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-, 2 THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900. i KENTUCKY CONTEST Legislative Commission Will Be t Formed Today. GOEBEL :MEN.:WiLL,RUSrI THE CASE Colonel "Wlmllen Examined on the Bribery Cli&rcts and Bound Ovec Contempt Proceedings. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 2. The Joint commission -which will hear evidence in the Goebel-Taylor and Beckham-Marshall con tests for governor and lieutenant-governor will be formed tomorrow. The law pro vides that the members of the committee shall be drawn by lot, three In the senate and eight In the house. The policy of the Goebel leaders will be to push the con tests to a final issue as speedily as possible. Governor Taylor's attorneys are prepar ing not enly rebuttal evidence to offset the charges of fraud set forth In Goebel'e notice of contest, but, according to Sen ator Deboe, are going much further, and attempting to show up counter-frauds of a glaring nature on the democratic side. The senator says that among other things it will be brought out that Taylor was robbed of over 2000 votes in Kenton county, Goebel's home. t The Goebel side, under the Kentucky code of practice, in Its taking of proof i& restricted to the grounds laid down In the notices of contest, but, under these, they promise very sensational testimony re garding the election In many counties alleged to be damaging to many people prominent in the Kentucky business and political world, compared with which the Whallen alleged attempted bribery of Sen ator Harrell Is only a sample. Colonel Whallen was examined on the bribery charge before Iklaglstrate Thomp son, this afternoon, and held over to the Franklin county grand jury. He was rep resented by General P. TVatt Hardin and Theodore Hallam. His bond was fixed at $10,000, and the same bondsmen who stood for him yesterday at the time of his ar rest -were accepted. In the circuit court this morning, Presi dent Hector V. Loving pf the pulsville Trust Company,, was, befqre Judge Cant rill, charged vlh .contempt In disobeying the order of the" court to turn over the vault box alleged to hold the 54500 which It Is claimed was to be paid to Harrell Jn the event he voted against Goebel in the contest. Loving stated that he merely de sired to protect the customers of his com pany, and his attorney moved to quash the summons against him. This the court overruled. Thereupon a response was filed to the rule for contempt, and in this, it is stated that Whallen, Harrell and Charle3 Ryan rented the box in question and deposited something in it, the box being sealed tip and covered up with white paper. The trust company officials were notified not to allow the (box opened, except In the presence of and by the consent of all three parties. Judge Cantrill adjudged the response Insufficient, and ordered the box to be produced in court atll o'clock to morrow. It is understood the order of the court will be complied with, a motion for an appeal to the court of appeals having been overruled. It is stated that an attempt was made to have Senator Harrell Indicted In Louis ville, where Whallen's attorneys claim the prosecution should have been Instituted if any offense had been committed. The charge against Harrell would probably be conspiracy, or accepting a (bribe. Another snarl has been added to the legal tangle which envelops the state board of election commissions. A suit was filed In the Franklin circuit court by Attorney-General Clifton J. Pratt, in the name of the commonwealth, to oust from I Precipitated Chalk, -Ib. rJ , r - i i si . : H m m la $ - 1 jrrecipitatea inaik ana urns, ID. "car toons . 4c Precipitated Chalk and Orris, -lb. car toons jz Precipitated Chalk and Camphor, -lb. cartoons '.... 4c Precipitated Chalk and CampHor, -lb. cartoons precipitated Lhalk and V inter green, -lb. cartoons z .' 4c Precipitated Chalk and Wintergreen, -lb. cartoons 7c Seldlitz Powders, full weight, large box, 2 dozen ,. a . ., . j6c Seidlitz Powders, small box, 1 dozen....,- Qc Rose Water -and Glycerine'l Rose Water and Glycerine, Made with the pure Attar Chemically Pure Glycerine, Chemically Pure, Glycerine, Chemically Pure Glycerine, Epsom Salts, English, i-lb. fWt i: H. 1 5 . Cut-Rate office Charles B. Poyntz, John A. Fulton and Morton K. Tontz, members of the state election commission. The grounds of the action are that Senator Poyntz, .by accepting and using a railroad pass, va cated his office under the constitution, and that, after said use, he Illegally ap pointed, the other two commissioners to fill the vacancies caused by the resigna tions of Judge Pryor and Captain W. T. Ellis. A suit filed by Poyntz, Fulton and Xontz, the democratic commissioners, to prevent? ' the commLssionerSi appointed by Governor Taylor assuming the duties of the offices, Is now pending. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE State Has a Right to Interfere When a Trust Becomes a Monopoly. ALBANY. N. T., Jan. 3. The state leg islature .convened Jn annual session today. In the senate Timothy E." Ellsworth, or Niagara county, was re-elected president pro tern., and in the house Fredericir Nixon, of Chautauqua county, was re elected sneaker. The annual message of Governor Theo dore Roosevelt was read. The governor treats at considerable length the subjects pf modern industrial conditions and trusts. He concludes, that -"where a trust hecoraes a monopoly, he state has an- immediate right to $aterf ere. Care should- be- token nof to etifle" enterprise' or 'disclose any facts of a business that are essentially private; but the state, for the protection of the public, should exercise the right to inspect, to examine thoroughly all the workings of great corporations, just as Is now done with banks, and wherever the Interests of the public demand it, it should publish the results of Its examina tion. Then, if there are- Inordinate profits, competition, or- "publlo sentiment will ive the 'public thd "benefit -imlowerea prices, and if not, the power of' taxation remains." Governor Roosevelt also devotes some space to a review of labor legislation in New York, and commends the work of the board of mediation and arbitration in dealing with strikes during the past year. He promises-Ills approval of a drug clerk's bill to remedy toe hardships to which men In that t)ccupat!on are subjected. Thd governor recommended the repeal of the Hortoa boxing law on the ground that "when any sport is carried on primarlry for money that is, ag 3, business it is in danger of losing much that Is valuable and acquiring some exceedingly "undesir able characteristics. Brrca Homo A&rain. LINCOLN; 'Net)., Jan. 3. Colonel W. J. Bryan returned to Lincoln today from St. Louis, after an absence from home of six weeks. He found a number of Jeading democrats from, other states awaiting -him, and conferred with them In an Informal way. Mr. Bryan will remain In Lincoln until Saturday. He is Interested in the meeting of the fusion state, central com mittee, Friday, and Is to respond to a toast, Friday, at the 'banquet of the Na braska Traveling Men's Club. He will leaver for Chicago early Saturday morn ing. McXjntxrin for Scnntor. JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 2. The Missis sippi legislature organized today. Hon. Judd Russell, of Lauderdale, was elected speaker. The democratic caucus tonight unani mously nominated ex-Governor -J. A. Mc Laurln for the long-term United States senatorshlp. The reading of Governor McLaurln's message created quite a surprise when the section Referring to the growth of Mormonlsm in Mississippi was reached. The governor denounced the Mormon sect in scathing terms, and recommended the adoption of laws that will prevent the teaching of the doctrine in the state. Advance in Ivnit Goods. NEW YORK, Jan. 3 The American Knit Underwear Assoilatlon, cdmprislng the principal fleece-lined underwear man ufacturers of the state of New York, held cartoons. ..... 3c Powdered 'Borax, absolutely -"pure,a i-lb. u cartoons ., 'P. . . 8c' Concentrated Extract, lemon, for flavor-' ing, 6-oz. panel bottle. 18c. Concentrated Extract Vanilla, 6-oz. panel bottle 18c We guarantee our flavoring extracts to be triple strength and superior in flavoring ,quali tiestorany so-called extracts in the -.marker-Qur Manilla is- made' from the' ptire Vanilla Bean, and not from Tonka and. spurious -...''. 21 . 1. . rc articles. White's Tooth White's Tooth lWTiite,s Tooth Domes,- k . . ,. 1 . Mixed BirdSeed, - pt. bottle.--.. 6c -pt. bottle. . . i2cJ Finest mixed, Rose, dust, weevil or toreign matter a superior article. Lister's Antiseptic Tooth Powder, large bottle ti8c Carbolic Acid, -J-pt. bottles 9c -lb. bottle. . . 7c J-lb. bottle. . .13c i-lb. bottle. . .22c cartoons... 5c .v - i i Drygglsts, - " - ' an executive meeting in this city today and determined to raise the, price of knit goods 12 cents a dozen; terms, net cash, with 10 days' interest from October 1 last, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, and no allowance for freight. Prices are to be advanced on yarns' and other raw ma terial entering into the production of fleece-lined knit goods. . 1 B INOCULATION OF CATTLE. . Experimenting; "With. a-, Preventative of Texaa Fever. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 3. Recent successful experiments in the inoculation of calves and yearlings, as a preventative against Texas fever, are. to be. followed by experiments on a large scale. There will be shipped tomorrow, from Kansas City to Beville, Tex.. 100 pure-bred Hereford and Shorthorn, calves, selected, from the tl J -- J - .it-- .. mi.- m-.J Mtiji liuius ul me qpuniry, xuu , j. bjiuo atate board of agriculture has, for ttto years, "been preparing for the reception of these animals, having set apart and fenced off a ranch of 10,000 acres, on which not a hoof has been allowed for two years, so that it is wholly free from any germs of Texas fever, 'owing to the action of the frosts of two winters. On this ranch the Northern calves will benoculaled with the poison of-the .lever ticks heucb mann6r as to bring on the disease in mild, form, and will then be allowed to run and be come immune to the Texas fever, after which they may be generally Introduced into the herds of Texas. The shipping of high-priced Northenr, cattle south of the fever line has heretofore caused heavy losses, as the mature animals have been continually liable to the disease. T."F. B. Sotham, president of the. Na tional Hereford Cattle-Breeders' zA'ssncia- ''tionr Js -a leader in 'the present ex'p'eYIdftht, tlUU IXK3 J.UU XlCiCJ.UlU-u.Alu. fclici .ivii. MA.1.VWJ to be shipped have been gathered 'from prize herds in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Illinois and Indiana. The 100 calves are valued by Mr. Sotham at $30,000. a ASPHYXIATED BY GAS. Fonr Deaths and FjveTNar,row Es capes in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-JThe dead bodies of George F. Gallagher, a special police man, and Nellie Wal&h were found today in a Second-avenue apartment, occupied by them. They had been asphyxiated by gas turned on by them during a New Year's carousal. Five memberB of the family" of Julius Guttentag, a real estate dealer, were snatched from death today. They -were Mrs. Mary Guttentag, three children and her mother, Mrs. Dora Deyman. When the doors of their apartments were broken in, the five persons were discovered in an unconscious condition. The gas jet In the dining-room was found open, and the tube attached to a small gas heater in the same room was detached. The fact that both -were open led ta the suspicion, of attempted suicide. They were till taken to the Harlem hospital, and as yet neither of the women has been able to give an account of the affair. The bodies of two men found asphyx iated by gas in a room on Twenty-fourth street have been identified as those of Wiro Walpuskl, son of a wealthy man ufacturer of morocco jewel cases, and a window-cleaner, with whom he had been living. It is believed both men committed suicide. e Whitevrnre Potters Combine. EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 3 It is