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THE MOKNINO (VREOONIAff, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1901.
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FIRST 1NTRODUCTIONOF
" Fresh Spring Goods
BEGINS TODAY
An important showing of things that fashion has marked
for her own this Spring. Too early? Not one bit. Prepara
tions made in this between-season time will lessen the load
of the overburdened Soring months. These to show
First shipment of
Tailor-Made
4 Suits for Spring
Black cheviots and diagon
als; national blue, castor and
red in this group. Styles
eton with new postillion
back, blouse fronts, Bishop
or bell sleeves and circular
flounced skirts. Prices have
gradual rise from
$27.50 to $32.50
See them, and be ready for
first bright Spring days.
Some high novelties in
ShirtWaists
Just opened are of
French Organdies
Fancy Madras
Embroidered Zephyrs
Embroidered Grass Linens
Embroidered Swisses, white
and colored, and
Fancy Wool Crepes.
Immensely stylish and strict
ly tailor made garments.
TWO PIONEERS DEAD
Charles P. Bacon Succumbs
to the Grip.
HORATIO COOKE TO RHEUMATISM
Mr. Bacon "Wa One of, the Earliest
of Horsemen In Oregon-Cap-
tain Cooke an Undertaker
Early In the '50a.
Charles P. Bacon, one of the best-known
horsemen in the Pacific Northwest, died
yesterday from the effects of an attack
of grip, at his residence, 215 North Nine
teenth street, aged 77.
One of the pioneers of Oregon, Mr. Ba
con came from Iowa and settled early in
the '50s in Oregon City, where he en
gaged in the teaming business, earning,
as he often said, $6 per day. The greater
possibilities of PorUand attracted him.
and he removed to this city and started
a livery stable business along with. Wil
liam Sherlock, on' Second street, between
Stark and Oak. The venture was a suc
cessful one, and the place became widely
known as the Black Hawk Stable, the
name being taken from a celebrated
racer. Mr. Bacon was an enthusiastic
lover of horses, and his correct judg
ment and thorough knowledge of horses
was always relied on. The Black Hawk
Stable was a two-story, wooden building
which occupied a wide area, and It be
came known as the recognized headquar
ters of horsemen along the Coast. Though
a keen lover of racing, Mr. Bacon was
better known as a breeder of horses,
and those who knew him. best say that
he was never known to risk a dollar on
any race.
On the site now occupied by the Cham
ber of Commerce, Mr. Bacon and Mr.
Sherlock bad their own homes, and owned
the land betwen them. "When the site
was sold for the erection of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Mr. Bacon sold his half
Interest for $150,000.
The Black Hawk Stable and its val
uable Block, and his farm on the edge of
Washington County, proved to be Mr.
Bacon's more remunerative ventures, and
latterly the old-fashioned wooden stable
gave way to the brick block on Second
street which forms part of Chinatown.
About 12 years ago he retired from bus
oness, and devoted himself to his beau
tiful home on North Nineteenth street.
In politics, Mr. Bacon was a Republican,
but he was almost unknown as an office
holder. For a short time he was a Coun
ty Commissioner, and discharged his du
ties, with tact and ability.
Mr. Bacon was nearly six feet tall; he
had a ruddy complexion, and an erect,
sniuscular figure, and was of very soci
able disposition. He left one daughter
Mrs. George W. Weldler. of this city,
and one son, Charles H. Bacon, of San
FTan clsco.
PIONEER UNDERTAKER.
Death oX Captain Horatio Cooke at
the Age of 74.
Captain Horatio Cooke, an old and well-
known citizen of this city, died at his
residence. S52& Corhott street, yesterday.
He .bad been ailing for a number of years,
"rheumatism being the main affection.
and-for the past two years he had re
tired from business, on account of ill
health.
Captain Cooke was born In New Tork
City 74 years ago. and came in 1S52 to
Portland, where he has since contin
uously resided. He was among the first
undertakers to engage in business here,
and. manufactured coffins In the very
early days. He served as coroner for
bIx years, having been-elected three times
.to that office. His last place of business
was on Fourth street, near Salmon,
which he quit two years ago.
- Gaptaln Cooke was an enthusiastic mi
litia man, and was captain of the Wash
ington Guard, at one time a crack com
pany of Oregon He was also an active
.member of No. 3 Company of volunteer
fire department, of early days.
- Captain Cooke's liberality in business
matters was well known, and Is given as
a reason for his dying poor, as no family
ever applied to him for funeral matters
'without being accommodated, and no
questions asked. As a result, most of his
profits went in bad debts, but he was
never known to complain of this. It is
In Dress Goods Section
New Foulard Silks
New Satin Liberties )
New Wash Silks
New Crepe Silks
New Challis
New Waist Albatross
New Wash Fabrics
In very novel effects
Satin Foulards
Printed Foulards
Lace Stripe Batiste
Mohair Swisses
Fancy Lenoes '
Silk Tissues
Embroidered Swisses
Crinkled Crepes
Waist Linens
Foulardines, etc., etc.
Ladies' Shoes
Four smart new styles of our
"Empress" faultless shoes,
full of service and sat- Vi CA
isfaction per pair JJ.JU
A full carload of
Whitney Baby Carriages
and Go-Carts
25 styles of carriages from
$4.50to$26each. 20 styles
of go-carts, prices $3.75 to
$23.50 each. The best and
latest improvements are
always shown first in the
"Whitney."
related of him, that he superintended
four funerals for one family, paying car
riage hire and other expenses out of his
own pockets, and never received a cent
in payment, the account going on his
books, to remain.
Deceased left a widow, whom ill
health has also brought to death's doer,
and she is not expected to survive her
husband many days. A daughter, Mrs.
Gertrude Andrews, resides In Portland,
a second live at Dalton, Cal., and a third,
Mrs. Alice Walker, Is a resident of New
York City. He also leaves two brothers,
J. W. and Vincent Cook, of this city,
and two sisters, Mrs. Mlddleton and Mrs.
Dr. Thompson, who also reside In Port
land. The date has not yet been set for
the funeral.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
"The "Witch" Tonight at the Mar-qnam-"The
Rounders" Coming.
The Witch, or the Jewish-Polish Ped
dler," a comic opera In four acts, will be
presented at the Marquam Grand Theater
this evening, by the New York-Oriental
Opera and Dramatic Company. This en
gagement, which Is for two nights, offers
the theater-going public of Portland an
opportunity to witness something new In
the line of amusements, as the New
York-Oriental Company plays both opera
and drama.and all In the German tongue.
The three leading members of the
company, A. Tanzman, comedian; Miss
Henrietta White, soprano, and P. H. Lent,
tenor, are artists who are high up In
their profession, all of them having been
members of some of the best German
theatrical companies In the world. The
opera to be produced tonight is said to
be tuneful and pretty, and to offer some
opportunities for good acting, of which
full advantage is taken. Tomorrow even
ing the comedy drama, "Moschely Gor
nlscht" will be given. This play was
written by Mr. Tanzman, who assumes
the name part, a role which Is said to
fit him admirably. The other characters
are all in competent hands. Incidental
to the action of the play, a number of
songs are Introduced, which give the
singers of the tompany an opportunity
to show off their voices to good ad
vantage. Seabrooke In "The Rounders."
"The Rounders," the New York Casino
comic opera vaudeville which Comedian
Thomas Q. Seabrooke brings to the Mar
quam Friday and Saturday nights and a
matinee Saturday, derives Its origin from
the name of a song which is sung and
acted In the last act, and while the title
seems a trifle "Tenderlolnlsh," It Is cer
tainly up to date, and suggests a breezy
time and abundant hilarity. In fact,. It fits
the play exactly, as the story deals with
the adventures of three men, who by
their actions are rightly entitled to the
term "rounders." The layman does not
have the slightest Idea of the amount of
trouble experienced in the selection of a
proper title for a play. "The Rounders"
was named In an unusual way. It had
almost been decided to call the work
"Wild Oats" when, during a rehearsal
of the third act. the call was made for
Thomas Q. Seabrooke to rehearse "The
Rounders" scene and song. Manager
Lederer, who was conducting the re
hearsal, Immediately turned to Harry
B. Smith, the librettist, and said: "Thpro
is the title for the piece; let's call It 'The
Rounders," and so the new-born baby
was named. In this connection it might
also be said that many of the catch lines
of a piece, and speeches which have suc
ceeded in gaining much fame for various
actors, and which they remained identi
fied with for years, have frequently been
discovered accidentally by some inadvert
ent remark. For instance, a line which
creates possibly as much merriment as
any In "The Rounders," and which Is fre
quently Interspersed in Mr. Seabrook's
part. Is, "I may be wrong; I may be
wrong." This was not In the original
libretto, but was added during one of
the rehearsals, and Mr. Seabrooke was
taken to task by the stage manager for
the apparent misconception of some of the
stage "business" in a certain sense. The
entire company was on the stage at the
time, and although Mr. Seabrooke mildly
insisted for a while that he was right,
he finally changed his mind, and re
marked In ,hls droll way, "I may be
wrong; I may be wrong!" His man
ner of expression at the time created
much merriment, and a general laugh re
sulted. In which the whole company. In
cluding the stage director, joined. The
latter at once suggested that Seabrooke
keep this caatch-line In. and use it as a
character speech throughout his dialogue.
Natural Antipathy.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Uuless the newspaper portraits do her
a gross Injustice, Mrs. Nation's antipathy
to mirrors can be accounted for very
readily and upon the most natural cf
grounds.
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RUBBER TREE ORCHARDS
SENATOR CLARK'S BROTHER IS
PLANTING ONE.
Montana Man Who Is Putting a For
tune Into a Colossal Fruit
Ranch In Mexico.
J. It Clark, of Butte, Mont, brother of
United States Senator Clark, of that
state. Is at the Portland, with his wife.
He Is on his way to Vera Cruz, Mexico,
where he and his brother have a 40,000
acre farm which they are now setting out
In rubber trees, pineapples, bananas,
lemons, coffee, and vanilla beans. Mr,
Clark 'thinks 'that portion of Mexico a I
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good place for a man with some means to i lsn Possessions 13 years ago. He formerly
become wealthy, as land can be purchas- I was, connected with the Church of Eng
ed very cheaply and put Into bearing 'and ut Is nw running his mission in
trees in from three to eight years. The dependent of any church, merely teaching
rubber tree, he says, can be tapped in the th Precepts of the - Christian religion,
eighth year of Its existence, and each without acknowledging the authority of
acre can be made to net Its owner $100
per annum and upwards. "There need be
no uneasiness over the market for rub
ber being over-supplied," he said, last
evenlner. "as the uses to which It Is nut
are increasing each year. Rubber Is now I
worth $1 a pound, and Is more likely to be
higher than to become cheaper Bicycle
wheels alone create an enormous' demand
for rubber, and now the wheels of all
vehicles In Eastern cities are being tired
with rubber, as it enables them to run
noiselessly over the paved streets."
Mr. Clark says his "hacienda," or farm.
Is situated in the tropical portion of
Mexico, where three crops of corn can be
grown every year. The natives do not
have to clear the land for cultivation, as
Is done In the United States, but simply
arm themselves with sharp sticks, with
which they make holes In the soil, under
the brush, and the seed corn is dropped
and covered. In 90 days the corn Is
ready to pull and a second crop is then
planted. It doesn t make any difference
when the corn Is planted, as it will grow
and ripen all year.
The worst thing the capitalist has to
contend with In Mexico, he says, Is the
poor class of laborers to be found there.
These are mostly peons and they don't
want to work more than three days at
a time, as they are In the habit of cele
brating saint's blrthdayr about half the
year. The only way to get along is to
NEW O. R. & N. PASSENGER STATION AT LA GRANDE.
