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WEEKLY OREGON STATESM AfT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900. BLOW WAR flsMIsg la free State Costly to . the British Amy. MANY OfflCERS REPORTED KILLED LmmIm I Aaxloaaly Awltln FarUewliu Bailer! forcM Kr LAdysmltlk Croaj I BamudML LONDON, Feb- 22, (Thursday. 4 a. m.) Lord Roberts' Hat of Jjny nine killed and wounded officer. in cluding two generals, in the engage ment up to Sunday evening, uses anxiety, especially as in the offi.t'J list neither be losses of the Weftc and Essex regiments nor those of the mounted infantry are included. TJ.is is about the number that fell at Cole as o. where norr-connrrisskmed officers and men brought the total Josses to 800. f It is considered strange that, when send ing ins casualties. Lord Roberts give no infoTiration as to the result of the fi ghting. I f he has made such a report, the war office is withholding ft. More over, nothing is known as to fcat took place Monday, Tuesday and yes terday. i The absence of details from Lord Roberts dispatch, contrasted1 with his rather full narratives during th- first part of bis operations, produces uneasi ness am on a: the military observers. All comment in the morning: newspapers, hrh editorial and critical. : rs threaded .with the disturbine m freest ion that W- nite the hard fighting. General Crrwje has been able to beat off his -pursuers, has escaped and is being reinforced by rail from Ladysmith. and by force on frot and horseback from northern Cape Colony, as weS as from Kimberlev. As the correspondent with Lord Roberts are silent, the telegrams from Boer sources receive some counter, ir.oe. The latter aver that Cronje, while the British were erfthnvoring to surround rum rerween j-aaraerDerg ana jvoxh-oo s Rand, received -einforcements t'tijer De VVrtt. and that together the Iw.er commanrlers fought the British to a standstill. : ; - t . .. -t . However alt this may be, public op n ion here, will not be reassured until ,he war effice issues , exlkit state rent of successes, which.' of 'jourse. world clear away the gathering doubts re specting the uninterrupted success i of Lord Roberts' forward .movement. No one doubts bis Ultimate .success. ut there is fear of a temporary dtsopn lnt menr. amd that a lot of hard fiehti-ig is yet ahead of the British. I The latest report, regarding Gerca! Buller. circulated in' the house of com mons last evening was that the agnt of the Dc Beers Company had received a cablegram from Cape Town, which must have parsed the censor. to hc' ef fect that General Barton's fusilier brig ade had reached the hills commaritif Ladysmith. Quite apart from thi however and. from every other ramor the early' relief of the beleaguered gcr ,rison rs thought inevitable. 1 : CRONJE SURROUNDED. I Cape Town. Feb. 21. Special cor respondent of Cape Argus says; "Gen eral Cronie is surrounded at Haar.le berg Drift, but is offering a stuhjrn resistance. The British are ihel ing the Boers vigorously, and experi to capture the whole force." j , LINE IS OPEN, i I7 '."New. York.. Feb.- 21. The Anrfo Ameritan Telegraph Company '-today issued the following notice:! "F-t-m Indon we arc again informed, that telegrams may now be acccptet fr.r Kimberley. but only at sender's i?k V CANADIANS AFLOAT. f Halifax. N. S-. Feb. '21 The last detachment of the Second Canadian eont: gent lor South Africa, consist ing of more than ooooftjeers an t n en and iearly the same number of hor,es, sailei from Halifax today. ; Con-spicu-ous among the decoration on i-he transport Milwaukee was the Sta; And Strip-s beneath the British blue ensign at the fere. This is a most , un-i ual circumstance. i MILITARY OPERATIONS. IN THE PHILIPPINES WILL SOON BE TERMINATED, j A Mobile Mounted Police, to Be Sub stituted for the Army 'right ing Guerilla Bands. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Accord ing to information received at the war d'Yartment rom Manila, at the end of iht present expedition of General Bates into the two provinces at the extreme nuhern part of the island of Luxon, the military operations in the Philip-p-ne's will close. Afterward, it is stated ihere is nothing to do but to undertake to maintain order through the police system. Attention is now being given to that subject, and steps are being taken to form a thoroughly mobile, lightly armed gendarmerie, something on the order of the Canadian mounted police, to cover he islands at all points and conserve the energies of, the regu lar troops. i ; The arrest of A. T. Galon, on a charge of beings a -guerilla, as reported from Manila yesterday, it is said at the department, marked the initiation; of another policy towards the insurgents who still remain under arms. As a summary punishment of the guerrillas cannot be had until some action has been taken to declare the terminaton of the application of! the rules of war. it is assumed pt the war department that General Otfs has already issued some kind of a proclamation or notice to the natives warning them that, if they defy the rules of war and pursue 'a oredatory warfare, they will be treated as guer rillas when captured. f : The president is devoting special' at tention to the formation of the new Philippine commission, acting on the advice that the army -has reached the end