Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-24
Was Not Expected So Soon
by the FilipinoS.
A REMARKABLE STROKE
Was the Capture 0fthe Town of O'Do;i-
nell by the Forces Under Capt.
LeOnhauSer--TOOk the Place While
the Natives SLEPT.

Manila, Nov. 23.-Gen. Macarthur has
returned to Tarlac and has established
his headquarters at Aguinaldo,s former
residence. During the entire movement
from Gerena to Dagupan not a shot was
fired. The inhabitants of San Carlos
met the Americans with u band formerly
attached to the insurgents army and the
mayor, with Macarthur and Col. Bell, in
a carriage. headed Il procession through
the town. Macarthur received an ova-
ton. Explaining American intentions
he they intended to garrison
all towns on the railroad. Hundreds of
men are in the field harvesting rice along
the railroad. Foreigners in the territory
assert hat A~guinaldo was not expect
ing the American advance for a month
when the rains would have finished. He
had permitted a large par of his army to
scatter to their homes and do the har-
Nesting. Soldiers had hidden their rifles
about their homes. If this is true many
rifles are likely to be brought in to secure
the $50 offered for each weapon seized.
The fording of Pampanga river above
Tarlac by 18th regiment and battalion
OF the 18th regiment was a noteworthy
feature. The river is broad and swift.
Part of the was ferried on
RATS and the remainder swan over hold
ing on to a life line strung across.
Wheaton,, when Macarthur commune
Gated with him, was holding San Fabian
and two or three n%eighboring towns.
captain capture of the
town of ODonnell was a remarkable
stroke. His command consisted of three
companies of the 25th regiment, Capt.
Albright and Lieuts. Bates II Morton
commanding. He started at 6 p. m., and
marched fifteen miles in mud. The only
regular approach was along a road and
over a river whose bridge was strongly
fortified. The entrance of the town was
The soldiers left the road
and followed Il cattle trail to the rear of
the town. At day light the command
separated, one company advancing OH
the back of the town and the others
RANKING 1t. The insurgent force was
asleep, except those at %outposts who
We're captured without shooting. One
platoon ran down the main street to the
trench and the other detachments made
n quick search of the houses, An officer
describing the scene said:
Negro soldiers We're pouring out of
the houses dragging sleepy. frightened
Filipino warriors by the collar and kick
ing them into the street. 1t was a race
TO see which company would corral the
most F1l1plnos. Women and children, be-
llevlng the stories told that negro SOL
dlers were cannibals, shrieked frightful- ,
~. After all the rifles had been secured
the Filipinos were surprised bv heiny
told to go to their homes and attend to
work"
W1niamsport, Pa, Nov. 23.-The hor-
rlbly mutilated bodies of a woman and
her three children We're found this even
ing at their home on a mall farm about
a mile from the town of MONTGOMERY
this county. The coroner left here at
midnight FOR the scene of the tragedy. !,
l'etalls are meage A short time ago a
peddler named Hummel married the
widow of a farmer and took up his resi-
nence with her on the farm. The widow
mad three children. For the past weel,
nelghbors passing the farm noticed that
!hefe We're no signs of habitation. An
investigation was made late TODAY. and
10 the horror of the investigators. tho
bodies OF two of the children were found
!iiuoen beneath a straw stack On going
into ~theahouse the Investigators found
the bodies of the mother and he other
chlid lying in the sleeping apartment
Hulnlnel was seen in Montgomery YES
terday, but nothing is known of his
whereabouts since then. The bodies
We're horribly mutilated, the murderer
evidently having used a club in his fiend-
ish crime.
louisville, Nov. 23.-The last of the
offlclal returns have been recorded nv
the county board of canvassers, and in
II week the state board of ~anvassers will
assume the task of determining who was
elected on November Z. The jefferson
county c~anvassers today heard areu-
haent OF counsel ON a motion to throw
out the vote of the city of Louisville or
the ground of alleged intimidation nv
who We're called on by Cover
nor Bradley on election day. The ran,,h.
means took the ground that the board
mad no jurisdiction, being empowered
SIMPLY 10 count and tabulate the votes.
1hls view was sustained and the matter
now goes to the state election board.