Dress Goods Department. A few prices from our Silk and Dress Goods Department by way of introduction to our sale that commenced Monday morning, Dec. 11th : .J. f" Gents' Finishings. This is the one sale of the year when cost prico and original soiling figures aro ontiroly eliminated from our vocabulary; thoy do not afreet us in the least. Now is tho time, and it must bo done quickly, too, when we clean up all fall and winter goods at almost any prico. Some Startling Discoveries Have neon made by tho bead of tho house. Dormant etocke hnvo boon fonud here and there in odd lines, in auch qnnntities as to make the ordinary merchant stagger. But we've called a halt now. We're going to hnvo a reckoning. All profits are declared off till thoso several lines aro dis posed of j there'll bo no let-up and this will bo the greatest money-saving tnilu inaugurated in tho history of The Dalles. READ THESE PRICES. A line of Men's all wool Cheviot Suite, usual price from $5 to $7.50, reduced to .1,85 A lino of Men's all wool Cheviots and CitBaimeres, latctt stylos; the usual piico $8.50 reduced to 1(4.05 A lino of Men's all wool Worsted Suits in black and blue tound cut and (rocks; f 10.50 reduced to $0.83 A line of. Men's Fancv Check and Stripe Worsted Sims, single and double breasted; $12.50 reduced to $7.85 A line of .Men's Black Cheviot Suits, single or double breasted veBt, new styles; usual price $1.') 50 rednced to ,9.S5 A lino of Men's Ulack Clay Worsted Suits, tack, frock and double breasted; usual price $15 reduced to$10.8:j A lino of Men's Black all wool Worsted Suits in all tho latest styles; goods that aro equal to custom-made in every respect; usual price $17.50 to $'.'() reduced to $118". Odd Suits at half price Overcoats, Overcoats. Enormous reductions at prices ranging from $3.85 to $15. See the little "Bed Tag." It stands for all: Shoe Department. Still deeper cuts on seasonable goods. Special Lines of Shoes Slaughtered We do not want them for stock-taking. Men's Cordovan Congress and Bals $5.00 and $G.OO Shoes now $2.45 Men's Calf Congress and Bals., $3.00 Shoes, now 2.00 Men's Calf Congress and Bals., 2.G0 Shoes, now 1.G5 Ladies Box Calf Button, $2.50 Shoes now 1.G5 Ladies' Heavy Solo Kid Button, $2.50 Shoes, now 1.G5 Ladies' Heavy Calf Lace, $2.00 Shoes now 1 .45 Ladies' Kid Coin Toe, Lace, $1.50 Shoes now 1.15 Children's Peb. Grain Button, $1.50 Shoes, now .85 Children's Kid Button, $1.50 Shoes now .85 Children's Kid Button, $2.00 Shoes .-. now 1 .45 PEASE & MAYS All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. 20 Inch India Silk 40j, for 31c 1! I inch India Silk 50c, for -13c '27-inch India Silk Toe, for 03c 10 inch Changeable Taffeta Sill: '. 00c, for 77c 19 inch ChanEeableandPlaiirraffetaSllk, best..?!, for 85c 38-inch Plain and Fancy Dress Goods 60s. for 37; 40-inch Plain and Fancv Droea Goods "5c, for 03c 48 inch Plain and Fancy Dreps Goods..-. .' ' $1, lor ...79c All other goods throughout this department correspondingly low. Wholesale Price-Cutting1 in our Suit Room of Suits, Dress Skirts, Jackets, Furs and Petticoats. Owing to continued warm weather our stock of Ladies' lieady-to-woar Goods is large, and the warm weather has retarded sales very materially. Wo are thus compelled, whether or no, to make a great sacrifice. No other reason could have influenced us to report to' rueh radical redustions on stylish, faultless women's dress. If you have in mind goods of tins kind for Chrietmas presents, you here have u magniuVt nt opportunity to pur chase them, Jacket $ 5 50 for $ 3.05 Jacket ( 0 50 for 4.75 Jacket 8 00 for 5.85 Suit 7.0J far 4.25 Suit . ... S.dO for 5.00 Suit '. lK.no for 12.00 Suit 1S.75 for 15.00 Silk-lined Separate Skirt 4.01) for 3.00 Silk-lined Separate Skirt 7.25 for 5.00 Ihe Dalles Daily Chronicle. TtfephuM. No. 1. WEDNESDAY DEC. 13. 1899 Oysters terved In every Myl'j by KELLER. ()- WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Tho operation performed by Drs. GeiHotidorlTer and Logan on Earl Swain, for appendicitis, was most EiiccesBful and tho patient iB improving rapidly. A nearly total eclipse of the moon will tako plnca December 16th, wholly or partly visible in nil parts of North America. There will be no shooting star lake about this unless it is cloudy. The irentleman who reported n horse and hnggy lost this uorning, as bo sup posed, stolen, is advised to drag tho Btreots for tho same. 