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PKNDLKTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OkiEttON, TUESDAY, MARCH VI, 1900.
NO. 3740
i His
M Mil Fair
n. $1.00 Map of Cape Nome,
88 cent.
Stationery Values
ew iinr 01 invitation cards mnl enve
lopes, 18 and 25 rents,
prtng shades of fashionable station
ery, 15 to ,4c a box.
ndy Department
out for the monpy. Mint, Winter
prppn, Lain oo and Lima Drops, Or.
auge ami oiicrry rii hates, rpgu
'Jfir h pound; liprp fur lHc.
ials
4" and HOC Steel Buckles for ladies
!T at 38 cents.
Mew i nr. 1 en Seeds itt half price
tHorv Hi tlie I li 1 1 i pi tine Islands," rcg
tilar fur l.i)."i
Foldinu Lnneli liases, o!d regularly
fur 2(j tn 3V; here for 24 cents.
Bicycles
A few dniiniiiers' samples of lead tin- i
wheel which we oiler at a disc unt.
Second hand Bicycles, 4,0U tip.
they're Here
her
Hart.
Our Superb line of
I .allies' Tailor-made
Suits.
Dress Skirts,
Jackets.
Petiicoats,
Silk Waists.
The most important gathering of the kind ever shown in
Pendleton
Not a promiscuous medley of indifferent merchandise, hut a
magnificent stock of car. fully selected garments of the very
first order.
You will find them strictly fiist-class
in workmanship up to the very
highest standard of fashion and ex
ceptional values.
They are on exhibition Come and pee them.
Frederick nolf Alexander & Hexter
Subscriptions taken for leading
papers mi I niaiaincs.
The Boston Store
New Spring Merchandise.
Percales and Ginghams will be as popular as ever this year, and Organ
dies, Dimities. Linens and Cords are to be very much in favor. We're told
II this by an authority who we think is good. There's nothing more pretty for
outdoor wear. Some of the prettiest patterns we have ever seen are in the
Boston Store's showing. All that we ask of you is to come and see for your
self, and even if you don't buy, you'll feel repaid by the beauty of the
showing.
Latest Arrivals.
Infants' and Children's Jackets
Hisses' and Ladies' Jackets
Ladies' Capes
" Dress Trimmings
Del Is and (j loves
New Dress Materials
New Silks in blacks and fancys
New Shirt Waists
New Silk Waists
New Tailor-made Suits and Skirts
Until Further Notice.
The balance of our Curtain pieces, about
125 pieces, in White and Ivory,
25c and 35c each.
Pendleton's Big Store.
Lumber
Shingles
Posts
And All Other Kind of
Building riaterial.
A tug slock of hard woods on J
Hand
All orders I jr mill work prompt
ly executed.
Plans and estimates furnished on
tiuildiuj; Cost of construction j
guaranteed.
I Pendleton
f Planing Mill and
Lumber Yard.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Three Frenchmen have arrived In
. u ,.rk and will attempt t go to
the Klondike by automobile from
skaguay.
Captain Joseph v. (leiray, II, s. a..
retired, is dead at Boston, and tv3.
His body will I taken to Arlington
cemetery, Washington, for interineiit .
Tile interment of ex-Senator Oochcl 's
remains occurred nt Frankfort, Ky.,
Monday. Bvorjr move of this kind
ten 1 to keep the people Inflamed over
the political situation.
The Ptwtwgoeue nuthoritles nt Luoren
jo Matt net, at the request ol Greet
Itritnin, have arrested four GefOBBBB
bound tor Pretoria, with arms and
letters of Introduction from Mr. Ix-yds.
The people of Porto Hi CO will mvre
tn Is- Hit lor nianv Bionihl to come In
the center of the Island there is noth
ing to out and conditions nro Worse
than at any time since the hurricane
of several months nco.
While playing with a revolver,
Richard F.ssig, in Chicago, seven years
old, shot his mother in the abdOBMn,
The wound will probably irne fatal.
I he father ol the lmv made a invent
of the revolver with the cartridges to
the Imiv.
Another rclinerv haa beef oloaed at
Brooklyn, N. Y.', by the Inter Trust.
which is a step further In the determ
ination to tniso the price of sugar.
Foltr large refineries haVC DeM eloeed
and aliit :HHl men thrown QMl of eni
ploytnent .
Chief Wilke, of the Secret Service, is
informed oi the arrest at Philadelphia
of K. K. lirinnrll. of the dlshurslng
otrlce at Sun Francisco, who is charged
with drawing bogus ihecks on Dm
United states ueatory to the amount
of 110,000,
SIEGE OF BLOOMFONTEIN
PLATT A. PRESTON DEAD.
French Occupies Two Hills Command
H the City.
LORD ROBERTS RAPIDLY ADVAHCIHG
Indications (bit tho Boers Will Make Strenu
ous Resistance Robtirts Is Onlj
Eighteen Miles Any.
for infants and Children.
CaHtnria is hanulses eubetitute for Castor Oil, Pare
Korlc, Drops Mud Hootliiug Hyruua. It la 1'N-iu.ant. It
con Ut ilia in ii in i Opluui, Otorpkluo nor other Nai t io
Hiibatauoe. It deatroye Worms und alluya FeveriMtiueaa.
It cures DUutIiii-u ami Wind Colic. It relieves Teeth
ing Troubles uud cures Coustitutiou. It reKubttea the
Ktoniaoh ami Howeis, irlviiiif healthy uud iiMturavi sleep.
The Children's PatMMMaV-The Mother's Frteud.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS.
fair is ladng held this week in
Portland by the Dongri ejatloti Aharla
Sholoin, a Jewish society.
F". A. Udell has been apsiinttsl re
ceiver id the Mutual I iivestinent com
pany at Tiicoma. There are no assets.
Kugeiie (icnnoiKl, one of the most
widely known pioneers in Spokane,
shot himself with suicidal intent this
morning. He bus u righting chance for
recovery.
News bus reached Astoria (nun Tilla
mook of the loss of the schooner I, ilia
and Mattie, which has Is'en wrecked at
the iiiiiuth ui lillamook buy. I he crew
w us saved.
Frank Savage was drowmtl m ar As
toria while rafting logs jii Sutnr.lav.
lie aai M yean old and it is thouiflit
he bad relative! In Albany, The body
wan recovered.
The Inland Telephone and Telegraph
Company has been refused a right o(
wav for ili- iMile line aeroa the
Yakima reservation by the commis
sioner of Indian uffuirs.
I. X. Smith, sr., olOakvillc, Marion
county, died at the a:e .it !SI VOare, He
ciime to Oregon from lowu in IH7H.
He left a wife and several sons, among
them Dr. Smith, of Salem.
Mrs. Kichard Hrn lied Sim lay at
her home on Young's lilver, BOOT As
toria, from the effects of a stroke of
paralysis. The deivasi-d was lH yeurs
of age, and left it husband uud one
daugb ter.
Two prinom-rs giving their names as
Ji- Casey and Frank U-ouurd resi'
tively are in the jail at al Tekoa,
Eastern ffathlnetirn, awaitino trial on
a churge of hiirglury prelern d by the
f. It. iV N. com puny.
bforley T. Bryere, private aeretary
to pTeelaeol c. s. Mellon, of the
Northern PaeUtC railwuy, died Btuda
night ut his home in the New srt Huts,
from pneumonia, aged 30 ears, auys
the t. I'uul I i lobe.
Cyrus Stewart dioil ut bis home in
Honth Salem Sunday of the grip lie
ceawsl was Isirn on (be Atluntic (Icean
whilu his parents were en route from
boot land, id rears uko. He Iuih lived
in Salem alsiut huvcii years, und wax a
sooner bj oeenpatioeii He left a wife
and one step-child.
The Ogdoaji Peoetsllo. Bio fi rands
ami Oregon short Fine baseball Isaau
held a meeting at Suit Luke and Ik r
fected an organ I .at ion tor HHMI. The
mime of the leugue bus not Ihtii de
cided iisn yet. A meeting w ill he
bold in Ogden next Sunday to etloi I
umpiri's uud urrangu u schedule of
games.
Tho total nuiiilM-r of contagious di
seases resjrted ut the health ollico in
Portland luring Psbruary was .si.
Dipbtherle led tin li-t Ith 80 CUse to
itn eredili while scarlet loVOf cume
next, with 17 raaes. There wi re sevun
oaeej oi typhoid lever, tbres ol
obiekenpoXi two of nMoales uml two of
ameJIpos,
Bears the Signature of
i n.AAunm'A d:ii
OUHl H UK HI AO AO H
London) March IS. Lord Roberta Ii
mukiuit a very rapid advanco and he is
again misleading the Boers b OOntlnn
tug to advance southward intead
throuirb the tint country due east
Aavogisd country. He will probably
seine the ruilwuv south of Itlocmfou
tein and although another battle is
i oss i I le, it is more likely that the
Boon are oulv endeavoring to delay bis
advance until all rolling stock of the
ruilwuv and stores uml troops from the
Orange Itiver district cull lie gotten
away, Such oonfldenoe is n w felt in
military Operations Hint interest
rat her centers in tbo Political asK'cls
of the war. The Daily New qOOtW
Whitelae Held as saving in u private
letter:
"I give our hearty c. mural ulat ii ms
on the changed snoot ol the war. it
is an immense relief to us all as well
us to you. "
"This vtW" njfB the Daily News,
"is welcome, ns expressing, w ith the
unusual meaenn of antnority en
lillhtciieil public feeling in the United
States. "
Kxceid in the caw of tiermany, re
nlies of the powers to Boor aps'iils for
intervention ure not yet known publicly
here, hut it is quite certain that Aus-tro-Hungar
uud Italy will decline to
interfere und there is no apprehension
that anything w ill come of overtures
of t he t wo repllbl ies.
All the morning papers lake the line
that the government will decline niion
negotiations w ith 'he Boer republics
except Ipon a basis of complete sur
render and will also make it perfectly
clear that iiolhm.' i i the shais' of
foreign intervention 'ill he tolerntml.
Krone 0 Btalna lha Sals.
London, March Fl. The war oAos
has Motived ' dispatch from Koherts
announcing (hat after a tight w ith the
I loan Ire ich occupied two bills oloOS
to the station commanding Iths'iufon-
toin. An additional dispatch from
Roberts says "W ure now about
eighteen mAei from Bloom (on teln. The
cavalry division is astride the railway
six miles smith of iBiMuiifonteln, There
are ,'I'JI wounded. About sixty or
seventy are killed or iiiisi ing. "
Robert.' Advance Delayed.
London, March ii i.onl Roberto1
actual entry into the Orange Free State
capital seems likely to In- ilel.n.-l
until tomorrow, as his statement that
he Is gong to reinforce French is utdl.
ration o( the oppocitiofl that bus been
encountered on the ontsklrtl of the
town, though the statsmeni that the
Itritisb cavalry leader has switl0M
which SQmmenfl tin- situation, leaves
no doubt that Occupation will Siecdiy
Imi efteetisl and with it will accrue to
the British Important captures of sun.
i in- ii
may ls that the IWra imiv make
I renin his resistance, which will Roi be
overcome until Itohertx' main army
catches up with the cavalry.
Dlee Suddenly on Sunday In Oalvaeton,
Texae.
Walla Walla, March 13. The 00100
of this morning says: A telegram was
received at Waitsbnrg Sunday snnounc
ing the death in tinlTeston. Texas, of
Hon. putt v. Preston, which occurred
that date. Mr. Preston for many years
POO Mod in the city of Waitsburu. this
county, ami was one of her Hunt
honored and influential citisens. At
the time of his death he was on a visit
to bis brother, Calvin, of Qelvootou,
accompanied by bis daughter. Him
Margand, whom he had south (or the
improvement of her health.
lion. Piatt A. Preston was Isirn in
Saratoga. New York. Nov. I. 1MH7. At
the age of 111 he went to Omaha, el. .
and Joined his brother, William, in
the ferrv business. He niinisl in Oolo
rado, Montana and Idaho for Home
your with indifferent -n - In I.Hl',i,
"J lie settled at Waitshurg and with bis
ol i br, it her Itaiittlil lln WumIi i nut, in iihIIm
oi S M. Wait mid engaged in milling.
merchandising and . ,. . . lie
was mayor and councilman id Waits
burg for many years, and severs-! times!
