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THE MORNING- OKEGONIAJS, WEDNESDAY, FEKRUARY S, 1905. PLANS MARKET DAY Chamber of Commerce Would Aid Local Trade, SEEKS LARGER MEMBERSHIP idea of Weekly Trading Event, With Low Transportation Rates, to Be Carried Out at End of , the Exposition. CHAMBER. OF COM3DERCE PLAN'S To have a great market day each week 'or the benefit of the merchants o Portland, and to eecure low rates o! the railroad companies from, all Interior points within a radius of CO miles or more. To increase the membership of the Chamber to as many as 1000 members and more, if possible, between the pres ent date and the opening of the Lewis and Clark Fair. To create a board of civic improve ment which will look after the cleanli ness and ceneral good of the city. To have a srand opening on the oc casion of moving into the new head quarters in the Chamber of Commerce building. The Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce met yesterday morning at the office of the secretary in the Mohawk building, -with a full attendance. A great deal of routine business was transacted and many new plans were broached and discussed. A. H. Kerr, of the firm of Wadhams & Kerr, laid a proposition before the Board for the establishment of a general Portland market day for the benefit of the merchants of the city and the citizens within a radius of GO miles or more of Portland. Mr. Kerr's plan Is to make arrangements with the transportation companies for the establishment of the lowest possible rate effective on a cer tain day of each week. This rate should be placed .as low as might be and on the flays when it was effective the merchants of the. city should make special prices and have their special sales at an In ducement to the people to take advantage of the rate and come to the city to do their trading. The question was discussed and ln Soraed by the Board but It was thought that in view of the concessions made by the railroad companies for the Exposition, It would be unfair to ask them to do more during the Summer. Jt was therefore de cided to allow the plan to rest until after the close of the Exposition,' when -it will be taken up and carried to success if pos sible. To Aid Jetty Measure. T. B. "Wilcox was appointed to deal with the Columbia River Jetty question as regards any division of the appropri ation money or application of it to the work. Mr. "Wilcox is now at the Hotel Del Monte, at Monterey, but will leave in a short time for "Waslhngton, D. C, where he will meet with the members of Con gress having the matter in hand and will attempt to secure the best possible application of the funds appropriated. The Board urged the enactment of the Ooven'der" bill having to do with the licensing and conduct of sailors' boarding houses. It waa also voted to continue the monthly payment of $100 towards the pro motion work carried on by the Portland Commercial Club, this being the same amount pledged last year. The Chamber of Commerce will change its headquarters from the Mohawk to the Chamber of Commerce building by the middle of the present month, and as soon as settled will have a grand house warming. Speakers will be brought from outside the state and an elaborate pro gramme will be provided. Another dream of the Board soon to be realized is the creation of a Board of civic improvement which will be elected, or appointed, as soon as the change Is made into the new quarters and the affairs of the Chamber are once more running uninterruptedly. This Board will consider all measures tending to the betterment or Improvement of the City In any way and will attempt to carry out many plans for the beautifying and upbuilding of the town. At the meeting yesterday, the following were elected to membership In the Cham ber: C. H. Prescott. Lewis & Lewis, Goodman Brothers' Shoe Co., J. IL Vogt. D. L. Butler & Co., Crescent Paper Co., J. J. Kadderly, Bannockburn Manufac turing Co., L. H. Adams, A. G. Long and "Walter Mackay. The Membership Committee, consisting of Frank Barrett, D. L. Thompson, Sol Blumauer, G. TV. Brown and F. A. Xitchey. held a meeting at the close of the Board meeting and placed the goal of Its endeavor at 1000 new members be tween this time and the opening of the Fair. The committee will meet, hereafter, every Tuesday at 32;30 P. M. CITY S0NDS AEE IN DEMAHD Bids Received for issue of $57,702 forAubllc Improvements. Bids were received yesterday by City Auditor Devlin for the J57.702.76 bond Issue authorized by the ways and means com mittee for public improvements. A num ber of prominent persons and corpora tions of Portland were among the bidders, and the offerings were of such a nature that the Auditor is much gratified. Premiums ranging from 2 per cent to 24 per cent and accrued Interest were listed in the bids. These arc more liberal than any yet received for bond Issues. Several bids for the entire Issue were received, but It is thought that the bonds will be disposed of In such manner as to afford the small bidders a chance o pur chase them. The following persons sub mitted bids A. M. Knapp. L. J. Shell, Security Sav ings Bank. A. B. Eckhardt, R. G. Jubltz Tyler "Woodward. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Abe Tichner Ashley Rumelin, Mrs. Lydla Faber rnlted STStes National Bank. Gertrude Metcalfe. J. Metcalfe, A. H. Maegly and August G. Klostcrman. All bids were accompanied by the necessary certified checks for 5 per cent of the amounts. DOCTOR DRIVE2T OUT OF CITY State Board of Medical Examiners Victory Over J. L. Bohannan. Dr. J- L. Bohannan, a cancer specialist who has been operating in the city for some time without a license, has been supposedly driven from the city through the efforts of the State Board of Medical Examiners, the members of which re gard the outcome of their action as a victory for the cause of professional and orthodox practice. The story of the case is that some time ago Mrs. A. R. Edgar, of "Woodburn, who was suffering from a malignant case of cancer, came to Portland to receive treatment at the hands of Bohannan, mortgaging hor home for $50 In order to make the trip. Arriving here the woman died after three or four days under the care of the cancer specialist The case was taken up by Dr. B. E. Miller, sec retary of the board, and a complaint was filed against the specialist with the hus band of the patient as complaining wit ness. v Rather than go to trial, Bohannan com promised the case, agreeing to repay the $50 collected from his former patient and the minimum fine of $50 before Judge Hogue. It was further stipulated by the court that Bohannan should leave the state, and In event that he did not follow out the Instructions in this particular he was to be given the limit In penalty If again brought before the bar. It was also alleged in the complaint that Bohannan was accessory to the death of Mrs. Edgar, but this charge was dismissed, as It was determined by the examination of his prescriptions that there was nothing harmful in the medi cine he had given the woman. BURIAL OF PIONEER WOMAN. Remains of Mrs. Ady Interred at Lone Fir Cemetery. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann Ady, who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Prudence V. Holston, 491 Railroad street. In Lower Alblna. was held In the Presbyterian Church. Champoeg, Monday, and the interment was at Fir Grove Cem etery. Mrs. Ady was one of the few sur vivors of the Immigration of 1S44. who came through the Meek cutoff, with Joe Meek as guide,. She was S2 years old. Born in Kentucky, 1S23, she came with her parents to Illinois when a very young child. Losing her parents, she went to live with her grandparents on what is now called Wall Street. New York. She was married to Phineas R. Hunt, in Keo kuk, la., and then crossed the plains to Oregon In 18. and first settled at Hub bard, where she and her husband took up a donation land claim, which now con stitutes the town of Hubbard. Her hus band went to California In the mining ex citement, where he died shortly after wards In San Francisco. She was married to Robert Ady. also a pioneer of a few years later, and they settled on a farm at Champoeg, which was the oldest farm In that neighborhood. Besides Mrs. Ady, there was but one white woman living in that neighborhood, and the Hudson's Bay Company had its establishment nearby. Mrs. Ady left her home at Champoeg about three weeks ago to visit her chil dren. She spent two week6 with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Huffaker, Garden Home, and then came to the home of Mrs. Holston, Albina, where she was taken sick soon after arriving, and grew worse, until she passed away, retaining her fac ulties to the last Mrs. Ady was a re markable woman among the pioneers of this state. Her mind was filled -with In cidents and sho was acquainted with most of the prominent pioneers. Owing to failing health she did not affiliate with the Pioneer Association. She Is survived by the following children: Mrs. Prudenco V. Holston, Portland; Alfred and Jasper Ady, Champoeg, Or.; Elizabeth