Amador ledger., 1901-07-05
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

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UNIFIED STATES.
Lord Kitchener has sent no report OF
the Waterkloof mishap.
Information from native sources con-
firms previous reports that General
Malvar will soon surrender.
In consequence of the surrender of
General Cables, all the insurgent pris-
oners on LuzOn island will be released.
General Macarthur announces the
arrival of the Lawton at Manila with
Companies K and l. of the Eleventh In
fantry.
General Macarthur announces some
recent casualties among the troops IN
the Philippines at present, as aresult of
the recent engagement at Lipa, Luzon.
Frank Mekin, the deserter of the
Thirty-seventh Infantry, who had been
acting as Lieutenant with the insurg-
ents under Cables, and surrendered, has
been placed in irons.
The insurgent colonel, Arolli, to-
gether with considerable portion of
the forces of General Malvar, was ex-
pected to surrender to the American
authorities at San Jose, in Batangas
province, June 26.
Frank Mekin of the Thirty-seventh
Infantry, who deserted and has since
been with the insurgents acting as a
Lieutenant, and Earl Guenther, form
erly canteen-keeper at Paote, are now
with General Cables command.
The transport Ohio has arrived at San
Francisco. She came direct from Ma
Mia without making any intermediate
| points, covering the disrance in twen-
ty-two and one-half days. The Ohio
brings eleven companies of the Forty
second Infantry.
1t is reported that large number of
Cables followers have approached him
with the proposition that he issue a
strongly worded proclamation declaring
all Filipino insurgents who refuse to
surrender to be considered as bandits,
and that this proclamation be published
by the insurgent president of every
town in Laguna province.
Colonel Cabilles, who, with but $50 of
General Cables command, fled to the
mountains in fear of being hanged by
the Americans, has been overtaken by
messengers from Cables, conveying the
Generals orders to surrender When
Cables messengers caught up with and
explained the situation to the fleeing
Colonel, the latter apologized to his
General and returned to Pagasnjan.
General Cables surrendered on June
24th with $50 men and 500 rifles. The
oath of allegiance was administered to
the former insurgents. Colonel Caba-
| lies, who fled to the mountains with a
portion of his command, has likewise
surrendered. Cables did not sufficiently
/ control the populace to bring all the in
surgents in his district. The proceed
ings of surrender were orderly.
The War Department has made pub
| lie an order issued by General MacAr-
thur to iberate all Filipino prisoners.
The order follows: SIN pursuance of the
general policy of the division COM
mander in respect to matters pertain
| ing to the pacification of the archipel-
ago, 500 prisoners of war will be released
to especially signalize the surrender and
the sovereignty of the United States by
General MascardO, commanding in
surgeon forces in the provinces of Fam
bales and Bataan and General Lacunna
who is commanding in the provinces
of Bulcaan and Nueva Eciia."
News has been received at Manila
| from the island of Guam to the effect
that the conflict between Schroeder and
the naval garrison at that station is
practically over. The Governor Or
dered the garrison confined to the bar
racks pending the production of some
evidence as to the parties involved in
the recent whisky theft. A subsequent
order was issued by the Governor in
which he applauded the promptitude
in which the evidence of the ringlead-
ers had been produced. The men i'm
plicated are now being tried by court
martial on charges of INSTRUMENTATION.
When the confinement order was
published seventy-fve marines fled to
the interior of the island, but all except
two were soon captured.
CHINA.
General Rohrtchidt will succeed Gen
eral Won Lessel in command of the Ger
man troops. British Indian troops are
to replace the marines on duty at the
| Taku forts. ,
There have been further disturbances
at Kharbin, in Manchuria. There are
large bodies of Chinese troops in the
neighbOrhood, and the railroad has been
destroyed in several places.
News has been received from Tai
Yuen Flu, province of Shan-si that Gen
eraI Tungfu Hsiang is now marching
thlther, and the Governor of the pro-
vince has appealed for foreign help in
opposing his progress.
A dispatch from Shanghai announces
that trustworthy reports say that Gen
eral Ting Hsian is organizing a large
| body of veteran troops with the inten-
ton of raising a rebellion in the north
western provinces of the Middle King
dom.
A dispatch from Picking states that
the Japanese Minister has been in
structed to inform his colleagues of the
conditions upon which Japan will re-
ceive Chinese indemnity bonds. ia
pans share of the indemnity was cal
culated to reach 50,074 900 yen S25,
DOC, OOO) by July 1st, on the basis of the
cash down and the adoption by the
powers of the bonds. Japan now con-
tends that she has lost 100000 yen,
approximately, owing to the deprecia-
| ton of her per cent bonds since May
18th, and her Minister has therefore
been instructed to demand 81, 942, 247
yen indemnity.