Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-28
TO ATTACK PORAC
Gems. Macarthur, Wheaton and
Wheeler Advancing.
THEY LEAD A STRONG FORCE
Spnni-h Prisoners to he Delivered I'y
Fntpinos Cannot Be TAKEN Aboard
Ships Flying the Spanish Flag.
American Vessel to BE Sent.
(Ry 'Tclegraph.)

! (Ey Tclegraph.)
| MANILA, Sept. 2S.--1O A. M.-<;cnc-
rails Macarthur, Wheaton ana Wheel
CT. with four regiments ana a battery
! advanced at daybreak this morning
| upon Porac about eight miles north
vest OF Bacoor in Pampanga prov
ince.
MANILA. Sept. 27.-a:.5 A. M-The
American authorities have declined tho
request rf General Jaramilo the
Spanish officer who is set ding Spain'S
military affairs in the Philippine is
lands. to send a vessel under the Span
lsh flag To collect the Spanish prison-
ers at insurEent ports. as stipulated by
the Fliipinos, on the ground that the
ports are closed, that such step there
! fore. would be unlawful! and because
| they declined to accept the F'ilipillos'
dictati2r. The authorities are ready to
send an American vessel. The Spanish
commission. therefore. will return to tn.
| iIisurgent lines and endeavcr to effect
an arrangement for the delivery Of the
prisoners on board an American YES
sci.
| AGUINALDO'S EXPLANATION.
Aguina!do has issued a statement
! saying the warlike activity Of The
| Americans has prevented the co;ccn-
| tration Of the prisoners, as intended.
! but they will be delivered October ~.
| lie TaSalS Of the island of Mindna1
| have expressed their readiness to accept
| American sovereignty in exchange for
| Protection against harassng MOrns.
"A native officer has offered Major
General Otis one thousand 1acabetb.
| tribesmen to fight the Tagals Of the La
| Suna Dc Fay district.
| The troops engaged in the fighting at
Cebu belonged to the Nineteenth, Sixth
and Twentylthird infantry and Sixth
| artillery.
T1,a,,
natives q Malabon. a city Of 10000 in
hahitants. five miles from Manila 10
| rise against the American garrison.
I Capt. Allen has been holding the ola@e
with two companies of the Sixteenth in
| f2ntry. but on account OF the need |, {
all the available men at the front his
force has been reduced to 20 men. Trey
now remain near the big church. wnrre
they are chartered, being too few in
number 70 attempt to patrol the town.
| PREACHED REVOLT
Armed. unifornee! parties Of the IN
surgents recently disenrbarked fr.:n
cascoes during the night, collected
money for the insurrection and preach
ed revolt. Two mayors have been elect
ed, but both OF them have declined 10
| serve.
| Nalabon has been made the s!lippin.
point whence provisions and other stuff
are brought from Manila by trains and
shipped into the hostile territory. Tho
y
| their coed trcatment of American pris-
cn2l's a card by which to gain OUTSIDE
| sympathy Two Englshmcn VINO fave
| arrived here frCan Tarlac report trat
| the Americans are treated more Xix.
guests than prisoners. They are fed on
| the best that the country affords ANA
everything is done to gain their Ia>o;
/ \ FISHY REPORT.
\ Filipino PAPER says that on tbs
occasion &C 4 recent tete at Victoria, in
| celebration of a mythical Filipino VIC
| tory the American prisoners were SIv-
en- the freedom Of the town and five
pesos each with Which to celebrate the
'vctorv.'
The E,nglshmen also say the Filp,lc
F., have offered all the Americans commits.
slons r their army and that three O.
them have accepted. This is not lie
| liaved
The American officers north Of Ma
| MIA tell the correspondents Of the AS
ISOLATED Press that Aguinaldo i, at
tempting to enforce good government
after the American fashion. ordered his
soldiers to suppress a band of robbers.
| three Of whom We're executed at Mar.
| lQulta. he has also prohibited s,an,b-
ling in the villages under his control.
NAY E&PEI. F'ATERNO.
| Paterno, the president of the so-c.ll-
| Ell Filipino cabinet has fallen int, dis
favor among the Filpiros on account q
ms peace procivities. They suspect fim
or planning to repeat his treacherv &C
the former insurrection, when he ,Npn.
over to the Spaniards and thew NAV ex
| pei him
| Aguinaldo has issued a decree IN
| EltlnS Filipino deserterS to return with.
In month, in Which case they vii! bn
I rardoned.