, -ISSUED IN.. O SEMI-WEEKLY'SECnONS fj , s. j c EACH ' . . ,, TUESDAY AND FRIDAY g Mitt oooooooooocooooooocoo VOL. 49. NO. 2. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1900. SECOND SECTION EIGHT PAGES ij ti it i it: i . vrns. a AUtUPlOC MlM : WWW i- : . ! ; i. ' . - - '- . - - "' - t - ' j-s '. "- . - f f : ' 4 Band of Luzon Rebels Ambushed i by American Troops. TK02 OWN TACTICS! CMPLOYCD Genentl Otis Report the Opening pt the l&mp'aPorU "dS Reaamptloa fof r rad jWllt Tbm. i i ; ' ' MnML..A, iviarcn 2. Hrnaay, 9 a. ct.). Colonel Anderson, with the Th:rty-c:ghta infantry, mploying the 53ji:rgents own tactics, has ambuacd the Vn-n'raw npjr : Iiatan?ri Thr-ktiyh ;tiWl Colonel Anderson earned that a ccrxlmicnt of insurgents! would pass a certain road. He posted his Soldiers" cn.iccaleu among: the trees lining; the ro.id, an J when 0c enefr.y arrived, the Africans vollejyed, killing twenty- mvt miurgei cipluring sev -. insurgents, j wounding thirty and -vcxair j V 1 1 EM P, PORTS OPEN, Wtaihington,- March t. Three cable apes, irom general vtis,, were re- fc-v d at (lie rir depirtmcnt today, message states that since the re opening in c nuniercc, of the isl- One cent an-i jjrt, t.T.fico tons fi hemp and ;a.(x bales of tobacco s had been re- CO I at Manila, and that large ship- nu'htis ot the counmo'iitiei named will sw.a be ntade ih he Unfted States and othfti countries.' ?Tlte fact that General Ot's his not reported, any. military op erations since taa departure of General Bites expedition1 to Southern Luson, to cdniplet'e the ; Jan ot opening the ,!jcnip .-ports in thtj tftiarier, is accepted !' the wif uepartiKcnt officials as an ,?ni!ica.t:on that th campaign is pro-Rrc.-'ng sitifacipril and that our Jorces have' not itnet with any serious nnos;tion tv tnei msurccnts in tne re- ent movements i : ., ; ; i cneral Ot s if expected to return t? the United 'Sta'Jcii, on leave of abpnee Htxjn- after the arifial of the Philippine vnimiii'sion. Gticral McAnhur will flM'uic temporary command - of - the military forces when Otis leases, REPUBLICANS BEATETN. Contested Election Case Is Forced on . Congressi - . . f Wayh:r.tton.- IMarrh I - The demo crat scored theit- first I victory of the so's-na, in the house today, on the mo tion to take up lhe -contested election cae of Aldrich-Rijll?insirom' the. fourth Ala!ama 'district.!- f Oh two separate votes, the democrat? tth the aid of two rrpub'-icanfMondell. of Wyom ing, ard H. C. Smith, of Michiffan heat the republicans on a question of consideration. f ' j ' An agieemnti vt4 mtde to consider GIVE THOSE BROWNo -f 1 1 1 IN SHANK SHOES A TRIAL They'll stand the test for the hardest wearand the styles are right ri: v : uj-to-date ; 'I ': The New York Racket 1 L.L. t: . 1 1 4i ij ci t ri irrri 1 11 1 1 1 1 u 111 iu stvle, quality and pricel-TJrrr! oriKmal "Racket pricey enable sell the best quality ofttoods at prices that bring; reliable mercnanuise ' within tlw? reach of all. Don't waste money on poor goons, iou get tho best at lowest possible prices at the j j ' 1 NEW YORK RACKET i CASH DOF IT. 75c S I FOR A FEW DAYS Ladies B?ack Did, Strap Sandal with Buckle and Bow (like cut) at.....-75c I.adus' Serge Congress Shoes at...75c Mioses Black Kid Stra-p Sandal at...75C Misses Tan Oxford Ties at 75c oS SHOE STORE : t 94 STATE the Loud bill relating to' second class ma3 matter on March 20tt. A MINE DISASTER. , Redding, Cal., March i.Of the eight miners who were imprisoned by y ester s cave-in. in the "Iron Mountain mjne, four, who were resetted, have died from their injuries. ? All hope cf rescuing the remaining four alive has been abandoned. The dead are: David E. Row A. Cavanauffh, B. Casti!!on and Alfred Oatcs. The four Mill en tombed arc: J. McBrcom, R. McCalliop, -V. VanBuren J. Gates. , i ; WILL NOT FIGHT; ' Nenv York March i-Prof Arthur C. McGiffert of Union Theological- semin ary whose views are the subject of an attack by one group in the Presbyter ian church has decided to withdraw and will "now seek fellowship in the Con gregational denomination. , . Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder: It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and 'in growing nails, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and " bunions. It's the greatest , comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new' shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired aching feet. Try it today. ; Soid by all druggists and shoe stores.; By mail for 2$c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Oimsted, Lc Roy, N. Y. THE IDAHO TROUBLES. Former 'Bull Pen" Prisoner; Tells of His Experiences, t . Washington, March t. At today's session of the congressional, committee to investigate the Idaho mining troub les of last year, Edward Flanagan, jus tice of the peace at Mullan, related his experience. He said he had nothing to do with the riots qr the blowing up or the mills; that he was arrested -wtiji-out warrant and heldln the bull ntn" for 87 'days. Here, he testified, the treatment was brutal and inhumar.f nd the food" was not fit to cat. He also gave with much detail instances cf "al leged cruelty..; ; , )i . THE (MARKETS. Portland. March 1. Wheat, Walla Walla, 52 a 53; Valley. ' j Chicago, March 1. Closing figures were: May wheat, OsAftfiaHc; corn. MHM74c; oats. WiMc; jfrk. ?io.S; laM, $5 85;; ribs, $582.. "SM I LE AND BE NATURAL." Some Sound Suggestions to ; Singers Froni'Mme. Gadski.l Be natural in vour pose. You will never get the best,!,ffects from j-onr voice if you take a tense at titude while singings or if. you keep yoiir muscles straiped and your nerves tense. " j What the doctors call relaxation must come, and! hen you relax you MARK r,n fit nlmnst ani eustbiner in ti as - " . -u. us to STREET will feel very fatigued. Whereas if you had scng as you walk "or stind you .would have no fatigue at all. 'The voice does not flow so sweetly when the muscles of the throat are drawn tight, and the chest does not give ,out its 4e5t tones , when you have squared your shoulders too far back. Teach yourself how to let go on your muscles. ;' " ' --' ." :. .. j-' You don't know what !ari lekcellent help it will always be to you, 'riot only in singing, but in everything else. ' Smile, be pleasant, laugh, if , you can and use your eyes. i ! " i You are not goingf tc kill any one. You are not intent upon; some dreadful deed, and yet, I assure j you many young ladies look that way as soon as they begin to sing. j There are certain difficult cadenzas that need -a certain figures and move ment of the head, that even a great artist in acting will have! to give but she will make the expression cm her (race natural and not as if ishe were run ning at you to frighten you. A singer must open her mouth, very wide, and of'en twist it a' little at the Corners, but she can leatn to do this without a bad effect, and you who know the musical part of singing should learn this physical part at once. Do not fix your eyes with a stare on nothing and keep that stare up through out the whole song. Look at the people you are singing to, look 'at your music, pr. it'ydu have none, look down at the accompanist and then at your audience, all' iri a natural way, as if you wcre talk ing. , 9. Don't get exejted over your highr notes and the runs, because: if you d0 you will not do them half so well and' your audience will see what an effort it is for you to sing, and they will not enjoy it as much. Behind your piano have a mirror and whenever you practice look at yourself m the mirror. You will not like your looks when .sing-ng, and so, little by little, you will .'earn to smile and to nod ybur head ,ind" to give a meaning to your words. li you have (been singing a long time and have never done this Jbet'ore, then try it at once and see how you look when you see yourself ih the mirror .singing. . .. Don't stand as if you were waiting to be shot, with your shoulders drawn high and your hands twisted together and your arms behind your back. ' . Don't throw your head so far back that it gives a strained look to your throat. Don't swell the muscles -up in the neck and over the chest. It is impossible for the concert singe to take any other attitude than the con ventional one, I suppose, holding the music vvith one and and looking out at ,lhe audience. But" the singer in a pri vate house or in the familv Circle, if she feels she cannot stand qhietly. and yet naturally, may take some attitude which will give her an-easy oose. v or instance, she may put her arm on the back of a chair, or lay her arm across the piano and lean ;, little against ;t. inese things will help hei to keep an easy position. If you find tnat you cannot sing even one song through without rettim? hoarse or the throat getting tired, then you have not learned, to place your voic rightly. Go to a teacher and see to it that 4he tones are properly placed before you sing rmtch. There is something wrong ?f you get hoarse. A properly placed voire. used naturally, should last through some vtry long and hard sing- ng witnout snowing the leait siza 01 fatigue. Madame Gadski in the' New lprk World. MORMONS HUNT A HOME.