Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-11-26
The Filipino Government Thing
of the Past and Its officers
Scattered.
GEN. AdUINALDO IS STILL IN HIDING.
President of Insurgent Congress Sur
renders and Renounces All Con-
nection With the Fugitive.
Many skirm,shes in the Vicinity OF Jaro
and santa narbara-Gen Otis VIII
Receive 5000 Rsinforcements
by the End of the Week.

MANILA, Nov 25.-Bautista, presi-
dent of the Filipino congress, present
ed himself to Gen. Macarthur Friday
and formally renounced all further con-
nection with the insurrection. He was
one of the influential Filipinos who
hesitated at the beginning of the war
as to which side on which to cast his
his lot. lie was offered judge
ship of the supreme court, but
declined. He now announces that
he desires to accept the position and
says the Filipino congress and cabinet
are scattered, never to reassemble.
Some of the members, he adds, have
returned to their homes, while others
are flying for safety. Many of the
congressman have resigned and he be-
lieves the Filipino soldiers will lay
down their arms everywhere as soon
as they learn the truth.
WASHINGTON, Nov 25.-Gen. Otis
summarizes the situation in Luzon in
a dispatch to the war department Fri
day:
MANILA, Nov. 24.-Claim to govern
ment by insurgents can be made no
longer under any fiction; its treasurer,
secretary interior and president of
congress in our hands; it's president
and remaining cabinet officer in hiding
evidently in different central Luzon
provinces; its generals and troops in
small bands scattered through these
provinces acting as banditti or dis
persed playing the role of amigos"
with arms concealed. Indications are
that Aguinaldo did not escape through
the lines of Lawton or Wheaton, but
fled westward from Bayam5ong rail-
way station. OTIS.
MANILA, Nov. 25.-Col Carpenter on
November IS advanced to Santa Bar
bara, straight north from Jaro taking
trench after trench, the enemy fight
ing and retreating.
Gen. Hughes column has steadily
been advancing north to gain posi-
tion west of Santa Barbara. 1t en-
countered the enemy in small detach-
ments Six to ten Americans were
wounded in this column.
Col. Carpenter started during the
night of November 90 and opened with
Battery & of the 9th artillery at day
break, Move mber 81, on the trenches.
The enemy volleyed as the artillery
took up position, wounding four.
IL ptl,
garrisoning Jaro, moved through Ca
paz attacking the enemy on the right
flank just north of Jaro at day break,
November -, driving them towards
Col. Carpenter. The country between
Jaro and Santa Barbara is thickly en-.
trenched especially near Payia. The
9th artillery fired on the trenches and
the 18th regiment charged, the enemy
retreating to the next trench. The
18th again charged, encountering and
attacking force of Bolomen whC
were hidden in the long grass and wAC
severely wounded several Americans
During the afternoon of November .
the fighting was severe immediately
south of Pavia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.--It is said a
the war department that by the enc
of the present week Gen. Otis will re
ceive renforcements t. the number o
s, 900 men. 1t is expected that tn,
ma or portion of this force will h'
thrown directly into Cavite province
south of Manila, and will CLEAN GU
the insurgents who have infested tina
region ever since the fall of Manila
The insurgents in this section are be
lieved to mum Der about 1900 to 200
men,