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THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1900.
ISO 142
LACK OF NEWS
CAUSES ANXIETY
Tension Caused by tie Passe Greater
than Any Time Sins War Began.
WAR OFFICE
IS BESIEGED
Generally Rccogiii7f'l That the Boer
Position, if Ever Taken, Can Only
He Captured at Tremendous Cost
More N'cws From the Doer Head
Laager.
London, Jan. -1. -I p. in. The ex
treme tension caused by what may ho
justly designated the most anxious pan to
ninco tli war bczau has not been relieved
up to tin) tlniii of this wilting pave the
daily etock exchange rumor, which to
day happena to have been started by the
bulls, wno assert that General Warren
li.is captured Spionkopf.
Anxiety in regard to news is visible on
all sidt-H. The war ofliee was besieged
at an early hour this- morning, and the
ciube and other resorts liable to receive
early news have been crowded with
eager inquirers. It is generally recognized
that the Boer position, if ever taken, can
only be captured at tremendous cost.
London, Jan. !M. A dispatch from
Pretoria, dated .January 23, somewhat
mil pi idea the dispatch of January 22,
from the Boer head laager, cabled by the
Associated Press last evening. It says:
"Four or five times during the day the
British replaced their wearied' soldiers
by tresh outs. The Boer casualties to
date are one killed and two slightly
woundexl. Our men are in excellent
spirits. There is a large slaughter of the
liritish. General Botha !b now in sole
command, General Cronja Laving been
sent elsewhere."
The same dispatch, evidently referring
to the situation at Colenso, says:
"Ono of the large Boer Maxims was
temporarily disordered, but was toon re
paired. The Britisli north camp ia in
confusion. People are observed treking
aimlessly iu all directions."
As the afternoon progressed the excite
ment 011 Pall Mail reached a high pitch,
but the war-otilee officials reiterated at
tli'JO p. m. the olt-rcpeated statement
that "Nothing lias been received from
General Buller." The suspense was in
creased by tile belief that'General Buller
Mould never have published his intention
to attack the Boers at Spionkopf unless
satisfied that theaesault would be carried
out before the news could bo published,
and it wus fully anticipated that tlio
news of his success or failure would
reach London in a few hour?.
The cabinet ministers called ut tlie
war ofllce after lunnh to ask for news.
ltublird llio (Irave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, Is narrated by (him as follows;
"I was in a most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eves sunken,
tongue coated, palu continually in back
and sides, no appetitegradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi
cians had given tne up. Fortunately, a
friend advised 'Electric Bitters' ; and to
my great joy nd aurprlse, the first
bottle made a decided improvement. I
continued their use for three weeks, and
am now a well man. I know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try them.
Only 50u, guaranteed, at Blakeley A
Houghton'a drug store. 6
ArteiUu Water at XOO ITect.
1'KiNKviMV) Or., Jan. 20. While bor.
log their well, from which to supply the
city with water, II. V. Gtea A Co.,
struck artesian water this afternoon.
When down 200 (eet a continuous flow
of clear, cold water was obtained.
Jrli la Hlooiu, Fruit Hud Uuritlii.
Moniiok, Or., Jan. 23. Fruitgrowers
in this vicinity nro somewhat worried
about the spring-like weather of the past
week. Fruit buds on eovcral varieties
oi trees are swollen, nud a few more
ttarm days would cause them to break
open. Several specimens 0 the beautiful
iris (commonly called Urn flag or flag
lily) arc in full bloom, while instances
of fully matured small fruit are not un
common. It has been several years since
such an open winter has come upon us.
Yesterday, the government thermometer
here registered 67 degrees in the shade.
OLD ISSUE TO
BE DUG UP
Southern Democrats Fall Back on the
Race Question.
