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VOL. 13.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OHEUON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1900.
NO. 377
DAILY EVENING EDITION
Ot T'x''"',,''',''-'--'
Eastel!a Easter OffergT
OH NOVELTIES. 7 33 , 1
L . ff..PrCrdi ictosas j a iton lull of Sor-ins Pntttinau.
rmi'' i)i....ri os I'liiitris L'.tc
. ,, I I.I I MB -
c;knfrai nkws.
In.'1'i'""'
11. Ken 5,1 "1
hi, l.llr
H Ml n
Easter Perfumes
f . " . ir.t hull u I ..r.
, - i ,..,11 ii p. in .
Pishing Tackle
ThC to k" ,'"n,,u'" n Pl,'Ct i
enLfcs itl'fi4.
Crepe Paper
ill ar IV ud llfcje Crepe Paper
i, in.-. Fill I " ' ' cniors.
redenck iNolt 5
Bright, Bssutiful, Brash. Dainty.
Lauflss1 TaUormad Jacket Bulla,
Mlk Waists, Shirt Waists.
Draft Skirts. Underskirts, Jackets.
Dram Good, Ribbons.
Dress Silks. Waist Silks. Wash Silks.
Neckwear, Underwear.
Dtinty Wash Fabrics, Fins White Goods.
"Mascot" and "Kskay" Kid Gloves.
H iisry, Parasols.
l4Sorosis" Shots, A Oorssts, Ferris Waists.
The Spring Stuff! and the SammST Stall's in
vite you here.
The store's a fashion sheet it's a showing of
what's to he worn.
Come, lnok around and enjoy it.
Alexander & Hexter
The Boston Store
The Joyful Time of Easter
i almotl with us. Amniian woim n ths Mates over alwavs linn some new article of
raine-nt n that occasion. Witliout tbil DSWnSM it does not Still like a true
Barter time. Some come forth clothed entirely in new tuns, others with hut a
new waist or a mw skirt, whiletill others content themselves with ft pair of
doves ori 1 i t of neckwear to brighten ths Usual costume. Whatever you desire
iii tt is way, don't lose sight of the fa?t that such things can he bought hest here
- at just the right prices, too.
Pretty Belts of Ribbon, Elastic,
Suede or Carved Leather.
Dainty Capes.
Easter Suits and Skirts
Easter Parasols.
LADIES' KNOX SAILOR HATS
The Nattiest Headgear of the season- Always Correct.
New Ribbons
Neckwear and Rufflings
kitl Gloves
Popular Hosiery & Underwear
New Silk and Wash Waists
Special for Friday and Saturday.
200 pieces of All Silk Satin Ribbons in all colors,
at about ONE-HALF regular price.
So. 5 at 5c yard.
No. 7 at 7o a yard.
No. 9 a1 10c 1 ard.
No. 12 at 2 'j(t a yard.
No. 16 at I5c 1 yard.
No. 22 at I5C B van!.
Lots
Poir
000
Ui 5. 6, 8, 9, 10 and
U In Block 81, Re
serve Addition to Pen
dtetoii, opposite Wash
ington & Columbia River
Haiiraad depot, will be
sold at reasanabie prices
wwwww:
$115 ta $130
each. The lots arc ex
cellently located and are
only five blocks from
ttain street. Apply to
Jaislks(D)im
5t Orejonian BuUdlnf.
if IT A -viTALrr
lEuVl I A LOSTVIOOt:
1 ' " y , M i 1 ht Emieelons am
.i-ti, ail effects of sell
or excess and IndU
i-'JrS . . ' Auervetuulvaml
1 uuii.ivr,
for Infants and Children.
CaMtorla la a. liurinl-Ha Hiiltltiit tor Casta Oil, Paxe
gorlf, DruM ami Soothing Nyruim. It i IM-auiit. 1(
contain, uvitbci Opilliil, Morliiii' nor utht-r Nurrotiu
MibsUince. It l-tr8 WoriiM and allayit J Vwrihlnie.
It CUrea lUrrli-u Ou4 Wind .die. it relieve Teetb
lujr Trouble and i;rea CouKtiatiu. It reictibttea tbn
Btomaeb and Bowels, ulviug bealtby aud natural aleey.
