The record-union., 1899-09-26

reported that the insurgents nave cap
tured the United States gunboat Ur-
daneta in the Orani River, on the
northwest side of Manila Bay, where
she was patrolling. One officer and
nine of her crew are missing.
The United States gunboat Petrel
sent to investigate, returned and re-
ported that the Urdaneta was beached
opposite the town of Orani, on the
Orani River She was riddled with
bullets and burned, and the following
guns, with their ammunition, were cap
tured: A one-pounder, one Colt auto
matte gun and one Nordenfeldt 20-mill-
meter gun.
The crew of the Urdaneta are pris-
oners or haye been killed. Further de-
tails are lacking.
WAS A SMALL VESSEL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The gun
boat Urdaneta, which was captured
with her crew at Orani, about twenty
five miles from Manila on the bay or
! Manila, is a little craft of only forty
tons displacement, not much larger
than small tug. She was captured
by the navy early in the war, and has
been on police duty in the bay for
months past.
The records of the Navy Department
show that she was one of the boats
of which the Oregon was the parent
ship; that is, she was supposed to draw
all of her supplies from the battleship.
to be manned from the Oregon's crew,
and to act under the instructions of
the Oregon's commander.
According to the last reports to the
department, the little boat was last
May under the command of Naval
Cadet Welborn c. Wood, but the per-
sonnel of the crew is not a matter Of
record, being subject to frequent
change. Wood was appointed to the
Naval Academy from Washington, had
passed his second academic course, and
was performing sea service at the time
of his capture.
Naturally the department officials are
vexed that the difficulties of the nego-
tiations looking to the release of Lieu
tenant Gilmore of the Yorktown and
| his men should be added to by this
last misfortune. Still there is no dis
| position to unnecessarily curb the
junior officers of the navy who are
rendering such gallant service in the
Philippines.
NEGROS REBELS SURRENDERING
WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-Two i'm
portant dispatches from General Otis
at Manila were made public to-day by
the War Department. They are as fol-
lows:
Manila, Sept. 23.-Adjutant General.
Washington: Hughes, at Iloilo, reports
that Lopez and sixty-four armed men
surrendered to- Byrne, at Castellano,
Negros. There will be an election in
that island on October I'd. A confer
ence was sought by the chief insur-
| gents of Panay, who wished to know
what promise could be given them in
case Of formal submission. Told no
answer was possible until their sur
render and force disbanded.
"OTIS."
Manila, Sept 24-Adjutant General,
Washington: Bates returned from Jolo
on the DIST inst, having placed garri-
sons at Siassi and Bungam, laval
Tawai group-3ne company at each
place. Affairs in the archipelago are
satisfactory. Bates saw the chief in
surgents of Zamboanga, who are still
rison, on condition of withdrawal
should Agunaldo succeed in Luzon
The proposition was not entertained
Zamboanga is having trouble with more
Datos in the vicinity, who have raised
the United States flag. Dato Cagayan,
Sulu Island, visited Jolo, gave adhesion,
and desired to raise the American flag
instead of the Spanish flag on the ISL
and The American flag will be raised
there ready to give six months no.
tice, in order to establish in the archi-
pelago customs regulations under the
protocol between Spain, Germany and
Great Britain of 1885.
Bates report by mail. OTIS.
AMERICAN PRISONERS TO BE
SURRENDERED.
MANILA, Sept. 26.-00 a. m.)-Two
Establishment who had been held by the
insurgents since June, have arrived at
Angeles. They report that the Fill
pino congress has resolved that four
teen American prisoners shall be sur
rendered on Wednesday or Thursday.
They have, however, no information as
to the whereabouts of Captain Charles
A. Rockefeller of the Nineteenth In
fantry, who disappeared in April last,
and from whom nothing has been
heard. They assert that three Ameri-
cans who were captured by the rebels
are acting as officers in the insurgent
army.