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TJTE? ' HOMING OKE'0'ONIAN. THURSDAY. ' APSIL " 11, 1901. GIVE UP THEIR FIGHT SHOWERS AND MACK WILI. MEET WITH JUDGE CAKE. They Can Outvote Him on Any Prop osition That Cosies Up Steele Appeals His Case. Judge Cake yesterday Issued an order that county business tvlll hereafter "be transacted at the Courthouse, and a copy of the same Trill he served upon all county officials. It has already oeen served upon the Clerk of the County Court, and tacked Tip on the bulletin-board alongside of Sheriff sale notices. M. I. Pipes, attorney for W- B. Steele, yesterday gave notice before Judges Scars, Cleland and .Frazer that he -would not file an answer in the quo "warranto case, but would stand on the record as it Is, and appeal to the Supreme Court Commissioner Showers, speaking con cerning the future course of himself and Commissioner Mack, said: "We will meet with Judge Cake. "We Are. up against it, and there is nothing else to do." Judge Cake states thai ae has not yet called a meeting of the County Commis sioners to sit with him in the transaction of county business, but had spoken to Mr.. Mack informally on the subject. The new law provides that the Commissioners shall meet at the call of the County Judge. Some persons opine that the Judge may begin to transact county business on his own hook, without calling the Commis sioners to take part with him. This, of course, is mere conjecture. In joint ses sion the two Commissioners, being' In the minority, cam.'outvote the County Judge on -any matter they see fit. The order issued reads as follows: In the County Court lor Multnomah County, State of Oregon. Whereas, The Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah Count has declared valid and operative the law passed by tho Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, in 1901. relating to the transaction of county business in "Multnomah County? and. Whereas, County business has been hereto fore transacted In the City. Hall of the City of Portland. Multnomah County, Or.; Now, therefore, it Is ordered that all county business shall from and after this date be performed and transacted In the County Court house of Multnomah County. Oregon, either In the chambers of said County Court or in the courtroom thereof, as the necessities of the case may require. All persons and county officials will govern themselves accordingly. W. M. CAKE, County Judge. Dated April 10, 1001. The rooms occupied by the Board of County Commissioners at the City Hall will be -vacated, and can be used as an ad dition for the free museum if required. "What will be done with the furniture and carpets, is a matter for future considera tion. It is stated that George Fawcett, the County Commissioners bailiff, who also attends generally to charity matters, poor farm applications, etc, will be re tained and given the grand jury witness- room for an office. Pending bids for sup plies -will be considered, and new specifi cations may be ordered in some instances, as those originally drafted are not suf ficiently specific If this is done, new bids will be called for. WHAT CONGREGATIONALISM IS Various Timely Topics Discussed at the Portland. Meeting:. The second day's work of the Portland Association of Congregational Churches was devoted to a discussion of Congre gationalism, and to the church's mission ary enterprises. Rev. M. D. Dunning took the stand that the distinctive feature of Congregationalism lies not in its re ligious beliefs, for those beliefs are nearly identical with those of one or two other Protestant denominations. "There is no universal Congregational creed," he said, "each church making its own. Herein Is seen the chief feature of Congregational ism, the lull and complete liberty of the individual church. No person can in any way dictate to a Congregational church in any of its affairs. This is the princi ple of freedom applied in religious life, the same is the chief underlying prln clgle of our civil government Yet a church may place emphasis upon this, and' still not be a Congregational church. It must share Its life and work in mutual fellowship with other churches. This Congregationalism is the application in religious life of the principles of freedom and union, .which we so highly cherish In our civic life.' D. D. Oliphant touched upon the need of centralization. Rev. C. F. Clapp dis cussed the question, "Ought Our Benevo lent Societies to Be Federated?" He showed that the Idea of federation grew out of tne need of retrenchment A general discussion .followed the read ing of these papers, Rev. Mr. Blackburn, in a lew pointed remarks calling atten tion to the lack of centralization in the Baptist denomination, and drawing a com parison between the two churches in this respect Rev. C. . Cllne then spoke of the preponderance of centralization in the Methodist church. Rev. F. E. Dell read a paper on "Tools for the Cultivation of Fruits xf the Spirit" He said: "A man may be a good man, but a poor worker. It is not enough that we get into the kingdom. We must bring our sheaves with us. Prayer is one of the greatest helps to Christian fruitage A careful, intelligent study of the Bible goes with prayer." The business committee reported that Hood River would be the place for the next annual meeting. The time was changed to the third Tuesday In April, instead of the second Tuesday. Rev. F. E. Dell and Rev. B. S. Winchester were admitted to the association upon presen tation of their credentials. Rev. Alexan der Blackburn and Rev. C. E. Cllne, of Pprtland, and Rev. E. L,' Bollinger, of Oregon City, were invltea to sit as corre sponding members. At the afternoon session stirring. 10 mlnute. addresses were given on "Our Missionary Enterprises," by Rev. J. J. Staub, Rev. B. S. Winchester, George H. Himes, Rev. D. B. Gray and Rev. R. A. Rowley. These were followed by "The Woman's Hour," the chair being filled by Mrs. I, A. Parker, associatlonal presi dent of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Work. Her daughter, Mrs. Lois W. Myers, read a .highly interesting paper, written by Mrs. Parker, giving. a history of missionary work In HawaiL Mrs. Bertha Grimes sang a solo, Iead, Kindly Light" and Mrs. B. S. Winchester made an eloquent plea In behalf of more close and personal relationship between individual churches and the missions, ad vising that each church, Instead of do nating a sum to missions in general, should devote the amount to the support of their own missionary in some chosen field. She read extracts from "The Stu dents' Challenge to the Churches," by Luther D. Wisnard, and explained the student volunteer movement Rev. Mr. Ackerman was of opinion that there might be "grave danger to missionary work by the attempt to bring about this closer and morepersonal relationship between church and mission; since the interest mISht be come too local In character, not general in .scope. At the evening session the Rev. Ed ward T. Ford of Tacoma, delivered an address that dealt "with a vital topic in a way that proved him to be a man of brilliant Intellectual power, a keen stu dent of the problems of the hour, and closely in touch with the needs of practi cal, plain, hard working humanity. Mr. Ford may be called a new-comer in the West as he has been In Tacoma only about a -year. He halls from Massachu setts, and is without doubt destined to become one of the most potent factors In church circles on this coast In addition to his unusual mental gifts, rich culture and convincing sincerity, he possesses a forceful and attractive personality, to gether with unstinted energy, and tie advantage of being in the full freshness and vigor of early manhood. His ad dress dealth with "The Educational Func tion of the Christian Pulpit" He con- i trasted tha modern with the ancient church, pointing out the advance that had been made, and then proceeded In a thoroughly honest and judicial spirit to dissect the Christian pastor of today(, making a critical study of him in his relations to the world of affairs, and turn ing the searchlight .full upon his failure to reach the heart of the people. The various .classes of men who are unwilling to yield allegiance to the churches were examined. Andit was shown that there is a vast mass of surging, discontented humanity, who accept Christ, but refuse to accept the Church. And this distinc tion between Christianity and the Church Is constantly growing, day by day. "With the great majority .the dally press. In the i power of Its Influence, Is superseding the Church. The kernel of .Mr. Ford's xe? DEATH OF GEORGE CLEAVELAND. VV v ? .isisisssHissssssnffaik!a8bS "&'' EBBBBt&$s &&Sx$ty News was received of the death of George Cieaveland,fa well-known traveling man, yesterday In San Francisco. He had expected to return. ,to Portland, where he had made his home for 20 years, but was taken suddenly,, ULwlth,. sickness that resulted in his death. Since an Illness three years ago from typhoid-pneumonia he had not been strong, and his death resulted from that remote causer He was a native of Maine, and 47 years old,. In 1570 he came to the West, and since that time had made Port land his home. He .was In the employ of .a Chicago firm. Sweet, Dempster & Co. Mr. "Cleaveland Vas married 18 'years ago to Miss Luella Snell, who survives him. He was widely known, and has a large circle of friends. ' marks was that what Is needed today Is not a scholar, or a preacher, so much as a teacher, a sympathetic, comprehending friend and adviser. LOOK AT LEO AND MARS. Mrs. Altmnn Points Ont the Starry Beauties Hove "Visible. Thomas Carlyle once said: "Why did not somebody teach me the stars and make me at home In the starry heavens?" A pathetic outburst from the great seer and one that must have been wrung from him on such a night as this, and nights as are ours just now! Glowing and scintillating are the great suns above and about us, passing silently along in their orderly precision and bring ing to our hearts the message of God's goodness and greatness. Yet how many are familiar with this "oldest picture-book in the Tvorld,' able to trace its outlines (constellations) or to place its heroes, for Into every star have the ancients woven a fabric of their imagination. Here you have the j ayiuuuia ui an ei.eiiiu.1, ever-cnanging law teeming with fancy and poetry. Why then not lift ourselves from our prosaic lives Into this sphere of, beauty, sym metry and marvel? Almost overhead is the glorious con stellation Leo or the Lion, In