Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-04
AGUINALD0 is
SHOT down.
uE WAS SHOT BY soLDtERS
liis Ven suo,ccaed $50 CariSine NiW
AWAY Philippine 'omnii''
sion at taufiu.

tEart Nn1.,aas1
V.sau. Luzon y.a Nsni1 ldne 81
Mas Starch. wfh bis d,aehmrut %.
ue Taluy-lhIu uemea, ore'ico''
nha, go believed POO aaye 3ecn Asaln.
Wdos party o1 Mas iath r ll- p
about 900 miles uorthras. -'h
The Americans KILLED or wolndri H'
officer supposed go be Asuluaido. who's
body was removed by his followers
Aeuulldo had 900 men MAJ March ~
The American commander reaching
Ia Boag1n where Aguinaldo had mads
his headquarters since March SIN, on
May 7th found that Aglinaldo had
fed seven hours before. leaving AN 'ne
beaten trails and travelling through inc
forests along the beds Of streams
Toward evening May 18Th MAJ
March struck Agulnaldo's outpost about
a mile outside of Lagat killing iouF
Fniplnos and capturing TWO. From me
latter he learned that Aeuinaldo hea
clmped there for the night although
eXhaust,dNud half starved.
Mai Marohs men entered Lagat ODD
the run They saw the Insurgents seat
terug into the bushes on over me
plateau a thousand yards beyond me
town on the mountain side the figures
Of twenty-five Filiplnos dressed 10
white. with their leader on a gray
horse, were suhouetted against the
sunset
The Americans fired a yollcy aud saw
the officer drop from his horse His iol-
lowers fled, carrying The body
The Americans. on reaching the spot
caught the horse. which was richly
saddled Blood from badly wounded
man was on the animal and 500 the
ground
The saddlebags contained AgGinallQ {
diary and some private papers ln'iuu-
ing proclamatiuus. one Ol tnese was aQ .
dressed TO the civilized Nations IL
protested against the American occu-
patton OF the Philippines. There were
also found copies OF senator BeNei-
idrc's speech. translated into spanish
ana entitled. The Death knell oi lhv
Filipino People
Mai March. believing that the Fill
i1inos had taken TO "a river when D
"a tributary to the Chico. followed 10
Tor two days, reaching Tao. where ne
learned that q party of Fiiginos had
descended the river May 20th on q iait
with the body OF a dead or wounded
man upon a litter covered win jain
leaves
There Mas March reviewed hls COM
maud. sh0eIess and exhausted, ana
picked out tWenty-l0ur Of the freshest
men. with whom boz beat the surround
iue country for six days longer but
without hndiug any trace ui the IN
surgents The Americans pushed or
and arrived az APART May 2Hth.
The officer shot was either Afui1uldo
or his adjutant or
insoned. it Is a fair presump-
ton that 30 was 40, ...-.
The soldiers 0t tcu. Au4uE military
governor Of northeastern Lua0u. cap
tured early last month an Insurgent Of
hcer with papers revealing Aguinaldo's
whereabouts.
Gen Young Immediately organized
~ fnisb tb. corr beetn I'M Noyeuber
MAJ March left Cardor Nav ION and
hurried north toward La Boaeuu
while Coi Hare with battalion al
yid.d INTO IVA na,ts started fr,m
p,pgus rroyipfc of Abra COVERING mo
trails westward The garrison In fhe
Cagavan valley was diepossl of Ion stirh
"a Nav MS to Guard the avenues of rs.
ra,a eastward
Sriss hcrolded tho aoproach Of Mai
March with eirnai fires on raaohinc
Ia Roa~an he anorehepded d lettar ip
Aetlinaido's handwriting me ink M
which 1Naa hardly dry. addressed IN an
oficar of ruer,llss of the Fniplno army
.'rbere having arrived This nor,ine
at In Roagap a hostile column frn,n
MI. = 100. 80 an, .,,t,t, III ~, 49,.