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Newspaper Page Text1 3 30, 190D. THE 3IORMXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, AUGUST r 1 KAISER AT BERLIN CHEERS ZEPPELIN Airship Flight Begun Friday at Friedrichshafen Is Suc cessfully Ended. WILD SHOUTS GREET COUNT Kmperor Introduces Aviator to Or vllle Wright and Astonishes by His Intimate Knowledge of Sci ence Xo Accidents Mar. BERLIN". Auk. 29. The airship Zeppelin ,111, with Count Zeppelin at the helm, arrived safely t Berlin short ly after 12 o'clock today. The vovasre from Friedrichshafen. where the mart waa made Friday, marked by an accident to the airship which caused a considerable delas at Bitter feld. At that point Count Zeppelin met the craft and was greeted by the Crown Prince, representing the Emperor. The Emperor witnessed the arrival. Count Zeppelin and Orvllle Wright met at Berlin this afternoon. They were Introduced by the monarch of the Herman empire. Mr. Wright was sur prised at the Kmperor's technical knowledge of flying machines. In o talk with Count Zeppelin, Mr. V.'rlghf expressed admiration for the wonderful airship the Count had con structed. He said he mould like to see experi ments with smaller craft on the same svtem. however, as vessels such as those used by the Count were too ex pensive. r'rr-m one end of Berlin to the other "the hout. "Zeppelin is here." rang out. Berlin waa happy, for the Count had announced at 12:30 he would appear ever the Templrhof parade grounds. . Motors Work Perfectly. The airship left Bltterfeld early In the morning with Zeppelin, his nephew and Engineer Durr. who had navigat ed here from Friedrichshafen. The motors worked perfectly during the trip to Berlin, and it was made with out mishap. Pottsdam waa thronged with crowds. The roofs of houses, church towers and the open spaces swarmed with people who cheered and waved as the vessel passed. Templehof field was reached just Rfter church services. The Emperor and Empress had motored ftom the dedication service of the newly-built garrison church. They arrived at the special tribune constructed in the center of the Im mense field as the bows of 'the air ship appeared over the edge of the parade ground. The hundreds of thou sands who had gathered there sighted the craft at the same moment and a roar of cheering went up. The church bells rang and the military band played the national anthem. Series of Evolutions Made. Zeppelin meanwhile had descended to a low altitude and carried out a series of intricate evolutions gracefully In full view of the people. Then the bal loon's nose was turned toward the city. ver which it circled for two hours in all directions, executing every manner of maneuver and ascending and de scending, sometimes coming so close to the earth that the spectators could see the faces of the .occupants. The royal party proceeded to Tegel, where small cortipany gathered around the imperial group on the shooting range, which was destined to be the landing place. The City Coun cillors, military officials and the for eign attaches, including Captain S. G. Phartle. the, attache of the American Embassy, assembled there to witness the landing. The Emperor, who had specially sent Professor Pergsell, government commissioner on airships, to Invite -Orvllle Wright and his sister to Join the party, gave them a most hearty welcome. Kaiser Leads Cheering. Then the balloon came slowly over the field, the motors stopped and the vessel glided to the ground. The band played and the Emperor saluted as Count Zeppelin stepped forward. The Emperor then advanced and shook hands heartily. He presented Mr. Wright to the Count and the Ameri can aeroplanlst and Count Zeppelin exchanged congratulations. The Mayor welcomed the C:nt In the name of the citizens, and the Emperor took off his helmet and called for three cheers for Zeppelin. I.ater. the Count seated at his right. His Majesty proceeded to the rsstle. where luncheon was served. TTie spectators all along the route shouted themselves hoarse and waved flags until the procession disappeared. The airship started at 11:24 tonight on his return voyage to Friedrich shafen. GOLDEN GRAIN POURING IN Wareltouses on Xei Perce Prairie Are Filling Vp. XEZ PERCE, Idaho, Aug. 29. (Special.) More than 75.000 bushels of grain have been delivered to warehouses at Nei Perce, and the crop has Just begun to move. The completion of two bic ware houses here, two at a spur on the Xei Perce & Idaho Railroad six miles west, and the Balfour-Guthrie house at Dublin, provide ample storage room for the big Ns Perce prairie crop, which will be stored In prairie houses and sent out on the new railroad this year. C W. Robinson has purchased between 75.000 and lflo.oro bushels of grain, which has been delivered to his local house, and the new addition will be completed this week. The farmers' houses will be ready for delivery this week and the flood of yellow grain will begin to pour into Xes Perce for the first time In the history of the town. KANSAS CITY NEXT TIME Conservation Congress to Meet In Middle West. