A BUCK'S HOT BLAST Has 30 per cent more effective "radiating surface than Hot Blasts of other types, which means 30 per cent more heat from a given quantity of fuel. Heats the floor as no other stove does. Has front feed door and large ash pan. Cleaner and more convenient than its competitors. Fire pots will wear three times longer than in ordi-

T nary Hot Blasts. Will do your heating with a ton of fuel where a the average stove that is advertised to cut your fuel bill in two

will use a ton and a half.

Sold on Thirty Days' Free Trial No. 6G No. 8 0

one them

150 SECOND-HAND HEATERS Hard coal, soft coal and wood heaters of every leading make on sale Friday and Saturdjv at

-third off. These heaters must be sold in the next few days. We will make prices to^liove Must have the room to put some big snaps in chiffoniers and dressers on the floor Monday.

Morris J. Trevor, Prop,

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Pickwickian Philosophy ^j^&k H^ "Come give us a tasle of your quality." ^^JjfaBBBWfl^^^^mSr &jf%* o*

—Hamlet. ^ ^ ^ ^ S t S ^ K ^ J ^ *

IT you would know ( ^ 4

a man of taste, don t Jttt^^&ffifi judge h i m t y h i s "^^^^^J^Pm clothes—just quietly ^Jl P i ^ • Hi notice i t he orders ,&- ^R^F f"m Pickwick R y e . **' *£*SES^^frT^^^^H

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. . . it .. T -';--'-ff//iTf^®'»IvM ••,'. . St. Paul and Minneapoli*. Minn., and Louisville, Ky. „ jW....,.; J.-- *.! ff/fl I -,:- f j ' \LX ' ' '"'

Distilleries at Eminence,Ky., and Baltimore, Md. [f 0 U | y> ft '*• |.. .

Local shippers are feeling that too much difference exists in the freight rates out of Minneapolis on the various l i n e s . W i t h t h e r a t e s t o t h e s o u t h a n d east as a basis, the- rates north and west are anywhere from 40 to 240 per cent higher for the same class of mer­chandise. This is shown in a table which has been prepared by A. Y. Bayne & Co., bridge contractors.

The table is compiled from ^the rates charged by the various lines for bridge metal, which takes fifth class in car lots and fourth classy in less than car lots. From it it will be seen that the dif­ferences are great. For instance, in a haul of sixty-five miles to Watkias, Minn., northwest, the charge when car lots are shipped is 14 cents, and on less than ear lots, 18 cents. In contrast the charge from Minneapolis to Maiden Eock, Wis., or to Le Sueur, Minn., east and south, the charge is 10 cents and 13 cents respectively.

The greatest differences; however, are in hauls of more than 200 and not over 300 miles. In this the charge to Rogers, N. D., 300 miles, is .34 cents on car lots and 42 on less; to Emerson, Neb., the same distance, it is 27 cents and 32 cents, respectively; whereas a haul of the same distance south to West Liber­ty, Iowa, or Savannah, 111., is 20 cents and 25 cents; and.east to Ashland, Wis., 10 and 17 cents respectively.

Mr. Bayne's table is ag; fpUOws: v

Name of Road—Place!;

! Distance from Minneapolis not Over 65 Miles.

Soo Line—Watkins, M i n n . . . . . . Great Northern—St. Cloud, Minn Nor. Pacific—Clear Lake, Miun C . M. & St. P.—Medford, Minn C , G. W.—Kenyon, Minn.1 . . . . . C , K. I. & P.—Faribault, Minn M & St. L.—Waterville, Minn Wis. Central—Emerald, "Wis. C.,St.P.,M.&0.—Le Sueur, Minn C , B. & X.—Maiden Rock, Wis Distance from Minneapolis not

Over 100 Miles t r Soo Line—Belgrade, Minn.. Great Northern—Albany," Minn., Nor. Pacific—Royalttfii, Minn.. C , G. W.—Sargent, Minn. . . C , B. &, N.—Cochrane, Wis M. & St. L.—Manchester, Minn C , R. I. & P.—Allendale, Minn C.,St.P.,M.&0.—Lake Crystal, M C , M. & St. P.—Lansing,; Minn Wis. Central—AlbertyiUe. Wis. Distance from -Minieapolis not

