The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-07
HOT FIGHTING.
Philippine Insurgents Within
Four Miles of Manila.
They Have Cut the Railways
Leading to the City.
TAKE 1000 PRISONERS
And Bring Them to CaVite For
Safe Keeping.
Spanish Regiment Mutinies and
Shoots It's Officers.

| Hong Kong, June THE British gun
| boat Swift, which has just arrived from
Manila, reports that the insurgents have
| cut the railways outside the town and ad-
| vanced to within four miles of the city.
A Spanish regiment muttnied and shot
| it's officers.
| Fighting between the insurgents and the
! Spanish troops is frequent and the former
| brought a thousand prisoners to Cavite-
| The Americans, it is reported at Manila,
assist the insurgents with boats and ma
chine guns.
The Swift repeats a rumor that the in
| surgents had Featured and tortured a
number of priests. The British residents,
at the time the Swift left, still remained
in Manila, but the foreigners were tax
ing refuge on the foreign shipping.
Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.)
Hong Kong June THE correspondent
of the Associated Press at Manila. under
date of June 2, says:
II have traversed the whole region of
fighting during the last three days, in
spite of the prohibition. I found the in
sG6gentS i,e stT0n r{E posted at an
coor, the same distance south. To the
east found nothing in the way OF insur-
The, SpaniardsS hold the whole Pasig
ateIY below the town Of Maniia1 to the Ia
COON. The two sections of the insurgent
forces signal their movements with fire
To the northward the rising is general
and the SpaniardS are few. The railway
has been cut in several places and the
English overseers have been warned off.
To the southwark there has been fierce
fighting on the Zeapote river, between Ba-
coOr and La Spinas. The biggest battle
Of Of the present campaign was fought last
THE Insurgents attacked on the left
branch of the Zeapote. waded across amid
a typhoon, stOrmed the banks for several
miles along and carried the Spanish
June I they tried the right branch of
the Zeapote, but failed. The Spaniards
ties a TpDOrtRd TODAY there have been
only ineffective sktrmishes.
me R6fb rs Har Tes e WG0deo ahq
got in the middle of the firing, but no
the tremendous fusillade and believe mo-
BODY boy knew , What he vas firing at Both
ever. are excellent in a melee.
The Sp9niards say they were victor
victory and annihilate because of the
they say it is necessary to save their en-
ergies for the American troops Mean
while the vicinity of Manila is an impene-
trable network of ambuscades.'
Manila, May %, via Hong Kong. June 7.
reward the government has offered tor
naldo, dead or alive. Already several of
the fnsurgent officers have been assassin
1t is officially declared that four armor-
and transports, carrying 10000 troops. have
iards are utterly unimpressed by the ma
val defeat here. They explain that their
squadron was vastly outcIassed and are
confident of victory on shore. They are
determined to fight to the end, as the
common sense until Manila is annihilated
by street and house fighting in the outer
citadel. --N''- '----e'i' "a -iAe "S'AieO
The insurgents raided railway station
ten miles to the north of Manila and killed
three priests and an officer. There has
also been pitched battle at a Spanish
post south of Manila near Cavite. the
suit being that the insurgents retired The
Spanish casualties were $50 At Manila
the work of constructing defenses goes on
and there are sandbag breastworks in all
directions. The Americans are always
using their searchIights, but they never
interfere with the work on the defenses.
The Spaniards believe that they are
short of ammunition.
The governor has issued an order Of
fering the natives great concessions and
DECLARING that the Americans will be pow
Meanwhile. the Insurgents are steadily
the United States gunboat Petrol. and are
driving the SPaniards into Manila. They
nine miles from the city and over 400 Span
iards have been killed. Four thousand
but it is asserted hatAguinaldo will enter
the city by June u. A bombardment will
The foreigners have held public meet
ing and two steamers are ready at a mo-
ton of their own warships or the Amerf-
cans.
London, June THE Hong Kong CORE
spondent OF the Standard says:
Advices from Manila say Admiral Dewey
mas gathered the steamers now blockaded
in the river to lie off Cavite in readiness
to receive foreigners The Spaniards are
losing arms, ammunition and field pieces |
almost daily so persistent are the rebel |
attacks: The natives are f1ocking TO |
Aguinaldo's standard He is on the |
whole, conducting the campaign on hui
name principles In the course of a pitch
ed battle on May 80 a number of native |
auxfliaries deserted the Spanish lines for
the insurgents. From the general tenor
of the news from Manila there is a right |
70 believe that the city will fall into
Dewey's hands before the arrival of the |
American troops. ZIG