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OUR Loss FORTY KILLED.
Aguinaldo’s Forces Were Utterly Bouted—
33,ooo Men Engaged—20.000 Natives
Demoralized by 13.000 Americans—
Desolation A1 011ml BIanila.
Manila, eb. 7.——The scene presented
in the environs of the city of Manila
as the sun went down on Sunday eve-
ning was one of terrible desolation. In
the fighting which began at 8 30 O ’CIOCk
on Satu1day evening and continued
Sunday in a determined 01' desultory
manner, as the circumstances or con-
ditions made necessary, the Filipinos
were utterly routed with fearful
slaughter. From the best information
obtainable at this writing their losses
are estimated at four thousand, which
estimate is not believed to be excessive.
The natives were confidently aggres—
sive, and wholly unprepared for the.
terrible punishment which the Ameri—
cans iniflcted upon them from the very
outset.
They had evidently been getting in
readiness for the attack for some
time, their actions indicating expecta—
tions of taking the Americans off their
guard, but the vigorous work of our
troops completely demoralized them
and put them hopelessly to rout.
The casualties, however, were not
confined to the Filipinos, as the num-
ber of our killed and wounded shows.
In fact, our troops suffered more than
was at first reported, upwards of forty
having been killed and one hundred
and fifty wounded.
The number of American troops en-
gaged was thirteen thousand, while the
Filipino forces numbered twenty thou-
sand.
The American troops while the fight-
ing was going on Were disposed in the
following manner from the bay on the
north around the city to the bay on
the south: The 20th Kansas infantry,
3d Artillery, lst Montana infantry and
10th Pennsylvania infantry, under the
command of Brigadier General Otis;
the lst South Dakota infantry, lst Col-
orado infantry, and 1st Nebraska in-
fantry, commanded by Brigadier Gen-
eral Hale, both brigades being suppor-
ted by Batteries A and B of the Utah
Light Artillery, under command of
General McArthur; the lst California
infantry, 1st Idaho infantry, lst Wyé
oming infantry, and 1st Washington
infantry, under Brigadier Gen. King;
the 4th cavalry, 14th infantry and lst
North Dakota infantry, commanded by
Brigadier General Ovenshine, both bri-
gades supported by the 6th artillery
division, commanded by General An-
derson.
There was some firing to the north
of the city early yesterday morning,
but the general engagement practi-
cally ended on Sunday afternoon. The
14th infantry suffered most of the fa-
talities owing to the close approach of
the enemy under the cover of the
dense shrubbery and firing at short
range from behind huts and other pro—
tecting objects.
The lst Washington infantry and the.
Third artillery also suffered heavily.
The Utah artillery division and the
Sixth artillery were splendidly effect-
ive in shelling the insurgent trenches
on Sunday morning.
The insurgents to the number of
more than one hundred had concealed
themselves in a church, from which
they fired upon the lst California regi-
ment and also upon the ambulances
which were conveying the American
wounded to the rear.
The Sixth artillery turned their guns
around and opened fire Upon the edi-
fice, and in twenty minutes the church
was a complete wreck and its occu-
pants killed wounded or dispersed.
The First California was also sub-,
jected to fire from the huts along the
road, which were swarming with Fili-
pinos, sothe Californians set fire to
the village and destroyed it. The
slaughter of the insurgents north of
the city by the fire of the quick firing
guns of the captured gunboat Callao
and the six-inch guns of the gunboat
Concord and the eight—inch shells of
the cruiser Charleston was particular-
ly heavy.
The Filipinos had massed along the
beach, where they had been driven by
General Otis's brigade, and hundreds
of them were literally torn to pieces
by the terrific rain of shells from the
warships.
The Charleston joined the Monadnock
off 1Ialatc on Sunday afternoon and
the two sent in shell after shell with
awful effect upon the insurgents, who
were falling back before the steady
advance of the 14th infantry.
Admiral Dewey’s flagship, the Olym—
pia, took :10 part in the bombardment,
having taken a position directly in
front of the city, betw'Een the former
Spanish gunboat General Alava and
the German cruiser Irene.
The American troops commanded the
river front along the Pasig, while the
captored Spanish gunboat Laguna
from the bay swept the rice fields along
the river bank, fairly riddling the vil-
[age of Santa Ana with her Gatling
guns.
The good results of the firing were
seen yesterday morning. Nearly all of
the native huts on the outskirts of the
city were flying white flags. The ene-
my is still retreating.
