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HOW AGUINALDO
WAS CAPTURED
A Thrilling and Graphic Story of the Perilous
Undertaking is Told by Cen. Funston.
EXCITING ENCOUNTER ENSUED
Kansan’s Little Band Endured
Many Hardships Before Hiding
Place Was Reached.
A Manila special says: Aguinaldo,
who was captured by General Funston
ami brought to Manila on tho United
States gunboat Vicksburg, was brought
ashore at 3:10 p. m. Thursday and
taken before General MacArthur nt
the Malacaimug palace. He talked
freely, but seemed ignorant concerning
recent events. Ho appeared to be. in
good health and was even cheerful.
He lunched with the officers of General
MacArthur’s staff and was then escort
ed to tho Anda street jail.
Aguinaldo’s capture was attended
with considerable difficulty, an insur
gent major being killed at the time of
the event. Twenty rifles and a num
ber of important papers were captur-
ed.
General Fred Funston, who captur
ed Aguiualdo, when interviewed, made
the following statement concerning
the capture of the Filipino leader:
The confidential agent of Aguinaldo
arrived February 28th at Pantabangan,
in the province of Nneva Ecija, north
ern Luzon, with letters, dated Janu
ary 11, 12 aud 14. These letters were
from Emilio Aguinaldo aud directed
to Baldermero Aguinaldo to take com
mand of the provinces of Central Lu
zou, supplanting General Alexandrina.
Emilio Aguinaldo also ordered that
four hundred men be sent bins as soon
as possible, saying that the bearer of
the letters would guide these men to
where Aguinaldo was.
General Funston secured the corre
spondence of Aguinaldo’s agents and
laid his plans accordingly. Some
months previously be had captured the
camp of the insurgent general Lacuna,
inoidently obtaining Lacuna’s seal, of
ficial papers and u quantity of signed
correspondence. From this material
two letters were constructed, ostensi
bly from Lacuna to Aguinaldo.
One of these contained information
as to the progress of the war. The
other asserted that, pursuant to orders
received from Baldermero Aguiualdo,
Lacuna was sending his best company
to Fresidente Emilio Aguinaldo.
His plans completed aud approved,
General Funston returned to Minila
and organized his expedition, selecting
seventy-eight Macabebes, all of whom
spoke Tagalog fluently. Twenty wore
insurgent uniforms and the others the
clothing of Filipino laborers. This
Macabebe company, armed with fifty
M ausers, eighteen Remingtons aud
ten Kxag-Jorgeusens, was commanded
by Captain Russell T. Hazzard of the
Eleventh United States volunteer cav
alry. With him was his brother,
Lieutenant Oliver P. M. Ilnzzard of
the same regiment. Captain Harry
W. Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry,
was taken because of his familiarity
with Oasiguran Bay, and Leiutenant
Burton J. Mitchell, Fortieth infantry,
weut as General Funston’a aide.
These were the only Americans accom
panying the expedition.
With the Macabebes were four ex
iußurgeut officers, one being a Span
iard and the other three Tagalogs,
whom General Funston trusted im
plicity.
General Funston and the American
officers wore plain blue shirts* and
khaki trousers. They carried each a
half blanket., but wore no insignia of
rank. The Macabebes were carefully
intrusted to obey the orders of the
four ex-insurgent officers.
EXPEDITION EMBARKS.
On the night of March Bth the party
embarked on the United Slutes gun
boat Vicksburg. It was originally in
tended to take Cascoes from the island
of Polillo, and to drift to the main
land, but a storm arose and three of
the Casooes were lost. Thia plan was
abandoned.
At 2 ci. m. March 14 the Vicksburg
put her lights out and rau in-shore
twenty-five mile's south of Casiguran,
province of Principe. The party land
ed and inarched to Casignran. The
Amerious had nqver garrisoned this
place, and the inhabitants are strong
insurgent sympathizers. Having ar
rived there, the ex-insurgent officers,
ostensibly commanding the party, an
nounced that they were on the way to
join Aguinaldo between Pautobagan
and Baler, that they had surprised an
American surveying party and that
they bad killed a number, capturing
twenty-five. They exhibited General
Funston and the other Americans as
their prisoners.
The insurgent president of Casigu
rau believed the story. Tw# of the
Lacuna letters, previously concocted,
were forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palau
an, orovinoe of Isabel. General Fun-
THREE WELLS GUSHING.
Another OH Strike at Beaurnont.Texas,
Causes Excitement.
