The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-04-24
SEVERAL SKIRNISHES.
Filipinos Lost Nearly One Thousand
Men in Killed and Wounded.
The American Loss Was Nine KiIIe. I
and Sixteen WOuRded-TVvO SER
geants and One Private Were
KILLED in Ambushes.

Manila, April 23.-Last week has
been one of the bloOdiest of the war
since the first days fighting around
Manila Authentic reports, mostly
official. show a total of 37S Filipinos
killed, - officers and pa men cap
tured and many more wounded The
number wounded is hardly guessable.
Considering that the FilipinOs entire
IL lack hospital facilities. a great ma
jority of the wounded viii die. Prob
ably the weeks work finished 1000 in
surgents. The Americans loss was
killed and 16 wounded. Two sergeants
and one private were killed in am
bushes while escorting provision
trains.
The insurgents have been aggres-
sive in almost every province of Lu-
zon. Gen. Pho del Pillars band, num-
boring 800, which was out of sight for
three months, the leader being re-
ported killed, has reappeared in its
old field about San Miguel. Pillar is
supposed to be again in command.
He gave the American garrison at
San Miguel, consisting of three
companies of the 35th infantry.
with a Calling, a three hours fight
during a night attack. The loss of the
insurgents in this engagement is not
included in the foregoing total, as
they removed their dead and wound
ed, but presumably it was consider
able.
Twenty FilipinOs in the province OF
Batangas attacked Lieut.. Wonde, who
with eight men was scouting near
San Jose. The lieutenant and five
men were wounded and one man
killed.
Sergt. Ledoius, of the 35th infantry,
was badly wounded in an ambush near
Baliuag.
Lieut. Baleh, of the 37th infantry,
with 20 men, had a five hours fight
with 500 insurgents in the Nueva Ca
ceras district. Twenty of the insur-
gents were killed.
Col. Smith. of the 18th infantry.
who captured Gen. Montenegro and
brought him to Manila, is in the iso-
lation hospital suffering from small
poX, presumably caught from the Fill
ipinos. Col. Smiths command cap
tured $50 officers and men with Mon
tenegro. The officers were brought
to Manila. Montenegro. who was for
merly one of the most daPper officers
in the Filipino army, looks worn and
haggard. He says he had led terri
bic life for months, and he has of
fered TO return to the north with Col.
Smith to endeavor to persuade his
former comrades of the uselessDess of
opposing the Americans.
Manila, April 22.-The sudden deaths
OF FilipinOs and Cinnamon in QuiapO
market have led TO an investigation,
showing that Is cases of the plague,
IA of which were fatal, have occurred
within a week. The market is To-
Gated in the center Of the city. In
black. rotten. wooden buildings the
keepers of stalls live with their fam
lies huddlcd together in great filth.
Some of the victims we're stricken
End died within an hour. There have
been several deaths in other sections
u the CITY recently. Nhich nave Dt6u
traced to infection from the market
After all the market people had gath
cred together Saturday the health
officer threw a guard around the
buildings and viii keep the inmates
quarantined there for a fortnight. |
They viii then burn the market. The |
total number of bubOnic deaths are
119 Cinnamon and Go FilipinOs.
The plague elsewhere has been sup
pressed. Not one infected person has
been in the Chinese district for ten |
days past.