Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-20

MANILA, March 27-Aguinaldo Il
taking extreme measures to suppress
signs calculated to cause a cessation of
hostifities. Twelve adhefentsa to the
plan of Independence, residents OF Ma
Mia, have been>k~
ooNpEMNED:To DEATH S''S
because they wrote advising surrender,
and all loyal Filipinos are called upon
to perform national service in des-
patching them. On Friday, General
La Garda- visited La Gordas for the
purpose of advising Aguinaldo to quit.
Aguinaldo ordered La Garda executed
Immediately. He waspropptly decap-
itated. ~ 80
Among the incidents of yesterdays
fighting was the coolness exhibited by
the company of Washington volunteers
who crossed the river in native canoe,
under 4s fMs w
A HEAVY FIRE, (
fifteen being taken across on each trip,
to attack the enemy's trenches. The
Inability OF the cofhmissary train to
keep up with the advance, led to cong,
siderable suffering, and many meD&
completely exhausted fell from the
ranks and were strung along for a dis
tance of almost sir miles, and manyTe4
turned to camp in the artillery ambu-
lances. The work of the ambulances
was especially worthy Of mention.
Among the dead are several previously
reported wounded. tAsN ,e-y
YESTERDAYS CASUALTIES
are as follows: Apwenty-second regi--
ment-Captai1 Frank p. Jones, COM
.pany C,s Privates Young, sArensen,
Yunt- Rice, Rasmir, White, Ellis, Nor;
gan, Schunder, Coumpholz, Porte, Ed
wards, Regnir, and Corporals Coz
meigne and Nelson. Washington v6f-
unteers-Privates Wess and Bartlett
and Corporals Waters and Dricklin4
Oregon volunteers-Private Brown.
Minnesota volunteers-Private Bruce.
BY the operations yesterday the coun-
try between Manila Bay and Laguna
de Bay was cleared of the rebels.
BANDITTI REPULsED.
The mountain banditti of Panay
island recently threatened serious at
tack upon Iloilo, but were repulsed,
with the loss of 200 men, by General
Miller.
MEASURE OF PRECAUTION. es
McNeirs battalion of the California
regiment, under Lieut.. Col. Dub9ce has
been ordered to embark on the INDIANA.
tomorrow to reinforce the garrisons of
the towns of Bais and BaguYan, on the
east coast of the island of Negros,
where Col. Smith is in command. This
is only a measure of precautioh, as
Major General Otis says he does not
anticipate trouble. is..-s
10:45 a. In.-There seems to be con-
certed action among 1.-THE secret society
of the lawless classes, to attack the po-'
lice on every possible occasion. All
the trouble of the last twoFnights oc-
Cured in the outlying wards, inhabited
by the worst classes. The police sta
tion at Cerr0, was attacked yesterday
AFTERNOON by colored men from the
city slaughter house. The police re-
PEELED the attack and the rioters left
three men badly wounded when they
retired. Upon this occasion no police
men were hurt.
Chief of Police Menocsl gave orders
to suspend the public BAH last night.
The police were approaching the place
where the'baif Of the Society Pillar was
in progress, near Cerro, for the purpose
of dispensing it in accordance with the
orders, when the people fred ON them
from house! The FIRE was returned.
Two policemen were seriously injured
and elghteens OF their opponents were
wounded. ..bF iw ~ sas.
In different wards three policemen
were assassinated while on duty. The
murderersrrept up behind and stabbed
!. the officers to death.
: Three negroes in Galiano street at
tackled a policeman with knives, The
officer defended himself with revolver,
killing one assailant and wounding an
other. The third eecaped&E 4 < , g 4 81
A Cuban officer attached to the COM
mand of Col. Acea attacked a police
man on San Rafael street with. a ma
chete. The officer shot him through
the heart. An American negress was
killed by stray bullet.
Col. John'G. Evans, superintendent
of the department of correction, thinks
the attack on the police Saturday was
prearranged. Two prisoners captured
admit there was conspiracy to drive
the police out Of the city by a series Of
Outrages.