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THE OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, DECEMBER 29, 1&07. 13 ' Robert E. Worrell retires from the firm of Gevurtz & Worrell. - Matthew, Gevurtz has assumed the business and will continue the same as in the past, giving , i the public full value for, its money, and in orer to adjust the affairs of the part- ' . ners will inaugurate the greatest of-January sales on Ladies Suits, Wraps, tt:'i-y-Note the great bargains for the shoppers this coming week. ; v ' :t ) Suits of Every lUnd, Style and Color, This Week, M Off Our Already Low: Prices 4f Silk Petticoat sale for Monday zni , X utsuajf mi una. s. tuuau, , values up to $9.00, .-, Opera Coats Long Coats: Rain Coats . Semisitting Coats Short Coats. Tight-Fitting Coats These garments in all colors.', This. week your choice m 1-4: Off 1 A WE OPEN CHARGE ACCOUNTS MMTH EW QEMW1 Successor to Gevurtz & Worrell W SIXTH STREET; CORNER ALDER ' OPPOSITE 0REG0NIAN OF PMffMRSMIP SMi . 7I. V VV ; m SSI 7 - -X . tf M M U 111' rf J J ' ; I t t t i i A If IBf llllf IIIU ' r . MM MM -t' III ill IH'tlM II 1 1 'll NEW STORE WITH LITTLE PRICES EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY IN 1901 3 .: ..1 v. f J City of London voted ' municipal i solvo the alleged combination of anthra- ... - .r ' . I ownerahiD a f .iTntv.r.iw of fhioam w(h ii Ana floo uniwa Btaie oenaior upooner 01 failure. ) 3 James McCrea elected president of . a'ennsyivania Kauroad eompany. 3 National aiaembly of Persia held , lis iir8i oinciu meeunv. - 4 Interstate commerce commission . bea-an its inveatlgatlon of the Harrlman j General Pavlon. Russian military Broourator. assassinated Dy a Terrorist. 1 Election of President Flgueroa of renublie or Salvador announced. ; 1 8hah of Persia crowned at Tehe ran 20 Nicaragua and Honduras asreed to submit their differences to arbltra tion. ; 21 Harry K. Thaw arraigned in court for trial on charge of killing Stanford . niie. I 23 President sent message to eon' greas urging ship-subsidy legislation. .; 24 Spanish ; Liberal government re aimed. -v-. 28 Interstate commerce commission ."in report to congress, severely de nounced the business methods of tho . Standard OH company. j JC.-. Febrnnrj. .1 3 Elections: In British Columbia re sulted in gains for the government. 4 Senate committee on military af ''fairs began its investigation of the BrownsvNle affair. 7 John Dt Rockefeller arave IS2.000. ' '000 to be administered by the General Education board. ..j ii ghah of Persia recognised const! tutlonal government. 12 Brftlsh parliament opened by xving f.awaro.. ' 18 House adopted conference rdjJo?1 v on tne immigration Dill containinr . provision for th settlement of the Jap anese scnooi question ;i 19 The German reicbstag opened by i.ine xaiser. r 20 Senate confirmed the title of Reed Srtioot of Utah to his seat Is JJ2 Honduras formally declared wai ton Nicaragua. - .. ....f i E3 JUouee passed the Esch bill reg ulating the hours of railroad labor. ,5 2 Major Ooethals appointed chief ; engineer in tne construction or tua fan , v., 27 Federal government announced ita intention to press the prosecution of . tne officials or tne tooacco trust. 28 Dr. Claudlo WlUmaa elected pres- ..laent or Uruguay. , i March. . - 1 House feia passed the ship subsidy TEETH ; CUT RATES To advertise our hew and won t derfuUy ; successful 'Alveolar f Methodi.we will do work at cut j rates for . , - 30 DAYS' A ..ten-year guarantee jwith all work. Examination free. ; Silver fillings; 50c; crowns (22k), $3.50 .to $5700; bridgework (per tooth); $3.50 to $5.00. Plates as low as v $5.00. ;.v Everything first class. Lady attendant, ; . " 4 'BOSTON DENTISTS I' S91H ISorxUoa Kt, Otp rortoffloa, Wisconsin reslamed. 4 Fifty-ninth congress came to an nd. 6 Regis H. Post appointed governor oi x-orto Mica. ' S Russian douma organised. 