Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-08-12
FALSE PROPHET.
Arrest Of Filipino Faklr for IN.
citing and RCbbing Natives.
PR0PHESIED MANILA'S FALL.

Great Excitement Among Credulous
Natives-McA Arthur's Latest Vic.
tory-,Isebels Well Protected but
Lacked Ammunition - United
States TroopS Suffered Greatly
From Heat hui Did Not Falter
Minor War Notes.
Manila, Aug. 10.-Captain Deems, with
n provost guard. has captured noted
Filipino fakir, with several aliases, who,
by means of ventriloquism, has per-
suaded the natives that he has super
natural powers. He raised much money,
ostensibly for the iEsurrection, which he
kept for himself. Our soldiers sur
rounded his house and corraled 30 FIJI
pinos. Many others escaped. The troops
also captured $1,000.
Emmanuel, as the fakir is generally
known, has been predicting the fall Of
Manila. His 'prophecies" have created
excitement among the natives who be-
lieved them
Reports from rebel sources say $50 Fill
pinos were killed in General Halls en-
gagement at Calamba and in the subse.
quent SklrmiSheS.
Manila, Aug. 10.--DetaiIs of the move.
nent forward of General MacArthur's
troops show that the Americans ad-
vanced five miles in the first five hours,
and at 2 o'clock had advanced six miles
along the railway, stretching on each
side of it for two miles, and resting at
light three miles from Angeles, which
will be made a northern base OF opera
lions, instead of San Fernando. where IA
garrison Of 600 men has been left.
The Filipinos were surprised, expect
ng the American forces TO move against
ricO. They followed their usual tao
lies OF holding their trenches until they
became too warm, and then retreated in
disorder. They are now falling back
westward toward Poric.
The Twelfth and Seventeenth reg!.
nents had the sllarpest engagement
The country our troops passed over is
covered with rice fields and bamboo
.hickets, the hardest possible ground for
marching. The mud in places is knee
deep.
Angeles Is one Of the richest towns
north of Manila, and is considered to be
better base of operations than San
Fernando. The forces al San Fernando
consisted of the Iowa regiment. the
Seventeenth regiment, the Ninth regi-
nent, the Twelfth regiment, Bells new
Thirty-sixth regiment, a battalion Of
The Sixteenth regiment, troop E of the
Fourth cavalry and 10 guns.
The movement was planned some
lS.,t Il 1, ,s,,E,
Finally two days of sunshine dried the
cice fields sufficiently to warrant the
attempt.
The position Of the Americans had long
been unpleasant. The rebels almost
surrounded the town, and fired almost
nightly into it, the Americans not re-
plying except on extreme provocation
1t was necessary u keep 800 or 500 men
on outpost duty constantly.
The American loss in the fighting about
San Fernando is between 30 and 40. The
loss may possibly exceed these figures
as the line is five miles long, and it is i'm
possible to hear from every point. Our
troops are now about Angeles waiting
for the artillery, which has the greatest
difficulty in moving owing to the wet
ground.
The attack was opened at 5 o'clock in
the morning, battery of the First ar
tillery shelling Bacolor on the left SIM
ultaneously Bells Thirty-sixth infantry
struck Bacolor from the rear and drove
the rebels out. Armored cars. each with
a six-pOunder and two gatling revolving
cannon on board, then moved out on the
railroad track in the center of our lines.
Soon afterwards these guns did sharp
execution. Battery X of the Third ar
tillery and 100 men of the Iowa regiment
made a feint towards Mexico, while the
main body of troops, consisting of the
Iowa regiment. the Seventeenth regi-
ment and a battalion of the Twenty
second, under General Wheat ton, on the
right, and the Ninth regiment, Twelfth
regiment and Bells regiment, under
General Liscum, on the left, advanced
steadily, pouring their fire into the rebels
and receiving heavy fire in return.
The rebels were we'll protected by
trenches, and seemed not to lack ammu-
milton. They We're unable, however, TO
Withstand for length of time the hail of
shots our artillery and infantry poured
in on them and retreated leaving dead
NouHuSu VII "a uOZeH pIlS.
oners were captured by our troops.
The reports indicate that the Ninth in
fantry suffered the most, though the
casualties Of all the regiments are not
vet reported. The weather was extreme.
" hot and our troops suffered greatly,
but there was no faltering. A company
Of the Sixteenth regiment went to the
relief of Bells regiment yesterday after
noon.
Plattsburg, N. Y. Aug. 10-President
Mckinley has nothing to add to the
statement made by Secretary Root in
regard to the campaign in the Philip
pines, but there Is no doubt that the
president and the secretary are in ac.
cord and favor pushing operations with
all possible vigor. There is reason to
believe that Secretary Root will sooh
nave a conference with General Miles
For the purpose of deciding whether
changes ought to be made among the
officers In command Of the American
forces in the Philippines, in accordance
with the expressed determination to
push the campaign there with all pos
,ble vigor.
Burlington. VT, Aug. 1O.-Troops f, c
and F of the Third United States cavalry,
stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, left yes
.erday in two special trains for Seattle,
where they will go on board transports
Cor Manila. to take up active service in
The PHILIPPINES. The horses went in one