the shape of a sickle "with its dazzling white star, Regulus, just on the ecliptic. This great star is just now of supreme importance, Mars being in its immediate neighbor hood. .How many have noticed the bril liant ruddy . planet's westward wander ing since last month? It will be sta tionary Just a little while and then resume its natural course eastward, yet remaining west of Regulus all this month. Let your eyes pass westward of Mars along or rather above the ecliptic and note the beautiful twins, Castor and Pollux, dwelling there in eternal friend ship. Eastward of the Lion along the great highway of the solar system, Is the magnificent constellation (Virgo), the Virgin, with its resplendent Spica, an other nautical land, or rather, sky- J mark. Nprth of Splca, high up from the east glows the giant Arcturus, stupend ous sun placed In depths of space un fathomable. The Great Bear Is nearing the point overhead and with its seven brilliant stars Is known to all. It might be Interesting to all to watch Its annual mystic voyage (as visible to us at night) around the steadfast North Star. In the northwest glows the hrlght Ca pella in the Charoten (Amlgu) and Per seus, .the rescuer, with its famous vari able star Algol (from the Arabian Al gul, the demon) is dipping in the north west. This Is, perhaps, the point of greatest Interest to the .astronomical world just now; in fact has 'been ever since February 22, when a new star of the first magnitude was discovered In this constellation by Rev. T. D. Ander son, and the electric wires flashed this intelligence about the globe. Of this new sun, Nora' Persel, more anon. MRS. L. ALTMAN. PORTLAND CARNIVAL 1901. Promoters Select a Name for This Year's Fair. Officers were elected at the meeting bi the promoters of the 1301 fair at the. Conv mercial Club, last' night, ind "Portland Carnival, 1901" was selected for a name. The officers are: General Owen Summers, president; L "N. Flelschner, vice-president; John D. Mann, secretary; A. B. Steln bach, treasurer; First National Bank, de pository. General Summers presided. The report of the organization committee presented by Chairman Marshall was adopted. The committees recommended will be appoint ed by the president Chairman Batchelder reported lor the location committee that several proposed sites had been examined. One of these is the Exposition building, with Multno mah field for outdoor attractions. Another is a tract of land on the Ease Side, between the Burnslde and Morrison bridges. The park blocks also were- considered. The committee was granted further time, with Instructions to make a final report at the' next meeting. The. proposal to co-operate with a fraternal organization In the management of the carnival was referred to the location committee. The meeting discussed the time length of the fair, and indoor and outdoor feat ures, but took" no -action. CARAVAN TO HALT HERE MYSTIC SHRINERS REACH THE CITY' TOMORROW. They Will Be, Entertained' at lreak- fast by Their Wcbfoot'BretTorea Personnel of the Caravan. The caravan of Mystic Shriners, about 125 strong,, returning from the Honolulu pilgrimage 'under escort of Saladln Tem ple, Grand Rapids, Mich., left San Fran cisco last' night by special tra'ln of six Pullmans and a dining car. A stop will be made' on the Shasta division to give the travelers an opportunity to enjoy the scenery.' At Ashland, the visitors will be welcomed by the reception' committee from' Temple Al ICader, of Portland, and escorted here. They will reach Portland about 0 o'clock tomorrow morning, the oeeotc,e 'o ,- . . - t'. t t o train backing up from the union station to . Fourthi and Morrison,--where the visi tors will .disembark and go .to the Hotel Portland "for breakfast They will then be driven about the city. Unless the schedule, is changed, they will' leaVe for Tacoma -at 2 P. M. Following is the personnel of the party: Atkins, Lawrence W., Detroit, Mich. Aylorv Joseph Wv Webb City, Mo. Ashworth, James T., Des Moines, la. - Ashley, H'. and .jvlfe., Norwood; Nl Y. Ashley. Miss Alice "M., Norwood-N. Y. Anderson",- Miss Lizzie, Grand Rapids, Mich. Blake, Dr. F. Ay ., "Alpena, Mich. Brown, Dr. J. W.,: Sioux Falls,; . D. Benepe, Dr. J. L., and' wife, Indianapolis. Benepe, D., Indianapolis. Blakely, John, New York1 Clty. Barth, Dr. Louis, and wife," Grand Rapids, Mich. . Branch, W. W., and wife, Charleston, W.Va. Becker, Charles, Indianapolis. Barnett, J. B., and wife, Humansville; Mo. Black, John D., Valley City, N.-D.' Bonlne, Dr. Fred N., Nlles, Mich... ,. Ban. R. C, Chicago. Bunting, Dr. O. C, Easton, Pa. f Bordeaux, John R., JButte,. Mont. Brltton, Jos. B Neyr York;City. Currier, W. H., and wlfe,,Toledo,jO. Cramer, Bernhardt, Grand Rapids,' Mich. Campbell, Donald F., Traverse City, Mich. Caldwell, Jbslah S., RentonrHarbor, Mich. Crawford, H. A... Flint. Mich. t Crawford, Miss Anna, Flint,. Mich. Chlpman, Chas., and wife, Gerroantowni Pa. Corn well, D. L., and wife, Watertown., N. Y. Crater, Joseph F and. wife, Easton, Pa. Callahan, Mrs. T. M., Longmoht, Colo. Clark, O. M., Sheboygan, Mich. Clark, Miss Mabel, Sheboygan, Mich. Chlera, G., and.'wlfe, DetroIt,.Mlch. Crbfut, J. K., and wife. Slnsbliry, Conn. Detwller, A. JO, Toledo0. - .. Dlefenderfer, Geo. C. ajd. wife, Orwlgsburg, Pa " . ' l t, Dykeman, C. V., and wife, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dean, C. B., Detroit, Mi5K . Dewey, B. L.,' Dowaglac, Mich. . Evans, F. O.," and wife, Des Moines, la. Felt, Samuef, and wife, Watertown, N. Y. Fink, Chas. E., Grand-Rapid's, Mich. Fisher, John 1., Bridgeport, Conn. , ' Gregg, George A., Quarry", Ik. Galge, Joseph M., Croswell,'Mlch. Getchell, S. S., Woonsocket, R. t.f Garratt Thos. 