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THE MORNING OKE&ONTAN, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 1SUZ. I FRANCHISE HELD UP 0. W, P; & Ry. Co.'s Appli cation Not Yet Granted. PUBLIC WORKS BOARD DELAYS CempesatIoH to City Not Snfflclent, Say Chairman 31111k; and Priv ileged on Water Front Are Valuable. "The franchise Is the most valuable one asked in many days. It gives the grantee the control of th-i wharf and warehou0e district on East Water street from East Madison to East Oak, and I do not see what the city will receive from it except flirt for filling purposes at the rate or l-tfs "SnSHSSLnn A. I. Mills, of the Board i0f Public Works yesterday after noon when the body of wnich he Is the pres'ldins tffflcer took up for consideration the ordinance by which the Common Council granted to the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company the right to build a railway, to be OP01? yweI trie steam or otner power, on "t-fl"r:; Aflson to East Oak In addition to the statement he made, the Sairman said later that the ord Inance ... mnnrr thp ale rlcht to tne of Its track, and transcontinental and cine steam proadsmight be barred from the privilege 01 reu0 ",s h ),.. district If the grantee did not wisn to permit the use of Its tracks even though a switching charge, as provided b the ordinance, were agreed to. mi Vmrt hppn before the Coun cil for months, but It was not.paesed until the last meeting. When it came to the a frrpl to the- committee on ordinances, bonds and contracts, and it 'was returned to the board by that com mittee yesterday. Richard Williams asked to have the report or tne comnnu Hnd Mr. Mills said he wished further time to study the ordinance. Mr- Cogswell raiwd the objection to the ordinance that the company could make a switching charge of $2 per car but It was not required to make the switches. There should be a provision requiring the com pany to make switches without prejudice or discrimination. Company Mnut Miike Switches. "ThTe 13 no need of the provision," said W T Muir, attorney for the company. "As a" common carrier, the company must make the switches, and the only question Is that of compensation." Mr Williams suggested as an amend ment to the section requiring the. tracks to be laid in the center of the street as nearly as practicable that "they be fald so as to cause the least obstruction to traffic so far as practicable, and that they con'orm with the grades of streets when such grades are established." The representatives of the company made no exception to the amendment ex cept that, as the matter would have to go back to the Council, a delay might be caused. As to the use of steam as a mo tive power, Mr. Williams saw no objec tions, as two parallel steam lines were op crated within a few blocks of the street on which the franchise was asked. "We should like to use steam If steam should be necessary." said W. B. Chase, one of the engineers of the company. "Mr Chase," said Mr. Mills, turning the gucstlon, "why do you desire this fran- chise "Because we are building a freight road Into Clackamas County and Eastern Mult nomah, and we wish to bring the products to the doors of the factories and ware houses. By' the railroad truckage will be reduced In amounts ranging from 50 cents to $1 per load. To meet modern require ments, all warehouses must have railways or switches at their doors." "As the road, then, will not be what may properly be designated as a street iwav lino" said Mr. Mills. "It may be considered as a road that will cut Into the wharf and warenous? district and the franchise will be the most valuable in the city- It runs through the district on the -East Slue, and you must consider it val- "We certainly did." said Mr. Chase, after a moment's hesitation, "or w(j should not have asked for it," Mr Williams told of the refusal of the application of the Southern Pacific Com pany for a Front-street franchise, which would have given it the control of the warehouse district on the West Side. Of the proposed franchise he said that the llns converged, and one objection was that It would bring it dangerously near to the eaet "approach of the Morrison-street bridge. Only Fensllile Ronte. Mr. Chase .said the line proposed was the only" feasible pian for a -water-front road. It was necessary to the company, for, in event of another conflagration such as the one which damaged the Madison-street bridge, his company would wish to make West Side connection over the Morrison etreet bridge. Connection with the Burn-side-street bridge could not be made. The company had asked