Oregon City Enterprise.
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OUKUON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT01JKR 13, 1690.
ESTABLISHED 1808
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WAR 18 CERTAIN
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TI117 Demand tli Withdrawal
HrltlHlt Tnioi From the Hordcr
Within Titi'iit;-Four Hour.
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HARRIS' GROCERY
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Carrlwi Ida uutr(.mli'tatock
ol First Claaa (inK-urlea to bt
luuml In iha City.
Ikiw!, Oct. 10. The Tran.yaal itof
eriimi nt liai a fit an uliiinatuin to Grrat
liritaln (lemandiiiK the witlulrawal of
I5rltl.li tro,i from tho frontier, and re
ij'iwitiiiK fiplltit Murance wltbln 21
liounol the withdrawal of all British
fcircea landod In Koulh Africa line the
lihiiifoiit4in conference.
The Tranavaal ultimatum, which Ii
anij of the volkarau'l for the rey nlalioo
of the francMae anJ the repreaentation
of tlie (ieoile la' imliaputable, yet thia
governiriHnt baa fonnrl occasion to dia
cnna in friendly faaliion the franchiae
and repn-f niation of the people with
her inJ(;aty'a Kovernment without, bow
ever, rocoif nlziriK any right tbereto on
the part of ber majealy'i government.
"Thla (joyemmerit ha. alao, by the
formulation of the now exiitiny franchiee
law and with regard to the repieaenU-
to the Boer In the event of an attempt
to rnah the poaltlon.
At iMndee there are about GOflO men.
Thia force oiixht to I? aulTiclent to atern
a Boer advance by way of Zululand and
to rnaintan the line of coiamonication,
with the baae at i'ietermariUburg, the
headquartere of General Sir George
Hlewart White.
On the Becbuanaland border, tba
aituation aeemitOKive the Bo re a tern-
porary advanUge. There ii comiderabla
lion, conatantly held theae friendly die- anxiety In the diatrictof Vrybnru and)
cuaaiona before il eyea. On the part Mafeklng, although it ia boped there
f t I 1 a ' . m ..
of ber rnajeaty'a Kovernment, however,
the friendly nature of theae dieoiaaione
haa aaaumed more and more a threaten
Inu tone; and the minda of the people
of thia republics and the whole of South
Africa have been excited, and a condi-
eigned by F. W. Heiia, aeretary of aUte I tion of extreme tenaioo haa been created,
for the Bouth African republic, concluded owing to the fact that her majeaty'a gov-
INSURANCE.
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K Riiilruvl TirkftH to all points E;iht at low rates. 3
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ELECTKIC HOTEL
Unilt-rnew manaifemrnt Tho Electric HoU-t
haatxen thoroughly rifittod ami in future
will Imi rmlurUl nrt a strictly firHt-daxs
jitan. Firct-clitna tn II arrvice at a rraaon
alilr rali an can l had in the city. Prompt
ami cM'cial attention given to banquets.
My iimny frii'iulri ami the general jublij are
corJiftlly invit. d to atop and Bie mo.
JACOD CASSELL. Manacor, Orocon City, Oregon.
Imperial Wheels.
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1899 WODEL
FOR $25.00.
Wohavoafew lSUO Mtxlel High Grade
Imperial Wheels wo will closo out at
$23.00 rather than carry them over.
Como and Examine Them.
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Cor. 4th and Main Sts.
For Perfection
In Baking
Use Patent Flour Manu
factured by the Portland
Flouring Mills Company,
Oregon City. Or. All our
Flour is Ground From
Old Wheat.
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IT IS WARRANTED
THE BEST
aa folio
"Her inajeaty'i unlawful intervention
In the Internal attain of thia republio, in
conflict with the London convention of
lH8a, by the extraordinary atrengtheu
ing of her trooa in the neighborhood of
the bordera of thia republic, baa canned
an ommttled condition ot thing to arfae,
to which thia government feela obliged.
in the intereat of thla republic and of
Kouth Afiica, to rnaktj an end at aoon aa
pible, aud thia government feela itaelf
called Uoo and obliged to pre., earueat
ly and with euiphaaia for the immediate
lermiraiioii of thia atate of thing., and
to reiiueat her majeaty'a government to
give araurancce upon the lollowing lour
demand.:
"Firet-That all olnl. U mutoal
difleience be regulated by friendly re-
courae to arbitration or by whatever
amicable way that may be agreed opon
by thia government and her majeaty'a
government.
"Kecotid That all troop, on the bor
dera of thi. republic ahall be imUnlly
withdrawn.
"Third That all reinforcementa of
lrooa which have arrived in South
Africa aince June 1, l&K), ahall be re
moved from Kouth Africa within a
reaaonable time to be agreed upon with
tdit government; aud with the mutual
aa.urance and guarantee on the part of
thia government; that no attack upon or
' hoatililiee againat any portion of the
poraeasicmi of the Briilah government
ihalllwmade by thia republio during
further negotiation, within the periud of
time to be eubaequenlly agreed upon
between the governments. And thia
1 government will, on compliance there
with, tie prepared to withdraw the armed
borgheri of thia republic from the bor
der.. ''Fourth That her majeaty'a troope
which are now on the high aeus .hall
not be landed in any part of South
Africa."
