Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-06
HUNDREDS OF fIERINO WARRIORS SHOT
Western Boys at the Front Again Save the Country
Honor
TREATY RATIFIED BY A MAJORITY oFTHREE.


while riding TO the front He killed
his assailant with a revolver. A sharp
shooter. within the American lines,
killed a sergeant who was sitting at a
window of the second reserve hospital.
Colonel William c. Smith died of apo
plexy. Many insurgents were driven
into the Passig river and drowned.
Several hundred were taken prisoners.
FIGnTING TO-DAY.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Admiral
Dewey cabled the navy department to-
day as follows; 1.-The insurgents have
attacked Manila The Boston leaves
to-day for Iloilo to relieve the BaIti-
more which will return to Manila. Two
men were wounded yesterday on board
the Monadnock, one seriously
DISPATCH RECEIVED BEFORE THE
OUTBREAK.
Hone KONG. Feb. 6 The following
dispatch was received here from Ma
Mia before the outbreak there occurred:
Rear Admiral Dewey, in an interview,
said the Monadnock is guarding one
end of the city. Monterey aud the
army protect the rear. lie added that
he sent word to Aguinaldo that il any
insurgents entered Manila he would
reduce it to mortar and stone. The in
surgents are an armed mob incapable
of government, and are angry with
Admiral Dewey for seizing vessels fly
ing Filipino flsgs. The admiral.the cor
respondent says, is not favorable to
annexation, but believes in the gradual
withdrawal of United States troops.
He also says the United States is
morally bound to establish a stable
government in the Philippines.
( HfobasG Hfb G'1Ks KONG, iSisfi : FEB. B.-The FIHpino
innta here nas issued statement set
ting forth that the lighting at Mania
Vas only an outpost skirmish designed
to influence the vote In the United
States senate today on the peace treaty
REPORT FROM GENERAL OTIS
The following report from General
Otis has been received at the war de
partment: MANILA, Feb. 6, 1899. .-Th'
following are the casualties; FRS
brigade, First division, Tenth Pennsyl
yania-Msjor E. Brierer, flesh wount
in arm, slight; Lieut.. Albert Butter
more, flsshI wound, slight; Sergean
Joseph Sheldon, company d, sign
flesh wound IN thigh; Private Thoma
Conger, company IL, abdomen pens
trated. serious; Private Edward Calc
well. company D. lung penetrated, ser
ous: Private Debalt, company G, fles
wound in back. slight. First Mohtan
Private Reynolds, company Il, sligf
wound in ears; Private Charles Run
mels. flesh wound in leg, slight; co
moral Hayes, company IL, missin
nrobably killed; Private John Sorenso
! co. L. bead wounded, probably dea'
! Private Mayersick, company |, lun
3 penetrated, serious; Corporal |. Skinn'
! company L, slight thigh wound. I'll
i CoIorado-Private Orton Tewyer. col
i pany B. wounded in left thigh; Prlva
! Charles B. Morrison, company
: wounded in left hand; Private Maurl
! parkhurst, company b, wounded
: uubes: private c. D. White, compa
a. .B missing, supposedly browne
. Private Elmer f. Doran, company
"A killed, shot in chest; Corporal Villa
at II Erie, company |, wounded IN
* cheek and arm; Private Charles Ga
es ston. company L. shot in head, k'll
n Private Charles B. Boyce, company
45 flesh wound in left knee, First so
hal Dakota Private Horace ]. McCrack
a. company II. killed; Private Fred
i'd Green, company l, killed; Private y
off lZ. Lewis. company |, killed; Ply
ms Benz. Phelps, wounded in right To-
Oh c,orporal Eugene E. Stevens, woun
roe in right thigh; Private w. +. McCl
vii wounded in right hip; Private i'll
Ne.I Fav. company |. wounded in r
,sd knee; Corporal Carl II. Osgood' {
,ers pany f, sprained knee; Private
iun Haskell, slight wound in neck. I
ted artillery Sergeant Bernard Sharp
,sas many L, fesh wound in leg, 81
Che Private Orian Ryan, company L.
to in head, serious; Private Edward l
Tent strom. company Z. shot through
The hand, slight; Private james Gle
to company L. flesh wound IN tnign, =
,,er- Further reports will follow.
81 SECOND BULLETIN FROM OTIS
rss The second bulletin received
ows. General Otis contains list OF q q
! 81 two dead, making, in to previous
dasd IN 4 total Of forty killed in the
we're Saturday night and Sunday The
neri- ond dispatch is as follows:
~ ~. Manila, Feb. es-Kllled IN actic
rssF he Fourteenth infantry Corpora
,eIFs6 B. soden, Company z; and Hen
uten- Thompson. Company n Private
Wall 4. Hale, Company A; u suslee l
,rmer n ID. Gem aay A; Louis Y
latter compauy d; James aAEsey =
,oItoa Charles ". Douglass, F1ahz =
word hausen, Charles = Seiszl ana = y