eljc Dalies
VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER :0, 1900.
NO. 401
LEADS PURSUERS
A MERRY CHASE
Dewet Occupied Dcwetsdrop on Friday
List, Looted the Town and Evaded
Capture Boers Hold Strong Positions.
Cum: Town, Nov. 20. General Knox,
by h rapid march of twenty-six miles-,
not in front of General Dewet, placing
himself between the Boers and the
Orange river. Dewet is now believed to
hi! going westward to join Hertzog at
lioomplautze.
Colonel Pilcher had a stnnrt skirmish
Tuesday, November 27th, with purl of
General Dewet command, which was
convoying loot captured at Diwetsdorp.
The Boers retreated, abandoning n por
lion of the loot and a larire number of
homes. Former President Steyu and
General Dewet were in close proximity
to the scene of the flghtirg, but they
eluded the ftritieh.
London, Nov. 29. In connection with
the luovomentB of General Knox report
ed in the dispatch from Cope Town,
Lord Roberts, in u message from Johan
nesburg dated Wednesday, November
i'Slh, Bays General Knox re-occupied
PeivetBilorp November 20th. The Boers,
lie added, hull attacked the plt.ee No
vember 21st and the town had engen
dered November 24th. General Knox,
at last accounts, whb pureu'n,; the Fd
eral enmmaudo.
Lord Roberts also repot f that various
columns found the Boers holding strong
positions in the vicinity of JlarriBtnith,
J'hillipopolls (both in the Orange river
country) and other widely separated
pointa. The fighting, bow ever, was of
little importance.
So far hh known here President Steyn
is not wounded, although reports to the
contrary have leen circulated.
A t rightful lllutidrr
'VIII often cause a horrible burn,
scald, cut or bruise, Buoklen's Arnica
Halve, the best in the world, will kill
the paiu and promptly heal it. Cures
old sores, fever sores, ulcers, bolls, corns,
felons uud all skin eruptions. Best pile
cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by G. C. Blake
ley druggist. 1
THANKSGIVING.
ly Komi liy nil KIrIiIIi (Smile I'lipll
of Tin, IlHllrH I'lilillc Srlnn.U.
j Thiinksgiving day next to Xmn, is to
American children, the most important
I event, of the year. With if 1 ml hearts old
and young sit about the blazing family
j fireside, and tell with song and jest of
the blessings, fioiuujnst and merciful
God.
The custom of keeping Thanksgiving
day, rs handed down to us is a custom
of L-rent antiquity ; and is supposed to
have originated from the law of Moses.
For the Jews bad a cuBtotn and were ac
cuBtorned to celebrate a plenteous harvest
by public festivals, Because in that
country of sand and desert, good harvests
did not make their Bppearance every
year, and droughts being of a freight oe
enrance, therefore when they had a
harvest they bad a very good reason for
rejoicing.
In Knglnnd it waB not introduced un
til the discovery of the Guy Kawkes
plot, which was an attempt to blow up
the bouse of parliament.
It was probably introduced Into this
country from Holland by the Pilgrtmt
in ll'i.'l, the gathering ol the lirst harvest
being u time of great rejiicinj among
th Pilgrims. Governor Bradford set
nnirt it day to give thanks to God for
the bounteous harvest and the blessing
j which they had etij yed during their
first year in the land where they had
come to seek religions freedom from the
restraints of the old world governments.
Thus from lining practiced in their little
colony, n 1ms become a national custom
and even- year the president iesues
his jroelam ttion setting aside -the last
Thursday in November as a day if na
tional thanksgiving, and President Mc
Kinley in his proclamation stated "It
has pleased Almighty God to bring our
nation in safety and honor through an
other year. The works of religion and
charity have everywhere been manifest.
Our country, through all its extent, has
been blessed with abundant harvest.
Labor uud the great industry of the peo
ple have prospered beyond all precedent.
Our commerce has spread over the world,
our power und influence in the cause of
freedom and enlightenment have ex-
! leaded over distant seas and lands. We
j have been generally exempt from pesti
! lence and other great calamities, and
I even the tragic visitation which over
whelmed the city of Galveston made
i evident the sentiments of sympathy and
j
in il .1 .III miM'ti'H ' 'j
AVfcgclable Pr cparaiionforAs
similaling llieFoodandHegula
ling Hie Stomachs andBowels of
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Promotes Digcslion.Chccrfur
ness and Itest.Contains neither
Opium.Morpltine nor Mineral.
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Apcrfecl Remedy I'orConslipa
Uon , Sour Slonuich.Diarrhoca
Worms .Convulsions, Fcvcnsh
neas find Loss ofSleep.
Facsimile Signature or
N10W you if.
CXACT COFY OF WRAPPER.
Bears the A.
Signature VVjLr
rv In
fljp Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
THC CWTUW OOMMWi HW IP CITY. '
SILK
BAND BOWS
an elegant nssortment of dark
and fancy patterns, worth 25
cents each; this fr
week A.JKj
Thanksgiving Week
SPECIALS
Manhattan Shirts, (tjj C
this week, the $1.50 quality 1 I U
The above announcement is strong enough in itself
to crowd our shirt department with eager buyers. Fast
events furnish proof. There are some 100 shirts all in
stiff boBoms, of fine imported percales and rradras cloth,
in a gooil variety of patterns, including all sizes from
14)j to 1" neck any shirt in lot 1 R
good value at $1.50; this week tJJ J. X KJ
Thanksgiving Neckties
An especially attractive line of batwings, narrow
four-in-hands and bows have arrived in time to add to
the attractiveness of our Thanksgiving offerings. Ordi
narilv we would mark the four-in-hands 75c and the
tour;.11: 50c and 35c
Hoods and Fascinators
All at REDUCED PRICES.
In this sale are included our entire stock of ladies',
misses' and children's hoods and fascinators at the fol
low ing special prices:
19c, 39c and 64c,
including styles worth from 25u to $1.00.
Ladies' Flannel Waists
Reduced to as Low as Half and Less !
A good assortment of styles; some plainly made,
others trimmed. Materials areflannelettee, mercer
ized Baleens, henriettas and French flannels. Eleven
different iline8 divided into three different lots,
75c, $1.50, $2.25,
representing styles worth from $1.25 to $1.75. Sizes
from 32 to -i'2.
MEN'S and BOYS'
Winter Caps
in drop-band Golfs and Bright
on? ; good -10c. and IjOeCxps;
this week, choice
each
25c
Fancy Neckwear.
mm
Ladies' silk stocks and jibots, fancy
bows, etc., a magnificent collection of
our best styles on sale this week at the
following special prices: three lots
95c, $1.45
and $1.95
representing styles worth from $1.25 to
$3.75.
Ice-Wool Squares
in cream, ivory, pink, blue and black ;
three lots
40c, 75c and $1
respectively, representing our special
prices on styles worth from 50c to $1.75.
Boys' Reefer Coajts,
Reg. $3 Qualities Special
8.15
Reefprs are preferred by most youngsters to the
Overcoat, for cold weather wear. Equally as warm as
an overcoat and much more convenient. We select two
of our best numbers for special selling this week : $3 00
value, blue boucle cloth Reefer, double-breasted, velvet
collar, well lined, three to eight years ;
special this week
Same in a tan striped kersey.
$2.15
Men's Fine Trousers
Worth $3, $4, $4.50 For
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Not another store in town shows the vaiiety of extra
Trousers we do. In inakint: our selections we luu'e paid
special care to the pattern as well as to the cloth ; the
result perfection ! t-or thi" week, ttie tpt styles in
thi-i vast stock at $3.o0, $4.00 and $4.o0;
vour choice at .
$3.00
Boys' Vestee & School Suits j5Q IE
Regulap $2.50, $3 and $3.50 Styles at (jJIMU
The privilege of picking the best styles of our $2.50,
$3 00 and $3 50 Bove Suits at $2.15 ia well worth
looking after. For this week only, your tffcO 1 K
choice at V'''
A lot of
Ladies' and Children's Jackets
at half former price..
A. XVI. WILLIAMS COMPANY
Christian charity by virtue of which we
are one united people."
On nest Thursday, in accotd with t lie
nresident'e proclamation, all the people
of the United States (business being sus
pended) will meet at their homes and
niaise God for the many blessings be
stowed upon them during the past year.
We have many things to be" thank
ful for for the home, for our many
ftiends, for business prosperity; far
more than tha Pilgrims had when they
landed and built their wretched huts
upon tha bleak auu Darren coast aim
dared to brave the dangers of Isew Eng
land and of pioneer life in the new
world, and with Whittier we might ex
claim :
Once miiif tho liberal year IuuKlit out
O'er richer htnres tlmn gems of koM ;
Onee more Willi harvest mmik and shout
Is. Nature'h bloodies triumph tokt,
Our eoininiin mother tests ami highs,
I Jkv Hutu iiiiimiK her uarueuu mimes.
Her lap Is lull of Booiily thiii!K,
ller brow Is brown with autili
th autumn leaves.
Oh
.tonvo .'.in r .11 mill limV '
i iii i t.i r,k t.-lth ti I ii it ml sunshine sent !
The bounty overruus our due,
The fullness shames our discontent.
Then let these altais, wreathed with UuMcrs,
And hlled with fruits awake at!iiin
ThanUsKivlni; for theKoMen hours,
Theeaillcrand the latter rain!
A MkIiI f Ten or.
"Awful anxiety was felt ior the
widow of the bravo General ISurnhuiu of
Machias, Me., when the doctors said
she could not live till morning," writes
Mrs. fe. II. Lincoln, who attended her
that fearful night. "All tliouuht she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but she
begged for Dr. King's New Discovery,
saying it had more than oucu saved her
life, und had cured her of Consumption.
After three small doses she slept easily
all night, and its further use completely
cured her." This marvelous medicinu
is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest
and Lung Diseases. Only 50c und $ 1.00.
Trial bottles free at Hlakeley's
drug store. 1
You can't alloid to iMc your life by
allowing a cough or n cold to develop
into puoumouiti or consumption. One
Minute Cuugh Cure will cure throat and
lung troubles quicker than iiny other
preparation known. Muuy doctors use
it as a specific for grippe. It is nil in
fallible lemedy for croup. Children like
it and mothers endorse it. Sold by
Clarke & faik's 1 0. riiartuuyy,
It lluiipeui'il III n DniK Mure.
"One day last winter a lady came to
my drug store and asked for a brand of
cough medicine that 1 did not have in
steck," says Mr. C. K. Grandin, the
j popular druggist of Ontario, X. Y. "She
I iua ,lluu,,-int,tuil nrift ivflntpil In know
what cijukIi preparation I could recom
mend. 1 said to her that Icould freely rec
ommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and that she could take a bottle of the
remedy and afler giving it a fair trial if
she did not find it worth the money to
bring back tho bottle audi would refund
the price paid, In the course of n day
or two the lady came back in company
with a friend in need of a cough medicine
and advised her to buy a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough liemedy. I consider
that a very good recommendation for
the remedy." It is for sale by G. C.
Blakeley, the dtUktuist.
Mm. ricKurtl Itorroweil a Convict.
CiucAdo, Nov. 2S. A special to the
Tribune from Columbus, O., says: In
order to immediately secure valuable pa
pers belonging to her dead husband, the
late Colonel F. J. Pickard, a civil engi
neer, who died a fewdavs ago, an export
safe blower, now a convict in the state
penitentiary here, was loaned to Mrs.
Pickard bv tho Warden long enough for
him to open the strong box in which the
important papers weie kept. Tho entiro
affair was kept secret, und the prisoner
was conveyed through thecity in it closed
carriage to the safe, which ho blew open
and was returned to his cell before day
light this morning.
All private papers were locked up in
Colonel I'ickard's safe, tho de.id iiuiu
alouo having known the combination.
The town wbh searched in vain for an
expert to open the safe, and tho novel
plan of securing tho services of a burglar
was adopted. It took the convict 12
minutes to open tho safe,
Mokl Tea positively cures Sick Head
ache, indigestion and constipation. A
delightful herb drink. Removes all
eruptions of the skin, producing a,perfect
complexion, or money refunded, 25 cts
und 50 cts. Hlukeley, the druggist.
Paint your house with paints that ara
fully guaranteed to lust. Clarke & Falk
have them,
MISSISSIPPI JETTIES.
They C'oxt If .'.0,000,000, mill .imv Are
1 1, lie Turned Over to I In"
vc Ml III I'll t.
