Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-02-09

NEBRASKA volunteers, merchant, OF David
City, Neb.
"A; F. .scheren, private. company g. First
California infantry. Tx~s~ sgn". : 1,
.Ernest Scott, private, company B. FRS:
Idaho Infantry. 3 / EE-Ef ~
William Wall. sergeant, First California
infantry: ~. -.
/ =. No Further Host1lities.
Manila, Monday, Feb Go a. m.-The
Filipinos have apparently reached the
conclusion that the Americans mean
business, now that the barriers are re-
moved, as: there were no further hos
tilities Sunday night and no attempt
was made to recover the lost ground. 1t
is possible, however, that they are fol-
lowing the tactics they employed
against the Spaniards and will merely
lie off a few, days to reeuperate their
forces before returning to the attack.
1t is impossible to ascertain as yet how
the news has been received at Malolos,
the seat of the insurgent government,
but the Filipinos in Manila express the
opinion that the movement for indie
pendence has received it's death blow
and that annexation will soon be well
coined generally. ~E*5::% -.
. Will Force the, Fighting.
Washington, Feb. 6.-The warfare
in the Philippines will be forced to a
speedy end. The president and his
cabinet on Sunday decided that mas
much as the trouble was the choosing
OF the. natives, the American policy
must be shaped to meet the emergency.
The surrender of the insurgents will be
demanded, and Gen. Otis and Admiral
Dewey were Sunday ordered to proceed
against the forces of Aguinaldo with
view of demonstrating to the in
surgents the hopelessness of their
cause. The president is determined
that the majesty of the United States
shall. be respected in the Philippines,
whether the islands are annexed to this
country or not, and it can'be stated on
authority that there will be no more
temporizing with the Filipinos, what
ever may be the action on the treaty.
stroy of the Fighting.
Manila, Feb. 5.-The long-expected
rupture between the Americans and
the Filipinos has come at last. The
former are now engaged in solving the
Philippine problem with the utmost
expedition possible. The clash came
at $40 Saturday evening. when three
daring Filipinos darted past the Ne
braska regiment pickets at Santa Mesa,
but retired when challenged. They re-.
peated the experiment without draw
ing the sentries' fire. But the third
time Corp. Greedy challenged the Fill
ipinos and then fired, killing one of
them and wounding another.
Almost Immediately afterward the
Filipinos' line, from Calvocan to Santa
Mesa, commenced fusilade which was
Intellectual. The Nebraska, Montana
and North Dakota outposts replied Wig
orously, and held their ground until re-
endorsements arrived. The Filipinos
in the meantime concentrated at three
points, Caloocan, Gagalangin and Santa
Mesa.
Enemy Opens Hot Fire.
At about one o'clock the Filipinos
opened hot fire from all three places
simultaneously. This was supple
mented by the fire of two siege guns at
Balik-Balik, and by advancing their
skirmishers at Pace and Pandacan.
The Americans responded with ter
rife fire, but owing to the darkness
they were unable to determine its ef-
feet. The Utah light artillery finally
| succeeded in silencing the native bat
terry. The Third artillery also did
good work on the extreme left. The en-
gagement lasted over an hour.
Gunboats Take Part
The United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord stationed off
Malabona, opened fire from their Sec
ondary batteries on the Filipinos' posi-
ton at Caloocan, and kept it up vigor-
ously. AT 2:45 there was another
fusillade along the entire line, and the
| United States sea-going doub!e-tur-
reted monitor Monadnock opened fire
+ on the enemy from off Malate. .
| j: With daylight. the Americans ad-
vanced. The California and Washing
ton regiments made splendid charge
and drove the Filipinos from the vii
lagos of Pace and Santa Mesa. The. Ne
braska regiment also distinguished
itself, capturing several prisoners aud
one HoWitzersand avery strong posi-
ton sat the reservoir, which is .zzcon-
|.gected with the water works. ~ The
Kansas as, and Dakota, regiments com
PEELED the ehemy's right4H Hank to retire
to Calooean.s There was; intermittent
firing at:various. points all day long.
w. IL az Twenty Americans Killed.
'2 The American losses are estimated at
20 men killed and 125 wounded.
The losses of the Filipinos cannot be
estimated at present, but they are
known to be considerab BILE The Ygo-
rates, armed with bows and arrows,
made very determined stand in the
face Of, a hot artillery~f fire, and left.
many men dead on the field. Several