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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY "DECEMEMBER 9. 1899.
NO 104
4N0THER FIGHT
LAST WEDNESDAY
Mite State Tbat tbe Fisbting Began
atSiiinllie Moruiug.
METHUEN MAY
HAVE ADVANCED
Gen. Gatacre Is Expected to Take the
Offensive in Cape Colony Soon
Lad- Wilson a Prisoner.
PuEToniA, Wednesday, Dec. 6. Fipht
fog commenced near Modder river ut 0
o'clock tine morning.
Loniiok, Dec. 8. While nothing in
the latest messnRes from the British
emp Ht Modeler river indicated an im
mediate advance, it appears that
Pretoria Iuih news that fighting was re
named Wednesday. It it) not nliovn,
however, whether Mothuen line advanced
on the new position taken up by the
Boers or lias merely engaged in recon
naissance iu force.
Kuinfurceinentq are rapidly arriving at
8terkalrotu to strengthen Gatucre, in
cluding much needed artillery. The
authorities expect speedy news that
Gatacru iiae taken the offensive, thus
diverting a portion of the Orauge Free
State forces now obstructing tlio advance
of Methuen.
A war ottice dispatch from Duller con
firms the statement that helioitraphic
communication has been fully be
tab! i shed with Ladysmith and that
Duller und White liavo been conferring
an to thuir future movements. The latest
ndvices f rum Frore camp show that the
bombardment of Ladyemith was con-
tiuuod Tiiuruday, Dec. 7. A pneumatic
dyuamito gun on Umubiilwana hill has
commenced work.
According to a special dispatch from
Pretoria, General Joubert recently pro-
pined an exchange of prisoners, and es
pecially mentioned the exchange of Lady
Sarah Wilson for a Boer lady taken pris
oner at Mafeking. Lady Wilson is an
aunt of Winston Churchill, und the wife
of Captain Wilson, of the Royal Horso
guards. This was the first definite news
that fhe was a prisoner. Iidy Wilson
hao been acting in the double capacity of
newspaper correspondent and Red Cross
u u rae.
Serious Dissensions Reported.
Nkw Youk, Dao. 8. A dispatch to the
Herald from London givoa the following
advices from Modder river :
It is reported that serious dissensions
have 'broken out i n the Doer camp bo
tweeu the Transvaal and Free Staters.
General Cronjo insists upon putting
Transvaal officers in comniaud of the
Free State troops and says that the lat
ter will not fight. A trustworthy native
who escaped from tlio Hours status that
he-drove hie master, Andrew Cronje and
Head Commandant Wessels away in a
cart after the battle of Modder river.
They quarreled all through the journey.
Weasels eeveroly blamed tlio Trans
vaalers for not coming to the assistance
of the Free Staters.
Jacobsdahl is reported to be full of
Free Staters who ure returning homo be
cuono they don't llko the way the
English are shooting.
He Pooled tho HiirKeium.
All doctors told Ronick Hamilton, of
Weat Jefferson, 0., aftor suffering 18
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a coBtly operation was per
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxen of Buuklen's Arnica Sulve, the
surest Pile cure on JSarth, and tho boet
Salve in the World. 25 cents a box. Sold
by Blakeley it Houghton Druggists. 4
Caught In a Fire Trap.
ltBAUiN-a. Pa., Doc. 7. One of the
nwt appalling fires that has ever visited
thin city occurred today, when tho cx
tMiaiv hosiery mill of tho Nellie & Horst
Company took fire, destroying the plant,
causing the death ol ono person, and in
juring fllty-seven other employes of the
company. What was at first supposed
to he the bodies of two persons proved
tonight to be the separated parte of ono
body. It is that of Mies Louisa Clay.aeed
48 year?, who whs the only (er?ou misl
ed. All the other emp'otes have tnen re
counted lor. Of the fity-seven persons
who were injured, thirty-one are badly
hurt.
Glorious News.
