THE iMTVRNTNO OTJEGONIAN, VRIDAY. APEIL 19, 1901.
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. Baby Outfits in superb variety. Dainty styles to please fond mothers.
New arrivals in Dimity and imported Gingham Shirt Waists. (Second floor.)
Today Our 616th Friday Surprise Sale.
1000 Pairs of
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Great Wrapper Sale
GLOVE SALE
REINFORCED
We've added about 200 pairs
of $1.50 FANCY KID
GLOVES to our lot of $1.50
and$1.60gloves, $jj2pr
now selling at --- y"'- "
A choice collection of fancy
colors among them, PAR
TICULARLY IN SMALL
SIZES.
SILK PETTICOATS
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Special Lot,
Worth
$1.50 to
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Today
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Suit Rooms
at
79c ea
Made of fine Taffeta Silk, in
black, blue, cadet, green, law
ender, red, purple. Made
with deep accordion ruffle
and dust ruffle
YOUR CHOICE A T
$5.00 Bach.
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Tastefully fashioned, of per
cale, light and medium colors.
AH have fitted waist linings,
are well proportioned and
nicely made.
A matched bargain to our
Wrappers is a Sale of Ladies'
Galatea Waists
$1.25 to $1.75
values at
Colors blues, tans,black and
white; striped, checked or
dotted.
JUST RIGHT FOR GOLF,
OUTINGS, HOME OR GEN
ERAL WEAR.
74c ea
Our Fancy China
and Dinner Set Sale
Gives a great opportunity for
big bargains in dainty table-
ware. ALL 1901 SAMPLES
OF FANCY CHINA ATHIRD
UNDER PRICE.
A few prices must represent
our strong reductions on the
finest assortment of dinner
sets in Portland.
SEMIVITREOUS CHINA
DINNER SETS
with brown decorations
$2.64 for 50-piece sets
$3.60 for 60-piece sets, etc.
OTHER BARGAINS OF NOTE
Men's $1.50 Fancy Percale Shirts, special $1.09 ea
Childs' Bonnets, Hats and Caps, about half price. Be
ginning at10c, reaching 92c ea
UnderMuslin SaleLadies' $1.25 gowns and petticoats
at 85c ea; 85c drawers at 62c pr (Second Floor Annex)
$22,00 and $26.00 Royal Axminster Carpet Rugs;
special $16.50 and $19.00 ea
"Whitney" Baby Carriages, choice $15.00 styles at $9.75 ea
Roses, all colors, a third under price. Reduced prices,
5c to 37c bunch
JUST RECEIVED-THE GENUINE HAWAIIAN HAT,
OUR PRICE, $3.50
ROUGH STRAW SAILOR HATS SPECIAL, 45c EA.
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SOMETHING FOR MEN
Our full collection of the
most worthy of negligees
ount Hood" Negligee Shirts
Makes it worth your while to come right in and get more fa
miliar with this line of our men's furnishings. MEN WHO
HAVE WORN "MOUNT HOOD" SHIRTS, BUY THEM
AGAIN. IT IS THE BEST TRIBUTE TO THE COMFORT
THAT GOES WITH THESE GOOD SHIRTS.
All sizes, and a kind for every negligee need
Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.25 ea
RUSH TO PAY OLD TAXES
RE3IISSION OF PENALTIES ACTS AS
A STIMULUS.
Clerks Are Kept Busy Examining;
Back Records .About 4000
Nonresident Taxpayers.
There -was a rush of people at the of
fice of the Clerk of the County Court
yesterday to pay delinquent taxes conse
quent on the announcement that the
County Commlssiners had decided to ac
cept taxes. Including mortgage taxes, -without
penalties. The receipts were about
$1600. The clerks -were kept on the jump,
and throughout the day there -was a string
of people at the counter. Agents of mort
gage companies paid on odd pieces, prob
ably -where they have sold or contemplate
selling the property. The tax-rolls are
cumbersome, and it involves some labor
to go through a number of them to find
what a delinquent owes. The mortgage
tax is confined to the year 1S92, renerally
"speaking, and -where this alone is due, it
is not difficult to find- Glariy persons are
unable to give an accurate description of
their property: others do not know for
what years they are delinquent, and al
together the clerks are having a "hard time
of it. The Tush will probably continue
for some time.
