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THE aiOKXISil OKKGOXIAX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. HERMANN IKES TWO GOOD POINTS Not Friendly With Benson; Only Did as Other Commissioners. HOT WORDS OVER SURVEYS Violent Dtspiile About Disallowance of a California Landgrabber's Claim Hermann Kept Ore gon Mall In Own Hands. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 27. Two important points 'for the defense developed today in the trial of Representative Hermann. One was that Hermann was not on friendly tprms with John A. Benson, the San Francisco real estate dealer now under indictment for alleged land frauds; the other that Hermann's predecessors in the Land Office had all, with one ex ception, removed their private letter press copybooks from the office when they retired. Mr. Worthington for the defense scored his two points in the cross-examination of Elliott P. Hough, former private secretary to Hermann. In an swer to questions, Mr. Hough said that upon one occasion Benson came to see Hermann at the Land Office and com plained bitterly at the action of the land Office in not allowing his claim for a survey made In California. The survey was under a $50,000 contract. The Land Office held that the claim was fraudulent in that the alleged sur vey had never been made. Benson was very angry, and Hermann, during the Interview, became incensed. Threatening Words Vsed. "No blows were Btruck," said Mr. Hough, "but the language used wag very threatening, and Benson left." This point was brought out to meet the contention of the prosecution that Hermann had been on terms of Intima cy with parties connected with land ; frauds. Mr. Worthington showed that it has been the custom during the past 25 years or more for each outgoing Com minsloner to take ,his private letter press books with him. except in one instance, when books inadvertently left behind were sent to him. Mr. Worth ington called attention to the wording of the Indictment, where it said "books required to be kept in the General Land Office," and said that he proposed to show that it was the custom of the Land Office for each Commissioner to take and dispose of as he saw fit his "personal" letterpress copybooks. Diverted Oregon Mall. District Attorney Baker declared it was bis intention to show that the books kept by Hermann differed materially from Those of his predecessors. In that Her mann had diverted to himself a large class n f mull frflm I tronin n- hl-h n-ni.lI nthap. wise have gone to the various divisions and would have been of official record there. Mr. Worthington asked Mr. Hough: "Did official mail from branch Land Offices In Oregon or from special agents in the field who happened to be in that state go to Mr. Hermann?" Mr. Hough: "No, the Commissioner would never see it." Mr. Hough was on the stand all day. letters were submitted to him by Mr. Baker for identification and for determi nation as to the manner in which they were handled in the office. Objection was made by counsel of defendant to the In troduction of letters of this kind, unless It could be shown that the letters were among those which were copied In the letterpress books alleged to have been de " stroyed by Hermann. Letters Strictly Private. The defense questioned Mr. Hough at length as to whether the letters In evi dence had been press copied, whether signed by Hermann and whether written on the witness's machine. All these ques tions being answered affirmatively. The defense brought out that many letters were begun: "My Dear Friend," "My Dear Son," etc. These were read by counsel for the defense, who asserted . that they were strictly private and re lating to personal and family affairs. As regards some signed "Binger Hermann, Commissioner," the contents, he asserted, were of such a personal character as pre cluded any claim that they were official business. WAYS OF BUSTING TRUSTS ( Continued -from First Fair. ) the retail price down from fifteen to eleven cents a gallon, and is said to be selling seventy-five per. cent of all the oil sold in that territory. It has practically put the Standard Oil out of business In Springfield. Mass. The origin of this fight was an axle grease factory, started 17 years ago in Albany by four brothers named Hisgen. It was a success, and the Standard. which makes axle grease, attempted to buy it out. The brothers would not sell. Then the trust declared war. Dealers all over the country were threatened with be1nt? cut ofT from the Standard Oil products If they persisted In- handling the Four Brothers' axle grease. The result was that the His gens in 1900 went into the oil business. Of course, the Standard cut the price of oil below cost in the attempt to starve out its competition, but the HIs gens Bent out circulars to the people, calling attention to the fact that if it were not for the competition they had started, the price of oil would be much higher than the Independent price, and, moreover. If they were force out of business, that the trust would im mediately put the price up again. The labor unions came In and helped to organize public opinion against the trust. Retailers of trust oil were looked upon as "scabs." and the public rallied so nobly to the support of the Four Brothers that they have carried the day in their nervy fight. Alcohol Law Blow to Trust. One of the" most effective blows ever delivered to the oil monopoly was the enactment of the law which permits the use of grain alcohol in the arts and trades without the payment of tax. Grain alco hol may be produced. It is said, for as little as 15 cents a. gallon, but the Gov ernment Imposes a tax of about 12.30 a gallon. Under the new law. grain alco hol may be sold at a price which will compete with kerosene and gasoline. The Government requires that the grain alcohol thus freed of tax shall be "denatured" meaning that it shall be made offensive to taste and smell, and poisoned, so that it Is utterly unfit to drink. To do this the law requires the addition of wood alcohol, bone-oil or a pyrldtn base. The trust attempt ed to corner the wood alcohol supply. so as to make the. price of denaturing material high enough to take free alcohol out of the competing class, but the Commissioner of Internal Revenue liberalized the regulations by permit ting the .use of other denaturing agents, and the trust was beaten at Its own game. Bernhardt Fought Theater Trust. Sarah Bernhardt is a trust-fighter and when the theatrical trust closed the doors of its 500 American theaters to her. she did not quit the game, but played through the great Southwest under a tent like a circus queen, and the public gave her an ovation wher ever she went. She Is coming back to the United States to testify in the New York cases against the theatrical trust. Resort to Physical Force. , In the great Northwest, where the car famine caused a fuel shortage with untold suffering during the Winter now ending, there was one little town which undertook to fight the railroad and coal combine by its own methods. Nyssa, Idaho, needed coal and needed It badly. Although train after train of loaded coal cars went rattling through town on the tracks of the Oregon Short Line, Its people were freezing to "death. So one evening the citizens quietly held up a train, switched off two cars of coal and took enough to keep themselves warm. Violent and summary proceedings doubt less, but not altogether Without prophetic portent. Instances like this ought to serve as a warning to the magnates that they cannot with safety play too free and fast with public opinion. Whenever the time comes that men are denied food and fuel for their loved ones, for no other reason than to make more millions for multi millionaires, the ancient law of physical force will come into effect and this coun try will see grievous times. I do not want to .pose as a dire prophet, but this Is one of the truths of history that our bold captains of industry should not overlook. Bribes From Trust Magnates. Over against these incidents showing the disposition of the people to stand to gether to fight the trusts must be noted the tendency of the corporations to under mine this formation of public opinion by every variety of blandishment. The vol untary raising of wages by corporations here and there and Mr. Rockefeller's re cent gift to education, the greatest single benefaction ever known in history, are looked upon by many as being in the nature of bribes to the people. This $32. 000.000 was wrung from the public by methods which practically everybody be lieves to be wrong, yet we are expected to praise the man who gives back part ot his "swag," merely to soothe public Indignation and stifle further protest. u he fact that the Sherman anti-trust law was on the statute books nealy 20 years before any steps were taken to enforce it, the fact that all of the trust prosecutions now being carried on are not under new laws but old ones, and the fact that men are becoming bold to fight Indicate that the gentle art of trust-busting may yet become a useful Industry In these United States of ours. Tomorrow Superstitions of Americans. DEFENDS HER BROTHERS MRS. BVWATERS TELLS WHY HUSBAND WAS SLAIX. Man Executed Under Unwritten Law Denounced by Victim's Sister for Brutality. CULPEPPER, Va., Feb. 27. Mrs. Wil liam Bywaters. whose husband was killed by her brothers, James and Philip Stro ther, was the principal witness in the trial today. Though pale and wan and being oompeiled to come Into court in an hfvalid's chair, she maintained her com posure. She told the jury of her be trayal under promise of marriage, of her pleading with Bywaters to make repara tion and Bywaters' insistence upon ' a criminal operation, of her refusal at first and then her agreement and visits to Washington in company with Bywaters, where two operations were performed. tahe described how. when her condition became known to her brothers, they de manded of her betrayer that he marry her. In reply to a question she said she did not think that Bywaters Intended to m;irry her at first. Mrs. Gaines, a sister of Mrs. By waters, testifying at the afternoon ses sion, detailed the circumstances of By waters' introduction into the Strother home, his affection for Viola and then of the circumstances leading up to the tragedy at Rotherwood on .the night of December 15, when, wiiiie fleeing irom tne bedroom In which his bride of an hour lay ill, he was killed by her enraged brothers. Mrs. Gaines said that, when charged with the betrayal of their sister. By waters asserted his innocence, as did Viola, but later, when confronted by the statement of a physician, "both broke down and confessed." She declared Bywaters' indifferenfe to her sister maddened her (the wit ness) and, when he openly ridiculed Viola's condition, she turned on him, declaring: "You are the lowest dog that ever lived." VOTES DOWN JIM CROW CAR Oklahoma Convention Afraid of Roosevelt's Action on Constitution. GUTHRIE. Okln .. FaVi "T-Tk. r.nnrl- tution of the proposed new State of Ok- miiwina .wui not contain a plank provid ing for Senarate Pnrhpa OnH n-attimr. rooms for the two races; By a vote of in to ji tne convention this morning laid On the tnhlo tho nmmtan - . . . . ICIUI i utg- ing the "Jim Crow" measure. wntie the majority of the delegates were elected on platforms endorsing the separate coach law, the result was due to the alleged attitude of the President on the question and the terms of the en abling act with reference to race dis crimination. To Organize Against Coolie Labor. SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-At a meeting of the Central Labor Council tonight at which were present delegates from most organizations in Seattle, a committee of three was appointed to call a conference for the organization of an association to carry on the agitation for the exclusion of Japanese coolie labor. Incidents or Brownsville Case. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 27. Captain Macklln contalnues his testimony at the Penrose courtmartial today regarding the shooting at Brownsville. He related several incidents that happened before August 13. adniittlng these might have caused resentment among the soldiers. More Steel for Manchuria. NEW YORK. Feb. 27. The Iron Age to morrow will say: A sale of 50.000 tons of steel rails to the Manchurlan Railroad some weeks ago has been followed by contracts for bridge work amounting to 8000 tons. Satin skin powdr being -bet made. It's best for you. Flesh, white, pink, brunette. E Texas House Rushes Exonera tion of Bailey. SENATOR SCORES ENEMIES Without Awaiting Report on Investi gation, His Supporters Force Vote Against Protests, Committee Majority Recommending It. AUSTIN", Tex., Feb. 27. By a vote of 70 to 40, Senator Joseph W. Bailey was exonerated by the lower house of the Texas Legislature tonlpht of any charges of irregular acts in public life, as alleged by Representative Cock on January 14. This action concludes six weeks of in vestigation that has caused Mr. Bailey's constant presence in this city. On Monday, by a vote of 15 to 11, the Senate exonerated Mr. Bailey without waiting to hear the report of the inves tigating committee. The House tonight acted on the recommendation of a ma jority of the committee for the complete exoneration without submission of the evidence. Mr. Bailey's opponents pleaded to have the evidence submitted before being asked to vote, but the Bailey forces, slightly !n the majority, forced a vote. Mr. Bailey appeared before the House after his exoneration. He strongly crit icized the element starting, the Investi gation and expressed in emphatic lan guage his opinion of the whole proceed ing. Mr. Bailey will leave at once for Washington to be sworn In as Senator on March 4. Tirade Against Enemies. Mr. Bailey, while bitterly criticizing his opponents, declared he was going to continue as United States Senator from Texas at least three terms. He continued: The conspirators have been given a whole Borne lesson. Never again will they attempt tt within this generation. Never again will they wear the honors of Texas Democracy in their life. Such men would betray & re public If Hessians were for hire. The leader of the contest was a man who has gambled with negroes and, if he at tempts to deny it, I will prove it on him. One of them was convicted of embezzlement and yet he la here drawing his cloak about him saying that he cannot keep the Demo cratic amendments, i They have lied about me. Their martyr is Hearst, who led bis fight against Texas. The leader in this fight is the man who had telegrams published, lying on the L-egis-lslature, claiming that it was corrupted by wine, women and song. Hearst has his emissaries and agents In the Texas Leg islature today. This Hearst campaign means that they want to eliminate men like me and John Sharp Williams and place men like John Duncan. WUI Fix Election Laws. How many of these men were like Haw kins, who risked his office on Ills convic tion and lost It If these others had the convictions and courage of Hawkins, there would not have been a single vote against my vindication here today. They seek to destroy my usefulness, but. thank God, I am too far above them for them to hurt.. Not a sentence In the whole record reflects against my personal or po litical integrity. Out of the 40 men who voted against my exoneration, not more than four will be here next session. They will return to the Populist party, where they belong. I will never rest until I see the election laws so fixed that no man can have his name put on the ticket as a candidate for the Legis lature unless he records a solemn oath that he will respect the people's Instructions. This Legislature ought not to adjourn until section 124 Is so amended that no man shall hold the people's office unless they shall Sup port the people's nominee. SEPARATION FOR ENGLAND COMMONS VOTE TO DISESTAB LISH OLD CHURCH. First Time Resolution Has Passed. Birrell Declares for Severing the Connection. LONDON, Feb. 27. In the House of Commons tonight a resolution In favor of the disestablishment and dlsendowment of the church in both England and Wales was adopted. 198 to SO. This resolution does not commit the government, but the debate on it was interesting on account of a statement made by Augustine Bir rell, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Birrell said he failed to see how the continuance of the established church could be justified. The cl.'jrch had done the state no good, and the state had done the church nothing except harm. This is the first time in its history that the House of Commons has adopted such a resolution. The only previous time a similar resolution was presented to a division was In May. 1877. and It was then rejected by a large majority. FIERCE FIGHTS IX MAXCHCRIA Chinese Bandits Attack Russians and Store Troops Are Xeeded. HARBIN. Manchuria. Feb. 27. A com pany or Chinese bandits on February 24 attacked a Russian patrol, 20 niilesvnorth of Harbin and wounded a Lieutenant and four soldiers. The bandits escaped, leav- ng zl men killed on the field. Since then skirmishing has been In progress between Russian troops and the bandits Rnd serious fighting began today, when Cossacks engaged a large force of the marauders. Later the commander of the Russian troops reported that the am munition of the field gun with the Cossack detachment was exhausted, and he ap pealed for reinforcements. A strong de tachment of troops with artillery was promptly sent to Hulanchen. which is the scene of the fighting. It is officially announced that the Chi nese government Is moving 4000 troops through Mongolia ao Tsitsihar. Prince Gusrave Must Economize. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 27. The financial affairs of Crown Prince Gustave came up before the 'Riksdag today on a proposal made by the government to Increase his allowance. An amendment was moved that the stables of the Crown Prince should be sold to meet a deficit of $125,000 in the Crown Prince's private budget and small stable accommodations be given him In the royal stables." It is reported that the government approves this amendment, which will be a subpect of further consid eration. Xew Court on Site of Newgate. LONDON, Feb. 27. The new Central Criminal Court, erected upon the .site of the historic Newgate Prison, com NE DS NO EVIDENC monly known as the Old Bailey, was opened today by King Edward, who was accompanied by Queen Alexandra. The function was a semi-state affair, and considerable ceremony was ob served. The new courthouse is an Imposing structure," and cost J1.50O, 000. This street corier In the center of the city has been the site of pris ons since the year 1188, and for more than a century Newgate Prison was the scene of all public executions until 1868.. Victory for British Unionists. LONDON, Feb. 27. The bye-election in the Brlgg division of Lincolnshire yes terday, necessitated by the resignation of Harold Reckltt, resulted in -a notable Unionist victory. Sir Berkeley Sheffield being returned by a majority of 116 over Captain Guest, the Liberal candidate. This will be the first time since 1894 that a Unionist has held the seat. Curzon Wants Seat in Parliament. LONDON, ' Feb. 27. Replying to a cor respondent. Lord Curzon says it Is his desire to re-enter public life next Autuitn and If a suitable opportunity presents it self, to obtain a seat In Parliament. HOPE FOR INDEPENOENGE ACTION OF SENATE EXCITES THE FILIPINOS. Declaration Against Abandoning the Islands Strengthens Opponents of American Rule. MANILA, Feb. 28. There is general sur prise here among the Filipinos at the re cent action of the United States Senate in defeating the amendment offered by Sena tor Culberson to the act establishing an agricultural bank in the Philippines, de claring the intention of the United States to abandon the islands as soon as a stable independent government should be estab lished. The Progressivists express satis faction with the sentiment of the amend ment, but deplore the time selected in view of the Japanese war talk, which has caused excitement In the provinces sur rounding Manila. . In some Instances the inhabitants left the towns and hid in the mountains. One town was depopulated recently by the ex change of salutes between warships, which caused the Idea to spread that the Japanese were , entering the bay. The commission Is doings Its oe,st to allay the alarm. Commissioners Tavera and Le garda made special tours of the provinces explaining the Japanese sltution and quiet was about restored. The people were, however, still In aft excitable condition when news of the action of the Culberson amendment came. The native newspapers regard the action as inaprpopriate, as the war talk was bringing the Filipinos closer to the Ameri cans. The effect of the action on the amendment Is likely to cause a breach. The Independents talk in the same strain and declare the Senate is likely to make Independents out of many Con servatives who have refrained from en tering the campaign for the Assembly. One of the leading newspapers, seeking to minimize the importance of the de feat of the Culberson amendment, inter prets the action to mean that Congress does not consider the question of Ameri can withdrawal appropriate at this time, and hence voted the amendment down. With reference to the proposed estab lishment of agricultural banks. senti ments of satisfaction are entertained by both Conservatives . and Independents, who see in this movement the cementing of closer bonds between the two coun tries The comment of the press ex presses general satisfaction with the prospect. The Philippine Commission will soon move from the capital to Bagulo for the hot season. Governor Smith is. to leave Manila March 2. PUTS LIMIT ON ATHLETICS Harvard Committee Proposes Many Radical Restrictions. BOSTON. Feb. 27. The report of the special committee on athletics at Har vard University was submitted by President Eliot today to the board of overseers. The report calls for the abandonment of professional coaches and restrictions In the number of big games, fewer trips by university teams to otner colleges, and a reduction In the amount of gate receipts, and fa vors the appointment of an athletic agent to supervise athletics. A minority report made by Moorfield Story arraigns athletics in scathing terms, and calls for their complete abandonment. Big Leagues Adopt Schedules. NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-The meetings of the National and American Baseball Leagues held here this week adopted the 1907 schedules, and made a few minor changes in the playing rules. The Ameri can Ieague. at a brief session yesterday, discussed President Johnson's plan to have electric scoreboards at the parks to announce decisions made by the umpire. It was decided to leave the scoreboard question to the clubs to decide. One deal for a player went through yester day, when the Cleveland club announced the sale of Catcher Buelow to the St. Louis club for $1000. TWO-CENT FARE THE LAW Folk Signs Missouri Bill In Line With Other Stales. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Feb. 27. Gov ernor Folk today signed the bills passed by the Legislature providing for a 2-cent per-m!le railroad passenger rate and lim iting the salaries of insurance companies, both those incorporated under the state laws and foreign companies doing busi ness in Missouri. They will become laws 90 days after the adjournment of the Leg islature. Morgan and Bradford Compromise. CINCINNATI. Feb. 27. Confirmation was secured here today of the report that J. P. Morgan & Company, Hamil ton & Dayton and Pere Marquette sys tems had agreed to compromise the suits instituted by W. A. . Bradford, president of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad and others, and that the complications growing out of the breaking up of the Great Central system Is to be definitely settled. The $3,600,000 Pere Marquette collateral trust bonds given in payment for the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville will be returned. Mr. Bradford and his asso ciates assuming complete ownership of the railroad. Must Sell 500-Mile Books. TOPEKA.' Kas.. Feb. 27. The Senate today passed the amendment to the 2-cent fare bill, which provides that the roads must sell 500-mile books. Ice Trust Men Guilty. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 27. The Jury in . the case of the men and cor porations, alleged to be parties to the M ' - This is to be one of the greatest Embroidery years that the trade has ever known. So great is the demand that even- this splendid stock of ours will be taxed to supply the demand before the season is half over with.