The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 18, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1899 AMERICANS FIGHTING AGAINST THE FILIPINOS OTIS EXPECTS THE INSURRECTION TO COLLAPSE SOON Advices Received at Washington Indicate That the Rebels Will Be Struck a Decisive Blow. Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel. Washington, March 17. 800000000000000008 reluctance shown at NEW YORK, March 17.—The @ Herald’'s Washington correspon- & dent sends the following: —-©Q “The situation is satisfactory. © Conditions are improving. All indications point to a successful termination.” This in effect was the contents of the dispatch received at the and which was aportant by those indicating that hostil- suddenly In the a collapse of the insur- any time. ns for-the belief of General War Department to-day from 1at a climax might come at any General Otis. The dispatch was ot stated, but his assump- not made public, as Otis has re- «d on the favorable reports quested that his views be not ived from various sources given out on account of the lia- bility of Filipino agents cabling pinos were tired of the war of Asuinaldo’s leadership. It is them back to Aguinaldo. telieved at the War Department thac I was further told that General n which the Americans Otis said he felt confident that u the fighting has done the rebellion would be brought 1 nvince the Filipinos of the to an end within three weeks, but later this was stated to be untrue. Howeve: the tone of the dispatch was such that the officials oressed much satis- faction over the situation. to drive out the The fighting has from that omed when ession of acte accus! in p C000000CO0O0C00000000 0000000 CNOCO0C000COC00CO00 [+] OD0000CO000000000000 cablegram has caused gratification.. It w - President at sville. The United States would, it is tions that have been under make no objection to the English urther troops and sup- taking action in such a case were it not Philippines have not been that it would establish a precedent for he light batter other nations to interfere. Consequent- t requested in the ly it is believed that the action of the >ht will be sent, as they gunboat will be limited to pacific in- n future operations and terference or that a special understand- ing as to its mission has been reached with Admiral Dewey. Unofficial advices say that an attack has been made on the volunteer troops urbances in distant parts ews, that insurrection has n out at Leyte, while a sub- ! Jle interest, does mot north of Manila, comprising the bri- War Department people, who gade of General H. G. Otis, probably vagery in the with the view of ascertaining whether ble to occur his lines had been weakened by with- gated. drawing men for the operations at | :nd troops Pasig. The rebels soon discovered Otis | matters in force fell back. General Otis F. this morning: reports one American killed and one wounded at Caloocan, probably as a result of this attack. Aguinaldo, it is now learned. is not at Malolos, his capital, but is only a short distance in the rear of the rebel troops now facing General H. G. Otis. | He is said to visit the front daily and | 2 with enthusiasm. His | ated to be received Some comment was caused at the presence there increases the chances State Department over the statement that he may be surrounded and cap- that jritish gunboat has gone to tured by a sudden movement of Gen- Leyte to rescue an imprisoned English- -eral Hale from the east. T | been crowded with vehicles and pedes- « At wheh thé mdarm was first given, B + | became suddenly deserted. Oc mally \ a native darted out of one dark doorway | like a rabbit; but from the | constitution on simple lines, placing the HAS ONE OF THE BOYS - MET A TRAITOR'S DEATH? MANILA, Feb. 13.—The American, a daily paper published here, says: Ex-Corporal John W. Hayes of Company D, First California Volunteers, a_traitor and a deserter, has found his just end. His body now lies in a trench dug to bury the enemies of his country who fell in battle, with no slab at his head, his name forever hated by his own regiment. Hayes was a member of the old guard, and came with his regiment to Manila. = Last October he married a Filipino and two days later deserted to the insurgent lines. This was the last his regiment heard or cared to hear about him, until yesterday, when burying the dead insurgents, they came across his dead body riddled with bullets, clad as a first lieutenant of the insurgent army. Henry F. Haze went out to Manila as a corporal in Company.D, First California Volunteers. There is no soldier of the name of “John W. Hayes” in the regiment. il NEWS TiAT COL. SMITH POPULAR WITH HASN'T BEEN CENSORED THE NECROTES Government of the Island Is Progressing Most | Numbers and Resources of Filipinos. : : B Satisfactorily. O R e v gy ap HAZE MADE —y ATIVES LEND AID VIEWS 1S ITIVES 1 NSINE BT 10 STRIFE Their Troops Will Become Gen- S[ CK I\ESS Englishmen Think That Extermina- darmerie, With Wages, Ra- tion of Tagallos Is the Only tions aud Barracks. Way to End the War. Alleged Traitor Was Physical and Mental Wreck. SPAIN WILL APPEAL TO THE POWERS Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. MANILA, March 17.