The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-29

AAeteutluuuf AA9UEBS1tt1s
WASHINGTON, D. Gu Dec ss-There
is good deal OF anxiety In official cir
cles here over recent events at 1loIlo.
Two oHlclai dispatches have been re-
ceived by the state and war depart
Inents, but It is impossible TO gather
from them an accurate knowledge as to
the condition there. It is not even pos
slble to learn whether the Insurgents or
the American forces have taken the
place. This morning United States
Consul Pratt at Singapore, cabled the
state department 'Ilollo taken 24th.
Spanish fed TO Borneo." This threw
the officials into deeper doubt than be-
fore. The American expedition which
left Manila to go to lloilo, 1000 troops
and the warships Baltimore and Caiioa
would scarcely have had time, 1t Is said,
10 have reached IloIlo bY the 24th. So
the inference Is that the insurgents are
IN possession, Color is lent to this be-
lief by the fact reported in one telegram
that the Spaniards had Fetreated to a
strongly fortified town on the island OF
MlndnDao.. This does not agree WITH
Consul Pratt's statement that they ned
to Borneo, the north coast Of when Is
British possession, but 1t Is believed
that the consul Is in error on TINS point
which might easily be the case IN YteW
OF the distance from his post TO llollo'
The fact that the Spaniards have re-
treated at all Is also construed as an IN
dicatfon that the town was abandoned
to the insurgents, for 1t Is believed that
Colonel Rios, the Spanish COMMANDER,
would hnVe cheerfully surrendered 10
tho American force with View TO se-
curing the safety. OF his men and their
ultimate returnlto Spain by the Ameri-
can government according to the terms
Of the treaty.
OHs 0Tootinr With Difficulty.
.a.ta,. ~ ~. v.or denarirnent
Uhe oplVla'S a. t"E M. SS''t, -,
still decline to make puollc GeheFal
Otis telegram OF yesterday. but there Is
no doubt that he is meeting with great
difficulty In his efforts to secure the re-
lease ot the spanish pris9ners netI tiear T5
{ne I'm El'pNes eersI5 i. 5eTabie element among
tbs FIlIplnos ieaders-probably ma
jocity-are disposed to use these unfor-
tnnate prisoners as basis for negotla-
tions with the United States Hovern-
ment, making their release conditional
l,uoli cartaI1 more or less important
concessions demanded by them. It IS
not vet a foreEone conclusion that terms
ences ei,,,r, In Manila 10 secure the release OF
these men, hut the United states gov. ~.
erErent peius t,9M .sp,t p.tVe q o,bcr means
70 zee th1'tI l,us. SniI General
II peaeeIut ~, tbis noint
otls mas ueeh ia,Sst ,t,.oo,,f Nos confidencs
a!'9 the saI ,,,J so,,nI i,drrnent
IN ms si'.,S. SHpJ.tS''t tL,i trSr1 hls nresence
ana peNtNlhB tnIS ,...a, t. ''' naJ,e ~
on the scene ne " oesteF SaPaTl., eMe,A;s
aealius WIN ~ tt.,IF =, staton1s,,t
here, mas conlIIleu 'sse'i ~ ~ w ,,ono 'oyyarJs
OF wnat u e%I fSSsH ...s.,,, ~ ion,.,,,g, q AZ
securing ., =. W p.Sy@; 5n,.Ise ',o ryovs AMI
lienelaI ~ G'ls - ,.,,,1S. w n,S, tbc mans
Potter Arrives Too Late
Just before noon another dispatch
,, f.,r, Camera, Gtls That nj once
N''''S sT.. - .,,o aeaot,t, ~
conhrmed the leuEs VI '"e ''''.'
the war department as 10 What hau "a
ken place at Iloilo 1t appears that the
American forces had appeared too late
ON the scene and that the insurgents
had added TO the difficulty Of the prob
lens already presentea oy n,, nu'S.s suns Ins boar
iiesog;1g haS oges 'tS ior S mSntbs s. The news was
contnined in the following message
from General Otis: ~
MANILA Dec -''
"Adiutant General, washington
..e..4 C,,,o,oi pot,ar mn inst vessel Ia
~ ~, ~ Sitb n, cnInr1,,nicnte with
ena,,ich So ,yaMerai Rios. latter evacuated
a,r.e.t,ss' IN St,b nrIi Potter &hlrtS-piae
t,o,,r,, io+a.s irs s,,rverts took nosseRslon
ny i"uIS l't,. ~, os,b and pattsr found Agiiu-
49, iSS a. t,,,,nr Cannot nov, report
W., 49, . ~" rost,i,s. u,IIl not henr from
pL"olg i,,'.a ~. eur davs os no cable COM
tmvIT ~ tIons S1snish forces have evac-
,nuia'S ..S.oS aiI stotinns In southern islands,
uSeeu. uSseu ~ Zon,ponngn Nindianno. by Or
~, - -. tS,S,' cot, c,onl Nndrtd
ue'S % "OTIs."
.r,,. o,,on,o,top nv ,ha Standards OF
~ ~. r,ti,is,,,;,,o I1rts as rcnorted bY
S,a,, ~ t.lS 1tis aI,hsngb tloub,Iess IN
n,.eI SIyi.edt ~, das,ro ~ secure tboIr satstv
,,. sp'i su ~ 1.St,nn undonbtediv has done
W -. ,,,,,,ITot t+c rrohiSn, already
!IiuSti .lS,S ~ ~ ,,,a. donort rno,t or az
inSSiae hISSG ~, .ntliisrv inrisdIetIon Of the
IshHlns 's e,.l nnt Li,'s,' ~ t1io,I.
pnlVeu 0tHtts 0t W.
VIII Raisc the lssuc'
II VIII now be necessary to expedite
A.. .,.oo,,,to, ~ tho orJgInol nIans and
hhN Sss'NtNAS'' N- 80 '''''' 7
1t may be fully expected that WITHIN a
week important events will have hap
psned IN the Phl'ippines ,,, y d,p ss Ty1u ri I'M