Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-05-18
REBELS ATTACK SPANIARDS
Use Quick Firing Guns and Force
tho Fighting.
THREE OFFICERS WOUNDED.

WARRINGTON, May is, The war de-
partment yesterday received the fol-
lowing dispatch;
"MANILA, May AT Is reported
that, at Zamboanga, insurgents at
tackled Spanish troops on the 18th inst,
using qulckflring guns and arms cap
tured from Spanish gunboats Span
ish general and two officers wounded.
Few casualties among troops. Span
ish garrison now besieged, Water
supply cut on and troops calling for
relief OTIS"
The following dispatch from Major
General Otis, giving the status of tho
military situation as 1t now exists In
tho operations against the insurgents,
was also received at the war depart
ment;
Situation Is as follows: Lawton
from Balinag has taken Ilde Fonso
and San Miguel, to north, with slight
loss and driving considerable force OF
enemy gunboats and canoes accom-
pany 1900 men under Kobbe, up Rio
Grando river TO Calumpit, depart
10th; Macarthur romans at San Fer
nando, covering country, Yes
terday messenger from Aguinaldo OK
pressing wish to send commission to
Manila for conference with United
States commission to arrange terms OF
peace; directions given to pass body
OF representative insurgents to Ma
Mia should II present itself.
MADRID, May i5 -Senor Don Fran
cisco silvela, tho Spanish premier, In
an interview regarding the attack BY
tho Filipinos upon the Spanish gavri-
son at zamboango, island of MIN
danao In which two Spanish officers
and three men wero wounded and rne
man was killed, said
ut 10 very painful to us to have
suffered these losses In territory
which does not belong to us. We left
these troops in the Philippines In the
hope that they might aid in securing
the release Of the Spanish prisoners
In the hands Of the Flllpinos, Our ef-
forts In this direction have been fruit
less. Agulnaldo refuses to treat with
us and Frenchman On. Dumarais),
who had offered on our behalf to treat
with the enemy, was killed by them.
"Amerlca has not yet succeeded as
she has no more authority than we
had. We cannot leave troops any
longer In territory that we are not
obliged to defend and / have tele-
graphed General Rios to use three
steamers for the immediate transpor-
triton of our troops from Zamboango
aud Yolo and to acquaint Major Gem
sral Otis with those instructions, so
that the American commander may
possess tho territories we are aban-
doning."
MANILA, May 10, The civilian mem
bers OF the United States Philippine
commission are favorable TO the meet
ing with q Filipino commission, which
was suggested yesterday, in behalf OF
Aguinaldo, by Lieutenant Reyes OF
the STAFF OF General Gregerio del Pillar,
who came TO General Lswton under a
flag of truce bearing the proposal. 1t
Is thought by the American commits
sioners that the idea may have re-
suited from meeting of the so-called
Filipino congress at San Isldor. Def
mite information on this point, how
ever, cannot yet be obtained, though
tho local Filipino commission, which
Is In close Communication with the
leaders of the rebellion, Is doing its
best to secure peace
Ten members OF General Lawton's
band Of scouts, under w. NJ. Young,
the old Indian fighter, entered the
town Of San Miguel, about fifteen
miles north Of Norzagaray, not aware
Of what place IT was They found 200
Filipinos there, but the rebels, taking
the scouts for the advance OF General
Lawton's army, fed, after firing few
shots. Young and another scout were
wounded and have been brought to
Manila.
Professor Schurman, president OF
Of the United States Philippine COM
mission, gave farewell luncheon to
Admiral Dewey, Mt which Professor
Dean G. Worcester and Colonel Charles
DENLY, OF the commission, with Gen
eral Macarthur, Mrs, Lawton and
others, were present. The health OF
the admiral VIVA drunk with the ut.
most cordially.