Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-05-20
SAN TIDRO IS TAKEN
After Capturing the Filipino Capital
the Americans Still Advanced.
AMERICANS PRESS THE ENEMY BACK
Our Troops Sustain Few Losses In Their
Onward Movement Fiiiplnos De-
moraiizcd and Dlsheartencd-Otis'
Report on the Situation.

Report on the Situation.
Manila, May is.-Although the rebels
still threaten San Fernando in consid-
cradle force, large numbers Of natives,
majority Of them families with their
household goods, are returning daily
to the towns inside the American lines.
This is the case in the vicinity of Apalit
especially. Many Of the richer Filipi-
nos are coming to Manila and laborers
are resuming work in the rice fields.
The latter show their respect for Amer
lean soldiery by removing their hats to
the passing trains.
Owing TO the bad condition of the
wagon roads the work Of repairing the
railroad is actively pushed. All the
broken bridges have been trestled and
only few excavations remain to be
filed. The trains will undoubtedly be
running through to San Fernando in a
few days.
At daylight Lieut.. Hill, who, with IS
men of the Fourth infantry, was con-
cealed in the trenches near pasig, was
attacked by q force of rebels. The
Filipinos evidently imagined they
could capture one of our outposts, be-
cause only few shots had been fred
by the American force. A few volleys
put the enemy to flight, the rebels
losing FIVE men killed and u number of
wounded.
Col. Summers command, consisting
of the Twcnty-sccond infantry upon
the left, the Minnesota regiment in the
center, and the Oregon and North Da-
kota regiments upon the right, pre-
coded by scouts and accompanied by
Scott's battery of artillery, advanced
from Buluarte ut daylight. The troops
first encountered the enemy two miles
from San lsidro, midway between Cal
umpit and Narzagaray. The rebels re-
tired when our artillery opened fire.
Just outside the town n rebel force,
estimated TO number 1000 men, was
intrenched. 1t made slight resistance
and quilted it's position when our
troops turned its right flank.
The enemy's loss was Is men killed
and go wounded. Our troops captured
three prisoners and many rifles. On
the American side one soldier of the
Oregon regiment and one of the Mime
sofa regiment were slightly wounded.
After capturing the town, Col. Sum-
mers' troops continued their advance,
pursuing the retreating rebels for sew
eral miles.
Mai. Kobbe's column reached San
Luis, eight miles up the Rio Grande,
yesterday, meeting with but slight OPP
position. One man was wounded dur
ing brush with the Filipinos. At
daybreak to-day the Americans began
n further advance toward Candaba,
about six miles up the river beyond
San Luis. The insurgents along Gen.
MacArthur's front evacuated their po-
sitions during the nighttime, presum-
ably moving further up the railroad.
The Twcnty-third infantry has sailed
on the transport Leon XIII. for Jolo
island, to relieve the Spanish garrison
there.
AMERICANS PRESS THE ENEMY BACK.
Washington, May 1s.--That the in
surgents are disintegrated and demon
allied is perfectly manifest from the
press dispatches and the cable received
from Gen. Otis yesterday. Gen. Lawton,
who was pushing the line of the rebel
retreat along the Rio Grande, has flung
his advance, which, mt last advices, was
resting ut San Miguel, northward about
IL miles, has taken San Isidro, the sec
ond insurgent capital, and when Gen.
Otis dispatch was sent, was ill press
ing the enemy northward. The fact that
he is sustaining few losses in his forward
movement, although in almost con-
tinual contact with the enemy, Is
another proof of their utter demoraliza-
ton. According to Gen. Otis cable,
they still continue to throw up in
trenchments, but Gen. Lawton's
strategy outflanks each position in
turn, keeping them in full retreat and
giving them no opportunity to recon-
struct their scattered forces. 1t will
soon be the mountains or the sea
for the insurgents. As our troops
could be transported by sea
to the mouth of the Agno and new
base of operations established there. it
would be folly for them to take that
course. Scattered, demoralized and
disheartened, 1t is almost certain that
the rebels in desperation will retreat
into the Businesses Of the mountains