13 Mrs. Russell gage announced the creation or a sio.ooo.oou fund lor pnu- 14 president Roosevelt Issued or ders for the exclusion of Japanese la- oorers from the united states. 16 Governor Johnson, of Minnesota. proposed a national conference on the relations of railroads to the federal and state governments. 21 The new Transvaal parliament opened. 13 Russian evacuation of Manchuria? compieiea. o x eaerai injunction issued ta re. strain Alabama from enforcing Ita 'new Iference. cUe coal railroads. 13 Mayor Schmlts of San Francisco convicted or extortion. 14 Norwegian parliament voted to grant female suffrage. It The second peace conference at The Hague oDened.i 18 British foreign office proposed to tne united states tne extension or me Newfoundland modus Vivendi. 22 The Russian zemsto congress opened in Moscow 24 British premier introduced a mo tion in the house of commons to curtail the Dower of the house of lords. 2s Walter F. Frear. appointed gov ernor or Hawaii. 2 Contracts awarded for two Amer ican ZO.OOO-ton battleships. 1 Quoen Wilhelmlna of Holland re ceived tne delegates to xna Hague con- railroad rate laws. . 30 King Alfonso dissolved the Eran- lsh parliament and ordered the elec tion oi a new Body. t April. 2 Lewis W. Hill succeeded James J. rim as president or Great Northern rauroau. 6 United States and Mexico deHdftd on join i action to insure peace in Cen- irai America. a ynuea states and lens-land mh. eluded convention providing for a Ca nadian boundary commission. 1 senator jroraker ooened his Ohio campaign in a speecn at canton. 11 Kir Eldon Gorat aucnaodad . Ttrd Cromer as British agent in Egypt 12 War between Honduras and Klo- uukui Teporiea enaea. w 13 btandard OU company of Indiana 3 Russian government ordered re laxation 'of measures against the Jews. S John r. Rockefeller aoneared aa ai witness 'in the Standard OU hearing , in Chicaga . 10 Legal fight begun by. the United States government against the tobacco trust. . ; New Tork susDendcd. 1Z Announcement maao imi oonir a,PP,taf. rnri.i.nn nnw relieve tne nnanciat situation. 24 call money at 100 per cent on 17 State constitution adopted t aneclal election in' Oklahoma. o - 13 New Franco-Canadian commercial treaty signed at Paris. ' 1 ! . 31 The Hague conference adopted the I proposed convention ror u institution of an international orlse court. - 28 Trial of United States .Senator! Borah ' of Idaho on charges of land frauds begun at Boise. 24 Receivers appointed for the New xork city Railway company. 2fi Secretary of State Root left Washington for Mexico. 28 Sir John Charles Bell elected lord mayor or London. 80 President Roosevelt snoke at the dedication of the McKinloy monument ai canton. , October. 1 President Roosevelt started on trlD down the MIssIssIddI river. 2 Emneror of JaDan received Secre tary Taft lm private audience at Toklo. 6 Deep waterways convention held at Memphis. 11 RodolDhe Tmleux annotated Can ada's envoy to Japan to take up tho lm inlrration nroblem. iz secretary Tart welcomed in Hon g- gqng. . 18 Secretary Tft opened Filipino a' semojy at Aianua. zu Nine oauoonists started in sec ond international aeronautio contest at St. LOUIS. 21 President Roosevelt made a speech at Vlcksburit, Mieslsslnnl. zz Knickerbocker Trust company or EXPLORERS TO snipy SlGES Field Museum Back of Series of Expeditions to Cover ' the mole World. La Follette-of .Wisconsin would be candidate for the Republican preslden tiai nomination.. is interstate commerce commission's report on its investigation oz tne mm- 1K Ddguilty of receiving rebates from cnicago sc Alton railroad. foun the Chicago 14 A national arbitration and neaca uuihitub uueueu in w XOTK City, 16 British colonial conference began its BVMiuni in ugnaon. : . 17 Bill constituting a British court Of criminal appeals passed its first read. lng in the house of commons. ' 18 Kins Edward of Enrland and Yin nuiur ciiuimnuei, ui .taiy met at Gaeta, ItalyT .18 Fire destroyed tfcs city of Iloilo, lBiuiiu ox rtnay, jr. i. man lines made nubile. 