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 29 At a meet ing of the executive committee of the Na tional Conservation Congress, it was de cided to hold the next congress in the M'ddle West, probably at Kansas City. Judge Thomas Burke, of Seattle, was chosen treasurer of the permanent organ ization, this office not being tilled by the congress before It adjourned on Saturday. K- w N-w- Yorkers are aware that the business thoroughfare known mm Duana tract was named after James Duane. who was fh first Mayor of New York after lha revolution. Naw York Herald. SIGHTS EL PtENTE DEL OJO P Dead in Monterey Flood Are Estimated at 1200. FURTHER DISASTER FEARED River Cuts Xew Channel and Newer Part of City Warned to Prepare for Hlffh Water Families Separated, City .Desolate. (Continued From First Pane. i missing fathers, mothers, children and relatives. The bodies as fast as re covered are placed along the banks of the river on the higher ground to await identification. . The bodies are guarded by soldiers who escort any searcher for a missing relative or friend along the lines of dead. Arrangements likely will be made Monday to Inter the dead. It is estimated the river has risen 50 or 60 feet. Over 400 Bodies Found. More than 400 bodies of persona drowned in Saturday's flood had been recovered tonight. Hundreds more doubtless are dead. The property damage Is estimated in the neighborhood of Jo.OOO.OOO to 12,000.- 004 The flood waters of the Santa Catalina River continued on their mad course throughout the nfeht. Rain fell in tor rents and brought great suffering to the thousands of homeless persons who had congregated on the plazas. Families Swept Orf Houses. The flood reached its crest in the early part of the day and many families were swept away to death' with hardly a chance to fight for their lives. With the rush of the waters they were swept from their homes and from the tops of houses where many had sought refuge. Appeals for assistance were heard even above the roar of the water. Last night every effort was made to shelter the refugees and the greater part of the women and children were cared for. Accompanying the rescue work Is the search for bodies. Scores are drowned at various places along the stream and it will be weeks, if ever, before all are found. River Cats New Channel. Many families have been divided by the disaster, and the grief of the survivors is pitiful. At 11 o'clock today rain was still falling and the Santa Catalina had worked out for itself a new channel, dividing into two raging streams and separating in such a manner that another and mod-ernly-constructed part of the town was threatened. It was said warnings had been sent out to many, of the hotels and business houses In the center of the city to be prepared for the worst. The mod ern portion of the city is high enough to escape the ravages of the flood but it has been considered wise to warn all in the threatened territory. I OSS Runs to $7,000,000. Monterey smelter, one of the largest in Mexico, suffered a loss estimated from Jl.000.000 to J2.OW.000. The Monterey steel plant, the cost of which was J10, 000.000, was damaged from J2.000.000 to J3.000.000. The electric light and street railway system, constructed about three years ago, was damaged about Jl.000.000. The water and sewage systems suffered a loss estimated about Jl.000.000 or more. This damage, together with the loss re sulting from destruction of about oOOO adobe houses and more pretentious struc tures will make the financial loss approx imately J7.000.000. Ruin Spelled for Many. Both the electric light and street rail way systems and the water works and drainage system were dominated by Canadian capitalists. A hard fight was made by Canadian companies to secure concessions for the installation of these modern Improvements a few years ago and their loss may mean financial ruin to many. Hundreds of residents devoted the i: i r I; : " - t f " I Z - . 