Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-17
DAY OF RETURN SET
Nebraska Regiment is Ordered to Sail Early
Next Week.
REBELS IN FORCE ATTACK SAN FERNANDO
Aguinaldo Plays the Field Marshal and
Leads in Person,
l0WANS CHEeRFULLY AWAIT THEIR COMING
Enjoy the Novelty of Receiving a Charge
from Behind Trenches.
owANS cHEeRFULLY AWAIT THEIR COMING
INsURGENT LINE MeLTS AWAY UNDER FIRE
Spanish omcer Gives Account OF
Quarrel Between Filipino Leaders
and of killing of Luna by
Friends of AguinaIdo.

MANILA, June 16--s:45 p. m.-The Ne
braska regiment has been ordered to sail ior
home early next week.
After cutting the railroad and telegraph at
Apalit. seven miles south for the purpose of
severing connection, the rebels attacked Gen
eral MacArthur's lines at San Fernando at
$50 this morning. They met with an un-
expectedly warm reception and were re-
pulsed with a loss of seventy five killed,
thirty prisoners and many wounded.
The rebel force, estimated 20 have num-
. bered 5000 men, advanced stcalthily from
the jungle north of the city, and then di-
vided with the evident purpose of surround
ing the Americans The outposts OF the
Iowa regiment discovered the enemy and re-
tired to their lines where the entire division
awaited in an entrenchcd position.
The Iowa regiment and the Kansas regi-
ment received the first shock OF The attack.
Reeerving their fire until the enemy was
within 500 yards, the first volley of the
Americans told on the rebels, who returned
the fire wildly, part Of their lines failing
70 advance. The Americans, who thoroughly
enjoyed the novelty of the situation, await
ing an attack, sailed forth, and the insur-
gents thereupon turned and fled into the
Jungle. Our loss was fourteen men wounded
and the majority of them are only slightly
hurt.
General F'unston's brigade of Kansas and
Montana and General Hale's brigade. the
Seventeenth regiment and the Iowa regi-
ment, constituted the force engaged.
AEuinnIdo Leads His Men.
Aguinaldo is reported to have personally
conducted the attack and preparations were
made for several days to bring forward
troops from Candaba and others from Dagui-
pan were transported by rail.
Along the front Of the Kansas regiment
thirtynine rebel dead were counted. The
first news of the Filipino advance was re-
ported by telegraph operator who was sent
to the bridge at Apalit to ascertain the
cause of break in one OF the wires. He
was compelled to beat a hasty retreat un-
der fire.
Spanish officer who has been prisoner
In the hands of the rebels and who was
released by Aguinaldo has como through our
lines to Manila. He; claims .tos have been a
wtness OF the assassination of General
Luna. According to his story the relations
between the two Filipino leaders had been
strained to the breaking point because of
Lunas attempts to assume control of af-
fairs and the final rupture was forced by
Aguinaldo issuing secret orders to the pro-
Vincial governments. Luna thereupon noti-
fed Aguinaldo that he must have copies of
the documents and Agunaldo replied curtly
that Luna was a general of the army and
that the civil government did not concern
him. Luna on opening the reply at his
headquarters, in the presence of his Of
hcers, exclaimed hotly:
He will be dead tomorrow"
Threat Is Retroactive.
One officer who was friendly to Aguinaldo
hastened to warn him and Aguinaldo called
trttg tod
townsmen of his, and stationed them around
his house, with instructions to kill anyone
attempting to enter regardless of rank
Luna appeared the next day and saw
Aguinaldo at the window. A member of
the guard said "Aguinaldo has gone to
inspect the troops"
Luna then exclaimed: You are a liar, +"
drew his revolver, struck the guard and
tried to force an entrance In to the house.
Before he could use his revolver one of the
guards bayoneted him. another shot him in
the back and the others stabbed him. In
all he had twenty wounds Luna's aide-de-
camp was killed in the same way.
The Spaniards story has not entirely dis
PEELED the doubts of Luna's DEATH and bets
THAT he is alive are freely made at the
clubs. Some people think Aguinaldo has
taken pains to send the Spaniard here with
his story In furtherance of some diplomatic
scheme, while others suspect Aguinaldo has
been assassinated by Lunas men.
Since the Americans withdrew from Can
daba recently the rebels have returned and
have wreaked vengeance upon those who
befriended the Americans They slaugh-
tered the natives who surrendered the town
and displayed their heads on poles in the
public square.
The hostile natives OF Cebu are more
menacing Mail advices say hostilities
against the Americans have begun there.
Colonel Hamer, the American commander,
has asked for renforcements, and four com
panes OF the Tennessee regiment have been
sent him from Ioilo.
oficial Report from Otis.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The following
cablegram has been received from General
OTIS
MANILA, June 16-Adjutant General,
washington: Northern insurgents concen-
trated in large force near San Fernando and
early this morning attacked MacArthur's
troops; the enemy was quickly repused
and driven away, leaving over fifty dead
on the field and a large number wounded
The enemy is in retreat. Our casualties
were fourteen wounded, mostly very slight.
Preparations for this attack have been in
progress several days and is believed TO
be under the personal direction OF
Agunaldo. OTIS.
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