Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-29

rrilO Agulh"'NV' 20
Geo hD .'s,v BY the representative OF
dtaea w. Wa press, made the follow
,be A'iO''1' concerning the capture
Of the fp, .edsotlal agent of Aguinaldo
'Ih' V s'nraary gSth at Pantabansan'
arrived .ayinc, Of Nueva E'cija, north
\ 30 tue with letters dated January
en- lu'9D ,sl ltth. These letters were
w. NV r.aro Agulnaldo and directed
nom n Arulnaldo to take command
Bao0' ..,,Iucss Of central Luzon, sup
of'ns Gan. AleJandrino. Emilio
pl'nop l,,o also ordered that 400 mel
AsApl's s,r \ soon as possible, saying
be ,'a ~ m nearer Of the letters would
@a. " .s,,. men to where Aguinaido
xsA -rNsToN PLANS.
49, v,r,ton secured the correspond
W. ,.,,oaldo's agent and laid his
tnee o HaiIngy. Some months pre-.
pAns s'. tsd captured the camp OF
sIousl .,sn, Gen. Lacuna- incl
n as,. Ie oStainIng Lacuna.s seal n,rn n,s
as ssS, and quantity Of signed Goi, ,,so
pslss a"- From this material TWO
pllsu'T we're constructed, ostensiply
kiles wy 70 Aruinaldo. one OF
rom La S,ninsS Information as to the
sYoe r Of the war me o, raoa,yed
~ that pursuant to orders rece a,,',o
EIIs' g sosomero Aguinaldo, Laeuna
i ~" ending his best company 10 fres"
Jente Emilio Agulnaioo'
PLANS COMPLETED
u,, oIaus completed and approved,
osa Funston carve to Manila ana Or
oen his expedition, selecting seven
D dsh, Waceabebes, all OF whom spoke
T,saIog euently Twenty wore insur-
Iasa% ~s,, n and the others the dress
Of Filipino aborers .o.v armed
This Msccabebe company ul.nsu
WITH sfty Mausers, eight keiillhe'ol,S
snS lon Krag. Jorgensens, was COM
mspded by Capt, Russell 7, Hazard OIL
Ma eleventh United States volunteer
ssyolry With him was his brother'
Iinst Oliver P. NJ. Hazard OF the
SANE regiment. Capt, Harry w. New
ION Thirty.fourth infantry was tsheh
bscanse Of his familiarity with Casi-
g,an bay. and lieut.. Burton j. Mlt-
shell Fortleth infantry. went as Gen.
Tunston's aide. These were the only
Americans accompanying the leader OF
the expedition,
With the Maccabebes were four ex,
insurgent officers, one being spanlaru
and the other three Tagalos,, whom
Gen. Funston trusted implicitly.
FUNsToNs OUTFIT.
Gen. Funston and the officers wore
p'ein blue shirts and Khaki trousers.
Each carried a half blanket. but wore
no insignia OF rank. The Naccabebes
were carefully instructed TO obey the
orders Of The four Insurgent officers.
On the night Of March hSth the party
embarked on the United States gunboat
Vlcksburg II was originally intend
ed to take oascOes from the island OF
Pollllo and drift to the mainland, but
q storm arose and three Of the cascoes
we're lost This plan was abandoned.
PARTY LANDED.
As a. m, March 18th, the yioks-
burg put her lights out and ran In
shore twenty-five miles south Of Cash
gursn province Of Principe. The party
landed and marched to Casiguran. The
Americans had never garrisoned this
pace. and The inhabitants are strong
inslrgent sympathlzers.
Having arrived there, the ex-lnsur-
gen officers ostensibly commanding
the party, announced that they were
o. The way TO Join Aguinaldo between
fan'abangah and Baler; that they had
surprised an American surveying party.
Aa maj they had killed a number
epilrlhg i've. They exhibited Gen |
iunslon and the other Americans as
her prisoners.
coNcocTED LETTERS.
IN insurgent presldente Of Cast. |
NV believed the story. Two of the
-sha letters previously concocted.
Wy forwarded TO Agulnaldo at Pala.
a4l province Of Isabella. Gen. Fun.
apn ana the others were kent l,nnrls-
,.s ,. 'vr Ihree days, surreptitiously Civ
ny oiders at night
T.. VI 'he morning Of March nth TAX
~ snail quantity Of cracked corn
~ IaiV started on ninety.mlle
.Asn 70 Palanan. The country ia
w ana nninhablted. and provisions
..4u hot be secured. The party ATE
, rssn shsIl fish but were almost
49,, 49,, Wadlng swift rivers. climbing
s,pisous mountains and penetrating
,,I jungies' they marched seven DAYS
49,, ash1s and on March Pond had
t,S point eight miles from Pala-
nA Wy were now so weak that Il was
h, ' ~ 70 send to Agulnaldo's camp
IN ~ Agulnaldo dispatched sup
v,., -ua directed that the American
/ ,rsI' ee treated kindly, but not 10
sawed to enter the town. NV
wLuNN MEETS AN OFFICER
AN "a Dc morning Of March oard ,,o
Va, ~, was t resumed. The column
lsd, -. ey a stan officer of Agui-
bOay ~. 'etachment OF Aguinaldo's
taks ,Ss,u which was expected 10
MI. a o. the Americans
touyss.Ss1 ~ 81 the ex.insurgent officers
Che - tih Aguinaldo's aide nm.
van Gsr' lvsalard, sent courier 10
with ..y., tnsion and the rest. who.
hour bsl,aa, Aaccabebes were about an
Ssnls ~. Having received this
hados ~, zen Funston avoided Ag,i-
nm ava, hment and Joined tho col
q Non. 'vlsalhg observation Tho Toa
he column ~ ~ 20 greet Aguinaldo and
nally al slowly followed, arriving
'sn IN 80, household troons ATTY I
"a ves, Ss. uniforms OF blue ana Witt
eve he US, straw hats. lined up 70 re
c., ne new corners ' VIZ W re-
} snsn 1tslon's men crossad ,ho r,,o.
y narobss formed on the hank
p, o. the jng }" ,he right and then in
agals ea,s, ,olssuisent grenadiers The
ld' was. the house where Aeul-
susa s,SE ON THE REBELS.
At Aeuinsissos spanish officer. noticing
American aide was watching
'oE, Maocabehuas piclously. exclaimed.
.'ecabebes ons1s ones 20 for them" The
,,.fgenis vera AVE Nv, and only three
!, w the FIRE eu' The rebels re-
nearing the sr,.
p ras !, II. arrival Of we're Ts,5 merely
s nat foollsbnaasuo" and shouted: