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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1900)
THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAS, POBTLAXD, DECEMBER 30, 1900. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF Annicmcnti Today. CORDRAX'S "A Stranger la a Strange Land." itETP.OPOL.ITAN "A Raff-Time Carni val." BoRROwcra Moxey. An exceedingly nervy young man. is going around offices In the business portion or the city bor rowing about 35 cents per trip. Friday night he visited an employe of the North Pacific Terminal Company and said: "I know I'm doing a nervy thing. The banks are closed, and I want to borrow 25 cents. Alow me to leave my card." And he handed a piece of paper, upon which was written "N. Ieuthold," and the address being given as a house on North Six teenth street. The man's talk was so plausible that the money was given, but some little time afterward a letter was found on the floor where the stranger had stood, addressed to "Nicholas Leuthold," reminding him that the sum of 35 cents borrowed had not been paid as promised. The letter had evidently been dropped by the stranger. On the back of the letter were six addresses of business places where he had no doubt already called. The house on Sixteenth street was vis ited, and proved to be a laundry kept by a brother and sister of Nicholas Leuthold, but they said they had not seen him for some time. The police are on his track. Arrested for Assault. Deputy Sher iffs Thlelsen and Matthew yesterday ar rested Ezra Leland, the fanner living near Corbett, who shot his son-in-law. Alec Watts, through the wrist. Watts was brought to Portland Friday and ewore out a warrant for his father-in-law's arrest. The latter Is 60 years old. Watts hlmfaelf Is 50, an,d four years ago married the 15-year-old daughter of Ice land. The shooting took plaoe on Jim Pounder's ranch, where Leland had gone to find Watts, believing that the latter Intended to harm his daughter, from whom Watts was separated. The two men had words, and Leland fired four shots at hla son-in-law, one only taking effect. The old man holds his weak eyes responsible for his poor aim. He admit ted chootlng, and his only regret seems to be that hie execution had not been more deadly. Physically the old man is very weak, and he collapsed after the Jong ride. He Is now in the County Jail, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. "Visitors From Bostok. Mrs, Joeef Blake Schumacher, Mrs. Lulu Coon Snuff and Miss Alene Coon, all sisters, of Bos ton, spent the day In the city yesterday, leaving for Seattle In the evening. They stated that they were attracted here by the exhibit made. at the Omaha exposi tion in 1898, and will return and tour the Etate. They Inquired particularly for H. E. Dosch and Mrs. Edyth Weatherred. and were very fulsome In their praises when they learned that these persons were connected with the Buffalo Expo sition Commission. They said that sev eral persons of their acquaintance had located in this state as a result of the exhibit made at Omaha. Will Teach in Boise. Miss Julia Cap well for nine years one of the most popu lar and efficient teachers In the Portland public schools, has accepted a position and entered upon her duties In the schools of Boise, Idaho, where she taught before coming to Portland. Last year Miss Cap well resigned her position In the Harrison-Street School, where she had served continuously while employed In the city schools, to accept one In the primary de partment of the Portland Academy. Miss Capwell resigned from the academy on account of 111 health, and her acceptance of the Boise position will mark her re sumption of active work. Two Offices Closed. The Union Pa cific office, in the Masonic Temple, and the office of the Oregon Short Line, at li2 Third street, were torn up yesterday. The furniture of the Union Pacific was prepared for turning over to the O. R. & N. Part of the furniture of the Oregon .Short Line office was shipped to the store keeper of the company at Pocatello, and part of It was sent to the headquarters of the company in Salt Lake City. The Canadian Pacific will occupy the office va cated by the Short Line after April 1. No definite information has yet been given out as to what disposition will be made of the men affected by this- change. t Arrestdd for Robbery. As a result cf their actions Christmas day. John Mc Namara and Carl Larsen were arrested at HUlsboro yesterday and lodged at the City Jail by Detectives Ford and Cordano, charged with engaging In two highway robberies. The police say that the prison ers are the men who Christmas day held up Jacob Pennlngs on the Canyon, road and took a