Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-16
IL0IL0
TAKEN
Americans Capture Reb-
bells Stronghold on
Panay Island.
Our Troops Don't Suffer
the Loss of Even
One r1an.
Baltimore and Petrol
Bombard City Whichs I
Enemy Fires.

tore Midnight zen. COGDIu udue pun
lie the following dispatch from Gen.
Otis reporting the capture of the town
of Iloilo by the American forces under
Gen. Miller, on the 18th inst:
Manila, Feb. 13.-Gen. Miller re-
ports from IloilO that the town was
taken the 18th inst. and is held by our
troops The insurgents were given
until the evening of the 18th to sur
render but their hostile actions
brought an engagement during the
morning. The insurgents fired the ma
tive portion of the town; but with lit
tie loss to the property of the foreign
inhabitants. There were no casualties
among the United States troops re-
ported. Otis"
News Reaches Manila.
Manila, Feb. 14.-9:45 a. m, Tuesday
The United States gunboat Petrol ar
rived late last evening with dispatches
from Gen. Miller to Gen. Otis announc-
ing that Iloilo had been taken by the
combined military and naval forces
Saturday morning. Gen. Miller, on
receipt of his instructions from Man
liza, sent native commissioners ashore
from the United States transport st.
Paul with a communication for the
rebel governor of IlOilO, calling upon
him to surrender within the time stat
ed and warning him to make no dem
Il.
Immediately moved their guns and pre-
pared to defend their positions.
Thereupon the Pretrel fired two warn
ng guns, the rebels Immediately open
ing guns, upon her. The Petrol and
Baltimore then bombarded the town,
which the rebels, having set on fire,
Immediately evacuated. The Ameri-
can troops promptly landed and extin-
guished the fires in all cases of foreign
property, but not before considerable
damage had been done 1t is believed
that the enemy's loss during the bonn
bardment was heavy, but no American
casualties are reported.
Gen. Miller has with him the 18th
infantry and battery G, of the 9th ar
tillery ana, if they arrived as expected
the 1st Tennessee regiment of infantry,
while the naval assistance rendered
him was by the gunboat Petrol and
cruiser Baltimore.
The Goth Kansas and list Idaho vol
unteers have been recalled from the
marsh land of Malabon, and the former
regiment is now entrenched in front of
Caloocan. The American lines form
a complete Gordon, % miles in length,
from the coast north almost to PaSa-
qua, and south of Manila. The enemy
is busily engaged throwing up in
trenchments on their left, sharpshoot-
ers in the jungle covering the opera
tions. Several Americans were
wounded in the trenches. Second Lieut..
George A. Seaman, battery B, Utah ar
tillery, was shot in the leg, while
standing near his gun. Four men Of
the Goth Kansas were wounded slight
ly. All of the enemy's dead at Calico
ca have been buried-127 a week ago
Sunday, and 800 last Sunday. The
cruiser Charleston has moved up the
coast and is now off Malatos, the seat
of the so-called Filipino government at
distance estimated to be about eight
miles.
Agoncillo Mum.
Montreal, Feb. 14-Agoncillo was in
bed when an Associated Press repre-
sentative called at his hotel last night
Dispatches announcing the fall of
Lloilo were sent to his room, but he re-
fused to make statement.
Filipinos Disillusioned.
London, Feb. 14.-Reuters' telegram
company, limited, has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Manila, dated
February 10:
After the capture of Caloocan, a
Spaniard who had been a prisoner
there, came to the Americans and said
the Filipinos had offered to release the
Spaniards, especially the artillerymen,
if they would undertake to fight
against the Americans at 81 a day
Most of the Spaniards refused and even
those who accepted the offers hoped TO
escape this way. The rebels according
to this Information are discontended,
unpaid, unfed, and thoroughly disillu-
STONED. On Friday Aguinaldo visited
Polo, few miles northwest of Calico
can, and addressed the Filipino troops
there, claiming he had won a victory
and asserting that $500 Americans had
been killed.
Agoncillo's Latest Story.
Montreal, Feb. 14-Agonci1lo, the
Filipino commissioner, in an interview
last night gave an unqualified contra
diction to the cablegram from Gen
Otis, in which it is stated that he.
Agoncillo, telegraphed advising Aguin-
aldo to drive the Americans out before
achievements arrived. "The thing
is absurd on its face" said he. at
would have been suicidal for me to tel
egraph any such Instructions Our
policy was to maintain an attitudo of
reserve"
UNKNOWN STEAMER IN DISTRESS