The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-16

surprise OF the FilfpfuOs Complete.
SeGovia7s Order 10 His Men.
A description by General Funston and
Captain Hazard, of the capture Of
AguinaIdo, was received at the War
Department this morning in the mail
from Manila General Funston says.
ron January IA a special messenger Of
AguiEaIdo's headquarters at Palanan,
bearing letters to different generals of his
command and to insurgent chiefs, asking
for re-enforcements to be sent him, gave
himself up to Lieutenant Taylor, OF the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, who Immediately
sent him 10 ne at San Isfdro- be also
/, had valuable correspondence, which gave
Us Information as TO the whereabouts and
the strength OF AguinaIdo's band at that
time. We found among them one in
which BaIdomero Aguinald0 was ordered
to take command Of the Provinces Of
Central I.IZon and requesting him 10 send
as soon as possible 400 armed men to Ag-
uinaldO's camp
Then and there I conceived the idea Of
arming and equippiug a number of native
troops to pass off as these expected re-
endorsements and to make an endsayor to
trap. AguiHaido in his lair. The expedi-
ton was made up Of four Tagalos, who
were formerly commissioned officers in
Aguinaldos army, and we selected seven
ty-eight men Of the Macabe scouts, all
of whom could talk TagaIo huently- I Oh
tained a number Of captured insuFgent
uniforms, and ter Macabebes were equip
ped with Remington and Mauser rifles.
We embarked on the gunboat Yicks-
burg and landed on March "a at o'clock
in the morning. The expedition was nomi-
Placido. ex-insurgent colonel After
marching twenty miles We reached the
town of Casiguran. We had sent word
TO the Presidente of the town through
native messengers that re-enforcements
for Aguinaldo were on the way through
his town so that when we arrived there
food and quarters had been prepared for
Us. This notification had been signed by
the supposed commander Of the expe-
dition-
The Presid4nte was completely de-
ceived My troops had captured some
months ago some official paper OF Cen
eraI LacuEa, bearing his official stamp
and seal. In order to make the deception
all the more complete we succeeded in
forging the signature OF Lacuna to letters
10 AguinaIdU- These letters were sent
anead. and we followed
=
most severe one upon the men. Our food
supply was entirely exhausted and my
TaeS were so weak that when we reached
within eight miles Of AgufnaIdo's camp
We could go no farther. We therefore
sent a messenger ahead to Aguinaldo's
camp, informing him of our plight and
requesting that he send Us food before We
could 90 farther. This was supplied Us
and the disguise and ruse adopted by Us
had been complete. AS we had told
Aguinaldo that we had American prison.
eFs he sent ward that they be given their
liberty.
las the aIacabebes approached the
town, the troops OF Aguinaldo's body
guard, consisting Of fifty men, were drawn
up III parade to receive the supposed re-
endorsements The men who posed as Off
GERS of our expedition marched into the
camp. and paid their respects to AgUi-
naIdo, Who received them IN a large house
built on the bank of the Palanan River
After the exchange of courtesEes, the Off
GERS excused themselves from AgGinaIdo
and his staff for a moment. stepped out
side, and ordered their Macabebe troops
drawn up into line and commanded them
10 commence firing into AguinaIdo's
troops.
The rout Of the insurgents was com
pIete. The ex-insUrgent officers, the five
Americans, ard several Macabebe scouts
Immediately made q rush for the house
which was used as Aguinaldos headquar-
ters and took him prisoner. AguinaIdo.
when taken prisoner, at first raved and
swore at the deception practiced upon
him. but later accepted the situation with
dignity.
Captain Hazard describes in detail
the arrival at AguinaIdo's camp and
the subsequent happenings. He says:
The Macabebes. under H:Iario PIacido,
with the four commanding the sections,
crossed the river in boats. leaving three
for the Americans and their guard be-
hind The crossing was made east Of
AlrJIHaIdo-s house and the men ma arched
across the plaza to the quarter where the
TagaIog bodyguard was paraded at the
northeastern corner Of the triangle Here
they broke into sections, one stringing
from the Quartet to the bands and in the
centre Of the plaza; another haltins on the
bodyguard' 5 flank and in front Of the Off1-
GERS quarters N the northwest corner Of
the plaza and the others going over to
Azuinaldo's house. The pretended Off
GERS then went into AguinaIdo's house
and reported. Directly after that SeSo-
via the Spaniard ex-insursent, excused
himself to dismiss his men, who, ne said,
were tagged out Crossing the plaza, he
stood between the two sections and said:
- .Macabebes, your hour has come
Fire
The first vOfley scattered the insur-
gents panfc-stricken. They ran up the
streets to the north; some raIlying a short
distance off and firing some shots which
passed through AgufnaIdo's house Iean-
while Aguinaldo. who had been gazing
out of the window at his re-enforcements,
was covered by the revolver of PIacido.
Colonel Villa, of ASuinaIdo's staff, was
quick to grasp the situation and tried TO
escape by rushing into the inner room,
but was headed off Major AIhambra
Ieaped out of the window into some run
WAYS which had been built from the house
10 the river for escape in case of sur
prise SegOvia. however, returning from
the plaza, made around the house and
shot at him as he ran The bullet went
through his hand and he plunged into
the river and disappeared"
odd Fellows in Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va. May 1.-THE feature Of
! of yesterdays session Of the Virginia
Grand Lodge Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows, was n debate over 4 recommends
ton made by the legislative committee
providing that whenever hereafter new
| lodges shall be organized not less than
| twenty members shall compose the charter