RECOVERED MONEY
HAS 3 CLAIMANTS
j: Mew Orleans Administrator.
I: American Bankers and
Musicas in Fight.
i POLICE fliOW HOLD CASH
Total Value Is Xearly $200,000.
I.' Family Contends That Part of
t Money Is Personal Prop-
',1 erty ot Daughters.
NEW ORLEANS, March to. A three
cornered legal fight opened here to
dav for possession of the money and
valuables recovered yesterday from
members of the family of Antonio
Musica. the New York hair Importer,
who la held In Jail with hia three sons
and two daughters In connection with
an alleged Invoice fraud aggregating
almost Jl.000.000. Including almost
$100,000 In cash taken from members
of the family, the property which the
police hold is estimated at close to
J200.000.
The public administrator filed a pe
tition In the District Court asking that
the money and valuables be delivered
into his possession alleging that there
is no claimant or known owner of the
property.
Attorneys for the American Bankers
Association opposed the transfer of the
property to the public administrator
and will endeavor to have it trans
ferred to New York.
The Musicas employed an attorney to
look after their interests and it is said
the claim will be made that a part of
the cash recovered by the detectives is
the personal property of Grace and
Ixmlse Musica. daughters of Antonio.
Klghteen thousand dollars in cash was
taken from Grace Musicas corset.
srrsiCAS traced by trcvk
' Borrowed Article Gives Police) Clew
to Whereabouts of Fugitives.
NEW YORK. March 20. In connec
- lion with the arrest of the Musicas in
New Orleans. It was learned today
'. that their flight from New York was
traced by means of a brass-bound
' steamer trunk which Philip Musica bor
rowed from a friend, rather than
spend J 12 for a new one. A descrip-
. tion of this trunk was telegraphed
broadcast and resulted In detectives
locating promptly the missing family.
A dosen witnesses testliled before the
vranrt turv today concerning the al
leged frauds for which Philip and An
.nnin i i . r,-o tinvA hppn Indicted. Ex
perts gave evidence that they had ex
amined 288 cases of human hair about
IU IP'S HI' I rl'H UJ I .. . ........ . .. ......
found that the contents. Invoiced at
J600.000. were "barber shop trimmings,"
"-worth not more than $150. On the
invoices several banks had advanced
- considerable sums.
r COOS TO BE REPRESENTED
' ' Lead Taken by Marshficld Chamber
In Securing Fair Exhibits.
Coos County has taken the lead in the
" ' matter of making a creditable exhibit
t the Tanama-Paclne Exposition.
Henry 4enpstacKen, oirector o mo
. . Marxhrield Chamber of Commerce, came
to Portland this week to get into touch
with the Oregon Commission to the
1S.1S Fair In order to secure the neces-
sary space and make preliminary ar-
thowtng.
"wnile nere, a committee composes
of J. W. Bennett. C. R. Peck and my-
. i r i.wiir ..li-a nt ic. nf thtt onnnrtullltv
of seeing the United States engineers
' and asking for the assignment of an
" engineer to supervise the expenditure
of $I0.000 by the Port of Coos Bay. We
propose, also, to spend about $100,000 in
I tlredcing as soon as the money from
' bonds Is available, which will be in
! about JO to 40 days. Our request met
with favorable action and the work will
'. go aiiead.
PRISONERS TALLY 2 OVER
Witnesses Blunder Into Wrong Box
and Are Detained.
In their eagerness to follow up the
progress of a cose in Municipal Court
in which they were Interested, two
aliens, ordered to be present as wlt-
nesses. blundered into the prisoners'
' box and were locked up for more than
an hour yesterday before the unlawful
detention was discovered.
Just as the two witnesses arrived
the prisoners were being marched
.from the Jail to the bov. and they
Joined the current When Halllff John
son discovered that he was two men
"over. ' he started an Investigation and
' brought ahout the liberation of the
now thoroughly frightened interlopers.
The case was that of N. 1. Johnson,
a salesman, who was arrested by Pa
trolman Evans on a charge of attempt
ing extortion by impersonating an offl
cer. He was intoxicated .at the time,
and paid a fine of $30 in court yester
day. LONSDALE FIGHTS STORM
Old Trump Turned Over to Japs Af
ter Narrow Escape.
Criticism of the dilapidated condition
of the British steamer Lonsdale when
she loft here in December for Japan,
as she has been sold and is to fly the
Mikado's emblem, appear to have been
born out, for Chief Engineer King, of
the vessel, who has returned here, says
that two or three times on the way
over the crew virtually gave up the
ship.
