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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1906. I 1 1 OFFICE WHICH R 8 1 ' 1 r a 1J MB OF MANY ill Who Become Police Com missioner Commit Po ' litical Suicide. ROOSEVELT SOLESURVIVOR Lons; 1-liic of Political' Corpses to Which 'General Iiingham May Soon -Be .Added Dcvcry J?orcsccs His Troubles. J NEW YORK. Jan. 9. (Special.) "If a hmlii auxfouB to commit political sut -Me. let him accent the office of PoUcc Commtegtoiier. It has been fatal to over' man wlio ever held it except Theodore RoMcvcll, and li lias proven lie is xetUoi t ovcry rule. Besides, he was extremely unpopular when he jrot out. and If it had wot boon for the war with SmfM. I doubt if -even ho would ever )utf been lutard of again." TW statement wa made today by ' lew At i TamniHHy politician, who has Just Mi4 lite respects to the new czar of the ttollcc. General Theodore A. Bingham, u S. A., retired. Like nearly everybody Ytoe. this wolltloian Is convinced that "the General" will be thoroughly disliked be fere IiIh term if up. Prior to 1S9. New York City was ruled by boards of four commissioner?, suppos edly non-partiMin. or rather bi-partisan. but the only one of the crowd who can be recalled to mind by the average voter Ik Roooevelt. lie made himself disjiked bocMitoe he enforced all the laws, just as oilwr Commissioners have made them tHvifi uniKiiiular by not enforcing the Htmutes. "It doesn't matter what you do. You get It eomingtor going," to quote the Im mortal Tim Sullivan. Fw tlie jast sx and. a half years, the department lm been controlled by a sue ortalon of military nmn, all of whom have entered gladsomely upon their du ties, ana nave ten in an unnappy irame of mind. First SInglc-JIcailcd Chief. Michael C. Murphy, the first "singlc headed" chief of the department, was a APtfran of the war of the Robelllon. As a result of wounds he took all his nour lMhmcnt through a silver tube. During JiIk reign the raal chief was his first deputy, WJlliom C. Devery, who had been legirtated out of office as uniformed head of the uniformed force. Devery was dubbed by Mayor Van Wyek "The best Chief of Police New "i ork ever had." There Is no doubt that he pflenH more ability than the major ity of his predecessors and successor, but the fact that he amassed a fortune of over J2.O00.OJO aroused suspicions among the voterx am' was the direct cause of Tammany'ti kleat by Seth Low. Murphy's puocessor was John TV. Par tridge, also a colonel and war veteran. He was regarded as "oasy" by the rank and tile. and lasted one year. Low named another warrior in lite place. General Fnuicfo Vinton Greene, who aommanded th Sevejity-first Regiment In Cuba and wk a Brigadier-General .In the Philip. nines. General Greene's administration was the most military 'performance on record, even his secretary being a militia lieu tenant. One of the General's two depu ties way a retired United States Major, and the other was a retired United States Captain, who lost an arm fighting the Indians out West. Xnval Man Takes Hand. "When McClellan was first elected, in 1!K)3. the Army retired from the Police Department in favor of the other fighting branch of the service. Commissioner TV. C. McAdoo being a retired Assistant Sec retary of the Xavy. His secretary was an Annapolis graduate, of course, and the tliltd deputy, Harris Lindsley. who was killed inan auto accident last Fall, also attended the Naval Academy, although he did not graduate: naturally, the police on the steamboat squad and In the harbor patrol were regarded as the pets, because they were the nearest , thing to naval of ficers -In , the department. But the Navy is out again, and the Army, represented by Genural Bingham, lias come into Its own: apd the rank and file of the department sigh and arc prac ticing the regulation salute, and are rap idly forgetting how t hitch up their trousers and to say "Aye, aye, sir." General Bingham, who. had never lived In New York prjor to his appointment, nterod upon, his duties