The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-08-05
It WAS A WARM FIGHT,
insurgents Disliked to Give Up
Calamba,
STORY OF THE REPULSE

ihe Total American Loss was Seven
Men Killed and Twenty
Wounded.
Manila, Aug. 1.-Sunday's fight at
talanba was Il warm one The jnSur-
gents were unwilling to abandon the
pace, which is the key to the lake road.
beh. Han, hearing that Gen. Mabar was
PitparliG TO make an attack, sent Mai.
elSenberger with three companies of
the wehty first infantry, three troops of
! cavalry ana one of HamiltOns guns to
attack the insurgents. This detachment
round a force of 1000 rebels behind hasti-
fy-nade entertainments The rebels held
nneir hre until the contingent of the
IWenty-hrSt regiment was within 800
yards, when they fired IA vOley The
Americans dropped in the high grass out
OF sight and returned the fire.
Lieut.; Love, who was walking erect
along the front of the men, was shot in
Ihe arm. An lnSurgcnt officer, equally
braVc. stood at the top of the trenches,
directing the fire Of the insurgents until
he was killed, when the F'ilipinos fled.
During the fighting on the north side Of
the town, a small body Of insurgents at
tempted to enter on the south side, but Il
troop of cavalry repulsed them.
lhe total American loss at Calamba
was seven killed and twenty wounded.
Sixteen dead insurgents have been found.
ne American garrison at MOrong Is
going tn Calamba.
y body of insurgents has visited Tay-
tay. where they killed several natives
who were friendly to the Americans.
An Englishman's GrowI.
London, Aug. 1.-The special artist of
the Daily Graphic of this city, now in the
Philippine islands, has been indulging in
vigorous grOwl at the treatment which
he says he has been subjected to by
authorities who are so deficient in com
mon sense. to say nothing Of courtesy.
aS to forbid an artist the assistance
which he might provide for himself by
engaging servants to carry the food the
military authorities decline to supply even
now on payment He adds: If this
campaign We're conducted by the British
there would be officers commanding at
the base and lines of communication.
roads would be repaired, streams would
be brldged or ferries established and sup
ply trains would be moved along, cstah
fishing drpotS.
Il have accompanied five British pxpe-
dltionS where these characteristics pre-
vailed. hnt this is the first campaign |
have seen in which the transport service
was Systematically neglected. Even the
Chinese established dopots in 1891. BIT
here YOU cannot hc taken by cart from
Manila to san Tomas by road without
having to swim streams. But for a bit
of single railway line the troops would
he starved on this line of operations As
1t is they are but fed from hand to
mouth"
Sued by a Filipino.
New York. Aug. IA dispatch to the
World from Hong Kong says: Howard
w. Bray, an Englishman. who belongs
to the Filipino juhta here has been sued
for S5G,Gpo tMeNican money damages
for lhHi, by a Filipino named Artacho.
Tho libel was contained i'll an article Mr..
Bray wrote for the Review of Reviews
and was printed in the issue of that
magazine for June l., which has Just
reached here The article referred to
Artacho as "a swindler, vagabond, rene
gade and knaye."
Muster Ont of Oregon Men.
San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 1.-The work
Of mastering out the Nebraska and Utah
volunteers will take Mt least three weeks
The tah batteries may h" disposed of in
two weeks, for on the way over Mai
Grant had his officers prepare must of
the necessary papers and they are ready
for the mastering oiicrr now Resides
there will be very little in the way of a
property settlement in the case of the
batteries as they left most of their prop
erty with the military establishment in
Manila.
Big Army Needed.
An officer in one of the volunteer re-i-
mcuts in the Philippines has written. un-
der date of Manila, June -, Il letter in
which he says:
The arrival uf the rainy season finds
the inSurrcction as vigorous as it has
been any time since the outbreak The
inSurgcnt armies are well recruited not
withStanding their heavy losses and are
we'll fed and clothed. They have profit
ed by their five months of warfare
against the Americans. They are fast
adopting American tactics and are be
coming better disciplined and more skill
fuI in the use Of their weapons every
day.
'.One hundred thousand soldiers should
h. here ready for business by the be
ginning of the dry season i'll November.
GarriSunS could then be stationed at
strategic points
Transport Reaches Manila.
Washington, u. G.. Aug. l.-lndcr
date of today Gen. OTIS cahi"d the fol
lowing from Manila to the war depart
mcnt:
Transport Pennsylvania arrived this
morning; no casualties.
The transport PENNSYLVANIA sailcd
from San Francisco July |. Col. y. :.
Burt, Twenty fifth infantry' command
ing. with headquarters Is. +. |, II, l. and
NJ. Twenty fifth infantry, and recruits;
80 officers, 91I enlisted men.
According Ia adviceS received Ivy the
war department from Gen. Otis, a good
many of the Northwestern volunteers
have rc-cnliSted in the new regiments he
iu@ organized in the Philippines. Fol
lowing iS Gen OTIS cublegram:
Manila July Adjutant-'icnera Wash
luCtou: Transport Grant sailed yesterday,
- officers. citizens. l3l3 soldiers and dis
charged men Wyoming, North Dakota and
Idaho organizations. Left behind abont
2oo discharged men; good many haV" re
enlisted, Only one sick soldier i,f lSft: t"rE
Iueur ana discharged men next; shipmCut
in very few days Otis
Cen. otis today cablcd the war depart
ment that the consul at NaGaSak has in
formed him Of the death in the hospital
there of Private Richard II. Ralph, Bat
tery Il. Utah artillery.
cen. Brooke has cabled the death at
Santiago on the 2Sth of John Mack.
uuartermaSter cmploye, OF yellow fever.
Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 1.-Gov. Poynter.
who is at San Francisco. today telr-
craphcd for the $1,000 uneNpendcd ap-
propriation for the benefit Of the First
Nebraska regiment and the money WAS
sent. 1t will be used in hospital service.
The safe arrival of the soldiers had add
ad to the interest in the state reception
hraska. The local committee has the
promise of President Mckinley To be
present if he makes his expected West
eru trip.
An Engineers Close Call.
Stephenson. Mich. Aug. IL Special.
lanes Blood. engineer at Ira Carley'S
mill at ingalls,. three miles south of here,
had y narrow escape from being killed.
While oiling the machinery his BLOUSE
caught on Il setSCrew on rapilly-rryolv-
inc shaft and every stitch Of clothing
was torn off his body. He received some