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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899.
NO 73
CONTINUE FIGHT
AT LADYSMITI
English Troops id Mi Spirits Fee
Confldcut TMev Cau Hold Garrisou.
LOSS LESS
THAN REPORTED
Brave Britons Fought Against Great
Odds All Day, and Surrendered
Only When They Had Not a Cart
ridge Lelt Mules Also Carried
Away the Entire Gun Equipment,
London, Nov. 1. It was announced
today in u special dispute!) from Lady
Huutli that the Boors again cloeed around
thnt pluco on Monduy night, Bending
uIiijIIh into the British camp. Two guns
lundod from the British cruiser Power
ful, opened fire on the Boers at dawn
Tuesday. The Boers brought up more
guns, hut eonie of them were silenced
It is added the Boers' Iobb must have
beon heavy.
The Garrison of Ladyemith is de
ecrihed ub being in good spirits, and con'
tiiKjut, and the troops ure euid to be full
of fight. Tiie artillery duel was still in
progress Tuesday night.
Bum. in, Nov. 1. The Tageblatt sayB
Count Bottimer, president of the Ger
man Peace Society, line telegraphed to
Queen Victoria praying her to accept the
mediation of the United States in the
war with thu Transvaal.
London, Nov. 1. The British war
office today made public a dispatch re
ceived from General White, describing
tiie operations of Monday.
"The main advance waB successfully
carried out, the objective attack being
found evacuated. An artillery duel
which ensued butweenour hold batteries
and the enemy's guns is understood to
have caused heavy loes to the enemy.
The rcconnoissancu forced the enemv to
fully disclose his position and after a
strong counter uttack on our right in
fantry, the brigade and cavalry hud been
repulsed. The troops were slowly with
drawn to camp, pickets being left on ob
servution.
"Thu circumstances which attended
the movement of Carlton's column are
not yet fully known, but frgm reports
received, the column appears to have
carried out the night attack unmolested,
until within two miles of Nicholson's
Nek. At this point two boulders rolled
from the hill and a few rifle hot stout
peded thu infantry ammunition initios.
The Rtampcde epread to tiie battery
initios, which broke loose from their
leaders and ran away with practically
the whole of the gun equipmeut runt a
greater portion of the email-arm ammu
nition. The reserve was similarly lost.
"Tim infantry battalions, however,
fixed bayonets and accompanied by a
personnel of artillery, seized the hill on
thu left of the road two miles from the
Nek, with but little opposition.. There
they remained unmolested until day,
their time being occupied in organizing
the defense of the hill. At d'lwu the
ekiriuiali attuck ou our position was com.
tnenced by ttie enemy, but made no way
until ::!() a. iu., when reluforcemeuts
enabled their to rush to thu attack with
great energy. Their fire became very
eeatchiug and two companies of the
Gloucester iu advanced position were
ordered to fail back.
"The enemy then preeeed to short
range, the louses on our side becoming
very numerous, At 3 p. in. our ammu
nition was practically exhausted, thu po
sition was captured and the eurvIvors of
the ojlumn full into the enemy's haiTiis.
Thu enemy treated our wounded with
humanity,. General Joubert dispatching
h letter to me offering safe conduce to
doctors and ambulances to remove the
wounded. A medical ofllcor and parties
to render first aid to the wounded were
dispatched to the scene of action from
Ladyemith last night and au ambulance
nt dawn thie morning."
The gloom cnused by the British dis
aster at Lidysmlth wns in a measure re
lieved by toilay'H etory, giving an ac
count of thu heioic stand made by the
decimated battalions until their last
cartridge was gone. The British nerve
wns momentarily shaken by General
White's use of the word "capitulation"
in the first telegram, but now that it is
known that the Gloucheeters and fueileers
fought against overwhelming odds and
upheld the best traditions of the Biitieh
army, the tension has been relieved,
eince there is no longer any ground to
decide that the loss of life was accom
panied by dishonor.
Tiiere is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all othe diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it
n local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, nnd by conatuntly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science lias proven catarrh
tube a constitutional disease, and there
fore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrah Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from ten
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly
on :ne o.ood and mucous surracca oi tne
system. Thov offer one hundred dollars
lor any case it tans to cure, send lor
circulars and testmonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. 0.
sola by Druggists, oc. i
LEY HAS ,
NO AUTHORITY
To Orflcr WitMrawal if He Amy at
Nan From tie PMlippta.
