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NOT IO B I iL( (.,. n.dU.ilS. ISA. L' 1 0fnina Marfan: nrvjnn, - .r , , lire Nouo tetaKen From in sviii t.. liable to proMcOWn MY AQQAflATMU w t ll)fl ASTOIUA. MKKUON. FMDAV, NOVEMBER 17. 18M NO. 146 VOL. L 1 HP The Eclipse Hardware Co. IIhh Ramoved to it New Quartan next to tlx Columbia Klodriml it Repair Co., three doom dorm 1 1 ola itancl, win-re they will oootinua lo miry tha fine! stock of itovai lii Aatoris. - BOIND STREET. " I n0o()n0o )()o"V' I a ss BRITISH SUFFER ANOTHER ARMORED TRAIN DISASTER Lieutenant Churchill and One Hundred and Fifty Men Wounded or Captured. AT HAN FRANlBio. WERE LED INTO A BOER TRAP IMPORTANT NOTICE $1 . , i . i . i . n . ht.-.u..) noil) frum I h. publisher. f ibe W ii m kh Rdition or Tic Rki'toioimu Rums Mr, that owing I" enormous increase In tlu prioc of paper with In the pl fa weeks, they would shortly withdraw Iheeale of Iheir KiiiVeloprdia at the present price. Our contract a lilt i In publisher enables lit l make the win' lilx-ial of fer as htreko'or.. Thirty large volume of the Knojrcloi dia, una kiiIiIb to Hvstemullc Heading of the Knryrlouedia. Our I plight Oak BookNM Nd ChM laVfl Webster' Kn cyclopedia free of charge, All Ilia above will be delivered Upou Ideatuall payment of ONE DOLLAR Kalatxv tti small inoothlv paymruu. Call and look into H i- offer. White Afaia Makes f Disb Out of Ladystnith and Inflicts a Terrible Loss On the Boer Besiegers In Their Own Lines. GRIFFIN 6t REED. Here Is a List Of High Clriacle OooUat nt Moil r nte .Prlca .11 l ... J Fancy Creamery Butter in Kegs and Rolk Strictly Fresh Kggs. New drop Maple Syrup. Hurk wheat and (Iridic Cuke Flour. Packard A Smith' Fancy Italian Prune". New Crop Nuts. Fig-. Mim e Meat. KSTCOCKT, Thursday, Nov. 16. A missionary, a native, hut a reliable nan, wlo arrived ben yertorday from Udy smith, report that a big light took place there on Friday, Nov. 10. Ho says the volunteers went out in early morning mid drew the enemy from their paajUoOJ lap u flat, where the regular trooj under Sir ieorge White. outmaiHMivered them by outllanking the ltner administering a crushing defeat and indicting great Ium. More than 'JiiO Kaflirs, the nii.ssionary fa., were em- jg ployed hy the BqMN to bury their dead, and two trains each drawn by two engine, carried away the wounded. HAN rSAWCtfCO, Nov. IH-Pnur-a-1 or Jamea K. K"elr, dlrx-lor of the Lick Obai-vatory, Mount Hamilton, t. .-a;raph in,- Amnva.u.4 Prr-aa an fol-. Iowa: The nky wa m-iW- ii interval! Inat alfM Ieontda were aet lul the nuinlM-r waa rvt unaual. Tlie main aw arm may he a day or two late, other -wlae poanlhly a whole year, or It may fall alloKethr aa In 1771. AGUINALDO STILL FLEEING BEFORE AMERICAN ADVANCE AT WAHHINOTON. WAUHTNOTON, Nov. U.-Oovern-ment obaervera at the naval observa tory lait nlfht report that the dUolay of Leonids and nvteora waa a disap pointment. But six or night meteora wer; observed. His Government Broken Up and Making Desperate Efforts to Avoid Capture. STORES AND RECORDS ABANDONED THIS WAS A TERROR. CKE8KNT crrr, IIU., ,V. 1.-By th.- falling of an aeorlite, aeven miles south of '.'reaert City, the residence of John Meyers was partially wrecked and the neishlvirhoxl was panic stricken. Wbeaton Has Not Yet Effected a Juncture-Rebels Offer Bat Feeble Resistance When Surprised by Young's Cavalry. Now PALLING HTAK8 AT DENVER. DENVER, Nov. H.-A ahower of meteora was observed this morning at L nlversKy park. One company of watchers counted (3 Leonids in 15 minuets. AT CHICAGO. CHICAGO. Nov. 1.-Thlny meteora I were reportrd In sight in the eastern aky Just before dawn tills morning; and ' several photographs were secure at the northwestern unlveralty. LONDON. Nov : lit.-- nlrarifaetly 17. 6. a. m. Mlafor- fakement aays: puraucn the Ilritlsh The enemy apparently opened Are AFRAID OP THE METEORS. LONDON. Nov. It-In Russia the Leonid displays caused a panic In many niisliissianl .f irmnrrf tr.ilns. the fas- with u maxim and two nine i-ound ra ciMUlon for which na. flven the R.era felting the ranae accurately. The Ore P ' M1?ved th end oi th thlr first and latest tiotortes. on this lost cession, the Rrlllsh se.-m to hi-e walked into a Mlbsrata trap, was to severe that the telegraph wlrvs an.l upls were destroyed. Ther guns wer posted on a kopje covered with w orld had come. (d) I with the reault iht, acvrdlna; to the bruhw.l and their sharpchmHera WL btt aceounta men ar- either kill- er -hidden )-hlnd bouHers. The Dub- ONE EFFECT i Ralston Hreakl'att Food, Paucaka Flour, Whole Wheat Flour. Whole Wheal l 'raekin- : OF EXPANSION ROSS, HIGGINS 6 CO. .1 . . - - v. HAS HELPED COMMERCE rd. wound.1 ..r missing, of the, the ilns und volunteers, fighting an unequal Pasllleni Ulm f and the Durban In- lattle. tbrli-e drove the enemy buck; fanny 40. It la balleTrd iluit few as- but the flerc-wss of the rifle and big i 1)1.. ... . nr.