The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-26
Filipino Government
Not Even a
Shadow,
AGGY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Deserted by Army and
Friends He is a Home
less Wanderer.

Manila, Nov %, 45O p. m-The news
which the steamship Brutus brings
from Dagupan dispels all doubts that
the so-called Filipino republic is crum-
bling like house OF cards Aguinaldo
is deserving or being abandoned by the
politicians, and the army, which fort
night ago was entrenched at TarIac and
the de facto government over nine
tenths of the people of Luzon, is fugf-
tive in the mountains with small hone
of re-establishing the machine.
The army Is scattered in the hills on
both sides Of the railroad, and widely
separated detachments are within fba
Gordon which Gems Lawton and Whea
ton have formed. The ruling spirit of
the cabinet is a prisoner in Manila. a
white elephant" on the hands of the
government.
Three provincial governors have ar
rived IN Manila to request Gen Otis to
install them in their old offices unde1,
the new regime. Dr. Luna, a brother
of Gen. Luna and a prominent insur-
rectionist. has arrived here. and bis
friends and many others are applvine
10 Gen GUS for permission to eniov the
Iuxuries of Manila after months If sIf
fering The flags are 7ying at hale
mast out of respect for Vice President
Hobart. i''eiI
Last night parties of insurgents made
Ieellng attacks upon linus and the 70
pote bridge. The only large forces Of
insurgents known to remain are those
IN the CaYite province at San Mateo
anu IN tne Aanbeles mountains, though
several seaports have large garrisons1
Asuinaldo began his retreat wifi ty,o
o.,
Pllar. That force was probably redncad
20 lts present proportion by desertion'
Inc last definite news as to AguinoI-
oos Whereabouts is that he nassad
through Trinidad, east of Aringav 70
ward Bayanbong, escorted bv 200 mon
OF the Bulacan battalion, who had
1wlndled from 600 within a week. Cen
Ilno, who fought the Thirty-thfrd at
gan Iacinto, Is supposed to have Joined
i i,,tl, a letter from Gen. Tino has been
intercepted, in which the writer save
That 200 of his men We're killed or wounz
ded, and he was going to the noun
tains.
Gen. Young left Tayug on November
18th to connect with Gen. Wheaton
with the Macabebes and three troops of
cavalry. Two troops, commanded nv
capt. Hunter and Lieut.. Thaver
pushed through to Azingin From that
A@ASNh. lldy SIt WITH Twelve men.
started from San Fabian, taking the
chances of getting through the lines of
the enemy, who We're supposed to be
between Azingin and San Fabian. At
ter a trying ride. by way of Magalden
ana San Jacinto, he arrived at San
Fabian on November IA, dashing
through a considerable force of the en-
envy at Magaldan
The fate of Lieut. Thayer and his
n q nj
and fear prevailed here that they had
either been killed or captured Major
SW1gert, with the other two troops, re-
connoitered toward Pozorrubio, twice
attacking a force which, it was after
wards learned, was Aguinaldos rear
guard; in the meantime Gen Whea-
ton sent the Thirteenth regiment to
Santo Thomas and Rosario.
Two launches from the Oregon, 1t.
Niblack commanding, accompanied
them along the shore. A hundred in
surgents were found entrenched at Ro-
sario. Bucks battalion and the Ian
GERS drove them from the trenches and
routed them, the Thirteenth losing one
man killed and three wounded.
Crontn's battalion marched to PoZer-
rubio, there f1ndiEA Gen. Young's force
(Which had just learned that Aguinaldo
had passed through AXingin, on his
force was started to head off the party |
Eat Pozerrubio, and might have sue |
ceeded but that he took the wrong road. |
Z Darkness coming on, compelled them to
abandon the pursuit for the night, and |
heavy rainfall on the two following !
days handicapped them further, else |
Aguinaldo might have been captured.
II Buencamino's endurance was eX- |
hau'4ed He had left Aguinaldos par
fy there. and remained among the |
Americans a week until the natives be- |
trayed him. Aginaldo is on the noun
tain trails, having % horses in the |
party, and has a good chance of elud- |
ing the Americans unless he gets among |
hostile natives.
Gen. Lawton entered San Fabian |
with his staff on Nov. IS, after a peril |
GUS and exhaustipg trip He arranged |
the distribution of troops in the sur
rounding country, and started to re-
turn to Tayug on Sunday The bust
ness men of Dagupan and many of the |
that the insurgents had evacuated and |
requested that he garrison the place.
Capt Rowland took a battalion of |
the Thirteenth to Dagupan He found |
$500 people in a town the population of |
which is nominally $4,000, the remain |
der having fed to the swamps. Capt. |
Rowland reinstalled in office the local |
authorities Of Aguinaldo's government, |
all of whom took the oath of allegi |
.ance. The Third cavalry had one man
killed and several wounded in the fight |
rat San Thomas.