THE MOBOTKG- OBBGONIA2J, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5", ItKJfL
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
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MARQUAM GRAND THEATER (Morrison
8t.. bet. 6th and 7th) Tonight, at 8:15. "Sla
Hopkins."
COLUMBIA THEATER (14th and "VTaSnlr.g
ton) Tonight, at 8:15. "Mistakes "Will Hap
pen." EMPIRE THEATER (12th and Morrison) To
night, at 8:10. "Darkest Russia."
GRAND THEATER (Park and "Washington
Continuous vaudeville, 2 to 10:30 F. M.
STAR THEATER (Park and Washington)
Continuous vaudeville, 2 to 10:30 P. M.
BAKER THEATER (Third And Yamhill)
Continuous vaudeville. 2:30 to 10:30 P. M.
ARCADE THEATER (7th and "Washington
Continuous vaudeville, 2 to 10:30 P. M.
BIJOU THEATER (Sixth, near Alder) Con
tinuous vaudeville from 2:30 to 10:30 P. M.
LYRIC THEATER (cor. Alder and 7th) Con
tinuous vaudeville from 2:80 to 10:30 P. M.
Thought It "Was a Hold-Up. John.
Morris, who lives at Portsmouth, -while
on his way home after dark one night
last week saw "what he took for the gleam
of a dark lantern flashing in his face
from out of the darkness. "I'm In for It."
he said to himself. He Imagined he was
looking into the muzzle of a pistol. His
knees knocked together and perspiration
oozed out of every pore. Then with a
mighty bound he sprinted for his home,
which was several blocks away. The next
day he met a friend who related to him
that he was on his way home, smoking a
cigar, when he met a man who suddenly
became frightened at something and
started toward the "Willamette River, and
he feared ho must have drowned himself.
Mr. Morris remarked quietly: "That cer
tainly was very singular, indeed, wasn't
it? How do you account for it?"
Wants Thousand Members. Centen
ary's new pastor, Hev. "W. H. Heppe,
D. D., at the recent bugle-call meeting,
announced, that Centenary Church should
have at least 1000 members within the
next five years. Situated as it is, the cen
ter of the East Side, surrounded with a
growing resident population. Dr. Heppe
thinks that 1000 members are not too
many to hope for. By the end of January
at least subscriptions to the debt will all
be paid in and the debt paid off, leaving
the church to carry out its plans for
progressive work. Dr. Heppe has Inspired
much enthusiasm among the members and
they are responding to his calls for pro
Bresslve work with alacrity.
Speaks to Uniykbsitt Club. The first
of this season's monthly dinners of the
University Club was held on Saturday
evening and the occasion was highly en
joyable and successful. About 45 of the
clubmen and their friends were present and
the evening was enlivened by rollicking
songs, bright stories and toasts. Tom
Richardson was the principal speaker of
the evening. Ho talked entertainingly of
his meetings with famous men, related
many interesting experiences in his career
as a community builder, and spoke of the
part the university man was to play in
making the year 1905 in Portland a
memorable one.
Examinations To Be Held. The
United States Civil Service Commission
announces that the following examina
tions will be held in this city: On De
cember 17 an examination' will be held for
the position of fireman. In the customs
service at Astoria, Or., on the customs
launch patrol. On December 28 for the
position of teacher in the Philippine serv
ice at a salary from $1000 to $1200 per an
num and on January 4 for the position of
chemical clerk in the Department of Ag
riculture, at a salary of $70 per month.
Persons desiring to compete should call
on Z. A. Leigh, Postofflce Department,
city.
Gkocebt Stokb Burglarized. The
grocery store of H. J. Faust, on the cor
ner of East Twenty-sixth and Powell
streets, was broken into Saturday night
and about $55 worth of cigars, bacon and
butter stolen. Entrance was effected by
forcing open the front door. Nearly the
entire stock .of cigars was taken. Mr.
Faust noticed several strangers hanging
about that neighborhood Saturday, but
there were no police around to run them
off. Mr. Faust discovered yesterday
morning that his store had been burglar
ized and notified the police.
Officers Are Elected. Multnomah
Camp No. 77. "W. O. "W., has elected the
following officers: Past consul, B. K.
Xnapp; consul commander, "William "W.
X.umsden; adviser lieutenant, M. O. "Wil
klns; banker, H. H. Newhall; clerk, J. M.
"Wood-worth; escort, G. C. Lawrence;
watchman, H. J. Ingram; sentry, A. Par
sons; managers, J. H. McBride, "W. "W.
Mlnar and E. H. Bonnet
Funeral of Fritz Heiser. The funeral
of Fritz Heiser, aged 45, was held yester
day at Dunnlng's undertaking chapel, and
the services were conducted by Rev.' Au
gust Krause. The Sons of Hermann, of
which the deceased was a member, took
charge of the interment, which occurred
In Ixme Fir Cemetery, and gave the
funeral ceremony of the order.
Bur your Xmas presents at the Uni
tarian Bazaar, which opens next Thurs
day evening. The cook book compiled by
our ladies will bring happiness to every
home. The entertainment on Friday
evening begins at 8 o'clock.
Christmas Bazaar, "Woodman Hall,
East Sixth and" Alder streets, Monday
evening, Dec 5, and following afternoon
and evening, Dec. 6. Music, refreshments.
The Calumet. 149 7th. Lunch 35c, 11:30 A.
M. to 2 P. M. Dinner COc, 4:30 to 8 P. M.
Service a la carte, 7 A. M." to S P. M.
A Choice business property for sale on
(Third street Particulars, 31 North Front
Dr. Brown, eye and ear. The Marquam,
B. B. Rich Curio Store is selling out
Dr. C. "W. Bare, Dentist, 817 Dekum,
ST. JOHNS' SEW CHARTER.
Document Will Soon Be Presented for
Approval of the People.
The new charter which is being framed
for St Johns will soon be submitted to
the people for approval or disapproval It
is practically completed, so the commit
tee says, with some slight exceptions.
Councllmen Monahan, Hughes and Hurl
burt are the charter committee, and they
have charge of the work, which was
done by a man well versed in charter
building.
There are the usual offices of Mayor,
Councllmen, . Recorder, Treasurer and
City Attorney, who are elective. There
will be four wards and two Councllmen
from each ward. The Mayor appoints
the City Engineer, all fire department
officers and employes, police officers and
such other officers as may bo designated,
all of whom shall be confirmed by a ma
jority vote of the Council.
Section 45 provides that the Mayor, Re
corder and City Attorney shall consti
tute a Civil Service Commission for the
purpose of passing on the qualifications
of all porsons applying for positions in
the public service of St Johns. No per
son, except elective officers, shall be em
ployed in any capacity by the city until
passed upon by said board. Laborers shall
be qualified voters of St Johns, and the
same qualifications shall apply to all po
sitions in the city, and all must be' able
to read and write the English language.
The board shall conduct an examination
from time to time, at least every six
months, such examination being open and
competitive, and no employe receiving
appointment under civil service shall be
removed except for cause.
The tax levy for city expenses, exclu
sive of the tax necessary to pay taxes on
bonds that may be issued, is placed at 5
mills. 'The completed charter will first
be placed before tho Council and then
submitted to the people, after which it
will be sent to the Legislature to be en
acted. Tho provisions .in most respects
are modeled after the Portland charter
and covers everything required by a
municipal government It Is estimated
that St Johns already has a population
of nearly 2000 people, and it is rapidly
Increasing. The framers of- the new
charter have tried to get tip a charter
the town can grow under. The first
election under the new charter will be
held next June.
MOTHER MARY MARGARET BEAD
Beloved Founder of St. Mary's Acad
emy Passes Away In Montreal.
After a service of 51 years in her adopt
ed sisterhood. Mother Mary Margaret,
of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Je
sus and Mary, died in Montreal on Sat
urday, December 3. This sad news has
just been received at St Mary's Acad
emy and has caused profound sorrow.
