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VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1U00.
NO. 30
BOERS CAPTURE
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Irish Fusiliers and Monuled Infantry
Were MmM Dy Strong Force
of Burners on rcesday.
CAPTURED SMALL
FORCE OF BOERS
Metbuen's Loss, Two Captains and Two
Men Killed, Seven Wounded; Boer
Loss, Eight Killed, Eight Wounded,
Fifty Captured.
London, April 5. Lord Robert re
ports that five companies of British
troops bave been captured by Boers near
Bethany. The following is the text of
his dispatch to the war office announc
ing the capture:
Bloemfoxtein, Aprils. Another un
fortunate occurrance has occurred, re
sulting, I tea i, in the capture of a party
of infantry, consisting of three companies
of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and two
companies of the Ninth Regiment of
mounted infantry, near Reddersbnrg, a
little eastward of the Bethany railway
station, within a few miles of this place
They were enrrounded by a strong force
of the enemy, with four or five guns.
"The detachment held out from noon
of April 3 until April 4 at 9 a. in., and
then apparently surrendered, for it is
reported that the firing ceased at that
time. Immediately after 1 heard the
news, during the afternoon of April 3, 1
ordered Oalacre to proceed from Spring
fontein, his present headquarters, to
Keddeesburg with all possible speed,
and I dispatched tho Cameron High
landers hence to Bethany. He arrived
at Redderebnrg at 10:30 a.m., without
opposition, but could get no new of the
missing detachment. There can be no
doubt that the whole party has been
made prisoners."
London, April 6. The war office has
received tile following dispatch from
Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein,
April 5:
"Methuen telegraphs fioin Boshof in
the Orange Free State, a little north
east of Kimberley, as follows:
" 'Surrounded General Villebois Mare
ull and a body of Boers today, and they
could not escape. Villebois and seven
Boers were killed, eight wounded and
fifty are prisoners. Our losses were:
" 'Killed-Captains Boyle and Wil
liams, both of the Yoemanry, and tao
nien of the Yeomanaiy.
" 'Wounded About seven men,
" 'The attack lasted tour hours. The
corps behaved well. Our forces were
composed of Yeomanry, the Kimberley
Mo inted Corps and tbe Fourth Battery
of Artillery.' "
Geneial Villebois Mareull was tho
Chief of Staff of the Boers army. He
was about fifty years old, and is said to
have been responsible for many Boer
successes in Natal and later in Cape
Colony and the southern part of the
Orange Free State. It is said he entered
tno Boer service merely because it was
his trade. He went through a number
of campaigns in the French army.
THE NEW YORK
GOLD DEMOCRATS
Arc Generally Friendly To Admiral
Dewey.
New York, April 5. Gold Democratic
leaders of this city, discussing Admiral
Dewey's candidacy for the Presidency,
are generally friendly to him. Abram
S. Hewitt says:
"It seems to me doubtful whether tbe
"ryanites can now be dislodged. On a
grod platform Dewey would certainly
Ret my vote."
"What I am concerned about," said
W. Bourke Cockran, "Is the platform
Admiral Dewey may ran on. To my
"ind, that's the whole question at
present. He would make a good presi
dent if he stands for the right thing, and
has the backing of a good platform. With
'ound platform I should not only be
willing to see Dewey the Democratic
nominee I would support him enthusi- j
astically."
Then you prefer him to Mr. EryanT"
"I do not not make any issue be
tween the two men personally. As I
bave just said, I think the platform it
the main thing, with the nominee
standing squarely upon It,"
Edward M. Shappard believes that if
Admiral Dewey stood firmly against tbe
colonial policy of the present Adminis
tration, his candidacy would be both ac
ceptable and successful.
General D. E. Sickles said that Ad
miral Dewey's declaration creates a very
interesting opportunity,- which the
Democratic convention can scarcely re
fuse to profit by. John DeWitt Warner
said there are points in the Admiral's
political belief which will have to be
cleared np before tbe people ran take
his candidacy seriously.
