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io - THE MOBBING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 19M. CUPID IS HARD HIT Divorce Mill Grinds Out Fate of Mismated Ones. FOUR DECREES ARE GRANTED New Suits of Sensational Nature Ar Filed, One Woman Asking a DI vorce Because, She Alleges, Husband Pinched Her. Four divorces were granted by Judge Cleland yesterday. Alice Clark was di vorced from R. E. Clark because he was ronvicted of horsestealing in Harney County in November, 1502, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The parties were married in Burns, April 14, 18S3. and have two children. Walp C. O'Donald testified that her hus band, W. H. O'Donald, deserted her in August, 1901. and has since that time con tributed nothing whatever for her support. They were married in Portland In 1S77. Mrs. O'Donald was allowed to resume her maiden name, Kirby, and was also de creed to be the owncrjn her own right of certain pr-jperty in Alblna. The bonds of matrimony were dissolved. Jane I. Gragg was divorced from Israel S. Gragg because o'f desertion and was allowed to resume her former name, Mc Donald. The litigants were married In Portland, October 3. 1900. Mrs. Gragg tes tified that her husband left her in Sep tember. 1P02, and she does not know- his present whereabouts. Married at Thirteen. Rose May Jennings told the court that she was married to William Jennings at Fort Scott. Kan., September 4, 1895, and at the time the ceremony was performed she was only 13 yoars old. She said' she always conducted herself in a proper man lier and fulfilled her duties as a wife, but notwithstanding her husband abandoned bcr in October, J88D, and since absolutely refused to provide for her support- There ia one child 6 years old with the mother. Her maiden name. Noret. was restored to ker and the divorce was granted. Says He Deserted Her. Suit for the dissolution of a matrimonial bond was commenced in the State Circuit Court yesterday by Addle M. Mauscau against Carroll M. Mauscau. In her romplaint the plaintiff alleges that she was married to the defendant in Duluth. Minn., in 1S$3. and that he de serted her November 21. 1903, and refuses to return to her. Mauscau is assistant manager of a telephone company at Du luth and receives a salary of $200 per month. Mrs. Mauseau avers that he re futes to provide for her support or that of their child, a son 10 years old. Alleges He Pinched Her. Majmlr Hardy wants a legal separation zrcm Anthony Hardy because, she avers, ie threatened to kill her and has cursed and abused and been guilty of all manner of cruel treatment towards her. She filed & complaint against him In the State Cir cuit Court yesterday for a divorce, through her attorney. Claude Strahan. Mrs. Hardy says her husband Is of a jealous disposition and frequently became enraged at her without cause when he ap plied all mannor of opprobrious epithets to ncr. She is of a sensitive disposition and was greatly humiliated by such con duct. He grabbed her by the wrists once she alleges, and twisted and wrenched them so as to cause permanent injury. He also had a habit of pinching her causing bruises and black and blue spots. On a. certain occasion, Mrs. Hardy as serts, her husband struck her on the head live or six times. At The Dalles in No vember, 1J02, when they were returning home from a visit to friends he pinched her. and pinched her again In July. 1903. At another tlmo she states he loft her on the street in Portland to go into a i!oon to get a drink. He did not come out for two hours, and when she rcmon strated he struck her with a beer bottle and threatened to kill her. Again in Oc tober, 1901. she says he pinched her and threatened to take her life. They were married in March. 1S99. FILED FOR PROBATE. County Court Receives Will of Late Jane Abraham. The vcili .of Jane Abraham, deceased. was filed for probate In the County Court yesterday. It is not known that Mrs. Abraham left any property of any con siderable value. If any there be. it -is to be distributed as follows: To Fremont I Abraham, one-third of the whole. All the rest and residue is bequeathed Lewis, Jacob M. and Lyman B. St. John, broth ers of the testatrix, and to the children of deceased sisters, Naby Crawford .Nancy Reobe and Charity Hughes. The snares will amount to about one-ninth carh. The will is dated May 2S, 1901, and was witnessed by Isewton McCoy and Hatlle J. Wilson. Fremont L. Abraham is named as executor without bonds. Jane Abraham was the widow of James Abraham, a pioneer resident of East Port Sana James Abraham gave largely to trurcfc and charitable purposes during nu lifetime. Including the Centenary M. E Church, and the Portland Hospital at Jsunnysldo. After his death Mrs. Abra nam turned over all the property to trustees for theological purposes. Later she sued and recovered the property, ex rcpt a considerable portion of It, which I went to lawyers. Indebtedness, lnclud- jng claims held by the church on notes executed by James Abraham before he ciod, used up about all that was left. The notes wore ddnations to the building fmd. Recently J. P. Finlcy, who has not ct been paid his bill covering tho funeral expenses of Jane Abraham, filed a peti-t.