Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-12-01
REPUBLIC IS CRUMBLING
FILIPINO GOVERNMENT Is ToRNAsuN.
DER AND SCATTERED.

DER AND SCATTERED.
Agu,aaldo is in Hiding--.Srany OniooAold-
ers Return to Manila and Beg for. Their
Place Under the New negime---The Stu
alton.
Manila. n.-News which the Brutus
brlnas from Dagupan dispels all doubts
that the so-called Filipino republic Is
crumbling like house Of paper. Ag-
uinaldo Is deserted. on being abandon
ed BY the politicians and the army
which, fortnight ago, was entrench-
Cd. at Tariac and exercised a de facto
government over nine-tenths Of the
people OF Luzon, is fugitive In the
mountains. with small hope Of re.es-
tabllshing the machine. The army is
scattered In the hills on both sides of
the river and widely separated detacb-
ments are within the Gordon which
Gems. Lawton and Wheaton have co.
mented.
The ruling spirit Of the CO binet is a
prisoner In Manila-a white elephant
on the hands OF the authorities-and
the small fry are tumbling over one
another to get to Manila. Three pro-
visional governors have arrived at Ma
nila to request Gen. Otis to reinstate
them In their old positions under the
now regime. There were no demon
strations over the recent victory here.
Friday night parties Of insurgents
made feeble attacks upon linus and Ia
pote bridge The only large organized
forces Of insurgents known to remain
are those in the Cavite province at San
Mateo and In the Zamb beles mountains,
though several seaports have large gar
risons.
Aguinaldo began his retreat with o.
900 men under Gen. Gregorio Pillar.
That force was probably somewhat d.
minished by deeertlon. The last de6n-
lite news as to Aguinaldo's whereabouts
Ia that be passed throughTrinidad, east
9 e 81 Sg5 tQTara S sna Bamee9oang escort
who had dwindled from coo within a
week. Gen. Mino. who fought the
thirty third at San Jacinto, Is supposed
to have Joined him. A letter from
Gen. Mino hes been intercepted In
which the writer says that 900 Of his
men were killed or wounded; that he
had had enough and was going to the
mountains.
Gen. Young, with the Macabees and
Chase's troops OF cavalry.is still on the
trsll Of the rebels. The men and horses
are badly used up. Cen Wheaton Is
trying to get reinforcements and sup
plies to them from the coast. Gen.
Young left Tayg on Nov to connect
With Gen Wheaton with the Macabees
and three troops of cavalry. Two troops
commanded by Capt. Hunter and
Lieut. Thayar, pushed through to AS
ingsn From that point Lieut.. Thay-
or, with twelve men, started for San
Fabian, taking the chances OF getting
through the linea Of the enemy, who
were supposed to be between Asinagap
and San Fabian After daring ride
By way OF Magaldan and San Jacinto,
be arrived at San Fabian, on Nov ID,
dashing through considerable force
of the enemy at Magaldan. His un.
dertakine was reported by courier from
Gen. Young to San Jose. The fate OF
Lieut.. Thayer and his compapions was
not known until Friday and fears pre-
vailed here that they had either been
killed or captured.
Maj. Swigert, with the other two
troops, reconnoitered toward Posorru
bio, twice attacking force which II
was after wards learned was Aguinla'
dos rear guard. In the meantime
Gen. Wheston sent the fifteenth regi-
ment to Santo Tomas and Rosario, two
launches from the Oregon, Lieut.. Nib
lack commanding, accompanying them
along the shore. A hundred insurgents
we're found entrenched at Rosario.
Bucks battalion and the launches
drove them from the trenches and
routed them, the fifteenth regiment los
ling one man killed and three wounded.
pamn gcs Growing out of tho War.
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