Special Boys' Suits One Week Only, I LOT i Durable school suits for bnvs, aye! 8 to 1.'5 years; regular if 1,25 CCn 1 and . $1.50 values; Special DOG LOT 2 Lnren assortment of well made double-breasted two piece HiiifH, in troy, brown uii'l dark patterns; $1,75, $2 arid $2 25 vhIiiuh; i in Spue in I 4)I.ZU LOT 3 Hnndpoinn .Scotch plnid, black worsted mid stylish striped tin.! cheeked clifviot suits, ull well iiuidt) and lined; iiirt'H 8 to 15 years; rejruular $2 50 mid $.".00 values; qp Special 4) I ,JO II economy is on your mind, wend vour wav towards I our store; thoro you will al ways find an abundance of irresistible values. Its the place where knowing shop pers conic oftonest; its the trading center for economical I buyers of men's and boys' (joining ana every description of the very best to be found in hats and furnishings for men and boys. Hammocks A beautiful assortment of styles and the very latest weaves; all trimmed with heavy flounce; ranging in price from $1.25 to $9. See window. Special showing of Ladies' Komonos Made up in dainty organdies, pongee cloth and satin stripe cloth, at 85c, 1.00, 1.25, 2.50, 3.00 and 3.50. Baby Shoes It don't make much dif ference what color baby shoos are thia season, just so they are red. Bettor not have a baby this year if you can't buy him red shoes. Red Vici Leather w i t h inserted scarlet trimmings; Red Strap Slippers and Sandals; Fancy Tan Shoes. We can fit any baby, and please any baby's mother with baby shoos. All Goods Marked In Plain Figures PEASE & MAYS The Dalles Daily Chfoniele. MONliA V MAY (1, 11)01 I Oysters served in any style... At Andrew Keller's. TREASURER'S NOTICE. All U'uhiio County wnrruutH rfigiHlnriiil prior In MititiulHir 1, 1HI7, will l pulil on truniittlini lit my ulllcii, Intort'Ht luiiNU uftnr Noviiinlmr !iW, 11100. IOIIN K. IIAMI'HIIIIlK, County TrUMurr. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Tlie donoing party tonight ut tho lialdwin will begin promptly ut II o'clock. The trial of J. Brown for perpetrating n nuisunce on the premises of John Mooro was postponed from 10 o'clock thin morning to 2 th'iH afternoon and was notendod ut tho timo of going to proHH. For tlio rucuption of President ISleKiii loy ut I'ortlnnd May '-'2, 1001, tlio O. It. t N, Co. will sell round trip tickets from Tlio UuIIuh to Portland at .f!! 50. Tickets will bo good going only on trains Nos. !! and 5, May '-'2d and for return passage on May 22d and May L'lid. Jr Benj. A. Giilbrd left on tlio morning I'out for Portland, where lio will 'make liiH future headquarters In his view business. MiBH Violet Kent, who has been with him for tlie past tlirue yearH and developed her gifted artistic talent, will be operator in charge. All work eutruHted to her will receive prompts attention and satisfaction guaranteed. If MillarPa tlirttrU nilUiir fttflM. 'H Tho Portland cigar dealerB have hit upon u unique pluu for avoiding the Pioobatol unti elot machine law. They have abolished tho slot feature of the performance. When a player goes into the etore lie gives the clerk 25 cents, for which ho is entitled to press the plunger of tiie machine five times. No nickel is required to operate the box, but is ho arranged that tlie cards turn when tho plunger is pressed. There is no law prohibiting the use of such u machine, and tlm dealers are now openly conduct ing the new device. Tho Woman's Foroign Missionary society will hold its regular thank-ofler-ing service on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mr. Smith French. Mrs. Cranston, wife of Bishop Cranston will deliver and address upon Japan. Thoro will also! bo a short musictl and lltorary program. Mrs. Cranston accompanied tier illustrious husband on recent tour through the oriental countries China and Japan, so will speak from personal observation and experience of this rapidly developing nation, "The Yankees of the East." A roost cordial invitation is extended to the public. Admission 25 cents. WO 1 .... t ..I. J Jonn rates was arresieu lasi mgu on a complaint sworn out before Re corder Gates, by Melida Poehluinn, charging