The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-03

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Manila, P. l., May 1.-The last two
weeks have seen a general spread OF
rebel activity throughout LuzOn. and
even in and into the other islands,
which has been sharply offset by inn
mediate retaliation. The rebels have
attacked by day and by night several
of the 267 towns we garrisoned. Five
hundred dead FilipinOs would be
conservative estimate of their losses
during the past fifteen days, and q
number of smaller engagements that
have passed unnOticed. would bring the
total up to at least 600. A remarkable
feature is that during the fighting
witch resulted in This heavy loss to the
rebels, the American forces have not
had more than six men killed and fif-
teen wounded.
Colonel Howse Tells of Actions.
Perhaps the best example of the
rebels activity and the way the Amer
leans deal with them is given in the
recent report from Lieutenant Colonel
HOwse of the Thirty-fOurth infantry,
in which he describes the recent fight
ing in the province of North IlOcos,
On April Is, Lieutenant Duncan of the
Thlrty-f0urth, with eight men, met 800
insurgents, and after a short fight re-
turned to Batac and reported TO c =
Onel HOwse. The colonel withdrew 8
troops from the town. and when l-4s
insurgents entered he surrounded the
place. A fight ensued in which 10S
FilipinOs were killed. The official re-
port of Colonel HOwse reads:
The attack on Batac on April is
was precipitated by three causes, the
Imprisonment of several insurgent
leaders, Captain Dodds punishment Of
the rebels the day previous, when fifty
six were killed, and Lieutenant Dun
cans attack on the enemy that same
morning Duncan met them in the
foothills and with eight men dispersed
goo, of whom seventy had rifles He
killed twenty-nine and captured TWEEN
ty-twO. He exhausted his ammunition
and fell back, fighting all the way TO
Batac, where Captain Rollins prepared
for the insurgents.
Filipinos Fight Desperately.
when the insurgents reached BataC
their force had Increased to 500 or 700
who made a determined attack. 1t
was necessary for our troops to charge
the enemy in their positions, and two
Americans were killed and three
wounded. At times the fighting was
hand to hand, and the desperation Of
fanatics was shown by the enemy. By
a forced march, Lieutenant Thaler with
twenty-five cavalTymen and ammuni-
ton, reached Batac at 2;45 p. m. AT 4
2. m. the enemy withdrew, but soon
were greatly reinforced. They set fire
to the town, and under cover of the
dense smoke, fought stubbOrnly. At
$50 .. m. Lieutenant Haight with
troop L of the Third cavalry arrived
and the enemy was soon driven or
Their loss were los killed and wounded.
and seventy-two prisoners. This same
day Captain French with 120 men met
the enemy near VintOT and killed
twenty-three On april II 200 natives,
twenty Of whom were armed with ri
fles and the balance with bOlOs and
clubs, entered the town Of Loaag to
attempt an uprising. We killed forty
and captured eighty, and drove off the
balance"
The interisland steamer BelgiSa,
owned by a French trading company,
of which M. Andrew Belgian, consul
at Manila, is president, has been fined
$4,000 for blockade running. She un-
loaded a cargo of rice at Hindang and
paid the insurgents for a cargo Of
hemp. 1t is asserted that the practice
of holding communication with the
rebel force is quite common and that
there are other transgressors.
mlu6ES Are A1l4GQ.
A party of miners that left Manila
early in January for the southern ISL
ands has been captured by rebels. Re-
liable news comes from northern Luz
zon that two prOspeCtOrs have been
murdered by the IgOrrotte trfbesmen-
The native mayor of the village Santa
Rosa is said to have instigated the
crime, and to have become possessed
Of the mems money and arms.
More or less organized parties Of
prospectOrs are leaving Manila every
month, and returning with tales of the
hardships they have suffered, but
there is little evidep0e Of any of them
having found gold sApaying quanti-
ties.
The acknowledgement railroad has
been handed over to its English own
ers, who are now operating it. When
the road was under military control,
American engineers. fremen and
brakemen were installed and paid
American wages in gold. For engi-
neers S125, fremen $50 and brakemeR
$40 per month was paid. The first act
of the English owners was TO discharge
these high priced American employees
and to re-emplOy natives, who are paid