BOERS MUST GO IT ALONE
o
The United States Is Alone la Offer
ing Mediation.
AMD SALISBURY DrXLIRKD KVFJ THAT
France Will Not Take Ike InltlttiTt, tad Ger
many Rentes lo leddle la tat If
rain of Other Halloas.
u mem's'r ol the territorial legislator!
He sras rise ten a senator m the tirt
state legixlature, where he served Si
chairman of the DOtnmltU u -l it
penitentiary. He was an earnest rr
puhlicnu and was one of the I. i-1, i . .
that parly in Walla Walla onunty
lie was a charter member "f uaits
Inirit hslife No I, . r A. M , at its
ortfiini.a! ion in 1871; w as its tlrst
master, re-elected in IHT.'I, IS74 and
IK7f. Was elected grand msstef ol
Washington in IK7II. Was a churtcr
member Ol Bovul Arch Chapter of
Washington No. L nrganlaad at Walla
WSIIS in IMS..:. um a charter member
of Washington Commutnlcrv No I
Knights Templar oi Walla Walla, al its
organisation in 11 itiveivisl the
Scottish Kite degree,, up to ami includ
ing the thirty-second in IM7H.
Sir. Preston left two BOM and twi
daughters who reside in Portland. Or
Mrs. Preston died several years ago
WAR IN KENTUCKY.
and a
1 he Situation There la Improving
Settlement May Oeeur.
Frankfort, March 13. --The situation
hero shows radical improvement from
lh.it of ti bourn ago. Public atcite
lie nt worked up to the highest pit
Dy the arrest id Secretary of Stale
Powers. Catiiin lais ami others ac
ciisect oi mmpuciiy mine sssassins
T 1 1 .11 ol iiovernor lull.. I mill l.v rum. r-
among republicans that hasiil organ
111 1 ui 1 1 11 til ol iinM rimr l le kliam was
to attempt to take .. . . . . , o tin
slate liuililiugs or arrest ImoTiinr
Taylor, uud umong the democrats that
the atale militia would attempt lo ar
rest uovemor iieckbum, died sway ui
most entiraly when it became avidenl
then was in. intention oi Initiating
hiitlhlles Nevertheless, great iiueasi
ness exists, esiss ially anions repuhli
runs uovemor Taylor bus been urged
by aevi ral republican leuih ra to re
move the seal of government to London
for the present where he would la
Hiifcr from poeslblO arrent, but it im iiii
dentood he ban refused to take such
net ion and will remain in Frankfort
until the federal courts have Dually
paused on the disputed governorship.
Isillisville, March Ft. W. F. Hale
lipp was arrested Ibis afternoon on u
charge of i .inxnirarv. Ilael im. is al
i i . , .- r . . .
not priismers Howeu r, it " f""" '" 'mpm aiwi in a
,,. iinr-ui-r i iiii , ,- ,, i.ii.,... r 11 ,
steward of the Central asylum.
BALFOUR
Hie Simeinenl
1'HlllelSKS.
of Com-
ln thu Houee
mom.
Fomloii, March 13. In the bouse of
oommoni today Mr Balfour, the lirsi
lord of the treiiHiiry, replying loaqUOS
tioo as to whether oMsietantly w ith
public inleresls, lie could state I be
essential conditions on which slous the
government would entertain aaee pro.
ixisuis from 1 1 1 - Smith African repnb
in, prom lean ihat panen In thin eon
mi iiou would nhortly ! preeeatod to
the house.
