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Li wmn VOL. k ASiOliiA. OKKUON. M'ESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 18M NO. 125 STOVES TO BURN ANY OLD THING. GLENCOE IS IN DANGER AND LONDON IS UNEASY and tin- number of ofnoers kllleS at five, am! wounded 30, and the number f fionconiinlsKlonwl officer and men killed at 27, and the wounded at 175, the total numlxr of casualties being 147. Ten men are missing. INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY ROUTE THE INSURGENTS is Bought before the ad vance and sold regard less of it on account of moving. Eclipse Hardware Co. j. BOH BOND STREET u i Books... Blank and Miscellaneous. Paper... New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman Fountain Pens ' I iox Decorated Paper and Knvelopew-ioo Thousands of Boers Under Joubcrt are Again Pressing Against Yule. THE . BOERS ARE NOT DISHEARTENED Notwithstanding the Engiiib Victories the Borghrs Are Active and Aggressive Their Valor Is Praised by tfie Britishers Tbey are No Mean Foe. GRIFFIN & REED Here Is a List jj Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices. 1 LONDON, Oct. 21. Tlif (act tlmt no news Lag Icon re- j crived tends to dispel tlic apprehension caused by Lord W'nl.sclev'a brief sumniurv of the situation. A Pietcrmaritz- H burg di'iiteli my that the censor now permit no message j? tn I .if sent frin the front. s Other ilispatclkn represent the Hours as boasting that ft Dundee is absolutely cut olf and a-sert that despite the British I victories tlie uiluatioii is slill uncertain V ) It is ijuito evident that the war otlice has news which has been withheld from the public. LOUD IN LUCK. Tb In In Hevcn Times Better Than Be-J Ing Governor. I WASHINGTON, Oct, 23.-Ex-Oover-nor Lord will tuoed William I. Buch anan who ha resigned hi position as United State minister to Argentina, to take effect at the expiration of his leave of absence, to accept the position of director general of the Pan-American exposition. The salary of the minister Is 110,000 per annum. Successful Movement Yesterday In the Vicinity of Calamba. A FUSS IS BREWING. Railroad Employes Have a Hill to Climb. THE AMERICANS KEEP HAMMERING Uncle Sam's Soldiers Are Giving tbe Weary Runners of Agninaldo No Rest Their Raids and Rushes are inifcrmly Successful Tbe Victories Wot Witboot Loss. Fancy Creamery Butter in Kegs and Kolls. Strictly Fresh Egg. New Crop Maple Syrup. Buck wheat and Gridle Cake Flour. Packard & Smith's Fancy Italian Prunes. New Crop NuLs, Figs, Minco Meat. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO The Sllverf ield Fur Manufacturing Co., 2M3-2HB Morrison St., Portland, Ore. To tHc -Undies of Aatorlcu V will nve you one-hmrtb on every Kariiiwit ,voa ptirohase from tig. bo ommo w. are direct manufacturers, and yon will stive the inulillciiian prullt. Kiir roIlBirttiw, mun - H1" "I1 Fur Mirk h-oiii Uctlnt' KlnrTslliir Made HulUfrom . IIJ JU Uille Kins llir Mmle C lolh Ji heU, (rou. fj-SO P Uilli' Fin rraurli FlHiiuel Wall, from..,. 1.W up AltMks Heut Mktn Jnrkl. Loudon Kyr, made MpeoliUlyto order Irom - IN"-00 UP Ksmmlellni of Fur Osrmanlt Into the Latent very Hen 7r ftl'uTrated catalog ua, which wtwlll gladly uutll you. Highest Price Paid for Raw Pura. Yours Respectfully, The Sllverf leld Fur Manufacturing Co. I ! LONHON, Oct. 24. The Pally Mall there had dldntly not been attacked ' tiuullnhci the following description of up to last evening. I the battle of Elandsliugle, from It ipeilnl war corrsepomlent G. W. Stev- JOl-'HEftT VERY ACTIVE. ens, The bnttls was brilliant and com plel suceess. The Boers numbered ( from 1.200 to 2.M) nnd urobahly had and ' He is Also Attacking tllenco Kruger Is With Him. Lf.NDON, Oct. !4. The Dally Tele graph has received the following from nbout 109 klll,.l and 1W wo .,, drd. : , a,ly,mtlh d(Ued Rttndfty 2:W p m I "The nght uself -vs. hke a rrutUnl .. a im llllu-.m.lon of M.k tnctlrs. vch cammnm, of Commttnd. .arm repr,H-..-.e,rdnr.g It. paperwork gm Gvmi1 plAent The UoMAn HlShtander. n an? apUn todny at. In th. lr attack advanced In m.irnlA. ant' oiencoe. rh.?y were Ininir.l.Ktfiy wimtea ... , Vl. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct M.-The tension between the Great Northern and its employes has almost) reached the snap ping point. ; Thi grievance commlltee, which has ; been In sesHlon in the Twin Cities for, -V iff 10 days, It Is understood, formulated tU ultimatum. The bonding system and, the ue of spotters are the two main point of grievance. HIGH MASONRT. The Supremo Coujnoil Concludes Its 3eslon. WASHINGTON. GdL 23.