THE MORNING? DREGONIA. MOM) AY, OCTOBEK 3, 1904.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
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Jaaaagla Editor. MbJb 633
Sunday Editor. .. Mala 63S
City Bflltor Mala 169
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Superintendent Building Red 2523
East Side Office . ...... East 61
A5CC SEiEKNTS.
MARQUAM GRAND THEATER (Morrison St..
between 6th and 7th) This evening at S:15
o'clock; "Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman."
COLUMBIA THEATER (Fourteenth and "Wash
ington) Tonight at 8:15, "Nlobe."
BAKER THEATER (Third and Yamhill) To
night at S:15, 'The Sign of the Four."
CORDRAT'S THEATER (Park and -Washington)
Tonight at 8:15. "A Romance o Coon
Hollow."
STAR THEATER (Park and Washington)
Continuous vaudeville, 2:00 to 10:30 P. 2S-
ARCADE THEATER (Seventh and "Washing
ton) Continuous vaudeville. 2:30 to 10:30
P. it.
BIJOU THEATER (Sixth, near Alder) Con
tinuous vaudeville from 2 to 10:30 P. M-
LT.RIC THEATER (corner Alder and Seventh)
Continuous vaudeville from 2 to 10 P.
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVEBSJLJtT of A- O.
U. TV. The thirty-sixth anniversary of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen
-will occur on October 27, and the order
in this state and elsewhere Is making
preparations to celebrate the event appro
priately. John X Upchurch, at Mead
vllle, Ta., October 27, 1868, at a meeting
of some laborers, presented a ritual and
constitution, -which were adopted. He
vras chosen master workman, and on
October 7, 1669, the first Grand Lodge was
organized, with him as grand master. At
the close of the first year the member
ship was 60, and yesterday the total
membership was 423,015. There has been
some losses incident to the agitation of
the new assessment plan, but the ranks
are oloslng up. At the close of Septem
ber, 1904, the sum of $134,910,936 had been
collected and paid out of the 'beneficiary
fund, besides money expended through
other channels for charitable purposes.
Supreme Master Workman William M.
Karvls has issued a call to lodges to cele
brate the thirty-sixth anniversary by the
Initiation of that number of members In
each lodge by October 27.
Was Map and Atlas. Japanese war
map in colors. Included In map of the
world, showing each of the great nations
and their possessions In separate colors;
eubmarine cables, including the line re
cently opened across the Indian Ocean,
from Africa to 'Australia, and the new
American and British lines across the
"Pacific; the international date line, and
the distances between great ports. Com
mercial maps of each of the grand divis
ions, with railroads and principal cities
emphasized. Map of the Philippine Islands,
showing over 4000 miles of cable and tele
graph lines recently constructed by the
United States Government. Maps of Nica
ragua, and Panama Canals, and the isl
ands about to be acquired from Denmark.
Index with population according to latest
official enumeration, embracing United
States census of 1900; Germany, 1900:
Great Britain, 1901; India, 1901, etc Sent
postpaid to any address for 12 cents In
stamps. Oregonian Publishing Company.
Portland, Or.
Almost Stifled With Sulphur
Fumes. Through the accidental discover'
of smoke coming from an empty building
on East Fine street, near Grand avenue,
by Fireman Gardner, of Engine Company
No. 7, yesterday morning, "Dutch" Fred,
a paperhanger, was probably saved from
suffocation by the fumes of sulphur.
Gardner, on stepping inside, saw the man
lying on the floor, am'd the fumes from
sulphur, burning In a pan on the floor.
In a few minutes the house would have
been on Arc, as the sulphur Had set lire
to some paper on the floor. He hustled
Fred out of the house into the fresh air
and extinguished the fire. Fred was fum
igating the building, as It was to be oc
cupied this week, and after starting the
sulphur to burning lay down to sleep, not
thl. iking there was any danger.