Tbe CbiUlren'n luiucea-'i'be Motber'a Frieud.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the signature 01
In
The election la BrllMi Oolwblt
lins Ikm'H not fur .linn- ii.
II. C. Krirk will m il liix ImldiiiKH in
the Qanwaja Stool r.mniny Hint rotin-
pornmnctitly.
j.ie Wolootl Inwofeed twl Dlok Moore,
ol st. Paul, in four roonda, before Ihe
Eureka Athtotkt ("ltd), In Baltimore
Jantea B. Kellojcbead ol B. s. Dnan
l'i., n( Now rk, wax Hontoiu'od to
wvaji roan aM all aaunthe in ntnto"
prieoa, ReHaaJ wan oottvloted f raod
laroonv.
i, ,. Morritt, iitft-,1 . OBM of tin
innsif Hiiiwcsfnl dry niln iiirrvhanta in
Kincatoeii N Y.. in n tit nf eaeaporarji
Inaanlty Hlmt liin mother through the
bead ami then idiot himself. dyitiK
Inetaatljr. It i thought Mn. Morritt
will die.
Lieutenant OoloMl Webb Hayai linn
beea ajelaitel boaae troai the Philip
ninea, ami k directed apea ale arrival
in San Pranctooo to laMeadlately re
I. irt to the iiilinlant uenoral of the
United State army, and nill then, at
bu own Nqoeat, ho disi hartfe,!.
THREE STATE CONVENTIONS
o
Democrats, Republicans and Populists
Gatber at Portland.
o
JUDGK WOLVERTOH IS REKOMINATED
Furnish ol Umtttllla for Presidential Kleclor.
Drroocrtls and Populists Trying
to Come Toj!Plhrr.
Portland. April IS, The democratic
I etate oonrentJoa aaaembled at lOiSOfl
ni. Temporary otaaalaaUon -u
I effected by the election olGeo. R.
Chamberlain of Portland ohainnan,
and t". R. Redfteld, ol Happaar. aecre
I tary. After appointment id eoni-
I mltteef the convention adjonraed to 1
1 p, m.
The election of t'hamliorluin a torn-
THB REPllBI.U AN I AMPAIGN.
Ra-
The roinihl ioaii of t In- Soeond Maine imrarv ohainnan
oniifrennional ilintriot renoininatoil
Hon, Charlei R. I.ittletlold of Rock
land for oonarenH, and the rpiiuhlioaiiH
1 of the Konrtli Maine congreealoBal di-
trld renomlnntiil lhm. Charles
Sea telle a eandidat fur oonroxH.
over IS.000,000, it if ronghlf eatl
1 mated, in the Kiim ttie Dnlon Paclflc
Inmraventeati In Wyoming will anal
thin year. In MNM laallOM BOS mllee
ol now road emiiil Ih balH for that
aan,bnl to the overland route it repre
, centH only improvement; to the allot
, iii)i main line.
: tea. horn have linked the
park oommieeionojn lo net aalde apaoa
in eaeh nf the pablk) parka fur the
onlti ration ol the dlSWanl variothM ol
(train and vitfetuhlen, that hoIiimiI
chlldreS may learn from a praotiial
(tanonatration bow the ooMaaonaal
artiolen of fmnl are vf"n.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS.
The ereamery at Salem him jn-t
tartl up with 4UI o iwn.
There in talk nf ontalil ihiii a hoot
niittar factory in Lane enmity, near
Eugene,
.Incut) Keiiter, aniil 14, in in tnutodv
in l'nrtland on a charKo nf embeaele
nient conitiiitted in Tarmna.
linker t'ity paaptf will nnlworihe
fldiMI fur the pnrpone of entertiiiniiiK
vinitnrn to the mining onii(ronn to ho
hold there in June.
Kandolph Strirklin, a well known
C'lackaman county pioneer, died at hin
borne at Highland Tneaday morning)
ated ii". lie oronned the plain III s.".
