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.THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.i PORTLAND,., KOVE3IBER, , 25, 1900. EMERGENCY PIANO SALE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON, ASK BEN SELLING FINE NEW PIANOS INTENDED FOB, OCTOBER REOPENING TO BE SACRIFICED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. "Pitchfork" Senator Does Not Fear Lynching Threats of , Chicago Blacks. The Very Finest of American Makes Included Pianos Obtainable Simply for the Asking Now Will Be Rent ed to Those Not Wishing to Buy. Talking Machine Selling to Recom mence Earnestly Also. TO TACKLE RACE PROBLEM TILLMAN FLAdNTS WRATH OFNEGRQES "I'm Not Afraid of Any Colored Mau Alive," He Says, "and Kxpect lo Discuss Itacc ;tios tion In Speech." CHICAGO. Nov. M. (Special.) Rc pardless of threats that he would bo lynched if ho touches on tho race problem in his lo-ture here Tuesday for the benefit the Chicago Union Hospital, Senator Tillmnn announces that he hopes treatment of the negro mill be what he will talk about. He wants no pnli.-e guard and says his life has been so olten threatened that lie has ceased to give the matter even a thought. The Senator arrived today from St. Louis, held a conference with the so ciety women, under whose auspices he will lecture, and left for South Haven, Mich. He will lecture In Plattevllle, Vis., Monday and return to Chicago. Tillman Is Surprised. "I am surprised that Chicago should lie aroused by threats of a negro up rising;." he said. "Its ridiculous. I Iiall talk directly on the race prob lem. My lecture on the question 'Shall the l.'nltcd States Annex Cuba?' will bring the race Issue at once into the limelight. The negroes say I have loasted of taking part ln lynchlngs. 'J'his is untrue. Thirty years ago I was in one or two riots, but they were political and had nothing to do with iynchings. I have never been present at a lynching:. But I have said that 1 will lead a mob to lynch any man who has attacked a woman, black or white. I hardly think I'll retract hat statement. lie Is Not Afraid. "The fact that the Chicago negroes have asked the Mayor to prevent my lecture Is no surprise. They have had such liberties In the North that they presume to control everything. I'm not afraid of any negro that lives. Threats against my life have been made so often that they don't even as sume the importance of incidents. I want no policeman to guard me. I'll walk the streets of Chicago alone, I suppose negroes will seek admittance to tho lecture hall. Let them come. A race wur? Impossible." BISHOP ltOASTS KOOSEVEIT Afro-Methodist Church Dignitary Criticises Dismissal of Troops. NEW YORK, Nov 24. Bishop O. F. Smith, of the Afro-Methodist Church, of Detroit, Midi., in an address before the confederation of the BetlJfel Church last night, criticised the President s action in dishonorably dismissing the three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry and denounced Senator Tillman for his recent utterances on the negro ques tion. He said, in part: "I have not the remotest idea that color entered lto the order of dismissal of the members of these companies, nor do I wish to be regarded as harshly criticising President Koosevelt, In whom I have the .greatest contidence. The President's action, however, is con trary to the public sense of established justice. That Uii) inrocent men should be punished for the wrongdong of eight is, to say the. least, contrary to the spirit of fair dealing." Bi.sl op Smith sails in a few days for Liberia. He said today: "While in Liberia, I shall see if there can be found" a way to found a colony for American negroes who are praying to God for some country where they can get away from the injustice, oppression and discrimination to which they are subjected here." WILL, APPEAL TO CONGRESS National Legislators. May Have to Wrestle With .Negro Question. KL RENO, O. T.,' Nov. 24. (Special.) Gilchrist Stewart, of New York, presi dent of the Colored Republican Club of the Thirteenth Assembly District in that city, who is in Kl Reno, deelares that the dismissal of negro troops from the army will be brought before Congress at the approaching session. A committee of New York County Republicans. com posed of Messrs. Parsons. Olcott and 1-iennett, the last two Congressmen and the tlrst named president of the Con stitutional League, will produce the mat ter before the President aiwi if no ac tion Is taken will take it before Con gress or probably the courts. If the last named is resorted to Attorneys Black or Choate will have charge of tho proceed ings. Troops to Replace Discharged Men. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. 