The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-13
A QUIET SABBATH
at Mauila-Thc Philippine Problem
Still Far From Solution--In Recent
Battles Filipinos Had $500 Killed.

Still I"ar From S0lutiOn--ln Recent
Battles Filipinos Had $500 Killed.
! MANILA, Feb. l2,-4:5o p. m.-Con-
tra.y 10 general expectations, all is
hulet along The entire line, nothing hay
Ing happened up TO this hour to disturb
ihc peace Of Sunday.
III Manila the inhabitants have gen.
krally recovered from the alarm occa-
STONED by the fear Of q native upris-
( Ing, and are rcsumipg their ordinary
business Tie shipping interests are
naturally suffering. since there have
been H. c!earauces for Philippine ports
FOR week. but. 0n the other hand, for
c!sR shipping has increased. especially
for Hong Kong, every steamer bound
| ih!;her being crowded with timid refu-
gees.
Despite .nuletlide, however. rinny
are asking whether the problem Is not
still far from solution. a week ago
those who took an optimistic view pre-
dic.sd that the terrible lesson Just iad-
!nnlstercd 10 the rebels would settle
lhe question or Filipino independence
IN short order. But this prediction has
not been fulfilled. AS a matter of fact,
me rebels ale now scattered throughout
the country, bushwhacking. except at
Naiabon, where they nre gathered in
force. Even there their methods savor
more OF guerilla than Of civilized war
iare. every bush. clump OF trees and
nee furnishing j. cover for their sharp
shooters.
Unfortunately. FOR miles around the
iaiu Is studded with bamboo jungle,
ana open spaces are few and far be-
tween. This affords the natives. who
hSht better under cover. q distinct ad.
vantage, In many places the jungle
u 20 dense that the eye cannot pcUe-
Tste IL, and only by the flashes of their
IIncs IS the Whereabouts of the enemy
Indicated
CEder such conditions 1t Is remarka-
n's that the American casualties should
pr SO lew. while the number of dead ma
ives found In the brush after every
ShTihish testi!ies 10 the precision OF our
IRE Last week there was not n single
ua! without fighting, but the Ameri-
.ahS steadily advanced. Carrying every
u.'ns before them and gradually in
S.p"SinS their sc;ni-circle. until now It
rtdds ian-shaped from four TO ten
nn, ,"Iaes around Manila. the water works
"'''S Inc most distant point.
Awful Slaughter.
1t Is now known that the Filipino loss
Is !ui!y 800 killed. with wounded slight
49,, ~ eNceSS OF that number. and thou
buS b arg held prisoners. All this has
~. hchieEed at the cost of sixty-tivc
americans killed and OF woundad
nero are two Americans missing and
ui,accountcd for.
No fewer than 20, ., a., -,
!hScs have surrendered or hcnn c,n-
IutcG. Several have been dcstroved
VINO harbored men. who frequently. dis
su'.cd IN female attire, shot from, tho
W tops at the American troops,
S.any rifles and ton OF ammunition
o"ne oeen seized. AZ might have beon
o',..' o".ec,cd there has been lootlng In the
anS,Shlrts. but II has not heeu general
orders. ~ '''ect ''oia''oH OF
m,,, ."'y Incident that has broken the
IN. ~ % me day followed the arrival OF
,m neIrail iirst-class cruiser Kaiscrin
D,s.a'", When she saluted Admiral
r,,t,;' ,nlS afternoon n report spread
,p"i'E mat the American warships
commanding Malabon.
q, I,! crowds hnrc visited the scenes
,romn weeks lighting. All the roads
iLo, iL",Il 'he city We're thronged with vc-
tbo I'LL h'it beyond burned villages and
lI,,,n mounds in the fields, there was
.b,,n :" nr seen. A close inspection
brd ~ mat most OF the enemy's dead
NJ" n. L1arna'ncd at their posts 10 the last.
hv '"g ho1!es were usually surrounded
fnpig cartridges. while In the
hoJ,,. Wherever there were no dead
nnn,mr,,,In"re % mere was little and often no
c,n,,ng ,n"ng The distinguished prisoners
q, c,"bSofsm boin IN Manila since the outbreak
n,,,in ,,,i,'A',llti"S hrc Captain a. G. Esca-
r.. ron.., NSuinaldo's private secretary;
fin "'i Ta u. !. Neraguth. Colonel Mar
ms, ~, 'aPs Reyes and Sencr Tomas del
rrint,,'o 'o, mcmher OF The so-caIled
f.m. TohsrcSs In session Mt MaiolOs.
IN custody. "' V'''''''' ''e aiso