Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-12

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this morning. He came from Iloilo q
week ago on leave, but fingered here
beyond the limit and failed to reply tC
repeated kilograms from his command
er. Yesterday he was put under arrest
on the commanders orders. This
morning another officer called to see
him, when he suddenly pulled a revol-
yer from under his pillow and shot
himself through the head. Friends
say his mind was affected by a recent
sunstrOke.
A Spanish paper asserts that Col.
Arguelles, one of the two members of
the original Filipino military commits
sion, who were placed under arrest at
Larlac last month after returning to
Gen. Luna's camp from their confer
ences with the United States commits
sioners, has been court martialed and
sentenced to II years imprisonment
for Friendship displayed toward the
Americans"
The End Oregon volunteer regiment
has returned to barracks in Manila
and is preparing to return to the
United States. The order to sail in a
few days will shortly De issued. The
1st California regiment will be re-
lieyed by a regiment of regulars at an
early date and will follow the Orego-
mans. 1t is intended to send the LIST
Colorado and LIST Nebraska regiments
next.
The American forces have occupied
the peninsula and Gen. Halls column
is encamped at Morong. Mai. Truman,
marching across the Binangonan,
found it impracticable to form cor
don; and the insurgents, with the eX-
ception of hundred or two, escaped
through the mountains after Gen. Pho
del Pillar, dragging their battery by
buffaloes at night. A few however,
may be trapped. The washington
troops have returned to Pasig, but the
program of the other troops is uncer-
tain The present expedition shows
the difficulty which is encountered by
an army which must depend upon
wagon trains in catching barefooted
bandits in their own mountains and
also gives proof that the rebels do not
intend to fight battles. Gen. Hall left
Santa Teresa Monday morning and
marched IL miles to MOrong, up and
down Sock hills and through woods
and swamps. Scores of his men fell
out owing to the extreme heat and
were left to follow as best they could.
The head of the army arrived at Mo
rong at noon, having exchanged only
a few shots with insurgent skirmishers
on the way. Groups of stragglers fol-
lowed all day, but the force was 200
smaller than when it started. The
men were also SO hours without ratiOns
and it was considerable of an achieve
ment for them to cover the ground
they did. En- route to Morong the
Americans met locks of FiIipinos and
Gags of truce, many of them young
men with the bearing of soldiers.
Many discarded uniforms were found
in the houses, apparently those of
soldiers who had escaped by changing
their costumes from "insurrecto'
to Amigo" and walking boldly
past the army which had expected to
corral them. Few were found about
Morong. One member of the Washing
ton regiment was killed and two were
wounded in the encounter with the
outposts.
Gen. Lawton, on board a gunboat
searching the coast for Mai. Truman
stopped at Binangonan, opposite Mo-
rong. The natives Immediately run
up a flag of truce, but a delegation in
canoes put off and greeted the Amer
leans with the usual protestations OF
friendship. The rebels on Saturday
night made an attack upon the town of
Macabebe and after driving the inhab-
itants out, burned the town. The in
surgents nightly annoy the troops at
San Fernandino Several Americans
have been slightly wounded recently.
The enemy have several Krupp guns,
which they bring forward and use for
firing large shells into the town, then
retreating with their guns. One of the
insurgent shells fell within thirty
yards of Gen MacArthur's headquart-
ers Saturday evening. The American
troops do not reply to the nightly out
breaks.
Natives Must Be Whipped.
New York, June IA special to The
Herald from Washington says:
President Schurman of the Phil
ippine commission in a dispatch to
the secretary has, it is believed, rec
commended more liberal concessions
to the Filipinos, with view of ending
the insurrection at once. An official
acquainted with the message said 1t
reviewed the situation in the islands
and was of an encouraging nature. The
dispatch was considered by the pres
ident and Secretary Hay and the
president has sent reply. The nature
of the answer is not divulged. 1t is
significant, however, that coincident
with his message to Mr.. Schurman a
cablegram was sent to Gen. Otis, with
inctructions in line with the presidents