Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-31

luis mOIulnk AuJutdut O6u6Ihl O0TDlll
received official confirmation of the
capture of Malolos from General Otis.
The battle at Malolos, it is believed, has
broken the backbone of the revolution
and many rebels not captured will lay
down their arms. General Corbin does
not believe Aguinaldo and his followers
will engage in a guerilla warfare. Other
officers say Aguinaldo will light 10 the
bitter end, which means determination
Officials and army officers 4here say the
war will be pursued until the authority
of this government is recognized by the
humbIest rebel in the archipelago.
HAND TO HAND.
New YORK, March 3I.--A dispatch
to the Herald, from Kingston, Jamaica,
says: During the fight between
American sailors and native b0wmen
Tuesday at the wharf the casualties
were: From Indiana--tWo killed and
several wounded. Texas James Darcy,
0iler, concussion Of the brain; w. X. R.
McMahon, fractured knee. Three men
from Texas are in the hospital. One
may die of stab wound. twenty-five
other sailors were injured including
four on the Supply. The ships whole
boat crew was stoned by natives aQd
forced overheard to escape death.
Eight natives are reported killed.
UP SHE GOES.
MANILA, March 3l.-The American
flag was raised over Malolos at 10
o'clock this morning. The Kansas reg
iment and Montana regiment on enter
ing the city found it deserted, the pres
idencia burning and rebels retreating
towards the mountains in a state of
terror. 1t is believed they cannot IN fu-
ture make even a faint resistance. The
American loss is small.
STILL FIGHTING.
General Hairs brigade advanced to-
dey from Mariquina up the Mateo
river valley almost to Mt. Alban, driy-
ing the enemy to the hills. The rebels
were in considerable force at the juno
tion of the rivers Nanca and Ampit
with Mateo. The American artillery
soon scattered them with heavy loss.
The American loss was one killed,
Lieut.. Gregg, of the Fourth infantry.
General Hall eventually returned TO
the water works. General King adj
vanced from San Pedro Macati, estab-
fishing headquarters at Pasig.
Its understood that Macaholas. gov
ernor of the five northern provinces, Is
unfriendly to Aguinaldo. II this be
true, Aguinaldo's retreat is unuoubt-
edly cut off at the railroad beyond San
Fernando. The Republica Filipina, on
March %, published an extra edition
containing the statement that Ameri-
cans had attacked Pasig, many were
killed and majority of the remainder
wounded, while 1870 were taken prison.
ers. The second paragraph asserted
hundred Of the Filipinos' fairest daugh-
ters and called upon the natives to 'de-
fend their honor with their lives"
COLONEL FUNSTON,
of Kansas, always atthe front, was the
first man in MaloIos, followed by a
group of dashing Kansans, The Fill
piny flag flying from the center of the
town was hauled down by some men Of
the Montana regiment who raised their
own above it. From the columns
smoke arising from the city it seemed
as if the whole place was ablaze. It
turned out however, that only the
presidencia or government building
and few smaller buildings had been
fred by the rebels before they evacua-
ted.
The American troops behaved splen-
didly They advanced steadily against
the successive lines of trenches through
woods and jungles, suffering from
frightful heat. In addition
THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS
were handicapped by the fact that their
Springfield rifles are0f a shorter range
than the Mauser rifles of the rebels.
Under those circumstances the steady
advance of our troops is really re-
markable achievement.
This afternoon the victorious Ameri-
can army is feasting on cocoanuts and
bananas and enjoying we'll earned
rest while the hospital train is carrying
the wounded back to Manila.
WESTERN BOYS KILLED.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The fol-
lowing list of those killed on March 2e
and 80 has been received from General
Otis: Twentieth Kansas, Privates Or
lin, Z. BirIew, Oliver Dix, Samuel Will
son; Tenth Pennsylvania, Privstes
Naiel Stevens, Fred Genuine, Bert f
Amburst; First South Dakota, Private
Oscar Fallen: First Nebraska. PriYates
Milton Linde, William Orr, Howard G.
Whitemore; Fourth infantry. First
Lieutenant John Gregg, wounded, "a.
s,ono tha xuoundad ara of tbs
Twentieth Kansas, Captain William j
Watson, in the chest, severe; First Colo
RADIO, Second Lieutenant Fred L. Perry
chest; First North Dakota, Putnam
BradIeescong, major. assistant adjutanl
general of volunteers, in the shoulder
Henry Hoyt, major, chief surgeon Of
volunteers.