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THE BOSTON STNDAY GLOBE FEBRUARY IP. 1005. The Faultless tvr cm 'ualitii oman onoe Houston's The Silk Store None Equal Its Assortments The Busiest Corner on Boston's Busiest Street Perfect Style Our Basement Bargains Exceed by Far Any Elsewhere Offerings Shepherd Check Suits The Coming Vogue And are to be worn by all smart dressers. We have a varied selection of tbe choicest tnodelu In Eton, Bolero Blouse Fitted Collar and Collarles? Jackets and Redingotes The skirts are as varied aad natty in style as the jackets. We also show the checks in Taffeta Silk Shirt Waist Suits In both dress and tailor made effects, qualities considered our prices mill be found to be lowest.

Special Dress Goods Values Such as Certainly Cannot Be Obtained Elsewhere All Wool Vigorcux Suitings. 44 Inches Wide, an imported cloth. The mixtures are blue. gray, tan, brown, etc. Were made to sell Ctf) at 1.00 per yard.

While they last only Oy 600 Sheets, 72x90 inches, seam 12-4 California Blankets Real value 6.60, only 4.GO in centre, good cotton. Real value 50c 33c All Wool Cheviot, so Inches Wide. It seldom possible to offer so 450 Sheets. 2Vx26 yards, standard sheeting. Real value iO.

63c, now only tOC staple an article as cheviot under price; we price a limited quantity of Bed Spreads Subject to the smallest mill imperfections, full bed also. Marseilles Spreads. Value 3.25, 2.20 Satin Finished. Value 3.50.2.75 75c a 1.00 quality in two shades of brown, light and dark navy and black at 500 Sheets, 2xt yards, made of standard sheeting. C7f Real value 70e, now only af Bleached Pillow Cases, 42x38 and 45x384 inches.

Value Wbwee sale rm 12k 15c and 16c each, choice SpecIflU flfR 3 far that of a Suitings, Checks and Small Plaids, in even and broken checks, in conventional brown and white, black and white, also in three color combinations, a large variety to select from, 75c 1.50 a 1 a Ladies' Hosiery and Knit Underwear Special Leaders at Less Than Cost Flannel Department Cream Embroidered Skirting Flannels, Manufacturer's Sample Pieces, at about the price of plain flannels, per yard. I2 49. 594 vthr-r OTomaa' la Ant rt Unbleached Cotton 40 Inches wide. Value 8c Oc 2H yards wide. Value 25c.

18c 11-4 White Wool Blankets Real value 2.50, only 1.08 3500 Yards Outing Flannels, short pieces, 8c per yard quality 5c Ladies' Imported Fleece Lined Cotton Hose, One quality, medium weight, double sole, heel and toe. Hermsdorf fast black. Check Panama and Tweed Blouse Suits, very handsomely trimmed, and only 22.50 to 4K.OO Checked Tweed Jacket Suits, of the finest cashmere finish: very choice and pretty to 52.00 Cashmere Finished Check Bolero Suits, with velvet vest, silk braid trimmed 37. SO Check Redingote Suits, of finest quality goods, box plaited and silk lined X9.50 Silk Shirt Waist Suits, shepherd checks, in smart tailor model, pleated yoke, box pleated skirt 15.00 a Shepherd Check Taffeta Suits, silk vest with white lace trimmings. double puff 6leeve.

pleated flounce skirt 16.rfO Other Dress Models, with elaborately trimmed waists and full pleated umbrella skirts 20.00 Ladies' Jersey Shaped Vests and Drawers, so-called seconds of 60c goods, have slight oil stains, will, not affect wear or appearance, regular and extra sizes. Always Oc. Get a P. year's supply at, eJi7v Boys' Clothing We Have Closed Out Our Entire Stock to the Pitts-Kimball Company To make room for tbe enlargement of our Muslin Underwear, Skirt, Wrapper, Infants' and Children's Departments Unheard-Of Linen Values Made to sell at -l 12k 25c 100 Dozen Fruit Doylies, colored linen fringed. Worth 1.50 Job Lot Bleached Damask Bordered Pattern Table Cloths.

good quality. to 2.50 per dozen. Now, each 9c 3 yds. 2 yds. 1 r.

