The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-23
THE FILIpINos sURpRIsrn
"'"eA 'non gen. Mac,r-
'""'s Division m. Me, Sever.
Hep"lsc-Iunas D,n,n

MANILA June ~ Nftcr cutting "a.
railroad and telegraph ~ Arali,
miles south, for the purpo~e M
ing connections. the rebel. ,,t..Y
Gen. Macarthur lines al San r.,,a.
do AT 1880 Yesterday morniny ri"
met with an unexpectedly warm
c'ptlon' and were rrpulscd with X loS.
of IS killed. 80 prisoners and man,
wounded.
'r''" !" surround the Americans.
The rebel force, estimated ~ ba,.
numbered 5000 men. advanced stenlth
lily from the jungle north Of the rit,
and then divided with the evident mi.
pose of surrounding the American.
Reserved Their Fire.
The outpost Of the Iowa r,4iment
discovered the enemy and retired Il.
their lines, where the entire division
awaited in an intrenched position. M.
Iowa regiment and the Kansas rcsi.
ment received the first shock Of The
attack. Rcserving their fire until the
enemy was within 600 yards. the first
vollcy of the Americans hit the rebels
who returned the fire wildly. the rest
Of their line failing To advance.
Enjoyed the Novelty al the Thing.
The Americans, who thoroughly on-
loycd the novelty OF the situation.
awaiting an attack, sailed forth, and
the insurgents thercupon turned and
fled into the jungle. our loss was IA
men wounded, "A majority OF whom are
slightly hurt.
Gen. Funston's brigade Of kansas
Montanas, and Gen. lIalc's brigade. tho
seventeenth regiment and the Iowa
regiment, constituted the force eu-
gagged.
AguinaIdo I'm Personal Command.
A~guinaldo is reportedtohavc person
ally conducted the attack, and prcpara-
ions were made for several days 10
bring forward troops from Candida.
and others. from Dagupan, were TRANS
ported by rail.
Along the front Of the Kansas r,4i
mcnt 30 rebel dead were counted.
Reported by IA Telegraph Operator.
The first news OF the Filipino aa
vance was repeatedly a telegraph ops
rator. who was cnt TO the bridge at
Apalit 10 ascertain the cause OF i
break i'm one Of the wires. Ito 81
compelled TO beat a hasty retreat u
der fire.
Witnessed the Murder OF Luna.
a Spanish officer who has been *
prisoner i'm the hands OF the icDei-
and who was released by A~ruinaido.
has come through our lines To Manila.
lie claims to have been q witness az
the assassination Of Gen. Luna. Ac-
rording to his story. the relations ~.
tween the two Filipino leaders had
been strained To the breaking point be
cause Of Luna's attempts to assume
control Of affairs, and the final rupture
was forced hy AguinaldO issuing secret
orders 10 the provincial governments.
Luna %thercupon sent 10 ~Aguinaldn.
demanding copies Of the documents.
and \guinaldo replied curtlN tina
Luna was a general OF the army aul
that the civil government did not con-
Germ him.
Threatened the Life Of AguinnIdr.
Luna. on opening the reply al his
headquarters. in the presence Of BIS
officers. exclaimed. hotly:
lie viii he dead to-morrow.'
One officer. who was friendly 10
Aguinaldo. FASTENED 10 warn him. aud
Nguinaldo called together 20 trusted
soldiers. fellow townsmcn OF his. ana
stationed them around his house with
instructions 10 Kill amy one attempt
ing 10 enter. regardless OF rank.
Murdered by the Guard.
Luna appeared the next day aud saw
Aguinaldo at the window.
a member of the guard said:
-. trtt,.I,ln IN. .... -.
troops"
Luna then exclaimed: "Nou ARR 4
liar" drawing his revolver and striking
the guard and tried TO force az or-
trance into the house. Before he
could use his revolver one of Va,
guards b%ayoneted and another shot
him in the back and Others stabbed
him. In all he had 20 wounds. Luna's
aide-de-camp was killed in the same
way.
The story Not Implicitly Relieved.
The Spaniard's story has not entire
~ dispellcd the doubts Of Luna's
death. and bets that he is alive are
freely made at the clubs. some people
think Aguinaldo has taken pains 20
send the Spaniard here with his story.
IN fn~rthtrance OF some 1~iplofnaGc
scheme, while Others suspect Aguinal-
do has been assassinatcd ~ Luna's
men.
w rcaLcd Vengeance ON the Amigos.
Since the Americans Withdrew from
Candaba. recently. the rebels have ry-
turned and have wrcakcd vengeance
upon those who b%efricndcd the Amer
iranS They slaughtered Tho FIR
pinos who surrendered the town and
their heads on poles in the
public square.
HostiIities Reported ut CebU.
The hostile natives Of Ccbu are more
mcnacing. Mail adyiccs say hostilities
the Americans have begun
here. Col. llamcr, the American com
mandcr. has asked for endorsements
four companies Of the Tennessee
regiment have been sent to him from