The record-union., 1898-07-08
SITUATION IN
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS.
Dewey Tells Of Aguin-
a|do's Doings.
ProcIaims Himself President
Of Revolutionary Republic.
No Attack Made on Manila Up 70
the Third Instant.
The Rumor That Admiral Dewey Fired Upon
German Warship in Manila Bay Pro-
nounced Baseless at the Navy
Department.
No Attack Made on Manila Up 70
the Third Instant.

WASHINGTON, July THE Navy
from Admiral Dewey:
"CAVITE. July Cvia Hongkong,
July T.)-United States troops have
landed. and have been comfortably
housed at Cavite. The insurgents are
active. Aguinaldo proclaimed himself
President of the revolutionary republic
on July 1st. DEWEY"
As the latest advices from Admiral
Dewey make no mention of trouble with
Germany, the rumor that he had fired
less.
ATTACK ON MANILA NOT YET BE-
GUN.
HONGKONG, July THE British
collier Eddie, which left Manila July
Sd, arrived here to-day She reports
that no attack had been made upon the
town up to the time of her leaving
French and one Japanese warships
We're then at Manila.
The steamer Yuen Sang also arrived
here from Manila to-day, bringing thir-
ty priests and 800 Chinese.
General Monet says the escape Of
Captain General Augustus family from
the hands of the insurgents was due TO
the loyalty of a Philippine Colonel NAM
ed Blanco.
The General adds that his native
frr hot =
600 mixed troops at Macable. with
plenty of ammunition and provisions.
where he intends to wait for the insur-
gents to come out into the open and
then surprise them.
INSURGENTS GAINING.
MANILA, June SO via Hongkong,
July 7.)-There is no material change
in the aspect of affairs here. The Span
iards are strongly posted about the out
skirts of the town, and also along the
whole length of the conduit of the water
works, eight miles inland. 1t is be-
lieved the Spaniards only hold the wa
ter works on sufferance. because the in
surgents' pickets hold sway every
where and could easily raid and wreck
the conduit. But the insurgents are
extremely anxious to conciliate the neu-
trails, and, therefore, refrain from caus-
ing horrible privation.
The insurgents have never employed
cannon before Manila, but they are now
bringing up sixty guns, with the inten-
tion of making a simultaneous rush
upon the Spanish intrenchmentS at
Santa Mesa, Santa Ana and Malete.
thus rendering the other positions Of
the Spaniards untenable. and by a sim
gle coup drive the Spaniards inside the
citadel with a minimum of destruction
to non -combatantS and property. 1t is
expected that it will take d week to
bring the guns along, as they have to
make a detour through a difficult part
of the country, and it is not desirable
to hurry.
The American troops are expected
here mCmentarily and then. probably,
there will be quick finish of the war
The insurgents in the large camps at
Malabon, Caloocan, Francisco, Mar
quina, San Pedro and Paranque are in
excellent spirits and perfectly orderly.
General Monet, the Spanish comman-
der at Macabobo, has escaped from
there in canoe, bringing with him the
family of Captain General August from
Macabobo, where the Captain General
sent them when the American fleet ar
rived, believing the natives of that part
of the country We're loyal.
General Monet had a terrible voyage.
He ran the gauntlet of the insurgent
troops along the river banks, and he
and his party We're starving when they
arrived in Manila. The Spanish General
alleges that he left his troops in
strong position, but that he wants re-
Inducements.
A river steamer from Bulacanto-day
ram the blockade, bringing 200 refu-
gees. women and children.
The Spaniards are employing gangs
of natives armed with axes and ma
chetes to destroy the woods in the out
skirts of Manila, under Spanish over
seers with horsewhips