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St. Valentine's NATION WILL 00 among colleges and public schools a sys tematic attention to religious matters, will convene here next Tuesday for a three 'days' session. Prominent speakers from this and foreign countries will be in attendance. Great Britain Is to be represented by James Bryee, the British Ambassador. Since the founding of the association by the late William R. Harper, president of the University of Chicago, five years ago, educators and ministers of various de nominations have entered Into the work, and the literature, embracing many vol umes, has been sent all over the world. The extension of the work In Great Brit ain was done largely by a visit there of Professor Francis G. Peabody, of Har vard University. President Eliot, of Har vard University, will speak on the "Eth ics of Industrialism." Corsets Fitted Here by Portland's ONLY Expert Corsetiere Headquarters Valentines, - Postcards, Books Lincoln h o r: NewMillinery.NewSuits, NewWaists,NewHosiery for Spring 1909 New Wash Goods, Silks, Dress Goods,Embroider's for Spring 1909 Roosevelt to Dedicate Memo rial Hall on Old Home stead, Friday, Feb. 12. The Great Annua! Extraordinary Bargain Event MOB CAPTURES NEGRO LAD SPECIAL TRAINS TO SCENE MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED ; VW . TIaT7 It jj - ---- Deputy Intercedes and Locks Mur derer Suspect In Jail. HOUSTON, Miss.. Feb. ".Surrounded by a mob of 80). Roby Baskin. a negro Arranjrcmonts for Simple Yet Splen did Ceremonies Completed In lot Rue County, Kentucky, Lincoln's Birthplace. LOITISVILLK. Ky., Fob. 7. Simple and yet splendid with the presence of the first citizen of the Vnltod States -will be the homage paid the old homesiead of Abra ham Lincoln. In LaRuo County. Kentucky, on the occasion of hla centenary, Febru ary 12. Plane for the dedicating of the marble memorial hall by President Roose velt have been arranged. It has been determined that the five trains that will be run to Hodgenville from Louisville on February 12 shall bear the various delations and that the rep resentatives of the Republican and Democratic-committees of Kentucky be given a place of prominence in the ceremonies. Mrs. Roosevelt and MLw Ktiiel Roosevelt will be members of the President's party. One train will carry a band. 60 volun teer militiamen. 1 cavalrymen and 50 newspapermen, and will bear the Federal and Confederate veterans who are to act as escorts to the President: the veterans of the Spanish-American War. and Gov ernor Wilson and his military etaff. An other will carry Louisville business men. In charge of the dedication, and a train at 9:35 will bear the President, Mrs.- Roose velt. Miss Roosevelt. Secretary Loeb and Secretary of War Wright. The people of Washington County. La Rue's neighbor, have been protesting against holding- the exercises two miles from Hodgenville. on the farm, where Lincoln was a child. They declare he was born on Valley Creek. In Washington County, and that Washington Is being cheated of Its rights. The programme includes addresses by President Roosevelt, ex-Governor Joseph Folk, of Missouri; Governor A. K. Wlllson, of Kentucky: General James Wilson, for the Grand Army of the Republic, and General Luke E. Wright, for the Con federates. NATIONAL CHARACTERS SPEAK Gatherings in Honor of Lincoln All Over Country. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. The progress at Washington of the measure to make February 12 a National holiday has stimulated interest in the centenary anniversary of Lincoln's birth, which will be observed next Friday through out the country. Strictly speaking there can bo no National holiday, for In this matter the states enact their own legislation. Eight states have made February 12 a holiday. The most notable gatherings on that dav will be at Hodgenville. Ky.. where President Roopevelt will lay the cor nerstone of a memorial hall on the old Lincoln farm. At Springfield. 111., there will be ad dresses by V. J. Bryan and Ambassador Bryce nnd Ambassador Jusserand. President-elect Taft will speak at a banquet at New Orleans and Vice-President-elect Sherman will make an ad dress at the Chamber of Commerce din ner at Pittsburg. Senator Lodge will address the Massachusetts Legislature at Boston. In New York City there will be several notable Lincoln dinners. CHICAGO PLANS CELEBRATION Week Dedicated to Lincoln "Will Begin Today. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. By the author ity of the City Council, tomorrow will Inaugurate Lincoln Week in Chicago to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the martyred President. On Friday more than BO meetings are scheduled. At a demonstration at the Auditorium In the morning. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University, will be the ora tor. A chorus of 250 boys and girls from the high schools will furnish the music The naval militia, near the Lincoln Monument In Lincoln Park, will fire a Presidential salute. The climax of the day will be at Dexter Park Pavil ion, where a chorus of 1000 voices and the formation of a living flag will be features. BOSTON TO DO niM HONOR Julia Ward Howe Will Read Poem Written for Occasion. BOSTON. Feb. 7. New England, 60 years ago the hotbed of abolition, will pay notable tribute to Abraham Lincoln this week. The author of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, will read a poem written for the occasion at the exercises in Symphony Hall here Friday evening. Senator Henry C. Lodge will deliver an oration on Lincoln before the Joint Assembly of the House and Senate Fri day noon at the Statehouse in Boston. In Maine the legislature has made February 12 a legal holiday. BARBER CAUGHT STEALING Harry S. Slevers Found by Watch man Rifling Building. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7. Harry S. Slevers, who says he is a barber, was shot in the back and seriously wounded tonight by James Lawler, watchman at the Pioneer building, on Fourth street, whllo attempting to escape through the court of the building. Slevers was caught by the watchman taking arti cles out of the basement to an accom plice. Jerry Stevens, who Is believed to have been the accomplice, was found feigning sleep In a blind alley from which there was no exit.' A section of lead pipe was found beside the watchman's office. RELIGIOUS WORKERS MEET Sixth Convention of Educational Association In Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. The sixth general convention of the" Religious Education Association, organized to encourage GERMAN ACTRESS SEEKS FHGSH CONftlESTS IX AMERICA. f ) if r yf ' 1 1 if v j'i , fi k JL V'-f 7 M I k V. i , ' t ! 1 ' r ' ft ' y - 3 1 Marietta Oily. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. (Spe cial. .Marietta 10 um unn- i est foreign actress to come to J our shores. She arrived this week to appear at the German Theater on Irving Place in an old play of Henri Bernstein. "Baccarat." which has not been seen In this country before. She has been welcomed to New York many has yet sent over. She may J appear in other cities after com- J pletlng her engagement here. I boy, 18 years old. was arrested here on the charge of having murdered Dr. W. T. Hudson, whose body was found Sat urday night in a pond near Houston. There was great excitement at the. time, but Deputy Sheriff Wilkinson managed to get the prisoner to Jail. It is feared an attempt will yet be made to lynch the negro. FRENCH GOLD BUILDS ROAD Oklahoma Line to Be Eitendcd on Into Texas. , ' MUSKOGEE, Okla.. Feb. 7. The au thoritative statement was made here this evening by Vice-President end Gen eral Manager D. P. Dewar, of the Mis souri, Oklahoma & Guthrie Railway Company, that' this new line, which has just been completed from Wagoner to Calvin, Okla., a distance of 111 miles, will be Immediately extended on from Calvin to Denlson, Texas, 92 miles farther. This announcement was contained In a cablegram received yesterday by Wil liam Kenlfice, president of the road, from the president of the Franco-American Bank of France which, 'with the Societe Centrale du Province Bank, both located In Paris, has financed the build ing of the road from Wagoner to Calvin. NEGRO IS HELD AS SUSPECT Twelve Men Arrested In Connection With Clara, Rosen Murder. OTTUMWA.. Iowa, Feb. 7. Twelve men have been arrested In connection with the murder of Miss Clara Rosen, who was found yesterday a short dis tance from her home with her skull crushed. Ten were questioned here to day and two in Oskaloosa. The police say Joseph Hopkins, a negro Govern ment Meat Inspector. Is the principal suspect. Miss Rosen had reported to her em ployer that a negro had followed her a number of times. CHIEF OFFICER SAVES LAD Leaps Into Water When Youth Falls From Steamer's Deck. CHERBOURG. Feb. 7. While the pas sengers were being transferred today to the tender from the steamer Gallic, which arrived from New York, a 17-year-old boy, Harry Arwen. traveling with his parents, fell overboard. The chief ofticer of the Gallic Jumped after him ,and succeeded with great dif ficulty In keeping him afloat until they were picked up by a boat, amid the cheers of the passengers. NEW RAILWAY IS OPENED Ryan-Carter Syndicate Completes $50,000,000 Line in Virginia. BRISTOL, Va., Feb. 7. The first train over the Carolina, dinchfield & Ohio Railroad between St- Paul, Va., and Bostlc. X. C, will be operated this week. The road was built by the Ryan-Carter syndicate, primarily for the development of 300,000 acres