C. B.
HOPKINS
IS LEFT OUT
Spokanes Candidate is Ditched at
Ellcnsburg Eight Auti-Wilson
Delegates Republican Convention
Ignores King County's Pics for
Two.
Ei.lenshubg, Wash., April o. The
State Republican Convention today
elected eight delegates to the National
Republican Convention at Philadelphia,
and instructed them to vote for the re
nomination of President McKinley. A
platform was adopted and the course of
the Republican Congressmen for this
state was indorsed. The only iseuo be
fore the convention was the fight for
party supremacy between the Wilson
and the anti-Wilson forces, and the re
suit was overwhelming defeat for the
former. The convention was completely
in the hands of the opposition to the
Spokane ex-Senator, and it carried its
hostility to that former leader so far as
to deny Spokane county any representa
tive whatever on the delegation. C. B
Hopkins, of Spokane, - who had been in
dorsed by bis convention for delegate,
found the tide running so strongly
against him that he withdrew his name
before the balloting began.
The delegates, who were chosen with
out contest in tbe convention, as the
result of combinations between tjhe anti
Wilson forces, are as follows:
Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla; Dr. L. M.
Sims, Cowlitz; E. C. Neufelder, King;
G. H. Baker, Klickitat; J. M. Ashion,
Pierce; N. B. Coffuian, Lewis; II. 8.
Connor, Skagit; F.J. Hay field, Whit
man. Alternates J. W. Bean, Kittitas ;
L. A. Kenney, Adams; G. E. Coon,
Jefferson; J. S. Meirs, Ferry; S. G.
Cosgrove, Garfield; E. Baumerster,
Asotin; 31. E. Hay, Lincoln; A. S.
Lindsay, Chelan.
Railroading tho Bill. s
Washington, April 5. The Republi
cans of the house in caucus tonight de
cided to take the shortest possible ronte
to a termination of the Puerto Rican
tariff problem by concurring in all the
senate amendments and sending the bill
directly to the president. There was a
feeble protest from Cooper, of Wisconsin,
chairman of lh insular ommittee, and
Moody of Massachusetts, who favored
standing out against rome features ot
the civil government scheme attached
to the bill by the senate. They objected,
especially, to the senate provision
making all the members of the upper
council of the Puerto Rican legislature
appointees ol the president and clothing
them with the power to grant franchises,
but the sentiment of the caucus was
overwhelmingly ngainBt them.
None of the Republicans who voted
against the original house bill was
present at the caucus tonight. As soon
as the Republicans absent from Wash
ington can be summoned here, as early
as Monday, if possible, the matter will
be brought before the house under a
special rule. Previous to the raucii9
the seven Republicans who opposed the
original bill (McCull of Massachusetts,
Littlefield of Maine, Lorimer of Illiuole,
Crnmpacker of Indiana, Hcatwole of
Minnesota. Lane of Iowa, and Warner
of Illinois) held a conference and decided
not to recede from their former rosition.
Consequently, they considered it use
less to attend the conference tonight.
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THE CHILDREN
OF IRELAND
Remarkable Demonstration Before the
Queen in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Dchun, April 7. Pleasant weather
prevailed today. After breakfast, the
Queen drove out in a donkey carriage.
The streets were full of pictures and
processions of boys and girls, all the
children carrying small union jacks,
probably for the first time in their liyes.
They wereiu charge of priests, Sisters
and teachers. During the afternoon,
Her Majesty drove from the Vice-Regal
Lodge to Phoenix Park and reviewed
the children. There was a remarkable
demonstration. After driving np and
down tbe line several times amid ever
increasing cheering, Her Majesty re
turned to the Vice-Regal Lodge.
The children's demonstration, which
closed the Queen's week in Ireland, was
probably one of the most gladsome days
either the Queen or Dublin has known
in years. Certain it is that the Queen
is making fresh conquests daily, (and
Her Majesty's many acts of personal
self-sacrifi.'.e bave completely won the
hearts ot the people of Ireland. Today's
demonstration had elements of joy which
the Queen has experienced but seldom
in the recent gloomy months. There
were miles of cheering children under a
continuous canopy of fluttering flags,
with a background of thousands of holiday-making
elders who accompanied
them. The charming weather tended
to make the celebration In every way
delightful not only to tiie Queen but to
the little Princes who followed in the
royil procession. The genuiness and
spontaneity of the children's welcome
kept Her Majesty in continual good
humor, and yet visibly affected Iter
deeper feelings as well.
