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Newspaper Page Text4 TfclE MORNING UKifiCxONlAN, THURSDAY, DJBCKMBER 22, 1904. BILL Tfl President Discusses Freight Rebates. and corporate agencies from engaging In Interstate and foreign commerce -without such Federal franchise or licence. "The fill! Drotection of the crrantces of such franchise or license who obey the laws applicable thereto. "The right to refuse or withdraw such franchise or license in case of vio lation of law, with appropriate right of judicial appeal to .prevent abuse of power by the administrative -officers.' Commissioner Garfleld says, the bu reau, under the direction of the Secre tary of Commerce and Labor; affords the appropriate machinery for the ad ministration of such a law CONGRESS WILL GET VIEWS Attorney-General Moody Now at Work on Measure. HEYBURN HAS AET SCHEME Idaho Senator Would Cofnpel All Con cerns Dclng Interstate Business to Incorporate Under Laws of the United States. WASHINGTON Dec ZL President Roosevelt discussed today with several taT.ers proposed legislation regarding the jjestlon of railroad freight rebates and tr question of empowering the Inter state Commerce Commission with author- to adjust freight rates where found t-i be excessive. Among those present talked with the President were Sec tary Morton and E. P. Bacon, chair man of the executive committee of the 2-!rstate Commerce Commission. Thf President is anxious that lcgisla t on in the interest of shippers be enacted at the earliest practicable date, and the r atter has been considered by him with irany of his rccont callers. It was stat r 3 today by one of the President's callers t at Attorney-General Moody now was ergaged in the preparation of a bill wv!-.h substantially would embody the v.pws of the Administration on the ques tmen and the measure would be presented ""ongress probably soon after the holi days recess. The President has announced that tho b!".l he Is willing to support muBt be fair v both the railroads and the people. He bl;rves that the initial steps toward the desired legislation should be taken at the present session of Congress, and if possible that the legislation proposed should be crystallised into law at this t.me Senator Heyburn. of Idaho, had an ex tended talk with the President today on tKe subject of Federal charters for cor porations doing an Interstate commerce burlness. The Senator indicated his in tention to introduce In tho Senate after the holiday recess a measure providing f?r the incorporation under United States laws of all corporations doing an inter state business. The bill, as proposed by Senator Hey burn. will provide that corporations now l-i existence must take out Federal char ters, and that such corporations as may be organized thereafter also shall incor porate under Federal laws. All such corporations will be under the supervi sion of the Department of Commerce and lAbor through the Bureau of Corpora tions The bill has not been matured thoroughly yet, but Senator Heyburn hopes to have it ready for Introduction Immediately after the holidays. RURAL CARRIERS REMOVED. Two Men Charged 'With Efforts to Influence Legislation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Postmaster General Wynne today removed two more rural carriers for alleged efforts to in fiuence legislation, tho employes being S ja plvln, or Bertnoud, Colo., and J. T Whitehead, of Medina, O. Nlvln is chairman of the executive board of the National Rural Carriers' Association. Whitehead also Is a member of the executive board and is secretary of the Ohio state organization of the carriers, The executive board held a meeting In St Louie, as the result of which Presi dent Cunningham, of the association. Is KUa to havo called on the members of the NatlonaL committees of both the Re publican and Democratic parties to ascer tain what support they would give to legislation In the Interest of the carriers. The plans for the campaign for this leg islation carried on prior to the November election by President Cunningham and Sectary Turobor. both of whom were removed Tecontly as the result of an In Acst.gatlon of their work, were, it ia charged by the postal authorities, ap proved and Indorsed by Nlvln and White head. T'je report on the investigation points c-t that NIvin's plan was that the rural carriers In each state should look Into the question of supporting their candl dates for election or re-election to Con gress In their state and to such of these candidates as proved "true" to the car- r f rs the association would pledge its surport for any political