The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-08

ADJUST our actions TO the law OF right
and to learn to triumph over our enc
miles,
THE CAMPAIGN TO BE PROSE
CUTED WITH yIGOR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lit is under
stood that the campaign against the
Philippine Islands insurgents is to be
prosecuted with vigOr. The question
was fully discussed at to-day's Cabinet
meeting, and the conclusion was
reached that before permanent peace
and security to life and property could
be secured Aguinaldo's forces must lay
down their arms, and 1T IS expected
that General Otis, in cooperation with
Admiral Dewey, will push forward at
once and give the insurgents no chance
to recover from the defeat of last Sun
day.
So far as can be learned, no positive
instructions have yet been cabled to
our commanders at Manila, but it Is
the impression of members OF the Ad-
ministartion, presumably based on ca
BILE advices from Manila, that this
course will be pursued. Iloilo is to be
occupied at once by the American naval
| forces, and it is expected that General
Otis will move Immediately on Malolos,
the insurgent capital, and capture or
dispense the so-called Filipino Govern
ment. The more closely the insurgents
are repressed, and the more determined
the campaign is, the sooner may we ex-
| pect peace.
TERRIBLE LOSS TO REBELS.
MANILA, Feb. 7.-(3:40 p. m.)-The
terrible loss of the rebels may be gath
cred from the fact that sixteen of them
were buried in one rice field on Mon
/ day near Pasas, and that 81 We're in
tered between Peco and Santna. The
converted river gunboat did terrible
execution among the rebels, sweeping
| both banks of the river with her Cat
| ling guns and her heavier battery.
Hundreds of Filipines undoubtedly
crawled into the cane brakes and died
| there.
| The Americans are working nobly in
| their efforts to find the wounded, and
are bringing hundreds of suffering reb
els to the hospital for treatment. The
natives are unable to understand the
humane motives which prompt the vic
| tors to succor the wounded Of the
enemy.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that members of the
| hospital corps. have made the startling
| discovery that there are several wo-
ment in male dress, and with hair crop
ped, among the dead.
The chief of the Ygorotes, the Fill
pino natives, who fought SO CALAMITY
in the face of artillery with their bows
shattered thigh. He admits that he
|
| ignorant of it's effect until he and, his
| followers met the disastrous fire of
| Sunday morning The chief is bitter
! ly incensed against the Tagalos for
| placing the Ygorotes in front of the
American battery, under the pretense
| that they were sent to occupy the post
| of honor and he intimates that the
Ygorotes Will avenge this treachery
when the survivors return north
1t is regarded as significant fact
that many of the Filipino officials of
this city disappeared from Manila as
soon as hostilities commenced. Some
of them are supposed to be still in hid
ing here.
Hundreds of. women are pouring into
Manila from all districts, as the VIII
lagos around Manila, as a rule have
been destroyed by the troops.
The further the Americans extend
their lines, the more the needs of trans
portation increases. The American
commanders have already been COM
PEELED to impress horses and vehicles
to the inconvenience, naturally, of the
civilians. All the public conveyances
at this writing have either been i'm
pressed or have disappeared in some
manner or other Street car traffic,
however, has been resumed, and the
cars are running regularly, though The
streets are almost deserted. There are
a few natives to reopen, and with white
flags in the nature of towels, pillow
slips and aprons tied to bamhoos- adorn
the windows of the native residences
everywhere. But in spite of these ena-
blems of peace, scores Of Filipinos, I'M
der the cover of darkness, fired from
these same windows. yesterday evening
on the American patrols.
At 8 O'Clock last night there was a
general fusillade in Quiapo and Binon
districts. The inhabitants Of the city
generally believed that Il battle was
raging at their doors, lights were ex-
tinguished inside the dwelling aud 4
majority of the people were in a state
of terror. Under the circumstances it
is remarkable that no casualties were
reported Several shots were fired across
the river during the excitement. Gen
eral Hughes has the interior situation
absolutely in hand
OTIS NOT IN NEED OF INSTRUC-
TONS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Secretary
Alger was asked to-day if he had sent
or was about to send Immediately any
instructions to General Otis, based on
yesterdays developments, which devel-
opments were taken in some quarters
as charging his legal field of action.
The Secretary replied:
mo, sir; it does not appear that Gen
eral Otis is in need of instructions of
any character just now"
The President, as well as Secretary
Alger, has unlimited confidence in Cen
eral OTIS
The character of the arms carried by
the insurgents, as set out in General
Otis cablegram this morning, caused a
mild sensation among army officers
None of them cared to be quoted in
comment upon the statements made by
General Otis, but one expert declared
that so far as he was informed the lat
est pattern of Mausers that the Span
sh troops in Manila had were dated as
far back as 1896, while the pattern de-
scribed in the cablegram was right up
to date, seeming to indicate that they
had not been obtained by capture from
the Spanish but from some. other source.
Under international law, ct zens of neu-