500 BODIES OlliJD WHICH MADE FLOODED CITY II 4LL OF MONOLITHS, MONTEREY. DB AGITA, MONTEREY. day to moving' to higher ground. This was especially true of the American fam ilies, many of whom resided at the down town hotels. LOCAL MAN TKLLS OF CITY Describes Situation of Stricken Mex ican Town on Small River. Carlos F. Girardo. proprietor of a Spanish restaurant on Park street, lived in the City of Monterey, Mexico, for ten years. "Monterey is situated on a plain at the foot of the Sierra Mountains, with Saddle Mountain on one side of it and a mountain called the Bishop's Mitre on the other." he said yesterday. "A small river, which is usually nothing more than a creek in size, runs through the city. Many of the houses of the town are built directly over It, and the Inhabitants go down under their homes and wash clothes in the stream. . As these are built of dried mud, I can j realize that if the water in this creek were to rise as it is reported to have done,' It would have swept them away I like so many lumps of sand. "Monterey is the most distinctly Mexican of all the Mexican cities, j though, since I left there, many Ameri- I cans have settled In the town, n naa a population of between 200.000 and 300,000. In the ten years that I was there such a thing as a rain storm or a flood was never heard of. "The city was founded in 1569 and is the capital of the State of Neuvo Leon. It is quite a health resort, hav ing a mild and equable climate the year around. Six miles from the city are the famous medicinal hot springs of .Topo Chico, which bring many tourists there FIVE ARE KILLED IN AUTO MACHINE RUNS INTO TRAIN AT FULL SPEED. Pleasure Party Returning to St. Louis and Noise or Motor Pre vents Apprehension of Danger. PT. LOUIS, Aug. 29. Five persons were killed today by the collision of tfteir automobile with a Rock Island passenger train here. The dead, who were residents of St. Louis, are: Theodore F. Witte. Theodore Witte. Jr., aged 3. Mrs. Carl Klinge. Miss Hattie Campbell. Frederick O. Witte. The party had been at Creve Coeur Lake, a resort 12 miles west of St. Louis, and was speeding homeward when killed. Unable to see the train or to hear Its approach because of the nclse made by the automobile motor. Theodore Witte steered directly In the pathway of the train, which was making 40 miles an hour. TWO MEN HURT NEAR TACOMA Steering Gear Snaps and Car Swerves at Right Angle. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29. In an auto-J mobile accident this morning, this side of Ohop Hih. 23 miles' from Tacoma. E. A. Hartman. a dry goods merchant, of Chicago, was seriously Injured, while George B. Burke, of Tacoma. manager of the Bankers' Trust, was severely In jured. ; The automobile was running at the rate of 20 miles an hour, when the steer ing gear snapped off and the car swerved almost at right angles. GROSSE DIES OF INJURIES tfroken Back at Brighton Beacn Proves Fatal. XEW YORK, Aug 29. Laurent Grosse, driver of the Stearns car who was In jured in the 24-hour automobile' race the Brighton Beach motordrome Friday nlRht. died today. Leonard Cole, his mechanician, was Instantly killed in the accident. Grosse's back was broken. He was 26 years of age and lived in New Tork City. FAMOUS a ? t4 t f & I t VrV M ."-. V'' I 4 j Sit!?:. BLOGKBURNEDOVE Losses in Goldendale Fire Will Total $30,000. BRICK TO REPLACE FRAME Work of Reconstructing Destroyed Area Will Begin at Once and Business Will Go on Today With . No Interruption. COLUMBUS. Wash.., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) A fire which started in the rear of the Armory building at Goldendale fol lowing the regular Saturday night dance has burned over an entire block of busi ness houses and caused a loss of J30.000. The exact cause is as yet unknown and such a headway had the Are obtained be fore discovered that the first warning people had came from the helper on the engine which runs between here and Lyle. The screeching of his whistle aroused the town but even then the sky was aglow and the Armory building fell shortly aTter. From here the fire jumped to the Brooks & Pike building, spread ing each way to the printing office and bank on one side, and the Masonic hall on the other. Every building in the block was built of wood and went down before the flames. Fortune favored the fighters, for after a heavy wind through the day, the air had become perfectly still and although the buildings across the streets to the east and south were again and again in flames, the determined volun teer department, assisted by the splen did supply and force of the city water system, confined the loss to the one block. " Just at dawn the bell signalled that the fire was under control. Today only the brick vault of the Aldrich Company's bank and a single brick chim ney stand, so complete was the destruc tion. Following are the losses: N. B. Brooks, Armory, J3000; Brooke & Pike, Masonic! Kali building. J4000: Miss Van Hoy. millinery. J500: Masonic Lodge, J1000; Lick's Moving Picture Company, J12O0; Aldrich & Co.. private bank, J3300; the Independent, J1700; M. Chapman, building vacant, J1200: Sanders, under taker, J50O; John Chappell. building. J1000; Carter & Carter, music company. J1000; the Van Vector building, J5000; Stultz & Leldl, grocers, J1000: Knights of Pythias. J1000; residence belonging to Miss Presby, J1S00; the Macabees, JSO0. Twenty two hundred dollars will cover the entire insurance carried in this block, Stultz & Leldl having J1OO0: the Indepen dent J700 and Chapman J450. The Brooks & Co. bank will open tomorrow morning In the State Bank of Goldendale; Stultz & Leldl In the Gordon building and the Independent will be Issued from the press of one of the local papers. Nothing but brick buildings will be allowed in this block, but work will begin this week on the new bank and It is expected a full brick block will soon stand In place of the ruins. KNICK FAIRLY AFFLUENT Taxes Are Paid Him Upon $7,250, 500,559 in Realty. NE.V TORK, Aug. 29. (Special.) Father Knickerbocker collects taxes upon the nifty sum of J7. 