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Wayne County News
VOL. IV.
FUNSTON TELLS THE STORY
Thrilling Account of Aguinaldo’s
Capture by Brave Kansan.
HAND TO HAND STRUGGLE
Resistance Was Desperate But of
Short Duration—Party En¬
dured Many Hardships.
A Manila special says: Aguinaldo,
who was captured by General Funston
and brought to Manila on the United
States gunboat Vicksburg, was brought
ashore at 3:10 p. m. Thursday aud
taken before General MacArthur at
the Malacanang palace, He talked
freely, but seemed ignorant concerning
recent events. He appeared to be in
good health and was even cheerful.
C
Qj was then esoort
ed to the Anda street jail. attended
Aguinaldo’s capture was insur¬
with considerable difficulty, an
gent major being killed at the time of
the event. Twenty rifles and a num¬
ber of important papers were oaptur
«■>!.
General Fred Funston, who captur¬
ed Aguinaldo, when interviewed, made
the following statement concerning
the capture of the Filipino leader:
The confidential agent of Aguinaldo
arrived February 28th at Pantabaugan,
in the province of Nueva Ecija, north
ern Lnzon, with letters, dated Janu¬
ary 11, 12 aud 14. These letters were
from Emilio Aguinaldo and directed
to Baldermero Aguinaldo to take com¬
mand of the provinces of Central Lu¬
zon, snpplautiug General Alexandrine.
Emilio Aguinaldo also ordered that
four hundred men be sent him as soon
as possible, saying that the bearer of
the letters would guide these men to
'where Aguinaldo was. secured the
General Funston corre¬
spondence of Aguinaldo’s agents and
laid his plans accordingly. Some
months previously he had captured the
camp of the insurgent general Lacuna,
incidently obtaining Lacuna’s seal, of¬
ficial papers and a 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 Aguinaldo,
Lacuna was sending his best company
to Presidents Emilio Aguinaldo. approved,
His plans completed and
General Funston returned to Minila
and organized his expedition, selecting
seventy-eight Macabebes, all of whom
spoke Tagaiog fluently. Twenty wore
insurgent uniforms and the others the
clothing of Filipino laborers. This
Macabebe company, armed with fifty
Mausers, eighteen Remingtons and
ten Krag-Jorgensens, was commanded
by Captain Russell T. Bazzard of the
Eleventh United States volunteer cav¬
alry. With him was his brother,
Lieutenant Oliver P. M. Hazzard of
the same regiment. Captain Harry
W. Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry,
was taken because of his familiarity
with Casignran Bay, and Leiutenant
Burton J. Mitchell, Fortieth infantry,
went as General Funston’s aide.
These were the only Americans accom¬
panying the expedition. four
With the Macabebes were ex¬
insurgent officers, one being a Span¬
iard and the other three Tagalogs,
whom General Funston trusted im
plicity. and the American
General Funston
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 8th the party
embarked on the United States 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 Cascoes were lost. This plan was
abandoned.
At 2 a. m. March 14 the Vicksburg
put her lights out and ran in-shore
twenty-five miles south of Casiguran,
province of Principe. The party land¬
ed and marched to Casiguran. The
Americans had never 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 had killed a number, capturing
twenty-five. They exhibited General
Funston and the other Americans as
their prisoners. president of Casigu
The insurgent of the
ran believed the story. Two
Lacuna letters, previously concocted,
were forwarded to Aguinaldo at Palan¬
of Isabel. General Fun-
J RSI IP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 5. 1901.
ston and the others were kept impris¬
oned for three days, giving orders at
night. On the morning of March 17th,
taking a small quantity of cracked
corn, the party started on a ninety
mile march to Palanan. The country
is rough aud uninhabited, and 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 Aguinaldo’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 Mareh 28d 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
oharge of the Americans.
OAFTOBE OJf AGUINALDO.
While one of the ex-insnrgent offi¬
cers conversed with Aguinaldo’s aid,
another, a Spaniard, sent a courier to
General Funston and the rest, who,
with about eleven Macabebes, were
about an hour behind. Having re¬
ceived this warning, General Funston
avoided Aguinaldo’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 orossed the river in
small boats, formed on the bank and
marched to the right and then in front
of the insurgent grenadiers. The
Tagalogs eutered the house where
Aguinaldo was. officer, notic*
Suddenly the Spanish watching
ing that Aguinaldo’s aid was
the Americans suspiciously, exolaim
«d:
“Now, Macabebes, go for theml”
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 1 Quit wasting
ammunition 1”
Hilario Placido, one of the Tagaiog
officers, and a former insurgent major, the
who was wounded in the lung by
fire of the Kansas regiment at the bat¬
tle of Caloocan, threw his arms around
Aguinaldo, exclaiming: Ameri¬
“You are a prisoner of the
cans. ”
Colonel Simeon Villia, Aguinaldo’s oth¬
chief of staff; Major Alimbra and
ers attacked the men who were hold¬
ing Aguinaldo. Plaoido shot Villia in
the shoulder, Alambra jumped out of
the window and attempted to cross
the river. It is supposed that he was
drowned. Five other insurgent offi¬
cers fought for a few minutes and then
fled, making their escape.
When the firing began General Fun
ston assumed oommand and directed
the attack on the house, Aguinaldo. personally
assisting in the oaptnre of
The insurgent body guard fled, leav¬
ing twenty rifles. Santiago Barcelona,
the insurgent treasurer, surrendered
without resistance.
When captured Aguinaldo was calmed tre¬
mendously excited, but he
down under General Funston’s assur¬
ance that he would be well treated.
General Funston secured all of Ag¬
uinaldo’s correspondence, showing
that he had kept in dose touch with
the sub-chiefs of the insurrection in
all parts of the archipelago. March 24th,
The expedition rested
and then marched sixteen miles the
following day to Palanan bay, where
General Funston fonnd the Vicksburg,
which soon landed the party in Manila.
Commvnder 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.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS MEET.
State Convention Held In Voldoetu With
Large Attendance.
The Georgia State Baptist conven¬
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’olock.
Mayor Denmark delivered an address
of welcome. Dr. Headden responded.
Ex-Governor Northen was unani¬
elected
BILL MAKES BREAK.
Sensational Speech German
Ruler Pleads For “Loyalty”
Of His Subjects.
A special from Berlin says: The con¬
German papers do not dis
Emperor William’s speech to the
Grenadier regiment at their
barracks Thursday, but the lib¬
papers generally comment on his
utterances, emphasizing the
that the emperor is ill-in¬
concerning the character of the
(1848) revolution in Berlin.
National Zeitung expresses its
to comprehend what ourrent
induced the emperor to refer to
revolution of 1848, and says that
does not see any signs of his majesty
a body guard.
The Vossiche Zeitung is also unable
see any occasion for the emperor’s
since nobody in Eerlin is think¬
of revolution, and his majesty’s
repeatedly recognized the
of Berlin’s population.
The Vowaerts cites a number of
speeches of the emperor, ex¬
the soldiers to fight for him
necessary, and claims that it has
authentic information that his words
were literally as follows:
“If the city of Berlin should
again impudently and disobedi¬
ently rise against the king, as in
1848, then, my Grenadiers it will
be your duty, with the points of
your bayonets, to annihilate the
impudent and disobedient.”
The Tageblatt is amazed and asks
what has occurred to justify the em¬
wordB. It points out that the
of 1848 was not directed
against the Hohenzollern dynasty and
appeals “from the ill-informed emper¬
or to the rightly informed.”
According to The Kleine Journal,
Emperor William, during a toast last
evening, said:
“Attempts have been made to dis¬
turb the cordial friendship between
Bussia and Germany. It is certainly
not my fault if such attempts have
temporarily proved successful.”
The Berliner Tageblatt, which con¬
firms this statement, asserts that the
emperor made a speech, when replying
to a toast to himself, in which he went
deeply into politics, and especially the
Russo-German relations and his own
relations with the chief of the Em¬
peror Alexander Grenadief regiment,
namely, Emperor Nicholas.
In the Prussian house of lords Fri¬
day, after Count Zlethen had saddled
the socialists and anarchists of Bremen
with the offense of instigating the at¬
tack upon the emperor, Dr. Studt,
minister of public worship and educa¬
tion, stigmatized the attempt as “due
to the demoralization of youth,” and
promised that public education would
be so changed as to “inculcate a fear
of God and respect for authority.”
The Hanover Courier says: “There
is method in the fiction that the Bre¬
men attempt was a deliberate, murder¬
ous assault. The conservatives, under
conditions, wish to make capital out
the attempt. The pessimistic views
of the emperor explain themselves in
the light of authentic information that
his majesty’s entourage arc assiduous¬
ly at work to convince him that the
attempt was a deliberate crime, al¬
though the Bremen court has not
found the slightest confirmation of
such a theory.” Naohriehten
The Berliner Neueste
r.pproves the emperor’s sentiments on
the ground that “socialists and an¬
archists constantly teach hatred of the
kaiser.”
The Cologne Gazette blames the
emperor for “throwing a new firebrand
into party strife,” declaring that there
is no disposition anywhere to revolt.
The Kreuz Zeitung considers the
kaiser’s words regarding revolution as
“timely and appropriate.”
The Tageliche Rundescbau regrets
that the emperor dropped “words
which will have a disastrous effect up¬
on those hitherto loyal,” and expresses
a hope that he will not commit “faults
which on former occasions have led to
revolutions.”
The Berliner Post approves his
majesty’s utterances, "because the
socialists are known enemies, whose
programme could only be realized
through bloodshed and revolution. ”
Buck Leaves This Month.
Minister Buck, of Georgia, expects
to return to Japan on the 15th of April.
At the state department the report cir¬
to th9 effect that he might be
to some other station is de¬
nied.
MAY STOP ENLISTMENTS.
No Necessity For So Many Soldier* Since
Aguinaldo’* Capture.
As a result of the capture of Agui¬
naldo and the belief among Washing¬
ton officials that a Bpeedy and com¬
plete collapse of the insurrection in
the Philippines will follow, the full
strength of the army authorized by
the recent army reorganization act
may not be enlisted. The question is
being canvassed by the president and
the authorities. If conditions turn
out as the officials here now believe
they will there will be no necessity
for recruiting an army of 100,000 men.
READY FOR FRAY
Subjects Feel That Rus=
sia Must Be Licked.
SEEMS NEAR AT HAND
at Various Naval Sta¬
tions—-Washington Officials
Have Doubt of War.
Advices from Yokohama, Japan, are
the effect that the feeling that there
be no peace in the j^ient, save by
a drubbing to Russia,
growing stronger. It is almost the
voice of the native press
if the powers do not take meas¬
to curb Russian aggression, Japan
undertake the task alone. Coupl¬
ed with the strong undercurrent of
opinion is the evidence that the
government is preparing for the emer¬
gency with the utmost possible dilli
genoe. Uuoeasing activity at the
various naval stations and yards is re¬
ported, The nation is evidently gath¬
ering its resources and energies for
the struggle.
The Yokohama newspapers say it is
proposed to relieve the Japanese troops
in the Chinese province of Pe-Chi-Li
by a force 60 per cent stronger.
Although May is the usual month in
which the relief of the force at Seoul
takes place, the relief of the troops
there will take place immediately.
Three officers of the headquarters staff
will also proceed to Korea. These
movements, with the usual activity at
the arsenals, is taken to point to the
adoption of a strong policy by Japan.
A dispatch received in St. Peters¬
burg from Vladivostock, dated Tues¬
day, March 26th, says that a conspir¬
acy on the part of the Korean minister
of justice and Genesal Tohu-Sei-Men
to bring foreign troops to Seoul was
betrayed to the Korean cabinet. The
object of therconspirators, the dispatch
adds, was to otuse the downfall of the
ministry. The principal plotters
been deported.
THINK WAR IMPROBABLE.
A Washington special says: State
department officials are not as much
exercised over the probability of war
between Japan and Russia as might be
indicated from the published reports
from the far east. It is asserted in
diplomatic circles that Russia has
muoh to lose and little to gain by go¬
ing to war with Japan.
A high authority on Japanese affairs
said that there is but little danger of
a war between Japan and Russia
while the present government of Japan
exists. In the first place, it is con¬
ceded that Japan has a navy far supe¬
rior to that’of P.ussia, and in case of
hostilities between these two countries
Russia would be at a disadvantage.
Manchuria would probably be the bat¬
tleground in the event of suoh a war.
In that event Russia would have but
one base of supplies in that vicinity,
which is Port Arthur. Japan would
at once seize that point and render
Russia destitute of a naval station or
any haven of refuge for her warships.
In addition to this consideration,
the present government of Japan ia
inclined to be pro-Russian in its poli¬
cy, and for that reason neither the
Japanese nor Russian representatives
in this country anticipate war in the
near future.
There was a report in circulation a few
days ago that all the aaval and milita¬
ry attaches of the Japanese government
in this country and in other countries
had been hastily summoned back to
man Japanese warships in anticipation
of early hostilities with Russia. This
statement was promptly denied at the
Japanese legation.
JOB FOR MEIKLEJOHN.
Beaten Candidate Will Go to Mexico or
to the Islands.
Senator-elect Dietrich, of Nebraska,
announces that he will not resign as
governor until late in the fall, prob¬
ably not until after election.
Friends assert Mr. Meiklejohn, the
defeated senatorial candidate has been
tendered a position of responsibility
with a land and manufacturing com¬
pany in Mexico. It is also stated that
position awaits him in connection
some of the newly acquired
possessions.
WILL MAKE NO RETRACTION.
Attorney* of the Duke of We«tinln*ter
"Threaten” a Knoxville Newspaper.
The Knoxville, Tenn., Sentinel re¬
a letter from attorneys for the
of Westminster demanding a
“retraction” of an alleged statement
that a divorce suit was filed against
the dnke of Westminster and that a
was “disparaging to the
English press” had been made iu The
Sentinel’s editorial referring to the
vs. Atherton divorce suit in
The Sentinel did not say
the duke had sued for divorce,
but did say he was named as co-re¬
It will make no retraction.
Plant System.
PASSENGER SCHEDULES.
Arrivals and Departures at Jesup, Ga.
Departures. In Effect Oct. I, 1900. Arrivals.
For Savannah and points North, East and From Savannah and and points North, East
Northeast. Northeast.
Train No. 10 Leaves 8 3d am Train No. 28 Arrives ...... 6 15 a m
.. 22 5 20 p m 63 ....... 6 84 a m
32 1123 am 35 <« ....... 9 40 a m
36 10 45 p m 33 ....... 4 44 p m
78 11 20 p m “ 15 ....... 6 45 p ra
For Wuycross and points South, West, From Waycross and and points South, "West,
Southwest aud Northwest. Southwest Northwest.
Train No. 23 Leaves 5 30 a m Train No. 16 Arrives ...... 8 20 a m
. ‘ 22 “ 5 20
58 “ 6 84 am ■ << p m
“ “ .......
. “ •* 82 “ .......11 23
“ “ 85 . 9 40 a m 36 “ .......10 a m
« “ 83 “ 4 44 p m “ •• 45 p m
. it a a ........11 20
“ » 15 . 7 00 p m p m
___
For Jacksonville and points South. From Jacksonville and points South.
Train No. 13 Leaves ........ 5 30 a m Train No. 14 Arrives 10 45 p m
Solid train Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Solid train Jacksonville to Cincinnati.
All trains run daily. Port U. Mail Steamship of Peninsular and
Connection made at Key Tampa West and with Havana, S. leaving Port Tampo Mondays, Thurs¬ Occi¬
dental Steamship Line for
days and Saturdays at 11 p. m.
For further information, through oar service, trains making local stops, and sched¬
ules to other STRIPLING, points, apply Ticket to Agent, Passenger Station.
A. W. Traveling
J. H. POLHEMUS, Pass. Agent.
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga.
Illustrated playing cards can be secured at 25 cents per deok upon application to
agents of the Plant System.
Suspended Over Wife’s Grave.
The body of Florian Iruer, a saloon
keeper, aged forty years, was found
hanging on a tree over his wife’s grave
in Elmwood cemetery, in Kansas City,
Sunday. The man committed suicide
from grief over hiB wife’s death.
FOUK DIE IN FLAMES.
Members of Uncle Tom’* Cabin Companj
Caught In a Burning Car.
At Olive, a station forty-five miles
west of Missoula, Montana, Saturday ’
a special car containing the Ed Davis
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Company, was
burned, four members of the company
losing their lives—three musicians and
the company’s cook.
The car was attached to the regular
eastbound train due to arrive in Mis
soula at 9:30. Shortly after leaving
Plains the car was discovered to be on
fire in the sleeping apartment, and be
fore the alarm could be giveij th? whole
aar was in flames.
PUBLIC GATHERINGS PROHIBITED
WayoroHH Health Official*) Close Schools
and Churches For Two Weeks.
The board of health of Waycross,
Ga., decided Tuesday afternoon that
church , schools,
no services, no no
theaters or other public gatherings
should be held the next two weeae. In
this way the board expects to com
pletely wipe out scarlet fevei. Only
half a dozen cases are reported in
town, but the board of health will
take every precantion to prevent any
spread of the disease.
MINISTER LOOMIS RECA LLED.
Administration Want, to Know Detail*
of Trouble In Venezuela.
The state department has recalled
Minister Frank Loomis from Caracas,
Venezuela, to Washington for the pur¬
pose of consultation. The issues be¬
tween the government of the United
States and the government of Vene¬
zuela have become more aente, and it
is destred that the department ac¬
quaint itself thoroughly with the situ¬
ation through more direct means.
So far as can be learned the last pro¬
test of our government to Venezuela
respecting the treatment of Consul
Loomis has not met with a satisfactory
response.
