The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-11-14
THEY FIRED
UPON BALINAG.
Rebels Attacked Town, Doing
No Serious Harm.
REBELS HELD A CELEBRATION.
Arrangements Made For n British ship
to Garry supplies to spanish Prisoners.
Operations of wheaton, Brave Work
by Lieutenant Hawkins.

MANILA, Nov. l1.-Another attack
has been made by the insurgents on
Balinag, the rebels firing into the town
for about four hours, but doing no dam.
age. the insurgents held celebration
at Tarlac on Oct. 20 in honor of the
anti-imperialists The demonstration
included a procession, religious services
and speeches by Aguinaldo and other
officials.
The Independence, in an editorial
eugolizlng Mr.. w. j. Bryan, says "Mr.
Bryan should be pictured in Filipino
history with equal glory with DR.. Rizal.
who, with Bryan and Aguinaldo, are
the glorious trinity of our political re.
demption."
General Otis and the Spanish and
British consuls made arrangements in
accordance with which the British
cruiser Peacock is to take 10000 rations
and clothing to the Spanish prisoners i'll
the Albay and Camarines provinces.
General Young, with his cavalry,
took San Jose on Wednesday. a small
insurgent force stationed there re-
treated. The troops were ferried across
the river to Cabanatuan on a raft.
During the passage an accident occurred
by which a private of the Twenty-sec-
ond regiment was drowned.
The landing OF the American troops
at San Fabian Tuesday was the most
spectacular affair of the kind since
General Skaters disembargation at
Daiquiri The cooperation of the
troops and the navy was cOmplete
The gunboats maintained u terrific bonn
bgrdment for an hour, while the troops
rushed waist-deep through the surf
under a heavy but badly directed rifle
fire from the insurgenG trenches, and
charged right and lett, pouring volley
after volley at the fleeing rebels. Forty
FilipinOs were captured, mostly non
commissioned officers. Several insuI
gent dead and five wounded were founc
in building which had suffered COD
siderably from the bombardment. Tho
town was well fortified.
Captain Buck, with Pierce's and Pai
tons companies, pursued the insurgent,
ON the left into the bamboo thiCkGt. Op
the right was frail foot bridge acroS
the river, leading to the town. Gen
eral Wheaton, personally commanding
ordered charge across the bridge anf
Captain Rowland of his staff led Cole
mans and Elliott's companies of tn.
Twenty third, who behaved splendIdly
under their first fire, into the town
which was found to be nearly deserted
except by the aged and some Spanlards
who had hidden IN the buffalo wallows
and VINO came shouting deightedly t.
ward the Americans.
Inc troops Camped in the rain durinA
the night, and III the morning General
Wheaton established his headquarterJ
in church, quartered his men III th'
houses and sent the captured Filipino
| beyond the OutpOStS, with orders not r.
return.
The inhabitents describe all the road,
as practically impasSable, and say they
| believe AgulnaldO has seCleted n yachI
in the river LOngapo, near Subig tor Use
III his fight when he finds his capture Is
| inevitable.
Wednesday was devoted 10 Teconnais
sances. MAJOR Logan went nOrthwarh
to Santo Tomas and burned the Filipino
barracks. Captain Buck s Thirteenth
went to San Jacinto and disposed at
small bands. Marsh's Twenty-third
| went toward Magdalen, OH the Dagu-
| pan road, and had several sharp fights
| with small parties. They killed eight
men, brought III 20 prlsouers and had
nNe men WOunueu.
The SautO Tomas road seems to be
| the only possible means Of retreat for Il
large body north Of TarlaG, and General
| Wheaton commands it. The insur-
| gents of this section are going to rein
force TarIac. The battleshIp Oregon
has arrived here from HongBong.
Captain Chenoweth and LieuCenants
| Davis, Van Horne and Bradford, With
TWO companies of the Seventeenth regI-
ment, accommodating northeast of Ma.
| baIacal, attacked and routed ii battalion
OF insurgents, killing 20 of them.
Three Americans We're wounded.
General Wheaton reported by the
Bennington that when the landing was
made at San Fabian the insurgents en-
cOuntered were 800 recruits, who We're
on their way to Dagupan, where they
expected the expedition TO land. They
retreated TO the mountains. Twenty
eight Spanish were rescued.
1t has been raining hard throughout
the week, nandlcappIng Generals Law
ton and Macarthur. The transpOrta-
ton is the chief difficulty In the ad.
vance General Lawton depended upon
the river TO get his supplies. The san
lsldro river Is ted Uy mountain streams,
and is alternately TOO shallow for navi
CATION or too swift.
Two and three launches were neces
sary Co pull the casco moving the sup.
plies from San lSidro, and the mule
trains moving supplies from San IsIdro
over the muddy roads, made only two
or three niles day. The troops were
on short rations much of the time. The
only provisions the country yields are
rice, few chickens ana buffalo. The
officers carry supply OF cash to pay the
natives huerally Tor all they take.
The highlands are cool and the health
OF the troops is good.
General Young has captured another
large share of lnsurgenG ammunition
and munitions of war which they were
obliged TO leave in their hurried retreat.
General Macarthur is bringing sup
plies from Angeles by the use OF mule
and cariboo teams
heConnaIssdnces along the front have
discovered the Insurgents strongly en-.
trenceed before BamOan, with several
cannon and rap.dhre gun, but they
are short OF ammunition.
MAYOR Bell has been engaged in an
other daring exploit. WhIle scouting