Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-23
ACUINALDO IS
FINALLY BEATEN
Opinion In Manila that His Army
Will Not Come Together Again.
HE Is CLOSELY PURSUED.
Gen. Pillar May Give Wore Trouble
Insurgents Concentrating
Trick. OF soldiers.

New York. Nov. IA dispatch to the
Herald from Manila says
The general opinion here Is that
Aguinaldo's army viii never again come
together Ia any considerable force with
him IN command. The. forces under
General i.nwton and General Young IL
following 10 rapidly ON his heels into
Bayombong that no lnsurgcnt capital
can be again established.
Captain james G. Castner Of tho
Fourth Infantry. with loves scouts. IL
making forced marches through the
mountains from San Nicolas northeast.
Gen. Young. with his cavalry and the
Maccabobrs In moving rapidly from
Aringny through difficult passes to
Trinidad. They are close on Agulnal-
dos small party. 4 third advance In
being made on the road toward Nlgan
on the coast.
with Agulnaldo's personal army dis
posed o. the only lnaurgont forces lcft
Intact are possibly the Musclrdoa,
about 600 IN number IN the mountains
west of the railroad. Pho Pillars two
thousand men. who are east Of Manila
In the mountains near Autl9alu, and
Con. Trias force Of about 1900. in
Caylto province.
The military problems now facing us
are easy of settlement oNcupt In the
case Of Pillar. who cannot easily be
surrounded.
al our troops In the north are living
OF tho country.
There remarkable marches and our
rapid advance everywhere are Tempo
rarily prosiraung large percentage
Of our men.
Gen. Lawton desires extra troops. In
order to control the avenues % ca-
cape.
Manila. Nov %. i;2i p. m.-The iunur-
gents from the north are concentrating
al Moninlhln ana fan Matco, where u
IL expected thcy Will make resistance
The Spanlnrds never occupied these
places and the insurgents believe them
TO be imnfcgnahe.
4 reconnaissance To- the northweat of
San Mateo on Tuesday developed the
fact that the rebels were moving stores
and men 10 Montuihan, The number OF
the Insurgents II unknown.
a reconnaissance made yesterday
showed that 900 rphelA are ontrenched
a. san Mat.o and othots IN the vale.
between there and Mnr.guinu. where
the rebel out9osts are stationed.
Gen. Young entered san Muico last
September and found the place not es-
pcciully adapted for a uirong resist
ancc.
New York. Nov. 2a.--self-innietcd
wounds are 10 frequent In the American
army In Luzon AYERS the Washington
correspondent u the Herald. that Gen.
OTIS has been compelled 10 Issue In
atructions directing that a strict In
vestlgatlon be made % each case Of
this character In order that proper ae-
ton may be taken.
The immediate eject Of these lnstruc-
tions was the Issuance OF orders by
Gen. Wheeler. then at Angeles. organ
izing boards for the Investigation q
two cases one of the honrdF, consist
lng Of First Lieut. Coolidge. First Lieut.
and Assistant surgeon n. W. plukhnm
aud First Lieut. J. e. Melhlrn. win ln-
vcstlguto the ease ~ Sergeant u, II,
Barr. company NJ Ninth Infantry, and
another consisting of Major James Re-
gan. First Lieut.. y W, koghlet. and
First Lieut.. Conncli. Ninth Infantry.
! Will inuulre into the case OF James r..
Hart. company a. Smith Infantry. The
results ~ the investigation have not
been received az the department
Issuance of Cen Otis Instructions
and the organization Of the boards are
the result of this communication ad-
dressed to the ndjutnnt general ~ the
department ~ the Pacific by the chief
surgeon; "self-infieted wounds " the
hand and respectively Of the feet,
claimed to be accidental, usually oc-
curing on Outpost-, are 80 frequent
that have the honor TO suggest that
/ all such cases be carefully Investigated
hy the board OF survey similar 10 that
called In cases 81 descrtion 10 deter
mine the circumstances under which
they actually occurred All " these
men became disabled for military duty
with usually minimum amount OF
manning Tor clvll occupation and thus
securing discharge"
New York. Nov. 2g-The Filipino
Junta at Hongkong IL becoming more
| active us the meeting OF Congress
draws nearer, Senator Fairbanks In
! company with all other senators and
representatives. now In Washington, ac-
cording TO Tribune CORES pondent,
| have received through the mails a
pamphlet, signed by Felipe Buencam-
| mo. IPhlllp Good Road so called secre-
| tnry for foreign affnlrs OF the Filipino
| republic. setting forth the various reu-
sons why his government should be
| recognized. The pamphlet has an APP
| pendiN containing the various dis
| patches, kilograms and orders that
! passed between the United States rep
| rosentntlycs In the islands at the time
/ OF tho war with spain, on these docu-
mcnts Senior Beuncamlno seeks TO raise
The presumption that the Filipino re-
| pubic was 10 ffttlNt I'NhkllIoH iEpHi
the United States.
The secretary begins by saying that
II has come to the ears Of the Filipino
| government that the President OF the
| United States " about to coll a session
| OF Congress- for the apcclar purpose OF
| considering the Philippine situation,
| and that he desires to lao before II
the reasons why the independence NJ
| the islands should be recognized. lie
| argues that the larger and more power
/ fui a state, the greater IN the obligation
resting on II to support the lndepend-
once of lesser states, For instance. IL
appears evident that the powerful ana
wealthy nation, which you gentlemen
| represent In Congress, has been deputed
| by God 90 assist the Fillplnos In their
nrduous and difficult task Of restora-
| tlon OF Independence" The alleged CO.
| orperatlon offered and rendered TO
Agulnnldo by Consuls Wlldmnn and
Pratt N then referred to, This co-op-
orntion, says the secretary, consisted In
the fact that the McCulooh conveyed
Arulnaldo 10 Manila, that Admiral
Dewey received him with the honors due
10 a general and gave him go rifles. and
that he was allowed to establish at
Cavlte. then held by the United States.
the headquarters OF the republic,
| Mr.. Pratt, In one Of his letterD APP