WEEKLY
AAy
VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 1900.
NO. 16
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MADE PASSAGE
French Losses at Colesburg Iwice as
' Many as Reported New Phase of
the War May Create Troubles.
s
S Londov, Jan. 9. Farther news of
General White's victory is anxiously
awaited, aa it is generally realized today
there wag little warrant for the exulta
tlon which followed the announcement
f his repulse of the Boers. The remark
iblo revelation in Boer tactics has been
trjo'.'.er complete surprise to the British
ir ho bad not reckoned on the weakened
rarriaon of Ladysmith being subjected
to such courageous assault, aud it i
realized that General White's troops
iannot be expected to greatly prolong
inch arduous defense. In some quarters
it is considered unaccountable that
Buller did not press a passage of the
rngelft while the Boers were engaged
lorthwards, and comments on his ap
parent supineness are nowise compli
gaentary.
From Boer headquarters it is reported
lhat 3uller Is constructing a subsidiary
railr ad from the main line" to Colenso
free'. ardly in thedirection of Potgeeter's
Iri.'L. ( Advices from Modder river ea7
Ihe Doers continue to extend their works
ind it is estimated 30 000 men were ro
juired to defend them.
'-, A dispatch from Frere camp last Sun
lay eight said all was quiet there, thus
dispelling the widespread hopes that
Bul'.r had followed up his demonstra
fcion before Colenso with an effective
Wove elsewhere.
i Lir.le change Is apparent in the poel
ou at Colesburg. The casualties of the
JufTolks near Colcsburg were: Killed
Dolor el Watson and Lieutenants
rVilkins, Carey and White and twenty
ibree men. Missing Captains Brett,
fhompson and Brown and Lieutenants
Ulen, Woods, Martin, Butler and 107
wen. Wounded Twenty-one men
Sent al French further reports that the
lasu. ties of other regiments to Janua
y 4 were: Twelve men killed and
ortv-four wounded.
i.
I
i London, Jan. 9. A special dispatch
rom Amsterdam savs: An uncredited
or. or is current here that a British
tru! r had fired upon the Dutch cruiser
fri nd, near Dolagoa bay, and that a
)u. , officer was killed.
? N. r YonK, Jan. 9. A cpecinl frcm
ATa:' Ington says : The Transvaal gov
irnL nt has informed the United States
bat V7. Stanley Hollis, American consul
it Pretoria, will not ho permitted to re
jresent British intorests during the war,
t being against the Transvaal's policy
permit any British representative In
tl territory. Consul Hollis, however,
fill be permitted to care for British
trLouers of war confined in Pretoria in
(is personal capacity.
London, Jan. 9. There is reason to
wlieve that the United States and
German embassies are trying to find
ome common basis on which they can
o-operate in preeslng their respective
lemands against Grest Britain for the
)elago bay slezures. A high official of
be German embassy had a long con
erenco today at the American embasiy,
nd the diplomats are believed to have
iscussed the steps each country has al
eady taken and the best future pro
dure. pokane Woman Hanged Hemeir.
, Spokane, Jan. 8. Mis. Louis Ellert,
pioneer woman and the wife of one of
be t ost prominent citizens, hanged
: l In her home here this evening,
ba had been sick and despondent, and
'as preparing to take trip with her
hsband to California for her health,
he rash deed was done while the ler
ant VI was absent from the house for
few minutes. Mrs. Kllert was 51
ears cf age. Her brother is sheriff of
lis county,
1 Mall Crowding Manila.
Manila, Jan. 8, 8:15 p. m. The bu
n!c plague is yet sporadic There have
n tlx cases and four deaths. Prepa
tions are being made to establish hoi-
l
pltals and quarantine.
Great numbers of provincial natives
aieroming to Manila, with whom the
city is crowded, the increase in accom
modations being inadequate, and the
rice necessary for foodstuffs is more ex
pensive than at rny period during the
last twelve years. The plague is danger
ous to the overcrowded, nnfed and un
washed natives ard Chinamen. Ameri
cans avoiding direct contact with the
disease are snfe. A force of Filipinos
charged twelve men of thoThird cavalry
who were scouting behind San Fernendo
de Laubon. One trooper and three
horses and carbons were captured. The
enemy fled.
Bwvfi fur Dawaon.