24. A part of the strength of the Third Battalion, Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, sta tioned at Fort Mcintosh, Laredo, has been ordered to Fort Reno, Okla. The purpose of moving the troops to Fort Reno is to maintain a certain strength there upon which to build up a new battalion to take the place of the negro troops discharged because of the' Brownsville trouble. Negroes Dismissal Indorsed. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. At a camp fire here this evening by John Jacob Astor Camp of Spanish War Veterans, the action of the President in dismiss ing a battalion of negro troops of the Twenty-lifth Infantry was indorsed. DINEEN MAY HAVE TO TELL Illinois Assembly Interested In Gov ernor's Deals With Illinois Central. CHICAGO, Nov. 24. (Special. Tho 4."th General Assembly of Illinois may 'demanj from Governor Dineen a re port of the negotiations o( tho state with the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Tho General Assembly at the special sesrlon' last Spring appro priated $3f,000 for the purpose of con tinuing the investigation into back taxes claimed to bo due tire state and unpal J. It las been rumored in political cir cles for several months that Governor Dineen proposes to effect a settlement in tne nature of a compromise by whl.ih the. stato will receive $3,000,003 or thereabouts In cath. The popular notion seems to be that the railroad company Is owing the state (lO.uOO.OUO We Jiave been dormant all ' Summer. Practically out of business, so far as retail was concerned. During September we were to have had possession of the new premises. Right after the 1st of October we had every right to expect to be thoroughly re-established in busi ness, . equipped with every facility and convenience that would make the new Filers Piano House bigger, better and busier than ever. In business life, as in private life, there seems to be times when In spite of careful planning almost everything goes wrong. 'J ,.is has certainly been the situation with us, though through no fault of ours. In the spring came our landlord, who demanded three or four times as much rent for a new lease as we could afford to pay. We finally got that fixed by ar ranging for these new and additional premises to be occupied in early Full. But it carae about that the owners of the premises forgot to send the regular legal notice to tho upstairs tenants in this building, and, although we paid rent commencing October 1. these tenants had a perfect legal right to remain until af ter November 1, and they did. We had, however, ordered a big stock of fine pianos with a view-of commencing active retail work in October, and we had contracted for a supply of pianos for every following month. The October shipments of pianos are still at the warehouse. November ship ments are here and more are coming. December shipments are due. Building operations in the late Fall cannot be carried on as speedily and a.d vantageously as they can earlier in the season. In spite of the most intelligent and determined efforts on the part of our contractors the new Filers Piano House cannot be gotten ready completely for some time. But the pianos are here and we have got to sell them. So. commencing tomorrow, work on the downstairs will be dropped for the pres ent and the entire force of men will be put to work upstairs. The entire up stairs is to be finished first. First Floor for Business. In the meantime, while the first floor Is in a very much unfinished condition, we have managed o arrange It so that business can be carried on comfortably. Tomorrow morning, therefore, we are going to sell pianos again out of the new Eilers Piano House, 353-30o Wash ington street. i Wo realize that only by means of the most extraordinary inducements can we sell our pianos under such unfavorable conditions. It's an easy matter for us to sell our pianos-when thev are displayed In cozy and fitting surroundings. It's an altogether different thing to ask you to come Into a great big barn-like place, with no other attraction probably than the great big new plate glass show win dows. We know there Is only one way for us to sell lots of pianos now. We have determined upon that way. We present tomorrow morning the very finest of high-'grade instruments. Beau tiful Webers and Hazeltons. of New York. The now famosxs Kimball, Chi cago's great piano, and then the finest and the most glorious of them all, the Chickering. of Boston, and there arcalso beautiful Hobart M. Cable and prown. Orchestral pianos and Marshall & Wen dells and ddzens of others, each make the very finest in its respective class. And all of these pianos were specially selected for display