Prates with an assault witii a deadly weapon on Bert Lynch. Frates was subsequently released on bail and bis examination wuh Bet for 4 o'clock, this afternoon. The trouble occurred in tlie O'l'arr hotel. Lynch, it is said, was drunk und bad just hud a row up stairs with u phrenologist, who resented eeurrulouB remarks that Lynch bad made in tlie presence of ladies and for bis interference was rewarded with a knock-down and a black eye. Coining down stairs Lynch immediately got into an altercation with Frates. Just who started the row is not clear, but Frates was promptly knocked to his knees and in the scullle wliich followed be pulled out his pocket knife and stubbed Lynch in the back, Inflicting an uuly if not serious wound. A large delegation of Eight-Milers were in town today us witnesses or principals in un assault und battery case before Justice Urownliill. The complaining witness is August Longreen, whose face is sutlicient evidence that something happened him. Longreen's Hlory is, that during the progress of an entertainment that wuh held in the Endersby sclioolhouse Friday night be rebuked a number ot boys for creating a disturbance und that after the enter tainment was over six or seven of the lads fell on him and beat and abused liini. Tlie boys say that the only dis turbance they made was before the meeting commenced, when Mr. Lon green had no right to interfere. The prosecution singled out two of the boys, Raymond Covert, a lad of 18 years and his brother, Charles, a young man of 21 years. When brought into court they pleaded guilty and the justice fined them $12.00 each which was promptly made up by a score or more of the boys' neighbors, who had followed them to town to witness the trial. l'BKSONAl. MKNTJON. R. G. Gorman lelt on this morning's bout for Seattle. Miss Daisio Allaway was a passenger on this morning's boat for Lyle. Charley Slubllng was a passenger on this morning's boat for Stevenson. August Buehler left on the Dalles City this morning on a business trip to Hood River. William Floyd arrived here last night from Seattle und is stopping at the European House, B. A. Giilbrd, tho photogrupl.er, left on tlie boat this morning for Portland, where he will make his future home. Bill Robinson, of Eight-Mile, the man that raises chickens that lay three eggs in 40 minutes, was in town today. BUHN. Saturday, May 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Perry, of Chenoweth Creek, a daughter. The Dalles Scouring Mills have on hand some unusually choice springy wool (or mattresses or pillows, which they are Boiling at 40cts per pouud. 4m-10 COMPARATIVE GROWTH jof the Lutheran and Christian Chnrcliefi unit Other Mutter Krcli'HliiHticul. Tin: Dau.kh, May -1, 1901. Editoi: Dalles Chkoniclk: Dj'.au Sin: Will you please, through the medium of your esteemed paper, ullow me to' say a few words in justifica tion oi my former statements as to the correctness of Elder J. B. Lister'e asser tions about the comparative growth of the Lutheran and Campbellite churches in the United States during the last ten years. Reading J. B. Lister's remarks about the Lutheran church, I couldn't help but think of the truthfulness of the Bi ble when it says that man's knowledge is in part. Willfully or ignorantly men (supposed to be well versed in ecclesias tical history keep on misrepresenting the Lutheran church, which, as every one knows, is the church of the reforma tion, the church to which every Protest ant body in the United States, and every where else, for that matter, sus tains the same relation us a child does toward its mother. Just as the daugh ter is dependent upon the mother for her very existence, so from a historical view the so-called siPter denominations are in fact the daughters of the Lutheran church, dependent upon her for their very existence. Some of them, however, have shown themselves very ungiateful daughters. All denominations, eyen the most fanatical sects, acknowledge Luther was the great hero of the Refor mation, and that the principles for which ho contended were right. But what seems so