Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-13
YiLirISos Losr $500.
Thousands Wounded aud Held Prisoners
Daring Last Week. Gagsgemcst..


Manila. Feb. 12.-contrary to general
expectations. all II quict along the
line. nothing having happened up 10
this hour. 1850 o'clock y. M. to disturb
the peace OF Sunday In Manila. The
Inhabitants have EoncTally recovered
from the alarm occanloncd by the fear
OF n native uprising and are assuming
their ordinary business. The shipping
interests are naturally suffering. since
there have been no clcarnnccH for Phil
ippincn for week. but on the other
hands foreign shipping has Increased.
especially for Honskong. every steamer
bound thithcr being crowded with tim
Vi refugees.
Despite this quletudc. however. many
are asking whether the problem II not
ntili Ear from solution. a week ago
those who took an optimistic View
predicted that the terrible lesson Just
administered to the rebels would settle
the question OF Filipino Independence.
Hut this prediction has not boon full
nlicd. As u matter OF fact. the rebels
are now scattered throughout the coun.
try bushwackins. except at Mnlabon.
where they are gathering IN force. Even
there their methods SAVIOR more OF
guerrilla than civilized warfare. every
bush. clump OF trees. and tree furnish
ing cover for shnrpnhooters.
Unfortunately FOR miles around the
land II studded with bamboo Jungle
and open spaces nrc few and far be.
tween. This Affords the natives. for
fighting under cover. u distinct ad-
VANTAGE.
Under such conditions II II remark
able that the American casualties
should be NO few. while the number OF
dead natives found In the brush after
very skirminh tcrtifcs to the precision
OF our nre.
Last week there was not single day
AaH hlN ha A Ia
steadily advanced. carrying everything
before them.
II Is now known that the Filipino loss
IN fully $500 killed, with wounded vast
~ IN excess OF that number, ana
Thousands are held prisoners. All this
has been achieved nt the cost OF o.
Americans killed and $40 wounded.
There were twenty-five Americans un-
accounted for.
No fewer than ten OF the native VIII
lagos have surrendered or been cap
turcd. Several have been destroyed
because their houses harborcd men.
frequently disguised IN female attire.
who shot from windows and roofs NJ
tho Americans. Many rifles and n ton
u ammunition lave been seized. ~
might be expected. there has been
looting IN the outskirts. but II has not
been general. and has been done In
direct violation Of orders.
inc bffN tUtlutUt tuhN nus 'l'hIh
the auiotude NJ the day followed the
arrival Of the German frHt-clnaA
cruiser KaiHerin Augusta. When
she Halutcd Admiral Dewey this after
noon report rapidly spread that tho
american warshipa were bombardins
Mnlnhon.
To-day crowds have visited the scenes
~ last weeks nshilng. All the roads
from the city were thronged with
vehicles. nut beyond burned Villages
and new mounds In the fields there
was little 10 he seen. INSPECTION
showed that most Of the cnemy'H dead
had stood Mt their posts until the last.
~ the bodies were usually surrounded
by empty cartridges. while In tn.
trenches wherever there were no dead
there was little and often no nmmu-
milton.
Among tho distinguished prisoners
eantured IN Manila since the outbreaks
N hostilities are Capt. a. q. Escamilio.
Aguinalio's private secretary; Capt.
y. u. vernguth. Col. Martin De Los
Reyes and Senior Thomas del Rosario.
member Of the so-called Filipino con-
gress In session Mt Malolns' Other
Filipino ofiicera are also In custody.