The Yale expositor., 1899-09-29
Captured BY Insurgents.
American Boat Urdaneta Beached
in 0rani River.
CREW DEAD OR PRISONERS.
Vessel Found Burned and Her Guns
and Ammunition Observation-Disclosures
of Negros Announce Their Willingness
to Surrender.

Manila, Sept. 26-The insurgents
have captured the United States gun
boat Urdaneta in the Orani river, on
the northwest side OF Manila bay, where
she was patrolng One officer and
nine of her crew are missing.
The United States gunboat Petrei,
sent to investigate the matter, returned
and reported that the U7daneta Is
beached opposite the town OF Orani,on
the Orani river She was riddled with
bullets and burned, and the following
guns, with their ammunition, were cap
tured: A 1-pounder, one Colt automa-
tic gun and one Nordenfeldt % milli-
meter gun.
The crew of the Uraaneta are pris-
oners, or have been killed.
Washington, Sept. 26.-The gunboat
Urdanet, which was captured with her
crew at Orani, about twenty-five miles
from Manila on the bay of Manila, is
little craft of only forty tons displace-
ment, not much larger than small
tug. She was captured by the navy
early in the war and has been on po-
lice duty in the bay for months past.
The records of the navy department
show that she was one Of the boats
OF which the Oregon is the parent snip.
That is. she was supposed to draw all
of her supplies from the battleshlp,
to be manned from the Oregon's crew,
! and to act under the instructions OF
! the Oregon's commander. According
to the last reports to the department,
the little boat was last May under the
command of Naval Cadet Welborn G.
! Wood, but the personnel Of the crew
is not a matter of record, being sub
ject to frequent changes. Wood was
appointed to the naval academy from
Oregon, had passed his academic course
and was performing two years sea
service at the time of his capture.
Naturally the department officials are
vexed that the difficulties Of the nego-
tiations looking to the release of Lieut.
Gilmore of the Yorktown and his men
should be added to by this last misfor-
tune. Still there is no disposition un-
necessarily to curb the junior officers
of the navy, who are rendering such
gallant service in the Philippines.
Two important dispatches from Gen
Otis at Manila were made public by the
war department to-day. The first in
dictates that the insurgents on the Is
land of Negroes are about to recognize
the authority of the United States. Al
election in Negros will be held Oct. 2
The dispatch follows:
Manila, Sept. Northumberland
Washington: Hughes Iloilo, reports
that Lopez and sixty-four armed mel
surrendered to Byrne at Castellano
Negros. An election will be held IL
that island Oct. .. Sought conference
The chief insurgents of Panay wished
to know what promise could be giveI
them in case of formal submission
Were told that no arrangements wer'
possible until they surrendered ant
their force disbanded. OTIS
The second dispatch says the Ameri
can flag will be raised in Sulu island
The chief insurgents in Zamboang;
are reported willing to accept the au
thority of the United States, but desir
to name conditions, which Gen. OH
would not accept. The second dis
patch follows:
Manila, Sept. observation-disclosures
Washington Bates returned iron
.Jolo 21st inst, having placed garrison
at SLASH and Bungam, laval Taw
group; one company at each place. Al
: fairs in the archipelago are satisfae
tory. Bates saw the chief insurgent
at Zamboanga, who are still anxiou
to receive the United States garrison
on condition of Withdrawal shoul
Aguinaldo succeed in Luzon. Tn
proposition was not entertained. Fam
boanga is having trouble with NOR
Datos in the vicinity who have raise
: the United States flag. Dato Cagaya
= OF Sulu island visited Jolo and CAV
> adhesion and desired to raise tn
; American flag instead of the SPANS
flag on the island. The American fla
will be raised there. Ready to civ
six months notice in order to estat
: lish in the archipelago customs regula
lions under the protocol betwee
Spain, Germany and Great Britain c
1885. Bates report by mail. OTIS"
To Carry Their Guns in Parade.