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THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 21,1902
Only Three Days Before Christmas
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
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Till 9 p. m., From
Now Till Christmas.
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The Presents You Want at The Prices You Like.
We Want You to Come and Rest Your Wistful Eye Upon Our Beautiful Holiday Display.
I T will suggest to you at once the proper present, and affords the lowest
prices ever made. To look through our splendid assortment is a pas
time. Come early and satisfy your needs from our fine stock, which was
bought to save you time and money. ::::::::
Something For Every Person
Something For Every Purse.
Our store is replete with big hearted bargains at big hearted prices. We have sufficient
variety to insure an easy choice of desirable gifts for both old and young. : : :
Popular Selections! e Plenty Variety! s Newest Attractions!
rtlRING the next three days we propose to sell everything in the way of
” Christmas goods that we own. Nothing but desperate price cutting
will enable us to do this, but we have determined to do it. Cost and profits
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Reductions Vary From 15 to 25 Per Cent Off Regular Prices.
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flichael Brothers.
Open Every Evening
Till 9 p. m., From
Now Till Christmas.
Open Every Evening
Till 9 p. m., From
Now Till Christmas.
NEW OPERA HOUSE
Matinee and Night
Saturday, 27th.
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FRENCH CITIZENS SAFE.
France Will Not Send Cruiser to Ven
ezuela Waters.
Paris, Dec. 20.—-A cable from Fort
de France. Martinique, announces tho
the French cruiser Tiomle whic h was
assigned a few days ago to protect
French citizens In Venezuela will now-
remain outside of Venezuelan waters,
as all anxiety regarding the welfaiy
of the French citizens has been (Ms
polled.
The foreign office here has received
from the charge d'affaires at Caracas
confirmation of the announcement that
President Castro hail conferred com
plete powers on Minister llowen to
arrange the terms of arbitration. The
dispatch added that the president
pressed confident belief that the e
else by the United States of the pow
ers granted to Minister How
doubted,Iy will secure an adjustment of
the questions In dispute.
Informal exchanges of views be
tween the chancellories of Rome. Con
don and Parts indicate the willln'gnrt*
of the British, Italian and French gov*
ernments to agree to the formation of
a mixed commission as a means of ad
justing tho difficulties. -Vf
FUNERAL NOTICE.
UOX.—The friends and acquaintances
of Capt. E. D Cox and Mr. L. W. Cox
are invited to attend the funeral of
the latter this (Sunday) afternoon
half past two o’clock at the residen
on College avenue.
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VANDERBILT BETTER.
Physicians Say^ffondition of-Million-'
aire Is More Favorable. .
New York. Dee. 20.—Comellul Van
derbilt. who is 111 with typhoid favor
and peritonitis, continues to improve,
according to a statement made at the
house early today. During the night
everything seemed exceedingly quiet
a’xmt the house, though* tSe two at-
tending physicians remained In the
hOO|a all night.
W$en the physicians left tho house
Qr. Delafield said:
SC-J'Mr. VtcnaWMlt Is a little better and
hft cQp^ition 1b more encouraging.”
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Great Company and •
Handsome Scenery!
An Incomparable Performance and the
Aome of Completeness.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES:-NIGHT
25, 35 and 50 Cents.
Oil Found In Iowa.
Dos Moines. Iowa, Dec. 20.—Oil has
been discovered on the banks of the
Coon river, near Grant City. A quart
of the oil sent to Ames college for
analysis Is said to have been found to
be 80 per cent pure.
Warehouse Burned; Loss $70,000.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.—The 5-story
brick warehouse of the W. R, Mott
company, was destroyed by Are at mid-
sight. Lose $70,000. The building
f-nA content® are almost a total loss.
Safety Appliances Ravored.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The bouse
committee on ooerancrce today report*
ad favorably the MS requeoUng safe
ty appliance* for-coupling can,
i COLD M ONE CAV.
s Rromo-Quintno Tablets. This
on every box, B5o
W Croup use
it.
Ssved st Grave's Brink.
“I know I would have been in -my
grave long age.” writes Mrs. S. H,
Newsom, of Decatur, Ala , “if it had
not been for Electric Bitters, For three
years I suffered untold agou; frotff the
worst forms of Indigestion, Waterbrash,
Stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia. But’
this excellent medicine did me a world
of good. Since using it I can eat heart
ily and have gained 35 pounds.” For
Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles Electric Bit
ters are a positive guaranteed cure.
Only 60c at W. J. Smith & Bro., and
H. R. Palmer & Sons’ drug stores.
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Irn uLs ial.-lytomoved.