RUBBER TRUST IS LIBERAL.
Reduction Iu Price* Announced Which
Moans a Lou of •8,000,000.
The United States Rubber Company
at Boston has announced a farther re¬
duction in its price of 6 per cent. The
annual price list is made public. In
comparison with the price list of April
1, 1900, it shows a total reduction of
28 per cent.
It is figured that the cut in prices
means a loss of $2,000,000 to the com¬
pany on rebates and orders on hand.
GRIGGS LEAVES CABINET.
Solid Silter Pitcher I* Given to the Retir¬
ing: Officer By Associates.
Friday Attorney General Griggs
took leave of his associates in the cab¬
inet and in the department of justice
and will leave at once for his home in
Paterson, N. J.
Solicitor General Richards, on be¬
half of the officers and employees of
the department, presented to the re¬
tiring attorney general a large, solid
silver pitcher.
LORD SALISBURY ILL.
Doctor* Soy Great English Statesman 1*
Suffering From Bright’s Disease.
A story is current in London that
Lord Salisbury is suffering from a
kidney affection which is likely to in¬
capacitate him for some time.
The doctors have pronounced Lord
Salisbury’s ailment as Bright’s disease
in so aggravated a form that a grave
view is being taken of the case.
NO. .45.
Clever Five-Dollar Counterfeits.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
j^g anDO uneed that a new hnd im
p r0 ved issue of the counterfeit $5 sil
ver cer {;fiicates, series of 1899, portrait
0 f jjj e Indian chief, Onepapa, discov
ere d on October 23,1900, has appeared
in circulation.
TEXANS SHOW JEALOUSY.
Legislator!) Condemn Method By Which
Aguinaldo Was Captured.
In the Texas house of representa
tives Tuesday morning a resolution
was introduced extending sympathy
to Aguinaldo and condemning “the
method of deception and fraud” by
which he was captured by Gener
at Funston, who is characterized
in the resolution as “the Kan
sas fakir aud swashbuckler.” An
amendment was offered praising Fun
ston lor his action, which was ruled
out of order, and the original reso
tion was referred to the committee on
federal regulations.
WHAT RUSSIA WANTS.
Stipulations of Proposed Manchurian
Agreement Are Made Public.
A Washington special says: The
proposed private treaty between China
an( j Russia, known as the Manchurian
agreement, is designed by Russia to
f u ]j control finally of Manchuria,
It ig prov jded in brief that Russia is
to occupy all the forts and fortifica
^j ons now standing and is to have
comman <] 0 f a U the Chinese troops in
them; that no more troops or ammuni¬
tion are to be imported into the prov¬
ince; that China shall exercise a police
control of the nrovince,and if she fails
in this then Russia is to assume com¬
plete jurisdiction.
DATA RELATING TO RICE.
Questions Are Being Mailed to Planter*)
of tlio South.
A Washington dispatch says: The
division of agriculture of the census
bureau is making a special effort to
secure important data relating to rico
and its irrigation on the delta lands
and island marshes of South Carolina
and Georgia; the alluvial lands of
Louisiana, Mississippi and other states
and the prairies in southeastern Texas
and southwestern Louisiana.
WELLS WINS IN ST. LOUIS.
Democratic Nominee For World'* Fair
Mayor Fleeted Without Trouble.
At St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, Bolla
Wells, the Dejpaocratic nominee for the
world’s fair mayor, was elected to that
office by a plurality of about 10,000.
With him was elected the entire Dem-.
ocratic ticket. At midnight Charles
F. Wenneker, the Republican candi¬
date for city collector, conceded the
defeat of the entire Republican ticket.
BUYING SHORT BONDS.
Two Million* of Government Securities
Tendered Secretary Gage.
In accordance with Secretary Gage’s
announcement that he would buy from
time to time the short bonds at an in¬
vestment rate realizable to the inves¬
tor who buys the new 2 per cents,
should the market price for the new
twos remain on the present basis, the
treasnry department was Tuesday ten¬
dered $2,000,000 government short
bonds on practically the same basis as
the twos returned at the current mark¬
et quotation of about 106J.
WON’T ABANDON STATION.
Government Is Likely To Retain Naval
Poet at Port Royal.
A Washington dispatch says: It is
unlikely that the Port Royal naval
station will be abandoned by the gov¬
ernment, for it is the intention of Boar
Admiral Crowninefaield, chief of the
bureau of navigation, to nse the place
as a winter station for the training
squadron. Dredging operations, when
completed, will make the station more
convenient for large vessels.