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SOLDIERS SLAIN
BY INSURGENTS
Company C is Almost
Exterminated.
SURPRISED AT BREAKFAST
Of Twenty-Two Who Escaped Eleven
Were Wounded—All Stores, Rifles
and Ammunition of the Ameri- ..
cans Were Lost—Disaster
Shocks Washington.
A special from Manila says: A dis
astrous fight between United States
troops and insurgents occurred Satur
day in the island of Sajnar, near Balan
glga. A large body of io–urgente at
tacked company C, Ninth Infantry,
only twenty-two members of the com
pany escaping.
All the others are reported to have
been killed.
The company were at breakfast when
when attacked and made a determined
resistence; but the overwhelming num
bers of the insurgents compelled them
to retreat.
According to the latest returns the
strength of the company was seventy -
two. The survivors include Captain
Thomas W. Connelly, First Lieutenant
Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S. Gris
wold, surgeon.
Captain Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the
Ninth infantry, reports that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents.
The insurgents captured all the
stores and ammunition of the company
and all the rifles except 26.
Saw Service In China.
Company C. was a portion of the
Ninth regiment of United States infau
trj, which went to China at the time
of the boxer outbreak and while there
troops went to Manila and were en
gaged in provost duty in that city. Dur
ing the past summer a battalion of the
Ninth was sent to Samar.
Washington Is Shocked.
News of the disastrous fight between
troops of the Ninth infantry and the
insurgents in the island of Samar was
sent promptly by General Hughes com
manding in thati–land, to general Chaf
fee, at Manila, and by him transmitted
to the war department. It reached the
department during the early hours of
Sunday and Adjutant General Corbin
realizing its importance, at once made
it public, after sending a copy to the
white house. General Chaffee’s dis
patch, which agrees with the Associa
ted Press dispatch, is as follows:
“Manila, September 29.—Adjutant
General, Washington: Hughes reports
fallowing from Bassey, southern Sa
mar: Twenty-four men Ninth regiment
United Statee'infantry—11 wounded—
have just arrived from Balangiga; re
mainder company killed. Insurgents
secured all company supplies and all
rifles except 12. Company was attack
ed during morning September 28; com
pany was 72 strong; officers, Thomas
W. Connally (captain), Edward A.
Bumpus (first lieutenant), Dr. R. S.
Griswold (major surgeon), escaped.
“CHAFFEE.”
The news created a sensation in offi
cial circles. It was the first severe
reverse that has occurred for a long
time. Still, the officials were not un
prepared for news of just this charac
ter. From Samar, in which the revo
lution started by Agulnaldo still con
tinues. Samar is a country about as
large as the state of Ohio and the
American forces of occupation num
ber in all between 2,000 and 2,500 men.
These are distributed among various
posts in the island, a large number be
ing located at the more important cen
ters. Spain never made any effort to
occupy Samar, and it only has been for
probably three months past that the
United States has undertaken that
work.
The latest report made by General
Hughes to the war department wm
that the number of insurgent rifles In
the island aggregated about three hun
dred. The Filipinos carried on a guer
rilla warfare, and operations against
them were difficult. The disaster to
Company C occurred, it is believed,
whll-e it was engaged in an expedition
to clear the country of roving bands of
these insurgent*. The fact that the
Americans were attacked while at
breeJtfast indicates the pluck and dar
ing of the Insurgents.
Immediately upon receipt of th* dis
patch Adjutant General Corbin cabled
General Chaffee to send a complete re
port of the fight and a list of the cas
ualties.
Dempsey on Retired List,
Colonel Charles A. Dempsey, com
manding the Thirtieth regiment of In
fantry in the Philippines, was placed
on the retired list Saturday after forty
years’ service. >
PRESIDENT’S FAMILY INSTALLED.
Mistress of White House and
Children Arrive In Washington.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, the wife of
the president, took up her permanent
residence in Washington Wednesday
■when, as mistress of the white house,
she occupied apartments there for the
first time. She reached the city about
half-past 9 o’clock a. m., bringing with
her two of the Roosevelt children, a
governess and a housekeeper.
CZOLGOSZ COLLAPSES.
Off Reaching Auburn Penitentiary
Assassin Gives Way to a Fit
of Terror.
Czolgooz, President McKinleys’ nniv
i In the custody of Sheriff Cald
well, of Erie county, and twenty-one
deputies, arrived in Auburn, N. Y„
at 3:15 a. m. Friday. The prison Is
only about fifty yards from the depot
Awaiting the arrival of the train
there was a crowd ot about 200 peo
pie. Either for fear of the crowd,
which was not very demonstrative, or
from sight of the prison, Czolgosz’s
legs gave out and two deputy sheriffs
were compelled to practically carry
the man into the prison. Inside the
gate his condition became worse, nud
he was dragged up the stairs and into
the main hall.
He was placed in a sitting position
on the bench while the handcuffs were
being removed, but he fell over and
most abject teror. As soon as the
handcuffs were unlocked the man was
dragged into the principal keeper’s of
fice. As is the case of all prisoners,
the officers immediately proceeded to
strip him and put on a new suit of
clothes.
During this operation Czolgosz cried
and yelled, making the prison corri
dors echo with evidence of his terror.
The prison physician, Dr. John Ge
rin, examined the man and ordered
his removal to the cell in the con
demned row which he will occupy
until he is taken to the electric chair.
The doctor declared that the man was
suffering from fright and terror, but
said that he was shamming to some
extent.
The collapse of the murder was a
surprise to every ouo. En route from
Buffalo he showed no indication cf
breaking down. He ate heartily of
sandwiches and smoked cigars when
not eating. He’talked to some and ex
pressed regret tor his crime. He said:
‘‘I am especially sorry for Mrs. Mc
Kinley.”
