The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-08

resting at MalOlOS, Wnere everything
was quiet yesterday. Hostilities else
.wherc-so far as officially reported
have been limited during the last
twenty-four hours to an occasional eX-
change Of shots between the 1nsur-
gents and the troops forming the .llnes
Of Gen. Lawton and Gen. eA-
tending from the water works to La
I.onia. But this shooting has Deen
Just active enough to make the ilves
Of the soldiers a burden and to compel
the officers to sleep in trenches. clotheu
and in readiness to repel possible at
lacks. Most Of the Americans are be-
coming convinced that the
Of the insurgent opposition is broken.
There are numerous rumors polntlng
to an early collapse of the nsurrection
One of these is that Gen. Pho del Pllar,
The best fighter among the Filipino OF
ficers. will desert Aguinaldo and give
his support to the Americans. Inc
Spaniards, reasoning from their ex-
Derience of the natives. refuse to be-
lieye that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down. They declare that the
Eilipinos will not ~
Take Their Defeat
at Malolos. with the loss of the city
and the removal Of their so-called
government, seriously to heart. On
the contrary, the Spaniards predict
that the insurgents will hover near
the American lines, bothering them as
| much as possible, and when attacked
in force, dissolve. only to reappear at
other points. This sort Of tactics, the
Spaniards say, will be followed until
the wet season compels the Americans
Ito be housed in barracks, II then the
FilipinOs will return and reoccupy
such towns as the United States troops
do not garrison. With the next dry
season n repetition Of the present ope.
| fations will begin. Time alone Will
show how much there is in the theory,
but, as against it, it must be borne In
mind that the Spaniards in all their
domination of the Philippines, never
| gave the inhabitants a demonstration
| Of power comparable in effectiveness
to that given them by the United
| States. A priest and two members OF
the so-called Filipino congress. who
hid themselves in the weed during the
| lighting which preceded the capture OF
/ MalolOs, returned there AMI declared
that 1900 of the Filipino soldiers were
anxious to
Give Up Fighting
| and would do so but for their officers,
| who kept them under arms. The
whole country between Malolos and
| Caloocan is now full Of friendless
women. children and old people who
are returning to their homes, carrying
| white flags. The Americans are try
ing to gain the confidence of the in
habitants by proving to them that if
they will return and attend to their
ordinary work, peacefully, no harm
will befan them. Two hundred and
| fifty civilians have come back to their
homes in Malolos. Two thousand wo-
men and children, with d sprinkling Of
unarmed men, supposed to be war;
riors came to the outskirts Of MalOlos
on the sea side Of the city and after
ward sneaked away, carrying all the
goods they could. There has been no
little good rivalry as to which regiment
the First Montana or the Twentieth
| Kausas--is entitled to the honor Of
having raised it's flag first in MalOlos.
Col Funston and twenty men of Com
pany b, Kansas volunteers, claim the
Obstruction on the ground, as already
| caEled. of having entered the town at
double-quick and raised the company's
flag. but the first to be recognized Of
f.,ally was that of Company G, Of
the Montana infantry.
Casualties Reported. l.s-
Washington. April 4.-Gen. Otis re-
port of casualties contains the names
of the following from the Northwest:
Deaths from smallpox, Edward Pratt,
private, Company L, Thirteenth Min
nescta; Nelson Mcclellan, First South
Dakota. From wounds in action,
Charles Preachers and Will May,
First South Dakota.