The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-31
IN THE FAR EAST.


MANILA, May 24.-Majors Guison
and Mapua, two members of the Fill
pino generals staff stole through the
American lines and surrendered this
morning.
Lawton's rear guard, consisting of
attachments of the third and twenty
second infantry. escorting the signal
corps from San Migul to Balinag to-day
had running fight for the whole dis
lance of ten miles. The Americans
lost one man killed, one officer and
fourteen privates wounded. They
captured twenty insurgents.
MANILA, May PA raft used to
transport the Twelfth Infantry across
the Pasig river today was overloaded
and sank in midstream. Five soldiers
were drowned.
MANILA, May 24.-General Funston
again distinguished himself in the fight
near Santa Arita, north OF San Fer
nando to-day. The scouts were fred
on aud Macarthur sent Funston with
the Montana and Kansas volunteers.
At the head of the troops he did a
brilliant charge, sweeping rebels posi-
tons and dispensing them. The in
I surgents numbered one thousand and
lost heavily, twenty Americans report.
ed wounded
MANILA, May 24.-General Lawton
has arrived at Malalos with most of his
troops. His expedition has marched
l2O miles in twenty days, had twenty
two engagements, captured twenty
eight towns, destroyed 100000 bushels
of rice and lost only six men killed and
thirty. one wounded. On the other
hand, Gen. Lawton estimates that his
troops killed 400 insurgents and wound
ed double that number.
MANILA, May 25.-The Filipino
peace commissioners, who left this
morning, without any settlement of
peace being effected, will report to
Aguinaldo the scheme of governn ent
proposed by Prof. Schurman in behalf
of President Mckinley. They stated
before leaving that they expected to
return.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The follow
ing received by the war department
this morning officially confirms the
press dispatches:
MANILA, May 25.-On May 90 the
third infantry returning to Balinag
from San Nigel was attacked in the
morning, at noon and in the evening
by large force of the enemy, suffering
casualties of two killed and thirteen
wounded. The enemy was repulsed,
leaving sixteen killed and a large num-
Der wounded and prisoners. Yester-
day the enemy appeared in the vicinity
of San Fernando and were attacked by
Kansas and Montana regiments which
suffered slight loss. The enemy was
driven through rice fields leaving fifty
dead, thirty-eight wounded and twenty
eight prisoners. Fifty rifles and other
property were captured. The retreat
through the swamp saved them from
destruction.
MANILA, May 26.-Major Boxton's
battalion of the First California Volun-
teers left for Negros last night to as
sist in quelling uprisings in the south
ern part of the island and on the west
coast of Cebu.
MANILA, May 26.-Aguiualdo's COM
missioners on returning with report
of the negotiations with the American
commissioners, learned, on reaching
San Fernando yesterday, that Gen.
Luna had arrested and imprisoned the
previous ENJOYS. They decided to
take no chances, returned to Calumpit
and proceeded up the river in the
United States gunboat They will re-
turn to Aguinaldo's headquarters via
Canada.
A small American accommodating
party encountered body of rebels near
Santa Arita this morning and a hot
fight followed. The Americans were
holding their own when Funston, with
the South Dakota volunteers, appeared
and the rehels were forced to retreat
Six Americans were wounded, one
lieutenant. Ten insurgents were killed
and several wounded and captured.
Gen. Montero one of the Spanish
commanders, is dead from wounds re-
ceived at the battle of lmboanga,
evacuated by the Spanish garrison of
100 which has arrived here. The in
surgents took possession as soon as the
Spaniards eft.