-n in the County Court asking to have thr will filed. Mr. McCoy, in whoso ,-ssession it was. had previously offered f flle it. and now has done so. EMPLOYES ARE INDICTED. Grand Jury Is After Employes of War wick Poolroom. A joint indictment was returned by the pTand Jury yesterday against Billy Hum phreys, Al Nelmcycr. J. H. Marshall, J. N, Fleshman. M. L. Degren, J. E. Steph ens and J. E. Culllson, former employes cf tho Warwick Club poolroom, under the nuisance statute. The indictment is coufhed in the same terms as the one previously filed against Xeasc. the man ager of the place, and provides that the accused on October 20, 1904, and contin uously until November following, did wil ful' y and wrongfully commit an act which grossly disturbs the public peace, and openly outrages the public decency and is Injurious to public morals, by then and there, for gain, habitually selling pools upon horseraces and habitually procuring IClc and cvil-dlspdsed persons to come to their house and buy pools, and to bet upon horseraces, to the common nuisance of all good citizens, and contrary to the statutes in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the Ftate of Oregon. The indictment is dat ed November S, 19M, and the witnesses whose names appear on it are Graham Glass. J2- W. Hodgklnson, L. C. Marccllus, David A. Pattullo. John Bain and Thomas Honeyman. It is signed John Plan ning, District Attorney. Files an Answer. The Orecon Water Power & Railway Company, in answer to the damage suit of Lizzie T. Suess. alleges that on May 11. 1904, she attempted to board a car at Front and Madison streets wniie it was in motion, and fell to the street. The in juries she sustained, it is alleged, were the result of her own negligence. The an swer admits that the car had stopped at Front and Madison streets, but says It had been started before Mrs. Suess came .long and tried to get on. Court Notes. Decisions will be announced by Judge Sears this morning in the following cases: Fleckcnsteln. Mayer Co. vs. Bradley & Germansen, merits: Miles & Piper Com pany vs. Bowers & Wright and Globe Wall Paper Company vs. Bowers & Wright, merits; Oregon Railroad & Nav igation Company vs. Amanda Larsen, merits. Judge George will decide: Mc"LaughlIn vs. McLaughlin, matter of allowance of suit money: Lynds vs. Clark et al., demurrer to complaint: W. C Fis cher vs. S. W. Cone Lumber Company et al., motion to strike out parts of com plaint; Ford vs. Blazier et al., motion to 'strike out parts of complaint; Port land Union Stockyards vs. Multnomah Count, motion to strike out parts of amended complaint: Slinger vs. Kinney, motion to make complaint more definite and certain: Bates vs. Weigand et al., de murrer to complaint: Klncaid vs. City of Portland, motion to supersede writ of re view; Kadderly vs. City of Portland, de murrer to complaint; Myers et al. vs City of Portland ct al.. demurrer to complaint; Omet vs. Yeibn, motion to make complaint more definite and certain: Wall vs. Haines, demurrer to complaint: Gent kow vs. Portland Railway Company, mo tion to make complaint more definite and certain. SAVES HM BY FAINTING. Mrs. Mary Hunter Collapses When Husband Is Covered With Revolver. Believing her husband was to be shot down before her eyes on the steamer Joseph Kellogg, Mrs. Mary Hunter foil In a faint yesterday afternoon and prob ably saved his life by her involuntary action. Angered to the point of murder by the refusal of Hunter to pay him 53, alleged to be due him for wages, i'eter uison whipped out a heavy-caliber revolver and shoved the muzzle against his intended victim's heart. "Pay me. or I'll blow out your heart," shouted the drunken and enraged Olson, addressing Hunter. It was a most dramatic moment and threatened to end in a foul murder. While Olson still pressed his revolver against Hunter's heart., Mrs. Hunter came into the room and. seeing the peril of her husband, gasped and fell to the floor. The fainting - woman unnerved Olson, apparently, and, although Hunter failed to comply with his demands relative to the payment of the wages, the revolver wielder imagined were due him, he did not pull the trigger. The Intense excitement of the moment had rendered Hunter so that he was for the time unable to defend himself, but at last he grappled with Olson and wrenched the revolver from