Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-17

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sinated wton to Have More
Troops-Plans for British PrOtec.
torate In the philippines Are to
BE Carried Out Under American
Sovereignty Minor War Notes.
Manila. June 1.-THE natives made
stubborn defense of the approaches to
9acoor, but the Americans, by the sever
.st fighting. forced their way to the out
skirts of the place. The result was that
Hacoor was taken Wednesday without
further fighting.
Before dark Tuesday night the Four
.eenth infantry swan the Zapote river,
and charged and carried the trenches. a
leavy fusilade of artillery preparing the
way and covering the crossing. The in
;urgents broke from the woods before
he Fourteenth reached them. Almost
It the same time the Ninth and the
Twelfth infantry crossed bar OF the
sea and came upon the enemy's left flank
At a point where u body of marines with
maxim guns landed under protection of
he ships batteries and fired upon the
,nemy's left rear with demoralizlng
,ffect. The Twenty-tirst crossed the
liver by bridge as soon as it could be
mended. SiXty-fye dead insurgents
we're found in the trenches Several five
'nch smouth bore guns We're captured
with ammunition marked "U. 5. Navy
Yard" After crossing the river the
.roops were withdrawn with the eXcep-
lion of the Ninth and the Twenty-tirst
hat, Iaft
'our guns to guard the bridge AS they
we're being formed INTO companies. the
Insurgents commenced to fire volleys
from the bamboo jungle. 800 yards away.
The regiments formed into line rapidly
and coolly though under fire. and cheer
ng, rushed to the woods, driving the
enemy a mile away. the insurgents dis
outing every foot The Fourteenth en-
,amped across the river, the men caring
Cor many of the wounded natives. Eight
prisoners We're captured. The majority
of the natives wore red uniforms.
The native governor of Cebu Is reported
assassinated. He was friendly to the
United States
The Fiipinos retreated several miles
nent, to the strongly fortified town of
linus.
The shelling of the American war
ships drove the rebels from Bacoor. 50
he Americans control several more
niles of coast.
General Lawton, with his staff and a
:roop of the Fourth cavalry. started to
ascertain the nature of the insurgent
position. He rode five miles along the
coast to BacoOr without finding the
enemy. He found the town full of
white flag. but there were no soldiers
there The women and children who
had fled to the woods during the bonn
Dardment We're camping in the ruins of
their homes. The shells had almost
knocked the town to pieces. The church
vas wrecked and many buildings We're
"uined. Even the trees and shrubbery
were torn as by haistorm.
Several hundred women and children
,ame into the American lines for refuge,
and the road from BacoOr was covered
with professions of them, on foot and
in carts. driving animals and carrying
goods on their heads.
The appearance Of the battlefield tes-
tilted to the tierceness of Tuesdays s
fighting. The trees along the river. be-
tween the lines, are almost torn down
by bullets.
The American officers estimate that
100 insurgents were killed and that 300
were wounded during the engagement.
The next battle will probably be
fought at linus.
The American troops will soon control
the coast to Cavite.
Washington. June 15.-President
schurman of the Philippine commission
IS expected to gather some valuable in
formation in his proposed visit to the
different islands of the archipelago.
While not much is known in Washing
ton of his purposes, the understanding
Is that he desires to inform himself of
the conditions elsewhere than In Luzon
before returning to the United States.
In the bushwhacking Of Agulnaldo
and his followers around Manila. which
makes American military operations
necessary. the fact is generally over
looked that other parts of the archi.
pelago have accepted American author
tty unresarvedly, and that no trouble is
anticipated in establishing government
there. The fullest information about
these islands was furnished several
months ago by r. H. Haynes. British
merchant. and the main points of his
statement were made public at that
time.
These We're afterwards supplemented.
Mr.. Haynes said that the conditions at
,;,lt Al
islands We're different from those reat-
ing to the remainder of the Philippines.
which had been ]. the absolute posses
sion of Spain. He thought it was to the
interest of the government of the United
States to establish a system of govern
ment which would he productive of har-
mony between the inhabitants of the
islands and the protectors.
In doing this the prosperity of the ma
lives and the personal welfare of the
sultan and the chiefs We're all to be
considered. Under the shadowy Span
ish dominion. the sultan had at various
times indicated his desire for a Brit
ish proteCtorate, and had outlined what
his expectations We're. He was anxious
to have the rich lands opened up By
planters and internal trade increased
He also wanted a stated subsidy for his
own maintenance. to be guaranteed by
the protecting power.
There is nothing in this program
which he had outlined under the theor,
of a British protectorate which cannot
be carried out under American sover.
eighty. The scheme which is indicated
was similar to that If the British straits
settlements. in which the government
was nominally under native sultan
The inhabitants of the Sulus are said
to be industrious. but they are widely
Hailed the Rain With Joy,