Being asked if there was any founda
tion for the mgntl that President
Kroger bud addressed a communication
lo the government, Mr. Balfour
reiterated bis promimi thai pupers
Is'uriiig on this tubjeet would I., lire
can ted to the hours- within a snort
lime
It in learned that the papSTf prom
land by Mr Balfour will bt preanatod
tomorrow and will coullriu in every re
"is-ct Ihe ni'S. rallied by the Ansoi luted
1'resn Friday last, thai the peace
rumors were founded on the fact thai
rtesbjenl KrngeV ban aps ab l 0 Ford
Salisbury for a cesiuttiou of lo nl il it n,
selling forth ul length by cubic, the
ti-rms whiih he was willing to accept,
and also that the i -aided dn-palel
tin premier wus signed by
Frankfort, March 13. All apprehen
sion of further trouble um.areiillv die
appeared when the two noneeeee the
Isglslatan aaei today without aaoleaoa.
lion from the state traons, Taylor re
fusisl all interviews taslay, but prom
inent repuhl nans assert emphatically
that Taylor will remain in Frankfort
und continue the tight until the illles
llOO of Ihe governorship has liei'ii
! finally .i -. ! apOOi
THE SITUATION
IMHHUVES.
Honolulu Tor
No New Laeet or Plasue In
Three Daye.
San Francisco, March The
steamer liaelic brings Ihe following
advices from Honolulu, under date
of March . 1 No hew eases of plague
have denmloped 'or three daye, One
new case is reported from Kahului
Maim The situation In this city i
heller than for a month, neprenoata
lives of various insurance cniuiiuillea
have dei hIikI not lo pay liwiim build
in g- deslroyisl b) the civil aulhoritleo
in an effort lo olaiiip out the plague
Many claim, will Is- made ugalnst Ihe
government for losses maintained in
lire.
P.
mud met Uu magtc e a weatr J
utuuiut h uati dimuwdmred liver, i
Ui cui.iu.4 al ovuls,l ell Uiue smh. J
Six y tfiJTzL
aT a4W dW essger AUM. .eaaSSBtW M AW sasigfB-- f AT
In Use For Over 30 Years. jSkA
saaaaananannanas . jfLi 1
rtr1 lei SI. tei I Sill
sUinn & BI.Kk and e hell i.i.m deoul. -i- euns iisssm i 'ana
President i defeated J
sieyn as well ii. I'residsnl Kruger,
CONbHKSSIONAL NOTBt.
Allen
0. P. Thempeon Rleelsd.
rtliind, March 13 ihe result of
the M'hiHil dlNtrtl't election ill this
tolcitv yestenluy was, I), p. Tboaanaea
I - rllib y by u very hand.
Room Kate
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Vut eale by hiuon a aUa.'ouuu, rwiullotoa.
Conlerence Report In the Houee
onr. a Rseolullon.
Wu.hi Hiton , Man h Fl. The boOSO,
alter iusing a nun, I., i ol minor bill
i.-i.n pio. .ii i n. iln i ..m-nh rate n
i.t Uie conference ri...n on the in. an
rial hill.
Alien Sllll rsvori Pree Celnaas.
W a-l, ins-ton Mar. I, I I In the aeii
ate, Allen, rising to a ipiexlnui of
oru ilege. Mild he hail leen lulsreiire
sentisl by the newnpuis-r rorn i-,n.b-nl
who r. ,..n.-. he bud ahuudohed the
free eoiiiuge of cilier, which WUH not
iln case. Allen was loliowsd by
Butler witii a peraoiiyl statviueiit coii-
ceming a slinllar matter.
A Rstolulles by Allso
Mr. Allen of Nehrasku olfertsl thu
billowing resolution which wan iumusl
"That the iirenideut he rcuuested, if
not ilicouiiatlioiu Willi llle puonc in
terest, to Inform thu senate whether or
not any communication bus been ro
ceived by this government from its
conaiiler repreaeotutivo al Pretoria em
bodying Ihe requests of the prcnidchtn
of thu South African republics for
mediation or intervention with a view
to ending the war now in orogrosa Ihi
tween these republics und (trout Brit
ain as reported in the British dis
patches, uud if not incompatible with
the public interests, bo will furnish
the senate will, a copy of such com
munication oi communications. "
Senator! Will Causui.