announced here today that a combination of the whlteware potters of the country is practically accomplished, taking In all but three or four of the tableware potteries ' o this country. A valuation of $12,000,000 has been placed on the property. The stock "will' not! be" negotiated dri the' mar ket, the owners of the plants each taking a pro- rata interest. No-.further;' advance of prices, Is contemplated, but price-cutting will be stopped. A large sum will be saved on the purchasing of material. TOILET ARTI' ; The opportunity .of the year to' puEchequ tfeeds'from stoek whXeh is always fresh, always' pure,' and always genuine. " We originated eut rates in Portland, and plaeed the driig business of this eity on a reasonable and fair-priee basis. The largest retail and wholesale, drug house on the eoast The .largest manufacturing laboratory on the eoast over 500 dozen pharmaceutical products, prepared and sold by us in December. Law prices, genuine goods and moderate profits have doubled bur business eaeh year for four years. A mail order business whieh covers five states, Alaska and British, Columbia. Free delivery to all parts of the eity. Free delivery "on all- orders amounting .to $5.00 to any point within 100 miles oi Portland, This is but a partial list. EVERY ARTICLE lnxour store reduced during this sale. All Drugs soid by us are pure. " We have but one grade, and our standard is the HIGHEST. Powder, i-lb. bottles 49c Powder, -Hb. bottles 27c Powder, 3-oz, screw cap ' .' ........ . 4 9c, i-lb. xartobris '. 4tr recieaned, perfectly free from "quality.. SOAP AT SPECIAL 1 , iu,"j",r;-i;;:j i Vaj "lu I WILL NOT TAKE DELAOOA GREAT BRITAET REtnOSES TO BE MOVED BY CLAMOR OF PRESS. No Decision Arrived at as to "Whether or Not Foodstuffs Are Contra- ..tond.pf.Wor, Lt)NDON, Jan. 3. The Associated Presa is informed on good authority that Great Britain will not take Delagoa bdy, In spite cf the clamor of the press and public opinion upon the advisability of so doing. United States Ambassador Choate visit, ed the British premier, Lord Salisbury, at the foreign office this evening, for the purpose of making the first official repre sentation of the subject of the Delagoa bay .flour seizures. Mr, Choate received no definite reply, as the premier informed him that the British government had not yet arrived at any decision as to whether pr not food stuffs were contraband of war, Lord Salisbury assured Mr. Choate that the commercial rights of the United State3 would be considered, and jthat a decision in this Important matter would be reached as' soon as possibles The interview was brief. ' 'It was further learned by the representa tive of the Associated Press that Great Britain may lay down new regulations regarding contraband, making a distinc tion between food evidently intended for domestic purposes and food probably In tended for Held rations. Under the latter head might, come classes, of. canned goods. , , GERMANS KEEP COOL. Foreign Office Has Not Heard From England in Bundesrath. Matter. BERLIN, Jan. 3. The Berlin foreign of fice informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that Great Britain had not yet answered Germany's note of pro test regarding the seizure by the British cruiserMagicIenne, of- the German imper ial mall steamer Bundesrath, off Dela goa bay. It appears that the British for eign office desires first to communicate With Durban 'on the subject This de sire is not regarded as indicating any dis position on. the part of Great Britain to delay tne final adjustment of the matter. There has been a lively interchange of note3 between London and Berlin, but the German foreign office Is apparently keeping cool. On the other hand, a violent and threat ening tppe toward Qreat Britain is ob servable in other quarters. ,, The Berliner Tageblatt,.remarking that the anti-British sentiment is stronger than eyer, and re calling Joseph Chamberlain's Leicester speech, says that "if. this Is the way in which England hopes to gain an alliance with Germany, she is making the veriest mistake." The