16 Dr. Edward I Taylor chosen mayor of San Francisco, ix 'run Korean ministry resurnoa. It Tha tmntror of Korea abdicated. 10 The Hague conference approved the nroDosal to adaDt tne Ked cross nnnnntlnn to naval warfare. 83 The new port of Zieeorugge openea by King Leopold or Belgium. Z4 CSDinet crisis in iMewrounamna. 25 JaDan and Korea agreed on Japa nese control over Korean anairs. 27 Venezuela refused to arbitrate tne American claims. . . 28 William D. Haywood aequuiea or the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg birth to a son. New Tork stock exchange. 25 Several- banks in New Tork and Brooklyn suspended. 26 New Tork clearing house author lzed use or loan certincates. 29 King Alfonso and Queen Victoria arrives in ionaon. November. 2 Russia. Germany. Breat Britain and France signed a treaty guarantee ing tne integrity or jvorway. 3 Nearly 77.000 British railway em ployes voted in favor of a strike. o Elections neid in ii states. 8 German emperor and empress left Benin lor London. 8 Crown princess of Germany gave 20 The norte explicitly accented the live seminal oi tne juuropean powers. : 23 Treaty of peace between Salvador and iNicaragua signed at Amapala. 86 The Jamestown Tercentenary er. position opened. . . . , 87 The session of the Canadian par- iiameni unuou, . ' t- .. May. J Klnr Sdward" of Enrland and Pn. tdent Fallleres of France, exchanged vis its at Paris. . , . 8 The Dominican congress ratified the new treaty with the united States, 4 Turkish government conceded all the American demands. 6 Strike of street railway employes In San Francisco. - i . .. 7 New bill of borne rule In Ireland Introduced in house-of commons. Trial of William T). Havwood for complicity m ine muraer or ex-uovernor Steunenberg beran at Boise. Idaho. -10 Male heir to the tarone of Spain born at Madrid. .-v , 13 Wheat passed the dollar mark on the Chicago board of trade. - 14 German relchstag passed the Ger man-American-commercial agreement. -IB Commissioner of corporations is sued a report charging Standard Oil company with abuse of transportation -acuities. - - 21 Irish national convention; refected the Birrell home rule bill. 22 New York legislature passed the public utilities bill. -28 France made public her demands on Morocco. 28 Lord Metnuen made urnian conr mander-ln-chlef In South' Africa. 29 President Roosevelt attended fu neral of Mrs. McKInley at Canton. 80 -President Roosevelt spoke at In dianapolis at unveiling oi Lawiongraon- - .. Jane. , -Tj 1 .Waters-Pierce till company- found guilty of. violating tne anti-trust laws of Texas, and fined 31.S28.000. " ,-1 : S Jeffcrnon Davis memorial .unveiled at "Richmond, Virginia. . j (Pennsylvania Republicans indorsed the candidacy of Senator Knox for the presidency. . f - ; io franco gayaueav conventiou igned. - - -"v . -.. i IS UOYernmenv crouui suit v ois- nf Trlahn. 80 First elections neia ior tne rnu- lpplne assembly. , " Aogust. 2 Alabama revoked the license of the Southern railway to do business In the state. - . . a Judre Landis fined tne otanoara Oil company 128,340,000 for accepting freight rebates. ... I Governor Smith bf Georgia signed the state prohibition bill. 8 The southern railway conceded the demands of Alabama regarding passen- ita i rat am - 8 A strike of telegraph Operator! spread tnrouen many American cities. 10 Wisconsin central ttauway torn- nunv flnwl 117 nno for rehatlnar. 14 The Eighth International Zionist congress opened at The Hague. 16 King Edward and Emperor Fran cis joaepn met near iscni. 18 The International. Socialist con- rrena nnened at Stuttgart. ' . is Tlie Transvaal parliament voted to buy the Cullman diamond and present it to King Edward. 5 f . ; 80 President Roosevelt snoke at the cornerstone laying for the mgrira mon ument at Provlncetown. Massachusetts. 88 Announcement made tnai is American battleships would sail from thm Atlantic to the Paciflo coast 24 Secretary Tart, speaking in UKia- homa. atucked tne proposed state con stitution. 