The record-union., 1899-05-25
Disparse Eight Hundred Insurgents ln-
trenched on the Railroad,
General Lawton's Expedition Ar
rives at MaloIos, After a March
of One Hundred and Twenty
: Miles, Having Engaged in
Twenty-Five Fights, Capturing
Twenty-Eight Towns, With a
Loss of Only Six Killed and
Thirty-One Wounded.

MANILA, May 24.-S p. m.-Generals
Macarthur and Funston, with the
Kansas and Montana regiments and the
Utah Battery, have dispersed 800 insur-
gents who We're entrenched on the rail-
Sroad beyond San Fernando, near Santa
ASita
The American scouts were fired upon
from the trenches Unexpectedly, and
withdrew. The firing was heard at
San Fernando, and General Macarthur
assembled his troops and marched
quickly after the scouts.
The Montana regiment fianked the
trenches on the left, and the Kansas
regiment attacked the enemy's right
flank, General Funston leading the
charge at the double quick.
The insurgent loss was large, many
prisoners were captured, and it is re-
ported that twenty Americans were
wounded.
1t developed to-day that five men in
stead of one were drowned by the sink
Ing of a raft loaded with soldiers of
the Fourteenth Regiment at the Pasig
Ferry.
Twenty insurgents were killed and
forty We're wounded in the engagement
with Major Bell. a reconnoitering party
consisting of two companies of the
Fourth Cavalry, in the vicinity of Santa
Arita, yesterday.
General Lawton, with the rest of his
troops, has arrived at Malolos His
expedition marched 100 miles in twenty
days, had % fights, captured 2S towns,
destroyed 100000 bushels of rice. and
only lost six men killed and thirty-one
wounded. On the other hand, General
Lawton estimates that his troops killed
400 insurgents and wounded double
that number.
The Oregon and Minnesota regiments
are returning to Manila
The Spanish newspaper "Oceania" has
been suppressed for publishing seditious
editorials
The United States Commissioners and
many American officers celebrated
Queen Victoria's birthday to-day on
board the British cruiser Powerful.
CAMPAIGN WILL BE PUSHED.
WASHINGTON. May 24-Following
rule established when the Philippine
Commission first landed at Manila. Sec
retary Hay declines to make public the
report which came by cable last night
from President Schurman on the pro-
gress of the negotiations with the Fill
pinos
1t is asserted. by other persons who
have seen the report, and particularly
by certain army officers. that President
Schurman makes no reference to any
friction between the civilian members
of the American commission and Gen
eral Otis, who since Admiral Dewey's
departure from Manila is now sole rep
resentative on the commission of the
military and naval elements
The general tone of President Schur-
mans dispatch is optimistic. indicating
belief that the Filipino Commission
ers will succeed in prevailing upon their
people to accept the terms held out in
the Presidents instructions touching
the form of government of the islands
Later reports from Manila show that
the American military authorities have
not ceased their operations against the
insurgents because of any negotiations
that the civilian members of the COM
mission may be conducting with the in
surgent representatives. The impress
sion is gathered from the statements of
high officials here that this attitude Of
the military officials is thoroughly ap-
proved by the War Department, where
1t is fully expected that the campaign
will be pushed by General Otis, regard
less of season or condition, all through
the summer if need be, unless by sub
mission to the terms described the in
surgents terminate hostilities There is
no disposition at the War Department
to countenance an armistice that might
only give fresh strength and life to the
insurrection, and this is to be kept in
view, regardless of any peace negotia-
tions that may be in progress, although.
of course there is no intention of en-
barrassing these. except wherever it is
absolutely essential to the success of
the military operations.