with a breezy freshness and spirit that interested Jaded New Yorkers. "I don't even know where. No. 300 Mul berry street (police headquarters) Is, but by George, when I get down there.' jou can. just W your life that hey will Ttnow I Have -arrived." lie remarked in1 Tils sa lutatory. General Bingham Is just learning the ropes, as he puts it, and asks people to I suspe nd judgment until he has had a chance to find exactly where he Is at. And everybody Is willing to allow him a breathing-spell, just as they did with his predecessors. The new Commissioner Is a TVesl Point er, but put in his time in the Engineer Corps; and as a military attache at Ber lin and Vienna and in charge of the White .House grounds. He never heard a shot fired In angor. although really this should not be counted against him, .and anyhow his fighting days havcjiow begun. During his service Jn Washington, Gen eral Blnghamv was the official authority on etiquette, and the' fact that the Tur veydrop of the United States should swear so much has greatly perplexed the mem bers of the force. They are in doubt as to whether he Is a moral Jekyll and Hyde or is simply endeavoring to live down his reputation as a censor of deportment. 1 Opinion or a Bishop. Two men entirely dissimilar in profes Fions. habits, characteristics and reputa tions have studied General Bingham very carefully, and have permitted themselves tp be interviewed on the subject. The first is Right Rev. David H. Greer, auxiliary' bishop of the Protestant Epis copal' diocese of New York, who met the new Commissioner at the Hotel Grama tan, in the Bronx. The other is the irre pressible ex-Chief. "William G. Devery. Al though the language of one Is not the language of the other, yet the keynote of both discourses is the same, that Gen eral Bingham will undoubtedly fall to-be a. success In his difficult position. Here la what the bishop says: "I cannot understand why Mayor Mc Clellan was obliged to pick a nonresident of the city for the high and responsible office of Police Commissioner. It does seem to me that he could have named a man with some police knowledge or ex perience. I should imagine it would take that type of man to ferret out crime, '"General Bingham hag a good, open face, but he knows nothing about police matters, as I understand It. All eyes will be upon him and. while I pity him, I wish him much success." Devery's Expert Opinion. And here Js what Big Bill Devery says on the subject: T don't know tho gent, but It strikes jne that -Mr. Jfas'biv'-went a long ways' from home to. get a" chief gazaboo far the A- . Matter of Workmanship The superior and lasting tone-of the Fischer is not a matter of accident. Fischer quality represents workmanship. If you will only imagine the most scrupulous care, the most expert workmanship and the testing over and over again of every bit of material every wire, every bit of felt, ivory or wood that goes into the composition of a Fischer, you will begin to understand why the Fischer has such a beautiful singing tone, why the tone wears and why the piano sta3'sin perfect tune sometimes for as much as two years. t Nothing left to chance in the manufacture of the Fischer. We have in a now stock of Fischers. Several of the styles have never been shown on the Pacific Coast before. Come in and sec these pianos whether you are in the market to buy or not. Wc will be glad to show you around our storerooms. If you want a piano there is no reason in the world why you should not have one. Just select the instrument, make a small paj'nicnt and then pay two dollars a Tvcek thereafter. You have the use of the in strument all the time, and the first thing you know your piuno is paid for. " Arc you not spending two dollars a week foolishly that you might better be putting intoa piano? Remember, we give especial attention to out-of-town trade. Write us or telephone us. Allen 6 GDbert Ramaker Co. SIXTH AND MORRISON. The Oldest, Largest and Strongest Piano and Organ House in the Pacific Northwest. 