The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-08
BACOLOR WILL NOW BE TAKEN.
srRoNG FILIPINO FORCE is NOW
CHARTERED THERE.

sam Fernando Was Virtually
Y,o,uoSed-OutraGe of the Fill
.,t,o Troops Before They Left the
Touu-PitfaIls set for Americans.
,,.rican Troops Are Exhausted
H., the Campaign.
Manila May Ito clear the Filipinos
49,. NJ Bacolor, about five miles south
vs.t of San Fernando. will be the next
task of the Americans.
r5s rebel General Aascardo has force
81 -ro men there, well armed and pos
sos.ed of plenty of ammunition. His
tr,,os have never met American soldiers,
or5 they think, according to reports car
~,.7t, san Fernando, that they can whip
The whole lot.
p,.,or is well entrenched, and thou
s,cls of natives are working like beavers,
digeing trenches and carrying the dirt in
b,sla,s The insurgents use their rifle
re1 for fghting only, but compel the
bolo men and Chinese to labor necessarily.
The rebels have an outpost about a mile
bsyond san Fernando, with trench that
holds between two and three hundred men.
From that point several volleys were
fired last night upon the camp OF the
Twentieth Kansas Regiment.
No Move Made Yesterday.
Neither Mai. Gen. Macarthur nor Maj.
Gen. Lawton moved to-day, although each
re,o1roitered the country in his own vi
cnly for some miles from headquarters
deyeloofng the presence of small forces
Of the enemy.
10 the vicinity of Laguna de Bay the
rebels are extremely active, but the lines
OF Gen. Ovenshine and Col. Wholley, who |
is commanding Gen. Kings brigade dur
ing the ia.ter's illness, have been materi- |
ally strengthened and there is no dan
ger in that direction.
The armed steamers Laguna de Bay |
and Cayadonga, under Capt. Grant. have
gone to Guagua, about five miles south |
west Of Baco,or, presumably to establish |
base of supplies for the troops engaged |
in the northern campaign.
Ii j., rumOred that Mabini, president of |
the cabinet and minister of foreign af- |
fairs IN the so-called Filipino government, |
who is a Radical, is to be succeeded by |
Palermo The Trainer of the Spanish treaty |
OF 1895. This change is regarded as signifi- |
cant at the present juncture.
san Fernando Easily Taken.
The entrance Of the Americans into San |
Fernando was virtually unopposed The |
FLipnos who expected the invaders to |
approach from the sea. had that side of |
the town strongly guarded, but there was |
one .ne Of trenches beyond San Tomas
Two h3ttal'Ons of the Fifty-hrst Iowa |
Hlsment, which swan the river north of |
tue tl, were smartly peppered while in |
ule water, but the rebels disappeared as |
seoa as the Americans reached the shore |
In NE meantime the hospital squad had |
walked across the bridge into the city, sup |
posing the Americans were there. They |
encountered no natives.
Lac Few Spanards and Flipinos who |
"s-e eLt welcomed the Americans and |
ClsAea their houses to them, Gen Mac |
tlA..uf accepting entertainment at the |
"'''s OF Senor Hizon, sugar magnate |
Outrages of the FiIipfnOs.
il the Inhabitants of the San Fernando |
IeSIon are to be believed, there is little |
s|M@thy with the insurrection in that |
E-~'lel. Before evacuating the city the |
'tS burned the church and the public |
T,'-1-Iss aud looted the Chinese quarter.
I"eF "foVe many rich Filipinos, with |
'''I Iamles. out of the city before them, |
wen as hundreds of Chinese, to prevent
t'" he-pins the Americans. They cut |
o ."Ioals Of some. Many Chinese hid |
'9ol TOYS or in cellars, and some es- |
oapyl oy cutting off their queues There |
.I1y Hesh graves in the churchyard.
all H- country beyond Calumpit is full of |
t~' S'I's of ingenious trenches and pitfalls |
] Ut roads, with sharpened bamboo. For
the Americans escaped the lat |
r u. sWamps near San Tomas. where |
4,.1 "Aeaton's troops did their hardest |
in S the men sinking to their waists |
c,,I.-' are many bodies of Filipinos |
'IeIIns horribly.
Fs,n.- my Is really enjoying life at San
AMI flo. which is the most picturesque |
ia,. '.-'HF town the Americans have en-
is I,,'.',,'.e '','.e the occupation of Manila It
a. e- oulIt Of stone, the river is close |
Af,,,' me nigh hills almost surround it.
inJ,,... sugar factories indicate thriving
prrr.s' 'n chat respect, and there are
'o19 fine residences.
MAC irthur's Hcndquarters.
ter. @acArthur's permanent headquar
tow, VS'apLshed in the best house in
fre..,. "''-l Is richly decorated with
m. ana carved woods The troops
sr. ~'ldmped around in the suburbs and
ter.5 ".4as TO think they may be quar-
'e during the wet season.
CONF. haeoior has been cleared water
ts.l..-' uon with Manila may be es-
Nm. .. Along the roads 10 Caiumpit
p-,,.' wagons and bull teams dragging
a.r, '''7 have TO be ferried one by one,
se,..., NO rivers, but the Fnipinos have
IT, "unches in the river delta.
ed n Hcan troops are much exhaust
tr-o, 'te campaign, except the Iowa
The winch are comparatively fresh
l... 1'nents Of the division average
have 1ity men to a company and all
se Weather worn appearance.
h.r. r Albert Beverldge of Indiana. is
E. living the Philippine question.
the >. en- Charles King has sailed for
ro-t r.H States on board the trans