—General Rios has received a cable mes- sage from Madrid saying that Spain will send a note to the Eu- ropean powers asking for a con- ference to discuss the question of the Spanish prisoners still held by the insurgents. R R R R R R R R e e e R R A e R R RS a Special Cable to The Call and the New York 7 Herald Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. ____ ILOILO, March 10 (via Manila, March 17).—I have just returned here from Negros Isiand. A committee, with Colonel Smith presiding, is drafting a Special Dispatch to The Call. HONGKONG, March 17.—The follow- ing general view of the situation is from a correspondent of the Associated Press at Manila, and has not been sub- jected to censorship: The most remarkable feature of the situation js the inability of the Americans and residents to estimate the numbers, resources and plans of the Filipinos. Prominent generals say that two or three disastrous battles will break their spirit and make terms. The English and other residents are of the opinion that the exterinination of the Tagallos is the only guarantee of pesce: that they can ecasiiy be-whipped- give battle, but that they will dodge a meeting with the Amerfean forces. Some government in the hands of the na- tives, excepting the customs, postal and telegraph services, military and police matters and external politics. Tele- grams received from other portions of | the island_bet, friendly sentiments | toward thés Al ans. | It is likely there will be a_peaceful Tesumption of all business. If the man who is réported to have deserted his colors and met death in the ranks of the Filipinos is former Corporal Henry F. Haze he is an Eng- lishman and not very well known in this city, though he has lived here off afid on for some years snd has a mar- ried ‘sister living “here.: He was an ey hicle of y description wi in_any ai By 10 when the rebels again | opened fire, the Americans were lined up | as follows ank w: Major | Genera from th 1t comprised the : as, First | Nebraska, First Montana, Tenth Penn- vania, First South Dakéta Volunteers, two batteries of the Utah Light Artillery and the Third Artillery, acting as infan- try. These were divided into two brig- ades under Brigadier Generals Harr y and_Hale. In_the hing trom Santa Mesa to Paco, were First ldaho, First Washington and | First California Volunteers under Briga- dier General Charles K hile on the | right was Major Gener: M. Ander- son’s division, which included@ the First North Dakota Volunteers, Fourth - alry, Sixth Artillery and Fourteenth BEFORE THEM barracks, armed for the fray o be found | Rapid Victories of American Forces at Manila and Vieinity. % % T fantry Regulars. In the city the Secon MANILA; <Feb. 13.—The stirring | Gregon and Thirteenth Minnesota Volun- events of the past week have followed s and Twenty-third Infantry i each other in such rapid succession that ned order, guarded ‘},}Ef' ’?' it is a difficult matter to arrange them S5 s guarded the water front. | chronolog . much less relate them | in detail. The number of troops en-| Of the other regiments in the Philip- e e eon | pines the First Wyoming and Fifty-first gaged and t mount of territory | Towa Volunteers were at Cavite, support- ered by the American forces as they |ing the California_Heavy Artillery, and y b the Eighteenth Infantry and part of th have swept everything before them |the Eighteen fantry ‘a i e ; ] before them | &0 “ R tiliery, were at Hoilo. = Two com- since the outbreak of hostilities with i panies of the Tenth Pennsylvania Volun- the rebellious natives add to the diffi- | teers were doing guard duty at Corregl- cally ety mateily J\‘lufiu‘riln?;dine night there were several That trouble with AFuiralio’s orcesil sl aR s it The ehiiny. WhE wece hor encamped outside the city was immi- | ncentrated at 'Calgocan. tne e N o the : | € ceme and Santa