250.500.559. This is tne - total value of the real estate and personal property assessed upon the city's tax books. The fig ures are given in the quarterly report of President Lawson Purdy, of the Tax Board. The real estate is J6,807,179, 704, the personal J443, 320.855. The total Increase in the assessed value of the real estate is J484. 763,915. A slump of J12.599.775 in the real estate of corporations Is shown. This Is due largely to the fact that under a recent court decision the subway assessment was elwnlijated. This cut off J10.900.000. Assessments of more than J3.000.000 on telephone companies also have been cancelled. There is a decrease of Jl 8.488.577 In the assessment of corporation fran chises. One of the biggest items is a Consolidated Gas Company reduction of J1S.424.000. due to the 80-cent gas law. which the company asserted re duced its earning power and conse quently tne value of its franchise. The United Electric Light & Power Com pany gets a $2,925,000 cut. San Pedro Shipping. SAN PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 29. The oil steamer Whlttier. Capt. Seamens, clear ed for ' Portland today having in tow the barkentine Fullerton, the former with oil and the latter with oil con signed to the Union Oil Company. The steamer J. B. Stetson arrived today from Grays Harbor via. San Francisco lumber laden. Consul Harry A. Conant. of Windsor, notes the ' completion, at a cost of J 1.300.000. of the mlle-lenKth steel bridge of the Canadian Pacific- Railway near Lethbrldce. Alberta, satd to be the largest of lu kind in the world- 9 'MC j ! n 1 .1 .v. STRIKERS SI TO 00 RIGHT TO QUIT Conditions at McKees Rocks Alleged to Be Beyond Hu . man Belief. CONDITIONS UNPRINTABLE Secretary Morrison, of Federation of Labor, Makes Statements and Asks Secretary Nagel to Make Investigation of Affairs. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. That labor ers employed by the Pressed Steel Car Company at Mc-Kees Rocks, Pa., the scene i f the present strike, are not paid the share to which they are en titled under the previous tariff system, is asserted by Secretary Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement made today. The charge is embodied In a request forwarded by Mr. Morrison to Secretary Nagel for an investigation. Mr. Morrison takes the position that as the company is enabled by the protective system to charge much higher prices, the Government should make an inquiry. The request Is based upon section 8 of the act of February 14, 1903, which requires the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to make special investigations, either upon the request of the President or of either House of Congress,' or upon his own initi ative. Pointing out that the. strikers are aliens and not members of any labor organiza tion, Mrr Morrison declares that their wages have been "reduced by officers of the Pressed Steel Car Company to the ex tent that. In sheer desperation, they de cided to cease work until their many grievances, which they could no longer endure, were remedied and a higher wage rate was paid." Mr. Morrison takes the position that the rioting and needless sacrifice of human life should not be permitted to divert attention from the fact that these regrettable incidents are "the direct result of unbearable and unbe lievable conditions that have been forced upon tnese defenseless and help less wage workers." Rev. A. F. Toner, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church at McKees Rocks, is quoted by Mr. Morrison as saying that "conditions under which the employes work and live are such that they are unfit for publication." ATTACK POSTAL MONOPOLY French Strikers Combine to Com pete With Government. PARIS. Aug. 29. (Special.) In a few days the French postoffice is to have an active competitor in the shape of a new co-operative postal association, formed by some 150 dismissed postal servants. These, under the direction of MM. Barbut and Simonnet, the postal of ficials who took a prominent part in the recent strike, are organizing a service In all those branches of the postal busi ness not claimed as a monopoly by the