A Saloin '... r nayn that lr. Cal
breath, the now taiporiutendent nf the
aavloni, han fixed the time id day
lalmrorn fmm 7 a. in. to ti i. in.,
whereanthey fnrmerly Imuii work at
(l and quit at I,
In a quarrel with hin iieiihow,
Alexander MoOTa, nf llridal Veil, mi
tliod. R, N., nhnt himnolf Munday
and died from the effort nf the
arourtd. It in ohurtted that ho wan en
deavoring to nhoot hin nephew when
the pintol wan im'harirel.
It han BOOM to lifc'ht that a man
named II. f, McI.iiukiiI in on Saturday
eloped with or kidnapped a ISpaarola
eeboolglrl. the daughter of Qeorge K.
Shew, of thin plaoo. Tln-ro in min h
leellng bare. The people are indig
nant, un the vtirl in mnthorlenn.
MiikIi M. Walker died at the family
ri iih , t in Kprlagffeld, Tneaday ,
attinl 7h yearn A mmithn un I M duVH. lie
wun one nf the Ino-t known pioiieern of
that county, having iim acroan
the plainn in 1H.V. no I han n-nidud in
Kiiueiie and Springfield nineb ttiat
time.
Mm. M. K. Iniilx'rt, a pionoor wo
man of l.uke Bounty, died at l.ako
iew, a,:oil nearly 74 yearn. She wa
ln.rn in Dhin, and married there and
cronnod the plailin ill I HOI.. The familv
rame t i.ako
hunhuiid die
children.
county :il
I in 1H75.
veurn agn.
' She left
II. r
re
Keep yourselves up lo
uonoeH pitch Ly taking
utECKAftTS pills:
iOcasUaaa 2Scalf, at all drug store.
- -w. iwnuimi,i ii in.wni. .,.,
Use For Over 30 Years.
Free Book
TO WBAK Ml-N.
I will BSnd fret- to any al
ilivss. upon r:ijtiest, inv licau
tifully illustrttsd HO pae
book, "THREE CLA88E8
OF MEN." It irt worth IOO
to any weak man.
Brluga the
V nei - St'
J N w ''Ink Klow pale cheek) and
Mm '-wree the tire of youth.
, J? J ma Per ix; O Uoxc-P-..0,
with a written Kuaran
w , ur or retuud tbe uium j
NERv,TA MEDICAL CO.
. ....... " wroeoo. tu.
1(1 SI. H iSSSh
Huropcan Plan.
Block and a h ill from dap it.
3aiuplc koom in counectloi .
Koom Kate
50c. 75c, I.OU
'UiittM, I'uaUietou
THE EAST OREGONIAN. Wm
I ha fapr uf tb fvopU.
i CUreeutiiu .
nvrilalaa U. J....-
It it-lls nil eiUmt iy lilt. HANIjKN MM
TKIC IlKl.Iri, aud bow thvy mtte uwi lo t uru
Ut'li r aa-t:s ka rhtrUlUattlalii , I illu bet go, 4 Ullt ,
Umc (..,- a k i ii.. v liver rtit'l stoiiiHi lj Minor
dttrs, slfeM'plcalieMt or Mil) ui tliOM tilaa-ttaavn nv
PMMH i" uitaii.
Writw toploty or mil at uj otlli mo1 rouault
Irct ol t bargv. All our klli i- lUiiipi i Mltb
Pffi tHetuden'n uan.t atul iatu tit pAlMl. Take
UO wi l.i I
The Dr. Sanden Co.,
i6y Fourtli St.. i'ortlaud, Oreoa
in coiinnlero'l a illn-
tinet Victory lor the nilver and llryan
foroee. Rrery mention of Bryan 'n name
wan received with I lliniQIldlHH -pl'inne.
hen t in-oonvoitt ion reconvened at
Ii80tha temnorarj organiaalioa wai
made permanent. The report ol tha
committee mi eredantlali waa adopted
and a onminitleo ol live wa appointed
by the chair tn onn for with tin popo-
lint eniivontii.il r.'gHrding a union ol
forcon. ihe (ollowlng oommitteo WM
appointed i .1. II. Robbina. of Baket
City. .1. M. Raleton ol I. inn . R. D.
i oyd, of Umatilla; W. II. Welner, ol
Washington j J o. Bootbe, of Joan
phlaa.
a eommlttoe mi platform, one from
each county, wan neleetod hy the dole-
ntione. Tha oonvantion then lialeued
tn a npeeeh hy Mm. l'ritohard nf thin
city in he hall nf the woman! Mutfrage
amondmoiit, after which the euiiven
1 kiii recenwnl until .' p. in., lending
the raporl nf the platform ooaimlttae.