- Bear this in mind, and see to it that you choose your embroideries early. There are more patterns in all weights this. season than any year in our experience. Come now and seek the prettiest. NAINSOOK AND SWISS EDGES AND INSER TIONS, the yard, 15c to., $5.00 BAND EMBROIDERIES, new, pretty patterns, for shirtwaist fronts, the yard, up from 50 New Arrivals Women's Merode Underwear This is the most popular line of Knit Underwear that we carry in the store. And de servedly so, too. It's a HAND-FINISHED product; every garment receives careful, indi vidual attention notjiing is allowed to leave the factory that is not perfect. It comes in all fabrics soft cottons, silk and lisle, silk and cotton and the finest of white lisle. "Women who are particular about their underwear all swear by the "Merode" make. Suppose you try a few garments this Spring and see what a splendid make it really is. Women's Hosiery for Spring In the best fancy designs and the staple blacks and tans, in the best to be had, or the "MERODE" moderate-priced goods. P'ancy patterns this season are lace and embroidered effects, and (Hvd FuJtf) large or small polka dots. Plenty of them arriving daily, and on sale at the Hosiery counter. WBA a so-called Ice trust, tonight returned a verdict of guilty against Macolm Kin naird and W. F. Polley. All the other defendants were acquitted. The maxi mum penalty Is a fine of $5000 and 12 months' imprisonment in the County Jail or workhouse. MINES WILL NOT CLOSE Owners Will Operate Montana Properties With Reduced Force. BUTTE, Mont.. Feb. 27. Although 3000 miners and topmen are idle, owing to the action of the miners' union in de manding an Increased scale of wages May 1, no apprehension is felt that any of the mines will close down. One thou sand men. In addition to the 2000 laid off yesterday, were discharged today. . It is understood that it will be the policy of the operating companies in the future to pay the scale, but to employ only about half as many men as at pres ent. Only the most urgently necessary development work will be carried on. Sufficient ore bodies have been blocked out in the larger properties to keep a good force of skilled miners at work for the next 15 years. Bank Clerks Steal $10,000. CHICAGO. Feb. 27.Charles H. Thorn ton, a note teller, and William W. Baker, a clerk, both employed by the Hamilton National Bank of this city, were arrested tonight charged with having embezzled jnO.OOO of the funds of the bank. High living Is said, to be responsible for the downfall of Thornton and his companion. At the Theaters What the Press Agent Say. LAST TIME TONIGHT. Augustin Daly Company in "A Coun-. try Girl" at Hellig Theater. The last performance of the Augustin Daly Musical Company will be given at the Hellig Theater, Fourteenth and Washing-ton streets, tonight at 8:15 o'clock, when the famous London and New York musical comedy suc cess. "A Country Girl." -wilt be the attrac tion. This Is one of the greatest musical plays that Portland has ever had and music-lovers of this city have been given a treat realized but once or twice in a season. Beats are selling at the theater box office. "Miss Hobbs" Genuine Sensation. Every theatergoer Portland is talking about the genuine success and fine qualities of "Miss Hobbe," which the Baker Company Is presenting this week. There is a clever ness about the witty lines that is entirely out of the ordinary and is found only In the writings of such well-known men as Je rome K. Jerome. Great Spectacular Production. "The Fast Mail," the great spectacular melodrama by Incoln J. Carter, which Is being produced at the Empire this week. Is pronounced a marvel of stagecraft by the many audiences that have been highly en tertained by it. There will be a Saturday matinee. Verna Felton In Boy Part. In boy parts Miss Verna Felton is always natural And in "The I-.ltie Church Around the Conner" the comedienne of the Allen Stock Company does some realistic Imper sonations of the average newsboy. It Is one of the most entertaining plays of its class In Portland this season. "Struck Oil" at the Lyric. "Struck Oil." the famous German-American comedy-drama of the Civil War times. Rich, Beautiful New Laces To have the showing that we have here for you now, we've had to have most of these shipments rushed thru by express. Every day there are more coming, and the assortment grows more complete and interesting. You'll be delighted with the splendid qualities and exquisitely pretty patterns, and you'll also be decidedly pleased with the modest prices at which they are marked. fjBABY IRISH LACES, in bands and VENISE LACES, in bands and edges. NET LACES, in bands and edges. CLUNY LACES, in bands and edges. NEW FESTOONS, narrow, medium and wide, the yard, 50c to $5.00 ALLOVER LACES, in white or cream, for waists and sleeves, the vard. ?1.00 to $22.50 NEW BLACK SILK CROCHETED LACES, in edges and bands, vard, up from " 50 AN' ENDLESS ASSORTMENT OF THE NEWEST .EFFECTS IN GALLOONS AND MEDALLIONS. Embroideries for Every . , Purpose Is Hi ere Is proving a decided hit at the Tyrlc Thea ter. There will be a matinee -every day this week and a special children's matinee Saturday. "The Wells of Wyoming" will