The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-17
10Th IN A NEW ROLE.
Put on Defensive For About a
Minute.

Manila, June 17.-After cutting the
railroad and telegraph at Apalit, seven
miles south, for the purpose of severing
connection, the rebels attacked General
MacArthur's lines at San Fernando
yesterday. They met with an
Unexpectedly warm reception and were
repulsed with a loss of rs killed, pris-
oners and many wounded.
The rebel force estimated to have
numbered 5000 men, advanced stealth
lily from the jungle north of the city,
and then divided with the evident pur-
pose of surrounding the Americans.
The outposts of the Iowa regiment
discovered the enemy and retired to
their lines. where the entire division
awaited in an entrenched position. The
Iowa regiment and the Kansas regi-
ment received the first shock of the at
tack. Reserving their fire until the
enemy was within 600 yards, the first
VINO returned the fire wildly, the rest of
their line failing to advance. The
Americans, who thoroughly enjoyed the
novelty of the situation, awaiting an
attack, sailed forth and the insurgents
thereupOn turned and fled into the jun
gle. Our loss was IA men wounded,
and the majority of them were only
slightly hurt.
General F'unston's brigade of Kan
sans and Montanas and General Hale's
brigade. the Seventeenth regiment and
the Iowa regiment, constituted the force
engaged.
Aguinaldo is reported to have person.
ally conducted the attack and prepara-
tions were made for several days to
others from Dagupan were transported
by rail.
Along the front of the Kansas regi-
ment SO rebel dead were counted.
The first news of the Filipino advance
was reported by telegraph operator.
who was sent to the bridge at Apalit
to ascertain the cause of a break in one
of the wires. He was compelled to
beat a hasty retreat, under fire.
HOW LUNA WAS KILLED.
A Spanish officer who has been pris-
oner in the hands of the rebels, and who
was released by Aguinaldo, has come
to have been a witness of the assassin
alton of General Luna. According to
his story, the relations between the two
Filipino leaders had been strained to
attempts to assume control of affairs,
and the final rupture was forced by
Aguinaldo issuing secret orders to the
provincial governments. Luna there
upon notified Aguinaldo. demanding
copies of the documents, and Aguinaldo
replied curtly that Luna was a general
OF the army and that the civil govern
ment did not concern him. Luna, on
opening the reply at his headquarters
in the presence of his officers, excIaim-
ed hotly:
One officer. who was friendly to Aguin-
aldo, hastened to warn him, and Aguin-
aldo called together twenty trusted SOL
diers, fellow townsmen Of his, and sta
toned them around his house with in
structions to kill anyone attempting to
enter, regardless of rank. Luna ap-
peared the next day and saw Aguinal-
do at the window. A member of the
guard said:
'.Aguinaldo has gone to inspect the
troops"
Luna then exclaimed: ''You are
liar" drew his revolver, struck the
guard and tried to force an entrance
into the house. Before he could use
his revolver one of the guards bayonet-
ed him, another shot him in the back
and others stabbed him. Lunas aide
de-camp was killed in the same way.
STORY IS DOUBTED.
The Spaniard's story has not entirely
disDelled the doubts of Luna's death
and bets that he is alive are freely
that Aguinaldo has taken pains to send
this Spaniard here with his story, in
furtherance of some diplomatic scheme,
while others suspect AguinaIdo has
been assassinated by Luna's men.
Since the Americans withdrew from
Candaba recently the rebels have re-
turned and have wreaked vengeance
upon those who befriended the Ameri-
cans. They slaughtered the natives
who surrendered the town and display
ed their heads on poles in the public
square.
The hostile natives of Cebu are more
menacing. Mail advices say hostili-
ties against the Americans have begun
there. Colonel Hammer, the American
commander. has asked for reinforce
ments, and four companies of the Ten
nessee regiment have been sent to him
from IIoilo. The Nebraska regiment
has been ordered to sail for home early
next week
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