A real estate man, who owns a large
amount of scattered suburban property,
hired a man last weelc to make a list of
his delinquent taxes, and the work con
sumed several days. The result made
quite a good-sized pamphlet. The Sher
iff is engaged in collecting taxes for 1900,
so altogether tax business is good at the
Courthouse, and the funds of the various
departments of the city and county gov
ernment will soon be in a healthy con
dition. Many Nonresident Taxpnyers.
The tax-rolls of Multnomah County
show about 4000 nonresident taxpayers.
In the Sheriff's office an attempt has been
made to keep track of a great many of
them by saving letters and postal cards
which they have sent from time to time
-when inquiring about taxes due. H. C.
Oviatt. who is in charge of the tax depart
ment, has prepared a list of these names
and addresses as far as possible, wblch
he has arranged In convenient alphabetical
order. Notices are sent to them when
necessary, calling attention to taxes due
with the amount. sThe reasons for so
many nonresident taxpayers are numer
ous. In the old boom days a number of
real estate agents made trips East and
sold property, numerous visitors -who
came here made purchases, and not a few
people who formerly resided In Portland
went away during the bad times following
the financial crash of 1893. The numerous
empty houses of years ago demonstrated
that fact. Some may have returned;
others not. Nonresidents have inherited
property, ani a school teachers' scheme
was once worked, and lots were sold to
teachers living in various parts of the
country. Some Multnomah County property-owners
are in Alaska, and California
contains a number.
These outside taxpayers no doubt cut
considerable figure on the delinquent tax
rolls, and are one of the causes why
these rolls are not collected up closer.
Many of them have perhaps been care
less about their taxes, and others prob
ably iave been short of funds. Whether
they have kept informed regarding what
has transpired here or will be apprised
that taxes are now being received without
penalty can only be conjectured. That
many of them have not forgotten that
they own property here is shown in the
deeds filed for record, as hardly a day
passes but what one or more deeds are
recorded, where the grantor is a nonresi
dent, and there are numerous such deeds
covering suburban lots.
BRICK BUSINESS BLOCK.
Tliree-Story Structure to Be Bnilt at
Sixth, and Stark.
The occupants of a lot of frame build
ings, southeast corner of Sixth and Stark
streets, have been given SO days' notice
to vacate, as the owners, Messrs. Wat
son and Welnhard, desire to construct a
three-story brick on the grounds. The
building will have 50 feet frontage on
Sixth street and 100 on Stark, Its east
wall meeting the west wall of the new
four-story brick recently erected at the
corner of Fifth and Stark by ex-Senator
Corbett. The first story will be devoted
to stores and the upper stories rooming
apartments. The basement walls will be
constructed of stone and the front walls
of the superstructure will be of pressed
brick. The building will be modern in
every particular and is to cost about
523,000. It Is to be ready for occupancy by
Fall.
Sixth strset, between Alder and the
Grand Central Station, has undergone
many Important changes within the past
year, in the progress of transformation
from old-style wooden buildings used for
private purposes to business edifices,
whose need had dolly become more ap
parent. The thoroughfare is the main ar
tery between the business quarter of the
city and the passenger and freight de
pots on the terminal grounds, and the
traffic has grown to be enormous in all
manner of vehicles. The pavement being
of smooth asphalt, unmarred by street
car tracks, Is also largely preferred as a
driving boulevard, and as a pleasant spin
for wheelmen. Property-owners of that
portion of Sixth street think it is the
coming retail thoroughfare for that quar
ter of the city, and the many changes
being made show that they are willing
to back up their opinions with the hard
cash.
OPENING SALE OF TLfi11Aw,
BOYS' AND GIRLS' 11.1111 II. Cr
SAILORS
MADE IN FINE
AND ROUGH STRAW
Boys' and Girls' Sailors, in red, blue and
brown, regular 25c, special at
15c
An assortment of solid color and mixed' -a
braid sailors, regular 75c and 85c, special&yfQ
Fine $1.25 Children's Sailors, in various
combinations, special at
240 extra quality
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Lauies oau y
ors, rough straw, special at 4G
A NEW COLLECTION OF
POPULAR TRIMMED HATS,
SPECIAL AT $5.95 AND
OUR VERY
$4.95
Made of fine smnll figured Per
cale, tvitli extra deep ilounce,
fitted -ivnist lining, capes over
shoulder, new sleeves and col
lar, trimmed with fancy braid.