"The Kails jetties, in the south puss
of the Mississippi delta are now ready
to he taken over by the government,"
said Kstell Melienrv. of .St. I.nuis, one
of the administrators of the Kuds es
tate, to a Washington Post man, "The
',' years that the contractor was re
quired to keep U'li feet of water tlow
iiif,' throiijrh the south pass hue now
expired, uud every condition of the
contract has been complied with. Ily
the terms of the recent net of con
gress the government may assume
control of the works by puying over
to the Kails estate the $."iCtl,('0 yet re
maining of the contract price, This
will be done as soon as a purchase
price for the plant has been agreed
upon and other details cleared up.
It is not likely that nuy obstacles will
come in the way of u linal settlement,
as it is provided that the price to he
paid for the plant, which is outside
the contract price for building the Jet
ties, is to he fixed by arbitration in
ease of a failure to agree.
"The Mississippi jellies are among
the most gigantic engineering- feats of
the world, costing in the neighbor
hood of .f.VVioo.om), and making a l'ii
foot ehuunil out of u st renin where
there was' formerly but eight feet of
water. Tills has made of New Orleans
it port for the largest among ocean
going: vessels, where otherwise only
the smallest of craft could have
crossed the bars,
"The Kails jetties, however, while
they are up to the spceilientions of
the contract, will not meet the needs
of the future. They are nlready build
ing vesselt, that draw :H) feet of wa
ter. 1 1 is now proposed that the gov
ernment shall build Jetties in the
siuthwest pass that will make of il a
channel with water for i'veu larger
1 1 1 it 1 1 :iil-foot draught esscls. The
southwest pass has now only nboul
eight feet of Miller, the silt llie Mis
sissippi brings, down Inn ing tilled up
eight feet of it since the Kuds jet
lies were built, 'JO1 y ears ago."
Ah i:i'cilliin Iii Hie llule.
First Oltien I know he has been ac
cused of corruption, hut a man should
he pronounced Innocent until he's
proven guilty.
Second (.'Itli'ii Oh, nonsense! He's
a p.Utidau.- I'u-.'li.
C. until Ileraotateit liy Tiiliion.
New Yoitic, Nov. 28. Advices have
been rec lived from Manila that the Isl
and of Gu mi was visited by a terrible
typl oin November loth, which wrecked
hundred of house', among them the
headquarters of General Schroeder.
The towns of Indrnj.ui and Terraforo
were swept away and it is estimated that
hundred of the native population in va
rious parts of the island met their deaths.
The coco unit crops were rendered abso
lutely worthless and tho vej elation of
the island was killed by salt water. 1 he
storm cama up in the forenom anil
ewept across tho island with amazing
rapidity.
You will not have boils if vou take
Clarke & Falk's sure cure for boils.
From a
G. A. R. Man
"My attack of miller's Asthma wa-i very
had. 1 was afraid to lie down at night foe
fear of smothering. 1 couldn't get my breath.
No matterit all the
doors and windows
in (lie house were
open, it seemed as
it there was no air
and thai 1 limit
surely smother to
death. Mr. W. It.
1 Lung, ol thNcIty.f&v
nil cil 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 , -1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 tiM
to Acker's Knglish "ty
, l . ri1 1 vJ
m-uu'iiy mi i iiuutb
und Lung Trou
bles. 1 thought lit
tle ofit hut bought
ahiittluiiitliehopes
that it might help
mo a little. Itgaui
, mo woniieriui re
I lief, aili'.tl.esecond
1 bottle cured nui
I I'linitilcf civ. Mv io.
rovcrv is permanent, too, At ever since T
! hiivoiuil had the slightest return of my old
enemy, I consider Acker's Kuglish Iteuii ily
! by longoild-, the best medicine in tin) world
for hacking coughs, asthma and bronchitis.
I It completely mailers tluu stubborn ilis
I caos that many people wrongly suppose to
I ho incurable. If Millerer.s will just try a sin
gle buttle, it will prove every word I havu
I said, and more, too," (Signed )
John 1, I'.l.l lOiT,
Oiinnnunder.lohu Megarah Post, No. III'.',
1 P.uthiud, Midi.
Solilat:!.'e.,,rAaiidi?l a bottle, throughout
tho United Slates and I'anailii: and hi Kug
land, at Is. '.'!. , '.N.lld., la. lid. If you are not.
sitlslicd after buying, return tho hot t lo In
youi'druggist, and get your money back,
IIV ixHlhoriii' Ihe uliitif iiuiiimilte. ,
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