THE MOENLNG OREGONIAK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 190. MEN ARE CAUGHT Merchandise Purchased on Credit Today, Tomorrow and Wednesday Will Go on Your December Account The Meier & Frank Store's "Toyland" The largest and best in the city Toys from everywhere, mechanical toys, steam toys, electric toys-, iron toys, wooden toys, wheel goods, m the greatest assortments, the new Evening Costumes, Wraps, 25 Off Detectives ArrestThose Who Fired Building. Choose all this week from pur entire magnificent stock of Evening Costumes and Wraps at a reduction of 25 per cent from regular selling prices Evening Costumes, Theater aa est ideas We call particular attention to our magnificent showing of high-grade 'mechan ical toys, models that will delight big and little folks We also coil attention to ocr com- Party Dresses, Evening Wraps, Carriage Wraps, imported and domestic models in silk, velvet, broadcloth, voiles A superb showing of the season's most beautiful crea tionsRegular prices range from $20.00 to $500.00 Take Elevators to Second Floor $14 . Tourist Coats $9,25 Each 200 handsome new Tourist Coats in black,Kersey, light and dark mannish mixtures, notch collar, belted 'back, slot seams; very stylish, serviceable garments, selling by the hundreds at $12.00 CONFESSION IS OBTAINED plete doll department, dressed and undressed dolls, doll wardrobes, dresses, outer gar ments, furs, millinery, shoes, hosiery, underclothing, jewelry, etc. Holiday merchandise selected now will be stored free; delivered whenever yon say Shop early, avoid the rash Warm Footwear for WomenChildren -Man Who Set the Fire Says He Was Paid to Do It LESSEE IS THE INSTIGATOR Offered Two Lodgers Fifty Dollars to Fire the Roomlng-House Saturday Night, Endangering the Lives of Numerous Inmates. A quick piece of detective work has placed three men In custody for arson. They are accused of selting flre to a room in the lodging-house at 263 Fifth street at midnight. Saturday night. One of the perpetrators of the crime has confessed to his part In the deal ings and has implicated his companion, whom he says placed the match to the wood. He has also caused the arrest of the lessee of the property, A. B. Coon, whom he says gave the pair of them $50 to burn the building. . The first man to come into the toils of the law was J. B. Bachelor, a hos tler known to be intimate with Coon, who runs a saloon on the corner of Eighth and Burnside streets. He was merely held on suspicion, being arrest ed by Detective Hartman. Barney Miller, another hostler, who was close to both Coon and Bachelor, was also taken, but would say nothing more than that Coon was a friend of his. Confessed the Crime. At this juncture Detective Snow and a couple of Insurance detectives, who nave been here watching a number of suspi cious cases, butted In on the case, and took Bachelor in hand. They knew the man had been In trouble In Boise in a cutting affray, and .that he was known to the police in all the "Western cities. They took him aside and obtained from Mm the following confession, given in a con densed form. A. B. Coon, who is the lessee of the lodging-house, offered them, a week ago, $50 If they would set it afire. He said he would make all the arrangements. All that they would have to da would be to go to the room and touch the match. He gave them a key to the room, which Is on the second floor. They kept the room for several days, living in it, and finally agreed on Saturday night for the time of tlie fire. Coon made all the preliminary ar rangements, ran the confession. He placed kindling In the drawer of a com mode, sprinkled it with kerosene and poured kerosene In various places about the room. Bachelor and Miller started out early In the evening to gather Dutch courage. They drank very freely and kept it up, stopping In every saloon all the way to the lodging-house, which they reached toward midnight. There Miller set flre to the kindling in the drawer, closing the drawer, turned on the gas Jets and broke the lamp. Then they left The lamp, pouring its oil everywhere, set the room on flre, though the kindling in the drawer did not burn after the drawer was shut. Coon Is