The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-01
Revolution In That Island Com
pleteIy Squelched.
DatO Mundi Again Appears on
the Scene.
CALLED IN TO HELP.
Arrived From a NeighbOring
Island With 500 Men.
Armed With Swords and
Wooden Shields.

Manila. Dec. 1.-The steamer Saliva
dor, from Zamboanga, island of Min
danao. which has arrived here brings
details of the occupation of the town
by Commander Very. of the United
States gunboat Castine- The reVolu-
tionists in MindanaO were led by Al
varez and Calixto who left Luzon some
time ago and for the last seven months
had been stirring up the people win
ming considerable following The
commercial depression and the lack of
food resulting from the islands block
ade set the people against the revolu-
tionists and eliminated in the assassi-
nation on November Is of CaliXtO, a
firebrand. and the real leader of the
revolution. by Midel. mayor of the
town of Tetuan.
Midel under a preteXt secured CallX-
to's presence in Tetuan and where the
mayors guards were stationed the lat
ter fired a voley, killing CaliXto in
stantIy Nidel at once repaired to the
Castine and arranged with Commender
Very for the occupation Of ZambOanga-
Commander Very asked that DatO
4Iundi with 500 of his followers, sta
toned on a. neighboring island, come to
ZambOanga.
The following morning Nidel raised
the Indian flag over ZambOanga, the in
SUrgents Offering no resistance and
eVacuating the town. The CaStlne was
saluted with p guns. and Commander
Very landed a hundred blue jackets
and took possession of the town and
fortifications. DatO Mundis men ar
rived in the afternoon. They were arm
ed with wooden shields and swords and
We're used on picket duty.
Commander Very dispatched the
EuubOat Manila on November Is to
JOlO to convey troops to reinforce him.
a company of the Twenty third regi-
ment under Captain Nicholas arrived
on November IL and two more cOmpa-
nies followed them shortly Mundi's 5
followers then returned home.
AlVeraZ sought to arrange for a sur
render Of the arms and artillery pieces
On the afternoon of November 20 Midel
called a meeting of the local chiefs who
formerly depOSed Alvarez as leader of
the reVOlutiOniSts in the island and
elected Midel president of the new in
sular government tabhshed under
American sovereignty and control. The
chiefs formally requested Commander
Very to grant exemption from taxes
until the reesta bliShment of CONNER
ciaI relations. permission to carry arms
in the mountains. religious freedom
and power to conduct local govern
ments as they had previously done
which requests pending the arrival 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 q formal reSlgua JIOn OF
the position of revolutionary leader on
November % at a point on the coast
near the regel town of Mercedes. Al
vareE delivered Is NOrdenfeldts and
AIaximS with ammunition which were
stored on board the Castine. Eight
NOTdeufeldts and MaXins were deliver
ed to the army in ZambOanGa as were
also over 200 rifles and ammunition. The
artillery came into possession of the
revolutionists from six Spanish gun
boats bought by the army from Spain
which the revolutionists looted before
the Americans could get possession of
it.
Alvarez has only a dozen followers
left, the remainder of the revolutionists
having scattered and returned to their
occupations. No fighting is expected.
Commander Very having started to
occupy ZambOanga IS considered to
have handled the situation in its many
phases with energy and diplomatic
Manila. Dec. 1-Dispatches Just re-
ceiVed from Iloilo island of Panay. say
that at I o'clock on the evening of
Sunday. November Z6, the Eighteenth
regiment encountered an entrenched
force of the enemy at Pavia. who open
ed a heavy fire. The leading battalion
replied and after several VOlleys the
Nineteenth fanked the Filipinos. driv-
Ing them out OF their trenches The en-
emy retreated to the mountains. At
the beginning of the fight one captain
and one private OF the Eighteenth were
killed.
To REBUILD RAILROADS.
Seattle. Wn. Dec 21--Captain K s.
Michael United States volunteers. sails
today on the transport Victoria for
Manila via San Francisco to report to
Cen Otis for duty in rebuilding the
railroads in LuzOn now in the hands of
the war department.
Two locomotives have been sent from
the east to Manila and just before Cap
tain Michael left Washington he pur-
chased on government account u miles
of heavy steel rails which Will be used
in rebuilding the portions of the line
which We're destroyed by the insur-
gents during the hostilities about Ma
nila- The road is to be standardized
and furnished with modern equipment.
CAPTAIN Michael was Secretary of War
Ayers master of railroad transpOrta-
ton at Tampa during the spanish
American war
OTIS DAILY REPORT.
Washington, Dec. .1.-Gen. Otis ad-
vices to the war department today
show that the advance into the interior
is being vigorously pushed and the
American troops continue to drive back
and disperse the scattered bands en-
cOuntered- He states that CaDtain
Warwick, Eighteenth infantry, was
killed in an engagement a Passi. IlOilO
province. on the 26th ultimo. General
Otis dispatch is as follows:
Manila Dec Hughes reports from
central Panay that Iloilo province one
third of island cleared of Insurgents. BY
forced marches with two battalions
from LabuanO by way of Calinog. he
obliged the enemy to engage at Passi on
a6th ultimO and drove him with loss