Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-04-06
HE Has ENOUGH.
zen. AguinaliO. it is Reported. is Anx-
iOus for Cessation of HOstilities.
pur Troops at Msloios Were sent Out o.
Accommodating Duty found Insur-
gents Only In Small Force iu
Surrounding Country.

WAsnISGToS, April sit is reported
here ON seeming good authority that
Aguinaldo has sent trusted friends
to treat with the American com
missioners for cessation of hoStil-
tiles. The statement is also made that
he wants more liberal terms than those
laid down in the recent proclama-
ton of the commission. but there is no
disposition on the part of the Amer
leans to modify them. They demand
that the rebels shall Immediately lay
down their arms, come into camp and
give up the struggle until some sort OF
u government can be provided for the
islands.
WASHINGTON, April 3-This dispatch
from Gen. Otis was received Saturday
morning:
manila. April 8. -Quiet prevails
Have directed troops at Malolos and
on railroad on accommodating duty.
Find insurgents only in small forces
in surrounding country. who retire on
the approach of our troops. Few of
our troops moving to- new positions
Preparing for continued active cam
paIgn. Army in excellent spirits.
Otis.
MANILA. April 3.-Gcn. Macarthur
took dinner Friday night and slept in
the hall of the Filipino congress. The
troops are worn out and are resting
II is planned to keep them in camp at
Malolos for several days before follow
ing up the Filipinos.
Gen. Whcaton's brigade is camped
along the railroad track. guarding
against a surprise from the rear.
1t is reported that 1000 rebels. under
Pillar, are concentrated at Cainta and
Taytay.
Gen. King, Saturday morning. sent
out a reconnoitering party of two com
panies of the North Dakota regiment
and a brisk engagement followed, dur
ing which seven Filipinos were killed.
TN the American side a Lieutenant and
two privates were wounded.
The death of Lieut.. Gregg, of the 4th
infantry, who was killed near the Ma
nila watcrworlSs Friday, has deeply
effected the army as he was one of the
most popular young officers. His
funeral took place Saturday.
MANILA. April :. - The American
troops under ten. Macarthur are still
resting at Malolos, where everything
has been quiet sunday. Hostilities
| elsewhere. so far as officially reported,
have teen limited during the last "a
hours to an occasional exchange OF
| shots between the insurgents and the
troops forming the lines of Gen. Law
ton and Gen. Hall. extending from the
water works to La Lonia. But this
make the lives of the soldiers burden
and To compel the officers to sleep
in tire rches. clothed and in readiness
to resist possible attacks. Most of the
Americans are becoming convinced
that the back bone of the insurgent op-
position is broken. There are numer-
Gus rumors pointing to an early col
lapse of the instruction. One of these
is that Gen. Pho Del Pillar. the best
fighter among the Filipino officers, will
desert Aguinaldo and give his support
to the Americans.
The ): aniards. reasoning from their
experience of the natives, refuse to be-
lieve that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down They declare that the
Filipinos will not take their defeat at
Malolos, with The loss of the city and
the removal of their so-called govern
ment, seriously to heart. On the
contrary. the Spaniards predict
that the insurgents will hover
near the American lines. bothering
them as much as possible. and when
attacked in force. dissolve, only to re,
appear at other points. This sort OF
tactics the Spaniards say. will be fol
lowed until the wet season compels the
| Americans to he housed in barracks
| and then the Filipinos will return ant
| reoccupy such towns as the United
States troops do not garrison. With tn,
next dry season repetition of the
present operations will begin. Tim,
alone will show how much there is in
this theory; but as against it, it mus
be borne in mind that the Spaniard.
in all their domination of the Philip
| pines never gave the inhabitants a
demonstration of power comparable
in effect veness to that given them by
| he United States.
struck Hurricane.
| QUEENSTOWN, April 3.-The Cunard
liner Campania. which was a day over