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SIX MYS SLMBBIR A T DA W
For SANTA CLAUS Hl DHOO
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chiefs- The f:»as. stock in Rome. and i ie*. to elose out $2.00, now
Cost or Below Qost At Cost 50 cents
ALL DRESS GOODS AT LESS THAN COST! dMB
twwiM Bl - Caip®s, Jasadc«B'&» S£»B”EOE®! SI-IOEIS!
Anything in Hie s ock at half price Superb selections. Late and stylish. Krippendorf t fiae Shoesto go.
to elose out At coat. Make Santa Claus market at our
Clothinr for n n and bovs. Fine i.r© Jackets-2 years old, so. or place complete. Buy no othir shoes
Llothint >Ol i* a ana ooys. me oe to sieoa . Price now only SIOO. *' ' rut. .
steok new goods but all at «r below This is giving goods away, but • l! * krippeadoi is . I hey aretne bssl
C 3 St 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 »f our
business. Come to us for BARGAINS.
BROTHERS & C(
HAVANA ES’LESS.
LUilaw is BireHing tlu Civil
Centner.
FIREONS mLRWEB
And Crowds are Forbidden to
Assemble on the Streets.
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Havana, Dee. 28 —Fenor D*
Gaßtro, the civil governor of Ha
vana, acting in accord with gen
eral Ludlow, las issued »* order
forbidding any further firing ot
fire •arms oi the exploding of fire-'
oraekers in publie thoroughft r. a.
He also prohibits the aejein
of crowds in tho streets or
parks after G 20 p. na., orders the
> closiag of all places of entertain
meal, ine’udiog the theafi rs and
cales, at 11 p. m ; forbids peopb
takiag part ia certain Afriem
daaees, i» which the participants
are dressed in devil costume, and
forbids all maMifesiatiens which
may produce conflicts between the
Cubans and Spaniards, or be weu-w
fipaaiards and Americans.
Those who violate these orders
are threaUaed with severe punisb
aaeat.
No attention whatever is paid to
the order against the d iishurg.n.
of firoeraekers, and pistole »r» fired
ia the streets continuously. 1 tiree
persons have bees killed anti
twenty-nine wounded, among tV
latter three w ihipii and two chil
dren. lhe shooting uaa been lor
■- moot part indiscriminate,
Ao •sneral Ladlew was stand
‘•K os the balcony wLthe hotel al
dusk today watching the t(«na in
tho plaza e u.an waved a Cuban
tag. Another cried out, “An la
| oultl Au insult!” whereat the man
who was waving the dag fired up-
OB the objector. A Spanish com-
p»ny that was retiring from Fort j
Piitioipo was deliberately ires (
upon from a private residence
Lieutenant Blunt, an American
flßeer, who was escorting tho
Spaniards, broke into the heiis*>,
but tho oecupaato led to adjoin
ing roofs.
While Brigadier General Clous
and Captain Hart were returning
Irons tho paiaee today of an inter
view with Captain General Cas
tellanos they mot a mob of Cubans
dairying flags and shooting.
A minute or two later the
crowd would have encountered a
detachment ot Spanish troops.
Tho situation called prompt, aa
tien and Cap'am Hart leaped from
the earriage, faced the mob aad
ordered rv-rjb.dy to go hesse
immediately.
Major General Brooke has this
evening formally taken command
®f the I 1 nit'el Statute fumes in Cu
ba and has issued the necessary
o ders.
A detachment of American ar
tillerymen was admitted to Ca
bunas fortress today by reqaest oi
Br gadier General Clouse, in order
that the iaes might familia iz*
themselves with th* sues mounted
there, so as to be able *• sa ute
the Spanish flag on January Ist.
Regia w .s tvacuati-d by the Span®
ierds and occupied by the Ameri
e us today.
A banner having on it a por
trait of President MeKinley,
painted by Armande Menoeol has
been ®n view in a window in
Obispo street, where it was cheer
nd by crowds ot people. It will be
a. at to the president by ropreaau
t»> f iv.js of the Masonic ladgeo, who
will meal torrght and arrange for
a natrio ie densonstratio».
A Fimm D i»plaY — Mr . B. F.
A'ard tbo eity bill poster, has
pretty well “oovered tho oily’’
with haudsaiae posters advertis
ing the faasou* “Old Virginia
Cheroots ” Waid is a bustler as
well as a staeple-jaok with a na
tional reputation.
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Illinois has had another lynch
iiig. It cannot be classed among
the leathers outrages,
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A certain wheel ma; ufauturer is
testing the endnranc of his w heel
by nrioane e r a heavy rider, who
tips the beam at 567 and is 6 feet
1 1-2 iaebes high, and, he signifi
cantly adds, is unmarried, but
epen to engagement.
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In the Spanish war tho United
States oaptared fifty-six Spanish
i ships, and loot none of their ow»,
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A hotel proprietor at Hot
Springe has rjsployed a kiek hun
ter whose business it is to mitg’e
witn tho gueits, find out their pre
- feroneoe, report to the office with
out the knowledge ot the guest
and give the manager a ehance to
suggest a ohsnge and thereby win
their gratitude.
GOO
There never was a time when «11
th* newspapers were filled with
advertising a* within tho past two
weeks. The instant work of the
papers is at last being felt and
merchants are fast rea izing that
it >8 the beet way to reach the
dear people.
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The stages aad cabs of New
York wil 1 soon bo a thing of the
past, as they aro being rapidly
displaced by 'he motoreyclos, and
much faster time is bniug made.
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The doctors of Passa’ac, K, J.,!
nave decided that grip is trass- .
milted by kissing, and have eol
wusu'y warned their patients
ag«.iaat it. The papers predict
that kissing will become a lost art
is that eity.
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It is said that Thomas Nelson
Page is a thorn in the H s'i to
printers, He never g«ts tl.rough
eorreetißg his proof sbeers .. ch
time a revise is sent to U > he
makes more changes in it tt.an the
original proof.
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Lord Kitchener’s punishment
fur drunkenness among los sol
ders is severe . He coanp 's the
eulprit topnt on full inc hing
equipment, which weighs a ut SO j
p muds, and than inarch i «r six 1
hours carrying a bag of r t ini
«auh hand. Drunkenness is i ipop
n-ar in Geaeral Kitcheaer’» i-.iiny.
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Christmas was first celebrated I
in the year 98, but it was t->riy
yesrs later before it was ofli ally
adopitdasa Christian fe- vai;*
nor was it until about tin- filth
eentury that tbe day ot its > ile
bration kecame permanent > ' xuq j
on the 25th of December. Up to j
that time it had Imn img ' rly '
observed at various times the
year —in December, io Aprr and
iu May, bat most fnquent y in
January.
MissGolor: Mr Downtuch, !
you are alway 8 say iag how loud |
you are of foot ball ; but I n ver I
remember seeing you play.
Downtueh: No; I am thor-
oughly coaviuced that I ana load
of the game ; but I haven’t ‘ie
courage of my conviotiuus, you
see. Koston Transcript.
LRHkr.'Ji ———
Th*? Richmond Timos rein, rks
that “McKinley tossed a b it :et
at the Confederate grave® and
then drove around with I ker
Washington. The Prei-idcnt
plavs no favorites. He can tbt
them all thio time.”
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