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VOL. X
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1900.
NO. 33
SHI WOT
BRITISH ARMY
ENTERS PRETORIA!
Roberts' First Order Alter Reaching the
City, Was For
Prisoners.
the Release of the
London, Juno 5. The wai office has
ieeoed the following dispatch from Lord
Roberta:
"Pretoria, June 5. 11:40 a. m. We
are now in possession of Pretoria. The
official entry will be made this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
London, June 5. At 2 oVotk this af
ternoon, eight months after the declara
tion of war, J .or a i-couerts entered
Pretoria. While the commander-in-chief
of the greatest army Great Britain ever
pat in the field was fulfilling tho promise
he made to the guards at Bloemfontein,
to lead them into the capital of the
Transvaal, England was celebrating the
event with wild enthusiasm.
Tnroughout the length and breadth of
tliecountry the news spread like wildfire.
Based on the recollection that in recent
European wars, the occupation of the
enemy s en pit a 1 signified the end of
hostilities, Roberts' terse telegram was
taken universially to mean the practical
finish of the war which has tried Great
Britain's military resources as they
never were tried before.
In London the Mansion House and the
war office almost instantaneously he
came the centers for jubilant throngs.
Flags appeared as if by magic and the
traffics had to. be diverted through other
streets, Hatless and coatless men and
boys ran through the city alleys to sfe
for themselves tho bulletins announcing
the good news, and staying to join in the
thunder of cheers or add their voices to
the joyful throngs singing "God Save
the Queen."
Hats hoisted from thousands of heads
were waved in exultant hands. Old men
on top of the omnibuses and aldermen
from the windows of the Mansion House
encouraged the crowds to sttll greater
efforts. The premature report of the
fall of the Boers' stronghold did not seem
to have taken the edge off the day's
celebration.
Roberts' Six Miles Spruit dispatch
was hastily printed by the "Extras" be
fore the Union Jack of the waroffiue was
hauled up the flagstaff and the brief
message was passed from mouth to
mouth, "Pretoria is occupied." Those
who had had a chance to read Roberts'
account of the resistance encountered
yesterday were at tho moment, com
menting on the probability of a flo-ce
fight before the city was occupied, and
were wondering at the Boers' capabil
ities to make such a determined stand
when Pre'toria was hemmed in on all
ides.
The presence of General French north
oitnelSoer capital, came as a rurprise
and explained the commander in chief's
retriever dispatch anent the position of
the energetic cavalry leader. It was
evident that Roberts had delayed at
tacking until all his column was teady
to co-operatp, but even when Roberts
wired last night that this was ac
complished, there seemed a possibility
of some fighting, so w hen the next dis
patch was given out it Came as a surprise.
Judging from Roberts phraseology the
occupation of Pretoria was not accom
plished by any great loss of life. What
hs happened to the Iioer forces which
o insistently opposed the British ad
vance at Six Mih's Spruit can only be
urmised, but presumably they have got
ry for the present at any rate.
The latest dispatches from a represent
livo of the Associated Trees at Pretoria,
dated June 3, quoted General Botha as
aying :
"So long as we can still count on our
thousands of willing men, we must not
dream of retreat or throwing away our
'"dependence."
General Botha, it is added, annulled
the regulations appointing a special com
mittee to presorve order, substituting
military control for that of the com ult-e-
General I.ucat Meyer, addressing
l"e burghers on the square, urged them
,0 "11 stand fast. Thus, though their
efforts were futile, It It evident a few
jsithful Boer generals worked desperate
'Mo reflet the overwhelming kree of
nunerta
armv.
The war office has Information that
e of the first things done by Roberts
Iter the occupation of Pretoria whs to
''feet General French to relieve the
"ritmli prisonnrn rnnfliie.l at Wilarvil.
Roers Mail a Culture. '
'osi.o.n, June 5, inldnlght.-Lord
Jl"," ""Ports to tho war office that
"'Thirteenth battalion of the Imperial
Yen
mnry (Irish) was "overwhelmed
nv tlie Urs at Lindsay." Lord
Methnen made a "magnificent march to
thoir rescue," but was too late. Follow-
ing is the text of the diepatch from Lord
Roberts announcing the disaster:
' Pretoria Station, Juue 5, 12 :55 p. m.
I retiret to report that the Thirteenth
Imperial Yeomanry had to surrender to
i ', . ,,,D ""iy "v ai,
j near Lindley. On receiving information
of the battalion being attacked, I ordered
Metlmeu to proceed with all speed to its
i!tance. Methuen was then on the
march, on the Heilbron side of Kroon-
stad, and half an hoar after the receipt
of my telegram on Jun3 1 he started off.