The American troops on the north
of Manila are following them up and
have now nearly reached Caloocan,
while on the south the Americans have
advanced to a point near Pasay.
Five native commissioners who came
from Iloilo to consult with Aguinaldo
were arrested Sunday night as they
were about to return to the island of
Panay on board the steamboat Uranus.
It is supposed that their mission was
to order the insurgents at Iloilo to at-
tack the Eighteenth regulars and a
portion of the Sixth artillery, which
are still there with the cruiser Balti-
more.
Lieutenant James Mitchell of the
Fourteenth infantry, who was wound-
ed in Sunday’s fighting, died yester»
day. .
A number of natives have been ar-
rested in the city for carrying conceal-
'cd knives.
Two men on board the Monadnock
were wclunded by rifle shots from the
insurgents on shore, showing the close~
ness of the monitor to the beach.
The burial of the dead Filipinos by
our soldiers began yesterday morning.
In one place one hundred and eig hf)"
bodies were found and in another six-
'ty. Nearly every American 1egiment
engaged has repo1ted finding fifty 01
more of the enemy dead along its
front.
1 General Hughes’ 5 provost brigade of
Minnesota soldiers and men from the
natives in the city in subjection.
The First Tennessee infantry has
been divided, one battalion reinforcing
General Anderson and two battalions
joining General McArthurs command.
Troops are now on the way to seize
the water works, which are situated
five miles north of the city.
DEWEY REPORTS AGAIN.
Admiral Sends a Second Despatch A bout
the Lighting BInnday.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.—The fol-
i lowing dispatch was received yesterday
at the navy department: ‘
Manila, Feb. 6.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington:
Boston leaves to- day for Iloilo to re-
lieve Baltimore, which will return to
Manila. Two men wounded yesterday
on board Monadnock, one seriously.
DEWEY.
The naval authorities are satisfied
that this message means that another
engagement has taken place. Lieuten-
ant H. H. VVhittlesey, who is in charge
of the telegraphic correspondence of
the bureau of navigation, says that
this dispatch from Admiral Dewey was
sent later and not earlier than the
messaoge that came Sunday morning,
in which the admiral told of the gen-
eral engagement along the American
line.
The statement in the second dispatch
that the insurgents had attacked Ma—
nila, is regarded by the naval officers
as positive evidence that the town it—
self was attacked, the first dispatch
reporting only the engagement along
the line of outer intrenchments. Fur-
thermore, it is pointed out, in corrobo-
ration of the belief that there was a
second engagement, that while Admi-
ral Dewey in his first message said
there had been no casualties in the
navy, he reported in his dispatch of
yestei day morning that there had been
two men wounded on the Monadnock.
The naval authorities say that there
is nothing for them to do, as Admiral
Dewey is well able to cope with the
situation. He has plenty of stores of
all kinds, including an abundance of
ammunition.
The statement that he had cabled for
more ammunition is denied by the de-
partment.
A Manila dispatch fiom Gen. Otis
has been received at the VV ar depart-
ment, giving the casualties in the First
Brigade, First Diwslon. It includes
the following:
Tenth Pennsylv ania—Major E. Brier-
er, flesh wound, arm, slight; Lieuten-
ant Albert J. Buttermore, flesh wound.
slight; Sergeant Joseph Sheldon, Com-
pany H, sl'ight flesh wound, thigh; Pri-
vate Hiram COnger, Company H, ab-
domen penetrated, serious; Private
Edward Caldwell, Company D, lung
penetrated, serious; Private Debalt,
flesh wound, back, slight.
No Instructions to Otis.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.—-Secretary
of War Alger said the war department
had not sent a word of instructions
to General Otis. Any statement to that
effect is false. We do not intend to do
50. General Otis is entirely capable of
handling the situation and we do not
intend'to hamper him with any order.
He knows exactly what to do and is
doing it with entire satisfaction to the
department. The only telegram that
has been sent to him merely asked him
to send a 11° t of casualties as soon as
possible.
If General Otis is not competent to
perform his duties he should be re-
lieved; if he is competent he should
be permitted to carry out the campaign
in his own way. He is on the ground
and knows better than we do here in
Washington what is required. More
battles have been lost through ham-
pering commanders with instructions
than in any other way, and we don’t
proposeto make any such mistakes.
" Dewey to Aguinald'o.