- nrlxMu-rs lii aua lire was too much tr the brave IT : - , r , (he hands of ih Bor. I little partrA . .. The list ..f ., laities Is awalt.-d with! Lieutenant rburcliill'j bravery and , , L-i. iii snvl.-iv Iii times .-f trouble, coolness were magnificent. Encourag. d UutenaJl Wi sHoti 'hurehlll has prox ' By him. all irartod like heroes In clear- Greatest ACliVlty Ever KOOWO iO toward San Pablan. A correspondent of the Associated Press relegraps an account of the rapid pace with which General Toung covered the road with WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. General Otis today cabled the war department concerning the situation in regard to the American advance in pursuit of Aguinaldo: "Manila. During the last 30 hours four and one-half inches of rain have fallen, and it is still raining in the north. Iawton's telegraph line is not yet beyond San Jose. The last dispatch, received the evening of the 14th, reported the cap- turc of many supplies in transjiortation north and east of San Nicholas, and our troope moving from llumingan and Tayug west on L'rdaneta, where the insurgents' force is reported. Lawton has abundant supplies for subsistence, forage and transportation at San Isidro and Cabantuan, but is unable to move. "MacArthur has the railroad between Bambam and Tar lac in operation, five miles. The road south of Bambam is being reconstructed, the removed rails being found north of Tarlac. MacArthur will send four battalions of infantry and one troop of cavalry forward to Gerona today. The advance from Aliaga is at Victoria, five miles north of East Tarlac." MANILA, Nov. 11 Reports have j the personal effects records of the secre- been received here from General Toung., 'ary of war and much commissary and dated at Humlnaam. yesterday. Hum-! "d'0"1 supplies. I n gam la about 30 miles east of San It I cd himself more a soldier than a cor- ing th- line to enable the engine and respondent and his rallantry highly tender to pass. A heavy ruin and mist praise.) on all sides. compelled the cessation of firing. ft We Rent New Typewriters Many New iinproveuiiiiii Added SKE Ol'H LATFT Smith Premier Typewriter NKW ART CATAI.1 Mlt'K fllKK L. M. ALEXANDER Ai t:).. PhOjM Main Mi Kxoluslvs Fltlfle Coaat Dealers. Mb Stark St. Portland Th. rumor .if the dealh of General; Lleuiensnt Churchill bravely carried I I ' Joub-rt Is discredited. It Is understnod the wounded to the rear under tire; I (hat the war office nes thut he Is still' while the Botn were destroying the directing affulrs It Is also rumorl : from I'ietermurttjburg that Baer loas les at Ludysmllh on Thursday w ' heavy i Mey.-r. ed. and Included General Lucus who aai either killed or wound- Largest and Best Equipped Offices In the Northwest 1 PORTLAND Z I DENTAL irSr I PARLORS I Crown and Uridufe Work, $4.50 per looli; guaranteed. Rest set Teeth, fc.00 At minraDteed. U Rest FilliugH, fiOf up, guaranteed. S) All Work I'oaitivuly (iiiuruntecd to ulvc Perfect Satisfaction I OR NO PAY. j Washington Biiildlnpt, Corner 4th and Waahiugton stP. Si Fifth Floor, Rooms 47, 48, tO, 61, 52. M I 'Phont Oragon, Brown 493. Colutnbln gOo' III H9BHOHHHHHsSb AIIMORK1' TRAIN ATTACKED. I imis Cripple the Train and u Party of British are Left In Their Hands. ESTCOl'RT. Nutal. Nov. 15 An I armored train, having aboard half a company of Durban volunteer un.l half a company of Dublin Fusiliers. sLimi'd I to t'hlveley early tiU. nionilng. On Its I rstnra It was helld by tlK Uoer ar 1 tlllery placed in four position I Two tiucks In front of the engine left ; the rails, toppling It over. While the I train was thus helpless, the Durbnns and Dubllns faced the lloers In sklrm lahing order amd the Boers poured shot and shell into the crippled truln. The derailed trucks were with great (llrnYulty removed and the line cleared when the engine and tender steamed I back to Estcotirt with a few of the 1 1 Doubllns and 15 of the Durhans, In cluding Captain Wylle, who was wound ed on the train. I The fate of the remainder of the Dur I bans and Dublin and Lieutenant I Churchill, son of the late Lord Uan I dolph Churchill, la unknown. Seven of the Durbana cume In later I leaving US missing. Only 15 of the 1 1 'nt. low have returned. At Nuliil a seven pounder which was In front of the truck, had fired throe shots when It was shattered by the Boer artillery. The armored