FOUR LEADING STYLES In our lino of Spring and Summer Shoe Specialties are here represented. Ladies' Kid Laco, Turn Solo, new Shapes &a 50 Indies' Kid Laco, Turn Sole, vesting top 400 Udios' Kid Oxfords, Turn Sole, vesting top, patent leather tip 350 Ladies' Kid Southern Ties, vesting top 'qq Those are all now shapes, very host material, and all women who value comfort ou beauty and appreciate economy arc invited to inspect those Shoes, ' SPECIAL THIS WEEK. Ladies' Kid T urn Solo, button, square too $2.00 Shirt Waists. Dainty combination of Insertions and Tuckings, all-over laco yokes, etc; all w Into. Prices $1 .25 to $3.50. Lawns, Ginghams or Percales; fast colors. All prices. Shirt Waist Materials. Percales, Dimities, Lawns, Import ed and Domestic Ginghams. Summer Parasols. .lust placed in stock a complete line of Summer Parasols. Homo are Plain White. Some aro Very Fancy. All aro Good Quality. Cotton Coverts. dust the material fur Outing Suits. Bicycle Skirts in popular colors at 15c and 20c per yard. Skirts. Fancy Braided Skirts of white or colored Pique and white or colored Ducks, colored Coverts of Linen, per fectly made garments. Prices from 50c up. Tailor-made Suits and Skirts. A perfect-fitting all-wool Suit as low as $7.50. Others $10, $15, $20, etc. ...Skirts... Properly made; latest trimmings and newest styles. Prices from $4.00 to $15.00. The Everlasting Topic. After all, there are few things quite as interesting as the question of dress. While clothes don't make the man, the' afford a pretty good indication of their charaetor after they aro made. Time was when they told the story of their means, loo; but that time is past. By confining your purchases to our store you can follow Shakespeare's advice, "Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy," without bankrupting' your exchequer, for wo have decided to continue the special during this week of a Hue of $12, $13.50, $14 and $15 Suits for $9.85. Seo windows. All Goods Marked In Plnln Figures. PEASE &, MAYS The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Telephone No. J. WHDNHSDAY APRIL 18,1(100 1 turvcil In 90ystmsL WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Children's parasols, 10j and 25u nt A. M. Williams & Co.'a. Tim inoi chants of Albany have agreed lo cbso their places of business nt 7 p. m. 'IM . . . . . wool market ut North Yakima oponcd t i2i,. contB n pound. A year "K0 it vnu 7 cunts. Sixty. ilvu cotton mills Imvo been Hsrtud In tlio South since Jnuuury, w'tli nlout if 15,000,000 now capital in- 'fiiero will bo it meeting of Dalles , ' lor' Nu. 0, Koyal Arch MasoiiB, to- "Uht for work in tho Royal Arch De- Kreo. N. i'ca,- render, tho street sprinkler 18 ""I (ku l, but he might bh well be for B"yt iinK he is doing in tho way of lay. "K the dust. L''I'. UoblnEon, of Hood River, hue wnteil tho "Palace of Sweets' store und ,.Xpe(!la to 0l'en a first dues confectionery "re BO'o time next week. T'' Hook nd Ladder Company will meet nt the engine house Friduy even ing ut 7 ;!)0 sharp for drill practice. By order of If. Taylor, foreman. Tho Telegram says tho steaiuer Iralda is to start on tho run between Portland and The Dalles in a few days, in opposi tion to the D. I'. & A. N. Co.'s boats. A. M. Williams & Co. have-just re ceived another invoice of eilk waists This time it's ribbon waists positively tho very latest novelty. You are re quested to call and 6ee them. - Special attention is called to the fauey-work table, at tho Easter sale of St. Paul's Guild, under tho supervision of Mrs. Sheldon, assisted by Mrs. Hal French and Mrs. Roger SinnotU Mrs. Dewey is encaged in a law suit respecting her full title to some land lots which came to hor first husband, General Hazon. The lots are bituoted in Wichita, Kan., and were won by tho general in a gamo of poker. John II. liengan, of Texas, tho sole surviving member of tho Confederate cabinet, Is writing his recollections of tho Civil war. He knew Jell'erBon Davis and other Southern leaders of 1801-05 better than any other man now alive. Tho world-famous Passion Play will bo put on tho boards in this city on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Tho proceeds will be for tho benefit of the Catholic church. Full particulars later. W. 11. Marble, of Goldondalo, returned on last night's boat from Portland where he went about three weeks ago to consult a specialist about IiIb health. He feels so much improved that he expects to go back to his trade of machinist and black smith upon his arrival home. Tho Dulles Comirieion Houee will keep fresh milk at all times on hand and deliver it anywhere in the city at tho following prices: One quart, $2 per month: throe pints, $3; two quarts, .