The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-05-18
REBELS ATTACK SPANIARDS
Use Quick Firing Guns and Force
the Fighting.
THREE OFFICERS WOUNDED.

WASHINGTON, May 15-The war de-
partment yesterday received the fol-
lowing dispatch:
'MANlLA. May lit is reported
that, At Zamboanga, insurgents at
tackled Spanish troops on the 18th inst,
using quick6ring guns and arms cap
tured from Spanish gunboats Span
ish general and two officers wounded.
Few casualties among troops. Span
ish garrison now besieged. Water
supply cut off and troops calling for
relief Otis"
The following dispatch from Major
General Otis, giving the status of the
military situation as it now exists in
the operations against the insurgents,
was also received at the war depart
nent:
Situation is as follows: Lawton
from Balinag has taken Hide Fonso
and San Miguel, to north, with slight
loss and driving considerable force Of
enemy; gunboats and canoes accom-
pany 1850 men under Kobbe. up Rio
Grande river to Calumpit, depart
10th; Macarthur remains at San Fer
nando, covering country. Yes
terday messenger from Aguinaldo ex-
pressing wish to send commission to
Manila for conference with United
States commission to arrange terms of
peace; directions given to pass body
of representative insurgents to Ma
Mia should it present itself.
MADRID, May 15-Senor Don Fran
cisco Silvela, the Spanish premier, in
| an interview regarding the attack by
the Filipinos upon the Spanish garri-
, son at Zamboango, island of Min
danao, in which two Spanish officers
| and three men were wounded and one
man was killed, said:
1T is very painful to us to have
| suffered these losses in territory
which does not belong to us. We left
these troops in the Philippines in the
hope that they might aid in securing
the release of the Spanish prisoners
| in the hands of the Filipinoa Our CT
forts in this direction have been fruit
less Aguinaldo refuses to treat with
us and a Frenchman IN. Dumarais).
who had offered ON our behalf to treat
with the enemy, was killed by them.
America has not yet succeeded, as
she has no moro authority than we
had. We cannot leave troops any
longer in territory that we are not
obliged to defend and l have tele-
| graphed General Rios to use three
steamers for the immediate transpor-
triton of our troops from ZamboangO
and Yolo and to acquaint Major Gen
eral Otis with those instructions, SO
! that the American commander may
| possess the territories we are aban-
doning."
! MANILA, May 15.-The civilian men,
bers of the United States Philippine
commission are favorable to the meet
ing with Filipino commission, which
was suggested yesterday, in behalf of
Aguinaldo, by Lieutenant Reyes of
the staff of General Gregerio del Pillar,
who came to General Lawton under a
flag of truce bearing the proposal. 1t
is thought by the American commits
sioners that the idea may have re-
suited from a meeting of the so-called
Filipino congress at San Isidor. Def
mite information on this point, how
ever, cannot yet be obtained, though
the local Filipino commission, which
is in close communication with the
leaders of the rebellion, is doing its
best to secure peace.
Ten members of General Lawton's
band of scouts, under w. NJ. Young,
the old Indian fighter, entered the
town of San Miguel, about fifteen
miles north of Norzagaray, not aware
of what place it was. They found 200
Filipinos there, but the rebels, taking
the scouts for the advance Of General
Lawton's army, fed, after firing few
shots. Young and another scout were
wounded and have been brought to
Manila
Professor Schurman, president of
of the United States Philippine COM
mission, gave farewell luncheon to
Admiral Dewey, at which Professor
Dean G. Worcester and Colonel Charles
DENLY, of the commission, with Cen
eral Macarthur, Mrs. LawtOn and
others, were present. The health of
the admiral was drunk with the ut
most cordiality.