It in lint oxpectml that iiom mat iolin
for otrngreeaman ami mprame ooarl
judge will he reached today MultBO
man county Mill preaenl the name of
Judge I'ofl Stuart for prenidout ial
oiootor. Il in ntatod that. Ii. D. Ill
man, nf Portland, wan offered Ihe
nomination for onagraaawnu in the
ooond dintriot, and declined.
The plaftonu eommlttoe in not ex
jiootod to remrt until 7:.'0thm even
ing. Tha Republtoant.
The republican ntato cniiventinn
looted 0. I. Paxton,ol Portland, lam
porary ohalrman ami Q. K. Ooobran
of Dnlon, temporary moietary. After
appoint roanl ( the umial committees
the oonvantion adhMraad till altar
aoon,
('. I.. Wnlvortou of Linn, and R, II.
Watnon nf Miiltnoniah, were placad in
aomi nation lor laatioa of tia in pre me
oart, it noon beoame apparent that
Wi.lvorli.ii wan the OBOloa of the ma
jority of the OOOvaatkm. and Watnmi'n
aama wm withdrawn, wolvartoa wan
then in, at -I by aoolamatkwi
A daftorm wan adopted lavnrimr the
gold rtaadard, andomiug McKlnlev'n
dminietration, and the retantion d
tin- pblllnplaaa. A raaolution wan
adopted favoring the election id United
statoM aan a tori hy dlraol vow ol the
people .ii. i Instructing tha Oregon dale.
gat inn in oongrenn to line every cffurl to
neciire Hiich amondmoiit to the oonnt itu
tiou. .1. w. Sal lay, of kfaltaoaaah, Man
nominated for mod and dairy oommla
("inner. The vote wan: llailey, I7'; J.
w. Maxwell, ni Tlllassaok. 147.
The following praaMaailal slaatori
Wara nmninatinl hy acclamation :
Tillman lord, of ktarioa ityj W.
,i . Pnrnlsh, I tnatllla i 0. i Paatoa.
of Multnomah; J. O. Pallartoa, of
Dooglaa,
I lib PopUlltlS.
Ths popai 1st aoaaaetiao aguin ta.
looted I rank WilliauiH, of Anhlaud,
temporury i hairiiian, and Dr. RrtMM
Bartou, noorelary. Mr. Onhorne, n pro
anting the middle o the road mpu
lintnnf the noiith, uddrenwd the eon-
mutton against fnstoei arouning aaa
idsrable siithnalaam.
The xipulintM have not yet effootod
pi rinaiieut organization. A majority
of the committee on paMOansai r-
ganizatiiiii nrsaaatad 'ho mi' Will
it. King, the well known I us ion 1st)
for permaiieul chairman, while the
minority uuimnl w. W. M ht of
Olarrksmas Tha nomination nf Myers
in oonsldared in the nature of a mm-
prunlaa.
Tna fusion element flnullv tri
llllll. hill ,y ,, .loot ill ol King an
parmaasnt ahalrman, ihe temporary
M'orotary wun mado usrmaaSMl.
A motion ass earrlad that tin- ohalr
muii appoint a BoaimtaUis to noufar
with ths denworati and sii var rapahli'
can oonsoniious regarding a platform
uml tiokot. i'einiiiig sppointmsnl of
thin and other committee the con voli
tion tnik a r in ohm.
WASHINOIUN NEWS.
Nlearasusn Mill again Sldatraekad In
tha Nsnate.
Vaabiagton, April lU. In the Miimte
tmluy Morgan made un ansOOOSSsfnl
utlempl to huvo the N iaaragUS canal
hill Iii olo the order of I n Illi-Kd for
April .1U. iiurrown uddroMiU'd the
saatS on the resolution relative lo
M uting liiuy an a m-nator. llurrows
said In was forcud to Ihe ounclusion
that the puwei of appointwant in the
Oregon cam, Man not lodged with the
' laeutirs uml the mat aria I fuotn in
this case uro the name an in thul.
