The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-01

landing party of the United States bat
tleship Oregon, under Lieutenant Com
mander McCrakin, took the town of
Vigan, province of South Ilocos. last
Sunday. they found there an escaped
prisoner, A. l.. Sonnenshein, Who fur
nished the first authentic account of the
experience of Lieutenant James C. Gill
more of the United States gunboat
/ Yorktown. who, with party of the
Yorktown, was captured by the insur-
gents near Baler, on the east coast of
Luzon. last April, while making an ex-
animation of the mouth of the river in
an armed boat
Mr. Sonnenshein was imprisoned at
Abra for a long time with Lieutenant
Gilmore and seven sailors, but con-
! trived to escape, carrying a concealed
note written in naval cipher, dated
Abra, Nov. 10. addressed to ANY ma
val officer" and saying: You may
, have perfect confidence in anything the
bearer says" The note was signed
'.Gillmore.''
| According to Mr. Sonnenshein. when
Lieutenant Gillmore's launch entered
| the river from -Baler harbor. under
cover of Ensign w. H. Standley's gun,
the landing was received with three
volleys. Two of the Americans were
killed and two mortally wounded. Every
man was hit, Lieutenant Gilmore re-
ceiving flesh wound in the leg, and
both his feet stuck fast in the mud.
1t was a choice between surrender and
being slaughtered.
Terms of Release.
Lieutenant Gilmore asked the terms
of release. The insurgents proposed
| that he should procure the delivery to
-, rx, of 10
| Spanish garriscns, undertaking, if this
was accomplished. to send the Span
! iards and Americans to the Yorktown
A sailor of Lieutenant Cillmore's par
/ ty carried this proposition to the garri-
son. The Spanish commandant replied
/ that it was an insult to Spanish arms.
and expelled the sailor. a Spanish SOL
| dier firing on him as he went.
! The Americans were then bound hand
and foot and taken to San Isidro, when
General Luna ordered their execution
! They were marched to the plaza, and
l in the presence of a great crowd were
! aligned to be executed.
! Lieutenant Gilmore said: '.As an
| American officer and gentleman. L pro-
test being shot with my hands tied"
Saved By Aguinaldo.
Aguinaldo interfered and prevented
/ the execution.
When General Lawton approached
! San Isidro last June the Americans
/ were removed to Abra, where they were
kept confined in cells for two months.
Subsequently they were allowed greater
! liberty, but the report that Lieutenant
| Gilmore w9s given a house and servant
I is untrue. He had the same quarters
as the men, and the Americans We're
| given the same allowance as the Span
ish prisoners-5 cents a day with which
! to buy rice and bananas, virtually the
only rations.
! General Macarthur is now in Bay
ambang Cor Bayamban) preparing to
sweep the country on both sides of the
lManila-Dagupan railroad. General
+, Wheaton is at San Fabian and General
Lawton at Taug.
I The Gordon from San Fabian to San
Isidro covers all the road and occupies
all the towns on the line. The Ameri-
can policy is to prevent any more in
surgentss escaping to the north, and to
force them toward the country west of
| the railroad.
Major March, with a battalion of the
Thirty-third infantry, occupies Vigan,
having made forced march from San
! Fabian. The remainder of the regi-
ment is on the way.
Troops Barefootsd and Tagged.
! GeHeTdl 1OuHS. With d HdIu1ul VI
cavalry and the Macabbebees. is in
Vigan. and Lieutenant Colonel Howse,
with four decimated companies of the
Thirty-fourth infantry. barefooted and
tagged, is struggling toward Vigan from
Aleiga. When last reported he was
within forty miles of his destination.
I There are 5000 Spanish prisoners in
/ Abra province, whose release through
the military operations is expected
soon.
/ 1t is learned that Aguinaldo has a
! large amount of stores at Bayombong,
province of Nueva Vizaya, which Cen
eral Lawtons troops have probably
! captured. The steamer Francisco
/ REYES has taken cargo of supplies to
/ Dagupan. where base will be estab-
| lished Hospitals have been equipped
at San Isidro Cabanalulan and Tayug.
/ Many of the American troops are suf-
/ fering from exhaustion. fever or dys-
EMERY and are in need of hospital
! treatment.
Brave Incidents of War.
Captain Fowlers~ march after Cen
| eral Alejandrinos' brigade. with one
company of the Thirty-third regiment,
was one of the bravest incidents of the
war. The company left Dagupan alone
under orders to locate the enemy Cap
tain Fowler had been warned by the
exterminate,i. The guides deserted
them before Mangatrom Cor Mangala-
ROM was reached.
! All Alejandrinos' artillery was fo-
cused upon the main street, along
which the Americans advanced The
guns were manned by SpaIiards. who
said afterward that they had fred over
the heads of the Americans, as they
desired that the latter should win, hop
/ ing thus to gain their own freedom.
In the terrified temper of the insur-
gents. who run at tfe sight of Ameri-
cans. a single company might go any
where in the north now, according to
Captain Fowler No prisoners. except
officers and civil leaders. are retained
by the Americans. Their policy is to
release all others almost Immediately.
Filipino Leader In Jail.
Major Johnston of General MacAr-
thurs staff brought here by special
| train Churibian, secretary of the treas
ury in the so-called Filipino govern
ment and Mariani Lin Gap, Chinese
! haif-breed. director OF railways and
postofices. both OF whom surrendered
! in Bayambang with their families and
servants. Their goods filed four cars
Churibian maintained that civilians
were exempt from imprisonment. and
4 he was deeply chagrined when he found
himself placed incommunicado with
/ Buencamino.
| Major ortez of the last Filipino COM