Neusto Nachrlchten says it learns that -the foreign office is pressing J ine .tjunaesratn incident aecisiveiy rrom the legal standpoint, but hopes for a re adjustment "without interruption of of ficial relations " The correspondent of the Associated Press has received information going to show that the Bundesrath was possibly guilty of carrying contraband. Heavy shipments of arms and ammunition were shipped in December to Macao and Hong Kong. It Is surmised that their ultimate destination was either the Philippines or the Trapsvaal. In any event, the Bund esrath Incident is being worked to create sentiment in favor of a naval Increase, .and the passage of the navy bill is now considered assured, in spite of centurist opposition. DISTRESS AT LADYSMITH. The Garrison Cannot Hold Out. Much. A. tJ v , ..... . Longer. , NEW YCiRK, Jan. 3 A dispatch to the .Tribune, from London says: - An unexpected development ation has occurred at JQoleshi or tne situ-i '.:, ;.:.' iii, G, r v 5f -.--..t.- -Cartiqljjt Acid; -J-pt. bottles 18c Carbolic Acid, i-pt- bottles 33c Chemically pure. Dickinson's Witch Hazel, -pts 8c Dickinson's' Witch Hazel, 1 pt 15c You run no risk in using Dickinson's gen uine Witch Hazel full strength. The purest and best in the market Bay ikum,. full strength, $ pts .14c Bay Rum, full strength, 1 pt. 27c. Cream Tartar, P. & W., i-lb". boxes .,27c English Baking Soda, i-lb. cartoon 4c Rose Water, I pta , 13c -Rose Water, 1 pts. ... . . . 23c Beeswax, per cake . . ., 4c Sewing, Machine Oil Magnesia, 4-oz. cake . ,Compdund Licorice Powder, lb. ...... . Compound Licorice Powder, -lb 12c Sublimed Sulphur, i-lb. cartoon 4c Port Wine, 1 pt '. 23c Our "wines and liquors are of the highest ESTABLISHED 36 YEARS advices are that the-Boers returned with reinforcements during thevnight and oc cupied the position from which they were driven by General French Monday. There is a deopenlng sense of anxiety respecting Ladysmith, whence most dis heartening, report of the. prevalence of sickness axe .received. jGeneraX WJtdte re ported & list "of "nearly 20 deaths" yester day from enteric fever and dysentery and 71 serious cases In the hospital. Dr. Jam eson has all the work he can do in that fever nest It is evident that the-garri-son cannot hold put long, and that Sir Redyers Buller will not allow many days to pass before striking a blow. Trans ports with fresh battalions and batteries arrived at Durban yesterday, and within 48 hours Sir Redvers ought to be'in read iness for a supreme effort. The Boer line of defense Is now described as 16 miles In length, having been extended up and down the Tugela In order to prevent a- turn ing movement There oro many dispatches of mjnor liv terest from General Butler's camp this morning, put np details Indicating the di rection of the next attack. Scouting has evidently improved, for the Hussars of iThorneycroft's horse and other patrols are described as having had brushes with the enemy. The naval guns Temaln in constant practice, but the Boer guns are silent The war office has cqmpleted Its arrange ments for the-embarkation of 10,000 men pf the Seventh division In the next eight days. Officials are plodding along with their work, unmindful of the cross-fire of criticism to which they are daily sub jected. Lord.Wolseley Is reported to be 'intensely Irritated by the Dally Mail's attacks upon him. He Is nof likely to' remain silent when he lias a strong de fense present. His friends nave been in sisting for weeks that he was overruled repeatedly at the qpenlng of hostilities, and that his advice was persistently neg lected by the ministry In general, and by Lord Lansdowne in particu lar. The storm will blow over if Sir Redvers Buller wins the next battle at the Tugela and relieves Ladysmith, but an other defeat in that quarter will be -followed by a tremendous .shaklng-up at the war-'offlce pfi at headquarters. "The sailing 'of a small German cruiser "for Delagoavbay is tncxmly official sign of displeasure at Berlin caused by the seizure o the Bundesrath. The vessel