The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
FILIPINO CHIEF IS DEAD.
Aguinaldo Reported Killed Near
WAS SHOT FROM Ills HORSE.
Ills Companions Carried His Body Away
to Prevent Americana from Getting
knowledge of His Identity Capture
Of Important Papers.

Visea, La1oa, Juno 9 (via Maz.ia,
June 5).-Major March, with his de-
tachment of the Thirty third regi-
ment, overlook what is believed to
have been Aguinaldo's party on May
19. at La Cat, about 100 miles north
east Of Vigan. The Americans killed
or wounded an officer, supposed to be
Aguinaldo, whose body was removed
by his followers. Aguinaldo had 100
men, Major March 125. The Amer
lean commander reached Laboagan,
where Aguinaldo had made his head
quarters since March 6, on May q
Aguinaldo had fled seven hours be-
fore, leaving all the beaten trails and
travelling through the forest along the
beds Of streams. Toward evening,
May 10, Major March struck Aguinal-
dos outpost about a mile outside of
La Cat, killing four Filipinos and cap
turing two From the latter he learned
that Aguinaldo had, camped there for
the night. Although exhausted and
half starved, Major March's men en-
tered La Cat on the run. They saw
the insurgents scattering into the
bushes or over the plateau A thou
sand yards beyond the town, on the
mountainside, the figures of twenty
five Filipinos, dressed in white, with
their leader on gray horse, were sill
houetted against the sunset. The
Americans fired volley and saw the
off f01
lowers fed, 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 on the
ground. The saddle bags contained
Aguinaldo's diary and some private
papers, including proclamations. One
of these was addressed Ito the civil
liked nations" 1t protested against
the American occupation of the Phil
ippines. There were also found copies
of Senator Beveridge's speech, trans
lated into Spanish and entitled "The
Death Knell of the Filipino People,"
Maj. March, believing that the Fill
4 pinos had taken to river which is a
tributary to the Chico, followed it for
two days, reaching Tiao, where he
learned that party of Filipinos had
descended the river May 20 on raft
with the body of dead or wounded
man upon litter covered with palm
leaves. There Maj. March review I'd
his command, shoeless and exhausted,
and picked out twenty-four of the
freshest men, with whom he beat the
surrounding country for six days
longer, but without finding any trace
of the insurgents. The Americans
pushss sss,sIsd at APART May
~ adjts4 q either Agui-
. waa caparisoned 1T is fair pre-
sumption that it was Aguinaldo.
: The soldiers Of Gen. Young, militar
e governor of northwestern Luzon, car
8 tured early last month an insurger
S officer with papers revealing Agu
: naldo's whereabouts.
e Aguinaldo's papers are very impol
Q tant. They show that he took refue
In Isabella province, where he RENAME
until he established himself at Laboa
gan, province of Abra. where he pre
posed to direct the rainy-season one,
atoms. Until recently he was igno,
ant of outside events, making no pre
tense Of directing the insurrectio,
happy if indeed he might be able t
keep alive among the hostile Igorrote
who killed several of his followers.
MORE TROOPS FOR MAC ARTHUR.
Root to. Consult with Otis and schwa
About Sending Cavalry.
New York, June ga special to til
Times from Washington says tina
when Gems. Otis and Schwan arriy