THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN. PORTLAND. MARCH 18, 1900.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Amusements Tonight.
CORDRAYS THEATER Washington street)
"In. Darkest Russia."
METROPOLITAN THEATER "AH MUefl."
Don't be diverted from the text by
trivial things. Surplus Is strength.
Unitarian Social Union. At the Uni
tarian Chapel next Wednesday evening.
March 21, -will bo held the second enter
tainment of the Social Union. Miss
Farnham, of Forest Grove, "will speak
upon "South Africa, Social and Polltical.,,
This same subject was to have been given
last "week, under the auspices of the Uni
tarian "Woman's Auxiliary, but owing to
Illness of the speaker, the lecture was
deferred until Wednesday evening. Miss
Farnham's 10 years residence in Southern
Africa makes her competent to present
this theme, at the present time. Light
refreshments and a social hour will cosa
the programme. Members of the union
will bear in mind the hour is S o'clock.
Equitable Life has largest surplus.
Woman's Cujb. At the next meeting of
the Woman's Club, Friday, March 23, busi
ness will begin at promptly 2 o'clock. A
large attendance of members is desired,
at. the pending amendment to the by-law
relative to an Increase of entrance lee
to the club to twice the present amount,
will come up lor discussion, and be decided
by vote. At the close of the business
(session, a time will be passed in social
intercourse, which will be enlivened by
Mis3 Margaret Carolyn Mitchell, a gradu
ate of college school of music in Eimirav
N. Y., rendering 'Concerto in G minor, op.
25, Mendelssohn. E. Drake will favor
with a vocal number by Herbert, "I Envy
the Bird."
Equitable Life strongest company.
New Telephone Building. In the win
dow of Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s is a pic
ture of the handsome building being erect
ed by the Oregon Telephone Company on
West Park and Alder. The structure wL
be of Spanish style of architecture, and
will be built of brick, cement and sand
stone, with a tile roof. The three floors
and basement are intended solely for the
company's use. The basement Is to ba
used as a supply-room, and to receive tne
underground cables. The first floor will
have the business offices. The second
floor is planned for the operators' retiring-room,
while the top floor will be used
as an operating-room.
Surplus is strength aEk financiers.
Bio Jon of Moving. Andrew Alien, a
Portland house-mover, is preparing to
move a 512,000 residence, at Walla Walla,
for Banker Baker, of that city. The build
ing Is a two-story and attic structure, oc
cupying a space of 60xS0 feet, and the dis
tance to be moved Is a mile and a half.
Two creeks aro to be bridged and crossed
on the route, and the chimneys and plas
tering have to be landed intact. Several
carloads of heavy timber and tackle will
te shipped from Portland to Walla Walla
lor the work.
Equitable surplus, $01,000,000.
Teachers' Institute. The Multnomah
County Teachers' Association will hold
Its next session at Mount Tabor Saturday,
March 24. The programme Is something
of-an innovation. Addresses will be de
Hvered by the Rev. A. A. Morrison, ot
Trinity Church, and by C. M. Idleman.
Musical selections will add Interest.
Luncheon will be served by school friend
of Mount Tabor.
Equitable Life, the strongest.
Struck bt a Ladder. M. L. Donohue.
an elderly man, living at French Prairie,
Marlon County, was walking on Burnsloti
street, near Second, at C o'clock last even
ing, when a ladder, which had been stand
ing against a wall, fell on him. He was
etruck on the head and rendered uncon
scious. The patrol wagon was summoned
and Donohue was taken to the Good
Samaritan- Hospital.
There Are Others none so strong.
Spring Examinations Begin. The an
nual spring examinations of the medical
department of the University of Oregon
will begin tomorrow, at the medical de
partment, building at 23d and Lovejoy
streets. The annual commencement exer
cises will occur Monday, April 2.
Equitable Life, strongest, best.
A Lenten Lecture. Mrs. Altman will
give the third of her delightful and schol
arly Lenten lectures on Tuesday of this
week at the Selllng-Hirsch building. The
subject will be, "The Book of Psalms."
