Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-10-20
Said That Pho Del Pillar Would
Deliver Aguinaldo for Cold
Cash.
Half q Million Dollars His Price
for Stopping the Rebel.
lion.
Seven Spanish Officers Plan q
Surrender and Are Promptly
Executed.

ofal OLls mas received MESA ges pur-
porting to come from the insurgent
general, Pho del Pillar, Offering to sell
out his army and to deliver Aguinaldo
into the hands of the Americans. AL
though he is not satisfied that this Of
fer is authentic, it is not intrinsically
improbable. The policy of General
Otis is firmly set against buying any
surrenders.
Pho del Pillar offers, for the sum of
$50, 900, to refrain from attacking Ma
nila with his army; for the sum of
$3.50, 900 he offers to surrender his army
after sham battle, both sides firing
into the air, and for the sum of $500, 900
he says he will procure the overthrow
of the insurrection and the capture of
Aguinaldo, Paterno and the other lead
ers. In the course of the communica-
tion he refers to Aguinaldo in con-
temptuous terms, indicating that
strained relations exist between them.
Reports are being received from the
districts occupied by the enemy, that
the Filipinos believe that Pho del Pillar
has an audacious plan to break through
the American lines into Manila and
seize General Otis and the archbishop.
Possibly these rumors were started with
an idea of helping him to make a deal
with the Americans.
1t is needless to say that the Ameri-
cans would welcome all attack of that
sort. There has been much speculation
of late regarding the whereabouts of
Pho del Pillar. The recent attack at La
Iona is credited to his men. It is be-
lieved that he is now in the vicinity of
San Mateo valley, with force of from
1900 to 5000 men.
Killed Spanish Officers.
Ten former Spanish soldiers, who
were captured by the Fil1pinos and for
time acted as officers and members of
a Filipino artillery regiment located in
the vicinity of Santa Rosa, in the La
guna de Bay district determined to sur
render the artillery to the Americans.
The plot was discovered by the Fill
pinos who killed seven of the conspir-
ators, the other three, escaping to Ma
nila
It appears that when the surrender
was agreed on, the Spanish delegated
one Of their number to proceed to Ma
nila and to propose to General Otis to
surrender, after a prearranged mock
battle, about 10 pieces, including Krupp
and Nordenfeldt rapid fire guns, we'll
supplied with ammunition, Lipa pow
der, in exchange for certain sums to be
paid the Spaniards who were to be par
doned for carrying arms against the
Americans and to be transported to
Spain.
The delegate left Santa Rosa and,
accompanied by three Filipinos, en-
tered the American lines at Calamba.
The Filipinos did not proceed far, de-
Gliding to await his return at given
time. AS the delegate was detained in
Manila longer than they had expected,
they grew suspicious and returned to
Santa Rosa. The plot was then revealed
and the remaining Spaniards were at.
tackled. The gunboat Napidan, coast
ing near Santa Roso, preceived two men
on the beach hurriedly embarking in a
canoe and pushing out toward them.
She took them on board and they re-
ported that the Filipines on discovering
the plot to surrender the artillery, had
cut the throats of seven Of their Span
ish companions and that they, them.
selves had barely escaped with their
lives.
The three Spaniards are now hiding
in Manila, fearing Filipino vengeance.
General Otis had declined their offer,
through the delegate, to surrender the
artillery for money, but he promises to
send the three to Spain.