'F., Grand Rap!ds7"Mlch.' Hanover, D. D. Alpena, Mich. ,' "' Halliday, Alexander, St. -Joseph, Mich. Hess, Rolla W.,. St." Louis, Mo., Hungerford, C. A, ana wife, - Watertown, N. y: - ' " , - Holsman, John D., Guthri&Center, la. Hacker, Drf T. -S., Indianapolis ' A Herkner, J. C, Grand Rapld,- Mich. ' Hill, L. , and-wife, HoneyGfove, Tex. Haag, Miss Llna, .Kansas -City, Mo.' Jacobs, W. G. P., Aberdeen, S. D. Jones, 'Mrs. M. E., Toledo, 'O. - Jones, Mrs. Geo. P., Flndlay,r"0. , Judd. Chas. B., GrandiRapfds) Mfch.' Johnson, N. J., Ames, Neb" ,' Johnson, Dr. "Samuel, Asbury 'Park; N. J: Kettenrlng, Peter, Deflarice,..p. . JCnauss, Frank V., Portsmouth,'. O. Karen, Walter, Chicago. Kuhles. G. F., St Paul, Minn. Lott,- Karl A.tlFllnt, Mich. Lot. Mrs. Peter S.f Flint, 'Mich. Lawrence, Daniel' W., Medford, -Mass. Lyle, Frank lV.,-Dowa'gIac, Mich. Lewis, F. W.. and wlfe.'lndlanapqlls. Lamble, J. B., and wife,- Washington, D. C. Miller, A. W., Clinton, la. Monroe, W: C, Pllnt, Mich.' Moorc.'J: C., Corning, N. -Y. ' , Moore, "Mrs. J. F., Corning,, .N. Y. Mowat- John, GrandsRapldsilch". - Morey, A. E.-and wife, Detroit, Mich. Morrison, A, Cincinnati. - . McGregor, W." H., DetroltvMlch. Nelson, James, Leadvtlle, CqfoT . Nowes, A Wi, Chicago'. Pxltchard, F. T., and wife, -Woodhull, 111. Phllbrlek. C. C., Grand 'Ra'plds, Mich. Peterson, G, Ff, East Grand Forks; Minn. Palln, J. H., wife and son, Grand Rapids, Mlch.- PaHn.'Mrs. Wm., Grand Rapids, Mich. Pfefry. Geo. H South-Dakota. Parry, St. Clair, Indianapolis. - Phelps, T, L, and wife, .Greenvljle, Mich. Purcell, Mrs. C. V., Kansas 'Clty.Mq. Phelps, .S. Jt, and wife, Norwood .Nl Y. Patteri, S. :S.f Augugta, Me.; ' Qulgley, C. B., and wife,: Grand -Rapids, Mich. . '- , '' Reynolds, S. G., Billings, Mont' - Rowell, B. W.,Lynn. Mass. Ross, J. B., Jairnestown," nI Y. Raymond, J. M., Salem, Mass.,'' Rosenthal, L:, W'est Point "Neb.- Sherwood,. C.'L.,. Dowagiac, tMl'ch. f Sinclair,' Geo F., and" wlfefGrarid Ttaplds, Mich. . - Stoddard, U. A, Reed, CltyMlch'. Stafford. VR. H.,rSutEa1pr N.-Y: - - Stoever, 'J. M.j and wife, Philadelphia. Schrleber, W." A; and ."vlfe, t Cincinnati. Strahan, T. -rW, ' and't-wJfe, -Grand' Rapids, Mich.. s : " ;' .".. , - Strahan, MUfs"Nelller-GrandtRapld8, rMlch. Schofleld,- George N,- Philadelphia. SeVzer, Henry J., Bridgeport, Conn. Thompson, Dr. I. A., Traverse City, Mich. Van Court, H. G., Philadelphia. Wolcott, John A., Dowaglac, Mich. "Wood, L. E., Nlltfl, Mich. Wood.'H. P., and wife, Indianapolis. Wood. John G., Indianapolis. Wlnsof, Lou B.. Reed City. Mich. Wente. "Vm., and wife, Manistee, Mich. Wyle. Miss Mary A., Kansas City, Mo.- Waddell, John, and wife. Grand Rapids, Mich. Warren; Tv B., and wife. Bridgeport, Conn. Warren,' "Miss, Bridgeport, Conn. ' Winckler, Thos. J. Asbury Park, N. J. Watson. J. H., Wooneocket, R. I. , ., Whitman, W. A., and wife. South Arm. Mich. Wagner, Dr. T. A, Indianapolis. FOR A UNIVERSAL RELIGION Ilev. JO. Fay Mills Says World Can Unite on Practice o Goodness. Another crowded audience greeted the Rev, B. Fay Mills at his lecture last evening-at the First Unitarian Church on the topic "Can We Have a Universal Religion?'' The speaker was1 Introduced to the listeners by the Rev. I5r. Stephen S. "Wise", who briefly compared the two sects Which they represented: "Unltarlan lsm "as a denial of the Trinity and Juda ism as' an affirmation of the unity of God, Each is more than a creeds ea'ch is a-, spirit) a spiritual power working to ward ,a higher end." The speaker of the eyeninghe referred to as "the apostle of truth, the truth of the universal religion, the' apostle of the religion and reality of the higher life." Mr. Mills said In part: "As to the Question1 of tho possibility of the universal religion): I have not the slightest doubt. Lt"Js' only a question of when and ho.w. To establish it there are three possible Ways: jFlm, by adopting one of the al ready' existing religion's; second, by form ing h combination of all the existing re ligions;" third, by an entirely new form of religious expression. ''Th& first of these Is manifestly impos sible!" -No one is willing to look any fur. thef thdn his own religion when seeking to-adop't one for the world. Brahminipm, Buddhism. Judaism and all the other forms of religions-would be advocated by their" rfdhercnts. -To most of us the ques tion" would be the adoption of either Juda ism" or" Christianity, and to the majority, Christianity. But Christendom Is ,by no means Christianized, and, as Joprph Cook saidj tlio crying need of Christianity Is the Ghrlstianlzatiop of Christendom.. Christianity will never be a universal re ligion Ss We know it now. , . t "The 'combination of all' religions could be made pnly by the elimination of parts of all' religions. Every one of us would" bo prepared to give up a great deal that Is of what the other people practice. Every .religion differs as to its theblogy. Its mythology, Its ritual, Its methods of practlcei We all agree as .to the. ex istence' of God, but differ as to our. Ideas of-Go'diWhat we consider the mythology of,'6he'relgion, the people of that re ligion refuse so to believe. The believer in the Orient tells the story of his water god swlhlmlng 800 miles in five minutes.. When we sihlle at that he says. 