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10 THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 190o. HKEK IN LINE Pennsylvania to Exhibit at Portland Fair. STATE SENATE LIBERAL Sum of $60,000 Set Apart for Building and Displays. PAVILION TO COST $30,000 Special Commissioner Mclsaac Re ports That Appropriation Bill Is Sure of Victory Separate Exhibit In Coal. The indications now are that Pennsyl vania -will appropriate $60,000 for partici pation in the Lewis and Clark Exposition, $30,000 to be expended on a building. According to a telegram received by Corporation Secretary Reed from Special Commissioner C. H. Isaac, now in Harris burg, Pa., the State Senate has passed a resolution appropriating $60,000 for the Fair, and the House committee has re ported favorably upon It- Mr. Mclsaac states that there is no doubt of the final passage of the bill. Half the sum named Is to be expended upon a state building. Pennsylvania has at previous fairs built large, handsome structures, but the sum indicates that Pennsylvania's building at the Portland Pall will be equal to the best The securing of an appropriation with which to build here is considered so cer tain that Pennsylvania has asked to have a choice location reserved for the build ing oa the Fair grounds. The state will also exhibit separately In the mining building: with a coal display. To Send Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell, Mr. Mclsaac reports, will probably be sent out here by the Pennsylvania State Commission to the Fair. That matter, however, is not set tled yet, and will have to be taken up wilu the, corporation of Philadelphia. Af ter malting a tour of some of the Middle Western states Mr. Mclsaac will return to Pennsylvania to settle this question. Missouri has a similar desire to partici pate in the Fair. Governor Folk, In his message to the Legislature now in ses sion at Jefferson City, recommended the appropriation of $25,000 for the erection of a state building and cost of providing displays of the state's products In the ex hibit buildings. SHIPPING EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR Marine Men Suggest Feature for the Lewis and Clark Exhibition. People connected with the marine en terprises of Portland think it would be a good plan to add a practical shipping exhibit to the Fair, such, for instance, as a full-rigged modern grain carrier, which could be placed close to the Fair grounds. Many thousands of those who will visit the Exposition have never seen this type of craft, which has played so important a part in the build ing up of this section. The Interest taken by strangers from the Interior in sailing ships has been often demon strated on line Sundays and holidays by the crowds that roam along the water front. The suggestion is made that one of the Idle vessels in port during the Summer be engaged and moored at the bank just east of the grounds, where it could be reached by a short elevated passageway over the railroad tracks. The exhibit could be made doubly in teresting by putting the sallormen through their paces in hoisting, and lurllng sail, weighing and letting go anchor and the thousand other maneu vers on shipboard that are so Interest ing to a landlubber. No difficulty would be found in securing a big sailing ves sel suitable for the purpose. PARDEE SIGNS APPROPRIATION California Governor Sets Approval on $70,000 Exposition Bill. Governor Pardee, of California, yester day signed the bill appropriating $70,000 for state participation in the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It was .known that California's Governor takes a great in terest in the Fair, and the bill was con sidered as good as law before Governor Pardee added his signature. "Work will begin Immediately upon the California building which is to be built in the chape of a cross, each arm to represent one of the famous California missions. The exhibits for the building are being gathered under Governor Par dee's special direction. FROM PORTLAND TO PORTLAND Maine Man Plans Novel Excursion Across Continent. A novel excursion Is being planned by F. R. Drew, of Ardsley, N. Y., who will conduct a train of prairie schooners from Portland, Me., to Portland, Or., next Sum mer. The wagons will follow, as nearly as possible, the trail of Lewis and Clark, when they get far enough "West, and all along the way free lectures will be given in different towns. The Journey will be through 17 states, and will end here about the end of October, Just before the Ex position closes. Mr. Drew writes about his proposition