-. May Locate in Wyoming, fl a Cat tleman Says They Must Behave. The Mormon church of Utah is said to be looking for a site for a colony in Wyoming. Thomas R. Hannaford. a cattleman of Cody, who is 'stopping at the Seattle, says hei understands vhat a Mormon colony will be located in that state. ; "Two weks ago," he said, "twelve of the prominent officials of the Mormon church arrived from Salt Lake - at Eagle's Nest, a short distance from Cody. They made a thorough exam ination of the land3 along the Shoshone river, and expressed themselves well pleased with it. Before leaving they said thev fiad decided to locate a col ony of Mormons there, and that they v.-ould come front Utah and Idaho'. "We have plenty of land in Wyo ming, and will be glad to have a Mor mon colony. We can? make them be have themselves and ' won't have to elect one of their number Jo congress to get evidence to convict,".! they should violate the Jaw."--ScattJle P.-I AN APT ILLUSTRATION,. An inspector of schoolf -,ha , feceo giving in the Humanitarian a selection of the leading "howlers"; of his ac quaintance! The shrewdest of all- the answers came 'from a very small boy. who was asked to give a text which forbade a man to marry two wives. Without a moment's pause, he replied : No man Can serve two ..masters. London Household Words. PROFIT IN FLATTERY. X ' ' ' Weary Wraggs WTien a lad gives me a. meal I alius say: "May your shadow never grow less." Frayed Feeter When a lady gives me a meal I alias s'ay, "May your pho tographs alius need as little touching up as dey do at present.' and git a quar ter in addition. rack. . - j . x An angry tibmaa - is ' yindictive be yond measure, and hesitates I at noth ing in her bitterness. J. Pctit-Senn.r JOY IS GREAT Patriotic Excitement Is Whirling Throughout Great Britain. BOERS TO MAKf ANOTHER STAND Jofibert Saved II U Artillery When Aband oalns the Slee mt Ladj mlth AVUI , Ief end Pretoria. LONDON, March 2. (Friday, 4:30 a. m.). Brjtohs feel that they a-re liv ing in the presence of momentous events.. Tornados of patriotic excite ment arc whirling through the cpuntry. Even the dullest soul must have been stirred ; by the emotions of yesterday, and London's 6,000 000 were , raised to a high -pitch of . patriotic exultations. It was a wonderful sight. Old men have nothing in their memory' with which 1 to compare the day. Some likened it to Lucknow, other talked cf ?the fall of Sebastapool. It was a time oi singular abandon. The usuai con ventionalities of society ceased tcon jr.ol and every one knew everybody else a'l joining in smiles. Lord Lansdowne Chose the psychological moment to an nounce war estimates exceeding 61, ooo.ooo, and rather stalled the public y unfolding the program of the, war Otlice to send out, in addition to, the 30.000 troops now afloat, 56,000 fresh soldiers, -Lord Roberts. will ultimately have a force of a quarter of a million. I An order has rca-ched Woolwich for Construction of 224 new. guns from 3 pounders to 12-inCh guns. Of 1 these, I40 arc to be naval guns. Already 25.000 workmen are employed at the arsenal, and 3000 more will be engaged. Tliese decisions to send out more troops and to increase (the home armament meet with universal approval, j The Boets seem to have gotten quite away from around Ladysmith without losing a gun or their baggage. Van Reenan's pass is .only about twenty miles from Ladysmith. The enemy jihad artillery in action Tuesday, and (they utilized probably both railroads in retreating, sending the heavy pieces to Pretoria, and the lighter ones iiito .the Free State. Dr. Lleyds says that Gen eral Jonbert is assembling' 30.000 men at Wcmoerg, seventy miles