October 27, 1900.
sto, in an eloquent speed health of the guest of the evening
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ost enthusiastically greeted cellency, on rising to respond to the toast, was received with applause. He thanked every one present, especially the committee, for their kindness and for the many tokens of friendship which the people of Macso had always accorded to him, both during his previous and present tenare of office, and said that he felt proud of | the honour conceded to him by his Government - in twice deputing him to administer the affairs of Macao. His Excellency cconcluded by drinking to the prosperity of Macao and its people. The guests numbered about five hundred, including nearly all the government officials, naval and military officers and some foreigners and people from Hongkong--The arrangements for the ac- commodation and comfort of such a large gather- ing were most efficiently carried out, and every one left highly impressed with the kind and hos- pitable treatment received from the committee which was composed of the following gentle -Antonio Joaquim Basto, Carlos Rochs d'Assumpção, Chol-sin-Ip, Eduardo Cyrillo Lourenço,... Firmino Machado de Mendonça, Ho-lin-Vong, José Ribeiro, Lu-Cao, Lu-kwong- Lu, O-Loo, Pedro Nolasco da Silva, Secundino Antonio Noronha.
CANTON
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Canton, 20th October. GREAT PROGRESS MADE BY THE BEBELS IN KWANGTUNG,
In my last letter I reported that Waichow had been attacked and occupied by the rebels, but that upon the arrival of the Imperial troops they had fled and scattered in every direction. Later news, however, has reached Canton that they have mustered a great force, to the number of about 20,000, mostly Hakkas and Tungkun men, and repulsed the attack of the Imperial troops, a great number of the latter being killed and wounded, and four officers of the Imperial army caught and beheaded as a sacrifice to the Flags of Rebellion. The rebels are no doubt men of the Secret Societies, and are going to join their brethren in Samchun. Their flags bear the characters of Kang, Leang, Ho, Chiang, and Sun; their motto is to protect foreigners and destroy Manchus. It is said that they are subsidised by their brethren in Singapore and America. The partisans of Sun Yet-sun, alide Sun-man, are far more nu- merous than those of Kang-wei. When they first started in Waichow they did not rob, nor did they do any
harm to the inhabitants, but merely gathered whatarmsand ammunition and collected what followers as they could find on the way. They are reported to have said to one of the mis sionaries: “You can go your own way, and we are not going to rob or do you any harm." During the last two or three days they are said to have advanced as far as Foklo and Tamsui. The troops the Viceroy sent are under the command of Lew Pang-shing, Ma Wai Chi, Mok Shien shi, Teng Wan Lan and Cheang Wai Lin. The worst of the thing is that so many of the Triad Society joined the Imperial army, and on the battlefield these turned their weapons against the rest of the troops, started l
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Mamla, 17th October. WAITING, FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT.—BAD EFFECT ON MILITARY OPERATIONS. Apparently everything in the islands except the Commission and the Custom House has stop- ped working, pending the result of the Presi- dential elections. Perhaps it would be more correct if I coupled the insurgent army the Commission, for certainly the “brown men have been active enough of late to suit the most | Genera warlike of Filipinos.In a large part of the ter occupied territory the Americans are doing practically nothing. Perhaps there is little or nothing to do in many of the garrisons, in view of the small number of their men, except to itBatanga, where Colonel down and attend to their own goals, as the in companies of the 39th surrentos may take it into their heads to come on board, and then proced dribbling around, and make a few points in the the fight. General Hare follo game, just to show that there is no ill feeling, men of the 31st" Liftatry," This morning I was talking to a man who forbes, in conjunction with the abvy recently came up from the Cagayan district dered the most Kluabler-Assistance of Mindanao, which place is destined to be the towns drove the people come of considerable commercial importance. hounded the insurgents from In speaking of the situation there, he said that practically starved them out until the soldiers were chiefly occupied in the plea- glad to offer the surrender of the sant pastime of following the sun around their order to obtain a short pence, or W barracks, and that there had been little or worked inland the navy patrolled nothing in the way of military operations for prevented the enemy fro some time past. Occasionally, when the in of the adjacent islands. -WI surgents became bold, and shot up the town were restored to their comr a little, the troops started out with noise and that four had been killed and dye show and hunted around the country for a besides the captain, who is no while, but they seldom accomplished much in fair road to recovery, General Hare short time ago they managed to bag: an in- amnesty, which will be ended, next the way of punishing the enemy. However, the island, and he offers the insui fluential native officer, and perhaps they are If on that day all the rifles that are resting on their laurels. At any rate, the be in the hands of the enemy ar Filipinos thought that the Americans were dered the insurgents can expect nothi becoming too troublesome, and they promptly than to be shot on night withent that the line of travel in that part of the coun- set out and cut down an important bridge so consideration. try is now broken; so far nothing has been done towards repairing the bridge.
It is also reported that the local banditti in Kwangsi have risen in rebellion, and being joined by the men of the "Three Dote" society of Kochow, Lui Chow, Lim Chow, and King chow in large numbers, are giving immense trouble to the local officials: The governor of Kwangsi applied to the Acting Viceroy at Canton for reinforcements; the latter replied that he could hardly spare any soldiers. 1 seems that a rebellion is gathering round Kwang tung
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furte NORTH CENTRAL LUZON, The recent success of the insurgents in the vicinity of Cabanatuan, in North Central Luzon, has started them off in that district again, and the surrounding country has been suffering from frequent raids as a consequence. The twenty men of the 24th, Infantry who were captured there a fortnight ago, are still unrescued, and are in all probability rambling over the mountains to the tune of a Filipino band, ag FIFTY-ONE AMERICAN PRISONERS RESCUE DON
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With the exception activity but little operations in other paits the archipe but little is know The official bulle are posted from day to day by the general's office are meagre and often unse tory, and numerous operations are never chr cled at all. IMPORTANT "BILLS 88ED BY THE COMMS-
MANILA TO HAVE A NEW HARBOUT
The bi-weekly public Sessions of the Comf sion are largely attended as all classes and nationalities take interest in the proceedings.“ lively public debate the Commissi General Wright's Harbour bill, 1,000,000 dollars gold" for "the of the work of improving Thet plans of the Spanish(reng adopted with some very ne and the project has been son meet the new requiren of the Commission to almost peen
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After thirty-one days of captivity, during which they endured all kinds of suffering, hard- ship and hunger, Captain Bhields and his fifty- one men of the 29th Infantry have been re- covered on the island of Marinduque.. On the 12th of last September Captain Shields and his company were ambushed a short distance inland from the town of Terrijos. The fight began about three o'clock in the morning and lasted through the day until the early part of the after noon. Captain Shields was severely wounded in the morning, but with the utmost courage and bravery he maintained the active command of his men. Finally in the afternoon the fire became very severe and was brought to bear on the Americans, who were forced into a ravine, again, this time through the neck, and he fell from all four sides. 1ke captain was shot in a pool of water where he would have drown. ed if it had not been for the hercie assis tance of a member of the hospital corps, who rushed to the officer, dragged him out of the water and bound up his, wounds. Know- ing that he was completely disabled and per- haps mortally wounded, Captain Shields or- dered the first sergeant, to take command of the men and fight a way out, and to abandon Ch him, as he could only hinder their escape. - In the meantime the insurgents, were coming | nearer and nearer, and as the bolomen could be plainly seen, the captain ordered the hospital assistant who still remained at his side to hold up a piece of the first sid andage of a surrender, to death.
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