Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1899 — FIGHT AT SAN FERNANDO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGHT AT SAN FERNANDO.

Ten Americans Killed and Seventeen Wonnded in the Battle. Ten American soldiers were killed and seventeen wounded in a battle north of San Fernando at daybreak Wednesday morning. The troops, under Gen. MacArthur, numbered 4.000. Shortly after daybreak the advance out of San Fernando to the north was begun. Fire miles out they encounted the Filipinos,

whose force numbered 6.000. A tierce battle, lasting about five hours, ensued. Finally the enemy was routed and recreated, leaving ninny dead and wounded. The Filipinos resisted the American advance desperately, and there was heavy

firing on both sides. It haring been suspected for some time that insurgents were entering the city of Manila under the guise of peaceful Filipinos, the prorost marshal 'began an inrestigation, and soon diseorered that rebels had entered the city and were actirely plotting to instigate riots. At midnight Tuesday night the headquarters of the enemy was located in a cigar factory at Binondo. A company of the Sixth infantry under Capt. Ames proceeded to Binondo and surrounded the building.

The factory was then raided, and fortythree of the insurgents were captured, including a number of ofiicers. Several other insurgents were in the building, but they escaped through the roof to adjacent buildings. In the appeal to tho powers for “Filipina independence" Aguinaldo uses his old argument tlNt the sovereignty of the Philippine Islands been conquered from Spain Hbfore the treaty of Taris, and, therefore. Spain was not in a position to cede the territory of the United States. They argue that the possession of 7,000 Spanish prisoners, captured, with their arms, fighting against the Filipinos, “is eloquent proof of the nullity of Spanish sovereignty, as when they surrendered Spain’s hold was irrevocably lost.”

GEN. M'ARTHUR.

TRIUMPHAL ARCH TO BE ERECTED IN HONOR OF DEWEY.