The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-10-03
xHa Logs OF LIFE.
Ashericah lTroops Meet severe n

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Asaericaa rroopssfee severe NE;
M3 verkaAin IsIand OF samar. ss
AfaniIA, ost. disastrous fight
A-bstwesff3 Un3sed States troops andAdn-
surgents occurred Saturday in the
! island Of Samar, rfTear Balangiga. IA
1 largkf body bfa Insurgents attacked
Company Ninth fnfantfy,Ss ~ enly
ltWsntY-fourss paenne 4af he. GnnpanY
escaping. All the cthsrs are reported
| to hare been killed. Il
The COMPANY \ We're tat hreakfast
fwhen~ ttacKed andsnaade determineMa n
ffeslstance; bit the OVERWHELMING num-
bers. Of The insurgents compelled them
| to-retreat or the Survivors who have
Earrivad at~Basey, eleven are wetinded !.
! 4Aaecfding- to the latest-returns the
staansthsnf. aIaE.Xs. .yGa.S seNslafEs-
| two The survivors clude Capt.
Thomas Eonnell, First Lieut.. E;d 1
ward "A. Bnmpus and DR.. r. s. rGris-
void, surgeon ss !. N 4 +ss -s II Il N 4. X #
Capt Edwin Y. Beoknill Her. ef =: the
Ninth infantry reports that Sen,
HGghes Is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents \ Thes Insurgents cap
tstured all the stores and ammunitio Of
Rthe company and an the rifles except
EtWenty six. yg n, X: VI -srElss
Sensation in Washington. u
washington; Oct. i: - News OF the
| disastrous fight between troops Of the
Ninth infantry and the insurgents in
fhA island Of sa1nar -Teacte he DC,
,paxtxnant during the early. hours yes
terday, and Adjt. Gen. Gorbfn, realiz
ling its appearances at once made It
public, after sending a copy. totrt ht
White House. Cen flee 81 dispat tch,
Which agrees wit b u tf1e Assoeia ted
Ffess Dispatch is as fo olloWs:
as s.NaniFa. Sept 20 djutants General,
IISashingto Hughes Il erorts folleW.
ing from Bassey. Southern Samar:
Twenty four men. Ninth regiment,
United States irfantr ound zhaye
just arrived from Bafang; ga rsr.1air1-
der congapys killsd III Inguggepts II s. se. I,
cured 3lR donspa1 ssip faliea and ~ All
rifiesS 1cept KwelSss eon5,a a IVA 8 atii
taaked .auriRg bMlsa M hfast II III hlogai ng ss9ta
2S Z company seventy-tWo strong; OH
GERS escaped: Capt: q Thomas W. Con-
neff, First Lieut. Edward a. Bnmpus
and Surk e6nl lR L S. sGrisWolds
III d. q Chaffee. : ~; '
The news created a sensation in Of
hciaE circles 1T was the frst severe
reverse that has occurred for long
time Still the officials were not j ufnr IN
prepared for news OF Just this. charaec- :
ter from Samar, in which the revolu-
'tions started by 4sguinaido still con-
tinues. Samar is country about al
large as the. State Of Ohio and the
America 7ss 4 ~ ssf MI Sl N N N
Forces OF Occupatfon 7 Y:
number. in all about 600 or Z, 500 men
These are distributed among various
posts in the island, q large number be-
ing located at tathes more imp rtarit cen.
tiers. Spain never made any effort tG,
occupy Sairiar, and 1t only has been for
probably three months past that the
United States hasssund dertaken that
work. The latest report made by Sem
sHughes TO the war department was
that tie number Of insurgent rifles IN
the island aggregated about 900. Il
The FilipinosT carried. on 2 sguerEiEilsa lE!sas
warfare and operations against then,
was difl1cnlts The disaster to Conn 1
spany. Ct til !! irifa rtry.i occurred, ~
as believed. while It was engaged IN alt as
expedition to clear the countTy ct row.
Eing bands Of these sinsurg gents. s. ERe
fact. that the Aneric ans were Al ttacked
while .at breakfast indicates the daEing,
and pilick of tie insurg gerits.
aAe we'll known offieia i of the z@goYern1,
ment IN speaking of this outbEEeakks
against the American forces in st Samar I, il,',
said he regarded it a CONSEQUENCE.
Of the agsassina ton. .ofS President McG
Kinley. In all oba bility the ins1lre tl q
gents had received, he said, only
Eneager reports Of the ira gedy and pos
sibly believed the shooting to be the
result Z, of some poppy lar eutbrefaakE Y.
against the. president: The natives,
mad seized the opportunity in the flick
;ering hope OF resrdeving some Of their
lost ground. sf55t& szsss " e 4 n
Another, severe EnEngenieenrFf. II.
I Manila. Oct. !, r.. Capt. Lawrence 4, v,
kfIearr Of: the '.Twenty first Infantry.
reports 81 severe enga cement with ms
surgents near Cande aria, i the Amert-s
cans losing one killed and two wound, v, II
ed. The. insurgent loss has, not been
asceFtaffied. Il Phe Americans captured
90, 0Oopounds! of lriee and doseNeral huns
/ dred9 rounds of ions aoadfFao 4
Si -r-rTTTT- 81 "a 90 tf e q 5aL4