WEEKLY
CSV M
VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1899.
NO. 9
at.
HOT FOR
THE BRITISH
Arnii Train Rctorncd Wi;a Absat a!
Enured
BOERS WILL
ATTACK ESCOURT
To Thousand Strong, With llr.iv)
Aitillery Number of Officer arc
Killed and MUtiing.
LmiKiN, Nov. 17. The ar oliii-o hat
f.csivul Ilia following U I - ( . 1 1 1 (ruin
in-rural Holler:
Cap I'jwii, No. 10. Evening:.
Have itc lved Irmn HiMyaril. Iheicr
intritt mrg telegram (In 11 Novcitiiier
l'.i'f which tho (..!:.. I n k it the pur
port: "The t'flU'Mr commanding tro-.pt
l F.stcourl rHnt at ml blav that an
annoted train Irfl K ' c- . 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 morn
ing I'.li a C Hiipany of Dublin (ii'lllera
n l a company in imrnan voiutiieert.
North nf rrere, III encountered a
arly of Boer and began to withdraw
Willi rt tiring tome tif the truck wire
cVrailrd. The Dublin turned 0111 anl
adranrrd toward lb enemy, w hlie lie
rml of I Im train appear to Lave I
turned without tli iiiii la l'.ilonuit."
The Ull.fr commanding the troo a
report that lia tending mounted
tr in order la cover their withdrawal
la: that about on hundred ara mitslng.
KnoiaT, Nor. 17. i Noon'. The
K:ine!o II wr force have taken up a
piiilioa near Knuers.lale, few unlet
n nth of here. They have eight erven
pounders and tiro French gout. Their
trrngtn it 1U00 men. They have looted
Henderson' tture. All la quiet her
an I ready for the enomy If he altackt.
Kri.it i:r, Nov. 17. Noon. A corre-
tindent ho hut jutt vlaitad the tanita
r. n m hoapital taya all the armored It kid
iui,-lrd ara doing well.
Ladsmlib Wa Surrounded.
I'km.iiim, Nov. 0, via 1indon, Nov,
17. The following ditialrh bat leen it'
rrived Irmn the l!r camp at Klandt
I.iKgle, under today'e date :
"I.idytuiith hat len colnplu'ely en
circled by Hoer forrea. Our tecoml big
gun aa iucceiful!y placed in rtitlon
on Ihi'iiwan hill In front of Ladyemith.
The tiring of lieavy gnna comiiienreil
rtily thlt morning with no caruaitlet
to Hie burghcra up to pretenl."
Relief of Kimberlry.
Xicw Yohk, Nor. 17.A ditpatch to
Hi" Herald Irotn Iindog ran: Mafrking
hat retitteil tha lloore to auccettfully
that (ieneial C'ronje la now reported to
le directing bit effort! againtt
Kiiiiberley,
It It now known that tha relief move
ment to ant Kiiiiberley couiinenced
fiine time ag. The) Ninth lancera,
Nonhuniberlanil ttniliere, Muntler
fixiliert ami part ol tha I.aorathiret,
"ho, fjine tune ago, were concentrating
t tie Aar Junction, wera on haturdar
l't within fifty mllei of Kimberley. It
t thia culunin which fought the) en
Jaement on tha 10ih (Friday), which
reaulted In the lota of Menteiiant
Colonel Kletb-Falconer.
Ihicr Dislike Red Cros.
. it RT, Natal, Thurtday, Nov. 15,
!lenioon.--Tha llml Crow train baa
i(in returned, but witliont bringing In
'he deait and wonnded. Tha Hoera de
clined to give any Information ai to the
niiiei of either killed or Injured, re
'"ring tha Inqulrera to tbo 1'retoria
f'rea for all Information. All that they
ould dlrcloaewai ttia fact that there
"'e three British dead '"' nl"e
Hin.ed.
Eniinjinient at Lmlvsinith.