Over 200 Miles. Soo Line—Oswald, N. D . . . Great Northern—Carlisle,'- Miim Nor. Pacific—McHugh, Minn.. >: C.,St.P.,M.&0.—Ashtom, , lo \va. . . C , M. & St. P.—Sherburne, Min M. & St. L.—Badger,' I o w a . . . . C., G. W.—Fairbanks, < Iowa i:

I.C., B. & Nr—Prairie du. Chien, - W , C , R. I. & P.—Winslow, Iowa. i Wis. Central—Ogema, Win.. ; Distance from Mliiaeapolis not I Over 300 Miles. ! Soo. Line—rRogers, N, , D. j . ; . . j Nor. Pacific—Oriska, N^-J) . . i Great Northern—Buxton;"'N. D C.,St.P.,M.&0.—Emerson, "Neb.; C , M? & St. P.—Flandceatf, S.D M. & St. L.—Des MolrftjS!,* Iowa C . S. W.—Valeria",i l o j a l l : ? . C , B; & N,—«avkk/halH^W. .^ C.. .R.J . .& P.—West Lllfeety;. & Wis. Central—:A*li*«»"ii BFltgi

300 300 300 300

Vo 300 Soo

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f Shippers. jKbift :havi perulaed

say they cannot account for ferences.

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14c 14c 12c 12c 11%C 111/2 C

ny/c 10c 10c lOe

16c l<6c 15c 14c 12%c 12c 12c 12c 12c 10c

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18c 17c 16c 16c 15c 15c 15c 15c 13c 13c

21c 20c 19c 18c 17c 16c 16c 16c 16c 65c

24c 23c 23c 20c 17c 16c 16c 16c

.07 i 16c 97115c

107 197 197 197 197 19

31e 2<JC 29c 25c 21c 20c 20c 20e 20c 21c

34c; 31c 27c 27c 22c 21c 2Lp; 26c •20e 20c

aoc

42c 39c 34c 32c 28c 23c

25c 25c 17c

the table the dif-

W I U . BE DEPORTED

DJouro Marasch, "Dull and Stupid," Must Leave America.

Djouro Yischon Marasch, called at various times George Maars, George Morris, or George Moros, is confined at the Fergus Falls insane asylum pend­ing deportation orders from the immi­gration department at Washington. His case has been investigated by the local immigration office and he is re-

Forted "dul l and stupid." He is so ' d u l l " that a special attendant will

be needed to accompany him' to Ellis island outside of the regular deporta­tion officer.

Marasch's case is an excellent ex­ample of the class of immigrants un­loaded on the United States by for­eign countries. He is 19 years of age and landed at New York from the French steamer La Torraine, July 4, 1903. His tag said that his passage had been paid by himself and that he was a laborer. He was held for special investigation but was even­tually .allowed to land. How he worked his way west is a mystery. He

is totally unable to take care of him­self, and altho pronounced stupid, is declared too dangerous to be allowed liberty. He will be deported on the same line on which he came to this country.

At the Paris municipal pawnhouse about three hundred and fifty thousand watches and sixty thousand wedding rings are deposited every year.

Female slavery still prevails in China. Out of a population of about-four hun­dred million, nearly ten million gorls or women are slaves.

WHY DIVIDENDS SEEM LABGE

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To sweeten. To refresh, To cleanse the

system, Effectually

and Gently;

There is only one Genuine Synip of Figs; to get its bene­ficial effects

Dispels colds and headaches when bilious or con­stipated; For men, women and children;

Acts best on the kidneys and l i v e r , stomach and bowels;

Apparently Enormous Profits from Cer­tain Minnesota Roads Explained.

New York, Dec. 1.—There have been floating paragraphs' published of late touching the enormous dividends de­rived by the United States Steel cor-Soration from the Duluth and Iron

ange and the Duluth, Missabe & North­ern railroads, the- two ore-carrying roads owned by the, corporation in the northwest. It' is stated " definitely in these reports that the roads were pay­ing to the corporation over $8,000,000, or 150 per cent of the par value of the outstanding capital stock of each road.

E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United. States Steel corporation, when his attention was called to th'ese reports, said: --. -*'These statements, which are accu­

rate, came from regular reports to the Minnesota state railroad commission, published about Oct. 1 last. These rail­road companies are capitalized very much below their cost or value, and the dividends, therefore, are apparently large. Besides, the dividends cover several years ."