be the bill next week. COMING ATTRACTIONS, Klaw & Erlanger Present Corinne in "4 5 Minutes From Broadway." ' The much-heralded music play from the pen of the energetic George M. Cohan "4Tt Minutes From Broadway." will be seen In Portland for the first time at the Hellig TWeater for four nights commencing next Sunday, March li-l The play contains some of Mr. Cohan's brightest music, notably "So Long Mary," "43 Minutes From Broadway" and "Mary Is a Grand Old Name." all of which have been sung and whistled in Port land for many months past. Advance sale opens tomorrow (Friday) morning at box office of the theater. Spectacular Religious Production. "Mizpah," which is now under prepara tion by the Baker Stock Company and which will be presented all of next week begin ning with the Sunday matinee. Is the most pretentious spectacular production ever at tempted here. It is a sublime lesson in bibli cal history, written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Luscombe Searelle. Rural Comedy Drama at Km pi re. "The Missouri Girl" will open at the Empire Sunday afternoon and hold the boards four nights with a Wednesday mat inee. This is one of the best character comedy dramas ever produced in Portland and has all the attributes of the country village life which make a genuine rural play so inexpressibly attractive. "Black PattI Troubadours," Empire. It has been a long time since Portland has enjoyed a genuine black-faced attrac tion and the announcement that the Black Patti Troubadours will be here the latter part of next week is being received with deep enthusiasm. Beginning Thursday night It will continue the week out. "My TYiend From India" at Star. Ask theatergoers what they think of "My Friend From India" and they will reply "great." This Is the farce which the Allen Stock Company will present all next week if s Easy to Prove The superior merit of Dr. Price's Food over other cereals, many of which are adulterations and injurious to health. WHEAT FLAKE CELERY is made from the whole wheat grain and absolutely free from adulterations or bleaching fluids. Prepared by a physician and chemist of unquestionable repute. The name is a guarantee of its purity, as no food products bearing his name have ever been questioned. Palatable Nutritious-Easy cm be unrt h.t. fit It hot Iflc a packagi Ail bracers edges. All new and desirable patterns, and in so many different patterns and qual ities all may be suited. SETS OF CAMBRIC EMBROIDERIES, Edges, In sertions. Allovers and Corset Cover Embroideries to match, at, the yard, 12'2 to $3.00 BEADINGS, new lot, beautiful palterns, the yard, up from 10 at the Star Theater with the usual mati nees. Forrest Scabury will appear In the role of the barber who poses as an adept. Stender-Becker-Cliew Company. Although by almost everyone regarded as a German of the Germans, Otie Chew, the, young violinist, of whom the musical world has heard so much of late, and who is now paying a first visit to the Pacific Coast as an equal star with Frieda Stender and Thilo Becker, is n truth of English birth and parentage. T,tke all who have attained mu sical fame, she at a very early age evinced an infatuation for the violin, and in 1891, the youngest of many competitors, won the. open scholarship of the Royal College of Music, London, where she continued her vio lin studies under Professor Gomprrtr. M!s Chew s present tour Is a notable one she being associated In visiting the cities of the Pacific Coast with two other artists of equal eminence Frieda Stender, the New York lyric soprano, and Thilo Becker, a I-iepsic pianist of solid worth and markedly pleasing performance. The unique combina tion of artists is to be heard in concert In the White Tempi under thf auspices of the Portland Y. M. v A., on Friday, March 1. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS "The Old Love" at the Grand. Lively vaudeville is what the people want and what thp management of the Grand is giving. "The Old Love." the headline act on the bill this week Is one of the most con sistent little one-act comedies seen on the local stage. It Is well constructed and l capably acted by Lizzie Evans and Jefferson Lloyd. Clever Japs at Pantagcs. Those who have already been to Pantages this week will tell you they have never seen a better vaudeville show. The Sugl motos. seven clever Japanese, do astound ing feats in their acrobatic feature art. Their act is unequnled by that of any acro batic performers in the world. There Is a host of i upplementary acts, including Har ry DeLaln, the comedian, who is a hit; the Whalens, Mies Kittia Pierce and four other features. It Happened in Dogland." "It Happened in Dogland" is the tttia of the headline act for the new vaudeville bill at the Grand, which starts Monday after noon. There Is no better-known dog act in the country than Coin's and this will be the first time It has been brought to th Coast. of Digestion mn ready t. Eat vm for a few miMtes; r cook to bolllag milk . to e-