By 10 a. in., of the following day he had
marched forty-four miles in twenty-five
hours, but he was too late to rescue
Colonel Sprat's Yeomanry. Methuen
attacked tho Boers, who were between
2000 and 3000 strong, and after a running
fight of five hours, completely routed
the enemy.
"Ir is a very regrettable circumstance,
but I trust it will not be very long be
fore the Irish Yeomanry are released
from captivity."
HIS COURSE
IS COMMENDED
Majority Report ia the Wardner loves
ligation Steuncnberg Commended
and the Citizens Congratulated.
Washington, June 5. Report of the
committee on military affairs, which
conducted the exhaustive investigation
of the Co?ur d'Alene labor agitationB
and its exciting incidents, was submitted
today, having been first approved by
majority vote of the committee, the mi
nority favorable sub report, which has
already appeared. This report says:
"First, the governor of Idaho, in his
efforts to establish order and enforce the
laws of the state, is to be commended
for his courage and fearles-mcM. The
blind hatred excited by a mob, the con
sequent disobedience of the public, and
the reign of lawlessness are in a fair way
to be adjusted. .The citizens of Idaho
are to be congratulated on the rexoval
of the dangerous cancer that had'long
threatened the peace and order of the
state. Better ideas prevail as to the
rights and duties of men in relation to
tho preservation of society, and this I in
proved condition of affairs is in a great
measure due to the conduct of the gov
ernor of that state.
"Second, the conduct of the military
in the territory from May 21 to the
present, amid the disturbing elements
of the Cienr d'Alene, when fierce pas
sions, flames unchecked, wheu no hand
was raised to stay the dyuamiter and
murderer, where the mob had been sn
preme, is a matter of earnest congratu
lation to the country."
Hour Cnvoy id Chicago.
Chicago, June 5. The Boer delegates
arrived here this morning, and were im
mediately taken In charge by a re
ception committee, headed by Mayor
Harrison, and conducted to the Audi
tori u in Hotel. The delegates received
the news of the fall ofPtetoria calmly,
Mr. Fischer remaikin;: "The news
does not come as a surprise. The fight
ing will continue." Mr. Wessela said
that tho fall of the Transvaal capital
meant there would no longer be organized
resistance on a large scale to Lord Rob
erts, but from now on, the burghers
would pursue guerilal tactics.
A mass meeting will be held tonight,
and the party will 'eave for St. Paul to
morrow.
I'rrullar Religion Meet at Tac.nma.
Tacoma, June 5. Twelve members of
a reliuious party, who proposed to
travel on faith to Shiloh, Me., were pre
vented from going on board a train in
this city this morning, not hiving
tickets. Nineteen others with tickets
proceeded. The hegira is the result of
a meeting conducted by believers In the
doctrine that all thing" come through
faith. The party will proceed to Shiloh
to take a course of study in the peculiar
religion.
Mr. W. 8. Whedon, cashier of the
First National bank of Winterset, Iowa,
In a recent letter gives some experience
with a carpenter In his employ, that
will be of value to other mechanics.
He says: "I had a carpenter working
for me who was obliged to Btop work for
several days on account of being trou
bled nith diarrhi'M. I mentioned to
him that I had been similarly troubled
and that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrixct Remedy had cured me,
He bought,' bottle of it from the druggist
here and Informed me that one dose
cured him, and he Is again at his worn,
For sale by Blakeley Houghton.
THE VICTORY
IN OREGON
Eastern
Press
Comment
Election.
oo Mooday'
Washington, June 6. The great vie
tory in Oregon attracts attention in the
East. The papers comment upon it at
length. Here are portions of some of
the editorials:
liryan'a luflucnce Gone.
New York Tribune The sweeping
gold-standard, expansion victory In Ore
gon is one to give the ISryan managers
pause. It does not promise well for the
success of their favorite battle-cries. It
rather shows that the people, over whom
Bryanism had great influence four years
ago, have lost faith in tho nostrums of
the Chicago platform. One of the issues
which played a prominent part In the
campaign was expansion, and the
emphatic Indorsement of the republican
policy of dealing witb our new posses
eious foretells the disappointment of
those who are looking for a great re
action at the call of Mr. Bryan, and a
demand from the American people that
we give up the task forced upon us bv
the results of the Spanish war. The
northwest certainly will not respond to
the appeals of the anti-expansionists
The republicans boldly made their
campaign for the gold standard. When
in the old strongholds of silver the gold
party can win eucb.victory, it is net to
be believed that people in the east, who
have all along bee a firm in their de
votion to sound business principles and
insisted upon holding them, will be less
responsive to that issue. If Oregon can
be carried for gold, there orgbt to be no
shadow of a chance of Bryan making
headway in any eastern state.
x Honest Money anil Expansion.
