The Portland daily press., 1899-01-09
BUILDINGS s.KEROSENED.
Insurgents At lloilo Preparing to
Burn Town.
BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY WILL
De DESTROYED,

Minute That Place IL Fired Upon BY
Amertcans-Banks shipping Their
Treasure to American vesseIs-An
American Artillery Man Murdered.
Manila, JanoAry ls.-Colonel Potter.
the special emissary Of General Otis be-
tween Manila and Iloilo. arrived this sf-
ternoon with dispatches from the latter
point. The situation when he left there
was practically unchanged. The streets
were barrlcaded and IL was reported that
the principal buildings had been "kero-
sened" the insurgents having threatened
to destroy the whole business section by
fire OF the first shot Of bombardment.
The banks were shipping their treasure
to the United States transport Newport
aud other vessels The family Of the
American vice consul hnd gone on board
the Newport.
Colonel Potter reports that President
Mckinley's proclamation had to be type
written aboard ship, as the printers on
shore declined to do the work and when
the text of the proclamation was read to
them. ridiculed the notion that concilis-
tion was possible.
Privates Harry Silyey and Frank Kirk
patrick Of the Sixth United States artil.
lery while guarding water boat astern
OF the Newport were attacked By the
skull was fractured fatally and Private
Kirkpatrick fell overheard but escaped
" ith flesh wound.
III, United States gunboat Petrol ar.
rived at lloilo on Friday and Colonel
Potter reports that the United States
troops will probably land on Guimaras
island about mid way between the island
Of Panay and the island of Negros, where
y camp will be established.
/: Manila, January S.-There is no change
in the situation here. On Friday public
demonstrations were held in Pampangss
province In ratification OF Aguinaldo's
proclamation and the excitement was
intense. All natives who enter the city
In the night are searched and every pre-
caution is taken.
WORD FROM GEN. OTIS.
Washington. January a-The war de-
partment received another despatch from
Major General Otis. commanding the
today. The officials observe unusual
reticence with respect to Its contents but
10 is underst BOD that the information oon
tsinsd is not of an unfavorable character
or such as to give undue concern to tae
administration. So far as the officials
are willing to admit the despatch shows
no material change in the conditions
existing at the time OF previous advices.
A cabinet officer said tonight that the
despatch contained nothing alarming,
serious, or exciting. There bad been no
collision with the insurgents. he added,
and not shot had been fired The des-
patch, however, IL believed to have been
Of sufficient importance TO bring to the
Immediate attention of the President and
the latter, Secretary Alger and Secretary
Long and Adjubaht General Corbin were
/ n conference for some time at the White
House during the afternoon, presumably
on that matter.
The Presidents proclamation to the
Fiiipinos had been published In Manila
but General Otis did not say to what ex-
tent 1t had been known TO the inhabi-
tants of the other islands, nor whether 1t
had been published at Iloilo. At the
latter place, General Miller has been d.
reotsd to land the troops under his COM
mand now ON the transports there hut
the despatch from General Otis did not
Indicate whether this had been done or
not.