The Daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, December 29, 1899, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI ?jr FN-i fh . ',aVl.'SiWS,SVS., f Latest Associated Prosa tola- 5 'm IMilim. I?.-at ff nn.l .. I . MinliuV ..UVii buum iiowb ana livq r Editorials make Tho Dallv Jour- 4 nut. THE DAILI r VOL.. X JOURNAL sa 6m Woolen Mills two mtiI forts SAUiJM, OREGON JFRIDAY. DECEMBER 29 189f. s4wj.swsjpsmwi. t It's "BulrtV" n Pwtfttra f f Journal Advrttwin,( Prnwa t 0 305 Home Made Goods Best in the Market SpecialsA very large line of cassimere suits for men and boys'. All sizes of Boys' black hose our own brand, the Granite try them. W OVERCOATSKerseys in all shades and prices, also in Tan Coverts. Giay and black clays. Fancy Back Covert overcoats our own make, the swellest ol all. WOOiE$ Plili STORE ff rim'! $gL mh NEW AND LATE STYES See our Ladies' Sorosis bhoes, they are gieal, also our Queen Quality the best 3.00 shoe in the World. Aen's late styles in Patent Leathers, Tan and Black goods all at the low est prices. CAPTDBH) Boers Have Built Railroad Around Lady-smith. KRAUSSB JSROS Methuen's Big Naval Gun Explodes New Gold Tax Law in Transvaal Heavy Firing is Reported From Stormberg Gatacre Recovering Hi3 Position. Br Aaaoclated ITmi la lb Journal. Cai-k Tow.v, Dec. 20. A dispatch (rom Crailert'k reports some heavy llr lug hi the direction of Stormberg. "U la apposed Hint this li connected with Gntacre's attempt to reopen coiumunl ration with tho Inweu colliers. I'lBTKHMARiTJSiiDiio, Dec. I'.U A dis patch, from Lndysmltli, dated tho 22nd, says ; "Tho Boors have mounted another howltrer on Surprise hill, replacing the gun captured In' the norths of tlm rifle brigade." Piictowa, Dec. 25. Scliulkburger ic- ports that trains nro now running to Colcnso, Indicating that tho Boors lutvo hullt a connei'tfun around Ladysmlth. .Cronjo rcort from Moddur river that tho Boers captured two llrlthh forts at Kurumnii, Doc. 11. It U runiorud that Methueii'ii big tin val gun has exploded. Tho Trutuviiol government has pro mulgated a now (told tax law, by which Individuals and companies working their own mines are taxed 30 per cunt of tho output, w Idle mines worked by tho government w ill pay 00 per cent Suspended mines will pay 30 cr cent on the probablo output, lteduclng I works will pay 30 per cent of their net proflit. feel bound by his "unwarrantable con duct," especially ns they Van the risk of confiscation of their property. The text of Col Baden-Powoll'sproc tarnation to the burghers bcscljdng Mafoking, tho gist of which has already been cabled, comes from Lorcnr.o Mar que today. After assorting that the republics cannot hope for foreign Inter vontlon, and pretending to relato tho exact attitudo of all Kuropean powers, Haden-l'owell makes tho uxtra ordinary statement that tho Aniortcnu co eminent warned others of its di strained their flro when our troops were advancing Is another proof of Improved soldiering." Wlitt a Ueietter Says. Cap Tow.v, Dec. 27. A man named Grcon, former sergeant-major of tho British balloon department, is among tho Boer prisonors captured at Magors fontoin. Green, who deserted from Aldcrshot in 1803, admitted he had been some time In tho scrvico of tho Boors and had instructed them In intrenching. Ho rays there wore 23,000 Boers nt Magcrsfonteln, 21,000 of whom were en gated tho day of tho battle. Tho Boer losses, ho nscerts, woro heavy, the trendies being fult of dead. Green further declares that if the at tack had been pressed, tho Boer would haoyiolded. Ho says tho Boer horses havo to be taken to tho M wider rivor, at water Is so scarco at Magurnfoiitciti War Expenses. London, Dec. 29. It Is now cstl STARS AND STRIPES WAVE .WVWnHn'MMl'WMlWHStll't'4'l'liq'' Our