The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-12
Nearly Up to the Amer
lean OutpOsts
SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED
They Hush Forward ON q Train. Tear
Up h Track and Resreat-Our River
Gunboats do Good work-Deash Of
Prince Lowenstein-He Was Repeat.
eddy Warned Off the Firing Liue-A
Passport From Aguinaido Found on
His Person.

Manila, May S.-The Philippines sur
prised the United States forces al San
Fernando with a daring trick yester-
daily. \ railway train with an engine
at Zach end was run almost to the
| American outposts and in plain sight
| OF the town. Before they could De
| reached a fang Of natives sprank of
| the train, tore up several lengths of
| the rainway track, boarded h train
| again and steamed away so quickly
that there was no opportunity to cap
| ture the raiders.
| The Nebraska regiment is asking for
a temporary relief from duty. Only
| 375 Of this regiment are left at the
| front.
The army's gunboats Laguna de Bay
! and ~Cavadonga, under command of
| Captain Grant, which started up the
San Fernando river for Gaugua on
yesterday, as was presumed. to estab-
lish there a base of supplies for the
troops engaged in the northern cam
paign, returned today, Major General
Macarthur having failed to connect
with the expedition The gunboats
found rebels entrenched at Sosmoan
and Guagua on the water fronts of the
town. The vessels steamed past the
works, Smelling the occupants and
driving them out. Landing parties
from the boats entered both towns,
capturing at Sosmoan a Spanish cap-
tain in uniform, who was ~OstenSibly a
prosiner in the hands of the rebels, n
qua, the town and a small gunboat
were found burning and the natives
evacuating the place in consequence Of
the bombardment.
AT Sosmoan, the landing party cap
tured a number of Philippine flags n
a quantity of arms, chiefly bolos n
bows and arrows, beside a lot of band
instruments, which, which the men
played as they marched back to the
boats.
Captain Grants expedition will prob
ably return up the San Fernando river,
after having been reinforced, on re-
I Gently purchased light draft Spanish
steamers.
Otis GIVES THE SITUATION.
Washington, May S-The war depart
ment has received from General Otis
a dispatch giving the situation in the
Philippines, some parts of which have
been omitted by the war department
in making it public. The dispatch is
as follows:
Manila, May 8.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
Situation as follows: Lawton at
Maasin and Baliuag; Scouting parties
to north and east. Macarthur at San
fernando. X X x Portion of cOun-
try between Manila and northern points
held by troops returning to home; ap-
pear cheerful and contented. Army
cleared country west of Macarthur Of
insurgents. X X X Signs of insur-
gents weakness more apparent daily.
ID. OTIS"
HOW PRINCE LOWENSTEIN WAS
KILLED.
a Francisco, May SC. S. Badford
OF this city, has just returned from
the Philippines and gives an interest
ing account of the death Of Prince Lud-
wig Won ~Lowenstein, who was killed
during the battle of Caloocan on Sun
day, March 18th.
A party of civilians, among whom
were MI. Bradford and the prince, were
observing the progress OF the battle
from a stone bridge over the Malabon
river when an orderly appeared, warn
ing the sight-seers of the danger of
their position. The orderly addressed
himself to the prince personally, say
ing: I am speaking to you particu-
larry. You have already given US
some u by hanging around the
firing line and we will have no more
of it"
The prince and a companion disap-
peared into a clump of timber. This
timber later became the scene of some
active work and the Oregon soldiers
were ordered to fire voQleys into it and
to perforate rebel houses. In one of
these Prince Lowenstein had secreted
himself. A bullet fired by an Oregonian
entered the right side of the prince.
severing the intestines, killing him in
Stantly.
Mr. Bradford, with two others, took
charge of him. A search of the body
revealed among other things, a pass
port signed by Aguinaldo, granting the
prince permission to enter the lines of
n rebels at will and in%structing in
surgent officers to give him any aid
and comfort he might desire. The
prlnce was at time interpreter for
General Miller, but was found untrust-
worthy.
. The Alleged Son of Sam Hose n Fraud