Washington, March 13. Tho republi
can senators have decided to bold a
. uncus (or thu aettleiueut of differences
upon tho Puorto Kican ijuoatiou.
some majority.
THE nit! in
No Uere
AND liHUOU.
"lbu
Kleslng The Bias The
on Her PalsTuI Osy.
wedding ring complete,.
Slide
tin
i iln ile, typleal us s u,,. ring hh. ii
tin- perH tuily ol the compact," writes
Mrs. billion Kliigsluud, in the Manh
Fad Home Journal, "Inside (be
ring always a plain, gold one an en
graved the initials ol brids and bride
grisuii, and Ihu dale of the marriage
It ie plucisi on Ihe third linger ol (I,,
left hand Iscaiine of the fanciful
SOnne It that from that linger a nerio
pose nlruigbt lo ihe heart.
"ome suy thai the. word 'i.U-y' in
tint marriage nun.- is an anai liroaUUU
und holds only thoeo who nhOfaSJ lo be
bound, but American woim u do not
often feel their cbuiun In some
province of Ituaala the bride's father
giwn her a littlo cut with u whip.
Which instrument ol correction he then
preOWntl l0 tlu- g m for future emer
gencies. "The kiss, formerly given by the.
young husband to bia bride after the
words, '1 prOUOUUOa you man and wife'
for which so many rehearsals were
necessary bus gone out of fashion.
"It ia a tilno-hoiiored observance of
Isindoii, March 13 The Fnill
States government, at Ihe nspie.t of
Presidents Kruger and Steyne, has
offered to the British government its
services as misliator Ford Sslishurv
has not yet replied bat there is little
doubt that he will decline the United
Slates' goisl oflices.
Our Oood Otflcei Not Wanted.
Lond Mar. hi The United sutes
charge d'affaires, Henry White, .aw
Ford Salisbury' Ibis evening and re
cened a formal reply from Ine British
government declining the gi.. -r t i
of the United Slate-in regard to is. ace
The interview was very brief, the
premier Bonflning himself to a iNmrte
i hi h verbal . led mat ion, w ithout enter
ing into detsils.
Germany Usellnse.
DarbOOi March Fl. The Transvaal
having ap.'iihsl to Germany for media
tion or intervention in the war with
Great Britain. Oejraaaay has repiiisi
that she .lis lines to interfere, as she
is in no wav concern. il in the conflict
Berlin's Anewer to Kruger.
Berlin, March 13. It Is semi-oltl-dally
announced that when the Orange
Pros State and the Transvaal addressed
to a number of larger and smaller
stale" a re.pie.tfor friendly mediation,
the Oat Man government replied that it
wmild willingly participate an condi
tion of a certainty that both Isdliger-
cnts desired it.
franc- Will Keep Hende 0IT.
Pari-. March 13. In regard to
Franc's altitude in the mutter of in
tervention in the Anglo-Transvaal war,
an ..tibial said: "France certainly will
mil take the initiative in offering Kng
hmd medial nni In the present excited
stale of public feeling in F.nglaud any
step taken by the Trench government
would defeat its own object."
Creel Britain's Ultimatum.
London. Miircb 13. In the house of
lord- lo dav I ... r. I -all-bury read the
British government 's reply to Presi
dent. Hteyns and Kruger Tl includ
ing sentence is as follows: "lleriusj-
estv a govc rumen' can only answer
your honor', telegram hv Having it is
not prepar.il lo assent to the nideis. mi
en d either the .nilli Airmail
republic or the Orange Free Stale."
South Ames's Piss Tor Psaee.
