The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-22
REPORTED DEATH Of LUNA.
Sad % Have Received Twenty
Woords in His Last Fight.
1pE STORY NOT BELIEVED,
V,b.s ,tt2lk McArthur's Men. and are Re
uscI With the Loss OF Seventy We
su,d and a Large Nrmoer Wounded.

Vsb,I, ttt2lk NCArthurS Men, and are Re-
oulscI With the Loss OF Seyenty.fyc
kueJ and a large Member Wounded.
N,>Il,, BY Cable. After cutting
tina railroad and telegraph Mt Apalit.
seven miles south. for the purpose OF
seyerng connection. tho Rebels attack.
cd Geuelnl MocArtLur's lines ut Sun
Fernando at 1870 Friday morning.
They net with an Unexpectedly warm
reception, and were repulsed with q
loss Of - killed, 80 prisoners and many
wounded Tho rebel force Is estimated
10 have been :, 900 men. They advanced
steadily from the Jungle north OF the
city and then divided, with the evident
purpose Of surrounding the Americans.
The outrosts Of the Iowa regiment dis
covered the enemy and retired 10 their
lines, where the entire division awaited
IN au eutrenched position. The iowa
Reglmert and the Kansas Regiment
received the first shock Of tho attack
Reserylng their fire until the enemy
was within 600 yards, the first yolley oi
the Americans hit the rebels, who TO
turned tho fro wildly. the rest of their
line failing 10 advance. The Americans,
who thoroughly enjoyed the novelty ot
the situation of awaiting al attack, sal
lied forth and the insurgents thereupor
turned and fled into tho Jungle. Oul
loss was II men wounded, the major
ity Of them only clishtly hurt. Gen
eral Funston d brigade OF Kansas an(
Montana troops, and General Hale.
brigade, the Seventeenth Regiment aut
the Iowa Heg constituted tn,
force engaged.
Asuinado is reported to have per
sonslly conducted the attack, and prep
sratlOns were made for several days t.
b:ing forward troops from Candab'
aud others from Dagupsn were trans
ported by rail. Along the front Of tn
Kansas Regiment, 80 rebels dead wer,
counted.
\ Spanish officer who has been
prisoner in the hands Of the rebels, an'
who was released by Agniualdo, ha
come through our lines 10 Manila. IL
claims to have been witness of tn
assassination of Genera Luna. AC
cordinS TO his story, the relations be
tween the two Filipino leaders had bee
strained to the breaking point becaus
Of Lunas attempt to assume control Q
affairs and the final rupture was force
by Aguinaldo issuing secret orders
the provincial government. Thereupo
Luna demanded copies Of the docu
ments, and Aguinaldo replied curtl
that Luna was general Of the army
and that the civilian government di
not concern him. Luna, after openin
the reply at his headquarters, in th
presence OF his officers, exclaimed ho
ly; ale will be dead tomorrow. On
officer who was friendly TO Aguinald
hssteled to warn him, aud Aguinald
called together twenty trusted soldiers
feloW.townsmen of his, and statione
tions to kill any ono attempting to el
ter, regardless of rank. Luna appeare
the next day and saw Aguinaldo at IL
window. A member of the guard SAT-
"Aguinsldo has gone to inspe
troops Luna then exclaimed: 'Yt
are liar!" drew his revolver, stru'
the guard and tried to force an e1
trance into the house. Before he cou
use his revolver one OF the guar'
bayoneted him, another shot him
the lack and others stabbed him.
oil he had twenty wounds. Luns
aae de. camp was killed in the san
way.
The hostile nativea of Cebu are mo
menabing. Hostilities against Il
Americans have begun there.
Attacked a Convoy With the Holy Carpet
LONDON, BY Cable. The Cairo &C
respondent of The Daily Mail says:
party Of Bedouau Arabs recently O
tackled convoy Of Egyptians, with t
Holy Carpet of Mahomet, betwe
Mecca and Medina A fierce conf
ensued. Four soldiers and thu ee civ
lans Of the convoy were killed and t
rest fled. The Bedouins hold the Ct
pet for ransom"
Locomotive Runs.
During the past few months,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has ma
rally extended the runs of the passt