for a franchise down East Ninth street to East Bumslde street fnr the nuroose of making such connec tion, but, owing to difficulties. It had with drawn Its application for a franchise. "Would you object to another company using vour track?" asked Mr. Cogswell. "I look upon this as a terminal ground," i..rr,,n -m Aims. "Ail transconu nental and steam companies should be al lowed to use It upon paying their propor tion of the cost." Property-Ovrners Favor It. "All the nroterty-owners favor the line," said Fred S. Morris, of the Morris & Whitehead Company, which controls the Oreiron Water Power & Railway Company. "We are here to develop the country, and we have attempted to meet ail the re quirements of the city. Joseph Supple has a block on East Water street which he cannot rent today, but which he will be nMe to Tent if the railway should ne built- Uhe Sellwood mill has leased block on East Water street to be used ns a distributing point if the line should bo built- This mill has a capacity of 75.000 feet a day. and another mill nas promised us eight carloads a day. The planing mills have told us they can use all the lumber that we can furnish, and I suppose from what they said, they are anxious fo the building of the line." "The ordinance is not drawn so as to protect the rights of the city," said Mr. Williams. "Very loosely drawn," observed Mr. MacMaster, who had been studying closely. "I think we had better let it lie over a week." Mr. Morris agreed to the motion, and it was carried. General Manager F. I. Fuller, of the Portland Railway Company, asked for a delay In the laying of the 50-pound rails which are to be placed In Thurman street from Sixteenth to Twenty-third when the Improvement of that street Is begun. The company has no 50-pound rails on hand at present, but it will have a cargo of 55 pound "T" rails here by Christmas. The heavier rails were desirable, but If the im provement could not be delayed, the com pany wished permission to lay 45-pound rails. As work on the improvement will not be begun for a few weeks. Mr. Fulle: was assured that there wonld be no com plaint against delay until that time. Bids for Street Improvement. Bids for street improvements were opened as follows East Nineteenth street Unsigned 5CCC4 15; James Rellly, $3017 99; Branner & Wlsmer, "53761 79; Gleblsch & Joplln, J2&55 75; Smyth & Howard, ?32S9 3L Multnomah street Glehlsch &. Joplln, 557S01S; Smyth & Howard, 5C210 68. East Twenty-first street James Rellly, $S38Q S5: unsigned, $2318 62; Gleblsch & Joplln, 53427 S4; Smyth & Howard, $4278 25. Clackamas street Oregon Real Estate Company, three blocks. 7 cents; for en tire work: Gleblsch & Joplln, JS16S IS; Smyth & Howard, $10,069. The company's bid was received as a Joke and was treated as such. East Oak street J. B. Tillotson. $4260 92; unsigned, $2396 88; F. J. Stevens, $2781 5G; Gleblsch & Joplln, $3068 75; Smyth & How ard, $7457 13. Denver avenue James Rellly, $1373 26; R. J. Debuhr, $1522 01; Branner & Wis mer, $1526 91. Wasco street Smyth & Howard, $9058 77: Oregon Real Estate Company, three blocks, 5 cents (another joke); Gleblsch & Joplln, $8281 65. McMillan street S. S. Dill. $15617; R. J. Debuhr, $194 40; Branner & Wlsmer, $16580. Sewer Improvements Multnomah street J. W. Sweeney, $2582 55; N. G. Halne, $2700 64; Fralney & Keating, $2971 30; J. B. Slemmons, $25S9 76; F. J. Stevens, $3070 21; Jacobsen-Bade Company, $2577 30; Woodard & RIner, $2S08 6S; Giebisch & Joplln, $2313 29. Wasco streeti-Giebisch & Joplln, $2383 40; J. W. Sweeney, $26S5 10; N. G. Haines, 52S39 80; Woodard & Biner, $2811 11; John Bays, $3890 CO; J. B. Slemmons, 2605 56. Clackamas street J. W. Sweeney, $2601 40; N. G. Haines, $2616 90; John Bays, $2766 60; Fralney & Keating, $3022 50; Woodard & RIner. $2703; J. B. Slemmons, $2571 70; Jacobsen-Bado Company, $2483 24; Gleblsch & Joplln, $2272 SS. East Water street Jacobsen-Bade Com pany, $40S 10; J. B. Slemmons, $552 35; John Bays. $067 95. All the bids were referred to City Auditor Devlin for tabulation. The renort unon the Kllllngsworth ave nue ImDrovement was referred to the City Engineer for Investigation. In 'this improvement the City & Suburban Rail way Company offered to carry dirt free of charce from the excavations in .h.11 llngsworth avenue for the purpose of filling the bridge at Willams avenue and Weldler street The loading, waste, etc., would result In a difference to the property-owners of $343. The filling would benefit the entire city, but It should have to be made at the expense of the propertv-ovners, and it Is thought that it should be charged to