10,000 YAIIDS
OF NEWEST
WASH
FABRICS
Including French Ba
tiste, dimities, 'corded
novelties, lace effects,
embroidered swiss,
white novelties, fancy
stripes, representing
the pick of the best'
selling Spring goods at
15c a yd
GREAT SALE OF LEATHER GOODS TODAY
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STRIKE IS STILL ON
GOODS OP PORTLAND SADDLERY
FIRMS BOYCOTTED.
NAME FOR THE 1905 FAIR.
Meeting- of the Oregon Commission
Called to Take Action.
H. W. Corbett, chairman of the Oregon
State Commission for the 1905 fair, has
called a meeting to be held in the First
National Bank at 2 P. M. Monday. The
subjects of deciding upon a name for the
fair and of getting President McKInley to
break ground for It will be considered.
Chairman Corbett thinks it the province
of the commission, acting in conjunction
with the officers of the Oregon Historical
Society, to select a name. Mr. Corbett
said yesterday that the fact that a site
had not been selected need not Interfere
with the effort to have the President
break ground. "We can take President
McKInley to the City Park," he said, "and
let him break ground there. This would
be a mere .formality, and we could pick
a site at any other point afterward. If
the President is to break ground, how
ever, we should first decide upon a name
for the fair."
After dinner take one of Carter's Little
Liver Pills and you will be free from sour
rising of food from thev stomach. Try
them and be convinced.
Union Men Make a. Statement of Their
Grievances Say Present Wages
Are Entirely Inadecxnate.
The strike of the United Leather Work
ers on Horse Goods in all the harness and
saddlery houses In Portland is still on,
and does not seem to be any nearer settle
ment than It was a week ago, when it
was first declared. The Federated Trades
Assembly has notified all the labor organi
zations in the Northwest that the goods
of all the Portland concerns are on the
unfair list, and as a result a boycott has
been declared.
A committee representing the union yes-'
terday gave put the following statement
of its grievances:
"We believe that the present scale of
wages, or rather that paid prior to the
strike, Is too low. We presented, about
the middle of March, a request for an
increase in the wages paid piece work
ers, amounting to about 10 per cent on
the average, and not for an increase of
'one-third, as asserted by the employers in
their public statement. We asked that
this increase should go into effect on
April 11.
"After waiting the full time the em
ployers came back at us with a propo
sition which provided for a slight increase
In some particulars, but an actual reduc
tion in others. This we refused to accept.
We then modified our original demand-, but
they still refused to grant us any in
crease. We further demanded that in
case of differences in any shop the matter
be submitted to an arbitration committee
selected in the union by ballot. This
they also refused, and we then had one
of two courses open to us either to sub
mit to the existing low rate of wages, and
have our union ignored, or to strike. We
adopted the latter course.
"Our demand Is practically for the same
wages now being paid In all the, shops
In San Francisco, where the union is
recognized, and where employers and em
ployes get along together harmoniously.
The fact is, however, that the Portland
houses are trying to undersell the San
Francisco houses, and this is the cause
of their refusal to pay San Francisco
wages.
"Regarding Eastern competition, the
fact is that it is principally on light har
ness. The employers have practically con
ceded that our demand in that particu
lar was just. On heavy harness and sad
dles, over which the principal dispute
Is, they have practically no competition,
except that among themselves. The lo
cal concerns have not been paying -uniform
wages, and our insistence on a
uniform scale hurts- their cut-throat com
petition against each other.
"They have made the statement that a
good mechanic can make from $12 50 to $20
per week. This may be true If you count
only the actual time worked, which is
only about seven months In the year. As
a matter of fact, the average wages Is
about $10 per week. As quick as they dis
cover, moreover, that a man is a swift
worker on piece work, and can make say
$3 per day, they will make a proposition
to put him at day .work for $2 50. They
cite an instance of where a man made
$9 50 in three days. That Is true, but It
was merely a special instance. The av
erage wages of that man for the past
two years, and; we ran prove this as
sertion, have been $2 13 per day.
"We have been willing to arbitrate pur
differences at any time, but have met
with refusal except from the George Law
rence Company. This firm, while not
meeting us personally, sent its foreman
to us with a 'feeler,' but did not give
him any power to act. We believe that
our cause is a Just one, and we pro
pose to maintain It If we can."
WILL REDEEM PR0RERTY.
Judge Marquam. Serves Notice to the
Theater Mortgagees.
