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VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 11, 1900.
NO 205
II
MENTS FORWARD
Boers How Control All of Orange Free
State East oftbc Railway Awl Are
Active in North Natal,
SITUATION
AT MAFEKING
Ilocrs Arc Continuing Their Fight
Against Brabant at Wcpcncr and
Have Two Thousand Men on the
V.iy to Spritigfontcin.
Ladymmitii, April 10. Heavy firing
wae heard thin morning in the direction
of Sunday Itivor. It continued for a
fun- hours. No detail,) of engagement
have been received.
I'iKTiiiiMAitn.iiuita, April 10. Heavy
cannonading commenced this iiiorning
in the vicinity of Elttndslaagtc.
1!i:tiii'i.u:, Orange Free State, Monday,
April 10 It Ib expected the Boors will
endeavor to retake und dettroy the
bridge over the Orangn river. Con
Ei'ipiunliy, extraordinary precautious
liuvuliceu taken. A force of Boers is
lucntud twelve miles ennt. Ah a mutter
ol fact, the lloera practically again hold
the Free .State oitBtward (if the ruilroud
ami uru greatly encouraged by their sue
CMdi'B at HeddorBborg and Korn Spruit.
London-, April 10. Tho Boer attack
on General lira bunt 'a force nt Wopener
waB resumed ntdnwn today, Tho cnemy'B
attack on two or three Hides on Monday
lasted until 2:.10 in the afternoon, when
firing reiiHed and it wan believed tho
enemy had been heateu ofT, but it was
announced thia morning from Aliwul
North that fighting had again been be
gun. Urabant'e force, uninberlng form 2000
to liQOO, holds positions in n rough
country. It is not known what the
numerical strength of the Boers is, but
wliutovor it may bo, it is being rnpldl y
augmented. A body of 2000 is inarching
towards Springfontoin from Smithllold,
between Wopener and Bpringfontoin.
1'VuiiIh in the southeast portion of tho
Free State have paused the Eighth
division, which had been ordored to
Fourteen Streams to bo diverted to
Sprlngfontein.
The mysterious movements of troops
ot IMoeinfontoin nro proceeding. News
papers' correspondents nro not allowed
to telegraph their destination, aud tho
pereniuptiou is that Roberts Is making a
disposition ot troops to cut oh" tho raid
ing lloer forces when they try to with
draw to tho northward from the pursuing
Hritluh columns.
llenppenrancu of tho lloeis in tho oc
cupied country has caused a revival of
tl'o warlike feeling among tho Freo
Staters of tho Faurosiiiith uud Phliippolle
districts. Federal ugentsare busy, getting
tlutailB of surrendered Boers, und, owing
to the Irish garrisons being withdrawn
'foin these districts, tho British residents
"ro uneasy.
Hours uro reported to liuvo vontured
south of lliggarsberg, and to be posting
heavy gnus four miles north of Elands
'angle. Thoy are also said to be forti
fied in the vicinity of WeBsolsnok.
(iotieral Garriugton has reached Cape
Town and is going to Boiro, Portuguese,
'iwt Africa, forthwith.
The war ofllco proposes to land at Capo
Town before the end of May 20,000 horses,
flioy will bo convoyed there in twenty
weo stenmors, sailing from New
Orleans, Buenos Ayres und Austrullnn
ports.
Hopurt oMMumer'i right,
Hum.uwayo, April 3. Colonel Plutner
enaiied th0 Boers between Katnath
abamn and Mafeklng on Marcli 81. The
"oerB appeared in considerable force six
julles fiom Mafeklng, and to prevent bo
nK outthuiked on both sides, Plutner
u to withdraw on Raroathlabama,
itjwcqnently retiring to his base camp.
110 "B"Roment lasted three hours, Rud
tpsxmtamtA 'An .i jet
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the retirement waB carried out in good
order under n heavy fire.
The above diBpatsh is the British
version of the defeat of Colonel I'lumer's
force, announced April 5, in a dispatch
from Lourenco Maiques. A dispatch
from Gaberones, dated April 1, gives the
British losses in tho abovo engagement
uh killed, three ofliccrs and seven men;
wounded, three oflicers and twenty-four
men ; missing, 11.
Munition at Alnfeklnc.
Bl'M.uwayo, March 31. Colonel Baden-Powell
wires from Mafeking, March
21, confirming the report that the Boors
had been pushed back so far that the
town wits comparatively out of runge of
tho musketry. He concludes with say
ing: "All promises well for eventually
cutting oil this force of the enemy, if we
can hold Shyman here.''
.loliu It. Mul.onu Climierd Ills Mind.
New Yonic, April 10. A Washington
special to tho Evening World says : It
Ib asserted this afternoon, on what seems
to be good authority, that Admiral
Dewey has decided to withdraw as a
caudiduto for the Presidency, aud that
within n few doys he will formally an
nounce his decision. His brother-lu-law,
John It. McLoan, is alleged to be re
eponbible for this latest move.
Within forty-eight hours, Dewey bus
been in consultation with Democratic
leaders and others antagonistic to Presi
dent McKinloy, and tho opinions they
expressed, together with the unfavorable
views voiced by tho newspapers, decided
him, it is aeserted, to withdraw from
the contest.
Nut u Wlol.ld I'Uoe.
Washington. April 9. A defense of
the administration of aU'airs at Manila
is contained in a report just made to the
wnr department by Chapluiu C. O.
Pinmo. This officer particularly antago
nizes tho ex-Chaplain of volunteers who
has been severely crltitclslng tho morals
of the American troops in tbePhilippincp,
making charges of wholesale intoxication
and telling of the enormous increase in
the number of liquor drinking Baloons
in Manila. The Chaplain declares that
the figures as to the number of saloons
have been perverted; that the American
saloona took the place of nn untold
number of native gin shacks which dis
pensed liquid poison with deplorable ef
fect upon the American troops, and that
the substitution of the regimental
canteen haB resulted in an improvement
in the sobriety of the troops. Chaplain
Pierce also speaks in terms of praise of
the reformation of sanitary conditions in
Manila, resulting iu genera! improve
ment in health.
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REVISING THE
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Important Legislation to Be Brought
Before Congress.
Washington, April 9. The most im
portant piece of general pension legisla
tion before congress, that of revising the
pension act of June 27, 1890, and other
general pension laws, was passed npon
in a tentative manner today by the
bouse committee on invalid pensions,
and the sense of the committee talcen on
reporting the bill to the house and plac
ing it on tho house calendar for early
consideration. The revision has been
advocated by delegations of the chief
officers of tiie G. A. R., and Pension
Commisesoner Evans has been heard at
length on the subject. Tho committee
decided today totaka the bill of Senator
Gallinger as a basis of action, and to
make Beveral amendments.
The details of the changes are not
made public for the present, but it is
understood the most important of these
increases the age limit on which pen
sions are to be allowed and fixes a slid
ing scale between the ages of 62 and 70,
viz: ?0 at 02 years, $8 at 65, $10 at 68,
and $12 at 70. Another important
amendment increases from $90 to $250
the amount of annual income which a
widow may have without forfeiting the
right to n pension. As amended, the
bill is to be reported, but Chairman Sul
loway is given considerable latitude in
the matter, in order that an opportune
time may be chosen to secure practical
results in the house.
Chilli Scalded tu Death.
Ashland, April 9. A distressing fa
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miles south of Talent, Saturday, the
victim being tho '2.-year-oltl daughter
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