The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-14


ed States forces under Brigadier Gen
eral Miller captured Iloilo, the capital
| so-called government of the Vizayas
| federation, on Saturday last, after
bombardment- The rebels set the town
on fire before evacuating it, but the
! American troops extinguished the
the American side.
9:45 a. m.-The United States gunboat
! Petrol arrived late last night with dis
patches from Brigadier General M. T.
| Miller to Major General Otis, announc-
ing that Iloilo had been taken by the
combined military and naval forces
Saturday morning.
General Miller, on receipt of his in
structions from Manila, sent native
commissioners ashore from United
States transport st. Paul with a COM
munication for the rebel governor of
|
Iloilo, calling upon him ITO surrender
within time stated, and warning him
| not to make a demonstra ton in the in
| terva1. The rebels Immediately remov-
ed their guns and prepared to defend
fired two warning guns, the rebels i'm
mediately opening fire upon her.
bombarded the town, which the rebels
| having set on fire, Immediately evacu-
! ated. The American troops were
| promptly landed and exiting guished the
fires in all cases of foreign property,
but not before considerable damage had
been done.
| 1t is believed the enemy's loss dur
ing the bombardment was heavy, but
no American casualties are reported
4:5O p m-The goth Kansas and the
1st Idaho volunteers have been recalled
/
and the former regiment is now en-
trenched in front of Caloocan. The
American lines form complete Gordon,
% miles in length from the coast north,
almost to Pasaqua, south of Manila
There has been no change in the dis
position of the troops except that the
4th United States cavalry has relieved
the 1st Idaho volunteers and a battalion
of the 23rd infantry has been stationed
on the left flank to prevent the rebels
sneaking along the beach.
The enemy is busy throwing up en-
trenchments on it's left, sharpshooters
in the jungle covering the operations.
the trench. Second Lieutenant George
A. Seaman of battery B, Utah artillery,
was shot in the leg while standing near
his gun. Four men of the goth Kansas
volunteers were wounded slightly. Last
night Private Brinton, company B, and
Private Stevens, company G, of the Goth
Kansas, were wounded.
All the enemy's dead at Caloocan
have been buried-127 last Sunday and
300 yesterday.
The United States cruiser Charleston
has moved up the coast and is now off
Malolos, the seat of the so-called Fill
pino government, at distance OF about
eight miles.
Washington, Feb. 13.-shortly before
midnight, Adjutant General Corbin
made public the following dispatch
from Major General Otis, reporting the
capture of the town of Iloilo by the
| American forces under General Miller
on the 11th instant:
Manila, Feb IS. 1S99-General Miller
reports from Ilolo that the town was
| taken on the 18th instant and is held
by the troops. The insurgents were Civ
en- until the evening of the 18th to sur
render, but their hostile actions brought
on an engagement during the morning.
The insurgents fired the native portion
of the town. There is but little loss to
| the property of the foreign inhabitants.
No casualties among the troops are re-
ported. OTIS"
A dispatch also came from Admiral
| Dewey telling of the capture of the
city. 1t was brief recital of the facts
in the case, but, it is said, contained