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VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1898.
NO 212
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1-A riFPnttern Rniss Teiiyour
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about tt. Oor special sile of Ladies' Tattern Suits
at i off regular price will continue this week.
Specials in every Dep't. dl
intesestinsr, convenient and advantageous to you.
Money buck if goods are not as represented.
Boys'
Clothing'.
Strong Suits
for the Boys.
Every stitch and snm
is true and firm. The
fabric is strong and or a
color that wont soil easily.
'Jbese buits are put to
gether for the roughest
kind of wear. You might
Jay a dollar or so more
or them elsewhere; hcie
they are murked
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iiIlT g handsome and
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by every ona
the boos especi-
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boys will not wear an overcoat: these same bovs
however will not object to a reefer. Colors are red,
black and tun.
Reefer Coats.
$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.
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EASTERN OREGON'S GREATEST DRY GOODS STORE.
We credit every one with common etne improbable stories never find place tinder our n
s'orenewsis brimful of good things. We might fill this page with a collection of bargains (?), but a f
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as you wish to have them. The quantity large enough to eupply anyone who might aBk.
ame in these columns. This week's
strict rule in this house forbids m-
The price and quality is just as good
NOTE THE THINGS WE SPEAK OF TODAY
Ladies'
Petticoats
All the new and
w ant d styles.
Made of silk,
(plain or change
able) worsteds or
yarns.
Fine crochet pet
icoat, made of a .
line yarn, in pret
ty two-color com
binations pink
and tan, blue atid
white, bluck nnd
red, etc. ; made
with a specially
fitted waistband. '
Special prices 40 to 50c.
Velvet,
Silk and
Wool
$1.50 to 8.00
aist
$2.00
to
$5.00
Childrens
Jackets.
Artistic creations
for the little Miss'
of 4 to 12. Pric
es not high when
quality is consid
ered. Ixt 2265, is a
beau tifulcoat,
made of a novelty
cloth of excellent
wearing quality,
handsomely trimmed,
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at $4.00
ax,
Other styles, plenty of them at ?1.7f and on to f 7.o6.
Infant's
Cloaks.
f
- 75c to 81.25.
Real choice ones
Made of cotton
eidtrdown.ln pret
ty mixtures and
fancy patterns,
trimmed around
collar with white
Angora fur .
Our extra ouy
mg facilities help
ed ns out again.
Ordinarily we
would ak from
fifty cents to a
dollar more, for
them.
Infant's
Mittens.
Cream white, pair 10c
Cream, pink or blue 15c
Pure silk mittens,
cream.red or black, 25c
Childrens' ralttens,
black... 10c
..Ladies' Mittens..
Nice warm cozy ones; any stylo 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
These suits are sold by our competitors at $10.00.
The material is a Black Clay Worsted, full 20 oz.
weight; the style a round cut sack coat. See these
before buyinc elsewhere.
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Portieres.
Pretty hangings adl
much to the pleasant
ness of your rooms.
Our derby cloth por
tieres from
93I.90 to $12.00
oOer rou all that's
new and attractive in
this line. Consider
these for Xmas giving
1-4 off on Fancy Silks. SUE??;
the many who were unable to take advantage of our
special sale of Fancy Bilks last wet k, we will m
tlmie the sale during this entire week. All waist
patterns of 5 yard lengths reduced in price.
The place to trade. eS&?tgs.
on every purchase. Money back always. If
goods are not as represented.
Notion
Department.
You can buy these little things anywhere, but
nowhere at such little piices. Note these and
remember them :
SP?"""? ?wing machine oil, per bottle ' 4e
w hisk brooms, each 5c
Toilet soap, per cake oc
1 package non-twist tape, 5 widths ..'....'."' "5c
Hand brushes, each ,
1 box black plus "Iy
1 dozen curtain pins
lkeyring . ...... I
1 leather watch chain '"ip
1 bottle ink '.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.So
Cut Prices
on Shoes. . . .
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Infants
All-wool
Eiderdown
Boucle
and Cloth
CI
lis
Beautitully
Trimmed in
Braid and
Fur
S3 to S4.50.
? A clearance eale of odd lines of men's and
children's fine shoes is now in progress in
our shoe department,
Men's $5.50 shoes reduced to $3 60
Men's $4.50 shoes reduced to '. 2 95
Men's J2.50 saoes reduced to 1 GO
Child's kid shoes, patent tips, worth $1.90, re
duced to . 190
Child's 1.50, reduced to '.'.'.'.'.'."' 105
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SPAIN DIES HARD;
BUT SURELY DIES
Their Final Protest Against Americans
Presented oy Eios.
CONSCIENCE OF
NATIONS INVOKED
Claim that Spain is a Victim of Abuse
of the Riehts of One Nation by
Another- The President's Alleged
Insult.
Paris. Dec. 9. R:oe, president of the
Spanish peace commission, and Ojeda,
the eecretary, are still confined to their
beds. The illness of Ojeda delays the
engrossing of the treaty, and it is doubt
ful whether it will be signed before Mon
day. The Americans held the usual
sesaion this oorning. The Spaniards
continue making bitter comments con
cerning President McKinley's .reference
to the Maine. '
The Spaniards made a last contribu
tion in the recent assembling of the
commissions, when Eios presented a
vigorously worded protest, in which they
declared they had yielded to force, but
they invoked the conscience of the na
tions against the abuse of the rights of
.a nation, of which they were the vic
tims. The protest was for the purpose
of record, and consisted of argument in
support of every concession demaoded
by the Spaniards and the American? re
fused. In spite of the secrecy observed by
the Americana, it is learned that this
treaty in substance consists of thirteen
or fourteen articles. Te principal ar
ticles provide for the cession and evac
uation of Cuba, Porto Eico and the
Philippine islands, and the political, fi
nancial and administrative results there
of, and acquisition by the United States
of public property and the relinquish
ment of the archives.
