Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-01
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

Many insurgent officers are now sur
rendering. l--
The Fitzpatrick has sailed from Ma
Mia for San Francisco having 400 sick
soldiers aboard
Lieutenant Mapes of the Thirty-sec-
ond Regiment has captured five rebel
| officers, twenty men aud eighteen guns,
nine miles from Manila.
Eighty men of the Fifth Infantry and
detachment of scouts surprised the
rebel leaders Villamor and Aleiandris
near Paperia. Villamor was wounded.
Lieutenant Low, with detachment
OF the First Cavalry, recently overlook
l2OO'insurgents near Batangas. After a
stubborn fight the enemy was driven to
the mountains.
According to an order issued at the
War Department, Captain Cyril KING,
assistant quartermaster, United States
Army, has been discharged from the
service of the United States by direction
OF the President. This action indicates
that Captain King will not be court
martialed.
There have been further incriminat-
ing developments in charges against d.
M. Carman, the American contractor,
who with his partner, Theodore Car
rama, a Spanish merchant was arrested
and charged with furnishing supplies
to aid the insurgents. Proof has been
secured of his dealings with the rebels,
showing that he supplied them with
provisions, uniforms, money and some
arms.
A 13-inch gun exploded on the battle
ship Kearsarge, while the ship was at
target practice off Key West. The gun
| itself and its superimposed turret were
badly damaged. The battle-ship is at
present at anchor at Pensacola, Florida,
awaiting orders from Washington. Ali
the ships officers are in quandary as
to what will be the OuecOme of the ac-
cident, whether the ship will be Or
dered home for repairs or whether the
Captain will be instructed to proceed
on his cruise in the southern waters
without gun. The general impression
is that the Kearsarge will be directed to
continue on her cruise. The guns on
this vessel cost about 100000 each.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Colonel Henry has captured forty-five
prisoners and fifty wagons.
Pet De Wet has arrived at Cape
Town to engage the Afrlkanders i'll the
peace movement.
Seven British Yeomanry, while out
skirmishing, were captured by COM
mando near Vryburg.
A cable from Pretoria says that raid
ers belonging to the Boer eastern COM
mando are being hard pressed.
Mrs. Botha, having obtained the per-
mission of General Kitchener, has gone
to visit her husband, General Botha
The British have occupied Ficksburg
with little opposition, and have re-
leased the prisoners who were in Jail.
Large bodies ofrepublicans have been
seen near Donkerpoort station, north of
Norvaispont. Shots were exchanged.
Two hundred Beers are raiding the
Prince Albert district, looting stores
and destroying orchards and gardens.
Several were killed and wounded.
A dispatch from Pretoria says that
General De Wet has crossed the Orange
river north of NOrvalspont and is going
in the direction of Phillipstown. The
British are following.
Twenty-seven Australians, Cape po-
lice and dragons were captured by
Kreuszinger's commando eight miles
from Ballaspruit, after fight in which
three British and five of the Beers were
killed.
Sir Alfred Miner, having notified the
Government of New South Wales of
his intention to send one officer to re-
cruit in Australia for the South African
constabulary, the Government has re-
piled that the colony objects to such a
proceeding. .a
The British columns are converging
under General French They are fore
ing the Beers toward the southeastern
corner of the Transvaal, between Natal
and Swaziland. 1t is found in the dis
tricts traversed that resistance has been
stimulated by the republication in the
Dutch paper Ermelo, of the stories of
maltreatment of women and the burn
ing of farms. These stories were copied
from English and pro-Boer colonial
papers. The stories regarding the mall
treatment of women are false and those
about the burning of farms are greatly
exaggerated.
CHINA.
According to the North China Daily
News the Germans are planning an ex-
petition on the Yang-tse-Kiang
The Shanghai Mercury asserts that
the allies are preparing movement
that will astonish China and bring her
to terms quickly.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News claims to have official
authority to deny that it is seriously in
tended to send an expedition into the
interior of China.
Count Won Waldersee has written to
the Generals under his supervision noti-
Tying them to have all their available
troops ready in two weeks for an expe-
dition to last eighty days.
The military at Picking are now much
elated at the prospect of active service.
Many believe the Chinese army will
strive to the utmost to protect the pro-
vince of Shensi against invasion.