Born 72 years ago in Montreal, where
she returned to die, upon entering wo
manhood. Mother Mary Margaret took
the vows of a life's service.
Entering the order of her choice she
became one of the 12 pioneer sisters of
the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, who
came to Oregon in 1S59. Her 35 years'
service in the Northwest was marked
principally by her work in establishing
St Mary's Academy, in which sho bore
the larger part, and her administration
as provincial superior of the Province of
Oregon and "Washington, covering the order-
of which she has been a member.
This position was held for six years, and
resulted in her transfer to higher posi
tions in the East
Mother Mary Margaret's service in life
is marked principally, however, by her
work in St Mary's Academy. Through
out the entire Northwest there are for
mer pupils who hold her name in rever
ence. "With a life of self-sacrifice, a per
sonality of strength and vigor and an
influence for good which projected itself
into her pupils' lives, her death comes as
a shock to those who loved her so welL
"With reverence and honor for the de
parted sister a special memorial service
will be hr In St Mary's Academy chapel
next Saturday at 9 A. M., at which tlmo
solemn requiem mass will be celebrated.
MRS. BLAISE LABBE DEAD.
Passed Away at Her Home on Port
land Heights Yesterday.
After an illness of four months the
useful career of Mrs. Emily Theresa
Labbe came to an end at the family
residence on Laurel avenue yesterday af
ternoon. An organic complaint; with
which the ablest of surgeons were un
able to cope, brought an end to a life
which can only be described in that
highest of terms, "Womanhood."
Born in Alsace on October 6, 1S40, she
immigrated to America in 1870 and came
"on to Portland to enter Into wedlock
with Blaise Labbe. The marriage was
solemnized by Rev. Mr. Llndsley, of the
First Presbyterian Church, of this city,
and tho ceremony was also the occasion
of her entering that church.
Her life has been marked by the traits
which form tho world's nobility self-sac-rlflclng,
seeking to do good, her quiet
and unpretentious methods of charitable
work were only surpassed by her wife
like and motherly devotion.
During her ltfc Mrs. Labbe was deeply
Interested in all charitable work and or
ganization, including tho Old Ladles'
Home, the Orphans' and Baby Homes
and the Ladies' Aid Society of her church.
Her work in these lines was character
ized by the quietness and self-effacement
of her methods.
Mrs. Labbe died at tho age of G4 years,
leaving her husband, Mr. Blaise Labbe,
and one son, Edward B. Labbe.
WANTED IN ASTORIA. '
Ex-Railroad Employe Arrested on
Embezzlement Charge.
Fred Stanch, a former employo of tho
O. R. &: N. Company at Astoria, has
been arrested by Special Agent Joe Ri
ley and Is now awaiting the arrival of
Sheriff Linvllle. of Clatsop County, who
will take him back to Astoria to face a
charge of embezzlement
His thefts from tho company are al
leged to be not only money, but mer
chandise, which he has been making
away with for a year or more. During
that time he has been traveling with a
faster set than his income warranted,
and ho has been suspected for some time.
Two weoks ago he left Astoria between
two days and was found on his brother's
ranch at Snowden, "Wash. Considerable
quantities of the stolen merchandise
were found there also. Stanch is 37 years
old and has a wife in Astoria.
OVER $6000 IN FREIGHT.
Where 24 Carloads of Pianos and Or
gans for the Ellers House
Came From.
Mention was made in yesterday's Ore
Ionian of 24 carloads of pianos having
been received by Ellers Piano House since
the election.
This is by no means a sufficiently large
stock of goods to meet the requirements
for this year, for Investigation shows that
more than 30 additional carloads are due
to arrive In Portland between now and
the 15th of December.
Facilities at the big warehouse are now
in smooth running order, so thata car
load of pianos can be handled almost as
fast as it can be placed on tho siding
directly in front of the Ellers warehouse
by the Terminal Company.
