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IN FREE STATE
Efforts of the British
Commanders
To Head Off Hetreatinir
Enemies
Have Thus Far Met' With No Eeaalta
Important Operations in the
Field of War.
LONDON. April 37. (Friday, 5 a.
ni.) Iseralsooort whieb U nnt m.nrlr'ol
on maps, lies between
panna s Post and
1 hafoanchu. General
Hamilton has
probably by this time
arrived at Thab-
. anchu, as he is urging his utmost en
deavors to cut off the Botrs who are
retreating from Dewetsdrop.,
The Boer forces at Thabanchu are
not unlikely to make la stand to cover
the escape of the convoys from the
Southward. They have laagers eight
miles apart, stretching tfrom Brandfort
to Thaoanchu, with a base camp at
Samalldel station, I
General Brabant, in the fight with
the Boers at Wepener, had1 a narrow
escape. General Pole-Care Ws advance
was much hampered ;by the tardy ar
rival of artillery, ; which prevented him
from capturing Uceuwkop before dark-
avi til, cliau lilt; lJ
secure their retreat.) , i
0 laKcn on tne wnoic. However,, there
has been no (bungling, and apparently.
Lord Roberts, with the commands in
-the hands of the younger generals, now
has an exceedingly efficient army. The
report that the LJocrs have re-occupied
Boshof proves to be untrue. "Lord
Alethuen is still there, and General
Hunter's division from Natal, which
was supposed to ibe J going to Blocn
fontein, is arriving ait Kitribcrley. This
is evidence that Jome important opera
tions are afoot in that district.
It is understood that the reason the
Boers did not destroy the 'Blocmfontein
-waterworks was. that there are many
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4oers are showing more activity On
Natal. They art placing some heavy
guns four miles north of Elands Laagte
A NATURAL FORTRESS.
London, April 27. The Bloemfon
tein correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph, under WednesdayTa date, says:
"Our mounted infantry entered a high
mountain plateau n the Thabanchu
today, almost without opposition." As
Thabanchu is a naiurat fortress . this
must mean that the Boers have practic-
any uirown up tc sponge in inis sec
tion of the country.
WATER IS 'SCARCE.
iBradfort, O. F. -S.. April 23. The
'British column in the direction of Eull
fontein and Tloopstbd has "been beaten
back through Boshof. ; The federals
sustained two casualties, and the British
had twelve men killed and a number
u,-nnhdfd Yeterdav -General Kcllv-
Kenny's artillery &i Dewctsdorp in
dulged in a rrrilcj sbornbardment of Gen
eral Dewet's position. The1 firing lasted
throughout the morning. The scarcity
of water is supposed to be very press
ing at Bloemfonteiru. A desperate at
tempt was madeiy;a large British force
in two columns.' to ! recapture the water
works. Their right - flank was beaten
A nartv nf fittv were
cut. off ,and twelve men were killed.
-The Johiincsburg: command has cap-
turcit a British scout, borne American
scouts - h-ve been $hot.
TURNED THEIR j POSITION.
London, April I 26. (Midnight).
The war t,f.e pr.!nhc the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated at
Bloemfontein, April 26th:
'Gcr.c-l 1st Hamilton yesterday
d r enemy off a 'strong position
at irailjport, by afwelli conceived turn
ing" movement; which was admirably
carried out by Giraerdl 'Ridley, com
mander of the Second I mounted infan
try brigade and Gehcral Smith-Dorrien,
commanding the Eighteenth brigade.
The troops are today advancing toward
Thabanchu. Ill
"Our losses wcrr slight, anly one yet
being reported iMajoe 'Marshall. 0
Graham's Town MrUcd Rifles, a se
vere wound in the shoulder."
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TO EMBARRASS iM'KINLEY.
London, April Z7- It i alleged that
the Boer -peace s jcommisskwiers will
time their arrival in the United States,
so it will occur at the most exciting
period of the 'Presidential election. ,
THE ElOnf-HOIR LAW.
VI LL B E .PflVCBO I N GOVERN
iMENT CONTACTS.
House Committce'Favors Bill to Sh'ort
tn Work Days, in Erecting Pub
lic Buildings in Future.
1 1 .
WASH I NGTON. I April 2 Tlie
House committee tat ialor at a special
meeting today, directed a favorable re
port on the Gardner: 8-hour bill, which
has attarctcd -much attention in labor
circles and among contractors for. Government-work.
The vote -was "unani
mously in its favor, i 'The bill provides
that every comract shall stipulate a
penalty for each violation of the pro
vision directed 'byjthis act. of $5 for
each laborer or' mechanic Jor such and
every .calendar day in which he shall
labor more than j eight hours.
