Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-10
PIRATES OF PARANG
How They We're Punished by Major
Sweet of the ga U. s. Infantry.
THE AMERICAN GOVERNOR OF TlANGE
A Letter of Comp aintto Dato Muda
and Its Satisfactory Results.
Observation-Disclosures
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
| JOLO, November H. 1890
Routine affairs have been broken In this
| jurisdiction during recent months In a man
! her TO interest Americans hereabouts and
| 10 give them heart as to the future. The
| authority OF our flag has been streng thened
| in the Sulu archipelago by a successful
| movement against those pests OF the south
ern seas-the pirates of Pa ang-who seem
| to have failed to realize the full meaning
| of the change Of sovereignty until Maj
Sweet Of the 23d Infantry. commanding Off
Ger and governor of Tango, brought the
American power to their notice In a recent
expedition IN manner not likely soon 10
be forgotten by them.
The immediate cause OF his action was IN
outbreak on the part Of these niscreants in
May last, which called forth the following
letter, under date of June 10 to the Dato
RaJah Muda, brother and regent CT the sui
tan, and the Sultana Inchy Jamela, tho
Sultan's mother:
This letter from your father the C. O..
and governor of Tiange, Maj o. j. Sweet.
I'D United States Infantry. to his son. tho
DatO Rajah Muda and his daughter tho
Sultana Inchy Jamela, regents in charge OF
the sultanate of Jolo. at NAHUM Island Of
Jolo-greetings and best wishes
IN the matter of the recent acts of pr
racy. about May Il. 1890 committed at Ku-
Ian. an island off the east coast of Dutch
Borneo, In the jurisdiction Of the Dutch
Borneo government by One Pudding and one
Iungal and four other Moros. residents OF
the Island of Omaral opposite the Island
OF sibuti. and within the jurisdiction of the
United States, from which island the said
siA o' Moros went out on the high open
sea and butchered one Borneo Moro named
HadJ Patti one Borneo Ch:naman nama
UNKNOWN and four other Borneo Moro SUBJ
1ects. names unknown. followers of the said
iad11 Patti, and robbed the said six muir
chandise valued at about $4,000. and sunk
the tongkong containing the cargo Ii has
since come to my knowledge that. these pi-
rates are at this date in hiding at the village
OF ConoWai. at Parang, and that they have
also IN their possession the greater part Of
the booty Under article VIII Of the agree
ment you are commanded to arrest these
pirates without delay Selling the monav
and goods in their possession, and then
place these murderers and money and NOR
chandise in my personal CUSTODY peudinp
maj ACTON IN this case by the United States
authorities.
Habb Murah. your war minister. will
eApidln 10 you in person further details in
regard to the enforcement of this mandate
You will be held fully responsible thai these
rang" ~
On the 18th arrangements were made with
the sultan's government for Major Sweet
70 proceed to Conowai in Parang the NEXT
gay "hen the pirate chief. Pudding and
ms gang would be delivered into his Gus
noon OF the 10th. with five officers and 10
picked men Of the 23d United States In
Iantry and two machine guns. An imme-
date conference was held with Date Raiah
Muda. regent of the sultanate and his min
listers on board the steamship Bolinao in
which they made every conceivable promise
10 surrender the pirates. which was fol-
lowed by two or three conferences up to 3
pm The American commander observed
at once an apparent absence of good faith
i ana covert attempt to gain time by talk
Lar th1,1
with want OF confidence and demanded
the custody Of the pirates or his acknowl-
edgment Of his inability to capture them.
After long and persuasive argument with
MN ne assured the governor that if the
Parangites did not give the pirates into his
custody before o'clock the next morning
the 2lst instant. he would fight Parang il
Major Sweet would support him with the
troops.
He reported at 100 o'clock the next MORN
ing that he was moving out against the
Fort Serabe, Tiblanie and Conowai, and
the two block houses at the latter named
fort. Major Sweet debarked the troops at
10 In. and, assisted by some 200 friendly
Moros. stormed and captured the forts:
burned the two block houses and the viii
lage of Conowai, thus breaking UP and
Wiping out the nest of Sulu pirates and
their roost in the northern Sulu group of
islands. returning the next day to Jolo with
pirate prisoners.
Captains Nichols and Stevens and Lieu
fantry, and Acting Assistant Surgeon Ma
dara of the command behaved with gall
lantry, great Goodness and firmness and
commendable ability and discretion, when
surrounded by horde of several thousand
fanatcal Mohammedans. The bayonet
warriors of the 23d Infantry. who behaved
with great gal antry. dash and spirit, are
entitled to unusual praise for their splen.
did behavior under the trying and critical
situation in which they were placed amid
thousands of Sulu barbarians. who for days
had been pouring into Parang to aid their
piratical friends.
Thus is added another page to history
and the piracy annals of the orient in the
Sulu archipelago.
Second Lieutenant Samuel w. Noyes. 22d
(son of Colonel Moves. ID ~ =.
Cavalry), stationed at Siasi Island of ST.
asi, Sulu archipelago, was shot on the
night of November 5 by an unknown as
bullet passing through the body from be-
low the left breast, emerging on the right
side near the spinal column 1t is believed
that this attempt at murder was inspired
by Lieutenant Noyes' firm action against
the lawless, element in that island. The
culprt has not been captured at this writ
ing, although every effort Is being pushed
to apprehend him and his possible accesso-
ries. Lieutenant Noyes Is improving rap
Idly and his recovery is now confidently
expected by the attending surgeons 1t is
ture activity will be impaired by his wound.
Senator HOar VIII Be Reelected.
A dispatch from Boston says: Contrary
10 the usual custom as regards the United
States senatorial nomination the rephbli-
cans Of the two branches OF the legisla-
lure this year will hold separate caucuses
out both will nominate Senator Hoar to
succeed himself without opposition. 1t has
,een usual for the republicans to hold a
oint caucus. Both bodies will vote for
senator on Tuesday afternoon. The demo-
,rats will also hold caucus on Monday.
and it is expected that Hon. Richard Olney
Will be placed in nom nation.
Pingree Charged With Contempt.
Ex-Governor Hazen s. Pingree OF De-
roit appeared in the circuit court In Ian
'ing, Mich, yesterday afternoon to answer
o the charge Of contempt as the result OF
;tterances in an interview given a Detroit
PAPER. His attorney Immediately moved to
lismiss the proceedings. alleging lack OF ju-
isdiction of the court for the same reasons