Seattle-, Jan. 8. Jack Carr, the well
known Alaskan mail-carrier, shipped 37
bead of beeves north on the steamer
City of Seattle tonight, which he will
undertake to drive over the White Pass
and Yukon ice to Dawson. The expedi
tion equipment inc'udes fifteen horses.
which will he used in packing feed for
the cattle. It is the flrBt attempt of the
kind ever made at this time of the year.
Girl Diaappeare.
Cottage Grove, Or., Jan.. 8. Mits
Minnie Thorn, sixteen years of age
mysteriously disappeared lust night, bid
no tracn of her can be found. She at
tended the evening services at the
Methodist Episcopal church, and ia re
ported to have been seen at the railroad
bridge, half way between here and
Latham. A search party has been out
today, but their efforts did not lead to
any conclusion as to her whereabouts.
FRANCE GOT
HER MONEY
State Department Has Noticed What an
tasy i Ding trance Has, ana, as
the Island! is Indebted to This
Government. Same Methods Will
Be Employed to Collect the Ac
counts.
New York, Jan. 9. A special to the
Herald from Washington says : Besides
the payment of tho money remaining
due in tlieBoismare-Caccareli claim, the
French government has demanded ai:
apology from Santo Domingo. An official
diBpnlch to this effect was received by
Secretary Hay from the American re
presentative from San'o Domingo.
The authorities have been advitcd thst
the money required to pay the French
claims l as been collected by popular
subscription, and the only remaining
question to be settled is that connected
with the demand for apology. Tho
Dominican government has not appealed
to the United States to interfere, and
there is no disposition on tho part of
this government to do so. It is expected
that the Jimenes government will have
to comply with the French demand, and
that the incident will be settled in a
few days.
The proepectiva prompt settlement of
the French claims has called the at
tention of the authorities to the desira
bility ot securing action in American
matters. Minister Powell will receive
in a few davs instructions to vigorously
press the Dominican government for the
payment of the remaining installments
due in the McKay claim, and with the
Machias in the harbor the representation
may be effective.
Uorui for th Philippine
Medford, Or., Jan. 10. L. J. Han-
chett, a contractor for government
horses, purchased twenty-four animals
at this place and drove them to Ashland,
where they will be shipped, together
with a larger band, for San Francisco.
The horses are intended for the Phil
ippines, and being of the hardy type
found in this section of the state they
are wen rated to stand tho sea voyage
and trying climate of the tropics. An
average price of $30 per bead was paid
f r them.
William Jackeon, tho Renut Dead.
Bi.ackfoot, Mont., Jan. 9. William
ackson is dead from old age, superin
duced by an attack of grippe. Jackson
nlisted as a government scout at the
age of 17. He served under Generals
Custer, Miles, Gibbon and Crook.
Jackson was the first man to reach
ivlllzttton after the Custer massrere
nd his report was considered remarka
bly correct version.
Xeer Tun Old to nil.
San Franc ici'o, Jan. 9. Elitabeth
Gladstone, aged 03, has secured judgment
in the superior court against Joseph
Board in up,, oged 7.1, for breach of promise
to marry. She sued for f00,000. 1
MILLER'S SILENCE
PUZZLES ENGLAND
LoEioEcrs Eslieye Elitist- Army Moved
Forward Monday.
NO NEWS
FROM SCENE
Long Pent-Up Storm is Now Bursting
Over the Heads of Home Govern
ment Officials.
New York, Jan. 10. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says : If the
complete embargo upon news be one of
ths condition of successful strategy.
something really Napoleonic must be go
ing on along the Tugela river. At the
clubs nearly all well-informed men were
confident that the army bad been set in
motion on Monday and the officers lin
gered at the military service till mid
night in the exirectation of receiving tid
ings of some great stroke.
Veterans at the clubs and the military
writers in the morning journals busied
themselves with, patching up their the
ories. Changes were running upon the
two main themes the neceesity for the
clearance of the south bank before the
passage of the Tugela could be attempted,
and the probability that Warren's di
vision would make a wide detour and
cross tbe river seventeen miles below
Colenso. General Buller's delay in
operating in front of his force seemed an
insuperable objection to the first theory,
and there were only two facts to be cited
in support of the latter conjecture. These
were tho establishment of Warren's
headquarters as far down as Estcourt
and the apparent occupation of Weenen
by British troops, since one press dis
patch which slipped through the censor's
hands described an exchange of flash,
light signals with those of the vllliage.