Mesa: and 1 inevitable had been apparent | g o cnt brushes occurred in the vieinity hce the rebel leader issued his | of Paco. In all their previous battles proclamation demanding independence, | With the Spaniards the Filipinos had in- 2 sRrnt | variably fought in this desultory way but the American authorities had| g, ing the darkness and been left to rest | averted it so often by the exercise of | ajl day; but with the dawn the entire Zaen rare discretion and illimitable pa- | Ameri¢an line commenced to advange, S rar i Santii the first blood had | and after recovering from their surprise St e elieved that | 4L this unexpected move the rebels at- been shed no one really believed that| icmpreq to give them battle. it had come, and that the breach Was| \yhije much ammunition had been irreparable. . |wasted during the night owing to their All day on fatal 4th- of Februa bility to see the enemy, the Ameri- there had be f the receipt by ade amends for it when daylight Ahere hin, closed the rebel lines, hundreds of Ba- oy counseling | tives being mowed down when the rhen ed to avert | steadied down to voliey firing, The en- f always ragged and desultory, ¥ became more and more fecble, was simply individual “potting’ at various points of the line. Then, when the Americans recelved the order to ad- vance and the long blue line started on the doublequick for them, cheering as lusty Americans can cheer, the en- s line wavered, fell back and they ran for dear life. Here, there and every- where individuals sought shelter behind trees; stones and in the jungle, and died fighting to_the last gasp; but’ the main 4 orderlies flew !gody. like chaff before a gale, was swegt ! Soldiers rushed out of |out of sight in all directions. Detach- ious places | ments, upon reaching villages and other places’ of comparative refuge, made Stands and held the victors in check tem- but it was only for a little while, and those who survived sped on, leaving he houses {0 be burned by thelr relent- s pursuers. The Tesult was that by day at noon the enemy in sight were dead ahd dying and a few hundred prisoners. While all this was transpiring | ashore the nayy wag by no means idle, The monitor Monadnock, “stationed off peac treaty; but ttention to them, t only forty-eight > would disap- the 1 e city to the time | up bugles com- o arms” In 1 Sui the last, olice duty, ts rcud’y | Maiate, used her four-inch guns upon the | rebel trenches with marked effect, occa- away, | sionally letting go a ten-inch shell by way lding thelr | of reminder as to what she could do fif The trouble | she tried. when three | ‘At the other end of the line the Con- Filipino at Santa Mesa | cgrd, Callao and Leyte beat tattoos with with _the dellberate intention of drawing | thefr quick-firing guns, which poured a our fire. Twice they had been warned, | hail of lead into the trenches near Caloo- and as often fled back to their own line} |«can. but the third e they tried the experii| The fate of Dr. Harry Young, surgeon ment a Nebraska corporal, to whom the | of the Utah Battery, who was murdered matter had been reported, fired upon the | by the Filipinos, caused intense anger among.the -American troops. and but for e the-efforts of cool headed officers some of Filiping ong their en- | the captured insurgents would have fared tire line, from.Santa Meésa to Caloocan, | badty: poured :a.-fusillade from their intrench- Dr. Young.in sqme way got beyond the ments at the Americans in front of them. |lines near the watér works'and was cap- Slowly at.{irst. but with’gver. increasiyg | tured by the insurgents. They stripped off volume ;and gpecd, gthie r\‘é‘h Aska, ~South, | his clothes*and cut "'fi' and_his horse in Dakota and Colowgdo outpag jonded | % frightfulhannér./ -The body was recov- without “gi why o single foou” until %@¥ed and:will be sent to:the United States. ad the ot ded o thelr sup) or§5(ar‘ri\"!e”d-l the "rebels ——— maintained, their fusillade much longer i T S5 T Drabublé) that the American outposts Reid for Minister to Spain. might have been compelled to retire until | NEW YORK, March 17.