Her steering gear was damaged and
her bow injured so bedding was taken
from the forecastle and stuffed be
tween the plates to keep out seas and
thi men slept in the saloon. Lifeboats
were smashed and the upper works
s-jfrcrod generally. Mr. Kinu attributes
the safe arrival of the ship on the
oiher side to the seamanship of Cap
tain Finley. formerly of the British
steamer Orterlc.
AUSTRIA CALLS FOR HALT
Continued. From First PaKC-
lie. but all asree that he refused to
renounce his falta-
The Austrian official account says
hat the Montenegrins are trying to
let-troy 'the town ot Scutari and that
!ells. Instead of being aimed at the
fortress, are directed against the town,
where the citizens are in a state of
panic, some of them taking refuge in
J-.o cathedral.
tiinadra Block Servlaaa.
It is expected that ths Austrian
squadron will prevent the Servian re
inforcements, which left Saloniki
aboard six transports yesterday, from
landing on the Albanian coast. These
troops have been dispatched to the as
sistance of the forces around Scutari.
The story of the molestation of the
Austrian steamer Skodra is denied of
ficially by the Montenegrin govern
ment. She is an insignificant river
craft, carrying a crew of eight men.
according to the Montenegrin state
ment. To the Montenegrin commanders. M.
Popovitch says, it has been long known
that the Franciscan monastery, the
Austrian orphans' home, the Italian
schools and other foreign private build
ings in Scutari, which fly the Austrian
flag, have been employed for military
purposes, and it is not surprising,
therefore, he asserts, that they have
been fired on. The allegations of the
111 treatment of Catholics and of forci
ble conversions he declared to be false.
PUNT HAY BE BOUGHT
MILWAUKIE COUNCIL WILL
TAKE ACTION.
Vnder Xew Charter Additional Mem
ber Will Be Chosen and Woman
May Be Named.
MILWAfKIE. Or.. March 20. .Spe
clal.) Auditor David P. Matthews said
today that the Council will act at once
on the measures which were adopted at
the special election of March IS. and
that a special meeting win te cauea
for that purpose.
The act for the establishment of a
municipal water plant requires tne
owners of the several plants to be
notified of the desire of the Council
to purchase these at a valuation to be
decided by arbitration. If the com
panies will sell them, the Council shall
appoint two freeholders and the water
companies two freeholders and the
four shall select a fifth. The five shall
constitute the board of arbitration, who
will report on the valuation of the
waterworks.
There are three private plants In Mil
wauo..e and they may be considered by
the same or separate boards of arbi
tration. Unless there is a remonstrance
by 100 legal voters, the Council may
purchase according to the terms of the
arbitration Doara. .However, snuuiu
there be a remonstrance, then the Coun.
cil must condemn the property.
A woman may bo appointed Councll-
man-at-large at the next regular meet
ing. The act providing for division of
Milwaukie into two wards manes tne
Council consist of five members. Until
the next regular election in 1914 a fifth
Councilman will act under appointment
by the present Council.
CASE MAY BE RE-OPENED
MACnOLD'S FRIENDS RAISING
FUND FOR REHEARING.
Idaho Governor Offers to Name
Judge Satisfactory to AH, to Pre
side Over Insanity Trial.
BOISE, Idaho.March 10. (Special.)
With the view of reopening the case
of Carl Machold. an ex-newspaper man
who is confined in the insane asylum at
Blackfoot. a movement Is under way to
raise a fund of $1000 by popular sub
scription. Governor Haines has offered
to appoint any District Judge who may
be satisfactory to the friends to bear
the case.
Th move followed charges made by
Machold's friends that he was being
wrongfully held as an insane person
and it has become state-wide.
Machold's case came, before the re
cent legislature and the man was
brought before a special toenate com
mittee and examined by three physi
cians. The physicians pronounced the
man harmlessly insane and he was re
committed to the asylum.
Through the publication of a story
written by Machold in which he bitterly
attacked District Judge Stevens, of
Bingham County, a libel suit was Insti
tuted against the Pocatello Tribune and
Machold was arrested and tried on a
charge of insanity. The case went to
the Supreme Court of the state and a
commission was finally appointed, com
mitting him to the asylum.
The man acted as his own counsel in
the hearings, and since his commitment
several attempts have been made to
show that he was prosecuted through
revenge.
