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EIGHT PAGES. Southern Oregon's Leading Newspaper. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY. ROSKI3URG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 14, iqqo. No. 38 Vol. XXXI. KROONSTAD IS TAKEN lord Roberts' Army tnlers Town Ihe Till rtOtRU lORCtS HAD GONE HARKHR AND DONNELLY. SHARP PRACTICE. Charge AgaintClty Marshal. Jf Qf VETERANS The Middle of-thf-Road Populist Put Forth a Characteristic I'latform and Name a Presidential Ticket. Transvaaler.i Have (lone Northward and the Tree Staters Are Scatter ing to Their Homes. iwNioN. May H-'. The war o(!ic re ceive I lha following d'epatch from Lord Kohtr'.s : "Kroonsud, May 1-', 2 p. m. I en tered KrodnsUd nt 1 .''0 p. today with out opposition, when ihe I'tilon Jack was hrstcd amidcheeri from thf few British ! l ., I...., Kt.-vn llcil ! ! evening, lr vrf.ii !y midravoiins to per suade the bnrghtiM to tontinuo oppifci-! tlon. Tl.0 Tiansv.mleli H.iidthtv could ; no longer light .iiOr.ing? ,'r,,' t-"" Boil, w.il liiuK: ..it' fur the Vital riwr. The Free Staler uccm-ed t!nr Trans Viial i.H nt having MsfU ne of hrin n I then dt'Bertbiwr. Mi"'v ? lifcl ' "'M Htaters have g " e ir hemes. "Tho ;rotv'-sio:i nvriiu the town was head'd by my bodyguard, all of whom colonials, and ufur ri;y ft u t!" an I foreign oll-teis cuino tho North Som erset Imperial Yeomanry, ful!oed by Pole I'aicw's ilivit.t.n. co;H'iiii.tf i tb. Ou.inU und the Eighteenth NuVi! Bri gade, the Eighty-third, 1 I y-f uuit'i an I EightY-ftfih Batteries, two inch gotis manned by tin- Uoral Artillery Company. and tho Twelfth Engineer. The llrs. of the force cnciinptd around the town. "Before leaving Krounnidr Preaidtnt Ht.'yu isiued a proclamation making ' Lindley thui eat of government of tin Freo Stale. General Botha and Ieet accompanied Iho Tramvaalera." IMSl EC. RATIOS' lU'.OIS. Lo:ion, May 13, 4 a. ro Tho situa tion at the eat of war in South Africa is as satisfactory from the British view point ut the nio.it Hunguine friend could have hoped u week ngo. The occupation I Kroonstad praclieully places the whole Orange Free. State in British pof eession. It I nvideut fro n Lord Kobets' lait dispatch that tin' disintegration line commenced. Tlio Free SUtcis are scat tering to. their hutnfe. while. Iho Tranr. vaaltiri have t?ime northward, declining to fl;.jht loner in tiio'Orunno Tree State. Wi.at lit'.la rrintanc the former a'.tll In likely to moko (ennia to he centering at Lludley, where 1'ruHldont Steyn ban transferred hia scat of Koverimient. It is evident that tho atratrxy of Lord Kobiirts and tha rapidity of his advance Lave bewildered and disheartened the Uoers, as their resistance since the Brit ish reached Zand Kiver, has been elitfht. The only point where they emiously at , teiu pled to check the advance seems to have been uu tuo l!ri' is!i llatik, whi re they defended with tsoine viyor two kopjes which werw eventually carried by the l'last Lancaphina and Susexes, tho Hours finally retreating, l-avlntt a roup cf t-'unnersi 'lead un top of one of the hilld. Tho only point in the Fret Htato where the lloers senui in any force, eicept at Lord Kobe rts' front, ix ou the Huutheaist, wheio General Uundle, Campbell and lirabant arj hoblintf them in check, west of r-'icksbur and Ludybrand, and are gradually pushinK them back as well as el!ctnally defeating all their ell'ortd to hi. uk through and threaten Lord Uob erts' couinuiaicutioiK. Thero is no fiutliBr news retfurding the advance of the relief column to Mafe ' kint;,.but il,U powsibla that Lord Kob erte' success will result iu fordo the Bui-is to raisn tha sienw. I'retoria advices vl Lonrenco Mr 4jues sta e that fhe Boer' supply of a eiuokelesa powder is exbaUHted, and that all attempts to mnufacture a fresh supp'y have len unsuccessful. A dispatch from I'ipe Town, dated May; 12, lays that Lird Btrathcona'i Hore have gone to the front, and that Lord Castletown has been appointed irmiBsndsr c( Iht Wapeoar district. ('i.M in n mi, MaylO' Tho Middle of tho road populist's