his hands. In the meantime, friends had rushed in. They revived Mrs. Hunter and took her to her stateroom. Policemen from the Central Station were dispatched, in response to an emer gency call, and after shackling Olson, carried him to the City Jail in a patrol wagon. He was booked on a charge of attempted murder. Today he will prob ably be face to face with the additional counts of threatening to kill, pointing a loaded weapon at another, carrying a concealed weapon and drunk and dis orderly. Hunter is chief steward of the Kellogg, and Olson has for a time been serving under him as pantryman. Yesterday morning he quit his Job and went up town, where he imbibed freely. Ho was so desperate that It took several strong men to subdue him, and during the prog ress of tho fight on the boat the lights were knocked out- of their places and the lamps demolished; windows were smashed and things torn up in general. TO BUILD CLUB HOUSE. Concordia Club May Decide to Build in Near Future. The Concordia Club at a meeting Thurs day night decided that it should have a new clubhouse of its own and a commit tee was appointed to investigate sites and learn the cost of a suitable structure. There were many influential members of the club at the meeting and they ex pressed themselves willing to finance tho undertaking u the expense was Teason able, , Though no definite decision was made as to the location of the new clubhouse, it was more or les? generally agreed that it should be further up town than the pres ent location at Sixth and Alder streets. The district between Fifteenth and Twen tieth . streets was considered most favor ably. This matter will come up for fur ther discussion when the committee ap pointed reports tho available sites. The probable cost will be $20,000. BUSDfESS ITEMS. If Babr Is Cottlnr Teeth. Be cere and use that old and well-tried remrdr. Mrs. YTlnalow'a Boo thins Syrup, lor child re a teething. It boo tho the child, sotteaa the rums. .nays au pain, cures wina colic asa ciur&oe. Miss HaUie Erminie Tives Comes to Town Talented Authoress of "Hearts Courageous" and "The Castaway" Is in Portland Gathering Local Color for a New Novel. li EN of Portland do x your best this week! Wear your most Western clothes and keep your character istics ready to use at a moment's notice, for Hallic Erminie Rives is in town look ing lor the component part of a hero for her next novel. VI say component ad visedly, for she admitted to me that she had found part of the gentleman In ques tion while visiting in Butte, Mont. Just exactly what part she declined to say. It might have been his clear-cut features, his well-moulded head, his nice straight legs, his powerful square shoulders, or even the set of his tweed business suit; but, be that as it may, it is well to be on the alert, for In the manufacturing of a hero it is necessary to boll down six or dinary human 'characters before concen tration occurs and the real metal appears ready for print She didn't want to talk shop at all, but after we had exhausted the subjects of roses and Portland's beautiful location. I gave her the choice between the new book or Mary MacLane. Miss Rives. leaned back among the pillows, and smiled hu morously "Please please spare me on the sub ject of Mary, for I talked her all the time I was in Butte and ever since I left Butte. Did I see her devil? Well, not exactly, but I think I got pretty close to him when I went down in some of those mines. Surely there was only a thin wall separat ing us. "Going down in those mines Is an un canny experience" which I would not care to repeat but, after descending one, I had to go down the others or become un popular, you know! Each of the three po litical organs there has Its big mine. Its own newspaper and its own social clique. I was royally entertained. The Amalga mated ladies would invite me here and the THEY TAKE IT EASY Executive Board Dodges the Expected Fireworks. ACCEPTANCE IS RESCINDED Official Body Deals Blow to Tanner Creek Sewer and Considers Peti tion of Police Officers Who Want More Salary. No leak in the roof of the City Hall was apparent yesterday aftornoon. Nev ertheless some of the moisture outside must certainly have leaked Into the big commlttee-room on the third floor, for though the Executitve Board transacted a mass of business including rescinding the acceptance of the Tanner-Creek sewer, all the scheduled fireworks were damp ened and fizzled miserably. For Instance, the fire committee was loaded to stand by its report in the case of W. Hanson, the fire captain, suspended for assaulting M. L. Crane. But W. L. MRS. MAVERICK'S OWN STORY. By special arrangement with her pub lisher?. The Sunday Oregonlaa tomor row will publish a page epitome of "Mrs. Maybrlck' Own Story: My Fifteen Lost