piece of tobacco from him, and also robbed John Lelghman of $20 near the scene of the first hold-up. Mc Namara is known to the police as hav ing already served two years In the Re form School and one year in. the Hllls baro Jail. Will Lecture on Theosopht. C. W. Leadbeater, the well-known theosophlcal lecturer and writer, will give a series of free lectures In Portland, under the aus pices of Mount Hood Lodge, the second week In January. His subjects and the rlaces of meeting will be announced upon his arrival. Mr. Leadbeater arrived in New York City from London In October, and has lectured In New York, Boston, Toronto, Buffalo Toledo and Chicago. Everywhere he has been enthusiastically received on account of his simple and l-cld method of dealing with abstruse subjects. Will Be Afraid to Tell. Deputy Treasurer V. R. Porter, of Wood County, Ohio, was In Portland yesterday, on his return from a visit to a brother in Tilla mook. It was his first trip to Oregon, and he could hardly realize that vegeta tion continues to grow luxuriantly here, while vegetables have to be burled five feet in the ground back In Ohio to keep them from freezing solid. The idea of growing vegetables In the depth of Win ter was a revelation to him, and he will hardly dare tell his Ohio neighbors about It when he returns, as they will put htm down as a prevaricator. Badlt Burned. Living alcne In a bul'dlng 15x9, which serves as living-room and cobbler's, shop all In one, Louis Kiss, an aged German, of Pine street, near Sec end, fell against his lighted stove yester day and was severely burned about the f jce and hands. His cries attracted the attention of a passer-by. who helped to l.ft Kiss to his bed, where he lay groan ing with pain. The police were notified, and City Physician Zan sent Kiss to the County Hospital. He will probably re cc er. Hares axd Hounds. The members of the Hunt Club (formerly the Hares and Ilcunds Club) will meet for a run at 10 o'clock A. M. sharp New Year's day. As scrr.L.y at East Twenty-eighth and Burns'-? A special car will leave Third and Yamhill streets at 9:30, and will take spv.tators to the start and finish. To Celebrate Hoomanat. At a meet ing of the Caledonian Club last night It ws decided to celebrate the festival of Hogmanay tomorrow night by a club meeting open to members and their fami lies to welcome the advent of the new century. Tuesday, New Year's day, the clubhouse will be open all day. Incorporation. Articles of incorpora tion were filed yesterday In the office of the County Clerk of the Alvln S. Hawk Company. The objects are to carry on a printing, lithograph business, etc The Incorporators are Alvin S. Hawk, L. JL Hawk and C. H. Jones. Capital stock. S10.O00. Thomas J. Scott, Scotland's famous tenor and humorist, will be heard Friday evening, January A. at Auditorium Hall. Will be assisted by Mrs. Walter Reed. Mme. Lucelle D'Alberti. the noted so prano, will sing at the 10:S0 mass today at St. Laurence Church. Gas Will Be Shut Orrvfrom East Port land rorth of East Ankeny street today from 10 to 11 A. M. December Fines. The fines in the Municipal Police Court for December amount to JIG00. Pixnxrpix Water Ice and Roman p-irh for New Year's dinner. Swctland's. Phne Main 419. Special-Size Envelopes for calendars. Howe, Davis &. Kilham, 103-111 Second street. River Front, including "Vlllard Hotel property, for sale. Max Smlth.Vlcnna Cafe. Carnations and floral pieces very rea sonable at Burkhardt Bros.. 23d and G. HOGMANAY. JfoUy Kerr Year' Eve Celebration Among the Scotch. Portland Scotch-Americans are making preparations to celebrate the feast of Hogmanay Monday night, being the last night of the old year. In a manner worthy of the occasion. "Altmeal" cakes "shortle" and "ne'r dry bun" are being baked, haggis Is being prepared, and the stock of mountain dew increased. Hogmanay means (in Scotch) the time elapsing between the dying of the old year and the birth of the new a Joyous, happy time in which you visit on "first foot" your intimate friends, carrying sea sonable gifts and wishing them a "guld" or happy New Year. In more than one bakery on Third street are cakes of "shortle" or short-bread, with these words written In sugar: "Land o the leal," "Should auld acquaintance be for got?" "A guld New Year tae ane and a'," and others. These cakes have been baked mostly for Hogmanay t people or first footers. The origin of the word Hogmanay dates far back Into remote history about tne time when it is supposed a canny Scotch man was one of the Kinss of Israel. It was a time of boisterous merry-making, of house-to-house carousals, when women were often kissed and embraced by un welcome swains, and they cried: "Hug