The fact that 50,000 children arrived
and departed from this city without
serious accident, so far as known, is not
the least remarkable feature of the day.
Monday the Queen will pay another
visit to Dublin, and the event promises
to be quite the equal of her first entrance
into the city.
Commenting upon Iho seizure of the
United Irishman, the Dublin Independ
ent condemns the action of the authori
ties as "stupid and inopportune." It
says: "Looking through the issue we
find many coarse and insolent references
to the Queen and Lord-Lieutenant, which
no one w ith the instincts of a gentleman
could attempt to defend, but abusively
offensive as thoy are they afford no
justification for suppression."
The Freeman's Journal remarks : "The
casile has again acted with its usual stu
pidity. Such unwarrantable interference
with the press without a trial or warning
wonld never be attempted or tolerated
in England. The cstl9 authorities deem
the Queen's vieit an auspicious moment
to emphasize the difference between the
two countries."
The "Q" Coming to Or-g on.
Bakkb City, Or., April 7. A well-
known railroad, man who has just re
turnel from New York and passed
through hern to Portland, is authority
for tho statement that the Chicago,
Burlington & Qnincy will make a trans
continental connection with the Colum
bia Southern Railway at Ontario. It is
said that the "Q" will build either from
Billings or the Black Hills to the Oregon
state line. The new route will shorten
the distance to Portland 125 miles, and
will have in Oregon only one mountain
range to cross instead of three. The
Columbia Southern has already filed
new incorporation pa; era extending its
line frun Shamko to Burns, Canyon
City, Prairie City, Granite and Ontario.
Chief Engineer Anderson is now on the
ground, and will complete the surveys
between Granite and the main line. On
the strength of his visit, ti e new town
site ot Prairie City, just incorporated,
has taken a boom anil town lots there
are selling In Baker City today. The new
road, wl. ether made a transcontinental
connection or nor, will open a Wonder
fully rich country in Grant, Malheur
anl Harney counties. Not only 1 It
rich in agriculture, hut the greatest
mines known to modern times, it is pre
dicted by experts, are now being
developed there, and already the Eastern
capitalists are headed for the Strawberry
Butte district.
Fund For 111 lllvr.
WAauiNOTOx, April 7. Senator Mc
Bride today introduced an amendment,
which he intends to offer to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, providing for
the expenditure of the full amount re
commended ty the en ineers for the Im
provement of the mouth of the Columbia
River. The senator says that Senator
Simon and the Oregon members of the
House were consulted on the subject,
and all will do what they can to have
this amendment placed in the bill, and
also to keep it there with the hope that
at least a contract for the improvement
may be authorized iu tha present till.
All the members of the delegation real
ize the difficulty there is in trying to get
legislation of this kind, and Chairman
Allison, of the appropriations committee,
says that if this is once begun it will
mean that the sundry civil bill will be
come a river and harbor bill.
A THOUSAND
MEN WERE LOST
However, Four Thousand cv Men
Have Been Landed at Cape Town
in That Time, Thus Making Him
Relatively Much Stronger Than
Before.
Londos, April 7. The army and peo
ple at Bloemfontein are depending on
water drawn from the wells. The after
noon papers are unsparing in their
criticism of the military disposition per
mitting 600 men to be isolated and
captured. A small contingent of gunners
from the British battleship Monarch
left Cape Town for Bloemfontein Friday.
Though Roberts lost nearly a thousand
men this week, be is stronger relatively,
as four times as many were landed at
tho Cape.
London, April 7. Lord Roberts ro
ports to the war office as follows :
"Bloemfontein, April 0. The casual
ties at Reddersburg were :
"Officers killed : Captain Caseon and
Lieutenant Barclay, both of the
Northumberlands.
"Wounded : .Two ; captured eight.