during the opening week of the bigger and the better and the busier Eilers Piano House. We Cut the Price. But that Is not all. We not onlv pre sent tne very choicest of instruments, but ware offering them at a price far below trie usual retail selling price and at a figure that will barely cover the factory cost and freight. It Is not a question of profit-making with us now. We must get rid of the goods. Then, again, we shall be glad to have you ar range the matter of payments to suit yourself. Everything will be marked at the actual cash cost. But any piano will be obtainable at the cash figure plus simple interest on terms of pay ment to suit any reasonable buyer. Tf you cannot pay all cash, pay a little now and a few dollars every month. If you are not preiiared to pay any money now. come in any way. We will send you a piano and you can pay when ready. Perhaps You'll Rent One. If you are not In position to buy a piano at all, come in and rent one. We shall charge no cartage to any one rent ing a piano six months or longer. If you will rent a piano three months we will as you to pay but one-half, of the cartage charges. We must get rid of a lot of pianos quickly, and It is not going to be our fault If we don't. In spite of the wonderully heavy sales in the in terior our big wholesale warehouse, cor ner Thirteenth and Northrup streets, is full to overflowing, and more pianos are coining in almost every day. Of genuine Chickering pianos alone there are four monster carloads, over M6.000 worth, to come within the week, and there are just as many Webers. and still more Weber Pianola Pianos, and carloads uon car loads of every other kind of high-class instruments on the way. You see the fix we are in. So, even though it will very much upset piano conditions temporarily, we are going to simply slaughter our pianos until our store Is definitely in shape and reopened. We hope it will be but a short time. We surely will terminate the sale the mo ment matters are arranged. Just a Few Prices. If you are thinking of getting a piano come in tomorrow or Tuesday. We had occasion once to sacrifice a lot of reg ular $275 pianos for $lSii. We said we thought they never could again he ob tained at such a low figure. But in our present predicament we are going to sell forty-seven of these now for $177 each, say, $17 or less down, and $6, yes, even $5 a month: All of our standard $4?!i and $450 pianos are going to go for $JS6 and $294. and some of the plainer cases cah be had for $2fti. Same terms as the above If you like. We will take actual factory cost and freight for some very fancy and most c-oatly highest grade uprights that were ordered especially for the Portland trade. There are some choice pianos in mission design cases among them. We don't want to take chances carrying any of these over the holidays Into the next year. Terms of $15 a month, yes, $12 a month, or say $40 or $50 every three months, buy them. Bear in mind that everything sold by Eilers Piano House is positively war ranted, no matter what' the price paid. The store will be kept open Tuesday night to accommodate those wishing to fcelect a piano for Thanksgiving. Re member the new numher, S53-355 Wash ington street, corner Park. and any settlement that the Governor may make will be In the nature of a compromise. Governor Dineen will leave for New Tork Monday to attend a meeting of directors of the Illinois Central. At this meeting the state's claim will be presented by General Counsel Dickin son. Miss McCorklo Goes East. Miss Constance McCorkle. secretary of the Portland branch of the Young Women' Christian Associa tion, left Friday for an extended trip to New York and other Eastern cities. Miss McCorkle goes to tho big T. W. C. A. convention In New York to be held for the purpose of merg ing the two branches of the, association, there having formerly been an evangeli cal and a oonevangelical branch. These YOUR CLOTHING WANTS caii be best supplied here, whether it be a FULL DRESS SUIT or TUXEDO, PRINCE ALBERT or BUSINESS SUIT, RAINCOAT or OVERCOAT The superb stock which we submit for your inspection admits no competition. Designed by artist tailors, tailored by expert workmen from choicest fabrics, and, best of all, BACKED UP by my PERSONAL. GUARANTEE and, my usual MODEST PRICES s ' offers you most unusual inducements to shop here. two will both be on the evangelical basis in the future, and at this convention a new constitution will be adopted. After the convention Miss McCorkle will visit associations in other cities and bring back new ideas of Y. W. C. A. work for the benefit of the Portland branch. Mrs. W. J. Honeyman will also go as a dele gate from