me nay." Tradition tells this Is how the an cient word Hogmanay was coined. Rob ert Burns wrote no oem on this Scotch festival. J. M. Barrle, S. R. Crockett and Ian Maclaren do not speak of It a great deal in their books, probably be cause the douce, severe, church-going Cal vinlsts they usually write about are not types of the Jolly, roaring Scotch who drink and sing the New Year in. To see the festival of Hogmanay proper ly celebrated, you ought to vlBlt either one of these Scotch towns: Edinburgh, Glas gow. Dundee or Aberdeen, on the last night of the old year. Suppose you make a trip across the ocean, in spirit, with me? The scene is Edinburgh, on Hogmanay night. A great crowd is assembled In the square fronting the big City Hall clock that will shortly toll the hour of 12. Young men and maidens are there, and gray elders are not uncommon; but you will notelce that everybody carries a parcel. Oranges, apples, fruit-bun or cake, short bread, red herring, home-made bread and other article are carried, to be given, to the people on whom you call, as a token of good luck. No resident of a house can first-foot that house, It must be an out sider, as the inmates might have bad luck all the year. But the hands of that Edinburgh city clock are slowly creeping1 toward the fate ful hour of midnight. A sea of anxious faces are turned toward it. Bottles are got ready, and the piper gets his pipes In shape for a blast. Twelve o'clock! Then bells clash, pipes skirl, steam whistles toot, the people cheer and sing, and th crowd generally goes wild with joy. "Happy New Year," "A Guld New Year" are heard on all sides, and then the merry makers split in twos or fours to first-foot the houses they have selected. The peo ple so honored have generally a good guess who shall first-foot them: but for the fun of the thing they pretend to be taken by surprise, when the early morning visitors arrive. The person who opens the door is usually a relative of one of the party, and he receives a loaf of bread, oranges, herrings or shortbread, as a token that peace and plenty shall dwell In that bouse all that year. The members of the party then enter. New Year's greetings are ex changed, and a social time follows. The house Is first-footed. ' Some people refuse to open their doors to first-footers because they do not believe in the custom, but- this is rare. People who are popularly supposed to possess an evil eye, or spread 111 luck, or have red hair, or possess shady reputations are "turned down," as first-footers. Others not eligible for the office are those who try and first-foot so many houses that their locomotion afterword is a matter of difficulty. Sometimes two differont par ties race for the same house, and the best runners get there. It Is a joyous, merry time of tong, feast and story; and the memory of raja Hogmanays seem to echo across land and ocean to many a Scot now on the Pacific Coast. M. WAGES GOING-HP. Many men who are going to the Y. M. C. A night college have had their wages raised on account of greater efficiency ac quired by attending the classes. A new term starts tomorrow night, December 3L Forty classes are conducted by 19 em ployed teachers, each a specialist in his own subject. These aid the student at the critical point. The experience of the educational world has proven that it is the personal contact of the teacher that makes a school, not futnrlture, text-books or advertising. Some of the subjects taught and fees charged for a three monhts term are: Algebra. $2 00 Arithmetic 1 25 American Politics l 25 Agricultural drawing -. 3 00 Banjo, mandolin, guitar 2 00 Bookkeeping 3v0 Chemistry 2 00 Civil Government 1 !5 Electricity 3 00 English Grammar 1 23 Freehand drawing 3 00 German 3 00 Geometry 2 00 Mechanical drawing 3 OT Penmanship 1 25 Physics 2 00 Physiology first aid l 25 Reading and spelling 1 25 Rhetoric 125 Shorthand 3 09 Typewriting 3 00 Spanish 3 00 Vocal music 1 25 An Illustrated catalogue given any one who will call or send to the Y. M. C. A GRAPES AND CHAMPAGNE. It Is most Important, In order to pro duce tho very finest quality of champagne, that not only the greatest care should be exercised in the selection of the grapes, but that they should be subjected only to sufficient pressure to break the skins, and that only the Juice produced by this first pressing should be used. In this Mess. Vve. Fommery Flls & Co. have already been most particular. They have always been the highest bidders for the choicest selected grapes in the most favored sites of the champagne district, and the firm has always Insisted on securing the first choice of each crop. This is one of the many reasons why Pommery champagne has always been recognised as the best and brings the highest prices the -wortd over. WHERE TO DINE. Watson's Restaurant Trill serve a nice New Tear's turkey dinner from 12 to S P. M. Price, 60c Musical programme Patrons of the Portland Restaurant can rely upon a substantial New Year's feast. 