The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 118. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. AGUINALDO IS CAPTURED BY FUNSTON, WHO BOLDLY EXECUTES CLEVER STRATEGY IN INVADING Tt HE CHIEF'S HIDING PLACE ANILA, March 28.—General Frederick Funston’s daring project for the capture of Aguin- aldo in his -hiding place in the province of lIsabella, island of Luzon, has proved com- pletely successful. Aguinaldo was captured there on March 23. The United States gun- boat Vicksburg, Commander E. B. Barry, with General Funston and Aguinaldo on board, ar- rived here this morning. ‘e the enemy it was Aguinaldo’s repre- >, who had given the in- to the Americans, the native scouts, me the charactet till loyal to the rebel ot m ks &8 The P C hey were to make it appear the ne € that they had captured General news e Funston and other American of- h rank and were 1ak- iem into the camp of the 1 to be delivered as rs of war. hen was to come the daring n. The pretended throw aside ned character and met- 10se themselves from pris- to captors, seize Aguiral- pe the p! prisoners were to thei € € re- down any opposition ’ r ands is ht show itself and hold d isoners, no matter how ril or how great the forces of the enemy. B g1 THILIO e S GUDOAT VICKSBURG To carry out the programme quired a long march into the interior and never-ceasing cau- tion to guard against treachery. The troops in New Vizcaya and New Ecija and the gunbnats Vicksburg and Albany were or- dered to co-operate with the cap- turing party. The news of Aguinaldo’s cap- ture indicates clearly that the anied ) plans of General Funston were or Harris, Capt carried out successfully. he -w\v irth. In SCENE OF THE SURPRISE. nant a The of Isabella, where the capture of Aguinaldo occurred, is on the island of Lu- province Infantry; of the Fc scouts 4 sttt all Zom; about 200 miles northeast of They were t,; 1;(. Manila, and about seventy-five the ;:n'nlu,;n Vicks- miles north of Baler, on the cast- ern coast, which place was made memorable by the capture of Lieutenant Gillmore and his a remote beach north of 1 were to proceed over- uided by a former officer 5 n do, who had betrayed 1 the Filipino leader’s party from the gunboat York- town in April, 1899. .Isabella province is wild and mountain- ous, especially along the coast, where the high range known as the Grand Cordilleras = Oriente extends for a hundred miles or more from north to south. the highest points of the range being but a few miles from the shore. Rugged trails, in some places be- ing but a foot or two in width, lead across the mountains, fre- quently crossed by rushing streams, and where these over- flow their banks the trails are waist deep in mud. Tt was to this uninviting district that General Funston and his small band went a short time ago. It was a part of the island that had never be- fore been visited by American 1!‘()01)5. —_—— INSURGENT MAJOR SLAIN MANTILA, March 28 —Agui- naldo’s capture was obtained with great difficulty, an insur- gent major being killed. Twenty rifles and many important papers were captured. Aguinaldo was taken ashore at 3:10 p. m. to-day. He was taken before General McArthur at the palace. He talks freely, ‘but seems to be ignorant con- He ap- cerning recent events. peared to be in good health and - B e e il @ TAFF CAPTURED. LONDO N, March 28.---A dispatch from Manila says that several members of Aguinaldo’s staff were captured with him and taken to Manila. The in- surgent leader and his men were captured near Casiguran, near Baler, province of Luzon. el et % X ¥ : 4 N the nineteenth century there has not been a more unique figure among the native races of the earth than the Filipino insurgent, Aguinaldo. Edwin Wildman, Vice Consul of the United States at Hongkong, in writing of the Filipino leader just before the outbreak of February 4, 1899, said: Imus, Cavite province, some thirty odd years since. His friends say that he was the son of a Spa general. Abou: his very early years but little Is accurate- ly known. At the age of four he was a houseboy in the home of a Jesuit priest in Cavite. His master was a kindi man and took a deep interest in his little protege, dressing him well even to such an extent as to ex- cite the envy of his neighbors, and in time giving him an education, which, though not Up to the standard of the grammar school of the United States, was many fold better than that within reach of mest of the little Luzon natives, of whom, un- le, but a small per cent der Spanish rul learned to read or write. | Aguinaldo an Apt Scholar. | Aguinaldo was an apt scholar. He had | | | | the precceity of the Malay, the ambition of the Caucas and the memory of a Chinaman, the best among men. At the age of seven years he was the equal of most h breed boys and | at 10 he was easily the mental superior of most of the Tagals Qistr At the age of 14 he entered the Collega of St. John de Lateran, and later the Pon- tifical University of Ma where he was recognized as an exceptionally bright stu- dent. of th He received careful drilling in the Span- and studiea theology, jurispru- Little is, how- areer, except »urse he left ted what also ever, known of that before com the university. was consideres both a secul: in joining the Masonic thing in the Philippt doing, if detected, be tortured and exect Leaves Spanish Territory. | Under these circ it best to leave Sps 1588 went to Hongk quite a colony of he first came in cont There h the world that lay beyond the narrow limits of the | Spanish clvilization under which he had | srown up. Probably with an eye to the future he especially devoted himself to matters per- taining to war. He attended the drfils and parades of the British troops in ths garrison, frequented the gunshops, pur- chased arms and practiced their use un- til he became fairly expert. It is said that he even wan: over to Kowloon, across from Hongkong, then occupied by the Chinese, and served a short time in one of their regiments. Finding, however that nothing could be learned under the system prevailing in the Celestial army he obtained his di rge and joined a Chinese warship which had some Euro- pean Instructors. Gains Knowledge of War. Whether these statements be true or not it is certain tha: during his stay in Hongkong and the vicinity he gained a wide knowledge of the art read many works campaigns of fam Washington, Napoleon, Grant, and there asc of him in existence soldier and sal .During his stay there he also acquired tin. French, Eng- n with the Spanish, ste learned in his youth, stood him in good stead later on Some time previous to 1596 he returned of war and y and the Is such as ngton and m photographs in Hongkong in both some knowledge of lish and Ch - - -3+ to the Philippines and at the time of the . | breaking out of the eat insurrection in PRESIDENT OF THE SO-CALLED FILIPINO REPUBLIC, THE DARING | (.t vear was “oiding some position un- AMERICAN OFFICER WHO CAPTURED HIM AND THE WAR VESSEL | 4. 4 petive politicien in a provincis UPON WHICH HE WAS CONVEYED TO MANILA. | e o - .;‘. He treated his troops and the peopia was even cheerful. He lunched with the officers of General Mac- Arthur's staff. with much tact and consideration and “Aguinaldo 1s not a Napoleon nor a ‘Washington, neither is he a Tecumseh nor a Sitting Bull. He is Aguinaldo, and his name stands for =i metaphor.” Emilio Aguinaldo y Fama was born at was very popular with them and on good terms with the Spanish officials and the Continued on Page Two.