On Friday and Saturday of the last
week nine carloads were received and un
loaded; a carload consisting entirely of
grand pianos from Chickering & Sons,
Boston; another car consisting of Chick
ering uprights (making undoubtedly the
two most costly carload shipments ever
received in the "West); a carload of
Weber pianos, consisting of both uprights
and grands: a carload of Pianola-pianos,
which are now In such demand and range
in price from $500 to $1000 each. Most of
these Pianola-pianos, by the way, had
been sold before arrival and were prompt
ly shipped to various points throughout
the "West and delivered here in the city;
a monster carload of Kimball pianos was
unloaded, containing a number of the
latest medium size Kimball pianos in Col
onial design; a monster carload of Metro
style Pianolas, the largest shipment of
Pianolas ever made in one carload to the
"West Pianolas have of late been distrib
uted very generously throughout the
Northwest A carload of 20 Haddorff pi
anos; a carload of Hobart M. .Cable
pianos; a carload of Clarendon pianos was
also received and swallowed up by the
big warehouse and retail establishment
Previous to this, during the week, an
other carload of "Weber pianos arrived
and a carload of Chlckerings, a carload of
Burdette organs, a carload of Story &
Clark pianos. The rest of the 24 carloads
were made up of Marshall & "Wendel
pianos, another carload of Kimball or
gans, a carload of Kimball pianos, a "car
load of- Pacific Queen organs, a carload
of Hobart M. Cable pianos, a carload of
"Whitney & HInzo pianos, a carload, of
"Weser Orchestral pianos, a carload of
Schiller pianos, one each of Lester, Kim
ball and Clarendon pianos.
Tho freight item involved in these ship
ments alono is a snug fortune in itself,
figuring over $6600, and the wholesale cost
of these pianos at the factories was con
siderably over $100,000.
Some day Portland ought to have fac
tories for producing these Instruments
right at home, which would give employ
ment to an arm of the most highly
killed mechanics.
MEN ARE ENTHUSED
Eloquence Stirs Gathering of
Portland Socialists.
PATRIOTISM IS. IGNORANCE
So Says One Orator, and Concludes by
Stating That All National Heroes
Are Murderers, and Never
Did One Kind Deed.
Tho man with the Teutonic visage had
finished his oration and had closed with
apologies because the thoughts he had
reserved for the occasion refused to serve
in all their virgin Intensity. He had de
scended from the pedestal amid the great
applause of the brother Socialists, gath
ered last night at the hall on Davis
street to listen to the doctrines of love
and universal riches.
The long and withered man whose mous
tache stood a bristling abatis around the
trenches of his oratory arose slowly and
raised his band on high.
"Vat It issT' he said, while the flicker
ing lights waved their hands in glad ex
ultation now that the question had at last
been asked. The audience shifted its foot
and spat dismally Into tho corner where
slept the cockroach.
The Question Is Asked.
"It is vot Is vas und dot vas dls." The
question had at last been answered and
the audience engulfed great chunks of the
self-evident air and crossed its legs in
anticipation.
"You go to sleep und It vas morgen, und
vat habbens?" The audience roused Itself
for the climax, while the orator stood
with outstretched arms engaged with the
orator's pause.
"Dot milkman vercompt" Again the
audience, eased from the strain, sank into
more peaceful pose.
"Und annoder milkman auch vercompt,
und mehr und lmmer each wish to cut
der throat und steal red business von
der bruder." Tho audience, aroused by
the word "steal," patted vigorously.
"Den der grocer he kommpt" continued
the orator. "Und annoder he kommpt,
und immer auch willst do odder ver
Bchlagt" A smile spread Itself over the
benign and battle-scarred visage of the
speaker as his thoughts turned to pleasant
things.
When the Mall Man Comes.
"Und den," ho said in a soft low volco
like tho falling of leaves in the Autumn
forest or the rippling of the rivulet
through the corner of the old orchard at
home, where tho sun shone down on the
pool of delight "und den einander
kommpt He Immer der tlmo has. Nle
mals 1st der" hurry in. Der mall carrier.
Er hat a Governmetn job und he is
happy." Applause overwhelmed the
speaker and he retired.
The next speaker could " talk United
States and his gestures were those of one
who has studied oratory In the solitude
of the woods, where the ax helve has
lent grace to the sweep of his arm.
"What do tho Socialists want?" he
asked, but no ono answered; perhaps it
was not etiquette to interrupt the speaker.
"They say that Socialism would disrupt
tho home, and I will admit It It is the
only belief which grants equal rights to
women. If woman was equal to man to
morrow SO per cent of the wives would
leave the husbands rather than be de
pendent upon them.
"Socialism doesn't want a prison or a
penitentiary, and it would have no crime,
for it would make human beings of men
and not cutthroats llko tho competitive
system.
Not an lotum.
"Labor is all, and the essential thing.
Money produces not one lotum in this
world. Could a man control a horse if
the horse knew his strength? Not an
lotum.
"Can capital control labor when labor
learns Its strength? Not an lotum. Can
Rockefeller and Morgan press down the
workingman when the workingman learns
tho philosophy of Socialism? Not an
lotum. If the Socialists got power and
Rockefeller was dumped into the sea,
who would run the trains? "Would it bo
bis money? Not an lotum. The brake
men would put on the brakes and the
engineers would put on the steam whether
Rockefeller owned the oil fields or not"
The speaker waxed eloquent and become
personal.
"If Rockefeller," he said, "had got $10
a day for every day since Christ was born
he would not have made as much money
as ho now has. Do you," and the speaker
held out his hands imploringly to his lis
teners, "do you think Rockefeller's brains
are worth that much more than yours. I
don't think so In my case.
Patriotism Is Ignorance.
"A great deal of time is wasted," said
the speaker under his next point "In
teaching the school children to salute the
flag and to revere "Old Glory" and to bow
down to heroes.
"What is patriotism?" tho orator
thundered, and thundering paused.
Evidently no one knew the answer and
so he told. "Patriotism is Ignorance," he
said.
"Who Is the patriotic man but the Ig-
norant man. He has no country; that
belongs to Morgan.
"Who are the heroes but the murderers
of men? Not one of them ever did a kind
act for humanity. There are more heroes
now tramping the country starving and
ragged than ever died on battlefields."
At a lato hour the orator had not fin
ished, Tut was still being applauded down
on Davis street
GATHERING PLANT SPECIMENS
Dr. M. A. Fllnn Has Classified 150
Varieties of Oregon Plants.
Dr. M. A. Fllnn, of tho East Side, is
still engaged In putting In permanent
form an illustrated book of Oregon
plants, ferns and mosses, and has already
gathered and classified correctly ISO va
rieties. Dr. Fllnn is doing for Oregon in
this line what Professor Condon did in
geological lines. Mr. Howell, in his recently-published
book on the flora of the
Northwest gives descriptions of about
30M varieties, which embraces tho whole
Coast but Mr. Fllnn Is confining his
work to Oregon, and while along the
lines of Mr. Howell's book, it Is very
different for the reason that Dr. Fllnn
obtains several specimens of each plant,
submits each to a process to preserve Its
color, tints and form perfectly, and fas
tens the specimen on tho clean white
pages of his book, together with the
written classification placed on the mar
gin. A glance at a single page discloses
the plant with all Its colors, together
with the classification of the plant Al
though Dr. Flinn only started preserva
tion and classification of plants last
Spring, tho work Is well under way. He
Is Inspired solely by a love of nature,
and will continue until he has a practi
cally complete record of Oregon plants
stamped and classified in his book. The
pages of plants are so arranged that the
specimens may bo photographed, and
while Dr. Fllnn has not yet decided
whether he will publish his book of pic
tures and classifications, he will continue
tho work. Those who have examined the
work as far as It has been carried, say
it will be of great value to the Bchools
In studying Oregon plants.
AT THE THEATERS
"Mistake Will Happen."
Tom Genowln Edgar Baume
Mr. Hunter-Chase William Dills
William Hawley.... George Bloomquest
Jos McCann George B. Be ire 11
John Q. Montague. .....Scott Seaton
Dorothy Mayland Cathrine Countiss
Mrs. Hunter-Chase Lauretta Allen.
