VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899,
NO 239
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OUIR GREAT AWW.UAL -IWVEMTORY -CLEARANCE- . SALE.
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Continues with greater vim than eyer. ' We are pleased to note the liberal returns during theopening week of our Sale, and to remind our customers that all lines advertised last week, will continue
at same reduced prices during the entire month of January, This week we add new items, good seasonable items to which, in turn, will be added other lines as we progress.
Men's
Heavy Ribbed
Underwear.
The value is 75c
per garment." The
weight and color
for warmth . and
service. Our clear
ance sale fcCOf "
price is . Ow
Our Clearance Sale
of Tatle Linens
and Napkins at
25
Per Cent
Discount
will be remembered is still on.
Boys' and
Girls' Hosiery.
We have decided to
close three lines of
black cotton Hos
iery, extra values,
which we advise all mothers to see.
10c pair
15c and 20c Miss' and Child's im
ported black cotton hose
25c Boys' heavv black cotton school icft ..
Hose, best quality J-OC pair
Men's .
Extra Pants
of $2 is now redused to
Made of a heavy solid
wool kersey cloth; colors
a gray mixed ; 6eams
warranted not to rip.
Anyone wanting a warm durable pair of Pants sure
ly will be interested in these. The price i-i KK
yx.uu
TVTfln 'o T" n -!? - This coat is made
JXLCJJ. O XJ XjX. of a heavy brown
Coat. Special! lined with a heavy
wool blanketing and interlined with rubber, making
the garment perfectly wind and water proof.
The value is $2.45 Our Clearance i4 OK
SalePriceis tpX.OO
White Coats bartenders and waiters
wear. An entirely newetock. '
Q!for"? Cll We have placed on sale today a
0jGUJ.dX. heavy 36-inch bleached cotton
Towel at $1 per dozen.
Men's Qolored -S
season at $1.00 We
bad a liberal lot of
them. We sold a
great many of them.
The .balance Of some three dozen are now selling at
68 cents. , Study, shirt economy in this buying,
' there's money to be saved by it.
Dress Shirts
68 cents.
Mackintosh
Coats
that are cut right, fit right
fit rights and look right,
should be quite in demand
in this kind of weather.
That reminds us as having an all-wool Covert Cloth,
light brown, double breasted box Mackintosh Coat,
that is the perfection of style, at only J6.50
which is three dollars and a half below real value.
BOV' Long Pants Suits for Boys
-v"'7 from 11 to 19 years are in the
(""1 Vl 1 Tl 0 maiority ' with us. To re
'XvJ I J-LJ.JJ.g3 . verse matters we will offer
during our -Clearance Sale, four lines of popular
priced, reliable winterweigbt Suits in the above eizes,
at following reductions.
$5.00 Suits For $4.12
$6.50 " . 5.35
$7.50 " y 6.15
10.00 " 7.90
If your hat is turning slightly shabby, it mav in
interest you to know that we have a special counter
of fine hats. worth from $2.00 to $3.50, which are sell
ing at $1.25. Costs nothing to look at them.
Fur Collarettes, fine Cloth Capes and Jackets may
be bought now oi us at J less their regular price,
TOT
A. HA. . WILLIAMS - CO. t
SAYS MILES IS
A PLAIN LIAR
E33E Calls tie CommanJini General
Sine Hard Names.
SAID BEFORE
WAR BOARD
His Testimony Proves to be Both Vigor
ous and Sensational Declares
That When Miles Said the So
Called Embalmed Beef Was Sent
to Porto Rico Under Pretense of
Experiment, He Willfully and Ma
liciously Lied.
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powders arc the greatest
. menacers to nealth of the present day.
" ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
this beef or anything; whatever was fur
nished the army under 'pretense of an
experiment.' "
GETTING READY
J SENATE NOW THE- '
BATTLE-GROUND
-TO LEAVE
'. Washington, Jan. 12. The most vig
orous and sensational testimony was
given before the war investigating com
mittee today by Commissary-General
Eagan, who appearing nnezpectedly to
meet the allegation against the beef is
issued in the war, vigorously arraigned
General Miles, commanding the army.
He denied numerous statements made
by Miles, charged that the latter's testi
mony constituted several reflections on
commanding generals of the expeditions
and referred to him as ''This same Com
manding General Nelson A. Miles," and
said: "Who ever called beef furnished
'embalmed beef, is a liar."
W. B Miles, in charge, of Armour &
Co. 'a plant, appeared for the packing
bouse. He testified aB to the quantity
of the canned meats and methods of inspection.
Commissary Eagan, in the course of
his testimony, called Gen. Miles, com
manding the army, "A liar, who lied in
bis throat, lied in bis heart, lied in ev
ery part of his body," who perpetrated
a gross scandal and" who should be
drummed out of the service and im
prisoned, and should be avoided by ev
honest man and barred from every club,
He characterized1 bis interviews as
"filth." Eagan's testimony on this
point was: -
"Miles was asked by your commission
bow tinned beef became part of the army
. rations. His answer was 'You had bet
ter ask the secretary of war or the com
issarygeneral. I think they can tell
you. I know it was sent to the army as
food, and the pretense is that it was
sent as an experiment.'' This he says,
not even giving credit to me for sending
it as an experiment, but that I furnished
it under 'pretense of an experiment.'
This serious charge should be made by
no man lightly, not without evidence to
support.
"Taking it in the sense that it was prob
ably intended, the sense that will be ac
cepted by the country at large, the sense
that already the press ot the United
States has accepted it (indeed, some of
the press, because it called ' for my dis
missal from the army and my court
martial). I answer that it was not fur
nished under pretense of an experiment,
nor even as 'an experiment, and when
Miles'charged that it was furnished as a
'pretense of an experiment' he lies in
throat, he lies in his heart, lies in every
hair of hie head, and every pore of his
body. He lies wilfully, deliberately, in
tentionally and maliciously.
"If his statement is true that this beef
was furnished under 'pretense of an ex
periment,' then I should be drummed
out ot the army and incarcerated in
prison with the other, libelers. His
statement is a scandalous libel, reflect
ing'npon the honor of every officer in
the department; who has contracted
for or furnished this meat, and especial
ly and particularly on the commissary
general, myself. .
"In denouncing Miles as a liar when
be makes this statement.I wish to make
it as emphatic and coarse as the state
ment itself. I wieh to force the lie back
into bis throat, covered with the con
tents .of a camp latrine! I wish to brand
it as a falsehood of the ' whole cloth,
without a particle of truth to sustain it,
and unless he can prove bis 'statement,
he should be driven out of clubs', barred
from the society of decent people, and
so ostracized that the street bootblack
would not condescend to epeak to bim,
for he has fouled his .own nest, he has
aspersed the honor of a brother officer
without a particle of evidence or fact to
sustain in any degree the f scandalous,
libelous,' malicious falsehood, viz: That
California Volunteers- Preparing For
the Muster Out
ClerMiB SpaMe Will Probably Be Re:
luM There. .
Vancodve, Wash., Jan. 12. Since
the receipt of the telegram . directin g
the mustering out of the . battalion of
the Eighth California volunteers, now
stationed here, the -men and officers
have been busy putting their affairs in
shape to turn over tq their successors,
when they are designated.
There is a report that a troop of the
Fourth cavalry, now stationed at Fort
Walla Walla, will be eent here, but no
orders have been issued to that effect,
and officers in position to know do not
know what troops, if any, will be sent.
. It ia possible that the small detach
ment of men from the' Fourteenth in
fantry, comprising those who returned
from Alaska, and a few men who have
returned from Manila, will be expected
to do the duty of eight companies.
The volunteers expect to be able to
leave here within two weeks, and the
men who relieve them will probably be
ordered to this point within the next
few days. ' J -
; No Columbia Dock Soon.
Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Mc
Brldn has determined to leave no stone
nnturned to secure a dock for th
Columbia riyer, but it looks a little
doubtful of getting anything of the kind
at this session of congress. The sena
tor has introduced two propositions tor'
this purpose and is trying to have them
made a part of the naval appropriation
bill. T The fact that the government has
entered upon the construction of several
new docks throughout the country will
probably prevent anything being done
for the Columbia just now. It is gener
ally conceded that, more docks are
needed, but just where they will be lo
cated and when they will be built is yet
a question for the future to decide.