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes :
"Four bottles of Electric Bitters has
cured Mrs. Brewer of fcrofula, which had
caused her great Buffering fur years.
Terriblo sores would break out on her
head and face, ami the best doctors
could give no help; but ber cure is com
plete and her health is excellent." Tiiis
shows what thousands have proved,
that Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's tho supreme
remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. It
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
exDols poisons, helps digestion and
builds up tile strength. Only 50 cents.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton, Druggists'.
Guaranteed. . .
Accidentally Drowned.
Ahtokia. Dec. 7 The body of Louis
Love, the fireman on ttie steamer Bailey
Gatzert, wtio mysteriously dieoppeaiecl
about two weeks sgo, was found this
morning in the river, u short distance
below the can company's wharf. The
body showed no marks of violence, so it
is practically certain that Love fell into
the liver and was drowned white re
turning to the eteamer from a trip up
town. The body will be taken to Van
couver, Wash., for burial, as his family
resides there.
A Life And Death Fight.
Mr. W. A. Hines of Manchester, la.,
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death, says : "Exposure after meas
les induced serious lung trouble, which
ended in Consumption. I had frequent
hemorrhages and coughed night and day.
All uiy doctors mid I must soon die.
Then I began to uso Dr. Kind's New
Discovery lor Consumption, which com
pletely cuted me. I would not be without
it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds
have uaud it on my recommendation and
nil say it never failB to cure Throat, Chest
and Lung troubles." Regular siza 50c
und $1.00. Trial bottles free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drug Store.
Emmctt a Bankrupt.
New Yokic, Dec. 7. Joseph K. Em
mett, tho actor, today fi'ed a petition in
bankruptcy, with liabilities of $17,000,
and no assets.
Now is the time to tit for Xaine
photos. Cloudy weather preferred for
sittings. So says til fibril. novl7-lm
Do You Cough?
I ( T . . . T In lirt lll-rt m'n r vl wi1 . nlen
When I ciiiightcold, I just let it alone, think
ing it W011IU
curoitseli'in
n fiHV llfll'H !
ofcour.se tho
coughing
and spitting
of mucus
sometimes
lasted suv
eral Weeks,
hut after n
while the
I r o u b I o
would sub
side. I al
ways no
ticed, how-
,.,. 1. n
each cold was worso than thoono before. My
throat seemed to get weaker, and the least
change in tlio weather started tho coughing
again. Tho last cold was the most severe of
and homo treatment did no good. A friend
told mo about Aciccr s ungusii ucmcuy. i
got a bottle, and you nover saw tho llko of
tho way it acted. Bcforo thobottlo was cone,
1 was well. My throat felt as strong and well
as count ne. rjinco muii uuvu mm u i
trouble I think Acker's English Remedy so
that ft easily resists tho changes in tcnipera
tUre,OUUltlUlUl!) uimiutuiisuuuiuuua vu.
iirnin Cauiiii: ScilWAli.
231 Gold St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sold nt 25c, 50c. and $1 n bpttlo, throughout
tho United States and Canada ; and in Eng
land, nt Is. 2d.. 2s. 8d., 4s. Cd. If you are not
satisfied after buying, return tlio hot to to
your druggist, and gut your money back.
JIV authorize the above ouaantce.
n: II. UOOKKR A- CO., J'rovrictort, tow York.
FOK BALE UY
Blakeley & Houghton.
Washington, Dec. 7. The project for
a 40-foot channel at the mouth of the
Columbia river was submitted to con
gress toaay. it cans tor an appropria
tion of $2, 531,140 and has the indorse
ment of the en?ineirs and the secretary
of war. It propose to extend the pres
ent jetty a distanceof .three miles, pro
ducing a scour whicll will give a channel
forty teet deep and ot ample width.
The project wasprdmared by Captain
W. C. Langfitt, whoA'ter giving con
siderable stud)' to the question, has con
cluded that a mid-tide etty, while cost
ing less'than a high-tidl jettyfwill give
jusfas satisfactory resulqs.