SAYS IT IS NOT FORGERY

of Denver Judge Rules on Charge Changing Dates on Tickets.

Alteration of figures on railroad tickets is not regarded in law as for­gery. For this reason Judge Mullins of Denver took the case of A. L. Hatch and F. E. Sissons, on trial for ten days, from the jury. •..

He freed the defendants from the charge of forgery, altho the evidence tended to show that the defendants had changed and plugged numbers and dates in tickets.

Always buy the genuine—Manufactured by t h e

,*;<# Sewrv :;iscot»C&L

The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by aU first-class druggists. The full name of the company—California F i g S y m p C o , —is always printed on the front of every package* Price Fifty Cents per bottle.

Nearly 2,000 Country Elevators. The railroad and warehouse commis­

sion has issued 1,609 country elevator licenses this year, without returns from the new Soo' line territory. A great many elevators are being built along the Soo line's Winnipeg extension. Al­tho Indians cannot sell their allotments on the White Earth reservation trav­ersed by this line, they are willing to rent them for wheat.,raising.-,.

. 2,500 Return Tickets Seized. , >> Under the direction of A. Hilton

president of the General Passenger and Ticket Agents' association of St. Louis, a raid on brokers' offices Saturday re-, suited in the seizure of 2,500 return ends of excursion tickets. In many cases the time limil; had not expired.. .;

EAILKOAD NOTES. ' ' The Golden State l imited of the Rock Island

will resume Dec. 25. This Is the road's winter train to California, running from Chicago.

The Great Western's football team, which did not meet defeat this season, will be Ijanquetted Dec. 10 at the Merchants' hotel in St. Paul.

Horace G. Burt to manage the Grand Trunk I s . a report said to have come from a letter from Mr. Burt, who wilt return in four weeks from the orient. He resigned the presidency of the Union Pacific a year ago.

Green, cream and mahogany will be the color of all Milwaukee road offices when changes are completed. A green for the walls and •' cream for the ceilings* with the dark red mahogany furniture, is expected to produce, a .pleasing effectl .j .

George Southerland, general manager of the Great Northern Steamship company, and W. W. King, general passenger agent, said in St. Pau l ' yesterday that the steamship Minnesota was exnectea a t Seattle" about Dec. 20 and tnat it would sail Jan. 15. Indications go to show that a full cargo will, be ready for the big boat.

In the New York ^building trades last year, strikes 37,037 -laborers suffered from enforced idleness, being deprived of employment for a total of 1,707,019 days, with- a • loss of wages of $6,754,-751.14.

*HIS SILK SALE is pre-eminently the most successful ever held by this store—customers whom we recog­

nize as knowing and frosted buyers tell us that the values are truly marvelous,—the kinds are innumerable,--all the most fashionable silks of the season may be found here at exceptionally low prices. To add zest to the buy­ing, we have included in this sale thousands of yards of

advance 1905 styles,—plaids, Dresdens, Foulards, Wash Silks, etc. i

\ \ f E WERE TOLD YESTERDAY in confidential chat by a commercial trav-eler of one of the leading New York importers, that these same silks that

we are selling at sale prices are being eagerly sought after by the keenest mer-chants of the country,-r-the supply does not equal the demand. We were asked why we are selling them so cheap,—we told him the truth,—that we always sell in these sales the most desirable silks, whether advance styles, or the season's most popular Silks, at one-fifth to one-half less than actual value. '•*

Silks One-Fifth to One-Half Less than Actual Value Come Friday and get your share of the greatest silk bargains we have ever given in travelers' silk samples and short lengths; remember 15,000 cannot be sold in a day or two,—we were about seven months in gathering them,—they came as a rule in small lots, as an expression of good will, from prominent manufacturers and importers with whom we do a large business annually, at prices abnormally low. Every kind of silk and velvet made, in lengths of one-fourth to one and one-half yards, is represented, pieces especially sought after at this time, for fancy work, for shopping and party bags, and a hundred other purposes. All are worth from 25c to $1.50, each piece goes for 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c to 69c -...

Remnants 5cto

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Underwear for Men

T WILL pay to read oiSr Rem­nant Day advertisements of for

;nothinjg; Jjlse but our TJnderw.ear

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news. We had a great bargain last

week, but here is a better one.

