Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
With Fifty Men, He Captures Gen.
Canon and 800 Rebels.
WHEELER TELLS HIS VIEWS.


W Ll'uts munro anu ntty men OF the
Fourth cavalry OF the Filipino General
Canon. with 500 men and officers, with
rifles several American and seventy
Spanish prisoners at Bayonbong pro-
Vince Of Nucvn vlscaya. was o success
ful blum. Lieut.. Munro tapped the re-
bel wire. teleFraphed 10 Canon that he
was advancing with n large force and
demanded his surrender. After ncgoti-
atlons Canon consented to capltulatc to
superior force. whoreupon Lieut..
Munro tclcgraphod that he would enter
the town with a small guard and re-
ceive the garrison's surrender. He cap
tured the whole Filipino force. and Sc
cured their army. the rebels supposlng
Munro had mn army behind him.
Washington, Dec. 2.-Gcn. Otis In
formed the war department today OF the
surrender 81 Bayonbong In the follow
Ing dispatchi
Manila. Dec. 2.-Report received that
Bayonbong, with province Nueva WIS.,
cnya, surrendered Nov. % to Lieut..
Munro. Fourth cavalry. who command
nd advance scouts ON Carranglan train
consisting OF 90 men Fourth cavalry.
and three native scouts. lnsufgcnt Gen.
.rai Canon surrendered entire force.
ihtNhfflNk hNV men uIlufl WIN inhhF'is
ana number Of officers; seventy SPAN
ish and two American prisoners Sc
cured and probably considerable insur-
gent property
Gen. Joe Wheeler IN n personal letter
received here dated at Angeles, Luzon.
says;
There are more than 20 different
tribes In this island. and very few OF
them would submit to Agulnaldo's rule.
Agulnaldo and his generals would like
to govern, because IL would give them
great power. and many Of hi. soldiers
like the war because for the FIRST time
IN their lives they have authority TO
carry a gun. They live by taking what
they want from the people Many OF
them are robbers who rob dcfcns.less
people OF their money. and someilmcs
murder them. II We should withdraw
there would be warfare and anarchy In
the Islands and the wcil-to-do would get
some strong government to come ana
take control.
'Asuinnldo publishes a paper. which
IL filed with expressions from people
Of the United states who orc called an
ti-imprrinlists. aud, think. were u not
for those expressions. the insurreotion
would b. closed"
Gen. Otis latest casualty list Is as
follows.
Manila. Dec. 2.-casuaities not prev
iously reported;
Killed Harry o. Lee. 4. Ninth In
fnntry, Nov. 20, near Capassl; Henry
W. Landfohr T.. Thirty-ffth infantry,
engagement Tobanty Bridge, Nov. "a.
wounded IN action uear Leon. Pan
ny. Nov. 20. Harry Hlscock, sergeant,
l., Twonty-slxth Infantry. abdomen.
mortal. In action. linus. Nov. 20, John
Finger. y, Firm artillery. leg. slight.
Geo. NJ. Duncan. II. Fourth Infantry.
forearm. moderate; In action llollo,
Panay, Nov. "a. wenty-slNth Infantry,
a, Abraham Frappler, thigh, severe. u,
Eugene y, Blower. corporal. head, Sc
we're; Edward Sweet. leg, severe Sixth
artillery. q. Edward England, sergeant,
chest severe; James r. Murphy shout
der. severe. sixth Infantry, l., Law
renee u. Grennnn, corporal, hand, sc-
we're; Paul Rink. thigh, severe. Elgh-
tecnth Infantry, II. Charles j. Lang.
shoulder. severe; Simon T. Barker.
shoulder, severe. Geo. Beckwith, thigh.
severe: Carl Strehm. elbow, slight c.
James O'Conncll, thigh, severe; Harry
$. Dunston, corporal. chest, severe;
Bryce Leach. hand, severe; Inrlsi0phrr
e. Coates, leg. severe. y Bert j. Reed.
corporal. leg. severe: Timothy ]. Flynn.
arm. severe. James Jones. corporal.
hand. severe: Charles Weber corporal,
chest, severe. In action beyond Mabala-
cat, Nov. rs. Matthew a. Baison. first
lieutenant. Fourth cavalry. foot. re-
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