St. Paul. Dec. 20.—Fire started at 2
,'<liH-k t. 9 morning in the attic of
cht- main bullying of tho Institute for
Feablo Minded at Faribault and the
loss will exceed $50.0o0. The 300 in
mates of tho school were safely remov
ed. The building Is a 4-story struc
ture, 350 leet long, and waa erect
ed at a cost of $200,000.
at Coney Island.
New .York? Dec. 20.—Tho first lm-
poj^ant step 'fcr Ae acquirement for
park^rposes of one of two acres of
tand^t Coney Island, thereby wiping
out the islands Bowery and converting
the Island Into an Ideal seaside resort,
has been tak<m. The plan was u;
1 piously approved at a massmeeting
night. * The assessed value of
the land to be acquired by the city
amounts to $1,834,950.
. Incendiary Fire.
Largo, Fla., Dec. 20.—A destructive
incendiary fire hejj» destroyed the
large store of Blanton, Mairtin & Co.,
and all their ’ new Christmas stock,
store and merchandise being valued
at about $8,000, with only small in
surance. The fire started about 12:30
at night. With' great difficulty the
store of the Farmers’ Alliance Ex
change. Captain Johnston]# residence,
the Atlantic Coast Line depot and the
postofllae were saved. Blanton, Mar
tin & Oo. will rebuild.
BETTER FEELING PREVAILS.
London Newspapers’ Comment More
Temperate Over Affair.
London, Dec. 20.-—The comment of
the newspapers has been much more
temperate since the advent of a better
prospect for a i>eaeefn! arrangement
of the Venezuelan difficulty. It is ask
ed whether considering the difficul
ties-to be overcome a recourse to ar-
bit ration would be found possible. All
^ho papers are anxious that such a
solution of the trouble be reached.
Altogether a more cheerful view of
thewituation is taken this morning.
James Bryce, member of parliament,
addressing the City club last night,
nald he hoped earnestly that the dif
ficulty would be settled speedily, "be-
cause there is always a posstbllty it
tho United States of some sudden
wave of passionate emotion passing
over a people stimulated by organs
more powerful than responsible on
matters upon which the people are
likely to become excited.”
VENEZUELAN REBELS ACTIVE.
Revolutionary Movement Against Cas
tro Grows Stronger.
Panama. Dec. 20.—News * received
hero from the Venezuelan frontier Is
to the effect that the revolutionary
movement against President Castro is
now more powerful than ever. Gen
eral Matos is said to be at the head
of a strong army and to be on good
terms with the represc-nstives of the
foreign powets.
It Is believed among the Venezuelan
revolutionists that the present move
I ment against Castro will bo success*
‘ ful.
ROOSEVELT PROPOSES
THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL
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Proposition.
THE VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION.
President Roosevelt Suggest to the Al
lies that Dispute Be Settled at The
H,,gue, Tbey In Turn Propose that
He Arbitrate 4 Iksues.
Washington. Dec. 20.—President
Roosevelt has prop<*k;d to the allied
powers that the Venezuelan dispute be
submitted to arbitration by The Hague
tribunal.
The powers have replied with a
counter proposal that President Roose
velt himself arbitrate tho Issues.
VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE.
Kodol Dy«pepslacure
Digests all Masses of food, tones and
strengthens the stomach Troubles, and
makes rich red blood, health and
strength. Kodol rebuilds wornont tie;
nos, purifies, strengthens and sweetens
the stomach. Gov, W. W. Atkinson,
of W. Va., says: I have need a number
of bottles of Kodol and have fonnd it to
be a very effective and, indeed, a pow
erful remedy far stomach ailments. I
reoommend it to my friends. The Orr
Oo.
Lieutenant Colonel Morrison Dead,
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Lieutenant
Colonel J. N. Morrison, judge advo
cate of the military department of
California, Is dead at the Presidio gen
eral hospital as the result of an at
tack of peritonitis.
Snow In New Maxico.
Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 20.—Tea
Inches of snow has fallen in Taos and
Mora counties. The snowft.il was
the heaviest since 1892.
If yon feel ill and need s'pill
Why not pnrohase the best?
DeWitt’a Early risers
Are little sorpriser*.
Take one—they do the rest.
W. H. Howell, Honston, Tex.,
“I have used Little Early Riser Pills
my family for constipation, sick
ache, etc. To their use I am
far the health of my family. The Orr
Drag Oo.
Doe* It Pay To Buy Cheap.