LA GRANDE. Feb. 10. It Is believed that the new O. R. & N. depot here surpasses In size, In architectural design and In con
venience any other on the company's line outside of Portland. It Is two stories In height, with a large one-story baggage-room attached
to the west end. The traveling public will have the first floor for its comfort and convenience. The waiting-rooms are particularly in
viting, and open upon a large, sheltered platform. On the second floor will be the offices of Assistant Superintendent Buckley and his
staff, as well as the dispatcher's offices. The office of the ticket agent, on the first floor, is a model In every respect, and the express
office, though small, is conveniently arranged. During the Interval between the burning of the old depot and the building of the new an
old warehouse has served the purposes of a depot, and the public cheerfully welcomes the Improved accommodations.
keep two sets of hands to do the work
of one, and as labor is cheap there, this
Is no great hardship.
The United States is the great market
for the products of that country and no
duty Is placed on coffee, bananas, rub
ber, pineapples, or anything that can not
be raised In this country. The Mexicans
are pretty sharp, however, and put an
export duty on everything, though this
is so light that It Is hardly felt.
He thinks the State of Vera Cruz only
needs a white population to make It a
great country as the extremes of heat
arc not prohibitory to the Caucasian
race. He lived there for four years and
never saw It hotter than S5 degrees, nor
colder than 60. Files and mosqultos are
not troublesome, except In the swamps,
and most of the farming Is done on the
uplands.
The country Is held in large grants,
some "haciendas" containing as high as
1.000,000 acres, but when these big tracts
are cut up and sold to American colonics,
that portion of Mexico will become
wealthy.
Mr. Clark has not much to say about
his brother's recent election to the Unlt-
l ed States Senate, more than that though
TODAY
Exceptional Values in
BLACK
DRESS GOODS
iooo yards 50-inch Sponged and
Shrunk Black Cheviot $1 yd b
50-inch Sponged - and Shrunk g
Bll:. Pebble Cheviot $1.25 yd
COLORED
DRESS GOODS
54-inch Amazon and Venetian
Mixed Suitings, superb fabrics
for tailor-made suits ..$1yd
A Drive in
HANDKERCHIEFS
3000 White Embroidered hem
stitched and scalloped Hand-
kerchiefs a special purchase
value 35c to 50c each, at, 2
each special, 25c
Exclusive HighArt
LADIES' NECKWEAR
$1.50 to $9 each.
The most exquisite neckwear
ever showa for Ladies' wear,
The richest fabrics are used J
and the rarest good taste and '
skill has fashioned them.
a democrat, his brother is an extreme
protectionist. He laughed when he spoke
of the Senator's infatuation for the office
which pays only $5000 a year, and yet
seemed so hard to obtain. Mr. and Mrs.
Clark will go all the way to Vera Cruz
by land, as the railroad reaches within
40 miles of the town San Andrews, and
this distance can be thaversed by vehicle,
or down the river in steam launch.
WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.'
Father Duncan En Route to Wash
ington on Behalf Ills Indians.
"Father" Duncan, of the Island of
Metlakahtla, on the Alaskan coast. Is
staying at the Perkins for a few days.
Mr. Duncan has been 43 years among the
Indians of that. region and is now looked
Upon as the DrODhet of thefrhfmsvnn trlhi
? of whom followed him from the Brit-
"" u"i&ueu organization.
.tamer Duncan Is on his way to Wash
lngton City, where he hopes to Influence
the Department of the Interior In behalf
of his people, who object to being treated
as reservation Indians.
"We left Canadian territory 13 years
ago," he said last evening, "because, the
white man's government wanted to tax
the lands of the natives, and now we
have no desire to be shut up on a reser
vation. What we want is an opportu
nity to make a living xm the Island of
Metlakahtla, free from the intrusion of
outsiders. We have a nice town with
comfortable houses, paved streets and
good sidewalks, and we are self-supporting,
as our people work the year around
at some occupation. All we ask therefore
Is to be let alone."
