Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-03

| composed or troops from PEDRO, Macatl
Pasig and Morong, under General r. H
Hall, Wednesday captured Calamba, an
| important trading town on the south
shore of Laguna de Bay. There were
which four American soldiers were
killed and twelve wounded. The Fill
ipinos left three dead.
The trenches commanding the har-
Dor were under water, but the swamp
mess of the land made the work
harder The troops boarded cascoes
Tuesday night. The force comprised
400 Of the Washington volunteers, $50
of the 21st infantry; $50 of the 4th cav
airy, and two guns of the LIST artillery.
| These and the gunboats Lapidan and
Costo assembled opposite Calamba
Wednesday afternoon. Crowds of peo-
pie in carts and on foot were seen
rushing to the hills. Natives escaping
from Calamba in canoes said 100 in
surgents held the town. A force I'M
der Capt. McGrath of the 21st infantry,
and Capt. Eltonherd, landed east of the
town, but found a river intervening
Capt. McGrath and Lieut.. Batson swan
the river under a fire from 20 Mauser
rifles. Having crossed the stream the
officers procured a casCoe to ferry the
troops over. The insurgents retreated
through the town, shooting from hous-
es and bushes as they fled to the hills.
Three members Of the Washington
regiment waded from cascoes through
swamps, often shoulder deep, while
group of F'ilipinos concealed in hay
stacks were shooting at them, until the
Napidan focused her 6-pounders and
gatling guns on the stacks for few
minutes. Most of the work was done
before the Washington volunteers
could reach the town.
There was much shooting by Amigos,
who emerged from the bushes with
white flags. After the fight
dozen men holding up their
hands and shouting "Castilanos"
met the American cavalry. Ev-
cry Spanish soldier embraced the
Americans Historically There were
SO Spanish prisoners at Calamba, of
whom some were civil officials and
some were soldiers. They had been
given the choice of joining the Fill
pinos, and chose the army, intending
to surrender at the first opportunity.
Most of the civilians reached the
the insurgents took others away with
them in their retreat.
Gen. Hall captured II Filipinos with
guns. Maj.-Gen. Henry w. Lawton,
wife and son accompanied the eXpe-
dition on board launch and sat coolly
in an unprotected boat close to the
shore during the fighting, the bullets
splashing about them.
Thursday Gen. Hall brought to Ma
Mia the Spaniards whom the exped-
ton had released from captivity of
more than year
Lieut.. Larson, commanding the Ma
pidan, found long missing Spanish
gunboat, which had been so covered
with bushes and fshnets as not to re-
sembe a vessel. The Filipnos having
met reinforcements and thinking that
the Americans had evacuated the town.
descended from the hills Thursday, in
tending to reoccupy Calamba. Gen.
Hall easily drove them back Gen.
Hall will leave garrison at Calamba,
Calamba is a town on Laguna de
Bay, about 80 miles southeast of Mani
la. 1t is much further south than the
United States troops have yet penetrat-
ed on land 1t is in the province of
Laguna. 1t has population of 11,476,
and is 81 miles from Santa Cruz on the
western shore of the bay. Its capture is
not considered of any strategieal i'm
portanCe, except as a part of the plan
to harass and worry the insurgents.
1t is reported in Filipino circles in
Manila that the insurgents recently re-
ceived Consignments of salt peter and
lead from Japan. The insurgents had
been experiencing many difficulties in
the manufacture of good powder, that
which they produced lacking power of
penetration and range.
The two friars who were recently ar
rested here on suspicion that they were
the bearers OF messages to Agunallo
from the Filipino junta at Hong Kong.
have been liberated for want of evil
dence upon which to prosecute them
As soon as authorization can be re-
ceived from Madrid to incur the neces-
sary expenditures, the Spanish general
Jaramillo will send commission com
posed ofSenors Torales and Rios to Tar
lac to carry food, money, medicine and
clothes to the Spanish prisoners there
The commission will also reopen pego-
ttations for the release of the captured
II is reported tina, SO 100000 in Mexi-
can money will be offered to the insur-
gents for the release of the Spaniards.
Gen. Jaramillo declines to confirm this
report
Transports Will Sail for Manila.
San Francisco, July 2S.--Three trans
| ports sailed for Manila yesterday.
Four companies OF the 10th infantry.
comprising about 500 men. were evenly
distributed on board the Newport and