Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-02
Insurgents Surrendered Foam.
DO, Offering No Resistance.
HOW TOWN WAS OCCUPIED
Advance of American Troops Into til g
Interior is Being Vigorously Pushed"
Cables Gen. Otis. M'Ar,hur's
TROOPS Not Living Easy.
tRy Telegraph.)

tRy Telegraph.)
M.t\FI--A. December 2.-9:20 A. Nj
General Conoon surrendered 500 officers
and men With rifles, several American
and seventy Spanish prisoners. and the
garrison at 1SayUmbong. province OF.
s\ueva NizcaNa 10 Lieutenant Monroe
with fifty men o. the Fourth Cavalry
MANILA, Dec.-'rhe steamer Saliva
Cor from Zamboanga, island CT Min
uaHao. which has arrived here. brings
details OF the occupation Of the town
ny Commander Very. of the Omitted
states gunhoat Castnc. The revolu-
1lon!stS in ,Mindanao We're led by Az
Nc:cZ and CaliNio. Who left Llzon soma
tlnc ago and for the last seven months
hid been stirring up the people. Win
nlnS considerable Following The
commercial depression and ,th, lack Of
lo&d resulting from the islands block
'lde. set the people against the revol,,-
'lolllStS and illuminated in the asSasSi-
llatlHn &n November u Of Calixro. 4
Nlsnraiid. and III" real leader. of tho
revolution by Midel mayor of the
town of Tetuan Midel. under prs-;ex,
secured Calix,o's presence in Teulf,r
ara Whe'" the mayors guards were.
stationed. the latter fred a vplley kii-
ling CaliNtn instantly
Nl"el at once repaired to the Gas cha
ana arranged With Commander Er",
tor the occupation of Zanlbpanc, l'n,-
'nanaer Very asked that Dau;o Nanai
Win five hundred IF his followers, sta
toned on 4 neighlooring island. cai:la
70 Ianlhnanga
RAISED THE FLAG
ne following morning Midcl raised
the American flag over Zamboanen ~.
insurgents offering no resistance ami
cNarGailnE the town. The Cas,int WIS
Saluteu with tWenty-cne guns Ana
Commander Very landed a hundred
h'uc jackets and took possession of the
no ~ ~ f.H,-t {
men arrived in the afternoon They
We're armed with wooden shields and
II Swords ana were used on picket 1ufv
Commander Very despatched 5..e
Sunboat Manila on November l. 10
Jnlo TO convey troolts To lcinforcr ;,i.,
\ company Of the Twenty-thirl .;i-
in"nt under Captain Nicholas a:!-i= 4
On eSoVcmbcr IL ana two more, u->in,,l-
nlns followed them shortly Manli' 5
followers then returned home
Alvarez sought u arrange for q sur
render of the arms and artillery pieces
On the afternoon of November 20. Nil
dci called a meeting Of the local CHIEFS
VITO formally depnsed Alvarez as Lead
CT OF the revolutionists in The island
ANA elected Midel president of the lcM
lnsullr government established under
American sovereignty and control The
chiefs then requested Commander. Very
TO grant exemption from taxes until
the re-csta Enlistment of commercial re-
lituons permission TO carry arms in The
mountains. religious freedom and Tho
power to conduct local governments
as they had previously done, which re-
quests. pending the arrival Of BriSa der
General Bates, the military governor
ct the district, the commander grant
ed H
APPARENT RECONCILIATION.
Commander Very then egected an
apparent reconciliation between AL
NarcZ and Miue and their followers
Alvarez signing a formal resignation
OF the position of Revolutionary leader
on November %, at a point on the coast
near the rebel town CT Mercedes ~
varez delivered thirteen Nordenfeldts
ana MaNins. With ammunition. which
We're stored on board the Castine
Eight tNorden1eldts and Maxims We're
delivered TO the army in Zamboany;,
as We're also over two hundred rifles
and ammunition. The artillery came
INTO possession of the revolutionis1s
from SIX Spanish boats bought by In,
army from Spain which the revolutions
lists looted before the Americans ,p1iId
set possession Of them
Alvarez has only a dozen followers
left, the remainder of the revolutionists
having scattered and returned 70 1nei.
occupations. No fighting is expected.
commander Very having started !.
occupy ZamfJoarga' is considered -
nave handled the situation in its many
phases with energy and DIPLOMATS
skill w