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THE MORNING OKEGOJilAX, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1907. 9 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF OREfiOXIAJf TELEPHONES. Coun tins-Room Main TOTO City Circulation Main 7070 Managing Editor Main 7070 Sunday Editor Main 7070 Composing-Room Main 7070 Oty Editor Main 7070 Superintendent Building: Main 7070 tut Side Office . . East 61 AMOKMI-NT9. rHE TTEIT.IQ THEATER (14th and Wash ington) The San Carlo Opera Company; "La Boheme" matinee at - P. M.; tonight at 7:45. "Carmen." BAKRR THEATER 3d bet. Yamhill and Taylor ) Raker Theater Company In "Leah Klehna"; tonight at 8:15. EMP1RB THKATER (11th and Morrison.) Bfn Hendrlrkit In "Ole Olson"; matinee at 2:15 P. M : tonight at S:1K. GRAND THEATER (Washington, between Park and Seventh) Vaudeville, 2:30. 7:30 and 0 P. If. PANTAGES THEATER th and Stark) Continuous vaudeville. 2:30. 7:30, 9 P. U. STAR THEATER (Park and Washington) Allru Stock Company In "Winchester"; matinee at 2:15 P. M. ; tonight at 8:15. LYI-.1C THEATER (7th and. Alder) The Lyric Stock Company in "Carmen"; mat inee at 2:13. tonight at 8:15. Install Kike Companies. According; to Battalion Chief Holden, fire companies wU soon be installed In the Brooklyn and Kast Twenty-eighth street engine houses. Both houses are ready and bids were received yesterday for supplying them with furniture. There has been some Buurehension about securing men for these engine houses, but Battalion Chief JTolden said yesterday that the men will be. forthcoming, as the departthent always has men ready to put Into companies, al though not on the eligible list. At Sell wood the changes in the building pre paratory for the Incoming hose company are nearly completed, and will be finished this week. Work will then start on the Highland engine house, where a fire engine Is soon to be installed. Will Consider Valuations. Tomorrow night the KasUSide Business Men's Club Mill take up the question of property valuations on the East Side. Assessor Bister is expected to be present and answer questions as to methods of making assessments. All push clubs are Invited to send representatives to this meeting. The subject Is considered an Important one, and will bring out In formation of interest to all property owners. One of the objects of this meet ing is to ascertain the difference between the assessments of the larger acreage tracts and those of the smaller ones, or lots and blocks. Will Hold April Meeting. The Ladies' Aid and Uterary Society of the First Congregational Cburch will hold its April meeting in the church parlors Wednesday at 2 P. M. Miss M. S. Barlow will give a paper entitled, "A Tostal Trip Through Europe." With Miss Grace Campbell as vocal solols't and Mrs. Oliver Thornton as pianist, the afternoon promises well for all who may attend. The social hour will be in the hands of the hostesses, Mesdames Palmer, Parker, Piatt. Prehu, Rockwood, Shank. Shark, Showers. Sigler, A. N. Smith, Hare and M. W. Smith. Working for Improvements. The Waverly-Richmond Improvement Associa tion is working to secure a water main on Clinton street to supply the Richmond tract. The organization is also trying to secure a new schoolhouse, as many of the children must attend the Clinton Kelly building, which Is a long way off. The next meeting of the club will be held at the home of Dr. Hickman, Thirty-second and Clinton street. Friday, April 12. Allen R. Joy is president, and M. M. Montgomery is secretary and treasurer. Taken Back for Trial. A. Wcstman, a. soldier, was turned over to the Nebraska authorities yesterday and will be returned at once to a small agricultural settle ment in that stato to face a charge of em bezzlement. It is aaid he stole 3700 a year ago, came to Portland, spent the money end then enlisted in the Army rather than go to work. He disclosed his. Identity to r former Nebraska man, who betrayed him and hts capture promptly followed. Westman was stationed with an infantry regiment at Ft. Stevens. Will Be Double Funeral. The fu neral of Mrs. Amanda Elizabeth Good and Harry AV. Tackett will be held this after noon from Zeller-Byrnes undertaking chapel. Russell street and Willams ave nue, and interment will be in Rlvcrview cemetery. Mrs. Good was the mother-in-law of Mr. Tackett. She died a few days ago at her home in Albina, and the next day her son-in-law died. It was decided to hold a double funeral Instead of separate ones. A wife survives Mr. Tackett. Will Ijsctuke on Ixkiging. Frank II. Lamb, of Hoquiam, Wash., will deliver r lecture tonight at the Y. M. C. A. on "Modern methods of logging." Mr. Lamb is a pioneer in modern logging methods on this Coast and was the first to Introduce the overhead system of cables In the Pacific Northwest. The public is invited to the lecture, for which there will be no charge. Stereoptlcon views will be used to illustrate the lecture. Commercial Club Pinner. "District Paving" will be the subject for discussion at the regular monthly dinner of the Commercial Club next Tuesday night. President C W. Hodson. of the club, is arranging an interesting programme of addresses. Interest in these informal monthly dinners is growing and Manager Tom Richardson reports that a large number of reservations have been made already for next Tuesday night's affair. Brokers Will Meet With Admen. Something in the way of an innovation will be introduced at the Portland Ad Men's League meeting- tonight In the Board of Trade rooms, Chamber of com