Beaumont, Texas, now has three
gushing oil wells. The third one
materialized Thursday afternoon. - It
was drilled for the Guffey Company
by Sharpe Brothers, and its output
will equal that of the Lucas geyser,
from which it is distant about a quar
ter of a mile. News of the strike
reached ihe city about 7 o’clock.
Prooercv values indeed skyward.
( ston and the others were kept irapris
: oned for three days, giving orders at
! night. On the morning of March 17th,
j taking a small quantity of cracked
I corn, the party started on a ninety
| mile march to Palanan. The country
I is rough and uninhabited, aud provis
| ions could not be secured.
Wading swift rivers,climbing precip
itous mountains and penetrating dense
jungles, they marched seven days and
nights, and on March 22d had reached
a point eight miles from Palanan.
They were now so weak that it was
necessary to send to Aguiualdo’s camp
for food Aguinaldo dispatched sup
plies and directed that the supposed
American prisoners be kindly treated,
but not be allowed to enter the town.
On the morning of March 23d the
advance was resumed. The column
was met by the staff officers of Aguin
aldo and a detachment of Aguinaldo’s
body guard, which was ordered to take
charge of the Americans.
CAPTURE OP AGUINALDO.
While one of the ex-insnrgent offi
cers conversed with Aguinaldo’s aid,
I another, a Spaniard, sent a courier to
j General Funston aud the rest, who,
' with about eleven Macabebes, were
j about an hour behind. Having re
ceived this warning, General Funston
avoided Aguiualdo’s detachment and
| joined the column, avoiding observa
tion. The Tagalogs went ahead to
greet Aguinaldo and the column slow
ly followed, finally arriving at Pala
nan.
Aguinaldo’s household troops, fifty
men in neat uniforms of blue and
white, and wearing straw hats, lined
up to receive the newcomers. Gener
al Funston’s men crossed the river in
small boats, formed on the bank and
marched to the right and then in front
of the insurgent grenadiers. The
Tagalogs entered the house where
Aguinaldo was.
Suddenly the Spanish officer, notic
ing that Aguinaldo’s aid was watching
the Americans suspiciously, exclaim
ed:
“Now, Macabebes, go for them!”
The Macabebes opened fire, but
their aim was rather ineffective and
only three insurgents were killed. The
rebels returned the fire. On hearing
the firing, Aguinaldo, who evidently
thought his men were merely celebrat
ing the arrival of re-enforcements,
ran to the window and shouted:
“Stop that foolishness! Quit wasting
ammunition!”
Hilario Placido, one of the Tagalog
officers, aud a former insurgent major,
who wae wounded in the lung by the
fire of the Kansas regiment at the bat
tle of Caloocan, threw his arms around
Aguinaldo, exclaiming:
“You are a prisoner of the Ameri
cans. ”
Colonel Sirueou Viliia, Aguinaldo’s
chief of staff; Major Alrmbra and oth
ers attacked the men who were hold
ing Aguinaldo. Placido shot Viliia in
the shoulder, Alambra jumped out of
the window and attempted to cross
the river. It, is supposed that be was
drowned. Five other insurgent offi
cers fought for a few minutes and then
tied, making their escape.
When the tiring began Getiaral Fun
ston assumed command and directed
■he attack on the house, personally
assisting in the capture of Aguinaldo.
The insurgent body guard fled, leav
ing twenty rifles. Santiago Barcelona,
the insurgent treasurer, surrendered
without resistance.
When captured Aguinaldo was tre
mendously excited, but he calmed
down under General Fnnston’s assur
ance that he would be well treated.
General Funston secured all of Ag
uinaldo’s correspondence, showing
that he had kept in oloso touch with
the sub-chiefs of the insurrection in
all parts of the archipelago.
The expedition rested March 24th,
and then marched sixteen miles the
following day to Palauan bay, where
j General Funstorf found the Vicksburg,
which soon landed the party in Manila.
Cemmvnder Barry, of the Vicksburg,
rendered General Funston slendid
assistance.
Aguinaldo, who talked freely on
past events, said he supposed*General
Trias would proclaim himself dictator,
even not knowing that Trias had sur
rendered. He behaved courteously
and gave no trouble.
BAPTISTS OF GEORGIA
Hold State Convention at Valdosta.
Over yoo Delegate* Present.
The Georgia State Baptist oonveu
tion convened in Valdosta Thursday
morning with something over seven
hundred delegates on hand. They
were from every part of the state and
visitors from other places. The con
vention was called to order at 9 o’clock
Mayor Denmark delivered an address
of welcome. Dr. Headden responded.
Ex-Governor Northen was unani
mously elected president.
Maryland Solons Adjourr*
The Maryland general assembly ad
journed at Annapoliß on Thursday.