—A sbectal to .the Journal from Washington says: It -is undetstood here that Whitelaw Reld of their reinforfements came u but n+ stead of following up treir advantage-and, New York §s to be offered ‘the pést of Minister to’Madrid, to be speedily filled, attac thet. outposts they “suddenly now ' that Spain has ratified the treaty and wounding another. ¢ _echo of his shots died trio, dropping o Scarcely ha away when th ently while . théir own reinforcements weresadvaneing from-the rear. | private life, ceased firing for almost an hour,-appar- ot peace. As if by magic the streets, which had itinerant sort of a fellow and followed the sea prior to his enlistment in the army. Haze has served terms in the United States navy and has made two or three trips to the Arctic in the whal- ing service. “I knew Corporal Haze very well,” said one of the officers of the First Reg- iment, who recently returned from Ma- nila. “Judging from the condition he was in when I last saw him Haze would be liable to do almost anything. He was a perfect wreck from dysentery eople think they will risk battles at Malabon and Paranque, for they are strongly intrenched, and if they are de- feated they will resume bushwhacking as long as any of them are left. United States Consul Williams says: “I don’t expect to live to see the end of the war.” The rebels shift about so much that it is_impossible to estimate their numbers. The correspondent questioned several of the generals as to the number of the rebels, and the replies ranged from 20,000 to 100,000. The estimates of the quantity of arms possessed by the rebels are Senor Lacson, president of the na- tive government, desires to retire to in which event Juan Ara- neta. a prominent planter, will become president. The native troops will become gen- darmerie at a fixed scale of wages and with special rations and barracks. They will hand over their Mausers and Rem- ingtons and recetve Springfield rifies for arms. Colonel Smith is popular and is dis- playing much tact in his conduct of af- is satisfac- fairs. Everything there equally uncertain. The best authorities tory. I learned to-day that the Boston |and fever and was drinking very heav- | say 30)000. Large sections of the armed had gone to Zamboanga, formerly the |ily. There is very little doubt in my | natives are ignorant of the use of their Wweapons. he country beyond the American picket lines is rice fields, cane and brush. The rebels are familiar with the hiding places. The residents say the Tagallos are unanimously rebels, and they predict the Americans will be resisted at Mindoro and Mindanao and that they will be obliged to subdue them. The extent of the support which the other Luzon tribes are giving Aguinaldo is a mystery. It is known that several regiments were under arms before the outbreak, and a majority of them are supposed to be diealous of the Tagallos, who are reported to be treating the other tribes in the fashion of the Spaniards, dominating the i{sland and holding all the offices. Reports from the rebels are to the effect that the recent tactics of the Americans in retiring to their established lines after mind that Haze was fot in his right mind if he deserted. Perhaps he may | have been discharged from our regi- | ment and then enlisted in the Filipino | ranks as an officer. 1 know that air | refuge of Spaniards from southern islands, to assume peaceful control. I Jearned also that after a conference to- day between General Miller, Com- mander Walker of the Concord, Lieu- fenant Cowper, commanding the Brit- ish gunboat Plover, and prominent na- tives, on board the Plover, it was de- cided that Lieutenant Cowper should cross the lines to-morrow and nego- tiate a settlement with the rebels, who are much reduced in numbers owing to desertions. Should this result be reached the bottom would be knocked out of the revolution. The only thing left will be for Otis to tackle Luzon and and his troops would soon reduce Aguinaldo and his faction to suing for An Englishman named Cogan commission had been offered him by an officer of the Filipino forces who was high in authority, but I can hardly con- ceive of his accepting it unless he had been discharged from our army. “As a soldier Haze had no peer in the regiment. I had charge of Colonel Smith’s boat and it was my duty to select two men from several companies to man the boat. After giving Haze one trial I always made it a point to choose him as one of the boat’s crew. He understood his business as a boat- man thoroughly and was careful and peace. 