'And yet you believe 'In your God- walking the water?' The one Is no more mythological than the other. Mythology has grown out of us, andv will continue to do so for some time to come. In our rituals, in our Ideas as to the proper way to worship God. we dlffe'r as people in different stated of development are bound to do. There is noJ hope for a universal religion frohi the combination of existing religions. "We need a new form of expression of reljgldnthat will be universal. I be lieve t'h"e human race has reached a de velopment where this Is possible. The old forms and mythology are perishing The "old faiths are losing their hold of the masses. They are ready to be led on a search for a new religion, and the world" is ready to give It forth. I be- lfeve'that the world will produce a man" to bring this about, Just as firmly as I De neve that Buddha, Moses and Jesus arose to, glyq .forth their religious .concepts when the "world was ''ripe for tnem. I 'do not believe' that this wllL be sudden, but that It 'Is perfectly possible to imlte on the essentia) elements of such a religion. "'Andwhat Is this new relfglous con cept?" As ProfeBsor Dolbear ha's said, the time Is 'almost here when the world will unite on the same foundation for a re ligious belief: 'I believe In goodness, and will4 so order my life.' We will unite ujfpn the practice of goodness as the practice- of religion. Then" we can see God, God in goodness. So long as there are-" people different In temperament, so loiig'.wUl there be differences In religious expression, but .all that is vital in the question1 of religious observance Is that there- shall be brought in -constructive goodness. The greatest revelation of God tha;.w can know is found In the prac ticeJof'goodness as we know it. Devo tion tp "good will bring all. There may y'et be the descending God, the ascending man.' "Then over allfhylll come a sweet, perfect peace. Life and death will be orio-gra'nd song. With one common re ligion... we will Ibe one with G6d, one with one" another, "with one thought and one motivg,, 'Let us love.' This will be tho life; .eternal. Anger and hatred will die. sprrbw'and death will cease. Then will qo'mjq vpeace on earth; good will toward meiK."''l" .T.haY.tQpic of the closing lecture of the se'riesthls evening is "Why I Am a Uni tarian:" EXCITED OVER OIL. Residents o the Sandy Centering .Interest Aronnd Watson's Well. ' .Thoinas McManus, a well-known farm er a"t Rockwood, who was seriously ln jufedlseveral weeks ago, was In the city yesterday. He has recovered. He says there,, is great excitement among the farmers over the oil prospects. A great 'rnanyupf them seem to think there is no doubt but that great wealth la within thelrigrasp, and in imagination are rid ing, Ijucoaches. Mr. McManus says great Interest centers around the well .now being .sunk by the Watson Company east-of, the Sandy, and If oil is struck, as "" Is.; Jconfldently expected, there will be. .a - great boom In that district, and ifa'rms- will be held at fabulous prices. -HoweV.erfVMr. McManus says-he, will put in aLijrcrop of potatoes' so as to make a,, sure '.thing, oil or no oil! ; r, , v i ; Farmers' Day at the Itennlon, iAtv,the annual encampment and re union' a"f the M. A. Rujs Post, G. A. R., 'for-l&ij the intention -Is to give one day ftp thefarmlng community and It will be ca'lled "Farmer's day." It will be con ducted' mainly by them and devoted to thelr'S'lhterests exclusively. The sugges tion "that one day be given them on ttie programme has come .from the farm ers; a'rtd the suggestion has been re rcelved,'wlth much favdr-by the post. Bleajfa'nt Homo is in the -midst of a fine -agricultural and dairy district, and it is thought that great profit may result from-a- day devoted to a discussion to matters pertaining to their business. As surances are given that speakers on top ics ujf, 'interest to farmers can be pro cured' from the State Agricultural Col l&re't? Corvallls for that day, and by 'this'-mans the day can be made a sort "of ''agricultural institute. The .post Is Vfery ''favorable to this arrangement' for the' reason the farmers have 'always at 'tended'the reunions and supported them. "JPhe'post and corps will meet Saturday aiterrioon at their hall at Pleasant Home, "wjherr the time and place for the reunion, "the 'number of days tov be given to it and ;alC committees will be arranged. It is; expected that the reunion this year will bef continued a full week. Jlles -G. Stephens, a prominent member, says already-much Interest Is being manifested Inthls. reunion and many Portland peo ple -"are asking him to provide tents for th"ehi.