tho general fund. Cement Sidewallcn May "Walt. On netltlon of R. R. Dunlway, attorney for Interested nronerty-owners, a resolu tion was adopted delaying the laying of cement sidewalks at Fifth ana AnKeny streets. The delay was asked because proceedings had been begun for the con demnation of the northwest and south west corners of the abutting property for street purposes, and If the walks were laid they would have to be replaced after the termination of the proceedings. A protest against .the acceptance of the improvement of Russell street from Union avenue to East Seventh street, signed by many of the abutting property owners, was referred to the City Engineer for Investigation. Estimates for December expenses were as follows: Pound department $23S; for street repairs, $2200; general expenses of City Engineer's office. $4075; street clean ing and sprinkling, $2997 50. An order for an Increase of the salaries of the repair men at the city barn of from $65 to $70 a month was made and the order will take effect this month if the fund Is sufficient to meet the extra demand. ACTRESSES TAKE A DIP GO SAILING IS A YACHT, WHICH SUDDENLY CAPSIZES. Launch Hoo-Hoo Goes to the ItcscRe, and Three Dripping Girl's Are Landed on Terra FIrmn. Three pretty girls of the Mason & Ma son Company, now appearing in 'Rudolph and Adolph," at Cordray's Theater, Miss Zadora JR. Porter, Miss Bessie Phillips, and Miss Rose Lubonn, undertook to try their luck yesterday afternoon as sail- Tvalt until sone of the men;, arrive to help us? We couldn't manage a yacht ourselves." "Why not?" asked Miss Porter. By this time the trio were at the yacht club' barge, and found a vers small boy seated on the wharf playing -with a mooring line attached to a 32-foot yacht, "Little boy, won't you take us for a sail In your yacht?" asked the prettiest of .the girls. Now. that little boy, like all. little boys of a tender age, became very much embarrassed In the presence of the girls, and he fled. -Miss Porter began to handle the sail in a manner which gained her the admiration of the other girls, and then the trio went skimming over the surface of the water. "Splendid," chorused the girls. But trouble was ahead. Just as the swan-like yacht was turning around the northern point of Boss Island something happened ors bold In sailing a yacht near Boss Island, with the result that the yacht i to the .sail, ahd the yacht capsized. MIs3 capsized,1 and the three girls narrowly Porter found herself in the embrace of W LINE EOR THE FAIR CITIZENS OF EASTERN AND SOUTH ERN OREGON FAVOR. PROJECT. All Are lor- a Liberal Appropriation, Though Uncertain Whether $500, OOO Is Not Too Large. ACTRESSES NARROWLY ESCAPE "DROWNING Minn Znuora Porter 3I1sh Bessie Phillips escaped being drowned. They were res cued In time, however, and recovered suf ficiently to take part In the performance at the theater last night. Their voices were as clear as ever, in spite of the fact that their owners swallowed more Willam ette River water than was good for them. Seven or eight members of the "Rudolph and Adolph" pompa'ny started from Cord ray's Theater yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock to enjoy a walk along Madison- street bridge, and take a look at the East Side fronting the river. The men of tfie crowd preferred to stroll along Madison- street bridge and enjoy a cigar after lunch, but the advance guard of the party, Misses Porter, Phillips and Lubonn. walked ahead and found themselves In close proximity to the barge of the Ore gon Yacht Club before they stopped. The talk turned on the pleasures of yachting. and Miss Porter, whose brother belongs to the New York Yacht Club, said: "Wouldn't It be great fun to have a sail? I've been out In my brother's yacht, and It's easy." "Y-e-s," said one of the other girls, hes itatingly, "but wouldn't it be better to HOLDS NO CITY FRANCHISE. City Attorney Renders Opinion' Ad verse to HlllKboro Line. According to' an opinion rendered by City Attorney McNary yesterday, the West Side & Suburban Railway Com pany (the Hillsboro line) does nbt hold a franchise In the City of Portland. A franchise was granted by the last City Council, but it failed of approval be-, fore the Board of Public- Works and It was referred back to the Council with a recommendation that seme amend ments be made. The Council simply re ceived the report and placed It on file, and nothing was heard of it until a re cent meeting of the street committee which took it out of the pigeon hole and forwarded it to the City Attorney with a request for an opinion as to Its legal status. In reply