The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-08
AGUINALDQS latest.
Said to Be Lsadins an Army Back
to Cayite Province.
THREE THOUSAND INSURGENTS

Keep 0ss Soldiers At linus and Ba-
eoor sIeepisg ON Their Arms and
Nightly Awaiting Attack-Movs-
: ments Of Our Forces In the North.
Manila, Dec. 8.lThe expectation Of
catching Aguinaldo in the north has
been practically abandoned, and the
probability now is that he will turn
southwark. II he is not already there.
with his destination Cavite province.
his home. where the insurrection be-
gan and where It still has Its strength.
The Filipino soldiers In that province
have recently been showing increased
enthusiasm and boldness. and captured
insurgents say that Aguinaldo 10 COM
ing to jc,n them with large army.
The belief prevails among the natives
at Manila and elsewhere that Agui-
naldO intends to make his headQuar-
ters In Cavits province.
There are 3,00v isurgents before
linus and Bacoor. keeping the Ameri-
cans sleeping on their arms and night
ly awaiting attack. The Filipinos have
several cannon. The first mayor Of
linus under the American regime, who
ultimately deserted. Is their leader in
the assaults and Is ambitious to take
the town. Three soldiers Of the Fourth
infantry have deserted and are now
with the enemy.
Most Of the Inhabitants Of linus are
so strong in their sympathies with the
insurgents that 1t is necessary to use
part of the regiment to patrol the
streets and to prevent shooting from
houses whenever an attack begins.
The American forces in the north
have separated into many small COM
mands and are pursuing bands Of Fill
pinos. General Macarthur ia engaged
In clearing the mountain country west
of the Manila Dagupan railroad. Gem
eral Grant Is moving from Angeles to-
ward subiE with 400 men. Colonel
Bell Is sweeping south from Manga
tarem. Thus far the American COM
manders have been unable to locate
large bodies of insurgents, although
there were about 500 in San Clemen-
tine, nine miles south of Mangatarem.
early In the week.
Colonel Hood, with the Sixteenth
regiment and cavalry, and General
Lawton, with force from San Isidro,
are operating against General Pillars
army In the San Mateo valley.
Major Bachelor. with battalion Of
the Twenty-fourth infantry, is max
ing daring expedition. He left Bay
ombong, province of Nueva Vizcaya,
a week ago to march through Cagayan
valley to the north coast of Luzon. in
tending to reach Apart, at the mouth
of Cagayan river, the most important
northern seaport of the island. While
no large forces are known to be in his
path, 1t may be that he has had some
fighting, although the friendliness Of
the inhabitants Is counted upon to
help him. When he arrives at APART
he will find gnnhoat awaiting him.
The Spanish prisoners In the Ben
guet region are escaping from the
Filipinos and are fiocking into Vigan.
Several hundred are there already, and
steamer will 60 to bring them to
Manila.
The transport Manauense, which ar
rived here from San Francisco Nov
rs, after a terrible voyage, was sched-
uled to start for home yesterday with
discharged sick soldiers. A large
force has been employed in repairing
her machinery, but II was impossible
to get her in condition to leave yes
terday, and her departure was post
poned until next week. Her captain
has secured crew of Chinese at Hong
Kong to take her. to San Francisco.
General Young arrived at Vigan,
province Of South lloeos, on Wednes-
dsv. after hard but successful fight
with greatly superior force of Fill
pinos commanded by General Tino.
The Americans had one man killed
and IL wounded. The enemy's loss
was heavy.