Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-01-11

From the dispatches in last Mon
days dailies our fellow townsman,
Dentist John Bishop, CLEANED the
glad tidings that his brother, Mr..
Albert Bishop, of the Third United
States Artilley had just arrived, in
company with Lieutenant J. c. Gil
more and nineteen companions, at
Manila, and our friend Bishop is
delighted at the prospects of again
meeting his brother again this side
the grave. The following story of
their captivity may be of interest:
Manila, January Lieutenant ].
c. Gilmore, of the United States Gun
boat Yorktown, who was captured
by the insurgents, last April, near
Baler on the coast of Luzon, and
rescued few days ago by Colonel
Luther r. Hare, of the ThirtyThird
Volunteer Infantry, sat today in the
apartments of his sister, Mrs. Major
Price, at the Hotel Oriente in Manila
and told remarkable story of his
eight months of captivity, ending
with his dramatic deliverance from
a death that seemed inevitable.
The steamer Venus came into har-
Dor last evening from Vigan, in the
tenant Gilmore and nineteen other
en- of his sailors of the Yorktown.
Lieutenant Gilmore, after report
ing, came ashore and hobbling
along with the aid of cane to the
Hotel Oriente, where American
ladies and officers were waltzing to
The strains of q A ginaldo's March"
Although tanned and ruddy from
exposure he is weak and nervous,
showing the results of hardships.
He speaks warmly of Aguinaldo
and very bitterly against General
Tino, declaring that while in the
| foamers jurisdiction he was treated
splendidly, but that after he fell
into the hands of Tino he suffered
everything.
Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Col
onel Howse, the latter of the Thirty
| Fourth Infantry, rescued Gilmore's
party, on December 18th, near the
head waters of the Abalut River
after they had been abandoned by
the Filipinos and were expecting
death from savage tribes around
them. When the rescuing force
reached them they were all nearly
starved, but were building RATS in
the hope of getting down the river
to the coast. Lieutenant Gilmore
made the following statement to
the Associated Press Correspond
ent:
"The Filipinos abandoned us on
the night of December 10Th. We had
reached the Abalut River. near its
source, that morning and the Fill
pinos RATED us over; and then we
went down the stream, along a very
rough trail, guarded by company
of Filipinos. That night we were
separated from this guard anc
another company armed with Mau
sers was put in charge of us. sus
pected something and questioned
the lieutenantin command. He said
. have orders from General Tino t.
shoot you all, but my conscienc,
forbids. | shall leave you here.
begged him for two rifles to protec
us from savages, adding that
would give him letters to the Ameri
cans who would pay him we'll ant
keep HIM from all harm. He refus
ed this, however, saying that h
would not dare to comply. Sool
, afterwards he left with his company
We had seen some Savages in wa
paint and were prepared to tigh
them With cobble stones, the onl'
weapons that were available to us
The next morning we followed tn
trail of the Filipono soldiers, fee
ing that it was better to stick
them than be murdered by savages
but we could not catch up wit
them. Then 1 ordered the men t
, build RATS in the hope of floatin
+ down the river; it was forlor
n hope, but l knew the river mus
empty into the sea somewhere.
was so weak myself that l did nc
e expect to get out but thought son,
o of the men might. On the lnornin
e of December 18th while we were {
t work on the RATS the American