To theae demand, ia appended the
definition of the time limit for reply :
"This government prese for an imme
diate and allirmative answer to these
four questions and earnestly requests her
majesty's government to return answer
before or upon Wednesday, October 11,
1SD9, not later than 5 o'clock p. m.
"It desire, further to add that In the
unr XDected event of an answer unsatis
factory being received by it within the
interval, it will greatly regret to be com
pelled to regard the action of her maj
esty', government aa a formal declara
tion ol war and will not hold itself res
ponsible for the consequences thereof ;
aud that, in the event of any further
movement of troop occurring within the
above mentioned time, in a nearer di
rection to our borders, this government
will be compelled to regard that also as
a formal declaration of war."
The Trail. vaal'a Argument.
Late thia afternoon the colonial otlke
gaye out the text of the following tele
grain, trannmitted by Sir Alfred Miliier
Britmli high commissioner Tn South Af
rica, to the secretary for the colonies,
and received at 0 :45 a. m. today :
"Sir: The government of the South
African republic feela itnelf compiled to
refer the government of her majesty,
queen of Great Britain and Ireland, once
more to the convention of London of
1884, concluded between thia republic
and the United Kingdom, and winch, in
article 14 covers certain specified rights
to the white population ot this republic,
namely, that: (Here follows article 14
of the convention of London, 18S4.)
"Thia government wishes further to
observe that the only rights which her
majesty's government has reserved in
! the above convention are with regard to
: the I'itlmulor population ot thia republic
j ami that a violation only of their rights
i could give that government a right to
' diplomatic representation or interven-
tion ; while, moreover, the regulation of
: all other questions atTectlug the position
of the rights of the Uitlander population
I under the above-mentioned convention
ia handed over to the government and
j representative people of the South Af
j rican republic. .
i "Among the questions the regulation
! of which falls exclusively within the
competency ot thia government and of
; the volksraad are incl uded thoxe of the
franchise and the representation of the
, people in this republic, and although
ernment could no long.-r agree to the
legislation respecting the franchiae and
the resolution respecting the representa
tion in this respect, and finally by your
note of September 25, 18!9, which broke
oil all friendly correspondence on the
subject and Intimated tbat her majeaty'a
government must now proceed to formu
late their own proposals for the final
settlement.
Thi. government can only see In the
above intimation from her majeaty'a
government a new violation of the con
vention of London, 1844. which does not
reserve to her majesty'i government tbe
right to a unilateral settlement of a
question which is exclusively a domestic
one for this government, and which has
already been regulated by thii government.
On account of the strained aituation
and tbe consequent serious loss in and
interruption of the traue in general
which the correapondence respecting tbe
franchise and the represention of the
people of the republic haa carried in its
train, her msjesty'a government haa re
cently preened for an early settlement
and finally pressed for an early settle
ment and finally pressed, by your Inter
vention, for an answer within 42 boora, a
demand subsequently modified to your
note of September 12, replied to by the
note of this government of September 15,
and to your note of September 25, 18'J9,
and thereafter further friendly negotia
tions were broken off, this government
received an intimation tbat a proposal
for a final settlement would shortly be
made. Although this promise waa once
more repeated, the proposal op to noon
has not reached this government. Eyen
while thla friendly correspondence was
still going on, the increase of troops on a
large scale waa introduced by ber maj
esty's government, the troops being
stationed in the neighborhood ot the
borders of the republic.
"Haying referred to recurrences In the
history of this republic, which it is an
necessiry here to call to mind, this re
public felt obliged to regard thia military
force in the neighborhood of ita borders
as a threat against the independence of
the South African republic, since it waa
aware of no circumstances which would
justify the presence of such a military
force in South Africa, the neighborhood
of its borders.
"In answer to an inquiry with rtspect
thereto, an address to his excellency,
the high commisaioner, this government
received, to its great astonishment, in
answer a veiled insinuation that from
the aide ot the republic an attack was be
ing made on her majesty's colonies, and
at the same time mysterious reference to
possibilities, whereby this government
was strengthened in its suspicion tbat
the independence ot this republic was
being threatened. .As a defensive meas
ure, this government was, therefore,
obliged to send a portion ot the burghers
of the republio in orJer to offer requisite
resistance to possibilities."
iuforcements recently di. patched there1
will be sufficient to protect the rich town
of Kimberly, (
Dispatches from Cape Town say the
cabinet will resign, while there are per
intent reports in London that Sir Al
fred Milner has already diami.sed Will
iam P. Shreiner and his colleagues. It
is evident that one or the other of theae
contingencies mu.t occur, as the gover
nor and commander-in-chief must be in
position to carry out defensive measures
without reg.rd to posaible obstruction
on the part ot a sympathetic cabinet.
