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3 y? v? -? V? ?? ? * a< s i*? TSSK& WBOJaZS. ?>m- ?*$><?> loS'So o?^ w^. Our Semi-annual Stock=reduction Sale. ?? I J* ! K This salle was launched Tuesday, and bids fair | | to be one of the most successful we have ever held. | | The reductions are genuine, and the garments | | and furs among the most stylish of the season. | I Read tomorrow's news below. ^ * 59 * it it 9 Magnificent Evening Gowns Reduced from $37.50 and $45' to ?i OITR SEMI-ANNUAL STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. s s ?u v> Si s * ? $25 SiflkSttiDrit Waist Soits; Plain and changeable colors?; <$? tl fo'ues, browns, blacks = - ^ H Ol'K SEMI-ANNUAL STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. $115 Cravenette Raincoats, Genuine cravenette; newest 1 1] (H) colors and sizes - I ^ OI R SEM I-ANNUAL STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. S * > Seal Coats, Electric sea"; stylish and ; <<j garments; all sizes j OI R SEMI-ANNUAL STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. ?7?5Q) and $10 Natural Squirrel Ties The most popular neck scarf of the season - = Ol'R SEM I-ANN I "AL STOCK-REDCCTION SALE. $110 and $115 Misses' Fur Sets, for these $110 1 sets at this sale, ! OCR SEMI-ANNUAL STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. $H5 Jap0 Mink and Squirrel Ties, One of the best fur bargains ] t| A of the sale - - - - - - | ?Jp 11MJ/ OCR SEMI-ANNUAL* STOCK-REDUCTION SALE. 1 Ml and some Fur Scarfs & Sfaawlss fin Mink, Fox and Lynx; $35 and ] <^/Sl) S $45 values. Reduced to = - - " (5J^ia5 Mayer Bros. <& Co, 937-939 F St., Corner 10th St, g ~>Piri-1 c Pt ?c'?'? -H" ?*? Authorities on t rtrtri vc'. p] F.p, [np! | Women's I Section. i ^Correct Dress *v it | Special Tailor=made Suit TC " 1 $? m M I 4* V ?. ft 1 *J}~ 9 Offering- for Thursday. .ar $38.50 Valw $25.00. Hade off fine cheviots, in black, blue, brown, green, plum and red, in the newest Eton Coat?a'so Long Coat effects?the former trimmed with silk braid and velvet?new circular pleated front skirt, s ? f9 ? ? & * % M i'c A I i & Biead=to=Foot Outfitters. . Ave. and 9th St. n *- ?, .V?V- O t O ?_> ' J' V. -V- .- .?/ Dr. Lyon' PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses and beautifies the teeth and purifies the breath. Used by people of refinement fqr over a quarter of a century. Very convenient for tourists. PREPARED BY I. W, Lyon, D.D.5. . ' tiMiI S CHAS. R. BDMONSTON. Jk 1 : ? IPymich Bowflsi ?FOR? New Year's. C.REAT variety here of fln? china, cut glass aud preucd glasa punch bowls, In all ctzea aud shapes. ?Richly Decorated China Punch Bowls, with a capacity of 1 gal. to 5 gals., priced at $2.60 to $17.50. ?Pretty effects in Pressed Glass Punch Bowls?imitation of rich cut tings?at $1.10 to $2.50. ?Best American Cut Glass Punch Bowls at $30 to $50. Wine Decanters... $i up Wine Glasses $i doz. up Punch Glasses 6oc. doz. up j~has. R. Edmonston, Oblaa, Olaw ud HouaefurnUhlnc*. 1205 P .Avenue. THE CHINESE BOYCOTT Apprehension of Foreigners Over Growing Irritation. COMMENT AT PEKING THE ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING BROADENED INTO DISCUSSIONS. Celestials Pleased Over Results and Talking of Making Movement Permanent Weapon. PEKING, December 27.?The most con servative and best informed foreigners agree in expressing apprehension at the constant ly growing irritation of the Chinese against foreigners which for months has been grad ually spreading through the country. 'China for the Chinese" summarizes the objects of the movement, among the chief promoters of which are male students edu cated abroad and new newspapers con ducted by Chinese who have been educated in America and Europe. These papers are beginning to gain great Inlluence. the anti-American boycott has been fol lowed by a discussion of China's wrong3 a tihe hands of foreigners generally and a determination to redress them. The hos tility. first shown against Americans has now extended to all foreigners. The Chinese are pleased at the result of the boycott In producing conciliatory orders from President Hoosevelt, but the boycott is nowise ended and. It is asserted here, continues seriously to affect American trade in the Canton and Yangtse regions. To Make Boycott Permanent "Weapon. The Chinese are so satisfied with the movement that