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VOL. 48 NO. 6. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1S09. WEEKLY EDITION SUPPLIES OF AMU NITON Secured by the Eebels from Europe, i ' A Strict Naval Patrol Is Arranged. o Factories for Makio; Smokeless powder and Manser Cartridges on the Islands. WASHINGTON, April 25 Army Offi cial have learned that, since Manila fell, the Filipinos have ibeen obtaining sup plies of ammunition from Hong Kong and Singapore,- as -well as from Europe, and a srict naval patrol of the Island of Luzon has been established, and the belief Is expressed that the supply of ammunition will now be cut off. It is prmuively started that the Filipinios have n factory for the .manufacture of the smokeless powder and At a user cart ridges, which they are using. BLACK TROOPS NEEDED. Washington, AprH 25.-The proposi tion to utilize the negro' tijoops to a Jance extent, in fne luture mamary operations In the Philippines, is at tracting much attention, and it Is be lieved will be considered by the admin istration In the near future. Such a policy Is urged on the theory that cer tain racial affiliations may be utilized In a way to defeat the rebellious acts on the part of Agulnaldo. One third of the population of the Philippines are negroes, and of the same race as those of the UnHed States, and while not numerous about Manila, they comprise nearly the enUre popu lation of some of j the Islands. RECRUITS EMBARK. San Francisco. April 25.4-The United Ftates transport j Morgan Olty, with Captain Tombard in command, sailed 'for 'Manila tonigiht with about 600 re cruits for the"; various regiments now,: in the Philippines. vhe also carried a large quantity of supplies. LONG DISTANCE WORK. Associated Press Telegraph Operators Break All Records. Chicago, April 25. The record for long distance practical telegraphing was broken today . by . the Associated Press, on its regular system of wires ' Remember that we carrjraH grad they're all the very, best goods that can i ' CASH AND ONE P "it, J .,rJjr.-- New ' .-. i - - i York tocxxjcococxxocto O ' - - - m mm - m mm m ?S I 8 nils weeics, special... i! -''Xy V Fsrg, ' I Ladles'! and GenU' 13.50 and X 1 M fcEJA I S4.00 values at S3.00 Q ! - I ' rCJ l Dont rrAaa this opportunity P '' I 5r j. lAd&' Bicycle Boots . X V I . sold everywhere at 33.00. Our "i 0 I . V Ask to see our Jenness Miller Ci 7 Hygienic Shoes, for sale only jji 1 Saleiri Shoe Store j:j K Ladd & Bash Bank Building. 88 State St , . X leased from the "Western Union ; Tele-r graph Co., a continuous circuit of 6 001 miles, reaching from New York city to the Pacific coast and from Chicago to New Orleans, touching Philadelphia, Pittsburg, . Cincinnati, ; Atlanta. Mem phis, St. Louis, Kansas City. Omaha. Denver. San Francisco and all larger Intermed'ate points south and west, was successfully worked for " several hours. There were forty-one operators copying f rote the sender in New York, with newspapers being served ; direct from this one clnult in thlrty-clght of the leading cltie of the United State-. WILL NOT APPOINT. rELEWARES GOVERNOR WILL, NOT name: A SENATOR. Believes the Senate Will Not Change Its Decisions Rendered in Former Cases. DOVER, Del.. April 25. Governor Tunnell, in an! interview today, on the probability of his following the example of Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, and appointing a United States senator from Delaware to succeed Senator Geo. Gray, the legislature having adjourned without ejecting his successor, said: "I have given the matter no consid eration, and "there is no probability of any appointing a senator. So far as Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, est ablishing a precedent is concerned. I do not think It iwill bold, as the decl- ! a Ion rendered on this point have been in vogue fori many years, and it is hardly probaiole that the senate wttl reverse its opinion in this particular " .. J . THE EARTH TREMBLED. v I Fort Braggj Cal., April 25. Two vio lent earthquake shocks were felt here today. They were of about 3 seconds duration each, a heavy rumbling sound preceding each shook. Two light shocks have occurred daily, during the past week, between 5 and a. m. Peter A. B. Widener. the Philadel phia traction magnate, ha an art gal lery valued at (2.500,000 and believed to be fully worth that amount. Pare Tea in packages J' at grocers Schilling's Best Ask for the Anchor When you want & fine dress shoe. We have them In all widths. A to D.. In Leather or Vesting tops, and black or tan, for ladies'. They're neat and stylish and wear well. Any style for $2.75 Our Goodyear Welt shoe in. Leather or Vesting- top at $2.40, is a beauty. lOome and see them. Gents line Vicl kid shoes in the new toes, black or tan, for $2.70. " An extra fine vicl kid dress shoe In Vesting top for $3.25. They're fine as "ilk. es cfleaper M you want them, and be sold' for the money. RiCE.F6R ALL. ; Racket HEROIGWORK AT CALUMPIT Volunteer Forces Are at tKe Capital. Brave Dakota and Kansas Troops Pursue Insurgents Into the City Eebels Are Retreating Many Deeds of Oaring. MANILA, April 25.