of coal lands In South west Virginia. its cost will be approximately $30,000,000. HEAVY SNOWS - IN NEVADA Reno Streets Covered Six Inches Deep, and Truckee River Rising. RENO, Nev., Feb. 7. There has been an unusual fall of snow In the last 24 hours. The streets are covered to a depth of six inches, while it Is many feet deep In the hills. The Tr.uckee River is slowly rising. Begins this day at 8 A. M. If you have ever attended one of these sales we needn't tell you much about it you'll come, because you couldn't stay away if you tried. If you've never attended, let us tell you that all the odds and ends, all the odd and broken lots, all the soiled and mussed goods from all over the house will be grouped in this sale and sold so cheap you'll be able to buy dozens of things for the ordinary price of a single one. It is all good merchandise only we MUST get rid of it, and the prices are fixed so low that you WILL want it. Extra Bargains Extra Clerks Extra Space All Ready for You at Every Department FACE BITTEN Ti! Son-in-Law of Rockefeller Is Attacked by Brazilian. LATTER THOUGHT INSANE Professor Charles A. Strong Object of Louis Iiclte's Fury on Board Ship Assailant Alleges Pur suit, Attempted Poisoning. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Charles A. Strong, professor of psychology at Colum bia University, who is a son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, was attacked on the North American Lloyd liner Barbarossa, Saturday, by a young Brazilian, Louts Lelte, who Is now a prisoner on Ellis Island, ponding an Investigation of his sanity. Profer-sor Strong was bitten twice on the face by his assailant, who sprang upon him suddenly. Leite says he was followed around the world by Professor Strong and accuses the latter of having attempted to put poison In his food. State Surgeon Gustavus Helm, of Cali fornia, was In the smoking-room at the time and was the only witness of the at tack. BALDWIN STILL LINGERS Members of Family Are at Ills Bed side, However. , . LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7. Inability to get Information from Santa Anita, E. J. Baldwin's ranch, early today, led to rumors that the aged man was dead. i - 3 t 5? ii E. J. Baldwin, Vbone Condition ! ' Attain I Reported critical. but later communication was had and word sent to this city that he was slightly improved tonight. Direct com munication with the Baldwin home Is still cut off, the storm being respon sible for the breaking of wires, it Is said. Members of the family have been at the bedside all day. , UNION TROUBLES ARE OVER Hudson. Ind., Miners Union Char ter to Be Iteturned. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 7. Presi dent Lewis, of the United Mineworkers of America, announced today that the charter of the Hudson, Ind., Miners' Union would be returned, ' since the difference between the officers of Dis trict No. 11 and the National Union authorities had been settled. Will Wed English Girl. LONDON, Feb. 7. The engagement of Robert Alexander Gardiner, of New IE York, and Miss Nora Loftus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Coates, of London, Is announced. JEFF AFTER ADVERTISING Says He Will Dictate Terms ir He Fights Johnson. LOS ANGELES, Fob. 7. Probably more for advertising purposes than anything else, James J. Jeffries, ex-heavyweight champion, went so far today toward say ing that he would fight Jack Johnson, the present champion, as to remark that If he ever decided to re-enter the ring, he would enter it as champion and that Johnsop would not be able to dictate terms, as he would be doing the dictating himself. All of the talk Jeffries indulges In these days la apparently dictated by his new theatrical managers and In most Instances Is forced out of him. Very little credence is given it here. f 1 AUTO UPSETS; WOMAN HURT Mrs. C. Jj. Williams, of Philadel phia, May Die of Injury. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J:, Feb. 7. Mrs. C. L. Williams, wife of the business manager of the Grand Opera-House, Philadelphia, was probably fatally in jured in an automobile accident near Egg Harbor tonight. The automobile was running at high speed, when a rear tire blew out. This caused the machine to skid and Mrs. Williams was hurled from It. Her skull was fractured and she was taken to a hospital In Philadelphia In a seri ous condition. INSANE MURDERERS FLEE Escape From Hospital at Columbus Armed With Knives. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 7. Four Insane criminals, two murderers, and two burg lars armed with knives made of steel taken from the soles of their shoes, es caped from the keepers at the Columbus State Hospital today. Ernest TerwilH ger, wife murderer, of Newark, and Frank Szar are still at large. Newton Jones, murderer, and Harry Lambert were captured after a lively chase. FIGHT OVER OPEN THEATER Violation of Imperial Mourning Edict Leads to Arrest. AMOY, China, Feb. 7. The police yes terday arrested Malcampo, who Is a Spanish subject and who is charged with keeping his theater open in defiance of the imperial mourning edict. A few days ago the theater was raided by the police and a serious riot followed, In which It Is believed several persons were killed. POLICE WATCH SEARCHERS Russians After Azef Under Close Surveillance. TOULON, France. Feb. 7. The police here have under surveillance two Rus sians who are In search of Azef. tho former head of the fighting organiza tion of the Russian Revolutionists, who was declared to be a police spy and condemned to death by Revolutionists. MUSICALE FOR KENNEDY American Sailors to Be Presented to Pope. ROME, Feb. 7. The studentg of the American college gave a musicals today to welcome back to Rome Monsignor Kennedy, he rector of the college. Many sailors of the American relief ship Celtio attended. A number of the officers and sailors of the Celtic will be presented to the Pope tomorrow. Phillips and Barry Matched. KBW ORLEANS, Feb. 7. Sam Phillips, of New Orleans, and Dave Barry, of Chicago, have signed an agreement to fight a ten-round bout on the night of Februapr 15, before the Southern Ath letic Club of this city. The largest lump of anthracite coal ever mined recently was taken from a mine in the Panther Creek Valley of Pennsylvania. It weighs seven tons, and will be plaoed In a museum, either in Philadelphia or Boston. Attend Rosenthal's great shoe sale. 0. K. TO BE G VEN Ratification of Taft and Sher man on Wednesday. CEREMONY IN HOUSE HALL Senators to March Two by Two. Vice-President AVill Unlock Boxes; Announce Count of Votes, and " Declare Candidates Elected. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The formal ratification of the election of W. H. Taft and James S. Sherman, to be President and Vice-President -respectively, to be held in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives next Wednesday, will be one of the most ceremonial events attending the political life of America. Simplicity and dignity will mark every feature of this function, witnessed by the two Houses of Congress, by members of the Diplomatio Corps, by leading officials of this Government and by a brilliant as semblage. The Senate and House will assemble at noon as usual. After being called to order the Senate will proceed to the hall of the House, where a Joint meeting will be held to count the vote. The ceremony will be begun at 1 o'clock. Shortly before that time Vice President Fairbanks will leave his ciiair as presiding officer of the Senate and proceed to the east door, preparatory to leading the procession of Senators to the south wing of the Capitol. He will be accompanied by the Secretary of the Senate and a squadi of Capitol police. Senators to Go Two by Two. Colonel Daniel M. Ramsdell, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, will Immediately precede the Vice-President, Senators falling- in line, two by two. The assistant doorkeepers of the Senate, carrying two boxes containing the electoral votes previously received by Mr. Fairbanks, will closely follow the Vice-President. Th9 procession will move slowly through the Capitol building and through Statuary Hall. Speaker Cannon will be Informed of the coming of the Senate and Rppresentatives occupying seats on his right hand! -will vacate them In order to make room for the 92 Senators. Vice-President to Announce Kesult. The Vice-President will take a seat at the right of the Speaker, and will be pre sented with the gavel. Mr. Fairbanks will then unlock the wooden boxes, an nouncing the purpose of the gathering, will open the packages In alphabetical order, handing the certificates to the four tellers. Senators Burrows of Michi gan, and Senator Bailey of Texas having ft 80c 1 I Hardwood Chair if fc S Just like cat. hoan err-,i,itisfi nn the Tiart of the Sen ate, and Representatives Gaines of West Virginia, and Russell of Texas on the part of the House. When the counting has been concluded, showing that Taft and Sherman have received 321 votes and Bryan and Kern 162, the Vice-President will Inquire whether any one desires to file a protest against the result as announced, and In the absence of such protest he will declare the successful candidates duly elected. As soon as this function has. been per formed the Senate will return to its chamber and both bodies will resume their ordinary proceedings. FORESTRY VIEWS DIFFER HAWLEY SIDES IX WITH MINOR ITY REPORT. Question of Reserving Watersheds to Protect Navigable Streams Provokes Protest. WASHINGTON, Feb. ' 7. The wide difference