Tha Shipping Subsidy Bill.
Washington, April C'. - Definite bs
toulion of the republican m nutors to
seek to have the shipping sulisidy hill
panned at the prom nt lOSBion wun an
iiouiice.1 in the h. nulo lommittee on
conunaros today.
Uovarnor ot Pusrto Rico.
Washiiigtiiii, April I-. ( hurloa II.
Allen, usnintulit necretury of the navy,
will he the first civil governor of
i'uerto It n o under the provisions of the
hill passud yesterday.
For (ioverniusnt Depositories .
Washington, April VI. In tlie lioiise
fjuopar oalled up the resolution to
authorize the secretary of the treasury
to designate hanks in Puerto Rioo,
ui., i uii'i ii. i ft. j I ii, i. u. ob as aoveru
on ut depositories. Ths resolution was
passed.
Two three-inch Hold guns were sent
I.. Portland, Ol,. from Mare Island
Tuesday to Inu used by the naval
militia.
Murk Hnnnn Talks tntersntlnaly
aardlng It
Waahlngtoni April It, Cbtcagn Mill
iw the headquarters of the republican
national committee this year, as in
IMtkl. and a Hiili-committoo will have
ofSoM in New York. Senator Manna
nay thin much of the plans for the
coming campaign had MSB decided
upon .
"We nhall follow very much the
Mam plan as in IMtkl, ' -ui.l Senator
liauna, "with the national boadquart
or" at Chicago, hut the Nom York office
mIII In- of mora Importance and have
more responsibility than Man the cane
four yearn ago.
"We have Ml dnuhl that mo liall
carry every eantoni nl.ite thin voar, hut
it in already apparent that WS nhall
have to give nmre attentimi to Nom
York and Maryland, ami perhaps Oun
nactlenl ami Delaware, wnlch m iwn
aero nn sure fnr MoKiulev that tho
nave un no tronhla. Marvland in the
only eastern state in WBMh WS expect
anything like a real content thin year,
hut it will ho the duty nf OUT SSStSTB
committee t.. look after all tboOB ntates
and nee that no points nrc left un
covered. "The lirincipal light thin year, an in
ISIkl, will In ill the wont' and the
border ntato between (forth ami
Smith, inch a Kentucky. Tennessee
and perhnns Missouri, xee, we mm
make a liirlit fur Missouri, tin nigh that
Is a QUOBtlon Which wo -.hull take up
later. Sn mo nhall have to have mir
national offloeo at Chlcngo, and it is
from that city mo nhiill direct our
forcon. I'r.ibalilv the .1 lata will
have their headquarters there. 00,
though an tn thin I am nut advimnl."
Murk Manna's Health,
All report! In the contrary. Senator
llantia han not yet decided how much
or how little connect mil he in to have
with thin year's cainpaiirn . Probably
that question will not ho determined
till ih. convention meets . t Philadel
phia. Mr. Henna' health is not
good, and onlv bin groat will power
keeps him going maiiv davn. Hi
gouty jnintn do not fluid to treatment,
ami hin doctors telt him there in not
much pTOBpect of his getting hotter
verv loon.
No Conclusion has ho n reached as to
the temporary and permanent presid
ing officers of the I'hiladolphia conven
tion. There are a nutnbuf of anpirantn
for these honors, among them Sana tori
Lodge. Wolootl and '1 hurst. .11. Semi-
tnr Fairbanks in also talked of.
The prenidout, it is undsratood, will
make the islsctions. Tha president
w ill also, it is naid, name the candi
date for ilea nreeldonti probably Mr.
HI inn of New York. The president 'n
ideas emu'erning the platform Mill
prevail, tOO, ami ho thus hae the
most extraordinary example of one-man
power known in the nlatory of an
American party in recent years.
Thin in the cane lint no much Is'l'allse
the president chooses to wield the
power which olrouniBtancee have placed
in hin hamln, an liccaitse differences nf
opinion arise and uro natural ly referred
to Ii i iii for sett lenient .
