Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1899-12-07
cALIxTo WAS AssAssINATED.
He and Alvarez Stirred the People mp
to the Point Of Insurrection.

to the Point of Insurrection.
Manila, Dec. 4.-The steamer Sal
yador, from Zamboanga, island OF
Mindanao, which has arrived here,
brings details of the occupation of the
town by Commander Very, of the Uni
ted States gunboat Castine.
The reyolutiopists in Mindanao were
led by Alvarez and Calixto, who left
Luzon some time ago and for the last
seven months had been stirring up the
people, winning considerable follow
ing. The commercial depression and
the lack of food resulting from the is
lands blockade set the people against
the revolutionists and eliminated in
the assassination on November Is Of
Calixto, firebrand and the real leader
of the revolution, by Midel, mayor Of
tho town of Tetuan.
Midel, under a pretext, secured Calix-
to's presence in Tetuan and where the
mayor station guards. The latter fired
volley, killing Calixto instantly.
Midel at once repaired to the Castine
and arranged with Commander Very
for the occupation OF Zamboanga.
Commander Very asked that Dato
Mandi, with 500 Of his followers, sta
tiosed on a neighboring island, come
TO Zamboanga.
The following morning Midel raised
the American flag over Zamboanga, the
insurgents offering no resistance and
| eyscuating the town. The Castine
was saluted with 81 guns, and Com
mander Very landed 100 bluejackets
and took possession of the town and
Notifications. Datto Mandi's men ar
rived in the afternoon. They were
armed with wooden shields and swords,
and we're used on picket duty.
Commander Very dispatched the
gunboat Manila on November ] 8 TO Jolo
to convey troops to reinforce him. A
company of the Twenty-third regiment.
under Captain Nichols, arrived on No
vember II, and two more companies
followed them shortly. Mandi's fol-
lowers then returned home and Alvarez
sought to arrange for surrender of the
arms and the artillery pieces.
On the afternoon of November 20,
Midel called a meeting of the local
chiefs, who formally deposed Alvarez
as leader of the reyolutionists in the is
land and elected Midel president of the
new insular government established
under American sovereignty and con-
troll The chiefs formally requested
Commander Very TO grant exemption
from taxes until the re-establishment
OF commercial relations, permission to
carry arms in the mountains, religious
freedom and the power to conduct local
government as they had previously
done, which requests, pending the ar
rival OF Brigadier- General Bates, the
military governor of tho district, the
commander granted.
Commander Very then effected ar
apparent reconciliation between AL
varez and Midel and their followers
Alvarez signing formal resignation o
the position of revolutionary leader OF
November 80, at a point on the coas
near the rebel town Of Mercels. AL
varez delivered IA Nordenfeldts ant
Maxims, with ammunition. which
were stored on board the Castine
Eight Nordenfeldts and Maxims wer,
delivered to the army at Zamboanga
as were also 200 rifles and ammuni
tion. The artillery came into posses
sion of the revolutionists from sil
Spanish gunboats bought by the arm,
from Spain, which the revolu
tionists looted before the American
could get possession.
Alvarez and only q dozen follower
left, the remainder of, the revolution
lists having scattered and returned +
their occupations. Commander Very
having started to occupy Zamboanga, /
considered to have handled the situa
ton in its many phases with energ
and diplomatic skill.