'Tis not unlikely thoy would bob up serenely from bolow. II. S. Souie, tho piano tuner, will be in The Dalles on Dec. 14th and 15th. Any desiring pianos tunod may leave word at I. 0. Nickelsen'sor the JacobBcn liook and Musiu Company's. 13 td The controller of tho currency has de clared a fifth dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of Tho Dalles National bank, of Tho Dalles, making 95 per cent in nil ou claims proved, amount- ins to $120,318. So says a dispatch from Washington. A number of professional linemen came up from Portland last night and, in company with neveral workmen en Baaed here, left this morning to take down tho uluminum wires und put in copper on the Oregon Telephone Com pany's line between Dtifurnnd Antelope. Columbia Chapter, No. 33, O. E. 8., elected tho following officers at its meet . . ing iHBt night : Mrs W. B. Clifton, V. M.; Dr. J. Hudson, AV. P.; Mrs. A. 6. MdcAlliitur, Associate Matron; Mre. W. S. Myers, Secretary ; Mrs. J. B. Uroieen, treiuurer; Miss Erhart, canduclroes; Mrs. C. W. Dietiel, aseociato con ductrefs. Tho Walla Walla Statesman has juet como to tho conclusion that The Dalles isn't deal yet, and all because wo are to establish a flro alarm system here. Thai'a right, Brother Purfci-r, The Dalles is still very much olive, as aforesaid, and we Intend putting in the fire alarm Bysleiu before dentil. We'd advlso Walla Walln to do the same thing. It might come handy later on. Tho erteb'an water struck on the Seu (ert Bros,' land, above the city, ie as pure as crystal and perfectly free from all alkali. It has no suggestion of a foreign substance such as has wuter hrought through ditches which it Is Im possible to keep thoroughly purged of everything objectionable. The city houl J make some definite step) to as certain if Euch water can be obtained for city supply. While the water seems all right at-this time of the year, there are uiontLs when it is anything but acceptable. Tho next attraction in The Dalles will be the fair given by the Lutheran Indies in ttie Baldwin tomorrow and Friday ninhts. Tho fact that Prof. Birgfeld has charge of the musical programs will assure all that they will be excellent. Beside, the ladies are to have on sale everything desirablo for Christmas preeentB and many articles for daily use. They will also be prepared to eell pastry of all kinds. The examination of Harvey Koltznian, charged with foigery, came up in Justice Bayard's court yesterday afternoon and he was bound over in the sum of $500 to appear for a hearing on Die. 27th, at which time II. L. Kuck, who is one of tho prosecuting witnesses, is expected to bo here. Koltzmau's cise is attract ing no little attention from the fact that ho is so young and camo from a very re epectablo family. He is stubborn, how ever, and flatly denies the chaise against him. Fifteen inches of snow fell at Kamela during tho twenty-four hours ending this morning, and eiht inches has fallen during the preceding twenty-four hours. Twenty-three inches lies on the ground, with tho prospect bright for ad ditional fall in tho immediuto future. At Baker City over a foot of snow lies on the ground, several inches at La Grande, and snow also nt all tho stations on the O. K. & N. along the main line across the Biimmit of the Blue mountains. Pendleton has nono. E. O. Wasco county is welcome to "tend up"' tho two ex-convict highwaymen, who lately did a lively business in Portland, If the authorities there will do the job up properly, as presum ably they will, having sent the same men over the road once before. Judge Dradehaw ought to give them the limit of the law this time, and Warden Paine should see that they have no picnic in hiB hostelry. Telegram. Bo assurred if Wbeco county takes them in hand they'll be done up Brown (and Wilson too). It has, however, not been de cided what disposition will be made of them. Little mercy will bo shown them by either county. Tho National Editorial Association will convene in New Orleans March 1st, 1900. An interesting program hos been arrangod. At tho close of the conven tion the delegates will he taken for n trip through Florida, then to Cuba. Tho delegates from the Oregon State Press Association and Portland Pross Club are planning for special car. biiouiu this be properly carried out it will give our state another opportunity -to ad vertise heisolf. Albert Toiler, secre tary of tho state association, haa re ceived many communicallona from Southern editors asking lo entertain the Oregon delegates while en route to Now Orleans. The University of Oregon Glea Club will glvo an entertainment in The Dalles on tiie evening of December 28th. It iB said by those who have heard them that we aro to be especially favored in having them with us and tho Chroni cle would suggest that the High School pupils take the initiatory steps toward making their visit Bticcesc ful, not only as regards the audience which greets them, but the entertainment thev re ceive. Many places ate preparing ban quets in their honor. Can we not do something of that sort? The young ladies now have a splendid opportunity to show their appreciation of Oregon's young men who are determined to n.ake the moet of their advantage and have some aim in life. BUSINESS MENS' CARNIVAL. Soventy-flvn diameters Itepresrntecl the Ituolnets Houses in a Novel Manner. Portland Detectives I'luylng Even. Monday a man by the name of J. W. Co!lin9 was arrested at Portland bv de tectives for passing a bogus check on a storekeeper at