$4 ; three quarts $5.50; cream 20 cents per pint. Fresh butter every day. 18-lm Rev. II.- F. Hawk has returned from a short visit witli Mrs. Hawk and their little son at St. Vincent's Hospital. The boy's condition is improving all the time and there is every hope of his com plete recovery. Tho evidence grow9 (constantly that tho last operation struck the root of the disease. Tho VVulltt Walla Statesman lost a subscriber tho other day because it omitted to record the birth of a baby in the subscriber's family. Now It vows it is going to watch tho "shadows of coming events" in the future and record tho births two or three weeks before they occur. It has been a question in the minds of Dalles people whether John Hamp shire could attempt anything in tho line of character stage work that he could not master perfectly, Tomorrow night at tho ontortainment in tho Baldwin he will appear In a now role, which, it is said, equals, if not surpasses, his for mer woik. The new steamer Rellanco will be put on the run between hero and Portland next week. About tho same time an opposition boat will compete for the passenger traffic. It is within the pos sibilities, therefore, that fares may drop for a time so low that even editors and preachers may be able to nITord tho luxury of a trip to tho metropolis. All indications point to favorable ac tion by tho present congress on the proposition to promote Major-General Miles to the rank of lieutenant-general, and Brigadier-General Corbin to tho rank of major-general. This is to be ac complished through an amendment to tho army appropriation bill, which Sen ator Lodge has offered in the senate. Miss Nellie Brown," a well-known young lady of Salem, and probably tho best violinist among the young ladies, has joined tho Salvation Army, and it is said will prove n valuable addition to it. She will train in Portland for tho work sho intends to follow. Miss Brown is a grand-daughter of the famous John Brown. She had Intended to go to Eu rope to perfect her education on the violin, but has given it up for the S. A. Ad Edgar, n former well-known state man and resident of The Dalles, late of Dawson City, was in town today. Mr. Edgar will leave for Cape Nome on tho 10th of May. He left Dawson City in January. Among the Dalles people whom ho left behind was William Grant, a former merchant of this place, later of Grant, Sherman county, who is in busi ness in Dawson and doing well. Mrs. Millei, late of Miller's Bridge, was also in Dawson running an hotel. 1 H Ttie Dalles is the fifth city in popula tion in Oregon. From a business point of view it is eecond only to Portland. No town in Eastern Oregon approaches it in this regard and it does moro business and handles more money annually than half a dozen of the biggest towns in theg Willamette Valley, ontMde of Portland, put together. The business of one bank in The Dalles laet year amounted to over $23,000,000. And the future of the city at the head of navigation was never I brighter than it ib at this moment. - -I Recorder Gates has' been correspond ing for some time with Dr. E. L. Ste phen, mayor of Hinkley, Minn., who, with a number of friends and neighbors, are thinking of em!t;rating to the Pacific coast. The doctor Iibb just written the recorder that lie expects to reach here on a tour of observation eonio time in May, and that a number of Hinkley people, some of them with considerable means, are looking to tho doctor's report tg for such advice as may determine their future action. A number of farmers and two proprietors of large saw tnillsl are among the number of those who are anxious to come here. The weather bureau report for the week ending April lGth, says the late froBts have seriously injured early fruit in some sections of Southern Oreijon and done Eome damae in several locali ties in Eastern Oregon. Speaking of the Hood River valley the report saye: "The valley was visited by stinging froets Monday and Tuesday morning, but the damogo dune was slight. Winter apples are unhurt. Early apples, peeches, pears and prunes were consid erably thinned, but they will make a good crop if not injured further. Early strawberry bloom was killed, which will put the crop back about two weeks." Deputy SheiifT Sexton went out to Kingsley this morning to bring in Will iam Greenley, of that place, who is re ported as out of his mind. Greenley is an old man of close to 70 years. He has a son in the Salem asylum, and the Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which lias been, in use for over 30 years, has borne tho signature of and has been made under his pcr- "fjy sonal supervision slnco its infancy. 