1'm.Toiiu, Nov. 17 In tha engage
ment yetterday morning aonlli of I.ady-
tt.it ti . tha Itrltith advanced with
tliirteen gunt, attacking 3) burgbere of
the Trantvaal. Th big gun waa fired
fi the troona, who retired at 3 o'clock
' Akleg, near I.adyamllh. Thai Uritiuh
i nnknown. Hoera bad on man
"nd thirteen horaea killed and eeven
hor.et wotindeil.
Oregon Hoy Was Dewey' Orderly.
Ai.HAJV,Ur.,Xov. lrt. (larfHd Snttnn
rrived In Albany thia noon from Ma
hy ay of New York. Hit recent
career hai been i,l.!retliiu otio. lie
u!itd three yt-art ago In the nMVy l.
partinnit.aiid wa assigned to the Haiti
more. He went to Manila with Dewey,
transferred to the Olympia and
came home with ll, great adniirl, act
Inif at hi orderly. In the reception
parauo in .ew lurk city he rode In the
front arnt a Uh the driver. Young Sot-
ton lather, Chat. Sutton, i a resident
of thia city.
Dciriud of Power of Speech.
I'owitiiov, N.,v. in W. M. Forahey
met with a sellout accident yesterday at
3 p. in. While trying to break a young
IkiimUih thrown tome U0 leet and
landed on hi head. There lie lay I r
four hour, and when he recovered con
sciousness he cm!. I i,.,t ut(rr j
tound. llu llred oil hit plain", and enou
tuiiie Hi!e eauie to hi ailncM. To.
day when brought to town it n found
that be had lott hit power of speech,
other ini not being much incon
venienced by the terrihlo fall.
ARE NOT DUE
FOR A YEAR
(iovernment Astronomer Asserts That
an Krror Was llecn Made and the
Leonids Will He Merc Xcxt Year.
New Yoiig, Nov. 17. A tecll d it
patch to the Journal and A'lvcrtiatr
from Washington tayt:
"The thoaer of Ioniila will not occur
Ihll tcaton. The hrilliant ipectacle hat
been announced one year lofoon." Thia
announcement hat Jiut been inn le by
I'r. I.. J. See, one ol the moat advanced
attronoinert in the government reivice.
"Agronomical cilcuUtio' - . . v not
erred at to the period i 1 ' cl the
I.eoni.la," fa id Dr. See to the Journal,
"but the generally accepted conclusion
aa to the time it take the I.eonida to
pats the earth' orbit hat been wrong.
After the meat careful ohrervationa made
with the leat Ibatrnment in the eerviie
of the government, and after the nio.t
unerriug calculnltone In atrict conformity
to attronomiral lawt, Iain thoroughly
convinced that the riod of paage it
two yeara, Inatead of ono year, a here
tofore twlieved.
"The l-eonnl have been within the
earth' or hit for year now, and will
remain with u for another twelve
month. The me I one (hower bat not
been aa heavy tint time at there wat
good tcientlllc reaaon for believing it
would be. That I becaute we have not
yet ttriirk the thick part of the trail.
l)y my calculation, thia collision will
occur In tha middle of Novemtier, l'W.
Then the resultant diaplay of burning
meteor will be a brilliant a the one
observed by Humboldt In VeneituI in
I7W.
"The present vuitatlon is a counter
part of that in 1 ''!. At that time there
were diaplay In two year, that of lsi!2
being about a feeble a the present h
bet n, and that of the succeeding year
being nearly a striking a thai recorded
by Humboldt."
$20,000 FIRE
AT LEWIST0N
Stock of Implement and Millinery
and Lodge Property.
I.KWiHTos-, Idaho, Nov. 10. The Odd
FullowV building, a two-story buck,
completely gutted by fire here thia
morning. The fire alar.il wa turned In
alKint 2::i0, and the local companies
quickly reonded, but the fire had
gained uch headway that It could not
he controlled for onie lime, in nre
originated In one section of the building
occupied by a millinery store and ipread
rapidly until the entire building was a
total wreck. The lower floor waioccupled
by the Nei Percee Implement Company
and the upper floor waa the home of
tome half doren lodges. The following
aia the amounts of the dillierent toek
carried anil tha Insurance on the tame:
Nex Perce Implement Company, Ion
1-',(H)0; Insurance, $2000.