- Suicided on the Street.
Butte. Mont.' Jan.' 11. Albert James
Lee, aged 35, who came here 15 months
ago from Chicago as aesistant steward
at the Butte hotel, committed suicide on
Broadway, one of the main business
streets of the city, by shooting himself
through the head. Lee was separated
from bis wife, and for some months past
had been doing odd jobs about town;
Tbia morning he went; to the bank,
drew $50, bought a revolver, and went
to the office of Dr. L. E. Holmes, who
was treating him for' a secret 'disease.
Coming out of the office, he placed, the
pistol to bis head and fired.
SENATE WANTS
MORE CLERKS
And the Present Indication . is That
They Will Make a Vigorous Fight
in Order to Get Them The Tilt
Between the Governor and the
Senate Amicably Settled.
Capitol, Salem, Jan. 12. While the
clerkship equabble ia disposed of, for
the time being at least, in the house, it
is by no means yet settled in the senate.
The house submitted to the inevitable
with good grace, and will endeavor to
struggle through the session with a
greatly reduced ciaricel force. Most of
the committees will perhaps be able to
get along with the allowance given them
under the resolution passed yesterday,
and those that require more assistance
will have no difficulty whatever In get
ting them.'
In the senate the matter remains in
status quo, and the prospect is that the
present force of clerks will be consider
ably increased before the honorable sen
ators will have peace of mind.
The tilt between the governor and the
senate over the unconfirmed appoint
ments of the board of regents of the
state university yesterday morning
promised to lead to some racy and in
teresting developments, but with the
concession of the senate yesterday after
noon, represented . by the returning of
the appointments to the chief executive,
I'tbese prospects vanished. The gover
nor's right to recall the appointments
was conceded, and the hitherto friendly
relations existing between the governor
and senate have been restored.
The result of., the return of the ap
pointments, it is predicted,' will effect
only one of ex-Governor Lord's appoint
ees. 'This appointee is ex-Secretary of
State Harrison B. Kincaid, who will
probably be relieved on political grounds,
lican. There is little question but that
VOGT
OPERA
HOUSE.
JUST ONE NIGHT,
MONDAY, JAN. 16,
TUB COMEDY NOVELTY
ON THE
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A PURE STORY OF TRUE SOUTHERN HEARTS.
A SMILE,
A LAUGH,
A YELL.
A SIGH,
A SOB,
A TEAR.
A CAREFULLY
SELECTED
COMPANY.
NEW AND
FETCHING V
SPECIALTIES.
OLD AUNT" LIN DY IS A WONDER
ALL SPECIAL SCENERY.
Back Seats 50c. Reserved 75c. Children 25c
C. A. Dolph and K. S, Bean will be re-,
appointed. S. H. Holt, whose appoint
ment as trustee of the - Soldier's Home
was also returned to the governor, will
no doubt aleo be reappointed.
A Narrow Escape. .
Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. : "Was taken
with a bad cold which settled on . my
lungs ; cough set it and finally termi
nated In consumption. - Four doctors
gave me up, saying I could live but a
short time. I. gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if I could not stay
with my friends on earth, I would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get Dr. King's New Dis
covery for. consumption, coughs and
colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight
bottles. It has cured me, and thank
God, I am saved and now a well and
bealthy woman." . Trial bottles free at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store. Reg
ular ize 50c and $1. Guaranteed or
price refunded.' .. 1
De Witt's Little Early Risers,
The amiHu li.rtc oilia.
Poblie
BoLUling Alley
....
Kext to Columbia Hotel.
Open Day and Sight.
Courteous treatment
to all Booulers...
Special Attractions
For Bowling- Parties. Patronagre of "
. the public respectfully aoUciied.
Estebenet' & Esping, Props.
Branch Offiea
Oregon Viavi Company,
Boom 7, oyer French' Bank,
Office houxB,
2 to 4 p. m-
Charlotte F. Roberto,
, Local Manager.