New York Sun Oregon is the second
important state to express itself on the
presidential campaign of 1000, and it de
clares for the republican policy of hon
est money and expansion. Bryan opened
the Oregon campaign In person, so he
cannot separate the result from his own
individual prospects. This spring the
loud aud bitter democratic anti
Imperialist howl over the Porto R'co
tariff did not materially diminish the
republican majority in Rhode Island. In
Oregon it is the same, and throughout
the entire country, the United States,
having embarked upon the greatest
venture of its career, the removal of the
Spanish power from the American con
tinent and the expansion of. American
influence in to the Pacific, will not vote
its stupendous success a failure at the
bidding of mal-contents or in response
to t!;ecomplaints of a political opposition
to the party in control of the government.
Only republicans, lazy republicans, can
beat the republican party in the election
of this Fall.
I.enti and Hall Clh.
Washington, June 5. There was a
riotous scene in the house this afternoon
during a clash between Lentz and Hull,
(Iowa) growing out ot a bitter attack on
General Corbin b" the former. The
matter culminated when Lentz inti
mated that Corbin appointed the sons
of congressmen in the army to help
along his promotion. Hull frankly ad
mitted that he had a son in the army.
He aroused his side to cheers when he
proclaimed that he thanked God he had
a son who could fight for his country.
"I thank God," said he, "that I am
not one of those anonymous creatures
who are unable to perpetuate their
species."
Cheer aftor cheer greeted this shot
and when Lntz replied that if he had
a son he would bo able to support him
self, tho hall of the house was sibilant
with hisses. The confusion was riotous J
and order was with great difficulty re
stored. v
A right llan lleaun.
Washington, June 5. The secretary
of the navy received the following cable
gram from Admiral Kempff, command
ing the Newark, lying at laku forts at
the mouth of the Pel Ho river, dated
Taku, Juno 5th :
Fjigagetnent has commenrod. Have
anded a force of fifty seamen more, bat-
tallion of marines. Kkmitf.
The cipher message is not legible,
and it ia supposed at the navy depart
ment that the admiral means that he
has landed fifty seamen to reinforce bat
talion of marines a1 rnn.lv ashore.
Mruck the Keynote,
Washington, June 5. The republi
cans in both houses and the administra
tion are rej doing tonight at the signal
ictory won for the party in Oregon. The
democrats are especially disheartened,
and are trying to gather some comfort
out of the result in Multnomah county
where it appears the republican legi
lative ticket was not successful. But
when the circumstances are explained
they see little hope, as the great majority
for Moody and Tongue, and the fact that
the state outside of Multnomah county
is overwhelmingly republican, means
that the republican administration, ex
pansion ana me gou standard are
endorsed.
This briefly summarizes the expression
ot many republican senators and repre
sentativea who have discussed the mat
ter today. Senator Foraker even took
occasion to call attention in his speech
on Pettiifrew, to the great Oregon via
tory. It is believed by all republicans
to be the keynote of the coming cam
pagn, and that it insures beyond all
question republican success all over the
United States.
The Ore.'on representatives have been
congratulated upon the result, as they
are the first republicans to be elected
and it is believed that the West will
follow the voice of Oregon, and elect
republicans everywhere.
SHORT ARMISTICE
AGREED UPON
British Officials Find Difficulty in Out
lining Roberts' Future Programme.
London, J;'ne 0. A special dispatch
from Lourenco Marques, dated June 5,
says :
"Boiler and Christian Botha met
at
Laing's Nek, at Buller's request, when a
three davs' armistice was egreed upon
The dispatch adds that the British
evacuated Utrecht.
London, June C. Until the situation
in the neighborhood of Pretoria is en
lightened, tne otnciais Mere, as well as
others, will find difficulty in progno-ttieat
ing Roberts' immediate programme.
It appears evident that the Boer com
mander-in-chief, General Botha, with
all his guns, withdrew in good order
probably along the Delagoa Bay rail
road, with a view of joining President
Kruger. So the Transvaal forces remain
practically intact with Presidents Kru
gur and Steyn and General Botha and
Secretary of State Reitz all safe and in
position to continue the direction of
affairs.
The imre optimistic see in tho fact
that President Kruger's wife and Gen
eral Botha's wife were left at Pretoria an
indication that the President does not
count on a long resistance. In any case,
it will probably take Roberts at least a
week to organize a campaign of pursuit.
The military authorities anticipate that
the next important news will come from
General Buller's direction.