I,. mi.. ii. Murch II The lint tel.-
ci. im senl bv Kruger sud Steyne to the
Mur.pns id Salisbury aaya in pert:
I be IiIhihI and tears ol thousands and
the nreejpeol of moral and ecunomie
ruin, wherewith South A trice is
threatemsl, make it ms'e.siirv for Isilh
bell Ig. lent lo ll"k t ll.'lllHI'l Ve. Ill Ihe
Ight of til. I for what they are right
ing, ne .olemulv I. . I n. this war
wss undertaken solely ss a dsfsnsive
men. ure and is only continued in order
to secure and in i, ni. mi the Hicoutoal-
ahle IndetH-nileuce of both republic.
and to obtain annumine ihat llusu. of
her majesty's subject who have taken
part with us shall suffer no harm
whatever in srsou or proi.erty. On
these conditions we are desirous of
seeing s'Sce re-eHtubl ishasl ill South
Wrna. while, il her majesty s govern
ment is deleriuimil to ile.lroy the in
leis'inlenee ol the republics, there ia
nothing tell I.. it. but lo in.raevere to
the end in the course already begun "
lallebury's Bsply.
In reply, uller reciting the facta of
I he .1 in uhhI. .n ..I nine inoulbs Is.tweell
Ihe governmeiite, Isird Salisbury
says: suddenly, at two ilaya notice,
Hie South African republics, alter
leaning uu in.ulling ultiiuutuiu, do-
lari.l war ui.iu her uiajeetv, Slid the
Orange I .. . Stale, w ith whom there
had not la-en any diecuesioii. took s
similar BtOD. ' '
ii,. ii follows a statement as to the
great nmt ol life and proisrlv involved
iv the war. and the rcnlv cl.w.-s we
lolb.ws :
' "In view of the use to which the two
republics have pill the position, which
was given then, ami the calamities
these unprovoked attacks have inhn i.il
on her majesty's dominions, her mej
esty's government .en only anewer
your honors by saying that they are
not prepared to assent t.. the Indepan
deuce ol either the South African re
public or the Orange Free State."
ANOTHER (iOLP PINO.
The Story Cornea from Seattle aaS Should
Nut Bs TaSso Toe Seriously.
Seattle, Wash., March 13. Two ar
rivals at I law. ii City from Cats. Nome
who left the latter plait- eight days
alter Carl kuohbsalorf and C. (.
Campbell, telle a Wonderful etory of
what ia claimed to la. the richeat find
in Ihe north The new Held ia
IINI miles from Home and .lories of Its
tabu I OUS wealth were being passed
from mouth to mouth at Nouie when
the lute.t arrival, left there on Ikveiu
bsi IS. Hoports ol wonderful strikes
on the Siberian must opposite the
I ape Nome were received. It was re-
ported that the Siberian earth wss
literully tilb.lwilh the jirtnious metal.
A great rush (mm Nome from tlio new
tieids will commence as euou as the
BOB the)! will H-riiiit
Haws or THE PHlLIPriMia.
Total Numbsr el Cssss Is IBS Uiliiai y
Hospital.
Washington, March 13. Surgeon
General Sternberg, bus received a report
Iroui Colonel Qreenleei, chief eurgeou
in Ihe Philiooinue, esying that the
total number ..( cane, in ihe military
hospitals iu uud around Manila March
12. was I2H7. There has been a steady
wedding ettauette that the br kle ehal I . reduction iu the cusos iu the hospital
not be seen by the bridsgTOOU on the since Junuary 'A last, when they num-
futebil day until she apjiears coining iK.red L'oto.
uj. tho aisle to meet him. HeACC tbi General SUiruborg is very aaoak
custom of thu bridegroom's waiting at , grutitied ut Colonel (i reonluuf'e report
the altar. The hridul procession is tta it shows a decided improvement iu
for aim not a igeaut for UIS gUSStS. ' ' the hcultb o( lb. troopt Ln the Philiii-
- . 1 pines.
F. C. Henderson has us.uimcd control i ,
of the Silver Fake Herald at Joseph, I James Fox, a well known man in
Wallowa county. The paiair is already Astoria, died Saturday, alter a short
much improved. iltnuas.