Want Better Mail Service. Because
of the line mail service given In the small
district covered by limited Station A, of
which J. W. Singletary is clerk, residents
just outside are now clamoring for the
same advantage. The district covered Is
between East Burnslde street and Haw
thorne avenue and between the river and
Grand avenue. Inside these boundaries
residents get the advantage of prompt
dispatch of mails outward bound, as the
mail wagon makes about six trips a day
between the Postofflce and the postal sta
tion, but outside these lines all mall la
delivered "by carriers direct from the Post
office. People will ask that the full sta
tion be restored, so they will have the
same mall facilities.
Take the Northern Pacific "North Coast
Limited" on your trip to the World's
FaJ.r in October, and you will travel on
the crack train of the Northwest, and
it don't cost you any more to travel on
this train than it does on any other. Spe
cial excursion tickets will be sold for the
round-trip, and tickets will be good for
B0 days from date of issue, giving stopover
privileges in both directions. For de
tailed information call on or write A D.
Charlton, A. G. P. A, Portland, Or.
Brookltx School Opens Todat.
Pupils will attend school at the Brooklyn
building this morning. Nearly all the
rooms are ready for occupancy and the
Si eater is completed and will be used. Fore
naa M. Jacobson has crowded the work
Sorward with all possible energy. A tem
porary stairway has been built so pupils
may reach the first floor. Pupils have
been scattered, some going to Powell
tfstreet annex and other occupying a room
In the Stephens building.
Hays You been to the World's Fair at
Ct. Louis? If not. another opportunity
iwill be given you on October 3, 4 or 5, as
jrpeclal low-rate excursion tickets will be
cold on those dates for the round-trip to
Bt Louis and other Eastern points. The
Northern. Pacific run, three big transcon
tinental trains daily and through sleep
ing trill be operated to St. Louis. Call on
,br write A D. Charlton, 253 Morrison
tetreet, corner Third, Portland, Or., for full
.particulars.
October 3, 4 and 5, are the special ex
cursion dates for the next World's Fair
tickets via the Northern Pacific. Three
big transcontinental trains dally. These
tickets are good on the "North Coast Lim
ited," &b well as on either of the other
trains. Tickets will be good for 90 days
from date of sale, and good for stopover
in both directions. Full particulars, can
be had at the ticket office, 255 Morrison
street, corner Third.
Portland Women's Union Meetino.
The monthly meeting of the Portland
Women's Union will be held at 2:30 P. M.
today, at 510 Flanders street. It is earn
estly desired that all members be present.
The Industrial school will begin the Fall
term today, at the same place, Mrs. "Ord
way in charge.
Portland Art Class. 2d division meets
today. 3:45 P. M., study Venetian art. 1st
division. Wednesday, Oct. 5. 10 A M.,
study French art 3d division, Thursday.
Oct. 6, 10 A'M. study French art Class for
study Greek sculpture will meet in Cast
room. Oct. 6.10 A. M.
Ministerial Association Meeting.
The Portland Ministerial Association will
meet this morning at 10 o'clock at the
X. M. C: A The address will be de
livered by Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher
on Impressions of Religious Work
Abroad."
lATiNa Heavier Rails. The City &,
Railway Company is replacing
the light rails on Its double tracks be
tween Grand avenue and Sunnyslde with
heavy steel rails. Extraordinary traffic
necessitates this work.
The Large Brick Stores situated at
corner Third and Taylor streets, known as
the "Gilbert" building, are now for rent
at a reasonable figure. Apply to r
Jacobs, Hotel Portland, city.
Closing out sale of ladles muslin under
wear opens today at McAllen & McDonald.
A Choice business property for sale on
Third street Particulars. 31 North Front
Dr. Edna Turns has returned. Will be
In her office after October 3.
.Dr. Browx, eye and ear. The Marquam.
