Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-06
CROWDING CLOSE
ON AGUINALDO.
Wheaton's Expedition is to Attack
Rebels from the North.
HOPES TO PEN THEM IN.
awton aud rtcArihur Advance from
Other directions Insuracnt De
fcuts aud Losses.

Manila, Nov. t-Thla evening a foot
u transports and guubolts loft Ma
Mia Tor the most important expedition
Or the autumn campaign. IT, dcatma-
ton is supposed Co he paHupan. or
some other northern point
Gen. Wheaton commando. with hrl-
gHd. consisting of tho Thirteenth ln.
fantry the Th.ty-thlrd Infantry. two
gums ~ che Sixth nrtInefy and two
gauIngH. The transports Sheridan.
Fnncllco de- Reyes and Aztcc care
ry The troops. with the Gunboat Hol.
'nn uH escort.
A dispatch boat was sent ahead 90
arrange rendezvous with ths United
stntrH CrulHrr Charleston. and CO. ths
WnrHilra mat ufD pltroliug the north.
crn coHat ~ Luz1u.
10 be- assumed here that tha purpose
" The expedition Dr. Co move down the
llgupuu- Manila railroad toward Tat
llr. 100 order Go prevent Aruiuaid0'a
iurCoH from making another base far.
thrr north. Dagupln and Appnrfl ARE
lho ntronEholds Of tho Insurgents Ia
the north.
IL has bccn the unanimous opinion Of
military experts that parupan should
pr mudr base VI operations but SUE
Resent troops have heretofore been
lacking. Win Gems Wheaton. Mac.
Arthur ana lnWt0u moving upon Tar.
lac from three directions, and Tho
mountains hommiuT ln the other side.
the insurgents capital viii soon De-.
come unttuuhlo.
Aruluuido may 1ttompt 90 shift bio
heudqunrtrrH Goo The rich tobacco Couu-
tfy nc the northern end OF the island.
u VIII Dc lllcuit Cor the Insurgents To-
escape.
should thg scheduled operations suc-
! coed ufruUisrI luHutlrrtluu ON % large
scale should ho at un oud early next
spring. although guerrilla warfare a.
llknly Co continue fnr long time. no
l ONE .rItUH that The Insurgents viii
| mako many hard battles.
Two columns uf Gen. Mac Arthur
division took AlnrNlng about xix miles
uortheaHt of Angeles. con Smith. With
two hut.ull0uH ~ thU sevrutreth In
fantry two gums ~ tho First artillery
ana o. body ~ engineers advanced from
Angeles. MAJ. o'Duen. with bait
TALON NJ the Seventeenth Infantry and
two trglr. - iho Fourth cavalry
Col smith killed eleven insurgents,
wounded Us and captured nfty. na well
a. taking q lot " insurrcnt transpor-
tntiou,
Alai. o'Brien killed forty.nlnc inaur.
/ gcnu. wounded many and took twenty.
] NNNNA NNNNNNNNN Z NH AAlA"NAN AZ. MNl
/ eleven men wounded
THE sULU GROUP
New York. Nov. GA speclnl 10 IN
! Herald from Washington says, wv,
shall never BE- able 10 make anything
out OF the Sulu group. and they viii
/ prove a yoritahie white elephant. II
We could exchange them with Holland
| for The island ~ Curacao In the Carib-
| bean Tor a consideration. We should be-
| fortunate and Il would also secure us
a good nelghbor IN the Philippine"
These are the cOncluHinrs 90 Lieut.
| Nlblack now on the battcahip Orc-
gou, ln an article which appears In
| the proceedings OF the United States
| Naval Institute, publication which
/ has the official sanction of the navy
! department
dAs Tor the sulu group Lieut. NJ.
| black observes. "the Spanish have nuv.
or been able 90 collect any revenue.
ana their occupation hns bern only
! effective In the last few years We
] ghnll be- Obliged TO pollco. the Islands by
means of Funh0ats. The Dutch hay,
/ u talent Tor handling thcro EhHt Indies
! people, aud besides have native troops
] and police"
II IL evident from Lieut. Nlblack'.
] Information that u AHulnaldo and hlf
] followers ao driven much further
] north by tho American troopf. be- VIII
/ meet with llttlc Hympaihy ana may
| have 90 suner from the onmity ~ The
! tribes occupying that section 0f Luzon
The northern pari Of Luzon. No. says
/ cut on ar 10 IL from the central hy hlgh
| ranges OF mountains o. pCoplcd by nv.
! meroua tribes OF mixed races who arg
! not an friendly hy any mcauH plthpi
with one another or with the Tagiioa