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FAILS IN HIS PLAN.
Gen. Hall Unsuccessful in His At
tempt to Entrap Rebels.
ESCAPE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.
Great Difficulties Confront Our Army
-RumOr That American Commits
siOners Have Recommended
More Liberal Concessions.

nave occupied the peninsula ana zen
Halls column is encamped at Morong
Maj. Truman, marching across the
Binangonan, found it impracticable te
form Gordon; and the insurgents, will
the exception of a hundred or two, es
capped through the mountains after
Gen. Pho del Pillar, dragging their bat
terry by butfaloes, at night. A few
however, may be trapped.
The Washington troops have re
turned to Pasig, but the programme OF
the other troops is uncertain.
The present expedition shows the diff
fcultywhi is encountered by an army
which must depend upon wagon trains
in catching barefooted bandits in their
own mountains, and also gives proof
: that the rebels do not intend TO fight
battles.
A Hard March.
Gen. Hall left Santa Teresa Monday
morning and marched ~ miles to Mo-
rong, up and down rocky hills and
through woods and swamps. Scores of
his men fell out owing to the extreme
heat and were left to follow as best they
could. The head of the army arrived
at Morong at noon, having exchanged
only a few shots with insurgent skir-
mishers on the way. Groups of stray
glers followed all day, but the force
was 200 smaller than when it started.
The men were almost SO hours without
rations, and it was considerable OF an
achievement for them to cover the
ground they did.
Lightning Change Artists.
En- route to Morong the Americans
met flocks of Filipinos and flags of
truce, many of them young men with
the bearing of soldiers. Many discard
ed uniforms were found in the houses,
apparently those of soldiers who had es-
capped by changing their costumes from
''insurrecto" to "amigo" and walking
boldly past the army, which had ex-
pected to corral them. Few were found
about Morong, one member of the
Washington regiment was killed and
two were wounded in the encounter
with the outposts.
Gen. Lawton, on board a gunboat,
searching the coast for Maj. Truman,
stopped at Binangonan, opposite Mo-
rong. The natives Immediately ran up
flag of truce, but delegation in
canoes put off and greeted the Ameri-
cans with the usual protestant tons of
friendship.
Town of Macabebe Burned.
Manila, June 1.-THE rebels on Sat
urday night made an attack upon the
friendly town of Macabebe and after
driving the inhabitants out burned the
town.
The insurgents nightly annoy the
troops at San Francisco. Several Amer
leans have been slightly wounded re-
Gently. The enemy have several Krupp
guns, which they bring forward and use
for firing large shells into the town,
then retreating with their guns. One
of the insurgent shells fell within 80
yards of Gen. MacArthur's headquar-
tiers Saturday evening. The American
troops do not reply to the nightly out
breaks.
Asked More Liberal Concessions.
New York, June IA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
President Schurman, of the Phil
ippine commission, in a dispatch
to Secretary Hay has, it is be-
lieved, recommended more liberal con-
cessions to the Filipinos, with a view
OF ending the insurrection at once An
official acquainted with the message
said 1T reviewed the situation in the
islands and was of an encoura cling ma
ture.
The dispatch was considered by the
president and Secretary Hay, and the
president has sent reply. The nature
of the answer is not divulged
1t is significant, however, that coin
cident with his message to Mr.. Schur-
man cablegram was sent to Gen. Otis.
with instructions in line with the pres
ident's belief that the restoration of
peace can only be accomplished by the
complete subjugation of the Filipinos
Gen. Otis will continue his military op-
erations throughout the rainy season
1t is apparent that the president does
not look for the close of the rebellion
until the Filipinos are convinced of the
military superiority of the United
States. The concessions already of.
tered are liberal, the administration be.
leves, and as far as the president can
go with authority from congress. and ii
is doubtful if the new propositions
made by the commission have received
his approval.
Lieutenant Commits Suicide.
Manila, June 7.-Lieut. Fred w
Pearce, of the Sixth United States ar
tillery, committed suicide here thi.
wednesday, morning. He came from
Iloilo week ago on leave, but fingered
here beyond the limit and failed to re
ply to repeated kilograms from his com
mander Tuesday he was put under
arrest on his commanders order Thi
morning another officer called to Sc.
him, when he suddenly pulled a re
volver from under his pillow and sho
himself through the head. His friends
say his mind was affected by recen
sunstroke.
Spanish paper asserts that Col. Ar
guelles, one of the two members of TIL,
original Filipino military commission
who were placed under arrest at Tarla
last month after returning to Luna
camp from their conferences with tn
United States commissioners, has beer
court-martialed and sentenced to i
years imprisonment for ''friendshi
displayed toward the Americans"
Two Babies Killed.
Rockford, H., June 1.-Two babies
aged one and three years, children o
rr-