2H yds. 2.2 5 Bleached Damask Napkins, 3 is. 3 Black Lisle Thread Hose. 8- thread goods, medium weight, double sole, heel and toe: also fine Ingrain Black Cotton Hose, unbleached split soles, fully reinforced. Hermsdorf dye.

Ladies' Medium Weight Com-blnation Suits, the famous Me- rode make, fine quality, combed cotton, beautifully trimmed by hand. :11 shapes, in either knee or ankle length. Equal to the average l.OO garments, gQ, 1.50 lots, 19, 20 and 21 inch, per dot Upholstery Department 1 8-Inch Antiseptic Cotton Diaper. Newmarket brand, one of the best made. Worth 60c jq per piece.

Only OVC a2lnch Bleached Damask Napkins, snowdrop design, fine quality, doz 10c Well worth c. Your choice Single Mercerized Curtains. 3.00 Curtains only 1.75 4.00 Curtains only 350 Pairs Mercerized Portieres, of a substantial quality, throw over fringe, also with silk cord edge; all the popular colors. Bought to sell at T.OO. rf Our leader at only DJJ Ladies9 Belts and Jewelry Remnants of Bleached Table Linen About 1 500 Yards.

A manufacturers stock of short ends. Also our own accumulation. All Marked at Bargain Prices. Lace Trimmed Bobbinet Flounce Curtains, a maker's stock. 25 per cent less than cost.

2.00 Curtains, per 3.00 Curtains, per air 1.98 3.o0 Curtains, per pair 2.50 Millinery Department We are now showing over 100 styles of Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Trim hats, suitable for present and early Spring wear. New styles are arriving daily, many of which are confined to us in Boston, giving our millinery that air of exclusiveness for which it is noted. Pretty Combinations of Taffeta and Peroxylene Braids. Chiffons 700 Yards Art Tickings, yard wide. Only, per yard 15" Gold Filled Collar Pins, studded.

Regular 25c per pair goods lOe Neck Chains In pearl and turquoise. Marked from 39c each to only Fancy Mounted Back Combs in shell and amber. Marked down from goc to 2Sc Crushed Leather Belts, with new gilt slide in back, gilt colonial buckle In front, similar to tbe new French belts now being sold at 1.00 to 1.50 each 25c Crushed Leather Belts, the new fitted back, black, tan. green and navy. Special 4 i We have large slaes for Moat Women.

Renaissance Motif Flat The Latest, Lace Trimmed Floance French Scrim Curtains, per pair. 1.50 2.00 2.50 Splendid Lining Values Yard wide fast black percallne. Value 15c per yard (H Yard wide lining satin. Real value 1.00 per yard, only 09c Yard wide lining satin. Real value 1.25 per yard, only 89c Samson lining silk, wear guaranteed, only, per yard 58c Curtains, with Battenberg edge and braids.

Only, per pair. 2.98 Malines, Laces, etc All Very moderately Priced. 2.29 4.98 Petticoat Dept. IMSCALL 10? 15 Little Wonder Shoes Sizes Infancy to Youth THEY NAVE NO EQUAL Taffeta Ribbon 5 inches a ide. all silk, white, pink, blue, cardinal, brown and black.

Usually 19c per yard t2t PATTERNS' Moreen Petticoats, black and colored. Marked from $3.00 to 1.98 Extra Size Taffeta Silk Petticoats, 7.50 value, for 5.98 Our Goods. Styles, Qualities and Low Prices Make Our Store the Centre of Attraction in Boston's Shopping: District UNFAIR JUDGES. NO DREAD OF FEARED 13. GOL RUSSELL BURIED.

NOT RUDOLPH. conservatism of the Boston masters stands In the way of reducing the num- ber of grades in the grammar schools from nine to eight. "No systematic effort has been made to bring about this condition and the high bc hoots suffer on account of It. i emanated from corporate interests, and also that he feared that Mr Matthews would summon democratic support for it. because his influence could command that support.

He had accordingly asked W. T. A. Fitsgerald. chairman of the democratic city committee, about it In a letter.

rend the chairman's reply. "I hone this won't be made a matter Some Austrians Here Suro Crown Prince is Dead. Funeral Services Simple in the Extreme. Mosely Commission Is Thus Termed. of politics," said Mr Bartlett.

and was Mr and Mrs Calicte Rogers of Quincy Celebrate Their Golden Wedding. The elementary schools should have eight years for work and the scrondury or high schools five. If this could be carried out it would be the most beneficient and comtruc Ive piece educational work done in Boston since the admission of girls to the high schools of this city 52 years ago." LAWYERS ACT. Oppose Three Bills in the Legislature. One Provides a New System of Selecting Jurors.

