Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-25
FILIPINO LEADER GIVES UP
President of Aguinaldos Congress surrenders
to Macarthur at Tarlac.
FILIPINO GOVERNMENT is NO MORE
InsurEcnt Congress and Cabinet Are
Scattered, Never to Reassemb1c-
Filipino Soldiers VIII Soon
Lay Down Their Arms.

MANILA, Nov. 26.-11:25 a. m.-Senor
Buencamino, a former member of the So
called cabinet of Aguinaldo, has been
brought to General Otis a prisoner on board
the transport Brutus. He had sought refuge
in village near San Fabian, with Agui-
naldos mother and son. The natives dis
closed his identity to Major Cronin, who
captured him.
General Young is still in the mountains on
the trail of Aguinaldo.
MANILA, Nov. 24-5:50 p. m.-Bautista,
president Of the Filipino congress, presented
himself to General Macarthur at Tarlac to-
day 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 lot. He
was offered judgeship of the supreme court,
but declined.
He now anouucee that he desires to ac-
cept the position and says the Filipino con-
gress and cabinet are scattered, never to
reassemble.
Some of the members, he adds, have re-
turned to their homes, while others are
flying for safety. Many of the congressman
have resigned and he believes the Filipino
soldiers will lay down their arms everywhere
as soon as they learn the truth.
Otis Summarizes situation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-General Otis
summarizes the situation in Luzon in dis
patch to the War department today in which
he says that the insurgent government can
no longer claim to exist, its troops and off,
cials are scattered and Aguinaldo in hiding.
The dispatch follows
MANILA, Nov. 24.-Claim to government
by insurgents can be made no longer under
any friction; it's treasurer, secretary Of the
interior and president of congress in our
hands; its president and remaining cabinet
officers in hiding evidently in different parts
of central Luzon provinces it's generals and
troops in small bands scattered through these
provinces acting as banditti or dispersed,
playing the role of amigos with arms con-
cealed. Indications are that Aguinaldo did
not escape through the lines of Lawton or
Wheaton, but fled westward from Bayam-
bong railway station. Telegraphic COM
munication to Dagupan established, prob
ably to San Fabian today; by relaying nine
miles of track with material at hand railway
communication to that point established;
labor Of troops must attend maintenance"
Carpenter Has Sharp Fight.
Fuller details of the sharp engagement be-
tween Carpenters command and the insur-
gents in Iloilo reached the War department
today in the following dispatch from General
Otis, dated Manila, today: p
I'm Panay today, 21st inst, when DICK.
man drove. enemy in vicinity of JaraylGa ~,
penter with two battalions of Eighteenth in
fantry and Bridgeman's battery had severe
engagement at Pava, north of Iloilo. His
casualties five killed, twenty wounded. now
in Iloilo hospital, others slightly wounded
with command; enemy driven north with re-
ported very heavy loss; particulars not re-
ceived. Carpenter passed on to insurgents
stronghold, Santa Barbara, which he cap
tured on 22d inst. without loss. Moth
ing received from column under immediate
command Of Hughes. which is moving ra-
pidly and operating north and west of Santa
Barbara. Apparently Visayans are friendly
not taking active part; enemy consists of
1000 Tagalos."
General Otis also sends the following list
of casualties sustained since his last report
"Killed in advance on Pavia, November q: :
Howard Lowe, sergeant, Company G, Sixth
artillery; William S. Addy, Company r.
Eighteenth infantry.
"In action near Barrio Tenabang, Novem-
ber II: Thomas E. Gardner. Company L,
Seventeenth infantry; wounded. November
II, Charles e. Hapner, right thigh, moder-
ate; November 10, John E. Miller, Company
A. right chest and abdomen, severe. In
action at Minduriao, Panay, James NJ. Casey,
Company B, Eighteenth infantry, left thigh
slight; in action near Jaro, Panay, Richard
Corbett, Company c, Twenty-sixth infantry,
neck severe November 49, James E. Roe
gey Company A. head, severe; in action at
Anabo, Luzon, Paul P. Phenuer Company
F, Eleventh cavalry, left thigh, moderate;
Edward Johnson, head moderate; william
w. Hnman, corporal, right leg, moderate"
A later dispatch from General Otis gives
the results of the fighting at Iloio as fol-
lows
Hughes, Iloilo. reports enemy driven back
into mountains; insurgent capital Cabanatuan
captured. Only serious action that of Car
penter at Pava; total casualties, five killed.
or since died OF wounds; twenty-seven
wounded; captured ten prisoners, eighteen
cannon, six rifles, quantities of ammunition.
Enemy's casualties not stated"