Judge P. A. Marquam yesterday notified
the Title Guarantee & Trust Company of
his intention to redeem hls property Sat
urday at i o'clock. A legal notice to this
effect was filed In the Sheriff's office, and
was duly seryed. It was directed to the
trust company and others who were in
terested in the mortgage-foreclosure pro
ceedings as creditors of Judge Marquam.
The property involved consists of the
block bounded by Sixth, Seventh, Morri
son and Alder streets, covered by the Mar
quam building and frame structures, SO
acres in the Quinn donation land claim,
formerly used as a race track, and some
other city property. The amount due is
about $340,000. The mortgage was held by
the United States Mortgage Company.
The Title Guarantee & Trust Company
acted as trustee of the property, collected
the rents and bid in the property at the
mortgage-foreclosure sale.
The Marquam building was erected 11
years ago, costing over $500,000, and gave
to Portland its first modern opera-house
and theater. It opened under most fa
vorable auspices, and the rooms and
stores in the building rented to advan
tage. The hard times following brought
about a reduction In the revenue, and
financial difficulties for the owner. The
building is now said to be paying over
and above good Interest and all other ex
penses. U. S.-G: Marquam, a son of Judge Mar
quam, and his attorney, when spoken to
yesterday upon the subject of the re
demption, said there was nothing to give
out, as the matter had not been finally
settled.
LAST CHANCE FOR LIGHTSHIP
Account of great success last Sunday's
excursion to Fort Canby, the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company has de
cided to give the public one more oppor
tunity to visit the ocean beach and see
the Government lightship on Its overland
journey to Baker's Bay. This is your last
chance to witness this really wonderful
sight. Don't miss It. The expense Is a
trifle. Portland to Fort Canby and re
turn to Astoria, .$1.25; return to Portland,
$1.50. Steamer Nahcotta will leave As
toria. Sunday 9.30 A. M.; returning, leave
Fort Canby 3:30, touching at Ilwaco both
directions, arriving Astoria 5:30 .P. M. No
delay, tide will be high. Take the "Has
salo" Saturday, 10 P. M.f Ash street dock.
THE BENCH SHOW.
If you admire a- good dog, don't fail
to visit the bench show now In progress at
the Tabernacle, Twelfth and Morrison
streets.
New Overland Ticket Office.
For all points East. Lowest rates.
Superior attractions. Excellent service.
Personally conducted excursions dally, via
Rio Grande Western Railway, 122 A Third
street, entrance new Failing building.
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When you feel bad, take Hood's Sar
saparllla. It will make you decidedly
better.
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Regular $3.00 Values.
For the 616th Friday Surprise Sale we offer another day
of wonderful Shoe value. The newest Spring styles, the best
leathers, all sizes, at a price exactly what it cost us to buy
them in the far East. This price is made for one purpose
only to impress upon your mind more than ever the won
derful money-saving opportunities offered by our weekly
Friday Surprise Sales. 1000 pairs of Ladies' Shoes in the
latest Spring styles, patent leather, vici kid or vesting tops,
light or heavy soles. Finest dress Shoes in the latest styles.
Every pai? new and perfect. Your choice for the 616th Fri
day Surprise Sale
Pair
Imported Scotch
Ginghams
17c Yard
On the- large main floor
bargain counter 2000
yards of the best import
ed Scotch Ginghams for
waists and dresses; stripes,
checks and plaids in the
best colorings and de
signs, corded effects. In
cluded in the lot are about
1000 yards of Anderson's
imported Scotch Ginghams
in the be3t patterns and
colorings. The best wash
goods value of the season
at 17c yard.
Groceries
Ass't pie fruit, 25c gal.
Ass't pie fruit, 24 lb. cans,
10c.
Tomatoes, 25c gal. can.
Crosse & Blackwell's Chow
Chow, small jar 25c, me
dium jar 45c, large size
jar 650.'"
Rooster 0yster3, 1 lb. cans,
3 for 25c.
Fancy sifted peas, lie can.
1 lb. cans salmon, 3 for 25c.
Tomato catsup, i5c bottle.
Full cream cheese,45c lb.
Libby's pork and beans, 7c
can.
Van Camp's macaroni and
cheese at 3 for 25c.
$1.25 Wrappers 89c
The biggest Wrapper values
in town. Hundreds bought
yesterday. Enough remaining
for hundreds more that come
today or tomorrow. No store
in the West sells as many Wrap
pers as the Meier & Frank Co.