FOR POSTOFFIOES.
Washington, April jO, After a four
days' discussion the house tcday passed
the postoffice appropriation bill. The
attempt to strike out $106,000 for soe
ciat mair facilities from (New . York to
ew Orleans, and Irom Kansas City
to ;ewton, Kansas; met Ihe iate it has.
ever since the appropriation was placed
in the bill in 1893. No one demanded
a seperate rote upon the - amendment
striking out the pneumatic tube provi
sion, and the house by a large majority,
stood ty the amendment to give extra
compensation to the letter carriers for
work in excess of 48 hours a week, al
though the carrier were said, by Ctmi
mings, Democrat of New Yorkv to be
opposed to it. f "
The iill to increase the salary of the
Director of Census to $7,500, and the
salaries of Supervisors of the Census
by 2 per cent of the amount received by
their enumerators, was passed.
A DEWEY BOYCOTT.
Organized Labor Will Not Participate
in the. Celebration.
Chicago, HI., April 26. The long
Halked of boycott of the Dewey cele
bration, by organized labor, took form
today when the executive committee of
district No. 8, of the International As
sociation of 'Machinists, issued an edict,
declaring the promoters of the celebra
tion antagonistic to Union labor, and
prdering the members of the union to
take no part in it.
MURDERED AT PORTLAND.
REMAINS OF A MAN FOUND IN
THE WILLAMETTE.
Heavy Irons Fastened tri His Neck to
Weight Htm Down! Evidence
of a Crime.
PORTLAND, Or., April 26. The
body of an unknown man was found
Jloating in thc"river, today, just south
of the( railroad 'bridge. ; Around the
neck there was twisted a wire, to which
was attached two brake shoes, taken
from a freight car, and. weighing about
fifty pounds. It was thought the 4ody
was that of William Brahnan. of EUons
burg, N. Y,. who had been .missing
from Seattle for three weeks, ibut word
came this evening, that he was safe in
Seattle. It is evident the man was
murdered, and then thrown into the
river. 1 i ; '
THE QUEEN'S VISIT.
SEVERAL TITLES CONFERRED
ON IRISH OFFICERS.
The Ruler of England Expresses Iler
seM as Pleased with Her So
journ in Ireland.
DUBLIN, April j6, Before the" de
parture of the Queen 'From this city,
today, she said, she had had a most
pleasant visit, and intimated that she
honed to be able to return.
The Queen conferred (baronetcies up
on the lord mayors of Dublin and Bel
fast, the title of lord mayor on the
mayor (it Cork and his successors in
oflice. and knighthood tapon the mayor
of Cork and the mayor of London
derry. Her Majesty gave t,ooo. to be dis
tributed among the poor in the Dublin
hospitals. "
A BIG SALE.
New York. April 26.-i-The Fifth Ave
nue Hotel and the iMadison Square
Theatre 'building adjoining were sold,
in one parcel, at public auction today,
for $4,225,000. the purchaser being W.
P. Eno. 'son of .the original owner.
CONCESSIONS CANCELLED.
(Washington. April 20.
The Nicara-
guan Government has
the concessions to the
fianily cancelled
Maritime Canal
Comoanv. to construct
a ship canal
across Nicaragua.
NOW A BISHOP.
Portland. Or., April 26. Rev. Father
B.-Orth. of this city. Has been appoint
ed bishop of Vancouver, B. C.
M'KINLEY GO lis HOME.
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Canton. O., April 26; President Mc
Kinley and party left here for Washing
ton this afternoon. 5 j
MANY SCALP BOUNTIES. Sec
retary of State F. I. Dunbar has issued,
up to date, about 5000 'warrants, in pay
ment of scalp bounties, tinder the law.
passed at the last session of the legis
lature, providing for j the payment of
bounties. The aggregate sum thus ex
pended is $6t.988 thi'k in on year 01
twelve months. I 5
UP A CENT The quotation foi
wheat at the Saten Flouring Mills of
fice in this city yesterday advanced a
cent and the price now 1eing paid for
the golden grain in tbijs city is, 42 cents.
Exposure to a sudden; I climatic
change produces cold in the head and
catarrh is apt to -1. follow.. Provided
with Ely's Cream Balm you;are armed
against Nasal CatarrhL Price 50 cents
at Druggists, or Ely Brothers, 56
Warren street. New J York,; will mail
it. The Balm cures; without pain,
docs not irritate "on cause sneezing, ft
spreads itelf over an! irritated and an
gry surface, relieving; immediately the
nainful inflammation cleanses and
tures. ureain iaim ----
Cold. . - , ;.; . ' -,:" i "." j y i
PEACE DECLARED.