northeast of Bloemfontein. Colonel Albrecht, according to a dispatch from Paarde bcrg, affirms that the Boers have 75.000 men left. , Whether Lord Roberts is at Bloemfontein now or not, he doubt less wid soon e dating his dispatches there and using that town as jus ad vanced base. Lord Kitchener's mission is tb com bine the forces under Genera's Clement and Gatacre? and to iatvance along the line of railroad to Bloemfontein. Since the imddle. of January, in Ladysmith, horses have been half arved, and are altogether too weak to drag guns or to c?rry ammunition. These half starved animals Hvese . carefully saved for food. Emperor William," Emperor Francis Joseph and King Humbert have tele graphed congratulations to the queen. CRONJE'S TREATMENT. '. . London, March 1. In the house of commons,; today. Sir Joseph Powell Corset SaM Monday to attract special- attention to our spring line of W.-.B. corsets we will offer any 'of our $1.25 values Monday only at ; 98c Each An Enterprising firm In Chicago orce sold $20.00 gold pieces fortune day only at $10.50 each, just for an adver tisement; tbey cold stand the loss for the sake of the ad. Jast so with these corsets. Our Joss Is your gain. " ilave you seen our silver collars at 2 for 25 cents they are the latest. shapes and people say they wear well. ; ! 50c and 75c Puff Ties Hedaced to 35c No better styles hown in Salcra. Bring . the boys to us and we will Co tbe rest for less money than any cne else. Boyi . (LDTT1ING. mm tii!4L4Il, Ull4U(;i4U St.iClll IV H4I ofiice, announced that General , Cronjc and his family would be placed on board the flagship at Cape Town. ARMY ESTIMATES. London, March I. The army esti mates, issued today, shW a total ex penditure of 61.490.400, an increase over last year of 40,882,100. - The to tal number of officers and men is placed at &30.4OO, art increase over last year of 244147.- .-- ;! -- :- .' " . - MORE PREPARATIONS. London. March 1. In the house of lords today, the secretary of sfate for war. Marquis of Lansdowne, said: "The two recent successes will not be. made the pretext for a relaxation ol ou efforts During the month of March, 4hirty-eight ships, carrying a totBl of 2S.600 men. will sail for South Africa. During the following month, 17.F00 men will be ready, for whom shijs have not yet been allotted." I . AGAIN SKIRMISHING. Taardeberg, Feb. 28. It is under stood that some 7000 Beers afe con centrating on the British front. The British cavalry is in. touch with them to jthe eastward, and skirmishing began this morning. f AT KIMBERLEY. Kimberley. March 1. Lord Roberts and General . Kitchener arrived here today. . 4 ! i BRITAIN IS JUBILANT. . " London, March 2. Until midnight Lonidon gave itself up to the wildest expressions of joy. From the Mansion House to the West End all the leading thoroughfares were constantly paraded by; cheering crowds, intcrmittingly , bursting into patriotic songs. Bands, t niarchin!? thronch the streets, assisted j with strains of jubilation, and the same extuiant notes were to be heard at every place of public gathering through out the metropolis. At all the music halls patriotic songs were t?ivcn, the people rising and joining amid scenes of unbounded enthusiasm. One strik ing feature of the rejoicing was the great number of American flags inter twined with the British. From every part of the empire there is-a constant fntjux' of telegrams, describing the re joicings. Great rejoicings arc reported at Malta, and also at Gibraltar, where an; effigy of President Krugcr, in chains, was paraded. M0RE MILITARY NEEDED. CADETS The propcEcd and inevitable increase in the strength of the army will; demand a corresponding increase in the strength of hceorps of cadets at the West Point L - t II .J1 ....J.-nffi.. j ercd, and even when the temporary war force :s reduced to the peace establish ment a lack of company officers, will impair the efficiency of the service. To meet the new necessities three sources of -supply will be . available promotion from the ranks, appoint ments from civil life and assignment to active duty of graduated cadets.