-10:30 p. m. Gtneral MacArthur's division fought its way to the Filipino trenches before C aJumpit today, sdvarclng four miles. mostly through woods and Jungles and crossing the Ragbag river. This was accomplished at the cost, to the Amer icans, of six killed and twenty-eight wounded, the First Dakota regiment b-ing the heaviest loser. After fording th river, the South Dakota ns pursued thelnaurgents to the outskirts of the iy of Calumpit, but that town was found to be so strongly protected tht General Mac Arthur deemed it best to withdraw the tired fighters, and go in to camp for a night's rest bt-fore mak ing the final assault. The largest building in Calumpit were being f red by the Filipinos while the Americans were crossing the river, fully a mile way, showing the enemy's intention to abandon the village, i Thi Filipinos huve adopted a settled policy of retiring from One position af tr another, inflicting the greatest & Bible damage upon the advancing army. The fortt-s today were well drilled. Every foot of groand was te naciously disputed by thoroughly ( r ganized troops, who stood remarkably firm even before the artillery fire. The enemy had planned to wreck our artillery transport train. This attempt was a failure, bat a span of the lion bridge arrossjtbe riv:r was destroyed hampering the American tranpoi-ta-tlon for some; tlnae. Tbe. Filipinos tt the girders, intending to have the struc ture fall wih the train, but It col1arsef pr.imttiirf-ly of Its own weight. The Bagbag river, which 1 about 100 yards wide at that place, "via splendidly for tificd. and the Arr.ericans were cou pelled to approach an open space from which the rebels had cleared off every obstruction tcsttht. Thft bnks of the river, high bluffs, were suri:out.ted with trenches, capper with rocks, loon holed and partly, hidden l-y bufh s. General Wheaton's brigade approach ed the river along the railroad, leaving the camp beyond MaIoIos city. General Hale's division, which started yester day, was earlier on the march,! sweep ing we it ward toward the railroad. The armored train was being puhed by Chinamen. The Twentieth Kansas regiment advanced on the left, and the First Montana regiment, with the Utah light artillery, on the right. The rapid fire guns on the train "opened the ball" at 11:30 a. m, about a mile from the river, th-ir popping altr-rnattn; con tinuously with the boorn of the six pounders. j The Montana regiment and the Ut-ih battery, at the same time, entered the jungle from which the Insurgent?, who were occupying a large, straggling vil lage of huts, poured heavy volleys. In the course of an hour the troops had forced a way to the open spece In front of the river, and -the artillery immedi ately upon wheeling into the open, be gan shelving th l'lilplno trenchc. In the meantime, conirtr.y K, Twen tieth Kansas, led by -Jar tain BeUwood. performed one of the most brilliant achievements of Ihe campaign. The regiment was being held in reserve, and company K charged a distance of a quarter of a mile, over thi- corner of a field," to the bank of the river mUr the bridge, where the Insurgents, from a trench were peppering the armored train, then about IOC yrd down the track. The company found shelter in a ditch. Colonel Fred Funston called for vol unteers to cross the river, and the colonel himself. lieutenant Ball,', pri vate of company E. Trumpeter Bars field and Corporal Ferguson of com nanv I. crawled along the Iron girders. While thlsi was going on the men ot company K, from the ditc;h, wen fusil ading the trenches. in an endeavor to divert attention, but the Filipinos got the range from the trench down, and the bullets son spattered the waters under the structure. . 5 Having reached the span; the small, but valonti party of Americans. lid down, the caisson, swam a few yards to the shore, and crawled up the bonk, the little colonel ka-lln the way to the trenches, revolver In hand, while the few remaining Filipinos bolted. Col onel Funston said afterwards: - -It was not much to do; w knew Ihey could not shoot straight, and thst our boys could attend to them whil- te were crossing." : General Hale's troops on the right had the hardest fighting. They follow ed the north bank of the river nearest the town from the left, with the First Nebraska on the left and the First louth Dakota and the Fifty-first Iowa beyond. " The country they traversed was mostly Jungle, but the Filipinos stood their ground, even in the open spaces. General Hade's right joined General Wheaton's left soon after n on. a curve In the river allowing the Amer icans