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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1900.
NO 183
FREE STATE'S SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT
iciMlfU Is Expbcted to Be Occnplea
By Riterls May,
RELIEF COLUMNS
NEAR MAFEKING
Garrison Cannot Hold Out Much Longer
All is Quiet in Natal Cronje
ami All Paardeberc Prisoners Will
Sail for St. Helena on March 15.
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EVERYBODY
Knows the merits of the
COLUMBIA
HARTFORD
$50. $35. $25.
Many new features for 1900 which you cannot afford to overlook.
J'iiiT , March ". A dispatch from
llliiunifuitein says that in vie of the
military tit nation, tho seat of govern
incut may In: removed to Kroonstaadt.
LoiiAThi, March 8. Colonel Piumer's
force reached here March 0. It ie be
lieved only a single bridge southward
hfls beun destroyed, and that, otherwise
the rail road is lutnet within five miles of
Mafekini. i'l inner lias already dispersed
several Uoer police posts in the neighbor
hood, and ie actively pushing his ad
vance pouthward.
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HAY-PAUNCEFOTE
TREATY IN CONG RSS
Both Democtats and Republicans Will
Favor it as Amended Other
Countries Oppose.
A. M. Williams & Co.'s Store News.
ADVANCE
SHIPMENT OP
Spring Jackets
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CArn Town,
Plumcr in now
Mafeking.
March 14. Colouel
within forty miles of
London , March 14, p. m. A few hoars
may bring Important dixpatcbea from
Lord Huberts. No word has come from
liloemfonteln today, although sharp
fighting io believed to have occurred
linco thu Commander-in-Chief was last
heard from. London confidently expects
the occupution of tho Orange Free State
capital will occurr today, as previously
forecasted.
In thu meantime, attention turns to
Mafeking. The hamlet of tbo plains can
scarcely hold out much longer. The news
0! Colonel I'lumet'a approach has given
ubatanee to the rumors of its relief, but
those bout Informed are inclined to tblak
the relief is more likely to, become ac
complished by Colonel Peckban's column
from Kimberley. Private advices have
set forth that Colonel Plainer baa almost
Wen up hope oLocco-Bplishing, any
thing more than harassing 'the Boers,
though oince these were written, it is
stated that the diminished pumper of
tns investing force mar bare rendered
Plomera tusk more, feasible.. , r
Judging from the lack of news every
thing la quiet in Natal wbUe. from Her
tthel eouiua the statement that the total
collapse of the insurgent colonists is im
minent. Generul Cronje, according to a Cape
Town special, sails for St. Helena on
March IB, accompanied by all the
Paardebeig prisoners.
Cecil Rhodes is suffering from catarrh
of the stomach, and is unable to tail for
England,
Natal dispatches recount that the
Jrsateit Hatisfaction ia felt there at Lord
Baliabury'a reply to the Boer Presidents'
Peace overture. A dispatch from Pieter
tnarittburg, published in the second edi
tion of the Times, says:
"The reply, especially the last para
graph, relntiiig to independence, has
ton received in Natal with a feeling of
at relief, and Is dispelling all doubts."
A private dispatch from Johannesburg
- been received in London, 'dated 6at
"lfty, March 10, contradicting there
Ports that the mines are flooded and all
Jm machinery broken, and asserting
"t all ib well.
i,lr,meu toiing Courage.
Koiuit Yakima, March 13.-Alth3Ugh
"heupgrowpra of Central Washington
nvo not given up thought for an open
ofMt rttorve, it is admitted that they
J 'Wwulng much discouraged, and
lu.09t without hope of success. A
JUw received by the mttm' of the
woolgrower Association, from Con
Mmtu Jones statad .that Mr. Jones
"W rtpeutedly called upoa the Secretary
JJttlBf the refervf tliisy.ar, but bad
ye been able to go over tbt entire
"twlth Mm, AtblilMt vlsjlt fat
found the Secretary inclined to he im
patient mid unwilling to discuss the
matter.
