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Aguinaldo and a detachment OF Ag-
ulnaldo's body guard. which was
ordered to take charge Of the Amer
leans while one OF the ~ex-insurgent
officers conversed with Aguinaldo's
aid, another, q Spaniard, sent cour-
Ter TO yarn General Funston and the
rest, who with IL Maccabebes were
about an hour behind. Having re-
ceived' this warning, Gen. Funston
avoided Aguinaldo's detachmentand
Joined the column, avoiding obserya-
ton. The Tagals went ahead to greet
Aguinaldo, and the column slowly
followed, finally arriving at Palan-
an.
Aulnaldo's household troops, 30
men, in new uniforms OF blue and
white, and wearing straw hats. lined
up to receive the newcomers. Gen.
Funston's men crossed the river in
small boats, formed on the bank and
marched to the right and then In
front of theinsurgent grenadlcrs. The
Tagalos entered the house wheT Ag-
uinaldo was. Suddenly the Spanish
officernoticing that Aguinaldo's aide
was watching the Americans with
suspicion, exclaimed: "Now, Maccab.
ebes, go for them!' The Maccabebes
opened fire, but their aim was rather
Ineffective and only three insurgents
were killed. The rebels returned the
fire.
On hearing the firing, Aglinaldo,
who evidently thought his men were
merely celebrating the arrival Of re-
Inducements, ran to the window and
shouted: "Stop that foolishness; quit
wasting ammunition" Hilario Pla-
edo, one of the Tagalog officers and
a former insurgent major, who was
wounded in the lung by the fire OF the
Kansas regiment Mt the battle OF Ca
loocan, threw his arms around Ag-
uinaldo, exclaiming: "You are a
prisoner of the Americana" Colonel
Simon Villa. Aguinaldo's chief Of
staff, Major Alambra and Others at.
tackled the men who were holding
Aguinaldo. Placido shot Villa in the
shoulder, Alambra jumped out OF the
window and attempted to cross the
river. 1t is supposed that he was
drowned. Five of the insurgelt Offic-
ers fought for n few moments and
then fed, making their escape. When
the firing began, Gen. Funston as
sumed command and directed the at
tack on the house, personally assist
ing in the capture OF A%guinaldo.
the insurgent body guard fled, leay-
ing 20 rifles. Santiago Barcelona,
the insurgent treasurer, surrendered
without resistance. When captured
Aguinaldo was tremendously excited,
but he Gained down under Gen. Funs-
tons assurance that he would be well
treated.
Gen. Funston secured all Aguinal-
dos correspondence, showing that
he kept in close touch with the sub
chiefs of the instruction in all parts Of
the archipelago. 1t was also discov-
cred that A~guinaldo, on January y,
had himself proclaimed dictator. He
had been living at Palanan for seven
months u~ndisturbed except when a
detachment of the Sixteenth infantry
visited the town. On the occasion
the entire population took to the
mountains and remained there until
the troops retired. Al
Aguinaldo admitted that he came
near to being captured before, but
avowed he had never been wounded,
adding: 81 should never have been
taken except by strategy. | wascom-
pletely deceived by Lucana's forged
signature"
He feared that he might be sent to
Guam, and he a quite glad tocome
to Manila.
Palanan was guarded by numerous
outposts and signal stations. During
the fight none of the Maccabebes were
wounded. The expedition rested
March "a, and then marched 10 miles
the following day, to Palanan bay,
where Gen. Funston found the Vicks-
burg, which brought him to Manila.
Commander Barry of the Vicksburg
rendered Gen. Funston splendid as
sistance.
Aguinaldo, who talked freely OF
past events, said he supposed Gen.
Trias'would proclaim himself dictat-
or, he even not knowing that General
Trias surrendered. He behaved quiet
ly and gave no trouble. Gen. Funs-
ton says Aguinaido Is above the av-
erage in intelligence and has prepos-
sessing manners.
Washington, March 20.-While the
administration officials are not averse
to say what is to he the future Of
Aguinaldo 1t seems certain that none
of them have any idea that any bod