prices on first-class Dental work cwill remain as they are for a short time C i xv v av " 4 oniy -v c .v, c c. -a, A JMf JF BSSJk jSBHS jBHl ahaaF JV A j Teeth 56.00 up. Gold filling $1.50 and up. G, & P. fillings 51.00. w, . SALEM DENTAL PARLORS PHONE 2813. VwVW.WW.WKWW..WW.t.,wwWh.v..,W...K.. v... toxDas, Doc. 39. Dispatches from all parts of South Africa emphasize tho great enthusiasm nmoirg our troops and tho public occasioned by tho appoint ment of Goncrali Itolierts andKltchcncr. Advices from Ctto town, say that In vestigation shows that tho reported disaffection among tho Dutch in Vic toria district In overdrawn. Tho farimrs nro mostly landowners, and will tot risk tho lots of their farms by an upris ing. A dispatch from Lorcnr.o Munttez, says a curious story Is current cmi n atlng from tho Boors forces that Matt Steyn, a brother of tho President of the Orange Freo State, and 800 Fmi Staters have definitely tefiisit) to continue the war. MattSctyn is acting us tjtokcsinan for tho party. Ho is reported to havo told tho president that ho is only auth oilr.iil to intcrteiio In the Interest of peace, and that the Burghers did n t Montgomery on a Secret Mission in Libera ian Waters to Plant the Flag, llr Aaaoclalnl Preaa in III Joarnnl. Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 29. A special to the Herald from Washington savsi It dovelopwl today that tho cruiser Montgomery has licon on a secret mission to Liberia, Africa, it is believed Willi t viow to displaying tho Amerlcnnlliig in LttMjrian waters and tlio location of n site for an American coaling station on tho i.nwrian coast. v lino mo omciais ot tlio navy department maintain that tho crulso Is of an ordinary character, It Is significant that it lias been kopt a profound mystery up to tins timo. SYMPATHYFOR THE BOERS. Boston Common Council Adopts Resolutions after Spirited Debate. llr Amorlnlcd I'm la the Journal Bostox, Dec 211. The common council of Itonton has, after bate, adopted u resolution of sympathy for the Boers, spirited de tention to sido with England chonM any ot them interfere. I).mo.v, Dee. 2t) The war olllco has received tho follow lug i "Capo Town Tlio Imluu colliery line now working again." Lomki.s, Dec. 2lt. A dispatch to tho Daily Mall from l'ietormaritr.hitrg,daied Satunlay, December '.'it, rays: "Kvcry day reveals wiino fact reganl ing tho strength of tho Hour xnlllon at Colonso. ThankH to tlio fervlces of Con tinental ofllcorii, the chamctur of tho campaign bin changed. Wo uru mi longer lighting u foe who relies iiun guerrilla tactics, but we hao to dial with what Is rapidly becoming a dial pi I ned army, enjoying the advantages of knowing the country and or tits strong partnerselp of tho Tor cauBO.aml his dlsllkoot everything Eng llsh. " Tho unpleasant impression created in England by Mr. Macium's inexplicable TOiiunci, nns uecn cuacod by tho ap pointment of Hay as his successor. Ladysmith and Cheveley, Chkvkuy Cmp, Natal, Wednesday, Icc. 29. A heavy Boor gun at Dulwana hill fired steadily upon Ladysmlth throughout tho mornlnir. Ijidvjmlili did not respond. The enemy, having been again detec ted attempting to Improvo their trenches facing General Duller, the British heavy guns opened Uon them and the Boers scampered back Into tlio hills. Tho British patrols sighted the enemy In force on the extrcmo left. Kino Boers woro killed In a skirmish that followed and six Boor wngon woro captured. Discontent in BngUnd. Londo.v, Dec. 20., 4 48 a. in. During tlio continued lull In tho military op erations in South Africa, tho papers are tilled with letters and artlcloi criticising tho governmonl and tho campaign, mid uggostln remedies and improvements, alterations In tho plans and like. Thu Times complains of needless ccn sorshlp and concealment." It cites the fact that nothing has yet transpired to show how General Uatacro came to lose 000 men nt Stormberg. Tlio dispatches from the front all rep resent tho Boers as In a nervous condU tionand constant dread of tne Brltlih advance, hut this is probably ah exaz- gerallon. ThoModdcr Blvor corresjiondcnl of tlio Daily Chronicle gives an explanation of a sudden rlllo llreinoxpllcably opened irom mo jioor trendies. Hosayst Tho Boors havo wires stretched along mo emiro ironioi tlio IroncIiM and con. ncctod with lamps. If a wlro bo touched lamp It extinguished, thus giving warning. One night a high wind extinguished a lamp, wulcu resulted in a falsu warning. Tho tiro coined when tho Beers dimm ed that tho alarm was false." Public meetings have been held In New York and Chicago bycahlo special ittsand they recommend that a joint l'aclllc cable bo laid by the United States and England, touching all points controlled by elthor nation, AMERICAN VICTORY, Col. Lockett Routs the' Again, Insurgents And Csptum Ordnance, Quns, munition and Food Supplies. .Am- Anjittant-Gcnerat Corbln raid that every regiment ol Infantry last recruited which has reached Manila has made the remarkable report ot tho rafo ar rival ol oery man who started. mated tlut tho war will cost at least ZOO.000,000 13000,000,000 ) Tho British government now evinces a marked change from Its attitudo In tho early stages of tho war, nnd shows a dijOil- uoii io nwopi nisistu nco irom anyiiiiar- . ., ,D tor. Tho initial yeomanry committee , tMWn Alb""? "ie,,- has ihsiiod a statemont to the cfftwl that thu govurumoiit considers tho (urina tion and dlspatuh of yoomanry as onu of tlio must pruwlng needs of the situation, mid Iihh IntimatiHl that It is now nro- pared to accept from 8,000 to 10,000 yeo men, Justcad of thu (1,000 originally naked for. Como to tho Y, M. C. A. pvmnasliim baturday evonliig and rco tlio g.wno lo Tho Northurn 1'acific decided to build four additional wheat warehouses at Tacoina tho t'omlng year. Jr Aaioctalad frraa In lha JaarnaL WAsutMOTON', Dec. 29. Otis cables as follews: JlAMtu, Dec. 29,-Col. Lockett nt- tackcl tho enemy six hundred strong in a mouutaln stronghold beyond MonUN dan, horthoast of San Mateo. A largo numborlwcro killed nnd wounded and 21 prisonors captured. lockett captured ono cannon, forty rlllea, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, 600 pounds of iwwdcr, nemo nrvonal fortl tlcatlons, all their food supplies and con siderable olhor properly. The captured point Is located on mountain trail and was formerly sup posed to be Impregnable. Our casuaU tics, uro Lieut. Knlow, of tho 11th cay. airy, and five enlisted men wounded, mostly slight, Prlvato Matson. of the 45th Infantry was drowned. Tame Cabinet Session. llr AaaoelaUd I'reaa lo (( Jonraat WASitguroxll)eu.2".-A(tvr n cab- Inct nicotine this nftcrnonn several membors said tho meeting had de veloped nothing of Importance. Much time was occupied by secretary Wilson In discussing the agricultural posslblll tics of Alaska. TRAIN CKUSOD. Onion Pacific Fljtt Ml at MM to. Man Killed nS Kowrtwi Wounded List of In- jutctt. One Sir Aaioclatcrf Trees la tx Dmvwj, Dec. 29. Tho CheywiB flyer of the Union PacWo cnwli4 iwt a boulder valley train k lirlto, Col orado, this mornlntng. Om klllod,nnd fourteen persoas follows. Kllled-Wtnflold Bsndlessaa, messenger, Denver, body buru4 t it crisp. Injurctl-B. B. Hooker, Olln, Urn; Sirs, Slargsretto Young, MnseW K.; 8.G. Hurst, Brighton, Colo.j T. V, Davis, Dsnver; W. G. Thompkis, Kv sai City i CTayno, Lark, Wysxf aw. McCanna, Lcr(e, "Wy. Laws, Denver; Mlchl Rstjan, McGovern, John Kwe4y, Mm QSh rlcgton, Frank Sloan awd Jstry M ney, employe. LITTLE TELEGRAMS. ff.s Tho India