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IttftH ft TOM 8UMTSB WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, bs thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHSON, Established Jene. 1S&6 Consolidated Ans. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5.1899. New Series-Yol. XVIII. No. 36 %\z Mat jjnraii mfr jSwrfJrton. PiAIisliod S79T7 TSreasesday, JEST. Gt-. Osteen9 SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : 01.50 per annum-io advance. A D T I B T I S X M I & T : Ono Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion.... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wi! be made at reduced rates. Ali communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. American Anny Continues to Advance. ON TOWARD HALOLOS AT DAYLIGHT. Brilliant Charges of Volun teers and Regulars in the Battle on Monday. Manila March 28. ll a m.-Gen MacArthur aod his army are resting on the plain beyond Mariiao, after three days' scrambling in the brush, fording rivers and charging trenches in the blazing son. The men are tired, bot are in splendid spirits. The heat is intense, being 90 de grees on the coast and folly 100 de grees in the interior, and the Ameri cans Buffer a great deal In spite of the heat, however, every man ie eager to proceed toward the enemy. A detatchment of 9f3 Filipinos prisoners was escorted into Manila to-day. Their appearance aroused great interest as they were marched fron tbe railroad depot io the prison The rebels have unloaded abont 500 from the train, half a mile in front of General MacArthur's forces, with the object of reinforcing the Filipino garrisons at Bnlacan and Goiguinto, on either side of the rail road leading to Malolos. The fact that tbe railroad is io operation from here to our front facil itates the transportation of supplies to the troops. Before the break in the scad was repaired the transpor tation of supplies was very uncertain. Ail is quiet in front of the lines of Gens* Overabine and Ha'!. A battalion of the California reg! ment which has been landed at En rique, Island of Negros, has been re ceived with manifestation of joy on the part of the natives The command of the island of Ne gros has been formally transferred _fro Gen M flier to Col. Van Va! zan cf the Eighteenth infantry. SPANISH STEAMER TAKEN 110pm -The United States gunboat Yorktown has arrived here with the Spanish steamer Mundara, owned bj the Mendezona company of this place. The steamer was captured, after a stiff chase, in the gulf of Lingapen, 245 miles north. When she was first sighted she was entering the gulf, but she headed sea ward. The Yorktown fired two shots before the steamer was overhauled. NO MORE JUNGLE3. 9 p. m.-The engineers are repair ing bridges, the rebels having failed to destroy the iron work, and the railroad is kept busy hurrying sup plies the front. The country of Malolos is level, with occasional streams and patches of wood, but there are no more jungles. The American troops will advance at daylight, taking four days' rations with them and having 200 rounds of ammunition in their belts. They expect to take Boca ve, on the rail road, to the east of Bnlacan, to-morrow. It is a difficult position, protected by streams Tbe American line is about 1,200 yards from that of the rebels. Desultory shots were exchanged to day. The American reports show that 20 men were killed and 61 wounded OD our side yesterday. The Dakota regiment lost 10 men killed and had 37 wounded. FORCING THEM TO FIGHT. Accoarding to prisoners in the bauds of the Americans, Aguinaldo's generals, Garcia, Tofreo and Pache co, were with the Filipino army yesterday and drove their followers into the first aggressive demonstra tion. The rebels attempted to charge across the plain east of the railroad, but the Americans charged to meet them and the Filipinos bolted after a few s iols, leaving several men 'lied the to field The Filipino ners further declare that the have lost all taste for fighting their officers have to keep them in ine by beating them with swords. BOCAVE CAPTURED. New York, March 29, 8.40 a. m - dispatch to the Journal, dated Manila, Wednesday, says : Bocave j has been taken by our troops The railroad bridge is uninjured Gen ! McArthur is now within eight miles of Malolos. New York, March 29 3 40 a m - A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says the insurgent capital has been moved from Malolos to San Fernando The insurgents burned Bulacan Tuesday afternoon. The monitor Monadnock shelled Los Pinas, south of Manila, Tuesday noon OUR ADVANCE SO PAST THEY COULD NOT PREPARE. Manila, March 29, noon -The American army advanced at 6 o'clock this morning, sweeping onward three miles before 10 o'clock and driving the rebels beyond Bocave, to the east of Bulacan, and on the railroad iead mg to Mat los Our troops met with but slight re sistance. The Filipinos fired volleys yester day evening for the purpose of draw ingthe American.fire and disclosing the locality of our positions Two men o the