Arrested. On this Information, obtained In what was apparently a ready confession. Detec tives Hartman, Snow and Kerrigan set out for Coon's .saloon, where he was found. They Induced him to go to the Police Station easily enough, and then told him of the confession. His Jaw dropped and his face went white. He was speechless. He was held wtihoui bail. It is alleged that Coon has made a immber of attempts to have this place set afire and did not have the nerve to do the trick himself. Mrs. Marie Fouchet, a lodger in the house, was told by Coon two weeks ago that he would give her $50 if she set the place afire. This she told the night of the flre to Chief Camp bell.. Two months ago a. flre of apparent incendiary origin was discovered in the house. House of Little Value. Coon's interest in the house dates from last August, when he bought the furni ture, in It and took up the lease. The building belongs to Fred Westenfelder living at 306 Madison street. The furni ture In the building is not worth over $200 and the building itself Is old and of little value. It is a two-story structure stand lng on the southwest corner of Fifth and Madison streets. It seemed at first, even after the two actual incendiaries had been arrested, that the clue would fall, for the two men held their own counsel very well. But finally one of the lnsuranco detectives made a long shot with: "Where were you going with that alarm clock up the street a few days ago 7 Then Bachelor gave in and was taken aside by Detective Kerrigan, when he let out the whole story. The clock In ques tlon is one found In the room where the flre was set. and 'known to belong to Coon. The police beUevo that they have the three 'men who set the fire and have solved the mystery which surrounded the Tnldnlght still alarm of Saturday night. 231 WASHINGTON STi PORTLAND " OREGON. -MAKER OF 4 MENS CLOTHES I Genuine Felt Slippers at bargain prices The best product of Alfred Dolge &. Sons and Dan iel Green Co. Opportunity to bny nsefal Christmas gifts at a big saving Women's Felt Juliettes, hand-turned, black fur trimmed; green, red and brown; best $1.25 values, in all.sizes, qq at tlie low price of pair .OC "Women's Felt Juliettes, low wood heel, red, wine, green and black; ....$1.38 with or without fur trimming ; all sizes ; best $1.75 value, for pair 500 pairs of Women's Felt Juliettes, fur-trimmed, black, blue, wine, green, red; some stores have the courage to ask $1.50 pair for this grade ; m jb our $1.00 values pair , . . '. . 2C Misses' sizes 12 to 2, at pair. 68 Children's sizes, 8 to 11, at pair. ...1 . w63 WOMEN'S SHOES $2.18 PAIR For Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 1000 pairs of Women's Shoes, in vici kid, patent colt, pat ent leather, lace of Blucher styles, light or heavy soles, kid or patent tips, all the newest and best styles shown this season ; every pair guaranteed equal to the best $3.50 values on the market; your choice, all sizes and widths pair $2.18 SALE OF MEN'S SLIPPERS $4.00-$5.00 values in Men's Slippers, four lots, con sisting of red kid bootees, patent Corona Opera Slippers, genuine monkey-skin Opera Slippers, in tans and blue; genuine lizard, alligator and walrus Slippers, all sizes ; f $4.00-$5.00 values 300 pairs of Men's $3.00 Slippers, in various styles and all sizes pair $2.22 $1.75-$2.00 Slippers, all leathers pair 1.43 Xmos Handkerchief Sale Buy your Christmas Handkerchiefs this week and the saving will help make some of yoar other Holiday purchases Women's unlaundered All-Linen hand-embroidered initialed Handkerchiefs, three different styles; best 2oc A5 values, at 3 for JvC' Women's hemstitched all-linen Handker- S- cnieis, yo ana -incn nems, " s&gr l full size, value extraordinary, each. . . vJ Women's Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, h hemstitched and embroidered, also seal-1 loped edge and embroidered, c tVvX zvc ana zoc vaiues xor z ior v Women s hemstitched and initialed unlaun dered Handkerchiefs, all initials; great special values for this er sale each Children's plain white initial Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, 1 O fancy box; great value box ,-ri OC Children's Colored-Border Handkerchiefs in fancy boxes; e great special values at box I JC 3L J i Great Picture Department Specials Framed Pastel Pictures, $1.50 to 53.75 values, framed In handsome gilt panel frames. Great special bargains at the low price of ei oo each j ,....lt07 Oregon scenes mounted on burnt wood, make pleasing holiday gifts Ot to send to Eastern friends. Regular 50c values for 0C Oval burnt wood plaques Fish and game subjects. Suitable for cn dining-room. $1.25 values 0?C J 2.2 5 burnt wood Novelties, 10x20 Inches, for sale at, each $1.19 Hand-painted Pictures in gilt frames, size 10x12 Inches. cQ Regular $1.95 values for .