8 s v i Y v akes e rebels think they are 1a held as a hostage in the island of | conscientious about his work. pursuing makes the re . ar . » o v “ . | winning a _victory. The Oriental charac- Tevte, and the Plover will proceed | “He was falrly well educated and in | ¥IM"E "G00y, that the residents of leisure moments he was wont to tell me of his experiences aboard ship. He also told me that he had a married sister living in San Franclsco. He wrote to her quite frequently. “Haze was a wild, dare-devil sort of a chap. One night when off duty he was walking down one of the streets of Manila when he meét a few of the Minnesota boys who were preparing to raid a gambling den. Haze saw an opportunity to have a free-for-all fight and he joined with the Minnesota boys in their raid. ~When the fracas was over Haze was found lying on the floor with two or three of his ribs broken and a deep knife wound in his arm. Shortly afterward he was taken sick, and when I left there Haze was a phy- sical and almost a mental wreck. “The last time I saw him was two or three days before I left. I met him crossing the Puenta Colgante bridge. He was intoxicated, and when I advised | him to quit drinking he told me the doctors had ordered brandy and he was only drinking to regain his health. He was given to association with native women. . I never knew of any woman in particular he would have been likely to marry. He was a man who would be liable to do most anything but desert the flag and raise his arms against its protectors. “‘Haze was not the only man in the regiment who was offered a commission’| in the Filipino army. At the time of | which I speak there were no signs of | warfare between our .army and the Filipinos and overtures were made to induce several of our discharged men Al 18 guiet Manlla are ighorant as to whether their own servants svmpathize witu the rebels or not. It is known that a rebel organi- zation exists in the city, and the evidence is growing that there was a widespread plot to assassinate the Americans, the signal being the commencement of hostil- jties. The servants were instructed to Kkill their employers, but they were terrorized by the vengeance dealt out to offenders, and they weakened. Every Tagallo would have cut his employer's throat if he dared, or at least this Is a current saying. The faithlessn of the natives is illus- traged by the action of the commissioners who came here to offer the allegiance of the island of Negros. It is now known that they were in friendly communication with Aguinaldo while here. The rebels have been resupplied with ammunition and are using smokeless powder. Nearly every house here dis- plays a foreign flag for protection. All flags except the Spanish fiag are seen. Natives working in the flelds plant a white flag on a_bamboo as a protection against being mistaken for active rebels. Every hut between the city and the American line is a heap of ashes. The residents are the chief sufferers from the present state of affairs. Food commodities have doubled and trebled in prices and many lines of business are at a standstill. After 7 o’'clock in the even- ing a deathlike silence prevails in the city except for ‘the footsteps of the sentries or their challenges as an oecasional clvil- jan is halted. Each sentry calls upon the assing civilians to explain their business. g‘he shutters are all closed for fear of shootings occuring on the streets and the theaters, restaurants and stores are also closed. Uniformed Spanish officers in the public places sneeringly say. “It would be different if we were in control.” As an instance of the nervous tension prevalling it is cited that when the sunset there to obtain his release. in other Viscayan Islands. MANILA, March 18, 12:30 a. m.—The insurgents to the north of the city ad- vanced from their trenches late last night and attacked General MacArthur's center. The Utah Battery, the Third Artillery and the Pennsylvania regi- ment replied and drove the enemy back. Lieutenant John Thompson and Pri- vates John McVay and Alexander Mc- Canse of the Pennsylvania regiment were wounded. . A Filipino soldier captured by the Americans “’KE the rebel forces im- mediately to the north of Manila num- ber 4000 men, - The main drmy, com- prising 10,000 troops, is concentrated at Malolos, the insurgent capital. Compan¥y Gof the Washington volun- teers has captured 150 additional pris- oners near Taguig and also seized some ammunition, - Most of the rebels’ arms Wwere hidden-or thrown into the river. The engineers threw a temporary bridge acrods the Pasig River for the artillery and commissary trains. The Twentieth giment will return from the front to-day. SOLDIERS SHOT IN BATTLES ABOUT MANILA \WASHINGTON, March 17.