Mr. McNary said: , "The ordinance referred to purports to irrant a franchise to the West Side & Suburban Railway Company to lay railroad tracks and operate a street rail way along ana upon cenam birteia m said city. The ordinance was passed by the Council in due form, but was not approved by the Board of Public works. Subdivision 23 of section 32 of the char tpr elves the Common Council power and authority 'To provide for and allow the laving down of tracks for street-cars ana nthpr railwavs UDon such atreet or streets as the Council may designate, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works.' Bv subdivision 4 of section ito or tne chnrtfir. the Board of Public Works Is authorized and empowered, and it is made itn flutv. 'To allow, authorize ana pro vide for and regulate the manner of thi erection, maintenance ana removal oi electric railway and other, poles, wires nnri cables, the laying down oi tracics for street-cars and other railways, anu by subdivision 5 of said section 'To fix the place of location anu u coniroi anu direct the laying uown oi. street rau wav tracks and turntable and require all romnanles building ana operating sucn roads to conform to tho street grades in all streets wherein the same are oper Thfi committee Is advised, in accord ance with the above provisions of the rhnrter. that the approval or tne aoaru of Public Works is essential to the valid trmnt of the franchise referred to, anu, tho annroval of tho board being with held, the said railway company has re ceived no iranciiitse uuua luouiuiuauw,, SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. Opened With Fine Address by Mr Mary F. Bryner. Thft 16th annual convention of the Mult nomah County Sunday School Association opened last night in the First Cumberland "Prpshvterlan unurcn, r-ast aweum mm East Taylor streets. There was a large attendance pf delegates, li. Lee raget presided. After the opening devo- tlonals, W. D. Deaver, In oenau of the Cumberland .Presbyterian unurcn and Sunday school, gave a brief address of welcome, to which Mr. Paget responded, accepting the hospitalities promised and complimenting tne aunaay school of the church. Then followed a solo by Mrs. W. D. Deaver. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the blind evangelists, were present and sang acceptably several selections. Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, of Peoria, 111., a noted Sunday school worker, was In troduced and for half an hdur held the at tention of the audience on "The Profit of Systematic Study of the Bible." At the close of her fine address Mr. Paget an nounced the following committees: Nominations A. F. Flegel, Mrs. C. M. Kigglns, L. E. Cooper, Mrs. W. O. Mun sell. Finance I. H.' Amos, W. O. Munsell, Mrs. W. D. Deaver. Resolutions T. S. McDanlels, F. S. West, A. A. Morse. The convention will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock for regular work, and this evening at 7:45 Mrs. Bryner Is on the pro gramme for several talks In the .afternoon and evening. Second Indian War Pensioner. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 2. The second Oregon pen sion to be Issued under the Indian War Veteran bill of June 27 last Is to Maxwell Bamsby, of The Dalles. This claim has been pushed by Representative Moody to a successful Issue. Ramsby. who Is now SI years old, served a3 Second Lieutenant In Captain P. Pugh's company, of Colonel Gilliam's Tegiinent, of Oregon Volunteers, from April IS to July 1, 1S4S, during the latter part of the Cayusa War. The entire state seems to be In favor of a liberal appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Fair. As to the country sur rounding Portland there can be no doubt. Expressions were yesterday heard from representative citizens of Eastern Ore gon and Southern Oregon, and those parts of the state also seem to be In favor of the appropriation. The only point of dif ference will be as to what is to be con sidered a liberal appropriation: $300,000 many seem to think Is rather high, but they do not eay definitely that their Legis lators will .oppose even this much. On one point they agree. The appropriation should be made early In the session, and should be passed without any opposition. The amount should be decided before the bill is brought up, and then should bo put throuah In a way that will show that Oregon Indorses the plan unanimously. "It Is Portland's Fair, they say, but It will help" the entire state. Portland has given $350,000, and the state should be willing to give about the same amount as the city has given. Every one wants the