Year." In seclusion and under the shelter of a friend's roof. Mrs. May brick, ever since her arrival In America, baa devoted all her time to this recital. It Is literally her own story and pitifully pathetic. Boise had taken a last long look in the charter book and successfully sprung the high cards up his sleeve. When the com mittee reported Its second findings and recommended that Hanson be fined 523, removed to another company and allowed full pay for time of suspension, Mr. Boise merely asked if an extra man had been employed in his place. Chief Campbell admitted this was true, and City Auditor Devlin, when called upon as authority. said that pay could not be allowed under those circumstances, according to the charter. Hanson will not be fined the $23, but will lose his pay for two months, a more severe punishment than the Are committee Intended. Acceptance Rescinded. Without a single word of opposition. the resolution rescinding the acceptance of the Tanner-Creek sewer on October 21 was passed. The resolution recited that as "false representations had been made. etc." but did not lay any complaint at the door of the City Engineer. From the Pacific Construction Company came a petition ror an extension of w days upon the Morrison-street bridge. The time for completion was December 4, but the petitioners promise to rush tho work, and the bridge open for traffic in less than 60 days. The special bridge com mittee will confer with the City Attorney and the officials of the old City & Sub urban Company, which had a contract with the city, before the extension Is granted. Major Langfltt, through United States' District Attorney Hall, has called the at tention of the city officials to the al leged delinquency of tho city in not dredg Incr the river near tho Morrison-street bridge. This also went to the bridge com mittee. Police Want More Pay. . "The committee recommends that to the Council." said Mr. SIchcl, when Mr. Dev lin announced a petition of police of ficers for higher salary. "I haven't read It," said General Beebe, the other member of the police commit tee. But when the petition asking for a fiat raise to $S5 a month was read, Mr. SIchel gasped. "Let's see that; that Isn't the one I mean," and the other member of the committee had the laugh. It was re ferred to the police committee. Councilman Albec -sent in a remon strance because a street improvement contract held by the Oregon Real Estate Company was being fulfilled. The street runs through the company's property, and an extremely low bid was submit ted. As the last extension of time ex pired yesterday. Mayor Williams directed that the penalty of $2000 be collected. The streets leading to the Lower Alblna ferry will soon be put In such shape that tho ferry can be used advantageously. HAD PITY FOE THE BOY. Judge Hogue Releases Youth Because of Brother's Death. John Burns selected an unfortunate mo ment to steal a set of lines from a har nessmaker. A few hours after he had committed the theft, Thursday evening, he received the sad intelligence that his brother Robert had been killed at Walla Walla by falling from a train. He hast ened for the depot to take an outgoing train in order to accompany the remains to the home of his invalid mother at Heinze ladles there, and the Clark ladies another place :and sometimes they would all gefmlxed up and there would be funny situations. But, withal, what rare people those residents of Butte are. They are generous, openhearted. hospitable, edu cated, cultured, and they know how to en tertain and dress equal to anything In New York. "I found part of my hero there" It was provoking to tell' Just that much and nothing more, but no coaxing or ca jolery would persuade this suave and Im penetrable authoress to reveal the type or character of tho man whom she had selected In Butte to form one-sixth of her hero. But she did go so far as to say that It took at least six men to make up an acceptable hero, but there she became a veritable grandfather's clock, and stopped "Well, how about the villain I like a villain lots better than a hero anyway?" "Don't you though?" (At last she was going to talk character3 building.) "A villain is so real so like the men we know, while it is awfully hard to make an acceptable hero for a book without having him a bit soft. I'm glad you like the villain he is so much more human than the hero who never docs any wrong and who makes such Impossible sacrifices. "Oh, of course, I like them I even made him the hero in my last book. Byron Is my ideal character, and It must be ad mitted that he was not an angel. You don't know how proud and pleased I am that "The Castaways" Is to be translated Into five languages. Those people over there In Europe love Byron. They didn't know me from Adam, but