The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-08-12
GLAD 10 FALL INTO
HANDS Of AMERICANS
Isabelle Artachio, AguinaIdo's Rival,
Declares He Is Eager to
Serve Gen. Otis,
BARELY ESCAPED ASSASSINATION
Prisoner for a Year and Only Saved
ny Friends in Filipino Army
---llxpects Aguinaldo's
Assassination.

San Francisco, Aug. THE Exam
lner prints the following from its Ma
Mia correspondents:
When isabelle Artachio, the rival OF
Aguinaldo, came INTO Manila recently
among other Filipinos who had es-
capped from Aguinaldo, there was that
IN his face that reminded one Of a
hunted animal. There was a fugitive
glance in his eye hat was iii strange
contrast to the face now wrcathea in
smiles, for Artachio is Il happy. man.
Poor Artachio! l almost felt as if /
had met n long lost brother when L
searched him out in the upstairs of q
tiny sasteria of one Senior Cassi1mir, a
Spaniard.
"Ah!s he exclaimed, II am very glad
to be in Manila. They treated me very
badly. Many times they tired to stab
me, but am free at last and glad of it.
"Aguinaldo would have hal me shot
if he dared, but ! was too well known
for him to do that openly.
They dragged me around from one
convent prison to another, and put
over me two %lieutenants and five sol
diers. They fed me a littla rice, and
gave me a penny's4 worth of fish every
day. Perhaps they wanted to starye
me They wanted to take me into the
mountains, where they would thrust
u bolo into me, but my friends among
the Insurgents told .A%guinaldo that
they could guard me better--they un-
derstood Ilocco's tricks b~ettcr--so 1
was saved from starvation and death.
And now the insurgents army is
all confused and there are many rebel
lions among them. Many commanders
are deserving, and in Cavite it would
be dangerous for Aguinaldo to come.
They would kill him. General
Balderme is forcing them to fight. He
and his generals are very bad men.
Oh, such shameful practices. 1t is ter
rible. They treat the so. II
they resist, the officers take their re-
volvers and shoot them and throw
them into the rivers. The officers stop
at nothing to extort money, and then
they gamble and drink aud make the
women dance for them.
"One day one of the generals came
to me, for they are not all bad. He
said: 'Ah, Artachio. there is some
consolation in being in prison. You
are spared witnessing the degradation
of your c%ountrymen.'
s'The army is badly d~isorganized
There is no communication with the
north now. They are all huddlcd to"
gether at San Francisco del Maiahon
If you go there you will catch them all
arms, ammunition, powder factor.
and all the officers Of the southern divi.
sion. There is not much left of thu
revolution. Some day they will kill
A%guinaldo. He is aklbad mdn. He
knows only fighting. a}lc will stop al
nothing to gain his ambition. The,
say he killed the old chief, Boni Facio,
of the first revolution, who gave him
his start and taught him all lie knows,
He wants to be first. There must be
no one else to eclipse or rival him. He
hated me because there We're men who
>nld follow me, and becauseI wanted
control my share Of the money paic
by the Spanish government.
"But | am free now. General Otis
gave nc my liberty, and ] would like
to serve the American government any
way l can. How did / escape? Well,
Wien the American troops took Las
Pinas I was at Salinas. All the army
was in confusion. E:ery II ran, de-
sorting the town, when they heard the
American guns. ] was in prison in the
convent. My guards ran away. Your
men moved very fast. Then l cana
out, and the women and children and
somesof the natives We're trying to cs.
~capetoward the bay. :
II threw off my clothes and drcsse
ms q pcasant--just q shirt and white
trousers-no shoes OF stockings. Then
with two women, | went to the bay
and walked down to the beach.
''The American soldiers halted ~
and then they took me and put me un.
der guard with the prisoners; but
VIXEN we arrived in Manila three days
later, General Otis, who knew who ]
was, set ms at liberty. But the insur'
gents took everything ] had.'
Such, briefly, is the story of AT.
tachio's years Imprisonment. Agui.
naldo was always Jealous of him
Jealous of his popularity, his educa.
ton and his cleverness, for Artachid
has more heart than Aguinaldo. He il
loved, where Aguinaldo is feared.
In the first. revolution, Artachio was
a powerful chief, the head of the Hoe
cos province under the Spanish rule