strange to us is that many of those who acknowledge that those things were all right for Luther, are ready to speak disparagingly of those who are his followers und will condemn them for advocating the same things he advocated and teaching the same doctrines he taught. This is again manifested by the author of the article in Friday's Chronicle. He speaks lightly, to use a moderate term, of the doctrine of infant baptism, wliich we believe and confess and stand ready to prove is a scriptural doctrine, taught by tlie Christian church from the very beginning. The entire membership of the church, we are reminded by the cor responding secretary of the Orpgon Christian Missionary Society, is made up of conversions (adult conversions is what he meant); "nothing is counted at tho cradle,'? Now that evidently implies that children ought not to bo couuted as members of tho church, which again can only mean that children are not members of the church. If they are, why does the Christian church not count them? We ask, in all sincerity and oandor, as what does the elder count the infants and those between the ages of 6 and 12? Where do they belong if not to the church? The increase in the Christian church, as we are informed, is also not to be accounted for by immigration. We nat urally ask, how then? Only by conver sions of the worldly-minded, the infidels anil agnostics, and a little, perhaps, by assimilation of material that does not originally belong to them. The history jof many religious bodies show that they ! have been guilty of proselyting others, especially Lutherans. Many of tho j churches here in America would rather make a proselyto from tho Lutheran fold ! than to make a doen converts from the I world. We read a short time ago Bn ac count of a certain convention in the j Northwest in wliich one of the mission aries of that society asked for an appro priation to enable him to work (prose lyte) among tho Swedish settlers in that country, whom he described as being a very devout people who Lved to read their Bibles, sermon-booke, catechisms, etc. ; "but," he added, "they need to be converted." Substitute the syllable "per" for "con" and you will be nearer tho truth, lor that was really his object. We mention this incident simply to il lustrate how it happens that some bodies can grow so rapidly. And what is worse, some religious societies in this country are spending more money in Lutheran countries for the purpose of proselyting than they are spending to convert tlio heathen. Sucli a policy I say, is unchristian and wrong. Are the Swedes, the Norwegians and Ger mans so ignorant, so degraded that these people must show their comparison by journeying across the ocean to try and teach them at least a few lesson9 in hon esty, Integrity, eincerity and the other elementary moral virtues. No! no! We know that thoe nations are among the most moral and upright on the face of the earth, and that their state of moral ity is higher than that of any people on the globe. For tlie most part, jails, prisons and court houses are unknown. What is the cause of this state of affairs? It is this: In those countries Luther anient is the established religion; the children are trained from their infancy in the principles of religion, so that at foil- or five years old they are able to repeat Luther's small catechism ver batim. Such a course as this not only makes the best of Christians, but it de velops the highest quality of citizenship. But as to the "Cliristian" church having increased more than the Luth eran church in this country, it will be sufficient to prove tlie falsity of the statement by simply reminding the per son from whom it originates that he has only mentioned three general bodies of our church, whereas there are many others which he seemingly didn't know ever existed. Besides the synods men tioned in his comparisons there are these: First, the joint Bynod of Ohio with a communicant membership of 77, oG2; the Buffalo synod, with 5,000; Hauze's Norwegian synod, 12,540 ; Texas synod, 1,700; Norwegian synod, 00,027; German Iowa synod, 