The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-07
FILIPINO SENTENCED!
Commissioner Gets Twelve Year,
For Friendship For Americans.
THE SUICIDE OF A LIEUTENANT.

Had Exceeded His Furlough Limit and
Was Placed Under Arrest-Rebels
Attack and Burn the Friendly Town
OF Macabsbs.
Manila. June IA Spanish paper as.
serts that Colonel Arguelles, one oil
the two members Of the original Fill.
pino military commission who were
placed under arrest at Tarlac last
month, after returning to Luna's camp
from their conferences with the United
States commissioners, has been court
martialed and sentenced to IL years
imprisonment for friendship display
cd toward the Americans
Lieutenant Fred w. Pierce, of the
Sixth United States artillery, commit
ted suicide here this morning. He came
from lloilo week ago on leave, but
fingered here beyond the limit and
failed to reply to repeated kilograms
from his commander. Yesterday he
was put. under arrest on his COM
mander's order. This morning another
officer called to see him, when he sud-
denly pulled revolver from under his
pillow and shot himself through the
head. His friends say his mind was
affected by recent sunstroks.
The rebels on Saturday night made
an attack upon the friendly town Of
Macabebs. and after driving the IN
habitants out burned the town.
The insurgents nightly annoy the
troops at San Fernando. Several Amer
leans have been slightly wounded re-
Gently. The enemy have several Krupp
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
30 yards Of General MacArthur's head
quarters Saturday evening. The Amer
lean troops do not reply to the nightly
outbreaks.
The American forces have occupied
the peninsula and General Halls col.
umn is encamped at Morong. Major
Truman, marching across from Bin
angonan, found it impracticable to
form Gordon, and the insurgents,
with the exception Of a hundred or two,
escaped through the mountains after
General Pho del rilar, dragging their
battery by buffaloes at night. A few,
however may be trapped.
The Washington troops have re-
turned to Pasig, but the program Of
the other troops is uncertain.
The present expedition shows the
difficulty which is encountered by an
army which must depend upon wagon
trains in catching barefooted bandits
in their own mountains, and also gives
proof that the rebels do not intend to
fight battles.
day morning and marched twelve miles
to Morong, up and down rocky hills
and through woods and swamps. Scores
of his men fell out, owing to the ex-
IRENE heat, and were left to follow as
best they could. The head of the army
arrived at Morong at noon, having ex-
changed only few shots with insur-
gent skirmishers on the way. Groups
of stragglers followed all day, but the
force was 200 smaller than when it
started. The men were almost SO
hours without rations, and it was con-
siderable of an achievement for them
to cover the ground they did
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En- route to Morong the Americans
met focks of Filipinos, under 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
had expected to corral them. Few were
found about Morong.
One member Of the Washington regi-
men was killed and two were wounded
in the encounter with the outposts.
General Lawton, on board gunboat
searching the coast for Major Truman.
stopped at Binangonan, opposite Nor
ong. The natives Immediately ran up
flag of truce, and delegation in
canoes put off and greeted the Ameri-
cans with the usual protestations of
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