Pennsylvania regi ment and one man belonging to the Dakota regiment were wounded. The Americans remained silent. The country between Marilao and Manila presents a picture of desola tion Smoke is curling from hundreds of ash heaps and the remains of trees and fences torn by shrapnel are to be seen everywhere. The general ap pearance of the country is as if it had been swept by a cyclone. The roads are strewn with furniture and cloth ing dropped in flight by the Filipinos. The only persons remaining be hind are a few aged persons too in firm to escape They camp beside the ruins of their former homes and beg passersby for any kind of assist ance. The majority of them are liv ing on the generosity of our soldiers, who give them portions of their ra tions. Bodies of dead Filipinos are strand ed io the shallows of the river or are resting rn the jungle, where they crawled to die or were left in the wake of the hurriedly retreating army. There is no time at present to bury them The inhabitants who fled frcm Mar i!oa and Meycauayan left in such a a panic that on tables our soldiers found spread money and vaiubles and in the rooms were trunks containing other property of value. This was the case in most of the houses deserted They were not molested by our soldiers, but the Chinese, who slip in between the armies, are looting when they can and have taken possession of several houses, over which they raised Chinese flags, some of which were t>rn down. MACARTHUR'S FURTHER AD VANCE. 7 35 p. m -At daylight Gen Mac Arthur's division advanced from Mariioa along the railroad to Bigaa, five miles distant with the Nebraska, Sooth Dakota and Pennsylvania reg iments on the right and the Kansas and Montana regiments and the Third artillery on the left Gen. Wheaton's brigade is in reserve. The American forces met with strong opposition in the jungle. First one Nebraskan, then one Penn sylvanian, and afterward two of the Montana regiment were killed. Thity five were wounded, including one officer of the Kansas regiment. The rebels burned the villages as they retreated in bad order toward MaloloB. FILIPIN03 NOT PREPARED. The enemy also tore up sections of the railroad ia many places and at tempted to bum the bridge at Bigaa, but the fire was extinguished owing to the timely arrival of the. Ameri cans. The rebels bad not finished their trenches along the line of to day's march, showing they were not prepared for our advance. lt is believed, however, that there will be a hard fight before Malolos is taken The Minnesota regiment reinforced the division to day, marching from the waterworks during the night to Manila and going to the front by train. According to a resolution just passed by tho city council of Wurzburg, Bavaria, ijx teeth of poor pupils of public schools of the city arc to bc examined and cared for free of cost, provided their parents give consent. It is intended to treat diseases of tho ear and throat in a like manner should the first experiment prove successful. MALOLOS TAKEN. Maoila, Maroo 30.-MacArthur's advance guard reached Guiguinto tO' day. There was fierce fightiog on the river before Gaiguinto, our losses being seventy wounded. To day's advance developed that hastily prepared entrenchments had been made between Mariaio and Guiguinto. The trenches compared unfavorably with the finely engineered and numerous strong works hitherto encountered. The Filipinos are now leaving behind many rifies and much ammunition. Prisoners tell talcs suggesting the absolute demoralization of Aguinaldo's army. It does not seem possible that he will be able to make a stand after the capturo cf Maiolos. Some rebel soldiers, already deserted, have taken to the mountains to make guerilla war fare. The American troops have been running railroad trains as fast as the line is repaired, now as far as Beoave, which was captured Wednesday. Little repairing is needed. The signal corps kept thc field telegraph in excellent working order and MacArthur is io constant communication with Otis. OFFICIAL NEWS Washington, March 31 -The war department at 1 30 this mopning made public the following dispatch from Gen Olis : Manila, March 31 -Adjutant Gen era!, Washington : MacArthur cap tured Maiolos at 10 15 this morning Enemy retired after slight resistance and firing the city. Particulars later. Hall had quite a severe engagement beyond Mariquina Casualties twen ty. Enemy driven. Otis. WHAT OTIS SAID LAST NIGHT Washington, March 30 -The fol lowing dispatch from Gen Otis was received at the war department to night : Manila, March 31 -Adjutant Gen eral, Washington : MacArthur made dispositions yesterday foran attack on Maiolos to-day Engagement opened at 7 o'clock and is now progressing. Casualties yesterdey, fonr killed and 23 wounded, all brought to Manila laBt night. Hall moved out from camping station at daylight this morning with three battalions, north east ; attacked and has taken Mari quina and is pursuing enemy ; ordered to return this afternoon Otis Colonel Neal .Raising Money to Pay the