they are ta.king of the boycott as a permanent weapon for the national armory. The newspapers advocate the boycott of Indian opium bfcause of the action of the British assessor of the mixed court at Shanghai in ordering the impris onment of Chinese women In the municipal jail instead of in the Chinese prison, wlrich caused the recent disturbances t'here. One result of thfc present movement is to dis courage concession hunting. The govern ment has adopted a policy of Chinese con trol. Railroads, mines and similar enterprises refuse to grant new concessions, and are trying to regain or annul several conces sions previously granted. While many foreigners sympathize with the objects of the agitation they realize the danger of inflammatory speeches and articles in the newspapers leading to mob uprisings like that at Shanghai and the recent massacre of American missionaries at Lienchau. Regarding the Shanghai in cident the ministers of the powers have practically decided that the municipal of ficers exceeded their rights under the treaties, and will direct them to recede from their position. Aggressive Spirit Increased. There is no doubt that the aggressive spirit of the Chinese has been decidedly increased by the late war and the success ful maneuvers of the Chinese northern army in October. Japan's victory has en couraged the Chinese to believe that they could be equally successful. Foreigners living in cities where the government is strong are assured of protection, but the danger of the present situation lies in pos sible friction between foreigners and Chi nese where the officials are weak or indif ferent, leading to further outbreaks. The proposed withdrawal of the remaining international troops from China In the spring has been meeting with opposition since the Shanghai riots. THE PORTLAND EXPOSITION. Corporation Held Responsible for Dis tribution of Funds. PORTLAND, Ore., December 27.?The Oregon state commission has formally no tified the eLwis and Clark Exposition cor poration that it will hold the officers and directors of the fair responsible for the dis tribution of money which. It has been an nounced, may amount to about 25 per cent of the original investment of the stock holders, or $I<J0,000. The official communica tion Btates that the commission claims a pro rata share of the funds now in the possession of the corporation after all lia bilities have been settled. The Oregon state commission also de mands an accounting of the money which has been expended by the corporation. The communication states that the commission is acting under the direction of the attor ney general of the state of Oregon. The officials of the corporation say that the action of the Oregon state commission is absolutely without precedent, and that they know of no.similar occurrence in the his tory of expositions. In returning the sur plus money to the stockholders they say they are only following a precedent which was established year3 ago by otHer exposi tions. The one exception to the general rule was the Chicago fair, when the city appropri ated a certain amount. The surplus was di vided between the stockholders and the city pro rata. But the officials say that there was a previous agreement to this effect, which they allege does not exist between the Lewis .and Clark Corporation and the state commission. BIG BARGE CANAL PROJECT. New York Legislature to Be Asked for Forty Millions. ALBANY, N. Y., December 27.?Forty million dollars will be asked of the coming leg'slature for work on the thousand-ton barge canal during 1900. according to the second annual report of State Engineer and Surveyor Henry A. Van Als-tyne, a forecast of which was made public today. The barge canal project and state road im piov<*fnent are the subjects ihiefly discussed in the report. In connection with the barge canal im provement the report will state that less than $1,01)0,000 of the $10,0<H>,000 made avail able by the legislature for the first year's work has actually been expended, but about $0,000,0(X> In contracts have been as sumed. By making available $40,000,000 the superintendent of public work and canal board would be enabled to place one half of the work of constructing the pro posed barge canal under contract during the first half of the year 19<)6. The work of highway Improvement dur ing the past