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-t frfjr-VGiftf-y THE DAILY JOURNAL. ?.- voi. x SALEM", OREGON SAtffjBDAY PEBRTJAItY 24 1900. NO 40 PRICES ON MEN'S MACKINTOSHES IF YOU WANT A BARGAIN COME AND SEE OUR REDUCED PRICES ON THESE LINES. MEN'S LONG RUBBER BOOTS, ALL SIZES, REDUCED TO CLOSE OUT. CALL AND SEE OUR NEW LINE ON SPRING SHIRTS, THEY'RE beauties, a: a; WE HAVE THE BEST GLOVES, YOU'LL ARE RIGHT. " THE New) York Racket KRAUSSB BRQS pur gb bream Have Arrived. R. M. Wade & Co. Hardware. WE CARRY THE SIMONDS COMPANY'S X, X X gross gut sums THESE ARE THE ONLY LARGE LOGGERS OFZ WASHINGTON AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER. A ZC ?C X Our largely increasing sales aro an indication of tho worth of tho goods GRAY Cor. State and Liberty Sis. Salem, Ore. Y 1 RUREN J THE IBflB m w REDOCED AND BOYS AND OUERCOflTS A v - LINE OF MENS WORK FIND THE GOODS PRICES ARE RIGHT. Special .XIn order to close out a few lines of ladies' heavy box calf ihoes we will offer the 13.00 high cut ut 2.25. $2.75 regular cut nt J2.U0. See shoes in our wiiv dow, " &, rmi MANUFACTURING v v A v SAWS USED BY THE i - 6PS GflRfKi IF THERE MOTHER NiGeBaduGamaae We are now well blocked with a line ol carriages that will be sure to please you. Our prices on theae goods are, as always before, the lowest. The upholstering is from tlie best fancy-silk, to the plain and most durable values. --and L0W PRICE F FURNITURE HOUSE 1 HI Gen BRITISH French Captures A Prisoners CONDITION OF CRONJE'S LAAGER REMAINS PRACTICALLY UNCHANGED Doerdreclit Boers Said to Be Sueing lor Peace and Submission General Brabant Said to Be Offering Them the Most Lenient Terms ican and French Military Attachees Have Arrived in Lorenzo Marques English Advances. Ur AmiicIsIciI I'm In the Journal Paardeborg, Thursday. Tlicio Is no change in the situation. During tho night a large supply column arrived. It is reported 2000 Hoors nro operating northward of tills placo. Yostorduy uvening tho Shropslilres rushed forward 200 yards farthor towards tho head of tho river and found a number of Uoors dead. French captures 75 mora prison ers and tho patrol on the westward side took thirty more. London, Fob. 24. A dispatch from l'aardebcrg ehowB tho condition of Cronjo apparently has not changed up to Thursday, and conllrmutions of dis patches announcing surrender nro eager ly awaited. The arrival of tho Uritish supply column at Faardolwrg may have given Roberts an opportunity to resume his flerco attack on Cronju'a hagcr. Other lato Fanrdeberg dispatches say tho Uoor plight is liopcloss, and that Roberts is ready to meet any reinforce ments. From Bullur thero is nothing now, but tho retreat of Cronjo Meems to ho having its effect on tho Capo Boera, as a Dordrecht dispatch saya they have opened negotiations for submisiiion. General Urabant is treating with tkum and U offoilug them tho most lenient terms, inoanwhllo ceasing opera tions. A bulletin published in Pretoria said communication with Cronjo was still open Wednesday, and reports of heavy fighting east of Cronjo's laager nro received. A Sterkstorm dispatch Thursday says n Uritish refugee assorts thot tho Uoors admitted of loosing 500 men in tho as sault on Ladysmlth January sixth and that it is truo that Gcucrrl Jcubcrt is no longer in command. Uritish casualties, Koodoosborg Drift February 17, and Klip Kraal February 10, aro seven officers wounded, four men killed and 00 wounded. REINFORCEMENTS From Different Nations Going to the Trnnsvaal Camps, By Aaioclnleil I'tcaa la tba Journal Louitxzo Marqukz, Feb. 23. The French stcamor Glrondo hns arrived, bringing Amorlcaii and Fronch