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f-wWlj THF'J HWn T v t Latest AsBOolatod Prose fcole- a rill I I 4 Bfnme, Fresh Local nowa nm Live W 1 Ijl J Editorials mako The Dally Jour- f -i DAILY JOURNAL. M 9 It's "Business"' not Politics f V W don't wtlolt your uWettlilnn bociuio d " of your politic or onri, but becauM W 4 Journal Advertising Pays. f H VOIj. x SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY JANUARY 2 1900. jN"0-89t- saiem woolen m Home Made Goods Best in the Market Specials A very large line of cassimere suits for men and boys'. All sizes of Boys' bluck hose our own brand, the Granite try them. OVERCOATS-Kerseys in all shades and prices, also in Tan Coverts. Gray and black clays, i-'incy Back Covert overcoats our own make, the swellest ol all. TWO BRITISH VICTORIES WON Col Pitcher Defeats the Boers at Sunny side Laager VtOOWH W SKHH; NEW AND LATE STYES See our Ladies' Sorosis shoes, they are jjieat, also our Queen Quality the best S3.00 shoe in the world. Aden's late styles in Patent Leathers, Tan and Black goods all at the low est prices. KRAUSSB RRQS 'l''HnllvM,l'IJ,wH''''',l' Our prices on first-class Dental work will remain as they are for a short time ; oniy. i o r's ? ' m$ fm'Fm C TC Teeth $6.00 up. Gold filling 51.50 and up. G, & P. fillings SI. 00. , -JV- , SALEM DENTAL PARLORS i !. PHONE 2813. .w .w.vo.uktitlMAH General French Again Occupies Colos burg and Surprises the Dutch By a Rear Attack Forty Prisoners Taken By Colonel Pitcher - Brit ish Lose Two Men and One Officer Wounded The News is Fully Confirmed fly Aaaorlnted Prcii tu the Journal. London, ,Tnn. 2. The wnr office has received the following from Cnw Tewn: Col. 1'ilclier reports through mi ofllcer commanding nt Orange River: "I have completely defeated the hostile com. mnml nt SiiuuyNido linger, taking the I .anger uud 10 prisoners, besides the killed and wounded. Our casualties are two privates killed and Lieut. Adle wounded. Hkinmmkwm, CapeColony.Jttn.L'. Qpii. French has completely defeated the Boers and occupied Coleshurg. Ho con tinned to keep them on the movo and pressed them closely Saturday and Sun day, giving them no llnio to make a pro longed stand and when day broke ho wan within striking distance. Lart night all tho cavalry artillery and infantry, tho latter riding In wagons to ineieaeo the mineral mobility, started m a night march with tho object of turning tho Boors' right. The, flank operations were successful. Tho infantry andfield battorloH Immediately made a feint attack on tho Boor front, and wlillo this was proceeding tho covulry and light artillery got completely around tho enemy's right Hank, as arranged. Tho piogrrtinme worked without a hitch. Tho Uoora woio utterly surprised, and, finding their retreat thrcated, lied in disorder to tho eastward, leaving Colcsjmrg in General French hands. Till success of General French's, col umljis' confirmed officially nt tho war o Sailed for DeUfioa Day. n5n.ix. .Tun. 2. The German cruiser i BchwnlU has left Dar Kd Sallam, Africa, for Lourcnzo Marque. London, Jan. 2. According to mes sages fiom Rensburg tho British wero still shelling tho Boer position Monday evening, and expected to enter Colos burg today. Tho British losses were three killed and seven wounded. The Boers were supposed to suffered heavily from tho accuracy of the British artil lery fire. The Boor's strength in tho engage ment with French is estimated at 0,000 to 7,000. While the papers aro disposed to overrate tho brilliancy ofFrcnch's sue- com, it will doubtless liavo a good moral nfTmit. and mav result in the capturing tho Norvalspont bridge, gain ing an important strategical vantage, as then French will probably bo nblo to threaten the Bet hullo bridgo, which Is tho main lino of retreat 'for tho Boers facing General Gatacre. HxMnuno, Jan. 2. The papers hero announce that the German foreign ofllco has summoned tho managing director of the Germnn East African lino, trt. Ber lin, in connection with tho seizure of the company's steamer Bundesrath, by, the British cruiser off Dulagoa Bay. Wlsconsin'a Trial Trip. Ur Aaaoolated I'reaa ta the Jonrnnt. San Fkancisco, Jan. 2. Tho