11 Pollco Department. Now. I don't care ifWL to jeptater a knock, but It's the one best bet of the day that the General will be outgeneraled by those wise guys down In Mulberry street. "They say he has a cork ler. but the real one will be lonper than the phoney one before that bunch gets through with him. "I don't want to blurt Hunt out that he will be twenty-threed, but for me Just fay that Bill Dovery wishes Bine-Banc Bingham the time of his life, and say. Beau, If you drop in on me In about a month. I'll likely have some reason to say things." Some of the residents of New York City Indorse the remarks of the bishop, and others "stand with Bill," so the general iireuecesKwrs. uui urotnamites are rair- 1 i mtnilA Tk. n.llt I 1. 1 .11 iiivj ntii fcivu nun .1 CHU.I1CC IO I 71 "make srood." I y Still If he fails to do so. within, sav a I ll month. lUSt listen to 1h anvil xhnrttc that will come from little old New York. ' EXCLUSION LAW STANDS j Appeal of Chinamen Snylns It Ex- I - plrcd Is Overruled. - ! 1 CINCINNATI, Jan. 3. The ease of Hon ! Wing against the United States, Involving i me umnese exclusion act. was decided in favor of the United States In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in this city, the court holding that tlie act of April 7, 1904, continued the exclusion law in full force. Congress having full power to do so. Hong Wing Is one of the six Chinamen ! who had been ordered deported under the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act. 1 and. the cases being Identical, the one de- cision will apply to all six. Attorneys for i the applicant maintained that the exclu- ' I sion act was void and that their clients j 1 couiq not no acportea. The decision was announced by Judce 1 itionaras. wno said that the main point presented to the court was whether the act of April 7, lOOi. continued the Chinese exclusion act In force, and the court was satisfied that it did so. without refer ence 10 any existing treaties. The act a was passed In view of tho treaty ex- J Hiring, and it had continue Mm Tirnvlc- ! Ions of the treaty. Congress has the ties, and it had done what was wholly j within Its power in passing this acL The decision of the lower court was therefore sustained and tho appeal dls- i missed. Great Forgery of Kallroad Stock. NEW Yfffifr Ion f Tn,.eflol the counterfeiting of the certificates of i 3. stock of the Norfolk & Western Railroad j vwm tununuou an mis cirj' yesterday, but ' officials interested were unable to cstl- i mate the amount of tho fraud. Tho New j Tork Stock Exchange has requested that banking houses throughout the country ! examine their holdings to ascertain it 1 1 there are any fraudulent Norfolk & Kiem ceruncates among them, Re- fllTlcr fivint tVl .wMT .1 ,, ... I some days. It Is expected. A number of holders of the stock called at the Guaran ty Trust Company yesterday for the pur pose of having their stock examined, but no additional counterfeits were discov ered. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Bafer I Cutttec Teeth Be rare ana tiat old and -wtll-trled rem ey, 'Mr. Wlalow Soothlnc Syrup, for call. rea teethlBg. It ooib tb chili. seXUai Uie cum, alleys ill pals, cure riui cello and diarrhoea m Hood's Pills AfUr-dlnaer ?ill: parelj table; y pleataat; eay to Uka aa4 eatr to oj Peptiron Pills jAvuoro lira BWUB. imb ue mmi ii abb btmb. ssjjjj 1he"Biffereai A wonderful Array (Bear In mini tht dsrlac the Clraraam pale every mrtlcls is the boBW fttaBd redaced contract coed aleae excepted.) Benevolent Fund Bear in mind that every 23e uurchasc at this store entitles you to a vote In the dls ; tributlon of the store's annual 32500 fund for benevolent .use. This amount, divided 'In fifteen parts, jrraded. from $760 down to J50. will be distributed as the public shall llroct by popular vote among Portland's "haritablc Societies. Organizations or In stitutions, to be used by them in their Indi vidual or several charities in the city. The leclslon will bo reached February If. Bo urc your vote Is used. Have a voice In he matter. TVhnt charity do you favor most? Vote MUST jionltivelr e fretlea t time of purchane. .obc Trill be Uraed after, cither or duplicate cbeckn or etherrrlne. Thl Jn abnolute. Auk Xer yeHr votes at time of parcBsae. Vote for Benevolent Fund Distribution at 4 P. M. Tuesday Patton Home ie2.H0 Fruit and -Flower Mission Crittenton Home 78,979 41,817 33,137 18,734 8,336 6,383 3,573 4.47S Salvation Arm)' SL Vincent's Hospital People's Institute Baby Home Mt. SU Joseph's Homo for the Acd.. Good Samaritan Hospital T ...!!.. TT 11 viu uuuito xiuiui; .................. 