postoffice. This includes the distribu tion of newspapers, circulars, samples, catalogues, etc., also the collection of accounts and debt collecting. The hew association, which will start operations on Monday, is known as the "Laborieuse." It is understood already to have been promised the custom of some 90.000 firms, tradesmen and private individuals, who at the present utilize the French postoffice for distribution of their trade circulars, samples, account collecting, etc. Kach of the 150 members of the "Laborikise" has subscribed a J20 share. Besides this, the association has at its disposal a working capital of J4000. Members of the co-operation will be employed in turn in different departments. There will be the same pay for ev erybody, Jl per day, plus the propor tion of the profits at the end of the year. All will wear a uniform, consist ing of a blue jersey, white trousers and peaked cap, with the association badge. The new concern limits its op erations to Paris for the present. GIRL SAVED IS HIS OWN Father Slakes Discovery After Per forming Heroic Rescue. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Aug. 29 (Spe-. cial.) Frederick Fleschaur, 98 Webster avenue, jumped overboard from the Scandinavian - American Line pier at the foot of Fifteenth street. Hoboken. last night to rescue a young girl, and when he had brought the dripping maiden back to safety he found he had saved the life of his own daughter. Four thousand pleasure-seekers had gone up the Hudson River for a day of fun. They all belonged to the various social societies of Hudson County, New Jersey. As the throngs came from an excursion barge, two young women were crowded from the gangplank into the river. Fleschaur went promptly overboard, without stopping to ask who the girls were. With him went Captain Fragale, of the barge Andrew M. Church. FJeschaur seized a girl and tied about her waist a rope that had been thrown him from the pier. Then he helped the captain fasten the rope about the other young woman. When Fleschaur reached the pier, dripping, he found that It was his own daughter, Lillian, 15' years old, whom he had rescued. Friends hurried the other girl to her home and her name was not disclosed. HE SEEKS JAIL ON WAGER Doctor, to Study Switzerland Prison Conditions, Threatens Constable. LOXDOX, Aug. 29. A young London doctor who had just finished his studies in medicine at Oxford made a wager with a well known English Socialist to make a tour on foot through Switzerland and to have himself arrested In several towns for the purpose of studying the Swiss prison conditions. When he arrived in Geneva the young doctor engaged in a quarrel with a po liceman by threatening to throw the con stable Into the river Rhone. Thus he soon succeeded in having himself taken into custody. After he had given his explanation of his strange conduct he was fined 5 francs and released. There Is a general desire at present among the railway companies of England to reinstate Sunday as a day of rest, say the Railway Alagazine ol London. i i i f -A nal jare " of 1 1 " t Hi i - Coats and Capes we want you to see them; examine them. Description is much too inadequate; doesn't do them justice.; Post yourself on what women of fashion will wear. You'll not be urged to buy Welcome. Goods Bought Today and Tomorrow Uo on October 1st Bill VALLEY LIGHTED UP Four Fires Threaten Big. Trees of Yosemite. ALL AVAILABLE MEN OUT Flames Close to $80,000 Hotel at El Portal, and Soldiers Are Hav ing Hard Fight to Save Prop erty From Destruction. STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 29. (Special.)' Four immense forest tires are raging along the south side of the Yosemite Na tional Park, causing the inhabitants of that district, campers and railroad men no end of anxiety. , So serious is the situation that every ablebodied man has been urned to turn out and ass-ist'the United States cavalry men to extinguish the flames, which have already threatened numerous homes, including the fine $80,000 hotel at El Portal. Few people had any idea that a cache of black and giant powder sufficient in bulk to cause an explosion that would probably have wrecked quite a stretch of the railway near El Portal was quietly removed last night by a force of men sent out" by a railroad official. The first tire started Wednesday in the canyon along the south fork of the Merced Ri"er. On Thursday the second blaze is supposed to have been caused by a spark from a night train. The third fire is said to be due to an Indian throw ing a cigarette Into the dry grass about three miles south of El Portal on the east side of the Merced River. The lire had jumped the track at 10 CONTEST CREDIT CHECKS ARE GOOD AS GOLD Eilerg Piano House Accepts Prize Checks Not Necessary to Have Them Countersigned. Gives Full Value for