WOULD REQUIRE
SPECIAL ACT
Senator Allison Cannot Sec Two Sides
to the Question of What Is Our
Duty in the Distant Isles.
Took Rat Poison.
Mukcie, Ind., Oct. 31. Ray Hallerofl,
33 years of age, took a doEe of rat poison
tonight. He imagined his young wife
did not love him and left a letter con
fencing jealousy of one of his wife's
women associates. They were married
a year ago in San Francisco, where she
is highly connected. Hallorofl's father
is a Baptiet minister in Portlana, Or.
Since he was married, Hallerofl has loet
$5000 in the musical instrument busi
ness in Findlay, 0., and has been in
Bevere financial straits here.
Success of David llnnmi.
The three hundred and tenth thousand
ofDavid Ilarum is now on press, and
the vitality of this phenomenal book is
ehown by the fact that on one day in the
drat week of October the orders amount
ed to over four thousand copies. It is
also of interest to note one significant
fact regarding tho aa'.es, which is that
the actual records show au increase.
The uverago sale of David Harum for
every business day in August was thir
teen hundred and Bis copies, while the
average rate In September was fifteen
hundred and twenty-one copies. It is
of course obvious that no book of recent
ears has approached tho record already
made by David Harum and the future,
judging from the present sales, promises
even more remarkable rcsulte.
Archbishop Ireland to Be Sued for Libel
Kansas City, Nov. 1. A Star epeeial
from Albuquerque says:
General FuiiBton, who is en route
home with tho Kansas regiment, has
wired his Topeka attorneys to bring pro-
eedinga against Archbishop Ireland, of
St. Paul, and "The Monitor," a Catholic
paper of San Frunci&co, for criminal
libel. The proceedings grow out of
charges printed in the Monitor that
tunston had taken two lungmusent
bailees from certain Catholic churches
in the Philippines and lent them home
to his wife.
"I wish to express my thanks to tho
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic'
Cholera nud Diarrhoea Itemedy, for
aviug put on the mai ket such a wonder
ful medicine," says W. W, Maseingill.
of Beaumont, Texas. There are many
thousands of mothers whose children
have been saved from attacks ofdysen-
tery and cholera infantum who must
also feel thankful. It is for sale by
Blakeley & Houghton Druggists.
VuIuruIo Kruntlouti
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of joy. Buckleu'e Arnica Salve cures
them r also old, running and lever sores,
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earth. Drives out pains nnd aches.
Only 25 cte. a box. Cure guaranteed.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists. -
New York, Nov. 1. Senator Allison
of Iowa, discussing mnttere in the Piiil
ippines in the forthcoming issue of the
Independent, will say :
"It does not seem to me that there
can be two sides to the question of what
is our present duty in the Philippines,
By our treaty with Spain and with the
exchange of ratifications of the treaty
these ielands became ours. Our title to
them is clear and unquestionable under
our constitution and under the law and
usages of nations. The insurrection
there against our authority began after
the treaty was signed at Paris and con
tinues to this time. Our duty requires
us to suppress this insurrection and to
establish peace and order there.
"With the restoration of peace and
order there I take it for 'granted that
congress will provide a government for
the people of the islands in the spirit of
liberty and justice and with a view to
their highest poesibie civilization. Here
tofore, when possessions have been ac
quired by the United Mates, congress
dealt witli the people residing in thoee
territories in the ppirit of liberty and
justice, which prevails in our constitu
tion and our lawe, and I have no reason
to think or even euepect that future con
greases will not make such rules and
regulations for these inhabitants as will
provide for them the largest measure of
liberty poseible for them as well as the
largest local participation in the govern
ment with the eituation there under our
sovereignty and under our flag.
"So far as I cm see the ouly practical
alternative to tills is the abandonment
of the islands, the withdrawal of our
troops and the withdrawal of our navy
as well. The president has no power to
direct this, as lie cannot alienate terri
tory acquired. Congress can do eo by
law and will sooii be in session, and
those who think we should surrender
what we have gained there and with
draw our army and navy will nave an
opportunity of testing the sense of con
gress by offering propositions to that
end.
