The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-04-03
AGU|NALDO IS CAP URED.
Appreciated by Gen. Funston in
Northeastern Luzon.
NOW IN JAIL AT MANILA
Three Staff Officers and Eighty-three
Men Together with Valuable
Papers Are Captured.

Washington, D. c., March 2S-Gen.
Macarthur has cabled the war depart
ment confirming the published report Of
the capture of Aguinaldo.
Admiral Remey at Manila has cabled
the navy department that Aguinaldo and
three staff officers have been captured by
Gen. Funston and eighty-three men. The
dispatch says they were brought to Ma
Mia on board the Vicksburg and turned
over to Gen. Macarthur.
Manila. March 2S.-Aguinaldo, leader
of the Filipino army and the head and
shoulders Of the islanders instruction,
is a prisoner in the hands Of the Ameri-
cans.
Several members Of Aguinaldo's staff
were captured with him and brought to
Manila. The insurgent leader and his
men were captured near Casiguran, north
of Baler. province Of LuZon.
Cen Frederick Funston has crowned
his brilliant record in the Philippines by
directing in persoh the final hunt that
has ended the fight of the fugitive.
Funston sent lie reports or rumors from
the province of Isabella, in northern
Luzon, where he led the expedition. He
silently worked out his plans, caught his
man and brought him in.
Gen. Macarthur was sitting in his
headquarters this morning when a gaunt
haggard and discouraged native in a
fFayed uniform adorned with a generals
cheyIons entered accompanied by Gen.
Funston. The Kansas fighter said
quietly and with no semblance Of exulta
tion or boasting:
General, this is Chief Aguinaldo."
Surprise for Macarthur.
The American commander gasped in
scredulously But when he peered a sec
ond time at the sallow countenance Of
the indo1nitable Filipino he realized that
the object for which more than year of
time and the efforts of thousands of sol
tiers had been expended frultlessly was
attained at last.
The commanders first utterance was
that the Instruction would die out as
soon as the hostile natives learned for
certainty that their leader was a prison
err. He had an immediate audience with
Aguinaldo, whom he treated with great
consideration. Gen. Macarthur, howev-
er. would not divulge anything that
passed during the conversation.
The most rigid precautions were taken
to guard against any attempt at escape
on the part of Aguinaldo or of any Of his
faithful adherents to rescue h1m.
Fupston's Plans Well Laid.
The end 81 Gen. Funston's chase came
on March 3d. He had just begun to
carry out his daring project when it was
unexpectedly consummated. He was
scouting with small force in Isabella
province. when he ran into the hiding
place Of Aguinaldo.
The native leader was attended cliy
by q few followers and made no resist
ance when called upon to yield he was
at once conveyed to Funston's camp and
start was made for Manila.
The important prisoner arrived here
IL II +a+o
boat Vicksburg, Commander E. Il. Bar
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Aguinaldo Sets His Own Trap.
Gen. Funston two weeks ago outlined
to Gen. Macarthur a plan for the CAP
ture of the Filipino leader, 20 which the
American commander gave hearty as
sent. Funston learned that Aguinal 10
had appointed a rendezvous for the chiefs
in southern LuZon. The information
came through a traitor, but the Ameri-
cans knew that it was trustworthy.
The chase was begun carefully, for
Aguinaldo had eluded the best efforts
that the shrewdest of American officers
had made a hundred times or more TO
capture him. The facility with which
he moved his capital and himself from
one end of Luzon to another with mar
Vicious speed had gained for him a repu-
tatIon Of being almost impossible TO
seize.
Natives Join in the Plot.
Gen. Funston, with Surgeon-Mai. Har-
ris, Capt. Newton of. the Thirty fourth
infantry, Lieut.. Admire of the Twenty
second infantry, Lieut.. Mitchell OF the
Fortieth infantry, six veteran scouts and
a company of native scouts. all picked
men, embarked on the gunboat Yicks-
burg and were landed on remote beach
above Baler. 1t was arranged that Agui-
naldo's emissary, with the native scouts
should pass themselves off as insurgenl