The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-24
TO ASSASSINATE
GENERAL OTIS
Aguinaldo Signed an Order 10
That Effect January
IL, 1899.
IN HIS PAPERS;
clearly Indicates That AeuinaIdo Con-
spired Against Americans While
Openly Processing Allegiance
A Well Laid Plot.

Washington, April 17.-While exam,
ming an immense quantity Of papers
captured from the Filipino insurgents
Captain John r. M. Taylor, Of the Four.
.eenth infantry, acting under the direc-
ion Of Colonel Edwards of the depart
nent of 1nsular affairs, a few days ago
discovered a remarkable document in
lorsed on the back with a direction to
Kill General Otis. That Endorsement,
Captain Taylor insists, is in the hand-
writing of Aguinaldo, the insurgent
chief.
A translation of the document is as
follows:
Dur Honorable President: We, the sign
FRS, who subscribe the declaration append
I'd, by these presents protest against the
American proclamation; we recognize no
authority but that of God and the revolu-
iionary government, and we offer our lives
and property for the independence of our
country.
Manila, San Miguel, January p, 1889.
Feliciano de Cruz
twenty-five signatures follow.)
On the Jack is written in the hand
writing of Aguinaldo:
Leberino Kotionko, Feliciano de Cruz, to
Kill General Otis. Commissioned.
Captain Taylor called the attention
Of the chief of the bureau, of insular
affairs to mis- document in the follow
Ing letter:
Sir: I have the honor to inclose here
with a copy and translation of an import
ant document 1 found among the records
If he Philippine insurgent government
yesterday. The note on the back is in
The handwriting of Emilio Aguinaldo, a
handwriting with which 1 am familiar,
and one Of such peculiar mannerisms that
1t cannot be mistaken by one who has
seen much Of it. I a V a quantity Of
etters and notes in my official possession;
The most cursory comparison between
Them and the handwriting Of this note
will show it's identity.
On January 4, 1899, a proclamation was
issued by General Otis, in which he de-
dared the soyereignty Of the United States
drawn up In the Philippines against this;
most of them We're drawn up by order of
the 1nsurgent government but this letter
was probably an unsolicited evidence Of
the adhesion Of some Katipuan lodge, or
of one of the popular clubs In Manila or
sanized by San Dico while in the pay of
he United States government, clubs whose
the formation Of groups, ready at a given
signal to attack the Americans within the
city.
Probably this paper was handed to
Aguinaldo by a delegation of the signers.
If this was the case the mar who signs
first, Feliciano de Cruz, was one Of the
delegates. r.
Aguinaldo probably talked with him N
private, and, as a result of the CONVERSE
uon, he wrote this note on the back of
the paper. The other name does not app
pear In the signatures. He IS probably
some follower or intimate of Cruz.
1t is to lie noted that General Otis resi-
aence was in the barrio or ward of Sam
Miguel. The signers Of this paper were
men who lived about it and knew the
grounds well. Some Of them may have
been s%ervants in the house. IS
The attack on the American outposts
did not occur until February 4, 1859.