Them, Whether $60, $80 or Even $100, Plus Bonus of Four Per Cent. As announced heretofore, fourteen of America's greatest, most responsible and most highly renowned piano makers join EUers Piano House in this undertaking. Of course, "Piano Certificates or "Checks" have no intrinsic value in themselves, and can only be accepted bv a deaier in a position to place large orders, and when factories agree to co operate by rebating all or a part or the amount represented by the prize checks." W hy the Boons of Four Per Centf 'As is well known, our house has in the past promoted several publicity contests, where certificates have been issued; our experience has been that the cost of the prizes, advertising, etc., has averaged 4 per cent of the volume of the business resulting therefrom. In this instance it has not cost us a cent for this exoense, so we have determined to give our patrons the benefit of tins saving. Each and every piano in our stock bers a card upon which Is marked in plain figures the lowest price at which the instrument is sold. Select the piano you want, and if the price be, for example, $245, deduct the amount of your prize check, plus 4 per cent pay one-tenth of the balance in cash' and take 24 months yes, 33 ,,lopihs in which to finish payment of the balance, for the mere additional simple interest. . Remember the 4 per cent does not Never in the history of our Suit Department have we made such a complete showing at this date of new Fall fashions. All the latest ideas that already have taken form are on view, and some of them contain an element and thrill of surprise that will interest women who seek originality and good taste. For street wear we are showing long coat suit models, fash ioned of wide wale and diago- monotones. 1 he fabrics of rough silky surface, and the colors include a wide range all the staple and new shades. The suits are strictly plain tailored in the finest manner. In Capes we are showing a very complete assortment, in the long D'Arabe style, in beautiful pastel shades. Also beautiful Military Capes in the regulation Army combination of colors. We extend cordial invitation to all to inspect the new Fall Suits. o'clock laet night and the down train ran through a sheet of flame for almost a mile, giving the passengers a grand view. The fourth conflagration was probably the result of a blazing pine cone being carried some distance along the north side of the river. The soldiers are having a hard fight to save the Merced grove of big trees. The country for miles around is lighted up. The fire is within two miles of the big trees onight. but Major W. "V. Forsythe, acting superintendent of the Yosemite National Park, is confident that he can save the forest giants. He has all the soldiers he can spare from other duties scattered along the Are-line, ten miles in length, and is also making use of a number of rancers. Train Service Improved. JACKSONVILLE, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) The Rogue River Valley Railway has installed an excellent service of trains and motorcars between Jackson ville and Medford. Cars now meet all Southern Pacific trains at Medford. whether north or southbound. This for ward step brings Jacksonville into closer contact with oilier localities in the Rogue River Valley. Brown Slakes CJctuway. KALAMO. Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.) No trace of W. H. Brown, the alleged hnrsethlef. has been found, and tho possp has civen up the chase. mean r. Io.js of profit to us, but repre sents the amount of money that would ordinarily go for prizes, preliminary aavertitT-ing, printing bills, etc. In this case it is your gain. Here's All Thnt's Bent. . Take choice of Hush & (Jerts, Hobart M. Cable. Chickerlng, Crown, Doll, Kimball, Lester, Pease, Marshall & Wendell. Schu mann, Story & Clark, Weber. Whitney, Smith & Barnes pianos at our lowest established Portland prices, less what ever cash and 4 per cent premium on same your award entitles you to. Pianos of highest standing, of known worth, of unquestioned durability, from Oregon's foremost and most responsible house. Bern- in mind, we guarantee every in strument as to quality, and also as to price. Your mom y back, if at any time after purchase you can buy the same grade of piano elsewhere East or West at anywhere near such a low price. Any instrument is exchangeable at buver'tj option at any time within two years toward payment of New York's most, beautilul art piano, the Weber, or the hand - made Hazelton, or Chicago's superb piano, the Kimball, or "the old est in America and the best in the world," the Checkering, we allowing total price paid toward payment of the instruments above named. Eilers Piano House, the home of. fine pianos, "the always busy orner." 353 Washington street, at Park (8th- street.