to pour an enfilading fire oq the etemrs wrenches. . About this time the cheers of the' Kansas; troops announced th.it th Americans had crossed the river. Gen-1 eral Hale's men began to ford the Chico j branch of the Bagbag, stretching to the ! north. General Hale himself plunging j Into the river up to Ms neck and the) regiments, all car ring flags, floundered across the stream. The guns of the : . Utah light artillery Were dragged over proposes this. In my Judgment there next and formed into an extended line""! will be no uncertain sound in the ans to advance upon the trenches before jer of our people. We will hold them Calumnlt. where the Filipinos were our own. for the good of the people puring olleys Into the Americans. who inhabit them, and for the immense The Kansas' regiment had Oi:e , advantage, commercially, they promise. Aoundei during thje charge, and the "We will give them a good govern TJtah light artillery!1 had ne dead and ent; we will allow them to particl two wounde-l. Mot of the other a- Pte in the government so far. and so ualties befell the South Dakota regi- . - may And them capable; ment. It is difficult to estimate the in- "srIU make it possible for them. KirrMt wm "hni thrv ar no fewer sometime in the future, to form a han seventy kilied, many of them by the artillery. FSYE TALKS ON EXPASSI05. The UnlUd States Will Hold the Philippines and 1 horonghly CiTill'.A Them. NEW YORK. April 26. Senator Win. P. Frye, of Maine, chairman of the senate committee on commerce, was given a dinner tonight, at the, Waldorf- Astoria, as a testimonial for his efforts in obtaining for New Tork City the Improvements allowed in the recent river and harbor (bill, passed by con gress. The dinner was given by the leading commercial organisations of New York. Governor Roosevelt was chairman. Senator Frye spoke of the vast re sources of America, its. wonderful pro gress in the line of production, of the over-production which ensued, and the necessity for development of foreign commerce. He continued; The commercial war, upon which the world has entered, will become fiercer and fiercer. Germany will be our most dangerous rivaX Her wages paid are not one half of ours. Shall we reduce ours to the plane of hers? We should carry in our ships, under our own flag, all our imports and exports. We should pay to our own' people the $500,000 a day. we now pay to foreigners. 'Consider for a moment another, and V my opinion, a most Important aid to our fqre'ign commerce. Where is the most pr&mlsing field for it in the near future? j Surely in the Orient. Hum txtldt.' more than fifty years ago, de eWred t&at the wnimtff trffh Kaetffc would, in. time, exceed that of the At lantic; and what intelligent man to- I day doubt the realisation, in the near future, of what then seemed a dream? I "How shall we secure our share of thls commerce? Our government should construct the Nicaragua canal or some other isthmian water route, at the earliest possible time, making it neutralj to the world, except to any nation at war with the United States. I ani silent as to the magnificent advantage such a route promises to our domestic trade, bringing this city 10,000 lac raue. unngins una tiij xv.wv nearer, by water, to San Fran- miles clsoo, the Columbia river and Puget , We therefore regard It our duty, as sound. Jloyul citizens, to denounce these con- "What shall we do with the Philip-' tinned lalsehoods and misrepreaenta pine islands? Restore them to Spain? , lons. which endanger th? old friend- Not one. even, of Mr. Carnegie's reform leaguer, by whom, according to the press, the name of President, McKinley was hissed, and that of Agvinaldo cheed. at a recent meeting In Boston. This lllusi tratlon J ' shows an up-to-dato Summer corset. 4 The new short- i length style, latest V Parisian model, . clasp; em- bodying all the latest t curves. Made in white only, of square Summer tnaterial of domestic manufacture) and a copy of the French pattern; handsomely trimmed sizes 13 to3(X a i ii j . c A. BpiCiMAiU TSUU6 vriCA imm Shirt Waists at Special Prices Our very select stock of the best fit ting and best made waists at special sale prices this week. Bicycle Gloves The satisfactory gloves are here. Ask for our new Sack Gauntlet Gloves, the kind that hare been tried and found perfect. Price. L50. DENT'S OWN GLOVE. We have 'em. 50c Makes the food more delldous ond wliolcsomo stable republican government. Then, we alone being Judges of their competency, we will, surrender to them sovereign ty, reserving to ourselves naval and coaling stations necessary for our com merce and Its protection." FIGHTING AT CALUMPIT. Washington, April 2s. The following cablegram was received at the war de partment late this evening: "Manila. April 26. Adjutant General. Washington: Lawton is at Norxaga- ray and Angat; his two columns, unit ed, have