Mrs. Price Ethel Fuller
Linda Kurz Louise- Brandt
Here we have another of those breezy
farces which are so well Interpreted by the
"Columbia Company. It is a trifle, several
degrees, lighter than air, but If kept Its
audience In a tumult of laughter and ap
plause all the time during the perform
ance yesterday.
It was written by Charles Dickson, who
starred in it a couple of years ago. It Is
DIcksonesque, which means that It is
bright and hurried and slangy. It is
satirical of the stage, the two leading
roles being a somewhat unconventional
actor and his actress wife. Of course the
majority conception of actors Is that
they are as a class conventional, but the
word Is used In the present Instance to ex
plain that these two are stage actors, not
the real kind. Of course real actors would
not place themselves In the embarrassing
situations which makes "Mistakes Will
Happen" possible. There is a novel situa
tion in which Mr. Baume and Lauretta
Allen do a bit of play rehearsing. The
Idea of the thing seemed to strike the
audience favorably and this incident made
the hit of the play. The farce Is, as a
whole, a very good one, but there are two
or threo speeches which should be pruned
off. The laughs which they bring aro
unsavory.
Miss Countiss 13 back in her element
again this week. She wears trailing
gowns, big hats and is quite fitted to her
role. Mr. Baume i3 excellently provided
fof in the part of a popular young load
ing man. Naturally he worked without
make-up. William Dills came forward
with another of his wonderfully good ec
centric old men and the spirit with which
ho played the part was sufficient evi
dence to his friends that he has com
pletely recovered from I1I3 recent Illness.
Louise Brandt and George Bloomquest
that crack team of Juveniles of whom wo
have como to expect so much, were at
their level best Miss Brandt appears in
a part widely at varlanco with any which
sho has heretofore undertaken. She has
not heretofore attempted low comedy, but
as tho slatternly German domestic In
"Mistakes Will Happen" she gives a
splendid display of talents which the pub
lic did not know her to possess. George
Berrell did a tough plumber's assistant
up to the handle, while Scott Seaton was
very good as tho unlonely theatrical man
ager. Ethel Fuller and Laurette Allen
are finished actresses and gave delight
ful performances.
The attendance yesterday was very
largo and Mr. Ballard may well congratu
late himself on the auspicious commence
ment of his management. A. A. G.
MACCABEEAN SERVICE HELD.
Interesting Programme Rendered at
Temple Beth Israel.
In honor of tho Chanuckah Festival,
which is now in progress, there was a
Maccabeean celebration at Temple Beth
Israel last night under tho auspices of
the Portland Zionist Society, given by
the Beth Israel Religious school. Thero
were addresses by Dr. S. S. Wise and
D. Soils Cohen, but the numbers given by
the children took up the principal part
of the programme and were most cred
itably rendered. The scenes from Judas
MaccabaeUs (Longfellow) were especially
good. The full programme ipndered was:
The Chanuckah Lights .
Sadie Cactman, Jessie Rich. Carrlo Wolfe,
Joseph Shancdllng, Dorothy Loewen
son. Danell Shancdllng, Elsie Rein
hart. Edwin Bluxnenthal. Clara
Behrman. Slyvan Durkhelmer.
Kindle tho Taper ..Emma Lazarus
Hazel Altman.
Kindling tho lights ...
Cecil Altman.
Ml Ko mo cho -.--.-.-r.-.vv. . .
Tho School.
Presentation by the Children to tho School..
Hilda Gumpert
Tho Words of tho Prouhets
Pupils of Class TV.
Tho Banner of the Jew Emma Lazarus
Daisy Gerson, Edith Sbaplrcr, Margaret
A Haussman, Anita May. Adelaide
Loewenson, Hanlta Frledenthal.
Prizo essays
Leon Behrman. Leo Shaplrer.
Scenes From Judas MaccabaeuB. .Longfellow
Judas Maccabaeus, Leon Behrman; Cap
tains. Lester Slchcl, Edwin Jacobs.
Harold Belnhart, Adolph Unna;
Fugitives, Leeser Cohen. Vernon
Schubach, Alvyn Citron.