—Under even date, General Otis at Manila reports the following, casualties: ; March 15, at Caloocan, killed:. First Montana, Company A, Private Hemry C. Beecher. > : vas fired on Sunday a whole regi- t "Pasig, killed: Twentleth Infantry,|to join their forces. Knowing what I|&un was fire & Company T, Private Charles Farnoft. o of Haze I feel safe'in saying that he | ment encamped on the Luncta jumped Wounded: Twenugt}é !;fantry. ("‘;n'; received his discharge from our army | mand. byl g?;. ;E’te?nc‘fx‘nepfi;pbi Thnge';mfi.ckoagf before he joined the Filipinos.” ‘About 300 new saloons have been opened a0ae, severe. : ¢ T T e Crenuit that many arunken boldrers ars i 5 N - y soldiers ar March’ 16, action at Cainte, killed:| QOMELETTES NOT MADE to be seen in the streets. The officers, Twentieth Infantry, Company €, paral Qle: Johnson; Company L, Private James McAvoy. “Wounded: Twentieth Infantry, Com- pany C, Corporal James C. Tinkler, fore- arm, ‘severe; Private Oscar C. Kihney, forearm, severe; Mike Kelly, le% slight; Edward Brady, arm,'moderate; Company ¥, Willam Ealy, shouider, moderate; Thomag Filley, shoulder; slight; Company G, Thomas Varley, shoulder, slight; Com- pany L, Virgil 'Mahan, shoulder, severe; John Griffiths, forehead, moderate; George however, say the conduct of th I Stios than that of auy othd note] ux'lxglfr similar cireumstances. e chief toplc of conversation - ent is the delay in assigning Mnj?)s' ‘gee:v eral Lawton to a command. Everybody expected that he was to take command of the troops and he is eager to get to work, but he has been a spectator of all the week's fighting and his staft and 10-year- old son have been exposed to the hottest fire. There is an impression that Japa- nese firms are supplying the rebels with WITHOUT BREAKING EGGS LONDON, March 17.—The Daily Chron- icle, commenting upon the importance and significance of the dispatch via Hong- kong from a correspondent of the As- sociated Press at Manila, which, it says, “obviously did not pass under the eyve of the censor,”” remarks: “The dispatch McFarlane, chést, severe; Willlam Lay-|is a flat contradiction at every point feyn hip. deverc: Sergeant William D | the _official etcrmmation: Siven. ot at | arms. The Japanesc papers are urging Cheek, foot, moderate. i A Washington. There is no doubt the sit-| - penese mediation Injured: Twentieth Infantry, Company | uation is an ugly one, but there is noth- gy o] F, Corporal S. S. Householder, bruiSé, | ing to be alarmed at. Omelettes are not Death of Dr. Streiby. forehead, - | made without breaking eggs. The Amer-| NEW YORK, March I7.—Dr. M. E Near Mariquina, wounded: First Colo-| icans made a mistake in wasting time Streiby, for thirty-four years secretary rado, Major Charles Anderson, ankle,| and cool weather in a vain ho) slight; Company L, Corporal Charles W | Filipinos would grow fo ses B et the Afienican Home Missionary dsso- skcell, thigh, moderate; of Sweet reasonableness, but the job | Springs, N. ¥ . Iast stapt. omed b Crton ‘Company K, & - last ni, American Missionary Private Edward Pynchon, erate. H 2 years, must be tackled and ng doub: realizes it as well as wg du.“l‘ ATIcHse Magazin e 3 b R e e R SR S mé editor o - th | PEACE TREATY SIGNED BY THE QUEEN REGENT Now Spain and the United States Will Speedily Terminate the War. +++++4+4++++4+ 444444+ n0t neglect to press the matter upon + 4 | the attention of the State Department + MADRID, March 17.—The + |and will perhaps solicit authority to re- the <+ |sume direct negotiations with the in- 4+ Queen Regent has signed | - + treaty of péace between Spain + |SIECT!S logking (g the }'}e‘gg‘:fer‘r‘fm:’;fi 2 | prisoners. + and.the United States. should insist some disagreeable ques- 2 2 ‘ tions may be raised, involving the for- + Lnal recognition of the insurgents by i - o _|'Spain, in. which case, perhaps, it might WASHINGTON, March 17.—Official | claini the right to deal directly with news of the action at Madrid was not ! Aguinaldo. conveyed to the State Department be- | Contrary to an expectation that fore the close of the department for the | Seéms to have obtained in some quar- day. M. Cambon called at the depart- _n»rs.lthu sibgnh\z of the treaty does nr\g et b P rolc finvolve the immediate discharge o aned cm l;:[atb@n mmulte: to 4 o'clock {41) the volunteer soldiers. - It was stated sence of Secretary Hay |positively at the State Department called upon Assistant Secretary Hill. | that, legally, the treaty:does not go into He told the latter that he believed the | effect until the ratifications have been treaty had been signed. It seems now | €XChanged and it will furter be neces: probable that to the Embassador will | SaLy for the Presid 2] before the people of the United