Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-07
REBELS NEAR MANILA.
They Are Said to Have Advanced to
within Four Miles of
the City. =.

the City. rst-
= HONG KONG. June 6:-The Brltiah gum
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, ;
y A Spanish regiment mutInied and shot
its officers. s,5s..--.. s--,..-. ii-si-. -,
Fighting between the insurgents and the
Spanish troops is frequent. and. the former
brought thousand prisoners to cavite
The Americans. it is reported, at Manila.
assist the insurgents with boats and ma
chino guns. -
The Swift repeats the rumor that the In
surgents had captured ana tortured q num-
ber Of priests. The British residents, at the
time the, Swift left still remained in
Manila, hut the foreigners were taking
refuge on the foreign shipping. -. =.
. HONG KONG. June s.--e --eCopyrightsd. 1888,
by the Associated Press.p The correspond
ent OF the Associated Press. at Manila, un.
der date of June ?. says. = 80. -
IT have trayersed the whole region of
fighting during the last three days, in spite
OF. the prohibition. ! found the insurgents
strongly posted at Caloocan, eight miles
north of Manila, and at Racoor. the same
distance south. To the east / found moth
ing in the way Of insurgent intrenchments:
'.The Spaniards hold the whole Pasig
river (Which falls into the bay Immediately
below the, town Of ManIlal to, the lagoon.
: The two sections of the insurgent forces
signal their movements with ffre balloons.
ITO the northward the rising is general
and the Spaniards are few. The. railway
has been cut in several places and the En-
glish overseers have been warned off.''
I To the southwark there has been fercs
fighting on the Zapote river between
Bacoor and Laspinas. The biggest battle
of the present campaign was fought last
The Insurgents attacked on the left bank
of the zapote. waded across amid ty-
phoon, stormed the banks for several miles
along and carried the Spanish trenches with
knives. -. .a.-.
:. Yesterday Uune y they tried the; right
branch of the zapote. -but . failed. The
spaniards employed artillery all day, but
no casualties are reported. To-day there
have been only ineffective skirmishes.
The country is densely wooded and
swampy. Both parties shoot aimlessly. i
got in the middle of the firing but nobody
was hurt. Nothing was visible in the tire.
mendous fusillade and I believe nobody
: knew what he was. shooting at, Both side.
were buffers" The insurgents however
are excellent In a melee.
?. The Spaniards say they were victorious
yesterday. but that they cannot follow az
the victory and annihilate the rebels be
cause of the American warships at Cavite
Moreover. they say it Is necessary to save
their energies for the American troops
Meanwhile the vicinity Of Manila is an i'm
penetrable network OF anhuscades.
MANILA. May 81, VIA HONG KONG
June 6.-(Copyright 1885, by the Associated
Press.)-The Spanish outposts have beer
driven in along the line Simultaneous,
and with great slaughter. 1t is said tina
over 1000 have been killed. There ha,
been fierce hand to hand fighting for sew
enty hours. despite the typhoon which Il
raging. fsrrs
The violent winds and torrents of rail-
render the rifles of the Spanish troops un
availtng. The natives easily win at ever!
step with their slashing knives.
To-day the insurgents hold Malahon
Tariac and Bacoor. They are now at
tacking Santa Mesa and Violate. the sub
urbs Of the city. which is completely en-
circled for a distance of seven miles. !
native regiment under Goieoei Aguinalda
cousin of the insurgent leader, yesterda,
Joined the insurgents. Three rockets Her
dropped into the city to-day. They ar
supposed to have been q signal for tn
natives - ~
The governor has issued a despairin
proclamation begging the insurgents t
come to terms. and. meanwhile. he is al
ranging to remove all the Spanish popula
----tion -frIside- the Old waiied city. He
hlling the moats. testing. the drawbridge,
and. placing strong guards, in the prir
cipsl streets and artillery along the wall
:. Aus.the other troops are, camping in tn
:. suburbs. The weather. is terrific. u :, :,
visited carite without the sparfiar5
. knowing It. and found thera ~ wounde