305 Washington, near Fifth. . The usual chtcken dinner. 25c. at Strouse's restaurant. 223 Washington sU OSTEOPATHY. Dr. R. B. Northrup, 16 Dekum build ing. Third and Washington streets, spe cialist In nervous and chronic diseases Examination free. Phone Main 219. Over two hundred residents of Portland and vicinity have purchased pianos of us during the past four weeks. What does this mean? It means that our Sacrifice Sale which Is now in progress presents the opportunity of a lifetime. It means that the people who have dealt with us, nearly all of whom are bus! ness men and women, have saved at least $100 each In taking 'advantage of the present opportunity. Yes, it means more than that It means that we are doing exactly what we stated in our advertisements selling Instruments of known value and standing at prices heretofore unheard of, and at figures with which the ordinary little tacky dealers cannot possibly hope to compete. The matter, needs no further argument We are doing the business here, and there are reasons for it No wonder competitors find it necessary to "fold their tents like the Arabs." Many.of our very finest pianos are yet left, and figures are what talk here. Remember, ten dollars a month takes choice of a great number of very fine pianos. Some will go for even less. Organs at $5 a month. See us tomorrow. During the day or evening. Store will be closed at noon New Year's day. Look into Eilers Piano House Sacrifice Piano and Organ Sale, butattend to It with out delay. 351 Washington street, Is the store entrance. Remember the number 351 Washington street JANUARY JURORS. Men Chosen to Serve In the State Cir cuit Court. The following-named persons have been drawn from the jury list of 500 names to serve as jurors 'during the January term of the State Circuit Court. They will re port before Judge Frazer on January 14, at 9 o'clock A M.: Byron Z. Holmes, foundryman, Port land. Charles Cleveland, farmer, Gresham. Fred Emily, farmer, Hurlburt. Al Zimmerman, meat packer, Portland. Arnold Jtuegg, farmer, Gresham. Henry Moore, painter, Portland. W. S. Slbson, commission merchant, Portland. George Whltaker, salesman, Portland. J. T. McDonnell, dry goods. Portland. Vincent Cook, capitalist, Portland. Thomas J. Farrell. clerk, Portland. A H. Birrell, financial agent, Portland. G. Whldden, carpenter, Portland. S. Chase civil engineer, Portland. E. A. Stolte, hotel clerk, Portland. Michael Daneke, gardener, Portland. C. N. Pond, farmer, Holbroqk. Milton York, confectioner, Portland. James Fralney, contractor, Portland. Frank J. Fellows, grocer, Portland. D. D. Ncer, architect, Portland. John B. Quay, farmer. LInnton. George Krochman, hardware, Portland. J. W. River, carpenter. Melrose. Alonzo B. Gates, farmer, Lents. C. L. Fay, insurance, Portland. J. N. Matschek, confectioner, Portland. Lars Carlson, farmer, Troutdale. Isadore Lang, grocer, Portland. Charles Porth, grocer, Portland. Verlln Ennis, farmer. LInnton. J. M. Woodworth, agent. Portland. R. Z. Joy, farmer, Holbrook. William Lind teamster. Portland. J. C. Logan, steward, Portland. George W. Puljen, farmer, Columbia Slough. George W. Povey, manufacturer, Port land. D. B. Mckle. clerk, Portland. James Gebble, clerk. Hunter's Station. John Marshall,' engineer. Portland. A. G. Long fire apparatus, Portland. A. B. McAlpIn. photographer. Portland. Ira Russ. merchant, Portland. PULLMANORDINARYSLEEPERS A great deal of the first-class travel no wt days Is being done in the Pullman ordinaty s'peing-cars. These cars are equal. If not superior, to the first-class cars of a few years ago. They are up holstered In plush, finished In pollshod hardwoods, have the same convenience as the drawing-room sleeper, and In every respect are as comfortable as the higher priced cars. Uniformed porters are in charg". whose business it is to keep the cas clean ard ventilated, and look after the wants of the passengers. If you are contemplating a trip East, call at the O. R, & N. ticket office and ask for a folder showing views of these cars, both Interior and exterior. Jacob Doll Upright Piano. The latest Improved. Acknowledged to be best sold on easy installments. Pianos rented, tuned and repaired at lowest finces. m. ainsneimer. z xnird. istab Ished 1SS2. Beclc, the Jeweler. No fancy Christmas prices. Fine dia monds, watches, silverware. 