has ar rived at Durban and probably a case for her detention can be made out on the ground of contraband of war, but details regarding her cargo are withheld for the prize court There Is excitement at Lisbon over the rigorous enforcement of they right of search and the-Frenoh journals are in high feather over England's - difficulties in appeasing 'German resentment. Mr. Bucknall, ono of the principal owners, of the steamer recently seized with -bread-stuffs on board, declines to give anyi .ex planation of his alleged dealings with the Boers. Gibson Bowles is on the war path, clam oring for the repudiation of, the deqlara tlon pf Paris, sp that all property belong ing, on, enemy, even, gold bullion, .when It Js exported irom aneutral port,, can be seized under any flag. All the exist ing difficulties would have been avoided if the British ministers, years ago, had allowed Mr. Kruger to purchase Delagoa bay. Invading the. Lecture Field. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 3. The Duke of Westminster, it Is announced, -will re main in Cape Colony during the war. It Is understood that a prominent in habitant of the Orange Free State, a near relative of President Steyn, has gone to the United States to leoture in the in terests of the two republics. Russia Will Not Interfere. LONDON, Jan. 3 The Vienna corre spondent of the Standard says: Emperor Nicholas has assured the Brit ish ambassador o,t St Petersburg (Sir C. S. Scott) that Great Britain need not fear intervoritloft -Or any' sort pfdffliculty from Russia Ih the South Afrldan eomnlieatfons. urg. LatkThis0 may fairly be interpreted as an as- .... . 7 - !- P.ft - Lithia Tablets, 5-grain, Carter's or. Parke, Davis & Co., bottle : 14c Glycerine Suppositories, large, 1 'dozen in bottle 12c Essence Peppermint, pt ; 15c Essence Peppermint, pt 30c Essence Jamaica Ginger, large bottles. . . .19c wasning -Ammonia, pts 4c Washing Ammonia, qts . . . r. 7c Gukenheimer Rye Whisky, pure, qt. bots.75c Homoeopathic Remedies, B. & R., regular 25c, sale price uc Homeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, bottle . f 23c Quinine Tablets, chocolate or sugar-coated, original bottles of 100, cut price, 2 grain, 33c; 3 grain, 39c, 5 grain 63c Quinine in original packages, 1 oz 33c Soaps Fairy Soap, small cakes, dozen 18c Fairy Soap, large cakesr dozen 35c California Citrus Soap-, dozen 25c Cudahy's Pure Tar, 4-oz. cakes, dozen. . 35c 3c 4c 6c Fourth PRICES surance including an indirect promise that I xriuice wiu tiusiom irom creaung ait' Acuities for England. ' " "Will PFam!imti Tlrni tTmnni1iliwi. I VICTORIA. R. C.'. Jun 9 A tllnV committee was formed here today to ac Jcertfin the identity of all Boer, sympa thizers Identified with, the Transvaal as sistance movement and institute prosecu .tlons, for treason, also arranging a. boy cott. The movement which hM vxeltpd I great ihdignaUon, Is chiefly among Ger man, jjutcn ana Belgian residents. Expect An Increase in Trade. LONDON, Jan. 4. The Berlin corre spondent of ithe Daily News says: The German government Is making in quiries of Berlin manufacturers- and trad ers as to the extent of their exports to tho Transvaal, the view being that Ger man trade with the Transvaal wIH in crease after the war. 4 Grand Rapids Aids Boera. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Jan. 3. JPhn Steketee, vice-consul of the Netherlands, today forwafded to Hblland a draft for 9200 gilders. Grand Rapids Hollander's lat est contribution for the wldbws and or phans of Boers killed In South Africa. The sum arnounts to $3780 American money. Dr. Leyds Was, In Holland. THE HAGUE, Jan. 3. Dr. Leyds, diplo matic agent of the Transvaal, attended the New Year's hall at the palace yester day evening. Queen "ilhelmlna con versed several times with him. Ho wa3 received by the foreign minister. t Aijtor's Contribution. LONDON, Jan. 3. William Waldorf As tor has contributed 1000 to tho Prince of Wales' hospital fund. CARNEGIE ON EXPANSION. In Favor of Talcing the West In dies, But Not Islands of the Paclilc. NTRVUT