honors sought In the particular state. Some letters which the department now has on file indicate that the carriers havo cjtllned a plan which they expected would effect Important results In favor e their ceuse and set out that the asso elation xnuat be free from entanglements w.ta any particular political party, and must select for their support such .men. regardless o party, as were most friendly tr ttir interests. The correspondence indicates that Rep resentative Overstreet, of Indiana, was a ppecial target of attack by the car r.ers because he refused to give them ayy pledges cr promises as chairman of the House committee on postofficcs. POWER IN THE GOVERNMENT Commissioner of Corporations Sub mits His Recommendations. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. The first annual report of tho Commissioner of corporations was submitted to Con gress today by Comm'.ssioncr Garfleld He says no satisfactory reform is to be expected under the state system of In corporation; that the Federal Govern merit has at its command sufficient pewer to remedy existing conditions in Its control of interstato commerce. lie therefore suggests that Congress con Rider the advisability of enacting 1 law for the legislative regulation of interstate and foreign commerce under a. license or franchise, which ih general should provide as follows: "The granting of a Federal franchise cr license to engage in interstate com merce "The Imposition of. all necessary re qulrements to corporate organization and management as a condition prece dent to the. grant of such franchise or license The requirement 'of such reports and returns as may be desired, as a. condi tion of the retention of such franchise cr license. "The prohibition of all corporations 'BRITISH DOCKING IS CHEAPER. Attention of President Called to Con dition at Bremerton. WASHINGTON. Dec 21. President Roosevelt's attention was Invited to day by Representative Humphrey, of Washington, to a telegram received by Mr. Humphrey from some of his constituents, protesting against what is declared to be exorbitant tonnage rates charged at the Bremerton naval station for the docking and repair of vessels. The telegram calls attention to a charge of 10 cents a ton for the docking of the steamer Shawmut, the owners -declaring that they could have tne work done at the British dock at Esquimalt for 3 cents a ton. The charges at tho American station re sult. Mr. Humphrey says. In a large amount of such work going to the British station, to the detriment of the Americans. The matter will he con sidered br the officials of the Navy Department. WORK GIVEN TO WIDOWS. Secretary Taft Gives Direct Orders on Making of Uniform Trousers. WASHINGTON. Dec 2L-Secretary Taft today Issued an order directing the Quartermaster-General to award tho making of some 55,000 pairs of trousers for tho enlisted men from the Army at the Schuylkill arsenal, Philadelphia, to seamstresses In that city, mainly the widows and orphans of soldiers, thus settling a question raised some time ago, so far as the present lot Is concerned. Yankee Will Bring Them Home. COLON, Dec. 21. The BOO marines who arrived hero yesterday on the auxiliary cruiser Yankee from League Island navy-yard wore embarked on a train to day bound for Empire Camp, where they will relieve the battalion which has been stationed there. The homeward-bound marines will embark on the Yankee today. Election Bill Introduced. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Representa tive Livingston, of Georgia, Introduced a Joint resolution today providing that hereafter electors for President and Vice- President and Representatives in Con gress shall be voted for In each state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, and that the 59th Congress shall assemble and hold its -'first regular session on the first Monday after 1905. Philippine Tariff Is Ready. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Secretary Taft and Colonel Edwards, chief of tne insular bureau of the War Department, today practically completed the work of putting the proposed revision of the Philippine tariff In shape for presenta tion to Congress in the form' of a pre pared draft of a bill. DEMAND E0K CHAD WICK JEWELS Receiver Seeks to Get Them From New York Hotel. NEW YORK, Dec 21. Nathan Loeser. receiver In Cleveland for the affairs of Mr.