Hong Kong, Feb. 7—The following
dispatch was received here from Mani—
la before the outbreak there occured:
“Rear Admiral Dewey, in an inter—
' view, said the Monadnock is guarding
one end of the city, the Monterey the
other and the army protects the rear.
He’added that he had sent word to
Aguinaldo that if, accidentally, the
insurgents entered Manila, he would
reduce it to mortar and stone.
“The insurgents are an armed mob,
incapable of government and are a11~
gry with Admiral Dewey for seizing
vessels flying Filipino flags.-
“The Admiral is not favorable to
annexation, but believes in the gradual
withdrawal of the United States troops.
He also says the United States is
morally bound to establish a stable
government in the Philippines.”
Spoiled Beef in Havana.
Havana, Feb. €.—-Inspector General
Breckinridge has discovered among
the army rations issued to the desti-
tute in Havana hundreds of cases of
spoiled beef and he believes that there
are others--just how many only a thor-
ough inspection can determine.
The canned roast beef was put up,
as. the cases show, in “Chicago, July,
1808.” They Were bought by Captain
Oskaloosa M. Smith of the subsistence
department from Armour and Libbey,
McNeil & Libbey, and were sent to
Porto Rico.
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Honor to an Heroic Stoker.
London, Feb. 7.—A young Irish sto-
ker, in the queen’s navy, who gave his
life in the performance of duty in his
humble capacity, is to have a torpedo
boat destroyer named after him. This
is a most unusual compliment to an
enlisted man. Stoker Lynch has just
died’ at his home at Youghal, County
Cork. of his injuries. He dashed into
the scalding steam boiler room of his
ship after an explosion, to rescue his
mates. He received the Albert medal,
first class. for his bravery.
To Succeed Rev. Dr. Billie. ‘
Chicago, Feb. 7—Rev. Dr. Frank W.
.Gunsalaus, president of. Plymouth Con-
gregatlonal Church, will succeed Rev.
Dr. N D. Hillis as minister of Central
Church.
Dr. Hillls recently accepted the pas~
torate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
Twenty-third infantry has kept the.
Insurgents have attacked Manila._
COUNT CAPRIVI DEAD.
Funncr Chancellor of (erznan Empire
Pas-11:5 Away.
Frankfort, Feb. 7—Gen. Count von
sari 1V1, former Chancellor of the Ger-
man empire, died yesteIday at ten
J’clock, at Shyren, near Crossen, thir-
ty-two miles from here.
General Georg Leo von Caprivi de
Caprera de Montecucculi was born in
Charlottenburg February 24, 1831. He
was the eldest of four sons of Julius
Edward von Caprivi, a high legal fun-1
atlonary'in ‘ahe service of the Prussian
State. He entered the army when 18
scars of age, served with distinction
In the campaigns of 1884 and 1866 and
11 on rapid promotion.
COUN-i: CAPRIVL
During the Franco-Prussian war
(870-71 he acted as chief of staff to
the Tenth Army Corps, of which he
of
subsequently became commander. In
1.883 Caprivi was appointed to the com—
mand of the Thirtieth division at Metz.
The next year, passing from the aimy
lo the navy, he. succeeded Herr von
Stosch on the latter’s retirement from
the head of the admiralty and naval
nen by profession were amazed at the
mastery of their art displayed by a
nere landsman and soldier.
AGONCI LLO BOASTI NG NOW.
lguiundo’ 5 Agent. Becomes Insnlent. A. {191'
Crossing Canadian Border.
Montreal, Feb. 7.Felipe Agoncillo, the
lgent of the rebel Aguinaldo, and his
zompa‘nion Marti have arrived her-e.
l‘hey went at once to the IVindsor Ho—
:el..
Aguinaldo’s man was excited almos:
CO the point of hysterics when sec-1'. .1:
:he hotel later. As nearly as he could
be understood as he rattled off answers
:0 the reps crter‘ 5 questions he spol {e 11-;
:ollows:
“I have come to Canada as I was
afraid that if I stayed in the United
States my life would be in danger. i
1herefore fled at the earliest opportu-1
nity. Regarding the outbreak at Ma-
.iila the Americans were at fault. The
Americans have broken faith with the
Filipinos on several occasions, and the
time has now come for the‘natives to
show their hand. _
“It will take ten years for the
ericans to bring my people to subml s~
sion. They are not favoxable to the
Americans, far less, in fact, than they
were to the Spanish, and they will
fight to the bitter end. They have at
the present time as prisoners of war
ten. thousand Spanish soldiers. These
men they propose to make use of
against ,the new enemy.” Just how he
:ouldn’t say.