Geeland. St Paul. Or.; Mrs. Sarah Huffaker. of Garden Home.fbr.; Mrs. J. M. Poland, of Cottage Grove. There are 24 grandchil dren and eight great-grandchildren among her descendants. HOME FOR MICHIGAN SOCIETY Headquarters Will Be Established In Concordia Club Building. A permanent home for the Michigan So ciety of Oregon was chosen at the meet ing held last night and rooms in the Con cordia Club building, at Sixth and Alder streets, will be known hereafter as Michi gan headquarters. The society will take possession of Its new rooms on March 7, and arrangements aro now being made for a good old-fashioned Michigan housewarmlng. An enter tainment and dance -will be given to the friends and guests of the society, and an urgent invitation will be extended to all former Michigan residents, whether they are members of the new society or not The regular meeting nights of the Wol verines will bo the first and third Tues days of each month. The meeting on February 21 will be held in the City Hall, after which all meetings will take place In the new headquarters. A badge emblematic of the society was adopted last night Its form will be that of a shield with bars across the face in the shape of an X, containing the words "Oregon" and "Michigan." The colors adopted are those of the University of Michigan blue and yellow and badges will be supplied In pin and button form. It was decided last night to make the existenco of the society more widely known through the medium of placards posted In public places, mills, etc. These placards will be two feet square and will extend an Invitation to all Michigan peo ple to call upon the society at Its head quarters. Sixteen new 'names were added to the roll last night They arc: Mrs. E. D. SWeldon, Mr. Craw, J. J. Donovan, Ira Dodge. Mrs. Ira Dodge, Mrs. E. Van Al len, Mrs. W. H. Clark, Mra George H. Wemple. Mra. George J. Cameron, Dr. E. K. Dearborn, David Forbes, Mrs. John D'Arcy. Mrs. Fred A. Baliin, Fred A. Bal lin, Jaques Boyle, Margaret Lewis. This makes the total membership of the soci ety 152. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IS XAEGE Total Number of Pupils Enrolled for New Term Is 12,991. According to reports received at the office of City School Superintendent Frank Rlgler, showing a total attend ance In the High School grade and pri mary classes of 12,991 for the term be ginning Monday the attendance com pares very favorably with previous years. The largest attendance is, of course, at the High School, 1009. Attendance at other schools Is as follows: Woodlawn, 364; Portsmouth. 282; Peninsula, 105; Ockley Green, 182; Highland, 693; Thompson, 688; Shaver, 25 C; Williams Avenue, 756; Holladay, 772; Fernwood. 15; Chapman, 556; Couch, 766; Atkinson, 530; Ladd, 756; Stattuck. 810; Falling. 640; Holman. 235; Alnsworth, 116; Marquam, 13; Ful ton, 71; Fulton Park. 92; North Central. S57; Hawthorne. 656; Stephens, 535; Brooklyn, 344; Clinton Kelly, 445; Mid way, 32; Sellwood, 349; Sunnyslde, 485, and. East Twenty-eighth, 132. Charged With Beating Boy. A warrant was issued yesterday, for tho arrest of Marshall Douglasa, charged with assaulting Chester Smith, a 17-year-old boy, on Stark street Smith claims that while walking along Stark street on his return to work at Marshall Wells Hardware Co.. where he is employed, he received a terrific blow from behind. This, ho says, was followed by a second blow -which felled him. He says ho was then severely kicked by Douglass who asserted he insulted his wife. The boy stoutly denies that he made Tiny remark, but recalls passing a couple as he walked along the street When to Go Home. From the Bluff ton (Ind.) Banner: "When tired out go home. When you want con solation, go home. When you want fun, go home. When you want to show others that you have reformed, go home and let your family get acquainted with the fact When you want to snow yourself at your best go home and do the act there. When you feel like being extra liberal go home and practice on your wife and children first, when you want to shine with extra bril liancy go home and light up the whole household." To which we would add. when you have a bad cold, go home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and a quick euro Is certain. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneu monia. For sale by all drucclsta. END IS IN SIGHT Federal Grand xJury Will Ad journ Monday. MORE INDICTMENTS COMING Investigation of Williamson Charges Will Be Finished Today, When Other Cases Will f Be Considered. I This week will not 6ee the end of the Federal grand jury, but another day will have to be added to the long space al ready occupied before the last report is in and the jurors are allowed to return to their homes. It now appears that the witnesses summoned are too many to allow conclusion of the work on Satur day as was intended and the session will adjourn on Monday. Tuesday morning District Attorney Heney, accompanied by Oliver E. Pagln. special assistant from the Department of Justice; Irvln Rittenhouse. private sten ographer to Mr. Heney, and W. J. Burns, will leave for Washington, where Mr. Heney Is to argue a motion In the Hyde Dimond case before the Supreme Court Thomas B. Meuhausen, who has been In temporary charge of the Roseburg Land Office since the suspension of J. T. Bridges and J. H. Booth, is now in the city and will be left in charge of the Government headquarters here while Mr. Heney Is In Washington. Mr. Heney Will Return. Tho trip of Mr. Heney to Washington will occupy all of a month, after which time he will return to Portland and will not leave until the last of the land-fraud cases has been finished. It Is now thought that the end of this afternoon will see tho close of the Williamson Investigation which Is being conducted by Mr. Heney before the grand jury. A number of wit nesses have been examined and more are to come. So far C. Feuerhelm, Floyd Rowel, R. W. Breese, W. T. Fogle, W. A. Boll, Maggie Glaze and T. B. BIngley, of Prinevllle, and L. H. McMahon of Salem, have been before the Jury, and more will be called to day. It Is not expected that the jury will make any report before the latter part of tho week. If the investigation against Mr. Williamson is finished to day and an Indictment Is voted, as It is supposed will be the caso, it is not likely that tho return wil be made to the court until Saturday or perhaps Monday. Other Cases to Be Considered. There aro many little ends of work to be picked up before the jury can leave for home, and all of these will be attended to before a report Is made. It Is rumored that before the Jury has adjourned some Indictments of a local nature will bo returned. The entire time of the investigating body Is not being taken up. It is hinted, with the doings of Mr. Williamson alone, but others nearer home are now under the eye of the Jury. The alleged plot against Mr. Heney has not been for gotten, so it Is said, and something may yet be heard concerning that matter before the end of the session. Accused of Robbing Fiancee Wnrrnnt leaned for Samuel Crewa on Eve of Wedding:. INSTEAD of the ringing of wedding bells, a happy marriage and a future of happiness, a warrant' Is out for the arrest of Samuel Crews, who Is charged by Miss Maggie Reese with the theft of $300 in gold. They were to have been Joined in wedlock last night Armed with the warrant. Detective Joe Day yesterday made diligent search- for Crews, but could not locate him- and It Is thought he left Portland at an early hour yesterday mornfng before the com plaint was laid before the authorities and. the warrant issued. Miss Reese had perfect confidence in the man she expected to marry last night, and therefore, she states, left her money In her trunk in her apartmont?. He had a key, she says, that could open the trunkl She discovered, the theft upon returning to her"room, but was slow to believe Crews guilty. However, sho went before an official and swore to a com plaint during the forenoon. Her suspi cions were fully affirmed late in the day, when she received a letter from Crews, in which was lnclo?cd a $10 bill, also stolen, she says, from her trunk. Ho made no comment except to say that he wished her happiness. Miss Reese Is from Yreka, California. She Is a working woman, and the sav ings of years were represented in the $300 stolen from her, as she alleges, by the man who won her heart and confi dence. - Arrangements had been made for the marriage ceremony to take place last night and Miss Reese reached the city several days ago to prepare. She Is now without funds, and her position is most uphappy. She hovers about police head quarters, hoping for word to come that Crews has been arrested. "Unless she can obtain .possession of at least a portion of the money, she says she does not know what she will do. She has no friends or relatives in Portland. DISMISSAL IN HOP CASE. Demurrer Is Sustained in Suit of T. Rosenwald vs. S. W. Jones. Upon hcarins: before Judge Bellinger yesterday tho demurrer filed by the de fendant in the suit of T. Rosenwald vs. S. W. Jones was sustained and the