VOL. XI
THE DALLES, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899
NO 244
NEW ITEMS
THIS WEEK.
Clearance
Sale..
Still On.
f A. M.
WILLIAMS
& CO.
Dress
Goods.
Two
Items.
We had fifteen hundred yards of a cer
tain fall weight, all-wool, fancy winter suit
ing two months ago; we now have only one
hundred and and eighty yards. By Febru
ary 1st, from present indications, there'll
be a clean counter only.
The materials are of this season's im
portations 40 inches wide and worth 65c
per yard. QO - Qr
Sale price OO l-OU
Cheaper than Calico is our next Dress
Goods special : a fancy two-toned bourette
weave of convenient width 27 in.
Clearance price V.
1-4 off on
Golf Cloakings.
Ladies who have viewed our select
styles in Golf Cloakings will thoroughly ap
preciate this reduction.
25c Half
Hose
16 2-3c.
Good soft, worthy hose; firmly kuit of
a long all-wool thread in Camel's hair, with
white heels and 'toes. All needing good
hose will buy these.
12 l-2c Wrap- 9c
per Material
This calls attention to the popular
fleeced back, fancy figured flannelettes, to
much used and so very servicable. Wrap
pers by the yard or made up we have both
16 2-3c
Fancy
Domets
12 l-2c.
For a cheery looking, soft and cozy
house gown, there is no material more
adapted than the Domet Flannels, and then
such styles, such patterns. 8 an 10 yards
for a wrapper.
75c All-wool
Striped 48c.
Eiderdown
Infant's Cloaks and Ladies' Dressing
Sacqnes are very pretty when made of this
material. We have a few pieces of the very
choicest patterns in this lot at 48c.
Dress Goods
at Half Price.
Remnants
95c Boys' 65c
Sweaters
Special clearance sale of a line of Bovs'
Children's heavy wool Sweaters, in dark
blue and red, with striped ends. Your boy
would like one and the price is low.
Dark Outing1
Flannels 4c.
We have always had the reputation of
showing best Outing Flannel values. This
week vre again demonstrate that fact.
Other stores 5c and 6c Outing Flan- Ar
nels, here
25c and 50c fancy silk tin --v3
Neck Ribbons l&C yard.
Reductions on
Capes,
Jackets,
Table Linens
Napkins;'
Hats,
Suits.
Biaiel
sate
46 lb all-wool Blankets.
Special at $3.00
4 lb all-wool Oregon Blanket
Regular price $ 3.90
5 lb all-wool Oregon Blanket,
gray mottled, worth $4.90. .
7 lb all-wool Oregon Blanket,
reduced from $6:00 to
. 7 lb all-wool Oregon Blanket,
good value at $6 85, now . . .
$2.50
$2.95
$3.75
$4.50
$550
10 lb all-wool Klondike Blanket, d QK
extra value at $7.90 reduced totpO.OO
WAR IS RAGING
IN SAMOA
Heavy Fitting Has Occnrrel fitli
Great Loss ot Life.
CHAMBER'S DE
CISION CAUSED IT
Upon Being Denied the Right to Sit on
the Throne, Mataafa Gathers His
Army and Sets Out on a Cam
paign of Devastation.
San Fkancisco, Jan, IS. A cable
gram to the Call from Auckland, New
Zealand, under date of January 17, says:
"When the steamship Alameda left
Alpia, January 12, a revolution had
broken out on the Samoan islands and
was being waged with much bloodshed
and great destruction of property. The
warships Falke and Porpoise, the latter
in command of Captain Sturdee, were
then at the islands and were taking
part in suppressing the rising.
On December 31 Chief Justice Cham
bers decided in favor of Mahetoa Tanu,
claiming Mataafa was barred by the
treaty of Berlin, January 1. Five
thousand of Mataafa's followers rose in
rebellion and defeated two thousand of
Malletoa'a forces, ambushing them, kill
ing 13 natives and wounding many.
