The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-11
FEARFUL PANIC N MANILA.
women aaS Cbf1aren shrek All
night sd Few More Attacks VIM
Drive Pe1sistisn gasS Citadel

CopyrsxhssA. isM. By sss Associated Press
MANILA. Aug :. VA HonSxsng. AzG. g.
The rssrnor IL cSrren, here that the IL
sarg@nss. fearful tnxs peace viii BE coz
cisstsd between Warrington and Madrid.
a3d nat the Americans VIII withdraw
from the PHILIPPINES. are consequently t-s
more s.rensScss is sas4r desires and sEoEIs
70 capture Manila
sunday nigh, thsrs was a heavy bon
b&r6nens with heavy modern snesis- Il .
generally begeyee ia TIE city that the
Amsr.eans assssssd. and the papers pub
been killed. Including sozse naunes 0. rank
There ~ also report ma. half the
Americans have sgec2rnled 10 feyer AID
tnls ra!ssta tegneEi. with others Ike Il, err
courage the Epanlarcs TO maintain thsir
Suicidal resistance.
On Sunday many shots entered the TOWN..
Several reached the citadel stss1. and u Is
reported that so1re ladies were killed.
Tasrs was a :Tigntia. panic inside the
xasls. women and children sarssksng IA
terror the whole night through. One shot
caused twenty casualtes az TIE L1n@rz
battery: another exploded a. the Mslats
barracks. killing FIVE. The troops :arne1
st:t tzst IL tine 70 save the 8Alats forts
aae gf.s magazine. The insurgents snow
cred large ard small shots with such pre-
saSson that the garrison believed tie waois
Amsrscaa army ard feet were concsntrai-
inx their fire. Many spanisrds Rad pre-
vsglsly resolved 20 erase fighting the mo-
rzl<rst TIE Americans began. but the irsur-
esfgts have soaz.des. and TIE fOrts nave
keen reinforced from tie barTacks. Tnafe
has been little fighting Ia other 6irectio 3
TIE total Spanish losses are probably 49,
but many hGuses have been seriously dam
aged.
On Monday evening thsfe was fur.ous
fuNii1ade in every direction Telephone N
esirieg were sent oDt .fo.a HEADQUARTERS 10
various outpos;s. NO answer was received
from E1 Pace and accordingly squad %
hornsmsa fastened thitAer. Ia TIE DARK
Esss and Storm me sentries fired On and
wounded two. Probably Ia the panic they
ina zsned that the GorSsnneB were Anefi-
cans.
A few SUCH nights would drive the Span
lards inss3e the citadel and there would
be tbs gnsstIy prospect Of prolonged csyas-
iation ard slaughter. with tbs Inevitable
destruction Of the town and its irihas.t-
ants, uniasS the Americans FASTENED TO
close IN.
On Sunday 800 houses al Tondo were
burned nd the flames, driven py a sfrong
gale Threatened tbs whole q Manila, but
they were finally extigguigaed. mainly
through the efforts Of the fire brigade or
ganizsd by the British merchants al Ma
Mia
The British consul died Of dysentery yes
tsrdzy bu. nis remains cannot be buried
b. the Protestant cemetery on account Of
tina insurgents.
Fer four days a typhoon has RACED. The
.b,s.x -. t.xn al .t.as
Disease ~ raging.
Mere infants % IL years Of age are en-
listing. They become officers and fight In
the trenches. The newspapers applaud
what they should condemn as a crime.
The British vice consul. supported by
the French consul. who is the dean OF the
foreign representatives. took tbs initiative
ia unofficial ''feeIers." looking to an ar
rBiEtice. pending peace. but the Americans
are not used to accept anything except
surrender. and the Spaniards will never
surrender. The latter hope TO endure until
peace tn declared between Washington and
Madrid. The harosbips are continually
pressing upon the natives ana the for
sigDerr the officials ard the military can
mDnopolize the food supplies. and though
quarter or the population staryes, the
fsc; goes practically UNDECIDED.
The 1900 spanards In Manila are conf
dent OF their safety. They believe that the
strong walls Of the city will resist for
three months. and they are resolved. re-
xaTdle@ss Of the fate OF the women nd chill
drsD, finally 10 sell their iiv-s dearly In
wreaains their hatred upon the Engliss,
Tie Americans and tie Filipinos.