The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-09
IS the Cause Of the Outbreak Of Natives in
the Island Of Negros.
Aguinaldo Now Believed to Have
Little Chance Of Escaping Cap
ture, Having Been Headed OF
to the Northward, and Almost
Every Avenue Of Escape Guard
ed by American Forces.

MANILA. Dec. S-Q0:55 a. ND
There was considerable relief ill Ma
Mia when the news was received to-day
that General Young's small force had
arrived safely at Vigan, Province OF
South Ilocos, December 9th. anxiety
has been felt for General Dung and the
garrison at Vigan, since it was known
that General Limo had a large aggres-
sive body of insurgents operating in the
vicinity.
General Limo made stand in the
mountain pass between Narvacan and
San Quinto The natural strength OF
the position was augmented by trenches
and pitfalls The fight lasted five
hours. General Young had three COM
panies of the Thirty-fourth Infantry
and Lieutenant Colonel Robert l..
Howse, and two troops of the Third
Cavalry, Captain Swigert commanding,
and one troop under Captain Chase. He
was reinforced during the fight by Colo
mel Luther r. Hare with a battalion of
the Thirty third, en- route to Vigan.
General Young ended the fight by
charging and routing the enemy, who
left twenty-five dead and several rifles
and thousands of rounds of ammunition
artillery Only one American was Sc
riously wounded.
The uprising in the island of Negros
was led by the police of La Corlata Dis
trict, where there is a small American
garrison. The police were inspired by
false reports of insurgent victories in
tive police in Negroes who are armed
rxyjt ,>;A mt
Ledyard, the American officer killed,
was a son of the President of the
Michigan Central Railroad and a popu-
lar officer.
NEWSPAPER REPORTS CAUSE
THE TROUBLE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s. General
Otis to-day cables the War Department
in regard to the uprising in Negroes as
follows:
Manila, Dec. Sth.
II am informed that the outbreak OF
natives in the district of South Negros
was the result of reported recent great
insurgent victories in Luzon and Pa
nay, which the natives believe. The ex-
tent of the outbreak has not been as
certained. Lieutenant A. C. Ledyard
Sixth Infantry, was killed, and two
privates wounded. as~
One of our chief difficulties arises
from the circulation of falsehoods
among the natives. defamatory newspa-
per articles Of the United States and
Europe, promptly published in Span
ish in San Francisco, Madrid and
by the Hongkong Junta, and circulated
in the Philippines. The insurgents have
based all reports upon false rumors."
A second dispatch from General Otis
dated Manila to-day, says:
The hospital ship Relief has just ar
Iived from vigan, bringing 27O sick
soldiers, 232 Spanish prisoners. She
reports several hundred Spanish pris-
oners at Vigan. for which We send a
transport this evening Colonel Hare,
Thirty third Infantry took Bangued on
the 9th inst, and now with a portion
of his regiment and a battalion of the
Thirty-fourth Infantry is in pursuit OF
the insurgents on roads southeast to
Lepanto thence to Bontoc on which,
Aguinaldo and 800 insurgents are sup
posed to be retreating with American
prisoners. The inhabitants of the west
ern Luzon coast are friendly, and give
assistance"
General Otis also reports the arrival
of the transport Olympia, with the
Thirty ninth Infantry one battalion OF
the Forty-fifth Infantry and some re-
cruits. There were no casualties on
the voyage
AGUINALDO HEADED OFF.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The town of
Bontoc, toward which Aguinaldo with
his bodyguard is said to be retreatlng
lies in the mountain Businesses about