Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-04-05
Is NEARING MALOLOS.
Gen. Macarthur Advancing on Reb-
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ell Capital. ~
Filipino Stronghold Will Soon Be At
tackled by Our Tr0ops-Casunl-
ties for Wedm esilay Were
About Seventy.

Washington, March so-The following
war department Wednesday night:
Manila, March 30. - Adjutant General,
Washington: Macarthur advanced at six
yesterday morning from Marilao. Passed
rapidly to Bocave. At 11:45 took up adj
vance for Bigaa and at 3:15 afternoon for
Ing that point at five. Casualties for the
day, about 70. Fierce fighting in the aft
ernoon. Troops made crossing of river at
Guiguinto by working artillery over rail-
road bridge by hand and swimming miles
against fierce resistance. Column will pass
on railroad to extreme front, nearly re-
paired, and will resupply troops to-day.
(Signe0 "OTIS.'
Story of NacArthur's Advance.
Manila, March 30-After a couple of
hours of rest Gen. MacArthur's division
the jungle without meeting any opposition,
the enemy flying from the villages Of Taal,
Ucat and Bigaa after burning them. Even
the town of Bulacan, the capital of the
province, was burned and abandoned, al
though Gen. Macarthur passed miles to the
right.
At five O'Clock the enemy made stand in
trenches half mile beyond Guiguinto sta
ton at river crossing. The Kansas and
Pennsylvania regiments Immediately de-
ployed, crossing the railroad bridge under
heavy fire, and attacked the enemy's posi-
ton. The rebels Withstood the musketry
nre for half an hour, but the artillery dis
concerted them, and at the end of As min
utes' fight the insurgents bolted towards
the hills Our loss was two killed and 20
wounded. The enemys loss was severe.
Gen. Macarthur went into camp near
Guiguinto station at $50 o'clock, four miles
from Malolos.
Lash Unwilling Insurgents.
Prisoners who are captured say that the
officers stand behind the Filipino soldiers
with whips instead of swords and lash the
unwilling men to force them to hold their
positions. Aguinaldo has applied, accord
ing to the relations Of the prisoners, even
more potent discouragers of hesitancy than
the whip. He is daily executing sentence
his force who refuse to further fight and in
sist upon fleeing from his camps.
Insurgent Capital Removed.
New York, March ga dispatch to the
Herald from Manila says the insurgent
capital has been moved from Malolos to
San Fernando. The insurgents burned
Bulacan Tuesday afternoon. The monitor
Monadnock shelled Los Pinas, south Of Ma
Mia, Tuesday noon.
Rebel Threats Are Cut.
Chicago, March 29.-The Records staff
correspondent telegraphs from Manila
Gen. MacArthur's division has advanced
2& miles this morning "wednesday with
out encounterng any Of the Filipino forces.
There was no sign of the enemy, but 20 in
surgents were found with their threats
cut. It is believed the men have been
slaughtered because of their refusal to con-
tlnue the fight against the Americans.
Aguinaldo, with his family, is preparing
to take flight from Malolos. It is believed
the rebels have been Influenced to continue
their resistance through their superstitiOus
faith in Aguinaldo's invulnerability. Their
faith has now been destroyed and many
refuse to longer follow his army.
The insurgents have burned Bulacan and
from that stronghold. Evid emily
the attack on it by the army gunboats and
the approach of the American army on
the land side convinced the insurgents that
the city was no longer tenable. 1t is also
apparent that Aguinaldo's army is in great
fear of being surrounded and captured or
exterminated in a body. Information re-
ceived in Manila Tuesday indicates that
the Filipino congress and all the officers
of the government who are not with the re-
treating and discounted army have fled
from Malolos and established a new capt.
tai at San Fernando, 20 miles northwest Of
Malolos and As miles from Mania, in the
province of Pompanga. It is now expected
that Malolos will be captured by the Amer
leans within a day or two.
Trouble in Negroes.
Singapore, March 29.-Trouble is brewing
in the island of Negroes, where the inhab-
itants repudiate the self-constituted au-
thority of Aniseto Lacson, president of the
provisional government, to arrange affairs
with the Americans, and have attacked
the Americans. The censor at Manila sup
pressed the details.
Spanish Steamer Captured.
Manila, March 49, - The United States
gunboat Yorktown has arrived here with
the Spanish steamer Mundara owned by
the Mendezona company, of this place.
The steamer was captured, after stiff
chase, in the Gulf of Lingayen, PAS miles
north. When she was first sighted the
Mundara was entering the gulf; but she
headed seward. The Yorktown fired two
shots before the steamer was overhauled.
Our Losses.
Washington, March ga list prepared
in the office of the adjutant general shows
the casualties in Manila since February 4
to be 157 killed and 1854 wounded
Gen. Otis has made no report of the
wounding of Gen. Hale, which was report
ed to Denver.
Received Big Sum.
Topeka. Kan, March 29.-Claude Hol-
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