26 House of Lords passed the de ceased wife's sister-marriage bill. 28 Prince Wllhelm of Sweden vis- ited Presfdtfit noosevelt at Oyster Bay. 31 Minsa All Asghan, oremier of Per sia, killed, ' ' September. 2 Fifteenth National Irrigation con gress opened In Sacramento, California, o MCKiniey 'monument at - jauiran dedicated. 7 A modus Vivendi signed to covet the Newfoundland, fisheries for the sea son. " 8 Antl-Japsnese riots in Vancouver. British Columbia. 10 Annual - national encampment oi Grand Army of the-Republlo opened at 12-j-Franco-soanish army Moors at Tadde.rt. lsTJie cunard liner Lusitania com ?leted her maiden voyage from Queens own to,andy Hook In live days and SI coiuuica. lormer Of 14 William J.' Bryan published a statement that he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination next y?r- ... ..... 18 UKianoma admitted to tne union as the forty-sixth state. 17 president Roosevelt Announced an issue - of Panama bonds and Interest bearing certificates of Indebtedness for financial relief. 19 Alabama legislature voted in fa. vor of state prohibition. zb rioward max wen. deposed presi dent or tne uorougn wank or Brooklyn, commuted suicide. 80 Jamestown tercentenary eiDOSl tion closed. December. ; 2 Sixtieth congress opened. 8 Mrs. Annie M. Bradley ac at Washington of the murder of senator Artnur Brown or utan. B National Bank of Commerce Kansas City suspended.- ll president Koopeveit issued a statement reiterating his decision not to accept a third term nomination its .f leet i is American oattiesnios lert Hmpton Koats tor tne Facinc. 18 secretary corteivou issued a statement denying he was a candidate for the Republican presidential oomtr.a tion. ' - i r -. " 18 Personal encounter between Ren. resentatives Williams of Mississippi and De Armond of Missouri on the floor of the house or representatives. - Onnf Sails. United Press Leased Wire.) Tacoma. WTash., Dec. !8.-with a cargo valued at nearly i,vuu,ouo tne British steamer Oanf a sailed from this fiort snortiy arter midnignt. une uania s bound for Liverpool, but calls at Japanese and Chinese ports. The cargo consisted mainly of flour, cotton, flh and machinery destined to oriental ports. .... . He Jlrl the Stick. I have Tired the walking-stick I've tarried over 40 years, on account of a I sore that reslstei every kind of treat ment, , until 1 tried .Bucklen's Arnica salve; mat nas neaieu tne sore and made -me a happy man," writes John. Garrett, of North Mills, North Carolina. Guaranteed for Biles, bums, etc by B&iamort urug co, o, (Special Dlinttrb to Tbf Jounnl.) Chicago, Bee 28. A series of eotpedl tlons, constituting one of the most com prehensive explorations of unknown lands ever attempted by any institution, was announced today by the field mu seum of natural history. The results of the investigations, which will require years ror me accompusnment, are ex pected to place Chicago in the lead of ethnological research. To blase the trail for the various ex peditions that will make the detailed investigations. George A. Dorsey, cura tor of the museum's department of an thropology, will circle tne glooe, visit- lnsr only practically unknown peoples. and mapping out the lines of Inquiry to be undertaken. He will sail on the Lusitania on January 11. Of eaual importance is the announce ment that the museum has set out to aive to the world of science tne first comprehensive exposition of the charac teristics and customs of the peoples of unmet tne rorDiuaen mnu. or mis work Dr. Berthold Tu"er- distin guished Chinese scholar, recently or tne acuity or Columbia university, lias Deen encased. He will pall on January 7 for a stay of three years in the country of tne llamas. Sr. Dorsey 'a Trip. After vlaltlnr the museums of Lon don, Paris and Vienna, Dr. Dorsey will proceed' to Egypt, where, in company with Edward E. Ayer. one of the trus- study the-monuments of-the Nile valley. Then he will sail for Ceylon to