- The first must be maintained in the interests of fair dealing, discipline and efficiency; the second should be utilized only in exceptional circumstances, and the third will be insufficient. Realizing all this, a bill has been in troduced in the wnate extending the number of cadet appointments so that tht- corns shall consist of or.e from 'each congressional district, one from TO START A NATION Is no easy task, but our rapidity in meeting the demands of the people is startlK- The styles of this season arc now being offered for ale. - Ve have the latest in every thing that's gool, and ou- values are balanced bydow prices. CHANGl Of SEASON Brings change of styles; the patterns may vary but little but the appearance differs greatly from last year styles. We have some extremely new things in men's suits and topcoats. Just in. each territory, one from the District Of Columbia, two from eaeh state at large and forty irom the United States at large, ; Tiis , increase, in , the number of appointments "at large" will enab!e the prasident to select the sons of meritori ous officers of the army and navy who have no fixed residences and such other amibifious hoys as hare no-local politi cal icfiuence. Evert after allowing "for the average1 percentage cf failures to complete the coarse, this measure, or some one, fraSned with similar intent. '.will- make a sensible and necessary addition to the crmy, and ought td become a law, nota bly "when the additional appropriation will be modest m, character.- New York Herald. ' ' WASTED, SYMPATIiy. She is a charming widow, pretty, bright and light-hearted. She was a charming young woman before she married Mr. Blank and moved away to live in Georgia. Her. married life was most happy, and the death of her hus bciid was a great lofs to. her, but she lxre. up under it. .After the funeral and a general packing up of things she re turned to her o'd home. Tlic day after .she arrived there she wes met on the street by one of. her very sojemn faced friends, who intended to give her a cluster of that sympathy that makes one; feel as if the sympathizer had ihrown somerhing at and on the "sw.pathiree." ! ' - . lO'h. Mrs. Blank!", said the solemn one, "I am so gla l you are so well." "!Ves.' answered the widow, ""I am as ,-swell as I can be, I -was never ill in my life you khow." . ''And. Mrs. Blank continued the sol emn one in mJrc ;sclemn tones, ."I'm glad to sec you so happy," "Why, yes. Yes, I'm very happy. You know it waf not I that died. It was Mr. Blank. " Memphis Scimitar. . JACKRABB1T SAfJSAGE. A jackrabbit sausage, factory is to be started, in Kansas,' in. order to utilize, the . heavy and yearly .increasing crop of this, creature. PROFITS FROM' BUTTERFLIES - AND BEETLES. Mary Yeomans, an EngHshvvomnan now living in CalHornia, tnakes money by' catching butterflies; She had some knowledge of -the different Varieties when she, went to tbe Pacific slope. One day a flock of pansylike butterflies hov ered over her -for a moment, and then (lew up the mountain side. She Ihought she recognized ararc and valuable spe cies only . known in the higher Alps. She. followed these honey-loving bean ties tip the moumrain anil captured a goodly f "mbcr of-them. She painted a fac simile'of one in, water colors an J sent the sketch to London. The re sult was an order, tor twenty-five of the bejterilies, for wliiclr jfc received $575. Miss Yeomans has a nursery for bee tles in her cellar. Dr. Le Fontain. who came from France to s:ujy 'tho. insects and was enthusiastic over her enter prise. Miss Yeomans-finds a great de mand for beetles as well as for butter-, flics. Woman's Journal. j '"Kiose new people next door are no-, body in particular." fffow do you kfiow?" j "They- try so hard to look like some- ; body n " particular." Indianapolis i Journal. V f . - ' Twice-a-week Statesman, $1 ) a year. . SWEATE The bike, season, is coming and like all -things coming, one must prepare ones self with bike clothes. Our sweaters arc the goodly ind and our prices are reasonably low. , 25c up to $3.00. ChildsV , Sweaters, $1.50 Something extremely ftcw and novel ih wool with silk stripes high colors. BICYCLE SUITS , -. -. ..'' .i ' - . ' ' Who Iqves to ride his cup of happi ness' wilf Ie fiiltd to the brim when1 decked out in one of our new suits. BIKE PANTS A new line of correct patterns and cuts just in. ' $35.00 BIKE We have one worth $30.00 V) model, good as new now. Come and see it. RS f' if