battle ship Wisconsin will make a trial trip within tho noxt two weeks. ,lt In ex pected he will exceed the speed require ments. and Japan to Bocuro a common under standing for a continued open door pol icy throughout China has been emi nently successful. Favorablo responses havo been received from Groat Britain, Germany, France, KiiBsla and Japan. A favorable answer is expected from Italy. TRAIN DELAYED. Slide South of Ashland Throws Overland ta Hours Behind. Tho overland due hern at 4:14 has boon delayed by a slide south of Ash land. Tho engine was derailed, but no further particulars nro available. Tho train will probably bo about 12 hours behind in reaching Salem. In the mean tlmo a train has boon made up, to come through on tho overland 's tlmo reaching Salem nt 4:14, carrying passengers, ex press and baggage, but no mull, Hospital Ship, II r Aaaaclated t'reae to the Journal WasiunqtoN, Jan. 2. Tho hospital ship Missouri left Manila Dec. 31 for San Francisco, with 280 sick soldiers. Tho opo is said to havo designated Cardinal Cerolemauo Maria Gntti, tho famous Genoese monk, iib his successor. STEAMSHIP FOR PACIFIC Line to Be Established Between San Fran cisco and Manila, 11 r Aaaaclated I'reaa to the Journal. Nkw Yohk, Jan. 2. A special toltho llorald from Washington says: Secretary Boot has directed tho establishment of n government lhw of Hteumahlps connecting San Franclxeo, Honolulu and Munlla Tho vessolsof tho Pacific lino will bo tho transports which nro the property of tho government now in tho Pacific ocean. All steamships chartered by the tiuurlerma&tcrs' departmont will 1ms released. RESISTS EXPORTATION Booker T. Washington Says the Colored People Should Stay Here. Ur Aaaoulated I'reaa tn the Journal. Macon, Gn., 2, Booker T. Washington sjwko on emancipation, opposing the emigration schemes of Bishop Turner. He said in part: "Tho north does not contain nil tiio white people, nor aro they uny better Mends to negroes than can bo found in the spilth. For every negro sont to Li beria a negro baby is born in tho cottr a blt, so that schemes is n failure. As wo cime to thU country at the urgent solicitation and expense of tho white man, wo would bo ungreatful to leave him now, and wo are not going to do it. B urbn st HAmiiyroivF THE LOW PRICE FURNITURE MOUSE. X N MS 6fRFETS ow BRIBERY CHARGED IN KENTUCKY Senator Offered Monoy to Stay Out of Caucus and Vote Aualnot Ooobol llr Aatoclatctl 1'rca to Ibc Journal. FnANKPORT, Ky., Jan. 2. Ex-Sonator Blackburn will bo formally named by the Democratic joint caucus to succeed benator Lindsay. Tho Indications are that not more than two Democratic members will refuse to go into the caucus. Fiiankkort, Ky., Jan. 2. After the caucus last nightlfienator Harrell made a statement that ho had been offered money by Col. John Whalon if ho would ttay out of the caucus and vote against GoebeL Col. Wlialen today telegraphed tho commomnealth Attornoy Franklin tht ho will arrive this afternoon and surrender to tho court. He telegraphed his friends denying the charge brought by Senator Harrell. The Goobel leaders promise some very sensational dovolopments when the trial of Whullen comes on. Fiiaxkj-ort, Ky., Jan. 2. Both house of the legislature organised by electing the nominees of tho Democratic caucus, DRAINAGE CANAL IN OPERATION. City of Chloago Rollavod of tho Filth or Har Large Population. We now have the Finest Line of Carpets ever shown in Salem, and our Prices are below any other dealer in the valley, For Quality, Price, and Choice of Patterns We ar4 in the lead. llr Aaaoclated I'rca to Hie Journal. RCiiicaoo, Jan. 2. This morning water was turned into tho $33,000,000 drainage canal and began to How toward Lock lort, where it will fall into the Dos Plains river, and thence through the Illinois and Mississippi river to the gulf. Engineers have cut a channel to carry 300,000 cubic feet of water per minute Into tho empty canal. This would be llko tho bursting of a reservoir, there fore the water will be turned in gradu ally. Probably a week will elapse before tho canal will be full of water. Aside from the trustees and engineers, there wero less than u dozen spectators present. LITTLE TELEGRAMS. Chicago had a million dollar blaze, in which nine firemen were injured, two seriously. Heavy biiow in Georgia and South Carolina, Sunday. Six inches on tho level at Macon. Tho health board estimates that tl o flvo boroughs of Now York city contain. 