of its function in the islands, and that the time is ripe for the establish ment of .civil government throughout the archipelago. It is hoped that the personnel can be completed before the end of next weelct ... It armlears that Mr. Detrby was obliged to decline re appointment as a commissioner on ac count of physical inability to stand the hard work. - t FOR ALL THE FARMERS WITHIN FORTY MILES OF OREGON'S CAPITAL CITr. Th Satana Creamery Company Wamt to Hat Good Practical Talk With Too." ; The Salem Creamery Co., have been running their creamery in Salera about 18 months. Many erf you have become acquainted with us during this time, m your dealings iwsth us. 1 You arenow satisfied that we are here to stay. You know now that this company is perfect ly reliable and that the company 's bus iness is not a tramp venture. You have found that we are business peo ple, with ample means at our command 60 conduct our business. 4 You have tound us with the coin always on hand 0 pay SPOT CASH for every pounl of butter we have purchased of you. Our object is calling your attention nowyis to inform you that we are de sirous of quadrupling the output of our creamery this season and that we in tend in. the future as in the past, to pay SPOT CASH to every patron for their butter.; and the butter fat. Eight reasons why the Salem Cream ery Co. deserves your patronage: . r 1st, Because we are permenetly es tablished in business. -".'.. j 2d, We have ample means !at our command and pay SPOT CASH for your butter fat. or butte:. 1 3d, We buy your cream, if convenient -or you to get it to us. if not. then we lake your butter product in the granu lar form. .. 4th, We will run our wagons! in all sommunities where customers are num erous enough to justify. t 5th, Where wagons are not run. we take your products by stage, rail, and boat. , i' 6th, We will pay you better (prices than any creamery in Oregon and we wish you to remember that in May and Jane we pay at our creamery PORT LAND PRICES -for the best creamery made granular butter or butter fat. Jth, We bind you to no contract, forcing you to sell to lis, relying wholly on square dealing in holding youri pat ronage. ': 8th, In .purchasing a separator we are prepared to not only sell you the best and orrfy absolute cream saver, but to make terms of sale to suit you. ! The above cut represents the De Laval DISK BOVL'-machin. No sepa rator NOT having a DISK BOWL will save all the cream. All hollow bowls jraste from 5 to 20 pet cent of the butter fat. We are sole agents for thisx section for THE DE LAVAL Separa tors, and they are the only absolute creaiin I saveT made. " If ydu wish a cheap hollow bowl ma chine ' we can surely "supply you, and oo Jat prices lower than you can eet . Isewhere. If you want a cheap separa tor you will save money bv buying the 'Automatic," which the cut below rep resents. mm 1 2i wM."'----' AUTOMATIC SEPARATOR Will raise fcream in from one to three hours, price from $5 to $10; capacity from J! to 10 cows; a thorough trial given be ore purchase; - Remember we have no tramp agents representing us. If you have business with us, write or call. We will be pleased to send a representative to any neighborhood meetings and discuss our plans of business with you, and satisfy you fully that we can- make more money tor you than any creamery in this sec tion. SALEM CREAMERY CO. ; Geo. D. Goodhue, Mgr., 114 Court street, Opera house block. Fine Printing, Statesman Job, Office. 'f X ' -JWE fAt 169 i. A , 'Ac rca f."-S,- mvm ARE HOSTIIf Republicans Who Oppose Puerto RIcaa Tariff Bill. SOME Of THEM MAY SIPPORT IT. DemoenU, Wbe Favor the XeMore, May Offset the Party Loat Coa ' fMBM Is Called. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Por the first time in. the debate upon the Puer to Rican tariff bill, the voice of a, repub lican was raised today against the measure. Cromwell, repuoncan 01 Ohio, spoke against the 0111. He op posed it on the ground of policy and not of constitution. His hostility, how ever, was not so absolute but , that he announced his intention of voting for it if the substitute failed. The other speakers today) were Ray, of New York, and Long, republican erf Kansas, for the bill, and Henry, of Texas, against it- . - "" . '' The republicans have decided to hold a caucus for a conference on the bill Saturday night. Although ' there are said to be between twenty and thirty republicans who are hostile to' the bill, the republican leaders, who are can vassing the situation, say that not more :han, four or five will cast their votes igainst it. They also say several dem ocrats will support it. The only dem ocrat who is outspoken in his advocacy of the bill is Davey of Louisiana. He represents ne of the largest cane su gar interests in the South. Others, in cluding Mayer, of Louisiana,, and Bros sard, of Louisiana; Loud,, of Califor nia; Davis and Sparkman, of Florida, are said to be in the doubtful column, but the democratfe whip savs that only Davey, and Sibley, of Pennsylvania, will vote for it. Wilson, of Idaho, sil ver republican, is said to be inclined to vote for the bill. Some of the repub lican opponents of the bill who dislike to go on recora against tneir party, believe that the way out of the dilemr ma in which they .find themselves, fs to vote to recommit the