Missouri Valley times., 1899-02-09
OTIS SMASHED. THE
ARMY Of AGUINAlOo
FiIipinos Suffered Enormous Losses
in the Two Days Fight
at Manila.
CASUALTIES Will. REACH 1000
Over 500 Killed. as Many More
Taken Captivcs and Thousands
Misunderstanding In
Confusion.

NlHuud, req. o.--o.fo u. u.-lut
Americans, as this dispatch is sent
are in complete control of the situation
within o radius of nine miles of Ma
nila. Their lines, extending from Nal
abon on the north to Paranaque or
the south, are fully twenty-five miles
long.
While few detached bodies of the
enemy offer dcsultory opposition the
main body of the rebels is in full re-
treat, utterly routed.
OF the hordcs of troops originally
drawn in battle array against the
Americans fully one-third are already
incapacitated and the others are scat
tered in every direction.
The terrible loss of the rebels may
be gathered from the fact that six
teen of them We're buried in one rice
field near Hasas Monday and 81 were
inferred between Paco and Santa Ana
A converted gunboat did terrible eN.
ecution among the rebels, sweeping
both banks of the river with gatlings
and heavier battery. Hundreds of the
Filipinos undoubtedly crawled into
the cane-brakes and died there.
Mystified by Our Humanity.
The Americans are working nobly i'll
their efforts to find the wounded and
are bringing hundreds of suffering
rebels to the hospital for treatment
The natives are unable to understand
the humane motives which prompt the
victors to succor the wounded of the
enemy.
The correspondent of the Assoeiat-
ed Press is informed that members of
the hospital corps made the startling
discovery that there are several
women in male dresses, with hair
cropped, among the dead.
The chief of the Ygorotes, the Fill
pino natives who fought SO gallantly
in the face of our artillery fire with
bows and arrows, is in the hospital
with shattered thigh. He admits he
never saw modern artillery and was
ignorant of its effects until he and his
followers met the disastrous fire Sum
day morning. The chief is bitterly in
censed against the Tagalos for plac-
ing the Ygorotes in the front of the
American batteries, under pretense
that they were sent to occupy post
of honor, and he intimates that the
Ygorotes will avenge this treachery
when the survivors return north. 1t
is regarded as a significant fact that
many Filipino officials of Manila dis
appeared from the city as soon as hos
tilities commenced. Some of them
are supposed to be still hiding here.
Pouring Into Manila.
Hundreds of women are pouring
into Manila from all districts, as the
villages around Manila, as Il rule,
have been destroyed by the troops.
The further the Americans extend
their lines the more need of transpor-
tation. American commanders are
compelled to impress horses and We
hicles on all sides. to the inconve-
nience, naturally, of civilians. Street
car traffic has been resumed and cars
are running regularly, though the
streets are almost destroyed. There
IRE few native stores open and white
flags adorn the windows OF these and
native residences everywhere, but in
spite OF these emblems of peace scores
of Filipinos, under the cover of dark
ness. fired from windows yesterday
evening ON American patrols. AT .
o'clock last night there was Il general
fusillade in the Quiapo and Binon dis
tricts. The inhabitants of the city
generally thought Il battle was raging,
lights We're cNtinguished inside dwell
ings and a majority of the people We're
in state of terror. Under the circum-
stances il is remarkable no casualties
We're reported. Several shots We're
fired across the river during the excite
ment.
General Hughes has the interior sit
uation absolutely i'm hand.