The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-07
FIRING ON SAN FERN ANOO
FAILURE TO ENTRAp INSUR-
GENTS AMONG MOU.NTAINS.
THESE FILIPINOS WON'T FIGHT BATTLES
Halls Men FaIl'Out by Scores 0verpowered by
The Intense Heat. filipinos Change
Clothes and Escape Through
sra. American Lines.

Man. ae Clio p. m.-The reb-
els on Saturday night made an attack
upon the friendly town of Macabebe
and, after driving the inhabitants out,
burned the town.
Thd insurgents nightly annoy the
troops at San Fernando. Several Am
orleans have been slightly wounded re-
Gently. The enemy have several krupp
guns, which they bring forward and
use for firing large shells into the town,
then they retreat with their guns. One
of the insurgent shells fell within thirty
yards of General MacArthurs head
quarters Saturday evening The AM
erican troops do not reply to the nightly
outbreaks.
FILIPINOS PLAY WITH OUR MEN
Manila. June $3.50 a. m.-The AM
crican forces have occupied the penln1
sila and General Halls column as en-
camped at Morong. Major Truman,
marching across from Binangonan,
found it impracticable to form Gordon;
and the insurgents, with the exception of
Il hundred or two escaped through the
mountains after General Pho del Pillar.
dragging their battery by buffaloes at
night. A few, however, may be trap
ped.
The Washington troops have returned
to pasg, but the program of the other
troops is uncertain.
The present expedition shows the diff
Guilty which is encountered by an army
which must depend upon wagon trains
in catching barcfooted bandits in their
own mountains, and also gives proof
that the rebels do not intend to fight
battles.
General Hall left Santa Teresa yester-
day morning and marched twelve miles
to Morung, UP and down rocky hills
and through woods and swamps.
Scores of his men fell out, owing to the
extreme heat and were left to follow
as best they could 1lhe head of the
army arrived at Morong at noon, hav-
ing exchanged only Il few shots with
insurgent skirmishers on the way
Groups of stragglcrs followed all day.
hut the force WAS 200 smaller than
when it started. The men were almost
B hours without rati0ns and it was
quite AN achievement for them to cover
the ground they did.
En- route to Morong the Americans
met focks OF Fllipinos, under flags of
truce many of them young men with the
bearing of soldiers. Many discarded uni
forms We're found in the houses, appa-
rently those of soldiers who had escaped
by changing their costumes from ''in-
surecto' 10 amigo and walking bold
ly past the army. which had expected to
corral them. Few were found about
Morong.
One member of the Washington regi-
ment was killed and two were wounded
IN the encounter with the outposts
General Lawton, on board a gunboat
searching the coast for. Major Truman
stopped ut Binangonaii, opposite Mo-
rong. The natives Immediately ran W
Il flag of truce and a delegation in ca
noes Put off and greeted the Americans
with the usual protestations of friend
ship.
SOLDIER KILLS HIMSELF.
Manila, June 7.-(1:10 a. M)-Lietl-
teant Fred w. Pearce, of the SiXtn
United States artillery, committed sui
eide here this morning. He came from
Hobo IL week ago on leave. but fingered
here beyond the limit and failed to reply
10 repeated teleSrdIllS from HIS coHlIidl
der.
Yesterday he was put under arrest on
his commanders order. This mornin-
another officer called to see him, when
he suddenly pulled revolver from un
der his pillow and shot himself through
the head.
His friends say his mind was affected
by recent sunstroke.
y Spanish paper asserts that Colone
Arguelles. one of the two members of the
original Filipino military commission
who were placed under arrest at Tar,ae
last month"; after returning to Luna 5
camp from their conferences with the
United States commissioners, has hnen
court martialed and sentenced 10 tw@,ve
years Imprisonment for Friendship dis
played towards the Americans
The Second Oregon volunteer regiment
has returned to barracks in Manila
and is preparing to return to the United
States The order to sill in a few days
Will shortly be issued.
The First California regiment will be
relieved by regiment Of regulars nj
an early date and Will follow the Ore
gonans. 1t is intended to send the
First Colorado and the First Zebra tx 1
regiments next.