Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-27
A HOT. TIME in PROGRESS AT MANILA
The Decisive Move Has Begun--A Few Days Will
Tell the Tale.
TERsE TELEdRAMs CLOSELY CONDENSED

deputies Of Negros will meet April 3 to
discuss the draft Of the constitution.
oAsUALTIEs.
| WAsHINeToN,M March "a The follow
| ing list of killed has been reported by
General Otis from Manila under date
of March "a. % and 20:
Twentieth Kansas Priyates H. S.
Plumer, Curran 9. Craig, g. A. s. AMI
| bal.
| Third Artillery ~ Privates William
Patton, James O'Neil, Sergeant Fogar-
thy, Herbert Ross, Clarence Watts.
Second Oregon - Privates IL. b.
Adams, William w. Cook, Charles Her
bert, Guy Millard.
First Montana--Privates Joseph Bick-
man, Percy Lockhart, Steve Stevens,
William Mitschke.
Third infantry-Private Morrell, Cor
poral Cummings.
Tenth Pennsylvania Private AIiz
Newall. 2
First Nebraska Sergeant Walter
Poor.
First Colorado ~ Captain John S.
Stewart.
Twenty-second infantry-Col. 2. c..
Egbert.
Among the wounded are: First
Lieut. Harold T.. Jackson, Twenty
second infantry; Second Lieut.. w. s.
Overton, Third artillery; Captain Geo.
b. Forthen, First Washington infantry,
mortal; Captain Maurice @. Krayen-
buhl, subsistence department, mortal.
TO STRIKE AT MALoLos.
MANILA, March 27.-The American
forces did not occupy Malabon, which
the enemy deserted, but are concen-
trating their strength to strike ct Ma
lolos. The Americans this morning
found Polo and number Of small vii
lagos west of the railroad
DESERTED AND BURNING.
They advanced along the railroad. Gen.
eral MacArthur's division spent the
night and morning at Maykawayan, the
next station beyond Polo. After re-
connoitering his trent, he pushed along |
the railroad this afternoon towards
Malolos. If the statement that thirty
prisoners were captured today, is true,
the main body of the enemy retreated
to Malolos. But there are
NO MORE TRENCHES
to encounter, altheugh over thirty vii |
lagos, including the larger settlements |
of Bulacan and Gudguinto, Intervene
At every railroad station circulars have |
been posted, signed by the Filipino |
ommander-in-chief, Antonio Luna, or
dering that all spies and bearers of |
news to the enemy
BE SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL.
Further, all towns abandoned by the |
Filipino troops are first to be burned. |
war the circular maintains the "unde
niable right of the Filipinos to
DEFEND THEIR HOMES,
lives and lands against would-be domi-
nators who would kill them, their |
wives and their children" The turret |
ship, Mohadnock, is anchored off the |
town of Paranaque. The insurgents |
opened FIRE on her with musketa, one |
man being killed and three wounded. |
The Monadnock then
DESTROYED HALF THE TOWN,
including church. The Washington
regiment found a band of insurgents |
concealed in stone house over which |
the French flag was flying. A private
volunteered to set Rre to the building.
He did so. The troops approached |
while it. was burning. They we're greet
ed with
A SUDDEN voLLEY
from the balcony of the house, but Che |
building was cleared of the enemy in |
short order.
MAcARTHTTR HOLDS MAT.IroA.
WASHINGTON, March 27-The fol-
lowing dispatch was received from Gen
eral Otis this morning: Manila, March |
27-McArthur holds Maliloa. There |
was severe fighting today, and our cas-
ualties are about forty. The insur-
gents destroyed the bridges, which i'm
peded the progress OF the train and |
artillery. Our troops met the concen.
trated insurgent forces at the northern |
line, commanded by
AGUINALDo IN PERSON,
and drove them with considerable |
slaughter. They left nearly hundred |
dead on the tield and many prisoners
and small arms were captured. The |
column will press on in the morning.
EeBERT PRoMoTED.
General Otis cabled to the sdjutant |
general that the son of Colonel Egbert |
was private In his fathers regiment |
and had fine reputation. Today the |
adjutant general cabled the Presidents |
order that young Egbert be appointed,
subject to the usual examination, Sec
ond lIeutenant
FROM DEWEY.
Admiral Dewey cabled the navy de- |
partment the situation of the vessels In |
his fleet, as follows: "0lympia, Oregon, |
Monadnock, Monterey, UaiIao, Manila |
and Helena, occupying astlategetic po- |
sition fn Manila Bay. The Boston, |
Charleston. Concord, Petrol, cruising |
off Luzon. Have sent the Bennington
to Hong Kong to the dock. The |
Princeton Is at Singapore. repairing
her propeller. The Nanshan has gone |
to Guam. The Iris will sail shortly for |
Iioilo with coal. Will dispatch the |
SoIaes as early as possible.
ANOTHER BATTLE.
MANILA. March 27.-A thousand FIJI |
ipinos, composing the rear guard Of the |
rebel army, refreshing 70 Malolos, |
Aeufnaldo's headquarters. made stand |
today In some strong entertainments |
about Marila0. across the Marilao river. |
In the engagement six Americans were
killed, including three officers; forty
we're wounded
MORE CASUALTIES.
WAsHINaTon, March s7~Gepeval |