Father Duncan has great Influence over
his tribe, as he understands the Chlmsyan
language perfectly and preaches to them
In their own tongue. The first thing he
did when he went among them in 1S58.
was to learn their language, as, to use
his own expression, "There would be no
use In preaching to them In English, as
they wouldn't have understood a word of
It."
Travelers who visit Father Duncan's
Island can have little, of any. commu
nication with the Indians there, as very
few of the tribe talk English and those
' few speak very poorly. Father Dnucan
therefore has jto be hunted up and as he
has little use 'for outsiders, the informa
tion gleaned Is usually of an unsatisfac
tory nature. He does not know whether
the tribe Is on the increase or not, as
he has taken no steps to count them of
late years. He says, however, that many
of them have large families. Some are
devoted .Christians, and the marriage tie
is regarded as sacred.
Father Duncan is still a hale and vig
orous man notwithstanding his many
years In the bleak North. He Is rather
under the medium stature, of a healthy,
florid complexion and when he walks
the streets of Portland on his various
business crrandsV few young men can keep
up with him. On- coming to a street
crossing he runs from, one curb to the
other, like a school boy, and his brisk
demeanor Impresses the stranger with the
fact that Father Duncan ages very slow
ly. He still dresses in the garb of an
Episcopalian minister, but wears the fur
cap common to Icy regions.
You have tried and were pleased with
them. They' stimulate 'the ilver, regulate
the bowels. Improve the complexion. Car
ter's Little Liver Pills.
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New Wash Silks are now ready foi- your choosing".
"Gendron" Baby Carriages now ready.
TODAY'S1 DEMONSTRATIONS
WILL INCLUDE
Shredded Wheat
Figprune
White House Coffee
H-0 Buckwheat
Grinola Food
Ghiradelli Chocolate
Junket
Knox's Gelatine
Devers Blend Coffee
Armour's Beef Extract
Grape-Nuts
Postum Cereal
"Ralston Food"
And many others.
Hours 9:30 to 12 A. M.
1:30 to 5:30 P. M.
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EAST. SIDE STREET WORK
TWO HUNDRED BLOCKS UNDER 131
v PKOVEMEST.
Recent Plrnsant Weather Tins Aided
In Finishing: Several Large
Contracts News Notes.
Street contractors have started up work
in all directions. On East Grant street
much was done last week, and the surface
cleared preparatory to being rolled.
Teans will soon be hauling gravel. Good
progress Is making on East Taylor, which
Is being Improved from East Sixteenth to
East Thirteenth. A steam gravel screen
er and loader Is operated In the pit at
Mount Tabor, and the teams are rapidly
delivering gravel on East Taylor. The
steam loader greatly facilitates the work
of loading wagons. These are driven un
der a large bin into which the gravel
passes, after having been screened, and
then a trapdoor Is opened, when the
gravel slides down Into the wagon, lilllng
the bed in a few minutes. There are two
of these steam loaders and screeners, the
one at Mount Tabor, and the other at
Woodlawn. On Schuyler street, under Im
provement between East First and East
Twenty-fourth the longest improvement
under way on tho East Side work is pro
gressing, and about nine blocks east from
East First street, Including an elevated
roadway, have been completed. The con
tractor for the east half has commenced
grading and clearing the street. Graveling
is being done on East Fourteenth and
East Fifteenth streets, from Belmont to
East Burnside, and these two streets will
soon be finished. East Oak street is be
ing improved from East Twelfth to East
Sixteenth, and East Pine is being im
proved with new sidewalks for the same
distance.
Besides these streets, there are a num
ber of others in prospect. East Couch
will be Improved between East Third and
East Sixteenth, making a fine street
where it Is needed. East Thirty-fifth,
between Hawthorne avenue and East
Stark, at Sunnyslde, will be Improved.
Also East Thirty-third will be improved
between East Taylor and East Belmont.
