Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-31
REBELS SCATTERED.
Bells Regiment Had Encoun
ters With Them.
LAWToN THE NIGHT GENERAL.
AguinaIdo's Sobriquet For the American.
Has High Opinion of Our Soldiers.
Refused to surrender and Illtreats Sick

MANILA, Oct. Si.-Three companies
of Colonel Bells regiment had two en-
col. tiers with the insurgents near
Labam and scattered them. The insur-
gents left four officers and eight men
dead Oh the field and the Americans
captured three prisoners and several
guns. On the American side. one man
was killed and two officers and six men
were wounded.
Captain French took accommodating
party beyond Labam, after he had met
Che enemy and was reinforced by Major
Bishop with two companies. The In
surgents' brought up cavalry reinforce
msnts and there was a second night,
during which their leader. Major Sal.
yador, was killed and many were
wounded and carried away.
Colonel Bell had been given free
hand around BaoolOr, He bad about 6O
mounted men securing the country daily
and they were killing many FilipinOs In
skirmishes
The Spanish commission, which en-
tered the insurgent lines a month ago
with money to relieve the wants of sew
eral thousand military and civil Span
ish prisoners, returned to Manila. The
commissioners reported that they spent
most of the time in Tarlac and vicinity,
where there We're some 200 sick Span
iards in the hospital. The Filpinos i'll
treated and illted them, refusing to sur
render them, as well as the other Span
ish prisoners, i'll the hope Uf compelling
Spain to recognize the independence OF
the islands.
There were IA American prisoners.
they said, at Tarlac, all of whom were
well treated Lieutenant S. Q. Gill
more of the United States gunboat
Yorktown, who fell into the hands OF
the insurgents at Baler, OH the east
coast OF Luzon last April, where the
Yorktown had gone on special mis-
siou to relieve the Spanish garrison.
was at Bingat.
The commissioners brought letter
to General Oris from relative of the
murdered Filipino General Luna, who
wished to avenge the assassination by
Aguinaldo's officers, and who asked
personal interview with the military
governor.
According to the commissioners state
ment, AguinaldO, who was at Tarlac
with about 5000 troops, wished to con-
Gluu0 tli6 wal, dltuOuSA ho A1iio q AA6iA
opinion of the American officers and
soldiers. General Lawton he called
Gel General de La Noche" (the night
generaD, because that commander has
attacked him so often in the darkness
that he never knew when to look for
him.
Aguinaldo was said to be well sup
piled with arms and ammunition and
he was able to get plenty of rice from
the northern provinces.
With the Spanish commissioners
came large number of women, the
families of eight prominent officers of
the Filipino army, who recently applied
to General Otis for permission to send
their families to Manila. Upon the re-
ceipt of the military governors reply,
the nature of which had not been dis
closed, the women and children started
under escort from Tarlac for the Ameri-
can lines. When they arrived General
Macarthur compelled them to halt
about a mile beyond our outposts.
where they were to remain while their
credentials were being examined.