-. Cassic L. Chadwick, made a demand today, through his legal representative in tbin city, on J. P. Caddagan, the -pm. r-rietor of the Hoffman Houae, for all the jewelry and other valuables alleged to be in his possession; being held for the ownej, Mrs. Chadwick. Under the date ot December 19, Mr. Looser wrote to him as follows; "I wired you this mornln? as follows I hereby demand of you all the prop erty of Cassie L. Chadwick now in your possetsion or under your control, and I hereby notify you not to dellv.- same to any other person. "Information has reached me that cer tain property, consisting parjU'.'ly of val uables and jewelry, and nelonglng to Mj s. Cassie L. Chadwick, is now at the Hoffman House and under your control. ar.:t i shall hold you responsible for a faithful accounting for same. If you will aavlf-e mo as to the charges which you have thereon, I shall arrange to pay the same that the property may be delivered to me in Cleveland." , Charles L. Greenhall, of this city, said tonight that, as the represantative ot Louis Grossman, a Cleveland lawyer,, he had called at the Hoffman Hons and sten Mr. Caddagan. He said thatrhe had made demands for the properly, but that he die not receive any. satlsLi'ln, nor did he learn whether there was any prop erty of Mrs. Chadwick In the hoteL He ficclaicd that the proprietor sal-i that he would communicate! with him later through his lawyer. Chadwick Satchel Is Missing. CLEVELAND. Dec 21. Still another satchel, one thought by Receiver Loes er to contain valuables belonging to Mrs. Chadwick, was today found to be missing. This developed In an exam lnation of Mrs. Mary Londravllle, Mrs Chadwlck's former housekeeper, held before Referee in Bankruptcy Remlng ton. The discovery is in addition to the missing trunk and grip that disap peared from the Holland House In New York the day before Mrs. Chadwick was arrested. Mrs. Londravllle told of accompany ing Mrs. Chadwick to the Holland Ho tel here at the latter's request, and of taking two satchels into a room. Judge Albaugh, of Canton, and seVeral men, the witness said, were present in an adjoining room. As to what had be come of the satohcle, the witness re plied: "I was instructed to give the large one to D. L. Pine, of this city. I called him up by telephone and told him about it, and asked him .to come for 1L He arrived after Mrs. Chadwick had left for New York, and I gave It to him." The satchel, she said, contained let ters and papers. She .did not know what had become of the other satchel. An effort will be made to have Mr. Pine appear for examination as to the whereabouts of the satchel and what it contained. When the hearing was resumed in tho Bankruptcy Court in the afternoon. Mr. Pine was present. He admitted that he secured the satchel and kept it until Emll Hoover, Mrs. Chadwlck's son, called for it last Sunday night Emll told him that his mother's attorney. J. P. Dawley, wanted it.' He said he was not over anxious as to what the satchel contained but thought there were papers in It. Receiver Loeser said he would ask the attorney to tell the contents of th satchel. The hearing was then continued until Friday morning. NO PLAGE 18 FIXED Ballroorrj for Inaugural Func tion to Be'Chbsen Later. NO QUORUM IN THE HOUSE Representative Henry Introduces BUI to Provide for Carrying Parcels by Rural Free Delivery Rates Are Fixed. WASHINGTON" Dec 21. On objection of Mann (111.) to unanimous consent to take up the inaugural resolution in the House of Representatives today, the whole matter went over until after tho holidays. Merrill (Pa.), on behalf of the commit tee of the District of Columbia, was di rected to move the passage of the Senate resolution, which, among other things, provides for holding the inaugural ball In the Pension building, as heretofore, out Underwood (Ala.) and Mann (111.) Insisted that a quorum of the House should be present to consider tho matter. Imme diately after Mann's objection the Houso adjourned until January 4, 1905. BILL FOR PARCELS POST. Rural Route to Be Put on a Paying Basis. WASHINGTON. Dec 2L Representa tive Henry, of Connecticut, Introduced a bill to day to "secure the full use of the United States rural mall equipment and to place the rural service on a paying basis." The bill provides "that within the lim its of the respective rural routes served scene of the attempted cremation of the body. These hairpins are -all of stiff wife, there being no Btnall. flexible ones, and the numbef and strength of the pins are taken to Indicate that the growth of hair was unusually heavy- At their meeting today the County Com missioners will offer a reward of $1000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer. The excitement Jn the community over the crime is growing dally, a demand be ing made to run down the