That's why they can't offer you
the best styles at the low prices
we do. Newest Percale wrap
pers, all colors, prettily made
with ruffle on shoulder and
wide flounce, braid trimmed,
fitted waist lining, all sizes.
The best $1.25 Wrapper at
89 Cents
Big Values in
Spring Dress Fabrics
Are you in need of any
Spring Dress Fabrics? If
you are it's to the interest
of your purse to take ad
vantage of the great sale
now. in progress here.
Cheviot Suitings, Home
spuns and Cheviot mix
tures in the best colorings
and qualities, at greatly
reduced prices.
Big values at
43c 49c 73c 87c $1.27
Tooth Brushes
4-row pure bristle Tooth
Brushes, extra quality, our
regular 25c kind. For to
day, 12c each.
M. Yale's Hair Tonic
73 c Bottle
To introduce Mme.Yale's
Hair Tonic we offer for 3
days 250 bottles of her
well-known hair grower at
73c cents bottle. Hundreds
of women will testify a3to
its merit.
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JYDOCK
SITE FOR THE D!
PORT OP. PORTLAND COMMISSION
INVITES SUGGESTIONS.
President HurIics Argues That
Wooden Dock Wonld Be Cheap
and Easy to Repair.
Portland's drydock looms big- and strong
above the horizon. The Port of Portland
Commission adopted a resolution yester
day, Inviting written opinions from all
interested on the Question of site and
anything pertaining to the character of
the dock, and not finally settled by the
act of 1901. Special Invitations will be
issued to the Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company, the Board of Trade, the
Chamber of Commerce, shippers and pro
prietors of machine shops. The discus
sion of the steps taken indicated that a
majority of the Commission President
Hughes and Commissioners McCraken,
Banfield and Reilly are in favor of going
nhead with the project under a slow bell.
Commissioner Selling's mind is not made
up. Commissioners Swigert and Adams
did not attend the meeting.
President Hughes told the Commission
ers that he had called them together spe
cially for a conference on the drydock
project. '"It seems to me," he said, "that
we should do something In the way of
selecting a site or getting plans for the
pnrpose of carrying out the act of the
recent Legislature." Mr. Hughes said he
was not certain where the best site was,
and thought the other Commissioners
were in the same position. He suggested
that a request be issued for opinions of
persons Interested in the building and
operation of a drydock. "While my mind
is made up on the need of a drydock,"
the president continued, "I am puzzled
on the point of selecting a convenient lo
cation. The Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company will be our best customer,
but we cannot afford to give It a monopoly
of the benefits of the drydock, or anything
that looks like a monopoly, or give to any
one an undue preference."
"Will the drydock be a permanent fix
ture wherever It Is located?" asked Com
missioner McCraken.
"I think not," said President Hughes.
"My opinion is that If the first location
is not advantageous we have authority
to move to another place. However, we
should make no mistake. The site, in
cluding Its protecting works, will cost be
tween $25,000 and $50,000. Two or three
years ago I thought a steel dock would be
best for Portland, but I have changed my
opinion. I now favor a wooden
dock. In New York, where steel Is
cheaper than in Portland and wood dear
er, the preference In recent building of
drydocks has been given to wood. A
wooden dock will be cheaper to build and
cheaper to repair. The difference In the
Interest charge between a wooden dock
and a steel dbek' would be about $6000 a
year in favor of a wooden dock. The dif
ference in the repair account would
amount to $4CO0 or $5000 a year. I am
convinced also that a sectional dock,
built In sections of SO feet, Is about what
we want."
"So it seems to be taken for granted
that we are ready to build a drydock?"
said Commissioner Sellllng, who had
been listening intently to President
Hughes.
"We are," said the President, with a
determined smile.
"We've got to," came with emphasis
from Commissioner Banfield.
"If Portland needs a drydock, we should
build ,It, and the1 sooner the better," said
Commissioner Reilly
"No harm can be done by taking some
step," said Commissioner McCraken.
Commissioner Selling explained that he'
was not prepared to decide upon the
question of proceeding with the building
of a- dock. He advised careful consider
ation before anything definite is done. He
said that he will soon leave for the East,
and that while away will visit a number
of drydocks and inquire particularly
about their Income and cost of mainten- I
ance. ' ,
No objection was offered to the "proposal .
to ask for opinions from Interested per- I
sons on the subjects of site and character j
of dock, and Commissioner Banfield's mo- j
tion to that effect was adopted.
ments by quiet people who are house
hunting. Besides this, fumllles with chil
dren need the yard room usually lacking
in the modern flat.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
WILL BUILD ROW OF FLATS
James Steel io Erect Eipht at Sev
enth and Madison.
