Warren sheaf., 1899-11-30
Ills !. ARMY !. SEA !. ] TIERS. ]
Aguinaldo's Cabinet Decides Fur.
tner United Resistance Futile.
GUERRILLA METHODS TO BE USED.
Friendly Omcials of Little Town
Are Murdered-Province of Zam-
boanga, in the Island of Min
dnnao, Has Surrendered.

dAnaO, Hns Surrendered.
Manila, Nov. 27..-The last Filipino
council of war was held by the retreat
ing leaders at Bayambong on November
13 in the house now occupied by Gen.
Macarthur. 1t was attended by Aguin-
aldo, Pho del Pillar, Garcia, Alejandrino
and some members of the so-called cab
met. Information has reached Gen.
| Macarthur from several sources to the
effect that the council recognized the
.futility of attempting further resist
| ance to the Americans with united
forces, and agreed that the Filipino
troops should scatter and should here
after follow guerrilla methods.
Americans Ambushed.
! Reports of ambuscadesi and sslzir-
mishes come from every section of the
country along the railroads. Those dis
tricts seem to be filed with small5bands.
Saturday four men of company d, Ninth
infantry, were foraging beyond Bam-
ban when 20 Filipinos took them in
ambush killing one and capturing the
other three. The Americans resisted
for half an hour. The firing being heard
at Bamban, Lieut.. Frazer, with a squad,
followed the etreating Filipinos sew
era1 miles. The Americans found the
body of the soldier Boloed. They
burned the hamlet where the fight took
place. 'ss 81 E-@'.t
Three Filipino riflemen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He shot
onegand the others fed.
| Friendly Officials Slain.
T. At Malasiqui the officials who well
coined the Americans were murdered,
This was the only railroad town which
the Americans did not garrison, and
on the night the troops withdrew a
band of insurgents entered, dragged
Antonio Mejia, president of the town,
into the street and cut his throat: The
murderers then assassinated the vice
president and five members of the town
council in the same manner and told
the frightened natives who witnessed
the slaughter TO spread the news that
a similar fate awaited all friends of the
| Americans. E!...-.
! Military activity continues in every
section. Col. Bell's regiment has ad-
vanced from Bayambang upon Manga
tarem, where it is supposed there is a
large insurgent force. Two battalions
of the newly-arrived Twenty-eighth in
fantry have been sent by cascoes to
Bacoor to reinforce the south line
Maj. Spence, with so men of the Thir-
ty-second regiment, surrounded a vii
lage near Bautiston during the night
and attacked the place at daybreak, cap
turing a Filipino captain and Is men,
with seven rifles. Et5Eg
| The latest news from Gen. Young is
that there are ten cavalrymen and 200
Macabebes with him, most of the horse
men who started having been compelled
to drop out because their horses failed
them. &E# # ~
The Filipinos took the American pris-
oners from Victoria to San Carlos.
| Surrender of ZambOanEa.
Washington, Nov. 27.-Secretary of
the Navy Long on Sunday received a
cablegram from Admiral Watson in
forming him that the entire province
of Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, had
surrendered Internationally to Com
mander Very, of the Castine. The sur
render was made on the 18th inst. The
information ntained in Admiral Wat
sons dispatch was received ytOthe
president and his advisers with uncon-
cealed satisfaction. The surrender of
the province of Zamboanga is regarded
as the beginning of the end of the rev.
olution in the island of Mindanao, and,
it is believed, will be a hard blow to
those who are still endeavoring to main
| tain the insurrection in the island of
| Luzon. E
zamboangais the principal city of the
| island of Mindanao, which is the second
largest island Of the Philippine group
| Advices from Admiral Watson indicate
that the entire southern half Of the is
land, which comprises the province of
Zamboanga, has yielded to the Ameri-
| can forces and acceded to the authority
of the United States.
Believe the End Is Near.
The war department has not been adj
vised of the surrender of the province,
as reported in Admiral Watson's dis
patch, Secretary Root saying he had no
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news from Gen. Otis. Both Secretaries
Root and Long are elated over the infor-
nation sent by the admiral and express
the belief that the end Of the insurrec-
tion in the Philippine islands is now
near at hand.
Has Aguinaldo's Son.
Manila, Nov. 27.-Aguinaldo's four
year5old son is a captive in the hands
of Gen. Wheaton. With Buencamino,
the former Filipino secretary of state
and m ember Of Aguinaldo's cabinet,
who was brought here a prisoner on the
Brutus, they had taken refuge after.
Tarlacs was deserted in a little village
in Pangasimans province, about five
miles from Manaoag. When the natives
Of SCabaraWan attacked Buencamiilo's
party Agguinaldo, j mother and her.
grand son got into the brush and Buen-
camino thought they had been killed.
The boy was taken, however, by Mai.