The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-18
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A force Of United States troops from
Quinga, four miles east Of Malolas,
and from Baligua, near Bustas, about
six miles northeast Of Quinga, encoun.
tered q body Of insurgents, estimated at
about half way between Bustas and
Quinga Monday. In the engagement
that ensued, the Filipinos were severe.
II punished and scattered. The Amer
leans lost one man killed. The insur-
gent force Ia believed to have been under
the command Of Gen. Pip Del Pilar
and to have had in view the tearing UP
Of the railway ut Bocatva and Bia.
about three miles northeast Of Buluoan.
"A battalion Of the Twenty. first infantry
went to the point, with instructions to
strengthen the railway guards and re-
connoiter the country. in the direction
of Norgara and Bustus. General
Wheaton, with the troops at Calunt.
made a reconnaissance Of Angeles,
about four miles to the northwest,
where be found 500 Of the enemy. He
silenced their fire and returned to
Calunt.
Nav al Constructor Richmond Pearson
Hobson was heard from by the navy
department II few days ago for the first
time at any length since he was assigned
to duty in charge Of the Spanish ships
raised from Manila harbor and now
undergoing repairs at Hong Kong.
His report ia unusually interesting.
dealing in general questions, such as
the need of q large dock yard il the
the increasing shipping at Ma
Mia, and the prospect that Manila
will succeed Hong Kong rs the empor-
ium Of the east, the value Of Chinese
labor in all branches Of industry, etc.
He also says the three Spanish ships
are completed will be worth to
the government about 500, 900, and he
contemplates trying to raise three more
vessels now at the bottom Of
Manila bay. The letter is addressed to
Rear Admiral Hichborn. chief Of the
of construction, and is dated ut
Hong Kong July II. Mr.. Hobson
urges the desirability Of a we'll equip
ped United States dock yard in the far
east, as, he says, the cost Of private
work Ia very high.
It is reported that Secretary of War
Root will oon give orders for organic
ing five new volunteer regiments for
the Philippines. Secretary Root is de-
termined that the fall campaign shall
end the insurrectiol,, and that General
Otis may have no exou for failure to
bring it to a close, he purposes giving
him as large AL army as conditions
may show it necessary. The proposed
new regiments may be sent immediate
~ after the ten volunteer regiments
already enlisted, should the necessity
for them be demonstrated. Should it
be apparent when these commanders
have been recruited that Otis force is
still insufficient to control the situa-
ton, recruiting will continue until all
the volunteers authorized by congress
have been enlisted. The recruiting
for the the new regiments continues,
although they have their complement
Of men, and the overflow may serve as
a nucleus for the regiments. It il the
expectation Of the department that
enough men for eighteen volunteer reg.
imentg will be obtained by the middle
Of September. @
Major General Sir william Francis
Butler, who, it was announced would
be relieved Az commander Of the Brit
ish troops in South Africa, as the result
Of his alleged Boer sympathies, has
been recalleq, and Sir Frederick Walker
has been appointed to replace him.
Walker is regarded az one Of the ablest
generals in the army. His appoint
ment, therefore, ia taken to indicate
that the situation il most grave.
United States Senator-slect Hayward
of Nebraska. while rising to deliver an
address at q Woodmen picnic Al Brown
Vile, Neb., Tuesday, was stricken with
apoplexy. He is unconscious and the
doctors say his condition is critical.
The sudden illness of the senator
caused almost a panic among the large
crowd in attendance.
The secretary Of wal has issued an
appeal to the governors OF states for aid
for the storm sufferers il Porto Rico.
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