Washington, Jan. 2.".. The pending
bill in the senate is that fixing the gold
standard, yet the digcussljn teems to be
on every other subject. The talk has
been on the Philippines and on the
negro vote of the South. This is most
significant, Southern senators, knowing
that the policy cf the Demociatic party
on the Philippines is unpopular, and
and that the silver question in the South
is dying, have turned their attention to
the revival of the race question, the
never-failing issue, to solidify the Demo
cratic parly by rallying to it the white
vote of the South. At several Democratic
gatherings in Washington it became ap
parent that neither upon anti-expansion
nor .the free-silver slogan could the
party bo united. Witb a higher price for
cotton, with prosperity beaming on every
hand and prospects of enlarged markets,
the Southern Democrats find it difficult
to harp upon silver and anti-expansion.
This is why there is so much talk these
days on the race problem in the South.
The old subject is to be wotked for one
mure election, and it is hoped that it will
return members to the house and legit
latutes to re-elect senators. By being
gragooned and forced, some Democrats
are compelled to antagonize the ex
pansion policy, but for the inoet part
the fighting is left to men without a
party, like Pettigiew and Turner, who
harp at and ubiuo the administration.
Others content themselves with Betting
up "negro domination" and poanding
away at it.
Cntarrli Cannot be Cured
with local applications, as they cannot
reach thu seat of the disease. Catarrli
is a blood or constitutional disease, and
iu order to cure it you must take inter
nal remedies. Hall's Catarrli Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on
thu blood and mucous eurfaces. Hull's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
It was was prescribed by ono of the best
physicians iu this country fdr years, and
is a regular piescriptlon. It is composed
of the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood puritleis, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients ia
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Ciiknky & Co., Prop., Tolodo 0.
Sold by drruggista, juice 7fio.
Hall's Family Pills are the best. 12
Wind and Hleec Sturm.
Gkkvaih, Or., Jan. 23. This section
was treated to an unusually heavy wind
storm last night, commencing about 0
o'clock and lasting into the night. It
uprooted a few trees and laid low some
fencing; but otherwise no damage was
done. The weather turned oil cold, and
sleet and rain fell profusely all night,
while this forenoon cold rains, ac
companied by snow, fell. It is beneficial,
inasmuch as It retards the development
of .fruit buds that were beginning to
enlarge. .
"One Minute Cough Cure is the best
remedy I ever used for coughs and
colds. It la uuequalled for whooping
cough. Chrlhiren all like it," writes H.
N. Williams, Gentryvllle, Ind. Never
fails, It is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results, Cures
coughs, colds, hoarness, croup, pneu
monia, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles. Its early use prevents
consumption.
If you want pure and fresh drugs you
can buy them at the P. 0. Pharmacy
Clark & Falk, proprietors.
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Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome
OVl KWO POWCIH CO.. HtW YORK.
ASSASSINATION
WAS ATTEMPTED
Choked a Woman Nearly to Death and
Fled at Her Screams.
Coi.K.v.v, Jan. 22. The sheriff's in
vestigation of the assault make early
Sunday morning on Mre. M. S&xton, at
her home southwest of Colfnx, disclosed
the fact that it uas not a burglary, but
1 an assassination mat was auemptea.
When Mis. Sexton fully recovered her
senses, which was not until late Sunday
afternoon, she told the following story of
the assault :
Shortly after midnight Sunday morn
ing she heard someone enter the room
in which she was sleeping, witli her
little son. The man reaching the bed
Bide, seized her by the throat, at the
fame time saying: "You won't escape
me this time, you ," choking
her and apparently feeling at his side
for a knife or other weapon. Mrs. Saxon
says that she struggled desperately,
striking at the man's face, and endeavor
ing to tar ins hotfds away from her
throat, but does not think the marked
him in any way. Finally, for a moment
she tore her throat from the man's grasp
and screamed for help. Apparently her
assailant recognized her voice, as he at
once loosed his hold, sprang back and
ran from the room and house. Mrs.
Saxon and the little boy were the only
persons sleeping on the lower floor, and
a minute or more elapsed before one of
the older boys ran down the stairs. Then,
by the time a light was obtained, Mrs.
Saxon fainted, and, recovering, remained
uiiscotibcious unly long enough to say:
"Hechol;ed;me,"i)ointing to her throat,
which was turn and swollen, with the
marks of the fingers plainly showing.