"Our Own" blend coffee. L. Mayer & Co
Small Box Causes Small Panic There
was a small panic in the vicinity of
Thirteenth and Hall streets Saturday, all
because of the propensity of small boys
to persecute Chinamen. A gang of boys
made an attack on a Chinaman "who was
cleaning a house, and he pursued them
into the woods behind the Portland Acad
emy. Amor's them was Collins Brown,
a boy of 11 years, and he did net return
after his flight The whole neighborhood
grew alarmed and began a search, think
ing he might have fallen and been in
jured, or fallen a victim to the China
man's vengeance. One party returned un
successful and then his anxious mother
went up the hill, but with no better suc
cess, and returned, in a panic bordering
on hysterics. By this time it was dark
and a large party of men resumed the
search with lanterns, headed by two
policemen. At last Officer Taylor took a
hand and, making a circuit back to the
boy's home, went into the back yard and
turned his lantern on the youngster sound
asleep behind a box. He woke the boy.
who drowsily said: "What's the matter?
I'm all right"
Exhibit at Art Association Gallert.
An exhibition of recent paintings by E.
Irving Couse, A N. A., will open this
afternoon in the gallery of the Art Asso
ciation in the Library building and con
tinue throughout the week. The gallery
is open dally from 2 to 4:30. and during
this exhibition will be open In the even
ings also, from S to 10. with free admis
sion on Thursday and Saturday.
Drill Grangers' Degree Team. The
team from the Granges of Multnomah
County, which will give the fifth degree
when the National Grange meets In Port
land, November 16. will be drilled In
Rockwood Grange Hall next Wednesday
by A. F. Miller. Mrs. Anna Crcsswell, of
Pleasant Home, is In charge of the team.
All members are urged to be present
The Calumet Restaurant, 149 Seventh
street will serve a complete noon meal
for 35 cents, from 11:30 A M. to 2 P. M.:
also a special dinner for 50 cents from 4:30
to 8 P. Ml Service a la carte all day.
CAPTAIN SIMMONS BUSIED.
Veteran Police Receives Last Honors
From Comrades and Oddfellows.
Followed by 50 brother Oddfellows and
by a like number of the city police, the
body of Samuel Simmons, late captain of
detectives, was reverently borne from the
Oddfellows Hall, at the corner of First
and Alder street', yesterday afternoon to
its last resting place In Multnomah Ceme
tery. The funeral services, conducted by Sa
maritan Lodge, No. 2, of the Oddfellows,
of which Captain Simmons was a mem
ber, began In the hall at 2 o'clock. On
one side of the room seats were reserved
for the 50 police officers, Chief of Police
Hunt, Captains Bailey and Moore and
Sergeants Slover. Carpenter and Hoge
boom. On the other side of the hall a
like number of Oddfellows were accommo
dated. The full service of the lodge was
rendered by Messrs. Gould, Phelps and
Smith.
After the services in the hall the friends
and acquaintances present passed from
the. hall, followed by the Oddfellows In
close formation, with Dr. B. E. Miller as
.marshal. The police came after the Odd
fellows, and the two bodies of men opened
order In the street to receive the body.
Detectives Day. Welner, Snow, Kerrigan
and Station Clerk Leonard acted as pall
bearers, with Brothers Jones, Lightner,
Sunburn, Carter and Bell as honorary
pallbearers from the lodge. The cortege
passed up First street to Morrison, west
on Morrison to Third and south on Third
to Madison, thence to the Madison-street
brlage. The sight was very imposing, the
police presenting a fine appearance. The
1 ofticers were in full-dress uniform. Chief
Hunt and Captain Moore marched at the
head. Captain Bailey leading the second
platoon.
At the Madison-street bridge the proces
sion opened ranks and allowed the body
to pass through, when the police and Odd
fellows returned to the city, the remain
der of the procession taking, up Its long
trip to- Multnomah Cemetery, where in
terment occurred beside the graves of
his father ,and mother. Multnomah Cem
etery is p. quiet little country burying
ground nestled in the valley about one
mile northwest of Lents. It was near
this spot that his parents lived In a home
purchased by him for them some years
ago.
The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful. Prominent was a large star
of white lilies and roses, the testimonial
of the Police Department "which Samuel
Simmons served so long and faithfully.