Portland, but will not start until the latter part of this week. The convention will convene December 5. Carload of Apples Donated. Hood River apples, which . are famous the world over, are not too good for the people cared for by the charitable Institu tions of Portland, as a whole car load of the splendid fruit Is to be distributed among them. Secretary J. H. Laber. of the Board of Trade, yesterday received word that the Hood River Commercial Club had donated a carload of the apples to the charitable institutions of this city and the distribution will be made by the Board of Trade. The managers of the Institutions, If they are desirous of shar ing in the distribution, should communi cate with Secretary Laber Monday. The apples are as fine as any raised In Hood River Valley. They are the kind that are shipped to the Eastern and European markets, where they take precedence over other apples and where they bring al most fabulous prices The distribution will be made before Thursday, so that they can be served on Thanksgiving day. False Pretenses Charged. John H. Cummlngs. a subcontractor in the employ of J. E. Bennett, was arrest ed by Acting Detectives Price and Ins keep late yesterday afternoon at the Van couver ferry. He was escorted to police headquarters, where he was booked on a charge of obtaining goods by false pre tenses. W. F. Dugan. a plumber, is the complainant and charges that Cummlngs secured goods valued at $11 from M. L.. Cllne oiv an order which had been can celed. Cummlngs was released on ball of $500. MJlwaukie Country Club. Eastern and California races. Take 9eU wood or Oregon City car, starting from Firit and Alder ati-eeta . loses Finders In Mill. While working at a sawmill yesterday afternoon. William Atterson's left hand was caught In the machinery and so badly crushed that at the Good Samari ton Hospital Dr. Samuel C. Slocum found it necessary' to amputate all but the index finger. Atterson lives at 257 Front street. People's Forum Tonight. . The People"fi Forum session In the 66 T7 9 Humphrey's Seventy Seven Cures Grip and A Common Cold is taken when the skin becomes colder than 'is natural. The instant a chilly sensation is felt, tTae mischief is done; but it can be rectified so that no harm follows by the use of "Seventy-seven," The first dose restores the cheeked circu lation, starts the blood coursing through the veins, the skin warms up and the Cold is broken. "77" is for Grip, Colds, Influenza, Catarrh, Pains and soreness in the Head and Chest, Hoarseness and Sore Throat. DruggisU.x 25 centa or mailed. Humphreys' ilomeo. Mftllclne Co., WiUtam an4 Joan StreU3, New Tork. Cor. CLPS if k - t I kt Selling-Hirsch building on ' Tenth and Washington streets tonight will be a Shakespearean meeting. "Bacon vs, Shakespeare" will be debated. J. D. Stephens, one of the greatest Shakespearean scholars on the Coast, r i- - i The Manufacturers' Piano Company 350 Alder Street, Portland, Oregon 0r wPvrf f I906 ' ru ' BOT hicaea will defend the Immortal William. Mr. Stephen will recite two selections from Shakespeare. Bftron Komura, Japan's new Ambassador to Great Britain, la known In P-ktn, where cal, coon nothing . Just slip in shown in the illustration, put your feet on the - pedals and go ahead that's all you need do. The Farrand-Cecilian is a high-grade upright Piano with a brilliant, clear, sweet tone, and with the mechan ism of the Cecilian Piano Player built inside the case. - Tou can play this piano with the flnggrs. just the same as you would an ordinary piano, or you can play it with the mechanism of the Cecilian Player, which Is built Into It. so It is equally available for wife and daughter, who have spent yearn of patient study and practice in learning how to play the piano, and for the man who doesn't know a blessed thing about music. Wouldn't such a piano a piano that all In the family could play be used far more than the piano you have now? Come in and see It anyhow. We'll be glad to show it to you and glad to have you try it. You can buy on very easy terms and we'll take your old piano In exchange, If you have one. LEADING CLOTHIER he served som time as apecial envoy, aa tha "rat Minister," an allusion to the rapidity and auMiety of hH movements, both phys ically and intellectually. Baron Komiir' father died deeply in deht and a very large part of the son's aeanty salary had to he devted to meeting tha nubilities. You don't have to learn lo play the piano NOT Tins ONE, the Farrand - Cecilian Piano, for you or anyone else can play it, play any kind of music jrou want classi operatie, dance, rag-time or songs, even though yon know about music or piano-playing. a roll of perforated music as