Prominent sheepmen here have been
talking the subject over today, and have
wired Senator Foster to learn if in bis
opinion it would be advisable to send one
of their number to Washington to pre
sent the case to the Secretary. Several
laige flockowners have already made ar
rangements to move to Montana, where
free iaoges may yet be had. A repre
sentative of the Great Northern was In
town Saturday, and it is said he offered
free transportation from Spokane to
sheepmen who desired to go to Montana
to look up new ranges. After shearing
time a number of them will avail them
selves of the offer. If the reserve is
oocned at all. it must be very soon, as
the season is so far advanced that sheep
should be on the ranges within a few
days. '
Itrinarkaula Cures or ftheumatlira.
From the Vindicator, Rutherfordton, N. C.
The editor of the Vindicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Chamber-
Iain's Pain Balm twice with the most
remarkable Jesuits In each case. First,
with rheumatism in the enoulder from
which be suffered excruciating pain for
ten days, which was relieved with two
application! of Pain Balin, rubbing the
parts amictea ana realising miiam
benefit and entire relief in very abort
time.'. BeconuTJn rheumatism In thigh
joint, almost p'ros'trating him with severe
pain, which was relieved Dy two appli
cations, rubbing with the liniment on
retiring at night, and getting up free
from pain. For aale by Blakeley a
Houghton.
Adopt bjr the Uoun.
Washington, March 13. The last
legislative step in the enactment of the
financial bill was taken by the House of
Representatives today when the con
ference report on the bill was adopted by
vote of Teas, ICC; noes, 120; present
and not voting, 10. The Senate bad al
ready adopted the conference report, so
that it only remaine for the President to
affix his signature to the meaeure to
make it a law. Representative Over
street, the author of the bill, will take it
to the White House tomorrow , and the
signature is likely to be affixed soon
thereafter.
When the session opened, a number
of minor bills ere passed. Grow (Rep
Pa., in a personal statement, denied
that he had ever said in a newspaper
interview that the Puerto Rican bill
"was an outrage and robbery." Then,
under the order previously made, the
House proceeded to consideration of the
conference report upon tho financial
bill.
Vulcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but skin eruptions rob life
of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures
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Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts,
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Only 25cte. a box. Cure guaranteed.
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Blakeley A Houghton, Druggist1.
Rev. W. U. Sit'rer, W. Canton, N. Y.,
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yearsand tiled doctors and medicines
without benefit, I was persuaded to use
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Chicago, March 13. A special to the
Chicago Record from Washington says
There is no doubt that the senate will
ratify the Hay-Pa 'ncefote treaty, re
voking that part of the Clavton-Bulwer
treaty which affects the Nicaragua cana
with the amendment adopted today by
the committee on foreign relations
which provides for the insertion of the
following :
"It is agreed, however, that none of
the immediately foregoing conditions
and stipulations in sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and
and 5 of this act shall apply to measures
which the United States may find it nec
eBsary to taue tor securing uy its own
forces the defenses of the United States
and the maintenance of public order."
With the exesption of Senator Morgan
the amendment was supported by all the
Republicans and Democrats on the com
mittee, nnd Senator Jones of Arkansas
Bays it is acceptable to the Democratic
side of tho senate.
The position of the European govern
ments upon the amendment will not be
known until the foreign officers have
considered its scope. Several of the am
bassadors have conferred together on the
subject but as they bad not received in
structions in reply to their cables thev
were not aathorized to speak definitely
as to the attitude of their governments
It would not be surprising, however,
should some oppositim develop.
As soon as the treaty is ratified the
bill authorizing the construction of a
canal across Nicaragua will be pushed to
a vote in both houses, and conditions
are favorable fonts passage.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and
in order to cure it you must tf k? inter
nal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on
the 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 tbe mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients ia
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. Chenxy & Co., Props., Toledo O.
Sold by drruggists, price 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are tbe best. 12
So Klght to Ugilnclt.
The woman who ii 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 has con
stipation or kidney trouble, her impure
blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complexion.
Electric Bittera ia the best medicine in
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kidneys and to purify the blood. It
gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
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at Blakeley & Houghton's drugstore.
Dull Headache. Pains in various parts
of the bod, Sinking at the pit of the
stomach', Loss of appetite, Feverlshness,
Pirn pies' or 'Sores' all positive evidences,
of impure blood. No matter how it
became so It must be purified in order to
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Elexir has never failed to cure Scrofulous
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One span of mules, IS years old) for
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