VOL. XI THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898 NO 210 1-4 off Pattern Suits. SSiff nbont It. Our special sale of Ladies' Pattern Suits at li off regular price will couth) ue this week. Specials in every Dep't. uZd! iutesestinsv convenient and advantageous to you. Money back if goods are not as represented. Boys' Clothing". Strong Suits for the Boys. Every stitch and senm is true and firm. The fabric is strong and of a color that wont soil easily. 'Xhese Milts are put to gether for the roughest kind of wenr. You might pay a dollar or so more for them elsewhere; here tbey are marked $2.50 B03 s' Reefer Coats. boys will not wear an overcoat; however will not object to a reefer, black and tan. They are very handsome and much admired by every ona the boos especi a 11 y. Some these snme boys Colors are red, $3.75, 4.50 and 6.00. Boys' Cape Yes, we have them. The dependable, satis factory kind. The kind the least number of boys object to. Be cause the styles are right; neatly braided around Cape. $2.00 to $5.00 in WILL mm 11 M 0 UU U Q EASTERN OREGON'S GREATEST DRY GOODS STORE. We credit every one with common sene improbable stories never find place under our name in these columns. This week's store news is brimful of good things. We might fill this page with a collection of bargains (?), but a strict rnle in this bouse forbids in discriminate advertising. There must be some good reason for telling the story of an article heiv. The price and qnality is jnet as good as you wish to have them. Tne quantity large enough to supply anyone who might ask. NOTE THE THINGS WE SPEAK OF TODAY. Ladies' Petticoats All the new and w anttd styles. Made of silk, (plain or change able) worsteds or yarns. Fine crochet pet icoat, made ot a fine yarn, in pret ty two-color com binations piuk and tan, blue and white, black and red, etc. ; made with a specially fitted waistband. Special prices 40 to 50c. Velvet, Silk and Wool $1.50 to 8.00 wais ts Childrens Jackets. Artistic creations for the little Miss' of 4 to 12. Pric es not high when quality Is consid ered. Lot 2265, Is a beau tiful coat, made of a novelty cloth of excellent wearing quality, handsomely trim med, 0 fei nn Other styles, plenty of them at $1.75 and on to $7.50. Infant's Cloaks. 75c to 1.25. Real choice ones Made of cotton eiderdown, In pret ty mixtures and fanry patterns, trimmed around collar with white Angora fur Our exrra Duy lng facilities help ed us out again. Ordinarily we wonld ask from fifty cents to a dollar more, for them. Infant's Mittens. Cream white, .'pair 10c Creum, pink or blue 15c Pure silk mittens, cream.red or black, 2oc Childrens mittens, black 10c ..Ladies' Mittens.. Nice warm cozy ones; any style or kind your heart desires. 10 cents to $1.75. Ask to see our 50c special silk mitten. They are double knit, pure silk, satin ribbon bow on back. Men's Black Clay Suits Tbese suits are sold by our competitors at ?10.00. The material is a Black Clay Worsted, full 'JO oz. weight; the style a round cut sack coat. See these before buying elsewhere. Portieres. Pretty hangings add much to the pleasant ness of your rooms. Our derby cloth por tieres from $1.90 to $12.00 ofTer you all that's new and attractive in this line. Consider these for Xmas giving Infants All-wool Eiderdown Boucle and Cloth CI Dais Beantltully Trimmed in Braid and Fur S3 to S4 SO. 1-4 off on Fa ncy Silks. i5K the many who were nnable to take advantage of our special sale of Fanoy Silks last week, we will n tioue the sale during this entire week. All waist patterns of 5 yard lengths reduced in price. The place to trade. Money saving at everv turn on every purchase. Money back always. If goods are not as represented. Notion Department. Yon can tray these little things anywhere, but nowhere at such little prices. Note these and remember them : Sperm sewing machine oil, per bottle 4o Vt bisk brooms, each 50 Toilet soap, per cake 2c 1 package non-twist tape, S widths 4c Hand brushes, each 2c 1 box black pins ic 1 dozen curtain pins "20 1 keyring ie 1 leather watch chain 2c 1 bottle ink . 3c . Cut Prices on Shoes. . . . A clearance eale of odd lines of men's and' children's fine shoes is now in progress in our ehoe department, Men's $5.50 shoes reduced to $3.60 Men's $4.50 shoes reduced to 2.95 Men's $J.50 shoes reduced to 1.60 Child's kid shoes, patent lips, worth $1.90, re duced to 1.20 Child's $1.50, reduced to .-. 1.05 11. HI. Williams & Co. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RELIEVED Tliis Announcement Has Bra GirenOot By tie War Dejartmeut OREGON BOYS WILL COME HOME Regulars Will Go to Manila as Soon as Transportation Can Be Secured, and the Volunteers Will Be Re turned in Their Order. Portland, Dec. 7. A telegram was received here this morning which ought to bring joy and gladness to every heart in Oregon. It is as follows : Denver, Dec. 7. TheRockyMoun tain News prints the following tele gram from Secretary Alger, dated at Washington, Dec. 6.: "It is proposed to send regulars to relieve the volunteer regiments in Manila just as soon as transporta tion can be arranged. The volun teers will be returned to the United States in the order in which they left." This would bring the troops back in the following order : First California, Second Oregon, First Colorado, Tenth Pennsylvania, and the Utah battery. The circumstances surrounding the is suance of this piece of information in dicate that it is authentic and true. A few weeks ago the governor of Col rado, who had been using bis - influence to have a prominent young Colorado volunteer discharged from the service in. Manila, received a letter from Adjutant Ganeral Corbin stating that it was the purpose of the president to have the volunters sent home as soon as regulars can be provided to take their place. Beyond question the letter was not intended for publication, as the peace negotiation were at a critical point at that time, but the letter fell into the hands of the newspapers, and was wide ly printed. Secretary Alger wired a contradiction ot the statement, and it was thought at the time that the war department considered it bad policy to give out nny such information ' until peace was concluded. A day or two after the announcement that Spain would accept the terms of the United States, and that