VfYRTT Ton A)- - ;gle was Uitervlewed' by a World reporter uuuuwuiuj; 'wie report mat ne naa prom- lsea to suoscriDe 500,000 to the republican ndtjonal cempaign fund.. "There's not a word of truth in the re port," he sold. "I will not givo a dollar to help the republicans If their platform is not Sound if it Is not American. "Notva" cent to imperialism not a cent to "renegade Americanism. My position on these questions has been made clear. My mind W 'open, but my purse Is closed. If the republican party Is true to the principles that have made this country great, then I would subscribe. But not if the platform- commits the party td'a pol icy to which I stand unalterably and un compromisingly opposed- "I am in favor "of securing all the West Indies Islands if we con do so," he con tinued. "I believe they will make desir able and proper acquisitions to 'our ter ritory. That .sort of expansion Is on the 'right line. But,'' mind you, it should not go beyond territory on this continent We have lio business either In morals or Ih politics to take and keep the Philip pines." "Do you mean we should annex Cuba?" was asked "No; we are pledged as to the action we are to take there. We have given our word that Cuba shall be free. It the people show a disposition for annex ation, then that raises another question. "The annexation of Cuba, however, would In my opinion, kill the republican party. Its free iron, free coffee and free sugar, the competition of its cheap labor with our labor would strike a blow at a vital republican principle." "Suppose the democratic party declares against expansion and the republicans -for it; would you contribute to the dem ocratic fund? "I would consider It My mind Is open, but my purse isclosed, js I haW said. "I want to see" t&e ""republican party range itself on-thejside i3ffcrUe American igm. No renegade Americanism for me; 'st, . " iBiff "'. Cudahy's Cocoa Nut strips, 3 cakes in strip, per doz. strips 18c Cudahy's Cocoanut strips, 4 cakes in. strip, strip 2C French Castile, 4-lb. bars, bar 37c Italian Castile, 4-lb. bars, bar 24c Castile, 3-lb. bars, bar 29c Violet, 3 cakes in box, box 8c Pansy Transparent, 6-oz. cake, each 5c 35 dozen Ebonoid Hair Brushes, special price .' 43c 20 dozen Keep Clean Hair Brushes at half price Wood -Tooth Picks, double-pointed, one dozen boxes '. .25c These special prices are well worthy your attention. We buy and sell but one quality the very best and purest. Special prices prevail on all Itodaks and Agents for ETCHING MATTE, the new and remarkable paper, which-requires no manipulation.- and Washington -Sts. i COESSjwMrff- COUGHmiiCR0UP S0RE-AiHQARS 2SSnHkNESS'i I MRS.'OEN. LONQSTREBT H Says: "Besides being a Ij H good, tonic Peruna isanef I! M fective core for catarrh, 'if S recommend your remedy 11' Ask your druggist for a free Peruna ah manac for the year 1900. no running off after the will o the wisj of territorial aggrandizement- It involve dangers on every hand.. If we shut th door of the Philippines, we arouse Eu rope-. If we open it. we destroy the vers thing that imperialists give as their rea son for taking .the Philippines commert clal expansion. The latter course pert mlts all nations to enjoy commercial priv lieges there, oa an equality with us." Mr. Carnegie paused for a moment, ani then went on: "I am with the Boers in their fight Thoy are fighting bravely to maintain their republics Their stand Is for repu! llcan institutions. They ore battling foi a principle, with which all good Amen icons should be In sympathy." 10 Reform Spelling: at University. CHICAGO. Jan. 3. The university oj Chicago will use and advocate the ncrt spelling. By a vote of 20 to 16 the uni. verslty congregation placed Itself en reo ord today as favoring the use of the rt formed spelling adopted by the National Educational Association. The vote in plies the use of reform spelling In a num. ber of mjtgozlnes and papers Issued undc the ausplpes of the university, : , z Duripg the" last year Missouri solaj $3,000,000 worth of mules chiefly for wajj purposes.