Arrival of the 'Frisco Man.

Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 2, 4 July 1899, Page 2

A rrival of the 'Frisco Man.

FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES

TERRIFIC STORMS IN THE STATES. ONE VILLAGE WIPED OUT OF

EXISTENCE

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS by GOLD

MINERS

Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Auckland, This Day. (San Francisco, June 14).

The hardest fought battle in the Philippines occurred on June 13, and tho'if.li General Otis claims a complete victory and routing of the enemy, it is not denied that the Filipino forces appeared to be the strongest and the l est organised jet encountered by the

Americans

.". s soon as the fighting opened the Americans were attacked by hidden riflemen on all sides. Even the Amigos — or " friendly" — natives in the houses of the town were shooting in their rear

< ompan*es of the Twenty-first Regiment skirmishing along the beach with

Ami^o guides found *hat was apparently a handful of rebels who retreated. The men of the Twenty first followed, and auddenly the rebels opened a terrific tire on the troops from the side and rear. The sod ers withdrew to the watet's edge, finding what shelter they could, and wete picked oil' rapidly.

After their amnumtion was nearly exhausted, the companies of the Twenty first retreated, but General Lawton dashed down and rallied the men. The little group made a desperate stand, and General Lawton, .Major Sharr, and Lieuts. Donovan and Connolly, taking rifles from the wounded men, fired at the enemy, bringing down some of the rebel sharpshooters from a tree. Finally their cartridges were all gone, and they were forced to break through the enemy's flank, carrying their wounded to the main body of the troops

Lieut Donovan, whose leg was broken, floundered for a mile thr.uigh a bog after leading his men in the face of a greatly superior force. General Lawton ceased fighting until reinforcements could be brought Two battalions ot the Fourteenth Regiment and one battalion of the Ninth Regiment were hurried to the front and in the afternoon the battle was resumed.

The Monadnock anchored close to the shore »i:d h--r heavy guns pounded the rebels continuously, while the smaller warships steaming along the shore poured bullets from their rapid firing guns at the enemy. June 12. A terrible storm swept oyer portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Several hundn d lives were lost and the village of New Richmond was practically wiped out of existence. The railway lines were severely damaged. A funnel-shaped cloud levelled all the buildings in its path. Fires broke out and great difficulty was experienced in gettiug help to the sufferers owing to the wash-outs and sweeping away of bridges. May 26. A cyclone swept portions of Nebraska, Wisconsin, and lowa. The inhabitants saw tho approaching cloud and took refuge in cyclone cellars. In Nebraska the path of storm was one hundred miles long and twenty wide, while buildings were crushed as if they were of paper. The furrows in the ploughed ground proved sufficient protection to save many lives. Hail stones four inches in circumference were picked up after tbe storms. The lightning strucuk many places. The Wisconsin railway tracks and bridges were much damaged. Tbe heavy hail did much damage among tbe crops and stock.

The City of Dawson was practically wiped out by a tire on April 26. The estimated loss is a million dollars. Within half an hour the fire crossed the street twice and destroyed everj important business strncture. The work of rebuilding begau at once.

Terrible news comes from the North of disasters to men who took the Edmouton Trail. At least fifty boats were capsized in the Gr*«at Slave Lake. On the trail proper the men sickened and died or, losing tbeir way, wandered about the bills until overtaken by star vation. The authorities are sending relief. The trail is strewn with skeletons. Scorvy bad appeared to add to the sufferings of the men.