The true northerner., 1899-11-29
NERNNENT IS CRUSHED
.Filipinos Can No Longer Claim That
Their Organization Has
Any Existence.
MANY OF ITS OFFICERS IN OUR HANDS.
Dispatch from Gen. Otis shows That
i.5"a.ss..." :, Is r.,..n rras.leai,s na Ended
RenOunces All Further Connection
with the Rebellion.

with the Rebellion.
Washington, Nov. 25. - Gen. Otis
summarizes the situation in Luzon in
q dispatch TO the war department Fri
day, in which he says that the insur-
gent government can no longer claim TO
exist, its troops and officials are scat
tered and Aguinaldo in hiding. The
dispatch follows:
Manila, Nov. 24.-Claim to government
tbyinsurgents can be made no longer under
any fiction; its treasurer. secretary of the
interior and president of congress in our
hands; its president and remaining cab
met officers in hiding evidently in different
central Luzon provinces; its generals and
troops in small bands scattered through
these provinces acting as banditti or dis
persed playing the role of amigos, with
arms concealed. Indications are that Agui-
naldo did not escape through the lines or
Lawton or Wheaton. but fled westward
from Bayambong railway station. Tele-
Fraphic communication TO Dagupan estab-
lshed, probably to San Fabian to-day
by relaying nine miles of track with ma
Aerial at hand, railway communication TO
Nthat point reestablished labor of troops
must attend maintenance"
PRESIDENT of Congress Gives Up.
Manila, Nov. 25.-Bautista, president
of the Filipino congress, presented
himself to Gen. Macarthur Friday and
formally renounced all further con-
nection with the insurrection. He
was one of the influential Filipinos
who hesitated at the beginning of the
war as to the side on which to cast
his lot He was offered a judgeship
of the supreme court, but declined.
He now announces that he desires TO
accept the position and says the Fill
pino congress and cabinet are scat
tered never to reassmble. Some of
the ,fncmbers, he adds, have returned
to their homes, while others are fly
ing for safety. Many of the congress
men have resigned, and he believes
the Filipino soldiers will lay down
their arms everywhere as soon as
they learn the truth.
Another Capture.
Manila, Nov. 25.-Senor Buencamino,
former member of the so-called cab
met of Aguinaldo, has been brought
to Gen. Otis a prisoner on the trans
port Brutus. He had sought refuge in
a village near San Fabian with Aguin-
aldo's mother and son. The natives
disclosed his identity to Maj. Cronin, /
who captured him.
American Flag Flying.
Gen. Bates, who is making tour of
the southern islands. reports that he
has had "A interview with the sultan of
Paragua. and that satisfactory relations I
were established with that ruler. The /.
American flag is now flying over the |
Island of Paragua, which is the most I
western island of the Philippines and
is situated 10 the north of Borneo. 1t /
is long and narrow and has a chain of /
high mountains. It's length is 266 miles /
and its population $4,000.
Filipino Army scatters.
Manila, Nov. 27.-The last Filipino |
council of war was held by the retreat
ing leaders at Bayambong on November !
13 in the house now occupied by Gen. |
Macarthur. II was attended by Aguin- !
/, aldo. Pho del Pillar, Garcia, Alejandrino |
and some members of the so-called cab |
met. Information has reached Gen.
Macarthur from several sources to the |
effect that the council recognized the |
futility of attempting further resist
ance to the Americans with united |
forces. and agreed that the Filipino !
troops should scatter and should here
after follow guerrilla methods.
Surrender of Zamboanga.
Washington. Nov 27.-Secretary of !
the Navy Long on Sunday received a
cablegram from Admiral Watson in
forming him that the entire province |
of Zamboanga island of Mindanao. had |
surrendered unconditionally to Com
mander Very. of the Castine. The sur
render was made on the 18th inst. The |
information contained in Admiral Wat |
sons dispatch was received by the |
president and his advisers with uncon-
cealed satisfaction.
Zamboanga is the principal city of the
island of Mindanao. which is the second |
largast island of the Philippine group. |
Advices from Admiral Watson indicate |
that the entire southern half of the is
land, which comprises the province of |
Zamboanga, has yielded to the Ameri- |
can forces and acceded TO the authority |
of the United States.
Has AguinaIdo's Son.
Manila, Nov. 27.-Aguinaldos four /
year-old son is a captive in the hands |
of Gen. Wheaton. With Buencamino, |
the former Filipino secretary of state
and member of Aguinaldos cabinet,
who was brought here a prisoner on the |
Brutus, they had taken refuge after
Tarlac was deserted in a little village |
in Pangasiman province, about five |
miles from Manaoag. When the natives |
of Cabarawan attacked Buencaminos |
party Aguinaldos mother and her
grandson got into the brush and Buen-
camino thought they had been killed. |
The boy was taken. however, by Mai |
Cronin's men, and is now safe at the |
camp Of Gen. Wheaton. His grand |
mother has not been found.
Important Captures.
Buencamino's position as the former
secretary of state and chief adviser of |
Aguinaldo and his influence among the
natives makes his capture an impor-
tant one, and makes the American Off
cials here more confident than ever that |