ODD LOT—Men's winter weight, heavy wool ribbed Underwear, shirts have satin finish front—a most desirable garment; retails at $1.00, if your size is here a bargain at each.. % 5 8 c

Sale of Initial Handkerchiefs

I w E R E I S A N O P P O R T U N I T Y t o I . s a v e o n e - t h i r d on C h r i s t m a s

h a n d k e r c h i e f s , if you a r e for'tu-h a t e e n o u g h . to ..find, in t h i s lo t of in -i t la l handke rch ie f s ) -the= initial-•, you w a n t . T h e s e t w o b r o k e n a s s o r t m e n t s a r e v e r y m u c h in t h e w a y , a s t h e y in ­t e r f e r e w i t h o u r r e g u l a r s t ock—we h a v e dec ided to close t h e m ou t R e m ­n a n t F r i d a y a t a b o u t o n e - t h i r d u n d e r v a l u e .

Remnants of Cotton Goods

nr< HE PRICES at which we are

45c Hosiery 25c £7 EVERAL of our very best sell-'

**^ ing children's numbers of last

season have been discontinued by

the makers—we are unable to fill in the sizes we are out of and will close out the entire lot at one low

price. -

Children's Black Ribbed Cashmere Hose, boys' and girls' worsted hose, all absolutely stainless fast black, heavy and medium weight, assorted sizes, regular 35c and 45c values at a pa i r . . . —

10c Ribbons 3c W E KNOW and so do you that it

is very unusual to be able

to buy 10c Ribbons at even 5c a yard, let alone 3c. We will not mislead

you—the lots are small so be early.

200 yards only all silk Taffeta Rib­bon, nearly all colors, 8c value for a yard 3 c

150 yards only short lengths of 10c and 12%e all silk Taffeta Ribbon, all go at a yard 3 c

87 dozen Men's B o x H a n d k e r c h i e f s , % - i n c h h e m , of p u r e I r i s h l inen, open w o r k a n d e m b r o i d e r e d in i t ia l , w i t h w h e a t s p r a y ; in i t i a l s a r e A, C, D , E , G, H , J , M, R, &, T, W . T h e y h a v e been sel l ing s ix in a box, a l l s ea son

; fo r .'$1.25. R e m n a n t F r i d a y J h e y will go, a t a b o x . . 8 5 c 63 dozen only, L a d i e s ' s h e e r S h a m ­rock l inen l awn , h e m s t i t c h e d h a n d ­ke rch i e f s , w i t h F r e n c h e m b r o i d e r e d w r e a t h a n d open w o r k b o w k n o t a n d in i t ia l . I n i t i a l s a r e B , C, D , F , G, J , K, L, M. N, P , R, S,- T — our r e g u l a r 30c h a n d k e r c h i e f s , t o close 2 2 c K i m o n a H a n d k e r c h i e f s — 37 dozen l ad ie s ' f a s t color k i m o n a h a n d k e r ­chiefs , a n odd a s s o r t m e n t of 10c a n d 12%c v a l u e s — F r i d a y w e will c lose t h e m ou t a t , e a c h 8 c

l&c Neckwear4c W5 A R E D E T E R M I N E D t o close

o u t all ou r odds a n d e n d s a n d b r o k e n l ines of w a s h a b l e Swis s

a n d l a w n t u r n - o v e r s a n d h e m s t i t c h e d co l la r s . T h i s lot c o n t a i n s a v e r y p r e t t y l ine , w h i c h w e h a v e b e e n se l l ­i ng a t 10c a n d 12%c—Fr iday t h e y all go a t , e a c h 4 c

85c Laces 13c MA N Y of t h e s e F r i d a y R e m n a n t

Sa les will be r e m e m b e r e d long a f t e r t h e sa les a r e over—th is

wil l b e one—read a n d j u d g e for y o u r ­self. - • • . Odd p ieces , all s i lk b l a c k Chan t i l ly L a c e s , Medal l ions , App l ique a n d F e s t o o n D e s i g n s , v a l u e s f rom 25c to 75c; Odd l e n g t h s f rom 1% to 4 y a r d s of P o i n t de Ven i se a n d P a r a g u a y I n ­s e r t i o n s , v a l u e s f rom 25c t o 50c; P o i n t de P a r i s I n s e r t i o n s a n d M e d a l ­l ions , v a l u e s f rom 25c t o 35c. T h e s e a r e al l odd * p ieces a n d odd ^ ^ l e n g t h s , h e n c e t h e g r e a t c u t im*%C In p r i ce R e m n a n t F r i d a y M.%^%^

