VOL. 4SNO. 40.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2D, 1899.
WEEKLY EDITION
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IT IS EASIER
Cith African PrCSS LenSOrShlD?
:-j v at
Somewhat Relaxed
Oft BLUER DESTROYING A BRIDGE
Actum the Tug-ela Klver European HiU
Ury Hcd in Pretoria Are Held ,
i- a. a Kraem.
LONDON. Dec. 27. (Wednesday;, 4:50
. m.). Dispatches from South Africa
are still greatly delayed, but they are
..... . 1 a
arriving more rreely, wnich shows
St tL censorship has been relaxed.
.g, appears to be no' great change .
ItfdThursdav" '
IrenzoMarduez. dated Thursday.
Dea,21t,- gives the folio wlngfrom the
oer uager, aa ea luwaay ic. win:
OTUBn ?,""f , " .7 At both Modder river and Tugela they
fceea c&nnonading the Bulwer bridge are to strengthening their forces
over theTtugela river; with a view of and extending the. defense .works,
smashing it. The bombardment of which. In both cases, acre eemlngry al
tadyamith is proceeding slowly, most impregnable. .
General Joubert has arrived here." t Dispatches from Chleveley indicate
; i i I tthat General Duller' forces iwill re-
i EUROPEAN OFFICERS. : . ' mobilize at Frere before i attempting
London, Dec. 26. A Cape Town cor- another advance. General White
respondent : of the Dally News, ; tele- heliographs that all was well in Lady
grapfclng , Wednesday, December ; 20th, t smith December 26th. '
layis f .Competent military critics in London
'fLord- Methuen'i I ur.f erstani, In- regard the campaign as a complete
tends to remain.at Modd r ":lver about deadlock for the present, owing to the
three weeks longer, i Fiom 1 Boer dispersal of the British forces and for
source, hitherto well informeJ, I learn- the. lack of adequate transportation,
that there are 8,000 Eur p:an officers It will be many weeks before Lord
snd m-n, skilled in l-.odem military Roberts is able to reorgnize and make
tactics, particularly art.llery, now in an effective movement. j'
Pretoria as a reserve.
VISITED THE QUEEN.
London, . Dec. 26. The ' wives anJ
families bf the guards, from Windsor,
now serving in South Afrle3. assem-
Wed atSt. George's halL Windsor,
this afternoon, to participate in the
oueen s Christmas tree celebration,
Cueen Victoria and others of the royal
family were present. '
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OTTP OF ORDFR. 't
New York, Qec. 26. A resolution.
xpressing synipathy with the ' Boers
in their war with Great Britain, Iden- 1
tical with .the one adopteU by the
board of aldermen last week, was to
day offered In the city council. Presl-
dent Cluggenhelmer ruled that the res- other, with a temperature of 102 de
cision was out of order, iarai it was Krees.ln the shade, the British today
laid over I enjoyed Christmas cheer. Glenfell and
- ; i Kirkwood, of the South African light
SUSPENDED ENLISTMENTS
Chu innatk Dec. 26.-M. j PHrre Pet-
n, a recruiting agent ror me amou
Jance corps for the Boer army, has
suspended operations temporarily on
account of failure to receive an expect
d draft from Dr. Leyds.
It 13 Saia
,tha.t 5i)0 recruits have been sent from
,tha.t 5i)0
this city
AT THE FRONT
T TA. W Tha latasl -loKld
. dispatches from South Africa show the j
situation at the front as pracically j
iultory artillery practice.
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to whlh the
fBiers Uld not reply, the
itritisn eon-?
Boers heav-r
tinue to mark time. The
I'y bombarded Ladysmlth! for a couple .
of hours December 16th. (the day after FOR THE FRONT,
the, battle of Tugela river, but little ! - Merfes-maritzburgr Dec 26-General
damage was done. They killed one1 s,r fjharlea Warren, commanlding the
man. and wounded two men of the gar Fitth dlvlsVon eft fo.rthe front today.
rUon. : . . I - .