Address Hon. D. Soils Cohen
Song, "Rock of Ages- The School
Address Dr. Stephen S. Wise.
Closing Prayer Class V.
ADDRESSES BOYS' CLUB.
Mr. T. S. . McDaniel Speaks on "A
Young Man In a Strange Land."
The Boys' Club of the T. M. C. A. was
addressed yesterday afternoon by T. S.
McDaniel, who took for his theme, "A
Toung Man in a Strange Land."
This subject was suggested to Mr. Mc
Daniel by an observation of the many
youthful Japanese who have come to this
country in tho past few years, and who,
by diligence and adaptability, have risen
on the ladder of progress.
Mr. McDaniel thought that the young
man in a strange land, thrown upon his
own resources and not afraid to face tho
working out of his own future, would
surely develop the true mettle and rise
high in the positions of the world. Ho
cited many instances of such lives and
gave a talk which had a stimulating
effect upon his hearers.
WHERETO DINE.
All tho delicacies of the season at th
Portland Restaurant fine, private apart
ments for parties. 306 Wash.near &th.
Harnett's Extract of Van liar
Is the leader all the world over. Us no other.
The Most
Economical
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, "Darkest Kussla."
Ilda Barbsky Eva Mountford
Count Karslcheff 7T."MaI Estelle
Bareness von Rhineberg . .Lucy Stafford
Olgla Karsicheff..". kEdna Hlckey
Count Nazimoff Elmer Grandin
Alex Narlmoff... Bay Applegate
Ivan Barosky .Claude Payton
Colonel Septimus Cobb.... J. C. McCabe
Conetantlne Karelcbeft.Fred A. Sullivan
Nicholas Karslcbetr....Bay F. Brandon
Lorts Harry Lochal
Ominsky .Thomas Hart
Badsloff James A. Heck
Sergeant HeUman.....Ben J. Harrison
Hanajka Lovell Clark
AzoS L. M. Mates"
Poor Russia! What with Japanese
defeats and the 'slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune in the hands of con
temporaneous theatrical managers the
land of the Great White Czar has been
getting the worst of it recently. There
havo been a number of anti-Russian melo
dramas in Portland recently, all of
which have had the effect of making a
patriotic American better reconciled to
the fact that he is not a subject of the
Russian Empire during this year of grace.
"Darkest Russia," which was the bill
yesterday and will be all week at the
Empire Is not greatly different from
others of its class. There Is a Nihilist plot
which Involves both hero and heroine.
There is a sentence to Siberia and hard
luck generally for theso two leading
characters, but in the end Siberia Is
crowded lilto a closo corner, the hero,
heroine and all the others who have con
tributed to the downfall of the villain
and vlllalness are left happily situated,
while the bad ones are confounded.
"Darkest Russia" Is the first of the
Stair & Haviin shows that has come to
Portland under the management of
George L. Baker, who now assumes
charge of the Empire. Both of the per
formances yesterday were largely attended
and the new order of-things received a
most propitious send-off. The play and
company is satisfactory from the stand
point of popular-price melodrama and the
coming week will no doubt bo a pros
porous one for tho house and company,
which Is tho original New Tork troupe.
Mr. Baker gets away with his new en
terprise 4s good shape and the indications
are that the Stalr-Haviln attractions will
enjoy a prosperous season under his man
agement More Gifts for Museum.
Colonel L. L. Hawkins has secured for
the City Museum a collection of Interest
ing sea fish caught in the drag net of
the French vessel "Vllle de Mulhouse,
which Is now in port The specimens are
deep-sea fish caught many miles out at
sea, and were sent to the Colonel
through the kindness of S. Bonney, com
mander of tho vessel. They have been
placed on exhibition at tho museum in
tho City Hall and will undoubtedly be
of great interest to the school children
who are now studying the animal life
of tho ocean.
In addition to this collection, the com
mander gave to the City Park an owl
of an unknown species, which settled on
the vessel while 400 miles out at sea. The
strange bird Is now caged with the other
curiosities at tho park.
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