4 Open Afr Fund Volunteers of America..., Klns's Daughters of Marshall-St 11 Church Children's Home ViFltlnR- Xurse Association Scattering .." Total Shoe Bargains Run Riot Along "The Fir-Way" First Floor Sixth-Street Annex. TODAY'S SURPASSING SPECIAL VALUE: Think over j-our shoe needs then hurrv to the store and share tho bareains: bnt lake a-plenty of time to be properly and saiisiacioruy nited lor -we want to sell jyou shoes again. WOMEN'S SLIPPERS IN THE SALE. In the hurry and bustle of. the first week of the Clearance Sales we could not reach the Women's Slipper Stocks. The past week we've worked overtime to arrange them in lots, alhmarked at prices to insure quick closing. Every sort of slipper is in cludedhouse slippers, party and dress slippers, etc Every Pair of Slippers in the House Is Mercilessly Reduced. Women's two-strap Patent Colt Slippers, in regular $2.00 values, for, pair... 98 Women's single-strap PatentKid Slippers, in $2.00 values, at. pair 98 'Women's $20 party Slippers $1.59 Here's a Mighty ' Combination Sale" of Shoes for Every Member of the Family. Made possible by combining the clean-up of a leading Eastern manufacturer's stock with our own lines. Even' Shoe in latest (style, good condition, and none shop-worn or passe in siyie. smart, snappy lootwear, full of fashion. Great bargains. The best Shoes in the city and- the best values. The proof is in the wear. MEN'S $6.00 BOOTS, $4.40. Yiscolized English grain, high-cut Boots; Bellus tongue, three soles to heel; rein forced shank; regular value Cl IA $0.00. -Special, the pair WtHU MEN'S $4.00 SHOES, $2J9. Lace and Blucher cut Shoes, all leathers. tasis, wiains and sizes; every pair has oak-tanued soles; regular f 0 OQ value $4.00. Special, pair $iOJ MEN'S $5.00 SHOES, $3.49. Heavy Klondike Calf, high cut (10 inches), rnucuer lace, aiso aaric tan storm Ulucher lace; regular height, double sole to heel, viscolized soles; greatest bargains ever shown in Portland; regular CO M( value $5. Special, the pair 33 tJ WOMEN'S $6.00 SHOES, $3.89. Full-dress Patent Ideal Kid Shoes, Louis XV style, dainty, turned soles; regular value $6.00. Clearance CO OQ Special, the pair JJ.Ovl WOMEN'S $2.50, $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES, $1.59. We have selected from our entire stock all small lots apd discontinued lines of Women's Shoes; different styles, leathers ana weignis; regular values $2.30, $3.00 and $d.bU. Clearance bpecial, $1.59 the pair WOMEN'S $30 STORM BOOTS, $2.49. High-cut Storm Boots; regular value $3.50. Clearance Special, CO JA the pair J-r J WOMEN'S FULL-DRESS SLIPPERS. Regular $2.00 value Special, the pair Regular-$2.50 value Special, the pair Regular, $3.00 value Special, $1.49 $1.59 $1.79 me pair.. Splendid Clearance Sale Specials in Misses3 ana cnuaren's canoes .at, SQr the pair 0 Jv. Children's Jersey Leggings; regular values 75c and $1.00. Clearance CA Special, the pair I . vtvl tor wiae-AWQKe shoppers An Unusual Offer in the Women's Salons of Attire Second Floor. 