Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-24


has been raging for the last TWO days
has kept the United States transports
Zelandia and Valencia, With Montana
troops ABOARD, III the harhor The
United States cable ship Hooker which
was grounded i'll the north channel
about a fortnight ago will probably be
knocked to pieces.
Filipinos Full OF Fight
Manila, Aug. 10, Via Hong Kong
Aug 2S.-The Filipino rebels appear to
retain much more OF Il lighting spirit
than might be expected after their re
cent San Fernando experiences and
Gen. l.awton's drubbings in the south.
After giving up San Fernando With a
feeble struggle, they entrenched them
selves at Angeles, working for several
days and impressing on-comhataa Is
into the work, thus saving the armed
men for the fighting. They engaged
Lieut., Col Smiths regiment and the
artillery warmly for four hours, max
ing one of the most stubborn resist
ances of the campaign. The Ameri-
cans are indebted to the usual poor
as to their own strategy for their
small losses. In the province of Ca
wife. where it was supposed the rebels
had been scattered and demoral LIKED be-
yond recupcration, they have assem-
bled an army of several Thousand men,
distributed among the important towns
from the lake to the bay.
After the san Fernando engagement
the rebels attemptcd to deter the Amer
leans from a further advance north
ward by menacing the raiiroad Gommu-
nications. Several hundred of Gen Pho
del Pillars men crossed the Rio Grande
between the American outpost towns
and threatened Baliuag, Quingua and
other places with small American gar
rsons. while during Sunday and Mon
day nights smaller bands tried to tear
up the railroad tracks at several
points between Bigaa and MalOlOS Re
Inducements of American troops, how
ever, were sent along the railroad from
Manila to San Fernando while the
forces al Baliuag and Quingua sailed
out against Gen. Pho del Pillars men
and the rebels were easily driven
away. In brushes between these Fill
pinos and the Americans during three
days the Americans lost several men,
while the Filpnos loss was heavy.
or these operations the Associated
Press correspondent was permitted to
send only an inadequate dispatch, die
tated verbatim by Maj.-Gen, Otis. The
censor writes stercOtyped Official
phrases and adjectiyes into the dis
patches, tending to magnify the Amer
lean operations and to minimize the
the opposition. Gen, Otis says news
papers are not public institutions, but
private enterprises, and the CORE
spondents are only here on sufferance.
All reports from the rebel territory
agree that the scarcity Of food is in
cIcasSmg and that the rebel command
ers at APART and other points refuse to
obey Aguinaldo's order in regard to
closing the ports held by the rebels
against American ships and say that
any ship bringing stores will be well
coined. Several ships from Manila are
now at such ports
Hundreds of people come into
Manila daily and return to the rebel
lines with food and other commodities
The guards stationed along one road
reported that 5000 persons passed
through the lines in three days, and
that fOrty-fiVe tons Of rice We're carried
out, in small parcels, on the same road
in ten days. Much of this undoubtedI y
goes to aid the rebels but the authori-
ties permit this traffic from motives
Of charity toward the women and
children, who are undoubtedly suffer
ing.
Gen. MacAr hur is establish ny NUM-
cipal governments in the villages north
of Manila. The mayor Of Baliuag, the
first town where Gen. IaWton esta .
lished the same rule, who was supposed
to be one Of the most friendly and
trustworthy OF the natives, has been
placed in Jail, charged with arranging
with the rebels for an attack on the
town. The American troops have been
withdrawn from all that part OF the
country which was half cleared OF
rebels in the expedition OF the Ameri-
cans In June last The rebels have re-
turned to San Mateo, which was aban
doned for The third time after its re-
cent capture. II Is alleged that hall
the howitzer ammunition used during
the fight at Angeles was defective and
failed To explode.
New War Plans.
Chicago Aug. ga Washington
special says: "Tha approaching ag-
gressiye campaign against the Philip
pine insurgents will be directed from
Washington. Otis will be supreme
from day to day on the islands, but
will follow the general lines OF the
campaign planned in Washington and
directed from there He will be or
dered TO divide the Island Of Luzon in
70 military districts. each under the
command Of fighting general who
will be named by the secretary OF war,