V Dulles ul)f jfltfcli.
VOL. XII
THIS DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 22. 1900.
NO 139
ecial Clearance Sale
To Continue This Week.
L Flannel wis.
J'hey must go and go quickly, there
fore these extraordinary reductions:
i-iadies
Flannel Waists
-AT-
25
pep
eent
Diseount
Just
One-fourth
Off
Regular Price.
The old prices and the mux. B
Sizes from 32 to 42; bust, inclusive
Children's and
Misses' Jackets
-AT-
50c
On the Dollar.
Just
Half off the
Regular Price.
SiV.es from 3 to 12 ami 14 to IS
voars.
Note Prices:
$1.25 Child's Jccksta Special $ .03
$1.50 " " " .75
$2.00 " " " 1.00
$2.75 " " " 1.3S
13.00 " ' " 1.50
,$3.50 " " " 1.75
$4.00 " " ' 2.00
$4.50 " " " 2.25
$5.00 " " 2.50
0.00 " " " 3.00
$7.00 " " " 3.50
$S 00 " " " 4 00
.$10.00 " " " 5.00
All Lulles' Flannel
All Ladies' Flannel
All LadieH' Flannel
All Ladies' Flannel
All Ladles' Flannel
All Ladies' Flannel
All Ladled' Flannel
WnistB worth $1.00, will by $
WaietB worth $1,2;, will lio
WiiiHlB worth $1.60, will he
Waists worth ifl.75, will he
WniBts worth 2 50, will ho
Waists worth $2.75, will ho
WaletB worth $3.00, will bo
to
1)1
1.10
1 .32
1.88
2 07
2.25
All Indies' Flannel Waists worth $3.25', will bo $2.3!
All Ladies,' Flannel Waists worth .f3.50, will bo 2.02
All Ladies' Flannel Waints worth $3.75, will ho
All Ladieb' Flaimol Waiete wonh $1.00, will be
All Lad if h' Flannel Waists worth $4 50, will bo
All Ladies' Flannel Waibt3 worth $5.00, will bo
2 S2
3.00
3.3S
3.75
A. M
. Williams
GO
RAILWAY WAR
IS ENDED
Northern Pacific to Hart Clearwater
Country. I
Absolutely pure
Baking
Powder
Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome
BOIAl OHKINO POWOEn CO., NEW VOflK.
MOHLER TO LEAVE
THE 0. R. &. N.
Northern Pacific to Have Trackage
Down Columbia and the Union
Pacific to Pugct Sound.
Sr. Paul, Minn., Jan. 20. A ejiecia!
from New York, gays: ,
The dispute between the Northern Pa
cific and the O. It & N. Co., over tho
right of tho respective roads to .extend
their lines in the Clearwater territory in
Idaho, hufl been settled, and tho North
ern Paoifiu is master of the situation.
Tim O. Jt. & N. Co., has withdrawn Its
claims to tho Clearwater country, which
i left in undisputed possession of the
Northern Pacific, and the next move
will bo tho retirement of A. L. Mobler
from tho presidency of tho O. It. & N.
Co., and his transfer to the presidency of
the Kansas- City, IMttehurK & Gulf.
formal announcement of the agree
'lent between the two roada will be do
furred until February 6, when the oflloial
t ino of thp Bx months' truce between
them will expire, but the papers In the
matter are practically ready for signa
ture, the ll,rht is ended, and thtro will
bo no more trouble.
The termination of the Clearwater
ditliculty mark-) the end font of the
most' bitter railroad ware ever waged in
thlf country. Kvery hase of railroad
politic?, diplomacy and foicewas bronchi
into play by tho lint's interested. The
Union Pacific tiok up.tho quettioii in
dispute. In order to facilitate an amica
ble settlement the Northern Paeilk
offered the uso of its Portlaud-Tiicoma
line to the Union Pacific in exchange
for similar track privileges on tho Col
umbia, and the Union Pacillc was offered
the alternative of accepting the proposi
tion or having the Northern Pacific
parallel tho lino of tho O. It. &. N. Co.,
from Lewietou to Portland. The Union
Pacific has had tho oiler under considera
tion several months, and It has finally
decided to accept it, and to refrain from
extending the O. It. & N. lines lu the
Clearwater district.
Suicide r I'rMuiit-r,
Sai.km, Jan. SU. Joteph Willard, who
was held at the county jill on o charge
of murder, committed suicide at 10
o'clock this morning. Unfastening a
muh cord of u closet window, ho tied one
end to a waste pipe, and, making a
noope, he slipped it around hit neck and
leaped from a window sill. Ten minutes
later his hody was fouud dangling from
the pipe.
Subscribe for The Chroui6!e.
DEATH OF
JOHN RUSKIN
Great Art Critic aud Writer Passes
Away.
London, Jan. 20. John Ituskin died
this afternoon of inflaenzi, aged eighty
one years.
He was born in London, February 8,
1810, Hi6 taste for art was early mani
fested, and after graduating at Oxford
ho studied under Ilurdiuit aud Fielding.