A 1 vices from Cape Town say the
New ZeIanders. with General French KITCHENER JOLXS ROBERTS.
at Xaauwpoort, were jn a tight corner Gibraltar, Dec, 27. The Meamer
December 18th. Theywere nearly sur- Dunnottar Castle, having on; board
rounded by Boers, and retired under Lord Roberts, of Kandahar, arrived
a hall of bullets firesl aUshort range, here yesterday evening. General Sir
but sustained only llttlej loss.4 Among ' Kitchener, who came from Egypt to
the Boers killed- at Stowmberg were$oln Lord Roberts as bis chief of staff.
many of that locality who had Joined embarked on the DunnotCar j Castle4
thfe5 Free State forces. 1 and tne VeBsel sailed early this morn-
several newspaper correspondents Ing fori" - fe Town.
Great
on Holiday
this week.
' - : 1 i . - -. ; ' : "
many left, but we
want to clear them
alFbut. ;
New York Racket
. . . : . -
have .returned "to Cape Town from
Madder river, apparently confirming
the --"belief that an Immediate advance
of: the British Is not projected- The
war ofq.ce received the following dis
patch -from Cape Town December
2th:
"Tere is no change 4n the situation
Holder river Methruen Is well en
trenched, and the Boers have not dis
turbed ' bim; Gatacre reports -that a
force of 150 police have occupied Dor
drecht, the Boers retreating with no
loss," ; '- " " .
The war office has received" a dis
patch from Pietermaritzburg. Natal,
dated December 24ih, announcing that
in an engagement at Ladysmlth, De
cember 22d, Captains -Wathen and
Oakes, Lieutenant Huiz and Lieutenant-Colonel
Fawcett were ' wounded
and nine noncommissioned officers and
men were killed arid tten wounded.
This battle bad not been recorded be
ftrre this. T
LONDON, Dec. 28. (Thursday, 4:30
- m Wtnmt..r ' nhiu-Ahlll', Dnlmil o t
"i( : " - " " " lv.,
Wevetey Camp Is perhays responsible
STSSSfiS "JSSS
- hSSttafiSi;
Jer may ibe lntending another attack
the Boef
Certainly, the Boers are not Inactive
'
SHELLING BOE
Chleveley Camp, Natal, Dec 25. The
naval guns began shelling the
position at 5 o'clock " this morning.
using lyddite. The shelling continued
about two hours. i
Ever since the engagement at Colen-
so the enemy baa been ;energetVcally
opposing their entrenchments. Tthey
can 8een gaHopIng freely from lll
to hill. Ladysmlth also j had a busy
.day, shelling the Boer position on Um
bulwaaa mountain. The bursting
hetts were plinly visible jat Chleveley.
CHIUSTMAS IN (AFRICA.
Chleveley Camp, Dec, ,25v-lthough
the two armies were in sight of each
' horse, left here yesterdiy to inspect
the patrols along . the eastern frills.
The,r j, wnei at;
night, alone.
ORDERED TO AFRICA.
'Halifax, Dec. 27. A cablegram, re-
. g.itWLMai Vicr- I nn1ni lho
T , , ' !-..
Canadians, now doing duty on this sra
, lion, to sail on January ilOtb for duty
tn sjou-tn Ainca.
WILL AID BOERS. -
York j, 27 The work of
.enusiing men in ms city 10 taae me
'ijoep gde ln the war la n cbarge of
two agents who operate In a saloon
."near police headauarters.
X
Goods
Not
Reductions
IT WILL PASS
The Currency Bill to Be De
bated a Month
AND MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED
s- ' ' ' ''
Demoerkti Will Make Maay Suggestion
- Senator Jones' View of the Phil-
.
; Ippln Qnestlon. ,
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 26. Senator
Fairbanks today outlined the senate
program and commenting on natloonal
questions. He said:
"The first thing after the noliday
recess will be the consideration of the
currency bilL There twill be, in all
probability, a month of debate on the
question of its passage. It will not take
longer that that, however, and the bill
will pass the senate beyond all doubt.
I A REPUBLICAN PLAN.
New York, Dec. 26. A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Sena
tor Aldrich. of Rhode Island, who .will
have charge of the republican currency
bill in the senate, will try to put it
through that body without an amend
ment. , .
This is the plan decided upon by the
republican leaders. Republicans who
may favor changes in the bill are ex
pected to abstain from offering amend
ments, and bring the matter they think
should be changed to the attention of
the finance committee. In this way
much, time will be saved, and the re
publicans will be able to present at all
times a united front to the opposition.
The leaders beHeve they can carry J
out their program. Once the bill is In
conference, the republican conferees
from the two bouses can get together
and draft the final compromise meas
ure, which will be agreed o by both
bouses and will become a law.