“The cause of the present outbreak."
he continued, “was the recent order is—
sued by General Otis for 1a search of
the houses in Manila. This has e11~
raged the people, and their rage has
seen increased by the outrages perpe-
trated on their women by the Ameri-
:an soldiers. ‘
“The islands are, with the exception
of a small area around Manila, in full
possession of. the Filipinos, and they
are governed by a recognized govern.-
ment. All dispatches from Manila of
this affair are colored to suit the A111-
erican people. IVhen the truth is
known it will indicate a victory for
'.he Filipinos.” “
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A Base 1531! Deal.
New Yoxk, Feb. 7.—-Another act in
the Brooklyn-Baltimore. baseball play
has been arranged to take place to-
day. Haulon and Von der Horst of
Baltimore are to meet W. G. Byrne
this afternoon and 'turn over to the
latter gentleman ten thousand dollars
in cold cash for his Brooklyn club
stock. This accomplished, it is expec-
ted that things will be in shape to
proceed with the playing end of the
club's affairs. .
The bl: deal has created no end of
tall-z among local followers of the na-
1:ior.al game (1:11:19. of whom are uneasy
lest something interfere with the con—
summation 111 the consolidation. Over-
;ealous [-111 11mins of the Brooklyns al-
ready 12111:- claiming the pennant for
this year, but the conservative ones
are not so boastful. It is recognized
lhatthc reconstructed Brooklyns have
1 good chance to land on tdp. but there
‘are others" in the National League.
’Fm' (trove 1'11 ment. Buildings.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.—A large
number or favorable reports on public
buildings throughout the country Were
made yesterday by the House commit-
tee on public buildings and grounds.
They will be taken up to-day, two
days having been assigned.
The bills include: Indianapolis $1.—
200 000; Bluefield, W. Va., $50, 000,
Brunswick Ga, $50, 000; Cleveland 0.,
$2,200,000; Vl'ilkesbarrc, Penn., $100 000:
Annapolis, Md, $100,000; Bridgeport,
- Conn., (amends act so ‘as to abolish
provision for alley: ) Springfield, Mass,
extension, $20, 000; New York custom
house f01 site, $7,;50000 for building.
$1,000,000; limit of cost at $3,000,000;
Brooklyn. N. Y., $30,000; Baltimore, for
site, $100,000; New Brunswick, N. J.,
5100, 000; Norwich, Conn., $100, 000;
Iamestown, N. Y $50, 000; Rome, N. Y.,
550, 000; Providence, R. 1., $1, 500, 000.
Filipino Junta in Flight.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 7. —Sixto Lo-
pez and the other members of the Fili-
pino junta in Washington have fol—
IOWed the example of their chief
Agoncillo, in hurriedly leaving towu.
They went away presumably to join
Agonclllo in Canada. .
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‘ Dreyfus Going to France.
Paris, Feb. 7.——A dispatch. to the.
Patric from Cayenne, capital of French
Guiana. says that orders have been
received there for the return of Drey-
fus to France, with the statement that
a vessel has been sent to bring him.
,few days; that
MR. PORTER AND GEN. GOMEZ.
How Ho Pei-shaded Gen. Gomez-Latter
Was Unwilling at First.
Havana, Feb. 7.—Robert P. Porter,
who is now in the'states, was greatly
impressed with the fine executive abil-
ity of General Gomez. The distin-
guished Cuban leader held off for ti' 3
hours before he agreed to accept the
sum of three million dollars in gold
which President McKinley has at h.;
disposition.
He flatly said that it was not on pm: 311
and laughed at the idea of such a
being offered him as leader of the great
party.
Mr. Porter informed the leader that
Congress was likely to adjourn in a
if the general did not
take that sum he would get nothing for
a year at least, and then said:
“You are a good hearted, fair man,
general, and you certainly recognize
the fact that there are many starving
in Havana."
That ended the argument. Few will
ever know what a hard time General
Porter had to bring about the propos-
ed meeting between Governor General
Brooke and the veteran Cuban. The
desire of the latter Was to fight it out
on regular militarygrounds. That is
positively known to the administra—
tion. Not only did Mr. Porter manage
to satisfy the General that the United
States was anxious to deal with him
fairly in all things, but he induced the
latter to send to President McKinley
the sweetest kind of a personal let-
ter. Gomez was captivated with the
magnetism of Mr. Porter, and at ball . '
held in the latter’s honor the two lead
the dance. . It was the first time that
Mr. Porter had danced in nearly twenty
years. When the time for parting
came, Gen. Gomez embraced the Amer-
ican representative as if they were
lifelong friends. They very likely will
be after this famous meeting.