The shock and her injuries brought on
an attack of heart failure, and for several
hours her death was momentarily ex
pected.
No motive for the attempted assassina
tion is apparent. Mrs. Saxon, the
victim of the assault, ia a woman of
mature years, who, so far as known, had
not an enemy.
"I urn Indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. It cured
1110 of lung trouble following grippe."
Thousands owe their lives to the prompt
action of this never failing remedy. It
cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis,
pneumonia, grippe and throat and lung
troubles. Its early uso prevents con
sumption. It ia the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results.
Yuur I'ace
Shows the state of your feolings unci the
state of your health as well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in a pale
and sallow complexion, Pimples and
Skill Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak and worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance you should try
Acker's Blood Elixir. It cures all blood
diseases where cheap Sarsuparillaa and
so called purifiers fail ; knowing this we
sell every bottle on a positive guarantee.
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
Hi JUade Uer liappy.
"I have but one ,rule that I follow
absolutely Jn this life, and that is to
make pther people as happy as poMible."
" Well" ebe replied, "you ought tq be'
gratified, tiep, at what I heard a young
lady eay the other day."
"What was that?"
"She.sajd IhM whenever alio sw you
dancing .she had to laugh." Chicago
TimeiIlerald.
.WINTER TRIPS.
For winter residence or winter oiling
ideal conditions will be found on every
hand in California. Plenteous early
rail) fall has this season given to the
Powder
semi-tropical vegetation wonderful im
petus ; the floral, offerings are more than
usually generous and the crop of
southern fruits bountiful and excellent.
Old ccean possesses new charms at
Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Long
Beach, Coronado and the enchanted isle
of the sea, Catalina where fishing,
boating, rambling, riding, hunting and
loafing uay be enjoyed as nowhere else.
Quiet little spo'.;, enug and warm,
offer themselves' al Montecito. Nordhoff,
Pasadeui, Echo Mountain, San Jacinto,
Fall Brook and Palm Springs.
For renewing health and vigor, here
abound many hot springs, of widely
i varying constituents and demonstrated
j merits; the dry, ant I tic, tonic air of
1 the desert may be enjoyed at Banning,
Indio, Yuma; and, even fartheron, at
Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, exists con
ditions equally well indicated for weak
throats and limes.
Many think nothing in nature more
attractive than the shimmering olive
orchards of Santa Barbara nnd San
Diego ; others prefer the stately walnuts
of Ventura and Los Nietos, or the
lemons of Fernando; but for glorious
fruit and graceful tree commend us to
tiie golden orange, first, last and always,
and it exists in greatest perfection at
Covina, Riverside, Kedlands and High
lands. Equally interesting is the
scientific and tempting fashion in which
the sorting and packing of the orange is
here accomplished.
The faithful were exhorted, to see
Mecca and shufile off; but wiser gener
ations will see California of the south
and prolong life. tf
' FREE BLEEDERS,
A Curlona Tendency That Manlfeat
Knelt in Otherwise Ammrently
llcnltli)- l'cr.iuni,
Anionc the members of some families
there exists a curious tendency to 1
bleed profusely from the slightest in
jury. An insij..ifUnnt out on the finger,
or even a pin scratch, will sometimes
bleed (50 obstinately as to almost en
danger life, iind many subjects of this
strange condition do actually bleed to'
death from trivial wounds, which in
11 healthy person would not cause five
minutes of discomfort.
In addition to the importance of ,
haemophilia, as the affection Is called,'
as 11 menace to life it affords a most in-j
tcrcsting study in heredity. The dis-'
ease runs in families and is transmitted j
front one generation to another accord
ing to a curiously complex law.
it affects the male members of tho
family almost exclusively. The chil-J
dren pf n man who is a "bleeder" often '
show no tendency in thenisehes to tho
loss of b)ood from slight wounds, and
his sons' children arc likewise free from
th trouble; but the mule children of
th) daughters are again bleeders. Thus
the mules of the family in every sec
ond generation suffer, yet the tendency
ir transmitted In the female line.