From the study of painting ho took jp
that of architecture.- His first work,
"Modern Painters," was written in
1843 60.
"One Minute Cough Cure is the best
remedy I ever used for coughs and
coida, It is unequalled for whooping
cough, Chrildren all like it," writes II.
N. Williams. Gentryvllle, Ind. Never
.falls. It is the only harmless remedy
that gives lit ned late results, Cures
coughs, colds, hoarness, croup, pneu
monia, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles, Its eaily uso preventa
consumption,
Clark A Fajka drug stock is now,
freeh and complete,
THE BATTLE
IS NOW ON
Brilisli an! Biers M Near Laiysinilli,
Result is UiiJteiiteil.
STRUGGLE TO
BE RESUMED
Unless Dutch Have Retreated War
ren's Force Pushing Its Way to
the Uesieged City.
London, Jan. 21. Tho war office short
ly after midnight posted the following
dispatch from General Duller, dated
Spearman's camp, January 20, evening:
''General Clery, with a part of General
Warren's force, has been in action from
0 a. m. till 7 p. in. today. By a judicious
uso of his artillery ho has fought his way
up, capturing ridge after ridge for about
three miles.
"The troops are. now bivouacking on
the ground he has gained, but tho main
force is still in front of them.
"The casualties were not heavy. About
100 wounded had been brought In by
0:30 p. m, The number of killed Iiob
not yet been ascertained,"
It is evident from General Butler's
dispatch to the war oilico and the ad
vices to the Associated Press from Spear
man's camp that a big battle is now be
ing fought. As far as can be gathered
from theso dispatches, the mult
remain undecided, and unless tho ISoero
withdraw during tho night, the enayo
ment on which hangs the fate of Lndj
sniith, and which may prove the turning
point of tho whole war, will ha iccuuird
this morning,
I'l-onres of tlio Itutilo.
Si'KAHMAN't; Cami, Jan. 20, 11 :15 a. in.
Tho firing of field yuns was heard
early this morning on thu left. Evident
ly General Warren has commenced tho
bombardment of tho Boer trenches on
Tabaumyana mountain. Theio was also
brief musketry (Ire.
Among tho prisoners captured Thurs
day was a grandeon-in law of President
Kruger.
Evening Tho Boer trendies were
shelled continually today. General
Lyttleton's brigade advanced and oc
cupied a kopji 2000 yards from tho Uoer
position at Drakfontoin. A company of
rifles advanced with a balloon In action,
and was received with a heavy tiro from
the Boere.
The artillery and musketry fire con
tinues from General Warren's position.
The enemy has not shifted its position
at the time this dispatch Is sent, and
shells havo set Are to the grass.
Lord Dundonald'a force Thursday sur
prised 350 Boers. Tho Brltieh, who
were posted on a kopje, allowed the
Doers to advance leisurely before opening
Are, The Doers did not reply, and a
majority of them galloped od, It Is re
ported that thu remainder surrendered.
Itulilieil the Urave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was tho
Biibject, Is narrated by him as follows:
"I was in a most dreadful condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eyes eunken,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Threo physi
cians had given mo up, Fortunately, a
friend advised 'Electric Hitters' ; and to
my great jv and surprise, tho first
bottle made a decided improvement. I
; continued their uso for thtco weeks, and
am now n well man. I know they saved
my life, mid tobbeil tho grave of another
victim." No one should fail to try them.
Only 50c, guaranteed, at Blakeley &
llouglfton's drug store. 5
Harvey Gut tloiirisineii.
Cottage Geovj:, Or., Jan. 19. Frar.k
Harvey, who was held in tho circuit
court for assaulting Winnie Thorn,
promptly secured bondsmen, and re
sumed his former position as brnkeman.
On tho witness stand, Miss Thorn Identl
lled Harvey personally and by the
clothing he wore. Sentiment is strong
against Harvey and Patterson, Tho
former has a wife and two children at
Junction City. Geo. Patterson, who
was placed under $2500 bonds, was un
ablo to get sureties, and was committed
to j.UI at Eugene. Ho waived exami
nation. ' Ynur I'uoh
Shows the state of your feelings and the
state of your health as well. Impure
blood makes itself apparent in a pale
and sallow complexion, Pimples and
Skin Eruptions. If you are feeling
weak aud worn out and do not have a
healthy appearance you should try
Acker's Dlood Elixir. It cures all blood
diseases where cheap Sarsaparillaa and
so called purifiers fail j knowing thia we
sell every bottle on a positive guarantee.
Dlakeley & Houghton, druggists.
l'miilletuii Won at lluiiuer.
Hki-i'.nkii, Or., Jan. 20. A football
game between Pondlotou and Heppner
was played here today. The rcore was
6 to 0 in favor of the Pendleton boys.
G. II. Appletou, justice of peace,
Claiksburg, N. J., says, "DeWitt'a
Little Early Risers are the best pills
made fur constipation. We use no
others," Quickly cures all liver and
bowel troubles,