The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
MANY SPANIARDS ESCAPED.
FORMER PRISONERS WILL SOON BE
SENT TO SPAIN.

AguinaIdO's Force Is Losing Its
strength-FOur American Desert
ers Located-CoI. BeII Is Looking
for Decisive Fight-Buencamin
Is Considered DanGerOus-Aguin-
aldo's Youngest Child Dead and Its
Mother Is TO BE Sent to Manila.
Manila, Nov, q, 1870 a. m.-The insur-
gents have evacuated NIangalaren pro-
vince Of Pangasinan leaving seven Am
erIean and ninety-four Spanish prisoners
vino escaped in the confusion of the Fill
pino retreat.
The Americans are P. j. Green and
George Powers of the battleship Oregon;
Thomas Edwards and Charles Bird, of the
Sixteenth Infantry; Henry W. James, of
the Twelfth Infantry; John Desmond, of
the signal corps and F. H. Huber of
loves scouts. They report that two AM
ericans who were unable to escape, are
with the insurgents. They are David
Scott Of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, and
William Sherry of the hospital corps.
-Four deserters are with the Filipinos,
Howard Martin and Ford of the Cali
fornians, and Waits, whose former regi-
menl is unknown. Howard is the only one
serving with the insurgents. He is cap
tain of artillery.
Col. Bell of the Thirty-fourth Volun-
teers arrived at Mangalaren last evening
after hard march and fording the Agno
lie found that Fowler's company of the
Thrty-third had occupied the town for
tpc (Nan al
commanding retreating to the mountains
behind the town, short of food and am
munition. Besides this, his men were de-
serting, and six cannon, which the insur-
gents were dragging, impeded their march,
CO.. Bell proposes to follow the Filipinos
until he can bring about a decisive fight
or they are scattered. Ddangalaren was
strongly fortified with rifle pits command
ing the roads, but the insurgents aban-
doned The place without firing a shot
Spanish Prisoners Escaped.
Three hundred Spanish prisoners, who
escaped from their captcrs before the
American advance, including civil officials
of rank who have been in The hands Of
the Filipinos for more than a year, and
many officers have arrived at Manila dur
ing the past week.
francisco Reyes brought l00 or them
from Gen. Wheaton. They were a motley
appareled and bearded company Some
were i'll, and had TO be carried from Tayug
10 San Fabian in army wagons.
delegation of these former prisoners
have visited Maj. Gen. Otis, in order 10
thank him for his hospitality, which in
cluded the furnishing of food and clothes.
Senior Jamaril.o, the Spanish commits
sioner is making arrangements to send
them TO Spain on board of Spanish trans
ports.
BuencaminO Is Dangerous.
Buencamino has been lodged in comfort
his family Other persons are not allowed
to communicate with him. He is classed
as being the most slippery person con
nected with the Instruction He was a
colonel in the Spanish army and a trail
tor TO Spain. AT the time of the first in
surrection he tried to sell out to the Fill
pinos and his present imprisonment ex-
cites no sympathy among his own people,
while The Spaniards think it is mistaken
iehency for the Ameicaus to refrain from
shooting him on the Luneta, the fate
dealt out to better men in the anti-Spanish
uprising
Aguinados youngest child, who was re-
ceremony died and was buried at Dayam-
ban in Aguinaldo's fight.
Gen, Wheaton reports that natives have
threatened violence to Aguinaldos mo-
ther who is now sheltered in a convent
with a guard. Gen. Otis has ordered her
brought 10 Manila for safety.