case dismissed. T. Rosenwald, repre senting T. Rosenwald & Co., of New Jersey, sued Jones for the alleged fail ure to complete a hop contract The complaint stated that Jones had entered Into a contract with Catlln & Linn, agreeing to sell approximately 13,000 to 15,000 pounds of hops. After wards Catlin & Linn turned this con tract over to Rosenwald and, when the latter made demand for delivery, Jones refused to furnish the hops. The de murrer to the complaint alleged that It did not state facts sufficient to consti tute a cause of action and that the com plaint showed on its face that the court had no jurisdiction. SOUTH IS AGAIN IN DISTEESS Blizzard, Rain, Sleet and Snow In Various Sections. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 7. With a bliz zard raging In Northern and Eastern Texas and rain and sleet falling In many districts in Southern Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee, weather conditions to night are decidedly worse than at any time since the present storm began. A blizzard has been sweeping over the cat tle ranches of Western Texas for two days, .and tonight shows no. signs of abatement Thous'ands'of cattle are re- II Mrs. Mary E. Meserve, of I if Salisbury, Mass., was cured of I Mrs. Mary E. Meserve, of Salisbury, Mass., was cured of I Anaemia, a disease in which there is an actual deficiency of I the blood, by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People She says: "The first symptom was an unusual paleneas. Later the blood seemed to hare all left my body. I had shortness of breath and fluttering of the heart; was de pressed, morose and peevieh. I suf fered for two years. Physicians did me little good but I ara now a well woman because I took twelve, boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." These pills really make ner blood and have cured obstinate cases of rheumatism, scrofula and erysipelas. They are es pecially useful to growing girls. Said. Vy nil Drugpet. ported to be suffering and in many cases totally devoid of water. Telegraphic communication is demoral ized In all sections of the Southwest Rain Is falling In New Orleans, Mobile and Montgomery, accompanied by falling temperature. The State of Arkansas Is tonight In the grasp of one of the worst electrical storms in Its history. In West Tennessee and Mississippi the temperature is about stationary, ranging In the various localities from 16 to 17 de grees above zero. Reports from Waco and Southern Texas state that tho tem perature is slowly rising. Rains havo started and it Is-feared the precipitation will be followed by a freeze. NEW YORK SHUT IN WITH ICE Fishing Boatg Drift to Sea In Pack Tugs Rescue Steamer. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Huge ice-floes fill tho harbor and extend far down Into the lower bay, making navigation difficult and dangerous for steamers and almost Impossible for other craft The continued cold has greatly extended tho ice-fields, and numerous vessels are fast In their grip. Late tonight a vessel was sighted from Sandy Hook drifting out to sea in the Ice. Apparently she was a fishing schoon er, but she could not be made out clearly. Another schooner, also thought to be a fisherman, was standing by, and con tinued to make flare-light signals as the two drifted along. The life-savers could do nothing to aid the Ice-bound craft Tho steamer Erastus Corning, running from New Haven, was dragged from the Ice by two tugs today at Whltestone, L. I., where she has been a prisoner for five days. Wind Drives Ice to Sea. BOSTON, Feb. 7. The Ice embargo which has been in force at most of the ports along the New England Coast for tho past four days was partially raised today. A high northwest wind blew all day, driving the Ice before it out into the open sea. COTJET-MAETIAL FOE REBELS Argentina Prepares to Deal Sternly With Mutinous Soldiers. BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 7. A council of war for the trial of military Insurgents, of which General Montes-Deoca Is presi dent and Colonel Lynch, secretary, has been In session in the arsenal since 7 o'clock this morning. The government has ordered that military insurgents be brought to Buenos Ayres for trial. In a fight yesterday near Pirovano, Province of Buenos Ayres, the revolution ary engineer, Raca, and ex-Senator Rhur were killed and several others were In jured. The transport Primer Mayo has left the roadstead with 300 political prisoners. Search of the ruins of the Working men's Union here resulted In the discov ery of two bombs. The