New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-22
SUCCESS OF AGUINALDO.
CAPTURE OF THE SPANISH GOVERNOR
GENERALS WIFE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBrSE.l


GENERALS WIFE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBrSE.l
Cavite. June 81 with Admiral Dcwey's fleet
off Manila). via Victoria, b. c.. July 19.-Sun-
day marked the close OF another disastrous cam
paign OF the Spanish against the rebels The
wife and five children Of Governor General r.
Augusta were taken prisoners General Ricardo
Monet and forty OF his fell in desperate
effort TO save them Monet's family are also
hostages The Province OF Pampangas Is now
entirely under the sway OF the insurgents.
San Fernando and Macebabe have fallen. and
the insurgents count general victory all along
the line and nine hundred more Spanish pris-
oners. A week ago San Fernando aid Mace
babe were both attacked In force by the rebels
To the latter place August had sent his wife.
children and servants for safety from the pros
pectve bombardment and TO serve as an In
SEPARATION OF confidence among the common peo-
pie. The insurgents occupied the territory be-
tween the two towns In force but seemed TO
gain more ground about Macebabe than at San
Fernando.
Monet who was probably the most valuable
general the Spanish had in the field. knew OF
the distressed condition of Macebabe and the
danger that menaced the family OF his chieftain,
and decided to evacuate San Fernando and
hasten to the relief OF Macebabe He suddenly
abandoned San Fernando on Thursday last and
made a dash for Macebabe. Midway between
the two towns he encountered the insurgent
lines and at once attacked them. He had the
advantage OF numbers and position. but the in
surgents were twice reinforced. Monet fell In
a charge mortally wounded and expired on the
field.
The death of the leader threw the Spanish
troops into disorder and In the rout that fol-
lowed nearly eight hundred were taken pris-
oners The insurgents then attacked Macebabe
in force and the Spanish were glad to sur
render The fall OF the latter place ended some
Of the severeSt fighting that has characterized
the present instruction and the loss on both
sides was seyere The Governor-Generars wire
has not yet been brought here and AgunaIdo
has not disclosed his plans beyond saying that
she and her children will be held to insure the
safety OF his friends and their families inside the
Spanish lines.
He asserts that the aged uncle OF Colonei
Juan Arebela ruthlessly shot down ct Onda.
that other atrocities Of the same kind have
been committed and that he merely wants 10
hold the women as a safeguard of lives dear to
him He denied at first that Sonora August
was a prisoner. but the fact has been fully con-
of the German squadron. sent request to him
for the womans release. he politely refused his
prayer. His attitude and some Of the circum-
stances that have marked the incident mere
create the impression that the woman and Ter
children are In the hands Of insurgents. over
whom his control is not complete. That, now
ever NAV be the purest conjecture. Further
developments in the incident are expected daily
AguInaldo has been striving 10 Insure the
lives Of his few followers who have fallen into
the hands of the Spanards and the protection
of rebel sympathizers In Manila on sunday
when Drs. Borrajo. Balderrama and Ledezma
came for the wounded Spanish he warned them
that for every life taken. except In battle ne
would shoot a Spaniard in Cavite. He seems
fully TO realize the leverage he Will have with
the wife of August and the widow Of Monet in
captivity, and is going to use II to the fullest
extent
The men in the American fleet are against war
upon women, but II is probable as long as the
fair prisoners are decently treated there VIII
be no Intervention. The Spanish have not hesi-
tated at imprisoning women and have gone
further and punished them. Aguinaldos gen.
eral leverage over his enemies is increasing by
the fact that he has nearly four thousand pris-
oners. Anxious hearts beat for their safety,
and the influence Of their friends is expected TO
force the Spanish civil and military authorities
to treat the insurgents they can reach with
justice.
Aguinaldo Is flushed with his success Hun
dreds of fighting men are daily offering their
services and he has more than he can arm. Re-
verse has not yet come to him in the field. but
success has smiled everywhere score of his
old compatriots arrived from Hong Kong on
Saturday and at once took the field. His old
headquarters have grown too small and he has
occupied the Governors palace. whose former
tenant Governor Penas he captured at San
Fernando Demalaban and holds a prisoner Of
war 1t is larger and more imposing and makes
a better seat for the dctatorial government. BY
the time the American troops arrive Aguinaldo
will have completely cleared the way to the
very walls of the old city.