The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
FIGHT WITH THE INSURGENTS.
col. BELLS MEN KILLED a DOZEN
OF THEM At IAABAM.

He Has Full Control Around BacOIOrs
Mai. balance Has Taken Ca
banRtuan-spnnIsh Commissioners
Have Returned and Report That
the Spanish Prisoners Are Badly
Treated and Poorly Fed-A guin-
aldo wants To Continue the Ware
Manila Oct 81, $50 a. m.-Maj. Bal
lance's battalion Of the Twenty-second In-
fantry entered Cabanatuan yesterday
morning, meeting with no resistance The
natives welcomed the Americans, shouting
viva los AmerIcanosw The insurgent
troops had fed to the mountains.
Gen. Bates win be appointed military
governor Of the Mahammodan Islands,
with headquarters at JULIO until samban.
goa is occupied
Gen. Fred Grant viii command Gen.
Bates brigade
Manila, Oct. 3O-Three companies OF
Col Bells regiment have hqd two en-
counters with the insurgents near Labam
and scattered thom
The Insurgents left four officers and eight
men dead ON the field, and the Americans
captured three prisoners and several guns
on The American side one man was kills
ed and two officers and six men were
wounded.
Capt. French took n reconnoltering par.
~ beyond Labam after he met the enemy
and was reinforced by Mai Bishop with
two companies. The insurgents brought
up cavalry reinforcements, and there was
a second fight, during which their header.
Mai. Salvador, was killed and many were
wounded and carried away
Col. Bell has been given a free hand
around Bacolor He has sixty mounted
men, securing the country daily, and they
are killing many Filpinos IN sklrmishes.
The Spanish Prisoners.
The Spanish commission, which entered
the insurgent lines a month ago. with
money 10 relieve the wants Of several
thousand military and civl Spanish prls-
oners, returned to Angeles to-day. The
commissioners report that they spent most
of the time in Tarlac and the vicinity.
where there are some 200 sick spanlards
Ia the hospital. The Filiplnos Al-treat
and ill-feed them, refusing to surrender
them, as we'll as the other Spanish pris-
ohers. In the hope Of compelling Spain to
recognize the Independence OF the Islands.
From Tarlac 10 Bomban, about lwo-thlrds
Of the way, the commissioners Travelled by
train on the Manila-Dagupan Railway.
The remainder OF the journey from Bonn
ban to Angeles they made on foot, es-
corted by handsomely mounted Filipino
cavalry. They were received between
the outposts by "A member OF Gen. Mac
Arthurs staff and were brought by train
10 Manila.
There are fourteen American prisoners.
they say at Tarlac, oil of whom are we'll
treated. Lieut.. j. c. Gilmore OF the Unit
ed states gunboat Yorktown, who fell
into the hands Of the insurgents at Baler,
on the east coast OF Luzon, last APRIL
where the yorktown had gone on special
mIsgion to relieve the Spanish garrison, 10
at Bingat.
AguinnIdO's Position.
The commissioners have brought a LETT
ter to Gen. OTIS from a relative of the MUIR
dered Filipino general, Luna, who wishes
to evenge the assassination by Aguinaidos
officers, and WHO asks a personal interview
with the military governor According To
the commissioners statement Aguinaldo,
who Is still at Tarlac with 5000 troops,
wishes to continue the war, although no
has high opinion Of the American off,
GERS and soldiers Gen. Lawton he calls
"El General de la noche" Ghe night gen.
eraD because that commander has attack
ed him so often In the darkness that he
never knows when to look for him
Aguinaldo Is said to be well supplied
with arms and ammunition and he Is able
10 get plenty OF rice from the northern
provinces.
With the Spanish commissioners came
largo number of women, the families OF
eight prominent officers Of the Filipino
army who recently applied TO Gen. Otis
for permission TO send their families to
Manila. Upon the receipt Of the military
governors reply, the nature OF which has
not been disclosed, the women and chill
dren started under escort from Tarlac for
the American lines. When they arrived to-
day Gen. Macarthur compelled them to
halt about a mile beyond our outpostss
where they will remain while their cre-
dentials are being examined.