Shortage. Just before the penitentiary investi gation took a recess it was hinted by Chairman Cunningham that arrange ments were being made whereby Col onel Neal woold pay up the shortage against him. No particulars were given and the committee did not insist upon a resolution as to the pian which was on foot, if it would in anyway interfere with the state getting back its money. In round numbers the shortage is something over $10,000 up to date This amount includes the hire of con victs under the Neal-Watson agree ment, with some iooidedtal matters in connection therewith which amounts to a sum in the neighborhood of $6,000. Col. Neal claims that Mr. Watson is responsible for the conviot hire while the latter holds that Col. Neal is respon sible. It is cot known how this matter is to be settled and further testimony nil! have to be taken on the subject. But should it be decided that Mr. Watson, who made the contract with the penitentiasy, is responsible tor the hire, then eo much would be taken off Cot. Neal's shoulders. Be that as it may, The Record learns that Colonel Neal has already deposited some thirty five hundred or four thousand dollars to make up for a part of the shortage, and that more is to come. It is understood that bis friends are aiding him in this matter, and that the State will lose little, if anything, by the very irregular transactions which have been brought to light. Colonel Neal said in bis testimony that be intended to pay baok every cent, and The Record's information tends to oonfirm bis statement. Columbia Record, March 28. The Outlook bas examined the sermon of Rev. A. R. Keifer, who dedicated the Bradford (Pa.) syna gogue a few weeks ago, and finds that "while the preacher was loyal to the truth for which bis own communication stands, he yet did justioe to the. truth which Jews and Christians hold in oommon and the work which cac be best done by co-operation. A Christian minister, and be an Episcopalian, preaching the dedication sermon of a Jewish synagogue, is not a sight which bas been common in the past. The wails between those who are trnly religious arc fast going down, aod every instance like that above quoted has its direct influence in bringing about universal brotherhood." j\- . ? . - . THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. Man Who Knows Talks of the Country and Generals AND THE CAUSES AND END OP THE TROUBLE. A man who is familiar with the situation in the Philippines and who is also in touch with the situation in Washington tells the New York Sun : "It's a troublesome problem Otis has on his hands, but he will solve it. The only solution, of course, is the suppression of the rebels in the island of Lnzon I think our force there at present is strong enough to do the trick I know it will be when the Sheridan with its troops arrives at Manila. Do not misunderstand me, however. These will not be enough to complete our work in the Philippines, and the quicker the regi mente now under orders are sent hence the better It takes more men to fight battles in the Philippines in warm weather than in the cool season, and the men who are doiog the fighting now will need a breath ing spell. .'The country through which we are fighting now does not differ materially from the country through which we fought the Spaniards Off main roads it is mostly rice swamps and bamboo thickets In the swamps and thickets the natives can fight to advantage because they know the country. They do not know how to reckon with our artillerymen, how ever, and the artillery will prove of inestimable value to us. But, above ali, we have in command of the troops what I consider the best lot of officers in the army. As division commanders I do not consider that there are two officers in the service the equal of MacArthur and Lawton Wheaton, colonel of the 20th infantry, is a man of about 61, vigorous mentally and physically and a fine officer. Hall, although a very young man to be a gen eral officer-be is only about 37- is master of any proposition he trackie8 He was praduated from West Point in 1884, well up in his class Ile remained iu the army for a few years, and then went into the electrical business. Hall, whose name has lately appeared in the pa pere, is Robert H Hall, colonel of the 4th Infantry He was graduated from We&t Point in 1360 and was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers on May 27lh last He is a particularly resourceful man, and if he g.3ts in Aguinaldo's immediate vicinity that gentleman will need two or three brains like the one he carries at present to keep himself out of Hall's way Ovensbine is. I think, the oldest of the bragade commanders In the regular service he is colonel of the 23rd infantry. He has a cool, clear head, and is as brave as a lion. King and Otis are both excellent bri gade commanders. "But, in my judgement, we wouldn't be figbtiog now in the Pbeilippines bad it not been for two things. One was the signing of the peace protocol in just the form it was signed, and tbe other was the