The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
CALIxTO WAS ASSASSINATED.
Tie and Alvarez Stirred the People ur
to the Point of Insurrection.


Manila, Dec. 4.-The steamer SAL
vador, from Zamboanga, island OF
Mindanao, which has arrived here.
brings details of the occupation of the
town by Commander Very, of the Uni.
ted States gunboat Castine.
The revolutionists in Mindanao were
led by Alvarez and Calixto, who left
Luzon some time ago and for the last
seven months had been stirring up the
people, winning considerable follow
ing. The commercial depression and
the lack of food resulting from the is
lands blockade set the people against
the revolutionists and eliminated in
the assassination ON November Is Of
Calixto, a firebrand and the real leader
of the revolution, by Midel, mayor OF
the town of Tetuan.
Midel, under pretext, secured Calix.
to's presence in Te,uan and where the
mayor station guards. The latter fired
volley, killing Calixto instantly.
Midel at once repaired to the Castine
and arranged with Commander Very
for the occupation of Zamboanga.
Commander Very asked that Dato
Mandi, with 500 of his followers, sta
toned on a neighboring island, come
to Zamboanga.
The following morning Midel raised
the American flag over Zamboanga, the
insurgents offering no resistance and
evacuating the town. The Castine
was saluted with 81 guns, and Com
mander Very landed 100 bluejackets
and took possession of the town and
Notifications. Datto Mandi's men ar.
rived in the afternoon. They We're
armed with wooden shields and swords,
and were used on picket duty.
Commander Very dispatched the
gunboat Manila on November Il s to Jolo
to convey troops to reinforce him. A
company of the Twenty third regiment,
under Captain Nichols, arrived on No
vember II, and two more companiee
followed them shortly. Mandi's fol.
lowers then returned home and Alvarez
sought to arrange for a surrender of the
arms and the artillery pieces.
On the afternoon of November 20,
Midel called meeting of the local
chiefs, who formally deposed Alvarez
as leader of the revolutionists in the is.
land and elected Midel president of the
new insular government established
under American sovereignty and con.
troll. The chiefs formally requested
Commander Very to grant exemption
from taxes until the re-estabishment
OF commercial relations, permission to
carry arms in the mountains, religious
freedom and the power to conduct local
government as they had previously
done, which requests, pending the ar
rival of Brigadier- General Bates, the
military governor of the district, the
commander granted.
Commander Very then effected an
apparent reconciliation between Al.
varez and Midel and their followers,
Alvarez signing formal resignation of
the position of revolutionary leader on
November %, at point on the coast
near the rebel town of Mercels. AL.
varez delivered IA Nordenfeldts and
Maxims, with ammunition, which
were stored on board the Castine.
Eight Nordenfeldts and Maxims were
delivered to the army at Zamboanga,
as were also 200 rifles and ammuni-
ton. The artillery came into possess
sion of the revolutionists from six
Spanish gunboats bought by the army
from Spain, which the revolu-
tionists looted before the Americans
could get possession.
Alvarez and only a dozen followers
left, the remainder of the revolution
lists having scattered and returned to
their occupations. Commander Very,
having started to occupy Fam boanga, is
considered to have handled the situa-
ton in its many phases with energy
and diplomatic skill.