General Buller bas succeeded in con
fusing and bewildering the English pub
lic, if he has not dazed and confounded
the Boer generals.
General French has reported a recon-
noissancn on the enemy's flank, in which
a considerable force was drawn out, then
allowed to retire. A cquadron of the
Hougfhold cavalry had an accounting in
this movement. French's objective
point in these maneuvers bas not been
disc'osed, but it is probable that General
Cronja has eeijt reinforcements to the
Freo Staters on tho southern frontier
ad that the occupation of the bridges
over the Orange river will be rendered
difficult.
Battalions of the sixth division con
tinue to arrive at Cape Town and the
Princess of Wales, the hospital ship, is
also at anchor there. Lord Roberts can
now be looked for any day.
London, Jan. 10. The plight of Brit
ish arms in South Africa is overshadowed
for the present by the storm which is
bursting over tbe heads of the home
government. The Manchester speeches
of Balfour, the government leader in the
house of commons, has loosened such a
torrent of comment from tbe press and
individuals of his own party that were
parliament to reassemble today it Is
doubtful if the conservatives would re
tain power in spite cf their tiemendous
majority of the past season. The pent-
op dissatisfaction with the government's
lack of energy in waging the war ia no
onger concealed.
When such ardent conservative papers
as the limes and the Globe come out
boldly with reproof, there is no knowing
where the agitation will end. The Pro
vincial press has already taken up the
cry.
Death of a Young Soldier.
Pioneer, Wash., Jan. 9. William
Crabb, of company E, Fourteenth in
fantry, who died at Manila, Dec. 2tlh,
of chronic diarrhoea, was the eldest son
of Margaret and Stephen Crabb, of this
place. J I is death is deeply mourned,
as be was liked and respected by all
who knew him. He went to the Philip
pine islands with the first expedition,
May 2o, lS'.irt, and took part in many of
the important engagements of the
Philippine campaign. He was de
voted son, a good citizen, brave
soldier; ha loved his country and died
In Its servico.
Gage Senile in Ihe I'apera.
WAHiiisiTON,Jan. 10. Secretary dage
today sent to congress replies to the
resolutions recently Introduced in the
senate by Allvn and in the house by
Su'ierofNew York, the text reply of
which is an exhaustive exposition of the
management of that branch of the treas
ury finances under his administration,
relating to national bank depositories,
and is supplemented by special reports
from department i (Tic Wis relative to
special inquiries in the resolutions, in
cluding copies of over ne thousand
letters on the subject under considera
tion. Huylng Austrian fllrU.
Seattle, Jan. 10. Barnat Grinberg,
formerly a well-known Jewish business
man of this city, has been arreeted in
Tarnapoll, Galicia, Austria, on a charge
of buying girls for export from Austfia
to the united states. News ot .'us ar
rest reached Seattle yesterday by means
of a letter, which Grinberg was able to
send his brother in this city. Grinberg
was in business here for eight or nine
years. He is a naturalized citizen of
the United States.
Goci to Fight liorr.
Corvallis, Or., Jan. 9. It has just
leaked out that Samuel Thurston, the
well-known tackle in the agricultural
college football team, left Corvallis Mjn
day morning for South Africa to fight
the Boers. He went to Portland bv
boat, and but two or three of his most
trusted friends were aware of his de
parture or intentions. His friend' say
that he is to join a regiment now being
recruited in Canada for servica in the
British army in South Africa. They
say also that Mi. Thurston has for some
time been in correspondence with re
cruiting officers in Canada, and that he
ia fully informed in the premises. He
was a student at the agricultural college,
and hailed from the souLhern border of
Polk county, where his parents reside.
He formerly lived in Canada.
More Dventnck Wauled,
Heppneb, Jan. 9. The prospects for
crops and stock of all kinds were never
bet'er than at present. There has been
no weather severe enough to make it
necessary to feed stock as yet. The great
est difficulty that confronts the Morrow
county farmers is where to get stock
enough to pasture down tbe wheat so
that it will not joint before the expected
cold snap that usually comes in February
Six thousand fleeces of wool were con
tracted here yesterday at $1.30 per fleece.