f amino. ' llr Aootala rraa U Iks Juaraat OAtornA, Dihj. 20. Almost throo million persons nro recelvlnlng fatnlno rvllef. The government Is spending nearly two lakhs rupevs dally. Oold for Europe. llr AaaoelaleU l'im taa JoaraaL Nmw Yoiiic, Dec. 20. Total gold to bo shipped to KurotH) tomorrow so far on- gaged (2,830,000. MARION COUNTY MATTEnS at ths Couit Msicum's Peculiar Action, WAStUNorox, Dec. 29. Tho care of Consul Charles K. Murcuin, United Hfatci representallvu at Pretoria, who Insisted on being a-lluved at the time of helectlnir I tlio South Afrleun erlala Wainn in. thosceneof contest without thu burdeus ! acute, is assuming additional Import- of cumlieriiomo oommlsturlat. i anco. Tho understanding at the stato "Thu Boers have converted tho hills I department is that he is not coming u par fjolcnso Into lortresros ol immeimt BURBN THE LOW St PRICE HAcniLro FURNITURE HOUSE. N mm CARPETS m strength. Everywhere thej hao splen did tienches many of them bomb proof. Trumway Hues permit tho shitting of guns with astonishing rapidity, The main oriitions are coiiiiixitol with tho outlying positions by underground us sages, ond tho fort projmr brietlu with mochlno guns that ciminand tho h prouclieM. Probably miiios uro laid. "Ono hears lean nowaday aliout Hour shells not bursting. Oliwrvcrn of the Coleiita fight suyn tho Boer shttll lire was very effective. This is duo largely to the fact that thu dlstauetM are nwrkol off with whlto paint. "Tlia anumv's dlsolnlliio is im nrovllttf. The trenchos represent great manual formation from tho hundred efolllois ln1hi tnr urhli.li IliM ItM,ra lilivci a LfMll ' Riul anlillura liniipLLnrtu.1 llir la i.v. .dialike, and th way iu whieli tlioy r- plained by ttouth African as a remit uywayoi niigiisii pons, mil is on a German ship which comes through tlm Mediterranean and thoncu direct to this country, In thu pro-Mint aspp.it of tho eato thora is little doubt th.it, un less thoconaiil prosents an ample ex planation for his omi.se, lm will not cKiiitlmie In tho eotiHihir servlcu. When Cunynghaiii Ureu retired from Pretoria. Mr. Maeriuu had a line op (Wirtunlty for returning the umful and friendly sorvle which British diplo matists and consul officer had ren dered to Amerlra during the previous year In Spain and Cuba. Ills ahaud onment of the ot of duty when Bug lih friends were anxious Utrwcolw iw ELLIS ZINN Wholesale and Retail Confectioners, Phono 3874. 104 Stato at Business Being Transactrd House, raoiiiT. Juanutto C, Booth, administratis of the fiilato of John 0. Booth, has boon granted authority to pay her mothnr, Mrs. Belle Booth, 110 per mouth for tho support of Georgia Belle Booth, minor hoir to tho estate. NHW SUITS, Ktiiwn Tucker has commenced suit against Gust Ilayden for f500 damagis, alleging as caiiae of action that defend ant allowed his wagon to collide wltli her Imygy knocking out one wheel of the buggy and throwing plaintiff out and Injuring her. Rho also a.ks for f.'5 for medical attendance and 5 fur repair ing tho buggy. M. H. Hklft siieii:ilcn Havago for 1114 and Interest at 10 per cent from Janu ary HI, 1800, on a note given by defend ants on that date. Heal property was attached by ths sheriff In this cause, J, II. Brewer sues Henry W. Hencks, oM.TO.IO, due on a note dated. October lu, lW secured by a inortgago on 0U acres of land situate near IxiwUbusg. rtihiuitioa ijiu kHftk dowa follow I Gth ftrvs at It tur utlng Or. MUM' trvltx. Portland Is holding a pewlty this week. ' Tho American trannxn-ls Le-astec W 81am havo arrived at MmH. wM horses and mutes. Jako Shaefor, the bllllrd expert contracted to put in four months in t1 leading academy ot Paris. Tho stato ot Washington will seH auction Saturday eight blocks ot lands in harbor cf Tacoina. The