3,550,000 Inhabitants, a gain of 11,154 during 1899. Hilllard F. Johnson, water front re porter for tho Chronicle, was drowned in San Francisco by fainting and falling into a bath tub. Gravo complications aro feared be tween Great Britain and Franco over tho expiration of the Newfoundland fisheries modus vlvcudl. Tho leading Irish society of Toledo, Ohio, has mangeratcd a movement to assist tho Boers, offering sympathy, monoy, arms and soldiers. An American missionary at Armed nngar, India, writes that the famine now prevailing will bo far worse than that of two years ago, The plague Is also pre valent. Kansas City German Americana adopt resolutions of sympathy for the Boers, and commending Sonator Mason for championing their cause in the sonate. Tho transports Tartar and Vnloncla will probably be sent back to Manila with frieght. Thcronienow about 4000 tonB of froight waiting on tho govern ment dock, and no steamers to tako it. Tho United Irish socioties of Now lorkholda mass meeting to oxprcss sympathy for tho Boors, presided over by a justlco of tho supromo court and addressed by senators and congressmen. Stanley 11. G. Stowart, doing business as Stewart & Co., bankers and brokers. at 40 Wall street, has filed n petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities of tho firm are -282,111, and assets aro $1,213,- 857. Jas. W. l'elotler, on ills way to Vir gluia to be married to a woman who had waited for him eovon years, was robbed of his monoy and railroad ticket in Chicago and committed suicide in des pair. Four men wero killed and sovornl others injured by a boiler explosion one mile west of Elizabctlitown, Pa. Tho dead are: Doland Haldoman, of Bain- bridgo; Witt Shorbaon, of West Done- gal; Burt Harris, a negro, and an Italian known as Tony. Tho Columbian Iron works, of Balti more, which is ongaged in tho construc tion of tho aubmarlno boat Plunger, and tho torpcdli boat Tlngey, lias been placed in tho hands of a receiver, and an ex tension of tlmo has been allowed for the construction of the torpedo boat. A permanent arbitration board to settlo all differences hotween labor unions and contractors and ho averting of tho chances of a labor war in Chicago is practically assured. This board will consist of II membors and wi'l adjudi cate and difllcultics that may arise. Benjamin D. Greene, Colonel John F. Gaynor, Edward II. Gaynor, and Wil liam T. Gaynor, members of tho Atlan tic Dredging Company jointly indicted with Michael A, Connolly and ex Captain Oberlln M. Carter, for conspir acy resulting In n loss to the government of (574,749 are undergoing examination today before United States Commissioner Shields. ROYAL BAillNCf POWDER Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in the finest cake, short cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc., which ex pert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. Made from pure, grape cream of tartar. nOYAl BAKINQ POWDER CO., New YORK. FIGHT AT CABUYAQ. Filipinos Whipped and Driven to Santa Rosa by Americans, Slavery Abolished in Island of Guam Rough Trip on Trans port. Or Aaaoclated I'reaa la the Journal. Manila, Jan. 1, 10:30 p. m. The first inovomont of tho general southern ad vanco occurred th,s morning, when two batalllona of tho Fourth infantry landed and occupied Cabuyao, on the south eido of LagunadoBay. Two Americans wero killed and two wounded. Twenty-four of tho onomy were found dead in one house, One hundred and fifty prisoners and four six-pounder rapid fire guns woro captured. Tho gunboat Laguna do Bay bombarded tho town boforo tho disem barkation of tho troops from tho cascoos, which was niado undor tho shrapnol fire. Tho onomy ovacuatod tho placo before tho charging AmericatiB, retreating to Bauta Rosa, to which town they wero pursued. Heavy fighting occurred along the road to Santa Bosa, which was occupied by tho insurgents, retreating