$ "With the introduction of Farmers' daytahd other now features, Mr. Steph ens.1 Is'! confident this reunion -will be Jhebest yet held under the auspices of thipOst and corps. The reputation or .these' organizations is sufficient guaranty SOAP s$. .A i', ' t -AND- eiVSLSZAT Hand in hand mark time in the world's progress. Won't you join .the procession and take advantage of our special ' ..." SOAP- SALE- : The best .soap at popular prices. Do you wonder we sold over 960 gross'of toilet and 11.000 pounds of Cas tile soap in 1900? -Prices and quality did it.' Pears'- Soap '. .'.. 13 Cents - 4711 Soap .'... ."V 13 Cents Woodbury Facial Soap'. . .'... ". i'4 Cents . Kirk's Juvenile Soap . .- : .' '. .,'. . .". '.'.'. 3 Cents Japanese Rose Soap1 ....... 1 7 ..."...-. 8 Cents . Fairy Soap -: : : .3 Cents Valiant's -Antiseptic Soap 7 Cents Williams' Shaving- Stick " .' .1 18 Cents Cuticura Shaving Soap V .' 15 Cents Italian Castile Soap; 3-pound bar 37 Cents Eivomo Castile Soap. 4-pound bar . . . . . .37. Cents . , Livomo Castile Soap, Gr.ecn,2 1-2 pound-bar." 12 1 Cents . 'r " , ' All "" imported soaps Rogers & Gallet's, Pinaud's LJubins'; Pears'; Etc. at reduced prices during this 'sale. Age improves good soap; hardens it, and brings out ;' its-delicate perfume, Economical people anticipate the;r - ; wants and effect a double saving by taking advantage "" " of o"ur quarterly . P Free. Delivery. Canacjmn . .- , .our teiepnones ; WOODARD, CLARK! Fourth and Washington Streets. JEWELERSV DRUGGISTS' WALL CASES tf BANK FIXTURES Have rtcmoved their Factory from Front and Washington to 308 Occidental Ave. Seattle, Wash. 140, 142 that twhatever they undertake they "Will carry through."" " " - - East Slde Jfoteu. 'Mrs. C. P. Holzer, .fho "lives at 588 East-Davis, street, sustained .a. "stroke of. paralysis Tuesday night. Dr. "Wlgg was called to attend, her. There was little change in her condition- yesterday. Rev. H. W. Kellogg, of Taylor-Street Ghurch, -will deliver a lecture tomorrow evening in the Pair-vlew Methodist. Church on "Away Dowru 'South' in. Dixie." J.t will be Illustrated with stereoptlcon views. Ministers of, the United Evangelical churches of Portland are preparing "to attend the coming session of the annual conference, .which wll convene in Cor vallls, April 18. Bishop R. Dubs, D. D., who will preside, Is expected to reach Portland the first of next week. Dr. "Wise has removed to rooms 211, 212 and 213, The Falling cor. 3d and Wash. PERSOff AL MENTION. . Representative Thomas H. Tongue, of-. HUlsboro, is Jat tne .rerKms. Henry E. Do?ch, who will superintend Oregon's exhibit at the Pan-American Ex position, 'Tef t with his family for Buffalo last night. Colonel James Jackson returned yes terday from Puget Sound. He took in the' Port Orchard drydock while over there, and had' the pleasure of walking under the big battle-ship Iowa, now un--dergolng. repairs. Dan J. Malarkey, organizer of the Cath olic Order of Foresters, will go " to St. Paul Saturday to organize a court. He w.Hl be Accompanied by F. E Dooly, C. McDowell, F. Dre?er, J. Drlscoll, J. Ja cobberger, J. P. McEntee, "W. H. Carney, C. "W. Stinger and J. E. Malley. J. G, Davles, a prominent mining man of Juneau, Alaska, was In the. city yes terday. Since Janua .6 he has been traveling in Colorado and adjacent states investigating mining' .and milling pfcnts, especially the, most modern mills .using the chlorlnatian process. He has looked over" the Bakc'r County mining region and says there are many good rnlnes there, but considers Alaska the wealth producer of the world. NEW YORK. April 10. Arrived' from Portland: O.. Mosendale, at the Astor; &. H. Kllppert and wife, at the Grand Union. . From Everett, Wash.: J. T.( McChess ny, at the "Netherlands. " '.. (COV1ES FROM BRAIN. Phosphate "Found on the Skin and ' Thrown Out From Pores. We, know that active brain work throws, out. The. phosphate of potash, for this pro duct Is found on the skin after excessive brain- wdrk .therefore,, brain workers, in order to keep welU must have, proper food containing phosphate ofpotash to quickly-and "surely rebuild the used-up tissue. That . onecarr obtain such food has been proven ln thousands of cases among users of Grape-Nuts Food. "This' contains phosphate of potash In minute1 partjcles,- just, as It Is furnished by -nature in the grains, This product .makes from albumen the gray matter that builds the brain and fills the nerve centers. In -no way can .this gray matter- be made except by the action of phosphate or potash upon albumen, and this mineral should be Introduced tor the body just as It comes from Nature's laboratory, and not from the drug store. The system Is more or less fastidious about. taking up tho needed elements, and, as might be suspected, it will favor the products of Mother "Nature rather than the products of the drug sliop, "however valuable the last may be for certain uses. Lawyers, journalists, doctors, ministers, business men and others, who earn their living by the use of 'the brain, are uslrig Grape-Nuts Food.. It is , manufactured for a'reason, and jvas originated by an ex pert TK'a regenerative value ofth'e-Food has- been demonstrated beyond question. ON SALES money taken at full value. ana prompt service. R. LUTKE SuccMJors to Dixon, Bonjeson & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Show Cases N. SIXTH ST., PORTLAND, OR. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. April 10.