The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-01

Washington. Wow Is Cen oss~
summarizes the situation IN Luzon IN
a dispatch to the war department. Fri
day. in which he says that the Insuy-
gent government can no longer claims TO
exist. its troops and officials are seat
tered and aguinsIdo IN hiding. The
dispatch follows:
Manila. Eav. N-TTafru 20 xovs-ursny
by insurgents can be made no ioresr under
any fiction. It's treasurer. sse-essry Of ne
Interior ard president Ct congress IN cur
hands IT'S president ard -ernssufrE cab-
tnet officers IN hffiny evidently m Different
central Erzcn PROVINCES. ixs gs1eraIs and
troops in small bands scattered through
these provinces acting as oaadferf or Dis
perssd playing me role Of amigos. vfst
arms concealed Indications are zhat Azui-
naldo did not escape tfrou.h the Hres Of
Lawfon or Wheztou. boz ffd westward
from Bayanbenw railway ssatfor TsIs-
graphic communication 20 Dt~upan essah-
Eished. probably TO Sam FshEsa today.
terfsI az hand. railway COMMUNICATION 30
that point raestabiished. Ia5s- Of trosps
must attend maintenance"
A later Dispatch from Ger. Otis gives
the results of the fighting 4 folio as
follows.
. Hughes. fTosTo. reports snsry srfvsr
back into Fuouufafrs. fnsuTEeuf carftxF cn-
batuau captured Only serious acaortrae
Of Carpenter at Pavfa. total ca~sasSes
five Killed or Stree dead Of wounds. e
wounded. captured ten prisoners. r en-
non. SIX rifles. quantities 5f zrrrz11fsfr-
Eneny-s casualties not stated
Manila. Wow. s5.-BautIsta. pTesftfers
of the Filipino congress prezsntes
himself TO GEN Macarthur Friday and
formally rsnouncesf all further eon-
neetiou with the iTsHrrection. He
was one Of the influential FTIfpfuos
who hesffafetf at the beginning Of fFss
war as to tire side or wfaTef TO cast
his lot He was offered a Tudgsship
of the supreme court but declined
He row announces that he desires to
accept The position aud says the Fill
pfno congress and cabinet are scBt-
tered never to reassrubie- Some Of
the members. he adds. have returned
to their homes while others are fly
ing for safety. Marry of the congress-
men have resigned and he believes
the Filipino soldiers will lay DOWN
their arms everywhere as soon as
they learn the truth
Manila Wow 25-Senor Bueueanino.
n former member of the so-caITea cab
met Of AgHfuaIsio. has been brought
to Cen Otis n prisoner on fhs trans
port Brutus. He had sought refuge IN
a village near San Fabian with AguTT7-
aIdo's mother and SON. The nItives
disclosed his identity to Maj Comm,
who captured him.
View York. Wow 25.-The View FORK
World prints the following cable from
Hong Kong: AguinaIGo has found
meansof escaping from the Philippines
It Is feared he has already done So
Cen Otis unwfttsngfy aided the escape
of the man whom $1,000 3merfean
troops are trying To catch Cast Lave
renee. an EngfisiIuau. was engaged nF
AguInaIdo. through President Laeson-
Of Negroes 20 buy a launch here Lac
sons brother. Pedro RegeIado. a we'll
known IfoiIo man. came 70 Hong koue.
They actually bore letters from Cen
Otis to wiEdman- United States con-
sui here They bought a launch nauses.
it Lacsou. cleared it at the United
States consulate as bound for Toro, pro-
ceeded to Liuaayen gulf and turned
over the launch TO AgufnaIsIo-s mem
afterward they gave ont that '-fnsur-
gents captured the launch Tt has
since been learned that Lawrence fs
"a colonel in fine fnsurgent army anE
that he has been retained tn command
the launch which is held IN readiness
TO carry Aguin#Ido TO safety Several
insurgent generals have afreafy been
seen in Hong-kong. They must have
escaped disguised, through rF1e smeT-
lean lines. for they came from Manila
on regular trading steamers