very enthusiastically. He says the journey will begin about the last of March. A Hundred From Bunker Hill. The Bunker Hill News, of Macoupin, County. Illinois, Is having a contest by which Its subscribers arc asked to name the most popular school teacher to be given a trip at the expense of the News to the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Be sides giving some one a free trip to the Fair, and the News a few new subscrib ers, the scheme is making the Fair pret ty well known in certain townships of Macoupin County. The editor of the News, writing to The Oregonian, says that, of the population of 1000 in Bunker Hill, he estimates that 100 will come to the Fair. CHABGED WITH IMPEDING LAW Linn County Men Said to Have In timidated Witness. Earl Benson, William T. NIcholls, O. M. Lawrence, Hans Wadtll, Fred Wadtli, O. J. Mealey, William Mealey, John Thompson and Richard Wadklns, all of Sweet Home, Linn County, were brought to Portland yesterday by Deputy United States marshals and taken before Judge Bellinger under an Indictment returned by the Federal grand Jury charging them with obstructing the administration of Justice In the United States Circuit Court. They were allowed freedom upon their own recognlzence pending their hearing, the date for which has not yet been set. The specification of their crime states that they threatened to do bodily injury to and attempted to intimidate j Andy NIcholls, a witness In the Government land-fraud cases. CAHADIAK SOCIETY MEETS. Members Plan to Celebrate Dominion Day at the Fair. A social success in every way was the first meeting since the organization of the Canadian Society of Oregon, which took place last night at the Glendora, Nineteenth and Couch streets. It was largely attended, and the president. Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzio, made his first formal speech to the society. He suggested that, although, the Canadians are a thrifty race, yet a time may come when acts of benevolence might place the society on a more helpful basis. William Harder, treasurer, returned thanks for his election to that office. It was announced that Canadian day at the Lewis and Clark Exposition will probably be held on the Canadian Do minion day. July 1, and It was suggested that a programme, including athletic ex ercises and notably a la crosse game. BURIED UNDER MASONIC AUSPICES THE LATE HON'. J. 51. CHURCH. Photo by Aune. IA. GRANDE. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) The funeral of the Hon. J. M. Church, who died In St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland Sunday, was held In La Grande to day, and was the largest funeral ever held In Union County, people being In at tendance from all parts of Eastern Oregon. Among those from a. distance was ex-Representative Moody, of The Dalles, a personal friend of the deceased. The funeral was conducted under the auspices of tho Masonic lodge, of which he was a member in high standing. The loss of Mr. Church Is felt to be a public calamity. He had done much to make Union and "Wallowa Counties what they are today. be prepared In the near future to cele brate the event In appropriate style. The musical and literary programme consisted of tho following numbers: The Maple Leaf chorus; songs by Mrs. Anna Selkirk Norton, Dr. William M. Campbell and Mrs. John A. Robertson; piano solos, Miss Potts; and readings by a little girl. Miss Marie Keller. The latter showed marked talent for so young a performer. W. Glfford Nash and Miss Potts played accompaniments to the songs. Ice cream and cake were afterwards served in the supper room. MS. DMICK LAID TO BEST Sorrowing Friends Pay Last Respects to Pioneer Woman. The funeral of Mrs. Eleanor Dimlck.. a pioneer of 18C2, was held yesterday afternoon from her late home, 155 Tenth street, near Morrison There was a large attendance of the friends of the family. Beautiful floral pieces were received from friends all over th city, and one from the Teachers and Mothers Club of the Brooklyn School, of which her daughter Is principal. Re. Thomas L. Eliot, of the Unitarian Church, a life-long friend of Mrs. Dlm lck. conducted the services, and deliv ered a brief eulogy on the character of the deceased. He paid to her life and lnfluenco a very high tribute. Following there was a brief service by tho Christian Science Society. Mrs. Dimlck came with her husband to Salem across the plains in 1S62, and six years later moved to Portland. Mr. Dlmlck died 10 years ago. Mrs. Dimlck is survived by the following children: Mrs. Mary D. Meserve, Adella A., Milo M., Mut E. and Alphia L. Dimick, beside one grandson, Mut E., Jr. HTUWiL & CO.'S KEW BEC0ED Greatest Shipment of This Cham pagne Made by Fredk de Bary & Co. The name of G. H. Mumm & Co. and that of their representatives, Messrs. Frederick de Bary & Co., have for years been known among the lovers of the su perior qualities of champagnes from one end of the country to the other. That the quality of wine imported by this llrm Is appreciated Is attested by the number less occasions on which It Is used by tho most, dlscrlmlpatlng lovers of the spark ling wines of the Province of Champagne. Messrs. Fredk de Bary & Co. brought over last year to this side of the water a greater number of cases of champagne than has ever hitherto bec.n known, and these Importations speak In the strongest terms of the great popular esteem In which G. H. Mumm & Co.'s champagne is held on this continent (Boafort's Wine and Spirit Circular, January 10.) New Traffic Manager Named. The appointment of George H. Crosby to succeed the late Thomas Miller at Chicago as freight traffic manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Railroad is made, to take effect February 1. Mr. Crosby Is one of the promising men of the railroad world and has many friends In Portland and throughout the Northwest who will be glad to learn of his promotion. Pain In the side nearly always comes from a disordered liver and Is promptly relieved by Carter's Uttlo Liver Pills. Don't forget this. MAYOR HAS DOUBTS Questions the. Wisdom of Sheriff Word's Raid. EVIL RESULTS MAY FOLLOW Declares It Has Been His Policy to Isolate Disreputable Elements and to Place Them Under Police Surveillance. Mayor Williams expresses doubt whether good results will follow the raid of Sheriff- Word on the Paris House. When asked as to his opinion of the Sheriff's action yesterday, ho said: "I have nothing to say- about the raid by Sheriff Word, only this: I have en deavored, since I became Mayor, to force these fallen women from the resldenco and other desirable portions of tho city Into the North End, and keep them to gether there as much as possible, where they would be under the surveillance of the police. If they aro not allowed to stay In the North End, they will go elsewhere in the city. Objects of Pity and Aversion. "Do the people desire to have them scattered through the residence and other portions of tho city? These wretched creatures are human beings. They must live somewhere. They cannot be killed. They are outcasts or society. No re spectable person will give them employ ment. They are practically frlondless and homeless, and are objects of pity as well as of aversion. "I do not believe that any good can be accomplished by driving these women out of the North End. No one will bo reformed or saved in that way. It will only make them more desperate and drive many of them to streetwalklng and thieving for a livelihood. My policy has been to keep them off the streets, to keep them out qf the ground-floor cribs and a? far as practicable to keep them out of public view by corralling them In the North End away from those portions of .the city In which families 11 v. Whether I am mistaken or not In this policy, time will tell. Experiment Has Been Tried. "This experiment of driving these mis erable women out of that portion of the city In which they have beon brought together as they have been in the North End, has been tried In other cities. In Seattle and Los Angeles and other cities very much to the dissatisfaction of the people, such methods were resorted to and the women went to reside and carry on their business In the most desirable portions." MaVor Williams, from all appearances fears V that conditions will arise In Port land similar to those that existed In Los Angeles after the notorious Arlington was closed, and In San Francisco after the crusade against the Hotel Nympnla. Both houses were of the same character as the Paris House. Made Debut Here Forty Years Ago Joseph ainrphy. Dean of Irish Comedian, Began Starring Ca reer 1b Portlaed. JOSEPH MURPHY, the veteran Irish comedian, who will appear at the Marquam tonight, arrived in Portland yesterday. Mr. Murphy for the past 14 years has had the unique experience of being called upon to explain that ho is not dead but still very much alive and acting with all his old-time zest. In 1S91 a Philadelphia actor-manager named Joseph Murphy died and the press dispatches, confusing him with the man who has made "Kerry Gow" and "Shaun Rue," household words, announced that the great actor had gone to his reward. Mr. Murphy, like