Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-15
WHITE FLAG
Filipino Rebels Fired From Houses
Where 1t Waved.
SEVERAL SKIRMISHES At MANILA
kelier's Battalion Had Brush
With Rebels at IloiIo.
AGONCILLO TALKING AGAIN

MANILA. February 15. 800 p.m.-Several
rebels yesterday afternoon having fired
| from houses bearing white flags on tn.
American outposts, Col Smith, with COM
panies L. and NJ of the California Vol
unteers. proceeded to clean out the enemy
| along his front. The rebels opposed him
| from the brush, and several skirmishes
| occurred during which nine of the Cali
| fornians were slightly wounded before the
| rebels were driven out. The work proceed
ed today in a systematic manner q gun
boat shelling the villages and working her
| rapid-fire guns very effectively on the
| jungle.
| The entire California regiment with the
] exec ption Of two companies, four COM
panies of the Washington regiment two
| companies of the Idaho regiment and a
| battery of the 9th Artillery We're engaged
| The rebels were driven toward Lake La
guiana de Bayo. The rebels held their fire,
| apparently being short of ammunition, but
| they fought desperately.
| The American outposts in this direction
| are now fully twelve miles out.
All is quiet along the rest of the line.
I with the exception that an occasional ex-
| change of shots between the sharpshooters
| breaks the monotony of the day.
Fighting Around IIoiIo.
| MANILA, February 10, IL: 30 am.-Lfeut
| Col. C. L. Potter of the Signal Corps ar
| rived from Iloilo yesterday evening with
| dispatches from Brig Gen. NJ. D. Miller to
| Maj. Gen. Z. S. Otis, commanding the
| United States forces in the Philippine Is
| lands
On Sunday afternoon Gen. Miller ordered
| a reconnaissance in force to ascertain -
| enenlys position. Maj. Cheathams bat
| TALON of the Tennessee volunteer regiment
| marched beyond Molo without finding the
| enemy and returned to uoilo.
| keller's battalion of the 18th United
( States Infantry, with two Hotchkss guns
and one Gatling gun. marched toward Jaro
| Midway between Iloilo and Jaro this bat
! talon encountered large body of the enc
| my, occupying both sides of the road who
| met the advance of the American troops
with severe and well-directed fire The
Americans deployed and returned the fire
with number of voIeys. The troops ad-
| vanced steadily, supported by the Hotch-
kiss and Gatling guns. and drove the
enemy through Jaro to the open country
| beyond
Town Was Deserted.
The town Of Jaro was found to be desert
ed and all portable property had been re-
| AiAosSN' W iASii Illt <tlfltIlcdllS entered the
| place there were only few Chinese there
AT 4:1O O'Clock PM Captain Griffiths
raised the American flag over the Presi-
dencia-
During the fighting outside of the town
Lieutenant Frank Bowles of the 18th In
fantry,, while working the light battery
was shot In the leg. In addition one pri-
Vate was seriously wounded and two were
slightly injured. The rebel loss was severe
All was quiet on Monday when Colonel
Potter left Iloilo.
Two natives attempted to slip past the
United States cruiser Olympia during the
night in a boat. They failed to respond
when hailed. but kept padding along.
After warning shot, sentry fired at the
boat and killed one of the occupants and
wounded the other.
/ Agoncillo Denies Otis Statement,
LONDON. February 15-The Filipino
agents here have received a cablegram
from Agoncillo. the agent of Aguinaldo,
saying:
The statement of Gen. Otis that he has
copy of telegram from me advising
Aguinaldo to attack the Americans is an
absolute fabrication. 1 challenge Gen. Otis
to produce the telegram"
Agoncillo aGds that the Americans
threaten to exterminate the Fflipinos.
The European junta announces that it
has received message from Manila saying
the Filipnos have made all the arrange.
ments necessary for guerrilla warfare
around Manila; that fighting has been in
progress without interval since February
4, and that the Americans have lost heavily
in killed and wounded
Aguinaldo's headquarters are now at
Marilao, near Caloocan, out of range of
the warships in the bay.
SNOWBOUND AT HOYD,s