The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-06
AT ONE BLOW.
Otis Has Started Out to Crush
AguinaldO.
Long Promised Campaign is
Now Under Way.
TO MAKE SHORT WORK
LaWtOn, Macarthur and Wheat
on Closing In
On AguinaIdO With Army OF
10000 Men.

New York. Nov. ga special to the
Herald from Washington says:
With forces aggregating more than
10000 fighting men, Generals Lawton,
Macarthur and Wheaton are now clos
ing in on Aguinaldos army. Gen. Otis
set November 5, and as the dates for
commencing the campaign ''an along
the line and the war department has
information today that the programme
is being carried out.
Gen. Otis dispatches are optimistic
in the highest degree. and the officials
are predicting that the rebellion will be
crushed before the end of the present
month and that important particulars
will be announced within few days.
YESTERDAYS FIGHTING.
Manila, Nov. 6-10:5O a. m.-AIagalang
the town taken yesterday by two col
umns of Gen. MacArthur's division, un-
der Col. Smith and Major O'Brien, is a
strong town situated midway between
Angeles and Arayat. The movement is
a part of a plan for the Americans to
possess all the country to the south
east of Tarlac, Is the troops close in on
the capital cutting the line of the enc
my's retreat in that direction.
The insurgent force is estimated at
1000. Col Smith first encountered a
small force entrenched quarter mile
beyond Angeles. which soon retreated,
leaving two of their number dead. The
enemy made short stand at the out
skirts of Barrios and San Francisco,
briskly shooting at the advancing
Americans.
Capt Brush deployed with the ad-
vance guard of the battalion and
charged the Filipinos who took to
flight. Seven Americans We're wounded.
The Americans attempted to surround
the insurgents who resisted stubbornIy
but Lieut.. Hamilton's artillery cut them
up. Lieut. Slavin's troop captured
company of the enemy with their arms
during the advance
Gen. Wheeler's brigade is formed at
Angeles in order to be prepared for
general engagement.
LAwTON WATER BOUND.
Washington. Nov. 6.-The war de-
partment has received the following ca
blegram:
Manila, Nov. 6.-Wheaton's expedi-
ton, $500 strong, transports Sheridan
and Aztec and two cOaSting steamers
conveyed by three war vessels left for
Lingayen gulf this morning. MacArth-
urS troops advanced to Magalang yes
terday, clearing country between Ange-
les and Arayat; encountered about LOCO
of enemy at different points. O'Brien
with battalion Seventeenth infantry
two troops Fourth cavalry and Slaven's
scouts moving on road from Balulut
east of Angeles encountered and drove
enemy direction of Magalang, who left
49 dead on field; O'Brien captured 2S
prisoners, IA rifles; Col. Smith with two
other battalions, Seventeenth Hamil-
toms battery First artillery and engf
neers and signal detachment moved on
direct road from Angeles to Magalang,
capturing the latter place, ,inf1cting loss
on enemy in killed and wounded about
100 capturing so prisoners. large amount
of insurgent transportation. Our cas-
ualtieS reported at II wounded. Heavy
rains last three days have rendered de-
cisiVe movements by LaWton's troops
impossible. He now has abundant sup
plies at San IsidrO and further north
and will operate to the north and west
ward when the country now submerged
permits. OTIS.
OTIS DEATH LIST.
Washington, Nov. 6.-Gen Otis today
reported to the war department the
following deaths: Arterial SoIerOsis
oct. 13. Thomas Nagle l.. Seventeenth
Infantry; typhoid fever, John H Porter.
c., Sixth artillery; Thirty First. Ed
win A. Stephenson, L., Seventeenth in
fentry; Malarial disease. Clarence Viii
son corporal. vi, Seventeenth Infantry,
Nov. 3, Frank r Secrist B, Seventeenth
infantry; homicide. Oct. goth, Paul r.
Moran, sergeant e, Sixth Infantry
suicide, insane. 31st, Charles A. Zaisser
| D, Sixth infantry; chronic dysentery.
| 30th. George CoOney, F, 18th infantry.
Nov 1st, John Fitzsimmons, 3, 2lst in
! fantry; second, James f. Grennan. D.
Twentieth Infantry, acute dysentery
/ 1st, Daniel z. Webster, L, Ninth In
| fantry. Oct. 2Sth, Jacob COvalasBi. 21st
| infantry, pulmonary congestion. 11th
! James Hulgan, K, 33rd Infantry; chron-
! ic diarrhoea, 18th Michael 3. Calvin,
! H. Thirteenth Infantry; castro intest-
/ inal catarrh, 2Sth, Charles Curley H,
| 21st Infantry; parotid abscess Goth, VIM
! f. Whitecotton, I, Fourth Infantry
! Castro enteritis Nov. 2, David r. Os-
| borne. I, Twenty first Infantry; John
| Moore, H. 18th Infantry; Fourth VIM
| Gallagher, L, Fourteenth Infantry
/ drowned End Louis Jansen cOrnoral
| band Thirty infantry.