Mark Twain, re sented the exaggeration of tho reports and denied vigorously that he had died, but in many portions of the country the belief stiil exists that the dean of Irish comedians died in Philadephia. When he called at The Oregonian offlcb yes terday Mr. Murphy looked "fit as a fiddle." and Is apparently the same dashing Irish lad he was 20 years ago. This Is his 29 th consecutlvo year in "Kerry Gow" and the 27th for "Shaun Rue," the companion dramas in which he has won his fame. It is Interesting to. note thot Joseph Murphy made his starring debut in Portland, In 1864, under the manage ment of F. M. Bates, father of Blanche Bates, and a well-known old-time man ager. Mr. Murphy made a tour of the city yesterday, trying to locate the old theater In which he appeared, but was unable to distinguish even the site. It was, of course, the only play house here, and Mr. Murphy says It was on the second floor of a corner building, but he does not recall the name. The bill was "Born to Good Luck." an Irish comedy, and Mr. Mur phy has devoted himself to Irish pieces over since. It might Incidentally be noted that he Is reputed to be, next to Joseph Jefferson, the richest of American actors; so It would seem that he struck a gold mine In Portland In Irish drama more than 40 years ago. AT THE THEATERS What the Press Agents Say. JOSEPH MURPHY TONIGHT. Eminent Irish Cbmedlan to Present "Kerry Gow" and "Shaun Rhue." Tonight at tho Marquam Grand Thea ter the eminent Irish comedian, Mr. Jo seph Murphy, will begin an engagement of three nights, presenting his famous success, "Kerry Gow" tonight and to morrow night; Friday night, "Shaun Rhue." Instead of getting less effective as he grows older, Joseph Murphy seems to be growing stronger as an actor with each successive year. There is a richer color to his matchless brogue, his musical voice seems to be clearer and stronger as he .sings "A Handful of Earth," while his agility and grace as a dancer show no decline. In stage parlance, the stage never "waits" for Joseph Murphy, and ho has yet to make tho first step of cast ing a shadow of discredit upon the stage. His "Kerry Gow" and "Shaun Rhue-' are as popular today as ever. Seats are sell ing for both plays. PRAISE FROM EASTERN VISITOR "Sweet Lavender" and the Coiumbia Company Win Commendation. "Where Is a good play in town tonight?" asked a visitor from the East of the hotel clerk; and that urbane but business-like official unhesitatingly answered, "At the Columbia." "Columbia? Oh, yes, I heard of that theater In St. Paul," said the tourist. "It's a nice theater, I guess. What's the show? Is It good?" "Why, it's one of the best stock plays little, old New York ever saw In the Lyceum 'Sweet Lavender my folks went last night, and are wild over It." Well, the wise tourist usually does as tho hotel clerks tell him; so he attended the Columbia with the feeling that "we think It Is all right out here, but In the East" After the performance, ho approached Manager Ballard and congratulated him In no uncertain way on the beautiful the ater, the unexcelled stock company, "a company of players any Eastern city would be proud of," as he expressed It, and said, "too much praise cannot be given of the beauty, the pathos and com edy In 'Sweet Lavender.' " Portlanders are never afraid to direct tourists in quest of entertainment of the right kind to go to the Columbia Theater It Is one of the city's most reliable points of attraction. COMING ATTRACTIONS. "Quo Vadls" Next Week. A greater spectacle' and more powerful and Interesting play than "The Holy City" is "Quo Vadls?" to be presented by the Columbia Stock Company the week start ing next Sunday afternoon. Preparations have been under way for several weeks. Special costumes have arrived from the East, and an army of. extra people re quired to fill the Immense cast have drilled until even at this date the per formance Is perfected and goes with a smoothness equal to an old road produc tion. Sale for "Bonnie Brier Bush." Of the various attractions booked for presentation during the present season, none will be more welcome than "The Bonnie Brier Bush," which comes to the Marquam Grand Opera-House next Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, February 13, 14, 15. J. H. Stoddart con tinues to present his masterful portrayal of the old Scotch shepherd. Lachlan Campbell, and Reuben Fax, his clever as sociate, still plays Archibald McKittrlck, the spirit-loving postman. An excellent supporting company and beautiful scenic environment Is promised. The advance sale of seats