military attaches bound for tho Boer camps. Slio also has 150 passengers, including 18 Montenegrins, nil bound for tho Trans vaal. PRETORIA BULLETINS. Boer Officlcals Continue (to Announco i Successes, j I'liETouiA, Wednosduy, Feb, 21. The I following official war bulletin lias boon Issued hero . IS ANYTHING A APPRECIATES IT IS A HAMILTON -vyvrrTv PORTM Small Band ol Amef- "A report was received this morning of cannon-firo west of Coleeberg. "At Potorslierg caunon-flrlng com menced at 0 iu tho morning. A big fight was expected today. Dewot tele graphed yesterday from Petersburg that all was quiot, except snvoral cannon shots and small skirmishes. Yester day ovening tho British stormed tho Federal positions as far us Bchausor, but wcro driven. "A messago from Cronje is to tho ef fect that his loss yesterday was 14 dead and wounded. Dowot's loss was nil. "Commander Fronoirian reports that from February 15 to February 20 ho was almost surrounded by tho British at tho Modder Uivor, when with a small nutn ber of monjiobroko through to thorivorj' aunuay incro was n ncavy ugni. a no laager, with fighting gonoral. Wo woroj sunoundod by 2500 British flvo nillvi from tho chief laager. At night wo cue our way through with the loss of 7 dead and 10 wounded. Tho loss to tho Brit ish was heavy. Yesterday wo cut our way through to reach Dowot, who was ill tho neighbor hood. FIfty-throo prisoners formerly Uikon, have boon forwarded. "It is roportod that tho British woro continually attacking Kocdoo's Band yesterday with Infuutry uud lancers! but that they wcro driven bank." WHITE MADE A SORTIE Captured a Number of Boor Wngons-Joubort's Mon Pnlllnnr Onok. Br Annotated I'reaa fa tbs Journal. Losno.v, Fob. 24. Tho Dully Telo- graph has tho following dispatch from Chovcly, dated Wednesday, I-ebrunry !. It is reported that Gonoral White sor tied from Ladysmlth yesterday and cap tured a number of Boer wagons. There is heavy firing in tho direction of Lady smith, cither on tho part of Sir George White or of tho Boors." CRONJE NOT BEATEN A t(u. British War Officio Had No Wold From Roberta Up to Midnight. Br Associated I'rsaa (a tba Journal. Lonko.v, Feb, '.'1,4:15 a. in. Balfour announced in tho houso of commons at 12:30 this morning that no further news retarding General Cronje had been re ceivod by tho government. He had sent to Iho warolllco during tho hour, nnd ho asserted that nothing had como to hand thero. General Cronjo, therefore, is presuma bly still unbeaten. No other construe, tlon is placed upon tho three days' filenco of Lord Koberts. Yot no ono sees how it is humanly posslblo, Judging from tho descriptions of his situation Wednesday, for him to resist so long. Great Britain does not withhold adinlr- The Child's Eyes Neither teurhcrs n )r parents can af ford to neglect the child's eye visual sense. "Cross eyes" with children aro frequently the result of muscular weak, ness that may be overcome by wearing the right kind of glasses for a short tlino. Never "take chances" in hopes their eyea will improve without attention, Wo (bake a careful examination and tell you frankly w hat Is the best to be done. We nave a new instrument for testing which shows the defect without asking any questions. So even if the child can not read we can fit it. HERMAN W. BARR. Scientific Optician llBSUteSl. wLymf PROGRESS a lion for tho valor of u losing fight against such odds. "Englishmen feel something llkoprldo In Cronje, oven as a foo," Baystho Dally News. "In a. position covorlng only a 8'iunro mile, hemmed. In on nil sides, circled with n chain of flro from rlflo, Maxim and Ilowltzor played on by lvddlto. bursting