This is to come from sheep that range
on the land, and it usually shrinks 73 to
80 per cent. Seventeen and one-quarter
cents is freely offered for some of the
lighter wools, but so far no one has sold
at that figure or expressed a desire to do
so even at a much higher figure. These
sales and offers are for wool now on tbe
sheep's backs. Sheepmen are confident
that wool will reach twenty cents here
the coming spring.
May Take S30.O0O,
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 9. An Eist
Oregonian special from Union quotes
Judgo Robert Eakin, of the seventh
judicial district, as saying that the of
ficial court reporters legally draw f 10 for
each day of a term of court, when
ordered, by the judge to attend. Judge
Eakin adds that judges need not order
reporters to attend If cases do not de
mand their presence. The conclusion is
that reporters may recover per diem for
all days of court terms which they at
tended upon the judge's orders.
It is the understanding that a total of
450,000 is inyolved in the suit of John
Wheeler, ex-reporter for this district, in
this sense; that if he wins the case
other reporters in Oregon will demand
back pay, as he now is claiming, under
the law of 1889. His claim for f 1750, if
allowed, will result in other reporters
putting in like bills.
Thlrtjr-Mnth la Herd tight.
Manila, Jan. 11. Colonel Dullard,
with the Thirty-ninth infantry, moving
in three colnmns from Calamba with
two guns, attacked ten companies of
insurgents strongly intrenched on the
Santa To in as road. They resisted stub
bornly, making three stands. Twenty-
four of the rebels were killed and sixty
prlsones were taken. The Filipinos,
retreated, carrying their wounded tow
ard Like Taal. One American was
killed, and twoofficars slightly woundol'
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Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal it. Cures
old sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, corns,
felons and all skin eruptions. Best pile
cure on earth. Only 25 cts. box.
Cnre guaranteed. Sold by Blakeley &
Houghton, druifgists. 1
f.awlon Cnnlrlliutlnna.
San Francisco, Jan. 9 Maj -General
Shafter has sent to Adjutant-Gen-ersl
Corin a draft of f.MOl, the contribu
tions to the Lawtnn fund from tho people
of this coast. There is a sufficient sum
reported now cn its way to Genral
Shatter to make the final total (10,121.
Absolutely Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
BRITISH GENERALS .
ARE DEMORALIZED
Mitten nil to E?tjaiit Because
of His Coniilion.
YULE IS NOW A
MENTAL WRECK
Duller aud Gatacre Reported as
Giving Way Under the Storm.
Fast
New York, Jan. 11. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London savs: Lord
Metbuen has been recalled to England
This statement is made on the highest
authority. It is reported he was labor
ing under grat mental excitement after
the battle of Modder river, and that tbe
war office has considered it necessary to
displace him, aa lie is evidently not in
condition to command troops. Two
members cf his familv are said to be
weak-minded.
Buller In Bad Health.
New Yokk, Jan. 11. A special to the
World from London says; The London
newspapers, without making any direct
charge, make announcements that Gen
eral Buller is not in good health. It is
known here that the war office receives
little if any information from him direct
ly, while J.ady Liu Her gets a message
eveiy day from her husband briefly
announcing hia condition. Gatacre is
also said to be on the verge of a collapse.
General Yule a Mental Wreck.
New Yobk, Jan. 11. A special to the
World from London says: General Yule,
who conducted the retreat from Dundee,
after General Symon's death, is now in
London, but in the strictest seclusion,
fie is suffering, it is said, from mental
coilapse, caused by his attempts to
follow and save the troops which were
in deadly peril from trying to hold the
advanced posts in Natal without suf
ficient strength of cavalry and artillery.
London, Jan. 11. Even an announce
ment of the arrival of Field Marshal
Lord Roberts and General Kitchener at
Cape Town bas failed to etem the grow
ing impatience of the country in the
main British camps and the entire
absence of news giving an adequate in
sight into the local situation. The public
and press being unable to form any judg
ment as to the actual position of affairs,
Btories arc rife that the inaction is forced
on General Buller owing to the exhaus
tion of reserves of ammunition and
there are even wild rumors of a shell
famine at home.
But not so much importance need be
attached to these rumors. It is univers
ally assumed that with the landing
of Roberts and Kitclieuer a prompt re
turn will be made to the original plan oj
campaign, namely, a great central ad
vance on iJloeujfootein, but the most
impatient of enthusiasts admit that
Roberts will be nnable to move before
the end of the month.