-8 P. M.-Maxlmum temperature, 70; minimum temperature. 4p; river reading 'at 11- A. M.. T.O feet change In the past 24 hours. 0.7 foot; total precipita tion. 5 P. IT. to f F. M., 0.00; total precipita tion since Sept. 1. 1000, 37.28 Inches; normal precipitation since Sept. 1. 1000. 39.44 Inches; deficiency. 2.18 Inches: total sunshine April 0. 13:12; possible sunshine April 0, 13:J2. "WEATHER CONDITIONS.- A chanse from clear to cloudy -weather has taken place In Western Washington and North western Oregon, and showers are reported along the extreme Northwest Washington Coast. .No rain has fallen elsewhere In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States, and the temperatures are generally slightly higher than yesterday. Light frosts occurred Wednes day morning In Oregon, Idaho and Eastern Washington. The Indications are for partly cloudy weather, with uhowers, Thursday near coast, and cooler In Western Oregon. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours ending at midnight Thursday, April 11: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy and oc casionally threatening weather; cooler; west erly winds. , Oregon Fair, except showers near coast; cooler In west portion: westerly winds. Washington Showera In west, fair In east portion; cooler In south portion; westerly winds. Idaho Fair; westerly winds. NEW TODAY. MORTGAGE LOANS On Portland real estate at lowest rates. Titles Insured. Abstracts furnished. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. 7 Chamber of Commerce. NEHALEM TIMBER LANDS. Reliable cruisers' reports, perfect title, largn or small tracts, very low prices. Can deliver deed and good title to few thousand acres In one hour. Call and see R. M. WILBUR. 233 Stark st. TO THE GROCERS. Donit be buncoed Into buying so-called East ern cider vinegar. You can buy a pure Oregon cider vinegar for from 8c to 10c per gal. less. We guarantee It to stand the pure-food law. Enterprise Pickling Works. "Wcbfoot" Is a Perfect Hardwheat Flour Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer'a famous book'. ''Bread and Bread Making," free to users of this Hour. Ask your grocer SEE HERE. 8000 cords wood In -tree. 4000 ties In tree. 800 cedar telegraph poles. All on ICO acres good land, level enough, 18 miles from Portland, close to rail and water transportation. For sale now for half Its real value to oper ator. R. M. WILBUR. 233 Stark- st.' 20 H.-P. portable locomotive boiler and 15 H.-P. link motion reversing engine; must be In good order. State lowest cash price, deliv ered f. o. b. wharf or cars. Address J. T. Jones, 708 Second avenue, Seattle, Wash. McIGNNON'S, 1 dz. AIaKa Herring I5c 2 cam Table Peaches, Pears, Apricob, 25c Curtb Bros. Pure Fruit Jam 10c Table Strawberries for Cream . . , . . 10c 173 Third St. 733 Savler St. J. W. OGILBEE Room 11, 145 First Street CO7rn' lOOxlQO feet, "with modern 0-room "? residence, and stable, centrally lo cated, In Sunnyslde, close to car line. ccaa Choice quarter block, 100x100 feet, 4DUV on.l8th and Ellsworth sts. C1.n BOxlOO fet, with good 7 -room "p I UJU , house,- In Stephens' Addition, East - Side. - AMUSEMENTS. MARQUAM GRAND CALVIN HEILIG. Mgr. Friday, and. Saturday nights. April 12-W. Special Matinee Saturday at 2:13. Mr. Charles Frohman presents the Sueeess oC the Century. "THE LITTLE MINISTER. Evening prices Lower floor, exeept laao 3 rows. S1.50; last 3 rows. $1. Balcony, flnst 3 rows, $1; second 3 rovei. 75c; lost 8 rows. 30. Gallery. 23c. Boxed and. loge, $10. Matinee prices Lower floor, except last 3 rows, ii; last. 3 rows. 73c Balcony, first 3 raws, 78b; second 3 rows. 50c; laat U row. 26e. Bxa and loses. $7.30. Seats now setitaK. CORDRAY'S THK.VTER One week, coramenclns: Sunday, April TV Sat urday Matinee; THE N. Y. CASINO SUCCESS, "THE TELEPHONE GIRL.' "THE TELEPHONE GIKL." rTHE TELEPHONE GIRL." "THE TELEPHONE GIRL-" THE TELEPHONE GIRU." THE TELEPHONE GIRL." They Come With Fanners Wavinsr' And at th regular house prices, too! Be advised) SECURE SEATS QUICK. CORDRAY'S THEATER One week., commencing Sunday. April 14. with, usual Saturday Matinee. THE ELLEI'-ORD COMPANY AND JESSIE NORTON. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sat urday Matinee, tho Beautiful Comedy-Drama, "THE AMERICAN GIRL." Thursday. Fri day. Saturday, the Laughing Limit. "MRS. PARTINGTON AND HER SON IKE." USUAL PRICES. METROPOLITAN THEATER CLARENCE H. JONES. Manager Third and Yamhill sts. Phon Grant 741. THE STAN.TON OPERA COMPANY . INf A REPERTOIRE OF POPULAR OPERAS. TONIGHT. "SAID PASHA." "SAID PASHA." . .. Friday night, by request. "LA MASCOTTiBi" Saturday Matinee, last performance be.for leaving for the Orient. SPECIAL SOUVENIR PERFORMANCE. "LA. MASCOTTE." 