It 1b probable that no successor will be
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by
Captain Simmons death, Chief of Police
Hunt showing a disposition to take upon
himself the extra labor of directing the
work of the city detective force, as he has
been doing since Captain Simmons was
first taken lit It Is understood, however,
that the matter has not been fully set
tled. Should another captain of detec
tives be appointed, it is probable that
one of the present detectives will be ad
vanced to that rank, and either Sergeant
Carpenter or Sergeant Hogeboom appoint
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the pro
motion. HIT BY A STREET-CAE.
Man Whose Tongue Was Put Out of
Joint by Collision.
At 11:45 o'clock last night everything
was quiet in the Central Police Station.
Suddenly the telephone bell gave a spasm
of quick rings. Captain Moore jumped
to the receiver.
"There's a man down here at First and
Oak who has been hit by a street-car,"
said a special officer. ,
Bells began to ring and gongs to hit
Patrol-drivers dashed toward their horses,
harnesses were snapped, wagons shot
forth Into the night from the brilliantly
lighted barn. Down to the corner of
First and Oak went the hurry-up. Officer
Hobson arranged the stretcher on the
way and prepared to hurry the mangled
form of- the victim to the hospital.
The wagon dashed up at the curb. Seven
street-cars were standing still at the cor
ner, while the crews joined the crowd
of curiosity-seekers. On the sidewalk was
the victim, and he appeared to be uncon
scious. Tender hands placed him on the
stretcher and placed the stretcher in the
wagon.
It was very dark on the corner and
therefore the wagon drove by the station.
The Captain came out
"How badly is he hurt?" he asked.
Then the victim sat up on the stretcher
and looked surprised.
"Ain't hurt zall," he said. "Jes drunk,
zas all."
What took place when that man was
alone with the officers within the sacred
precincts of the City Jail the walls of
the aforesaid jail alone can telL
WHE&ET0 DIlX-v
An the delicacies of the season at the
Portland Restaurant; fine, private apart
ments for parties, 305 Wash., near . 5th.
When in the city don't fail to go to
Watson's restaurant 109 Fourth street
Music by Professor Weber's Mandolin
Orchestra In attendance in the evening.
SPECIAL ST. LOUIS CAS.
Tl the O. K. Jt X., October J Sale Dates
Also Extended, s
Very low-rate 90-day return-trip tickets
to St Louis, October 3, 4 and 5, via the
O. Rl & N. On the evening of October S
special tourist car to St Louis via O. R.
& N. without change.
On October 27, 3S and 29, the O. R. & N.
will also sell very low-rate tickets to St
Louis and return, good returning until
December 31. Particulars of C W. Stinger,
city ticket agent Third and Washington
streets.
Burnett's Extra of Yaarill
In purity and eiresgta pre-eminently superior.
AT
"ToW
Peter Amos Dunn.. TVlllIara Dills
Corner Grlf3n.. ....... ...Edgar Bauxne
Jefferson Tompkins...... Donald. Bodies
Phlneas Innings..... George Blooznqutsi
Mr. SUox George 3. BerreU
Henry Ecott Seaton
Carrie Dunn (wife ot Amos)
KUUe FraneU
Helen Grifan Edith. Angus
4 Hat tie Griffin Louise Brandt
Beatrice SUox Harlan Barhyte
Miss Mlrton Roy Bernard
Nlobe Cathrine Countlsa
The beginning of George L. Baker's
management of the Columbia was sig
nalized yesterday by two rattling good
performances of Harry Paulton's farce
comedy "Nlobe." The piece was pro
duced in New York at the Bijou The
ater In tne 'SOs and enjoyed a consid
erable degree of metropolitan success.
Nlobe, the tearful queen, whom the.
Green gods turned to marble after los
ing all patience with her constant
"weeps," becomes a statue of rarest
beauty, which is discovered amid the
ruins of Thebes and brought to modern
New York by an art collector, one
Jefferson Tompkins. For safe keeping
Tompkins entrusts the statue to his
friend Peter Amos Dunn, who places it
In a cabinet In hl3 drawing-room. An
electrician working about the house
carelessly wraps live wires about the
statue, which becomes reanimated
while Dunn Is at home alone.