of opinion among the mem bers of the House committee on agri culture on the bill which seeks to pro vide for the protection of the water sheds of navigable streams Is evi denced in the report which accompanies the bill The opinions of the majority, as expressed by Representatives Weeks (Mass.) and Leever (Ky.) are prac tically those of the administration. The general scope of the -bill per mits the acquirement of lands in any part of the United- States when con sidered advisable by the National For est Reservation Commission, which the bill created. It provides that the Geo logical Survey must first determine that the land to be acquired will pro mote or protect the navigability of streams. The majority report declared that the flood damage has increased from $45,000,000 in 1900 to $118,000,000 in ,1907, and that the greatest increases are on streams on whose watersheds the forests have been heavily cut. The minority report, which is signed by Chairman C. F. Scott and four other members, contends that there is no vital connection between the forests and the maintenance of navigability in navigable streams. Those members argue In favor of InstruMion in the proper tillage of the soil for the farm er, and assistance In protecting the forests from fire as more desirable than the purchase of lands which would be made unproductive and would be taken from the local tax rolls. Representative Hawley, of Oregon, of the minority, declares data suffi cient to Justify the passage of the bill are not .available. Quakes in Trans-Caucasia. TIFLIS, Trans-Caucasia, Feb. 7. Two violent shocks of earthquake were ex perienced here during the night, but no damage is reported. IF YOU KNEW of the very large saving you can make at our store, . you would go miles out of 3-our way to call on us and get our prices before buying elsewhere. THE FACTS ARE: That we are going out of business very shortly. That we are closing out our entire stock at LESS THAN COST If you are needing Furniture, Rugs, Portieres, Lace Curtains, etc., it will certainly pay ou to give us a call. The new building going up at the corner makes it somewhat inconvenient to reach our store, but you can get there easy if you try. YOUR GAIN IF YOU CALL ON US. INDEPENDENT FURNITURE CO. 104-106 FIRST STREET. Green Front Building, Near Washington Street. FRENCH TARIFF FEARED AMERICANS ALLEGE DISCRIM INATION IN REVISION. New French-Canadian Treaty Will Cause Manufacturers to Move Across the Line. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. American tariff experts do not view with com placency the probability that the French government within the . next year will put Into operation a re vised tariff, which. It is believed, will have the effect of discriminating ser iously against imports into France from the United States. The, condition of trade with France, It la said. Is made difficult even under the present tariff.. The United States is compelled to pay the maximum rat on all of Its Importations, and that is sufficient In many cases to be practi cally prohibitive. A very pertinent fact Is the new French-Canadian treaty. Under thi.s Canada is to receive all of the mini mum rates of the French tariff. This will be sufficient to cause many Amer ican manufacturers to build factories across the Canadian line so that their product may be sent to France with the benefit of the low tariff. Government experts believe It abso lutely necessary that a dual tariff be arranged by the United States with Franco and that not to provide for such a system. It Is argued, will leave the- United Slates helpless and weapon less In any commercial war. MANY ARE TO TALK TARIFF National Commission Meeting Will Draw Numbers of Delegates. NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Announcement was made today that the meeting of tho committee of the National Tariff Com mission in Indianapolis on February 18 in an endeavor to bring about the estab lishment of a permanent bi-partisan tariff commission, would be attended! by more than 2400 delegates. Including represen tatives of manufacturing concerns and many Congressmen and financial In terests. The National Association of Manufac turers will urge that only an advisory comniinsion be asked of Congress. Among the speakers will be: Oscar Straus, Secretary of Commerce and La bor; Senators A. J. Beverldge of Indiana, Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, Congressman Bourke Cockran. J. W. Van Cleve, president of 'the National Association of Manufac turers; H. W. Townol president of the Merchants Association of New York; John M. Stahl. president of the Farmers National Congress; C. B. Firstone, presi dent of the Builders National Association. Children's shoes at factory cost. Best makes at Rosenthal's.