Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-16
WAR is DECLARED
Aguinaldo Has Thrown Down the
Gauntlet to Uncle Sam.
Gen. Otis Estimates that During the
Recent Combats Around Manila
the EGncmy's Loss was at
Least 1000 Wen.

Manila, FCD. S.-A Filipino colonel
came out Tuesday morning from Ca
loocan, under a flag of truce. Several
American officers went to meet him,
but when the parties met the Eiiipi-
nos opened fire. The Filipino apollo
gizcd for the barbarous conduct of his
troops and returned to his lines. The
American troops are being promptly
furnished with supplies of all kinds,
hospital attendance is supplied up to
the firing line, and all the wants of our
troops are met Immediately by the diff
ferent military departments whose
duty it is 10 attend to such matters.
Artificer Hays, of the Colorado regi-
ment, discovered the missing parts of
the pumping machinery of the water
works buried in a coal pile at Singalon
station. The machinery will soon be
i'm working order again and, the em-
ployes having promised TO return to
work, it is improbable that the threat
ened water famine will occur.
Lient Afford, of Company |, Twen-
tieth Kansas infantry. and a private of
that company were killed and six 9th
er members of the regiment were
wounded near CaIoocan last night
while accommodating. The party was
in jungle when it was attacked by
the enemy. Two companies of the
Kansas regiment were sent to the re-
lief of their comrades and drove the
Fiipinos into Caloocan, penetrating to
the very heart Of the town. Mean
while the gunboats shelIed the sub
urbs. Gen. Otis finally recalled the
troops.
Aguinaldo's proclamation of Satur-
day says:
Il order and command:
"First-That friendly relations with
the Americans be broken and that the
latter be treated as enemies, within the
limits prescribed by the laws of war.
Second That the Americans cap
tured be held as prisoners of war.
"Third-That this proclamation be
communicated to the consuls and that
congress order suspension of the
constitutional guarantee resulting
from the declaration of war"
Aguinaldo's proclamation of Monday
says the outbreak of hostilities was
unjustly provoked by the Americans,
refers to his manifesto of January s,
publishing the alleged grievances OF
the Filipinos at the hands of the army
of occupation, and the Constant out
RACES and taunts which have been
causing misery to the Manilans." and
refers to THE useless conferences" and
"contempt shown for the Filipino gov
ernment' rs proving a premeditated
transgression of justice and liberty"
The rebel leader also refers to the
former losses of the FiIipinos, but calls
upon them to Sacrifice all upon the
altar OF honor and national integrity"
He insists that he tried TO avoid. as
far as possible, an armed conflict. but
claims that all his efforts were use
less before the unmeasured pride of
the Americans"
The Americans are in complete con-
troll of the situation within a radius of
nine miles of Manila, their lines eX-
tending to MaIabon. on the north, and
to Paranaque, on the south, being fu,-
ly 25 miles long. While a few detached
bodies Of the enemy still offer desul-
tory opposition. the main body of the
rebels is in full retreat and utterly
routed.
The terrible loss of the rebels NAV
be gathered from the fact that 100 of
Monday near pasas, and that 81 were
Inferred between Paco and Santa Ana
y river gunboat did terrible execu-
ton among the rebels. sweeping both
banks of the river with her Gatling
guns and her heavier battery. Hun
dreds of Filipinos undoubtedly crawled
into the canebralles and died there
The chief of the Y@orotes. the Fill
pino natives who fought so gallantly
in the face of our artillery fire, with
their bows and arrows, is in a hospital
with a shattered thigh. He admits
that he never saw modern artillery and
was ignorant of itS'eifcctS until he and
his followers met the disastrous fire of
Sunday. The chief is bitterly incensed
against the Tagalos for placing the
Ygorotes in front of the American bat
terry under the pretense that they were
sent to occupy a post of honor and he
intimates that the Ygorotes will
avcnge this treachery when the surviv-
ors return north.
Washington. Feb. S.-The war de-
partment yesterday received the fol.
lowing dispatch from Gen. Otis at Ma
Mia:
THE insurgent army concentrated
around Manila from Luzon province,
numbering over 10000, possesses scy-
eral quick-firing and Krupp field guns.
Good portion of enemy armed with
Mausers of latest pattern. Two Krupp
and a great many rifles captured. IL
surgents fired a great quantity of am
munition. Quite a number Of Spanish
soldiers in insurgcnt service who
served artillery. INSURGENTS construct
ed strong intrcnchments near our
lines, mostly in bamboo thiclets.
These our men charged, killing or cap
turing many of the enemy. Our casu-
altics probably aggregate 25O. Casu-
altics of insurgents very heavy. Have
buried some 800 of their dead and hold
500 prisoners. Their loss in killed,
wounded and prisoners probably
1000"
Another steel ErUSt.