Articles of secondary importance de
termine the status of Spanish subjects
residing in the ceded territory and un
finished lawsuits and contracts, guaran
tees of tte same terms to Spanish ship
ping and merchandise and American
shipping and merchandise in the Phil
ippines for ten years and leaying the
status of Spanish commerce in the
Weet Indies to be settled later. An im
portant provision is the guarantee of re
lieious freedom in the ceded territory.
Abarzuza Talks. I
New York, Dec. 9. A World special
from Paris says :
"A final, definitive . treaty of peace,
containing fourteen articles, has been
agreed upon," said Senor Aberzuza, of
the Spanish commission. "It has been
drawn and engrossed on parchment in
triplicate, and will be signed at the Qoai
d'AorBay (French foreign ministry, where
the peace commissions have met), on
Saturday, or at the very latest, on next
Monday."
Judge Day, president of the United
States commission says the treaty will
be a secret document until it reaches
President McKinley and the senate, but
adds: , -
"The conclusion of peace by a treaty
was a very gratifying thing. Failure in
respect of it would have been a misfor
tune for both nations."
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Made from pure
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against alurru
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
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STILL REACHING .
OUT IN CHINA
United States and England Must Act
Promptly and Together If Their
Rights are to be Maintained.
Shanghai, Dec. 9. John Barrett,
formerly United States minister to Siam,
has returned here after visiting Peking
and the principal cities and ports. He
says the situation in China is one of
the most critical nature, and Manchuri
is no longer Chinese, but Eussian ter
ritory. He asserts that New Chwang,
the chief northern port for the move
ment of American products, is also prac
tically Eussian, and is liable to be closed
any day.
The only permanent safeguard to par
amount American and British interests,
Barrett eays, is immediate and united
action by the interested governments to
defend their territory in the Chinese
empire, to force reforms in the govern
ment, to prevent further cession of ports
and provinces, and to insist upon an
"open door" policy in all the ports of
China, including the spheres of influence
of Eussia, Germany and France. Oth
erwise, Barrett contends, the impending
partition of the Chinese empire will se
riously curtail the field of trade by dis
astrously affecting American and British
influence in Asia.
PRESENT TO
OREGON SOLDIERS
Volunteers Stationed at Manila Soon to
Be Ordered Home to Be Mustered
Out.
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TROOPS BY
WAY OF SUEZ
Next Expedition to Cross the Atlantic
Instead of the Pacific.
One More Victim.
San Francisco, Dec. 9. Another
body was taken from the ruins of the
Baldwin hotel late last night. Wreckers
delving into the debris on the Market
street side turned np a charred mass of
flesh, which at the morgue was pro
nounced to be the remains of a human
being.
There was absolutely nothing to indi
cate the identity of the corpse, which is
believed to be that of a woman. Several
letters were discovered near the body,
but they are not supposed to throw any
light on the mystery, as they are direct
ed to Mrs. Benjamine Wetherby, who
with her husband, escaped from the
building unharmed. The Wetherbys
are now on their way to Portland, Or.
He is a traveling salesman for a Massa
chusetts shoe house.
Pains in the chest when a person has
a cold Indicate a tendency toward pneu
monia. A piece of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
bound on to the chest over the seat ot
pain will promptly relieve the pain and
prevent the threatened attack of pneu
monia. This same treatment will cure
a lame back in a few hours. Sold by
Blakeley & Honghton.
To Car b Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refnnd the money if
it tails to care. , 2oc.
Washington, Dec. 8. EeDresentative
Tongue today interviewed the assistant
secretary of war and the adjutant-general
with reference to Drocurimr the dis
charge of -several . members of the Sec
ond Oregon volunteers, now in Manila.
Mr. Tongue has been asked on numer
ous occasions to secure the discharge of
different members of the regiment, some
on account of poor health and others
who are needed at home to support de
pendent families. Both officials with
whom he conversed assured him that
the Oregon regiment will soon be ordered
home, and. after beine fnr!onhed for 80
days, as was the case with all volunteers
wno saw service outside the United
States, will then be discharged. Before
discharges could be forwarded to Ma
nila, the troops will probably be on their
way home, and it will, therefore. h
useless to take further steps in this di
rection. The secretary stated that the
friends of Oregon volunteers should be
patient, for it would be much better that
the regiment return as a body than that
the members come home individually.
Coming as a regiment, the men will
have - their transportation and ratians
furnished by the government, whereas
individually Home trouble might be ex
perienced in this respect. The secretary
of war has telegraphed to headquarters
at Manila, stating-that the volunteers
stationed at that station are to be mas
tered out in the same order in which
they reached ths Philippines. Accord
ing to this, the Oregon men will be
among the first to come home.
New York, Dec. 9. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington eays: The
next regiment to start for Manila will
embark at New York about the end of
this month and will go through the Sues,
canal. The expedition will consist of
three regiments of regular infantry, dis
tiibuted between two of the largest con
verted transports owned, by the govern--,
ment, with perhaps a convoy of two war
ships. The decision to use New York as the
point of embarkation instead of San
Francisco, whence all the earlier force
started for the Philippines, was reached
by General Corbin after a careful review
of a number of considerations, chief
among which was the urgency for baste.
The early completion of the treaty of
peace with Spain renders indispensable
a prompt increase of the American
forces, not only at Manila, but to provide
additional garrisons for important
centers in the archipelago, which wilt
immediately fall under American domi
nation with its accompanying responsi
bility for the security of life and prop
erty. At the present time the government ia
wholly without available transports in
the Pacific ocean to meet the emergency.
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