Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-21
WHEELER h WILL STAY.
Wrote Letter For President TO
Send to Congress.
ACTIVE FIGHTING NEAR IAUs.
EsneIs Reported to Have New Capt.
tal-Filipino Force Escaped From Bay.
ombong-MacArthur Entered Dasupan'
Wheaton Had Been There.

MANILA, Nov. 21.-General Wheeler
decided not to return to congress. He
was writing q letter to President Nc
Kinley, with a request that it be for.
warded to the house Of representatives.
In the course of an interview he said:
Congress, if it occupies the first day
of the session in passing resolution
declaring in unmistakable terms that
the sovereignty of the United States
is to be maintained in the Philippines,
thus dispelling Agulnaldo's delusion
that the eanti-imperialists can assist him,
will be performing sacred duty. Such
q resolution would save the lives OF
many American soldiers and OF thou
sands of deluded Filipinos, would avert
famine, suffering and desolation from
these islands, and would render unneces-
sary the expenditure of hundreds OF
millions of dollars"
The people OF Gotta Bato, on the
southwestern coast of the island of Min
! danso, desired the establishment OF
American government there and have
addressed a petition TO General Otis,
asking him to send troops. In relating
how they had appealed to the Dato to
protect them against the attempts of
Aguinaldo's IS officials to collect excessive
taxes, they sag in the petition that the
Dato, "having compassion for our suf-
ferings and in the interests of peace,
publicly beheaded half dozen of these
officials.
MANILA, Nov. 21.-Two columns, one
from linus and the other from Bacoor,
converged on the Zapote bridge, where
they found deserted Filipino camp.
Two troops of the Fourth cavalry,
two companies of the Fourth infantry
and two guns of Captain Riley's bat
terry proceeded to Annaboo, south of
town of linus, and came upon the'ene.
my entrenched at that point. They
scattered the Filipinos, but as the lat
ter were subsequently, reinforced the
Americans returned to linus under fire,
seven of our men being wounded. Our
scouts found 10 dead insurgents at
Annaboo.
MANILA, Nov. 2l.-Thirty insurgents,
under a major, escaped from Bayam-
bang about ten minutes before the
Americans entered. Others, it was
said, throw their guns into the river and
now play the role of amigos. Many
Spanish prisoners, escaped from the Fill
ipinos, are at Bayambang, among them
the former governors OF the provinces of
Tarlac and Zambales. There is also
quite large colony of former insurgent
officers collected at this point, including
Major Ortiz, who acted as interpreter
for the Filipino commission, headed by
General Alejandrino, which visited Ma
Mia in September. Ortiz donned the
amigo clothing and announced that ne
had abandoned the insurrection.
The Spaniards said thot the new in
surgent capital is Benart and that the
American prisoners were at Oamitip.
They reported having seen Lieutenant
Gilmore and his party in the north.
MANILA, Nov. 2l.-General MacAr-
thur reached Dagupan and found Cen
eral Wheaton had been there. The
railroad is practically intact beyond
Bamban, except for space of five miles
to the north, and the rails for that por-
ton have been discovered. Large guam
titles of rolling stock have. however,
been destroyed. General Macarthur
moved his troops by train, and the roads
within General Lawton's s territory wers
becoming passable.
Captain Leonhaeuser. accomplished
one of the best coups of the war. Reach
ing O'Donnell by a night march from
Capas on Nov. IS, he surprised the in
surgent force, numbering 200, and CAP
tured all of them, with their arms, TO-
600 rounds of ammunition and four tons
of subsistence. One Filipino was killed,
but there were no American casualties.
General Young's two regiments of
cavalry are continuing their rapid
sweep into the new towns, and the in
fantry is being showed forward to hold
the towns the cavalry takes. Wagon
transportation is supposed to have been
practically abandoned, the American
troops living upon captured supplies and
the little produce the insurgenJ levies
have left.
Major Samuel NJ. Swigert's squadron
OF the Third cavalry was reported to be
engaging q greatly superior force at Po-
zorrubio, northeast of Dagupan. These
troops have fought three engagements,
and are now holding their position wait
ing for reinforcements. Its believed at
headquarters that this Filipino force is
covering the retreat of the insurgent
leaders to the Binguet mountains, that
the insurgents planned to retreat north
CdoO dAOl1S t1iC uS io-Q, II
stocked with storehouses, three of which
the Americans have secured. to draw
upon enroute, and that only the insur-
gent advance force had passed Tayug
before ethe Ame:io II occul alton. s.the
main body of Asu.naldo's army being
within our lines. The majority of these
insurgents may disorganize ana pose as
amigos when the Americans overtake
them.
Among the scraps of news obtainable
are stories of the hardships of the
American army is meeting with. 1t is
reported, for instance, that General
Lawton narrowly escaped drowning
while fording swift river, when Lieu.
tenant Luna and two privates were lost.
The governor of Nueva Viscaya de-
termined, like many other Flipinos in
these days, that the administration of
his province could not change too
quickly, and was coming to Manila to
tell Major General Otis of his loyalty
and, incidentally, request that he be
retained in Office under the new regime
Admiral Watson has received an ad.
Hitional credible report that Lieut.. J. G.
Gilmore and five Of the captured sailors
OF the United States gunboat Yorktown
were at Tarlsc Nov. !. Lieutenant Gill
mere was living in Filipino generals
house. The crniser Baltimore starts
for Lngayen, and Rear Admiral Wat.
son purposes to send another ship to
Astguin if tho gunbovt Helena, which
= overdue, has not returned to Lam
eysu.
Sailors frora the gunboat Onssine &C.
eupied 2amboanga, on tho southwest
extremity Of the island of Mindanao.
Bannsss Iner. chiefly Chinese. requested
Commander 8. W. Very Of the Castine
to take possession of the place and pro-
tect sheM t1om the inxNrgsnts. Com.
GaGder Very landed rnlval force, and,
although 10 details have been received,
tt appcAys that be feuno he kad large