Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-06
BEA TING THE INSURGENTS.
Remaining Band in camarlnss Is Defeated
With Heavy Loss
American Onicer Ambusbed-Iiis Conn
mand Takes Revenge = General
Wheeler at San francisco.

Manila, March 5.-Gen. Bates ex.
petition TO southern Luzon. consisting
OF the Fortleth and Forty-ffth regi-
ments. q total Of $500 men, has occu-
pied Nueya Carceras, province Of
South Camarlnes, Daet, province OF
North Camarines, and the neighb0rlng
smaller towns The enemy resisted at
one point and two Americans were
killed including Lieut.. John b. Gale
CHER OF the Fortieth regiment.
on Feb. 20 the expedition arrived at
San Miguel bay, landed, and In three
columns pushed inland, c0nVerging up
on Nueva Carceras and attempting to
control the enemy's route TO retreat
Al Lithuanian. north OF Nueva Career
as. the enemy was concealed In the
rice field and resisted a battalion of
the Fortieth regiment, which engaged
them az close quarters, with bayonets.
After forty minutes lighting the enemy
fled and Lithuanian was occupied. The
Americans buried siYty-f0ur Of the
enemy. whose total loss In killed and
wounded is estimated at 40
From Lithuanian the expedition pro-
ceeded to NueVa Carceras, the gun
boat Paragua arriving ten minutes
ahead OF the troops. The town was
found practically deserted. The Amer
cans. daily scouting In the vicinity, re-
port that the enemy have retreated in
10 the mountains.
The insurgents around Legaspi and
Albay, province OF South Camarlnes.
are harassing the Americans nightly.
Foreigners doing business at Legaspl
are living on ships in the harbor or In
the American barracks,
Lieut. Edgar r. Koheler OF the Ninth
infantry was shot In the abdomen and
killed at a village six miles north Of
Tarlac where he went In search OF
some hidden rifles. A Filipino. promis-
Ing 10 produce the rifles, led him into
an ambush away from his command.
The soldiers, In revenge, burned the
village and killed twenty-four Of the
enemy.
The transport Sheridan win sail today
with 10 soldiers and conyicts and
twenty insane soldiers.
Washington. March 5.-Representa-
tive Gillett Of Massachusetts today in
troduced a bill prohibiting the sale OF
distilled or intoxicating liquor In the
philippines In quantities less than
twenty gallons,except on a physicians
prescription for medical purposes
San Francisco, March 5.-The United
States transport Warren arrived here
today, forty-one days from Manila, via
Hongkong. Guam and Honolulu. On
board the Warren are Gen. Wheeler
and his daughter Lieut.. Com. Briggs,
L. S. ~, Capt Johnson, L. 5. ". and
several passengers, including William
nongough, the artist for Harpers
Weekly.
The Warren made stop OF ten days
al Guam to permit Gen. Wheeler TO
make investigation OF the government
established there by Lieut.. Leary.
The Warren brings news from Homo
lulu that Of the three suspected cases Of
plague reported on Feb. 20. but one
proved to be genuine plague and when
the Warren left Honolulu the authors
ties were OF the opinion that the plague
had about died out. though every pre-
caution was bsng taken TO confine any
| fresh outbreak.
The Warren was ordered 10 quaran-
tine, but may be released tonight or
tomorrow.