1 Scoff at Tales Certain Boston Compatriots are Te ihg. Boston Fire Gongs Tolhd Throughout the Solemn Hour. reissnreci py air ronin. Mr FltrgersM wrote that his organisation l.sd taken no action, that It does not meddle with legislation, that It will take no part for or against this measure, and that as an Individual Mr Fitzgerald could not see the bill at all. This clears the air." said Mr Cronin.

"and Mr Matthews' bill stands before the ommitte. on its merits." The meeting -oted to place Itself on record as opposed to the passage of the bill, and to appoint a committee to go to th? hearings and to work against Tt. The same action was taken in regard to the other two bills, and a favoring vote was passed on the bill as to retrials of civil suits. Some 40 lawyers, among them some of the best-known men In Boston, attended tbe meeting. "We Are Too Well Satisfied." George H.

Martin said that Americans had much to learn from the report. With the exception of tho criticism of the work on the classical subjects, most of the report was complimentary to the school work in America. Most of the members agreed that the American schools were overstocked with women teachers, and all practically ugree.1 that the Industrial prog Made Report on the American School System. Discussion at Meeting of Schoolmasters' Club. Several days ago there appeared in the Globe interviews with Austrians in and about the city to the effect that a mysterious stranger lias been visiting Austrians In this city and Carcbrldgw for a considerable time.

The stranger Funeral services for Col Henry 8. Russell, late fire commissioner, were conducted at his residence. Home farm. Milton, yesterday, at 1:30 m. They were brief and simple.

Rev Roderick Stebblns of the 1'nitarinn church. Mtl- Fourth Measure, Ajb to New-Trials, Favored. ress of America is nut directly the re- suit of American education. on. officiated.

The body. Incased In a was himself an Austrian, and unary left gifts with the people he visited. The stories excited considerable inter est. and additional Austrians who bad been thus visited came forward to tell their All these neonle believed tii itmp iu Irani num uitti I port is that England and other countries are Intensely Interested and alert In the matter of education and are determined that no other nation shall plain, rich broadcloth casket, rested In the parlor of the house on the right of the entrance and was surrounded by floral offerings from the family and close personal friends. The national and state colors sent by the Loyal Legion' stood at the head and get ahead of them.

They are looking about to see the processes which nre I iraeij ki prifminncp in progress. They are sending their ejt FOR BURNS STATUE. High-Class Concert Will be Given in Tremont Temple Tuesday Night Hoped to Raise $15,000. The Burns memorial association of Boston, which was organized In 1899 and Incorporated under the laws of this commonwealth for the purpose of erecting in this city a statue of Robert Burns, have secured the services of the' Miss Jessie N. Maclachlan Scottish concert company to give an entertainment at Tremont temple next Tuesday even- foot of the casket respectively.

I As the ftinerul was private, only I about SO were present, mostly relatives Criticisms of the American school system, as made in the report of the commission sent by England to this country a few months ago to study what England could learn Irom American schools, was the subject discussed yesterday afternoon at the meeting of the Massachusetts schoolmasters' club at the hotel Brunswick. Pres James W. McDonald, agent of the state board of education, presided, and said that the commission's report enabled the American people to see themselves as others see them. Whether there was anythina for the Americans to learn from the report was to be A called meeting of prominent lawyers of the city voted yesterday afternoon to oppose with all possible strength three bills now before the legislature, and to favor a fourth. The bill favored bmvldea that in civil cases, when a new trial la granted on the grounds that the damages awarded are either InsulBeient or excessive, the matter at issue In the new trial shaft be onflned to the amount of tue damages.

Of the bills opposed one repeals the act that prevents a Judge from charging a Jury as to the facts: a second rrovtdes that In any case only three experts shall be called and that the court shall determine their compensation: the third Is the bill providing a I and life-long friends of the dead fire commissioner. Among the latter were 1 i Col Henry L. Hlgglnson and Mrs Hlg- perts to other countries to study methods What are we doing In this respect? We are too well satisfied with ourselves. Do we find that our city lives to other countries? No. some Individuals go and some Individuals arc sent by universities.

but the work Is wholly individual, not official. As lone its men never go beyond the smoke of their own chimneys there is no chance for educational progress, was an old remark of John Philbrlck. and It Is apt today." giiisoti. rhv only outsider present was ing. the proceeds of which are to be Acting Mayor Kanlel A.

