The Mena star., 1899-04-13

Washington, April l2.-The follow ing dispatch has been received from Gen. Otis:
 Manila, April Il --A6jutant General, Wash ington: Insurgents attacked MacArthurs line of railway communication last night in considerable force repulsed by Wheaton with heavy loss Wheaton's casualties, three Killed 20 wounded. Otis
 War department officials hold that the attack of the insurgents north of Manila indicates that while Gen. Mac Arthur was pushing north, before the capture of Malolos, bodies of insur- gents took to the mountains and iungles to the right of the railway and have been watching an opportu- nifty to capture the road at some point and thus cut of the main body of the American army to the northward. The repulse of the natives shows that they had not sufficient force to accom- pish their purpose.
 It is probable that the Kansas vol unteers were in the fight as usual. When Harrison G. Otis left the army Gen. Wheaton was placed in command of the brigade, which is made up of the Twentieth Kansas, the First Mon- tana and a part of the Third United States artillery. Gen. Wheaton went to Manila with the Twentieth United States infantry.
 The war depar tment has received dispatch from Gen. Otis announcing the success of Gen. Lawton's campaign in the capture of Santa Cruz. He says that Gen. Lawton is pushing the rebels into the noun tains beyond the city. The fol owing is Gen. Otis dispatch:
 Manila April 1t--Adjutant General Wash ington: Lawton's success at santa Cruz more complete than reporl ed ye >terday. Eaemy left 93 uniformed dead on the field und number se- riousIy wounGed. Lawten cap.ur4d city with out destruction of property. His loss ten wounded slight exc tpt two, one since died Lieut. Filing only officer wounded slight in hand. Enemy retired eastward. Lawton in pursuit this morning Otis
 The k+:seis Active.
 Manila, April 12. At about mid night the rebels cut the telegraph line at several places between here and Malolos and signal fires were lighted and rockets sent up along the foothills to the right of the railroad. Later the enemy attacked the out posts of the Minnesota regiment be- tween. Rigaa and Bocave five miles south of Malolos, killing two men and wounding IA. simultaneously, the outposts of the Oregon regi- ment at Marilao, the next sta ton on the way to Manila, were attacked with the result that three Americans were killed and two were .i ten men killed and six wounded. The Americans also captured two prison CTS. Troops were concentrated along the railroads as thickly as possible and the rebels were driven back to the foothills The road bed of the railroad was damaged, but it was repaired al- most immediately and traffic was re- sumed through to Malolos
 Fiitpinos Want Absrtute indeuend+nce.
 London, April 12 -Agoncillo, the agent of Aguinaldo, who is still in Paris suffering from influenza, has written letter to the Associated press, saying:
 is absolutely false that Aguinaldo is will Ing 10 accept an autonomi stic system similar 1o thai in India The Flipinos and their gov efhn n-nt have one ideal--absolute independence as the only source of general welfare.
 Bibie Agent for the fhnppines.
 New York, April 1a.-Rev. Jay Good rich, of Madison, N. J., has been ap- pointed the first agent of the American role society for the Philippine is- lands. He is graduate of Mount onlon college, in Ohio. and has had charges in the east Ohio conference ana Tn the upper Iowa conference. He will leave in about six months fer Manila.