Thirty-five Killed After Weeks of Negotiation, have been killed by the constabala Jolo after several weeks of ions for a peaceful settle-
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Philippine constabulary to-day attacked with rifles and tear-gas the fortress of the rebel, Datu Tahil on Joio Island. Thirty-five rebels were killed and the wounded are hitherto unnumbered. Tahil finally fled, leading 200 of his followers to carry fon the fight.
The Sultan of Sulu visited the rebel stronghold yesterday but fail ed to persuade Tahil to surrender. He succeeded in removing daughter, Princess Tarhata, Ta) fourth before the battle. Keuter's Pacific Service.
Tus sympathy of many residents of "the Far East will go out to [Colonel John Ward, s.p., whose wife has just died, Colonel Ward was in conunand of the 2nd Middlesex Re-
Ove Tchang correspondent writ ing on the 17th instant kaye: "The most important news that can be sent from Tchang, in these days of much excitement further down river, is that this city: remains peaceful. ' The Yang looked for demonstra: ion against Britain and Chang Tso-lin came off two days ago, end was a most orderly affair. The whole of the business part of the city was placarded villifying the British, and during the procession, they did their best to inform the habitants of the evil deeds of the Britirh, but nothing seems to have corns of it all. The boycott and strike ideas seem not. to have materialized. It ig said that an lorder forbidding them came from Wuchang. Ichang has been e-! pleted of many of its women folk. Very few British women remain, and for that matter of any other lity. "The order to evacuate British women and children came it the manner of bembsheld in our. Peaceful community, and for a day. or two created much fear as to what, was really happening in Han-
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