- J"C Artistic Picture Framing to your order. New moldings. Lowest prices. Second floor. At Special Prices Mail Orders Will Be Filled French Gray Jewel Boxes, A silk lined, $1 values, at 74C "Women's Chatelaine Watches, guaran teed movements; great special values at $35 and $4.25 each. Baby Spoons of sterling silver, en graved bowls: best $1.00 values, for VC Women's Back Combs, mounted yi latest effects; $1.00 values... oC Sterling Silver Mounted Col- -n ogne Bottles, 95c values DOC Wood Souvenir Match Boxes, Smoking Sets. Ink Wells, Calendars, Ther mometers, etc; values ex- q traordlnary at ."C GOLD SHELL RINGS $ .25 values reduced to, each...... 17c $..50 values reduced to, each...... 28c $1.00 values reduced to, each 62c BEAUTY PINS LOW PRICED 25c pair values for, pair 18c 35c pair values for, pair 28c 50c pair values for, pair S7c 75c pair values for, pair 02c Sterling top Hat Pins, each 17c Albums For Kodak Pictures 75c values reduced to, each.. 62c 50c values reduced to, each 39c 35c values reduced to, each Zlc 25c values reduced to, each 17c All 15c box Stationery, box 10c Fancy Crystal Crepe Paper, roll... 10c 1905 Calendars in immense variety. Newest Ideas. All prices. HOLIDAY BOOKS Are ready for your choosing. Thou sands and thousands of them for young and old. "Prodigal Son," Hall Calne's new book The Meier & Frank Fur Store No Walking Suit without its accompanying Furs That is the edict of the season The fashionable girl is to be the far girl; the well dressed matron, she who from the moment the first cold weather comes is never without her furs The splendid stock to be found here appeals to fashionable people, the prices to economical peo ple You'll find our 1904-5 assortment the largest and best we have ever shown Every piece carries the Meier & Frank guar antee These special values on sale this week Black Coney Cluster Scarf, six tails, best $2.50 Scarf money aq can buy; your choice, each . v 0 Brown Opossum Cluster Scarf with six tails; our best $5.00 5 9 value; fur stores ask $7.50; sale price each & Long Black Coney Scarf, six tails, $5.00 value each $3.55 Sable and Isabella Fox Scarf, two large handsome tails, t q y e best $12.50 value, your choice each J Long Isabella Fox Scarfs, large variety, $8.00 to $42.00. Complete line of small novelty neck pieces, S12.00 to $45.00. Electric Seal Jackets, 22-in. length, S25.00 to $38.00. Astrachan Jackets, 22-in. length, $35.00 and $38.00. Immense line of Children's "White Sets and Collars. Prices ranging from $1.25 to $12.50. Second floor. Mail orders promptly fcnd satisfactorily filled. and $14.00 regularly; Holiday sale .price is $9.25 $20 Tourist Coats $14.98 "Women's Tan Covert Tourist Coats with or without collar, satin lined, belted back, single or double-breasted A. Oft styles, regular $18 and $20 garments for 4 "0 $14 Walking Skirts $8,95 Each 100 "Women's high-grade "Walking Skirts, in Broadcloths, Cheviot, Cashmere, Voile and mannish mixtures; black, blue, brown, gray; 7, 9 and 14-gore; plain flare, kilted, box-plaited and yoke trimmed styles; all are this season's best $12.50 tq and $14.00 values; your choice . . 