Hla Polltleal Battle.
it la admitted by prominent rapabll
oaaaere that there ingoing to is. a
hig political battle thm year, ami that
Instead of the walk over which wan
counted ii h in some months ago, there
are u niliufsr of slates which munt he
fought for Itubbornly to insure a re
publican victory. In oven repulil n an
circle there is gossip to Ihe effect that
of the slates carried hy MoKiulev four
raan ago there is now danger of losing
Maryland, Delaware, Indiana and Keu
tueky. Tbaee Mataa have thirtyalghl
electoral rotes, mid if all of them
warn democratic sad the panislndof of
the country should go us in 1 Hint . Mr
Klnla) Mould -nil have loll votes to
spare.
Thin is tint close for comfort, and the
republican managers Mill mil milv trv
to retain these four states, hut will
make vigorous efforts to win Kansas,
Houth Dakota, Wyoming ami Washing
ton, which they failed to carry f.nir
yean ago, and wherein their whaneei
are now eonoeded to is. better than
t hose of the oppoeltloe.
M A I I h H s POLITICAL.
Bryan Kudorsad by Ohio Uiniin rili slid
ncKluley by Ualna Hepublioans.
Lowletoa, Me., April IS, The re
.nl. I lean stuto oon Vent loll elocUnl dele
gates to the national convention ut
Philadelphia ami adopted a platform
endorsing the "wise, patriotic uml pro
gressive administration" ( Preeldaal
M.Kiiihv, tn whom it promised re
newed iflsglaaos and Mipport, Ihe
platform favors the gold itandard, the
I rye shipping hill, luviugu PaeiSs
cable ami Ihe construction of the
M i, araguan aaaaL
Pidamhas. 0., April n ihe Mail
mml ol the state convent inu of the
league of democratic slabs which mot
hero tisluy Is solidly for llryan al
though President Baehlal in his aunual
address referred onlv indirectly lo ill.
Nehrankuu uml Ignored lllVOf entirely.
it is expci 1. d t hero Mill In' u hig tight
ill the committee on resolutions over
the niver nnaatloa
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Boers Report Victories it Wepeoer end
Mods Laagte.
BRITISH RETIRE TOWARD LADTSIITM
Rumor of Bitten Powell s Dnth Not CMflraai.
KoKland GrowlDft Imptlleil it
Roberts' loietlTlljf.
London, April 12 Klands jniite
ami Wepenai still monopolise atten
tion t hnth places a series nf in-
declilve aetioae are OBcarrfag. its'r
report nf the lighting on April 10 at
Rfands l.uagte avers that the ad
vance mi the British camp was made
with a Inns of three mules and two
BOraeSi while the Itritiah losses munt
have baaa heavy. Nothing han BSOn
learned reganling the rumor of Coloaol
RadeOP0W0ll'l death, nor is there
aaythlng tending to show how long
the general inhanee Inward Pretoria
will ho delayed, in the abaaaoi of ex
citing developments public Intareal
centen more usm the penonallty of
the now eommanden ami In -upn.si
tionn Bl tn win. the Holt general will
ho to In- nent hOBM.
riBhUnaat Rlandi LaaBta.
London, April lit. A dispatch fmm
K lauds l.aagto. dutiil vosterday, says:
"l ighting wan renewed beyond K.lamln
I .anle thin aftermsm. Ttie llm-rs
-i 1 1 1 advanead npon tin' Hritmh
poaltions. After Iwn hours lighting
the Boars ware chocked.
Crops Will Be Planted.
Pretoria, April IS. Ordera have
baaa publleheu that no i oron tnga
amndeered for active larvlas has a
right to send a niihstitute witliout the
oonaent of the Land met. The Oasette
says 10 er cent ot each command will
he relieved hy hnlh.t for s TIikIs of o
days. Thin in Intaaded to meet the
wishes of l.urg ers desiring to plant
crops. a
Tha Situation at Wepanar.