Fair. Every one wants to help It, but the taxe3 are already large, and It is a question whether or not the state Is able to give tho support desired." "Yes, the appropriation should be made," said L. B. Reeder, of Pendleton, when seen at the Perkins Hotel yester day. "And It should be made early In the session. Plans should be made before hand, and It should be passed without a dissenting voice. We will want to ask other states to help us In this project. If we are to ask them for an appropria tion they will have to see that we are in earnest about the matter and are willing to give It our undivided support. I have heard the matter discussed to some ex tent, and this seems to be the general opinion of the people In my part of the ' state. I have not talked It over with any 1 of the Legislators, but I do not think the malnsalj, and her feet in a mass of " there are any who will use any means coraage. rne oiner gins, snneKing ior to ueiay the bill making the appropriation, their lives, hung to the upturned gunwale i -"The only question that could arise." he floating In the water. The men on the continued, "Is as regards the amount, bridge yelled -at the, peril of their friends , Five hundred thousand dollars sounds and rushed to their assistance, but the t pretty big, and I hardly think It will be launch Hoo-Hoo was the first to reach , that much. This Is a matter that should the scene of the accident, and the crew i t,e well discussed before It Is taken up, lost no time in rescuing the girls from ana j think that the men from the va- thelr perilous position. ith water pour-.; parts o the state will be willing Mlxs Rose Lubonn large taxes aa that amount will call for. "Personally I am "in favor of making the appropriation largcbut speaking from the general expression of opinion I doubt the expediency of asking for too much. It will be. much better to have a smaller amount and pass It without any opposi tion than to have a larger amount alter delay and opposition." "Oh, yes," said W. H. Hamilton, oi Roseburg. "Our country favors the Fair, and we favor an appropriation. We will be placed In a much better light before the other states that we will ask to help us If the bill Is passed at once, and with out opposition. "But $500,000," continued he, thinking, "you. know that Is half a million. Half a million sounds pretty big. I rather doubt whether it will go through. I be lieve the "state should give about the same amount as Portland has given. Per sonally I would like to see the appropri ation $500,000. The .additional - amount it would cost me Is not what I am think ing about, but I doubt very much If the people throughout the- state will feel that way. I believe It would pay to qualify the amount before- the bill is introduced. If the Legislature should appropriate $500,- 000, I am afraid the people would take it Into their own hands and exercise the right of Initiative and referendum." J. O. Booth, of Grant's Pass, expressed even more favorable views on the subject. "I should regret very much to see any opposition to the appropriation," said he "As a state we have been slow In adver tising. The Fair would advertise us as nothing else could. I feel that the appro priation should be a large one. I think It would be cheaper to make It large than small. Wo are undertaking a great thing and one that will affect not only Portland, but the entire Northwest. While I would not like to speak for the people of my community as to what amount should be given, personally I do not think that $500,000 is too much. The Fair must be a success, and It is better to give that amount and make It thoroughly success ful than to give half that much and have It fall to bring us the benefits that we expect. "The matter has been taken up In the Grant's Pass Board of Trade," he contin ued, "and Indorsed. Nothing was said as to the amount, but we are in favor of a liberal appropriation. I think It would be a good thing for the boards of trade In each city of .the state to pass resolutions .indorsing the appropriation." "Would the Grant's Pass Board of Trade be willing to Indorse a bill that asked for $500,000?"' he was asked. "I believe that it would," said he. "I am sure that the executive committee would favor' such action." CHRISTMAS PIANOS FOR EVERYBODY SPECIAL PROVISION MADE BY EILERS PIANO HOUSE FOR HOLIDAY PUR CHASES. . If A Large Aggregation of Superb Uprights and Baby Grands, In struments Whose Beauty of De sign and Finish Excel Anything Before Shown on the Coast Re naissance, Art, Colonial and Louis XIV Cases In Mahogany, Circas sian, Walnut, Quartered Oak