. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. ent will be accordedthese prisoners, and justifies himself in de-taining them by the thought that the Span-iards will be more merciful to Filipinos pris-oners hereafter. He had sent word on morethan one occasion that he would kill a Span-ish officer for every insurgent prisoner exe-cuted by the Spaniards in Manila, but thisthreat has not been effective. Sympathizerswith the rebels have been executed in Manilawith hardly any. provocation. The uncle ofMr. Arivelo, one of Aguinaldos staff, wasshot i
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. ent will be accordedthese prisoners, and justifies himself in de-taining them by the thought that the Span-iards will be more merciful to Filipinos pris-oners hereafter. He had sent word on morethan one occasion that he would kill a Span-ish officer for every insurgent prisoner exe-cuted by the Spaniards in Manila, but thisthreat has not been effective. Sympathizerswith the rebels have been executed in Manilawith hardly any. provocation. The uncle ofMr. Arivelo, one of Aguinaldos staff, wasshot in Tondo within the last week, and asa consequence the feeling against the Span-iards is very bitter at the insurgent head-quarters. On the evening of June 20 the insurgentssucceeded in taking some trenches nearMalate. This position has been assailed forseveral days, and as it commands the roadand approaches to the fort it is of greatimportance. It was given out that all theinsurgent force would attack Tondo. a suburbof Manila, on the same day and would be met 92 THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. PLAN OF THE GITY OF MANILA. THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES OS by 4,000 Spanish troops. This engagementwas not fought, and has probably been de-ferred until later. Gen. Aguinaldo has removed his headquar-ters from where he first established them tolarger and more commodious ones. The build-ing he now occupies was formerly the officialresidence of the governor of Cavite. It is abeautiful place, with an immense the governor occupied it Aguinaldowas engaged in a bushwhacking warfareagainst Spain out in the country back ofCavite. The conditions are now governor, Penas, is a prisoneronly a few doors from where the insurgentheadquarters are, while the former rebelleader sits in the governors palace, sur-rounded by his staff and followers. When Ivisited the new headquarters yesterday therewere twenty or thirty officers there who hadjust come from Hongkong
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