In Stephens' Addition a petition for the
improvement of Stephens street, between
Grand avenue and East Twelfth street,
has gone to the Council.
In Upper Albina an effort is making to
get Vancouver avenue improved between
Russell and McMIllen streets, thus giving
a new thoroughfare to the steel bridge.
Also an attempt will be made to get Van
couver avenue widened to 80 feet north
from Stanton street to the Portland Boule
vard. It Is already widened to SO feet be
tween Russell and Stanton streets, and to
make It uniform it Is desired that it should
be made the same width all the way out
to the Portland Boulevard. In Lower
Albina movements are on foot for the
Improvement of Railroad, Lorfng. Gold
smith and intersecting, streets, giving ac
cess to the Albina ferry. The four streets
In the western portion of the Hogue tract
are to be opened between Vancouver and
Williams avenues, graded and graveled.
The movement for the replanklng of East
Water street, from Hawthorne avenue to
East Morrison, is progressing satisfac
torily, and contracts will soon be let.
The Improvement of East Twenty-sixth
street, between East Stark and East An
keny. Is assured. With the street work
now In hand and being completed, and
with what may be considered assured,
something over 200 blocks of street Is In
hand, which makes 52,000 feet of fine -graveled
streets.
Funeral of a Well-Known Engineer.
The funeral of Charles R. Dehm -took
place yesterday afternoon -from his late
residence, 291 Hancock street. Upper Al
bina, and the remains were buried in Lone
Fir Cemetery. Mr. Dehm was a well-
known machinist and engineer, and hadi
long been in the employ of the O. R. &'
N. Co. He was born at Vancouver, 43
"FOOD FAIR" Is
Sorry we didn't have more room Saturday, but if you
come in the morning; you'll get better attention. More
Instructions on how to prepare the different foods and
cereals, and more pleased all 'round. Today three new
demonstrations to Interest you besides all the old ones.
During the "Food Fair" we are offering
100 Bargains in
Fine Groceries
Pure Food Show continues for two weeks and we
want every housekeeper in Portland and vicinity to visit
us during that time.
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years ago, of pioneer parents. For a
time he was at The Dalles, and In the
Snake River country. In the employ of
the railway company. He afterward went
to Seattle, where he remained about
seven years. While there he was with
Mo ran Bros., for some time as machinist.
He then became chief engineer of the
steamer State of Washington, which po
sition he filled for some time. He also
has been employed In the O. R. & N bone
yard and terminal works at Portland, He
was regarded as a skillful engineer and
trustworthy as a machinist, and was well
known. He had been sick for about four
weeks. A wife and three children sur
vive him, two sons and one daughter.
Gilbert Auxiliary Camp.
Gilbert Auxiliary Camp, No. 1, Spanish.
American veterans, will have its annual
election of officers this evening In Central
Hall, corner Eu..t Morrison street and
Union avenue. The auxiliary has closed
up the year with an excellent record. It
has truly made itself an auxiliary in every
way, as many ex-members of the Second
Oregon Regiment, who have received sub
stantial aid from It, can testify. Aa sooii
as the officers hear of a slck ex-oldler,
they ascertain what Is required to make
him comfortable. In this way the auxil
iary has helped many a soldier of the reg
iment. The intention Is to keep this sort
of work up. There is money on hand for
relief purposes, and the members are al
ways glad to be notified of a sick eoldler,
and will be prompt to act for his relief.
Has Been Seriously 111.
Jesse M. Robinson, who has been seri
ously ill at his rooms, on the corner of
Williams avenue and Hancock street, with
Inflammatory rheumatism, was able to
be up yesterday, for the first time. He
Is still very feeble, and has suffered in
tensely for several weeks. He was one of
the Portland young men who helped make
up the Second Oregon Regiment. His
sickness Is unfortunate, as he had just
secured a good position, and would have
entered on his duties today. Hewever,
friends will endeavor to have the position
saved for him.
