The age-herald., 1899-09-29
PORAC CAPTURED
 BY AMERICANS Gen. MacAthur Meets With Con-
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 Filipinos Have Offered Americans Com missions in the Army, and Three ofThem Were Accepted Says an English Writer
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Manila, September 2S, $50 p. m.-General Macarthur entered Porac after half an hours fighting The American loss was slight and the iDsurgent loss Is not known.
 The enemy fled northward. When the Americans entered this town they found it practically deserted.
 The attacking parry moved on Porac in two columns. The Ninth infantry with two guns from Santa Rita was commanded by General Wheeler and the Thirty-sixth in- fantry under Colonel Bell, with one gun, accompanied General Macarthur from San Anotonio.
 Both columns struck the town at 9 o'clock and opened a brisk fire which was replied to by the enemy for half an hour Then the insurgents fled and the Americans marched over their trenches and took pos session of the place.
 Just before the fight Smiths command at Angeles made demonstration by firing artillery up the railroad track.
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 Llscum reported one casualty and Bell reported four men of his regiment wound- ed. The artillery did not have any men injured.
 S cess and resulted in the possession of Po- rae and the clearing of several miles If country.
 The two columns, from Santa Rita and the other from San Antonio, united before Porac according to programme stretching around the place for some miles.
 The insurgents are estimated to have numbered 600 men Ten dead Filipinos were found and the captain and commssary of Mascarnos were taken prisoners.
 The American loss is five killed, out there were many prostrations from the heat.
 The Englishmen from the lnsurgent lines report that the Fnipinos at Baban have 1000 new Japanese rifles.
 Inciting Maiabon Natives
 The insurgents are trying to excite the natives of Malabon, q city of 900 inhabi- tants, five miles from Manila to rise against the American garrison. Captain Allen has been holding the place with two companies of the Sixteen infantry but on account of the need of all the available men at the front his force has been re duced to seventy men. They now remain near the big church where they are quar- tered, being too few in number to attempt to patrol the town. Aimed uniformed par ties of insurgents recently disembarked from Cascoes during the night, collected money for the insurrection and preached revolt. Two mayors have been elected but both of them have declined to serve. Mala- bon has been made the shipping point whence provisions and other stuff are brought from Manila by trains and shipped into the hostile territory. The insurgents ] seem to be trying to make their good | treatment of American prisoners a card by 1 which to gain outside sympathy. Two En- l glishmen who have arrived here from Tar lar tho Americans treated | like guests than prisoners. They are fed on the best the country affords, and every thing is done 10 gain their favor. Fit- pino paper says that on the occasion of a recent fete at Victoria in celebration of mythical Filipino victory the American prisoners there were given the freedom of the town and psotos each with which to celebrate the "victory."
 The Englishmen also say the Flipinos have offered all the Americans cor,mssions in the army, and that three of them have accepted. This is not believed. AguinaIdo Executes Robbers
 American officers north of Manila tell the correspondent of the Associated Press that Aguinaldo is attempting to enforce good government after the American fashion, ordering his soldiers 10 suppress a band of robbers three of whom were executed a Mariquima. He has also pro- hibfted gambling in the villages under his control Paterno. the president of the so- called Filipino cabinet. has fallen into dis favor among the Filipinos on account of his peace procllvities. They suspect him of planning to repeat his treachery of the former insuTection when he went over to the Spaniards and they may expel him.
 Aguinaldo has issued a decree inviting all Filipino deserters to return within a month. in which case they will be par doned.
 The Movement
 Manila, September 2S-The movement against Porac, about eight miles from Bacolor in Pampanga province. which began at daybreak this morning was con- ducted personally by General MacArthur. General Wheeler with the Ninth regiment and q battery advanced by two roads. while General Wheaton, commanding the