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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUAET S, 1900. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF MARQUA1I GRAXD Vladimir do Pachmann. COHDRAVS THEATER (Wasalnstoa street) "At Gay Coney Island." Dredging atv Montoomert Dock. Dredging in front of the great Montgom ery dock at Alblna has been so far corn ploted that for a distance of 250 feet there Is a depth of 70 feet of water In front of the dock, and the largest ships can come alongside to be loaded. "When the dock -was completed there was to be re moved a bank of cement gravel In front 600 feet long and extending out 20 feet to deep water. The job was a. hard one, and the Northwestern "Wrecking & Dredging Comoany, which undertook it, has been obliged to break up the solid cement by blasting before It could be dredged. The amount of material to he removed was G000 cubic yards, and the work is now near ly half accomplished. Charges of 12 to 14 pounds of vigorite powder, placed in gunny sacks and with cap and electric wire at tached, have been laid in rows along the obstruction to he removed and discharged by a battery. The weight of water on top of these charges caused the hard cement gravel to be "broken up, so that the dredge could remove it. At first many cars and other fish were killed by tne concussion when "blasts were fired, and the hoys and sea gulls used to haver great times chasing after these fish, but of late the fish have given the place a wide bertn, and it is seldom that any are killed. Sev eral ships have discharged ballast at the new dock, and now vessels will begin to take on cargoes there. One ship is now lying at the dock, and there are three large steamships and 15 sailing ships in the harbor. To Float the Mascot. The steamer Mascot, which sunk last week near tne mouth of the north fork of Dewis" river, will. It is thought, ha floated again within 10 days. Andrew Allen, of Portland, who lias undertaken to raise the boat, found her lying on her side in a "bed of quicK sand, where it will be difficult to place barge between her and the river bank. He took a force of men and a supply or heavy timbers and chains with him when he went down, and the method he proposes to pursue in raising her will be by plac ing a barge on each side. Two 14x16 60-foot timbers will be placed across the deck of the sunken steamer, and these will rest on jackscrews, supported by the barges. Some 600 feet of heavy chain will be placed around the hull and made fast to the tim bers. Then the jackscrews will be ap plied and the timbers blocked up as they are raised. Mr. Allen does not anticipate any difficulty unless heavy rain storms should create a sudden freshet in Lewis river before he gets the barges in position. In that case, the steamer might fill with sand, while her superstructure would bo In danger of washing away. Voracious Sea Gdtjs. In the wire fronted coops of a down-town market there is quite a menagerie, comprising a beautiful pair of gray fox squirrels, blue jays, pheasants, rabbits, a young fox and a pair of big, dingy-colored sea gulls. Most people have seen the gulls which frequent the harbor here at this season, and make themselves at home on bridge draws and the roofs of the houses or steamers, chase and fight each other for possession of scraps thrown over from steamboats, but if any one wants to see what vicious, determined creatures these birds are, let him throw a smelt into the cage where this pair of gulls is kept. They seize the fish like a flash and hold on like a pair of bulldogs, each striving to wrest It from the other, while lth express "by actions that they will die before they let go. Throw in another smelt, and before one can say "Jack Robinson," both fish have been swallowed, and each of the gulls has turned and Is ready to snatch the fish from the other, if the latter had been slow in getting It out of sight Streets Sprinkled With Mud. Team sters engaged in hauling dirt from city lots being excavated naturally drive along the smoothest pavements they can find. Their wagon-beds are by no means water tight or earth-tight, as the bottoms are formed of loose scantlings, rounded oft at each end, to enable their easy displace ment when the load Teaches the North Portland lot it is desired to fill. Thus a very -uniform system of dirt sprinkling Is carried on, from the time the soil leaves its old home until It reaches, the new. The frequent showers keeps these sprink lings In a muck, which radiates through the entire business portion of the city, as excavation proceeds. Portland people are used to this, however, as it occurs every winter, and only newcomers complain. Mr. Sullivan Goes to Seattle. Ted Sullivan, who has been in Portland for some time endeavoring to make arrange ments for a Northwestern league baseball team here, left last evening for Seattle. Mr. Sullivan is highly pleased with Port land and hopes to be able to arrange for a team here. All that is lacking, he ,says, is grounds, and negotiations with Iha M. A. A C. are now under way for the use of Multnomah field. The North west league is to be composed of first class players, and Mr. Sullivan and the other men who are interested in it have lad wide experience in baseball manage ment. Samuel