The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19
in THE PHILIPPINES.
REBELS SEEM TO BE GAINING
EVERY HOUR.
In a General Sense, It Is Fair to Pre-
sumo That the Conditions There
Prevailing Are Similar to Those
Existing in Cuba.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-The steamer
Rio De Janeiro which arrived from
Yokohama today, brings Manila ad-
vices to Dec II. On that date the
rebels were in possession of the whole
province of Cavite excepting Cavite
City and arsenal. They are well forti-
fed at linus and NoValeto. In front
OF the latter fOrtification the Span
iards were repulsed Nov. 10 with a loss
of one-third of the Seventy third ma
tive regiment and so Spanish Cava-
dores. The Spaniards have retired TO
a place called Dalahican, three-quar-
ters of a mile from the NOvaleto
trenches, where they have formed
camp which is garrisoned by $500
Spanish troops under General Rios. III
the provinces of Bulaean and Pam
panga >Llaneras a half caste is in COM
mand of a flying column of 5000 rebels.
Opposed to this is Major Arteaga' s
column of about 500 Spaniards. The
principal rebel stronghold in Bulacan
province is Angat, where 5000 armed
men are stationed. Major Arteaga's
time is occupied in avoiding conflict
with Llaneras.
In a general sense the condition pre-
vailing on the island of Luzon, of
which Manila is the capital. are SINH
lar to those existing in Cuba.
The rebels are in undisputed possess
sion of one-third of the island to the
northward of Manila, and one-third to
the southwark, the Spanish being con-
fined to the walled cities and fortified
towns. In the southern provinces, the
rebels have burned half the town of
Pagsanjan; attacked Santa Cruz, the
capital of La Laguna. where they kill
ed one Spaniard and retreated; they
sustained one pitched battle at Silan,
in which the Spaniards lost consider
ably. To the north of Manila, they
attacked Calumpit. drove the civil
guard up the belfry tower. pillaged
several houses. and cut off the head
OF an English cook. AS to the English
enterprise-the Manila-Dagupan rail-
way-the only railway in the country
notices were sent to the officials in
charge that they were to cease TO
transport the loyal troops. AS these
rebel orders were not attended to, a
train was wrecked on the 18th of No
vcmber about one hours run from the
capital.
With the exception of young Angus
tus Morris, who was killed near Mari
quina, no foreigners have fallen vic
tins to the misdirected enmity of the
rebels. In fact, it is the avowed inten-
ton of the insurgents not to molest
the foreigners.
Regarding the slaughter of escap pes:
Shortly before o'clock on the after
noon of the 9th OF December, 147 con-
victs in the public gaol at Cavite sud
denly rose in open revolt. killed the
guards and effected their escape. The
alarm occasioned thereby was indes-
cribable. The convicts. after placing
hors de combat every guardian of the
gaol. including the superintendent, took
possession of the weapons they could
find handy, including some Mauser
rifles and revolvers which belonged to
the guards, and indiscriminately made
their way towards the city walls. They
were attacked by guards, blue Jackets
and citizens, and in the battle which
lasted until O'Clock on the following
morning, so of the escapes were killed
and 20 captured. The remainder eluded
their pursuers and made their way in
safety to the rebel camp.