will open next Friday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Clever Jiu-Jitsu Performers. General Nil and his royal Japanese troupe will play a return engagement at RInglers Physical Culture Hall Monday evening, February 13. This is the only company of Its kind in this country and the first time that the secrets of Jlu-JItsu have been revealed. Local experts will be pitted against members of the com pany. Jlu-JItsu is the Japanese system of scientific defense In case of vicious at tack. Man or woman can become adepts at the art with little practice. It Is won derful and fascinating. Advance sale opens at the hall, 309 Alder street, Feb ruary 10. RETAINS ITS OLD OFFICERS Manufacturers' Association Makes No Changes at Annual Election. The board of directors of the Manufac turers Association met In regular month ly meeting last night and elected officers for 1S05. The entire corps of officers which has been conducting the association for the past year was re-elected for the year to come. The list Is as follows: Presi dent, R. J. Holmes, of Holmes Canning Company; vice-president, Fletcher Linn, of Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Com pany; treasurer. W. H. McMonles. of W. H. McMonles & Co.; secretary. Colin H. Mclsaac The following were elected to serve as the executive committee: David M. Dunne, chairman of David M. Dunne &. Co.; D. Kcllaher, of Great Western Yeast Company; A. H. Devers, of Clossett & Devers; E. H. Kllham, of Howe. Davis & Kllham; Bernard Albers, of Albers Bros. Milling Company. EXPLAINS LAMP, EXPLOSIONS T. R. Gilstrap Says Gas Forms if Flame Is' Blown Out. J. R. Gilstrap, of Woodstock, has made investigation Into the cause of oil lamp explosions, which have re sulted In the death of several people in the city and state recently. Mr. Gil strap says: "I .think the public should bo warn ed against blowing out the coal oil lamps without first turning the wick down very low. I am convinced that a sort of gas is formed, which ignites when the light Is blown out, and from. that .the oil in the bowl Is set on fire and explodes. Anyone can sec that after blowing the light out there is a cloud In the chimney, which I believe to be gas. The oil seems to produce this gas more during the past few years than before, and we hear of these fearful accidents resulting in deaths with more frequency than years ago." CARL1NE TO FAIRVIEW THREE SURVEYS FOR COLUMBIA RIVER AND LA CAMAS ROAD. Oregon Water Power, Portland Con solidated and New Company Are In the Field. GRESHAM. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) Unless all plans fail Fairvlew Is des tined to have a railway in the near future. Three surveying parties have been trying to locate a route, each working in a different direction and, seemingly, trying to see which can find a suitable roadway first. A right of way has been secured and a route located from the Oregon Water Power line at Cedarvllle, a distance of about six miles from Falrview, while tho Portland Consolidated Company has been busy looking up a route from somewhere near Woodlawn. The re sults of their labors have not been made public yet, but both companies have the same objective point In view a road to Falrview and the Columbia River, with a ferry across to La Camas. The third set of surveyors are In the employ of a new railway company recently organized and are now at work locating a route from HIbbard street in Montaville direct to Falrview. Seneca Smith, who is in the new com pany, has withdrawn his earlier offer of $10,000 as a bonus to the Portland Consolidated Company. Although his or ganization was capitalized at only $10, 000, It is understood that there will be plenty of money behind the enterprise If a suitable right of way and route can be obtained. v One-half of the capital stock has been subscribed for the purpose of surveys. The difficulties to be overcome will not be great, except the one to be met In crossing the O. R. & N. Co.'s tracks. It will be necessary to tunnel under the railroad tracks, which can be done at one point west of Falrview. From there the work will be comparatively easy In both directions. It Is understood that Judge Smith's company has secured the privilege from the Portland Consolidated Company of running cars over the tracks of the latter between MontavIHa and Portland, and that there Is practically nothing In the way of building and operating the sys tem. The distance from Montavllla to Falrview Is about eight miles, with two miles more to the Columbia. 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