Mme. de Coucey'a millinery, losr,
$I(HHI; Insurance, J.TJOO.
The Odd Fellow' building cost I'KKiO;
Insurance UH10, which will cover lost.
The varlon lodge lost in the aggregate
about HXM1.
Clarke A Falk have a full and com
p'etel neof house, carriage, wagon and
barn paint manufactured by James K.
I'atton.of Milwaukee, Wltconain.
OVER. TWO
BILLION' HOLLARS
OarFuRiun CcmmcrcB of 1899 Breaks
All Records.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN BREADSTUFFS
Hut This Loss is More Than Offset by
Our Astonishing Sale of Mer
chandise. Washington, Nov. Is1. The foreign
commerce of the I' railed States seeo.s
likely to make its highest record of the
century in the closing year of that
p'-riod. The October export are larger
than thnte of any preceding October,
the total for the ten month ending with
October it greator than the t t.il for the
corresponding period in any preceding
year, and it i9 apparent that for the Brtt
lime in our history the foreign com
merce of the year w ill not exceed $2,000,.
OuO.OoO. For the ten month ending
with October, ls'.Kl, the figure of the
treasure bureau of autistic show the
total exports to be $1 ,02.C42,O0O, w bile
io the corresponding month of last
year they were $ys7,R79,0O0.
The remarkable increate in exporta
tion It the more rurpnoing localise ol
the absence of the excessive demand
abroad for our brradHtufl, which char
acteriz?d the year 1SVS. In that year
the short crops abroad and plentiful
supplies of bredataQ of all kind in the
United State resulted in an abnormal
large exportation of breadstuff, so thai
the exportation of agricultural prod lets
in the present year naturally fail about
$:i.i,OiH),000 below that of the correspond
ing period of last rear. Yet the total
exportation for the ten months are, as
already indicated, more than $10,000,000
in excess of those of Inst year.
It I easy, however, to find the caoe
of this reuiAtkable growth in our total
rxp irtations, which occur In the face
of tho reduction in our exportation of
breidstulT. An examination of thede
Uiled figure of the nine u out lis of the
year already accessible tho that the
export of manufactures in that period
were $--0,C0O,0OO In excess of those ol
the corresponding months of the preeed
lug year, and $V),000,000 greater than
those of the Mint month of 1H'i7, w hile
the products ol the mino were $4,000,000
greater than those of the corresponding
month of last year, and those of the
forest $,(:O0,000 in exces of the corre
sponding months ol the preceding year.
Thus the year' exportation of agricul
tural production will be quite up to the
normal, while those of manufacture,
mining and forestry will excewl those of
last year, and Indeed, of any year in our
histror.
Fatal Kow in a Saloon.
Waviri.t, Wash., Nov. 19. During
an altercation In a .ihon tonight, Ed.
Twynun shot and instantly killed
(ieorne Wiggins. Twyman wa formerly
a deputy (heriflT and town marshal of
Fairfield. He had been quarreling with
an unknown man, and, drawing a
revolver, ordered him out of the saloon.
Just then Wigging cAine in, and seeing
the leveled revolver, appealed to Twy
man nol to shoot. Twyman turned
quickly and fired two hots, the econd
triking the victim tijuarely in the fore
head. Twyman wa arrested and will
be brought to the Spokane jail tomorrow.
Judge Chambers Resigns.
CiitiMoo, N- IS Chief Justice
Chambers, of Samoa, ha resigned, and
hi resignation ha been accepted for the
United States, one of the three partie
to the Ilerlin treaty, by the president.
The resignation will also be made to
(treat Britain and to (iermany. The last
olfieial act ol Judge Chamber wa the
submission of a report of the administra
tion of liia ollice fro-r his appointment
up to the time of bis departure from
Samoa. Identical cipiee of the document
have been dispatched by mail to tho
foreign ollices at London anil Berlin.