- "Non-commisBioned officers anil men
killed: Eight; wounded, 33. The rest
were captured.
"Our strength, was 167 mounted in
fantry and 429 infantry, the enemy
was said to be 3200 strong, with five
guns."
Carnavon, Cape Colony, Apiil 0. It
is reported that 200 insurpents who were
not aware that Sir Charles Parsons had
occupied Keuhardt rode ir.to that place
and were captured by the British troops.
Columbia Southern Activity.
Bakes Citv, April 9. A private letter
received from Portland announces tiie
appointment as chief engineer of tho Co
lumbia Southern Railway of the brother
of President Mohler, of the O. R. & N.
Co., and states that he has already taken
the field with several gangs of men for
the purpose of surveying lines to control
all the passes south of the Columbia
River, Engineer Anderson, of the same
company, has recovered sufficiently to
take the field again, and will leave
Sumpter in the morning with Dr. Lon
Cleaver and go over the line of the pro
posed extension between Prairie City
and Granite.
There is every evidence that the con
struction of the Columhsa Southern ex
tensions will be commenced this season.
Transportation means the development
of tremendous copper, iron and gold
mines in the Strawberry Butte Range.
Americana IVaut Japuneae Kxcludeil.
San Fh a nci. sco, April 7. The San
Francisco Labor Council has declared
against any amendment of the Chinese
exclusion act that will make it less
stringent than at present. They also
uiged congress to re-enact this law at
the proper time, wjth amendments
which will prevent its evasion.
Congress is also asked to immediately
pass a law for the total and perpetal ex
clusion from the United States of all
Japanese other than those accredited by
their government on its diplomatic staff.
ThnCaliforniacongressmcn are requested
to take prompt action in the matter.
Mllrl In Willing-
New York, April 7. The World says :
"General Nelson A. Miles is willing to
be the Democratic nominee for President.
He has so stated to his friends, and ten
days ago he visited William C. Whitney
to talk with him about the possibility of
liia being nominated. Mr. Whitney told
the general that all of the leading Gold
Democrats were as much opposed to the
nomination of Bryan now as they wore
when he was nominated four years ago,
hut he did not commit himself to the
snnport of tiie general. He merely took
the matter under advisement, anil said
he would consult with his friends."
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BOER ACTIVITY
Ttte? Haw Hw Succeeded in (Miiij
01 Gsicral Enters Two sr
NEWSPAPERS CRITI
CISING AFFAIRS
Boer Raiders Arc Said to Number About
Ten Thousand, and They Are Re
occupying All Towns Evacuated by
British.
London, April 9 Theamazinj activi
ty of the Boers southeast and southwest
of Bloemfontein o mtitine, tho Boer
command seemingly coming and going
throughout as wide a region as they
please, but taking good care not to throw
themsflves against strong bodies of
British.
The retirement of the Irish rifles from
Rouxville to Aliwal leaves General Bra
bant without communication with other
British forces. He has 2000 or 3000
colonials holding a tine defensivecountry,
but he is apparently invested, so far as
Londons knows.
Telegraphic and railroad communica
tions with Bloemfontein are kept up as
usual, but nothing comes through for
public consumption. Robert's last
message was dated April 6, and the last
unofficial message bote the date of April
8. The absence of news, as usual, die
heartens the people and produces dis
couraging effects. The last unofficial
messeago notes (hat good Bpirits prevail
at Bloemfontein, and the continual ar
rival of animals, and two fresh cavalry
regiments.
In the Orange Free State the situation
is complex, wilh scanty material for
forming a correct estimate of tbe situa
t ion, and the afternoon newspapers, not
being in confidence of the managers, are
criticising ttie condition of afl'iirs as
they see them.
Maseru, Saturday, April 7. The
Boers who were massed last week near
Ladybrand to the number of 10,000, after
seizing Iliabanchu, and the Modder
Kiver water works, broke up into strong
divisions and they' are now raiding in
the south of tiie Free State, reoccupying
the small towns which were evacuated
by tho British . The Boers' policy seems
to be to make rapid movements, with
little transport, looting English farmers
and storekeepers freely for provisions
and cutting the communications of the
BritiEh forces.
