Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-08
THE TERRIBLE LOSSES

Suffered by the Insurgents is Demonstra-
ted by the Many Dead Bodies Found.
How the 1agals Deceived the Ygorotes.
Manila, February 7.-3:43 p. m.-The
terrible loss of the rebels may be gath
cred from the fact that 100 of them
were buried in one rice field on Mon
day, near Pasas, and that 81 were in
tered between Pace and Santa Ana.
A converted river gunboat did ter
rible execution among the rebels,
sweeping both banks of the river with
her gatling guns and her heavier bat
terry. Hundreds of Filipinos undoubt-
edly crawled into the canebrakes and
died there.
The Americans are working nobly in
their efforts to find the wounded and
are bringing hundreds of suffering
rebels to the hospitals for treatment.
The natives are unable to understand
the humane motives which prompt the
victors to succor the wounded of the
enemy.
me correspondent of the Associated
Press is informed that members of the
hospital corps have made the startling
discovery that there are several women
in male dress and with hair cropped
among the dead
The chief of the Ygorotes, the Fill
pino natives who fought so CALAMITY
in the face of our artillery fire with
their bows and arrows, is in a hospital
with a shattered thigh. He admits
that he never saw modern artillery and
was ignorant of its effects until he and
his followers met the disastrous fire of
Sunday morning. The chief is bitterly
incensed against the Tagalos for plac-
ing the Ygorotes in front of the Amer
lean battery under the pretense that
they were sent to occupy a post of
honor, and he intimates that the Ygor-
otes will avenge this treachery when
the survivors return north.
1t is regarded as significant fact that
many of the Filipino officials of this
city disappeared from Manila as soon
as hostilities commenced. Some of
them are supposed to be still hiding
here.
Hundreds of women are pouring into
Manila from all districts, as the vii
lagos around Manila have, as rule,
been destroyed by the troops.
The further the Americans extend
their lines the more the need of means
OF transportation increases. The Am
erican commanders have already been
compelled to impress horses and We
hicles on all sides, to the inconvenience,
naturally, of the civilians. All the pub
lie conveyances at this writing have
either been impressed or have disap-
peared in some manner or other
I Street car traffic, however, has been re-
sumed and the cars are running regul-
arly, though the streets are almost de-
serted. There are a few native stores
open and white flags in the nature OF
towels, pillow slips and aprons tied to
bamboos adorn the windows of the ma
tive residences everywhere. But, in
spite of these emblems of peace, scores
of FilipinOs, under the cover of the
darkness, fired from these same win
dows yesterday evening on the Amer
lean patrols. At nine o'clock last night
there was a general fusilade in the
Quiapo and Binon districts. The in
habitants of the city generally believ-
cd that q hattie DINO NJ boi
doors, lights were extinguished inside
the dwellings and a majority of the
people were in state of terror In
Ger the circumstances it is remarkable
that no casualties were reported. Sew
eral shots were fired across the river
during the excitement
Gen. Hughes has the interior situa-
ton absolutely in hand.