Senator Thurston Married.
Wakminoton, N v- I". -Tho marriage
of Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebras
ka, and M'.tt I.ola I'linnan, daughter of
Mr. an I Mr. W.J. rurman.of thi city,
was solemnised at 9 o'clock thia morn
ing at the residence of the' bride'
parents, Kev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, of
the Metropolitan Methodist Kpitcopal
church, officiating. The wedding cere
mony waa attended only by immediate
relative of the contracting p.irtie in
addition to Kdgar C. Snyder, and inti-
i mate personal friend of the groom.
Gentile Oppose Robert.
Salt Lakh, Nov. 19. The Democratic
state committee bad a meeting yester
day, chiefly to consider the Robert ease.
Jaine If . Moyle, chairman and a Mor
mon, urged that counter-petition be
gotten np, providing t1 at I'.olierts be
seated. One after another of the Gen
tile member arose and opposed this,
saying that they bad voted for Roberts
a a Democrat, on the expectation that
he would be able to clear up all the
charges made against him by the op
pojiiion, a be had agreed to do. Roberts
was arraigned for what wa called hi
bad faith in f.iilir.g to do this, and it was
declared that he had made a football of
the Democratic party, as well a of
prominent Democrat. Tiie Gentile
Democrat were unanimous in opposition
to the proposition to get tip etitirni
for Ribert. Thereupon the Mormon
member dropped the roatttr, the chief
purpose of the meeting having failed. A
large number of prominent Democrats
throughout the state were present, Mor
mon and Gentile, and as far as reported
but one was in favor of tho proposed
Robert petition.
Hohart's Condition.
pATKithOV, N. J., ov. 13. While the
doctor and watcher see no change, a
far as general appearance if concerned,
in the condition of Vice-President
Hobart, they cannot help noticing that
hi strength is gradually failing. It re
quires more effort to remove hi:n ftom
the bed to the window than it did a week
gi. Private Secretary Kvans said to
night, however, that Mr. Ilohart parsed
a comfortable day, was cheerful and ate
aalid food three times.
TRULY A
GUERRILLA WAR
Filipino Insurgents Have Scattered in
Small Bands No Hope of Sur
rounding Them.
Manila, Nov. IS, 0 p. m. The first
reports received from Lwt in' column
in three day say he is on he road be
tween San Nicholas and San Manuel,
west of the Aguo river. Swollen rivers
prevented him from reaching Wheaton.
Mapr Swigert, with two troops ol the
Fourth cavalry, met heavy resistance at
PoiorrtiSio yesterday, lie believes Agui
oaldo is there.
General Young is at Santa Ana.
Colonel Weasel' command scattered a
band of insurgents near Santa Ana
Thursday, killing four Filipino and
capturing fifteen without lose. Thirty
sis gun were taken. The rest of a
battalion of the Twenty-second regiment
ha had a skirmish at Matnbelan bridge,
near Kosale. The people at Rotate
welcomed the Americans.
Slaven' scout have reached Paniqui
north of Tarlac. Thy found lour loco
motive wrecked and thirteen car.
MacArthur I at Gerona, where the
troop were welcomed.
t'aett Hr Hrlllsh Holdlert la Africa.
Capt. C. G. Dennlson is well known
all over Africa a commander of the
force that captured the famous rebel
Ga!lhe. Under date of Nov. i, 1897,
from Yrybnrg, Becbuanaland, he write:
"Before starting on the last campaign 1
bought a quantity of Chamberlain'
Colic, Cholera and Diarrluet Remedy,
which 1 used myself when troubled with
bowel complaint, and had given to my
men, and in every case it proved ino?t
beneficial." For ale by Blakelcy &
Houghton, druggists.
The Chief Approves.