In its own slcklv irreon light, his hastlly-bullt tranches enfiladed by n stream of lend Bwoeping down tho nvcr ironi tno north bank, ucncral Crqnjo still elects to fight, It is a mag nificent courage." Gonoral Crouje's wifo is described by the prisoners as urging him to surrender in order to save tho lives of his men, but ho would not. Tho British cavalry patrols sent by ord Methueu mirth of Klmborley dis covered tho Boers concentrating, whether 'for defense or often eo is simply conjiu- turo. Tho Boers seem to bo retiring from General Gatacre'a front at Storkstrom in ordor to reluforco tho Free Staters. Ladysmlth had not been relieved when tho latest news leftNatnl two da a ngo. Tim Boers had then rotlrcd holt way botwoen Ladysmlth and Colenso. STARTLING RUMORS Relief of Ladysmith, Surrender of Cronje, Wounding of Kitchner, II r Aaioclntrd Prm n thm Jnumnl. DuiiUAN, Fob. 23 (Evening). Tho rumor gains crcdonco that Ladysmlth hat been relieved. It Is also reported that Gonoral Cronje has surrendered 8000 men, and that General Kltchnc hftB been slightly wounded In the left arm. Crowds throng tho streets singing nnd cheering becauso of supposed victories. Sovcnteon hundred Boors have been killed or wounded, tho latter, it is rt ported, Including General Cronje. CRONJE'S Reported From Several Berlin Newspaper Sources II r Aaaoclateil I'rea u the JuurnHl Hr.uu.v, Fob. 24. Several nowHpapors sources that Cronjo has succeeded in forcing ills way through tho British lines. If only 0000 wont to tho Freo State, ns both thu Uoor and thu British neemmts itssert, tho 12,000 nhn nro left inny maintain tho siego and to resist General Bullor within contracted lines, although thu impression at General Bullor's headquarters is that tho Boor nro merely covorlng a retreat. AiORE BULLER LOSSES REPORTED That indomlnltabla Fltrhtor Bnorl- flclnfr Mnny Men In Hln Roller Movements Loxno.v, Fob. 21. Bullor's list of casualties February 22, includes killed: Lioutenant Hon. It. O. Cathcart, (son of Lord Cathcnrt) rlffo hrluado; Ltouton ants Coo and Parker, Lancnshira regi ment. Wounded 11 officers, including Major Gonoral Wynne, and Colonel Harris of tho Fast Surreys. THE BOER COMMANDER Advances at Colosburtr and Isli Suffer Sovere Loss Brit- Ur AMOolatcd I'raaa ta tup Journal I'iietoiiu, Friday, A dispatch from Colesborg Thursday says; Common dunt DoLarey occupied a position cast and south of Arundel, where the British are encamped. Tho Uritish attacked tho Boers. Lato In tho evening tho Boors were attacked In tho rear, rouderliig thu Uotr tosltlon untcnublo, Thu British at tempted to storm tho Boer cannon but woro repulsed with sovero loss. Thu Boer casualties as far as known am two wounded. An Honorable Lady. Wahiiixutov, Feb. 21. Tho Lillian I'aiincefote, daughter of I'aunccfoto, was married todiiy to Hon. I-ord Hon. Robert Bromley, of Kngland. Piomment Mlnnesotan Br Aaauotaiad I'rria lu tli Juurual- Minxkai'ous, Feb. !. Col. W. S. King, ex congressman, diml today. A Blizzard. Sr Aauelaltil I'rass lu Ilia Journal. CttviLASU, Feb. 2 1. One of tho fierc est storms of tho winter has prevailed throughout Northern Ohio today. When Charles V presented tho Neth erlands to Spain in the Seventeenth century that little country of 12,000 square miles and 2,000,000 pooplo resist ed in a war that lasted 80 year. At tho end of that time the Dutch dictated terms to Spain and England and found ed the Dutch Republic, the model after which the American confederation of colonies was patterned. Will the Dutcji surrender? Not easily. EX-CONVICT SUICIDES, He Was Sentenced for Five Years This Morning. Reputed to Have Been Senten