year has consisted in complet ing those contracts which were started un der the last year's appropriation, but not finished during the Eeason of 1004. The total miles petitioned for from fifty-one counties from January, 1898, to December 1, 1903, was 6,000. Supervisors have approved plans for 2,038 miles, and of this number 704 miles have been constructed, leaving 1,334 miles, the total estimated cost of which is $12,627,398. STATUE TO DEVIL SEIZED. - Detroit Man's Memorial Held for La bor Claim. CHICAGO, December 27.?A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Detroit says: Lugged away in an old cart yesterday, Herman Menz's statue of the devil now is being guarded by a constable. The Image was set up two months ago by Mens and created a sensation. Menz is not a be liever In the Deity and wrought the statue ^to symbolize hie feeling as to the future. A constable with a writ of replevin called at the home of the old German stonecutter and levied on the idol. The owner resisted the demand of the officer and he and his family tried to save the statue from cap ture, even going so far as to bring a sledge hammer to smash It to bits. The constable and hi* assistants were successful In re moving the statue, and thus made return on the writ that was sworn out by War ren West of Ypailaatl on a claim of 151.40 for labor, part of which was performed on thi ytitvfc 'H'j&i. ? * ? ?. <" ' ? s*?\ ~ ^S?=\ - /S?\ _ ! t i s, r Store Hours, 8:30 to 5:3?. IflfS# 513-515-517 SEVENTH STREET You Can Have It Charged. =?--?-3= 9 ft Remnants and Odd Lots to Be Almost QSvemi Away! AFTER Rich Pickings After the Great Rush of Christ= mm as Clean Aflfl Odds and tods to Be Sacrificed at a Small Fraction of Value! CHRISTMAS Sale Many a Marvelous id>ar= gain Awaits You in Tomorrow's Salle? m Lot off Picture Books and Games that sold at ioc. and 15c. to E? ^ be closed out tomorrow at (D'^o Lot off Toys off many kinds, also Picture Books, that sold as <1 |? -y high as 35c., to be closed out at. 11 <D/v^o off 5fl pairs off White Blankets; 10-4 size; none sold "^p-Thr-v under 75c. pair; not more than 2 pairs to a buyer, at, per pair.. Lot off White Nottingham and Ruffled Swiss Curtains that /TY\ have been selling at Goe. pr.; to ^ be closed out at Lot off Good QuaBity Silkoline= covered Comforts, with best O /fl\ _ cotton filling; the value is $1.50; for clearance Bureau Lot off White and Washstand Scarfs; have been selling at 30c.; to be closed out at 954c, Lot off about 30 Dress Goods Patterns, left from the holiday rush; includ ing All-wool Henrietta, Silk Sublime, Fancy and Dress Voiles, All-wool Granite Cloth, Plain Color Voiles, Batiste Cheviots, Venetians and Fancy A /T\\ Mohairs ; 36" to 45 inches wide; value up to $1 yard Lot off SCO yards off P:Si 1 and Fancy Dress Ginghams and Seersuckers; assorted F styles; worth 10c. and I2j/^c.; <T to be closed out at C, off Un C, off 100 yards bleached Muslin Remnant lengths; best quality; never c sold under ioc.; for tomor- a row's clearance Lot off Men's Fine Camel's Hair and Jersey Ribbed Under- a /Ttv shirts, that regularly sell at $1 and $1.50; to go now for Lot off Men's FSeece=flamed "Health" Underwear; shirts only; the kind that sells for "*5/A\ 79c.; now reduced for clearance to Lot off Fine Peau de Cygnes, 120 yards in all; very rich and handsome ; have always sold at 79c.; for to morrow's clearance 49c, & Lot off about 250 yards off Fine Outing Flannels in large lengths ; very attractive styles; the regular price is 8c.; for clearance 4/8C Lot off Men's Fleece-lined Underwear; shirts and drawers; has always sold at 98c.; for clearance at Men's Silk Neckwear most popular line in Washing ton ; the sorts that sell regu larly at 25c., to be closed out tomorrow at. 9c, 17c Lot off Smooth and Lustrous Fur Neck Scarfs of good quality Isabella and sable marten; large clusters ^ *S) /TY\ (O of tails ; the value is posi tively $6.98; for clearance $7-9^! off Fine Taffffeta and de Cygne Silk Waists; also rich net waists; have been selling at $6.98 and to be close:1 out at. ., Lot off 34 Women's Nicely Tailored Suits, in the new Eton style; light and dark colors ; the values are $15.98 to $22.98; all to be closed out at Considerable Sot off Elegant Waists in lace net, baby Irish, Irish point and Brussels net, made over silk foundation; cream