A belated dispatch from Mafek'ng,
dated May 31, announces the British oc
cupotion of Malman a, where 200 Boers
surrendered.
Occupation of l'retorla.
London, June 6. 10:20 a. m. Lord
Roberts telegraphed to the war office as
follows :
"Pretoria, June 5. 5:35 p. m. The
occupation of the town passed off most
satisfactorily and the British flag is now
hoisted on top of the government offices.
The troops met with a much more en
thusiastic reception than I anticipated.
The third battalion of the Grenadier
Cuards lined the streets when the march
past took place. Oaing to their having
been on duty at some distance around
the toan, very few cavalry and infantry
were able to take part in the ceremony.
"Several of our officers, who had been
prisoners, were among the onlookers."
Itolihril the Oiave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, Is narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eves sunken,
tongno coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi
cians had given me up. Fortunately, a
triend advised 'Electric Bitters'; and to
my great j y and surprise, tLo first
bottle made a decided improvement. I
continued their use for thtee weeks, and
am now a well man. I know they saved
my life, and robbed tho grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try them.
Only 60c, guaranteed, at Blakeley &
Houghton's drug store. 5
Rv. W. K. Sitzor, . Canton, N. Y.,
writes, 'I had dyspepsia over twenty
years, and tried doctors and medicines
without benefit. I was persuaded to use
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it helped me
from the start. I believo it to be a
panacea 'or all forms of Indigestion." It
digests what ycu eat.
Subscribe for Tin Ciihomck.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA
MAY FIGHT
Mikado Has Hurriedly Completed Mo
bilization of His Fleet aud if Rus
sia Persists a Conflict Is Almost
Sure to Take Place.
Shanghai, June 6. Soldiers dis
patched to attack IheBoxeis have fought
on engagement quite cloco to Peking.
Many were killed on both sides.
In consequence of the representation
of Japan, the landing of a largo Rusaiau
force at Taku is alleged to have been
stopped. It is believed here that should
Russia persist in sending a preponder
ing military force to tho front, a collis
ion with Japan will inevitably result.
Alarming reports are current here of the
hurried completion of the mobilization
of the Japanese fleet.
The Russian minister at Peking, M.
Degier, has made another attempt to
induce the Chinese foreign office to foi
mally request Russian assistance to ro-
stote order, but tho offer has not yet
been accepted.
Violent dissensions are reported to
exist between the Chinese commander-
in-chief of the forces, Jung Lu and
Prince Ching Tuan, who, in accordance
with the wUhes of the dowager empress
is strongly supporting the cause of the
Boxers.
The mobs who murdered the English
missionaries Kobinson and Norman
mutilated and disemboweled the bodies.
The station at Yan Tin, three miles
from Peking, lias been burned.
The British minister, Sir Claude Mac
Djnaid, Is reported to be quite ill.
UKRi.iN, juneo. 1 lie latest news re
garding the Boxers that has reached
here, both by private and official tele
Krame, indicates that the situation
black and alarming. The German
foreign office considers an encounter be
tween the Bokers and Russians an event
fraught with the greatest danger. News
has also reached here that several Ger
inaji and Catholic missions in the
province of Shantung have been pillaged
by mobs supposed to have been incited
by the Boxers' agitation.
London, June u. the Berlin correa
pondent of the Daily Chronicle says
The powers are now exchanging die
patches regarding the appointment of
single commander of the United
European and American squadrons."
George Wanlunrton Ag-nlnaldo I nllke
Ilia Nameaake.
Washington, June 0. The president
sent to the senate the reply to the state'
ments made bv Aguinaldo, in his "True
ersion of the Philippine Revolution
In that statement Aguinaldo says among
other things that the Spaniards had cap
tared six guns from the American
soldiers in front of Manila beforo the
surrender of that city to the American
forces, and that they were recaptured by
the Filipinos and returned to the Ameri
cans. Ibis statement was relerreu to in
the senate, which, the correspondence
furnished today shows, caused Secretary
Root to refer it to General F. V. Greene,
who Tas in charge of the American
troops with the request for an explana
tion. General Greene referied to Aguin-
Ido's statement to the battalion and
battery commanders, who were engaged
against the Spaniards at the time re
ferred to, and ne forwarded their replies
refutation of the charge. General
Greene himself savs :
"The statements made by Aguinaldo
are absolutely without foundation; each
and every odb of them is Uiitruis: the
United States did not fall back ; did not
abandon a single ritle or a single fie
gun ; did not make a precipitate retreat ;
ie Filipinos did not rush to our Resist
ance; ma not recapture tne rines una
field guns and did not return them to
the Americans. The Filipinos took no
part in the engagements between the
Spaniards and American troops. Every
single statement In the extract quoted
in vour letter is false."
flnvernor Attn Further Evidence.
