Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-03-04
dewey WANTS THE
|. OREGON At ONCE
Admiral Says It Should Be Sent
to Manila Immediately for
Political Reasons"
sKIRMIsHes WITH THE FILIPlNOS
General Otis Reports That the Reb
els Lost Heavily I'm Recent
Brushes--Situation Has
Improved.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The follow
ing dispatches have been received at
the navy department.:
manila, Feb. 24.--For political rea-
sons the Oregon should be sent here
at once. Dewey.
manila, Feb. 24.-The Yorktown has
arrived. The Charleston and the Pc
trel cruising around the Philippine
islands. Affairs more quiet. Dewey.
General Otis cables from Manila:
"Scandia arrived last night. On the
nights Of the 21st and ed and yester-
day forenoon the insurgent troops
gained access 10 the outskirts OF the
city behind our lines. Many are In
hiding and about a thousand have en-
trenched themselves. Completely
| routed yesterday with a loss of killed
and wounded of about 500 and 200
prisoners. Our loss is very slight. The
city is quiet; confidence is restored.
Business is progressing"
The navy department expects the
Oregon TO arrive at Manila about
March 10. As the transports are
ahead of time, it is probable that
within n week Otis will have rein
forcements of $500 men.
Dewey's Request Discussed.
Dewey's cable asking that the bat
tleship Oregon be sent him for poiit-
zeal reasons was discussed at the cab
met meeting today. Officials profess
TO be surprised at ii, and say they
know no political reasons for this re-
quest. There are various surmises'
One is that il is to assist in overpow-
ering Aguinaldo; another that PROB
ably il recent fires started by the REP
els considerable foreign property was
DESTROYED and that some foreign naval
commanders there are inclined to
seize on the preteXt that their inter
ests demand protection which we can
not afford, to land marines, or do
something obnoxious to the United
States.
No Outbreak Last Night.
Manila, Feb. $50: 30 a m.-Owing
TO wholesale arrests of all suspected
Filipinos yesterday, and the clear
/ ance of streets last night, the threat
ened renewal o7 the scenes of the pre-
vious night did not occur. With the
exception of a few shots fired In the
neighborhood of the p~enitentiary, the
city was as quiet as possible last night
Outside Manila the rebels are very
active. Near Caloocan the brigade
commanded by General Harrison Gray
Otis had several lively skirmishes with
the rebels, but at daylight the enemy
was driven back with severe loss.
5 p. m.-The enemy's s~harpshooters
were particularly active about Calico
can all day. An improvement in the
rebel craftsmanship is noticeable. One
man wa killed and three wounded
The rebel battery has not been useI
since n shell from the Monadnock ex'
ploded over il yesterday. The insur
rent fire was so hot during the night
in the vicinity of the Higgins house
the Headquarters were removed TO a
church 400 yards inside the line.
German Version of Iloilo Evacuation
Berlin, Feb. 25.--The Cologne Ga
Zette publishes extracts from a PR
yate letter dated Iloilo, January II,
saving that prior to the conclusion OF
peace, Lieutenant Brandeis, formerly
of the Twenty-first Baden dragons,
with 500 Spanish troops, held the
town against 10000 to 10000 Filipinos
When peace was concluded, the let
ter saws, Brandeis informed the Amer
leans that he would hold lloilo for an
other twenty-four hours. But 1T ap.
pears that as no Americans arrived
Brandeis finally evacuated the place
and two days later the Filipinos
formed a republican government.
Relative to the incident between
the commander Of the Irene and the
Filipinos the letter says the Filipinos
who were watching closely to prevent
the Americans from forcing the en-.
trance of the river, stopped and
searched boats from the Irene, and G
| German officer Immediately landed
and demanded an explanation. The
Filipino president thereupon apollo
gized and promised satisfaction.
The Americans, the writer says
s%crutiniZed all the movements of the
Germans with great suspicion, and
enc morning the commander of the
United States cruiser Baltimore board
ed the Irene, just as the Germans were
manning a boat, and warned the Ger
man commander that lloilo was Unit
ed States territory.