INDIANS CARRY GIFTS
WAR BONNETT IS PRESENTED
TO SECRETARY USE.
Petition for Expenditure of $400,
000 or Indian Fund lor Cat
tle Is Granted.
WASHINGTON". March JO. Crow In
dian oratory was much in evidence
about the Interior Department today,
when the Crow delegation, which has
been in Washington since the inaugu
ration, made Its farewells. The In
dians distributed their farewell gifts
and left for the Wen tonight.
Chief Plenty Coups, the head of the
delegation, made a lengthy speech,
presenting to Secretary Lane, of the
Interior Department. for President
Wirson. the war bonnet which the chief
brought to Washington to wear in the
inaugural parade.
After Plenty Coups had paid his re
spects to the "great white father,"
Chief Medicine Crowd presented to Sec
retary Lane a bead embroidered to
bacco pouch. Then the delegation de
parted for the Indian Bureau, where
Chief White Man Runs Him presented a
pair of buckskin gauntlets to the wife
of Actins Commissioner Abbott, of the
Indian Bureau.
Secretary Lane granted one of the
petitions which brought the Indians to
Washington, when he signed an au
thority for the expenditure of $400,000
of Indian funds for the purchase of
cattle for the Crow Reservation.
NEGRO TR00PSMAY MARCH
Soldiers May Take Part In National
Review in Paris.
r.VRIS, March 22 (SpeciaL) The
Minister of War anil the Colonial Min
ister are studying the possibility of in
troducing a considerable portion of
France's black army to the Parisians
at the national review on July It. It
Is proposed that " each regiment the
Senegalese, the Madagascar troops,
and others shall send a delegation,
and that President Polncare shall pre
sent each regiment with Its flag.
The First Penegalese Regiment,
which has Its flag already, will receive
the insignia of the Legion of Honor,
which decoration was recently gazet
ted. France's black army has prac
tically sprung into being in the last
six years
ilDEROilRDE
RED
DECLARES EDITOR
Fugitive From Mexico Insists
Deposed President Was
Shot While in Palace.
AUTO ATTACK HELD FARCB travel by streetcar to and from work.
Whrt no other opportunity to smoke
Colonel Alcalde Says Death Was at
9 P. M. and That News Was in
Washington Before Time
Given in Official Report.
BAN" FRANCISCO. March 20 That
Francisco I. Madero was shot to death
in the National Palace and Jose Pino
Suarez stabbed to death while In the
same nlace and that the bodies of both
men were later taken away to the
prison in an automobile on the night
of February 22 are statements which
were made here today by Colonel Man
uel Blanche Alcalde, publisher of a
Mexico City paper. Colonel Alcalde as
serts that he is in a position to prove
his statements. The reported assault by
the guard he declares to be merely a
farclal ruse and a part of the plot.
Colonel Alcalde further says his mis
sion to this country will be to expose
Diaz and his part in the plot The
Mexico City publisher arrived in San
Francisco on the steamer Acapulco
from Sallna Cruz today.
Colonel Alcalde asserted that news of
Madero's fate was known in Washing
ton before the hour named In the of
ficial version as the time of the alleged
attempt to rescue him.
"As a matter of fact," said he, "Pres
ident Madero and Vice-President Suar
ez were killed between 8 and 9:30
o'clock, Mexico City time, on the night
of February i-- The President was
shot from behind and the powder
burned his neck. Suarez was choked
to death. His secretary, Fernandez de
Reguera, saw the body two days later
and there were finger marks on the
throat. One eye had been forced from
its socket and the tongue protruded."
Wife's Fears Recited.
Colonel Alcalde was positive in his
assertion that Madame Madero had told
him there was no hope for her husband,
basing this fear upon an interview she
had with American Ambassador Wilson
on the afternoon of February 22.
"Madams Madero and Madame Suarez
went together to the Ambassador to
Implore him to intercede for their hus
bands' lives. I saw them when they
left the embassy and they told me there
was no hope. They said Ambassador
Wilson had expressed to them his be
lief that the President and Vice-President
would be killed as the Huertists
regarded their death as necessary 'for
the good of the country."
"General Azcarade was in command
of the guard that night. I was told by
another officer of the guard that It was
he who slew Madero and Suarez."
Bitter in his criticism of Ambassador
Wilson, Colonel Alcalde declared the
American diplomat had declined to in
tercede to save him from arrest and
death.
Order for Arrest Follows.
