Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-08

and thirty were wounded. Ten men
of the Dakota regiment were wounded
and one of the Pennsylvanians was
killed.
The Americans finally drove the Fill
pinos back. Although there were three
lines OF strong intrenchments along
the track, the enemy made scarcely
any defense there. General MacAr-
thur and his staff were walking on the
track abreast of the line, with every
thing quiet, when suddenly they re-
ceived a shower of bullets from sharp
shooters in trees and on house tops,
but these were speedily dislodged.
The enemy's loss was apparently
small, the iungles affording them such
protection that the Americans were
unable to see them, and in firing were
guided only by the sound OF the FIJI
Pine shots. The American artillery
was handicapped for the same reason.
Last nights long line Of camp fires
made a beautiful sight, with the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment on the lett OF
Guiguinto station, and the Pennsyl-
,ania regiment on the right beyond
the river.
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges, but the stores OF grain
and hocks of ducks in the locality fur
nished ample forage.
The hospital work is remarkably ef-
| ficient. as il has been throughout the
whole campaign.
The telegraphers keep abreast OF the
| line and maintain a constant connec-
ton with the city.
Operations South OF Manila.
Manila, March 31.-10:37 a. m.-Gen-
eral Halls brigade advanced today
from Barquina up the Mato river val
ley almost to M~ontalban, driving the
enemy TO the hills on the north. The
rebels were i'm considerable force at
the functions Of the rivers Nanoa and
Ampit with the Mato, but the Amer
lean artillery soon scattered them
with "A heavy loss. The American loss
was one killed, Lieutenant Gregg, OF
the Fourth infantry. General Hall
eventually returned 10 the water
works.
General King advanced from San
Pedro Macati, establishing headquar-
tiers at Pasig.
Recently issued copies Of the ltepub-
lica Filipino, Aguinaldo's official or
gan, contained "A proclamation TO the
effect that certain parties are raidlng
northern towns and ordering the same
to join the Filipino army Immediately
or take the consequences, which, fail
ing to do, they shall he punished with
the Americans.
This is construed ms meaning that
Macaholas, governor of the five north
crn provinces, is unfriendly to Agul-
naldo. II this be true Aguinaldo's re-
treat is undoubtedly cut off at the
railroad beyond San Fernando.
The Republica Filipino on March %
published an extra edition containing
a statement to the effect that the
Americans had attacked pasig, that
MANY of them were killed, and Il ma
iority of the remained were wounded,
while $50 of them were taken prison
ers.
The second paragraph asserted that
Americans had ravished 500 of the
Filipinos' ~fairest daughters, aud called
upon the natives TO defend their hon
or with their lives against the OPP
presSors who spared neither age, sex
or condition, numbering whole fam
lilies i'm coid-blooded revenge"
The American steamer Roanoke re-
Gently picked up a native boat contain
ing a dozen Spanish prisoners who had
escaped from Dagupan and had been
nearly three days ailoat with neither
food nor water.
They reported that prisoners *
pected TO be killed when the Ameri-
cans advanced.