The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-02
r,llzto, Real Leader Of the Revolu-
tioniSts, Assassinated at
Tetuan.
AMERICAN FLAGAT zAMBONGA
1ud.l Has Been Elected President
Under American
Control.

tiana0 Which ha9 SII4Veo AeIet VflnBb
details of the occupation Of the town by
commander Very, Of the United States
Vpnboat Castlne. The reyolutionlsts in
TIpdanao were led by Alvarez and CAL
Tito, who left Luzon some time ago and
for the last seven months had been
stirring up the people, winning con-
siderable following. The commercial
depression and the lack OF food result
ing from the islands blockade, set the
ueopla against the revolutionlsts and
eliminated in the assassination on
November Is of Callxto. a afirebrand and
the real leader Of the revolution, by
Mldel, mayor OF the town OF Tetuan.
MIdel, under pretext, secured calix-
to's presence In Tetuan. and where the
mayors buards were stationed, the lat
ter fired volley, killing callxto in-
stantly.
Mldel at once repaired to the Castine
and arranged with Commander Very
for the occupation Of zamgoanga.
Comander Very asked that Datto Man
dI, with 500 of his followers. stationed
on nelghborlng island, come to zam-
bOanga.
The following morning Mldel raised
The American nag over zamboanga, the
Insurgents Offering no resistance and
eyacuatlng the town. The castinc was
salutsd with twenty-one guns and
Commander Very landed a hundred
blue jackets and took possession of the
town and fortIicatlons, Datto Mandis'
men arrived in the afternoon. They
we're armed with wooden shields and
swords an1 were used on picket duty.
Commander Very dispatched the gun
boat Manila on November 16 to Jolo. TO
convey troops to reinforce him. A com.
pany of the Twenty-third. under Cap
tain Nichols, arrived on November II
and two more companies followed them
shortly. MandIs followers then -re-
turned home. Alvarez sought to ar
range for surrender of the arms and
artillery pieces. on the afternoon of
November 20, Midel called meeting Of
the local ohiets. who deposed Alvarez
&c leader OF the revolutIonists under an
American sovereignty and control. The
chiefs formally requested Commander
Very to grant exemption from taxes
until the re.establishment Of CONNER
clal relations. permission to carry arms
in the mountains. religious freedom and
the power to conduct local governments
as they had previously done. which re-
quests pending the arrival OF Brlgadier
General Bates. the military governor Of
the district, the commander granted.
Commander Very then efrected an
apparent reconciliation between Alva-
req and MiIel and the followers, Alva-
rcz signing formal resignation Of the
position of revolutionary leader on No
vember 22, at a point on the coast near
the rebel town Of Merdedeas Alvarez
delivered thirteen Nordenfeldts and
Maxims, with ammunition. which were
stored on board the Castine. Eight
Eordenfeldts and Maxlms were deliver
cd to the army in Zamboanga, as were
also over 200 rifles and ammunition. The
artillery came into possession OF the
revOlutionlsts from six Spanish gun
boats brought by the army from Spain,
which the revolutionlsts looted before
the Americans could get possession Of
them.
Alvarez has only a dozen followers
left, the remainder Of the revoIutionlsts
having scattered and returned to their
occupation. 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
skill
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-Gen. Otis
ndvIces to the war department to-day
show that the advance into the interior
is being vigorously pushed and the
American troops continue to drive back
and dIsperae tho scattered bands en-
countered. He states that Captain
Warwick. Eighteenth infantry. was
killed In an engagement at PasSl' noilo
province. on the 2Gth inst. General
Otis dispatch is as follows:
MANILA, Dec. 1.--Hughes reports
from central Paney that lloIlo prov
ince, one third OF the island. Is cleared
Of Insurgents. by forced marches with
two battallons from tahuano by way OF
CalinoE, he obliged the enemy TO en-
gage at Passi on 2gth instant. and drove
him with loss to the mountains In de-
tachcd bodies capturing ten field pieces
OF which two are brcech leaders. also
nine rifles and several thousand rounds
OF small ammunition. Hughes cnsual-
ties; Captain Warwick Eighteenth In
fantry, and private Daniel w. Hulnph-
reys, X, Eighteenth infantry, killed
He reports his troops in excellent
health Is now converting wheel into
pack transportation for the purpose Of
entering tho mountains, 1t Is expected
mat he will pass on To Caplz, on the
northern coast Of the Island.
Dispatches from Lawton indicate
Bayonbong captured on the gsth In
Etant Both trails over the mountains
ara mprUCueablc for wheel truusport0'
lion N any kind Th, troops have sub
sisted on rice and q scant supply Of
That. MOGArthur's troops have had
several minor onsagomentsl capturing