Why devote k!l your : time reading
alKut the Beer War and t.ic Gold
Fields of A1a,ka? There are ther
matters of vital inspfcFtance:; you. may
make a trip East, and will want to
know how to travel. In order to hare
the best service. tsr mc
Central Rt.. between iSTauI C-
cacro
I-or rates ana oi"ci ...-"-"
write Tas. A.
Clock, ucncrai xul,
Portland. Oregon
His armor wai hisl honest thought.
And simple truth fiis titiuost skid.
B! FIRE
Enormous Loss in Busi
ness District
Ottawa, Ontario,
Suffers
a Holocaust
Millions of Dollars in Properly De
stroyed and Thousands iof Peo
pie Are liomeleg.
OTTAWA, On t,", April 27. Five
square miles of territroy burned, over
2500 dwellings, - factories, imills, ' stores
ancf other buildings destroyed, entail
ing a loss to reach !bo,ood,ooo, and bC:
tween 12,000 and 15.000 hicn, womctt
and children homeless, is the summing
up of the havoc wrougut by
a fire,
and in
which ha
been raging at' Hull
Ottawa since 11 o clock yesterday
morning, and at midnlgfe va"s(not com
pletely under control. ; Most of the
lumber piles in Ottawa and Hull have
disappeared, and are now mere heaps
of charred wood and ashes. A hail
dozen churches and schools, a number
of mills, the Hull waterworks, the Hull
court house and jail, the postoffice, the
convent, almost every business place,
and about 1000 dwellings and shops in
Hull have been destroyed. Indeed,
practically nothing of Hull is left but a
church and a few hotises beyond
The spot where the fire originated is
about a quarter of a mile from the ufain
street of Hull, and as a gale was 'blow
ing irom the northwest right in the tin
rection of the lumber piles and mills,
on both the Hull and Ottawa shore, oi
the Ottawa river and Chaudicre Falls.
,
it was soon seen that the fire was ahnosM
certain to be a large one. By 11:30 the,
ifire had gotten a good hold on Main
strett. and the entire street, with doz.ns
of cross streets, was burning. ?
The fire leaped across the Ottawa
river, and caught the sheds in rear kj!
the Mac Kay (Milling Company, on Vic!
toria Island, and in a few minutes th
lumber piles on Victoria and Chaiidicrt
islands, one of the power houses of die
Ottawa Electric Co., the Victoria foitnf
dry, and half the buildings on the tw0
islands were in flames.
The result i that the whole of thai!
part of Ottawa, known as. Clfaudierc
Flats, surrounding the Canadian P;iK
cific railroad station, where the lunilx f
mills are all located, is fire-sweiU. Till-on!-
building standing in the whnl;e
area is that of the Ottawa Cardboaril
Factory. From the flats the fire ex
tended across the Richmond road oih
to Rochcstervillc, and as far as the ex
perimental farm. i The westerly fiife
took everything up to Huntonberjg.
and Mechanicsvilie.' so that on the Ot
tawa side of th? river there is a larger
.area covered by tht .fire than
hillside.
on
tlie
The fire originated in a""dirtk' chim
ney, and the high wind cani-cd tije
flames to spread rapidly. The' fire ja,t
midnight was largely confined to that
part of Rochestei vibe, lying near tee
St; Louis dam. in the southeast part of
the city. Unless a heavy wind' rises
the remainder of the city is safe. Thrci
people were killed. j
A GOOD RECORD.
Indiana Republicans' Choice for Grv
.... crnor of the Slate.
Indianapolis. Ind., April 26. Co'ofitl
Win field Taylor Durhin. 13 the Repub
lican nominee for Governor: He was
iborn at Lawrcnceburg. Ind.. May . 4.
1847. He' has never held a public bt
fice. but has been a prominent factor
in both state and national -politics "for
many years. He is a member 01 the
National executive committee, purin
the late Spanish war. Durbin was col
onel of the 161st Indiana Volunteers.
He -went through the civil war as pri
vate. END IN SIGHT.
Chinese Empire .Will Soon Fail A
Revolution Predicted.
New York, April 26. A special' to
the Herald, from Washington, says?