visit the little known Rock Veddtyis, considered by many authorities to represent the lowest type ; of buman beings. From there he will flit to the primitive tribes of tho Nllglri hills in India. Then, with a passing call to Slam for a glance 'at the ruins of Cambodia, he will proceed to Sumatra, where one of the most ex tensive lines of Investigation - will be undertaken. , Java, with Its Buddhist temples as large as the pyramids, next will claim Dr. Dorsey' j attention, and then the nelebna. fiilnlo anii Romeo. After look ing over the possibilities of tf$&imSm searcn among the fast dwindling native tribes of Australia, he will crosa to New Zealand. - for the nuroose. in the language of the museum's official an nouncement, of vlsltinw "the wonderful Maoris, a Polynesian neonle famous all over' the world for their great houses with thelr-remarknble carvings, some of which must' resemble in slse and ap pearance the great carved totem, poles of British Columbia and Alaska." The museum possesses a completely carved house of the Maoris, the only one in America and one of few which have ever left the islr.nds. This house is 70 feet in length and In many ways is the most Interesting ethnological specimen In the museum. From New Zealand Dr. Dorsey ex pects to proceed to the great French isl ands. New Caledonia and the New He brides, belonging to - the Meianeslan group. - He then return1 to Sydney and goes to Hongkong, stopping on the way to visit several additional islands iti the Melaneslan group. Thus ne will visit two or three , regions In. New Guinea and several islands of the Bis marck archipelago. He will then proceed to Hongkong and visit some of the principal cities of China, and on to Manila, where he will explore in some of. the little - known regions or eastern Mindanao ana in. tne center of Mindoro. TKence he will re turn via Japan and San Francisco. -The announcement also contains a report pf the extensive explorations be ing carried on unaer ire auspices or me museum bv three separate expeditions in the Philippine islands, the funds hav ing been provided by Robert F. Cum- mingjt. v '-i'"-i'.':-'s- w i proressor; coie. ;wno is in tne, rrov- In. .am nf ihra tlnneim SlH and Tlufcna Norte, has shldtcd to the mufcum a large, consignment of ethnological eprcl. mens represent! everv- phase of life of the head hunters of Luxoxu . ft mm 7 Ve Jealdn and CvrtaforCAtAloi UlJcb, Marina !5t&Uoncrj'ctt,in , mtv more, colore m tdso haven, new prowss (or tvrmindT 'out billboard soatera of an v size on wood Come .up and visit wi aribLa in Uk joodnou r phone AU4 arxj Mm Mamma xs Special Price on our good coal for a short time only $7.00perTori C.O.D. BUY NOW WHILE THE PRICE IS DOWN F. B. Jones 6s. Co. EAST 7 B 1771 WO M. Laoo Pnca., TMcaBWibcosY. WE - 3V. LWMBM EXCMANOt BUILOINO OUR NEW POLICIES OFFER ALL THAT IS BEST IN . LIFE CONTRACTS EITHER TO BUY OR SELL, Low Non-Participating Rates ' v ; High Cash Values SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO RELIABLE ACTIVE AGENTS. Apply to JESSB B. SKAU. BSaaagot of Affents, 814 tumber Sxohange Siajr. THE DR; MARY LANE INSTITUTE MEDICAL ND SlfRGICAl TREATMENT Expert treatment fven ;womcn's and children's ailmtnt BY A GRADUATE AND LICENSED LADY'S PHYSICIAN. Maternity cases given special attention; up-to-date sanitaria:. i in connection. ' , y : No charge for consultation, and, correspondence ab-.l-jf! confidential. Rooms 5 to 14 Grand Theatre Bldg, corner Tark ar.J V. ;. ington Streets. Phone Main 3928. Another of- the investigators Is Utns Iaura E. Benedict, a graduate of the l.lnlversuy. of ,Cnicago.. who lived two years with tho Bagobo of souUienstern Mindanao. , . - , . "Miss Benedict. says the report, "is the ' first woman : to lnvsllKate U,e ethnology of lh riuUpptoe laiauaa."- s Off In the lorthfafl t-t on on a two ycitr tr';, i-i "Jones, atpdylmt . th. t.,g .. and ni)'tkiologyf ' 1 t tho Ncaritos, a t -1 i i v ! dlnilmiUvB iu v . r"!rn( t' .1 !..