Quay to Name Widener.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7.-——When the
break occurs"at Harrisburg it will be
by order of Senator Quay in favor of
P. A. B. Widener. This statement was
made yesterday morning in the corri—
dor of the Hotel Walton and later
events were indicative of the correct-
ness of the prophecy.
Senator Quay slipped into town from
Washington not unexpectedly, for his
son Dick had preceded him to the
Quay quarters in the Hotel Stratford.
The father and son held a long confer-
ence, and during Sunday afternoon and
night Quay leaders from all over the
eastern part of the state were admitted
to the Quay rooms. These conferences
continued until late and were resumed
yesterday morning. When they ended
Dick Quay hurriedly left the hotel and
proceeded to the office of P. A. B. Wi-
dener, in the Land Title building.
He entered the office at 10.35. That
it was a meeting Dre-arranged was ev-
idenced. by the fact that nobody was
lowed to see the street car magnate
pending Dick's arrival. He remained
forty minutes and left with a smiling
face.
P. A. B. Widener refused to discuss
the conference. He said:
“You know I am not in politics. Dick
Quay did call on me this..morning, but
it was--Vvell.. it was a matter of busi—
ness, if that is what you want to
know.”
News of the meeting with Mr. Wide-
ner quickly spread, and it was not an
hour before the prophetic phrase,
Pete Widener will be the next United 1
States senator,” was on the lips of al-
most every politician.
Roosevelt’s Appointments.
Albany. N. Y., Feb. 7.—Governor
Roosevelt has received word from New
York that Joseph F. Daly, formerly
supreme court justice, to whom he
had offered the appointment as surro—
gate, to succeed Surrogate Arnold, had
declined to accept it. No other selec-
tion for this position has been made
as yet, and may not be for a few days.
John Proctor Clarke, Henry W. Taft
and Henry C. Beckett are'among the
candidates under consideration.
The announcement of George L.
Heins’s appointment to succeed Isaac
G. Perry as Capitol commissioner was
made officially. Heins is an old friend
of the governor. He roughed it 011 the
western prairies as Governor Roose-
velt did some years ago, and at one
time was a “cow puncher.” Like the
governor he was an athlete, having
been champion pole vaulter when in
college. There is talk of having a bill
introduced to change the title of Capi—
tol commissioner to that of state arch-
itect, to conform more strictly with the
duties of that officials position, now
that the Capitol is completed.
3“ 01d fol sampsou Assured.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7.—The House
last night concurred in the Senate res-
alution for the presentation of a sword
in the name of the state to Admiral
Sampson.
Governor Voorhees sent to the Senate
these nominations:
gers of the state village of epileptics,
S. Olin Garrison of‘Cumberland, Dr.
William S. Combs of Monmouth, Dr.
Iohn H. Ewing of Hunterdon, Dr. Tho-
mas J. Smith _of Cumberland, the Rev.
Iames M. Buckley of Morris, and Dr.
John Ward of Mercer.
Among the bills introduced in the
House was one by Mr. King, authoriz-
lng the stateLto pay to each volunteer
soldier in the Spanish-American war
5125, and one by Mr. Marnell autho’riz-
ing Weehawken and Hob‘oken to con-
solidate.
Big Sale of Lake Vessels.
Cleveland, 0., Feb. 7.—It is reported
that John D. Rockefeller has made ar-
rangements to turn over all his vessel
property and other interests on the
lakes to the Carnegie Steel Company.
The transactidn if it goes through, will
be the largest ever made in the lake
carrying trade. It means that the Car-
negie Steel Company will get control
of the finest fleet of vessels on fresh
water, capable of carrying two million
tons of ore in a. season, and valued at
several million dollars.
According to the story Mr. Carnegie
also acquires control of the Duluth and
Messaba Road, which carries the out~
put of the Lake Superior consolidated
mines, and which is one 0 two roads
that tap the mining property on the
Messabo range.
To lifnkc \thelcr- on Regular.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 7.~Repre-
sent'axtive Stallings of-Alabama- has in-
troduced a loll-1.4.11 the House to auth~
min the Hprefalent to appoint Gener"l
Wheelera major general in the regu-
lar army. ‘ I
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