Rainier. He was then proven to be the same fellow who passed like checks in Salem and Portland. It now appears that Wasco county ofliola's were first to apprehend this fellow. On or about the 25th of Novem ber Collins passed n bogus check for !f23,50 on Augutt Uuchlei's bar-tender here. The matter wue pieced in Sheriff Kelly's hands, who immediately saw that tho blank was taken fioin the check hook of C. T. Dunney, of Hood Hiver. Calling up Deputy dinger, of that place, and giving him a full decenption of tho man, he informed him that from tho clue obtained he ought to locate the man nt once. After careful investigation ho informed the theriff that on that certain date about nightfall a man eutered the Btore of Mr. Bonney, while another man waited outside. He pro cured two blanks from tho cleik. Further investigation resulted in the deputy sheriff informing Mr. Kelly thut he felt positive he had located his man in a lodging cimp on the Washington side of the river and his name was J. W. Collins. As there was no ceitainty as to his identity, and not desiring to put the county to unnecessary expense in transporting him, the sheriff did not order his arrest, but charged dinger to arrest him as soon as he put foot on Oregon soil and bring him to The Dalles. It now appears that tho Multnomah officials are evening up on the Brown and Wilson caeo and captured our prisoner there. Musical l'rocrai Tho following program will be rend ered at the Lutheran bazaar tomorrow night. Admission 25 cents : March "Stars und Btrlpeh" Orcbchtru Medley Selection Orohotra HoiiK Selected Ml Myrtle Mlcliell "Kspaiiltn" Orchestra Outrteitr "Native Islo" ...C. A, White Mtstrs. Lander, Poling, Dome uud l.uiidell SoiiK-Selectcd Mrs. luylor Quuitetto-"KIlilliK"........ A. I'arh Mcwrc. Lunder, Poling, limine- and l.undell Selection "Cluster of Peauhes" Oiclicstia One dozen of Glffonl's photos will make you twelve flue presents. What would b) appreciated more for the holidays? . nov!7-lm Seventy-five young ladies, attired in all sorts of costumes, ' from the most beautiful to the most iiiqui imaginable, representing almost as many Dalles business houses, filed down fioin tho stage at tho Vogt'lasi night ai the Birn ield orchestia played one of ils inspiring marches. The effect was very taking as they marched down the aisles, and if ever the business houses were brought before the public in a novel maimer, it was on this occasion. At the close of the march the curtain rose on a pretty Fcenc, with Miss Ilm-h seated ou a throne;' as queen of the carnival, and attired in an elaborate costume. She presided with n becoming dignity. Little Lslw Kel'say made a cute little page and gave her address in a distinct rwirmer, whicli at once pleased the audierice. At a command from Lizzie McArthur, who represented 'tho electtic light company, tho was flooded in light, which illuminated the entiie stage. Two by two tho characters made their appearance and in well chosen recita tions or tongs advertised the linn whicli they represented. Though in tome In tthiices the effect would have been more pleasing had they spoken in clearer tones, tho entire program was splendid and is deserving of a more extended mention than c in well be given in the columns of a paper whoso space is limited. Were we lo mention eacli character separately and dilate on tho excellent manner of representation, tho over-ahundanco of newsf?) which The Dalles furnishes these days would suffer thereby, and therefore aro wo compelled to refrain from even mentioning the names of the three children to whom we are Indebted for a epleudid representa tion. Suffice to say the entertainment, which required much ingenuity and hard work to fltaga, was a great success and reflects much credit on tiiose who managed it. The performance closed with soveral tableaux, representing the physicians, dentists and lawyers of the city. The orchestra added much to tho general success of the evening, prevent ing any noticeable delays which neces sarily must occur in such an entertain ment; while tiie splendid accompani ments of Mrs. E. J. Collins assisted in a great measure the singers. They A I'M (liutrftil. The Ladies Good Intent desire to most heartily thank all who so ably as sisted in the Business Meu's Carnival, Much thought and labor was given the coitumoH, und all should feel paid, for it was a complete success In every way. They would not forget the orchestra, whoto delightful music added so much to the pleasure of the evening, nor tho kindrieis of Mrs. Collins in so ably ac companying the singers, The Moiluru Mother Has found that her little otiee aro im proved more by tho pleasant Syrup of Figs, when in need of tiie laxative effect of a gentle remedy, than by any other. Children enjoy it and it- benefits them. Tho true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is man uf.'.ctured by tiie California Fig Srup Co. only. 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