The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-02-16

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ly destroyed.
wAsHrserox, Feb. ls-Ths follow
ing csblegram was received Thursday 5
from Gen. Otis:
MANILA, Feb. o.-Adjutant General
Washington. Additional Casualties:
Thirteenth Minnesota - Wounded:
Company M, Private Alexander M.
Burns.
First Montana-Wou Company
G, Private Lester Pierestoff.
First Nebraska-Killed: Co. B, Ar
tificer Gustave e. Edlund; Co. F, Pri-
vatc VIM. Philipot; Co. NJ. Private H.
c. Livingston. Wounded: Co. A,
Charles Keckiey; B, George L. Clother,
Robert E. Childers; G, Fred Kuhn; e,
Oral F. Gibson; F, Douglas I. Bridges;
H, Harry Seaboolse; X, Grant Boyd;
L, Francis Hanson; M, Moro G. Ship
erd, Daniel Campbell.
Third Wounded: Battery
X, James j.. Grateg; L, James T.
Leahy.
First Colored-Wounded: Company
N, SIy0C uC n.y.
Fourteenth Infantry - Wounded:
William Bush.
Total casualties resulting from all
engagements since evening of Febru-
ary aggregate 26s, as follows: Killed.
8 officers, 56 enlisted men, wounded,
8 officers, 199 enlisted men; missing, .
| enlisted men. OTIs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O-The navy de-
partment Thursday received the fol-
lowing dispatch:
| ''MANILA, Feb. o.
'sAfter continued interference. and
intimidation of our workmen ordered
armed insurgents to leave San Rogue
by Q Thursday morning. They left
during the night, few remaining,
who burned the village Thursday
morning. 1t is now occupied by our
! troops. All quiet.
| (Signed) DEWEY"
San Rogue is village on the neck of
land connecting Cavite and the main.
land of Luzon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The most
important statement received during
the day from. Manila was that from
Gen. Otis that he had sent orders to
Brig. Gen. Marcus p. Miller to demand
the surrender and evacuation Of Iloilo
by the Visayan insurgents Friday
morning at o'clock, and that he ex.
pected report from Gen. Miller by
next Monday Of the successful execu
tion of his order.
MANILA, Feb. 1.-THE American
forces at $40 Friday afternoon made 4
combined attack upon Caloocan and
reduced it in short order. At signal
from the tower of the De la LONE
church, the United States double-tur
reted monitor Monadnock opened Are
from the bay, with the big guns Of he,
fore turret on the earthworks will
great effect. Soon afterward the Utal
battery bombarded the place from th'
land side.
The rebels reserved their fire unit
the bombardment ceased, when they
fred volleys of musketry as the Mon
tana regiment advanced on the jungle
The Kansas regiment, on the ex
treme left with the Sd artillery de
ploying to the right, charged across th'
open and carried the earthworks
cheering under heavy fire. Support
ed by the artillery at the church, th'
troops further advanced, driving tn
enemy, fighting every foot, right int
the town line, and penetrated to tn,
Presidencia, and lowered the Filipin,
flag at $50 p. m.
The enemy's sharpshooters, in tn
jungle on the right, fred At long rang
on the Pennsylvania regiment, but tn
rebels were sson silsnced by shrapne
shells and the Pennsylvanisns RI
mained in the trenches.
As the Americans advanced the,
burned the native huts.
The rebels were moved down lik
grass, but the American loss was slight
MANILA, Feb. 1.-The American flaI
was raised at $3.50 Friday Afternoon
over the town of Caloocan, where Agui
naldo was reported to have gathere'
the flower Of the Philippine army.
At $3.50 p. m. the monitor Monadnoci
and the gunboat Concord began the al
tack upon the town, throwing into
. shower Of shells, which did grea
deal Of damage.
Then the 9th artillery division an
the Utah battery opened fire on tn
Filipino intrenchments, and at
o'clock the entire brigade under CON
mand OF Brig. Gen. Harrison G. Oti'
with the exception of the 10th Penn
sylvania infantry, which was held i
reserve, began to advance in the fo
lowing order from left to right.
The Goth Kansas infantry, LIST Nor
tana infantry and the Sd artillery, tn
Kansas and the Montana troops bein
supported by the Idaho infantry an
the Utah artillery by the 4th cavalry.