Among the bills passed was ona pro
viding for the appropriation of $25,-
000 for state exhibits at the Buffalo
aud Charleston expositions.
Knox Offered Griggs’ Place.
A Washington special says: P. C.
Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa., called on the
president Thursday and was offered
the attorney generalship.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Bid STEAMER BUILDING.
Clyde Line Will Alake Additions to ts
Coastwise Fleet.
The Clyde Steamship Company will
put another big ship on between New
York, Charleston and Jacksonville
early in this month and a second addi
tion to the fleet will be made in May.
The company announces that the first
stemner would be launched Saturday,
it now be ng practically completed at
the Cramp shipyards. The Apache
and the Arapahoe are the names
cboson for the new vessels, the com
pany adhering to its traditional policy
of selecting Indian names.
GEN. LEE HONORED.
Omaha, Nebraska, Citizens Ttndei
Retiring Warrior a Formal Dinner.
At the Omaha club Saturday night
Dr. George L. Miller, the veteran
journalist of that city, tendered a
formal dinner in honor of General
Fitzhugh Lee. Covers were laid for
forty. The club dining hall was pro
fusely decorated. Among the out of
town guests were Governor Leslie
Sbaw, of Iowa; former Secretary of
Agriculture J. Sterling Morton and
former Congressman George W. Per
kins, of Sioux City. There was a
number of notable responses to toasts.
PALACE HOTEL BURNS.
Famous and Costly Building In Rich
mond Reduced to Ashes.
Friday night Richmond, Va., suffer
ed her greatest disaster by fire since
the burning of the Spottswood hotel
on Christmas eve, 1870.
The Jefferson hotel, the magnificent
structure built and furnished by the
late Lewis Giuter at a cost of about
$1,000,000, is in ashes.
The hotel was regarded as semi-fire
proof, but burned like tinder. The
building covered half a block in the
ultra-fashionable part of the city.
VETERAN EDI I OR RETIRES.
Colonel McClure Severs His Connec
tion With Philadelphia Times.
Colonel A. K. McClure announces
the severance of his connection with
Tho Philadelphia Times.
During his connection with The
Times, Colonel McClure has never let
slip an opportunity to do v. hat he
could for the south. He was greatly
interested in the industrial develop
ment of the southern states and has
made numerous addresses in this sec
tion, urging the people to develop its
resources.
Tax Receiver’s Notice for 1901
1 will attend at the places named below on the
days stated for receiving Tax Returns for the
year igoi, to wit:
Cartersville, April i, 18. May 15, Ju'Be 3,8, 13, 14
and 15.
Wolf Ten, April 13, May 10 and 2Q.
Stamp Creek, April 15, ’May 12 and3o.
Ai'atoona, April 16. May 13 and 31.
Emerson, April 17, May 14 and June 1.
Pine Log. April ix, May 7 and 27.
>al.coa, April 12, May 8 and 28.1
Cum Springs, May 6, at night.
Sixth, Apitl 10, May 6 and 24.
Hobo’s Shop, May 4.
Adairsville, April 9, May3 and 23.
I inwood, May i, p.m.
Barnesleys, May 2, a. m.
Cement, May 1, a. m.
Kingston, Aprils, 30, May 22.
Cord, A pul 26, a. hi.
Iron Hill, April 5, 25 and May 2t.
Euharlee. April 2. 22 and May 16.
I aylorsville, April 4. 24 and May 20.
Sti esboro, April 3, 23 and May 17.
Cassville, April 6, 29 and May 25.
Cass Station, April 20, 2 p. m.
ogers, April 20, 9 a. m.
adds, April 19.
Douthets, May 18, a. m.
Whites, May n.
Hitchcock’s Mill, April 26, p. m.
Sugar Hill, May 9.
RKA!) CAREFULLY.
All property, money, etc., held on 13th day of
March. 1901, must be returned.
L nder recent laws and legulations require the
questions to be answered and sworn to in mv
presence. Every queslion on the tax lists must be
answered.
AU ciiy and town property must be returned,
nying its location, street, etc.
J lie given names ot tax payers must be given
and returns must not be intermingle with that of
other persons.
Each white tax payer is required to give a list
of all the freedmen in his employment between 21
and 60 years of age.
Every freeholder or agent is required to make
ictii n to me of names of all tax payers residing
on their premises on April Ist.
Many other ohangt s have been made which
will he suggested by the tax lists. 1 trust all per
sons w. 11 give them careful attention and ayoid
having them rejected
W. T. PITTARD,
* ax Receiver Bartow county.
March 15, 190*.
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