ced Four Times Before. John Newman, n Swede, who was this morning sentenced to llvo years in tho penitentiary for stealing furnlturo from tho room of Itlchard Carlson, has com mitted sulcldo by hanging himsolf in tho Marion county Jail. Nowman was arrested about a week ago by Officer Gibson and placed in tho county Jail. When brought up for trial ho plead guilty to tho charge and this morning received his Beutouco. At noon the prisoners wore fed as usual and at about 12:10 o'clock, Sheriff Durbln wont down to tho Jail nnd was Informed by n prisoner named Gray that ho could not find Nowman. Shoriff Durbln immediately wont inside tho Jail and made fccaroh for Nowmun. In tho oast end of tho Jail, In a dark room used for keeping wood, Shoriff Durbln found his man hanging dead. Nowman had takou a stick of wood about sixteen inches loug, and placing it In a holo used as a vontillatloii holo, which is about tho slr.o nf an ordinary stovepipe, ESCAPE nnnounco that they learn from private ho tied ids susjHiiuIcrs around tills stick of wood a ml making an ordinary loop knot placed It over his head and swung off. Nowman lias served n number of terms lu tho penitentiary of tills statu nnd hns only been out n short time. Sheriff Durbln enys ho was n quiet pris oner while under his cliargo. Gray thu man who discovered that Newman was missing is the same man that found Wllllard hanging in tho Jail, Coronor Clough was immediately notified and went to tho Jail and got tho body, An Inquest will bo held tonight at 7:30 in tho undertaking parlors on State stroot. A letter was written by tho dead man Just before ho committed thu act and given to ono of tho prisoners confined in tho jail, who imvo it to Sheriff Durbln. Tho letter was written iu Swedish and is supposed to bo to his sistor in tho east. As far as known Nowman has no relatives In this country. Ho had already served four terms In tho penitentiary. MARION COUNTY "MATTERS Business Being Transacted at the' Couit House, rllOUATK. J.T. Hunt has boon appointed al mlnlstrator of tho estate of Thoa. J. Whlto, deceased. Tho estuto is valued at f 1200, nnd tho heirs uro iiaiuedns: William A. White, son ugod CO years residing ut Salem, James F, White, sou, -18 Salem. Mrs. W. II. King, daughter, 16, Stay- ton.. Wcsloy M. Whlto, son, 40. Seattle. Mrs. John K. King, daughtur, 41, of Whlteakor. Mrs. O. N. Moll, daughter, 30, Clack amas county Mrs. J.T. Hunt, daughter, 40, Marlon county. Thomas O. White, son, SO, Bulum. Lewis M. Whlto, son, 28, King, Ore gon. Leaky Sewer, l'eoplo living In tho vicinity of 21th street north of Stato, uro complaining that tho state sower Is bursted ngnlu lu that neighborhood, and is flooding the low ground with the mmIs of disease and douth. Ono Drunk Recorder Judah this morning lmwd a lino of tun dollars upon a farmer who had Imbibed too freely. Tho fins was paid, DIED. FOWLK In Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 2.), 1100 MIms Carctllno Matilda Fowlo aged 1)7 years. Funeral will be held in Smith's cemetery in Polk County near Low Isvlllout !i p. in. today. One Moie. George WJiltakur, a nativoot England, has been admitted to citizenship. The young mon of Jefferson- havo or ganized a brass baud of 10 pieces, and are all provided with uniforms. MHO LABOR MOTS Investigation Continues - Clark Senator ship Scandal RESOLUTIONS BOMBARDING ' THE PAPER TRUST One of the McCormlcks llr Associated t'rcis to tho Journal. Wabhi.noto.v, Fob. 24. At tho invest igation of tho Idaho labor riots, Stlnson concluded his narrntlvo on the treat ment recolved wh llo under arrost, and It, V. Croser, United States district at torney for