Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-08
MUTINY ON NEGROS
Native Police in One Town Revolt and Kill
an American Officer.
REBELS THREATEN IMUS AND BACOOR
Americans Sleeping on Their Arms Expect
ing an Attack,
GIVE UP HOPE OF CATCHING AGUINALDO
Insurgent Leader Evades Americans and
Goes to Province of Oavite,
BACK TO WHERE MSURRECTIoN BEGAN
Rebels stronger in This Province
Than at Any other Point on the
Island and May Cause Amcri-
cans Much Trouble.
iIVs UP HOPE OF CATCHING AGUINALDo
Insurgent Leader Evades Americans and
Goes to Province of Oavite.
BACK TO WHERE NsURRECTIoN BEGAN

MANILA, Dec. 7.--l0:30 p. m.--There has
been a mutny of native police in one OF the
towns of the island of Negros.
An American officer was killed. No partic-
ulars have yet been received
The expectation of catching Aguinaldo in
the north has been practically abandoned
and the probability now is that he will turn
southwark, IL he is not already there with
his destination Cavite province. his hope,
where the insurrection began and where 1t
still has it's greatest strength.
The Filipino soldiers in that province have
recently been showing increased enthusiasm
and boldness and captured insurgents say
that Aguinado is coming to Join them with
large army. The same belief prevails
among the natives at Manila and elsewhere
that Aguinaldo intends to make his head
quarters in Cavite province.
There are 5000 insurgents before linus
and Bacoor. keeping the Americans sleep
ing on their arms and nightly awaiting at
tack. The Filipinos have several cannon.
The first mayor of linus, under the American
regime, who ultimately deserted, is their
leader in the assaults and Is ambitious to
take the town. Three soldiers of the Fourth
infantry have deserted and are now with the
enemy. Most of the Inhabitants OF linus are
so strong in their sympathies with the in
surgents that it is necessary to use a part of
the regiment to patrol the streets and pre-
vent shooting from houses whenever an at
tack begins.
American Forces Separated.
The American forces in the north have
separated into many small commands and
are pursuing bands of Flipinos. General
Macarthur is engaged in clearing the noun
tain country west of the Manila Dagupan
l.
Angeles toward Subig with 400 men. Colonel
Bell is sweeping south from Mangaaran.
Thus far the American commanders have
been unable to locate large bodies of in
surgents, although there were about 500 I'm
San Clementine, nine miles south of Man
gatarem, early in the week. Colonel Hood
with the Sixteenth regiment and cavalry
and General Lawton with force from San
Isidro are operating against General Pillars
army in the San Mateo valley.
Major Matchelor with a battalion of the
Twenty-fourth infantry is making a daring
expedition. He left Bayambong a week ago
to march through Cagayan valley to the
north coast of LuZon, intending to reach
Aparri, at the mouth of Cagayan river, the
most important northern seaport of the is
land While no large forces are known to
be in his path it may be that he has some
fighting, although the friendship of the in
habitants ie counted on to give him help
When he arrives at Aparri he will find
gunboat awaiting him.
The Spanish prisoners at Benquet are
escaping from the Fiipinos and are flocking
into Vigan. Several hundred of them are
there already and a steamer will go 20
bring them to Manila.
The transport Manauense, which arrived
here November 2S after a terrible voyage
from San Francisco. was scheduled to start
for home today with sick and disabled SOL
diers. large force has been employed in
repairing its machinery, but it was i'm
possible to get it in condition to leave to-
day and its departure was postponed until
next week. The captain secured a crew q
Chinese at Hong Kong to take it to San
Francisco.
The steamer Rosario, chartered by the
government to bring load of cattle frolh
to Ioilo, left Iloilo Monday
and went ashore on the rocks near Mann
puligan. The crew and passengers were
saved and taken to Negros The trans
ports Olympia and Pennsylvania arrived to-
law