merce building. It will be real estate night and the real estate dealers of the city are expected to be out in force. Some able addresses will be made by members of the league and also by real estato brokers. Funeral or Suicide The funeral of Roscoe II. James, who killed himself, after shooting and killtng Miss Grace N. Tleney Sunday night, will be held this morning at 9:30 o'clock from the Flnley undertaking parlors. Interment will be In Rose City cemetery. The body of his victim will be shipped to Warren, Or., tomorrow night for Interment. Bodt Brouoht to Portland. The body of Thomas M. O'Donncll. who died in Ixs Angeles, Cal.. has been brought to Portland for Interment. He was 3 years old and formerly lived in Portland. Mrs. Kliaabcth McDonald, of Portland, is his Itrandmother. The funeral will take place this morn(ng at t. Ijiwrence's-Church. RgXT.rTioN By W. C. T. t.-The central W. C. T. U. will give an Informal recep tion to Mrs. Ida Marsters and Mrs. Henrietta Brown tomorrow afternoon at the rooms 606 Goodnough building at 2:30 P. M. Light refreshments will be served at the close. All friends will be wel comed. Lecture is Not Free. The lecture by Rev. F. C. Williams on "Ben Hur" Thursday night at Trinity parish house Is not free, as has been stated. The lactase is under the auspices of the daughters of the parish and an admis sion fee will be charged. Give Shiloh Tea. The Daughters of the Confederacy will, give a Shiloh Tea. Saturday, at the residence of Mrs. H. H. Duff. 135 North Twenty-second Btreet. from S to 10:30 P. M. All Southern peo ple will be made welcome. S4000 Will buy ten acres, two blocks from carllne, 30 minutes' ride from heart of city, all level, suitable for platting. Snap for a few days. Kennedy & Hlckok, : Lumber Exchange. Oltmpia Bottling Workg. Tel. Main 321. Wooster's great fruit store, Wash. at. Spanish War Veteran Dead. Captain W. S. Steepy. a veteran of the Spanish American War, died of heart failure Mon day afternoon while he was being taken from his residence In this city to the Good Samaritan Hospital. He was aged 51 years and leaves a wife and three sons, Walter, Willis and Ernest, all of this city. Captain Steepy went to the Philip pines In May, 1898, as Captain of Com pany C. 51st Iowa Volunteers. Returning to America at the close of the war, he located with his family in this city in March, 3900. Besides being a member of the Spanisti-American War Veterans, he belonged to the Knights of Pythias, being captain of the uniform rank; the Modern Woodmen of America and the Modern Brotherhood of America. The funeral will be held at Finley s undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, con ducted by the Modern Woodmen of America, assisted by the other fraternal orders. The services at" the grave will be under the auspices of the Spanish American War Veterans. Porter Stabbed in Leg. H. C. Lacey, colored, a Pullman car porter, was stab bed in the left leg by Archie Williams, also colored, and of the same occupation, in a car on a Southern Pacific train stand ing at the Vnlon Depot about 7:30 o'clock last night. The two men became involved In a dispute over a woman, and hot words followed. Williams, who was under the Influence of liquor, pulled out his pocket knife and Inflicted a deep gash two inches long in Lacey's left leg. City Physician Zeiglcr temporarily dressed the wound and had Lacey conveyed to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where it was an nounced that the wound was not serious. Unitarian Woman's Alliance Today. Mrs. Elijah Loomis, who has spent sev eral years in the Philippines, will tell this afternqpn In the Unitarian chapel, something of her life and studies of the habits and customs of the Filipinos. Mrs. Loomis, who taught in the Manila schools, had a rare opportunity to make observations; she traveled about the country and visited other towns and Is highly qualified to treat her subject with Intelligence and interest. The Alliance members! cordially Invite strangers as well as friends to be present at 2:30 o'clock. Club Meeting Postponed. The meet ing of the Union Republican Club to ratify the consolidation of the Portland and Beaver clubs, will be held Friday night. The meeting was set for tonight but a suitable hall was not available. The meeting place has not yet been selected. Dr. Coffey has returned and resumed practice. . At the Theaters What the press Asserts Say. Miss Lawrence as "Leah KIehna" The work of Miss Lillian Lawrence in "Leah KleBhna" at the Baker Theater this week Is said by many to compare most fa vorably with that of the celebrated emo tional actress. Mrs. Fiske. who created the role. She has an individual Interpretation of her own and the concentrated force of her delineation Is most Impressive. The play will run all week with a Saturday mat inee. ,01d Friends Greet "Ole Olson." "Ole Olson," the famous Swedish dialect comedy. Is beins greeted nightly by hundreds of old friends and many new ones who love a few hours of unexcelled enjoyment and entertainment. There is something about this favorite that attracts old and young alike. There will be a special midweek matinee today and another one Saturday afternoon. "Winchester" at the Star. Quaint Civil War costumes are worn by the women of the Allen Stock Company this week at the Star Theater in the production of the famous military drama, "Winchester It is one of those exciting playa in which the con flict between the North and South is pre sented in an unbiased manner and through a