The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-04-03

| Romcy, stationed at Manila mas ca
bled the navy department as follows:
gettysburg sailed March with Gen
| eral Funston and SO Maccabebes on
board, to capture Aguipaldo, returned
today Aguinaldo and three staff Of
| fcerS captured and delivered to Gus
| tody of General Macarthur"
NEWS AT WA HINGTON.
President Pleased Over Capture OF
Noted Filipino Lender.
Washington, March 28-Thc news of
General Aguinaldo's capture by Gen
oral Funston was received in official
circles with intense qualification, but
perhaps, nowhere did it create more
satisfaction than at the White House.
| Tho first official news to reach the eX-
ccutive mansion. was General Mac
| Arthur's message announcing the cap
ture. The president also saw Admiral
Remey's cablegram and the press dis
patches. The president naturally is
very much Eratilied that the chief NOV
| CT in the Filipino cause has at last
| been taken. 1t has been the opinion
Of tho military authorities for long
| time that hguinaldO was doing more
| than all the other agencies combined
| to keep the war in the Philippines
alive and every energy was directed
to compass his capture. General Funs-
ton was selected by the authorities
| here as the officer who might accom-
plish it. 1t was the intention of Cen
| eral Funston SC ne time ago to return
to the United S, ties. but by direction
of the war department he was detain-
ed in the Philippin S for this purpose
Both the prcsidelt and the war de-
partmcnt were full Informed of the
| trap laid to capture til Filipino chief,
| and the result OF the expedition has
been anxiously awaited fog several
days. Several interesting and vital
| questions arc raised by AguinaldO's
capture. If the war collapses, as 1t is
hoped it will. it may not be necessary
to enlist the full strength of the army
provided for in the army reorganiza-
| ton bill. There is also the question
of the disDostion to be made of the
captive chlCftain. But it is too early
yet for the authorities to decide these
CucstiCns. There is also much specu.
latlon as 10 the reward General Funs.
ton may receive for his work. 1t is
considered not improbable that his re.
ward viii be a commission in Tue reg
ulgr establishment.
Ia cabinet circles. General FunstOn's
| exploit was referred to in laudatOry
| terms and the probable effect it will
| have en- the termination of hostilities
in the Philippines is being generally
| discussed Secretary Long expressed
| the prevailing sentiment. He was
much gratinCd at the official Confirma.
! ton of Agunaldo's capture and of the
assistance that the navy had been able
| to render General Funston. The cap.
! tue itself was of much Importance,
he said. but he suggested that the NOR
| al effect probably would count quite as
much as t"e success of the exploit
| He considered II one of the most sig
| nihcant features of the affair that the
natives themselves had been instrn
mental in bringing about the capture.
| They had made up considerable part
OF Funston's force and their willing
ness to go into the heart of Aguinal.
dos stronghold indicated in their own
minds they felt there was no longer
! any real danger to be apprehended
from Agunaldos strength. That such
| n sentiment had obtained hold among
| the Tilipinos. in the judgment of Sec.
rotary Long, is significant evidence
that the war has lost its vitality among
| the people themselves To this senti.
! mcnt was now added the loss of the
| Ostensible head OF the native move
| mcnt which would doubtless exert far
| reaching influence upon the native
mind The secretary said he presum-
| ed Aguinaldo would be held as a pris-
| oncr OF war. When asked what would
De done with him Mr.. Long replied:
| 1T is n little early to say" and then
after n pause he added: II should
! say that he should be spanked with a
| single"
1t was suggested to the secretary,
| that as o prisoner of war 1t might be
incumbent under military procedure to
deal With Aguinaldo by those rigorous
| steps usual in warfare. But Mr.. Long
| shook his head and remarked that that
was hardly the way we were in the
habit OF doing things. He was more
Inclined to his first view that the noted
| prisoner should be well spanked"
This idea as to the treatment to be
| accorded AguinaIdo seems to be the
one most generally accepted among
| officials and while the suggestion of
spanking is used in hgurative sense,
| there is no suggestion in any quarter
| that he will meet with that rigorous
| punishment at times administered to
the arch head of an instruction.
e Particularly in the war department
| lid the capture of Aguinaldo cause dis.
cussion among oificials. AS to the
| disposition to be made of the famous
! 2risoner some of the army officers ex-