"I had protected 15 American families
in my school, the Internado Nacional,"
said he, "where I commanded 300
soldiers, feeding th'e Americans and
housing them during all the lighting
from February to 18. After the
Huerta coup, fearing arrest and execu
tion. I went to the Ambassador and
appealed for bis aid, in return for my
protection of his people. He told me
at first he could do nothing. Finally
he asked me to write my name on a
card with that of my brother. Soon
afterward a friend of mine rushed to
me with the Information that the
American Ambassador had given a card
on which were the names of my
brother and myself to Secretary of the
Interior Granados, and the latter had
Immediately Issued orders for our ar
rests. This friend had overheard part
of a conversation between the Ambas
sador and Granados, in which, he said,
the Ambassador had said that my
brother and I were In fear of arrest.
Granados replied that we had escaped
his attention, but he would attend to
our cases at once and the order of ar
rest was Issued.
Flight Is Successful.
"My friend hastened to me, gave me
his purse and urged me to flee. I left
Mexico City disguised as a track
laborer at 10 o'clock that night. My
wife and baby were disguised. Thanks
to a friendly train conductor, we made
our way to Sallna Cruz and embarked
for San Francisco."
Colonel Alcade says Mexico will know
no peace for years to come.
"Diaz wants to be president," he as
serted, "but Huerta -will never quit
the nalace until he is driven out by
successful revolutionists. He tells Diaz
there will be no election until ne nas
restored peace throughout tho coun
try. Huerta has not tho slightest in
tention of carrying out his pact with
Diaz and the other conspirators."
Alcade asserts that papers that have
been smuggled out of Mexico will as
sist in proving his charges. These
papers will reach him at Los Angeles,
for which city he left tonight.
SON'S EVIDENCE CONVICTS
Father Who Told Lad How He Would
Kill Wire Is Found Guilty.
- -..,. vrtDV 91) With 12-
. I. 1 ... ... ... .. - - ------
year-old Frank Spear as the chief wit
ness against nis tawier m n .
.-ti . v... vmnr nf hia wife, state's
counsel brought about today the con
viction or Alexander cpcai,
old, tor muraer in tne tuai.
Supreme Court Jury, impressed by the
son's testimony that his father took
t.i kt. IrnaA nn showed With the
mm Ull ma - - -
aid of a knife and an apple bow he
would slash his wife's throat, delib
erated less than halt an hour.
. . V. ....1.. wftnaai fnf the
sipear i a m? ...... - -
defense. He laughed on the stand as
he denied nis son s story.
CLATSOP DAIRY FARM SOLD
West Brothers Pay $25,000 for 700
Acre Tract.
icmr r March 20. (Special.)
WiU and Paul West, of Clatsop, to
day closed a ceai ior mo 'vuniuic
Meadow Green dairy farm, formerly
n Kv th. Inrtn hrothers.' for $25.-
000. The land is situated about three
miles south of Seaside, on tne iNecani
cum River, and is one of the largest
dairy farms in Clatsop County.
For many years the Irwin brothers
supplied Seaside and other nearby
places with milk and beef.
FIGHT ON SMOKING STARTS
Tacoma Women Begin Campaign to
Stop Practice on Cars.
irirnwi traah . Vnroh. 20. (SDe-
cial.) The Presidents' Council, com-j
posed of presidents of all the women's
clubs in the city and representing a
membership of 4000 women, at its meet
ing today unanimously adopted a reso
lution to circulate petitions demand
ing that smoking on streetcars in Ta
coma be discontinued. Every club
president will compose her own peti
tion with the understanding that orig
inality in wording is to be given tull
play.
A committee report also was adopted
calling upon all the members opposed
to streetcar smoking to telephone their
protest to General Manager L. H. Bean,
of the street railway company.
The women recently ' were before the
Municipal Commission urging that
smoking be stopped, and the question
was put up to Manager Bean, who in
timated it would not be stopped unless
the Commission compelled him so to
do. Mr. Bean said that working men,
, i ...1... 1.1. d!ian.A t n
than on the cars and that be did not
care to curtail their pleasure.
The Commission declined to give the
order and the women's clubs' campaign
Is the result.
PARK CAMPAIGN WAGED
TWO AD-DRESSES MADE FAVOR
ING BOND ISSCE.
Economic Side Discussed by V. Vin
cent Jones and Practical Neces
sity by Jj. H. Weir.
Advocates of the proposed $2,000,000
municipal bond issue for parks and
playgrounds pushed their campaign in
many directions yesterday and with
flattering results.