ringreo tax amendment to Mm constitution of Michigan wm (kf-Mte-X lq the senate yesterday, 16 to 13. The Canadian parliament Iim htm summoned to moct Feb, 1st to yot money for their coutlnitent In SeMi Africa. The Hawaiian (.ugar BlHt44oM taking so much ot the AiMtrnibm es-al x-; that San Francisco Is havlwr e-ai: famine. Ban Francisco uiHclals -e very precaution to prevent ttvs 1 p'agtiQfrom coming latothM etjasW vessels from Hawaii, - Secretary (lf(i authorieM M K banks dejiosltlng Uultsd Sts-) with Mm to receive rerenM disjstH. a total amount not evewllH-Xr,),, me will oitno late Josenhla INsjs ) nf New Haven, bequtaths fWO.QtW H Vw. divldixl between Bt. Paul's Kn church and the Ladles' Kam's FrhaW Society. Ulerk Hhackleford. of tlm miirt ui'jtA xal of Kentucky, wIiom duty 'KLH refines to administer oaths of osfcwvtoj the apjmlutues of Gov, Taylor andhla1 colleagiiM. WHKAT MAHKKT Oaicuoo, cash 6UL' ?.' 1 it Hx FaAhcisco, D. 2t, C-A t "4. We now have the Finest Line of Carpets ever shown in Salem, and our Prices are below any other dealer in the valley, For Quality, t Price, and Choice of Patterns We are in the lead. BURBN Si- -HAMILrOlVr 248 COMMERCIAL ST. X M $L i- Holiday mLWmB Opening ?r Onco more the ching -la of the year i.flg wltu theta IMi stvsou ot irHsmilj' greeting nnd Joyful human Wlowshlp , CIIBIHTMAS, the day of -nlargI ltarts ami depleUyl purres, Is.hnre, "Wliat shall I give" tiiuk ot tlw hor5 awl a ratrpbixJnK n Ills. A look low may help solve the probkmi A ri4t ta ear store will surdy do It. FOR FATHEREbony or silver brushes. FOR A01 HER-Silver plated ware. FOR HUSBAND-Walcl. chain or locket. FOR WIFESterling silver table. FOR SWEETHtART-Diamond or opal brooch. FOR LOVER- Opal stud or scarf pin. FOR BKOTIIER-Dumbell cuff buttons, FOR SISTER-Pretly set riiift , , FOR SON-New small size linn gold watch. FOR DAUGHTER-Diamond ring or gold watch. FOR AUNT- Some si'ver novelty. FOR UNCLE-Stamp box or pocket nail file. FOR GRANDFATHER-Gold Spectacles. FOR GRANDAtOTHER--Gold eyeglasses gjr&uae and our Iwinwiw stoak, it ki tha flnwt one we etar rbwl is iUu imiI BARR'S JEWELRY STORE lwai. r s AA.JkjJlkjkJjmi Remnants anfl C)AA tntcj Must Go, I rTTTTTTT I JIm. fflfaym kcfatAp AAAAAAAAkA j Remnanti I andOddlott I IvIiiitGo , L "44 READ ABOUT 00R X f. ty V . MACKINTOSHES! LADIES' All wfxil single cah) with eU lrge sweep Nelvtt eellar light gray tutor regular f 10.00 quality GlUIAT SALB PRICII )9.62 GKBA Itxtru duo silk finished erarmt nt to iiouhlerapettlk vslvetewlar regular lC.tX) value. Sauk Pkich 5to,oo Doable brvatteii val guurNtH wtKlti y im. PrtnsM itaik bra Gua r Salu Pricb 3 $11.34 Pine all wl aliaak dMW4 turn extra vabw at u0 Great Sale Price tex S7.93 AU wo single stormraif extra ,wWj, elUr. Mrlrote lyli? 7 n$w. was f 10.00, GROAT SLG PRICB ?7-64 All word hfiirlulU fancy strlf-t lining hlu only (U.&0 value. Great Sale Price S7.26 Brown Invtaible check, Itoya! style was f.H.O). Great Sale Price 56.10 Double capo velvet colUr, werth 15.00. Crbat Sale Price 53.66 Fauey weave aomettilug wry new and good In blue color only was a scetal value at l-VW, Great Sale Price $izo lhmMaaiie velvet wllar. rs 18.96. $2,56 Great Sale Price Misses' Garments Black, all wool hot coat, urami ii.'.mj r(ue, Duekt Great Sale Price Vary due hcntlotti ctw eeai worth 110.00. Great Sale Price sMm. r'"J Vicuna mixed box eet vyt' llar 10,00. r-' Great Sale Price $Um Tan covert m coat weft) -Htfm Great Sale Price tSm Another 'an covert my i ir i.vm. Diajoaal mu (Mat wwtsi 7J Great Sale prc In assortfd .vallrrua valUM. j ' ,i . -" UREAX, Tj ' '.-S 5JWt)atJ Trtwu arvl Hrpwn mlitd, hit ano $., fTMuti ami UrOWl ifuii aivla ilminlo brrsitJ. saiMi rail swiwtf. a lull Va Grbat Sale Price We Make the Pite w &W 1 &