measure. On account of the "pressure for time, the debate hereafter will begin at 1 1 o'clock and there will be night sessions Thurs day and Friday. Representative Tawney; of Minneso ta, the "republican whip" of the house,' has wired all absent republicans to be present on Saturday. This is under stood to be tfor the purpose of having all republicans present at the confer ence, on Saturday night, on the Puer to Rican tariff bilL . THE SAMOAN TREATY. Washington, Feb. 21. The senate, :n executive session, today, ratified the treaty between the United States, Great Britain and Germany, affecting the claims growing out of . the joint control of the Samoan islands. A SUBSTITUTE. Washington, Feb. 21. Four republi can members of the house committee on merchant marine' and fisheries. who have differed from their associates on the terms of the shipping bill, today completed a substitute bill, which was introduced by Representative Miner, of Wisconsin, those acquiescing with him in the measure being Stevens of Minne sota, Jones of Washington, and Ford ney of Michigan. The bill follows the general plan of the original, but makes a number of amendments. EMPTY PROMISES. Made by Multnomah County Regard ing Valuations of Property. Portland. Feb. 21, Fifteen county as sessors of Oregon met on Tuesday, to agree upon a uniform basis of valua tions, tforT assessment purposes in Ore gon, for j 1000. They adjourned toHay without accomplishing anything, for the reason that there was riothing 'or tflretn to do. They agreed not to agee upon a basis. If any county make.; a large cut in valuations this year, it is probable . that aH others- wiH h hw, though Assessor Gieenlears assurance, that Multnomah vahies wiil show an increase of between '$6,000,000 and ?7. 000,000. may serve to check any head long plunge. PENSIONS FOR AUTHORS. Mr. Anthony Hope, in talking about the proposed scheme of pensions for authors, remarks: "Interesting to learn "hat authors become poor, is it? Ah! the fabulous wealtfh of the author iis pleasing myth. Indeed, with but a few exceptions we are tower in the financial scale than the members of any ?her I learned profession." New York Tribune. . j NEW AUSTRIAN MONETARY STANDARD. Austria-Hungary has now adopted t new monetary standard the krone, made up of a bundred heller, and worth hah a, florin, taking the place of the florin or gulden, with itn divisions in to kreuzer, I A LONG VOYAGE. ' San Francisco. Feb. 21. The slip A- G. Ropes has arrived here from New York, after a remarkable voyige She left New York in July 1809, and Jn order to get here has in reality circum navHr?ted the globe. The distanc c ov ered during the voyage was 25.800 naut ical miles. All land of accident I e feil rhe vessel. 1 - EX-MAYOR DEAD. ' ! Portland. Feb. John M. B reck, a a oioneer nf lSsr and 1 m tJm ... .- - . . - . v... w..v ' y or of PorJand, died today. l WILL MEET TODAY. Washington. Feb. 21. On the eve of the meeting of the national democratic committee, which assembles her; 10- morrow to fix a time and place for holding the democratic national conven tion. Kansas City and MiJwauke; re stroygleing earnestly for the honor of entertaining the convention. Although there i some desultory talk of ,Cujcn nati as a compromise, the fight is be tween Milwaukee and Kansas Citv. with chances tonight seemingly m favor of the latter place, j Milwaukee ha raised a fund of Si 00.000 for the entertainm'fnt of the convection. The amount wn ch Kansas Ciry ia expected to expert I ras not been disdosied. ? The concensus of opinion is. that the convention will be heW before the repubfjan coiwenti-jo. SENATOR QUAY'S CASE. To Be Called Up in the Senate for Consideration. j Washington, ' Feb. 2i.An effort is to be made to get the question involving the seating of former Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, formally before the sen ate for consideration. - Penrose, of PMintvlvania. pave notice today that he would call up the case tomorrow. As it is a privileged question, ,ne r may oe able to secure a vote on the taking up df the case for consideration, and thus develop Quay's strength in; the senate, at las aonroximatelv. ' Durine the greater part of today's session, the Ha waiian government bill wasunaer con sideration. " i SPANISH ISLANDS Occupied by American Forces Will Be Restored. , Washington, Feb. ' 21. Upon repre sentations of the Spanish , government to the effect that some islands south of the Philippine archipelago, which had been" taken possession of by United istates gunboats, were really the prop erty of Spain, the authorities of the state department, having examined the charts, concluded to direct the with drawal of our claims to . the islands of Caygayen, Sulu and Cibitu. , HIGH WATERS, Spckane. Feb. 21. The rivers of Northern Idaho and Eastern WasVi-'g-ton ?re overflowing, in some instances flooJing. to a minor extent, the low iying streets of the town. Moscow and Pomeroy report the same conditton. Many bridges over creeks have ben washed out, and the new railroad w'o'k on the new railroad work on the Juli ette branch of the Northern Pacific was washed out The damage otherwise is KEELEY IS DEAD. 1 Los Angeles, Feb. , 21. Leslie ; E. Keeley, inventor of the Keeley cure, died here today. 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