The new Nlobe. after realizing her
situation hails the nonplussed Dunn
as her creator and lavishes her ca
resses upon him. When his wife and
family return from the theater and
discover a beautiful young woman, who
is plainly enamored of the master of
the house there Is the dickens to pay
all round. After a series of hilariously
funny complications it Is all explained
and Nlobe and the bachelor art col
lector marry and live happily ever
after.
Miss Countiss, in the name part,
again displays her versatility. She
has never been seen here in a similar
role, but her performance was signally
successful and she was as cordially re
ceived as In her Cigarette. Her posing
In the first act, when she is revealed
In the flowing robes of classic Greece,
was particularly effective.
Mr. Bixume, as Corney Griffin, has a
part of secondary Importance but he
"feeds" the other members of the cast
splendidly, and that is about all he is
supposed to do.
The "fat" part Is Dunn and William
Dills, to whom It Is entrusted, never
appeared to better advantage. The In
imitable humor, quaint mannerisms
and remarkable skill at make-up
which Mr. Dills possesses serve to place
him in the ranks of the best character
comedians in the country.
At the matinee. Rose Eytlnge, who
had not intended to appear in the bill,
read the part of Mrs. Dunn with but
five minutes' notice, and did it so well
that the audience would have thought
she was letter-perfect had not her
manuscript been In evidence. This
leads up to the story of the sensation
of the day. Just after the overture at
the matinee performance, Mr. Baker
appeared before the curtain and announced-
thr.t Mrs. R. G. Welch (Kitty
Francis) wife of the late manager, who
had been engaged to play the part of
Mrs. Dunn, had at the last moment re
fused to act Coming without a mo
ment's notice, this threw the company
and management intp confusion, for It
was then time for the performance to
begin. Rose Eytlnge chanced to be vis
iting on the stage and consented to
read the part This was the substance
of Mr. Baker's remarks. He did not as
sign any reason for Mrs. Welch's fail
ure to appear, but left the audience to
Infer that it had to do with the clr
comstances of her husband's retirement
from the Columbia. Mr. Baker was ten
dered a small ovation and the play
proceeded without a hitch.
The audiences were large and en
thusiastic "Nlobe" will run all week.
SEASON OF GRANGE FAIRS.
Displays of Farm and Garden Pro
duce, Art and Domestic Work.
October and November will be the sea
son of local Grange fairs. The most
pretentious is the fair that has been un
dertaken by Evening Star Grange, No.
27, at Its hall and grounds on the Section
Line road, October 20, 21 and 22. It will
be a kind of county exposition, and all
farmers, whether members or not, will
be welcome to make displays of their
produce. The exhibits will include agri
cultural, horticultural, livestock, art
home and school work. Many of the
merchants of Portland have consented to
make displays, which will Increase the In
terest A large pavilion tent will be se
cured for outside displays. Every evening
an entertainment will be given in the hall.
Meals will be furnished on the ground,
so that those who attend may remain for
the entertainment at night The hall
may be reached by the reservoir branch of
the Hawthorne-avenue railway, being
about three-quarters pt a mile from the
reservoir. J. J. Johnson Is chairman of
the executive committee. All the Granges
of Multnomah County are urged to make
displays. The best of the articles will bo
used at the National Grange exhibit In
November.
Oswego Grange will hold Its annual lo
cal fair next Saturday. October 8, in its
hall. There will be the usual display of
agricultural and home products, and the
awarding of blue-ribbon prizes for first
and second-best articles. Home-cooked
bread and preserved fruits will also be
shown. An entertainment will be given in
the afternoon. Oswego is reached by the
trains which run out there at short in
tervals during the day.
Milwaukle Grange ' holds Its fair No
vember 8 and 9, and it will be along the
lines of the other fairs. Here there will
be a baby show, home and art department
and an entertainment
These fairs afford the farmers oppor
tunity of coming together once a year,
and also greatly stimulates exertion in the
neighborhood where they are held. One
of the features Is home-made bread, cake,
jellies and preserved fruits, which young
women are encouraged to display. Sew
ing and fancy home-made work also are
shown and encouraged. At the entertain
ments, instructive lectures are given and
good results always follow.