-The su preme council of 8cotUnh Rite masons called on President McKlnley, today, and later concluded Its b iennlal session by conferring -the 13 rd degree of Maionry on 21 members. The vacancies in offloe were filled by MANILA, Oct. 23. The insurgent around Calamba and Angeles have bothered the Americans lately with their re peated attack?, which like most of the Filipino's attacks con sist of shooting a lot of ammunition into their opponent's camp from long range. Major Cheatham's battalion of the Thirty -seventh Infan try, three companies of Ui6 Twenty-first Infantry, one battery of the Fifth Artillery and a gatling gun, sailed out this morn frorn Calamba, drove the Filipinos from their trenches and pursued them for three miles inflicting heavy loss on them. One American was killed and three were wounded of the Twenty-first Infantry. elwHiie Frank Pleroe. of Colorado. trea.urer general and James C. Rlch-j' MANILA, Oct. 23. Lieutenant Furg-I Hon. indent Agulnaldo to send a ardon. of Tennessee, lieutenant grand: n with 20 scouts of the Twenty-smn comtmsmon w anna u arrange urn- commander. ARCHBISHOP AND PORTLAND DENTAL, PARLOR S Top floor Washington Building. Largest and Best Equipped Offices In the Northwests Best work at our Prices, becausewe have the largest volume of Dental Work in Portland. Heat Crown nnd Brklga Work, 22 karat Rold per tooth J4.40 flet Teeth, fully RaRrnnteetl rubber $S (M) Best (iold Filling $1.00 up Bent Alloy Filling- "P Teeth extracted without pain fi()c up We employ only the most nodern methods and guarantee satisfaction. Tnke elevator on WanliiuKtou street, near Fourth, and nak forth Portland Dentiil I'at lom, Top rloor. i 'Pl-ions Oreixon, Drawn 493. Columbia la60. to perfection. In th.l order, with a hfiivy fliv, whloh it Id from the first,- s Their 'lit r Ml wi'h 11 uull.'t In hi' leg, tut a tfiitrt he fell, he lit his pipe a id smoked placidly while the advance- continued. As man uftei man dropped, the up portH were ruohed Into the firing llne, our men dHlng from cover to c vr. splendidly le i and ever advancing. Yet, 01 rl lge after ridge was won the High lander still found a new rl"ge con-J fronting them, anu ihu they fought their bleeUlns way un.il in r.nal ridge was nearvd, with nearly tvery oiTlcer down. "Then, lnmmlng every available man lirto the nrlng line, Mancht.er, Pe vons and Llghthorse all mixed, with the bugles chanting an udvance, the bag pipes shrieking and the battle a con fused ronr, our men swept yellli'g for ward and the position was won." OMINOUS SILENCE. London Fears Results of the Secona Olencoe Battle. LONI'ON, Oct, 23. A dispatch from Lndysmlth, Natal, dated 4:15 yester day afternoon has Juat been received. It Is a literal repettUon of Cape Town s Glencoe advices of yesterday and It Is regarded as somewhat ominous that nothing has Ixen received re specting the result, especially when viewed in the light of Lord Woseley's stat?ment that General Yule's force felt It necessary to retire from Dundee to Olencoe Junotlon. General Yule evidently is in a tight I regiment reconnoltering near Laoao I encountered a party of mounted Filip inos, killed six of them and captured ! eight, with ten rifles. TUV r VMVDM I FoUr me" ' rm th gunboai MTivelo 1 Hb ULN tKAL; were lured ashore IS miles from Hollo eultles connected with the delivery of Spanish prisoners and to discuss a matter of particular character. A reply was returned that a com mission accredited by any one other than General Agulnaldo, general In j by a flag of truce and the Insurgents chief of the Insurgents could not bt killed one of them, wounded one and recognized or received. Ito later cor- j captured a third. commanding our troops, ha moved his oamp buck Into better defensive position." BOER CASUALTIES. They Also Lost Many Prominent Offi cers at Elandslaagte. LONDON, Oct. 23. An oiTlclal dis patch from Ladysmith gtres the follow ing list of casualties among the prominent Boers In the battle sat Eland plaagte! General Vtljoen Killed. Gen eral Knock wounded and captured, since died. General Knock's son killed. Colonel Sihll (a former German offi cer), wounded and captured. Comman der Pretoria wounded, captured. Sev eral Ber standards cajxured. A STRONG HINT. . ST. PETBRSBrRrt. Oct. 23. The Russian Rod Cross Stx'lety has deter mined to offer to help both belligerents in South Africa. The Herald in making the announcement adds: "We pre serve npfKarances with this dual pro posal but we do not comval our views." I ir rrA.lt, AM hK rlnVNJUiV The gunboat was unable to tire for ! fear of "rounding the Americans. j The Second battalion. Nineteenth reg- i Iment, Major Eeefe commanding, em barked for