Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-17
RESURRECTION is SPREADING
1t is Gaining Strength Remark
ably In Negroes and Cebu.
OUTBREAKS ARE FEARED THERE.
Many of the Wealthy InhabI-
tants viii Leave.
The Officers of the United States Gunbost
Wheeling, Which Has Returned TO Manila
from Cruise Along the Northern Coast
OF Luzon, Report That the Insnrgent
Forces Occupy Every village

Va Lh6oht NuPofh Ahhh thc AhsuTschh
Forces Occupy Every Village
Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
Manila, Philippine Islands, Aug. u,
via Hongkong, China, Aug. 16.-Ar-
and Cebu agree that the instruction is
gaining strength remarkably in both
those islands, which had hitherto been
counted az the most friendly in tho
Archipelago, and which received with
the greatest cordiality Prof. Schur-
man, president of thief United States
Advisory Commission for the Philip
pines at the time of his memorable
tour.
Outbreaks are feared, particularly in
Cebu, where come of the leading men
have gone over to the insurrecticn.
Many of the wealthy inhabitants are
prepared to leave the island Seniors
Llorente and Melliza, Supreme Court
justices of Negroes and Cebu, have gone
thither from Manila to use their in
fuence against the insnrrection. The
results of the autonomist government
in Negros are disappointing. In
surgent bands are operating there as
they did in Cuba, destroying much
plantation property, claims for which
are being presented to Gen. Otis.
The bombardment of Paote, on the
east side of La Guna de Bay, by the
Napidan, whose commander was under
the impression that the town had been
reoccupied by the insurgents, aroused
strong resentment among the natives
of the whole lake region. 1t is asserted
there that the officers and crew of the
gunboat landed and looted the best
buildings after the bombardmenJ. The
crew of the Napidan has been trans
ferred to other duty.
Officers of the United States gunboat
Wheeline, which has returned here
from cruise along the northern coast
of Luzon, report that the insurgent
forces occupy every village.
Manila, Philippine Islands, Aug. 16
"a. 20 p. m.-The insurgents have been
concentrating for two days about
Angeles.
1t is officially announced that Col.
Smith, with 10 companies of the
Twelfth Regiment and two guns Of
Battery E, First Artillery, under Lieut..
Kemley, this morning, attacked 2, 500
strongly. entrenched insurgents at the
southern approach to Angeles, and
drove them back, after a sharp fight,
the American troops losing two men
killed and y wounded. The insurgents
loss is estimated at 200 men. Our
forces will hold Angeles.
About 200 insurgents appeared this
morning in front of Dolores, a short
distance north Of Porac, but they were
driven off by one company of the
Twelfth Regiment, under command OF
Capt. Anglum. One American was
wounded.
Washington, Aug. 16. - Another
sharp engagement between MacArthur's
command and the insurgents was re-
ported to the War Department today,
in the following dispatch from Gen.
Otis
Manila, Aug. 16.-Adiutant-G General,
Washington: MacArthur's troops oc-
cupy country from Candalia to point
near Angeles, thence toward Porac,
Guagua, Bacolor. Col. Smith, with
10 companies Twelfth Infantry and
two guns First Artillery, attacked, to-
day, enemy in intrenchments outskirts
Angeles, estimated at $500, driving
them north, aud inflicting upon them
reported loss of 200 killed and wounded !;
our loss, two killed and IL wounded.
On August 18th, Gen. Young's troops,
consisting of detachments Fourth
Cavalry, Twenty-first, Twenty fourth
and Twenty fifth Infantry, drove in
sureents northeast of Manila through
Maraquina, San Mateo, into noun
tains, returning following day. Column
| of insurgents, 500 strong, descending
road east of Baliuag, fer the purpose
| of taking railway, driven by our
Baliuag and Quinga troops, and routed
yesterday; this force in full retreat
northward, carrying number of their
officers Angeles will be permanently
occupied at once. Otis. "