Whelton. The fire department was not represented, but among the floral tributes was a large, handsome, fragrant wreath of violets from the members of the determined, for. he said. "We are not 1 Fres I'ritchett said the time had come MR AND MRS CALICTE ROGERS OF QUINCY. a teachable people We are too sell- ror systematic study of the problem of contained and too seif-aat UfieH readjustment of schools to our partlcu- contained and too sc if-satlsned.

Ur We have under lh r'r Tetlow. master of the girls thraldom of the colleges and universi- a afiil i QUINCT. Feb 1S-A sight that would wus conducted wltii the utmost 1 111 new system of selecting Jurors for the ties and technical school." he said 1 Dilclty. h.gh and Latin schools; Hon George 11 city of Boston. James E.

Cotter. WW liam B. 8prout and Thomas W. Proc tor, with chairman Charles W. Bartlett.

"and the schools have been trying to I Tbe bearers were members of the prepare their students for them 'instead 1 family. They were Mazimilllan Agns- 1 of preparing them for the activities of sis. Kudolphe Agassis, Ralph Foroes. life, we have got to go back once Theodore Lyman. Henry Lyman and I more to the simplicity, the slncerltv and i Garrett Forbep.

the directness of our earlier system, The mourners consisted of the widow Mnrttn. secretary of the state board 01 education, and Pres Henry S- Pntchctt of the Massachusetts institute of Technology spoke on the topic. Dr Tetlow confined himself to the were made a committee to attend the hearings on these bills next Tuesday and March 1. and in every way to try cniifi-nis nade on teaching of clas- 1 ecnwisna orcome mo com- ana tot Kuss-il nvo couorcn and tlmlr waiusiia ruaue on lo leaciung ot Clas- hmf Hvn trior onnortun tv for i I a a to kill three and foster the fourth bill. ales In the high schools.

These critl- setting a little of everything, but have xtr iinwi.nri tt iio.aoii m.i if and the three daughters. Mrs Atkinson. Mrs reduced the chance of getting anything fully and effectively. Nethan Matthews' Position Mr and Mrs Rogers have been residents of this city for many years. Thirteen children were born to thm and of these eight arc living.

ThXr descendants and friends floe ked to thtr home from all parts of Quincy and from Lawrence. Barre, Vt. South-bridge. Waltham. Rcndvlfle and Boston The entire day was given upto merrymaking and In the evening a wedding suppnr was served.

Just before supper Mrs L. Buchsrd presented Mr and Mrs Rogers, In behalf of those assembled, with a purse of 370 In gold. The old couple were visibly affected, and Mrs Uhger responded In faltering totras. expressing the hop that all present might live to celebrate their own golden weddings. Mr and Mrs Rogers received many other tokens and there was a genuine feeling of regret when It came time to break up the family circle.

Mr nnd Mrs Rogers were among the early French settlers here and enjoy the respTt and confidence of all who know them. undoubtedly have commanded the admiration of President Roosevelt was witnessed In this city when Mr snd Mrs (allele Rogers of 33 Water at observed the 60th anniversary of their marriage, Monday. In the gathering that surrounded the worthy couple was a group of descendants that make It certain that there has been no race suicide In the Rogers family. There were present right children. 45 grandchildren nnd one great-grandchild, and the old counla had ample room in their hearts lor all of them.

When Mr and Mrs Rogers made; up their tnlnds to wed they had no dread of the figure 1J. for on Feb U. lio. they were married In Quebec Mr Rogers Ih 70 years old and hl wife a year older, but both are In good health nnd are actively Interested In the every-day affairs of Mfe. The meeting was held In the old cafa thoroughly that the stranger was Crown Prince Kudciph.

who committed suidas 1 1 years ago. They believed that toe tales of the snidde were mere bUr.a. i and that the prince is now living In this country. The belief became a matter of wine and earnest discussion among the Austrians of Bostoji. and now there appears a group of Autr1ans who are positive that whoever the stranger may be, he Is certainly not Prince Rudolph.

Thev attack vehemently the statements of the other Austrians. and declare that there is no possibility that Rudolph still exists. Mabll-y Marlnich of Wilbor st. North Cambridge, sard to a reporter yesterday that tbe statement attributed to him. that lie saw Rudolph in New Turk two years ago.

Is false. His story Is that on Feb 3 he said to Eugenio Murl arty anJ Aotorty Stanlch. in a fruit store on Battery st. that he had seen a ficture of the crown prince two months befor? In New York He further avers that these men told him that If he would confirm tb-Hr statement that the prince was still alive. In a shutt time.

he. Marlr.lcli. would become a very rich man. "I never saw the prince." said Mr Marinich. "In New Tork nor anywhere else.

But I believe he is dead, and docs the whole Austrian colony In Beaton." Mr Mnriuich had as supponers of his belief Martin Kulisich of 135 st. Roxbury; tSeorg Butncs of 01 lfamshlre st. Roxbury; Anthony O. Marinich. Konstantln Hsrstaga.

Nlcho-ia tarty, all of 1 Blnney st; John S. Suppicica. former quartermaster la the Avistnan navy, and Louis Pettlu of 1 Vernon st, Roxbury. Mr Botricx raid that taatatal eroents have made -s to the lack oX education at noi.i-. amonj Austrians.

There are plenty of schools, where the children are taught to read and write both Austrl in and Italian, and thoe who win may lewm. Wherever there are 30 pupils, the school receives government aid. JUST A LITTLE BRUISED. Joseph White Fell About 35 Feet Off a Stagmg Walked to the Relief Station. Joseph White.

years old. of Salem st. fell 3 feet from a staging at Beacon and Somerset sts yesterday afternoon. When he arrived at the relief station, whither he had walked. It wss found that his only injuries were a few bruises about the body and legs ANNUAL MINSTREL SHOW.

i.opley Emery and Mrs Harrison Ap-Uiorp. with their husbands. Interment was at Milton cemetery in the family lot. From 3:30. when the funeral services began, until the' gongs of the tire of hotel Bellevue.

and. was roost Interesting, partly at least because Hon Nathan Matthews was in a manner By the Wells Cycle and Dramatic nlacfd on trial by his brothers at the Club Next Tuesday Night. xt, Tuesday evening the ana-ial min- bar as trying to Influence legislation a department sounded onc every where In Boston every 30 seconds, ringing i.i times. During that hour there were no other blows on the tappers In the flro station houses, police stations and large corporations would I. Re to se it.

and of possibly using his political influence to get tacking for the bills that ilt. II. Was Ui-GUItted Hat i 'm fal str-! show by th- nmoers of thr Wills cycle and dramatic club will b- given at Vashi.igton t. Th- ends sn I John McCarthy. Walter Wood, Miss newspaper offices, as there was no fire alarm on the second charge.

As he Is frankly a corporation lawyer, thtre sevmed to i Im Utile us in going on with the tlrst M. F. R. McCnrlliv. Willlnif.

Wocd. Miss T. E. Miss Teh in. D.

J. FUNERAL Or JAMES C. CARTEP. The mee'lng evinced no surprise at Mr Matthews' i notion, out showed considerable at finding Sherman I. Whipple the same pusitlon.

on the bill for the new method of selecting Jurors. It wai Services Held Yesterday in Mt Air "BACTERIA AS FERTILIZERS. burn Chapel, Cambridge. The funeral of Jamea Coolldge Car- Subject of Address of Or George T. GOV DOUGLAS RECEPTION Will be Held at State House Wash- Ington's Birthday, from 11 to 12:30 Gen Milea Will Attend.

Arrangements have been practically completed for the public reception which Oov Douglas will hold Washing ter. the well known New Tork lawyer. I Moore of Department of Agncul- who died at his home, 7 East th st, I Interesting comment. Mr Bartlett was celled to the chair by vole, and took It murmuring. "How I much there is In It for me," whereat there was a laugh.

P. M. Keating was made secretary. II Inn-s suggested that the ik.i i. t.

I lure DCiurc iric m. n. o. WAI.TFR RALLA VTTNE. Chairman of IL-e Kiecatlt Coaunlttee.

The lecture hnll In the Massachusetts horticultural building, spacious though eisms spoke disparagingly of this work In nearly every instance. The practice of pronouncing according to the written accents evoked the single word of commendation In the wnoie report regarding classics. The other comments declared the teaching ot Latin was an antiquated method, the translations were such as to make an Kngnsn teacher shudder, scholarly teachers were rare, there was little exercise in composition, and the teaching of French was a till worse. The teaching of English and English literature was commended as excellent acd as being far in advance of methods In England. The high schools were said to be far below the public or boarding schools In Kngland.

uch as Eton and RSby. and that American boys of IS could not compare with boys of the same age in Eton. There was no grossly bad work in the American schools, but there was no excellent work. It was rr.edlocrs. Not Fair Judges.

"I seldom heard an absurd translation," saftf another member of the commission, "neither one that was fluent, and thers was no attempt at excellence. The translation were generally slip-ahod Dr Tetlow then explained the training of the men who made these Showing that their point of view was that of the English universit). which dominated the English college or high school, and that those dominated the secondary schools. 7'he boy of or 19 years of age. entering these schools, begins the study of Latin and devotes nearly six hours a week to its study.

Increasing tt until his 13th year, when the time Increases to seven hours. Greek begins st It or 12 and as time goes on the time to these studies Is increased to 10 or IS hours a week, out of a total of 3U or 54 hours a week. That was the kind of training the gentlemen had passed through who vis'ted this country on the Mosely education com Since the organisation of the Auhurn chael. "am bridge, yesterday morning. Tbe burial was In the Carter lot.

The service was conducted by Rev ciutlon more- than 13000 has been sub- meeting confine Itself to the two bills most pernicious and most likely to pass ton birthday from 11 to at the F. reabody of Harvard uni state house. The governor will be nt- that allowing Judges to charge as lo a commissioner tended hv On Nelson Mile, Adit Cresting facts and that during the year to make more than ordinary efforts to bring the sum up to the proposed ES.1W. The subscribers thus far have for the most part been local Scots and members of the Uen Stopford and complete staff detail. iS' tba text of the For the first time In severnl years the -jury" bill, which says that the Jus-governor flag will form part of the tlces of ihe supreme Judicial court i It is.

was scarcely Isrge enough to accommodate the throng of people, mostly men and women Interested In horticulture and agriculture, who attended the I lecture given under the auspices of the Massachusetts horticultural society yesterday by Dr George T. Moore, director of laboratory of plant physiology, department of agriculture, Washington. I C. Dr Moore Illustrated his lecture, the subject of which was "Bacteria as Order of Scottish Clans and kindred versity and appropriate selections were 'ting by a male There were niMiiy beautiful floral tributes. Well known men of New Tork.

Boston and Cambridge were present among them being Mr Mllburn. formerly of Buffalo. In whose home lrs MeKinkty died, and Lewis C. Ledyard the law partners of the deceased. Prof U.

Prof Ileal. Prof Ames. Prof Wiitiston and Prof Smith of Harvard law school, and Richard Olney of Bos decoration In the executive chamber shall ai.nolnt a commissioner of Jurors where his excellency will receive. This organizations itirougnout the state. It Is understod that a number of weslthy Scottish-Americans stand ready for the cltv of Boston for a term of complete the required sum when the association out collected a alven WOMEN amount.

Andrew Carnegie Is acniinliit standard is triangular, but otherwise the state flag with Its white field and state sc-al thereon. A distinctive Innovation at this year's reception will be tbe presence of a regimental band, the 8th regiment band having been detailed to play during the reception. The band will be stationed in the council chamber. ton an oi wnom were lire long friends of Mr Carter. the effort being oiade and It is intimated Fertilisers.

with stereopticon views, and at tho close was enthusiastically applauded. ui ne win Kive a generous subscription when the association has also reached given turn U-Levcl tin. THAYER HALL FIRE. 000 A large gatlierlmr of Kent ON CHRISTIAN ROME, eight years at $3000 a year, and that the commissioner shall prepare a list of cltisens for Jury duty, not less than ene for every 100 of the population. He to put on the list no person who has been convicted of crime, unless pardoned on the ground of innocence, and no person of grossly Immoral character.