There was a rumor in the clubs to
day that a battle was progressing at
Tugela river, but nothing could be ob
tained in corroboration of the report.
The war office here d. nied tbe report
published in the United States that Gen
eral Methuen ha I been recalled.
flayed Uot.
Dull Headache, Pains in various parts
of the body, Sinking at the pit of the
stomach. Loss of appetite, Feverishness,
Pimples or Sores all positive evidences.
of impure blood. No matter how it
became so it must be purified in order to
obtain good health. Acker's Blood
Elexir has never failed to cure Scrofnlons
or Syphilitic poisons or any other blood
diseases. It is certainly wonderful
remedy and wo sell every bottle on
a positive guarantee. Blakeley A Hough
ton's drng store.
rhirlea W. itrhnfirld a Bankrupt.
New York, Jan. 9. Charles W. Scho
field has filed a petition in bankruptcy,
with liabilities of f 103,610 and no assets.
Mr. SchoQVd made an assignment Junj
1"), 1SS0, but nothing was realized ron
the assets. The schedules of that assign
ment showed liabilities of $-',300,000.
Years ago Mr. Schotield was one of the
best known men in Wall street. He
built railroads in Utah, was pieeident cl
two railroad companies in that state be
fora 1880, was owner of the steamer
Plymouth Rock, and afterwards wa
interested in railroads in Florida anil
Oregon.
He U Not a rmlllatr.
. Milwaukee, Jan. 10. Henry C.
Payne, national Republican committee
man, of Wisconsin, today received
letter from Hon. Elihu Root, seereUry
of war, in which Mr. Root states he will
uot bea candidate for the vice presidency
of the United. States.
In the letter Mr. Root said he deemed
it far more important to the country,
the administration and the Republican
party at this critical time of war, that
he should continue to attend to the
business of the war offce, not that no
other man could aa well discharge the
duties of secretary of war, but having
spent five or six months in becoming
familiar with the subject, no other mai
could step in and take up the work with
out goln through the same training.
Being a candidate for vice-president
would mean bis practical withdrawal
from the duties of the war office within
a very short time.
WAS CAUGrfF
BY BRUTES
Latham Girl Who Disappeared on.
Sunday Night.
Cottage Grove, Or., Jan. 10. Miss
Winnie Thorn, who disappeared Sunday
night, was returned home on Tuesday
morning's overland, in most wretched
and shameful condition. Her story and
experience as told is one of the worst
crimes ever perpetrated in the state.
She says that as she was on her way
to Latham from church services here,,
the south-bound freight train was just
this side of Latham taking wood. Juet
before the train started two men caught
and put her on a flatcar, Bhe not know
ing what transpired till the train got
nearly to Comstock, when she was put
in a boxcar. Between there and Rose
bnrgv four men s'jiimfully misused her.
fhe bexcar wns locked, and she was kept
there until about noon the nest dav.
when two strange men let her out. She
went to a boine and got something to
eat and ascertained where her uncle
ived, tome two miles distant. Upon
reaching there she was given some food
and was brought back to the station and
furnished a ticket for Cottage Grove.
Marshal Miller took her home fromv
the station. When croesing the bridge
she attempted to j imp in the river,
saying she was disgraced and had noth-
ng to live for.
Sheriff Withers and Prosecuting Attor
ney Harris, of Eugene, came op and are
nvestigaling the case. A physician
states that the rase is fully as bad as
reported. Three warrants were sworn
out, and the sheriff and constable left or
this aftei noon's train for Roseburp,
where further developments will be
made.
III Chanrea Slim.
Washinutox, Jin. 10, In face ot the
opposition it id very doubtful if Judge
Hale, Indorsed by the Oregon delegation
for district ju.lne of Alaska, will secure
the appointment. The delegations of
Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana
and Ind'ana all have candidates for the
office, ami it is said that Stn itor Carter
already bas the promise of the appoint
ment. Senator Fairbanks is pushing
promineut judge of h's state for the
place, and is backed l y a number of the
Indiana pepreseiitatives. In vie of
these fads it ii hardly possible for Ore
gon to name the successor of Judge
Johnon, but if, as contemplated, other
districts are created, Judge Hale will
have an excellent cbanct for ruccess.
Senators Mcliri !e and Simon formally
presented hi mine to th pn ni lent as
Oregon's choice for the place.
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