Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20
OPERATING IN
PHILIPPINES
American Soldiers Moving
Rapidly Forward.
THE ENEMY IS CORNERED
Believed That the Main Body
Aguinald0's Force Did
Not Escape.
THE RAINS ARE lNCESSANT
THE RAINS ARE INCESSANT
And Interfere With the Work Of the
Army--Cavalry Are Taking Towns
Which Are Then Occupied by the
Infantry.

MAMMA, NOV. ~. O.-lpnly IfaSmenlafy re-
ports reach Manila Of the operations
north, which when the story is known
will prove to have been the most remark
able campaigning the Philippine war has
known.
Lawton's division is spread thinly over
the territory beyond san Jose where the
telegraph ends.
Young's two regiments of cavalry are
continuing their rapid sweep into the
new country and infantry are being
showed forward to hold the towns the
cavalry takes, all in country whose
natural difficulties are increased inde-
scribably by tropical rains, making rivers
Of creeks and swamps of fields. Wagon
transportation is supposed to have been
practically abandoned BY the Americans,
the troops living on captured supplies.
and little produce the nsurgent levics
have left.
Major Swlgcrt's squadron Of Third cav
airy is reported To be engaging Il greatly
superior force al Pozorrupeo, northeast
of Dagupan. These tr oops have TOught
three engagements and ar. now holding
their position waiting for reinforce-
ments. 1t is believed al headquarters
this force is covering the retreat of the
insurgents leaders to the Binguet mount
aims; that the insurgents planned to re-
treat northeast. along The Tayug road,
which is stocked With store houses, three
of which Americans have had to draw
upon enroute and that only the insur-
gents adavnce force had passed Tayug
before the American occupation, the main
body of Aguinaldos army being within
.,.it .,et ~
gents may disOrganize and pose as ami.
gos when the Americans overtake them
Among the scraps of news obtanablc
are stories of hardships the American
army is meeting 1t is reported for in
stance that l.awton recently narrowly
escaped drowning While fording a swift
river, when Lieutenant Luna and two
priVateS Were lost
Captain Leonhaeuser With Il battalion
of the 25th infantry is on his way from
Bamban to Odonnel, to take the insur-
gent cartridge filling works there. A
Filipino captain who surrendered with
four men to Colonel Burt Of the 25th in
fantry, described the factory and volun-
teered to guide the expedition.
The governor of NueNa NiscaVa has
determined, like many other Filipinos
in these days, that thu .ministrati ion
of his province cannot change too quick
ly and is coming to Manila to tell Cen
eral Otis of his loyalty ana incidentally
TO request that he be retained IN office
under the new regime.
Admiral Watson has recc.~ed an addi-
tional credible report that Lieutenant
Gilmore and five of the captured sailors
of the gunboat Yorktown We're at Tarlac,
Nov. 10. Gilmore was living in the Fill
pino generals house.
mo D.,i II
gayen to-day and Admiral Watson pur-
poses to send another ship to Natiguen
il the gunboat Helena, which is overdue
has not arrived at Lngayen.
Sailors of the gunboat Castine occu-
py Zamboanga on the southwest ex-
trenlity of the island of Mindanao. The
business men. chiefly Chinese. requested
Commander Very. of the Castine to take
possession of the place and protect them
from the insurgents. Very landed
naval force and although no details have
been received, it appears he found that
he had large contract on ms hands and
telegraphed Otis requesting the presence
Of troops but none are available, except
by Withdrawing part of the force from
one of the neighborine islands Tempo
rariy. The original plan was to have
Brigadier General Bates establish head
quarters of governorship of the Mahom-
medan islands there when the new regi-
ments will arrive. 1t will be carried
out later, when Bates returns from his
trip to the southern islands. He had
been visiting the garrison of Jolo Siassi
and Ronga. The friendlness OF the Mo-
ras for Americans is increasing under
Bates diplomatic administration.
The threatened feuds Of the Doatahos,
Jakainins and Caloas against the sultan
will probably be avoided through the
pacific influence of the American officers.
Mindanoa villagers have seized Il smug-
Cling schooner bound from lloilo to Zam-
baoanga and supposed to be run by two
discharged soldiers. They murdered all
the crew. Bates is now on board the
Yorktown, bound on its monthly trip to
Balabacan and Borneo to observe the
methods followed by the British govern
ment on the Mohammedans.