Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-07
READABLE DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT
Our Troops Masters othe Situation and Insure
gents Fleeing.
m'Kl>LEy LET'S GENERAL EAoAN DOWN EASY
AmERro ANS CONTROL THE SITUATION

MANILA, Feb. 3:43 b. m.-The
Americans, AS this dispatch is being
sent, are III complete control of the sit
uation Within . radius of nine miles OF
Manila heir lines. extending to NAL
ADon on the north and Paranque On the
south, are fully twenty-five miles long.
While few detached bodies Of the
enemy offer desuitory opposition, the
main body of the rebels IS in full re-
treat aud utterly routed. OF the hordes
OF troops, originally drawn up In bat
tie array against the Americans, fully
third are already incapacliated and
the lest scattered IN every direction.
The
TERRIBLE LOSS OF REBELS
may be gathered from the fact
that sixteen Of them were
buried in one rice field Monday, near
Pasas, and eighty-seysn inferred be-
tween Peco and Santa Ana. The con-
verted river gunboat did terrible execu-
tion among the rebels, sweeping both
banks of the river with her gatiing
guns and heavier battery. Hundreds
Of Ehpinos undoubtedly crawled into
the cane brakes and died there. The
Americans are working nobly tosfind
the Wounded. bringing hundreds of suf-
fering rebels to the. hospitals for treat-
ment. The natives are unable TO un-
dersl and the htlmaDe motives which
prompt the victors to succOr the
wounded among the enemy. Members
of the hospital corps made the startling
discovery that several
WOMEN IN MEMS DRESS,
with hair cropped were among the
dead. The chief of tue Ygor0tes, the
Filipino natives who fought so gallaut-
ly In the tace of our artillery tire with
bows and arrows, is in the hospital with
a shattered thigh. He sdmit0 ssses a.o
rsc~.orr - " sss-sdorss arttilefy, and wasl
ignorant It's effects until be and his
followers met the. disastrous fire Sun.
day. lie Is bitterly lncensed against
ragalos for placing the Ygorot8s IN
front of the American battery under
pretense that they were sent to occupy
a post of honor, and be intimates that
the Ygor0tes will avenge this treachery
when the survivors return north. Many
FILIPINo OFFICIALS DISAPPEARED
from Manila as soon as hostilities COM
menced. Some are supposed to be still
in hiding Hundreds of women are
pouring into Manila from all directions,
as the villages around Manila, as rule,
nave been destroyed by the troops.
White flags adorn the windows OF the
natives residences everywhere, but III
spite of these emblems of peace scores
of Filipinos. under cover OF darkness,
fired from these same windows yesterday
evening on American patriots. At 81
o'clock last night there was q general
fusilade in the Quiapo and Binon dis
tricts.
ANOTHER FILIPINO SKIPPED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-Another
member of the Filipino Junta here.
supposed to be Juan Luna, took fight |
today, leaving for New York. This
leaves Lopez and his sick associate. Lo- |
ssda, the only Philippine representa-
tives here.
TO PUSH ACTION.
WASHINGTON, Feb Tit is under
stood the,csmpaign against the Philip
pine insurgents is to De prosecuted with
yigor. The question was fully dis |
cussed at today's cabinet meeting and
the Conclusion reached that before per. |
manent peace or security or life and
property could be secured Aguinaldo's
forces must lay down their arms It's
Iloilo will be occupied at once
by The American naval forces and Dts |
will move immediately on Maloloa. the
insurgent capital, and capture or die
perse the so-called Filipino government:
AMERICAN oRFIoERs FIREDUPoE.
MANILA, Feb. q 4.20 p. m The Fill
ipino colonel came out this morning |
from CaIoocan under flag Of truce. |
several Americ n officers promptly |
went to meet him, and the Filipinos
opened fire. The Filipino apologized
for the barDarioua cenducS of his troops |
and returned to his lines. The Amer |
ican troops are teing promptly fur
pished with supplies. Artificer Hafes,
company |. Colorado regiment, discov-
cred the missing partsO the pumping
machinery OF the ter works buried
in coal pile at Sii,gaion station. The
machinery will so be n working Or
der again
AGUINALDo's PROCLAMATION.
.Aguinaldo's proclamation Of Satur-
dav save: II order and command:
First-That peace and friendly rela-
fions with the Americans be broken
ani the latter he treated as enemies
within The limits prescribed by the laws
of war. second That Americans q
turfd shaiI be held as prisoners ot war
1hwd- fhis proclamation sbaih COM
ntnnicssesi tA ronsuls, and that congress-
order suspension Of the constitutional
guarantee, resulting from declaration
Of war
LATFR -S.Juan Luna, secretary to
Agoncillo, Is now en- route to Montreal.
ADDITfoNAL CASUALTIES.
WAsHrNGToN, Feb. 7.-The follow
ing was received today: Manila, Feb.
Additional casuaities: Utah light
artillery Sergeant Harry A. Young,
Corporal ]. Yonng, Private Wilhelm
Gotiman. First Washington Private
Ralph r. Sllearer. First Wyoming
Sergeant George Rogers. First Ne
braska Charles Balianger, Private
Lewis PeQler, company F Third Ar
tiIIery-Corpera Dean. Sergeant Whit
fiker' Tensh Penusylvania-Uo Corporal
Jacob T.nndis. Private Alien B. Rock
well killed A list of one hundred
and ten wounded is also given.
BOUND TO KEEP oRDER.
WASHINGTON. Feb. The authors
ties Of the state and var depaftnaauIa
we're In consultation todey ep the lesal