The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26
ACU|NALDO, DESERTED, is
FLEEING TO THE MOUNTAINS
The Filipino Republic Crumbling Like House Of Cards.
Politicians Are Abandoning the Fugitive Leader
The Ruling Spirit Of the Cabinet Is Pris-
oner in Manila = Little Promise
Of the Re-Establishment of
Tagal Prestige.

Manila, Nov 25, 1850 p. m.--The news
which the steamship Brutus brings
from Dagupan dispels all doubts that
the so-called Filipino republic is crum-
bling like a house of cards. Aguinaldo
is deserted or being abandoned by the
politicians and army, which fort
night ago was entrenched at Tarlac
and exercised a de facto government
over nine-tenths of the people of Luzon,
and is fugitive in the mountains, with
small hope Of re-establishing the ma
chine The army Is scattered in the
hills on both sides Of the railroad and
| in the Gordon which General Lawton
and General Wheaton have cemented.
The ruling spirit of the cabinet Is
prisoner in Manila-a white elephant on
the hands of the authorities-and the
small fry are tumbling over one anoth-
er to get to Manila. Three provisional
| governors have arrived in Manila to re-
| quest General Otis to install them in
| their old offices under the new regime.
Pr. Luna, a brother of General Luna
| and prominent insurrectionist, has
arrived here and his friends and many
others are applying to General Otis for
| permission to enjoy the luxuries OF Ma
Mia after months of separation from
4 civilization.
There were no demonstrations over
| the victory here. The flags are flying
half-mast out'of respect for Vice Presi-
| dent Hobart. The natives appear to be
unmoved and business in unruff1ed
| Last night parties of insurgents made
feeble attacks on linus and the Zapote
| bridge. The only force of insurgents
known to remain are those in the Ca
| vite province at San Mateo and in The
| Samables mountains.
| Aguinaldo began his retreat with
1000 men under General Gregerio ael
Pilar. That force was probably brought
| to its present proportions by deser-
ton. The last definite news as to Ag-
| ulnaldoss whereabouts is that he passed
| through Trinidad, east of Aringay to-
ward Bayombong, escorted by 200 mer
! Of the Bulacan battalion, who had
dwindled from 900 within a week. Gem
eral Mino, who fought the 33d at San
| Jacinto, is supposed to have Joined him.
| A letter from General Mino has been in
tercepted, in which the writer says
| that 200 of his men We're killed or
wounded, but that he had enough, how
ever, to go to the mountains.
! General Young, with the Macabees
and Chase's troop of cavalry, is still or
| the trail of the rebels Men and horses
are badly used up. General Wheaton is
| plies to them from the coast. General
Young left Tayug on Nov. l3 to connect
with General Wheaton. Two troops,
commanded by Captain Hunter and
Lieutenant Thayer, with IL men started
for San Fabian, taking the chances of
getting though the lines of the enemy,
who We're supposed to be between Ar
| lngay and San Fabian. After daring
ride by way of Magaldan and San ia
cinto, he arrived at San Fabian on Nov
| l4 dashins through a considerable force
| OF the enemy at Magaldan. His an
| dertaking was reported at Manila by
| courier from General Young to San
Jose. The fate of Lieutenant Thayer
| and his companions was not known un-
| III to-day and fears prevailed that they
had either been killed or captured
| Major Swigert, with the other troops,
| reconnoitered toward Pozorrubio, twice
attacking force which it was after
Ward learned was Aguinaldo's rear
| guard. In the meantime General
wheaton sent the 18th regiment to
| from the oregon, Lieutenant Niblack
| in command
Cronin's battalion marched to Po-
zorrubio, there finding General Young's
force, which had just learned that
Aguinaldo had passed through Asing-
an on MS way to Binalcnan the night
before. General Young started to head
Off the party at Pozorrublo and might
have succeeded, but he took the wrong
road, reaching Manaoag, where he
struck the rear guard of the insurgent
chief, capturing a quantity of supplies,
Agulnaldo's wife's effects and 35 Rem
ingtons. Darkness coming on COM
| PEELED him to abandon the pursuit for
the night and a heavy rainfall in the
| two following days handicapped him,
else Aguinaldo might have been cap
| tured.
Buencaminos endurance was ex-
| hausted. He had left Aguinaldo's par
| ty there and remained among the
Americans a week until the natives
| betrayed him. Aguinaldo is on the
mountain trail, having 25 horses in the
| party and has a good chance of elud-
| ing the Americans unless he gets
| among hostile natives. General Law
| ton entered San Fabian with his staff
| on Nov. IS after a perilous and eX-
| haustive trip. He arranged the dis
| tribution of troops in the surrounding
| country and started to return to Tay-
| ug on Sunday.
! The business men of Dagupan and
| many foreigners have sent word to
| General Wheaton that the insurgents
| had evacuated and requested that he
| garrison the place. Captain Howland
| took the battalion of the 18th regiment
| and proceeded to Dagupan. He found
| $500 people in a town whose CONNER
| cial population is 5O,000 the remainder
| having fed to the ,swamps. Captain
| Howland reinstated in office the local
authorities of Aguinaldo's government.
| all of whom took the oaths of allegi-
| ance.
The Sd cavalry had one man killed
and three wounded in the fight at san
Tomas.