peace was as sured, a number ot regiments of regu lars stationed in Wisconsin were ordered to proceed to San Francisco, preparatory to sailing for Manila early in January, and now comes the information from Secretary Alger that regulars ' will take the place of volunteers as eoon as the change can be made. - The president has eaid it was his purpose to relieve the volunteers with regulars, and has asked congress to in crease the army sufficiently to allow him to do so. - It is the opinion of those who have given the matter thought that the ex changes could not possibly be completed in less than three months from the time it begins, and as the regulars - are ordered to be ready to sail from San Francisco between January 5th and 12th it may be April or May before the Ore gon boys get home. The thought that they are eoon to come, however will make the time go by rapidly, and in Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum bating powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ROYAL BAKING PQWOCft CO., KEW VOftK. less than a year from the time of their departure it is very probable that the brave boys of Oregon will again be Bet- tied down in their native land. SlOO Reward SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has, been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood anil mucous surfaces of the dieease and giving the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprie tors have S3 much faith in its curative povrjrs, that they offer One Hundred Do lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney, & Co., Toleda, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ! DeWitfs Wucti Hazel Salve 1 ' Cures Pile. Scalds. Burn. PRESIDENT'S COURSE CRITICIZED The Debate Was Started by Hoar, who Made a Vigorous Protest Washington, Dec. 7. At 12 :16 the senate went into executive session, and a long debate upon the question of con firmation of the Hawaiian commission ers. The debate was started by Hoar, who made a vigorous protest against the practice of appointing senators on such a commission. He said senators so ap pointed became duly authorized agents of the president to carry out his ideas and wishes, and claimed this was not com patible with their functions as senators. The same objection, he said, applied to the peace commission at Paris. The appointing of senators and com missions was defended by Morgan (.Ala.l and Piatt, (Conn.) who claimed there was nothing inconsistent in doing so. The debate then became s6mewhat general, and the constitutional peroga tives of the president and rights of the senate were diecueaed at length, upon the legai and technical phrases of the subject. Enterprising; Drug-grists. There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than Blakel?y & Hough ton, who spare no pains to secure the best of everything in their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by its many startling cures It absolutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all - affections of the ' above drugstore and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for 50 cents and $1. Guaranteed to cure or price re funded. - To Be Concluded this Week. Paris, Dec. 7. There was no joint session of the peace commission today, as the Spaniards are still occupied in translating the American answer to their proposals in regard to the status of Span ish subjects in annexed territory. As cabled last eyening, the eight prin cipal articles of the treaty are settled, and all that remains for the commissions to attend to is the settlement of minor points of the treaty. The latter will probably be signed Saturday next, for the Spaniards are as anxious as the Americans to finish the work in hand. Fire Near Woodburn. Woodbuen, . Or., Dec. , 6. The farm residence of Mrs. G. M. Engle, one and a half miles east of Woodburn, was to tally destroyed by fire at 9 :30 last night. Mrs. Engle is now a permanent resi dent of Portland. The house was oc cupied by I. F. Clark, who lost every thing except the clothing he wore. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Mr, and Mrs. Clark were visiting in Woodburn at the time. The loss on the building is $200; contents $500. There was no in surance. Boat Was Overturned. Astoria, Dec. 6. Alex Hansen, a fisherman, about 50 years of age, was drowned this afternoon in about three feet of water on the tideflats in front of Alderbrook. He was in a ekiff that overturned, and he made no effort to save himself, although ropes and boards were thrown to him from the net above. He left a widow and eeveral children. A cough is not like a fever. It does not have to run a certain course. Cure it quickly and effectually with One Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy for all ages and for the most severe cases. We recommend it because it's good. MESSAGE SUITS THE CUBANS Taken As Proof of Honesty of thea President's Purposes. New York, Dec. 7. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says : President McKinley's message has given the greatest satisfaction to all Cubans who look upon it as a definite declaration of the policy of the United States toward Cuba. Bafael Portildo. the president of the Cuban assembly,, said : "The message is most satisfactory to Cuban aspiration and will have an ex cellent .effect here. It proves beyond further cavil and dispute the president's honest intentions toward Cuba. It will quiet many of our more violent associ ates, who have talked loudly about America and have been suspicions of her intentions and it will enable those, like myself, who have believed and trusted in her, to co-operate more fully with her officials in their work. It is a good mes sage, and fully satisfies ub." Henry B. Hyde Seriously 111. New York, Dec. 7. The World says that Henry B. Hyde, president of the Equitable Lite Assurance Society, is seriously ill at his home in this city, suffering from nervous exhaustion. His physician said last night in reply to a direct question whether Mr. Hyde would wonld ever be able to resume his duties : "It would certainly be against tho ad vice of his physicians. His age and ex tremely enfeebled condition are not such that the very great improvement necessary can hardly be looked foi." One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what It was made tor.