Wasii;n(itos, Nov. 10. The report of
the engineer in favor of an improve
ment at the mouth cf the Columbia
river to secure forty feet of water over
the bar, will be sent to congress with
the approval of the chief of engineers.
The opinion ol the engineer Is that the
proposed improvement ia one ot the
most important to be presented to con
gress. It 1 expected that favorable
action by congres looking to the 40-foot
channel will be followed immediately
with another proposition for a channel
of thirty feet from the mouth of the
Columbia to Portland. Those who are
familiar with the commerce of the river
and condition now existing tav both
these improvement should be made
with the least possible delav.
Latest thing In camera are Im
proved Magaxine cyclone at Donnell'
drug (tore.
STROYED BRIDGE
Moment Greatly Hingis Pasilion
and MaSej Adrance DJQanlt.
ARE ANXIOUS
FOR ENCOUNTER
Armored Train Fight Lidjstrmh Sur
rounded and B ers in Great Straits
For Want of Food.
Lokenzo Marijcez, Delaoa Day, Nov.
17. The official Volstem repor' that
the brigde over the Tugela river near
Colento was completely destroyed Wed
nesday November 15. The Boer are
looking forward with great interest to
the Impedingencounter between Colenso
and Estcourt with the advancing British.
About 600 burgher with cannon are
guarding the Helpakaar pass, eighteen
mile from Dundee, to batllrj any attempt
to reoccopy Dundee by the Fieteroiaritz-burg-Drytown
route.
Armored Train Fight.
New York, Nov. 18 A dispatch to
the Herald frim London says: The
Daily Telegraph printed these advice
from its special correspond nt :
"Ettcourt, Nov. 16. A few Boer are
Inagered near Frere. A few others have
been seen movif g east. An ambulance
train ha gone forward to try to recover
our wounded. Y'esterday' losses in the
armored train engAgement have been
ascertained to have been in wounded or
n.issing:
"Dublin fusilier? Captain Ilalaane,
Lieutenant Frank land and forty-five
men.
"Durbin light infantry Captain
Wylie and twenty four men. A heavy
musketry fire wa heard in the direction
of Lsdysmith at 2 o'clock thi morning,
but there was no sound of cannon."
All Well at Kimberley.
Lcxdos, Nov. 13. The war office re
ceived the following dispatch from Gen
eral Bnller:
"Cape Town, Nov. 17. A report from
Kimberley, Saturday, Nov. 11, says all
are well there. Reports from Ladysmith,
November 12 and 13, say all are well."
Ladysmith Surrounded.
Ne' Yohk, Nov. IS. A dispatch to
the Herald from I-ondon rays: The
Daily Telegraph publishes tne foilowing
from it special correspondent at Pieter
maritzbnrg, November 11:
The natives report thai the enemv
have draw n a complete cordon around
Ladysmith, and icgres I now most
difficult. Our troops are cheerful, and
there is little sick nees. The Boers are
in great (traits for want of food. The
free Staters have Income almost
mutinous.
Heavy Boer Losses.
Loxnos, Nov. 19. A special diapatch
from Pietermaritzburg, dated Saturday,
November IS, tavs :
"A runner brings a message from
Ladysmith, savirg that November 9 the
Boer attacked the town from the south
west, but were repulsed by the Royal
rifles anl rifle brigade with great loss'
November 14 the Boers made on attack
near Colenso, but were repnlsej with a
loss of 800. Fighting I proceeding at
Estcourt."
INDUSTRIES IN
BAD CONDITION
In Two Piovinccs the Destruction in
Sugar Interests Alone Is Estimated
at JitXo.otKi.ooo, and There Are Xo
Efforts nt Rebuilding.
New York, Nov. 20. Dr. Joseph L.
Hance, who for four years preceding the
war between this country and Srnin waa
I'nited States conut at Cardeca. Cuba,
ha just returned from Cuba. He went
there last June to attend to some legal
business and to make himself familiar
with conditions throughout the island.
He jonrneye l on horseback In almost
every part of Cub, visiting especially
many of the large turar plantation.