EQurrABLH Life, L. Samuel, manager
If You Are Interested in fine fabrics
for gentlemen's garments to order, you
can see all the latest novelties in foreign
and domestic woolens for spring and sum
mer wear at NIcoll the Tailor's, 108 Third
street, near Washington.
Grand Concert and ball, under the aus
pices of the Caledonian Club, for the ben
efit of Portland Seamen's Mission, at
Arlon Hall, Second and Oak streets, Fri
day evening, March 23. Tickets, 25c each.
The Second Recital of this season,
given' by pupils of Mers. Eugene and
Joseph Steblnger, will take place next
Saturday, at 2:30 P. M., at Alisky Hall.
The Social Democrats meet every Sun
day eve at G. A. R. Hall, First and Tay
lor. Everybody, ladies especially, lnvitea.
Garden Plants, cut flowers and floral
designs, at lowest prices. Burkhardt Broi.,
Twenty-third and Glisan streets. Tel. 502.
Don't Fajl to see the young ladles'
military drill at Foss Hall, March 23,
Hawthorne Assembly, United Artisans.
Elegant Pattern Hats arrived; hats
trimmed to order, at usual low prices.
, Becker's Millinery. Phone Clay 921.
Accordeon and knife plaiting, skirts re
bound; prompt service. Misses Gould &
Shaw, S01 Marquam block.
Spring Opentng, pattern hats, Tuesday,
"March 20. Allen, King & Co., 345 Wash
ington street.
Umbrellas. Repairing and recovering,
Meredith's, Washington, bet. 5th and 6th.
The Portland Club, incorporated, has
moved to its new quarters, 130 Fifth st.
Bargains in foreclosed properties. W.
H. Fear, 416 Chamber of Commerce.
Finest Turkish Baths In the North
west, third floor Oregonlan Building.
Fruit and Shade trees at Lamberson's,
corner Front and Yamhill streets.
Hair Switches, good quality, from $1
up. Becker's Millinery, 220 First.
Best inside wood. $2 25 a load. M. C.
Benfield & Co.. both phones.
Is an Instrument
by means of which
anyone can play the
piano. It Is so
wonderful In its power
that It must be seen
to be appreciated.
St will pay you
to come and see it.
THE AEOLIAN CO.
frfarqaara BWfl., cor. Seventh Street
Queen Esther. This, the most beauti
ful of all cantatas, will be rendered next
Friday evening, in full costume, by the
Centenary Choral Society, consisting of SO
voices in the principal chorus, together
with a boy's chorus of 25 and a girl's chor
us of 25, and an orchestra of 10 pieces,
with the following cast of principal char
acters: Queen, Mrs. A. Pollltt Clifton,
of Oakland. Cal.; Zeresh, Mrs. F. H.
Fleming; Prophetess. Miss Eva West;
King, E. D. Allen; Mordecal, Jesse Wad
dell; Haman, P. L Packard. Place, Burk
hard Hall, Union avenue and East Burn
side. Tickets at Gill's, Woodard-Clarke's
and Love & Bushonss.
Colored Democratic Club. At a meet
ing held at 2 North Second 6treet last
evening, a colored Democratic club, u
be known In future as the Iroquois Club,
of Portland, Or., was organized. Thirty
four young men signed the roll and
pledged their support td this new depar
ture In Oregon politics. The officers elect
ed were: C. A. Hughes, president; Grant
Cross, vice-president, and G. "W. Hamil
ton, secretary; Pendleton Smith, treasurer.
The club has secured quartets for the cam
paign at 82 North Secnnd street.
Equitable Polict. most desirable.
Bankrupt Sale. Sealed bids for stock
of hardware. Implements and fixtures ol
W. E. Chandler, bankrupt, Lebanon, Linn
County, Or., will be received by the un
dersigned up to noon of Wednesday,
March 28, 1900. Bids must be accompanied
by cash or certified check for 10 per cent
of the amount thereof. For inspection of
goods or Inventory apply to Front and
Vine streets, Portland, or to my agent at
Lebanon, Or. R. L. Sabln, trusted In
bankruptcy.