States, :’:sfi":’:gz: ;1’“’ honor of closing up the | including the soldiers, before it can be e set about seven months | known officially that the war is over. ago, that of bringing the two great| In all other aspects, however, the nations, then at war, to a state (,tlStalo Dtsal‘"l’\(‘nl will treat the war as at an en dent to proclaim it peace. Usually the rule is for a nation o on | "1t is believed here that a new Span- situated as Is Spain to send a special | jsh Minister will come prepared e envoy charged with the du‘y of ex- | diatel fter making the exchange of | ratifications to institute negotiations for a treaty of trade, commerce and amity, the old treaty having been nullified by the outbreak of the war. One of the first duties of the officials of the War Department who are charged with the administration of the Aguinaldo, for the United States Gov- | customs affairs of the insular posses- ernment is doing all that it can to se- |sions of the United States wiil be to cure their release. Still it is appre- | prescribe regulations to give effect to hended that the Spanish Government, | the pledge of the United States to af- being able to addre: self directly to |ford Spanish commerce with the Philip- the United States Government as zoon | pines changing the ratifications, but a good reason for accepting again the French Embassador’s offices in this last func- | tion would be the saving of time: | The signing of the treaty cannot in | any manner affect the status of the | Spanish prisoners in the hands of t and the West Indies favored as the ratifications are exchanged, will | treatment. | not do much Saturday night, but the == e s == A T | next morning they made one of the 4 L | grandest charges of history. They 4 | charged a cemetery that was full of at the head of the column, urging the men forward and telling them to spare thrusting his + not even the wounded, _ | own sword through every wounded in- | surgent he passed. ‘On Monday noon the Wyoming men captured a block house and found con- cealed under the floor two fine Krupp guns of the latest pattern and six boxes .f shells. Where the Filipinos got these guns nobody seems to know, but many are of the opinion they were supplied by the Germans. “The Spanish residents here deserve great credit for the way they sympa- thized with tha Amcricane. even saing far as to.place their private; car- riages -at the disposal of.the spldiers | for the carrying in of the wounded. The California regiment is having a swell time at the expense of the Fili- pinos, dining three times a day on chicken, which they get by foraging, and riding up and down the beach in fine .rigs, exercising .the captured horses.” JOHN SHERMaN IS MUCH BETTER PONCE, March | natives, and piled them up till you ) | couldn’t count the dead. They say our | major bears a charmed life. He rode m Story Told by Private Tom Lynech of the Third ‘ Artillery. | These extracts are from a graphic letter written by Private Tom Lynch | of the Third Artlllery, but a California boy, te his father, Timothy Lynch of this city. Private Lynch is on duty| aboard one of the gunboats engaged in | patrolling the Pasig from Manila to | Laguna de Bai. He writes: | “On Tuesday we were lying opposite | General Otis' headquarters, when at| 9:30 o'clock we heard scattering re- | ports of Mausers. Ten minutes later | ‘The American Line there came the roar of a volley of mus- fifii"‘“& aris i l:>dl rfx.xre a;] 5 n'(ilock € = 3 i3 i s afternoon, but left an hour later Ketry which was heard all over Manila. | gifhout communicating with the shore, It came from the direction of the Ne-| as Captain Watkins feared the ship might be quarantined at Jamaica, owing to the fact that a few cases of smallpox exist in Ponce. It is understood, how- ever, that John Sherman. who has been suffering {rom pheumonia, is much bet- er. braska Regiment outposts. A small body of insurgents had attempted to cross San Juan bridge and .was driven back. It returned with reinforcements, and the second volley followed its at- | tack upcn the line. A few seconds after the second report every regiment in| Manila was lined up outside its quar- ters, waiting impatiently for the signal HEART WEAKNESS. Is yvour heart weak? Do you have the 7 > ymptoms of heart Weakness? If you to move. This came presently in the |iave, you should be careful. The heart shape of a red rocket, to indicate that | s the most vital organ of the body. It is the ergine that propels the muscles and the outposts were attacked. And of all the cheering