The rebels have burned 400 houses
and razed towns on Upolu. Breadfruit
trees have been cut down in many
places. Foreigners are'uninjured.
The crew of the Porpoise is guardiug
the mission, which is a refuge for Mai-
ietoa. i
The three consuls have signed procla
mations recognizing Mataafa's party as
the provisional government pending in
structions from the powers, with Presi
dent Raffell as executive head.
On the 5th RafFell proclamed the
supreme court closed, and took posses
sion, declaring himself chief justice. He
asked Mataafa for 500 men and was re
fused. The Britiah and American consuls
united in a strong protest against the
action of the president of the municipal
council. On the 7th Captain Sturdee,
of the Porpois, and two consuls de
clared the action illegal. The Porpois
cleared for action and lauded a force of
marines. This force was unopposed. It
took possession of the court, and Cham
bers was reinstalled and the British and
American flags hoisted over Chambers'
house and the courthouee. The pro
visional government wrote Sturdee on
the 12th that it would seiza Maletoa and'
take Tamasee off the Porpois by force if
necessary to deprive them of their title
and desert them. Chambers is residing
on the Porpois. The Falke is inactive.
The British and American consuls have
protested against any infringement of
the Berlin treaty. British residents have
taken refuge in the consulate and Amer
icans citizens have taken refuge in the
mission.
An American warship is urgently
needed here.
Melbourne, Victoria, Jan. IS Advices
received from Samoa today under date
of January 12 say there has been fight
ing over the decision of Chief Justice
Chambers in favor of Malietoa Tanus,
one of the candidates to the. throne in
succession to the late King Malietoa.
In addition it says native followers of
Mataaf's the rival aspirant to the king
ship, were victorious. Seventy-three
men were killed and wounded.
WATERS HAVE
CREATED HAVOC
Disastrous Result of the Breaking of a
Dam at Cleveland A Splendid
Bridge Swept Away.
Cleveland, O , Jan. 18. About 1:15
this morning a dam under the Wilson
avenue bridge gave way. Back of the
dam is a body of water a mile and a half
long, hundreds of feet wide and in placee
twenty-five to thirty feet deep.
The break in the dam has allowed tor
rents of water to pour down oh - the fiats
below it. The property loss is already
large, and if the entire dam gives way,
which seems inevitable, it will be enor-
mouB. AXone the line whence the flood
must flow are the big plants of the
Standard Oil Company, the Cleveland
Paper Mills, the Flick slaughter-house,
and other manufacturing planter. There
are but few people living in the track of
the flood, and these were all warned and
sought safety on higher ground.
The cause of the flood is the recent
heavy rains, the melting of enow from
the hillsides, and pond of several
acres overflowing. Streams of several
miles up the galley have added their
quota of waer.
At 3 o'clock the right pier of the bridge
fell. The Wilson-avenue bridge is a
structure 700 feet long, and has been
built but a few months. It cost $350,
000. The break in the dam, which was an
unsubstantial mass of earth, occurred
while thirty men were at work on the
artificial canal .being eunk to allow the
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
ROVAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW VOftK.
pent-up water to find a gradual and eafe
outlet. These men escaped without one
second to Bpare.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the bridge wps
swept away. ,
At noon it was believed no further
damage from the flood would result. The
water had fallen twelve feet.
Stockmen Settle Their Differences.
North Yakima, Wash., Jan. 17.
Ok'er 150 sheep and cattle men of Yaki
ma, Kittitas and Klickitat counties were
here today to meet Superintendent
Cloes, of the forest resei ve, and make
applications fur grazing lands for the
coming season. Some differences hav
ing arisen as to the allotments for sheep
and cattle, a meeting was called at the
Yakima hotel this afternoon to discuss
the matter. A committee of ten was ap
pointed and lands were set aside for the
cattle men. The report of the com
mittee was accepted, and all differences
settled amicably, with very little de
bate. The rapid growth of the . stock
raising industry in Central Washington
is shown by the fact that men repre
senting nearly 250,000 sheep and over
5000 cattle were here to apply for allot
ments for grazing lands. .