1 4)0 3 27 Cravenettes $ 1 9.45 Two great lots of "Women's Cravenettes, blouse styles, colhirless, fancy "button trimmed, new style sleeve, long shoulder; tans, olives and Oxfords, also box-plaited styles with belt all around; collar less," tans, olives and Oxfords ; the best bargain in high-grade Bain coats we have offered this season $25 and $27 Values for $19.45 Each $18 Values in the Above Styles for $14.25 Each Women's $36 Suits for $25.45 Women's Suits in tight-fitting, blouse or Directoire Jackets, with or without vests, medium and -lengths; materials are Broadcloth, Cheviot, mannish mixtures and Coverts, in black, navy, tan, grays, light and dark mixtures; all this season's handsomest Suits; selling regularly at $34.00, $35 and $36.00 ; j your choice during the Holiday sale Sf?lO Women's $44.00 Suits for $29.45 Women's $40.00, $42.00 and $44.00 Suits in Cheviots, Coverts, Tweeds ; blouse, tight-fitting and Directoire Jackets, with, or with out vests; medium and -length styles; navy, tan, gray, light and dark mixtures; $40.00, $42.00 and $44.00 Suits; A during the Holiday sale at pki?T 3 Sterling Silver Novelties For one week, pretty, useful pieces of Ster ling Silver suitable for Christmas gilts, will be offered at special sale prices Don't miss this opportunity 75c Pocket Combs with sterling silver J q case, great bargain, each 3 65c Sterling Silver-Handled Curling Qtf Irons and-Button Hooks, for, each 40c Sterling Top Inkwells, great special q values at, each ." 35c Sterling Silver-Handled Button Hooks, Letter Seals, Curling Irons IOC 25c Sterling Silver-Handled Button Hooks, 1 Stilettos, Crochet Hooks, etc., each Childen's French Gray Metal Purses, wonderful values, each New Clocks, Toilet Sets, "Watches, Novelties, Stationery, etc.tc. Drug Sundries 25c Soaps, 3 cakes in box, "all odors, for, box,17 Cameo Castile Soap and "Wash Bag, 10c value, 3 for 25 15c "Witch Hazel Soap, box...., 10 10c bars pure Glycerine Soap ,...i.7 1000-sheet roll 10c Toilet Paper. 7 500-sheet roll Toilet Paper ............ .4 500-sheet package Toilet Paper .4 50c Sheet Music 15c Copy All three popular "hits" "Karama," vocal and instrumental, "Make a Fuss Over Me," f "Alexandre," copy 1C Knit Underwear Sale Winter Underwear Stock is too heavy for late November Present mild weather has limited the demand for Winter Underwear, but there's no telling how soon the thermom eter will drop You can save money by taking advantage of the following; Women's nonshrlnk able fine ribbed wool Vests and Pants, light gray or white hand somely finished: best $1.50 Underwear for $1.27 Each Women's "Harvard MiUa" heavy fleece lined ribbed cotton Vests and Pants, Vests Ions or quarter-sleeve; best 65c value 47c Each Women's heavy cotton ribbed Corset Covers, high neck, long sleeves, 65c values 49c Each Children's mixed wool and cotton Union Suits, buttoned' across the chest, white or gray; regular 75 values 49c Each Children's .heavy ribbed cotton Vests and Pants, white or " gray, 35c values 23cEach New Line of .Brass Beds, Beautiful Models Sole Portland Agents for "Ostermoor" Pat ent Felt Mattress Pillows, Pillow Tops Oriental stripe Sofa Pilows, 20 inch square, tas sel on each cor ner; great special values at 75c Each Bungalow Sofa Pillows, burlap covered, burnt leather applique trimmed twenty in. square: great special value at $1.75 Each Silk velour Pll low Tops, Orient al and novelty patterns, hand some colorings, aU new tops, 24 Inches square $1.50 Each Satin Pillow Tops, Empire and Oriental patterns, new colorings, great value 75c Each Custom Shade and Drapery Work Ocr Spe cialty Best Materials and Workmanship Lowest Prices Guaranteed BLACK EYE CAUSES TE0UJLE "Judge" Marks Finds That It Brings a Person Into Disrepute. "Judge" S. W. Marks, lormerly a well-known East Side politician, can testify that it is inconvenient to wear a black eye Two weeks ago he dove into a gravel pit out in Woodlawn, and .emerged with a damaged eye, which soon gathered a shroud about Itself broad enough to cover the left side of his face. Beefsteak and other antidotes, prescribea by friends, did not stay the progress of the discoloration. He "tried a case In Justice Seton's court a few days ago in which one of the parties was up for threatening to kill. It was the impression of the spectators that the wrong man was on trial, and that Marks should be plaintiff Instead of "counsel. A policeman stopped him the other day and asked him, "what hap pened T" "Scrap," replied Judge Marks. "But, how's the other fellow?" per sisted the -patrolman. "In the hospital," "was the answer. His worst experience was last week when he was