convention re sinned its labors In Kobinxou's hall, in this city tliia morning at 10 o'clock. The nomination speeche-t fur theotliceof (ires ident anil vice president were limit ed tii ten t.iinu'cri each, a thorough pUn of p'tly organization was adopted. The committer on resolutions, who had tho duty of forming n piriform, havo present ed their work tn th onveotion. It reaf lirnn thn old ) na!in platform, demands the initiative and refi'mndtiin, th public ow m ri,lii) of (he railroads of the county as e! no tho ti'lvrnpli and telephone lin-". I he coal rniiiui, i:c. A scientific and iibniliitt p.ipi-r iimhv syrtesn, lissed In the Hands cf the Changers. Mcdfoi:ii, Or., May 11. The prelimi- nary healing cf Hamu'.;l Murray, city I . - l . .. 1 r. .11, V..r W I iD.in'ini, nil a niiui,iiOiii'' j .t Money! If . Ifombrev. charKiiiii thfi ue of j 8-ene lanK'niKe, was hell today. The; I ninshal will stand trial in the Itecorder's ' Court Monday. A warrant will be (-worn I out later charging him with asBanlt and! ENTtRPRISINO f LSION Of f ICIUS lMtt,ry by "'e,",'ne;omp'aint' i A Trunk Lost Value $130. obMcBride's Bill for Indian War and Philippine Soldiers. The County Clerk's Office Turned Into a Broker's Office. rusted in a conspicuous place in the oflice of County Clerk .1. F. ( lazier h a government lien e urantins authority to the lHa:;aKa room, but i' seeius was not ('iilvin Thompson, who has been stop ping ut Iho Central Hotel in this city for some time. cluimB to have had a trunk stolen from the depot night before last. Mr. Thompson is said to have ordered F.xpressman Davis to take his trunk to the depot, which wan done, the trunk being li ft on the platform at the rear of LAND TOR INDIAN WAR VETERANS Hon. Thos. H. Tongue Working Val iantly in the Interest of the Old Indian Fighters. conduct a brokei's ollice and to carr.' on ou iho emiro wealth and puliation of 1 tin-u.eM 01 . nroaer, rormorinun the nation and to ho hmiu-I by woven,- )-'r ' !' "ll'1:H ,:f th" eouoty clrrk of mrnt authority v.PInu! thb intervention ! -"nty. bnilt.fnrr.isbed, warmed, ,f trnnki, U Uvored. but in the mem- i lifted and swept out at the expense of iim.. tbepl.vtf.r.u f.voith freocoitiHUei'bo taxpayers of Douclas county, has reported to BDy one aVound thn depot Mr. Thompson expected to leave on Saturday night's train, but wan detained and when he went to the depot Sunday nielli to et his trunk ohecked it could not tie found. He i:n-nediately reported Wars at the - . m. al hal k k af ' Grand Tribute to Our Soldier Candidates. OK KICK OK O. SUMMERS. I'ohtlan'o, Oregon, May 7th, 1;00. Ki.iT.ii; l'LMNDfcAi.KU. Sir; 1 et-e by your paper that the liepublicans of Douglas County. Oreoa, have p!;ited oii I'.ieir ticket to bo voted for at tin coming election in June next, the natnea of Lieutenant F. II. lltfmhn tor I'.itoiiv Si.hool Miperintendeut and Serjeant Ij. 1. Fliambrcok for County Clerk. $ 1 ,h 'ply appreciate this, mark of respect hbawn these excellent ollicers and soldiers of the 2nd Oregon. It Miwn that tun residents of your counly are not indifferent to patri tisin, and they are willing to recognize the ser- ices of these splendid younu men. They sered with me all through the campaigns in the iland from the begin J mug to the icd, and I can sny to the voters of your county that there Hew no better soldiers ever served under the colors of any State thau these yonui; men always attentive to every order, prompt to respond to the call for active service in thn field, kind and considerate of the welfare of ttieir comrades, and true patriots and soldiers. I cjti Khsure your people that they will have the same diligent caro for their public duties as they showed w hiie they eeived with the 2nd Oregon, Vhluh hai added so much to the public record of the State as a military body. Kespect fully, O. SUMMEUS, Lrevt. Brig. Gen. and Former Col. 2nd. Oregon Kegt., L . S. V. WAKfiE.vroK, May 12. Senator Mc Bride has introduced a tiill amending the law which allow- ?