south toward Sllan. Tho Americans bumed tho country around Cabuyao. Manila, Jan. 2. A naval ofllcer from Guam brings n proclamation issued by CaptLoary, the naval governor of that island, decreeing the nbsoluto prohibition and total abolition of slavery or iwonage, taking effect February 22. Manila, Jnn. 2. Col. Pettitand Lieut. Col. Haycs,who commanded tho com panies on tho transport Manuenz, which arrlvod hero Nov. 28 and roportcd torrl bio experiences at sea, have filed official roports corroborating tho story at the timo describing the hardships of tho soldiers. Tho report which is particularly vigorous, recommends u claim against tho ship owners for uniforms for the whole battalion, which wero ruined during pas-ago. WHEAT MARKET Chicago, January 2. May 70J; cash 00. Ban Fkancisco, Jan. 2 Cash 98. The Forest Grove Times thluks that "1899 does not comploto 1900 any more than $99 would pay a f 100 debt." Editor Laura E. Jones, of tho Drain Watchman is convalescent, mid through her paper thanks friends for kindness during iter illness. Sec the Kid Gloves wc arc offering at the Great Sale Price of TT" 248 COMMERCIAL ST. J- . The Lawton Fund. Ur A.oclatcd I'reaa to the Journal. Wasiiinoton, Jan. 2. Genoral Cor bin, chairman of the Lawton relief com mittee, announces the subscriptions to the Lawton fund to date to bo $39,203, which does not include all subscriptions in the outside cities. Result of a Threatened Strike. Ur Aaaoelatad I'reaa to the Journal Pittsbdiio, Jan. 2,--The wages of 25, 000 men employed by tho steel and glass companies of Pittsburg were advancl today from 5 to 10 per cent. Sickness In Ladysmith. Ur Aaaoclated I'reaa to the Journal. London, Jan. 2. Gen White reports that the number of cases of dysentery and fever are Increasing at ladysmith. ELLIS Wholesale and ZINN Retail Confectioners 65" Jftu iJleym K A&p Children's eJl'wool hose worth 25c, Great Sale Price 13' A pair; 20 and 25c fancy skirt linings. Great Sale Price 12 12c a yd, 25c fast black hose for ladies, guaran teed seamless and stainless. 19c a pr. OPEN DOUR TO CHINA. Tho European Nations Asroa With America for This- Ao- tlon. Br Aaaoclated Vreaa ta the JoaraaL Wasuisotox, Jan. 2. The session of the cabinet today was brief, but was the occasion of an important announce ment by Secretary 'Hay that the nego tiations with the great powers of Europe Phone 2874. IB4 State S ?Vt From Eyeglasses to Glasseyes We can supply you with Anything in the Optical linn Bee I If not so clearly as with your eyes ot lormar year, some thing is wrong with those delicate orbs of vision. Don't hesitate to have them ex amined. Will candidly tell their condi tion for nothing. A pair of our rimless spectacles or eyeglasses will add dignity to your appearance, give you a learned loot, ana reauy improve your lace. HERMAN 113 Stat St. A few 50c corsot waists for children to clow 25c each Dress goods, specials, a line worth $1.00 tofl. 25 a yard fine Imported novelties 84c a yd Another line of 60 to 75c values. Great Sale Price 42c Ladies extra heavy fleece ribbed pants worth 50c, Great Bale Price 33c A heavier and better lino of vests close at to 41c W. BARR. EciKSTinc Opticus Ladies' Suits and Jackets and capes must all be sold during this GREAT SALE $20 jackets S12.50 We only have a few left and don't mind loosing a few dollars in getting rid of them. Other Jackets and Capes priced in pro portion. A line of all wool vests to close at 75c worth, $1,00 Fur Collarettes $30.00 collarettes for (21.65. (14.00 collarettes for (9.50. (11.00 collarettes for (7.45. (8.00 collarettes for (0.20. (0.00 collaiettes for (4.85. A lino of 50c derby ribbod and natural wool shirts. Groat Sale Prico 35c A lino of men's umbrellas at Groat Sale Price 40c A lino of men's brown, bluo and black socks with whlto dots. Great Bale Price 10c pr, Don't fail to see the special lines in men's suits and coats which we offer at Great Sale Prices, $5,60 and up. A line of dress hats wortli (1.50. Great Sale Price. $1,00, Come to a legitimate-dealer in first-class goods for your New Year bargains, Every thing marked in p lain figures, 2 2C b i iwatf -., ffviMmmaKiitfjit-i---