Idaho, tostlQod us to prosecu tion of niluora- Ho said that he had ex pressed the opinion that wholosalo ar rests by tnlllinry wlth-iut tho formality of warrants woro Illegal. Commlttoo decided to subwua Goneral Corblu, dipt. Brott, Is to get from thoin certain features on tho action of tho military authorities in Idaho. Ilamson Millar testified that ho was arrested without process and without charges, although hu had boon in tho Hospital nt tho tlmo of tho blowing up of tho Buukur Hill mine. Ho detnllod tho incidonts lu the "bull pen." A coi ned soldier had threatened to shoot him .or n mere trifling Infraction, nnd on ono occasion tho corporal of tho guard announced, with obscono oaths and pis tol in hand, that ho would shoot tho Irst mon caught smoking. Matcus Daly Present. -Washinotox, Feb. 21 Marcus Daly was present at tho hearing iu tho Clark oieo this morning. It is understood ho will testify during tho day. Attornoy General Nolan continued tho testimony begun yostorduy. Puerto KlcAn Tariff. Washington, Feb. 24. In tho houso today Clayton was tho first speakor pro sontiug legal arguments against tho I'uorto It lean bill. Tawney, member of tho Ways uud Means committee, enlivened thu debato by a sovero ur ritlgumeut of Llttlofluld for tho speech yesterday tho attacking bill and its promoters, Against Paper Trust. NkwYoiik, Fob. 21. Tho American newspaper publishunt association con vention has adopted resolutions which will bo presented to congress, urging leg islation ngalnst the so-called paper trust, which It Is claimed has advanced tno prlco of printing paper 00 to 100 pi r cent without u reason to bo found In tho conditions of tho Industry Itself. Alaska News, Seattlb, Fob. 21 Tho stoamor Hum boldt from Hkuitway brings nuws of the murder of William Blair by Charles E. Hlllon Folly river February 1. Tho mon nuai relied over a squaw. Both aro from this state. McCormlck Heaping, Chicago, Fob, 21. Loundor II. M Cormlck's will disposes of an estate of about f5.UOO.000. Thu property is to bo held In trust for twonty years, then to bo divided umoug tho surviving heirs, or thofr children. Died for Qlory. San Fiianoibco, Fob. 21. The bodtos of tho following named soldiers have arrived on the transport Hanceck: l'liol Idaho Corporal George Scett: Privates Wm. Burgoss uud Win. Beuuoheuo. First Washington Privates Fred 0, Bushman, Shormnn T. Shepard. Itobt A. Ch'ystul, John Smith, Curl M. Thygesou. Second Oregon Privates John J, Kehoo, Lymau Kelsuy, Ralph A. Odull, Win. Melilwin. The Quay Case. Wabiii.no rox, Fub. 24. At tho con clusion of tho routine busluesi in tin senate today, I'eiirosa suid hu did nui defllru to proceed with tho Qtmy case but would call tip thu resolution Mon day. REAPPORTION MBNT. Of the Legislative Distiwis Defeats the Patty. Vruwiiu. B. O. Fob. l. The Sum llu'Cottou government, vhloh replaced Turner administration in British Co lumbia local polltlas, wus difeatwl uj on redistribution ineusuro. upon which it was Intend! to go to thu oountry. JOAQUIN MH.LUR. Latuiea ut Eugene This Filday live ning. Uuneim OunnJ 0. I liner (Jojquln) Miller wus nu curly resident of Jjiiiu oouuty, and tl o visit at this llmu is fraught with muih pleasure to him ns well as tho many old plontwrs who remember him. He came to Oregon with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. llullns Miller, in 1852, und resided hero until 1858, going then to California. He drifted back tothhjoUy nnd attended soliool at tho old Colum bia college and Union university. Duping the years 1853-00 Mr. Miller edited tlie Eugene City Review. Dur ing tho rest of his eventful career Mr. Miller run a