delay, unavoidable though it was, io setting the Spanish troops out of the islands. The peace protoocl required that all hostilities should cease after it was signed, and that we should confine our presenoe to the city and bay of Manila. That left ail the rest of the island of Luzon for Aguinaldo to operate in. On September 1 his forces were nearly out of ammunition and short of supplies. He controlled, however,the only railroad running through the island from Manila to Dagupan, whioh is a town on Lingayen Bay 160 miles northwest of Manila. He established bis headquarters at Malolos, and be was free to ruo trains from there north whenever he oleased "The harbor of Daguean is a very fair one. The insurgents have a num ber of small vessels in their servios. Now, it is no guesswork on my part when I tell you tbat on September 1st the rebels were pretty well out of every thing needful to carry on a wer. Seven months bave passed eisce then. Dur iog all but a fraction of that time our land forces have remained io Manila and Dewey's ships in Manila bay. j When our army got into the heart of tbe rebel country it found the natives, judging by the fighting they have put up during the past two days, well pro vided with ammunition and goods. The munitions of war must have come from somewhere Tbe only source of such supplies on tbe island of Luzon is a small cartridge factory which Aguinaldo put up and set going at Imus, several miles southeast of Manila. This was big enough to supply cartridges for a day's bard figbtiog. "New it i&o't difficult to figure where Aguinaldo's supplies came from. He has bought them of rascals io Hong Kong, brought them io bis vessels to Dagupan, loaded them on oars and distributed them to his troops along the tine of the railroad. He bag bad seven months io which to do this, and dariDg the greater part of that time we have been forced to refrain from using force to cut off his supplies. A great many riffes and a great deal of ammunition aod other supplies could be transported from Hong Kong to Dagupan in ^ven months and you may be sure the insurgent leader has not been wasting time "Now that we have really gone at them tbe solution of the problem is made easier by the fact that Dewey can get to work. He has ships enough of one class or another completely to blockade the island and cut Aguinaldo off from everything. This having been done, it only remains for him to exhaust bis present supplies if we can't thrash Lim and break his rebellion before that. "But if the Spanish troops could have been got away from the island soon after Sept. 1st the rebels would have consented to lay down their arms. I know this, bot they said they could cot lay down their arms so long as an armed force of Spaniards remained in the islands. They didn't know what was going to happen in Paris and we didn't, and they weren't going to disband, they said, until they were sure the Spaniards were going I don't believe the natives will be conquered as quickly or as easily as some folks believe, but they'll be conquered, and don't make aoy mistake about it.,; OPERATIONS MAY CEASE UNTIL APTER RAINY SEASON. Manila, March 31, 3.55 p. m -The American flag was raised over Malolos at 10 o'olock this morning. The Kansas regiment aod the Montana regiment on eoteriog the city found it deserted, tho presidencia burning and the rebels retreating toward the moun tains ic a state of terror. It is believed they cannot in future make even a faint resistance. The American loss was small. It is evident that the rebels had for some time past abandoned all hope of holding their capital, for tbe Americans foucd there evidences of elaborate preparations for evacuation. Oa tbe railroad the rails and ties for about a mile had been toro up aod probably thrown into the river. Tbe only prisoners captured were a few Chinamen They said Aguinaldo ieft Malolos on Wednesday. Tbs principal citizens of Malolos, their families ard goods have been takea into the cour.try over the railroad, while others departed on foot, carrying their possessions and driving their cattle and other animals before them. Most of the rebel forces were removed yesterday evening to positions east of the railroad, leaving only a small band in the strong trenches in front of Malolos Gen. MacArthur started for the rebel capital at 7 o'clock this morniog with two rapid fire guns flanking the track, two guns of the' Utah battery on jbe right and two guns of the Sixth artillery on the left of the rapids, firing continually. The Kansas and Montana regiments moved upon Malolos and the Nebraska and Pennsylvania regiments and the Tbird artillery kept abng the right of the railroad. The only effective stand made by the rebels was at a bamboo and earthern work half a mile from Malolos and on the right, were the Nebraska regiment, as was the case yesterday, bad (he hardest work and suffered the greatest loss. Col. Funston, always at the front, wis the first man in Malolos, followed by a group of dariog Kansans. The Filipino Bag, which