Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-04-29
AWFUL HAVOC.
Macarthur and His Troops Now
in CaIumpii.
EIGHT AMERICANS KILLED,
Appalling Slaughter of Insu,g 'nts-
Dead Men Lying Two and Three
Derp-Surv:vors Driven to the Hills
Americans Tired hut P.ucky-
Minor Note, and Echoes Of Strife.

Americans Tired bat P.uCky-
Minor Note, aud Echoes Of Strife.
Manila. April 27.-General MacAr-
thurs troops captured the town of Cal
umpit yesterday. General Hale's bri-
Sade bore in on the right flank. The
Americans are ROW in possession. Cen
oral Otis cannot hear from General Law
ton, as Ii s.ilail band Of insurgents are
cutting tel, S!aph wires as fast as the
signal corps repairs them.
Eight Americans were killed in the as
sault upon the city The loss to the rebels
was terrific. What remained of their
army was finally driven back into the
town and beyond it to the hills. Gen
oral Mac Arthur had GC00 troops engaged
in the attack. The valor vas unpar-
allcled.
Calumpit was on fire when the concert
cd advance of Major General MacAr-
thurs division comprising the brigades
of Generals Hale and Wheaton, and the
division of Major General Lawton was
ordI red.
The Insurgents met the advance with
severe firing. The greater part of Agui-
naldo's army was in the town and the
trenches before it. having made stand
there afterthe fall of Malolos
The strategic attack upon the city was
made by Hale's brigade, which moved
down the right bank of the Quingau
river: by Wheaton's brigade, on the
left bank and by Lawton's division,
which advanced from Narzagary, being
Joined there by Lawton's center column
from Bocave.
The southern defenscs of the insur-
gent capital were first attacked and
taken. They were mile south of the
city and on the north bank of the Bag
bag river.
The order to advance upon Calumpit
was received enthusiastically by the
American troops There had long been
a thirst among the troops to avenge the
death of their fellows during the fight
ing march from Malolos and they were
eager for the capture of the main strong
hold Of Agunaldo and his men,
Scouting parties sent out a short time
before the attack returned to report that
Calumpt had been set aflre by the
rebels
In the attack the American troops were
deployed in a long line before the city
This line was gradually closed in, main
tanning an intense firing upon the
trenches and immediate defemses of tho
capital.
1t was short range fighting, and the
Americans were more than equal to it,
while the insurgents We're pressed back
whenever they attempted a stand.
The guns of the Utah artillery did mas
tcrful work. They tore great gaps in the
trenches and drove the rebels out with |
appalling slaughter. Then the infantry
men charged the trenches. The rebels
stood their ground as long as they could, |
and then fed
The Americans then had little diff
Guilty in entering the city. The fire set
by the rcb'ls was spreading rapidly, and |
it seemed d forlorn hope to attempt to |
eXtinguish it.
On all sides was TO be seen the havoc |
wrought by the intensity of the Ameri-
can firing The dead rebels lay two and |
Eeveh three deep in some places. The |
trenches We're choked with dead bodies |
What remained of the rebel army fled |
to the hills closely pursued by the Amer
lean soldiers, although the latter were
in worn out condition from the con-
tinuous fighting of the last few days.
New York, April PA copyright cable
from Manila to The Evening World says:
Admiral Dewey was seen by The World |
CORE pondent on TIE Captain Coghan
incident. The admiral is still unac-
quainted with the details of the famous
speech, but he declared that his rela-
t!ons with Captain Coghlan are most
cordial.
He received a cablegram from the
captain If the Raleigh when that war;
ship reached Algers, congra tulating
the admiral on his promotion. Admiral
Dewey is certain that Coghlan could not
have said anything calculated to place
the admiral in "A false position.
He showed The World correspondent
a letter from Admiral Won Diederichs of !
the German navy, congratulating him
on his deserved promotion" and also $
letter in reply, which closed with the
words. "All our differences were of news
paper manufacture" The admiral also
says he is on the most friendly terms
with Prince Henry of Prussia, who sue
ceeded Won Diede richs as commander
in-chinf of the German fleet in Chinese
waters.
Washington, April 27.-The state de-
partment has withdrawn any objection
it may have entertained to the dispatch
of Spanish troops from the Philippine
islands to the Carolinas. Pending the
exchange of ratiica.iOns of the peace
treaty it was held that under the terms
of the protocol there could tie no move
ment of troops in the direction of
strengthening garrisons or in any other
manner changing the military situation
The only exception was the repatriation
of the Spanish troops in Cuba and the
Philippines. Nearly all of the Spanish
troops who surrendered at Manila have
gone home and only a few troops re-
main to garrison some posts on the other
islands. The report from Madrid that
General Otis has requested the Spanish
garrison at Zamboanga. island OF Man
Ganao. he held in place until an Amer-
can garrison can be sent to relieve them,
is confirmed here. Had similar ar
rangement been made as to Iloilo. il is
said. much trouble and b!oodshed would
have been avoided.
Albany, April Ex-Governor Roosevelt
announces that he has decided that Lieu
tenant Colonel Smith of the Severity
first regiment must go before court Of
inquiry to determine his fitness and
competency to continue as a commits
s sonel officer of the National Guard The
governor states that he has gone care
fully over the findings of the hoaid
which investigated the conduct of the
officers and men of the Seventy-fir
KlOndikc Story Unconfirmcd.
Victoria. b. c., April Pa story has
reached here by the steamer Tees to the
effect that a party of six returning Klon-
dixie rs one of whom Is said to have bee Il