-:tate Soldiers Homes $100 a yeai fo- ie care of each veteran of the Civil v. ir. so as to admit the Indian War voter and veterans cf the Philippine asd S. same rate. la sn i on india:. It. is a pretty wt I Washington that t: of a show of passing eran petipion bill, : . erans, tlter long ; cordicgly turned tl; - r of silver and gold. It holds for an in come tax, and the election of president, vico president, federal judges and cena tota by direct vote of the people. Wharton Barker of l'hihididphia waj nominated for pr.iidL-nl, and Ignatius Donnelly of .Minneapolis for vice presi dent, on the second ballot. Opworlh League Anniversary. The celebration of tho eleventh anni versary of tho Epwoitb Lesguo took place ut the M. K. church, last nigbt. T o chinch was heaulilully decorated iu ltd and whitrt roses, ivy, locust, honey suckle and asparagus tops, red and white being the League's emblematic ivlors. After the customary rung service and prayer by Mis. A. C. Maratere, the piiHtor, K.'V. G. It. Arnold, iu hid splendid and ab'lo manner, gaye a short address, telling cf the foundation of the league and tho good it has aecomplished iu the past elevon yesrs. He highly complimented the Koseburg chapter ou its past aud present record. This league havlug a meuabetehip of about 73. The select readings by Hunel Jewett and Berths Estea were splendidly delivered, aud tho recitation by Miss Auintu S:nith, "The Healing d Ihe Daughter of Jari us," was exceptionally well rendered iu Miss Smith' usual pleasing manner. The vocal sola by Mrs. Guo.J I'Ntes. "Just, For Today," deserves especial mention for tha excellent inuniier iu which it was extoulei. Tho select iou by tho orchestra was wi ll tecnived aud appreciated. The meeting was presided over by the president, Frank S. Godfrey, in a very abld maniier. Altogether it was a decid ed success. Edwiu Kean, who has been in tho em ploy of Mike DsVaney of tha Shamrock, baa resigned bis position aud returned to bis home at Man Francisco, but the Shamrock is still lacded t ;hs same old place. been un ollice where men w ho are paid a regular calary to transact the peoples' business have regularly and for their own personal benefit traflked in counly claims aud county warrants. Just ho much money this oat it: aro making out of this business no cine knows, but this is certain : That many thousoud.s of dollars of the cmuty's in debtedness, the indebtedness of the tax payers, has pass'-'d through tho hands oi this firm of money changers during the past year. Just "what the profit of the year's business has been, no one knows but tho members of the firm, but from the aniouut of business they have trans acted It is probable that tho proGts of this buBinesj will eijua), if not exceed, the salary paid them by Ihe county. Theeo statements require no proof, because almost eveiy in an who has drawn at the county clerk' desk duiiiig the past year, a warrant ngaLiet the county, has been badgered and im portuned to ssll bin warrant to this "Re'orm Trust," which en account of the fact that the business must pas through their hands, have, practically, a monopo ly of tho business, and 'his is "reform."' It cornea high bet wv have tn have it you know. HOW (MgLEY SAVED $2G0d I'OU llli: I'ol'NTY Senator llced baying pledged himself at the time of hid nomination to do so, introduced a bill teducing the salaries of county ollicialaat the hist Bttsioii of tho legislature. Tho hill was passed by a re publican legislature and having lieen suncil by a republicnu governor, became a law, thus making a saving of $2000 per year iu the utile of the conuty clerk. County Clerk J. F. Oazley permitted this tn be done, therefore, c is entitled to the credit aud ehoukf lie re-elected county clerk, argues the Review. II. C. Mabon organized a cabiu of Na tive Sous at rieasant Hill, Tuesday, with a charter membership of 15. Tba title of tha cabin will Ih Elijah Biiatow Cabin No. 80. Janet loo City Times. the los to Chief of Police Piilard, who at once investigated the case and found that an uncalled for trunk answering the description was at the S. P. depot at Montague, Cal. Mr. Thompson left on last night's lra:n to identify, if pcssible, the trunk which claims contains $S0 in cant and clothing valued at sfilO. u: VETERANS. 