L. H. Weir, field secretary for the
Playground and Recreation Associa
tion of America, spoke before the gov
erning board of the Peoples Institute
and won the support of the members,
while V. Vincent Jones addressed the
members of the Woman's "Press" Club,
securing an unqualified indorsement.
Mr. Jones discussed the economic
side of the plan, while Mr. Weir pointed
out the necessities of recreation and
playgrounds for the boys and girls. He
emphasized the fact that the proposed
park system will not be a vast stretch
of pretty scenery with "keep off the
grass" signs everywhere, but that they
would consist of great public areas
where the city's population can go and
enjoy itself.
"Until within Tecent years," he said,
"the public park was considered as a
kind of municipal parlor, a beauty
spot desirable because it added beauty
to the city and as a place to be seen
and enjoyed by the people in a more or
less passive manner.
"The recreation and play park is a
public park, but It represents an en
tirely new view as to the uses of a
park by the people. The recreation and
play park is beautiful because there
are trees and shrubs, bits of lawn,
flower beds arranged in artistic and
pleasing manner. But these parks are
designed for something more than
mere scenic beauty. They are. first of
all, parks that can be used actively by
the people. They are not only places
where people may sit in the sun or
shade or walk quietly about admiring
flowers and lawns and shrubs, but also
the playground for the children the
games and sports place for the young
people and the fathers-and the mothers
the swimming center, the site of the
evening recreation center for those who
are employed during the day, the popu
lar musical center, the festival place,
In short, they are the places where that
touch of nature, which makes the
whole world kin, can be found and the
place where this kinship of a people is
bound together by actively engaging
in plays, games,- sports and other ac
tivities that people of all ages and
both sexes delight In."
TAX COLLECTIONS HEAVY
More Than Two-Thirds of Total
Levied Already Received.
r-TiiririT.TS wh-. March 20. (Spe
cial.) County Treasurer Arnold re
ports tax collections for last year ao
being unusually neavy. tne a per raui
.... W... , ovnli-Alt ATn rfh 15. Uo tO
that date it is estimated that payments
aggregated close to half a miilion dol
lars, which is more than two-thirds
the total levied.
tha haavtust num received from one
concern was $147,000 from the Weyer
haeuser Timber Company. The North-
A-n PalHp nntH nn 1t lands $19,190.36.
Other heavy payments on lands were
by the aiiiwauKee woo iomiiiij,
rht n i.n x nnn. nnrl the Carllsle-
Pennell Company, which paid $10,000.
The $147,000 paid by the Weyerhaeuser
Company does not represent all the
to-roct lovind ncrninst the lands of that
concern. The O.-W. R. & N. Railroad
Company tendered $5952.43 and was
refused a receipt, tne assessment run
showing that the company owes
$6899.26.
Freight Car Data Called Forj
TTouT-iTnv Tnrrh 20- The In
terstate Commerce Commission today
called on all railroads of the country
for information, which will form the
basis of a practical census of freight
cars. Tne torm lurniauea
.. .i .... 1 1 .. in- t 1 1 act to cars owned
1 tl . . .1 . ll'l.' . .
or leased by railroads and cars owned
by private carlines, rates and mileage
charged and the cost of handling re
frigerator cars. Answers must be filed
before April 20.
For Easter
Flowering Plants. We have a nice assort
ment at reasonable prices, Lilies, Hyacinths,
Hydrangeas, $1.00 to $1.25 per pot and up;
Primroses, etc., 60c to 75e and up.
Live Baby Chicks, Ducks and Rabbits
Nothing -will please the children more. See
them in our -window. Chicks, 25c to $2.50 per
dozen; Ducklings, 50c each; White Rabbits
with pinjc eyes, $1.00 each.
TDAHF NOW Take advantage of this
IRJWL HUH "Winter weather" and or
der your Seeds, Plants and Garden Supplies
now and be ready to plant them when the
sun shines. Don't wait for the good weather
and the busy days.
Remember our 70c School Garden collection, 35c
PHONE MAIN 5856, A 381 1
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SAMPLE- SHOE STORE
191 l?,Tr) St. TTPirt. Rn-10c-15c Store F- J- Glass Mfi-
XUJb A UUiW. vwj
5 GOREANS GUILTY
Conspirators Sentenced to Six
. Years Each in Prison.