Funernl of Mrs. Mary Tlbhctts.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Tlbbetts. wid
ow of Gideon Tlbbetts, and pioneer of
1847, who died at Walla Walla, on the
9th, took place yesterday forenoon from
Trinity Methodist Church, East T.enth
and East Grant streets. Rev. A. L.
Hawley officiated. There was a consid
erable attendance. The deceased was one
of the very few remaining pioneers who
took up donation land claims on the East
Side, now covered by that portion of
Portland. The remains were buried at
Lone Fir Cemetery.
East Side Notes.
The remains of Mrs. Louise Isaure Ep
plng, mother of Professor J. Adrian Ep
ping, have been shipped to Rockvllle,
Md., for Interment In the family burial
ground, by the grave of her husband.
The congregational meeting announced
to be held yesterday morning in Mizpnh
Presbyterian church. East Thirteenth and
Powell streets, was postponed till next
Thursday evening. The object of the
meeting Is to issue to Rev. Jerome R.
McGIadean an official call to that church,
and petition the Portland Presbytery that
he be Installed as permanent pastor.
THRILLING MELODRAMA.
"The Angel of the Alley" Crowds the
Metropolitan.
"The Angel of the Alley," a melodrama
of life In New York, full of dark and
bloody deeds and hair raising situations,
played to big business at the Metropoli
tan Theater last night, and Its reception
showed that It was highly pleasing to
the audience. The play tells the story
6f a young army officer who has the In
discretion to get mixed up with a tough
crowd of denizens of a city dive, from
which he emerges one fateful night
charged with a murder, which, it is need
less to state, he did not commit. The
"Augel of the Alley," a young woman
who falls desperately In love with film,
follows him through the rather annoying
trial and conviction of the murder, and
at the moment he Is sitting on the death
chair, with his head and hands strapped
to the electrodes, she appears on horse
back with a pardon at the outside of the
jail. A thunder storm Is happily raging
at this critical- moment, and, rortunateiy
for the hero, lightning strikes the walls
of his prison, parting them asunder just
as the executioner is about to pres3 the
button. His rescuer Is discovered, and he
Is saved. The concluding act Is devoted
to squaring accounts with the villain, who
Is the real perpetrator of the deed.
The scenery Is really fine, every setting
being a surprise and an agreeable one.
The prison scene Is especially effective,
and such was the realism of the death
chair that many of the women in the
audience were unable to look on while
the Innocent hero was apparently being
slain before them.
The company Is one of the best that
has been seen at the Metropolitan for
some time, and judging from the applause
and curtain calls, the members made
friends of the entire audience. R. A.
Graham, as Walter Bennet, Is a worthy
hero, W. H. Dehlman,' In the part of
Harry Morgan Is, a crafty villain.
Charles Mulvey makes a dignified and
sympathetic priest, and W. C. Long Is
a manly warden.
Miss Vera Hamilton is a sweet and
winnlngherolne. Miss Florence Gerald, as
Mrs. Bennet, has a part of which she
makes a great deal, Miss Belle Darling,
as Nancy Oliver, sings a song well, and
Miss Llllle Hall does a good piece of
character work in a German dialect
part. The remainder' of the cast is ac
ceptable. '-'VThfc'rAngel of 'the-Alley" will
be the attraction all the week;
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COUNTY SEATOE MALHEUR
ONTARIO TRYING HARD TO WREST:
IT FROM VALE.
Delegation From Latter Town Has
Been Informing Legislators
on the Subject.
A party of four citizens of Vale, Mal
heur County, has been working among
the legislators for two weeks on behalf
of their town, from which the people
Ontario desire to wrest the county seatj
One of the party was seen at the Iml
perial yosterday afternoon on the sub-,
ject. and he said the county seat ques
tion should not be sprung In Malheur
County at this time, as projected rail
roads, temporary mining booms, orsomo
other passing excitement would be tho
pretext for county seat removal on the
part of townsite owners, and so tho
question might be made permanently to
vex the people.