He reiterated his former statement
that he had no accomplices and de
clared that he never had heard of the
man under arrest in St. Louis, who
claimed to have tied the handkerchief
over his hand, concealing the pistol
with which the president was shot.
He says the handkerchief was not tied.
He went uehind the Temple of Mu
sic, arranged the handkerchief so as
to hide the weapon and then took his
place in the crowd. To Jailer Mitchell
he sent this message to his father:
‘‘Tell him I am sorry I left such a
bad name.”
Friday afternoon Czolgosz was in
a normal condition and seemed to have
fully recovered from his collapse,
There are five cells for • condemned
men in the prison and Czolgosz was
placed in the only vacant cell, so all
are now ocupied 4
SIX MEN MANGLED.
Big Oil Tank Explodes While a
Gang of Workmen Were
JTaking Repairs.
Six men, and possibly seven, were
killed and seven injured by the explo
sion Thursday of an oil tank of the
Essex and Hudson Gas Company at
Newark, N. J.
The known dead are: Lawrence
Kirch, William Meyer, Otto Newman,
Alfred Snyder, Nicholas Miller and an
Unidentified man.
Many witnesses say there is a body
in the river, as they saw it hurled
high in the air and thrown in that di
rection.
The tank which exploded was one
of a number of immense steel reser
voirs which was undergoing its pe
riodical cleaning.
The men began with chisels to cut
a large ring in the tank. It Is suppos
ed one of the chisels in striking the
stoel caused the emission of a spark,
for instantly there was an explosion
like, that of a cannon and then a sheet
of flame.
Ten men were on the top of the
tank at the time. They were swept
away in all directions. Miller, Sny
der, the unidentified man and the one
supposed to he in the river seem
to have borne the brunt ot
the terrific shock. The three first men
tioned were not badly mangled, but
not a bone in their frames was left
unbroken, says the county physician,
this fact being due to their being
blown many feet into the air and the
force with which they struck the
ground. The tank was rent in twain
and after all was over the bodies of
the three men in it were taken out.
CANTON JAIL EMPTIED.
Eight Prisoner* Gain Liberty By Saw
ing Through Bars.
Eight prisoners broke out of the coun
ty jail at Canton, O., Sunday night by
sawing the bare over a window openr
ing upon a court between tne jail and
court house. They had five minutes’
start when their absence was dlscov
ered. Bloodhounds were immediately
put upon the trail.
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GEORGIANS SEE ROOSEYELT.
President Reiterates Good Intentions
Relative to the south.
A Washington dispatch says: Sev
eral prominent Georgians were among
President Roosevelt’s callers Tliurs
day. Representative Charles Bartlett,
who was on bis way home from a
northern summer resort, stopped over
to pay his respects to the president
and also to look after some depart
mental business, representative Bart
lett had a brief interview with Pres
ident Roosevelt, during which the lat
ter made friendly references to his
mother’s relations in Georgia and in
substance what he has already said
regarding his interest in the south
generally.
The president also made Inquiry con
cerning Postmaster Edwards at Ma
con, and seemed interested to know
whether the administration of the Ma
con office was giving general satisfac
tion to the patrons of that office. Rep
resentative Bartlett said he would not
undertake to discuss southern politics
with the president, but merely ox
changed greetings and indicated a de
sire at some future time to talk about
one or two army appointments in
which he is particularly interested.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Beckham Orders Mines In Kentucky
Protected By Soldiers.
The mining troubles in Hopkins
county, Ky., have reached a crisis and
on the recommendation of State In
spector Hines, who was sent to the
scene to investigate, Governor Beck
ham has ordered troops sent from
Bowling Green and Owensboro to pro
ceed to protect the property of the
operators. Hopkins county has for a
month been in a state of seige and tur
moil over the troubles between the
mine operators and the union. Last
November the United Mine Workers
undertook to unionize the mines cf
Hopkins county. Some of the mine-s
went out, but a majority preferred to
continue to work for the companies,
which were paying good wages. Both
sides soon resorted to force. The un
ion miners established a camp and de
clared war on the scabs. The opera
tors hired guards to protect their prop
erty. While the county officials have
used all the means at their hands to
preserve peace, numerous affrays have
occurred and dozens of men have been
wounded, but only two deaths have oc
curred.
BRIGANDS CAPTURE MISSIONARY
While In Sultan’s Domains Miss Stone
Is Kidnaped.
Details of the recent capture of Miss
Stone, the American missionary, and
one of her helpers by brigands in Tur
key are given in a letter just received
in Boston by the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions.
The facts became known to one of the
missionaries of the board at Samokoo,
European Turkey, to whom members
of the party with whom Miss Stone
and her assistant, Mrs. Tsilka, were
traveling when the capture was made,
and who fled on being released by the
outlaws.
COUNSEL DENIED SAMPSON.
Inquiry Court Turns Down Request
with Promptness.
In the Scnley court of inquiry Fri
day a letter was presented from Rear
Admiral Sampson asking to bo al
lowed to be represented in the court
by counsel, but the court refused to
grant the request, on the ground that
“the court does not at this time re
gard you as a party to the case.”
MOB MENACES JAIL.
Heavy Guard Protects Lives of Negro
Woman and Two Boys.
The jail at Shelbyville, Ky., is being
heavily guarded to prevent the lynch
ing of Anna Field, a negro woman, and
Jumbo Field and Clarence Garnett, ne
gro boys. William Hart, a printer,
was found dying In a path leading to
the Field woman’s house Saturday
night. The two boys have confessed to
the murder and all three have been In
dicted.
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