government Is in full possession of Cordoba and all other provinces. Vice President Alcorta and other prisoners held by the Insurgents have been released. The Insurgent leaders . aro fleeing in all directions, and are being closely pursued. Constitutional authority has been re established at all points in the republic The railways aro again operating their full train services. Prices on the bourse are all higher, and every trace of- public alarm has disappeared. Leading representatives of banking and commercial interests went to tho govern ment houso today for the purpose of ex pressing their satisfaction with the at titude and energy of President Quintana. The latter replied to their congratul ations, and thanked the deputation. He said there had been no revolution, but merely a mutiny, the participants in which would be dealt with under, military law. Irrespective of other considerations. The President declared that the govern ment was capable of maintaining order, and only needed the confidence of tho people to Insure extended prosperity. FRENCH ULTIMATUM TO TURKEY Must Borrow Money for Artillery in France or Ambassador Leaves. LONDON. Feb. S. The Dally Tele graph's correspondent at Constanti nople reports that, owing to the Sul tan's decision to borrow money from a German group of financiers for the re arming of the Turkish artillery, M. Constant the French Ambassador, has delivered an ultimatum demanding tho Instant satisfaction or tne various out standing French claims, falling whjeh. ho will leave today (V edncsday) to consult his government The German conditions of the loan, the correspondent says, were that all guns should be ordered from Germany. French Syndicates have been compet ing for the loan. Will Extend Canal to Hanover. BERLIN, Feb. 7-The lower house of the Prussian Diet today passed the bill authorizing the construction of the Rblne-Weser Canal, with an extension to Hanover. British Trade In January. LONDON. Feb. 7. Tho January statement of the Board of Trade shows Increases of 5S.169.000 in Imports and $4,532,000 in exports. - Belgian Strike Spreading. CHARLEROI. Belgium, Feb.. 7. It was 1! there is an actual deficiency of If i y Substantially built of selected golden oak the frames are well put together and have polish finish. Have spring seats and backs, upholstered in fine velours your choice of green or red. These chairs are all fitted with automatically adjustable backs no trou blesome rods to get out of place. You can adjust the back to five' different positions while sitting in the chair. The more you use them the more comfortable they grow. $9.00Sale Ends Tonight$9.00 ONE DOLLAR DOWN FIFTY CENTS A WEEK lYOUfi CBK)iTi IS GOOD announced today that 22,977 miners out of 39,402 employed In the collieries of this district aro now on strike. MONS, Belgium, Feb. 7. In the Borl nage district 1S.0O0 miners arc on a strike. STEAMER ASHORE IN DELAWARE All Efforts to Float Her Fail Ice pack Blocks Harbor. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7. The United Fruit Company's steamship Admiral Sampson, from Port Antonio to Phil adelphia, which was carried ashore by tho Ice yesterday on the lower end ot Pea Patch Island, is still hard aground. Her passengers, 18 In number, were taken off today. The Admiral Sampson lies almost high and dry at low water. Thirty thousand bunches of bananas were thrown overboard today in an ef fort to lighten the vessel, but all ef forts to float here were futile. In en deavoring to aid the tugs In pulling her off the Admiral Sampson's steering gear became disabled, and she Is prac tically helpless. For more than 15 hours today the entrance to tho harbor of this city was blocked my the "huge icepack, which on the ebbtide swept Jown the Delaware River until It reached the Horseshoe at Gloucester, where It lodged and extended from shore to shore. "With the aid of the city ice boats, several heavy liners succeeded la forcing a passage through the Ice Jam and reached their docks late In the day. Tugs Seek Disabled Gunboat. NORFOLK. Va., Feb. 7. The naval tug "Wahneta was today dispatched to tow the disabled gunboat Newport In. The "Wah neta returned tonight and vreported that the Newport could not bo located In a radius of 75 miles from the capes, and tomorrow the gunboat Hornet will go out to sea in search for the vessel. SHOULD SURVEY THE ISLANDS President Recommends Complete Sci entific Study of Philippines. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The Presi dent today sent the following- message to Congress: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: Circumstances have placed under tho control of this Government the Philippine Archipelago. The is lands of that group present as many Interesting and novel questions., with IT WILL KEEP It is not always necessary to use a whole bottle of Scott's Emulsion. What is left will keep. We have seen a bottle of our Emulsion three years old that is still good. What other prepara tion of cod liver oil will keep sweet and permanent for half that length of time ? Scott's Emulsion is always reliable because it's always absolutely pure. We'll tend joa a sample free. SCOTT Sc BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street. New York LAST DAY SPECIAL SALE respect to their ethnology, their fauna and flora and their geology and mla eral resources as any region of the world. At my request, the National Academy of Sciences appointed a com mittee to consider and report upon the desirability of instituting scientific ex plorations of the Philippine Islands. The report of this committee, together with the report of the Board of Scien tific Surveys of the Philippine Islands, including the draft of a bill providing for surveys of the Philippine Islands, which board was appointed by me, after receiving the report of the com mittee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences, with Instructions to prepare such estimates and make such suggestions as might appear to it pertinent In tho circumstances, accom panies the message. Tolstoi's Son Wins Honors. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. S-(12:15 A. M.) Count Andre TolstI has returned from Manchuria, where he received a wound In the head and was decorated with the cross of St. George. He Is visiting his father. Count Leo Tolsti, at Yasnaya PoIIana. He Intends to take an examin ation for a commission and return to the LFar East. Count Andre TolstI served as an orderly attached to Lleutenant-General Soboleff's sixth army corps and was decorated for repeated bravery in carrying dispatches under Are. He particularly distinguished himself under the severe fighting of October 14. 1901, when Soboleff's corps was preventing General Oku's movement which threatened to turn the Russian right. Trepoff Will Be Promoted. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 7. It is under stood that Governor-General Trepoff Is likely to become Minister of Interior shortly or receive the specially created post of Minister of Police. Bishop Appeals to Strikers. WARSAW, Feb. 7. The Catholic "bishop of this diocese has issued an appeal to the strikers tq attend the cathedral tomor Auction Auction BEGINNING TODAY, FEB.5 8 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. . At 382 Washington Street $10,000 worth of stock of Ladies' Wearing Apparel, consisting of Tailor made Suits, Walking and Dress Skirts, Waists, Furs, Jackets, Misses' Suits and Coats, Underskirts, etc., all of the latest style. Must be sold 'without limit or reserve. J. T. WILSON '' AUCTIONEER OF orris THIS IS THE LAST DAY of our special terms sale of Morris Chairs. Better come TODAY. It's worth while. EACH $1.00 DOWN 50c A WEEK ONE DOLLAR DOWN FIFTY CENTS A WEEK MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS row and definitely state their claims. The pupils of all the schools hero except two refused today to return, to their classes until the Polish language shall have been introduced. The general strike situation Is unchanged. Gorky's Wife Visits Him. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 7 (11:30 P. M.) Maxim Gorky's wife has been permitted to visit him In the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. Gorky Is suffering from a slight indisposition, due to imprisonment. He Is receiving every attention, a high officer having been specially detailed to look after him. Investigation of Bribery Charges. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Fob. 7. The Sen atorial committee which is investigating the alleged bribery of four Senators held a short session tonight, at which a num ber of witnesses testified. The investi gation was continued until tomorrow night. Body Removed to San Francisco. MARSHFIELD. Or., Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) The remains of the late J. O. Christie, who was accidentally killed at Coqullle City by the train, has been shipped on the steamer KUburn to San Francisco, where the interment will occur. Pears 5 A soft, fine grained skin is a valued possession. Pears Soap gives title to ownership. Established in 1789. Chairs $9