The age-herald., 1900-06-04
Saddle Bags Contained Aguinal-
 dos Diary and Papers.
SEVERAL PRocLAMATIONS FOUND
The Insurgent Soldiers Succeeded in Removing the Body, But Left the Richly Saddled Horse in
 American Hands

vigan, Luzon, June ?, via Manila, June 3. Major March, with his detachment of the Thirty third regiment, overlook what is be- lieved to have been Aguinaldo's party on May 19 at La Cat, about 100 miles northeast of Vigan. The Americans killed or wound- ed an officer, supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose body was removed by his followers. Aguinaldo had 100 men, Major March 125. The American commander reached La Bo- gan, where Aguinaldo had made his head quarters on May IT. Aguinaldo had fled seven hours before, leaving all the beaten trails and travelling through the forests along the beds of streams. Toward evening, May 19, Major March struck Aguinaldos outposts about mile outside of La Cat, killing four Filipinos and capturing two. From the latter he learned that Aguinaldo had camped there for the night, and al- though half starved Major Marchs men en- tered La Cat on the run. They saw the Insurgents scattering into the bushes or over the plateau. A thousand yards beyond the town on the mountain side, the figures of 20 Filipinos, dressed in white, with their leader a gray horse, were silhouetted against the sunset. The Americans fired a volley and saw the officer drop from his horse. His followers fled, carrying the body. The Americans on reaching the spot caught the horse, which was richly sad- dled. Blood from a badly wounded man was on the animal and on the ground. Aguinaldo's Diary
 The saddle-bags contained Aguinaldo's diary and some private papers, including proclamations One of these was addressA ed "To the Civilized Nations" It pro- tested against the American occupation of the Philippines. There was also found copies of Senator Beverdges speech. translated into Spanish and entitled The ,,f fha It,.i,a a1a
 Major March, believing that the Fiipinos had taken to a river, which is tributary to the Chico, followed it for two days reaching Tiao, where he learned that a party of Filipinos had descended the river May 27 with a body of a dead or wounded man upon litter covered with palm leaves Major March reviewed his command, shoeless exhausted, and picked twenty-four of the freshest men, with whom he beat the surrounding country for sixty-eight hours longer, but without any trace of the insurgents. The Americans pushed and arrived at Aparri May g.
 The officer shot either Aguinaldo or his adjutant, and as the horse was richly caparisoned it is fair presumption that it was Aguinaldo.
 The soldiers of General Young, military governor of Northwestern LuZon, captured early last month an insurgent officer with papers revealing Agunaldos whereabouts. General Young immediately organized for pursuit, giving Major March chance to finish the work begun in November. Major March left Candon May 10 and hurrying north toward La Boagan while Colonel Hare, with a battalion, divided into two parts started from Rangued province of Abra, covering the trails westward.
 Avenues of Escape Guarded
 The garrisons in the Cagayan valley were disposed in such way as to guard the avenues of escape eastward. Spies heralded the approach of Major March with signal fires. On reaching La Boagan he apprehended a letter in Asuinaldo's handwriting, the ink of which hardly dry, addressed to officer of guerllas of the Filipino army, saying:
 There having arrived this morning at La Boagan hostile column from Bokoc, I have set out with all my force. My road has no fixed destination"
 This signed Colonel David" a so- briquet Aguinaldo called at the presiden- cia where his followers celebrated Easter with banquet at triangular table, when speeches were made eulogizing Gregorio de Pillar. That night Major Mareh's men slept in the bamboo, resuming the advance in the morning and reaching La Gat forty miles distant in two days, although 1t was raining hard in the mountains all the time Aguinafdo's papers are very important. They show that he took refuge in Isabella province, where he remained until he es- tabshed himself at La Boagan, province of Abra, where he proposed to direct the rainy season operations.
 Until recently he ignorant of outside events, making no pretense of directing be able to keep alive among the hostile Igorrotes. who killed several of his follow- CTS.