The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
Change in the Filipino
Cabinet.
Army Very Comfortable at San
Fernando.


tne filpinos out OF oocoior ABOUT nso
miles southwest of San Fernando, will be
the NEXT task of the Americans. The
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Iooei sono."i' nA"eoa'uo' nss Aooo ~
t0O mon there. we'll armed ana possessed
of plenty of ammunition. His troops
hava r.var ,nst Am.,ican sold,ers and
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1ney eninA @oooruiuk W fepor'e ooiriou !"
San bernando, that they can whip the
whole lot,
p.oo,o. 10 r.,, .,txsroha5 and Tho nm.
o' 40 "e,t 'nI Io"o"oi Gnu ..' 10
tives are working ike beavers digging
trenches and carrying the dirt In baskets.
Tha enemv uses his riflemen for fight
ing oniy, puo ooinpeis ehe ooioinen "u"
Chinese and even the women to labor IN
cessantlv. The rebels have an outpost
.ho,,. ,,,,a havora S.n Earrardo 18th
S 1A
trench that hoids petween TWO AMI enree
hundred men. From that point several
vo1,avs vere II, eti last NIGHT upon the camp
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VI the <ooh hans"1 fosiino-"
Neither Major General Macarthur nor
Major General LaWton moved today, al
though each recopnoitered the country in
his own vicinity for some miles from
headouarters developing the presence OF
ty of La Guna de Bay, the rebels are ex-
tremely active: hut the lines of General
Oyenshine and Col, Wholley. who Is com.
manding General Kings brigade during
the latter's illness, have been materially
strengthened and there is no danger In
that direction
The armed steamers Lauuns deI3ay and
Cavadouga, under Captain Grant, have
gone to q uaCua, about five miles south
west of Baeolor. presumably to establish.
there a base of supplies for the troops
engaged in the northern campaign, 1t is
rumored that Mabini, president of the
cabinet. and minister OF foreign affairs
is radical, is to be succeeded by
Paterno, TIE fraper of the Spanish treaty
NJ 1S96 This change ia regarded as sig
nificant at the present juncture. The
entrance of the Americans into San Fer
nando was virtually unopposed The Fill
ipinos, who expected the invaders to ap-
proach from the sea, had that side of the
town strongly guarded, but there was
only one line of trenches beyond San
Tomas. Two battalions of the 5lst Iowa
reoimept which SWAN the river north of
the CITY. were smartly peppersd, while
in the river. but the rebels disappeared as
soon as the Americans reached the shore.
In th a meantime the hospital squad had
walked across the bridge into the city,
supr osinp the Americans were there.
They encountered no natives.
The few Spaniards and Filipinos who
were left welcomed the Americ ans and
opened their houses to them, General
Macarthur accepting entertainment at
the hands of senior Hizon, a sugar mag
nate.
n the jnhabitants of the San Fernando
region are to be- believed there is little
svn nathv with the insurrection in that
Gnarrer. Before eyacuating the city, the
rebeIs burned the church and the put lie
huildinus and loot-d the Chinese q arter
They d owe many rich Filipinos.with their
families out of the vl.y ..fore .neln as
we'll az hundreds of Chinese. to prevent
than from helpinu the Americans. They
ont the throats OF some. MANY Chin ess
hid on root tons or in c.lIar, and some
escaned by outtipg off their cues. There
are fiftv fresh graves in the church yard
4 The country teyond Ca,umpit is full
of all sorts of in oen,ous trepohes and pit
falls In the roads. with shsrpensd BAN.
moo, Fortunately the Americans escaped
the latter In the swamns near San
Tomas. where General Wheaton's troops
did their hardest fighting. the men sink
ina 70 thar xyaisfs in mud are many
bodies of Filipinos. smeIling horribly.
The army is reaiIy enioy In q life at San