The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-21

10, goo rounds OF ammunition and four
tons of subsistence. One Filipino was
killed, but there were no American
casualties.
s.iSa m.-only frsgmsntsry reports
reach Manila Of the operations north.
which when the story is known Will
prove to be the most remarkable cam
paianing the Philiptins war has known.
General Lawon's division 10 spread
thinly over the territory b~yond San
jose, where the telegraph ends. General
Young;s two regiments Of cavalry are
continuing their rapid sweep into the
new towns, and the infantry Is being
showed forward to bold the towns the
cavalry takes. all I'm q country whose
natural difficulties are increased indie
scribabiy BY tropical rsina. making
rivers Of creeks and swamps Of fields.
Wagon transportation is supposed to
have been practically abandoned. the
American troops living on oaptured sup
plies and the little produce the insurgens
levies have left.
MnIoe onmI6i - oWtk1Ab y s4ee@As.
Of the third cavalry is reported 10 he en-
gasing . greatly superior force at Pozso-
ruiba northeast Of Dagupaa. These
troops have fought three engagements
and are now holding their positions.
waiting for reinforosments.
Ii is believed At heaqduartsrs that this
Filipino force 10 covering the retreat OF
the insurgent leaders 10 the CabiLgust
mountains, that the Insurgents planned
to retreat northeast along the Tayug road
which 10 stocked win storehousss, three
of which the Amsricans have secured 10
draw upon on route and that only the In
surgent advance force had passed my ug
before the A american occupation
Toe main body Of Aguinaldo's army be-
ing within our lines. the majority of
these Insurgents may disorgsniss and
pose a. Amigos when the Americans
overtaks them.
Among the scraps Of news obtainabie
are stories Of the significant hardships the
American army Is nesting with. 1t IL
reported for instance, that General Law
ton narrowly escaped drowning willis
fording river when Lieut.. Luna wal
drowned.
Captain Leon Heussr with q battalio n
of the 10Th Infantry is on his way from
Bamban to O'Donneli to take the insur-
gent cartridge filling works there
Filipino captain who surrendered with
four men to Col. Burt of the goth infant
~, described the factory and volunteered
to guide the expedition.
The governor OF Nueva Viscaya has de-
term,nsd, like many other Filipinos In
these days, that the administration of hi
province cannot change .o) quickly and
In coming to Manila to tell Major General
Otis Ut his loyalty, and incidentally t.
request that he be retained asan officeI
under the new regime.
Admiral Watson has received an add
tional credible report that Lieut.. J. O.
Gilmore and fivs of the captured sailors
Of the Unttsd States gunboat Yorktown
were at Tarlso, November /. Lieut.. Gil
mere was living in . Filipino general,
house.
The Unitsd States cruiser Baltimort
starts for Lingaysn today, and the A nsri
can Admiral purposes to send anothe
chip TO Natiguin. II the gunboat Hstsni
which Is overdue has not returned 4
Lngsyen.
The sailors from the gunbost Castins
occupy Zanboang on the southwest ex
tremity of the island Of Mindansao.
The business men, chiefly Chinese, re
quested Commander S. W. Very Of tn
Castine to take possession Of the plso'
and protect them from the insurgents
Commander Very landed q naval foro'
and, although no details have bean r.
osivsd. 1t appears that he found he had I
large contract on hand and telegraphed h
Major General Otis. req uesting the
presence OF troops. But none are avail
able, except BY Withdrawing part Of th
force from one of the neighboring island
temporarily.
Tbs original plan was to have Brigade
General Alfred k. Basss establish tn
headquarters Of the govsrnorship Of tn
Mahommedan ialands there, when the ne'
regiments arrived. 1t will be carried on
later, when General Bates returns froE
his trip to the southern islands. He ha
been visiting the garrisons of Jolo, Sass
and BOngao.
:. The friendliness Of the Moros for tn
Americans Ia increasing under Geners
Bates's diplomatic administration. Tn
threatened feuds of the Batos, Jakanin
and Calois against the sultan will prob
ably be avertsd through the pacific in
fiunoe of the American officer.
Mindanao villagers have seized q SNUG
Cling schooner bound to Iloilo, and sup
posed to be run BY two discharged sol
diers. They murdered all the crew.
General Battles Is now on board tn
Yorktown, bound on months trip T.
BalabAc and Bornso to observe the meth
DDS followed by the British governmen
with the MohammedAns.
SHOT UNARMED NATIVE.
Charges Brought Against Col. Meteal
of the Goth Kansas.