lloilo today to reinforce the Insists if llie Kansas Hero Was Nol ! respondence. OTIS. EVERYBODY RESTED. , The Vocal Phenomenon Will Tour His Own State. . Misqnntrd lit Manilesis Dense Ignoranci. i troops there. ! LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 23. Col. W. J. Bryan arrived In Lincoln early this." I evening, went to his home for three j hours rest and started tonight for Polk county, where he begins his two weeks speech making In Nebraska tomorrow at Stromburg. He said his health was) excellent and he was confident ot being able to conclude his campaign as scheduled. Bryan said he had In the years past neglected his own state and he was JOLBHRT AT DUNDKE. j LONDON. Oct. 2I.-The Dally Ne.va publishes the following despatch frm Ladysmith dated Sunday night: "A large force under Commandant Joubert and Commander Vogan opened Are on Dundee yesterday. The Are whs continued today. The result Is not known here." A STRANGE REPORT. Advices State Kruger Will Surrender. LONDON. Oct. 23. A special from corner as he now has, or has had p .twrii $4 Sunday, says that face the main Boer army under General j p, received there from Pretoria re Joubert. ' Dort President Kruger as being In fa- i vor of an unconditional surrender. It is ', HE 19 NO PRESIDENT. -' j Agulnaldo Must Send His Messages j Only as an Insurgent Leader. WASHINGTON, Oct 2S. Archbishop 1 Chappelle of New Orleans, apostolic ( WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.-Oeneral delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the 0tls. amount 0f the last Filipino peace Philippines, today gave out the follow-; overture ,8 follows: ing statement to the Associated Press. ' Maniia Oct. 22. On OoU'ber 20th a "In answer to General Funston's mesgage wa8 received at Angeles under 8mpy redeeming the promises ol statement made in an address to the a flag truoe expressing the desire of speeches made long ago. students f Stanford university Uiat 'If 1 ' congress would drive out the friars and confiscate every Inch of church proper ly, the birttom would drop out ot the Insurrection within one wwk, for the' InhaMtnnls of Luson su-e completely under control of the church,' 1 deem It propsr to make the following state-. merte: "Knowing what I do for the most, reliable authority of General Funston's broadmtndedness and sense of fairness, -I tlo not believe he has been quoted correctly. He may have Stalted that the insurgents demand this as a condition ; of peace, but that he gave them as his' own sentiments, I cannot believe. All I can Bay Is that If General Fusnton made this statement, he manifested t: dense Ignoranoe as saying: 'The In-1 habitants of Luzon are completely un-! der the church. Now I would ask how i can this be possible, when every priest i (with the exception of a few) in the, Island of Luzon, outside of the walled -city of Manila, la a prisoner in the hand of the Insurgents. For Ihe past 18 j months this state of affairs has exist- i ed. I MESSAGE FROM YULE. LONDON, Oct 23. The war offloe has received the following dispatch from General George Stewart White, com mander in Natal, dated at Ladysmith camp, 4.15 p. m. today. "General Yule telegraphed me yester day evening that the wounded at Dun dee were doing well." This dispatch partly relieves the anx iety regarding Olencoe, as the British Swell Fall and . .Winter Clothes. . . Therms not a better store in all America to get your 'stylish, reliable clothe?. ( Our gathering of Suits and pvercoats has all the betterments llmt the best diatle-to-order ones have, and they are a heap cheaper. . "Steinbach" clothes for boys and men were never known to be other than best. Their distinguishing feature is nicety of fit they satisfy the eye, the mind and the pocket. -Come when youican and bring your boy. I added that the executive will meet Monday or Tuesday to discuss the .ad visability of such a step. The report. It Is stated here, must be accepted with reserve AMENDED LIST OF CASUALTIES. LONDON. Oct. 23. An amended list of British casualties at the battle of El.'imlsluagte places the number of of ficers killed at five, and wounded 30, VOTED DOWN. i SEATTLE. Oct. 2S.-Tn the naUonalj W. C. T. U. convention today a resolu- tion offered by the naUonal suffrage as-: soclatfon through Mrs. Carrie Chapman; of New York, was voted down upon! recommendation of the' executive com-1 mu th W O. T. V. declaring that! thev n referred to handle the wvman's m a 1 1 nUllKRS SOLICITED. Corner Fourth and Morrison Sts-, Steinbach 6 Co., Largest. Clothiers in the Northwest sufferage question upon lines already laid down by them, PORTLAND. OKF.C.ON.