crime. Talk of lynching of the murderer, should he be found, was heard today. Coroner Law buried tho remains of the girl today In Evergreen ccmetry In a lot provided by the county. The body was put in a coffin and the latter encased In a box, the County Commissioners offering to dofray the expensesoS decent burial for the unfortunate girl, rather than per mit her io be burled In the grave of a pauper. The jaws and the hair of the dead 'girl have been saved for IdentWcation pur poses, and the Coroner is confident that if any one appears who knew her In life the girl can be Identified. At noon today Sheriff Grimes detailed six more men to go to the hills surround ing the scene of the murder and Joia the search for evidence. The Sheriffs, stated nt this time that the men who had been at work since Sunday morning had com pleted a search of every square foot in cluded in about four square miles of coun try, and that tho search would be kept up until at least ten squaro miles had been thoroughly searched. The ground on which this search is be ing conducted is rock' and precipitous. and the search fraught with no small amount of danger to tho men engaged therein. George W. Chllders. who with W. S. Maunder is engaged in mining in Bear Crock. CzaoQvfcat of this city, today gavehe poTftrc a description of a man who was seehwJce in Bear Creek Canon by himself anaMr. Maunder two weeks ago. Mr. Chlreers thinks the woman is the one who was found dead on Cutler Mountain and that the nmn with her was the murdercr. . EXTENT OF TID3 BIG FAIR. But few Portland people know that the Worldia Fair which will be opened in Portland on June 1 next will contain 2500 individual exhibit. On the Fair Grounds thero arc now "in course ot erection, or already completed. 25 dis tinctive exhibit buildings. The Fair site covers an area, of 162 acres of land and 220 acres ot water. The project of the Exposition will involve the outlay ot about $8,000,000, and the Fair will be formally opened to the public entirely free from debt. The New Year's O re Strain, n that will be published on Janu ary 2 wlll.be a special Exposition num ber. The engravings of the numerous exhibit building, grounds, etc. will be made especially attractive. The paper will be mailed to any address in the United States or Canada, portage pre paid, for 10 cents a copy. Address The Oregonlan, Portland. Or. by post wagons, parcels of mail matter shall be collected and delivered, house to house, by the carriers, in weight up to 200 pounds, and in dimensions up to a barrel, no parcel, however, to be more than six feet in length. The bill specifies that the rates on parcels shall be 1 cent for eight ounces or less; 2 cents for' a pound; 5 cents for from one to 11 pounds; 10 cents for a half-bushel 30 pounds; 15 cents for a bushel, 20 cents for a half-barrel, and 25 cents for a barrel. y Wrangle Over Place to Hold Ball. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. As soon as the House met today Merrill (Rep., Pa.) called up the Senate resolution granting the In augural commission permission to use several Government buildings, including the Pension building, for the Inaugural ball. Underwood opposed consideration of the resolution at this time, when, he said, a quorum of the House was not present, and called attention to the promise made four years ago that the people of Washington would construct a place for holding inau gural balls. Asked by Ball (Rep. Ind.) why the com mlttec had "switched" first from tho Congressional Library, then to the Cap itol, and now to the Pension building. Merrill said It was because of the evl dent disposition of the -House to hold the inaugural ball in tne Pension building. Tho resolution was criticised by Mann because ho said it permitted the charg ing of excessive prices for cabs and car riages, and he thought there should be a quorum present to consider the other fea tures of tho bill. He objected to a mo tion for a unanimous consent to take the resolution up, and It accordingly goes over until after the holidays. Senate Meets and Adjourns. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. After a ses sion of four minutes' duration, the Senate adjourned today until January 4 next. The proceedings consisted of a prayer by Chaplain Hale, the reading of the jour nal of Monday's brief session, and the re ceipt of a number of nominations from the Prosident. Place to Care for Lepers, WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Reprcsenta tlve Hepburn, of Iowa, introduced two bills today, ono appropriating 5250.000 for tho establishment on some abandoned military reservation in the United States of a lazaretto for the care and treatment of persons in the United States suffering with leprosy; the other appropriating 5100,000 for a leprosy hospital in the Ha waiian Islands. Both proposed institu tions are placed under the control of the public health officials. Nominated by President. 