Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-07

and told the commanding officer what
terms he wcald grant him-uncondi-
tional surrender. The Spaniards agreed
| insurgent leader.
Then they were paroled and allowed
| to scatter about among the villages and
TO live among the native householders.
The officers ard monks returned TO
| Vigan, where Tino established his
| headquarters. There he was in con-
slant telegraphic communication with
Aguinaldo in Malolos, and there he re-
manned until the northern march of the
Americans began.
| 1t was IN Yigan that lie held as pris-
oners of war Lieutenant Gilmore and
thirteen other Americans. He kept
them in rigorous confinement, but still
did not treat them badly.
Lieutenant Gilmore. in speaking to
| the writer, told of Il visit that he re-
ceived from Tino and described him as
| having most unattractive features, but
a powerful personal magnetism that
compelled one to like him. His smile,
Gilmore said, was as winsome as any
girls.
Tino has often been accused of tyr
amy, but the fact remains that he es-
tablished a court before which Span
ish prisoners could obtain redress
against natives who had pillaged or
otherwise illtreated them. One case
that occurred in Vigan illustrates
Tino's ideas of justice and discipline.
The Chief Justice of the Court OF
First Instance in Vigan was Spanish
creole. who had made himself intense
~ disliked among The natives by his
aristOcratic ideas. he exacted the most
abiect respect from the citizens, and
those he met on the street who did not
greet him with q military salute. he did
not hesitate to assault with physical
violence. Naturally, the Chief Justice
was not a favorite with the populace.
When Tino drove the Spaniards from
Vigan and the Judge had fled with the
retreating Cazadores, his household eff
fects were left behind. Next day his
When the Chief Justice returned rs {
prisoner he entered complaint WITT
Tino. and the General ferreted out tic
culprits, obliged them to restore all the
looted property and punished them Sc
verely besides.
Then came 4 counter charge from
the citizens against the Judge, in which
he was accused of tyranny in former
days. This was rather an indefinite
charge, but Tino, not having a Legal
turn of mind, found il quite sufficient.
He had the Judge tried, found him
guilty. and sentenced him to stand one
whole day in the public plaza and to
salute each person who might pass ana
demand it. Refusal meant 4 Gu. from
bamboo cane in the hands OF a mus
cular native corporal. All day long
the formerly oppressed natives passed
by in single file, and the Judge was
compelled to work his arm like pump
handle from morning until night.
Tino remained in the north until the
latter part Of the year 1893. Then the
Americans pressed hard on Aguinaldo
in the south. and he ordered limo TO
re-enfOrce him.
The boy General left a small force in
Vigan to guard the prisoners, and with
500 rifemen marched down 20 meet the
advancing Americans. But American
artillery drove him back.
Now comes a singular incident. AS
the Spaniards had fed before Tino he
now retreated over the same ground be-
fore General Young's cavalry. at a |
town called San Fernando he made a
stand with 200 men, all that was left
of his force.
General Young Advanced, and when |
he came up TO the insurgents at San
Fernando he was alOne-ahead OF his |
men-with only an escort Of forty. The
General charged Tino and his 200 and |
drove them back, scattering them into |
the jungles.
Fifty miles further up TinO made |
another stand in what was considered |
an impregnable mountain pass, Tanga-
din. Again he was defeated by inferior |
numbers. The Texans under Young |
simply walked w the pass without
stopping.
That was Tino's last pitched fight.
Thenceforth he pursued guerilla tao
tics. and in that manner he kept Gen
eral Young's cavalry on the hustle for
about year. Finally he surrendered,
after AguinaldO's capture.
Now he enjoys a civil office under the
Government he so stoutly resisted, and
his superiors say that he is a good one.
New York Sun.