Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-12-12
THE PHILIPPINES.

MANILA, December 2-General Conon
has surrendered 500 ingurgent officers
and men with rifles, several Americans
and 70 Spanish prisoners and the gar
rison at Bayambong, province of Nueya
Vizcaya, to Lieutenant Monroe, with 80
men of the Fourth cavalry. Monroe
threantened to lombard the place and
seduce it if not surrendered and bluffed
the insurgents, they thinking he had a
strong force.
MANILA, December /. - When the
landing party of the United States bat
tle-ship Oregon. under Lieutenant Conn
mander MoCraclxin. took the town of
Vigan, province of South Ilocos. last
Sunday, they found there an escaped
prisoner, A. L. Sonnichsen. who fur
nished the first authentic account Of the
experience of Lieutenant James Q. Gil
more of the United States gunboat
Yorktown, who, with party of the
Yorktown's crew, was captured by the
insurgents near Baler. on the east coast
of Luzon, last April, while making an
examination of the mouth of the river
in an armed boat.
According to Sonnichsen, when Lieu
tenant Gilmore's launch entered the
river from Baler harbor, under cover of
Ensign w. II. Standley's gun, the land
ing was received with three volleys.
Two Of the Americans were killed and
two mortally wounded. Every man
was hit. Lieutenant Gilmore received
IA flesh wound in the leg, and both his
feet stuck fast in the mud. 1t was a
choice between surrender and being
slaughtered.
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 in
the presence of great crowd We're
aligned to be executed.
Lieutenant Gilmore said: "As an
American officer and gentleman. pro-
test being shot with my hands tied"
Aguinaldo interfered and prevented
the execution.
WASHINGTON, December l.-Generai
Otis advice to the war department to-
day show that the advance into the ill.,
terror is being vigorously pushed and
the American troops continue to drive
back and disperse the scattered bands
encountered. He states that Captain
Warwick, Eighteenth infantry, was
killed in an engagement at Passi, lloilo
province, on the Goth ult. General Otis
dispatch is as follows:
"MANILA, December Hughes re-
ports from Central Panay that Iloilo
province, one-third of the island was
cleared of insurgents. By forced
marches. with two battalions from La
buano, by way of Calinoag, he engaged
the enemy at Passi on the 26th ult., and
drove him, with loss, to the mountains
in detached bodies, capturing ten field
pieces, of which two were breech- load
ers, also nine rifles and several thousand
rounds of small ammunition; Hughes
casualties, Captain Warwick, Eigh-
teenth infantry, and private Daniel w.
| Humphreys, company X, Eighteenth
infantry, killed. He reports his troops
in excellent health He is now convert
ing wheel into pack transportation for
the purpose of entering the mountains
1t is expected that he will pass on tc
| Capiz, on the northern coast of the
/ island.
dispatches from Lawton indicate
that Bayombang was captured on the
2Sth nit Tn. trails over the mountains
are impracii able for wheel transporta.
tion of any .ial The troops have sub
sisted on rio. | Il scant supply OF that
| MacArthnr- e. ,ops have had severa
/ minor engag ..n ats capturing men and
! -. f-s -
Joseph N. Shaw, an old resident OF
Santa Clara valley died recently at his
home in San Jose.