was flying from the centre of the town, was haul ed down by some men of tbe Montana regiment who triumphantly raised their own From the columns of smoke arising from the oity it seemed as if the whole place was ablaze. It turned out, how ever, that only the presidencia, or gov ernment building and a few of the smaller buildings bad been set afire by the rebeis before they evacuated the place. From the reports gathered by tbe American officers, from prisoners and others, it is believed that thc rebel army is constantly losing strength on account of desertions, and that although the enmey may make one or two more stands, the forces of Aguinaldo will degenerate, fjn perhaps' a mooth, to a few hundred who may continue a guerrilla warfare in the mountains. The American troops behaved splen didly. They advanced steadily against ir Makes the food more dei _ _ ROYAL BAKING POWt succesive iioes of trenches, thought woods and jungles and suffering from frightful heat. Io addition, the Amer ican volunteers were handicapped in fighting by tho fact that their Spring field rifles are of shorter range than the Mauser rifles in the bands of the rebels Under those circumstances the steady advance of our troops is a really remarkable achievement But tho great noteworthy feature of this onward sweep of the Americans is the patience and endurance of the pri vate soldiers. They have never hesi tated to plunge across any kind of j difficult country, against any number of the enemy and in the face of positions of entirely unknown strength. This afternoon the victorous Ameri can army is feasting on cocoaouts and ba&acas aod enjoying a well earned rest, while tbs hospital train is carry ing the wounded back to Manila. OTIS' REPORT. Washington, March 31.-The following dispatch was received at the war department this morning : Manila, March 31. Adjutant General, Washington. Troops resting at M talos. Consid erable portion of city destroyed by fire. Oar casualties one killed 15 wounded. Hall has returnee with his troops to former position north of Manila. Otis., ' It is said at the war department that Gen Otis will not make a campaign during thetrainy season, nor is it be lieved that be will at present chase the FiMpioos into the mountain fastnesses of Luzon. Tfco officiais consider it evident that thc fight that was in Aguinaldo has been whipped out of him, and it is believed he cannot hold the Filipino army together mach long er. If Gen. Otis advises, tbs war depart ment will approve a cessation of active hostilities or farther forward movement, when little can be accomplished save chasing the Filipinos without defioite results. A short iest will determine whether the Filipinos, intend to keep up a guerrilla warfare, and if so a plan is already maturing to meet any such condition. Natives will bo employed to fight the guerrillas, and as the government oan give them better pay and afford them greater protection than Aguinaldo there is no doubt about the I ability to employ Datives in this way. ! If there must be guerrilla fighting during the rainy season, which will soon bc upon tho Philippines, the United States wiil not sacrifice its troops in F.och warfare if natives can be obtained. In reference to the location of these rural delivery routes, and thesbsreof Sumter- County in the experiment, Congressman Stokes savs : I apportioned the routes promised me by the department among the sev eral counties of the district as equita bly as practicable. I euggested three initial points in Sumter county, with the expectation of getting two at least approved "The special agent had visited on of these and bad planned to con plele the work in our district before going elsewhere But the interest in this subject has developed rapidly in other districts since the actual work of establishing routes "was be gun here in February, and other members of congress have been clam oring for work in their districts. This has caused a temporary suspension of work, but I expect the agent back ere long to complete the work plan ned out, and Sumter county will re ceive her just share of the benefits Jail For Yellow Journalist. Bridgeport, Coen., March 30 - Judge Wheeler, of Fairfield County superior court, to-day baoded down bis decision in the case of Langdon Smith, of tue New '."ork Evening Journal, who waa cited before the oourt several days ago to show cause why he should oot be committed for contempt of court in publishing objectionable matter in connection with the trial of Mrs. Nancy Guilford. The sentence of (he court is that Smith be fined $50 and confined five days ic jail. An Irishman, having been arraigned and convicted upoo fall and unmistaka ble evedence of some flagrant misde meanor, being asked by the judge if he bad anything to say for himself, replied with the usual characteristic humor of his country, "Never a single word, yer honor ! And its my real opinion there's been a great deal too mush said as it is "-New York Tribune. DAKING ( POWDER URE licious and wholesome >ER CO., NEW YORK.