Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-28
ENEMY ISON THE RUN
Insurgents Retreat So Hurriedly Seven
American Prisoners Escape,
BELL PURSUES THEM TO MOUNTAINS
Are Short Of Food and Ammunition and
Now Seem Disheartened.
MANY DESERTERS FROM REBEL RANKS
Their Heavy Artillery an Impediment in
Their Assty Flight
SITUATION GROWING MUCH BRIGHTER
NY DEsERTERS FROM REBEL RANKS
SITUATION GROWING MUCH BRlGHrtF
Apuinnldo's Youngest Child Dies
Three Hundred Spaninrds Escape
from Filipinos After n
Years Captivity.

from Fiiipinos After
Years Captivity.
MANILA, Nov. 27.--ll 80 a. m.--The in
surgents have evacuated Mangalaren, prov
ince of Pangasanan. leaving seven American
and ninety-four Spanish prisoners who es-
capped in the confusion of the Filipino re-
treat. The Americans are T. J. Green and
George Powers OF the battleship oregon;
! Thomas Edwards and Charles Bird of the
Sixteenth infantry; Henry W. James of the
| Twelfth infantry; John Desmond of the
signal corps and +. II. Huber OF Loves
scouts. They report that two Americans
were unable to escape and are with the in
surgents. They are David Scott of the
Twenty fourth infantry and William Sherry
OF the hospital corps. Four deserters are
with the Filipinos, Howard, Martin and Ford
of the Caifornians and Watts whose former
regiment is unknown. Howard is the only
one serving with the insurgents. He is
captain of artillery.
Colonel Bell of the Thirty-fourth volun-
teers arrived at Mangalaren last evening
after hard march and fordng the Agno.
He found that Fowler's company of the
Thirty third had occupied the town for two
days. The insurgents, General Alejandrino
hind the town, short of food and ammuni
tion. Besides this his men were desert!ng
and six cannon. which the insurgents were
dragging, impeded their march.
Colonel Bell proposes to follow the Fill
pinos until he can bring about a decisive
fight or they are scattered.
Mangalaren was strongly fortified with
rifle pits, commanding the roads, but the
insurgents abandoned the place without
firing a shot.
AguinaldOs youngest child, who was re-
Gently chrstened at Tarlac with great cere-
mony, died and was buried at Dayamban in
Aguinaldo's flight General Wheaton reports
that natives have threatened violence to Ag-
uinaldo's mother who is now sheltered in a
convent with guard. General Otis has or
dered her to be brought to Manila for safety.
Spanish Escape from FiIipinos.
Three hundred Spanish prisoners who es-
capped from their ptors before the Ameri-
can advance, including civil officials OF rank,
who had been in the hands of the Filpinos
for more than year, and many officers, have
arrived at Manila during the last week.
Francisco Reyes brought 100 of them from
General Wheaton. They were a motley ap-
pareled and bearded company. Some were
i'll and had to be carried from Tayug to San
Fabian in army wagons.
delegation of these former prisoners has
visited Major General Otis in order to thank
him for his hospitality, which included the
furnishing Of food and clothes. Senor jam
arilo, the Spanish commissioner, is making
arrangements to send them to Spain on board
of Spanish transports,
Beuncamino has been lodged in comfort
able quarters at the police station with his
family Other persons are not allowed to
communicate with him. He is classed as be-
ing the most slippery parsonage connected
with the Instruction He was a colonel in
the Spanish army and traitor to Spain. At
the time of the first insurrecton he tried
to sell out to the Filipnos and his present
Imprisonment eXcites no sympathy among
his people, while the Spaniards think 1t is
mistaken leniency for the Americans to re-
fran from shooting him on the Luneta, the
fate dealt out to better men in the anti
Spanish uprising.
Capture Rebel Ammunition.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-General Otis to-
day reports the situation in the Philippines
in the following dispatch to the War depart
ment;
MANILA, Nov. 27.-Steamer from San
Fabian yesterday brought 115 Spanish pris-
oners, $4,000 insurgent government money
anu OlueT properly captured by LaWtOn
troops near Tayug on 25th. Wheatons troops,
Fowler's company Thirty-third, drove enemy
westward from Mangalaren few miles south
west Dagupan, captured five three-in muz-
zle-loading guns, twelve rifles, II 900 rounds
Maxim cartridges, 1000 shrapnel, 500 pounds
powder and other property also ninety-four
Spanish and seven American prisoners. Bell,
with Thirty y-siXth infantry, in pursuit and
will march down western Luzon coast Indi-
cations are two or three bodies insurgent
troops, numbering probably 500 or more men
each, in mountains west of railroad, can be
readily handled by Macarthur; they have
the bulk of the insurgent artillery all Of
which will be captured unless buried.
Young still in pursuit OF Aguinaldo, who
Is heading for Bangued, few miles east
Vigan Young with cavalry and scouts IL
followed by battalion Thirty-th third and bat
ance battalion Thirty y-second; two battaI-
ions Thirty-thrd enroute for Vlgan by mill
tary post road. Young's reception by in
enthusiastic they give all aid pos
sible. Aguinaldo has collected more than
/ 900 Of his troops at the north probably
most Will desert him Number small de-
tachments OF insurgent troops throughout
north of Manila have been captured
and inhabitants manifest gratitude for delly-
south of Manila is disintegrating and troops
going to their homes Reports from southern
islands favorable. Zamboanga insurgents
to our troops and no trouble an
tcipated there
Later in the day the following dispatch
was received from General Otis,
Oregon landed marines at Vgan yester-
day Young's column at Nainogpacan twenty
miles north OF San Fernando, on 23d from
which point passed north into mountains.
Troops will relieve marines at Vigan 29th
Bulk Spanish and American prisoners re-
ported at Bangued, twenty miles east Vigan,
Wheaton, San Fabian, Just reports capture
OF seyenty-three more rifles and 81 100 in
money also that he has been obliged TO take
mother and son Of Aguinaldo under guard at
Fabian to prevent their murder by natives.
They will be sent here the first opportunity
and delivered to friends. Natives In vicinity
Bayambong, Nuesta Vlscaya, offering sery-
ices to drive out insurgents there
Reports from Zamboanga say insurgents