you ever heard in your | life! It showed that every scldier in Manila was ‘just dying’ for a chance | onds sustenance to the nerves and brain and to all the organs of the body. .A law in its mechanism is certaln to give se to serious results. Weakness denotes ‘he presence of a flaw. It is a fore- to get at the black devils. runner of some- “The Americans reached the outposts thing more serious and held them until morning, waiting | /’\?1 {hat is to "occur. for daylight. The insurgents kept firing | 5 = strengthened and do not allow the weakness to con- tinue. You are the engineer. Look to your engine. Sea all night. The next morning the Amer- icans charged over the trenches and swept everything before them. Our| boat then steamed up to the firing line 2 that no_ accldent and started to shfll the towns on the Seenre CHUDYAN river. We struck Santa Ana, the insur- is what you need. gent headquarters, first, and after an HUDY.}\,N ‘tv}lx“ hour’s hot work we had the town in strengthen 4 flames and what was left of the Fili- NS EDIAN heart muscles pinos running like frightened sheep. “When we stopped shelling Santa Ana | the First California Regiment entered, and what we had not burned they fin- ished with a vengeance. Their motto, as well as that of the other regiments, is: “The only good Filipino is a dead one; take no prisoners, as lead Iis cheaper than rice. “We next commenced shelling a con- vent where the insurgents were quar- tered opposite the Nebraska camp, and | they all surrendered to the infantry | which was following us. All around Manila could be heard heavy firing, and Dewey opened up at Malate, which sur- rendered in about ten minutes. It was| a rather noisy time, especially on our | gunboat, where two mountain Hotch- kiss, two Krupp and four Gatling guns, | together with about forty Krag-Jorgen- sens, were in action all at once. At times we could hardly see one another through the powder smoke. We could tell, though, by the sound and by the regularity of the volley firing that our boys were giving them hades, and could see that the Americans in the other part of town were pursuing the same course as we—that is, burning every- thing drcund them. “The Tennessee men were on the right, and an orderly came aboard and reported that they were killing every native in sight, whether a soldier or strong and hard. Do not delay too long. Remember that danger is ahead and begin the use of HUD- YAN now. HERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS: 1-2. THROBBING IN THE TEMPLES WHEN LYING DOWN. HUDYAN will cause the throbbing to disappear. 3-6. RINGING IN THE EARS—due to an excessive amount of blood in the head and brain. HUDYAN stops the ringing and buzzing in a short time. 4-5. ALTERNATE' PALENESS AND ELUSHING OF THE. CHEEKS. HUD- YAN will restore the circulation of the blood to its normal condition and keep a co;“élm' healthy color in the cheeks. . PALPITATION QF THE HEART AND IRREGULAK BEATING. Owing to the weakness, there is often a fluttering and the miss of a beat occasjonally. HUDYAN, by strengthening the' heart muscles and the nerves that supply it, will stop the palpitation and fluttering and cause the heart to, beat regulacly. 8. THROBBING IN THE STOMACH REGION. This is due to the aorta, the large vessel which carries the blood from the heart, becoming distended. This throbbing and pulsating disappear shortly after the use of HUDYAN. The remedy {s at hand. It is the wonder- ful HUDYAN. Thousands have been cured of Heart Weakness by its use. You should be cured, too. You can be curved. HUDYAN will cure you. rrocure HUD- YAN from your druggist. It is sold in all drugstores for 5c per package. oOr 50. If your druggist does Bot keep. i‘(o.rsgid direct to the HUDYAN not. We were then recalled by General | ot kee Otis and had to remain in front of the i‘fMEngl O A Y R DEAN palace, guarding it, while the rest.of D&;?Sfiff%‘néfi. You may call and set the boys were enjoying themselves shocting ‘niggers’ on the run. ‘‘All along the river we could see the corpses of the natives lying on the banks or floating down the river. The Idahos at one place were burying the natives, and at one hole I saw them throw in sixty-five bodies. We met the First California again further up, and saw Alfy Bigelow and Jim McInerny on the beach. I learned that Joe Maher was killed. “Our own battery and regiment did free consultation. Ii mot call on_the doctors, write te Bem for advice, It will be given free for the asking. 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