"Public opinion In America," he said,
"i formed by report from Havana.
There vou get only one ide of the tory,
and the least important tide as regard
question of administration. To com
prehend the indu-tria! purruits, it ia
necessary to visit the Ure agricultural
and mining in'ereet of the c mn'ry. and
especially the great r.g' plantation.
Sugar is rarely seen on any of the plan
tations now. In the provinces of Havana
and Santa Clara, for a thousand miles
all the cane has been destroyed. The
machinery destroyed will average $1X'0
000 per mill, mak ng the total destruction
$400,000,000. The cane lost average
$-.11,000; makingatotil lots of $200,000,
1.00; nock and implements, $30,000,000.
The total loss on these plantations pro
ducing tugar therefore reaches $680,-
j 000,000.
I "Adventurers have promulgated the
i Idea that planter will not have adequate
I protection ir. Cuba, an I therefore nothing
j is being done toward replanting the
bnrne.l fie'.dsorrepi tcing the machinery.
1 This, too, in spite of the fact that some
of the best land io Cubi cai no be had
cheap. Outei le ol lUvain, the po!it:c
al agitation that is kept up ia greatly
deplored. Every one on the islan I who
has any property at stake desires a con
tinuance of American re ,-npation or any
form of government nnderonr protection
that will arTord stabiiitv."
Evangelist Moody Improved.
East Xokthfield, Ma., Nov. 13. t
Dwight L. Moody, who on Thnrslay
suffered an attack of heart trouble while
engaged in evangelical work in Kans.'.s
City, reached hi home here today, and
is tonight reeling cir.fcrtably. Shortly
after hi arrival, Dr. SchauffUr, who at
tended Mr. Moody on his trip from Kan
sas City, issued this bulletin :
"The general cti'ti;i..n of Mr. Moody
has much improved. I look to see hiai
gradually recover. He has no valvular
dieeaee of the heart.'
Vnlcautc Ertit.tfotia
Are grand, but ekin eruptions rob life
of py. Buckieu's Arnici Salve cures
them ; also old, running ami fever tores,
Ulcers, B .ils, Felons, Corns, Warts,
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, tScitlds, Chapped
Hands, Chiihlains. Bcft Pile euro cn
earth. Drhe out tans and aches.
Only 25 cts. a box. Cure cuaranteed.
Sold by Blakeiey A Hor.ghton, drug
gists. " i
Theodore Tfcoaias l Still Mad.
Chicago, Nov. 19. Tho Chicago or
chestra under the leadership of Theodore
Thomas ha decide I to decline tho invi
tation of the director of the Paris expo
sition to attend that show in 1900. Mr.
Thomas freely admit that the verdict
in the Dreyfus case was reponsible for
hi determination to remain away from
the exposition.
Chamberlain' I'aln Balm Curat Others,
Why Not tou!
My wife has been using Chamberlain'
Pain Balm, with good results, for a
lame (boulder that has pained her con
tinually for nine yea-?. We have tried
all kinds of medicines an 1 doctors with
out receiving any beueSt from any of
them. One day we aa an advertise
ment of this medicine and thought cf
trying it, wbi. h we did with the best
of satisfaction. She has o-ed only one
bottle and her shoulder is almost well.
ArxiLrit L. Millett, Manchester, N.H.
For sale by Biakeley A Houghton, drug
gist. It will nit tie a tnrprire to any who
are at all familiar with the good qualities
of Chamberlain' Cough R-uiedy, to
know that peop'e everywhere take
pleasure in relating t hi ir experience in
the use of that splendid medicine and
in telling oi the benefit they have re
ceived from it, of bad col I it has cured,
of threatened Attacks of pneumonia it
hae averted ami of the children it has
saved from altarks of croup an I w hoop
ing cough. It is a grand, good medicine.
For sale by Biakeler A Houghton, drug
gists. Fresh cracked Nebrafka corn at the
Wasco warehouse. Finest kind of
chicken feed. mcli25-tf
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