1 WASHINGTON, Dec 21. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate today: Judgo of the District Court of Alaska- James Wlckersham, of Alaska, third di vision. Assistant Agent for tho Protection of the Salmon Fisheries of Alaska John N, Cobb, Pennsylvania. John Hahn To be Postmaster at As toria. Or. Trust Company Controls Banks. CLEVELAND. Dec. 21.The Wade Park BanlC of which Ira Reynolds is sec retary and treasurer, together with two branches, was taken over today by the Cleveland Trust Company, which will conduct tho business of the three insti tutions. The Cleveland Trust Company has, within the, last few days, taken over the business of five banks located in thb city and its suburbs. Fund to Blot Out Stock Disease. WASHINGTON, Dec 2L Secretary anaw today transmitted to the House request from Secretary Wilson for a de flclency appropriation of $15,000 to ernrii cate scabies in sheep and mange in cattle. OFFER, REWARD F0E-MUBDEREH Excitement Grows Intense Over Mys tery of Cutler Mountain. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Dec. ZL The police are as far, from a clew to the solution of the Cutler Mountain mystery as ever, but the efforts are being re doubled. Tho last clew that was in their hands played out this morning, when Ona D. Hoyt, a pretty hairdresser, living In this city, and who was reported to have disappeared, was found safe at her room in the Clinton Hotel. Inquiries continue to come from other cities for a detailed description of the dead girl, but in no case has the seeding of the description resulted in the receipt of fur ther information or Inquiry. The Coroner has in his possession no less than 40 hairpins that were taken out of the coll of "hair that was on the head of the dead girl, or picked up at the UNWELCOME SUITOR'S CRIME. Kills Woman, Constable and Himself With a Revolver. LOCKPORT. N. T., Dec 21. Fred Jones, a clerk In a store at Newfane, shot and killed Mrs. Llbby Goodrich and Constable William Gray today, and then shot himself fatally. Jones was a suitor of Mrs. Goodrich. who was a widow with several children. and well to do. Being older than Jones, she had objected to his attentions. Jones, it is alleged, had threatened o kill her and burn her property. In consequence of which she today obtained a warrant for his arrest, which was given to Constable Gray to serve. When Gray went to the store to make the arrest Jones called Mrs. Goodrich in. and then began shoot ing. All three are dead. WOMAN KILLS HER HUSBAND. Interior of Houae Wrecked ac From Terrible Struggle. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Dec. 21. Mrs. William G. Lasdon shot and killed her husband today at their home in Arequla Gulch, about three miles south of Cripple Creek. She says that he abused her and beat her unmercifully. The house bore signs of a fearful strug gle Furniture was smashed, dishes and windows broken and there was a gen eral destruction of all the household property. Banker Says Funds Are Intact. LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 21. A special to the Journal from Phoenix, Ariz., says: Startling revelations were made to day by Bernard B. McGreevy, the fugi tive O'Neill, Neb., banker. He admitted that he was in possession of funds that migrnt ncip to extricate mm iom ni3 share of blame. Going further, he ac tually placed in the hands of Captain McDonald, the arresting officer, a per sonal bank receipt for 325,000 of the missing money and told him that he could at once place his hands on at least $15,000 when they arrived at O'Neill. That the bank was $55,000 short he em phatically denied. "I was bookkeeper and I ought to know," he maintained. McGreevy says he is willing to turn everything over to the bank to escape criminal prosecution. McGreevy In sists that 540.000 Elkhorn Valley Bank money Is perfectly safe. Harvard Registration Falls Off. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec. 21. Tho Harvard university catalogue for 1904 05, Issued today, shows Harvard regis tration this year, exclusive of the Sum mer school and Radcliffe College, to be 413C, as compared with 4323 last year, or a loss of 132 In the university. The figures. Including Radcliffe and the Summer school, make the loss for Harvard even greater. This year the total, including these two departments. is 5550 against 6040 last year;, making -the loss 490. Fight Arose From Feud. TUCSON, Ariz. Dec. 21. Jim Fagin and A. E. Troxel wero bound over to the dis trict territorial grand jury today on tho charge of murder for the killing of three Mexicans and the serious wounding of Harry Crowell, a saloonkeeper at the Silver Bell mines, last week. The fight grew out of a feud between American and Mexican miners. Wealthy New Yorker Robbed. NEW YORK. Dec 21. John H. Ruther ford, a well-known New Yorker, Is re porter ta have been robbed of a $10,000 letter of credit and $750 in currency while en route to Paris, according to a Herald dispatch from London. Rutherford had been visiting in London and had decided upon a journey to Egypt. His loss was discovered upon arriving In Paris. Yale Beggar Sent to Jail. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec 21. A sen tence of elx months in Jail was Imposed today on Charles G. Porter, the Roxbury. Macs., man arrested on complaint of President Hadley. of Yale University, There were fix counts against Porter, In eluding begging, idleness and traveling .from place to place without lawful pur pose. Shot Betrayer, Killed Hcr3elf. NEW YORK. Dec 2L Mary Olah. a Hungarian girl, shot Slgimund Bohn, a waiter, at the Cafe Boulevard, early to day, and then sent two bullets into her own body, dying later. Before the young woman died tshe said that Bohn had be traj'ed her before she learned that he had -a wife and two children. It Is believed that Bohn will recover. FAST TRAIN WRECKED. Engineer and Fireman Killed on t'ie St. Paul Road. MENOMINEE. Mich., Dec. 21. The fast train from Chicago to the copper coun try on the Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul Railroad was wrecked early today by a broken rail near here. Engineer Martin Gavin and Fireman Louis Miller were killed and 15 persons were injured. Train Wreck Underground. ST. LOUIS, Dec 21. An incoming Mo bile & Ohio passenger train, was today stalled in the tunnel under the downtown business district leading to Union Sta tion, as a result of an accident that de railed the tender of the engine. Nobody was Injured but the passengers and train crew suffered from the clouds and smoke and gas from the locomotive before the cars could be taken out; The effect of the tender plowing along Fifth Sixth and ton Pifth Sixth and iv ft. : ion SUPPLEMENT TO AD ON PAGE 2 TONIGHT'S EXTRA SPECIALS 7 TO 9 ONLY 7 to 9 P. M. Tonight Second Floor Sixth-Street Annex and Thoroughfare Aisle. Extra Specials in the "Ward robe" Stores Infants' fine India white silk bonnets, embroidered, tucked, ruche and ribbon trimmed. Regular price $1.00; Special at S7c Ladies' -tine white cambric Petticoats witth 22-in. flno lawn flounce. i-ln. tucks between 2 clusters of 6 fine tucks each. 13-in. blind embroidery ruffle. Regular price $3.50; special 2.27 7 to 9 P. M. In Women's Knit Goods Aisle First Floor. In Women's Knit Goods Aisle WOMEN'S SILK AND COTTON VESTS AND TIGHTS WORTH $1.25 FOR B9c Women's fine silk and cotton mixed Vests and Tignts Vests with long . sleeves, short sleeves or with no sleeves Tights ankle or knee length. The ever-popular "Merode" garment. Our $1.25 value; special from 7 to 9 P. M. only at, each OOc WOMEN'S ROUND SILK GARTERS AT HALF PRICE Women's line silk elastic round Garters, In all colors of elastic and with white metal or sterling silver mountings. Values from $1.00 to $2.50. Special for 2 hours only, at HALF PRICE 7 to 9 P. M. First Floor. Book Bargains POPULAR COPYRIGHT BOOKS FOR 41cCopy right books by such sterling authors at Henry Seton Merriman. Harrison Robertson, Marlon Crawford. LaFnyette McLaws, Thomas Nelson Page and many others equally as well known. Special for .2 hours only at, each , 41c LINEN BOOKS WORTH lCc FOR 9c Picture books for little folks, with colored pictures, printed on untcarable linen. Our 16c value, from 7 to 9 P. M. only at, each , Oc PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS WORTH OOc FOR 69c 'The Land of Christ as It I Today," "Hawaii, the Picturesque" and "America," a series of photo- - graphic viows showing scenes of Interest in differ ent countries. Our 90c value; special at, each.. 60c 7 to 9 P. M. There'll Be "Something Doing" at the Linen Counter This Evening DAMASK NAPKINS WORTH $6.00 FOR $1.25 Beau tiful snow white satin damask Napkins, very fine, full dinner size, in all choice patterns. A very ac ceptable Xmas gift for wife or mother. Our $6.00 value; special from 7 to 9 P. M. at, dozen. .. .