Bay ~ msiDipg "a hour,
beipg finally pulled q without IL Jury :.
The cruiser Brooklyn with Admiral
| Rtmey on beard 10 In Subic Bay maxi
ing tour TO Selics, the prop osed nav
! al station. IL 10 thought Olinsaloo z
miles from Subic will get IT,.
he Transport Indiana, with General
J. Z. Bell, Provost March all General Of
MAMMA and q party Of officers and
lsc les scce mpanied by the 9Th Ariil-
lsIy hard arrived in Subic Bay pre-
sunni bly, to select an island sight for q
military prison. She left the same af-
| ternoon.
The Indians went on q reef on the
| east coast hort time ago near Ban.
| spgosn, being pulled Of by the Penna,
and quite little surprise was mani
tested to learn of her being In Subic
Five soldiers Of he 41st Infantry at
Angeles biacked their faces and robb d
q crowd Of gambling natives Of $4,000
Me Iican money and made the il es-
cope. The matter was reported and
! the CON mar dir & fficer had the men
lined up and inspected. He had COM
pleted the inspection Just preparatory
to dismiss the m when his eye caught
sight OF . very small spot Of LACK
on one mans neck. This led to an in
vestigation and he WAS found black
af oirtv all over from the excitement
and his hurry to wash up. He confess-
ed and turned states evidence on his
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Navy Journal.
Company b at Oalmugoan captured
their rifles not long ego and Company
1, l46 miles south Il San Antonio. No
casualties to either parties.
Gener al Arthur campaign IL prov.
Ing very effective, every day the re-
ports or engagements and captures of
rebel arms come in. Gene ras Grant
has Mt. Arrayst surrounded and Adv.
sndrino perned therein. The Insrr-
gent are kept continually On the movs
and are becoming more and more dis
gusted.
The native soldiers and Mscabeles
are proving excellent and trustworthy
soldiers.
Lieutenant Jermigin and 30 Ilocsno
naive scouts engaged and whipped
over 5Ce Insurgents IN . 4 hour fight.
OBe Of the most iDtert sting tales
ever told appeared In the American
not long since of citizen who said he
Wss held up By about 10 or IL Insur-
gents on bicycles between Mt. Arrayat
and Santa Anna
place was raided By the police in
Manila where . ventrlloQuist and Q
good looking senorita played Christ
and Virgin Mary, the former by his
voice changing power tarrofizing the
simple hearted natives to paying mon
ey whichIwent int the treasury Of the
Insurgents
f. It 10 rumored that the ship Relief
went down ca CorregideR With IL souls
on board.
KnKzA B. LsAUs.