The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-15
DELAYED BY THE RAINS.
Plans to Capture Aguinaldo Tenn
porarily Frustrated.
REBEL LEADER ESCAPES
Located in Mountainous and Al
most Inaccessible Region North
east of Tarlac.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1O.-The
war department has received the follow
ing:
Manila. Nov,., 10.-Gen. Lawton expert
ences some difficulties on account of con-
tinued unprecedented rains in that section
Of the country. He advanced to San Jose
yesterday and to Carranglan today; strong
captured yesterday considerable additional
Cubanatuan arsenal property in transit
north, among which were. IA Pinch and %
boxes 1.65-inch ammunition for HOtchkiss
guns, fifty projectile for five and eight
breech- loading rifle cannon, two boxes Of
granades, considerable other ordnance prop
erty, two tons castings and arsenal ma
chinery in parts. He is meeting with Op
position, but his advance is not much i'm
peded thereby. Macarthur was recon
noitering north Of Mahalcat Yesterday, Bell
front and Smith with the Seventeenth In
fantry on Magalang and Concepsion road.
Bell with five of his officers and two pri-
Yates Of his regiment mounted, and one Of
hcer and ten men of the Fourth cavalry
struck 100 insurgents in the mountains west
of Mabalcat, charged, killing and wounding
nineteen, captured six and thirty Mauser
rifles. Railroad from Angeles to Bamban
destroyed.
Macarthur will have 10000 rations today
and will take up the advance to Tarlac to-
morrow. wheaton reports twenty eight
Spanish prisoners secured. Three hundred
insurgent recruits escaped to the mountains
Fabian. These recruits were en- route to
Dagupan. Wheaton says everything Is
favorable to carrying out successfully his
instructions and that cooperation OF the
navy is complete. OTIS.
Cut OFF His Escape.
1t is expected as soon as Aguinado
shows any disposition to move down the
valley toward the China sea. that war
ships and gunboats will be sent round
the northern end of the island to meet
him and cut off his escape. If it is his
intention to escape from Luzon he would
naturally seek Apart or some northern
port, but the country around CarabelIo
mountain is such that he could probably
stand off the whole American force in a
game of hide and seek in the hills for
the CRATER part of the coming season.
second dispatch from Gen. Otis re-
ceived today follows:
Manila, Nov. 10.-Reports received yes
terday concerning Wheatons movement
were erroneous. He did land at San
Fabian as directed, and drove bulk of enc
Dagupan. Operations completely success
Iul IN every particular. OTIS.
AgninaldO's Change of Base.
Washington, d. c., Nov. 1O.-Great in
terest is felt in the war department over
Aguinaldo's sudden change of base north
eastward from Terlac to Bayomban,
about 100 miles distant The most in
ltseotIuS feature OI the new SITUATION is
that Aguinaldo has been forced out Of
the Tagalo country into a region to the
north, where Tagalo is not spoken and
where the mountains are filled with Ne
gritos and other savage tribes, who are
hostile to the Tagalos. This is about the
most mountainous and inaccessible part
of the island.
To the south base of Carabello noun
tain there is a narrow break in the noun
tain range, and within few miles
around the base of CarabellO mountain
on its northern slope one strikes the
plateau of the Magat which is the be-
ginning of the great river Caygan that
flows northward $50 miles into the Chi
nese 1t is on the headwaters of the
Magat that Aguinaldo is now located.
The way is open for him down the long
stretch of the river to Aparai at the
mouth of the Cagagan, where it flows in
to the sea. This is one Of the widest
but richest valley in the island. 1t is be-
lieved that the River Cagayan is naviga-
BILE for our tin-clad boats $50 miles from
it mouth and for cascoes much further.
Warships Shell Lingayan.
Manila, Nov. 1910 a. m.--Gen.
Wheat tons expedition arrived off San
Fabian Monday night, but the surf was
too high to permit the landing of the
troops in small boats. On Tuesday morn
ing the expedition approached Lingayan,
a suburb of Dagupan, which has shell
tered harbor with high sand dunes
stretching from the water to the town.
The Bennington, Helena, Manila, Callao
and Samar shelled the town and the
beach for an hour with the full strength
of their batteries, but there was no re-
Spouse, nor was there visible any sign of
life. The troops were landed in boats,
five steam launches each towing four
boats. When these approached the shore
and the troops began to land, long line
of insurgents arose from the sand and
poured a heavy volley over the heads Of
the soldiers, following this with a rapid
fusllade. The insurgents were excited
and fired high, few of their bullets strik
ing the boats. Two men, however, were
wounded.
The companies were formed and or
dered to lie down in the sand. They
gave the insurgents few volleys and
then charged, driving the enemy with q
dunes during the bombardment, the
shells ploughing through the sand and
doing them little if any damage.
Wheaton Proceeds Eastward.
The gunboat Manila brought the news
that when she left Gen. Wheaton, with
his entire force of 2700, was marching
eastward, leaving Dagupan.
The battleship Oregon, which had been
ordered from Hong Kong to Dagupan.
had not arrived at the latter place when
the Manila sailed.
Gen. Young with his cavalry took San
Jose on Wednesday. A small insurgent
force stationed there retreated The
troops were ferried across the river to
Cabanatuan ON a raft. During the pas
sage an accident occurred by which
private of the Twenty second regiment
was drowned.
Another attack has been made by the
insurgents on Balinag, the rebels firing
into the town for three hours, but doing
no damage.
The insurgents held celebration at
Tarlac on October 20 in honor of the
anti-imperialists. The demonstration in
Guided a procession, religious services and
speeches by Aguinaldo and other officials.
The Independence in an editorial art-
Gle eulogizing w. J. Bryan says: MIR.
Bryan should be pictured in Filipino his
tory with equal glory with DR.. Rial.
Rial, Bryan and Aguinaldo are the glo-
rious trinity of our political redemption"
Gen. Otis and the Spanish and British
consuls have made arrangements in &C
cordance with which the British cruiser
Peacock is to take 10000 rations and
clothing to the Spanish prisoners in the
Albay and Camarines provinces.