as soon as they learned that my book had their hero in It they immediately set about having It translated." We talked a minute about the other characters in the new book for which Miss Rives is gathering material. It Is to be an American novel of Western types, Springfield. Mo. En route to the depot he was arrested for larceny and locked up. When the case was called before Judge Hogue in Police Court yesterday morning the boy pleaded for his liberty that he might attend the body on the sad home ward journeyx To the prisoner's pleas for leniency were added those of his sis ter, Mrs. Bert Twlgger. Between heart broken sobs she asked that her recreant brother might be allowed to take the dead body of her other brother to a mother who Is not expected to live long. There was none else to perform this sad duty, she said. Law had to yield to senti ment In such a case. Judge Hogue let the boy go. FOE TO LOCAL OPTION LAW. Mayor of The Dalles Wants It Re pealed. Though F. A. Seufert, Mayor and can ner, of The Dalle3, has driven gambling- out of his town and compelled saloons to respect the law. he Is a foe to the local option law and pledges himself to do all he can to have it repealed by the Legislature. Mr. Seufert does not wish the law amended so as to be a precinct option act, but desires all ves tiges of it put off the statute books. In its place he would retain the old act which required as a sanction for a sal oon the signature of a majority of tho electors In a precinct and would extend that method to Incorporated towns. Mr. Seufert Is the man who defied tho prophecies of many residents of The Dalles by closing all gambling dens. He did It without making a single ar rest or spending- a dollar of tho city's funds. Instead of pulling the gamblers into court and putting the burden of proof on the city or utate, he threat ened to invade the dens, seize their paraphernalia, furniture and every thing portable in sight and sell It all on the street corner to the highest bid der. The gamblers therefore would have to sue the city if they desired to recover the value of their property and would have to try their blandish ments on a taxpayers jury and take the burden of proof on their own shoulders. They thought It wiser to stop the games. Just as soon as the games had stop ped Mayor Seufert rounded up th sal oonkeepers and told each that his li cense would be summarily revoked at the first act of Indecency or disorder In his place of business. When Mr. Seufert was in Portland the other day he said all the saloons in The Dalles are con ducting themselves properly. He ven tured the prophecy that they would continue to do so. "I am no prohibitionist," he remark ed; "no temperance man, so-called,, and no Sunday man. One man is as good in my eyes as another so long: as he be haves himself. I do not care if he goes to a church or a saloon on Sunday, but he must not Interfere with his neigh bor. And I shall use all my Influence and power to destroy disreputable saloons." Mr. Seufert would give Mayors arbi trary power to revoke licenses of dis orderly saloons. He says that author ity In the hands of Mayors would set tle saloon evils sooner than anything else. T have vet to find a saloonkeeper, ' remarked Mr. Seufert, "who has" kept a disorderly house after his attention vyas called to the city ordinances and the Denalties. Oregon needs a law, he said, that will take the liquor question out of poli tics. He suggested that Councils grant licenses only if petitions therefor are signed by a majority of the registered electors in the precinct concerned. WILL PE0VTDE HOSE BOOM. St. Johns Directors Are Authorized to Erect Two Temporary Buildings. The directors of St. Johns School Dte- trlct were authorized to spend $1000 in the erection of two temporary schoolrooms at the meeting of voters last evening. R. F. Robinson. County School Superintendent, was present, and by request addressed the meeting, urging that ample facilities be provided, not only for tho present, but for the future. He made the remark that nearly every schoolhouse in the county was crowded. Professor Robinson confirmed the state ment made by Principal Teuscher. of the St. Johns School, that 33 or -40 pupils were enough for a single room. Some of the people thought a room should accommo date at least 50 pupils. Speaking of erect ing a building separate from tho present one in St. Johns, 3lr. Komnson saia ne considered it better to have at least a single ten-room building than to have two small ones In different portions of the district. The appropriation of $1000 was voted unanimously for temporary relief, and steps for a permanent building will come later. Enrollment in tho St Johns School was reDorted at 307. and the actual at tendance at 290 in the six rooms. Work will be started on the temporary rooms at once. They will be ready In about two weeks. Will Change Accident Policies. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. The executive committee of the International Associa tion of Accident Underwriters, at a meet insr here, has agreed to reduce the period for which weekly Indemnity will be paid under health policies from 62 to 2o weeks: This goes Into effect on January l. Southern Pacific Declares Dividends NEW YORK. Dec 9. A dividend of 3& percent has been declared on tho pre ferred stock of Soutnern jpacinc company. written directly from Western people'. 'She said she had seen so much- copper lately that she had decided to -get away from the tawney red hair; In fac that she might carry the heroine clear through the book before deciding what color her "hair and eyes shall be. Not .that the lady will go to press in this bald-headed con dition oven poetic license would not per mit of that. She will be crowned with a wealth of gold in all probability, though chestnut-brown has not been entirely ta- boed. "Joking aside; I want, my heroine to leave a good taste in the mouth and a wholesome influence with the reader. want her as fragrant as the Oregon roses -could I wish her more than that?" "The Castaways," Miss Rives last book. is having a tremendous success, and her Western novel will be keenly anticipated. Her second book. "As the Heart Panteth,' was written here in Portland, although It Is a story of the Gouth. She was visit ing here at that time, about six years ago, and says she has never forgotten the inspiration she received during the hours spent on the heights surrounding the city. "Old Mount Hood always seemed to me like some great monument looking and reaching up to God, and I never tired of looking at It. A fellow traveler of Miss Rives tell3 a capital joke on a fruitvendcr in Omaha, who was put to route by the quick wit of the Virginia authoress. In chans Ing cars at that point the fruitman came through the station with a basket of beautiful red apples. Miss Rives hastily selected tne nnest one and bit Into it be fore she opened her purse. "How much? she asked as she ate. "Twenty cents." replied the vender. "Twenty cents!" she exclaimed. "Bless me, I didn't know we were In Eden thought this was Omaha!" 21. M. CUTS HIS THROAT Ex -Policeman Frank Olsson Tries to Commit Suicide. DOCTORS SAY HE WILL LIVE Mrs. Olsson Finds Her Husband Lying on Floor in Basement-Room of Scottish Rite Cathedral-in Pool of Blood. While in a fit of despondency at 2 o'clock esterday afternoon, ex-Policeman Frank Olsson, janitor at the Scottish Rite Cathe dral, attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat with a pocketknlfe. Although, he succeeded In cutting a deep gash, the attending physicians believe he will recover. When Mrs. Olsson entered the room in the basement in which her husband made the attempt on his life she was startled to see him lying on the cement floor. Blood was- freely flowing- from the wound In his throat. He was unconscious. Quickly Mrs. Olsson summoned Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzie. Upon his arrival he immediately ordered that the wounded man be removed to St. "Vincent's Hospital. The emergency ambulance from the Cen tral Stables was called and In It Olsson was taken to that Institution. At the hospital Dr. Taylor dressed the wound. Late last night it was announced that Olsson will recover, but it will re quire several weeks. Intimate friends of Olsson declare that he has been mentally unbalanced for a time. They aver that he has done many peculiar things, which have caused comment among those who know him. "Olsson was not in his right mind when he attempted to take his life." said P. S, Malcolm. "He was laboring under mental strain. He Is not the man to do such thing otherwise." Olsson is very well known in Portland, having lived here all his life. During January, 1903, he was appointed to be patrolman on the police force. He served under ex-Captain Parker, then command ing the second relief. He was suspended after serving three months. There was trouble over some bills submitted to Chief Hunt by various saloonkeepers on the East Side. Olsson never defended himself and was- dropped from the department. Olsson had been serving in the Scottish Rite Cathedral as janitor for the past IS months. He did his work in a manner pleasing to his employors and got along well. With his wife he occupied apart ments in the building, which Is situated at Morrison and Lownsdale streets. Through the long, weary hours of the night Mrs. Olsson remained with her hus band. Sho declined to leave his side. The shock of finding him in what she thought was a dying condition has proved severe to her. AT THE THEATERS What tho Press