Tills looks like a malignant effort
011 the part of nature to preserve the
tendency from extinction; for were it
transmitted only through the male line,
the boys and men only being bleeders,
the families would soon die out and
the disease with them. As it is, the
tendency persists through many gen
erations, one family being known in
which it litis been evident for more than
two centuries.
Except for nnnemia due to repeated
hemorrhages, bleeders usually show no
signs of 11 health. They do not often
rench ml ill t life, but when tlicy do they
gradually outgrpw the disposition.
Boys who suffer from this condition
arc almost plvynys covered with black
and blue spots, the slightest tap on the
skin often resulting iu n pew discolora
tion. A wound is not nlwnys necessary
to bring on tie bleeding, and profuse
nnd even fntnl hemorrhage, perhaps iu
the form of npse-blced, may sturj sifd
daily without apparent cause.
The treatment of an nttnok of hem
orrhage in a bleeder is the same as that
for any other person; but it must be
more energetic. Tho boys iu n bleeder
family should of course nlwnys be un
der a physician's care. Fortunately the
number of such families, iu this coun
try, nt least, is small. Youth's Companion,
SOMETHING
that -will
interest
the
Men Folks
SATURDAY...,
Particulars
in this space
tomorrow.
IfLMIWIB.
STEAM LAUNDRY.
Dewey white wash? Yes, and wash white. You can
Havana thing washed at the Steam Laundry. The
Maine point is quality and the
Merritt of our work is such that people go
Miles to patronize us. Our prices are not
Hobson's choice, but the standard rates, which are not
Cevera high as some people think, and we want to
C-U-B-A customer of ours..
Corner of Third and Federal Street,
'Phone 341. THE DALLES, OR.
C. C. COOPER,
MASLTACTfKEK OF
High-Grade Stock Saddles
and Shop-Made Harness.
di:.u.ki: is
Tents, Wagon Covets, and all articles usually
kept in a first-class harness shop.
.'Miposlte
Moods1!, Warehouse,
THE DALLE?,
For Nearly Two Years
Unable to Lay in Bed
"lit my capacity as druggist, in Buffalo, N. Y., I have the best opportunity
to judge of the merits of many different remedies. I am in close touch with the
sick, who come into my store for medicines, and most of them tell me how they
are getting along. Ut all the Hun
dreds of preparations which I sell,
not a singlo ono begins to give as
much satisfaction as Acker's Kng
lish Remedy for Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pleurisy and
Consumption. I sell it on a dis
tinct guarantee that it will cure,
or the purchaser's money will be
returned. This is a perfectly safe
guarantee, because the remedy
does cure. Nobody wants his
money returned. Its cures are
nothing short of marvelous. Take
the case of Mr. A. H. Gilbert, for
instance. He lives at No. 5 Carey
street, Buffalo, N. Y. For more
than three years he had a bad
case of asthma, and had been un
able to lie down in bed for nearly
two years. Ho camo to my store
and asked me what to do. I said:
Take Acker's English Remedy.'
He said he had tried other reme
dies and didn't think this would
lielp him. But he thinks differ- -smw
cntly now, Three bottles fixed his asthma all right. He could sleep and eat
after taking them, as well as when a boy. He was cured several months ago,
nd is well yet, so I am certain his trouble is gone for good. You can write to
Mr, Gilbert himself, if you doubt my word. Ho will go further than me iu prais
ing Acker's English Remedy." (Signed) S. B. Thorns, druggist, Buffalo, N.Y.
Sold at 35c, 50c. and $1 a bottle, throughout the United States and Canada;
and in England, at is. ad,, 2s. 3d., 4s. 6d. If you are not satisfied after buying;,
return the bottle to your druggist, and get your money back,
Ills authorise the above guarantee, II'. II. JIOOk'Kli J: CO., i'lvprietori, .Vu J'ori.
For Sale by BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON.
This Stamp a Guarantee
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OREGON.
of Quality.
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