and white; many ex quisite patterns; all $12.98 value; to be closed out at. . Lot off BSack Taffffeta Silk Underskirts; very superior and serviceable quality ; the regular price is $6.98 ; to be closed out at Lot off Women's Very Stylish Coats; 24-inch length ; in fine kerseys and coverts; black and castor; all seams strap ped ; in the latest collarless /(j^ /r\\ Q) effects; coats made to be sold at $16.98 >0 ^ Lot off Handsome and Styflish Skirts ; made of finest black Panamas ; in the pleated kilt effects; not one of these skirts sells regular ly under $7.98; a rare bar gain at Lot off Children's Novelty Suits, splendidly tailored; 3 and 4 year sizes.; these suits have <] /Tj\ (O been selling as high as $6;^N |1 to be closed out at Lot off Boys' Overcoats in Oxford gray, black frieze and fancy mix tures ; made with and with out belt back; sizes 6 to 16 ^ A O years; Overcoats we've been ^-|j- 0 (fj) selling at $6.50 Lot off about 25 Boys' $5.00 Overcoats ; sizes 4 and 5 years only ; made in the fly front, mannish style; all are splendidly tail o r e d, ((f? f] O but on account of limited Jn) || sizes to go for Lot off US Boys' Stylish and Fine Quality Novelty Double-breasted Over coats; silk-embroidered em blem on sleeve ; sizes 4 and 5 years ; these Coats sell at $5. 4 $ 4 ?V 4 4 ?' :4 i> 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 $ 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 & 4 4 4 4 if 4 ?>Ji 4 $ 4 4 4 J 4 4 4 a 1 1 ? 9 I Kc 9 ? I Many Thousands off Fine Handkerchiefs to Be Sacrificed Tomorrow We shall tomorrow place 011 sale the tens of thousands of Women's and Children's Fine White Handkerchiefs that have been used in our elaborate holiday decorations. They are all extra fine quality and absolutely new and perfect, having been only slightly mussed by handling are included handsome lace-trimmed handkerchiefs, Daintily embroidered handkerchiefs and finely hemstitched handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs made off the daintiest and softest materials. Although worth very much more, take your choice and as many as you wish from the great heaps on the display tables at the ridiculously small price of = = = ='= = = 3c. 3c i 4 i 4 ?4 '% 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 $ $ 4 $ 4 4 4 4 4 ?V* 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY. Christian Endeavorers to Observe Event on February 2 Next. BOSTON. December 27.?The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will occur February 2 next. It will be commemorated by near ly 70,000 societies, and by the three and one-half million members and by numer ous Endeavor unions, local, county, state and national. During the last two years forty-sir state^ and territories of the X'nited States and three provincesorf Canada have gained more than 10 per cent in the number of their so cieties. Hawaii h-as gained 116 per cent. Christian Endeavor has gained a foothold in the Philippines. Nearly 2,000 societies have reported an increase of 25 per cent in local membership. Ten thousand so cieties have reported total of half mil lion dollars in gifts to the mission boards of theit denominations, to their local churches and to miscellaneous causes. The next all-European convention will be held from July 28 to August 1, at Gen eva, Switzerland, In connection with the world's Christian Endeavor convention. The review of Christian Endeavor during the last twenty-flve years shows that many millions of young people have enlisted un der its banner. Its literature has been translated Into scores of languages. SAILOR'S CRUSOE EXPERIENCE. Remarkable Adventure of a Ship wrecked Norwegian Beemen. VICTORIA, B. C., December 27.?News was brought by the steamer Tees, from northern British Columbia of the Cruaoe like adventure of 8. A. Lundberg, a Nor wegian, who was <ut away a month ago from stoop In which be was voyaging sloop was wrecked on Pearse Island, near Port Simpson, and the seaman spent three weeks on the island, living on clams. He hoisted distress signals on a tree by day and built fires by night, endeavoring vainly to attract attention and finally built a raft on which he reached Port Wilson, fifteen miles away, after a most trying voyage, in which 'he narrowly escaped being washed from his raft. He was finally picked up by the Tees and taken to Hartley