The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-11-23
WHERE Is HE AT.
General Otis Unable to Locate
Aguinaldo and His Army and
Cabinet.
Rapid Approach of Americans
a Complete '~"prise to
Filipinos.
Activity Resumed in Cavite
Province--Attack on linus
Likely.

killed ana 10 ID 0euera
Wheaton's ~daybteak attack on thu
town Of Salinda, which was stubbornly
defended. After a heavy fire the
Americans charged and stormed the
works. Seventy.seven dead Filipino'
were counted in the trenches.
MANILA, Nov. l5.-S:40 a. m.-The
whereabouts of Aguinaldo and his army
and cabinet is a perfect enigma. Gen
eral Otis has learned that Aguinalde
recently issued a proclamation trans
ferriug the capital to Bongabon, giving
as a reason for the step the unsanitary
condition of Tarlac.
1t is supposed that the leaders of the
instruction who. are not already at
Bongabon, are %retreating toward that
place, but whether they left Tarlac and
are travelling with the army, how
many soldiers they were able to hold
together and whether the leaders and
troops have got beyond General Law
toms lines are all unknown. It is hoped,
however, that General Wheaton has eff.
fected a junction with General Young,
forming a Gordon from San Fabian to
San 1sidro. General Lawton has 5000
men; General Wheaton has 2,700-a
small force to control so many miles.
but it commands the main roads by
which the insurgents must move to the
northeast.
With the Americans advancing at
the present rate, they could drive the
insurgents from Bongabon in a fort.
night, and 1t is impossible for the rebels
to establish another capital in Luzon
which cannot be captured within a
month.
Sudden Invasion Astounds Them.
The rapid approach of the Americans
was o complete surprise to the insur-
gents; as the latter expected them to
move slowly, as they did from Manila
to Angeles The Filipinos thought it
impossible for the Americans to make
in the mud which prevailed
everywhere, and the sudden invasi6n
astounds the natives Rfong the linesof
General Youngs march, who had been
told that the Americans were confined
to the suburbs of Manila.
A majority Of the natives welcome
the army enthusiastically, but some,
who have been deluded' by stories of
cruelties, hid in the swamps.
who are unable to fee fall
upon their kpees, upholding orucifxes
and begging to be spared. When the
news spreads that the Americans in
6end to remain and establish order, the
flock to their homes, bring
with them their cattle and house
hold goods.
The insurgents have. drained the re-
sources of the province. The army has
impressed a large share of the crops
ind the people are miserably poor.
are elaborate trenches
Quilt by the. noncombatants, working
lay and night. The. Americans found
big stores of rice at Tarlacr Tubig and
elsewhere and several thousand new
Filipino uniforms were captured at
rubig. Thirty insurgents surrendered
General Macarthur, each receiving
$50 for his gun.
Killed Fourteen This Tims.
Major Marshs battalion of the Thir=
regiment. which includes.
many old rough riders from the South
west, attacked 400 Filipinos three miles:
from San Fabian on. the Dagupan road.
On Friday. The Filipinos had been fin
at the outposts,
Major Marsh found. them entrenched
across the river. Them trenches had.
been made after General Wheaton's ar
rival. Major Marsh. charged them, a
Of his battalion fording the
and part crossing by the bridge.
When the Americans approached, the
Filipinos, afraid to, show theis heads,
poked their rifles above the trench and
fred blindly. Major Marsh's force
nnrsued them for a mile. Fourteen
dead Filipinos were-left behind, includ-
the lieutenant colonel command
on the field. Two Americans were
wounded.
linus Again. ~Threatened.
The insurgents have resumed their
activity in the Caxite province, threat
ening an attack on linus. Monday they
attacked Calamba in the usual fashion.
A nightly fusillade between the ma
rines and the 500 insurgents who have
AGAIN intrenched themselves On the
isthmus between Cavite and Novelette,
r. plainly heard in Manila. On Satur'
day the Filipinos attempted to entraI
the marines by landing q force from
canoes behind them. The searchlighti
Of the Petrol discovered the prepare
tions to embark, and q few shots from
the Monadnock and Petrel's guns
spoiled the game.