General Brabant's colonials are now
mostly at Wepener. They are a splendid
force, capable of great striking power,
and used to cross country riding, and
are able to deal roughly with the Boer
cuumandoes now roaming about the
country.
A squadron of Brabant's Horse cap
tured 400 rifles near Weptner. His out
posts are repotted to be in touch with
the Boers, and a fight is regarded as im
minent. Persiatent reports are being circulated
that the Boers are repairing to flank the
Brlliih position at Wepener, and thus to
secure entrance into Basutoland. Such
an attempt will be resisted by the
Basutoland government, which, it is be
lieved, has made quiet preparations.
Meanwhile the approach of the armies
to Basutoland produces much excitement
among the natives, necessitating the ut
most vigilance ou the part ot the local
officials.
THE MINES
OF MOUNT SINAI
Evidence That Corp:r Was Taken
From There 7,000 Years Ago.
Egyptians had m ni-d the rugged
sides of Mount Sinai for copper and tur
quoise thousands of years before Moses
climbed tho mountain to rtcaive the
tables of tbe law, and the Egyptians
waved wars for the possession of these
mines. M. do Morgan with a party of
French engineers recently visited these
abandoned workings, which are situated
convenient to the Gulf of Sues, and ex
plored two of the ancient deposits. He
found the mineral deposits in the sand
stone region and not In the porphyries)
which constitutes the grot mass of the
mountains.
Tiiese deposits consist of copper audi
iron bearing minerals, especially heiiia
rite, anl some gypsum. Aiuon the
cupriferous minerals the most valuable
were the turqtiois, many valuable spec
imens of which have been discovered
from time to time in tho tomban.l treas
ures of the Egyptians, says the National
Druggist. M. de Morgan brought back
to France a collection of mitierals, most
o! which were turned over to M. Berthe
lot, who made a most interesting report
on tho minerals, in which he stated that
j the copper-l earing specimens were poor
in metal and not plentiful.
Making such ores must have been
tedious and severe labor. Tho Egyp
tians were still using arms of wood nnd
chipped or ground stones, and copper
was a rare and precious metal, the pos
session of which was thought to rtpay
tho most severe labor. Liter on wood
and 6tone implements gave place to
bronz, which was made possible by the)
importation of tin from remote regions.
These mines have been abandoned
ior at least 3,000 years, probably on ac
count of a conMnntly growing scarcity
in u.etal. The miues ere probably
worked from 3,500 to 4,000 years. It is
thought that the working of the mines
began nearly 7,000 years ago. Chicago
News.
REBEL CHIEF
IS IN MANILA
Such is Report Made by Secret Service
Officer Hiding Among Tagals
General Otis Believes It, but Will
Offer Xo Reward.
New Your; April 9. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: In the
mail from Manila, which has just arrived
at the war department, there were at
least two communications expressing
convictim that Aguinaldia hiding lit
that city. One of these letters is from a
United States Secret Service official, whr
has found conclusive evidence that the
Tagal leader had been in Manila since
the rebel armies in I.uzon we-re dispersed,
and who was fatif ti.'d that, as he bait
not escaped by water, he was probably
still conceale 1 in the native part of tho
town.
The other letter was from in army of
ficer attached to headquarters, who
voiced the opinion of all the higher
military authorities that Aguinaldo was
certainly not in any of the outlying dis
tricts ou the isIanJ of Luzon, for Ameri
can troops bad too thoroughly overt un
the entire country for the rebel chief to
escape detection. Other officers recently
returned from the Philippines confirm
the impression that Aguinaldo wonld
naturally seek safety in the Tagal quarter
of Manila, where he probably finds
greater seclusion and security than in
any other place in the archipelago, es
pecially as it is not frequented by Ameri
can troops or native who sympathize
with the American rule.
General Otis is said to have no doubt
that Aguinaldo has not been out of Ma
nila since the first of this year, but he
has refused to offer any reward tor hie
apprehension, although the secret service
men have every assurance that betrayal
by natives would speedily follow the of
fer. Tim
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