100 Suits' ot 50c on the Dollar! $15.00 to Connelly $25.00 "Bijou" Millinery Salons Annex Second Floor. Tomorrow we shall close all remaining Hats of the above famous makes, for which Olds, Wortman & King have exclusive sale and control for the Pacific Coast. But a bare two dozen in all, so be. early for best choosing. But one of a kind, bear in mind no two Hats alike. One reason why wearers of this smart Turban arc always sure of possessing exclusive style that no other .make assures. Surpassing values in this little beauty convention. None under ?lo in price, others sold readily up (0 $25. The extraordinary for the price of the ordinary, the patrician in the plebeian, at thp easy-to-pay pricc of ... A Sweeping Slaughter of Toilet Utilities in Jewelry Store Today Sixth-Street Annex First Floor. In it is included our remaining stock of Sterling Silver Hand Mirrors, Hat Brushes, Hair Brushes, Clothes Brushes. Sterling Silver-Handle .Whisk Brooms and the bal ance of our Ebony and Foxwood Mirrors, Hair Brushes, Military Brushes, etc. $5.29 HAND MIRRORS FOR $2.89. One lot pf Hand Mirrors, length 8V2 inches; French gray sterling silver Back; floral designs, with plain space in center for engraving; our $5.29 value. Special Sale price I $2.89 $7.49 HAND MIRRORS FOR $3.98. Another lot of Hand Mirrors, French gray sterling silver back, length 9Vj inches; width 4V inches: French Plate mirror, floral and head design, with large plain center for engraving; our $7.49 value. Special Sale price $3.98 We kave several large Sterling Silver Hand Mirrors tha are slightly damaged whick ire shall offer at a very special price. $2.19 HAIR BRUSHES FOR $1.49. Sterling Silver Hair Brushes, with finest quality white bristles; our $2.19 value. Special Sale price, each $1.49 $3.69 HAIR BRUSHES FOR $2.19. Another lot pf Sterling Silver Hair Brushes with floral and head Resigns; finest qual ity bristles; our $369 value. Special Sale price $2.19 $7.25 HAIR BRUSHES FOR $3.98. A fetr laree-size Sterling Silver Hair Brushes, with fancy figure design; our $7.25 value. Special Sale price$3.98' of Bargains Todav A Maker's Winter Clearance of $35.00 Suits for $17.50 Here's a stroke .of grand good fortune splendid luck for us and for you. We've picked up this lot of suits at so advantageous a price that you get them for half their intrinsic value. We could easily get regular prices for them, but that's not our way; our prices are based absolutely on their cost to us. Don't lose the opportunity. In va riety or in the very .high character of the goods concerned, we think that you'll agree with us in saying this store takes precedence in value giving, as usual. Nothing has justified this department's growth except your favor; nothing has won that favor but surpassing values and correct styles to please fastidious women. The Suits that go to make up this marvelous offer are all in jacket styles; coats 24, 27 to 54 inches in length, made from broadcloth, cheviot and mannish mixed tweeds, in black, blues, grays, browns, gravs and greens; half-fitting and tight-fitting styles. All splendid $35 values. For today d- I T f Special at HALF PRICE 3 .O U Turbans" $5.00 ranks of the .$5.00 Another "Early Bird" Sale in the Silk Salons Annex Fifth Street, First Floor. Today! 5 to 1 1 A. M. Only AMERICA'S BEST BLACK WYNDHAM TAFFETAS SENSATIONALLY SLAUGHTERED! - "Proud as a peacock" may be indeed the feeling of the woman arrayed in a gown made from these absolutely pure dye Silks, the superb production of those wizard looms at Wil limantic, Conn.f positively the best-wearing black Taffetas made in Columbia land they have no equal among domestic Aveaves. uias, wortman cc lung nave the solo sell ing agency for Portland of these grand Silks. No other store has them or can show them or their equal at their regular price. From S to 11 A. M. only today our patrons may select The $1.25 Silks at, the yard 79? The $1.50 Silks at, the yard $1.07 The $2.00 Silks at, the yard $1.39 Bargains Today Art Salons second floor Flelsher's Shetland Floss The best Yarn for making those pretty, fluffy head and shoulder shawls, in black and white only; regular price is, the skein, 10c, or for box of 12 skeins, $1.10. Special "Jr Sale price, the skein C Or for box of 12 OA skeins Out- Battenberg Patterns for 5c Battenberg Patterns, in an endless variety of doilies. centerpieces, scarfs, tie ends, collars," handkerchiefs, curtains, edging, etc.; regular values to 35c. Special Cr Sale price, each.., JL Women's Umbrellas for $1.25 Bargains First Floor. A fine lot of Women's Dyed Taffeta Um brellas, with wood handles, boxwood, em press and opera crooks. CI OC Special price, each MiJ Bargains for Baby Second Floor. . 