Amador ledger., 1901-06-28
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.


Lieutenant Cowen, with a detach-
ment of fifty men, killed five insurg-
ents near Jovelar.
Disappointment is felt at Manila at
the backward conditions in Southern
Luzon. Some insurgent camps have
been discovered.
The island of Paragua has been occu-
pied by the Tenth Infantry. The Thir-
ty-second and Thirty-third batteries of
coast artillery probably will be sent
home on the transport Indiana.
General Sumner has returned to Ma
Mia and reported to General Wade the
failure of negotiations for the surrender
of Cables, the insurgent leader in La
guna province. The Filipino appar-
emily believes he can hold out, now that
the rainy season has begun.
E. Holland Rubottom, who was
graduated from the University, Berkely,
Cat, with the class of 1899 and was
well known as business man in the
college town, has been advanced to the
rank of First Lieutenant in the regular
Army. A year and half ago he was
appointed Second Lieutenant by
President Mckinley and was assigned
to the Ninth Cavalry, then stationed in
Texas. He was in charge OF the negro
troops at Fort Worth at the time of the
riot there. He is now in the Philip
pines. Howard S. Avery, another
graduate of the same class who was ap-
pointed a Second Lieutenant, has also
been promoted to lieutenancy.
Captain William H. Wilhelm, who
died in Southern Luzon as the result of
the wounds he received in action with
the FilipinOs, has been at the front in
active service most of the time since he
arrived at Manila, in May, 1889. He
was a graduate of West Point of the
class of 1888, and up to 1898 was on duty
for the greater part of the time at a
Western post. At the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war he Joined the
Tenth Infantry, and was assigned to
service on the staff of General Snyder.
Many stories are told illustrative of
Captain Wilhelm's magnificent nerve
and other soldierly traits. 1t is said
that at the battle of San Mateo he Or
dered his men to fire UPON four of the
enemy who were running away, but at
the critical moment native woman
emerged and placed herself, with ex-
tended arms, in the line of fire. Cap
tain Wilhelm ordered his men to re-
serve their fire, and to this bit of true
gallantry the four Fillpinos doubtless
owed their lives.
Orders have been issued for the Pc
king-HsnkOw Railway to convey Yuan
Kais troops, who are now leaving Ho-
chien-Fu from Paoting-Fu to Picking.
These soldiers will arrive in Peking
much earlier than was expected.
The French troops are still unable to
withdraw from the railway line south
of Paoting-Fu. The recent expedition
of the French and Chinese regulars to
the revolving district was barren of re-
suits, owing partly to the connivance of
the Chinese.
Official figures just published show
that the total German losses in China
thus far have been Is officers, 80 nom
commissioned officers and $50 privates.
Thirteen of the officers, 20 non-commis-
stoned officers and 1872 privates were
lost in action and the others succumbed
to disease.
Additional reports of disturbances in
the center of the province of Chill have
been received. At Hochein Flu the
Chinese troops were overpowered by
rebels, and the aid of French and Ger
man soldiers has been asked. General
Ma Yu Kun's troops have also been dis
patched to suppress the insurrrection.
General Mas troops were intended to
guard the Chinese City of Peking and
OlacpS adjacent tn the pQnital
A cable to the New York Sun says
that the British Indian troops are now
making preparations to depart. The
First Sikhs, Colonel Pollock command
ing, are to go to Wei-hei-wei Temporal
rily and await further orders. The
Twenty-fourth Punjab Infantry will
leave Picking by the end of June. After
that there will be no more of the British
troops left in the Tartar City except the
Welsh Fusileers. The Chinese officials
petitioned General Barrow to allow the
British troops to remain as a preventive
against trouble.
A cable from Picking says that an
Italian priest who has arrived there
from Shanse confirms the reports pre-
viOusly made in regard to the massacre
of Roman Catholic clergymen in South
ern Mongolia. He says fifteen Belgian
priests and number of converts were
massacreed at Niang Tao Liang, in the
southern part of Mongolia, several
weeks ago by soldiers under Prince
Tuan, Duke Ian and General Tung Flu
Hsiang. The Belgian Minister is not
inclined tohold the court responsible for
the crime. He says the district where
the massacres occurred is the rendez-
vous of many former officials who have
been degraded or sentenced to Danish
ment. These officials are exercising
high military power for the time be-
ing, and it is impossible for the Chinese
Government TO suppress them. The
policy of the Belgians is purely COM
mercial. They are DESTROYS of securing
many new concessions, and are opposed
to embarrassing the Chinese authorities
at present.
SOUTH AFRICA.
The number of Boer soners under
guard exceeds 10000, and they are very
anxious to have the war end.
A considerable force OF surrendered
Beers is now under arms for the protec-
ton of their farms and herds, and it is
anxious to have the terms of peace ar