The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-30
FILIPINOs AT BAYOMBONG SAID TO
HAVE SURRENDERED TO AMER
ICAN FORCES
WERE AGUINALDO'S BODYGUARD
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT ESTAB-
LIsHED AT ZOAMBOANGA BY
CAPT. NICHOLS
FALL OF VIGAN Is VERIFIED

battleship Oregon Sent a Force OF
Marines to Rescue Lieut.. Gilmore,
but Found That He and Party
Had Reen Taken to the Noun
tains Two Days Previous to Ar
rival of Warship.
MANILA, Nov, 3O.-It is supposed that
the insurgent garrison at Bayombong,
province of Neuva Vizaya, numbering
from 300 to 500 men, has surrendered to
Gen. Lawton, who started for that point
with the Thirty-fcurth infantry.
Capt Nichols, who commands a detach-
ment of the Twenty-third infantry at
Zoamboanga, island of Mindanao, has es-
tabllshed a provisional government there.
The insurgents have surrendered to him
four cannon and 2OG rifles.
officers from the steamer Manuense,
which arrived here Tuesday from San
Francisco, after a terrible voyage, bring
ing three companies of the Thirty-first in
f4ntry, say she was chartered for the
Philippine service and not as an ocean
transport, and that sending a battalion
across the ocean on board her was an eX-
pertinent. The captain declines to discuss
the steamers experience. He says he is
only the navigating officer, and has no
jurisdiction over the engineering depart
ment.
The battleship Oregon landed men at
Vigan, hoping to find Lieut.. G1lmcre's
party, as 1t is known he and his men
were there recently The landing party
found that the Americans had been re-
moved to the mountains, two days be-
fore. The navy has requested the army
3 TO go in pursuit.
BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY.
A dispatch from the Associated Press
correspondent at Nam6cpacan, province
of Union, dated Sunday, Nov. %, says:
The Oregon, Samara and Callao, with
l60 bluejackets and marines from the Ore
gon, captured the port of Vigan, province
of South Ilocos, north of here, today.
The Samara and Callao ran close in
shore, few shots were fired and then
the Samara, Callao and Oregon engaged
IN a sharp bOmbardment of Vigan. The
firing from the shore ceased almost i'm
mediately and the sailors and marines
with a field piece were landed.
1T is reported that LOO insurgents un-
der Generals TinO and Pillar are massed
at Taguden, ten miles north, and it has
been concluded to wait at Namacpacan
for the rest of the reinfOrcements. The
American military force was still at Ma
macpacan Sunday, but a move north
was expected to take place Monday Two
companies of the Thirty-third volun-
teers are on their way north to reinforce
the troops at Namacpacan "
a later dispatch from Namacpacan says
that when the bluejackets and marines
landed at Vig2n they found that the in
surgents had fed. The navy will held
the town until relieved by the troops
N1-Iio oh hair ooyf1o
Young, with three troops of the Third
cavalry and a small detachment of Mac
abebes, commanded by lieuts. Hall, Quin-
Ian and BOunt arrived at Mama cpacan
from San Fernando, in Union province,
Thursday, Nov. %. There they received
news of Aguinaldo, from which it ap-
pears that he passed north, through
Namacpacan, Tuesday Nov. 81, while
Gen. Young was waiting at San Fer
nando, twenty miles south.
The rebel chief is now believed to be
hiding in Abra province. When Aguinel-
do passed through Namacpacan, all his
talk was In favor of continuing the war.
COL. BELLS ACHIEVEMENT.
By courier from the mountains to Day
ebem, province of Pansa ganan: The fight
in which Col. Bell scattered the rebel
b1igades Of Gems. Alejandrino and San
Miguel took place on the summit Of the
mountains west of Mangalaren, forming
the divide between the Dagupan valley
end the ocean. Col. J. Franklin Bells
regiment, the Thirty-siXth infantry, and
Fowler's company Of the Thirty-third,
left Mangalaren Monday morning and
marched twenty-four miles, with four
hours rest, over bare and Waterless
ridges, along narrow trails and through
canyons. At daylight, Nov. %, the troops
emerged from a timbered canyon upon
the divide, running into the rebels ad-
vance guard, who retreated to the main
body before shooting
Col Bell, who was in advance with the
scouts and one company, had the rehels
In full rout before the main body of his
troops arrived, fleeing down the mountain
to the swamps between MarSalaren and
Aguitas, leaving ten dead and many
wounded, and abandoning two Norden-
feldts, che two-ipch Krupp, one Maxim
and one HOtchkss. They were chased
through the swamps and thoroughly dis
persed.
Col Bell captured all their artillery,
supplies and clothing, many Mausers and
RemingtOns, some American Winchesters
and a thousand rounds of ammunition.
Ihe rifles, etc, were abandoned in the
rebels retreat and were scattered along
their trail for two miles, the enemy
escaping empty-handed, with the excep-
ton of a few rifles.
The women and children In shacks in
the camp had no time to escape.
Col. Rusear, chief of the arsenal, end
few other prisoners, were taken. The
rebels had artillery trained to command
the regular trail from Mangalarn, but
Col. Bell approached from the opposite
direction. The rebels are estimated to
have numbered 20G0 men, with some
English, japanese and four Spanish Of
ficers.