The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-01-12
PUSHING THE ENEMY.
Several More engagements in the PhiliP
pine ISLANDS aud Five of our Men Are
kiiicd-Thc Enemy Routed

Washington, Jan. 0.-The war de
partment has received the following
..gm Gen. Otis, at Manila, under date
" January 5:
"Gcn. hates is pursuing the enemy
in the south with vigor. Gen. Schwan' :
column, in moving along the shorespf
Laguna de Bay, struck 500 insurgents,
under Gen. Noriel. al Binen. ON the
9Th inst, and drove them westward ON
Slang and captured the place. from
which point the cavalry pushed
through 20 lndang. Schwan captured
three Of Noriers six pieces of artil-
lery, and will take the remainder;
also his transportation with records
and large quantity II ammunition.
Two battalions OF the 2sth. part Of
Wheaton's column, struck the enemy
near lmus sunday. killing and wound
ing li0 Birllheimer. with a battalion
of the 2sth, struck the enemy en-
trenched west of Bacoor Sunday morn
ing Enemy left on the field 05 ia
dead, 40 wounded and % rifles
Our loss thus far Is Lieut.. Chenc.
Of the ith infantry, and four enlisted
men killed and "a enlisted men wound
ed.
1t Is expected that Schwnn's troops
will cut of the retreat Of the cnemys
Cayite army.
Wheaton Is moving on Das Morinas.
Boyd. 35th infantry. moved east
from Las Ramos, surrounded the
troops Of Gen. Risal no daylight. cap
turing ten. kisal and considerable
property. IL IT, expected Cayitc and
Petanus provinces will be cleared up
soon.
I'm the north Lconhauser. with
three companies of the 25th. attacked
rohber bands Ia Aruyat mountain.
and dispersed them. destroying their
barracks and subsistence. aud found
there five Of our prisoners whom they
had picked mp on the railroad. three
killed and two seriously wounded.
These northern robbcr bands viii be
actively pursued"
Lieut.. Cheney. who was q years OF
age. was son OF Col Frank ". Che
lcy. of the Cheney silk works. az
y. n. Col Cheney had
'our sons. all of whom entered the
service at the outbreak of the Span
sh war, and two of them are in Ma
lila. Lieut.. Cheney WINS appointed /
20 the army from Connecticut and F.
.rrved Ina Georgia and "a Fort Sheri- F.
Ian prior 60 going 90 the Philippines /
arly boa the summer.
Manila, Jan. 9.-Gcn. Schwun has /
Slang and lndanr. Cayite /
'rosincc, meeting with bat slight re- /
istanee. BE captured three guns /
nd a quantity Of ammunition. The /
Dads In that section are very heavy. /
Gen. Wheaton u az Perez das Mari /
Ins.
\ force Of fiipinos charged NJ men /
VI the ld cavalry who were scouting /
iehind s,an Fernando &c Jaubon. One |
rooper and three horses aud cnrbines 1
we're captured. The enemy fed.
Manila. Jan. o.--rhe bubonic plague /
+ yet sporpdic There have been six /
asses and four deaths. Preparations |
re being made 50 establish hospitals
nd for disinfectinP and quarautining /
Great numbers 81 provincial natives
re coming 20 Manila. with the result /
hat the city o. overcrowded, the in
rease Ia accommodations being mad
'quate. and the rice necessary for i
= odstuffs Is more expensive than az /
my period during the last ~ years. /
ne plague is dangerous 20 the over
underfcd and unwashed ma
ives and Cinnamon. Americans avoid. /
ny direct contact with the disease are