driven the enemy to the north and west. He suffered slight casualties. but the names are not reported. The only means of communication Is by couriers. , "MacArtbur has taken a portion of Calumpit, south of the river. The movement is attended with difficulties on account of the Jungle, heat and the strong entrenchments. His casualties, yesterday, were three killed, and eleven wounded. The development thus far are satisfactory. (Signed) OUs." BAILED FOR MANILA. San; Francisco. April 28J Charles Lei ska. P. Simmons and Arthur Bill Ings, the three soldiers convicted of participating ia the riot near the Presi dio, when Kebfeld's saloon was burned. sailed for Manila on the" Morgan City to Join their regiment. Judge Graham postponing sentence so they might fight the Filipinos. ; I GERMANS PROTEST. Missouri 'Editors on the Present Anti- German Feeling. Pt. Louis, April 12.--The German newspaper mibUtbcra of Missouri held a meeting nre tuuay tor tne purpose of defining their position regarding the new policy of 1mperfalism and mill- ; i J?,,, j -x"'u Resolutions were unanimously adopt ed protesting against what Is termed " the systematic and uninterrupted ef forts, during the past twelve month, to destroy, bjf misrepresentations, the x fengs and o'd historical friend ship between the .United States and Germany. The resolutions continue: "These malicious Intentions have created, among the German-American . v population.! the greatest ind' gnat Ion. , ship of the two countries.' IA FINE PLATINOID For only $2.50. sixe 16x20; call and see it. at the Cronise studio. d3t-Wlt. Our stock Is now It's best the awell est materials of the season, also, NEW TRIMMINGS NEW SILKS . NEW TUCKED AND , CORDED TAFFETAS. - And our Linings Were never so complete as now, the best Selestas, .the best Percalines, the best Near Silks, the best Batiste etc etc Ribbons Another shipment of our celebrated LEADER ribbons and new draw string effects Just In. , w. ANARCHY IN IDAHO MINES. Cowardly Assault upon the Coroner In Wardner The Initial Shot "f Fired Yesterday. HAIWAMt, lajU, ATU iutun. shot has been fired, and this place has ... . . a . . t , ... ,.. M . . suddenly been turned into an arme t camp. The strikers were in session all nightlong at their halL At 6:30 o'clock this morning, a compact body of men, headod by President Boyles. started up' the canyon. They baited a short dis tance! from the BunketJUll end Sulli van mine. Boon after, in lit tie bunches. up came the non-union miner to go to work. They were stopped by the strikers., and President Boyles urged them not to go to work. One or two of the non-union men tried to pus'n through the crowd of strikers, but were forced back with1 the remark that tho union did not Intend them to go to work. Then T. 8. Murray, the smooth faced leader of the strikers, pulled 'a big revolver, which he leveled at a bunch of Bunker Hill employes. "I'll tell you what the proposition is." he shouted. "You walk down that bill again inside of four minutes, or else go down some other way." He drew his watch and, avbe count- ea me itconaa, me rwwrimm faltered and started down the hill. A I Half doxen of them went Into Black's boarding house on the main street ot the town. ; They were pursued into the house by the strikers.. "What will we do with these damned . scabs?" shouted somebody. "Run them down the canyon," "was the" reply. With that they fcrarted the non-union men toward, the loot of the town. br. France, the coroner and physician of the hospital, remonstrated, "We will run you out of town too," some one shouted, and one of the strikers struck him In the face. The doctor stepped aside and was not fur ther molested.' The strikers then dis persed, and the non-union men wer Invited into a friendly saloon, and latt er returned to the boarding house, j - Later, In, a flshi bet, ween a number anvl liru riuin 1t 1W. Hill. one of the union members fired the in itial shot .of the strike. It was direct ed at a door behind which some of th Working miner were believed to be jla hiding. ; I Tonight no attempt -wa made to In terfere with the working force, and about eighty men went on duty when the shifts changed. Sheriff Young- ar rived from Wallace today. Tonight 'armed men are on guard, both at the , Bunker Hill mine and the mill. They bait an comers ana a em ana tne count ersign. The strikers have tapped the telephone line between the mill and the mine, and are intercepting all mes sages. THE KEAL CARBONS Are the most expensive pictures msae, out we are glad cnoet people know a good thing when they see It. Cronlae Photo Studio. djt-wlt. t Wear.. I Hart, s6haffner maajL J GUARANTEED OLOTHINO. And save from 2.S0to 13.00 by dealing with a store that treats ybu right or money refunded. A Colnmbia Wheel Given Away In oar. Men's department. 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