There la every probability that this
measure will- rewemble the senate bill
'more than the house bill. It Is expect
ed to contain the senate refunding fea
ture, and the house provision authoris
ing the establishment of national banks
with J25.000 capital. It is probable that
the conferees will decide to Incorporate
in the bill the ' provision recommended
by Controller Dawes, to so modify, the
provision that national banks may is
ue currency tip to the par value of the
(Donds deposited, so las to make 10 per
cent of that circulation an emergency
circulation. This Is to be done by im
posing a tax of 3 per cent on the addi
tional 10 per cent the backs are to be
aikxwed to Issue.
White republican leaders hope to be
able to prevent the offering of amend
ments from their side of the chamber.
except by Senators Woloott and Chand
ler. who oppose the bill, they will be
unable to control the democratic side.
and many amendments are expected
from that quarter. This will give more
political significance to the debate in
the senate than attended the discussion
in the house.
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
St. Paul, Dec. 26. Senator J. K. Jones,
chairman of the democratic national
committee, ex-Vice President Steven
son, and General P. (Watt Hardin, of
Kentucky, were here today, and this
afternoon met a large gathering' of the
local , democratic leaders. . Senator
Jones spoke at some length announcing
his views, of the current political Is
sues. He ftald:
"My idea about the Philippines Is,
4hat it is our duty to restore order
there, and allow those people to make
a government of their own, and let
them manage their own affalrs'in their
own way. The Boens, by their restart
a nee, are making votes, for us by every
ritng and setting of the sun. Our
sympathy goes out to those poor fel
lows ln a way that words cannot ex
press, " '
A DISASTROUS FLOOD
RAGING IN THE N'OOKSACK
RIVER IN WASHINGTON.
Great Damage Done and the Waters
Show rue sign or tsuosiaing
? It Came Suddenly.
SEATTLE. rx-O. !t-On)f th most
disastrous floods in the history of the
state Is raging along the Nooksack
river in Whatcom Tcountv. It is esti
mated that already 130.000 worth of
damage has been done to farms ana
bulldinrs in the flooded district, and
still the waters show no Indication of
subsiding. Five of the seven bridges
over the rfver have been swept away,
four of them belnz iron bridges. As
vt ti rivr .ha not reached the Pre
hlrh wrr mark h ftv Inches.
but the destructlvefiess of the flood Is
accounted for in- l,s suddenness.
STILL TALKS SILVER
W. J. BRTAN WILL NOT ABANDON
HIS PET HOBBT.
Thoukh Trusts and Expansion Will
' Claim a Goodly Portion of
His Time. ' ;, r
AUSTIN." Texas, Dec- 26. Upon re
ceipt of a dispatch from Washington,
statins: that W. J. Bryan had written
Congressman Daly, of New Jersey, that
he would make several speecnea in tne
east, discussing trust and imperialism.
Mr. Bryan was aeked as to -whether the
report indicated bis intention of aban-
don tnr th aUvat nnutbui mniit-
vu(5resnrau i-raiy nas prooaoiy
been misquoted. -I expect to make sev
eral speeches In the east, but I expect '
to discuss the money, question along' 4
with the other questions. There are
three questions now prominently before :
the people, to wit: The money que-
tlon, the trust question and the Philip- i
pines question. - Whenever I make at
political speech I discuss all three ques- :
Wona
Mrs. Br-an. today received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie, stating that he -
i
THE TREMBLER'S EFFECTS
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN CALI-
- FORNIA CLAIMED VICTIMS.
A Number of Lives Lost in an Indian
Reservation Those Killed Were
i Horribly, Crushed.
SAOf : JACINTO. CaL. Dec, 26. This
little city is . the scene of ' desolation
today. . The people are beginning to
recover from the shock of the earth
quake whleh centered . here on Christ
mas morning antl destroyed, every
brick building in the place.
At the Saboba Indian reservation.
near here, a dance had been held the
night before, and large quantities of
whisky were, consumed by the Indians
which had sent most of them into a
drunken slumber before the shock
came. A number of squaws had hud
dled together in the old adobe build
ing and were sleeping off the effects
Of the liquor, -The heavy walls fell in
upon them. Six were killed outright
and two died later, white a score
more are badly injured. Those killed
were horribly crushed.