Returned From New Orleans. A. W
Cheney and wife, Oregon City; -F. D.
Schnebly, Ellensburg; Mrs. N. W. Dur
ham, Spokane, and Albert and Nellie Toz
ier, Portland, arrived in yesterday from
attending the National Editorial Associa
tion, at New Orleans. Some of the Ore
I gon delegates have gone to Cuba, and
others to New York. They wijl return
later.
But the Best; Equitable policy.
Damage for Spoiled Dress. Justice
Kraemer decided yesterday that Mrs. M.
J. Watts Is entitled tn $15 damages, at
the hands of David Wllkle, for having
been besmeared with hot tar on paeslng
along Morrison street, near Front, a few
weeks ago. Mra. Watts sued for $250,
and Wilkie, it is said, offered her $15 be
fore the suit was brought.
Talk to Samuel about life Insurance.
Incorporation. Articles of Incorpora
tion of Woodard, Clarke & Co., were
filed In the County Clark's office yester
day. The objects of the corporation are to
deal in and manufacture drugs, and to
buy and sell photograph supplies, etc
The capital stock Is $100,000; Incorporators,
Louis G. Clarke, William F. Woodard, E.
L. Clarke.
Don't be diverted from the text The
strength of the Eaultable Life Is proven
by it having a larger surplus than any
other life Insurance company. The amount
of business done in an off-year in one of
the smallest states in the Union has noth
ing to do with text Surplus, financial
strength; that's the Equitable Life. L.
Samuel, manager.
Behold! I received the latest Tor
Spring and Summer, in foreign and do
mestic woolens, to make up for my pat
rons In the latest styles; reasonable prices.
The Spalding Tallorshop, 350 Alder. J.
Reltzele.
Delicactes at Richards'. Genuine
spring lamb, sweetbreads, broilers, green
turtle soup, etc, served In up-to-date style.
Hot and cold beverages. Private dlnlng-
parlors on second floor. Sixth and Alder.
If You Intend to have your furniture
or bedding renovated or reupholstered,
for reliable flrst-class work, call at
Charles Fritsch. 2S4 Yamhill,' between
Fourth and Fifth streets. Phono Red 2002.
Dr. Brown will spend one week Jn
Hillsboro, returning March 26.
Photo Dry Plates, all kinds, at Skid-
more s.
Dr. Swain, dentist. 713 Dekum building
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AN HONEST EFFORT
CROWNED BY SUCCESS
While the busy builders are tearing down and dis
figuring our store front and sidewalls
WE ARE TEARilNG DOWN PRJCES
The people are with us because most of them
know a good thing when they see it.
THE FINEST
Ready-to-wear Clothing from makers who guarantee
their goods Same brands as have been advertised
so long and so often as
THE BEST IN
Famous
THEFRAGRANT WEED.
Five thousand of the famous Horace
R, Kelly Company's cigars, manufactured
from the new-crop 1S29 Havana tobacco,
the best grown since 1S04, have been re
ceived at Handleys. These goods, Bou
quet Perfectos, sold elsewhere thne for
50 cents; Handlcy's price, two for 25 cents.
Caballeros, 10 cents straight. Undoubt
edly the best cigar on the market today.
All 15-cent goods at 10 cents. All of the
best 5-cent brands at six for 25 cents.
Great cut on all kinds of smoking tobac
cos. The best goods at the lowest pos
sible selling price. Handley'a Cut-R.i'e
Cigar and News Stand. 291 Washington
street, Perkins Hotel building.
LEADING GROCERS TO MOVE.
L, Mayer & Co. Will Go to Third
Street, .."car Morrison.