He can summon cltisens to come to him for examination, and they must obey or pay a line of VS. The clerks of courts are to send the commissioner lists of convictions, and the city registrar lists of deaths. The commissioner Is to revise his list of Jurors every quarter, and Is to have an office In the county court building and fUOO for clerk hire and Incidentals. It was this bill to whrh Mr Matthew was a signer. Mr Eastman and Mr Whipple were also named as petitioners for the bill.

the concert Tuesday evening, as on win iuinisiii( convenes in this city Za of the Order of Scottish lanS there I-. IP tho itniiklo In. 0B.40UNCE0 AS FRAUD. Police on Lookout for Solicitor of Ads for Souvenir Book. Following closely on the disclosure that a swlndBer has been trying to raise money frees real estste owners on the representation that the money was needed te aead a sick member of the assess ors' staaT to a health resort, the Roxbury poUaa bave found out that a man Is ean- READ THE HOUSEKEEPERS' PAGE Prof Burke Says It Was Caused by Varnish Becoming Ignited.

Prof W. S. Burke. Inspector of grounds and buildings at Harvard. In a state-meat the-Harvard Crimson, says the cause of the recent fire in Thayer ball was as follows centlve of hearing the songs of the homeland and of aiding th static lund.

Lectures Will be Given In Evening High School Course. At the English high school, on the evening of March I Ernest C. Marshall will give a lecture on "Christian It. CkiiMl. wJk Th.l, A man awanianBisn has sung her way into the hearts of her ooantrvm -n the t.

McCarthy. Director. "One of th painters was applying so much so that she has been styled "the quean of Scottish scng." She Is accomnanled bv other eminent musicians of remits in Scotland, among them Douglas Tounir tenor. Jnhn Me. black varnish to the fireplace In room (0.

when the surface he was covering was Ignited from a very low fire In the mission. "They were saturated with the university aud boarding school and preparatory school spirit, and by virtue of that experience, equipment and spl It they were disqualified from fairly Judging what saw in this country amid Lr Tetiow. "Tet the commission pointed out the wuc spot in the American educstl -nal system, sr.d that is In the articulation or the grammar and high schools. Hrt mt tag grammar school masters In Boston, ki my opinion, are ultra-conserva-ttva Some of my unfriendly critics say ana ultra-onserc atlve. I am only Collins and James Harrrgan.

Sevetal vasatng the Roxbury Crossing district. jtiw features will be lo thel saBeltl.ig ads wnich he says are to oe olio will be William Edward, soloiat; printed in a souvenir hook being goiter. Coleman and Sullivan, buck and wing out by employes of the sanitary depart-dancers; Percy McLaughlin and many I mer.t. He has secured several small others. sums of money fiom people reeling in Linden cellist and Rfcbort Buchanan paawti grate.

From this blase the pot. titlplne about a pint of varnish Mr Marshall, who has been selected by the committee on evening high schools as one of Its lecturers for the season, will also lecture on the same subject In the Charlestown high school. Tue-day, March and In the William E. Russell school. Everett sq.

Dorchester. Tuesday evening, Feb n. Mr Marshall during tits European tour. KOellt much Urn In I Rlrn1 eltv Medford Man Charged with Forgery. A aket-h entitled "The Haunted the Ul trict.

ana his scheme de- r.minced i a fraudulent one House." bi' and Wlh. w.II F. Stuart, years old ho "This Clears the Air." "Is this Nathan Matthews a member of the bar?" asked W. W. Doherty.

"I think be Is." said Mr Bartlett. "Anyway, he was mayor of Boston." "That's what I wanted to know Is It thru Matthew?" said Mr Doherty. "Yes, he's our Nathan." said Mr Bartlett. P. J.

Cronin sa he believed this bill lgr.neu. ne punier pui ine poi into coal scuttle and attempted to carry It out of the building through the corridor. The heat from the pot became so intense that the scuttle wss dropped Uvea on Dudley st. Medford. was arrested ySSterdav Inspector Arm.

TODAY'S GL03E The description secured by tbe police of the alleged swindler says that the mug Is about 3D years old. feet Inches In higbt, smooth-faced and wears a darg gray overooat aad a black derby hat. bring the show to a dose. The Interlocutor's chair will be filled by Edward F. Morrtssey.

The show Is being direct-sd by John T. MoCaf thy. assisted fay James Harr.gaa. 1 n-ir me eorrmor uoor. 1 ne nre ly and sanely conservative.

strong, charged with forgerv of the flame of a Fuller Co, liquor deai- drawn up the stair well snd soon tho exploring Its art treasurers, snd nag-whole entry was in flames." nine eat cathedrals and basil loss. iter.) But in my Judgment th vi tr ten as..