FREEDOM GRANTED .TO 99
Chief Prisoner Convicted In Seoul
Was Wealthy Before Estates Were
Confiscated, and Is Ainerl-
can University Man.
rvrvm xrnrh 2ft.. Ninety-nine of
the Coreans charged with conspiring
against Governor-General uouni lerau
chlk, of Corea, In 1910, were found not
guilty by the court today, according to
dispatch trom seoui.
The Judges sentenced Baron Tun
Chl-Ho, a former Corean Cabinet Min
ister, as well as Tan 14-i-xaK, a Korean
editor, and three others to six years
imprisonment each.
Convicted Baron Is Methodist.
-v i 'Vi f t ft. nne of the best
known English-speaking Coreans. He
was at one lime .Minister ui ijuu......"..
and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the
o PnKii.t T-I I. fa n member of one
of the most ancient families of Corea
and has held at various times tne pui
of King s J'rivy loudchiwi. u""
j i 1 .. . j To was formerly
wealthy and devoted his time to farm
ing his great estates, wnicn nno
been confiscated.
1 1 j .. va.iiAHiaf in rAlicrlon and is
held in high esteem by the members of
his sect. He is a graduate oi
bllt University, Nashville, Tenn. He
.. n . Ana tima t thn head of the
Corean Toung Men's Christian Asso
ciation. He attended tne missionary
conference at Edinburgh, Scotland, as a
delegate trom corea.
Prisoner In III Health.
Baron Tun Chi-Ho is in ill health.
He is said to be suffertng from lnclp-
We have outgrown our present quarters "under the
sidewalk" and shall move to that light, bright, airy
room next to the 5c-10c-15c Store, Fourth street.
Three Doors North
of Our Present Location
About April 10th
As always, we shall l6ok out for your interests as to
Fit, Quality and Price.
The World's Best Shoes
Men
and
Women
TON
lent tuberculosis and in the opinion of
many of his friends. If be is incarcer
ated, he will not live to serve the lull
term of his long sentence.
Yan Ki-Tak, at once time was editor
of the vernacular edition of the Corean
Dally News, formerly owned by Ernest
Bethel, a British subject, which paper
was suppressed in June, 1908. after
having copied approvingly from a San
Francisco Corean paper an article
praising the assassins of Durham
White Stevens, the Japanese agent who
was murdered by a Corean in San
Francisco In March, 1908.
Early Electrical Apparatus.
, London Tit-Bits.
. Several pieces of electrical apparatus
constructed by Volta during his early
electrical experiments have been flls-
Easter Gifts
Easter Lilies, in bud and bloom $1.00 to $2.00 each
Azaleas, a mass of color $1-60 to $4.00 each
Hydrangeas, large pink globes $1.00 to $5.00 each
Baby Roses, brilliant and lasting $1.00 to $3.00 each
Rambler Roses, wreathed in flowers... $3.00 to $5.00 each
Spireas, feathery white mounds $1.00 to $1.50 each
Rhododendrons, grandest of all $3.00 to $7.50 each
Hyacintho, sweetly fragrant $ .75 to $1.50 each
Tulips, clustered in pans $ -75 to $1.50 each
Lily of the Valley, dainty and sweet. .$1.00 to $1.50 each
Baskets of Flowering Plants for effect. $2.00 to $10.00 each
Fine Cut Flowers
In addition to our immense display of plants we have an
unusually large assortment of Spring flowers which we
are selling at
Popular Prices
Early Ordering Advisable Free City Delivery.
CLARKE BROS.
Wholesale and Retail
FLORISTS
287 Morrison Street, Between Fourth and Fifth.
3
rovered recently by Sir Henry Norman,
a member of the British Parliament,
who found the material in a little curi
osity shop in an out-of-the-way sec
tion of a small Italian town. The uncle
of the shop-keeper was Volta's cook
and body servant for 30 years. On the
death of the scientist he left much of
his experimental apparatus with his
body servant, and they have since
passed down from generation to gen
eration. Tho collection comprises a
cupboard full of old apparatus, a num
ber of books, portraits, papers and let
ters and some personal and domestic
articles. Sir Henry Norman suggests
that the collection be purchased and
presented to the Royal institution to
remain alongside Faraday's original
apparatus.
Elephants are becoming cheaper.
FLOWERS
For Easter
The Holiday of Flowers
A magnificent display of fine Flowering
Plants in pots and baskets will greet vis
itors to our Floral Shop all the coming
week. Unequalled in quality and variety
nothing finer or more " beautiful than
these can be had for