DIES ON TEE TRAIN".
Former Railroad Conductor Suddenly
Expires on Way Home.
George A. Olmstead, formerly a con
ductor on the O. R, & N died on the
way from The Dalles to Portland yester
day morning of valvular disease of the
heart He .bad been on a ranch near
Shaniko during the Summer and was re
turning to his home, 400 Prescott street
Highland, by the early morning freight
from The Dalles, when he suddenly fell
dead near Trout dale.
Mr. Olmstead reached The Dalles Sat
urday with a severe pain In the stomach,
which was not relieved during the jour
ney toward Portland, but had not grown
worse- The trainmen, knew him to be a
sufferer from gallstones, and did not think
his condition serious. Early in the morn
Inir while running through Troutdale, one
of the brake men was about to cook some
thing for him to eat when he noticed
him. breathing heavily. In a short time
he was dead. Whenlhe train reached
Portland, Coroner Flnley was called and
an examination showed that he had died
from heart trouble. The funeral will take
place from his late- residence tomorrow.
TH THEATERS
The Sign of taa Temr."
Sherlock Holmes... True S. James
Dr. John "Watson.... Norman R. Field
Atbeley Jones. ....... .Walter Goodrich
Jonathan Small .Frank Moynlban
Wiggins.......... Mlas Isabel Randolph
Tonga '. James H. Morrison
Major John Sholto ...C. S. Coons
Jim Smith Fred Penfoand
Lai Chowder George Cotton
Mordecai Smith Frank Phillips
Mrs. Sholto Miss Carrie Le Morne
Mary Marteon Mies Grace. Turner
Bessie Miss Marian Drew
Mis, Hudson Mary Randolph
Mrs. Smith... May Franklin
There is a primordial instinct in all of
us which thrills responsively to the blood
and thunder. It is not possible to get
far away from the fact that the average
plain citizen and his wife like their en
tertainment with a tinge of gore in it
When the element of battle and murder
and sudden death is intermingled with
good lines, possible situations, clean hu
mor and acting of competent Intelllge'nce,
you have a play which appeals to about
nine-tenths of all those who go inside the
playhouse.
A production which does just these
things In fair proportion Is offered at the
Baker this week In -a dramatization of
Conan Doyle's "The Sign of the Four."
It would be interesting to know how
many intelligent. God-fearing and law
abiding citizens who might be appalled
at the thought of "Old Sleuth," read Dr.
Doyle's stories of our good old friend,
Sherlock Holmes, and find good in them.
Their name is legion. Just so there are
man- very many, people who would ele
vate haughty eyebrows at the mention
of the latest Bowery melodrama, "Nine
Buckets of Blood," and then see "The
Sign of the Four" with benefit and satis
faction. The dramatist has glorified melodrama
just as Dr. Doyle has glorified the yellow-back
detective story.
The company which appeared In "The
Sign of the Four" at the Baker yester
day Is almost without exception compe
tent There are one or two in the com
pany who might better have chosen an
other voctaion than acting, but the rest
range from fair to good. The play was
adequately staged and well dressed.
True S. James, who plays Holmes, looks
remarkably like Howard Gould, who
played the same part at the same theater
recentl. Mr. James has, first of all,
good lo'oks In his favor. He is Intelli
gent and knows about what Dr. Doyle In
tended him to do. He acts with repres
sion and allows himself latitude in which
to work up the climaxes.
ext to Mr. James, the honors must
go to Mr. Morrison, who enacts the part
of Tonga excellently well. He is a young
man of ideas. He does not make the
East Indian a. nightmare. He almost ap
peals to the sympathies and Impresses
the author that Tonga was, with all his
crimes upon his head, true and loyal,
according to his lights.
As Mrs. Sholto. the fiendish wife of the
contemptible English Major, Carrie Le
Moyne gives us one of the best adven
turesses seen on the local stage In months.