1 FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL SEVENTH AND ALDER STS. STANLEY AND SCANLON. Comedy Musloal Duo. $1000 worth of new novelties ued in this act. MISS MAY NEALSON, Amsrtca's Greatest Coon Shouter. Delineator and Cake-Walkers. HATTIB -WARD. LUCILLI5 CROMWELL. EMITA DEVEES. MAY LEONDOR. Late, Attractive and Popular Artists. LEONOKE Balladtst. In her Latest Eastern. Successes, l- booked for another week. She is a favorite. AUCTION SALES TODAY. At Central Auction Rodma. cor. "Alder and' Park. Sale at 10 A. M. Geo. Baker & Ce, auctioneers. aiEETIXG .NOTICES. A. A. Q. N. OF THE M. 31 Nobles; Illustrious' Imperial Potentate Lou B. Wlnsor anU Royal party (170 Nobles ami ladles) are scheduled to ar rive In this city on Special train at Fourth and Morrison streets Friday morning at o'clock. Here they will he met hy the committee and nin.ini'.i.rl m tha Pnrtlnnd Ho tel for breakfast. After breakfast a shore and Informal reception will be held in tho parlora of tn? hotel, that all the members (with &elr ladles) of Al-Kader Temple and visiting Noblw may meet the Illustrious visitors. You at. earneitly requested to be present. Do not for got your fez! B. G. WHITEHOUSE. Rec WILLAMETTE LODGE. NO. 2. A. F & A. M. Special communication this (Thursday) evening at 7t3( O'clock- Work in E. A. degree. All M. M. are cordially Invited to at tend. THUS. UHAI, 5C. KNIOHTS OF PYTHIAS. AMERICU3 LODGE. NO. 1. meets every Thursday even ing at S o'clock. Auditorium Hall. Action will be takon tonlcht on by-laws. Fraternal Invi tations extended. J. H. MISENER, C, C. ED C. CURTIS. K. R. S. fYDTrnrnsr rm(flVDnHT. NO. I. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. A rtated conclave will be held In the asylum. Masonic Temple, thla ovontrtir nt 7:30 o'clock. A.11 vla- ltlng fraters cordially invited to nwet with us. W. S. MACRUM. Rec, Painters and Paperhangers of America will hold Important business meeting Thurs.. April 11. at A. O. U. W. Hall. All must be present. uonrf. CHAMBREAU April 10, 1001. to the wife of, J. J. Charabreau. a son. EDWARD HOLMAX, Undertftleer4th and Yamhill ntni Vena ttlifrain lad-j- nsslMtnnt. BotU phones No- ROT. . Flnler.Klmlmll & Co., Undertaker. Lady assistant. 275 Third, st. Tel. O. F. S. Dnnnlnpr, Undertaker, 414'Eis Alder. Lady assistant. Both phones. NEW TODAY., JUST RECEIVED A FINE LOT OF IMBORT ed goldfish. Portland Bird Co.. 304 Third st., between Columbia and Clay. PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE C.OAL. .JIlTSr received freah supply. Pacific Coast Cp., 24 Washington, st. (Mortgage Loans On improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE. 224 Stark st. $500.00 to $50,000.00 For loans on most favorable terms. Municipal and" school bonds purchased1. W. H. J"earv Chamber of Commerce. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property, at lowest current rates. Building loans. Installment loans. MacMastcr & Birrell., 3U Worcester blk. COUNTY WARRANTS And other Investment securities for sale. J. W. Cruthers & Co.. SWChamber of Cum. ' .' BUTTER LOWER.'. A drop of 3c pec roll thla week. All best creamery butter....... 40c, and 45a (Full 2 pounds.) Flie. gilt-edge dairy butter.. ......30c and 30a Fresh ranch eggs ...... ,Jtn..ln,n..a.....klSa Sugar-cured hams . ...12Ha Picnic bams vji ' "Vli Buy your goods wholesale prices. aava.2"Jpcc cent. See the LA QRANDE CREAMERY CO.. 284 Yamhill. - FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. 10-ACRB LOTS NEAR CITY LIMITS, '5 miles, from Courthouse; 40 acres. 51 miles from Courthouse, at $75 per acre: 40 acres, 1 mile east of Canby. nicely Improved. "J200O; 40 acres, 2 miles from Clackamas station, all fenced, IS in cultivation, house, barn, etc.: 7. aores on Columbia above Vancouver; 40 acres 70 miles southwest, near railroad, for $125. T. A. Wood, First and Alder. BEAUTIFUL 8-ROOM MODERN HOUSE. E. 12th st. near Couch; bargain; only $2830. 6-room house, barn acre lit fruit, -west slope Mount Tabor; easy terms. 5-rcom cottage, on car line. $680. 7-roora house, Montavllla. $750. J. A. KENKLE. 225 and 220 AbWgton bWjfc FOR SALE 22 FULL LOTS IN CITY LIM It9. near car Hne; small house and barn. A bargain. , . " . Quarter bloekr In business center, two blocks from, Washington St.. one block from Sixth. Cheap 7 BOYT & ARNOLD. v 102 First st. near- Stark. . 5-ROOM MODERN COTTAGE. CORNER LOT, $1200. brock, 5-room house. Highland, $700.. 5-roonr cottage, lot 54x118. Alblna, $1300. block. Holladay's, close to caV. $1800. 50x100, Holladay'a. very fine, $850. H F- BORDEN, room 223 Ablngton bldy. FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY THE FIRST National Bank of Independence. Or., .having: gone into voluntary liquidation, offers fer sale all Its real estate, consisting of larma. and cltyproperty In Willamette Valley. Ad dress J. S Cooper. Independence. $25 LOTS ON THE ST. JOHNS CAR LINE; cleared, level, streets graded. Tho building - of the great R. R. bridge across the Colum bia River will quadruple all values on- the Peninsula. Brown. 302 Washington st. WOLFERS' -' CELEBRATED MINERAL spring for sale. Including 10 acres- of land, on railroad. This Is & rlne opportunity for the right man. T. A. Wood. First -and Al der sta., FINEST LOTS IN IRVINGTON 11TH ST.. $405; 13th. $555; both lots near Tillamook; sightly lot. Tillamook st. near 10th. $fi0O See ownr 620 Marquam block. Phone Grant 821. HOUSE AND LOT IN WEST PORTLAND, $150; house and lot In Multnomah Addition. $450; house and lot In Multnomah Addition, $2000. T. A. Wood. First and Alder. A'LARGE LIST OF FARM AND CITY. RROP erty. business chances, etc. See us befero buylngi Canadian. Employment and -Real .Es tate Office. 220 Morrison, roonr- JG. . ' Choice Yt block. 7-room house; nice home; rea sonable; Holladay's Add. U 17, Oregonlaa J& w '