San Fr vncisi'u, June 7. At a confer
ence between Governor Gago and the
members of the state board of health
the governor stated that he would not
sanction the expenditure ot state funds
to combat the plague until lie had se
cured evidence of the existei.ee of the
disease in this rity. When he has fully
investigated the matter he w ili reply to
the recent dispatch from Secretary of
the State Hay, asking for information.
The state board will notify all county
and rity boards of health in tho state of
the conditions now existing in China
town, and will formulate plan for san
itary inspections throughout the state.
Since May 1 2tUl Chinese have left this
city for interior poiuts.
President Williamson, of the loctl
board of health, has written to Consul
Pickersgill, of Victoria, U. C, statins
that no case of plague is known to exist
here. This wag done at the request of
the chamber of commerce, which feared
that Victoria might quarantine San
Francisco and thus cut off the city's coal
supply.
DIRECT RESULTS
OF EXPANSION
The Trade With Cuba and Our Xew
Posscssions Exceeds Anything in Their
aud Our History.
Washington, June 5. Imports from
the United Slates to Cuba, Toito Rico
and the Hawaiian, Philippine and
SamoHii Islands will reach $15,000,000 io
the fiscal year which ends with the
present month, and will be more than
three times as much as in 1800, and more
than twice as much as in any year of our
commerce with those islands, except ia
the years 1S92, 1893 and 1S94, when re
ciprocity greatly Increased our exports
to Cuba and Porto Rico. To Cnba the
total for the fiscal year seems likely to be
fully 25,000,000, against 7.530,000 in
the fiscal year 1896, and $24,157,000 ia
the great reciprocity year, 1893. when
exports to that Wand were more than
double those of five years earlier. To
Porto Rico, the exports of the year wll
be, in round terms, $2,000,000, against
an average of $2,760,000 in the reciprocity
years, 1892, 18f 3 and 1894, when exports
to that island were double those of
earlier years. To the HawKiian islands
the total for the year will be about $15,
000,000, or five times as much as in 1893,
nearly four times as much as in 1896,
and more than doublo tho total for 1898.
To the Philippines the total for 1900 will
be about $2,500,000, or more thmi in tho
entire fifteen years since 1885, the date
at which the first record of our exports
to the Philippines was made by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics. To the
Samoan Islands the exports ot the year '
will be about $125,000, or nearly as much.
as in all the years since 189(1, at which
date the official records of our exports to
those began.
On the import' side, Cula begins to
show something of her old-time Btrength
as an exporting island, as the total im
ports into the United States from Cuba
for the full year will show a total of $31,-
000,000, against $15,000,000 in 1898, aud
$18,500,000 in 1897, though they still are
less than half the average for the recipro
city years, 1892, 1893 and 1894, when our
imports from the island nvraijed over
$75,000,000 per annum. From Porto
Rico the imports of the year will be !.-
350,000, which is less than the total for
any preceding year since 1880, ami is
presumably due to tho destruction by
last year's tornado of the crops which
supply Porto Rico's chief articles of ex
port. From the Hawaiian islands the
imports for the full fiscal year will be
$21,000,000, or double the average annual
importation for the period prior to 18'JG,
and 20 per cent higher than in any pre
ceding year, while from the Philippines,
despite the war conditions, w hich reduce
producing and exporting power, the im
ports will bo larg"r than in any Year
since 1894.
Nearoe May Org-aulae a New I'artr.
Eohton, June 7. Former Judge E. li .
Walker, who was mentioned as a presi
dential possibility at the meeting of the
national negro party in PhiUdalphia,
savs :
"I have heard rumors of the forma
tion of such a party. It is a beautiful
theory. I lelieveoneof tho principles)
of the party was for colored men either
to refrain from voting or vote for this
new pirty. So' far ns not voting Is con
cerned, I believe in voting if I were up
to mv neck in blood.
In regard to a presidential nomina
tion I have no desire or ambition to be
diagged around in the n u 1.
This action ol the colored peoplo
seeking a nw party is no doubt in-
pi red by the recent talk about repeal
ing the 15: h aunn Intent. There is
party genoral f itding among the colored!
people against the Republican party
this coming election if Tresi lent Mc-
Klnley is the standard-bearer. McKin-
ley has no sympathy for the nejiro."
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cure tho worst cases hi dyspepsia, it
it pleasant to take.
Clarke & Falk have on sa'e full line
of paint and artist's brushes.