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SIX DAYS SLADfiDTEB ATD A W
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3«» Dozen Christmas Handker-' Great stock ©f new Scarfs, Bows . Beautiful assortment of fine ho
chiefs. The finest stock in Rome. and Ties, to close out hose that were sl.s© and
Cost or Below G ost At Cost cents
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ALL DRESS GOODS AT LESS THAN COST! ia»
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IVIII_3_II\IERV. Csipes, Jlsa.csßec»-tss SHOES! SHOES!
Anything; in the stsck at half price Superb selections. Late and stylish. Krippendorf's fine Shees to go.
to ®l®se out. At cost. .Make Santa Claus market at our
Clothing for men and boys. Fine ’* 0 Jackets-! years old, sold for p | ace comp lete. Buy no other shoes
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stoek new goods bat all at or belew This is giving goods away, but but Krippendorfs’. They are the best
cost. come and get them. fine shoes made.
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We shall well nigh give goods away this week and ssall make it the greatest week in the history of our
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business. Come t® us for BARGAINS.
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CO
LEE REPRIMANDS
“Priics’’ RiUieil Harrism,
His fool Kijah..
“Ski GLORY” GOEMBDQWN
Because it was net Right for
Her re Wave
Havana, Dec. 23. —Major Pus
eel I Harrison, the provort marshal,
who eu Tuesday raised the stars
and stripes over Fort Amaros with
out orders and in contraven
tion es the premise of the United
States evacuation commissioners
that ue American flags should be
raised in Havana nr its suburbs
until January Ist, was tiday fur
■ ajly reprimanded by Major Gen
eral Lee and instructed to lower
the lag. Lieutenant Lee reported
a tew hours later to headquarters
that the fl#g had been lowered.
Nevertheless, at the heur ot fil
ing this dispateh, 4:30 p. m., it is
still flying on a tall atefi' over the
famous fart, plain!y visible from
ths barber and city.
Major General Lee, having re
ceived a cable dispatch from Gen
eral Alger saying that the secretary
of war understood there were
thousands of persons s arving in
Havana and directing him to lecd
them “without delay,” immedi
ately oidertd Lieutenant Colonel
Wood to distribute rations and to
make systematic efforts to feed
helpless, careiully avoiding
waste. “
There are hundreds in Havana
today who, though nor actually
starving, are in a deplorable state
of weakness and disease, the i-tfecis
es ths rruel reconeentrado policy,
m They need . hospital treatment
■ which is not always available.
Much of the wrc iektdut-ss is due
to the neglected condition of the
tenements. Every day cr so the
releif distributors come upon dead
bodies terribly emaciated.
The Cuban general, Raoul Aran
go, with 600 horsemen, paraded in
Jesus del Monte today and then
marehed out again to camp.
The United States transport
Minuewaska, which left Savannah
for Cuba on December 19th with
the Forty-ainth lowa regiment,
arrived here this afternoon. T«-
day the Spanish transpoils Ciudad
de Cadiz and Neustria sailed for
Spain, the former with 1,286 men
and officers, bound for Santander,
and the latter with 1,033 aien for
Cadiz .
arrested for SELLING
S THE TARS AND sTRIPNS
General Greene Investigating
An Outrage By Spaniards.
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Bavaua, Dec 23.—Samuel L.
Israel, of Naw York, a f w days
ago opened a I'ttle store an Obispo
street for selling American flags
and jewelry. His wife last night,
appealed lu tears to Ben. Greene
saying that Israel had beej ar
rested and that she could not find
him.
Gen. Greene s»nt Captaiu Mott
to Captain GSeaeral Castellanos,
asking that Israel be produced And
sent to Gen . Greene. In an hour
aide-de-camp of the Captain Gen
eral brought the Man to the Hotel
Irglaterra. had breu in the
Friiza Prison.
Israel says that ai 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoosi a Spanish
lieutenant entered his store, tore
down the Hags and broke th* show
case wi h his sword, La*er he sent
three men, who arrested Israel.
He was weli treated while a pri
soner .
General Greene has asked Cap
tain Central Castellanos to inves
tigate the matter.
XMAS AND HOLIDAYRATES
The W. &A. R. R. will sell
round trip tickets at reduced
rates. Tickets to be sold to any
point East of the Mississippi and
South of the Ohio aud Potomac
rivers on December 22, 23, 24,
j 25 and 26; also December 80th
and 31st, January Ist and 2nd
with extreme linait Jan. 4, 1899.
Cail on C. E. Harmon, Gener
al Passenger Agt. Atlanta, Ga.,
er C. K. Ayer, P. A T. A ,
Rome, G.
MORE FOREIGN ORDERS
Russia Buys Rolling Steck for
Her Railway.
Moscow, Dec. 23, Thomas C
S.nith, the American Consul here,
has just received from the gev*ru
i ment, to he forwarded to locomo
tive ami ear builders in the United
i States, a large order for new roll
ing stoeK for the Russian railways.
The order included passenger
eeaches, lec-onaotives and air
l brakes.
Minister Reuter.skio-ld, the rep
resentative of Sweden and No-way
at St. Petersburg, has received
from M. Bossanowieh. a govere
tuent etnpleye in charge of the
S.beiian station at Slatrust, in t* w
Ural Mouataine, a beetle contain
ing a brief message which purports
to be from Professor Audre*. The
message, which is scrawled in
French, reads:
“Bdioon —We pa«a the Ural
Mountains. Andrea”
Bossanowieh reports that th
bottle was found in a snowdrift
near Slatonst.
SNOWSLIDE KILI.B SIX.
Prospect^'s Swept to Death on
Chiikoot Pass.
Seattle, Wash. Dec. 23.
News has just been received of a
slide on the Chiikoot Pass, in
which six people ware killed.
Five bodies have been recov
ered, as follows : Mrs. Darßng
and two sons, of Lake Linder
man; Johns, Juueru ; Har
ry Shaw, Skaguay. (
The slide occurred Dec. 9.
OLD GLORY
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Finis Dcfjaitli Ov»r Ft.
, Atarcs.
ACT 0F ItillHE MAN,
Shot at the vVifeofa Washing
ton Lawyer.
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Havana, Dee. 22, — Major Rus
sell B. Harrison, with a detach
ment of the First North Carolina
R« girneut. yesterday, raised Old
Glory over Ft. Atares, which is >» i
full sight of the wrecked battle-i
ship Maine.
Two companies of the Second
Illinois and two of the First North
Carolina are doing guard duty.
Cuban “Irreconeilabies” raised a
disturbance and threatened to tear
dm the statue i f the Queen Re-1
g-nt.
Get eral Greene said that tbe
siatue w. u!d tee taken down care
fully and shipped to Spain. He
will not tolerate any indignities.
Yesterday Commander J®ni> W.
Phillips Risde an official call upon
Captain General Castellanos. Col
onel Moulton and ex-Chief of Po- !
liee Met u lagh are busily examin
ing candidates fer the Havana pc
-I’ce force.
Caetellanos has informed ®i-n
--eral Greene that the evacuation of ,
Hatfciia Province will surely be
completed by Jan 1.
Mrs. Thomae J. Murray, wife of
a Washitigtoi , D. C., lawyer, wap
nearly kuLd yisterday by j c . '
sane man, who thought he was the
victim of an imaginary wrung, T
She was walking with her hus- (
band, when some one shot at ler
from bi hind. Ihe bullet struck a
coi et slay and savad'her life. The
assailant escaped.
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Book*, also Games for the
' Little Folk.
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