The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-27

IL WIS ltSiu ny lle fieoiuG icDol
Leaders ON Nov. 10, and IL was RE-
solved to No Longer Oppose the
Americans witn United Forces.
Manila, Nov. 27.-The entire PROV
ince of zamboanga Island of Min
danao, had surrendered unconditional
ly to Commander Very, of the Castne.
The surrender was made on the 18th
inst. The surrender Of this province
is regarded as the beginning of the
END of the revolution in the Island of
Mindanao. and, it is believed. viii
be a hard blow to those who are sclll
endeavoTing to maintain the insurrec-
tion in the Island OF LuZon. Zam-
bOanga is the principal city of the
Island Of Mindanao, which is the sec
ond largest island of the Philippine
group
On the 21st Admiral Watson cabed
the Washington officials that Com
mander Very had captured the city Of
Zamboanga ON the 10th. He was aided
by friendly natives and Moros, and was
holding the town pending the arrival of
reinforcements from Jolo. On the
same day General Otis ordered two
& companies Ol lltlhUliy 10 BB hGul 10
Zamboanga from Jolo.
The last Filipino council of war was
held by the retreating leaders at Bay
ombong on Nov. Is. in the house now
occupied by General MacArthrr It
was attended by Agulnaldo, del
Pillar, Garcia Aleiandrino and some
members of the so-called cabinet In
formation has reached General Mac
Arthur from several sources to the eff
feet that the council recognized the
futility of attempting further resist
ance to the Americans with united
forces, and agreed that the Filipino
troops should scatter and should here
after follow guerrilla methods,
Reports of amtuscades and skirm-
ishes come from every section of the
country along the railroads. Those
districts seem to be filled with small
bands. Saturday four men of Com
pany D, Ninth infantry, were foraging
beyond Bamban, when 20 Filipinos
took them in ambush, killing one and
capturing the other three. The Amer
leans resisted for half an hour. The
firing being heard at Bamban, Lieu
tenant Frazc" with a squad, followed
the retreatng Filipinos several miles.
The Americans found the body of a
soldier boloed They burned the ham
let where the fight took place
Three Filipino rifemen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He
shot one and the others fed
Between Bamban ard Angeles
mule train was fired upon by the insur-
gents, and a Spaniard a former prls-
oner of the Filipinos, who was with
the train, was shot. AT Mlasiqui the
officials who welcomed the Americans
were murdered. This was the only
railroad town which the Americans
did not garrison, and on the night The
troops withdrew a band of insurgents
entered, dragged Antonio Mejia, presi-
dent of the town, into the street and
cut his throat The murderers then
assassinated the vice president and
five members of the town council in
the same manner and told the fright
ened natives who witnessed theslaugb-
ter to spread the news that a similar
fate awaited all friends of the Ameri-
cans.
The mayor of San Carlos, who rode
in the carriage with General MacAr-
thur and Colonel Bell when the Amer
leans entered the town, amid the
cheers of the people, was murdered the
next night
Military activity continues in every
section Colonel Bells regiment has
advanced from Bayombong upon Man
gatarem, where it is supposed there is
a large insurgent force. Two battal-
ions of the newly arrived Twenty
eighth infantry have been sent by cas-
Goes to BacOoT. to reinforce the south
line.
Major Spence with so men of the
Thirty-third regiment, surrounded a
village near Bautiston during the night
and attacked the place at daybreak,
capturing Filipino captain and Is
men, with seven rifles.
The latest news from General
Young is that there are ten cavalry
men and 200 Maccabebes with him,
most of the horsemen who started hav-
ing been compelled to drop out because
their horses failed them.
The Filipinos took the American
prisoners from Victoria to San Carlos.
On the walls of the Victoria prison
and of the San Carlos convent are the
following names:
Civilians-George Langford and
Thomas Hayes. Soldiers-harry Win
field. Phil Betterton, ]. 1. Salisbury,
A. N. Gordon, e. ~ Nugent, Frank
Stone, John Desmond, George Sackett.
David Scott, Martin Brennan, Tom
Edwards. D. p Curran. John Cronin.