BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-04-25
CABLE NEWS

Te'egrams from Hong Kong sey tha
a new combat in the Philippines has ia
ken place, to the North Columpit betwe.
en- the Americans troops and the insur-
gents.
The place Of combat was brup
lsnd, made Jagged by the retrehchr ent:
and wells which th- I'iipinos dug they
yielded howe er disputeng with grea
stub5ornness every inch of ground.
The Americans hive conclu led, jud
ging from the cvolutions mlde, dono'ing
the requirement Of trained military kno-
Wedge, it is supposed that the gfe.ter
part Ct the Philippine army consists &
Spanish and japanese regulars.
After many assaults the Ane / an
troops reached the insurgents ros tions
The insurgents feigne. slow ret eat
but returned to the struggle with ca
ter impetus.
The Federal CavAl y int pose
then making a brilliant charge which
weakened the stro..g ap1 tenAcioui re-
s'stance Of TIL. Filipinos
These We're put to isht ta y lisap
pc airing among the thcket.
The troops comnan LED by genera
Nc Arthur were not able II use the ;r-
tillery being put out OF ORDER. partly by
the Iuggedness Of the Id AMI partly by
the jungles. an ricehe ds which impe de
the movements Of the comoa;ants.
According to news Sc 1t on to Ge-
neral Otis. the Fhipinos who were cnga
ged amount to one thousa4it five hun-
dred.
The loss which the Americans sus
tanned, during the action were eight dead
and twenty seven wouu1ed, non- no
wever, in serious state.
of the eight soldiers dead. three
were from the eff ct Of the heal. Wh;ch
was SO excessived that many cfficas and
private Of tn: Cavalry dismouatei ma
king for the brooks to calm with the
humidity of the water tn. fever cf inso
Iaion.
The loss, Of the Tagal cannot be
ascertained exactly although it is .su 2po-
| sed to by round. "a bout. one hundreJ.
Yesterday a few Infantry Ke,i
ments disembarked in New York, pro
ceedng from Cuba.
The Secretary of War has ordered,
| that in the event OF these forces being
aequre anew in the Greater Antilles
he, VII be replaced by regular troops.
Throughout the Union the activity
displayed by general Lawton in his
Campaign in the Philippines has acqui
sed for him great ovation.
TO him and to Mac Arthur says the
New York Heral are due in the first
instance the complete decentralization Of
the Filipinos.
Last night three persons deid who
were anterinly wounded by the explo
sion Of the dynamite bomb.
The 10th Cavalry Regiment desti
ned for Cuba will leave at any moment.
Throughout the towns of the island
Of Cuba the notice Of the terrible Incl.
dent that occurred to General Gomez in
Manzanillo h.s spread With lightning ra
pidity. i:
The telegraph which is silent as to
the name OF the agressor and the details
of the event, says that in Havana there
IS a growing effervescence against CEN
tain prominent persons whom public
opinion points oat as accOmplices.
The Clarin of Santiago in collecting 2
the opinions which circulate in eastern
province, says that only in the bosom
OF the Assembly, overcharged WITH ven
geance GU account Of its fiasco, could
originate SO criminal design.
General Gomez saw the internal
machine fall AMI explode with an undis
turbed quitude and owing to his sang
froid and admirable serenity he haran.
gued the multitude strongly Impressed
by that event.
From dispatches sent on to Genera
Otis to the Secretary of War, il is infer
red that the annexation of the Philip
piucs will be ere long fait accomplit
Colonel Denby opines that new
proclamation--presuming that the vi iii
ty and complete demoraIisation of The
Tagals have been blunted-might have
a tendency to lead them on to tn. un
tpremeditated acceptance of an incorpo
ratien with the United States Of Americ;
Mr. Denby advocates giving libert,
to few officials Of the insurectlon pro
vided that these herald in the interior o
heir country the conciliatory oroclama-
t;on of the Colonial Commission.