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Many new features for 1900 which you cannot, afford to overlook. tff Complete Line of '1900" Sundries. father, although Harmless, has been a I buil(lio lR'rosa tl,e nlle' 60Uth of tl,e Just arrived-a new lot of neckwear lit canoiuato lor that place lor some time. Greenley has lately fallen into the habit of wandering aimlessly around the country of nights and spending most of Ills tiino in tho Kinsley ceme tery. He has an aged wife who, in spite of his mental aberration, has hitherto refused to abandon him, not withstanding tiiat she had been offered a comfortable home for the rest of her days with a brother in the Willamette valley, At the meeting of those interested in organizing a Dalles branch of tho Y. M. C. A., held in the Congregational church last night, after an address from Secre tary Stoii", of the Portland V. M. O. A., and protracted discussion by citizens of The Dalle?, it was definitely resolved to organize and committees weie appoint- ou 10 carry mo resolution intoeiiect.i A committee on membership will seo I Washington on lomo land matters, the how many members can be obtained; a Kueats of General .Mile. Tho artist is committee on finance will look after tho " ex-Indian agent of the Umatllhis anil ways and means, and a third committee now !erk of the tupreme court, ffo is will confer with the directors of the " mnateur photographer and claims to Commercial Club and ascertain definite-! 'avo a thousand Indian neiratives. ilie ly under what conditions the now or- famous "Ciyu-o Twins" havo brought ganlzation would bo allowed the pi ivi- j enough to build a $5000 house, leges ot tho lower floor of tho club room ' Somu time ago tho pioprletors of Mel and tho use of tho athletic and other i O-1 'H"red him iflOOO for the appliances. These committees will re-! copywright of tho "twins." The Wan port to another meetliiir to bo held in, munaker department store of I'hlhulel- the Congregational church next Tuesday , llu lately oidered 10,000 copies of the evening wplcturef. 5.000 of, each. .Mr. Mooie has Garden Hose Columbia hotel. Ihero will Le n mat . for eentlnmpn. f.-.t.i! ili.ai,.i.s uml ,.,.l,,ru inee in the afternoon nnd an entertain- ( Ue sure and see them at I lie New York m?nt in the'oveniiig. The price of ail-1 Cash Store. mission is live cents and about ;() wortli j of tickets have been already sold. The proceeds will be given to the Catholic Orphans' Home at Portland. Patrons aro promised the usual program of songs, dances, cake-walks and original gage, and tiiere is not a doubt in tho world that tlfoy will get the full worth of the live cents admisMoti fee. m.amm Martin Donnell has one of his shops windows decorated with a lot of Indian l' pictures that have m,le the i artist, an-ying tllO SIU1U? bnilld of Moorehouse, of Pendleton, fani')US.'(- To t those on exhibition for some lime have 1 HoSO thai VG llilVO 1)0011 CiUTy been added a picture of Chief Peo, chief of tho UmatilUe, and Paul Showaway, . illg for tho last flVO years, an educated high muck-a-muck of the! .... , . . same tribe, both of whom aie now In , WllllMl IS HlO COloliratocl .Mai- teso Cross Brand. Wo carry a argo AVo havo laid in jtock of liardon lloso and aro Tho Dalles has a new company of local minstrels that are deserving of a little free advertising. The company is com posed of about teu Dalles youngsters and Ilia fitnr artists, nr nrnnrlnlnra. nr linllir , -ru tho same brand of lloso that tho Dalles City Fire Depart ment has been using for tho last twenty years. The Mal tese Cross Brand is without doubt the best grade of lloso on tho market. Call and get Inado a little forlnnii out nf his iiinntHiii- r i . i i hihotography. Mr. Donneil claims to Olir pi'lCOS DOiOrO DUyillg havo sold hero between 500 and 000 ; copies of tho "twins" alone. Have you seen those "swell" tdiirts at are Katy Nolan and Percy Long, TEy tho New York Cash Store? All styles, j ." aro onieu to give two entertainments suit ami sou boseouis, just received, here next Saturday in the vacant store Come early aud get your pick. jVIaier & Benton Solo Agents.