The National tribune., 1899-08-24

up street meetings at which incendiary
speeches wcre being made, and the riotinG
was the result. ! The ahti-Dreyfusards art
maliciously endeavoring. to turn this epi
sode into pro-Dreyfus demonstration
Some $50 persons We're injured, 80 police
agents wounded, and so persons impris
oned. The leaders will be prosecuted.
THE INCREASED ARMY.
Secretary Root has been in consultation
with the officers Of the QuartermaSter'
Department with. a view to expediting the
movement Of the Philippine reinforce
ments, and as a result he has directed that
four additional transports be chartered
These four ships have capacity of 2,55l
men. 1t is expected that all of them will
be ready to sail for Manila by Sept. 10:
The men already enlisted for the Philip.
pine service will be sent at once, and the
new regiments will be forwarded as fast
as they are organized and needed. An
order has been issued directing that 1C
additional regiments OF infantry volun.
teers be organized. The regiments will
be numbered from 3s to Al. This action
of the army and increases the total
strength OF the army to 95,045 men. The
total number of volunteers called into service
is 80, ITO men, being only q, 1913 men short OF
the total authorized volunteer establish
ment of $4,000.
"The policy Of the War Department
said Secretary Root, ''is TO furnish Gen.
Otis with all the troops and supplies that
he can use, and which are necessary to
wind up the inSurrection in the Philip
pines in the shortest possible time. The
call for additional troops was made" he
Administration that Gen. Otis shall have
sufficient force to crush the insurrection
during the coming campaign"
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
On Aug. IS a force of United States
troops from Quingua, four miles northeast
of Malolos, and from Baliuag, near BustoS,
about six miles northeast of Quingua,
encountered body of insurgents. estl-
mated at about 500, halfway between
BustoS and Quingua. In the engage
ment that ensued the Fiiipinos were So
verely punished and scattered. The Amer
leans lost one man killed. The insurgent
force is believed 10 have been under the
command of Gen. Pho del Pillar, and to
have had in view tearing up the railway
at Bocave and Bigua, about three miles
northeast of Bulacan.
The insurgents concentrated for two
days about Angeles. Col. Smith, with 1C
companies of the 18th regiment and two
guns of Battery E of the LIST Art, under
Lieut.. Kemley, on Aug. 16 attacked 2,5O0
strongly intrenched insurgents at the
southern approach to Angeles, and drove
them back after a sharp fight, the Ameri-
can troops losing two men killed and II
wounded. The insurgent loss was esh-
mated at 200 men. Our force will hold
Angeles. E
Another fierce fight took place outside
of Calulut, held by the Americans, with
$500 insurgents, who sent heavy volley
against our lines. Col. Smith kept the
whole line moving rapidly, with frequent
rushes. Unable to stand our continuous
voieys, the Filipinos abandoned the
trenches and retreated northward. Minor
conflicts took place during the past week.
Advices from Negros and Cebu state that
the insurrection is gaining strength re-
markably in both those islands, which
had hitherto been counted as the most
are feared, particularly in Cebu, where
some of the Leading men have gone over
to the insurrection. Many of the wealthy
inhabitants are epEsparlng to leave the
island.
JIMINEliARRESTED.
AS Gen. Juan Isidro Jiminez, the San
Domingo revolhtioriIst, was leaving Glen
fuegos on steamer, Aug. 1S, he was
arrested by Capt. iStamper, Collector of
Customs; Jirhinez denounced the arrest
The friends pf Jihinez claim the arrest
was due to Gef. Gomez, who once was a
champion of yfmine4's cause, but is now
at odds with him, and who informed the
authorities as TO hfS proposed departure.
At this writing it has not been learned
on whose order theiarrest was made, and
there is still much excitement about it.
Gen. Brooke. ordered Jiminezs release.
The army and navy are cooperating to
prevent the landing IN Santo Domingo of
expeditions from Cuba. Capt.
Longnecker, Uf the gunboat Nachias, has
been instructed by the Navy Department
to keep a sharp lookout for strange craft
seeking to violate the neutrality laws.
-. THE YAQUI REBELLION.
Military operations in the Yaqui Valley,
Mexico, eliminated OH Friday last III a
series OF engagements and the final rout
and dispersal of the Indians. The Yaquis
had concentrated their forces at Vicam,
on the south bank. Gen. Torres began
offensive operations on Thursday. After
a sharp engagement the Indians fled,
leaving 80 dead on the field. The Mexi-
can loss was 10 killed and % wounded.
Torres returned to Orrin for the night,
and next morning began the march TO
Vicam. The troops dislodged the Yaquis
and killed four. a.
Following the enemy closely Torres
found another force of Indians intrenched
behind the bank of the irrigation canal
where the road crosses. After half an
hour of fighting the Yaquis were driven
from this position with a loss of six killed.
One Mexican Sergeant and three soldiers
were wounded. The Yaquis are now
scattered in small parties, and they will
be hunted out of their hiding places.