passing the backyard of a dwelling and was attacked by a fierce dog. "Call off your dog. Can't a gentle man walk along the street without be ing attacked by a dog?" exclaimed Marks. "Well," said the woman of the house, as sho grabbed the dog as he was about to appropriate another section of Marks' coattail, "my dog never attacks anybody but tough-looking characters." Albany to Have Vaudeville. ALBANY. Or., Nov. 27. Special.) Ar rangements are being made for the estab lishment of a vaudeville theater in Al bany hy Fred T. Merrill, of Portland. It Is purposed to have a continuous vaude ville. Albany being on a circuit of Val ley towns. It la not yet determined where the theater will be located, as Mr. Merrill Is understood to be considering two or three satisfactory locations. Strengthening Lake Lablsh Bridge. CHEMAWA, Or., Nov. 27. Special. The Southern Pacific has all of the material for the construction of the depot at Che mawa now on the ground and work will commence at once. The depot will be quite commodious and will be built on the same general plan of" other stations along the line. The company Is putting' in new timbers in 'the bridge over Lake Lablsh. A large force, of men te engaged on the work. Besides putting In new timbers the bridge will be streHgthened with extra-braces. Lake Lablah was the scene of one of the worst wrecks on this division of the road some years ago. At that time part of the bridge gave way. The bridge is much shorter than it once was, the company havisg filled In over halt of the distance. Berzetf Xxtsaet rf TnnW ON WAY TO COTTRTMARTIAL. Army Officers G.o tq Preside at Trial of Major Harry L. Rees. . The court-martial of Major Harry I. Rees, who Is accused of misappropriating funds of the Government while in the Pay Department of the regular Army, will commence this morning, the court .con-' veiling at Vancouver at 10 o'clock. Lost night Colonel G. S. Grimes, of the cavalry at Fort Worden, who is the presi dent of the tribunal, was at the Portland cn his way to attend Ut trial. He. was accompanied by . Major Ll H. Walker, of Fort Casey; Colonel W! H. Conys, of the Pay Department at Ban. Francisco, and Colonel E. Z. St sever. The party will leave this morning in time to ; reach Vancouver at the-hour appointed for the trial. In addltloa to. the mUoted. the csurt, win consist oi MaW TZ 9. HodsA."" ef the QuarterHiJfcwter's Department "t Van-' cTsr; Lieut nmt' Caty el of Fort Wright, at Spokane; Major A. B. Dyer, of Fort Casey; Major J. B. Goe, of Fort Vancouver, and Major J. A. Morrow, of San Francisco. Colonel Grimes will be the president of the court and. Major Morrow; the Judge advocate, representing "the cause of the Government at the trlaL Composition in Courses. . .Cornhiil Magazine. South'ey was another methodical and rapid literary craftsman. "I am a quiet, patient, easygoing hack of the mule breed; regular as clockwork in my pace, sre-footcd. bearing the burden which is laid on me, and. only obstinate in choosing ay own path," he wrote to a friend. But his method was by no means simple. He was a poet, a his torian, a critic and a miscellaneous writer; he turned' out an enormous quantity of matter, and succeed eJ in d'oiBfrl so- Tay workings JL4 hours a aay aad diversifying his labors within his AaUr row&ti. He had six tables la his library. He wrote poetry at oae, his tory at another, criticism at a third, and so on with the. other subjects upon which he was engaged, and whes he was . tired :"of spinning, his brains into verse he turned ta history and criti cism. There- is a story that he once de scribed to Mme. de Stael the division of his tlme two hours before break fast for history, two hours for reading after, two hours for the composition of poetry, two hours for criticism, and so on through all his working iy. "And pray, Mr. Southey" queried thj French woman, somewhat unkindly, "when do you think:?" How Scotch HeW On. . Pittsburg Dispatch. , Robert Mbffatt is about to give up neck farm, Wes'terklrk, Dumfries,. Scot--1 land. - The farm was, originally granted to Thomas Moffatt by Robert Bruce la XML In 1876 the Moffatts sold it to tfcerDuk Buccleueh, but ceatlawtd as tcaaats -to this day.