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that? will relieve and oure the more se
vere and dangerous resalts of throat
and long troubles. What shall you do:
Go to a warmer and more regular cli
mate? Tee, if possible; if not possible
for yon, then in either case take the
only remedy that has been introduced
in all oivilized countries with success in
severe throat and long troubles, “Bosch-
ee’s German Syrup.” It not only heals
and stimulates the tissues to destroy the
germ disease, bat allays inflammation,
causes easy expectoration, gives a good
night's rest, and cures the patient. Try
one bottle. Reoommended many years
by all druggists in the world. Yon can
get this reliable remedy at H. R, Pal-
mer^fc8ons. Get Green’s Special Al
manac -
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Official Proclamation Gazetted and Be-
comes Effective Today.
London, Doc. 20.— -The official procla
mation of tho blockade of Venezuelan
porta was gazetted this morning, and
becomes effective today.
The text of tho proclamation 1b as
follows: '
' Foreign Office, Doc. 2b, 1902: It
is hereby notified that as tho Unltod
States of Venezuela have failed to
comply with tho demands of his maj
esty’s government, a blockade by his
majesty’s naval forces of the ports of
LaGuayra. Carenoyo Gaenta and Cam-
pano and tho mouth* of the Orinoco
la declared ami such a blockade will
bo effectively maintained from and af
tor Dec. 20, subject to tho allowance
of the following days of grace:
"For vessels sailing before the date
of this notification frem West Indian
port* and port* on the east coast of
the continent of America, 10 days for
steamers and 20 days for sailing ves
sel*.
"From all other ports 20 days for
steamers and 40 days for sailing vs*
sols.
“For vessels lying in the ports now
declared to be blockaded, 15 days.
“Vessels which attempt the block
ade will render themselves liable to
all measures authorized by the law of
nations and by the respective treat
ies between his majesty and the dif
ferent neutral powers.”
WHAT IT MEAN 8 TO YOU.
Pew People Realize the Importance of flood
Digestion Until It Is Lost.
Many people saffer from dyspepsia
and do not know it. They feel mean,
out of sorts, peevish, do not sleep well,
do not have a good keen appetite, do not
have the inclination energy for physioal
or mental work they odco had, but at
the same time do not feel any particular
pain or distress in the stomach. Yet all
this is the result of poor digestion, an
insidious form of dyspepsia whioh can
only be cured by a remedy specially in-
intended to cure it and make the digest
ive organs act natnrally and properly di
gest the food eaten. Bitters, after din
ner pills and nerve tonics will never
help the trouble; they don't reach it.
The new medical discovery does. It is
called Stnart’s Dyspepsia Tablets and is
a sp- cigo for dyspepsia and Indigestion.
It cares because it thoroaghly digests all
wholesome food taken into the stomaoh,
whether the stomaoh is In good working
order or not.
Stnart’s Dyspepsia Tablets by digest
ing the food, Instead of making the worn
oat stomach do all the work, gives It a
mnch needed rest, and a oure for dys
pepsia is the natural result.
When yon are nervons, ran down and
sleepless, don’t make the common mis
take of supposing your nervons system
needs treatment and fill year stomaoh
with powerful nerve tonics which make
yon feel good for a little while only to
fall back farther than ever.
Yonr nerves are all right bnt they are
Btarved, they want food.
Nourish them with wholesome every
day food and plenty of it, well dlsgeted,
Foils a Deadly Attack.
••My wife was bo ill that good physi
cians were unable to help her,” writes
M. M Austin, of Winchester, Ind., bnt
was completely oared by Dr. King’s
New Life Pills.” They work wonders
In stomaoh and liver troubles. Gore
constipation, sick headache. 2oo at W.
J. Smith & Bro., and H. R. Palmer &
8ons.drag stores.
1 and yon can laugh at nerve tonios and
medicine.
Bnt the nerves will not be nourished
from a weak, abased stomach, bnt when
the digestion has been made perfect by
the nse of this remedy all nervons symp
toms disappear.
Who ever heard of a man or woman
blessed with a vigorous digestion and
good appetite being troubled with their
nerves?
Good digestion means a strong ner
vous system, abundance of enorgy and
capacity to enjoy the good things of
life.
Stnart’s Dyspepsia Tablets will cer
tainly set yonr stomaoh and digestive
organs right; they can’t help bnt to do
it because they nourish the body by di
gesting the food eaten, and rest the
stomaoh.
Yon get nourishment and rest at one
and the same time, and that is aU the
worn oat dyspeptic needs to baild him
np and give new life to every organ and
an added zest to every pleasure.
Stnart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are a god
send to the army of men and women
with weak stomachs, weak nerves and
justly merits the olaim of being one of
the most wonderful medical disooveriea
.of the time.