Handy's Body Reported Found.
Cohvallis, Jan. 17. Reports are in
circulation that the body of A. K. Han
dy, who was lost in the coast mountains
December 30, has been found, and that
a bullet hole in the head indicated foul
play,' While not confirmed, the report
is generally believed, because J. H.
Wilson, son-in-law of Handy, was this
morning summoned to Falls City in con
nection with the case. Falls City is
twelve miles from the place where Han
dy was laet seen aliy.e.
Sawmill Man Drowned.
Obegos City, Jan. 17. While run
ning logs down Butte creek yesterday
afternoon, N. P. Hansen feel into the
river and was drowned. . Hansen was a
member of the sawmill firm of Morten
son & Hansen, He was a married man,
and leaves a wife and three children.
GOLD IN UMA
TILLA SAND
Five Claims Were Filed Yesterday and
Large Prospecting Parties Will
Soon Start Out.
Pendleton, Jan. 17. Today in Re
corder Maloney's office were filed records
of fire placer mining claims, which have
been located at Maxwell station, on the
Umatilla river, forty miles above here,
and five miles below the town of Uma
tilla. The filing of these claims devel
ops the fact that,several men in Pendle
ton had been' planning to go down to
Maxwell on a prospecting tour, having
firm faith in the finding of gold in suf
ficient quantities to constitute a good
paying proposition.
For years it has been known that
gold existed in the millions of tons of
sand scattered all along the , Columbia
and Snake rivers tor hundreds of miles
on either side and in the beds of both
rivers. This gold is fine and it is hard
to eeparate from the sand. It will not
be extravagance to assert that millions
of dollars' worth of the yellow 'metal lie
in these sands. But it cannot be sepa
rated from the eand unless eome method
ba discovered which will enable the
handling of a greater quantity of eand
to the man employed than can niw be
handled.
Spain's Greatest Need.
Mr. R. P. Olivia, oi Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. C.
Week nerves had caused severe pains in
the back of his head. On using Electric
Bitters, America's greatest blood and
nerve remedyj all pain Boon left him.
He says this grand medicine is what his
country needs. All America knows that
it cures liver and kidney trouble, puri
fies the blood, tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor
and new life into every muscle, nerve
and organ of the body. If weak, tired
or ailing you need it. Every bottle
guaranteed, only 5oc. Sold by Blakeiey
& Hoabton, druggists. 1
No Announcement Today.
Washington, Jan. 18. It was stated
at the war department that no announc
ment would be made today of the detail
of the court martial in the case of
Eagan.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible burn,
scald, cut or , bruise. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, the best in the world, will kill
the pain and promptly heal- it. CureB
old sores, fever sores, ulcers, boils, corns,
felons and all skin eruptions. Best pile
cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box.
Care guaranteed. Sold by Blakeiey x
Houghton, druggists. 1
Vogt Opera House
ONE NIGHT ONLY,
SATURDAY 21.
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A GENEROUS COMIC FEAST!
CHAS. E. BLANEY'S Big Extravaganza Success,
A modern conception of Comedy happily fashioned,
'Back Seats 50c. Reserved 75c. Children 25c
tfft JR. FLU
$6.50 PER TON
DELIVERED.
For car load lots call on
E. KURTZ, Agent,
Tel. 38. The Dalles. Or.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That - !. .te for.
Ask your grocer for Clarke & Falk's
pure concentrated flavoring extracts, .tf
Public S
Bacaling Alley
Next to Columbia Hotel. S
Open Day and Sight.
Courteous treatment
to all Bowlers...
Speeial Attractions
For Bowling Parties. Patronage of
the public respectfully solicited.
Estebenet & Esping, Props.
Branch Office
Oregon Viavi Company,
Room 7, over French's Bank. -
Office hours,
2 to 4 p. m
Charlotte F. Roberts.
Local Manager.