Agents Say. "MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN." Last Performance at the Columbia This Afternoon and Evening. People who go to the theater to be amused and entertained hare never bad a greater opportunity In Portland to grat ify their desires than at the Columbia Theater this week. Tho matinee this aft ernoon and this evening's performance are the last performances of the week for that glorious and spirited farce comedy. "Mistakes Will Happen," which has kept up a steady stream of laughter and mer riment at this popular theater, the bill changing to "The Prodigal Daughter" to morrow, Sunday afternoon matinee. You must not miss "Mistakes Will Hap pen," and scats should be secured early for the rush is unusually large on Sat urday. "EVERYMAN" TODAY. Great Morality Play Both This After noon and Tonight at the Marquam. This afternoon at 3 o'clock and tonight at 8:30 the famous Ben Greet players, of. London, will present the great moraaty play of the fifteenth century, "Every man," at the Marquam Grand Theater. The first performance was given yester day afternoon. Matinee of "Darkest " Russia." The special matinee at the Empire The ater this afternoon promises to be well attended to witness the big production of "Darkest Russia. The intense melo drama Is excellently interpreted by a very capable company, and ' the gradual in crease in business during the week Is evi dence that the patrons of the up-town the ater appreciate this class of entertain ment. Last performance tonight. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Florence Roberts Next Week. Florence Roberts will begin an engage ment of one week at the Marquam Grand Theater next Monday night. December 12. Her great success. "Zaza." will be the bill for the first two nights. "Tess of the rrurbervllles," Wednesday night; "The Adventure of Lady Ursula," Thursday night; "A Doll's House," Friday night and Saturday matinee; Marta. of tho Lowlands," Saturday night. Seats are now selling. "A Little Outcast." Tomorrow matinee the big metropolitan production of "A Little Outcast" will ap pear at the Empire Theater for a limited enjragement ot rour nignts. urns is tno big scenic production which since Its start three years ago has been the popular favorite. All its characters are to be met with dally in New York. It carries the story from aristocratic Fifth avenue what Devery terms "Double Fifth Ave nue," down on the city map as Avenue Tenth. New and original scenes are pre sented. the most prominent being a pano ramie view of the Battery at night, with the great dome of the World building and adjacent skyscrapers illuminated with hundreds of incandescent lights; a bizarre Chinese restaurant on Pell street, with Its Oriental colorings; a fashionable woman boudoir and the great water scene off the Batten with the roar of the Incoming tide, the fight In the waves and uie tnmi Ing rescue by the police In an electric launch, which Is the big spectacle of the production. Seats for "The Billionaire." The advance sale of seats for "The BII llonaire," which comes to the Columbia next Thursday nignt ana ?iaay matinee December 15 and 16. will open next Tues day morning. December 13, at 10 o'clock In the lobby of the Marquam Grand Theater. "A Chinese Honeymoon." Among the early productions coming; to the Marquam Grand Theater will be the much-heralded Sam S. Shuberf "A Chinese Honeymoon," with its long and -profitable runs in New York, Phlla delphia, Boston and Chicago. Its com ing- here will be welcomed by our many theatrical patrons. One of the numer ous Ideas which went a long- way to make "A Chinese Honeymoon" a suc cess -was that the costumes are devoid of short dresses and tights and - only Chinese costumes and long- dresses pre- ail. The book Is clean and not one word is suggestive. In due time the sale of seats will be announced. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS At the Arcade Today. The matinees at the Arcade Theater today offer many attractions to the amusement-seeking- public. Restful scenes of Rome, Naples and Venice will appeal to the tired shopper, while the Ivacious dancing- of the Montague Sisters and the fun-making of Camp bell and Shepp will entertain "all com ers. Next week, beginning Monday, the famous family of Rennees will be the feature act, introducing- the-three Ren- nee children, aged 3, 4 and 5 years, as the "Youngest Rough Riders in the World.'' - Rush at the Baker., The rush at the Baker still continues and the public seems to be. as much taken with Portland's great vaudeville theater as when It first opened. Perhaps if you will examine the bill for this week you will understand why this is so. The best acts in town will naturally draw the larg est audiences. There are all kinds of good ones. In