IKoehler Dead. Samuel Koeh ler, who Is supposed to have a brother, who is a farmer, residing near Portland, died recently at Wellington, King county! Wash. J. J. Ferguson, of Welling ton, requests that a notice of the fact be made in The Oregonlan in order that if there are any relatives of Samuel Koehler In this section they may be made aware of his death. Any information desired can be obtained by writing to Mr. Ferguson, at the address given. Look at This Window. An exhibit of artistic arrangement of men's and boys suite is shown by Moyer & Co. in the main window this week. The blending ot color is perfect, and the selling figures displayed on each suit, usually an ugly feature, is turned to good account and adds to the attractiveness of the dis play. As an object lesson in the art or window-dressing, this exhibit has never been surpassed in Portland or elsewhere. Recruiting Office Open. CantnJn r.- bell. United States army, who is to have charge of the recruiting office in this city "for two years, arrived here and assumed his duties several days ago. He is now receiving applications for the artillery, cavalry and hospital corps and for infan try for the Philippines only. He has re ceived a number of applications, and has already enlisted several men. Funeral of R. R. Walker. The fu neral of E. E. Walker took place from Eolman's undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The deceased was a member of the order ot Foresters of America, and some 200 mem bers of the organization took part in the exercises. The interment took place at Greenwood cemetery. Stole Butter. W. J. Burns and Wil liam Brody were arrested yesterday foi stealing butter from the Merchants ho tel. Both men had been employed to carry in wood, and utilised the opportu nity to seize the butter. The theft was eoea discovered and traced to them. Women's Union Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Portland Women's Union will be held at 2:30 o'clock today, at the boarding-house, corner f?ifttrntY an Flanders streets. A full attendance Is de sired. Notice. Judgment sale against W. St M. Barnes, manager Thiel's Detective Ser vice, for ?450 and cost Liberal discount Apply George Mendenhall, Commercial block. J'-P- T Meehno. This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the Central W. C. T. U. will meet at the headquarters, 107 Third street, ""Our Part in the Week of Prayer" will be considered. Every one Is invited. Mushroom Club. The Mushroom Club will meet this evening at room 524, Cham ber of Commerce, Dr. Harry Lane will read a. paper on the "Mushroom Family." Persons interested, as well as members, ere cordially Invited. David M. Dunne & Co.'s office removed to factory, corner 19th and Sherlock ave. Or. telephone 137. Copt of the Nautilus. A copy of the Nautilus for January, 1300, on account ot which Elizabeth Lois Struble, the publish er, has been arrested at Sioux Falls, S. D., on a charge of sending obscene matter thrfiugh the mails, has been received at The Oregonlan office. The paper is "ae voted to the practical application of men tal sciences in every-day living," and incidentally to advertise cures made by the publisher, who is evidently a "mental sci entist" whatever that may be; also a book on the constitution of man, by the same person, and books on "Mind Cure," '"Tho Influence of the Zodiac Upon Human Life," Scientific Palmistry" and other material of the same kind. While it is scarcely as openly vulgar and obscene as the Firebrand, formerly published hero by a gang of socialistic, nihilistic, free-love cranks, and which was suppressed by the United States authorities, there are enough thinly-veiled references to sex matters, "the demands of nature upon the passional plane," etc., to explain the ac tion of the authorities In South Dakota. The articles in the paper are liberally sprinkled with words and phrases in ital ics and capitals, and are devoid of point or interest except possibly to degener ates. s Books tor Postage Stamps The post office department has long had under ad visement a scheme for Issuing postage stamps in books, as well as sheets. Third Assistant Postmaster Madden's idea is to have the. stamps on sheets of six each, bound in a little book, with pasteboard covers, and sold at the rate of 12 two-cent stamps for 25 cents. A private business man put this idea of binding stamps into books to a pretty fair test a while ago, when he went into the business of selling books of stamps at a trifle less than the actual cost of the stamps, making his profit on the advertising which he put on the covers of the books. The only thine which now stands in the way of the scheme being carried out Is that it will involve the making of entirely new plates for printing the stamps. It is thought that this mechanical hitch can be overcome, and everybody will be glad when he can buy postage stamps in little books with parafflne paper between them, and the unpleasantness of finding one's stamps all stuck together just when he wants to use them will be done away with. Nearly Readt for Occupancy. The South Portland school building will prob ably be ready for occupancy by February 12, the beginning of the last term of the school year. The building contains four rooms, three of which will be occupied at first A number of pupils from the Falling school will be transferred to the new school, and the room now rented for the Falling school will be given up. As the Harrison-street school is overcrowded, there will be a readjustment of the bound aries between the Failing school and Harrison-street school districts so as to re lieve the Harrison-street school. Anniversary Address Postponed. The address to have been given tonight at the First Baptist church by D. A Sinclair, at the T. M. C. A. anniversary, has been postponed for one week on account of the week of prayer meetings in the various churches and also for the purpose of se curing additional stereoptlcon slides from the East P. H. S. Alumni. Important meeting next Thursday eve, at S o'clock, In high school building. By order of president I OFFER OF GROUND FOR TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISCUSSED. Opinions Vary aa to the Desirability of an Out-of-Tovra Lo cation. , ; cteo ggg DUCKS AS WEATHER PROPHETS Some Doubt Expressed an to Their Reliability. A man who has charge of a shooting preserve on Columbia slough was in tho city a few days ago, and told the sports men who employ him that the duckshoot Ing for the season was about done. He said the ducks were mating and going north. This story seemed ridiculous at this time in the year, and the sportsmen expressed doubts as to the correctness of their gamekeeper's statement. He in sisted that he knew what he was talking about as he had lived by this same duck lake for 16 years; and he said the ducks were all swimming about in pairs and couples, and that every day or two a whole flock of them would rise in the air and fly away toward the north. An old-time resident when told of this, expressed his belief that the gamekeeper was mistaken, or was telling an untruth, and offered to wager his reputation as a weather prophet and old resident that it would snow within 24 hours. It has not snowed, and yesterday was a regular spring day. It did mist a little in the forenoon, but the wind was from the south, and balmy, and in the after noon the sun shone as brightly and the sky was as blue as in June. Fall-planted bulbs are up and growing rapidly; fall sown peas the same, and the pussy wil lows are in bloom. This does not mean that the velvety calyxes have merely been pushed out from their protecting scales, but that they have really put out their long blossoms, and after a day or two of such weather as the present, the bees will be out gathering pollen from these flowers. When the hunters who went out yester day report progress it will be known whether the ducks have gone north and summer is at hand or not. o P MANGLED BY A TRAIN. WOW H Chi Moft H Weber Mop VU3 Not the ordinary "good-enough" kind, but the very best Not the cheap, but rather the most costly Kimball KIMBALL ORGANS 107 First Street North of Washington Railroad Laborer Suddenly Killed Near Hood River. Albert Dazelle, a railroad laborer, who has been employed at Winter & Chap man's camp, near The Dalles, was In stantly killed under a freight train Sat urday night, about 10 o'clock, near Hood River. Dazelle and three companions were coming to Portland on the freight tram and were riding In a "gondola." Dazelle was carrying a roll of blankets, and at tempted to climb from the "gondola" to the top of a box car while the train was In motion, and, in doing so, lost his footing and fell beneath the wheels. His com panions reported the affair to the crew, and the crow of the next west-bound train was instructed to look for the man, but not to remove the body until so or dained by the coroner. The body was sale to have been horribly mutilated. Frame Meyers, one of the dead man's compan ions, reported the accident In Portland. '6- JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. Take a trip to Chicago by either of the routes offered by the O. R. & N. Co., and you will come back convinced that the O. R. & N. trains are as good as the best By patronizing the O. R. & N. Co. you are given the choice of two routes to Chicago either by the. Great Northern to St Paul, or by the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific to Omaha, and the North western from there to Chicago. A solid vestlbuled train Is run through to Chicago by the latter route. This train is first class in every respect fitted with the latest-Improved sleepers, both first and second class, carries a diner clear through, has a library car attached. and, in fact, Is equipped with all the latest Improvements which tend to make travel ing comfortable. Full Information re garding rate and connections can be had of Mr. V. A Schilling, 254 Washington street Establishment of a technical school In Portland has become a live issue since the offer made by J. W. Cook of a seven acre tract in Alblna as a site. Many prominent citizens have often looked for ward to the time when Portland would have a technical school as thoroughly modern and advanced as the means of education found In other institutions of learning. Wherever the situation has been canvassed closely there generally result ed a conviction that the time was early yet, so far as- the interest of the people indicated. But every business man admits the advantage of such a school, and from the words of praise heard on every side there seems no lack of support. The only two efforts in the direction of a technical school now being made in the city is the night work of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Portland manual training school for boys, conduct ed on Washington street by W. J. Stand ley. The latter has been In operation tor about three years, while everybody knows the work of the Y. M. C. A. since erec tion of the now association building. The experience of those engaged In the work at both places, being the nearest approach to a technical school, probably affords the best ideas of what Is the proper course. Several persons connected with the work were interviewed yesterday with the ob ject of ascertaining the prospects of tak ing hold of Mr. Cook's offer and building a school that would be a. credit to the city and the Northwest. H. C. Campbell, who has taken an active interest in all work for training boys in useful employments, -was very hopeful. The value of such an institution and the support that would be given It by the people at large, he said, were fully Illus trated In Cleveland, 0., his home before coming to Oregon. A humble start there soon grew to large proportions, especially that affording laborers opportunity to study the theory and science of their oc cupations. Mr. Campbell was confident Portland would take the matter up In due time. W. M. Ladd, president of the Y. M. C. A. and largely interested in educational af fairs, said he wishes the project all suc cess. Mr. Ladd said that, personally, his heart and soul was in Portland academy. In addition to this Institution, he was also closely associated with the Y. M. C. A. work. A graduate of a technical school, and one who has tried the support of the city in similar work, -Is W. J. Standley, prin cipal of the Portland manual training school. Mr. Standley believed, first, that no such Institution should be commenced on a large scale. It would be useless to procure a great site, large buildings and able teachers until the people appreciated the value of a technical or manual train ing school. This they did not seem to do now. There was not sufficient interest among the young workmen to be benefit ed, and the boys Intended to reach were slow to take such studies up. So far as the boys are concerned, Mr. Standley's experience throws much light on the sub ject of location. At the commencement of his school, to get boys to attend street car tickets were furnished, and for the night school nominal charges made so that the school would not seem a charity. After a period, when it was felt that the usefulness of the Institution was becoming apparent, street-car tickets were with held. At once nearly all those coming from any distance ceased to attend. They cared so little about the matter--of learn ing a trade that the trifle of street-car fare stopped their schooling. Mr. Standley Is of opinion that a techni cal school should be opened In the very neart of the city, In one of the many va cant buildings on the lower streets. "Commence on a small scale," said he; "demonstrate what the school will and can do, and gradually the attendance will increase until an Institution of greater dimensions will be necessary. In opening the work It will not do to copy New York methods or any other methods. Portland, like many other cities, has Its peculiari ties and characteristics, and the way to succeed here is to feel by experience what is demanded by local conditions. If an institution of much size Is contemplated It would be a shame and outrage on women not to provide a department for women to learn their occupations In. At the present time, It Is rarely you can find a domestic willing and capable of per forming household work as Is required In some of the wealthy establishments. Rare bric-a-brac, ornaments and ware suffer from awkward or untrained hands. Now there are many houses willing to pay do mestics well if the proper ones can be se cured. And other work girls embark In could be made far more profitable to them If they were thoroughly skilled in its performance. "A manual training school, properly speaking, is what should be established at the present, which would naturally lead up to a technical school." Mr. Stand ley narrated some of his experiences in trying to get apprentices In the lanre.mfr- ductress, Mrs. Jennie Pritchard: guide. chanlcal establishments of the city to'IpMrs' Lv Sparlock; associate conductress. Portland Y. M. C. A., also expressed hopes that a technical school would be established. Ho stated that the local as sociation had formulated no plans thus far, although the matter had been con sidered some. At the present time the Y. M. C. A has 300 students in the night classes, which is as many as tho asso ciation building will accommodate, and, therefore, no effort is being made to In crease the number. Mr. Stone naturally believed the association best adapted to 'the control of a technical school, such as Portland would -support, and gave as hig reasons the following: "A school in Portland, in connection with the Y. M. C. A., with one .equip ment could do a three-fold work, viz., have a day institute, taking young men when they are leaving the grammar school and do about the same grade of work as the high school, but In the course emphasizing the natural sciences, drawing, and requiring one or two hours a day of manual training in the wood and Iron shops. Second, the same equip ment could be used at night to make more effective and efficient the mien actu ally engaged In Industrial pursuits dur ing the day. Third, In tho afternoon, from 3 to 6 o'clock, boys from the city gram mar schools could receive manual train ing twice a week. In this way, a larger number could be handled. The work would be elementary manual training, ithat would help to show the bent In life for many a boy. If he possessed a spe cial adaptability for Industrial work, he would have the taste cultivated and en couraged. "This plan of conducting a manual training school In connection with the association has been, pronounced practica ble and desirable by such specialists as C M. Woodward, of the manual training school of St. Louis; Dr. McAllister, of the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and Fred erick Pratt, head of the Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Pratt stated while on the coast that If such a school was to be established in the Pacific North west, the proper place would be in con nection with tho Portland! Y. M. C. A." Mr. Stone advances many reasons In support of. these statements, -all of-which would practically enumerate the general benefits to be derived from study in the association classes and under the moral Influence the association maintains In all its work, educational or otherwise. We have finished stock taking and we find many lines of goods of which We still have too large a stock. These have been priced low to reduce quantity. Several of these lots are mentioned below .,...,-.. Men's extra fins tan colored Cassimere Shirts and Drawers, our regular price $1.7& sold elsewhere for $2, our clear- -ancesale-prica,; .'.-.. V. . X Extra fine Natural Wool andCamel's Hair Shirts and Drawen, regular SI. 25 values, our sale price m -ra x -VO 0 REDUCTION .. ON MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS Regular $t5.00 values Sale Price $12.75 Regular $18.00 values Sale Price $15.30 Regular $20.00 values.. vv. Sa,e Pr3ce $17.00 Our prices, quality considered, are fully 15 to 20 percent lower than any other clothing house in the city. CO THE POPULAR-PRICE CLOTHIERS N. W. CORNER THIRD AMD MORRISON STREETS He was out on East Twenty-first street this dictum Is disputable, for we all know the same -condition has existed in Klaml several days ago on nss wmeei on Dusircess, i wie mcis ui uie case, unu au nave a rigut ath county since the year 1 only f if when he was suddenly confronted by two to form and express our opinion of them worse. Coal costs J56 a ton 'laid do-wj nanasomeiy-aressea xaaies, wno smilingly i uuu me ueimsman. xsuc it is a very outer advanced and said: ent thing when the man at the helm is conducting a campaign 6000 miles away. Ana the last who ought to proclaim their distrust of him are those who have fitted out the ship and directed the voyage. Our Journalists wanted war, shrieked for war and did everything In their power to bring i it about. Now they have got it, the Iea3t pthey can do in common decency Is to rec ognize that if the war is not such a simple and glorious business as they expected, the fault lies with them and the politicians they have supported, not with any of the men they have sent out to fight. e t "Dr. Morrison, how do you do?" He assured them that they must be mis taken in their man, but one assured him that that was not possible, and then said: "Are you not Dr. Morrison, of the Trin ity Episcopal church?" "Oh, I should say not. I have been too long connected with the ' to be a preacher," at the same moment -mounting his b'cycle and riding rapidly away, leaving the two ladles standing amazed. "When he reached home he eyed himself closely before the mirror for some time to find out If there was anything clerical In his appearance. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN. De Pachmann, the great Russian pian ist, will give a piano recital at the Mar quam Grand on Monday evening, January 8. De Pachmann will play the Stelnway piano. Go and hear the great master and see the indescribable beauty of his tOucn and the exquisite finish of his runs and ornaments, and hear the defined rhythm and poetry of his phrasing; such tecn nlque, such tones, can be produced on only one piano, and that's the Stelnway. Listen to the Stelnway tone, then come and see us, and we will show you our full line of Stelnways In grands and uprights. SHERMAN. CLAY & CO., Stelnway Representatives. Rooms 15 and 17, Russel building, Fourth and Morrison. study their work. Tuition was almost entirely eliminated, hours convenient for their work arranged, and every possible Inducement held out, but the boys pre ferred to have .their evenings on the streets than to study the higher branches of their work. From these reasons. Mr. Standley thought the work would have to commence with the smaller boys. They would have to be taught to take Interest In their leisure hours, devoting them to improvement and advancement, and as they were benefited thereby, others would naturally be led to do the same through the spirit of competition. The matter was generally discussed at the banquet given by Mr. Ladd to D. A. Sinclair a few evenings ago. Mr. Sinclair has performed a great work In Dayton, O., in the line of developing Y. M. C. A. work Into technical schools. His plans there have called for new building after building as a home for the association and its schools, and at the present date the capacity is far overtaxed by the de mands. He says that In the East there Is a positive and manifest tendency to give the associations such work, and In some large cities Immense classes are now being educated in all branches 'of technical work. Mr. Sinclair was much gratified to ob serve tho Interest ,belng taken by resl dents of Portland, and hoped that Mr. Cook's offer would result in some sub stantial good. He has two arguments in particular why the school should be more central, and connected with a general In stitution, such as the Portland associa tion Indisputably Is. "It should be central," said he, "be cause of the fact that for some time the greatest benefit to be derived from It would be In night classes. Night classes would be Impracticable unless the school was within close touch with the city. Connection with some institution is de manded, first by the added advantages of broader associations, and secondly to give tne scrcooi me ana permanency. Busi ness colleges are Instances where persons attending mere schools gain comparative ly llmdted instruction. There they see nothing but the few features of their studies. Where the education shall be connected with some' institution, with Its varied parts, the force of association will be felt to its best advantage. The per manency of tho work being done by the Y. M. C. A. throughout the land is a potent inducement for persons desiring to confer some lasting benefit upon mankind to place It under -association control." H. W. - Stone, general secretary of the Grand Army Installation Other Mat ters. The joint installation of the officers of Sumner post and Sumner Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R., took place at the hall, on the southeast corner of East Pine street and Grand avenue, Saturday night. There was quite a gathering of the members on that occasion. The following- officers of Sumner post were installed, by D. D. Neer: Post commander, William E. Hayden; senior vice-commander, A D. Shorno; junior vice-commander, M, T. Runyan; sergeant-at-arms, A Faulk; chaplain, J. A. Newell; sentinel, G. J. Ross; officer of the day, J. A. Braden; officer of the guard, George Older; adjutant, John Mayo; delegates to the state encampment, Jacob Deckenbach, J. W. Ogilbee and M. T. Runyan. Following were tho officers of Sumner Woman's Relief Corp3, installed by Mrs. Mary Older, past president; President, Eunice Sargent; senior vice-president, Mrs. Hellen Bullman; junior vice-president, Mr3. Cora McBride; chaplain, Mrs. Mar garet Runyan; secretary, Mrs. Mary Old er; treasurer, Mrs. Lottie Brigham; con- George Breslin. Improving. George Breslin, of the Second Oregon, who has been very sick for several months, is now thought to be steadily improving, and it is considered certain that ho will recover. He has been having a hard time, but be has been pa tient and cheerful. He was taken sick before he came home from Manila. When ho arrived in Portland he was In the hos pital until Ihe seemed recovering, when he was taken to the home of his parents, on Union avenue and East Morrison street, but his removal was followed by a re lapse, from which ho Is now slowly recov ering. His comrade have been very deeply interested in him, and have been ready to do will Ixas improved, and that he is gaining in strengtn TOOK A FATAL DOSE. here, and at that figure is so scarce f: we regard it as ornamental and mo' uvj"uyiB tor watcn cnarms, etc., this for use as fuel. Instead, however, w nave oceans or wood, which is inexnens. and answers tho purposes of coal verl well. e SMITH'S DANDRUFF POMADI Removes all dandruff upon six appllc"! tlons; one application stops Itching scaj At all druggists. Sample free. Addres Smith Bros.. Fresno. Cal. Woman Drlnlcs Carbolic Acid in a. Lotl grins-House. Mrs. H. Cohn, aged 26, committed suicide at the Neppach lodging-house, early yes terday morning, by taking carbolic acid. She had summoned a messenger-boy to take a note to a man named Parker, and when the lad returned she was in the agonies of death. j The woman and her husband had been occupants of a third-story room in the Neppach house for about a month, and were vory quiet in their habits, making no acquaintances among the other lodgers. Tho coroner, after taking possession of IIARQUAM GRAND CAI.VW HEELio, ilanag Four Nights and Saturday Matinee, Januar io, li, 12 ana 13. FREDERICK WARDE Together "With Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M Brnra and, a. Strong Company or Players. PLAYS TO BE PRESENTED Wednesday night and Saturday matinee.. k. ....... "THE 1JON-3 MT T Thursday "ROMEO ANO JT LI Friday "THE MERCHANT OF VCNI Saturday night ,RICHAJtI I.. PRICES. Orchestra .................. Entire narauette circle . .