207 Morrison. ;B ' ' BEGINS TOMORROW . H m IH It comes but once a year; Take fees y . it in while it lasts. SUBSTANTIAL g M REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPART- M 'HI MENTS. When you see it in other 1 HH stores, remember we have the HI, Bf SAME THING FOR LESS MONEY. g I FAMOUS CLOTHING HOUSE I P MORRISON AND SECOND STS. l Triple Tragedy In Ohio. CLEVELAND, O., Dec 29. In a fit of jealous rage last night Martin Terpel, 43 years old. fatally stabbed his wife Caroline, aged 3S yeahs, and his son, Matthew, aged 16 years. Then he shot himself through the heart, dying Instant ly. BUSINESS ITEMS. It Baby la Catting Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the. child, softens the sums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. 25 Per Cent Off on All Fan. New York Mercantile Co.. 205 Third. HOLIDAY SALE! Domestic; White, Eldredge Sewing Machines To make room for a carload to arrive soon. Buys late Improved drop-leaf machine; oak case. Buys latest Improved oak, drop leaf machine. A fine machine. Buys late improved drop-head oak machine. $22 $25 These machines are the regular $70 and J5 machine. You save J20 to $25 agent's" commission by coming to our office. Domesticand White Agency 122-124-120 SIXTH STKEET. DENTIST 713 Dekum bids. Estimates given on first-class work, equipment for alleviating pain. Modern smm THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS A Pianola is as good the week after Xmas as on Xmas day. It is good the year round, It gives pleasure and education to the whole family all tho timey IVi. B. WELLS, Northwest Acnt for the Aco'ian Company Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park, Portland. Or. We are Sole A cents for the Pianola; also for the Stein way. the Cbase and the Emerson Pianos. Price, ?35. m The Vlllts and w w w 1 Overcoats w w w w w V :'! w I t SO I twelve 1 VI ! Largest Ctothlors In the Northwest STRONG'S PHOTOGRAPHS llfdlke. Artistic, Kiierateia Price Goodnough Bldg., opposite Postofflce "THE CHICAGO" Awarded GOLD MEDAL at Paris Exposition. One of those combinations of maximum of quality with minimum of price, which are so seldom met with on the market. We would be pleased to send you our catalogue. . E. L. KING, Albany, Oregon, General Agent, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Slcinbach label is a good clothes insurance SI 2. 85 The meanest economy is In cheap clothes. Several broken lines of the sea son's most fashionable and best In suits of fancy worsted, blue serge, and Oxford gray cheviot, are bunched together, irrespect ive of former price, at a figure away under their actual worth. Overcoats in the new styles,, made of blue or biack Kersey, and light tan covert coats also included In this extraordinary "special offering" at eightifive Cwtt0mwwfr aormttt ttAmiu&FmM& Cor. Fourth and 51 - SSS? - "Wit, Oratory and Wisdom all Sit down vhen Ihs Price rises to speak." MERE OB EARTH Will you find such an ar ray of artistic Pianos as in our PIANO PARLORS. We represent the BEST PIANOS, and at manu facturers' prices. Not cheap Pianos, but GOOD PIANOS CHEAP. C. A. WHALE'S !ors 311 ALDER ST. 128 SIXTH T. Grand Concert this Evening at 8. BUFFUM & PENDLETON Smoking Jackets Bath Robes Gloves Fancy Hosiery Etc. OPEX EVENINGS XJXTII AFTER CHRISTMAS CORNER THIRD AND STARK STS. 20 REDUCTION AT The CURIO STORE FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. D. M. AVER1LL & CO. 331 MORRISON STREET. C.T. PREHN, Dentist Crown and brlrtpe work. 131 Third at., near Al der. Ortcon Tel. Clay 833. Vitalized air lot painless extracting. policy. w ew iris We are displaying for the first time an unsurpassed line of selected fancy percale shirts newcomers for the mid-winter wants. The line embraces a wide range of dark blue, oxblood, hello, and pink striped pat terns of regal beauty, at cP Stylish ais Winter shapes I n men's Fedora and Sul tan hats black, brown, steel-gray, pearl, and nutria shades, at $2.50 Morrison Sts., Corner Entrance ? - ?? k.sk-Vk' 209 Washington 5L 15 Cents 4-lb. package Cudahy's Washing Powder. 25 Cents 12 bars good Laundry Soap. 40 Cents Box No. 1 White Macaroni. 25 Cents 2 pounds New Dates. 75 Cents Sack Valley Flour. $1.00 Sack "Winter Wheat" Flour.- 15 Cents Pound fresh roasted Costa Rica Coffee. $1.00 Gallon can pure Maple Syrup. 30 Cents Pound Hoffman House Java and Mocha Coffee. AT POPULAR PRICES Good Leather Good Shoemaklng Latest Styles Proper Fitting Right Prices E. C GODDARD & CO. OUEGOS1AN BUILDING. At Special Holiday Prices J NO. S. MEEK CO. Portland, Or. STANFORD UNIVERSITY MRS. M. J. GREENE FRnKTB' BOKRDINC With or "WITHOUT BOOMS. Dainty noma table; sood service. Car. Kamona st. and Lytton ave.. Palo Alto. C. C NEWCHSTLE ..DENTIST.. Marquam Euiiding Room 302 uA JT