Ground will b& broken today for the
erection of a series of eight flats at the
southeast corner of Seventh and MadI- j
son streets, for James Steel. Mr. Steel j
owns the entire north half of the block. In I
the center of which stands his handsome !
residence, and the site of the- proposed j
flats Is an unusually favorable one, being '
good view, considering that the block Is
pretty well surrounded by comfortable
residences.
The basement of the flats will be built
of basaltic rock, the Dresent stone wall
of the embankment being torn down for '
the purpose. Each flat will have Its own
separate entrance on Seventh street, and
will be provided with electric lights, I
steam heat and modern plumbing. The .
building will have a frontage of 100 feet
on Seventh and 63 on Madison, and a J
general rear entrance, facing the latter
street will obviate the necessity of de-
liverlng groceries, fuel, etc., in front of ,
the flats. The entire series is expecieu
to be ready for occupancy by Septem
ber 1.
Tho six-room flat has only recently ap
peared In Portland, as formerly the Iso
lated cottage was much more In favor.
The growth of the city In all directions.
however, compels dwellers In cottages to
reside further away from the business
center, as the blocks close in become more
densely occupied. The flats thus far
erected have found tenants Just as soon
as the contractor handed the key to the
owner, and none of them are permitted to
remain vacant more than a few hours,
should the present tenants desire to move
out. The flat, however. Is generally de
nied to families with children above a
tender age, as people have to live as
pretty close neighbors, and the romping
in the halls and the noise made by play
liur Juveniles axe no considered Induce- .
Collector "Who Stad Deen DiNcbarKetl
for Intemperance.
Despondent because he had lost his po
sition on account of his Intemperate
habits, Semuel Morris, 40 years aid. living
on Twelfth street near Salmon, commit
ted suicide yesterday by snooting him
self in the right temple, at a North Sixth
street saloon.
Morris had been employed as porter
and collector by Charles Kohn & Co.. and
was discharged this week for drunken- '
ness. Inattention to business and failure
to account for collections. Not tee of his
dismissal was published in yesterday's
Oregonlan. From the evidence hsard
before the Coroner, yesterday, it ap
peared that yesterday morning about 9
o'clock Morris visited a North Sixth
street saloon, near the Union dpot. and
ordered drinks from the bartender,
Adolph Agerbach.
Qlorris looked as if he had not slept
all night," testified Agerbach, "but ho
did not look as if he had been drinking.
He did not speak of any trouble. Ho
lighted a cigar, and after he had ordered
two more drinks, he said ho would liko
t orest a little. I took him to a back
room, and left him there. One hour
afterwards. I heard a shot, and when
I opened the door of the room, where I
had left Morris, I found him sitting on
a chair, and he was shot in the head.
A revolver lay on the tabic. He waa
dead."
The verdict was that Morris had com
mitted suicide and that the motive waa
unknown.
Bids for- New Scaoolhoase. '
Bids for the carpenter work, plastering,
painting, etc., of tho new Central Sahool
building, on the East Side, were opened
by the building committee of the School
Board yesterday. Bids for the carpenter
work were as follows: Stewart & Wins
low, $23,500; Gardiner & McLennan, $20488;
L. S. Sharno, $21,200; Peter oHbkirk. $10,
375. For the painting there was only one bid,
by Sheehy Bros., $2373, and the contract
was awarded to them.
For the plastering there were three bids,
as follows: J. D. Cresham. $2660; M. E.
Freeman. $2563; Ottara & Robinson, $fiK0;
Wetzer Bros., $2650. The contract was let
to Mr. Freeman.
The contract for windows was awarded
to W. P. Fuller & Co. for $1620 they being
the only bidders.
The bids were very nearly the same as
those submitted last year on the Hohaday
School building, and the buildings ace very
similar. School Clerk Allen desires tho
unsuccessful bidders to call at Mf office
and obtain their certified checks.
The excavation for the foundation la
nearly completed, and bricklaying will
commence on the foundation walls at
once. The work of construction will be
pushed vigorously, and it is the intention
of the School Board to have the build
ing ready to receive the pupils at tho
opening of the schools in September,