$4.25 7 to 9 P. M. First Floor Fifth-Street Annex. !n Dress Goods Shop REGULAR $1.7o VALUE, 52 and 54-lnch French Zlbellnes, Illuminated Tweeds and LaceEtamlncs, all colors In the lot. Special, 7 to 9 P. M., yard.. 01c 7 to 9 p. M. Sixth-Street Annex First Floor. In the Man's Shop MEN'S GLOVES WORTH $1.50 FOR 99c A line of men's fine dress Kid Gloves, In browns and tans the new shades. Our best $1.50 value. Special from 7 to S P. M. only at, the pair - OOc 7 to 9 P. M. First Floor Sixth-Street Annex. Bargains Along the "Pair-Way" In the Shoe Store S9?rtS-P?5IA,1 OMENS FINE SHOES WORTH $5.00 FOR $.a0 Women's Shoes in dress or walk ing styles, Jiere n vici kid or patent kid; with self or.1Patent llP,s. Usht or heavy soles and French or military heels, sizes 3 to 7. Our $5.00 value, spe cial from 7 to 9 P. M., at half price, or, pair. . .$2.50 WOMEN'S $3.50 SHOES FOR $1.75 The "Empress" Shoes fqr women, with dull or vie! kid tops, heavy or light soles, opera or military heels, round or. medium toes. Our regular 43.U0 value; special from, i to 9 P. M., special at, pair 91.73 7 to 9 P. M. Second Floor Sixth-Street Annex. In Millinery Salons HANDSOME FEATHER TURBANS FOR $1.49 We haye just fifteen feather turbans left, and to close them out we offer them at a most unusuni figure These turbans are worth $5.00, $6.00 and $8.00 each. Special price for two hours only, each... 91.49 I 7 to 9 P. M. First Floor. In Holiday Bazaar A MILLION NEEDS FILLED QUICKLY UERE FOR JUST A BIT O' LOOSE CHANGE. PHOTO ALBUMS WORTH $1.25 FOR 75t Large size Photo Albums, holds 24 cabinet size and IS small Blze pictures. Pretty decorated head, design on cover. Our $1.25 value for, each .V..75u SMOKERS' SETS WORTH $1.25 FOR 75c Smokers' fact with cigar cutter, ash holder .tnd match holder nil on stand. Our $1.25 value, for two hours only, at, each "SMOKERS' COMPANION" WORTH 65c FOR 35c- Smokers' Companion, fancy case witn pipe, cigar and cigarette holder. Our 65c value, special from 7 to 9 at, set ; Kg GLOVE AND 'KERCHIEF SET WORTH $2.00 FOR $1.25 Glove and Handkerchief Set yf 2 boxes Leatherette case with fancy gray mounting. Our $2.00 value, special for two hours only, at, the set SHAVING SET WORTH $1.25 FOR 65c Shaving case of fancy celluloid, with cup and lather brush. Our $1.25 value for. set C3c GLOVE OR HANDKERCHIEF BOXES WORTH $4.49 TO $4.79 FOR $2.00 Fine hand-painted satin glove or handkerchief boxes, silk lined, larsc sizes. Our $4.49 to $4.79. special at, each .....$2.00 PICTURES WORTH $2.00 FOR $1.25 "Christy" Pic tures and other subjects in large size black frames. Our $2.00 value, special from 7 to 9 P. M. at, eacn .?1.25 SHAVING MIRRORS WORTH $2.19 FOR $1.25 Large size round Shaving Mirrors with easel back, In black, ebony finish frames, combination magni fying and plain glass. Our $2.19 value, special at. each $1.25 WHISK BROOMS WORTH $1.25 FOR 85c Sterling silver handle Whisk Brooms. Our $1.25 value, spe cial at, each ,S5c the floor of the tunnel waB similar to that of an earthquake, and many persons In the big buildings along Eighth street from St. Charles fled to the streets. Plan to Wipe Out Wolves. BLOOMINGTOS; , HI., Dec 2L Hunters from all over Central Illinois assembled in Bureau County today for a grand wolf hunt. The, wolves have been Increasing alarmingly of late years and an organ ized attempt at extermination was planned. PL0WEE WAR m NEW YORK. managing the market. The growers as sert that the Jobbers recently have be come extremely dictatorial, and have charged prices which placed many flowers out of the reach of persons with ordi nary means. It Is planned to eliminate some of the jobbers or bring them to terms, and with this Idea in view a scale of prices was Inaugurated at the market rupning from 20 to SO per cent lesa than prevailing retail charges In the uptown florist shops. Growers Say Jobberc Have Become Too Dictatorial. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. A cut-rate war In cut flowers has begun with the opening of a flower market in Forty-fourth street, near Fifth avenue. A combination of sub urban flower-growers is understood to be We seldom fear a danger that we cannot see. The danger of being run-down by a horse is a very real one to everybody, the danger of being mur dered by a microbe does not trouble vs. And yet the minute mi crobe is more dangerous than the wildest horse. The only people who can afford not to fear the mi crobes of disease are those who keep their blood pure and rich. These are prac tically immune from the attacks of most microbes. 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