Pretoria, April 12. Advices from
Wepanar, where a llritish force is sur
rounded, say the hattlc continues favor
Bide to the federals. Heavy cannonade
wan hoard thin morning in the direc
tion of Bollfoateln, north of RraaafoH,
d ices from Himt headiiiurters in
Natal my that after a heavy iHimluird-
men) the Brltiah are retiring in the
dirootion of Ladysmith,
LMtta thai Is Naw.
There is little fresh intol I Igeiice from
the seat of war in Smith Africa. It
looks an though Lord Koliortn mav In,
preparing to take a nlmng force to
clear the liners Iriiln behind hilll. A
I'apo Tow n dinpateh navn he will not
moVS for another week, owing to the
necessity of gathering stores and up-
l ICS
Sir William toitacre'n sudden re
moval in the theme of 11 1 II, 1 1 ss-ctlla
lion. Ihe enrt manner in which it ia
innoUrtOed causes much comment The
general impression is that it ia cxm
nevted with tin' Itoddemhorg uffair,
although there are in, on who eminider
that there muni lie lomethlag Nun h
more serious, as other generals in
South Africa have baaa routined in
en miiiund after hliindcra nmre
formidable than Outai re'e.
'Ihe war oSloe han recoiv,s no news
of the death of t'olnmd li.i.h n !'... M
ami utterly din, roditn the rumor
Situation ti Urava.
The llritinh govoriiuioiit, Die Asao-
i ut I I'renn m nlllciully inforiiml,
Itandl ready in take the part of Portu
gal la earn the Boon attempt reprisals,
hut hi. fur Pnrtugal han not a'pliod for
Brltleh aid nor has she Mulled to the
Buora1 nntlSeatioa. with t.reat
Britain at her bach it is mid ana will
not give in III the slightest ill maill
I. lining that lniiinn limn ut lleirn are
lull, uetiftsd bl long standing
treaties between ureal Hritain ami
Portugal
While ihe situation m admitted ti
Is- grave the foreign office is not in-
r lined to believe the Baan will take
aggressive action The concensus uf
"pillion in thul should tile liners at
tempi reprisals it would react U tlie
advantage of Ureal Britain, euahliiig
her to UBS I'elagnu hay fr.ely.
I he war ufBOB DBI receive. I the fol-
lowiag diapatah from Load Uois,rta:
"Bluemfoiiteiii, April II Methuen
reports thai I party ' Boers, defeated
pril ft, made a gissl resistance fur (our
hottrs and only gave in vhott OQT taOOM
with bayoaats wore within ift yaaap of
them. Seven of the enemy were killed,
II wounded aud ft! prisoners.
A Telegram Irom Buusm
"Id side. . Lieutenants Boyll mid Wil
liams, Sergeant Putrick famptadl waa
killed and two ol .air men were
wntiiided Williams was killed dolih
. rati Iv after Ihe white Mug hail leu
held up The nrpetretor ..I the crime
Was at nin e shot
asre Damaae b rtooda.
Iiullus, Texas, April i".. Tlie South
am I'aciilo hridge at this plaoo was
swept uwuy hy a limn! I .. i night. I he
loss . I -i All the wagon bridges j
nr.. ui ,11..
Tha Puerto Blso Blil.
Waahlngtou, April P.'. Tongue mid
Moody ol Oregon ami Jones and fJuab
man of Waslilligti.il voted for the
Puerto I: K . Ill hill. Wilson of Idaho
Voted Uguilist it.
Ballelnete, Pa , kptil IJ n.i.-,.
men were kill. 1 Itslu) oil the Hello
loots and SiiowsIi.m' railmaii. I'he
ntlla spread under a inouiiUiii , .lull
ing the engine.
II..- BagTaS and a dozen vara were
thrown over the emhankiiieut
Ballway sinks UrSareS.
Atlanta, 0a,, April President
Powall of the order of railway tele
graphers ordered a strike of telegraph
ers uml other itatioo employes ol ths
smith, in railwuy tmluy.
, jfl nTBU cv jJhl
I -aaafcOaw
Easter Hats..
The cbarmiug styles we show
are accepted beauties ol the
I '.a.-, iv i seauou.
CblJdrei'ii Hats vorti $1.06 tor $t.M
Cblldrei's Hats worls $1.60 tor $1.00
La Mode Millinery
P. i ni K ton, Uragon.