The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-13
AMERICANS DID
NOT REPLY.
Fi|Ipinos Opened Fire at Long
Range Last Night.
NONE OF SHOTS TOOK EFFECT.
The Weather Is Now Much Cooler at Night
and Showers Are Frequent.
GEN. OTIS REPORTS DEATHS AT MANILA
Native Papers Claim AguinaIdo DscInsd Request
Of His Generals 10 Declare War Because Of
Promise Not 10 Begin HOstIitiss.
The Weather Is Now Much Cooler at Night
and Showers Are Frequent
GEN. OTIS REPORTS DEATHS AT MANILA

Manila Feb. -, 10:35 a. na-Pursuing
treine left of the fine cIened fire at long
range on the American troops last
night, maintaining their fire for few
minutes before settling down. None of
their shot took effect. however, and the
Americans did not reply. All was qt;iet
along the rest of the line.
The Concord is now lying off Para
naque. The weather at night now is
cooler and showers are frequent.
Private Meisck of the Montana regi-
ment, who was shot i'm the lungs iIr the
fighting between February and 6, died
in the hospital yesterday.
OTIS REPORTS DEATHS.
Washington, Feb. l3.--Gen. Otis to-
day cabled TO the war department as
follows:
Adjutant- General, Washington:
Following deaths SINCE last report,
not including those killed in action:
February 4, Victor r.. Schofield, pri
Vate. First South Dakota.
February 8. Michael +. CSwley, prt-
Vate. Second Oregon. dysentery: John
Marion, private X, Third artillery, sup
perative tonsiltis; James GarVey, pri-
Vate Company A. First Tennessee, va
riola.
February s. Daniel Kyger, private /,
First Washington. typhoid fever.
February 10. Charles Lille, private l,
First Colorado. acute diarrhoea.
From gunshot wounds i'm action:
February S, Joseph Selden, sergeant
/ Twentieth Kansas: w. Chopwood,
private d. First Washington.
February a.. |. J. Howard, private B,
tsignedC' OTIS.
FILIPINO CLAIMS.
Manila. Feb. 4 (via Hong Kong, Feb.
13).-Native papers assert that at
conference at Malolos on Thursday
February 2. Aguinaldo's generals peu-
toned for an immediate and formal de-
claration of war Aguinaldo refused TO
comply on the ground that he had
promised the foreign consuls at Ma
Mia that war would not be declared
without due warning.
Lieut. Ham has returned from a
visit TO the rebel authorities at Malolos
which place he reached on February 2,
after an exciting experience. lie sue
ceeded i'm obtaining the release of five
soldiers belonging TO CO. n. L. ;. En-
gineers, who were arrested while sur
VeyinC near Tondo, on the Pasig river,
inside the American lines on Tuesday.
January 81 Lieut.. Ham was com
PEELED to leave the railway train Il
miles from Malolos, but refused To be
detained. He was escorted into Malo-
los I'm native guard carts. The lieuten-
ant had a conference with Premier Ma
bini and other members of the Filipino
council and finally obtained from them
an order for the release of the engin-
eers. Mr.. G.. w. Peters. an artist, who
was arrested while taking Photographic
views inside the rebel lines, and who
had been detained by the rebels, for
five days, was also released through
the representations of Lieut.. Ham.
Two other Americans who are believed
10 be deserters, are still in prison at
Malolos under suspicion OF being spies.
All is quiet at lloilo.