jony express to wining Ties Worth Five Million camps, was ao nttornov, aud county, judgo of Grant county, and in 1870 went to Europe, acting as correspondent for u New York paper during tho Franco Prussian war. Tho Oregon Stato Journal, Eugene City Hovlow nnd a paper Mr Miller ed ited iu Eastern Oregon, llrst published tho pooms which later made him famous. This afternoon lion. J. J. Walton en tertained Joaquin Miller, his brother Geo. M. Miller, and Columbus Snod grass. Krebs-Giltls. Tho mnrrlago of Miss Marie Krebs to Dr. A. B. Gillls of this city, was solem nized nt tho cathedral residence nt Port land, ltev. J. F. Black of St. Francis church officiating, on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Fob. 10th. Dr. and Mrs. Gillls visited at tho homo of the brldo's sister, Mrs. M. J. Mntson,nt Woodburn,'' a few days and then came to Salem to make their home. Tho bride is a native of Milwoukco, Wis., but came with her family to Marlon county about fifteen years ago. Hur life has becu devoted entirely to music and art. Colonel Gillls has been a resident of Salem for about seven years nnd has achieved a marked success in his profession He sorvod on tho staff of Governor Lord with credit, and Is a gentloman who is highly respected, nnd with his charming nnd accomplished better-halt will bo welcomed fir social circles whorovor thoy nro known. DIIiD. NIXON.-In this city, nt 1:20 a. m. Saturday, February 21, 1000, of sumption, MissJuunio Nixon, 28 years. 'l. ill hi. nl ran. aged Miss Nixon was tho beloved sister of Mrs. J. S. Cook, of Yew Park and came to Oregon about six weeks ngo from Whltorock, Kan., for the benefit of hor health. Sho was accompanied by hur father, Wm. Nixon, nnd her brother, John F. Nixon, who wcro with her un til Iter death. Tho remains will bo shipped on tho 4 o'clock train tomorrow for hur homo in Kansas. Her father will accompany tho remains Eaat. Shake Into Yourfcjlioes Allen's Foot-Easo, u powder. It cure painful smarting, nurvous feet and in growing nails und instantly takes tho sting out of corns and bunions. It's thu grcutost comfort discovery of tho ago Allen's Foot-Euso makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It Is a certain euro for sweating, callous nnd hot tired ach ing fH't. Try it todiy. Sold by utt druggists nnu shoo stores. By mail (or 25o iu stumps. Trial package FUEE Address Allen S. Oimstcd, 1-oltoy, N. Y "I had dyspepsia foi yciir?. Two bollluH KodolDyttpepklaCuru piulucvd iiiurvuhiuri results." L. 11. Warreo. Il digustH what you cut. btonos Drug Stores. A largo amount of logging Is bolng dotio on thu Siimluw. Thero uro six log ging camps In operation. A rpuoious nnd completely equipped warehouse am frultpacklng establish ment Is to bo constructed in Salem this yoar. So many per sons have hair that is stubborn and dull. It won't trow. Whit's the reason? Hair nctds help Juit I is anything else docs at times. I Tho roots require feeding, when hilr stops growing it loses Its luster, n looks dead. wm acts almost Instantly on such hair. It awakens new life in the halrbulbs. The efect is nair MMWI1 astonishing. Yftitf h it I r rowr, brtomes tnicfer, una en sndrulf ! remold. And th ongt"'-l color of esrly tiro is restorsd to faded or gray hair. Tbia Is always the case. Sl.01ak.Hk. AUfrtnuti. "I tut uk-I Ajrsr s JUlr Vlaer. and am iwlly uunttha at lb gwa itb ili.ua la!.tpliiff my talr troin cooilnK out. It l ib w! touie I kT UleU, and I tU oatuiusto tosomowea It to 8pt. 21, im, liurllntC8,K. 0. iiU4 freui IU u. of U Jlalr Ylr L WHEAT MARKBTi Ban FbasciscO, Fob. 24, Cash 97, Quicaoo, Feb. 24-MoyiO,Cahy fill Hair 111 Help mwm 1 1 'a! ?