After 14 years of continuous business at
268 Morrison street, L. Mayer & Co., lead
ing grocers, are compelled to move. On
and after April 1, they will occupy the
premises, 14S Third street, east side, mid
way between Morrison and Alder.
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WHERE TO DINE.
A tasty, appetizing lunch Is better than a
spring tonic. Go to the Portland Restaur
ant, 205 Washington.
Chicken dinner at the Eastern restau
rant, 25 cents. 170 Third, near Yamhill.
The Owl Cafe, newly furnished, every
thing first class. F. A. Clark, 249 First.
Chicken dinner, 2bc, Strouse's Cafe, 229
Washington, between First and Second.
JAPANESE AND CHINESE
CURIOS SALE!
We will continue selling at reduction
prices our entire line of curios, novelties,
bric-a-brac, matting and all kinds of
toys, etc ANDREW KAN &. CO,
Corner Fourth and Morrison.
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BARGAINS IN FINE GROCERIES
Until April 1, wheo re will remove to
148 Third street, we will sell many lines
of staple and fancy groceries at reduced
prices. L. Mayer & Co., leading grocers.
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REMOVAL 'SALE.
We move,, April L to 14S Third street,
near Morrison. All goods eft a reduction
till that date. L. Mayer & Co., leading
grocers.
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REMOVE AROUND THE CORNER
On April 1, L. Mayer & Co., leading
grocers, will move to 14S Third street.
Just around the corner from the present
location.
DRESS SUITS FOR RENT.
Unique Tailoring Company, 347 Wash.
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To Lovers of Hardman Pianos.
Mr. Fred W. Lohr, manager and bead
man of the great "Hardman" piano, will
bo In the city for two days. It Is our
Intention to place an order for Just one
hundred "Hardman" pianos, and if there
are any customers who would like to have
an elegant "Hardman" In any special de
sign made to order or specially selected
by Mr. Lohr on his return to New York,
we would like to have them call and In
terview us at once. Special pains will be
taken, and low prices will be quoted on
any order taken while Mr. Lohr Is here
THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO.,
Nos. 2W-211 First street.
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Stelnvray Sanare Grand, $100.
It was bought a few years ago by a rich
Portland capitalist, from Albert Bartsch,
the agent, for $S50. Good as new yet. For
sale by Wiley B. Allen Co.
THE WORLD
Equal to custom-made, and as
THING FOR LESS MONEY
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CORNER MORRISON AND SECOND
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107 First Street
HIGH-GRADE
They are comlnff and golns dally. Six car
loads received within the past tvro wtete and
more follow lng good buelnesa for a new piano
house. Some of the reasons for It are that by
our special arrangements with the manufac
turers we represent "are are enabled to make
you a lower price for ihe same grade and
quality than can be obtained from any other
dealer. We are the Pacific Northwest represen
tatives for the celebrated
Steck
Krakauer
and
Three great pianos that predominate every
where. Also a number of other prominent
makes. In fact, with our fine, large assort
ment of different makea we are In a position to
eult the buyer who han but a small amount of
money to Invest and Is seeking to purchase a
strictly high-grade piano. Come in and let us
talk the matter over with you. and we will
prove the above statement to your satisfaction.
GEO. A. HEIDINGER & CO.
131 Sixth Street
Oregonlan Building
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Jlarquam Building, Rooms 300. 301. 303
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Exclusive Clothing
For Men
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FANCY SHIRTS
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New Percale and Madras stiff-bosom
shirts. Fancy Madras, silk front, Oxford
and silk-striped Negligee shirts, in large
assortment
75c, $1 up to $3
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Larest Clothiers In the
IF YOU
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Men's Nobby New Spring Suits for 1900; the popular
heavy wale blue serges, cut in the swell new
military style, perfectly tailored; our price s
remarkably low, considering quality
An elaborate exhibition of newest and choicest novelties in Oxfords and
silver gray vicunas, unfinished and fancy worsteds, combining all the new de
signs; perfectly tailored, guaranteed equal in all respects to your merchant
tailor's $30 to $50 kind. Your selection at
For spraying, In all quantities.