87c for Infants' Long Dresses, Worth $1.25 Infants' Long Dresses, made of cam bric, with round yoke of three ,rows of embroidery insertion between four clus ters of five fine tucks each, embroidery edging around yoke, neck and sleeves; our $1.25 value. Special 07p Sale price, each OlL 7c for Bibs Worthy 10c Oilcloth Bibs, white or colored, bound with tape; our 10c value. Special Sale 7r price, each IL STORE OPENS AT 5 A. M. AND CLOSES AT 6 P. M. DAILY (Bear la mlad that darinjc the .learaace. Sale every article la the boh Ataad4 redaced contract good aleae excepted.) Extra Clearance Sale SpecialsToday in the Women's furnishing Shops First Floor. SILK RUFFS. Today we place on sale all our fancv novelty Silk Ruffs at greatly jeduced prices as printed Regular $22.50 value Ribbon Ruffs. Special, each $7.50 Regular $16.50 Chiffon Ruffs. Spe- ciaI each $7.50 Regular $3.50 White Chiffon Ruffs. Special, each .-...$1.50 LADIES BELTS. Ladies' Etamine Belts, in white, red, green and navy; our 75c value. Special at, each 35 Ladies' fine all-silk Fancy Belts, in black, icu na navy; our oc value. Special at, each 35p 85c to $1.00 VEILINGS FOR 25c. A lot of all-silk Teilings, in black and white and assorted colors; some fancy mesh, some dotted, some chiffons; our 35c to $1.00 values. Special Clearance Sale price 25 $2.19 for Shoulder Shawls Worth $2.75 Second Floor Annex 2imL f 0ne w?oI in PIaIn black or white K with border; size 54x54 inches Our i V-! P taiuc, apuciut aaie price, i-O i c 49 IO XV cn I ZJ "Nuggets" (From Flnt-FIeor Bargain Mines.) Sc5iube, p,5 white or assorted color heads: .special OC 15.KF.ancy SUk, Coa- Stocks; Iack Ci white and -olors; special.., UC 30 Spool HcAvy Linen Thread; XoV. -r 2o to 40; iDscIai JC 50c Plain Shell Back Comb; special 25c Box Plain Shell Hairpins; .....35c 15c -;v- j-iuiipao Aimuna uream: 0I- opcutai V. 39c Largro 8-oz. Jar Pure White Coldo? Cream; special XOC ?1spec?alttl0 TrlPle Dl3tlIled Bay Rum;59c i-oz. Bottle Witch Hazel; . c apeclal loC 35c Long-Handle Bath Brushes; nAo special . !OC 33c Torrey's Barber Swing- Razor nt Strops? special ZUC SL?0 WrIt.ln8T Paper, linen or cloth nt iiuia.i, special .................... JkJ 19c Box Smooth Finish Writing Paper 10 .w.a. .v. t Package Extra Fine Cream Wove s Envelopes; special tC 35c Lewis and Clark Fair Books; only in, a few left; special IOC Pretty Calendars; Ukl-P rt:.n special at nun f anC Rare bargains Today in Laces' First Floor. -A LOT OF LACE BANDS, In white, cream and ecru: our 25r? 10c value. Special, yard. WOOL LACES FOR 10c. Wool Lace, in black, -white and com color- nice for trimming underskirts a little mussed, but will wear well ; our 25c, 35c and 50c values. Special Sale price, the 3'ard JUL BLACK FANCY SPANGLED BANDS AND GALLOONS. Very handsome and worth AQn nQ double. Special .401, JOI it Pays Men To buy their Toggery in our Haberdash erie First Floor Sixth-street Annex right handy, just inside the entrance. SPECIAL TODAY. $4.(W Suit Oases ?2.79-A line of Leather Suit Cases, size 24 inches; regular value $4.00. Special, j(J Men's Nijht Robes 85c A line of men's plain and trimmed twilled muslin OCr Night Robes. Special, each OJL Men's $1.50 Underwear $1.15 Men's medium-weight Worsted "Underwear, in sil ver gray; regular value $1.50. CI 1 C Special, the garment &I.IJ Men's $2.00 Golf Shirts $1.15 A fine line 01 trolt bhirt3, with attached and de tached cuffs, plain and plaited fronts, black and white, blue and white; regular value $2.00. Special, ri ir each I I J Men's 25c Wool Sox 18c Men's Wool Sox, in DiacK, natural and uxtord gray; reg ular value 25c. Special, the Ifir the pair 1 0 Men's $1.25 Night Robes and Pajamas 93c Men 's Outing Flannel Nieht Robes and Pajamas, with- military collars; regular value $1.20. special, nO M each vJ' m
