The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
Proves TO Be Anything But
Pleasant Pastime.
Aguinaldo's Soldiers In Danger
OF Capture.
DISCARD UNIFORMS
And Walk Boldly Through the
American Lines.
Hard Work to Get a Shot at the
BarefOOted Warriors.


have occupied the peninsula and Gen.
Halls column is encamped at MorOng.
Major Truman. marching across the
Binangonan, found it impracticable to
form Gordon; and the insurgents with
the exception of a hundred or two es
capped through the mountains after
Gen. Pho Del Pillar dragging their bat
terry by bufTaloes a night. A few, how
ever. may be trapped The Washington
troops have returned to Pasig. but the
programme OF the other troops is un-
certain
The present expedition shows the diff
ficulty which is encountered by an
army which must depend on wagon
trains in catching barefoOted bandits in
thelr own mountains, and also gives
proof that the rebels do not intend to
fight battles.
Gen. Hall left Santa Teresa yester-
day morning and marched y miles to
MOrOng up and down rocky hills and
through woods and swamps. Scores of
his men fell out owing to the extreme
heat and were left TO follow as best
they could The head of the army ar
rived a MOrOng at noon having ex-
changed only a few shots with insur-
gent skirmishers on the way Groups of
stragSlers followed all day but the
force was 200 smaller than when it
started. The men were almost 36 hours
without ratiOns and it was considerable
OF an achievement for them to cover
the ground as they did.
Enroute to MOrOng the Americans
met hOcks of Filipinos and flags of
truce. many of them young men with
the bearing of soldiers. Many discard
ed uniforms were found in the houses
apparently those of soldiers who had
escaped by changing their costumes
from "insurrectO' to Amigo" and
walking boldly past the army which
mad expected to corral them. Few were
found about Morong. One member of
the Washington regiment was killed
and two were wounded in the encounter
with the Outposts-
Gen Lawton on board a gunboat
searching the coast for Major Truman
stopped at BinangOnan opposite Nor
ong- The natives Immediately ran up
a flag Of truce. and a delegation in
canoes put off and greeted the Ameri-
cans with the usual protestatiOns OF
friendship
The rebels on Saturday night made
an attack on the friendly town of
Macabebe and after driving the inhab-
itants out. burned the town
The Insurgents nightly annoy the
troops at San Fernando. Several Amer
leans have been vitality wounded re-
Gently. The enemy had several KruDD
guns which they bring forward and use
for firing large shells into the town.
then retreating with their guns. One
OF the insurgent shells fell within 80
yards Of Gen MacArthur's headquart-
ers Saturday afternoon The American
troops do not reply to the nightly out
breaks.
HALLS MARCH TO MORONG.
New York. June 6.-A Herald dis
patch from Manila saws:
General Han encountered no resist /
ance in his march from Antipolo to /
MOrong through Teresa
The inhabitants did not leave the |
latter town, but met the Americans |
representing themselves as friends. A 4
large number of the natives passed |
through the American lines returning |
to AntipolO.
His march was very difficult and /
there were many cases of prostration of /
American soldiers by the heat
The brigadier arrived in Morong at |
II O'Clock yesterday and found that Col |
WhOlley with the First Washington |
had captured the town the day before |
killing 123 natives.
The Napidan and Covadonga. tin
clads, shened the place and were an
swered by an artillery fire. One shell |
was put through the CovadOnga
A detachment of the Washington reg
iment while on a scouting expedition |
lost one man killed and one wounded |
and killed one officer and four men of
the Insurgents
Halls brigade remains in Morong to
be rationed Col WhoIey return to
CASUALTY LIST.
Washington June e.-The war de-
partment has received the following |
additional casualty list from General
Killed:
Twenty-fifth infantry-June s. Co. G, !
Private David Goldschmidt: May A.
company G, Private Converse P War
ner-
Second Oregon-Conpany H. Private
W m McElwain; Fourth cavalry, com
pany c. Sergeant Seth Lowell: company
l. Sergeant Benjamin Craig.
Wounded.
Second Oregon-April 25. Major Sur
geon NJ H Ellis. leg slight: June .
company B, Privates Henry NJ Wag-
ner- lilac region severe: company II
austin J. Salisbury. severe: June
company c. PriyateS Elmer L. DoOIit- !
Tie arm, moderate; company K VIM
E Smith, arm. severe.
Fourth cavalry-June 3. company G.
Private Earl B. Miles head severe. |
company 9. Privates Patrick Branigan. !
leg. severe; company G, Nelson F.,
Daily. chest severe. company / Man
rice Coffield. chest. moderate
FIRST COloradO-June 3. company
Private Charles a. Hickman foot mod |
crate.
First MOntana-Company c, Private
Theodore Schultz. back, slight
Fourth infantry-Juue 4 Private las
c Mccarthy. slight
CONCESSIONS ADVISED
New York June "a special TO the
Herald from Washington says:
Fresluent Schurman. of the Philip
pine commission in a despatch to Score
tary Hay. has, it is believed recon-
nenoed more liberal concessions to the
rilAplnos, with a view of ending the in
surreSuon at once An official acquaint-
60 with the message said it reviewed |
tne situation in the island and was of
an encouraging nature
Ihe despatch was considered by the
presioeht and Secretary Hay and the
pfesloeht mas sent reply The nature
OF the answer is not divulgad
Significant hr1x |