Miss Le Moyne has had a varied stage
experience, has done some very good
things, but may be proud of what she
makes of a thankless part
Marlon Drew as Bessie was sweet and
winsome and proved immensely popular
with her audience. She, Is a young wo
man of undoubted talent
Frame Moynlhan was a sufficiently vil
lainous Small; Walter Goodrich did his
share as Jones, the man from Scotland
Yard, and Mr. Coon made an effective
Major Sholto. '
Both performances were largely attend
ed and the audiences were demonstrative
in their endorsement
"The Sign of the Four" runs through
the week.
EAST SIDE GROWING UP.
lany New Buildings Are Going Up
Rapid Rise of Arleta.
The past week piles were driven for the
two-story warehouse for the Portland
Seed Company, on East Washington and
Alder streets. This year a two-story
building, 100x100, will be put up, and next
year the entire half block will be cov
ered. The whole foundation will be laid
now, and East Second street will be cov
ered with an elevated road reaching out
to the O. R. & N. Railway spur. Cost of
these improvements will run above $12,000.
Foundation of the two-story warehouse
of Wallace, Corcoran & North, covering
half a block on East Section; between
Hawthorne avenue and East Clay street
will be built the coming two weeks. The
site has been graded and the pile-driver
is ready for business. The building will
cost about $20,000 and will be an Important
addition to the warehouse district
Foss, Bartman & KIssland, owners of
the quarter-block on the northwest corner
of Grand avenue and East Clay street
have had plans drawn for a $10,000 frame
building. It will be $3x75 feet, contain
stores on the lower floor and apartments
on the second floor. Excavation for the
foundation will be commenced this week.
In St Johns ground will be broken this
week for a building for a department
store for Cochran Bros., and a laundry
will be erected In Upper St. Johns.
H. J. Hefty has prepared plans for a
two-story frame building for the City
Steam Dye Works, to be erected on the
corner ot East Third and Ash streets.
It will be 100x50 and cost about $5000.
The handsome new edifice of the Forbes
Presbyterian Church, Upper Alblna, is
completed, except the windows and doors.
Rev. H. H. Pratt the pastor, says that
the furniture will be Installed this month
and the completed structure will cost
$7000. Dedication will take place sonie
time this month.
In Upper Alblna work has been started
on the new edifice for the German Bap
tist Church, to cost $5000. Also the foun
dation and frame of the new Scandina
vian Church, costing $3500, are up.
Work has been started on the new
building for the Friends' Church, on East
Thirty-fifth street Sunnyslde. There Is
a full basement The floor of the audi
torium is being laid on an Incline so
those in the back can see the preacher. It
will cost about 32o00.
In Lower St Johns, at the Jobcs Flour
Mills, a sidetrack is being laid from the
O. R. & N. spur, and machinery Is being
delivered and installed. This plant will
cost $36,000.
"Vast quantities of machinery are being
received at the new plant of the Portland
Woolen Mills, at St Johns, and work on
the new buildings is going forward rap
idly. More than 75 men. are at work.
Building Water Tower at Arleta.
At Arleta the concrete foundation for a
huge water-tower and tank was completed
last week. The timbers, 12x12 and 85 feet
long, are being shaped for the frame.
These timbers will support 250 tons and
a water tank with 50.000 gallons capacity,
which will give a good pressure all through
the district The cost will be about $3000.
In this district $350,000 has "been expended
in dwellings, water-works and Improve
ments in the past year, and more build
ings are going up. At the opening of
school last Monday 260 pupils came, over
crowding the four rooms so that the di
rectors ordered the addition of two rooms,
which are partly completed. Probably no
school district In the state ever sprung
up so quickly.
6RAXC1ATD XYJELID-S.
Murine Bye Reaedy cures this-and other
Eye troubles, aaakes weak eyes strong.
ef Coon Hollow."
Georgia. Gray
.......Samuel Gaines
Cindy .............
Remus
Jean, Bekraer
Jared Fuller.......
Georgia. ......L...
Diogenes Sharp...
Ras
........Ada. Gardner
...George P. Haines
Lola. Davis
.Arthur Verner
C. "W. Thompson
Ralph Markham..
..Franklin Saulsbury
Clyde Harrod
Estelle Ferry
Philip Maury.