Children's Caps ODD LOT Children's Winter Caps,

Bengaline silk, neatly trimmed, velvet ribbon, buttons, ribbon

various different colors; retail^ price $1.25 and $1.50, Remnant day, all go at, each 89c

going to sell these remnants

would b̂ e low for much less desirable

goods—but when we tell you that

these remnants are all of this sea­

son's making you will appreciate

how great the values really are.

Two Big Lots This Season's newest Outing Flan­nels, fleeced printed fabrics of all kinds; staple ginghams and various kinds of popular waist fabrics— Domet Flannels, Seersuckers—in fact every kind of cotton goods we sell up to 20c a yard— _

Lot I—

8c worth to 15 c,

Lot2-l Ir

worth to 20c.

40c Dress Goods A FORTUNATE purchase price

^ V enables us to offer the very popular Wool Chiffon Batiste in twenty of the most wanted colors at more than 25 per- cent under" value* 2,985 yards of a full 27-inch' width will be placed on sale Friday. , y

This material will make very .ac­ceptable Xmas gifts as it is one of the most popular ones for waists, home dresses and kimonos, twenty different shades in-eluding cream ° and black, 40c grade, for yard.--, , . —;.-.

MORMON SECRETS TO BE LAID BARE

Mysteries of Endowment House Rites to Be Revealed in the

Smoot Inquiry.

New York Sun Speoial Service.

Washington, Dec. 1.—All of the se» crets of the Mormon endowment house ceremony are to be revealed when the hearings in the case of Senator Reed Smoot are resumed by the senate com­mittee on privileges and elections a week from next Monday.

The opposition to Senator Smoot will attempt to show in these revelations that Mormon people in this ceremony renounce allegiance to the United States, and these witnesses are prepared to show this, it is thought, to the satis­faction of the committee. In-addition

i the robes of the ceremony will be ex­hibited to the committee and so far as

possible there will be a reproduction of the scenes in the endowment house.

One form of oath taken is said- to be this: " I will avenge the blood of the prophets who are killed in the nation and will teach this to the remotest gen­eration."

During previous hearings all of the Mormon witnesses, including the apos­tles, on the stand refused to reveal the endowment-house- secrets, insisting that they were bound by a secret oath. They were not pressed further, but were simply requested to state whether or not there had been any change in the oath and ceremony since the foun­dation of the church. They said that there had not.' Now the opposition will produce witnesses who were once Mor­mons, but have renounced the church.

Three of these witnesses have been found who have been thru the endow­ment, one as late as 1898, and they will reveal all of the secrets. Special stress will be laid at the coming hearings on the political power of the church, and Senator Dubois of Idaho has been very active in producing testimony on this line.

" T h e result of the recent national election," said Senator Dubois, "goes to prove the participation of the Mor­mon church in political affairs. Should such a power remain unchecked it is altogether probable tfc«t some ttjase the

Mormon church could turn the balance in a presidential contest.' ' **

New York city's new hall of rec­ords, when finished, will have cost $6,000,000. , 'w *

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Model Time-Table Folders. "^'r Model time-table folders, which are

superior to any time-table folders ever

?rmted, have been issued by the New 'ork Central's passenger department.

They are Numbers " 2 9 ^ ' and " 3 0 " of the famous "Four-Track Series" and both are literary gems and compendiums of railway travel. General Passenger Agent George 3L. Daniels has incorpor­ated various suggestions made by bright people, and he has tried to include > in these folders all tha t could reasonably be put into such books. •• '•;

They are worth a prominent position in every library, and on every business man's des^.—From the Buffalo ..Com­mercial. ,V:-!f| "Ik

,ed f(as-Sar&to.-

* > . To Havana via Mobile On the most handsomely appointed senger steamer 4on the gulf, " S a

ta , " sailing from Mobile every Tue% ay, 2 o.m., to Havana in forty hours.

Full information from all railroad, agents or A. L. Ruland, 0. P. A., Mun^ son Steamship Line, 82 Beaver str#*E, K»w York. _ -

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