So far as a declaration of war is con
cerned, tbe feeling in London ia tbat the
Tranavaal government will merely inyite
the British diplomatic agent, Cooyng
ham Greene, to leave Pretoria on the
expiration of the time limit of the ulti
matum. Certainly Great Britain will
not declare war against what she con
siders a dependent state. Active hoe
tilitiea are expected to take the place of
a formal declaration.
There was a treat scene on the floor
of the stock exchange at 3 :10 p. m., the
time of the expiration of the period fixed
in the Boer ultimatum. The broker
began singing "God Save the Queen"
and "Rule Britannia." A large crowd
outside took up the strains, and ainging
and cheering spread in the neighbor
hood until tbe whole district waa alive)
with entbuaiaam.
CO DTI' COiMISSIOSERS.
I'roceetliHga of the UeyuUir October
Station of Board.
London, Oct. 11. If the latest reports
from South Africa are true, the Boers
have not waited for the expiration ot the
time limit, but have already crossed the
border, as they would be entitled to do,
both by virtue of the notification con
tained in the last paragraph of the ulti
tnatiuiu and also ot the British acknowl
edgement, which reached Pretoria so
speedily as to justify a belief, amounting
almost to certainty, that the war party
in Great Britain is in reality delighted
that diplomaby has said its last word
and that action can now proceed.
All indications go to show that Great
Britain is bo unprepared as to be com
pelled to remain on the defensive for
some weeks. All aggressiveness must
come from the Boers.
It seems highly probable that the
tongue of Natal, as far as Newcastle,
will be in the hands ot Boers before
many hours. From that point, however,
in the event of a further advance, they
would probably find the British forces at
Ladysinith and Dundee capable ot repel
ling their attacks.
. At Ladysmith the garrison, which has
to guard against attack from tbe Or
ange Free State, was reinforced today by
the Cordon Highlanders and a strong
contingent of the Indian troops, and the
8.F.Marks,chairmao ; B.Soott. and R
Morton, commissioners.
Be it remembered that a regular ee
sion of the board of countv commission
ers for the county ot Clackamas, state of
Oregon, begun and held in the court
house in said county and atate on Wed
nesday, the 4th day ot October, 1899, tha
same being tbe regular time fixed by
said board for holding a regular session
ot said board for tbe transaction of
county Dusineas. Present, Commission
ers S. F. Marks, J. It Morton, K. Scott,
Elmer Dixon, clerk ; J. J.Cooke, sheriff.
When the following proceedings were
badto-wit:
In the matter of the reports ot road
supervisors for the month of September,
1S99. The board having examined
said reports and being fully satisfied it is
ordered that it mav be, and the same
are hereby approved, and tbe expense
accounts ot the several district! are here-
by allowed and ordered paid, and the
clerk ia instructed to draw warrants on
the road fund and on the general fund
(or the several amounts and in favor of
the persons named in said road reports:
Road district No 1
For labor on the Milwaukie and Ba
ker's Ferry rosd.
F Mathews, road fund $ 26 25
Jesse Coates " " 24 75
K Scott's team" " 24 (X)
L Hanson " 19 50
Geo Miller " " 19 50
B F Buck " " 19 50
Geo Lakins " " 12 00
Frank Mullin " " 9 00
John Stuckey " " 0 00
Henry Stuckey" " 18 00
Frank Atwood" " 21 00
John Pollock ' " 18 00
ChaB Counsell " " 39 00
E Lyons " " 39 00
Vilon AOooke.hd'wrgen'l fund 9 10
authorities are now contldont of their
the exclusive right ot this government ability to deal out an unpleasant surprise
Total $304 60
Road district No 2
For labor on Clackamas bottom and
Oregon City road.
Geo B Rate & Co.p'dwr.gn'l fund
Walter Wilson, team, road fund...
Willis Jotineon " " "...
John Burnett
llollie Holcomb
Outon Hanson
Harrison Imel
W Danfoith
Max Webster
Frank Talber
U S Blakney
US Blakney
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9 25
9 00
33 75
6 25
5 25
13 87
15 37
9 37
4 50
1 87.
19 12.
31 00
Total $154 71
Road district No 3
Labor on Baker's bridge and Fagalde
Mill road.
California Powder Works, pow
der, general fund 50 48
C Wolthagen 55
A Hall 1 50
Aug Bock 3 00
Henry Bock 7 50
Henry Greenwell 10 60
John Gret-nwell 10 50
Warren Greenwell 5 25
Warren Greenwell 10 50
Geo Greenwell 2 50
Frank Grim 1 60
Frank Grim 2 25
Fred Zuhl 2 00
FredZuhl 150
W W Oooke 18 00
A W Cooke 12 00
Labor on road at Rock Creek bridge
A vV Oooke, labor road fund.... 8 60
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