and Other Fine Woods in Antique and Plain Finish, at Prices That Are Very Moderate. lng from their garments, the three ama teur yachtswomen were conveyed to the nearest wharf, and one of them gasped as she got ashore: "Thank goodness this is land." A frantic 'phone message was sent for an ambulance, but the girls were chilled and wouldn't, wait, and were .taken to their hotel in a passing carriage. Last night this message was posted' in he greenroom at Cordray's Theater: "No more yachting tripe for any member of this company. By order." Kins "Victor Emmanuel of Italy haa signal ized the birth of the Princess Mafalda, who was born November 19, by giving $20,000 to the Foundling Hospital and $20,000 to the free hospitals. to abide by tho general consensus of opinion." When asked why his people opposed $500,000, he replied that it is a question whether or not the state is able to af ford such a large expense. "They are In favor of the Falr7" he was asked. Yes." "Do they think that it should be man aged on a cheaper basis or do they think that Portland 3hould raise a larger amount?" "That Is not the question," he replied. "They want the Fair and want It to be a successs. They are willing to give it -all of the support that they can afford, but they do not think that they can pay such LOCOMOTIVE FELL THIRTY FEET INTO WILLAMETTE RIVER It will probably tako a week to raise the Southern Pacific locomotive that fell through the wharf at the Jefferson-street station, Monday evening. It will be a sheer lift of 30 tons a vertical distance of 30 feet: and tho tender will be handled separately. A temporary structure of timbers that will stand the strain will be necessary, and hoisting tackle will be brought up from California for the job. Tho engine now lies half burled In the mud and shallow water where It fell. Thls is the enclne that was employed to .pull tho suburban train between Portland and Os'wego. Coming into the Portland station its custom Is to make a flying swjtch, the engine passing In one one track while the coaches take another. This process permits the locomotive to get to the head of the train for the return trip. Arriving from Oswego at 0:25 P. M., the usual switch was made, the fireman having left tho engine to handle the- switch lever. The locomotive took the accustomed track, but another switch leading from that happened to be open, and the engine took it and passed out where a gang of men had been engaged In making repairs. The planking was ripped up and .the track stipports partially removed. When Engineer Frank 8. Craw noticed he was on tho wrong track he tried to stop the machine, but It passed on the unsafe track and began sinking. Aa the huge weight sank to the various supports and was held momentarily by each, Mr. Craw expected It to stop long before reaching the bottom. But It didn't. It went down easily and landed right side up. The cab was broken In the fall, and it fouled the whistle cord and let two shrill toots to announce the arrival of the locomotive at the end of lt3 curious flight. ' " The engineer was In the bottom of his cab, uninjured and not much frightened. Water rushed In anQ wet him to the -waist before he climbed on tho top of the cab. There he. waited until a lantern was brought (o Hirht his feet to safety. He was out In a few minutes and pone the worse for his novel experience. . ' -One trip of -the suburban train was missed. Then another engine took the place of the one In 'the river, and it has been hauling the traffic since. ' There' Is no satisfactory explanation of how the s'wltch happened to be open leading to tho disabled track. It Is supposed, however, that the workmen engaged In making the repairs to the wharf had opened the switch to aass In cars of material, ah'd had neglected to lock It shut again. It Is so short a bit of track that the engineer hardly discovered that he was wrong, before he was In danger. Then there was no place to Jump, for tho flooring had been removed, leaving nothing but the bare and slippery frame timbers. . Tho engine cab and a. few frail parts of the machine are broken, but It Is not supposed that the locomotive is greatly dam aged. It fell Into a soft bed. - Engineer Craw has been running on tho Southern Pacific for the past 25 years, and was never in a dangerous accident before. He has been on the Oswego run only about six months. ..." ' Discovered by HIh Wife With. Re volver, Holton Persls-ts in Dying:. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2. Oaptaln Edward Holton, aged 61, a retired capitalist and veteran officer of the Loyal Legion, com mitted suicide by shooting at his home In Westminster Place tonight. He was a victim of melancholia. He was talking with his young wife about preparations for their proposed trip to Japan, when she, intuitively feeling that something was wrong, put her arms about her hus band and discovered a revolver In his pocket. She endeavored to persuade him to give it tQ her, and, meeting refusal, attempted to take It. Holton ran to his room, and, as his wife fell to the floor screaming, he killed himself. DETERMINED ON SUICIDE. No peason has ever produced such nl anos as the factories of the East have been putting out this year, and of them all, we have taken extraordinary pains to secure the finest of all the kinds we carry. Thft beauty of the pianos we are now placing on the floor will tempt any buyer, and In tone and construction they ara absolutely faultless. There Is the Weber, of Boston, the fa vorite ofall artists; the Chlckerlng. of New York, the piano that has maintained an Irreproachable reputation for the past 7S years' for both sweetness of tone and beauty of finish: the Kimball, of Chicago, with no rival, either In excellence or popu larity. Also the Vose, the Decker, the Ho bart M. Cable, the many-toned Crown, the Victor, Steger. Bush & Gerts, Weser. Haddorff, and many other equally well known Instruments, whose design -and finish excel anything ever shown on the Coast. A piano that is attracting especial at tention and admiration is a Chickerlng upright, encaped In mottled mahogany. Iso design could have been selected which would better display the beauty of grain and marvelous finish of the wood , than the style in which it is made. Panel, desk, tailboard and trusses are beautifully fashioned, perfectly and symmetrically proportioned. The wood In every part be ing of a uniform, mottled effect, greatly resembling a piece of handsome moire silk, and in the depth of the dark wood thf prnln Is marked bv a trolden Kleam i that glints and shifts with the changing llcht like the fire in an opal. This, of course, is an exceptional piece of wooo. and shows extraordinary skill In finish tnd polish, and as it stands on the floor it arrests the attention of all visitors. OUR CLUB STAXDIXG. Yesterdav was a bupy day at the store. There wasn't time to turn around after the doors ooened until after they closed. As a result: Club "A" now has 7 new members. CU lb "B" now has 1 new member. Club "E" now has 9 new members. Club "D" now has 2 new members. A great number of beautiful Instruments have already been purchased and left with us for Christmas delivery. If you make vour holiday relection now, you will have an opportunity to secure your choice of r.oeoa TJIIoro Plann "Hnnse 351 WashlnfT- I ton "street, opposite Cordray's Theater. MUST ACCEPT THE MONEY Halifax Conncil Enjoined Agninnt Rejecting: Carnetrle'a Gift. HALIFAX. N. S., Dec. 2. Judgment was given in the Superior Court In the Carnegie library matter to the effect that the Council's vote to accept $(5,000 from Mr. Carnegie amounted to a contract which cannot be annulled. The Council accepted the gift some months ago, but recently voted to ,rcject the girt. Busi ness men got a temporary Injunction against the Council and citizens, enjoin ing them from notifying Mr. Carnegie that the gift had been rejected. ness is to be transferred to a corpora tion with a capital stock of $2,100,000. the administrators to receive $1,400,000. while the balance will go to Mr. Hartford. Canada Extend Eialiargo. OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 2. An order In council was passed today extending the provisions of the embargo against United States cattle to hides and hoofs. The i importation of hides and hoofs from New ' England States Is to be prohibited. MILLION FOR A GRANDSON Prise Offered by Senator Clarlc Won by Eldest Son. PWTCAOO. Dec. 2. A son was born to the wife of W. A.. Clark, Jr., last night, winning the $1,000,000 gift which Senator W. A. Clark offered to his sons and daughters a year ago for the first grand son presented to mm, says a special to tho Rornrd-Herald from Butte. Mont. His youngest daughter, Mrs. Morris, In New York, recently gave birth to a daughter. Senator dark, wno is in .fans, nas Deen notified by cable of the arrival of the prize-winner. To Continue Gilman'st BnsincxM. NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Attorneys for the administrators of George Gilman, the late millionaire tea merchant, submitted to Surrogate Thomas today a compro mise agreement between the adminis trators and George H. 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