The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-08
Soldiers at linus and Bacoor Ha-
rassed Every Night and Forced to
Sleep with Hands ON Guns.
GENERAL YOUNG AT vIGAN
MACARTHUR, GRANT AND BELL
HUNTING FOR STRAY REBELS.
Lawton and Hood Trying to Corner
Pillar In a Valley and BntcheiOr
Making q Dash for APART.

MANILA. Dec. S, 1880 a. m.-General
Young arrived at Vigan, province OF South
Ilocos. on Wednesday. Dec. g. After hard
but successful fight with greatly superior
force of Filipinos, commanded by General
Tino. the Americans had one man killed
and twelve wounded The enemxs loss was
heavy.
MANILA. Dec. Z. The expectation OF
catching Aguinaldo in the north has been
practically abandoned and the probability
now is that he will turn southward II ne
is not already there. with his destination
Cavite province. his home. where the insur-
rect,on began and where 1t still has its
greatest strength. The Filipino soldiers IN
that province have recently been showing
increased enthusiasm and boldness. and cap
tured insurgents say that Aguinaldo is
coming tc join them with large army
The same belief prevails among the natives
at Manila and elsewhere that Aguin'ado
intends to make his headquarters in Cavite
province.
There are three thousand insurgents be-
fore linus and Bacoor. keeping the Amer
leans sleeping on their arms and nightly
awaiting attack. The Filipinos have sew
eral cannon The first mayor OF linus under
serted. Is their leader in the assaults and
is ambitious to take the town. Three SOL
diers Of the Fourth Infantry have deserted
and are now with the enemy. Most or the
inhabitants of linus are so strong in their
sympathies with the insurgents that 1t Is
necessary to use a part of the regiment to
patrol the streets and TO prevent shooting
from houses whenever an attack begins
IT. In he
separated into many small commands and
are pursuing bands OF Fihpinos. General
Macarthur is engaged in clearing the noun
tain country west of the Manila-Dagupan
Railroad. General Grant is moving from
Angeles toward subis with four hundred
men. Colonel Bell is sweeping south from
Mangatarem.
Thus far the American commanders have
beeh unable to locate large bodies of in
surgents. although there were about five
hundred In San Clementine, nine miles
south of Mangatarem. early in the week
Colonel Hood, with the Sixteenth Regiment
and Cavalry, and General Lawton. with
force from San Isidro. are operating against
General Pilar's army in the San Mateo
valley.
Major Bachelor. with a battalion of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry. is making a dar-
ing expedition. He left Bayombong. prov
ince Of Nueva Viscaya, week ago to march
through Cagayan valley to the north coast
OF LuZon. intending to reach ADarri. at
the mouth of the Cagayan river. the most
important northern seaport Of the island.
While no large forces are known to be in
his path, 1t may be that he has had some
fighting. although the friendliness of the
inhabitants is counted on to help him.
When he arrives at Aparri he will find
gunboat awaiting him.
The Spanish prisoners In the Bengued
region are escaping from the Fi.ipinos and
are focking into Vigan. Several hundred
are there already. and a steamer will go
to bring them 10 Manila.