During the winter of 1897 Mr. James
Heed, one of the leading citizens and
merchants of Clay, Clay Co., W. Va,,
struck hie leg aguinet a take of ice in
euch a manner aB to bruise it 'severely.
It became very mucli swollen and pained
him so badly that he could not walk
without the aid of crutches. He was
treated by physicians, uleo ueed several
kinds of liniment and two and a half
gallons of whiskey in bathing it, but
nothing gave any relief until he begun
using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This
brought almost a complete cure in a
week's time and he believes that had he
not used this remedy his leg would have
had to be amputated. Puiu Balm is nil
equaled for spruiiiB, bruises and rheu
matism. For salo by Blakeley & Hough
ton Druggists.
Jllimarck'a Jrou Mervo
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous energy
are not found where stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels are out of order. If
you want these qualities and the success
they bring, use Dr. Klug'a New Life
Pills. They develop nvery power of
brain and body. Only 25c at Blakeley
& Houghton's drugstore. 2
the beginning by violent coughing. He
says: "Alter resorting to a number of
eo called 'specifics,' usually kept in the
house, to no purpose, I purchased a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which acted like a charm. I most cheer
fully recommend it to tho public." For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists.
LOOKED SEVEN
FEET HIGH
To the Six
People He
Pendleton.
Held Up at
Pendleton, Nov. 1. Officers are
scouring the country for the high
wayman who held up six people at the
limits of the city last night. Tracks
found at the place of tha hold-ups were
followtd a Ehort distance, but have not
led to anything definite as to which
direction he went.
A. J. Benham, tho second man robbed,
describes the robber as 6 feet 10 inches
in height, weight 175 or ISO pounds, full
of face, with a mustache, wearing a dark
suit, and had a low, bass voice. Ben
ham said the man's voice and manner
of speech were those of an intelligent
man, and his action showed a man of
Bteady nerve. He thinks there was a
confederate in the bushes near bv,
covering the entire party of six, while
the other did the job.
I'lace of Sleeting Changed.
Owing to the evil effects to the wool
industry of the state that might occur
from holding a forestry meeting in The
Dalles at this time, when there is such
an anti-sheep agitation, the Wasco
County Forest Protective Association
will not meet in The Dalles on Saturday,
Nov. 4, but will hold a semi-annual
meeting at Wamic, on Friday, Nov. 3d,
p. ai., when all the business of the as
sociation will De uiepoeeu ot. All in
terested in the aims and objects of the
association are invited to attend.
S. D. DitiVEit,
M. J. Anderson, President.
Secretary. d.t-w-H
Double Tralu Service to Sau FruucUco,
On October 15th the Southern Pacific
Co. will inaugurate a "Daylight Ex
press," leaving Portland at 8:30 a. m.,
and reaching San Francisco at 7:45 next
evening only one night out. Both
standard Pullman and tourist sleepers
will be attached. This new train is in
addition to tiie present 7 p. m. Shasta
Overland, and will give many passengerB
the desired opportunity to see enroute
the Great Willamette, Umpqua and Sac
ramento Valleys !withont loss cf time,
and still arrive iu Oakland and San
Francisco nt a seasonable hour.
On the 10th of December, 1897, Key.
S. A. Donahoe, pastor M. 12. Church,
South, Pt. Pleasant, W. Vu., contracted
a severe cold which was attended jroui
your t'uf
Shows the state of your feelings and the
statu of your health ad well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in a pale
and sallow complexion, Pimples and
Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak and worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance you should try
Aeker'd Blood ICIixir. It cures all blood
discuses where cheap Sarsaparillas and
eo called purifiers fail ; knowing this wo
sell every bottle on a positive guarantee.
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
No night to Uelliira.
The woman who is lovely In face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all run down, she will be nervous
and irritable. If she lias constipation or
kidney trouble, her impure- blood will
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and a wretched complexion. F.lectric
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to regulate the stomach, liver and kid
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strong nerves, bright, eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich complexion. It will
make a good looking, charming woman
of a run-down invalid. Only CO runts
at Blakeley & Houghton's drug store, 2
No Change in Condition.
Pateuso.v, N. J., Nov, 1. Vice-President
Hobart passed a comfortable night.
He slept fairly well and there is no
change In hie couditiou from yesterday,
Clarke & lalk have a full and com
plete line of house, carriage, wagon and
barn paints manufactured by James E,
Pattori, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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