' It will be necessarv to bake extensive
repairs to the exietlng .ietty and ap-
proacneB Deiore me woriaon me exien
sioti can be taken up. 'it is pronoseld to
have the work done under the direction
FORTY FOOT
CHANNEL
Project for Improving the Columbia
Submitted to Congress.
of tho United States engineers, material
to be furnished by contract, and labor to
be hired.
J-
Catarrh C'uuuot bo Cured
with local applications, as they cannot
reach tho seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and
in order to cure it yon must take inter
nal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on
tho blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
It was was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years, and
is a regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh, trend for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo O.
Sold by drruggints, price 75c.
Hall's'Family Pills are the best. 12
Republican Editors to Mett.
Hn.Lsnoito, Dec. 5. Notices over the
names of President D. M. C. Gault and
Secretary W. J. Clarke' have been eent
out calling the annual meeting of tho
Oregon Republican Editorial Association
for Monday, February 5. The meeting
will be held in the Chaniberof Commerce
assembly room in Portland, at 10 o'clock
iu the forenoon. The business coming
before tlio association is the election of
officers, the consideration of matters af
fecting the papers represented by the
respective edltore, and determination of
n plan of campaign to be obseived iu the
political couteste to be waged in 1900.
As a cure for rheumatism Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide repu
tation. D. B, Johnston of Richmond,
Ind., has been troubled with that ail
ment since 1802. In speaking of it he
says: "I never found any tiling that
would relievo ino until I need Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. It ucts like magic
with me. My foot was swollen and
paining me very much, but one good
application of Pain Balm relieved me.
For sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
Boers in Rear of Methuen's Ariuy.
London. Dec. 8. The war office has
iust issued the following; No further
news has arrived from Methuen today,
but the following has been received from
the Orange River station :
"A railroad culvery was blown up
near Graspen this morning. The tele
graph lino was also cut. Guides report
heavy firing of guns toward the north."
The foregoing implies that the Boers
have a line of coniiyunication behind
Methuen, which apparently is now
fighting.
It takes but a minute to overcome
tickling in the throat and to stop a
couh by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. This remedy quickly cures all
forma of throat and lung troubles,
Hanuless and pleasant to take. It pre
vents consumption. A famous specific
for grippe and Ha after effects,
My eon live been troubled for years
with chronic diarrhoea. Sometiino ago
1 persuaded him to take some of Cham
berluln'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. After using two bottles of the
25-cont size ho was cured. I give this
testimonial, hoping some one similarly
afflicted may read it and bo benefited.
Thomas C. Bowek, Glencoe, O. For
sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Watts "What was the worst storm
you ever encountered?" N. Peek "I
think it blew nt the rate of about 300
words a minute." Indianapolis Jour
nal. Bill "Bob opened one of his wife's
letters." Jill "Does she feel hurt
a"bout it?" "Does she? No; but he
does. You ought to see his head."
Yonkers Statesman.
1'arkei "A man doesn't have to die
in battle to save his country." Collins
"No; that's true. Some could serve
it just as well by dying quietly nnd
peacefully at home." Town Topics.
Squire's Daughter "Good morning,
Marjorie. How are the twins and what
names are you going to give them?"
Marjorie "Well, miss, we've decided to
call one 'Kate' and th other 'Dupli
fcate.' " runch. ...
J. he .Motive rower hat makes tne
autocango, papa?" aslted'the boy. "Atu
V .wiT ...... ii.ii.ii. M
ent, "It islhrood, stiff capital that is
being ydured into the concerns. " Phil
adelnhia North American
vLf2-''5- Beenwed "I could never under
stand how Mrs. Spadefnce managed to
marry such a hnndsomc man." Mr.
Beenwed "I should think you would
be able to figure it out from your own
experience." Columbus (O.) Journal.
