The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-07
PEARCE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
LIEUTENANT's MIND AFFECTED BY
RECENT sUNSTRONE.

One of the Original Filipino Peace
Commissioners Given Twelve
Years in Prison for Friendship
Toward Americans-RebeIs At
tackled and Burned the Friendly
Town of Observation-Disclosures
Forces Occupy MOrong.
Manila, June T. 7:1O a. m.--Lieut. Fred w.
Pearce, of the Sixth United States Artil-
lery, committed suicide here this morn
iuS.
He came from IloiFo week ago on leave,
but fingered here beyond the limit. and
failed to reply TO repeated kilograms from
his commander. Yesterday he was put un-
der arrest on his commanders order.
This morning another officer called to
see him when he suddenly pulled revolv-
er from under his pillow and shot himself
through the head.
His friends say his mind was affected by
a recent sunstroke.
A Spanish paper asserts that Col. Ar
guelles, one of the two members of the
original Filipino military commission, who
were placed under arrest at Tarlac last
month, after returning to Lunas camp
from their conferences with the United
States commissioners, has been courtmar-
tailed and sentenced to twelve years i'm
prisonment for friendship displayed to-
ward the Americans"
The Second Oregon Volunteer Regi-
ment has returned to barracks in Manila
and is preparing to return to the United
States. The order to sail in a few days
will shortly be issued.
The First California will be relieved by
a regiment of regulars at an early date
and will follow the Oregonians.
1t is intended to send the First Colorado
and First Nebraska regiments next.
Rebels Burned Macnbebe.
Manila. June 6.-The rebels on Saturday
night made an attack upon the friendly
town of Nacabebe and, after driving the
inhabitants out. burned the town.
The insurgents nightly annoy the troops
at San Fernando Several Americans
have been slightly wounded recently.
The enemy have several Krupp guns
which they bring forward and use for fir
ing large shells into the town, then re-
treat with their guns.
~ One of the insurgent shells fell within
thirty yards of Gen. MacArthurs head
quarters Saturday evening. The American
troops do not reply to the nightly out
breaks.
The American forces have occupied the
peninsula, and Gen. Halls column is en-
camped at Morong.
Maj. Truman, marching across from
Binangonan, found it impracticable to
form a Gordon, and the insurgents, with
the exception of a hundred or two escaped
through the mountains after Gen. Pho del
Pillar, dragging their battery by buffaloes
at night. A few, however, may be trap
ped.
The Washington troops have returned to
Pasig, but the programme of the other
troops is uncertain.
Difficulties Encountered.
The present expedition shows the diff
Guilty which is encountered by an army
which must depend upon wagon trains
In catching barefooted bandits in their
own mountains and also gives proof that
the rebels DO not intend to fight battles
Gen. Hall left Santa Teresa yesterday
morning and marched twelve miles to
Morong up and down rocky hills and
through woods and swamps. Scores of
his men fell out owing to the extreme
heat, and were left TO follow as best
they could
The head of the army arrived at Mo-
rong at noon, having exchanged only a
few shots with insurgent skirmishers on
the way. Groups of stragglers followed
all day, but the force was two hundred
smaller than when IL started.
The men were almost tnirty-slx hours
without rations and it was considerable
of an achievement for them to cover the
ground they did.
Rebels in Disguise.
En- route to Morong the Americans met
focks of Filipinos. under flags of truce
many of them young men with the bear
ing of soldiers. Many discarded uniforms
were found in houses, apparently those
of soldiers who had escaped by changing
their costumes from 'Insurecto" to
Amigo and walking boldly past the
army, which had expected to corral them.
Few were found about Morong
One member of the Washington Regi-
ment was killed and two were wounded
in the encounter with the outposts.
Gen. Lawton, on board a gunboat
searching the coast for Mai. Truman,
stopped at Baningonan. opposite Morong.
of truce and a delegation in canoes put
off and greeted the American with the
usual protestatons Of friendship