The record-union., 1898-06-08
-Four Towns Now in Possession Of
the Insurgents.
The Successes Of the Rebels Cast DeeO
6loom Upon Foreign Residents, Who
Are More Anxious Than Ever
to Set Away.

correspondent of the Daily Mail" says.
United States Consul wildman has
received the following letter from
Aguinaldo the insurgent leader in the
propositions:
Before opening an attack upon any
town I summon the Spanish officer IN
command to surrender. In one case
one of the officers so summoned re-
piled by stating that the garrison was
me if would defer the attack for three
hours. l complied
The first engagement we had with
the Spanish occurred on May 2Sth.
when we captured nineteen, with their
arms and ammunition. Toward even-
ing we hemmed them in. One hundred
and ninety Cazfores and 20 loyal "a
tives participated. We lost four killed.
The Spaniards lost sixteen killed. in
cluding one officer. The result of this
general throughout the province of Ca
vite. After four days fighting over
1000 Spaniards were taken prisoners.
Including many officers and General
Leopoido Pana, Governor of Cavite,
who handed me his sword, revolver and
render"
An American naval Captain writes as
follows:
I'm my opinion the rebels have under
gone a radical change since the advent
of Aguinaldo. The Spaniards have lost
all during the time he has been here.
and If our people don't hurry, there
won't be any Spaniards left at the end
of the fight. The American ships have
taken no part in the fighting. Neither
boats nor men have been landed, and
reports to the contrary are false.
dispatches from Manila say that
Aguinaldo Is doing splendid work.
Monday, last week, he routed the Span.
iards, taking 400 prisoners, among them
twenty-eight officers. On the Wednes-
day following he took fifty prisoners
and four field pieces in a battle at q
point between Cavite and Manila. On
Thursday, when this dispatch left Ma
nila, he had cornered 100 Spaniards in
an old church at Cavite, and, not caring
to lombard, he was starving them. He
treats his prisoners well.
-Four towns are now in the possess
sion of the rebels. 1t is reported that
the Governor General wanted to sur
render but his officers prevailed upon
him to hold out. The Captain of the
province of Batanga has been held by
the insurgents, and the Governor at
tempted to commit suicide. The Cow
ernor of Malabar is also prisoner. The
insurgents of the other provinces ara
advancing on Manila"
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Manila, dated June Sd, says:
THE Spaniards in the church in old
Cavite are still holding out, but the
adjacent town of linus has been cap.
tured by the insurgents. This is an inn
portant point at the back of Cayite
proper, and its possession by the rebels
is serious matter for the Spaniards,
because it is the outlet to the sur
rounding country, and through it sup
plies are brought to the city of Manila
1t will also afford an admirable base
of operations for a further advance to-
ward the city.
"It has been found impossible to con-
ceal from the inhabitants Of Manila the
fact that the insurgents successes have
cast deep gloom upon foreign resi-
dents, who are more anxious than ever
to get away. For the most part the
men remain. but the women and chill
dren have been sent to Cavite, where
they are under the Stars and Stripes.
s THE most friendly relations exist be-
tween Admiral Dewey and Consular
representatives of the Powers and the
commanders of the European warships
in the bay. The Spanish soldiers who
have been captured are a sorry looking
lot. If they are a fair sample, they
will be no match for the American
troops"
REBELS SURROUND MANILA. III.
LONDON, June IA dispatch to the
Times from Manila, referring % the /,
fighting of May 3Oth and June 1st.
SAYS the Spanish toss in killed. wouni-
ed and prisoners was heavy, but the
most serious feature of all for Spain
is the detection of hundreds of natives.
The dispatch says:
..One native regiment deserted, kill
ing. It's officers and massacreing coln-
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