The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15
Furniture Scattered
Along Natives Trail.
San Antonio Occupied Without
Resistance.

Manila, April 14.-7.55 p. m.-Gsn.
Lawton Is marching north along the road
between the hills and the lake. with the
army gunboats Napidan anddLaguna de
Bay abreast of his troops. The enemy is
| retreating northward.
On Wednesday the troops crossed the
aghanjan an 1 1,,concentrated at Lambun,
at the mouth Of the river. After leaving
two companies Of the l4th regiment to
guard the en trance of the river. the troops
marched to Longas and found 1t desers-
ed. Furniture which had been dropped
in the fight of the natives was scattered
along the trails leading into the hills.
Major weisenberger's sharp shooters
wers sent toward San Antonio In
the afternoon. They ran upon nest OF
rebels in some thick bushes which Afford
ed a splendid cover. Five men of the
| North Dakota regiment were killed and
two were wounded, two OF the former dy-
ing after having been brought to Longas
church, where Father NcKinnon admin
istered the sacrament to them.
The main body Of the American troops
while at dinner in Longas, heard the fir
| ing and advanced to the support OF the
| sharp shooters A scout from a hill saw
the little fight and many white coats
running into the hills The Laguna de
Bay at the beginning of the fight shelled
the hills. making them too not for the
enemy.
The Americans entered San Antonio
at sunset without meeting with any re-
sistance. Twenty unarmed prisoners
bearing copies Of the proclamation of the
United States Philippine commission,
which they had secured, were Afterwards
released and sent outside our lines with
bundles of proclamations to distribute.
The Fourth Cavalry is guarding santa
Cruz Two companies OF the 14th regf-
ment are at the mouth OF the river. two
are at Pasingham, two at Lambun and
one of the l4th regiment and four of the
North Dakota regiment are at San An
tonic.
The remainder of the troops are at
Longas. Ge.l. Lawton is on board the
Laguua de Bay. The country occupied is
thickly populated and produces much
fruit.
MoKenna of the signal corps, is indefA-
tigable. He ran q wire through the hos
tils country without having . guard
with him.
Manila, April Is. IS. 80 a. IN. Starting
In an easterly direction along the road to
Pansanghan a party Of sixty sharpshoot-
ers under Lieutenant Southern OF the
Washington regiment came upon a trench
across the road about q mile out of Santa
Cruz. Lieutenant Southern was wounded.
The Americans then advanced with the
mountain guns and the fourteenth in
fantry in the center, links battalion of
the first Idlho infantry on the right and
FRAMES battalion Of the first North
Dakota infantry on the left both flank
ing. The trench was carried without loss
to the Americans.
Pansanghan was found deserted. Four
monuments on the border of the village
celebrate the proclamation Of Filipino ip-
dependence issued last yenr and glorify
"Aguinaldo. the liberator.
The troops on entering the abandoned
houses found them in perfect order. A
ew guerilla shots were exchanged; and
one member of the l4th regiment was
shot In the leg by his comrades who were
aiming at q oaribOo. One Filipino was
killed and five wounded in the encounter
before longas.
| the North Dakota regiment. moving in
single file through the woods received
volley from a clump of busaes about fifty
feet away. Only one got of unhutt. de
| dragged q comrade with four bullets In
his body to the main force and then led
the troops back TO the spot. The Filipinos
were easily scattered.
Additi onal Filipino dead found north
| OF Santa Cruz swell the number OF the
enemy killed on Monday to 100.
| According to the statement OF some oil
the prisoner the tilipinos drove hun
dred Spanish prisoners and twelve priests
| into Santa Cruz at the point OF the bayo-
net on Sunday night. -Four other priests
| died of starvation. 1t appears that the
Filipino force at Santa Cruz consistedof
800 rifles and Thousand Bolos. AS
he lacks sufficient troops for garrisoning,
| Gen. Lawton will withdraw from the
towns entered. Not house has been
burned, the only contiscalion being of
pigs and chickens 1t is hoped that this
respect for property will convince the ma
tives of the good intentions OF the Ameri-
cans.
At Pansanghan woman was found
hidden in u basket and youth buried in
the mud. except as to his head. Both
| were given food and money to their great
| astonishment
American proolamations to be distributed
are forwarded to the archbishops.
Lieut.. Brooke has brought TO Manila
one of the captured steamers with five OF
and fifty who were sick. Most of the sick
attribute their disorders to the Cuban
campaign Through the treachery or
ignorance of the Filipino pilot the steamer
was stranded whole day, the provisions
"a ilad and thara xvas soma anff0riQg on