story which departs only in the details from fact which every student of history is famil iar with, "Winchester" has its horse-race, a sensation more realistic than any of the other familiar war dramas. There are matinees Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. "Carmen" at the Lyric. "Carmen" is one of the greatest operas ever written, and the dramatic version is one of the greatest plays ever produced. The Lyric Is gvlng this great drama this week at popuVar prices. It Is a gorgeous production, with accurate scenery, splendid costumes and delightful atage effects. Matinee every day. Seats now on sale for the entirs week. BLANCHE WALSH TOMORROW Favorite Actress Will Present "The Straight Road" at the Heiilg. Blanche Walsh, foll6wing her successful run at the Astor Theater, New York, in Clyde Fitch's newest play, "The Straight Road," ha been sent on a brief tour by Man agers Wagcnhals &. Kemper, with the same production and the same specially selected company which held the piece to the attention of the" New York play-goers for many weeks. She will be seen at the Helllg Theater tomor row (Thursday). Friday. Saturday nights, April . 5. a. with a special matinee Saturday, when play-goers here will have the oppor tunity of witnessing the Madonna scene, which In it terrible Intensity is said by met ropolitan critics to have no counterpart in the theatricals of today. Seats are 'now selling for entire engagement at box-office, Helllg Theater. "Mrs. WiKffs of the Cabbage Patch." It would be impossible to imagine a more welcome theatrical attraction for local amuse ment lovers than "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch," which comes to the Helllg Theater next Monday, April 8. for an engagement of three nights, with a special matinee Wednes day. The name itself is a ynonym for all that Is bright and cheerful, optimistic, chari table and courageous In a woman, albeit there Is sounded at times in this play, as In the book, the world-old note of pathos and pain which cornea home to us all. The cast is the same this season as last, with one or two exceptions. Seat sale will open next Friday. "Trie Judge and the Jury." Next week the Baker Company will pre sent Oliver Morosco's great Western suc cess, "The Judge and the Jury." This play was given at the Burbank Theater, in Los Angeles, first on th Coast, and played three straight weeks to packed houses. Portland will now see this big success presented In a most complete manner. First performance next Sunday matt nee. "A Stranger in Town" Coming. The Empire Theater has secured the com pany presenting "A Strangerln Town" for next week's attraction, and the announce ment that a musical comedy Is coming will be enthusiastically greeted. Frank Beam ish, who is starring with the company, is a thorough leading xcan and a splendid vo calist. It opens next Sunday matinee. AT THE V A I'PKYILLE THEATERS Grand. Belle Stone performs- a feat which no other woman In Portland would undertake for love or money at the Grand this week. Miss Stone CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Be axe tha Signature Is placed in a small steel globe and while in this she ascends and descends a spiral stair way. It is a dangerous and risky specialty. A lightning calculator. Solomon the Second, handles figures and seemingly incalculable sums the way a baker handles doughnuts. George H. Carr, assisted by Marjorie Jordan, has a Shakespearean travesty and besides there are many other select specialties. Three performances daily at the Grand. WILL RACE AUTO. The most novel feature offered at the Exposition rink this season is planned for Friday evening, when six fast local skaters wil! skate a three-mile relay race asainst a big auto. The event promises some royal excitement and is being anxiously anticipated. Thursday evening there will occur a race against a motor cycle, as an exerciser for the Friday eve ning big speed event. HOTEL PORTLAND. Grand opera. Both dinmg-rooms will be used Tuesday and Wednesday after the opera. Music in each room. Reserva tions for tables may be made now. ' H. C. BOWERS. WHEREJTO DINE. All the delicacies of the sea5nn at the Portland Restaurant; fine private apart ments lor parties. 30o Wash., near 5th. Officers Are Re-elected. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 2 (Spe cial.) At the serai-annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce tonight, President Finch and Secretary Crissey were re-elected. It was decided to in corporate the chamber and also to join the National Association of Chambers. President Finch announced that the necessary names to secure final action on Chehalis County division had been obtained and E. B. Benn announced that the new county of Gray's Harbor would be ready for business in three months. Cahill's Washing Fluid makes wash day easy. Try it and you will never be without it. PHOTO POST CARDS SCENEIiT. Kiser Co. Lobbv Imperial Hotel. There're no other real rub ber libels. The so-called "others,'' the worthless imitations, are not made of real rubber. They're scrap-heap stuff, no good to wear, and there's no spring to 'em. When you want rubber heels, say O'Sullivan's. O'SUlLIVAN RUBBER CO. LOWELL, MASS. chwab Printing Co. BEST WORK. REASONABLE PRICES 141: STAR.K STREETl " rPHE race is not always to the swift; " but you may be certain that active feet are never handicapped in Crossett Shoes. Their absolute ease and comfort make every step swift and sure. 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