7 THE MONEY STRINGENCY.
Only Stock Exhange Gamblers Suffer-
ed During Recent Panic
Washington Dec 2$. Mr, Roberts,.
director of the mint, was asked today
as 'to whether the present -monetary
stringency la bts opinion signified an
actual scarcity of money to meet the
present requirements of trade. He
said:
"No possible supply of money can
prevent the stock exchange panics or
a periodical - monetary stringency, be
cause speculation and rising prices
will absorb any possible increase until
the pressure for ready cash is just as
great upon the new plan as it was
upon the old. The real secret of these
reactions' Js In the peculation on- mar
gins. ' Those people who are crying
that they have been forced to throw
away their property had never paid
for their holdings. They borrowed
money on call, to make small pay
ments, hoping that a right turn In the
market would give them large profits."
NO PROTEST MADE.
The British Ambassador Has Not Yet
Kicked to Hay.
Washington, Dec. 26. The British
ambassador. Lord Pauncefote, has
made no protest to the authorities
here relative to the reported organized
movements In various parts of the
cbuntry In behalf of the Boers, includ
ing the alleged Fenian movement, al
though these matters were subjects
for discussion between Secretary Hay
and the ambassador as late as .this
afternoon.
CHURCHILL IS FREE.
Lorenzo Marquez, Dec. 27. Winston
Churchill arrived here last night and
left for Durban by steamer.
GREAT
1st WINDOW.
$ 7.50 Fine silk petticoat, worth
m r nr- "11 11!. a .
IV.OO I" ID siiK peiucoair, wurm
o -i r : : A
7.75 Tan jacket, worth
9 29 Tan jacket, worth
10.00 Tan jacket, worth"
13:56 Tan jacket, worth
Furs, collarettes and suits reduced
2d WINDOW.
GSc'apr Black grenadine stripe
42c a pr Ladies' fancy lisle hose,
35c to 75c fans, worth from 50c to
China and Glass Novelties
Reduced One-Hair to Close
2cc articles 13c
50c articles , 25c
Eta, Etc
COME TO
WAR!
LUZON
Filipino Force. Scattered
the American Troops
-
riVII MAPDIAT.FC IM TMF ICI AVHC
1 . ,-rm,,1'
Aatborlzed by m Decree of General Otis-
Great Work for Missionaries Among
the Many Tribes.
MANILA. Dec. 27. Colonel Locke tt.
: with a force of 2500 men. Including ar
tillery, attacked this morning a strong
force fif Insurant! nilmharlnv a -ti
1000, entrenched ln the" mountains near
-noma Jban. about five miles north-
east of San Mateo. The enemies were i
completely routed, the Americans pur-j
suing, them through the hills, amid
which they fled ; ln every direction.
Four Americans were wounded. The
Filipino loss was large.
.
' ' CIVIL MARRIAGES. I
' Washington, Dec 27. General Otis
; bas ' Issued a decree authorizing the
celebration of civil marriages in the
Philippines. Heretofore marriages j
were celebrated by the Catholic church
so that Protestants and non-Christians
were prohibited from marrying.
The decree does not Interfere with
the Catholics, who may be married ac
cording to their own rites, but extends
, the privilege of civil marriage to those
who desire it. Just as is practiced ln
' the United States.
The 'subscriptions to the Lawton fund
have reached $31,404.
WORK FOR MISSIONARIES.
New .York, Dec. 27. The Indepen
dent for the current week Will contain
an article by Jacob G. Schurman. pres
ident of Cornell university, chairman
of the United States commission to the
Philippines, entitled "Our Duty to the
Philippines. Prof. Schurman says:
"We have forty to fifty tribes 4o civ
ilize. Priests have ruled In Luzon so
long that their Influence is widespread
and the natives know of no other form
of Christianity. The . Roman Catholic
church bas been established there for
, 300 .years - and the . archil pelago- wia
really governed by the priests and not
by the Spanish civil or military com
manders. "Missionaries are needed In the isl
ands,? and I hope they will be sent
there In large numbers. They must
realize that they are contending with
a Catholic educated population that
.knows nothing about the tine differ
ences between the Protestant sects
and denominations. : Therefore, it
would be highly Impolitic to send mis
sionaries of the different denomina
tions to confuse the minds of the peo
ple. I regret that the Americans al
lowed the saloon to get a foothold on
the Islands. That has hurt the Amer
icans more than anything else."
BURIED AT HOME.
Washington Dec. 27. Frederick C.