"W. J. Hurley
Lem Etocxwell....
Louis Simmer
Plantation
dancers, etc
There's a young colored man named
Jones who is the best exponent of step
dancing and double shuffles seen here for
a long time, and he has a mirthful grin
and a leer. He is one of the attractions
with that thrilling melodrama, "A 'Ro
mance of Coon Hollow," which opened a
short engagement at Cord ray's Theater
yesterday and played to two crowded
houses. Jones is a member of the Plan
tation Quartet of dancers and singers,
and by his clover stepping he made a hit
So did Arthur Verner with his singing of
the topical song", "Tlp-Tip-Tlppecanoe,"
and the song has such a swinging measure
that the boys in the audiences kept time
by beating with their feet on the floor.
This is a sure test of the popularity of a
song In melodrama. The composition has
a pretty, ringing measure, and tells aoout
mother-in-law, love, and winds up with a
reference to President Roosevelt It caught
the fancy, and five encores were demanded
last night, until Mr. Verner had to make
signs that he hadn't any more funny
verses on tap.
"A Romance of Coon Hollow" Is now In
Its 11th season, but is so full of exciting
interest good specialties', duels with tor
pedos against guns, and a thrilling closing
scene In which a man is slowly crushed
to death beneath a ponderous cotton press,
that it is still a prime favorite. The love
making In It Is unique. "Will you marry
me? Will you be my wife?" asks the love
sick hero. "Yes, I will be your wife"
blushingly answers the heroine. But just
as the hero seeks to embrace her. she
adds. "If I marry you." Collapse of the
hero, who tries another tack. The show
is well staged, and Is decidedly worth a
visit The colored quartet of singers and
dangers add spice Xu the play and make a
strong card. This is especially true of
the plantation scene, where there Is a
pleasing representation of the Lee
Natchez steamboat race. There's a grim
tragedy in the last act where Clyde Har
rod, the wild mountain girl, who is blood
thirsty enough to be an understudy for
Lady Macbeth, tries to throw the body of
Ralph Markham, who would not love her,
under the cotton press, but Jh the confusion
the body of the heavy man, Jared Fuller,
is placed in the death trap Instead. Miss
Harrod, well played by Estelle Ferry, la
pacifically carried off by heart disease,
while the quartet sings a soothing melody.
Lola Davis Is one of the most able mem
bers of the company, and her Georgia Is
cleverly played. Ada Gardner and Arthur
Verner earn many a laugh by their com
edy work. Franklin Saulsbury makes a
manly Ralph, and Louis Simmer is a typi
cal mountaineer. The play will run to
night tomorrow and Wednesday nights,
with "Grandfather's Clock" for the re
mainder of the week.
IN A HIIRY TO LEAVE LIFE.
Mournful Over Stormy Honeymoon,
Takes Whisky, Then. Carbolic Acid.
Within two weeks of his marriage to
Miss Eugenie Davles, John Johnsoir at
tempted suicide at the Riverside Hotel,
East Oak and Second streets, Saturday
night by swallowing carbolic acid. Al
cohol poured down bis throat and a hy
podermic injection of morphine adminis
tered by Dr. Dave Raffety saved his life.
Johnson had had a tilt with his wife and
look to the time-honored sorrow-killer,
whisky, but instead of being relieved by
the stimulant he grew despondent and
went around half drunk, saying that he
was going to kill himself and trying to
borrow a revolver. No one would grat
ify him, but still it was not thought he
would use it if he obtained one. But he
meant what he said and bought the readily-obtained
carbolic acid. With a small
bottle of this, he went to his room, threw
himself on the bed. pouring the liquid
down his throat at the same time. As a
consequence, most of it splashed over his
face and on the bed clothes, so that the
doctor did not have much of a job bring
ing him back to life.
Yesterday morning Johnson went oft to
the home of his father, east of Mount
Tabor, the wife whom he had married
against her parents wishes and whom he
had tried to leave alone in the world so
soon, braving the glances of the other
boarders in the hotel as she went away
with her husband.
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and the strong demand for good invest
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