Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-10-04
society to KIN whites.

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command the troops.
society to XIII whites.
A new branch of the Katipunap has
been discovered at Tarlac, capital of
the province Of that name. The OBJ
ject of the society is the slaughter of
the whites. Marcelino Mariville, pres
ident of Banoang, is the chief Of the
new branch, which includes numbers
of native constabulary, who we're re-
Gently armed. One policeman admits
that he was taxed a dollar and was
ordered to make bolos. A regular
collection has been made by the or
g~anization from the natives, either
by persuasion or threats. and an up
rising had been planned for an early
date.
The conditions. in Tayants (Taya-
basD and Batangas r not reassur-
ing. The worst form of guerrilla war
fare prevails there. The insurgent
forces are distributed, under cover,
along every road and trail, and wait
for travellers in ambush. The insur-
gent leader Caballos (who formerly
belonged to Gen. Cailles' command.
but who refused to surrender with
FCailles1 is refreshing to the noun
tains. The main forces of the insur-
gents are scattered in bands overSthe
province, where they dig up rifles
when there is an opportunity to-utse
them. u \.
oonm,..ioneaeE omcers Kiiiex I.
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Washington, OCT. LIN addition to
the enlisted men, three commissioned
officers of company C., Ninth infantry.
are supposed now to have been killed
lin the action in Samar, Philippine is
lands, last Saturday.
The officers are: Capt. Thomas w.
Connnell, First Lieut.. Edward A. Bum
pus, Mai. Surgeon R. S. Griswold.
Corrected Cabl-sram.
A question having arisen as to the
accuracy of the cablegram received
at the war department Sunday from
Gen. Chaffee, the cable company was
directed to repeat it. The repetition
disclosed some inaccuracies that ma
terially change the message. AS cor
ERECTED the dispatch reads:
.'Manila, Sept. 2s.-Adjutant General.
washington: Hughes reports following
Yfrom Bassey. Southern Samar: Twenty
four men. company c. Ninth regiment.
United States infantry. II wounded. have
Just arrived from B%alangiga: remainder
company killed. insurgents secured all
company supplies and all rifles except
three. Company was attacked during
breakfast morning September q: COM
pany 72 strong; officers, Thomas w. Con-
nell. captain: Edward A. Bumpus. first
lieutenant; DR.. r. 8. Griswold, major sur
geon.
9igned) CHAPTER"
AS corrected, the dispatch shows
that company C, Of the Ninth. suf.
fered the disaster. No company was
} mentioned in the dispatch made pub
lilo Sunday. The serious discrepancy
!, between the original and the correct
ed dispatches, however. is that the
} latter indicates that the commissioned
officers of the company are missing
) perhaps killed, while the former indi
Gated that they escaped.
The father of Capt. Cornell reside:
: in New York city. he telegraphed tx
the war department Monday that he
is in receipt of a c%ablegram from tn,
: squartermaster of the Ninth. regimen
!, saying that his son had been killed
: in action. He asks for confirmation
lof the dispatch from the wal depart
ment, but the officials here are I'm
able at this time to confirm the in
e forma