$1 anything in their power for him. They tne remains, telegraphed to Mrs. Conn's lB LVUfL;''- ":" 1 all be glad to hear that his condition . slster. in San Francisco, who wired back BalcS 1Sr2firS!!!.::nn':'..: Mrs. E. Storey; assistant guide. Hannah Adams; color-bearers, Myrtle Bates, Mary Craft, Josephine Kerner and Sarah Gles ner. At the close of the installation cere monies refreshments were served, and the remainder of the evening was pleasantly spent. At one of the tables were three couples who had just celebrated the 40th anniversary of their weddings Mr. and Mrs. John Gwllt, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, and Mr. and Mrs. George Older, sr. They wore made guests of honor for the even ing. It will be the last time for several months that Mr. and Mrs. Gwllt will at tend any more such gatherings, as they have left for Oakland, Cal., where they remain for the next three months. On the whole for both post and corps the year has been prosperous and the organiza tions have done good work In looking after old soldiers and their families in the community. Gilbert Post Veterana. Gilbert post, Second Oregon Veterans. 'will this evening resume active meetings at its hall in tne Ross building, on Grand avenue, between East Pine and East Ash streets. The members extend an Invita tion to all veterans of the late war with Spain or with tho Filipinos to come and join the Gilbert post. They will receive a hearty welcome at tho hall. The post will now proceed to make the meetings so pleasant and interesting that all mem bers will be glad to be present, and also to ouiitt up a retiet fund so that it may bo in position to care for any comrade who may need aid. The meetings have been considerably broken Into for several weeks, owing to the holidays and other matters, but the way Is now clear to hold regular meetings. Several committees are out who are expected to report at the gathering this evening. Especially, a re port Is expected from the entertainment committee which was appointed several weeks ago. It Is proposed to provide some sort of entertainment for meeting nights, and also to invite the friends in occasion ally to the hall. Has a Donble. Rev. Dr. A A. Morrison, rector of the Trinity Episcopal church, although wholly unconscious of the fact, has a double, or counterpart, on the East Side. The re semblance is so cjose that even some of the members of the congregation have mistaken the East Side man ior the rec tor. This East Side man does not know whether this Is a compllmenf to him or not,- as ho has never met "Dr. Morrison. East Side Notes. Mrs. Deckenbach, wife of Jacob Deck enbach, is in St. "Vincent's hospital for treatment. She Is severely 111. Evergreen camp. Modern Woodmen of America, will have a public installation of officers in their hall Monday evening, Jan uary 15. Phalanx lodge. K. of P., has moved into the Odd Fellows' halh- on Grand ave nue and East Pine streets, and In a short time will give a reception to their friends in honor of tho removal. Mr. and Mrs. John Gwllt have taken their departure for Oakland, Cal., where they will remain for a few months. Mr. Gwllt's health has been falling for some time, and it Is hoped that the change in climate will benefit him. Mrs. E. S. Miller, the soprano of tho Centenary Methodist church, who went to New York to take a course of special stud ies in music, writes Mr. Miller that she Is pleasantly situated, and has entered on her studies. She did not enter any of the music schools, as rudimentary studies were not what she went there for. She will be absent until April. no SIDEWALK OPENINGS. Protest by Mr. Allslcr Asalnst a De cision of the Municipal Court. PORTLAND, JanTT. (To the Editor.) I ask a little space to correct some mis takes occasioned by inaccurate reporting concerning the charge preferred against me of having allowed a sidewalk grating to be opened from the underside, on Mor rison street, near Third, recently. The facts are that I have rented the premises in question for a term of years; that I do not know who opened the grating In question; that the evidence failed to show that It was opened by the janitor or by any employe of the leasee, or of myself, or by any one sustaining any relations to the lesee or to myself. The grating Is locked on the underside, and tho key hangs near the lock. Tho city officers will not permit it to be locked on the surface, as In such case the lock itself would bo an obstruction on the side walk which might cause a passerby to trip and fall. If the decision of the mu nicipal judge Is sound, I should like to know by what means a man who Is un fortunate enough to own property in this city can protect himself against the care lessness or malice of any person who may get access to a basement of his building? I never knew before that a man could commit a misdemeanor by the hand of a person who Is unknown to him. and who acted solely on his own responsibility, and Without the knowledge, consent or com mand of the owner. Jf this ordinance has been rightly Inter preted by the municipal court, from which I understand there Is no appeal. It would seem that the council should have gone a step farther and Indicated some means by which an owner could be protected, against the wrongful act of an unknown person over whom he has no control. "Ultimate confiscation of city property will probably furnish the desired protection In due time. C. A. ALISKY. e Defense of Brave Soldiers London Truth. 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