O r V C o 2 o 2 ? O GliE -UP SHOE T In the course of our year's business, we have accumulated a number of odds and ends in our Shoe Department, which we are anxious to clean up previous to stock-taking. Special. Men's Shoes. SPBGI-flli smH ist. 2d. 3d- All our Lilly, Brackett & Co. fine hand-sewed $6.oo Shoes. The best on earth. Only $4.35. A large line of Men's Congress and Lace Shoes. Regular $1.50. Special 95c. Corner Window. Broken line of Men's Shoes; reg ular prices $6, $5, $4, $3, $2.50. To go at half their marked price. Gentlemen, these offerings give you an opportunity to get Fine Footr wear at less than cost. Special. Ladies' Shoes. Our regular line of $2.50 Shoes, including the. Bay State, Pease & Mays Own, East - New York and Waverly; all fine Footwear. Going at $1.70. Brown Shoe Co.'s Fine Shoes, in coin toe; very latest lace and button. Regular $2.75. Special $1.85. Thomas G. Plant's fine Vici Kid; full line of sizes and widths. Regular $3.00. Special $2.15.' Every pair is guaranteed. Brown Shoe Co. fine Button Shoe, stitched in white; the bon-ton Shoe of the season. Reg. $3.00. Special $2.io. 7 2 2 o Special. Ladies' Shoes. J. & T. Cousins' Choice Line of Shoes; finest quality stock; up-to-date toes. Regular $3.50; Special $2.40. . J. & T. Cousins' Extra Fine Stock; narrow square toe; good assortment of sizes. Regular $3.75; going for $2.60. Thomas G. Plant's Fine McKay sewed welt, invisible cork sole, pointed toe. An up-to-date Winter Shoe. Reg ular 3.50'. Sale $2.60. PEASE & MAYS. All goods marked in plain figures. The Dalles Daily Chromeic WEDNESDAY. DEC. 9. 1896 Weather Forecast. Portland, Jjec. 7, 1896. Fok Eastern Obrgon Tonight and tomorrow ccasional rain. Hague. Observer. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Kandom Observations and Local Kvents of Lesser Magnitude. Sturgeon are being caught quite plen tifully again. Mr. Robert I. Butte made caah entry on 240 acres near Victor today. James Zirka was examined by Judge Bradshaw yesterday and was ordered sent to the reform school. The ice gorge moved eofue last night and today shows long stretches of open water tnrougn it, nut still it bangs on. , The bulkheads in the Dalles City will j be completed today and she will be j taken to Portland at the latest tomorrow. There will be a meeting of the board of delegates of The Dalles fire depart ment at the council chambers this even ing at 8 o'clock. Does anybody know William J. Stretch? If so they will" confer a favor by sending us his address. Mr. Stretch is a la'nd explorer or locator by occupa tion. The concert under the auspices of the Aid Society of the Congregational church is arranged to take place Wednesday evening, Dec. 30th. There will be a re hearsal of the chorus, Saturday evening, Dec. 12 th. Mr. J. B. Kendall of Cottage Grove wants Senator Mitchell turned down and Judge Pipes elected in his place. Another correspondent writing the Ore gonian from Portland wants Mitchell replaced by a Mr. A. B. Hammond, whoever be is. The plant of the Living Issue, a paper formerly printed at John Day, has been leased to Mr; W. A. Logue, wfco has moved it to Canyon City, and has there begun the publication of the John Day Sentinel. We acknowledge the receipt of the last number. Milton Harlan of The Dalles is in the i surply such need. Toys either new or in good condition, all kinds of clothing, bedding food and fuel are wanted. All cases of poor reported will be investi gated. Last year about twenty families were assisted who. were in actual need. Any ladies wishing to assist in the making over of garments for children will be gladly furnished work. Will everyone look over "their wardrobe at once and send whatever can be spared. All packages can be sent to the hall dur ing evenings, or to the officers' quarters, or if so desired will be called for. Drafting; a Registry Law. . W. Bingnam of Portland, who took the lead in drafting the Australian bal lot law now in force, in this state, has finished the draft of a bill for a registra tion law. It is caraful, minute and comprehensive, and is drawn with the double purpose of preventing fraudulent voting and of avoiding any conflict with the constitution. The bill propoees to make it the duty of every elector in the state to register with the clerk of the county, in which he resides between the first Monday of Jan nary, 1898, and 5 o'clock p. in., of the fifteenth day of May, 1898, and between the same dates and hours biennially thereafter. " Every elector may be registered with out charge by personally appearing at the office cf the county clerk. The elector must be sworn, and his name must be entered in the general county register, with date of registration, the age of the elector, his business or occu pation, bis actual and precise place of residence the country of his nativity, and, if naturalized, the time, place and court of naturalization. Other minor details are prescribed for such persons as are not the heads or proprietors of the houses where they live. What Was the Majority. Justice Filloon has a case on hand that, promises to settle the question as to McKinley's majority in this state. Mr. Silas Osborne backed his political belief with a wager in the sum of $20, that McKinley would not carry this state by more than 2,000 majority, and I the money was placed in the hands of city. Mr. Harlan is a bright newspaper . , .. ., rr- i j-j . r - , , , e . H .! borne claims that McKinloy did not carry the state by 2,000, but by only writer, who was formerly city editor of The Dalles Chronicle, having severed his connection with that paper on No vember 1st. He will be in the city sev eral days introducing a valuable educa tional device. East Oregonian. Christmas for the Poor. about 1,974 votes. Baker, owing to the dispute, refuses to turn the money over, and so Osborne brings suit to have his $20 returned to him. ' MACEO'S CAREER. Brave and Brilliant Officer and Thorough Patriot. Antonio Maceo was, without question, the most brilliant figure of the present revolution in Cnba. He effected a land ing at Certe de Barancoa on March Slet. With him were Flor Crombet and a number of persons. Maceo bad been a member of General Gomez' staff during the ten years' war, from 1868 to 1878, and 'commanded large bodies of troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba, in which province bis family had lived, and where he owned a large plantation. After the ten years' war Maceo traveled in Central America, attempting to raise a large force to invade- Cuba, and con test tha sovereignty of Spain. In 1886 be went to Hayti to try to get assistance for an invasion of Cuba, but he was driven out, and lived for a long time in retirement in Jamaica, and after that he reurned to Cuba and lived very quietly n his plantation in tbe eastern province, where he was very popular. In 1890 be was driven out of Cuba and went to New York. At the time of tbe present outbreak he was in Florida, and he joined a large expedition which Bet out from Fort Li Dion in 1892 on tbe steamer Adirondack. A Spanish man-of-war pursued the steamer for eight hours, and at last tke leaders were com pelled to land on Fortune island,' one of the West Indies. Thence Maceo and the other leaders made their way to Cuba. On the great raid across tbe isl and in 1895 Maceo was Gomez' chief coadjutor, and . when Captain-General Campos had finally receded with his headquarters to Havana, Maceo led a daring raid into the fertile province of Pinar del Bio, where he devastated the great tobacco district and raised the whole province in revolt against Spain. There he has been ever since, with the Spanish authority in the province prac tically overturned.-' Time and again reports have been re ceived from Cuba of his death in action or his suicide, always to 'be refuted by his later activity. - There is no doubt that many people will doubt the authenticity of tbe report now received of his death, though no previous report has given such exact de tails of the circumstances of his death and the fact of identification. ceived 343,267 immigrants from all countries, among them 2,067 from Portugal, with a percentage of 77.99 il literates, 57,515 Italians, .with 57.51 per cent illiterates, 25,334 from Germany, with 2.96 per cent and 18,821 from Sweden with 1.16 per cent illiterates. Tbe postal department earned $82,499, 208 and it ost to run it $90,626,286. The total expenditures on the pension account were $142,206,550, total number of pensioners 970,68. The cost of pen sions is just about one-third of the en tire expense of running the government. We have still left exclusive of Alaska 600,000,000 acres of public' lands of tbe original 1,840,000,000 owned by the gov Birthday Party. On last dence of scene of f Figures From the Message. The Salvation Army is beginning ex tensive preparations for their annual celebration of Christmas - for the poor. They proposed make this year's festiv ities of the same practical nature as for merly finding and supplying the actual needs of those to be assisted. To do this they now make their annual appeal to the citizens of The Dalles, first for in formation concerning families needing help, either in the city or surrounding vicinity ; and next in the donation of any and everything that can be used to Wedding Bells. Mr. Geo. H. Teackel" and Bertha fincn were united in marriage by l?ev. Jason B. Gorbam, at .the home bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marc Fincb, in this city, on the evenin 8th inst. It was the occasion of pleasant gathering of about fort and all passed off to the apparebt satis faction of those present. - Mention must be made of excellent music furnished and led by Messrs. E. Cooley aid Henry Bowman, together with refreshments served, and the bestowment of wedding presents. , I I A A ;v of the rfs'M. gof the a very guests The president's . message . furnishes e figures, and these in turn furnish food for reflection. Of the precious metals the United States produced- for the vear ending 'June 30, , 1896, gold 2,254,760 fine ounces worth $46,610,000, silver 55,727.000 ounces worth commer cially36,445,000 and of coinage value of $72,051,000 or in both , metals about $1,50 per capita.. We imported products of the value of $779,725,240, and ex ported at the same time $882,606,938. We manufactured 88,588,703 gallons of distilled spirits exclusive of fruit bran dies, or about five quarts for. every man,' woman and child, and 35,809,250 barrels of beer, or half a barrel apiece. We re- Saturday afternopn the resi Hon. E. O. McCoy was the one of the most delightful gatherings of little folks Ahat has taken place this winter, the occasion being the 11th anniversary ,of the birth of Miss Ella McCoy. Written invitations were sent out to the numerous friends of tbe young lady, which were unani mously accepted. After some time had been spent in enjoyment of various chil dren's games, a dainty but bountiful lunch was served, to which all did ample justice and at 5 o'clock the little guests returned to their homes with happy hearts and wishing that Elljf'a birthday would come oftener. Among those present were: , Ella McCoy. Lena Moore, Helen Lytle, Winifred Wilson, Hazel Hunt ington, Hazel Herbert, Joyce Herbert, Constance French, Marfearet Whealdon, Lela and Lota KelsaV, Vina Neilsen, Nina Guthrie, Bertha. Steers, Parcel Mc Coy and Jarr.es Hnntirjgton. Pease & Mays' are showing in their center window a beautiful line of men's soft bats and Fedoras in browns, tans, elates and blacks, op-to-date styles. Regular price, $2, $2.50 and $3. Your pick of the lot for $1. 8-12 Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg, tbe eye specialist, and have your eyes examined free of charge. If you suffer with headache or nervousness you un doubtedly have imperfect vision that, if corrected, will benefit vou for life. Office in the"Vbgt block. " All-Steel Clamp 50e a Psl'hp, Skates MAYS & CROWE. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. CREAM 1M m m Most Perfect Made. 40 Years the Standard. School Books Supplies. Jacobson Book & Music Go. No. 174 Second Street, New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon. GEORGE RUCH PIONEER GROCER. Successor to Cbrisman & Corson. ' FULL LINE OF STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES. i Again in business at the old stand. I would be pleased to see all my former patrons. Free delivery to any part of town. Remember We have strictly First-class FIR OAK and MAPLE WOOD To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES. Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO