The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-02-18

! that they must make no further belliger.
! ent preparations.
! The gunboat Petrol was then moved tc
| position close in shore and near the reb
el fort. while the cruiser Boston took ur
| her station at the other end of the town
Refugees Go to Foreign Ships.
! Friday passed quietly. During the day
! many refugees left the town of Iloiio
| The majority of them were taken OF
| board forei gn ships lying in the harbor
Searchlights from the United States
| "arshlps were kept all night long illll-
mlnating the town and its defcnses. The
| rebels, so far as the lookout on the ships
| could discover, remained quiescent
! throughout the night
At ) o clock on the morning of Satur-
| day, February IL, the gunboat signalled
| to the cruiser Boston that the rebels
! were working i'll their trenches. In re
! turn the Pctrei was ordered to fire warn
| ing shots upon the town from her =
| Founders. This was done and the rebels
| replied with a harmless fusliade. The
! Boston and Petrol then bombardcd the
| rebels trenches. completely clcarn.;
| them of their occupants in very short
| space of time
Soon after the bombardment began,
| flames broke out simultaneously in vari-
| Gus parts of the town. Thcreupon forty
| eight marines. acting as infantry and
Boston and Il company was sent ashore
from the gunboat Petrol. These detach-
mcntS marched straight into the town of
lloilo, and, hoisting the stars and stripes
over the fort, took possession of the
place in the name of the United States.
Saving the Consrintes.
The capture Of the town and its de-
| fenScs having been accomplished. the
marines and soldiers who had been sent
ashore proceeded to the task of saving
| the American, English and German con
| Sulates from destruction by the fire
| which was raging among the frail and
| intammable buildings Of the town. The
| Swiss counScl's residence. which was III
/ the same row a the consulates named,
| was burned. The entire Chinese and
| native sections of the town were de
| Stroyed. but foreign mercantile property
escaped with slight damage.
There was some desultory firing by the
| enemy in the outskirts of IloilO, but not Il
| single American was injured.
Gen. Millers force had complete CON
troll of the situation when the gunboat
| Petrol sailed from Iloilo for Manila The
! Sixth United States artillery regiment
| occupied position commanding both the
! bridges leading into the town. and the
! Tennessee volunteers and the Eighteenth
| United States infantry were occupying
| the trenches that mad been constructed
| by the rebels.
Washington, y. C., Feb 14-The navy
! department has received the following
cahlegram:
| Manila Feb. 14.-Serrctaty Of Navy. Washing
| ton: Fetrel Just arrived from iloilo. That place
taken by Our forces Saturday ana now occupied
| No prisoners. No casualties on our side Insur-
| gent loss not known but believed To bc slight.
| They attempted to burn town, hut foreign prop
erty generally saved by our force. -
Washington, II. G.. Feb. 14.-Ofic;al
| intelligence CT the fall of IIoilo came in
the following cable dispatch from Ma -
| Gen. Otis, which Adjt.-Gcn. Corlin
| promptly authorized to be made public:
Manila. Feb. IL, 1S99-To the Adjutant-
| General. L. :. A, Washington. II. Cen
! Miller reports from IlOio that that town
| was taken on the 11th inst. and held by his
| troops.
| Insurgents had been given until evening of
! that day To surrender, but their hostile ac-
| tiouS brought on engagements during the
! morning
! Insurgents fired native portion of town:
| but slight losses to property of foreign in
| hahitants. No casualties among the Unite
States troops reported. OTIS.
| 4 dispatch also came from Admiral
! Dewey telling of the capture of the city
| 1t was Il brief recital Of the facts in the
case. but it is said contained substantial
| ly the same information as that sent by
! Can nti.