engine has many bullet marks and Its dome cover Is smashed, ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT. Lieutenant Churchill Made n Brave Defense but the Boer Fire Was too Hot For Hla LlMIe Detachment. DURBAN, Nov. 16. The Natal Mer- oury, describing the armored train en- Shlpyards ot Botb Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. NEW YORK. Nov. 16. The seventh train, their scouts pushed In and ex- annual convention of the society of changed shots with the Brttlsh plckns naval architects and murtiw engineers a few miles from Estcourt. The Boers began here today. The annual address were In ambush. f President Grlscom was reed by a member. In part Grlscom aald: BOER ATTACK REPULSED What ever may be the political, mor- LONDON. Nov. 16.-A dispatch from al or constitutional aspects of the pol Durbiui, daud Monday. Nov. 13. says a Icy of expansion. It Is not without Its member of the Natal Field Force who advantage,, to ship builders. Th? large succeeded In traversing the Boer Unes number of vessels purchased by OY With Ladysmlth dlsiwtches has arrived government last year for use by the u Pletermarltiburg. and reports that a army and navy, together with the In deliemlned attack was made by the creasing use steam vessels In the coaat Boers on the British garrison, which Ing trade, have produced the greatest waa quite prepared but met the ad- activity ever sm In our coast ship' vance with such a h?avy and well- yards, both on the Atlantic and Pacific directed Pre that the Roers were 1" . - oceans." - ed off, leaving many dead. The British and Boer patrols ex changed shots near Frer, south of Co- RfUB, Pu.. Nov. 16.-A daring at- lenao. A dispatch from Phtei marita- tempt was made by a gang of masked burg says an armored train engaged In men to rob the Lake Shore train b'e- reoonmilterlng was attacked by the tween Erie and Connaut at one o'clock Boers. One British soldier was killed this morning. The robbers boarded the and 15 wounded. train at Astabula, where It stopped to take water. The express messenger MAY" ABANDON ESTCOURT. gave an alarm which frightened the LONDON, Nov. 17. The Times pub- gang and they lumped off without se- Uphew the following dispatch from curing any booty. Senora Agulnaid.. probably escaped over the divide, but the secretary of Fabian. General Toung is supposed, war thwght te ilui6ll the UueB. to have advanced considerably farther! Colonel Weasels captured at Tayug-eY- eral hundred thousand pounds of rice, 5,700 pounds of salt, 1.500 pounds of flour, marked "Dayton, Ohio," 2,500 pounds of sugar, 1,300 new uniforms his cavalry-. At Macabee the scouts j and hundreds of thousands of ma user completely surprised and demoralized . shells. the Insurgents around the low country. Aguinaldo and his government are said to be making desperate efforts to escape to Bayabong. All information here Is that he Is still in the low coun try. Lieutenant Johnson, with troop M. Third cavalry, captured yesterday at san Nicholas, 12 barrels containing the wardrobe ot Agulnaldo's wife, some of The names of Lieutenant Gtlmore and seven of his men were found written on the walls ftf the convent of San Quentln. The garrison In all the towns sur prised resisted feebly. General Wheat on has not yet appeared. The remains of Major John A. Logan, killed in action at San Jacinto, Saturday, were buried in Paco cemetery this morning. ATTEMPTED TRAIN HOLD-UP. HOLLAND TRIALS SUCCESSFUL. Pletermaltiburg, dated Wednesday, N11 vember 15: Estcourt Is short of artillery. The NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-Offlcial re- garrl?on may retire to Moon river, ports op the Holland boat from John southward, tonight. In case a strong Lowe, captain United States navy, and force of Boors should advance. the board of Inspection and survey. of which the president is Fredrick ANOTHER VESSEL STOPPED. Rodgers, rear admiral, United States ., navy, were inaae puouc iouhj. san LONDON. Nov. 16. According to dispatch from Durban, a British cruis er has again ftiid on a vessel entering Delngon buy and refusing to reply to slgruls. Two blanks and one round shot weiv tlrod lefore she hove to. The vessel was then boarded, her papers ex amined and she was allow. d to proceed. reports agree that the trials have been successful In almost every particular. RICH ENDOWMENT. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16.-The to tal endowment of Stanford University is now placed at J25.740.0O0. JOINED THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUR. A WONDERFUL RELIEF. COLUMBUS. 0., Nov. 16.-The Tax-. 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