'ecognized fact in it not the ghost Indian War yet ruaoy of tbe yet- ot waiting, ac fforts in another direction, and are now urging the pas sage of another till in their interest, which provides for giving a land warract for 103 acres to each of the survivors of the Indian wars of Oregon, and other Western states. This bill would un doubtedly have a better chance of pase iog than tbe pension bill, for, in tbe Cret place it clo js not rtqaire au appropria tion, and, secondly, does not tetablitdi a precedent for service pensions. Om? cf the arguments advanced in favor ot the Indian War pension bill was that the survivors are all out men, and that de rive any benefit from the legishi'ioti, it would have to be enacted at aa early date. Bepresentative Tongue, who intro duced such a laod warrant bill oaiiy in the session, has been called upuu to se cure its passage, and is cow Eeekiog, through the aid of Representative Moody to secure a favorable report on this bill, in th hopes that it may be passed bat'jre adjournment. Surveycr Briggs Endorsed. W ILL THEY EXPLAIN? West Roskhitru, May 11, luDO. Mu. Editou: 1 notice an article in tho popViist column of the Pi.aindealeu wan'ing Mr. Gazley or Either to explain why the name of the man that was nom inated by the populist, in Dist. 22, Peer Creek, was left out. They will doubtless not tell you that they wanted to keep hie name out of sight until the republicans nominated the man that the Review push imported from our district, because there was no place here for him, when it came to an election. The Review putb uninitiated a man that they bad already turned dowu in the previous January ap pointment, and placed the imported man on the throne. But now they nominated him, tho mun they had turned donn, to butcher himself for tho imported t..an , but by sotii,' way or other their scheme fill through, as far as the republicans nomination went, for they nominated 1 another man. However undaunted by, this, they had gone to far to recede, and : proceeded to circulate a etitiou to have ' their iuipmted man placed on the ticket. : Now if anyone thinks they wont : butcher their on nominee, who is a good citizen aud a lax payer of Deer ! Caxyonvii.i.e, May 10, 1900. Eo. Pla'ndkalek : Wc. F. Briggs has been in the field as a surveyor thirty three years aud during that time ha. at intervals held the ollice of county su'vey ir about fourteen yeiirs altogether. , He hasals held an appointment from the I. S. deputy mineral surveyor for twentv-;even successive years. He has also received the appointment of several Fpecial contracts for govern ment laud surveying, and has been ap pointed by ihr surveyor gereral of Ore gon, inspector of government contracts of public land surveying. If he should be elected to the oflice of county surveyor, be will endeavor to fill the ollice without prejudice or partiality toauyot.e. A veto for him will not be lost. ' Non-Partisan. Letter List Remaining uncalled for at burg postoflicj. Bradley, Chas. Chapman, Mr. Th Hawkins, John Johnson, W. II. Joiner, Will D. Persons calling the Koee- Montague Helen .'3. Northrup, F. S. Sar.-mau, Mr. T. Shatubaugh George ' Tipton, M. V. for tbeie letters will please state the dato ci which they were advertised, May 11, li'OO. The letters will bo charged for tlie tate of one cent each. V.i. A. FrukUvP. M. creek di,tnct, just count the votes after election. Yours res'pectfully, A Sikh:ke Ok Vkry' Pooki.y Woku Uoai8. Public School Program,. Tbe Imperial saloon and tha barber shop, on Cava aud Sheridan street, have placed new and neat awnioga in front of tbfir places. ' The public school program will be given ar The Optra House ou Friday eve ning of this week. The .pupils will be assisted by our local talent and a splnn did eutertaiuuaeut is being prepared. The proueeds uie to be uted to pur chase ruore bo. La for tbe library. The admission is 15 rents, 25 cent) for reserved seats.