bay. The Tees also brought news that a large part of Mount Peni, at Grabble Island, had fallen Into a lake at Surf Inlet. Miners ?who witnessed the landslide believe vol canic action caused a portion of the moun tain to slide into the lake. LABOB. MEN FIGHT IN CHICAGO. Teamsters' Joint Council Marked by Disgraceful Disorder. CHICAGO, December 27.?A free-for-all flght In which five men were seriously In jured occurred at a meeting of the Team sters' Joint Council last night. Without hatfc or overcoats men fled from the meeting with blood streaming from their faces. The flght had Its origin In the election of offi cers In Local Union No. 72B, known as the Baggage and Parcel Delivery Drivers' Union. The president qf the local, Harry Lapp, and the business agent, Joseph W. Young, are both under indictment in con nection with the strike of last summer. The adoption of a motion that the two men should continue in office caused a protest by 900 members, and this was car ried to the council last night When Albert Llnsdon, chairman of a pro testing delegation of Ave arose to read the protest he was knocked down by a rival delegate. In a minute a general flght was racing, every one of the protesting com mittee becoming a target tor fists and feet. The protectants had few friends in the council and were forced to flee, badly hat OBSERVE ANNUAL CUSTOM. Richmond Masonic Lodge to Give a 'Possum Supper. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND. Va., December 27.?A 'pos sum supper will be given tonight by Man chester LiOdge, No. 14, A. F. and A. M. The custom began more than a hundred years ago, and on each recurring niglit of St. John the Evangelist the supper is given to the members of the craft. Eighty years ago, when I^afayette was in this country, he was a guest at one of the suppers and wrote an account of the affair to a Ma sonic paper. The lodge is always crowded to Its capacity on these occasions, mem bers coming from all parts of the state to attend. There are speeches by distin guished men. One of the rules attendant upon the supper is that the 'possum has to be cooked by a colored woman 'more than sixty years old, and there is never a departure from the rile. The marsupial Is caught and fattened for the occasion, and when ready for the table is brought in ?molting hot, with Juicy yams around the dish. French Cruiser Not to Go to Riga. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, December 27.?The foreign office states that the cruiser Casslhl will not pro ceed to Riga. Its orders are at present to go only as far as Copenhagen, but it may go to Christ ianta and salute King Haakon. Bourke Cochran Much Better Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 27.?W. Bourke Oockran, who has been suffering from an attack of congestion of tire lung* at tile tPWdorf for the pqpt ten days, was reported to be Terjr much better this nsomleg Tble afternoon at 3:3*) o'clock he will leave for Chicago, intending after a brief stay in that city to go on to California. Mr. Cockran caught a severe chili f-arly last week while on Ills way from Washing ton, D. C., to Port Washington, Long Is land. By permission of his physician, Dr. II. H. Foster of 96 Park avenue, Mr. Cock ran yesterday went out for the first time. Islands Offered For Sale. SAN FRANCISCO, December 27.-An ad vertisement appearing in a local paper of fers for sale Fanning and Washington islands in the south Pacific, under instruc tions of the registrar of the British high commissioners court for the western Pa cific. Fanning Island is well known. K used to be a port of call for the oceanic steamers? plying between this city and the Australian ports, and the Canadian Pa cific steamers now stop there on their way up from the colonies. Mayor McClellan Sworn In. NEW YORK, December 27.?Mayor George B. McClellan toflajr was sworn In a? mayor of New York city for the next four yearB. Schooner Collided With Scow. NEW YORK. December 27.?The schooner Bessie Whiting, lumber laden, from Port Royal for this port, was in collision with a scow oft Sandy Hook lightship and was towed into this port In a leaking condition today by a tug. The schooner also lost her foretopmast. The Whiting put into Dela ware Breakwater December 22 with the loss of some sail*. TO CUBS A COLD IN OVS BAT Tska LAXATtV* BBOMO QoiatM TsMsta.