74,058; Danisli Lutheran church in America, 10,000; Synod of Icelanders, 5,559; Immanuel synod, G.11S; Suorni (Finnish) synod, 11.04S; United Norwegian church, 130, 000; United Danish Lutheran church, 8,500; Michigan and other states, 5,304; Norwegian Free church, 3S.000; Augs bury synod, 4,183; Lutherans without synodical connection, 25,000. Add these figures to the ones given in Elder Lister's statistics and see how the Lutheran church in this country compares with tho Christian church, to say nothing of the 57,000,000 found in other coun tries, such as Germany, Denmark, Nor way, Swtden, Russia. Poland, Finland, Hungary, Bohemia, the Netherlands, European Turkey, England, Canada, Nova Scotia, East and West Indies, South America and Africa. Yours respectfully, W. Bnx.vKit. a. k, - a. at. There will be a stated communication of Wascj Lodge No. 15, A. F. & A. M., this Monday evening at S o clock. Work in the M. M. degree. All members and visiting brethren are requested to be present. Bv order of the W. M. O. D. Doaxh, Secy. j CASTOR I A For int'auts and Children, i ...The New York Cash Store... 138 and 142 Second Street. The BARGAIN STORE of the City. WAJMTED! 500 BOYS to buy suits at our store. Wo have tho largest and most com plete line of Boys' Clothing ever shown in the city. Wo are offering these goods at the very lowest prices. FOR $2.50 we will sell you the best all-wool suit you have over jseen. We can show you the handsomest line from $8.50 to .$5 that we have ever seen on the market. Our immense stock in cludes the vestee and vest suit for boys of 3 to 15 years of age. We guarantee our clothing to excel in lit, quality and workmanship. Our Prices are Always the Lowest. .MAIER & BENTON. Have a Complete Stock of the Following Lines Rubber Garden Hose, Ball-bearing Lawn Mowers, Garden Tools of all kinds, Large Stock of Fishing Tackle, Rubber Bicycle Tires and'Full Line of Sundries, also Bicycles rented and repaired, Full lino of Granite Ware and Tin Ware, White Mountain Ice Cream Freezers, Garland Stoves and Steel Ranges; Day, B. & H., and Cleveland Bicycles. Plumbing and Tinning done at Lowest Prices. Our Cord Wood and Grocery Departments are complete. sr- Any orders entrusted to us on the above lines will 'jii- " have prompt attention. Wc will meet any and all Competition. We Positively Will Not Be Undersold. ..MAIER & BENTON.. 1 P 107 SECOND STHKKT. 1'IIONKS NO. 4. X J. E. FALT & CO., X Proprietors VflA 99 of uv "w n V Purest Liquors for Family Use 9 Delivered to any part of tho City. C Phones: 51 Local, 858 Long Distance. 173 Second Street. Speaking of Blood Medicine : Dr. Wood's Sarsaparilla is the thing that cures. Da not forget it; we have it, at 75c par bottle (large bottleB); guaranteed, or you may get your money back if not s.itistied. IN COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS we exercise the greatest care. We carry the best and use the best in com pounding your phvsicians orders. Our prices we make as low as is consistent with efficient service. We Carry a Very Complete Line of Everything appertaining to Drugs, Patent Medicines, Sundries and Photograph Supplies. GEORGE C. BLAKELEY. The Kind You Have Always Bought . BREED for SPEED, SIZE and STYLE Bears the f&guature of Fur Sulti. Black mare, 9 years old; weight 950 lbs ; broke to ride or drive ; also cart and single harness; mare is gentle. Ad dress, Box 350 or this office. u.CJwks WM. MICHELL, Undertaker and Embalmer Cor. Third and Washington Sts. All orders attended to promptly. Long distance phoue 433. Local, 102. EDMUND S., Bay Stallion, 4 years old; height 15J hands, weight 1050 pounds. Sired by Zombro 2:11, tlio host son of Mo Kin ney, 2:1 H. First dam, Bridesmaid, by Boxwood, son of Nutwood. Second dam, Lake land Queen, dam of Ad Alene 2 2:'J8. by Likehnd'a Abdallah, son of Hainbleton ian 10. Third dam, Prunella, by Alhambra, son of Mamhriiio Chief 11. EDMUND S. will make the season of I'.HU at L. A. Porto's livery stable, The Dalles, Oregon. Terms for the Season, $20. For farther particulars see jan30.dw4mO FRED FISHER, Proprietor.