"Vale Is now the center of population
of Malheur County," he said, "and Is
thus most conveniently located. We aro
16 miles west of Ontario, and that much
nearer the geographical center than our
rival town, which Is on the railroad near
the bank of Snake River, and thus oft
to one side by the boundary line of Ore
gon and Idaho.
"Ontario has cast longing eyes on tho
Court House for the past six years, and.
this is the third time the matter has
been brought up before the Legislature.
Malheur County has no resident member
of either House, and this special bill
was Introduced by Joint Representative
Geer, of Harney and Malheur, who lives
In the county seat of the former. William
Smith, of Baker City, is joint Senator for
Baker, Harney and Malheur. All tho
members of the Legislature, however,
understand the situation pretty well by
this time, and I am confident that they
will not authorize this special election,
which -the people of Ontario desire to
hold in June of this year.
"Vale has no fears of the result of aa
election on a fair deal, but Ontario, be
ing on the railroad, might colonize a few
hundred loose men on some irrigating
ditch scheme. Just long enough to en
able the laborers to register and vote on
the subject, and thus the will of the
majority of permanent residents might
be defeated.
"The population of Vale is now 300,
while that of Ontario is 4E0. Our town is
situated on the line of survey of tho
CorvallU & Eastern, as well as of tho
Columbia Southefti. and so bids fair to
become the prominent business center of
the county, when either of these pro
jected roads materialize. In that case,
we could outvote Ontario In a few years,
even should she take the county seat
away from us on thl3 occasion.
"The citizens of Vale are now erecting
a fine stone courthouse which they will
present to the County on Its completion.
If Ontario should get the county seat
away from us, Malheur County wouid
have to go to the expanse of erecting
county buildings which, added to the
cost of this proposed special election,
would Increase our outstanding warrants
very materially. As the county Is now
between four and five years behind In
Its warrants.- the taxpayers cannot afford
this additional burden.
"Both Ontario and Vale He In a dis
trict where irrigation has already done
much to populate and improve, and as
the years go by more canals and ditches
will be dug to reclaim the sagebrush
flats and render them highly productive.
New railroads are therefore liable to bo.
run in 'from the outside world, In the near
future, and these lines In the very na
ture of the formation of the county, will
all have to pass near Vale.
"Friends of Vale would not object to
a general enabling act which would au
thorize all the Eastern Oregon Counties
to vote on county seat removal on tha
day of a general election. What we ob
ject to most is being singled out as a
special county. There 13 more or less
dissatisfaction with the location of all
county seats east of the mountains and
lfone countyshould be forced to vrte.
we believe they all should.
Is a Bicycle a Vehicle T
The question whether a bicycle is & ve.
hide and entitled to the rights of a ve
hicle on the road and street came up Sat
urday. A wheelman left his blcycle.at tho
curb In a street, and the driver of a wagon
came along, and, driving over the bicycle,
wrecked It. The teamster justified his
running over the bicycle and claimed Im
munity from all damages for having
wrecked the bicycle. The wheelman did
not see It In that light, and urged that
his bicycle was a vehicle, and had as
much right on the road and street as a
wagon. Several outsiders were appealed
to, and they sided generally with tho
wheelman, and condemned the teamster
for his carelessness, and said he ought to
pay for the damages he had caused. No
agreement was reached, and the matter
will likely be adjusted In the courts, after
It has cost several times the price of the
bike.
Death of John Nelson.
John Nelson, a well-known resident of.
Mount Tabor, died yesterday of double
pneumonia, after an illness of several
weeks. Mr. Nelson did not regard his
illness as serious until about three days
ago, when he called in a physician, but
It was then too late to do anything for
him. He was 71 years old. and bad lived
at Mount Tabor a number of years. A
wife, one son and a stepdaughter survive
him. His son is a newspaper writer and
correspondent, and at present Is In New
York engaged In that line of work.
Aberdeen ministers have petitioned the
council for 'a. midnight closing ordinance.