Ilolzer, an ordinary seaman, killed in
the explosion of the battleship Maine,
. l the only one of the 151 bodies disln
! terred from Colon cemetery, Havana,
I and brought to Newport News by
Captain SIgsbee, in the Texas, which
will, not be buried at Arlington tomor
row. "The body of Holzer has been
shipped to New York, where it will
. $10.00
1 C AA
ninWK 5
3.75
.
1
a
10.00
12.00
13-50
17.50
in proportion.
hose for ladies.
latest effects.
$1:35 each.
5.66
6.21
6 60
7.64 .10
.18
.45
by
OUR GREAT CLEAN-UP SALE.
be received by relatives. About thirty
j requests were received by the navy de
! partment. , for the bodies of victims of
! the Maine disaster, but in only ten of
thee cases bad the bodies been iden
tified. The other twenty were either
1 tl.t HTit.1nt1flr1 dAtl. Or
among th bodies- not recovered. ;
Owing to the conrusion in. wnicn tne
graves were found when the dead
were disinterred at Havana, the de
partment has reluctantly decided t.ot
to extend to the relatives and . friends
of the other nine positively Identified
bodies the privilege of burying the re
mains at home.
WILL INYADE CANADA
FENIANS AND IRISH NATIONAL
ISTS MAKE PREPARATION
To Qlv British America "an Indepen
dent Government PiSns Are i
Being Perfected.
BOSTON, Dec. . 26. A movement
looking to the invasion of Canada by;
Fenians and. the advanced Irish Na
tionalists has been agitated for some
time by leaders of thes organisations
in and around Boston. Colonel Roger
F. Scannel, who has. been Identified
with Irish, agitations for many years,
said today that, there was to be a
meeting of prominent Irish national
ists in Philadelphia, next Sunday or
Monday, to discuss the question of In
vading Canada.
"This meeting." Colonel Scannel
says, "will be followed by another in
Boston, when reports ' from the Phila
delphia meeting will be made by the
Boston delegates."
Colonel Scannel says the present'
would be a good time for the Invasion,
as the troops of Canada are being sent
away to take part in the African war.
"It haa beep agitated for years."
continued the colonel, "that Canada
Should either be annexed to the United
States or should have an Independent
government of her own. Wltir an
army of 100,000 Irish nationalists en
gaged In the invasion of Canada. It
would make things Interesting for the
English government." r
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. JHeiatlve to
the attitude of the'imh revolutionary
aocietiee toward the government of
Great Britain, at the present juncture"
of affairs, . the Evening Past today
quotes an. officer of the Clan-Na-Gael
as saying:
"England can only be made to feel
by physical force, and we are now go
ing to give her some Boer treatment.
We dM Intend goine out and sinking
that 11t.. expedition from Canada to
South Africa, but thought It better to
wait a little. We can mobilize our men
without 'much difficulty for an attack
on Canada, and we. are fairly well
armed. We have lots of Springfield
rifles and are handy with the bayonet,
"No decision has (been arrived at.
Everything will depend on the immedi
ate future. We have either regiments
or companies all over the country, and
rare fairly well drflled, and a great
many of our men are In (the militia.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians num
bers about 230.000, and the majority of
its memjhare belong to oar organization.
- Irish raise funds. "
Kh!IadelphIa, Dice. 27. There is a
general movement among the Irish here
to aid the Boers In their was with Eng
land. A call, j was sent out today, for
a special araejssment on every member
of the order I of Hibernian, of which
there are 25,0w) in this city. A return
of $25,000 Is expected, whk-h will help
to swell the general fund of 11.000,000,
.which the organizations throughout
the country seek to raise.
Offenses are
tsljy pardoned where
. if
there Is love at
he bottom.
EAT
3d WINDOW.
"ITT
I
$1.9o to $2.10 a pair Men s all-wool working
pants. '
$3.00 to $4.75 Men's fine dress pants, in all styles
and prices. ; ( ;
35c Underwear
Sold everywhere for 50c a carment
4th WINDOW.
r
buys a nice black , -
cheviot suit.1
buys an all wool i.
checked suit.
"a very valuable, line of working' men'
suits in gray mixed all wooL
a very dressy cashmere
right style good wearer.
a pair men's fancy pindot '. s
sock ln black blue and tan, 1
men's wool and cashmere
aocka worth 25 cents. . ;
Outing flannel ..
gowm. - --..."'"'v.; " '