The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-07
MUCH BLOOD is SHED
Rumors That the Insurgents Have Cap
tured and Tortured Spanish Priests.
Engagements Are OF Almost Daily
Occurrence = The Foreign Residents
Take Refuge on the Foreign Ships in
the Hsrbor-Apparently Things Are
in a Chaotic Condition.

6.-The Spanish outposts have been
driven in all along the line simultan-
eously. There has been a great slaught-
er of Spaniards. Fierce hand to hand
fighting lasted for 20 hours in spite of
the typhoon that is raging. The in
surgents hold the suburbs of the city.
1t is said that more than 1000 Spaniards
have been killed.
The violent winds and torrents of rain
render the rifles of the Spanish troops
unavailing. The natives easily win at
every step with their slashing knives.
To-day the insurgents hold Malabon,
Taralac and Bacoor. They are now
attacking San Tamera and Moorlate,
the suburbs of the city, which is COM
pietely enclosed for a distance of sew
ell miles.
A native regiment, under Colonel
Aguinaldo. cousin of the insurgent lead
er, yesterday Joined the insurgents.
Three rockets were dropped into the
city to-day. They are supposed to
have been a signal for the natives.
The governor has issued a despairing
come to terms, and now he is arranging
to remove all the Spanish population
inside the old walled city. He is filling
the moats, testing the drawbridges and
placing strong guards on the principal
streets, and artillery along the walls.
All the other troops are camping in the
suburbs. The weather is terrific.
lx,t l,a .alr
cts yesterday were not signals to the
natives, but a warning from the German
consulate of the approach of the
typhoon, issued for the benefit of the
ships i'm the harbor. i visited Cavite,
without the Spaniards knowing it, and
found there 1877 wounded and 56 pris-
oners. among the latter six Spanish Off
GERS. All were well treated.
Chief Aguinaldo. in the course of an
interview, has said that the insurgents
are eager to make an attack on Manila
forthwith. but that Admiral Dewey re-
fuses to "allow hordes of passionate
semi-savages to storm a civilized me-
tropolis." Admiral Dewey wants to wait
the arrival of the American troops. nj
the meantime the insurgents have been
forbidden to cross the Violate river.
seven miles south of Manila. Otherwise
the Petrol will be stationed there to
lombard them. The volunteers smelt
powder yesterday. An officer was killed
and three officers wounded. They re-
tired rapidly. One German resident
has enlisted with the volunteers.
Hong Kong. June 6.-The British gum
boat Swift. which has just arrived from
Manila, reports that the insurgents
have cut the railroads outside the town
and advanced to within four miles OF
the city.
A Spanish regiment mutinied and shot
| its officers. Fighting between the in
surgents and the Spanish troops is fire.
| quent. and the former brought 1000
| prisoners to Cavite. The Americans,
i; is reported at Manila. assist the in
surgents with boats and machine guns.
The Swift repeats a rumor that the
insurgents had captured and tortured
a number Of priests. British residents
at the time the Swift left still remained
at Manila. but the foreigners were TAX
ing refuge on the foreign shipping.
Advices from Manila say IL is official
| " declared that four armored cruisers,
| with colliers and torpedo boats and
transport ships carrying 10000 troops,
have left Spain. proceeding for eastern
| waters.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press at Manila. under date OF June 2
says: II have traversed the whole re-
gion OF the fighting during the last
three days. in spite Of the prohibition
I found the insurgents strongly post
ed at Calocan. eight miles north Of Ma
niIa. and at Bacoor. the same distance
south. To the east found nothing in
the way OF insurgent entrenchments.
The Spanish hold the whole Paine
river (Which flows into the bay imme.
diately below the town Of Manila) tc
the lagoon. Two sections of the in
surgent forces signal taeir movement:
with fire balloons.
ITO the northward the rising is gen