The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-26
BUESCAMINO At MANILA.
Insurgent Secretary of state a Prison
er of War.

| MANILA. Nov. 25.-Buencamino. the
| brains of the Filipino insurrection. is
| locked up here in charge Of Brigadier Gen
| eral Edward b. Williston, the provost mar
shall. When Tarlac fell. Buencamino fed
northward with Aguinaldo's three-year-old
son and an old woman, supposed to be the
mother OF Agulnaldo's confidential servant.
Tomas Maxarine, and guard Of one hum
| dred soldiers. Reaching the ne!ghborhood
| OF the coast, Nov. Is. Buencamino found
| American soldiers on every side and es-
| cape impossible. So he sought refuge in a
| little Pangasiran village elk miles from
Manaoag. living In a mean little hut belong
| ing TO natives who were Iukewarm toward
the insurrection. On learning his identity
some refugees brought the news on Nov
20 to Colonel Luther r. Hare, commanding
the Thirty-third Infantry. garrisoning Ma
naoag.
After communicating with Gen. Wheaton,
Major Marcus d. CrOnin's battalion sur
rounded the village Nov. 81 Buencamno's
guard had hidden their rifles and uniforms
and Buencamino surrendered without re-
sistance. He had only a few clothes and
5000 in gold. General Wheaton kept the
woman and child and sent Buencamino to
Manila on the transport Brutus. in charge
of Lieutenant Smith. OF the Twentieth In
fantry. He seemed cheerful and rather glad
that his troubles had eliminated.
On the Brutus arriving at Manila this
morning. Lieutenant Smith took Buencam-
| ino to the palace. He was only a few min
| utes in General Otis's Office. The prisoner
| told General Otis that ne desired peace. and
| had for a long time used his influence for
peace. Aguinaldo. he added retreating &
| north with 1900 men and two cannon. Gen.
| Otis then summoned Provost Marshal Will
| liston, who, previous to driving away with
| Buencamino. received instructions to lock
| him up in comfortable quarters and allow
| no person to see him. BuencaminO is the
| chief author of the Filipino constitution and
most of the state documents.
The movement against the insurgents in
| the island or Panay has resulted in driving
| them TO the mountains, twenty miles in
| ward. The troops engaged were two bat
| talions of the Nineteenth Regiment, bat
| talon OF the Twentv-sixth Regiment. the
| Eighteenth Regiment. Gordon's mounted
scouts and Bridgman's battery of the Sixth
| Artillery. The Americans. in all. lost five
| men killed and had thirty-eight men
| wounded.
General Hughes, Colonel Carpenter and
| Colonel r. Edmund Price commanded dur
| ing the various fights. Thirty-two insur-
gents were killed in the engagements and
| the natives reported that nineteen cart
loads OF wounded were taken away. Among
| the Americans killed was a lieutenant of the
| Eighteenth Regiment and a sergeant of ar
! tillery. Twelve obsolete cannon were cap
tured. Santa Barbara and Maasn arsenal
were deserted before the Americans arrived
The insurgents, seeing IL was impossible
to resist the movement. retired with most
of their stores.
The Third Infantry, reeonnoitering from
Balinag, met the insurgents on the main
road and had running fight to San lde-
fonso, where they drove 500 Filipinos from
an old Spanish redoubt. Proceeding toward
San Tiguel the Americans found the insur
gents in series of strong works. two miles
south of the town, PROBABLY General Pho
del Pillars old command, numbering 80
| men. An officer was killed and a private
wounded. The insurgents had four men
| killed and ten wounded. Nine Filipinos were
| captured This is probably the largest band
of insurgents north of the Pasig river.