fact, the bill is so ex cellent as a whole that it Is almost Im possible to single out any one act as the headliner. See for yourself tonight if the Baker is not the best of all. Don't take our word for it. Pay the place a visit and then decide. Good Time, for Bijou. This afternoon or this evening will be a mighty fine time to see all those. good things on the Bijou's programme. There's Hildebrandt. with his great muscular de velopment and lifting feats; Qulzlna, his direct opposite, with a graceful contor tionist act; the Margesons, with a big laughmaking turn, and Violet Ross, with her art studies. Lyric Bill Draws. In spite of the fact that Christmas Is approaching and that this season ot the year is considered a dull one in the the atrical business, the. Lyric continues to entertain crowded houses. The bill this week is one of the finest ever offered by a vaudeville theater in this city and the public appreciates a good thing. Conse quently the house has been crowded at each performance. Don t fall to see Mitchell and his wonderful "auto girl" and all the other stars on the list for this week. Star's Sterling Attractions. Today and tomorrow are the last days of the sterling bill at the Star Theater with the Threo De Graus as "Foxy Grandpa and the Bad Boys;" Coie Frances Bower, the wonderful double-voiced prima donna, and Tipple and Kllmmcnt, the eccentric musreal comedians, as three of the eight allur ing acts. Next week an all-star bill starts with tho Molassos. tho world's greatest dancers; BImm Bomm Barr. In a nov elty mfesical act; the four Close Broth ers, acrobatic marvels, and the Field ing Comedy Four, the greatest array of vaudeville talent ever assembled on a Portland stage. The Grand a Favorite. More than 15,000 people have visited the Grand Theater this week, and still they continue to flock in the house. The rea son is a great bill, but the wonder will come next week, beginning with Monday, when an almost unparalleled programme will bo presented. There will be ten top- line acts, and two of the greatest sen sations ever seen In vaudeville. Tne Grand will find It difficult to hold the crowds next week. DELINQUENT BOLL SMALL. Creditable Showing Made in Tax Col Iecting Department.. The delinquent tax. roll for 1303 amounts to only $16,000. which is the best showing for many years past, and it Is expected that this amount will be reduced by JIO.OOO to $12,000 before the delinquent sale occurs one month hence. The total amount of the 1903 tax roll was J1.0S5.K2). When Sheriff Word took office on July 5 there remained about 5170,000 still to be taken in J. W. Ferguson, chief deputy in the tax department, reports that since July 5 and including December 5, there has been col lected and turned over to the County Treasurer 5157,782. The amount delinquent on real property Is about 516,000 and on nersonal property nearly 55000. This is- a most creditable showing. The amount ot penalty collected, which all goes to the countv, was 54558 and the amount or in terest 527S3. This much more than pays the expense of collecting taxes since July 5. Mr, Ferguson gave the County Com mlssloncrs a statement showing just how things stand on the tax roll up to date, which Is the first time this has ever been done. Of the sum collected since Sheriff Word assumed the duties of his office the distribution Into the various principal funds was as follows: Prom Julv 5 to December 5 inclusive Poll $ 243.9G State 29.050.72 State school - 19.78S.15 County 25.301.88 Road - s.wi.iH Special county' (library) 700.68 Port or Portland 10.720.7 Cltr of Portland.... i 33.508.4! City of St. Johns S2.1t5 School District No- 1 22.S63.: The county also received the 545SS pen alty and the other amounts were divided among the outside school districts. TO OPEN TEA BOOM. Innovation to Be Presented by Young Women's Christian Association. The tearoom which the Young Worn en's Christian- Association will open to" day in Olds, Wortman & King's will be something of an Innovation in i'oruapa and much after the custom followed in Eastern cities. While the ladles of the as soclatlon are not prepared to open on a large scale. It Is thought the accommo dation wnlch Is offered will answer all purposes at present. Something of this nature In a refreshment-room has Ion; been In demand in the shopping districts of the city. Miss Margaret WIshart. the efficient teacher of the School of Domestic Science, will be In charge of "the tearoom, and will be prepared to serve hot tea, choco late, coffee, sandwiches, cakes, salads and all varieties of light refreshment The room Is situated on the second floor of the store, next to the rotunda in the suit department, and Is easily accessible by either elevator. 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