Prison Visitor "Remember, my man,
always try to do right." Convict -1-1 1-44
"That's what brought me here." "Im
possible !" "No, sir; I knew n fellow
named Wright, and I tried to do him.
Now I'm doing time." Philadelphia
Record.
Dick "How neat Tom always is! Ilis
linen always looks as if it had just come
out of the drawer. And yet I am told
that Tom can't get the money together
to pay his laundry bill." Jack "That's
the reason he can put on a clean collar
every day. He couldn't do it if he had
to pay for his washing." Boston Transcript.
SILVER PLATE IN STOMACH.
The Ilcsult of Shell Wnnnil
eclved by New French Min
ister of War.
Re-
Gen. De Gnllifet, the new French
minister of war, who has excited uni
versal admiration by his repression of
unruly army ctlicers, is remarkable for
wearing a silver plate over his stomach
in place of the tissue with which nature
supplied him.
The general was terribly wounded ct
the siege of the Convent of Guadeloupe
during the French expedition to Mex
ico, in 3S03. A shell carried away a
large portion of his stomach.
He explains that his experience as a
sportsman then stood him in good
stend.
He had often noticed how when a
hound was gored nt n boar hunt he was
not sacrificed or shot, but his intestines
were replaced and the skin stitched up.
When, therefore, he recovered con
sciousness he himself describes how he
collected all he could and made his own
way by himself to the umbulance ns
rapidly as his shntterd trunk would
allow him to do. His wound was tho
object of universal sympathy; his com
rades fetched snow from the moun
tains so as to keep him at the proper
temperature; the empress herself or
dered him to recover, nnd he then mnin
tniued he could not, ns a man of gal
lantry, refuse to obey the orders of
such a lady. He had to replace what
had been lost by a silver substitute.
Manv other stories arc told of his
daring; how to win a wager he jumped
into the Rhone on horseback. Ho well
did he establish his reputation that Na
poleon HI. at once said: "Dourot repre
sents virtue, but Gnllifet represents
bravery. 1 believe that he, like Bay
ard, could easily defend n bridge by
himself against all comers." N. Y.
Herald.
All peisons wishing to take children,
either hoys or glrls, for legal adoption or
on indenture, should write to W. T.
Gardner, superintendent of tho Boys'
and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon, at
Portland, who can procure for them de
sirable children of all uges. All applica
tions must he filed in advance. tf
Thirty-Ninth Regiment Reached Manila.
Washington, Dec, 8. General Otis
reports the arrival of the transport
Olvmpia with the Thirty-ninth infantry,
one battalion of the Forty-ninth infantry,
and so mo recruits. Nocaiualties on tho
voyage,
"
New
Styles
In Dress
Skirts
Opened Today.
STYLE i,
If
II
rv garment strictly high grade
nian tailored. We mention three
numbers hero.
STYLE 1. A circular shaped skirt,
made ot n worsted in pretty small
grav check; made with babtt
back, scalloped panel front. ,
$6.50
New shape, French back, black
serge skitt
$4.75
STYLE 2.
STYLE 2 Made of a splendid
quality black broad cloth, stitch
ed panel front, habit back, good
quality black percaline lining,
corded velvet binding
$7.00
Coats
..For the Babies.
AT SPECIAL CLOSING-OUT PRICES.
Every baby in town should have a new
Coat nt these extra price inducements.
Coats made of Flannelette, Flannelp,
Cashmere, Boucles and Eiderdowns; in all
Unlit and dark colors, plain stripes and
piaids; aro trimmed in braids, others in
ribbons, Lamb's-wool, Swan's-down and
Angora Fur.
$1.25 ones nro now selling at $ .83
$1.75 " " " 1.22
$1 95 ' " " 1.87
:i 25 " " " 2 33
!t3.90 " " " 2.05
$4 50 " " " 3.29
$5.00 " " " 3.54
A. M. Williams & Co.
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lowing tchcitule, the Cnmuiiiy nerving tho right to chnugo
bcheitule without notice.
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