Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-06-16
insurgents CLEARED OUT.
The Country South of Manila to
Las Pinas Now Under Amer
lean Control.
THE DEATH OF CAPT. HENRY NICHOLS.
He Had Hoped for Was About to Be
Realized His Funeral Takes Place
With Appropriate Ceremonies - The
Oregon Troops Leave for Home.

Manila, June 13.-The country di-
rectly south of Manila as far as Las
Pinas is under American control for
the first time. The insurgents have'been
cleared from the neck below Manila bay
and Laguna de Bay, opposite Cavite,
and the Filipino towns of Paranaque
and Las, Pinas have been abandoned.
These towns are about ten miles from
Cavite and have been the seat of much
annoyance to the American land and
sea forces. For weeks the monitor
Monadnock has been engaged in bonn
darding Paranaque at intervals.
About 5000 insurgents are sup
posed to have been in the ter
ritory cleared last Saturday, known
as Cavite province, but most of
! them escaped or else disposed of
their arms and appeared as friends.
The battlefield stretched out across the
entire isthmus, from Laguna de Bay to
the harbor. While the troops were adj
| vancing the army gunboat Napidan, in
the river near Taguig, shelled the en-
envy. killing several of them. The
monitor Monadnock and the gunboat
shelled Paranaque and Las Pinas all
| day with the full power of their bat
teries.
The Death of Capt. Nichols.
Manila, June 13.-The funeral of
Capt. Henry Nichols. the commander
of the United States double-turreted
monitor Monadnock, who died from
sunstrol1e on Saturday, took place at
Cavite yesterday with appropriate
naval ceremonies. The officers of the
| feet We're present and the flags on all
the vessels were half-masted. The
larly sad, because it occurred just at
the moment when the result
for which he had hoped and worked
for for months was about to be realized,
namely, the capture of Paranaque and
| it's occupation by the American forces.
The Monadnock has been lying off Par
anaque for two months past, under fire
from therebels almost daily. The heat
here has been intense and the officers
and men of the Monadnock suffered
greatly. The commander-in-chief Of
fered to retire the Monadnock from
this trying duty and replace her by
another ship, but Capt. Nichols pre-
ferred to remain, declaring that he did
not want to leave his post until Parana-
que fell and the coast from there to
Cavite was cleared of rebels. The heat
On Saturday was most severe
and the monitor was engaged
all day in Smelling the trenches
at Paranaque and the rebels fleeing
south through Las Pinas, and also
watching the American troops closing
in upon the towns. Capt. Nichols was
overcome by the heat at noon and re-
tired to his cabin, where he re-
ceived frequent reports of the opera
tons and and gave directions for sew
eral hours. He became much worse at
three o'clock, lost consciousness and
expired at five in the afternoon. Sew
eral hours before his death he expressed
qualification at the way events were
progressing, remarking to an officer:
1--WE have got the rebels there at last. !"
The Oregon Troops Leave for Home.
Washington, June 13.-Gen. Otis re-
ports that the Oregon regiment with
signal company will leave to-day for
San Francisco. Though Gen. Otis dis
patch stated that the Oregon troops
would leave for San Francisco, the war
department officials are of, the opinion
that a mistake in cabling has been
made. With this idea Gen. Corbin has
telegraphed Gen. Otis that the Oregon
troops are to GO to Portland