The age-herald., 1899-05-05
Otis Has Put Aside Insurgent
 TenpOrizing, MAJOR GENERAL MACARTHUR Carries Santa Tomas and San 5 Fernando Will Fall Today. 7e
 E INSURGENTS>.ARE WATERING ; Their Allegiance to the Insurrec- E tion Contingent. S
 THEY MAY BECOME NEUTRAL Col Funston Again Distinguished Him. self and Was Wounded in the
 Hand Filipinos Retreating
 Toward San Isidro.
THEY MAY BECOME NEUTRAL

Manila, May 4.-550 p. m.-Major- General Macarthur has carried Santa Tomas after encountering a strong resistance. Briga- dier-General Hale moved on the enemy's right and Brigadier-G General Wheaton at- tackled the left in daring charge in which
 Colonel Funston again distinguished hinlI self. The Kansan was wounded in the hand
 and several other officers and enlisted men
 were also wounded.
 Colonel Summers, with a part of the Oregon and Minnesota regiments and a gun from the Utah battery, took Moasim on the right, resting four miles from San Fernandino.
 ~The Fi:pinos are retreating toward San
 Isidro and it is expected they will make
 stand at Arayat, at which place the whole
 of the rebel forces in the preyinal. of Pans Panga is concentrating. It is understood that, impressed by recent | events, the Filipinos are wavering in their allegiance to the insurreetion, and are like | ly to assume q neutral attitude. It seems as though General Antonio Luna's forces are destined to destruction
 within few days unless they succeed or scatter.
 The American army has been skillfully
 posted at points of immense strategic ad-
 vantage. The insurgents expected them to
 advance on Balinag by way of Quingua, and had prepared the entire country around Quingau with the strongest sort of en- trenchments.
 Captured 5O,OOO Bushels Rice
 Instead of taking this course, General
 Macarthur swung toward San Thomas, the
 I,tal, oI, toA
 General Lawton brought his brigade in
 against Balsunam from the southeast, cov-
 ering the line of retreat of the rebels to-
 ward the mountains and depriving them
 of a refuge on which they had already
 counted. General Lawton captured 5O,O00
 bushels of rice, an important part of the stores established by the rebels. The Spanish commissioners have made an- other futile attempt for the release of the Spaniards held as prisoners by the Fill pinos. Their vessels steamed to the port nearest Daguapan Fearing to land, they sent letter to Aguinaldo saying they were authorized to exchange 15,000 FilipinoS now in the hands of the Americans for the
 Spanish prisoners. A reply was received from Senor Mabnin, Aguinaldo's prime min
 ister, which was dated April 2S, and which
 stated that Aguinaldo was negotiating for peace, pending which negotiations he could not ulScuSS the question or eXcnanSe or prisoners.
 Filipinos Fought Desperately In spite of the peaceful overtures of the commissioners, the Filipnos vigorously re- sisted the advance of General MacArthur's division from Apili toward San Fernando, fighting desperately at long range after
 running from trench to trench when driven
 out by the American artillery. The movement commenced at 530 in the Iala hrfar etcf
 ing of five Gatings, under command of Major Young of the Sixth artillery, two
 battaions of the Fifty-first Iowa regiment,
 the First Nebraska and the First Dakota
 regiment advanced along the road few
 miles west of the railway line. General Wheaton, with Hotchkiss and
 Gatiug guns, under the command of Lieu
 tenant Taylor, of the Utah Light artillery,
 mounted on hand cars, pushed ahead, the Twentieth Kansas and First Montana regi-
 ments deploying to the right and left when feasible
 The country to be traversed proved the worst yet encountered. Miles of marshss and many unfordable streams delayed efae advance materially
 Span of Bridge Dropped Both brigades met with resistance simul-
 taneously on approaching the river near San Tomas, which is about eight kilometers from Apilit. The center span of the rail- ioou piiu6o Aeto uioPPSu into lHe TlVeT ana the rebels had only left small force to check General Wheaton, the main body lining strong trenches in front of General Hale.
 Although the attacking force poured
 very heavy artillery and musketry fire
 across the river, the enemy stubbornly re- sisted for over an hour, ultimately backing
 when Major Young sheled their flank and
 then retreating along the river bank under cover. General Wheaton in the meantime tried Intellectually to draw the fire of the Filipinos in the trenches east of the track. So soon as they discovered the nature of the country would permit only few skir- mishes on each side of the embankment the rebels regalned their courage and fought desperately for three-quarters of an hour in the face of the American vollies . Continued On Second Page).