WOODARD. CLARKE & CO..
"Wholesale and Retail Druggists. Fourth
and "Washington Sts., Portland, Or.-
Corn or German Roggcn Wheat
"Will out-yield corn, -will make the same kind of I
meal; he.9 superior fattening qualities, will
solve the problem or. iauenins nogs anu cume
in a wheat country; should be sown in the
spring the same as wheat, and will yield from
50 to 100 bushels per acre; the traw after it
is threshed has an oily substance,, and it is al
most aa rood as hay. Price of seed, 10c per
pound or $5 per 100. Address 11. J. SHIELDS
& CO.. Moscow. Idaho.
LARK& CO,
CA5CL
VWVLLSENnsx"-TAGAVA.
Front and Pettygrove.
TEL. OAK 26J
Dealers in Superior American Coals. for
HOUSE. STEAM and BLACKSMITH use. Our
BLACKSMITH COAL Is extra GOOD. Mall
orders solicited. Ore. phone Bed 1760. Ofilco
Front st. near Gltean. "W. Q. KEQL.ER, Mgr-
wim?85lark& cE
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precision we are presenting each
in our display windows and in the public
press, what the inside of this shop con
tains, so that anyone can see without a searchlight
that EXCLUSIVENESS and ORIGINALITY characterize
us. Our stocks in the main are always widely differ
ent from the ordinary stocks of other stores; yet,
by no possibility shall any person buying of us have
it to say that he paid more than like qualities aro
sold for elsewhere. On the contrary, our long ex
perience of intelligent close application enables us
to display a stock of goods of undoubted quality,
and in such variety and volume for choice that to
excel it is hardly possible, and to so get It that It
can be sold at prices that can hardly be underbid.
New worsted checks and stripes in fancy effects
Fine worsted serges Oxford and Cambridge grays.
In three or four-button sack coats, as you prefer,
$10, $15, $16 to $35.
A grand assortment of the world's best. Perfect
fitting, rightly fashioned boxy coverts and Oxford
steel grays. . $10 to $35
BOYS' SUITS
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Northwest Cor. Fourth and Morrison Streets
GET IT AT ROSENBLATT'S, IPS RIGHT.
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THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS
Great Special
Finest Spring Suits and
$15.00
to $25.00
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Bail-Bearing
Eldredge "B"
Sewing Machines
Are the Best
BECAUSE They have positively
the only self-threading shuttle
made.
BECAUSE The Eldredgo "B" Is
the only machine that you can
not break the thread by start
ing backwards on account of a
loose pulley.
BECAUSE It is ball-bearing. Be
cause the feed Is a double four
motion, and Is positive in ac
tion, and does not havo to be
changed for thick work.
The regular price of the Eld
redge ball-bearing. five-drawer,
drop-head, quarter-sawed oak ma
chine Is JG5.00, but we are selling
this elegant machine for $35.00 cash
or $40.00 on time.
"We have another fine drop-head
"Vlndex" for $25.00; another cov
.i "VItiIatV fer $20.00. A Una
Domestic for $22.50. A New Home
for $30.00.
Domestic Sewing Machine Office
175 Fourth Street '3
Y. M. C. A. Blda.
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Double-breasted Knee .Trousora sulU,
sizes 8 to 16 years. Fancy worsted
patterns, blue serges and fine cheviots
$3,95
Offer
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DESSERT JELLY
SIMPLY DELICIOUS.
1 Package Bromangelon
1 Pint
2 Minutes
Nothing
FLAVORS Lemon, Orango, Straw
berry, Raspberry, Cherry.
FREE SAMPLE. Send 3 cente
In stamps for postage and your
grocer's name, and wo will mall .
you free a sample of BROMAN-
GELON, of any of the five flavors.
Distributing Agent
M. J. CONNELL, Seattle, Wash. 0
Manufacturers 9
STERN & SAAIBERG, 311 W. 40th St., K. Y.
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