Edwin H. Conger, American minsisref
in China, is keeping the state depart!
ment iullv advised by mail of develop
ments in" the situation. His latest rc
Iports are not of a very, encouraging
nature, and indicate that the antij-Jor-eign
movement is decidedly spreading,
4eing particularly siVortg in tlie prov
inces of Shan Tung and Pi-Chi-Lu,, -,
As illustrating the hostility of tht
Empress Dowager to the d-vclnpmen:
of her empire, attention was called! t f
day to a decree which she recently isr
sued, degrading five officials on the
mot ridiculous charges. One, for in)
stance. was degraded because oi, his
"unfathomable heart," another dKarau.sc
of his grccd for money." Ti real
reason of their degradation was bfl. iUse
of the fear of the Empress Dw wager
and her advisers that they trc prom
inent in the reform 1 movement.
The hostility ctf the Empress Dowa
ger to the progress of htr people w-ijl
surely precipitate a crisis, i: if siid. ii
ofiicial and diplomatic circles, and it
would not be surprising if the troubles
which the Iking government ;i;paf
entlv does not wish to suppress jsl; ju:d
le the forerunner of anarchy andigencf
al revolution. j , , .
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ANOTHER DEMAND. I y
Constantinople, April 26. Ncgotia-
SWEPT
; . . . : . ' i 1 1
lofts between the United States and the
iort regarding the American indeamity
cairns nave been transierred here
United Charge IJ Affaires Griscom yes
terday handad Tewfik Pasha. Minister
ofFprejgn Affairs, a notehascd on in
striuctions he had received' from Wash
ingrton, the tenor of whfch has not yet
rnacic public It is understood, how
ever, that it demarvds prompt payment
jitt:e, indemnities. - :) ;. '
TURKEY WILL PAY.
Will Build a Cruiser in America to
t IDiszuise Indemnity.
London. Aoril 27. The; Constan
tinople tforrespondent of , the .-Daily
Chronicle says:N ; r
i TThe Turko-American diiTicuIty is in a
fn'r way to settlement, the Sultan- hav
inig promised satistacticn. J
f'Jt is asserted that the Porte Has re
vised the. project of 'building a cruiser
iri the United States, to disguise the
payment, of idemnity., and . Ahmed
Pj&sha is going to New York to nego
tiate with the Cramps on ithe subject."
GOING TO MEXICO.
idians to Emigrate and Resume Their
Nomadic Habits.
Washington. April 2o The House
committee on Indian afi'airs today dir
ected a favorable report"' on the bill al
lowing the Indians ia the Indian Ter
ritory to emigrate to Mexico. Mexico
gives tlie Indians an tppcrrttirUty 'to re-
IUrn to their tribal nations, .and noma
Eic habits,, and itlie; prefer this to the
ifcstrictions now imposed iipcMi thejn
SPECIAL RESEKVE. Old Gov-
ettnment Whiskey
is
reegmmended by
Captain and Sur
McCartv. M. D.,
i . X . ui iH,- 4,1.
Leon; also Witt. D.
I'. S. Army; furtherniorc,:by the Board
tf Hcaith of San I- rahcisoo,; as the pur
'st unadulterated for invalids, convales
cents and family osef. Sold exclusively
by J. P. Rogers, in Salem. dw tf
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THE WAR IN LUZON
Americans and Insurgents Meet
at Close Quarters.
REBELS
WERE BADLY DEFEATED
iacrlllu li.-tndn Acitrc! ve In Nurth IIm-cih
riwllice Seeri;' AtraKira f
' Tdm ns I tiiprliocl.
MANILA. April 26. About three
uindred vl tht' enemy hare been killed
recently m Tsortit : iiocos, mciuains
Uodd's fight and attack at Uatoc (April
k6th.) whin; from (rim to 700 rebels, a
quarter of whom were- armed with
Hlles.
leans.
detcririuedly attacked the Anicr
: charging their pisitions and
fighting at close quarters. ! The en
gagement lasted all the aflmoorf. the
tnmy burning the t-Kvn, but they were
repulsed after the arrival 6t American
reinforcement.- Thirty-two insurgents
iwere killed and seventy' captured at
jDatoc. .
! The insurgents generally are
jacgre' sive in ;that; '. province.
Thev I: captured an: American pro
vision ' wagun near I.apo. The
Americans, having; obt.iintd .evidence
thit the Alcaldes 6 1 Lapo, 'Marsingal.
Cabugas and Sin ait were holding
treacherous' .communication . with -the
insurgent, immediately imprisoned
them and burned tine Lapo town hall.
There hate been several minorights
in the province, including an attack by
200 insurgents! ai iLavag. ; Aprif 17th,
forty of whom; wert killed!, and 'eighty
were captured.!' ij ;
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