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THE SUNDAY 0REG0NIA2, PORTLAND, "SEPTEMBER 25, 1904.
IMBUE n
President to Set Machin
ery in Motion. .
OPENING DAY IS PLAKNEff
Cabinet Official Will Be Invited
to Give Oration.
THE PROGRAMME IS OUTLINED
Attendance of 100,000 Is Expected,
, .and Gala Day With Speeches,
Parades, and Fine Band Mu
sic Is in Prospect.
President Theodore Roosevelt, in the
event of his election, is formally to open
the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi
tion. Arrangements are now under con
sideration by the Exposition management
whereby the Nation's Chief Executive
will, on June 1, by pressing a lever in the
"White House, at Washington, D. C, set
In motion the machinery of the "World's
Fair of the "West, 2000 miles away. The
act in. itself will be a memorable triumph
In modern scientific methods, and one that
is bound to find a permanent place In the
pages of history.
The opening of the Exposition is to be
made one of the most auspicious events in
the history of expositions. When Presi
dent Roosevelt, according to present
plans, draws the lever fitted up with the
necessary electrical devices connecting it
with the Exposition grounds, salute of
101 guns will boom forth, a dozen bands or
more will play "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," a chorus of several hundred trained
voices will join with the bandsln the Na
tional air, and the cheering of thousands
of enthusiastic voices will mingle wlh the
din.
The entire opening day will be occupied
with appropriate and fitting exercises', be
ginning with a great military and civic
parade in the morning. It is intended that
this parade shall be without an equal in
the past history of the Northwest.
At the exercises on the grounds, prior to
the formal opening demonstration, there
will be several features of wide interest
and moment. The President's special rep
resentative from his Cabinet will probably
be the orator of the day. At the present
time the Exposition management had
every reason to believe that William H.
Taft, Secretary of War, will be the dis
tinguished representative of President
Roosevelt. The programme for the day,
,as it now stands, and from which there
wfll be no great deviation, is as follows:
Opening Day's Programme.
Overture by united band3, led by the
.famous Frederic N. Innes, playing
'"Jubel," by Weber.
Prayer by prominent Protestant Episco
pal clergyman.
Turning over of the Exposition by Presi
dent Goode to state official, probably Gov
ernor Chamberlain.
Oration by President Roosevelt's repre
eentatlve. Actual opening demonstration.
Benediction by prominent Catholic
clergyman.
All business is to be suspended through
out the city on the opening day, and a
proclamation to this effect may be issued
by Governor Chamberlain. This will make
it possible for thousands of additional
people to attend. It is hoped to run the
attendance up very close to the 100,000
mark. Throughout the entire Exposition music
is to be made a chief amusement feature
and this quality, together with the re
markable scenic beauty, are to be notable
characteristics distinguishing the Lewis
and Clark Exposition from others that
have preceded It Aside from the -famous
bands that will be constantly in attend
ance, there are to be many local bands.
A plan Is already under consideration for
a contest of Pacific Coast bands. The fact
is recognized by the Exposition manage
ment that nearly every town at any size
has a band, and invariably each settle
ment believes Its own particular band to
be the best extant The participation of
these smaller bands in the contest would
thus be bound to stimulate interest In the
the communities from whence they had
come, and thus prove a valuable drawing
. card to the Fair, as well as a desirable
amusement feature.
Fine Band Shell to Be Built.
The very best facilities are to be pro
vided for the musical attractions. Work
has already been commenced on the site
of the bandstand, which Isto be located
at the base of the balustrade. It Is to be
an acoustical or shell bandstand. Instead
of the ordinary affair commonly used Id
band concerts. This was decided upon
after President Goode had made several
visits to the Exposition grounds in com
pany with Mr. Innes, the eminent band
leader, who Is now sojourning in Port
land. There had been some talk of building a
bandstand on a float In the harbor on
Guild's Lake, In order that the water
might serve .as a kind of sounding board
for the music. Mr. Innes' idea, which has
finally been accepted, was to place the
6tand at the foot of the balustrate, under
a shell bandstand. Thus, Mr. Innes ex
plained, the sound waves would reach all
the buildings, and by contact with the
terraces Immediately overlooking the bal
ustrade would be .deflected to the area
about Guild's Lake. The shell bandstand
has the advantage over others of tending
to blend the tones of the individual in
struments, and thus preserving the per
fect harmony of the music for all ears.
The Lewis and Clark bandstand will be
built to accommodate 70 players, and on
Bpecial occasions can be extended to seat
a much larger number.
Other Bands May Come.
Outside of the famous Innes Band,
which is to play during the opening four
weeks of the Fair, it has not yet been an
nounced at headquarters what other high
class musical organizations will be select
ed. Offers are now on file from the Bos
ton Municipal Band, Ellery's Band, the
Liberal! Band, and others of like stand
ing. No one band is to be retained for a
period of more than four weeks.
The work of organizing the great chorus
of 500 or more voices is to be commenced
shortly. Invitations are to be sent out
witmn tne next few days to the choirs and
musical organizations throughout the Wil
lamette Valley. It is desired to get this
great ononis organized as soon as tiossl.
ble, in order that there may be adeauate
time for the necessary training of voices
to sing as one great choir.
President Francis Answers.
Wishes of success were extended by
tne fat. j-ouls Exposition, yesterday
morning, to the- Lewis and Clark Ex
position. Replying to the congratula
tory telegram from President Goode on
the occasion of Lewis and Clark day at
the St Louis Exposition, President
Francis, of the Missouri Fair; replied
yesterday, with greetings to the Fort-
IBM
Deelpned by Oskar Huber, Director of
"Works
land Exposition. His telegram is .as fol
lows:
Lewis and Clark Centennial Expo
sition. Portland, Or. Thanks for your
kind expressions. Louisiana Purchase
Exposition greets Lewis and Clark Ex
position and wishes it well-merited suc
cess. The two events that extended tne
boundary of our country from the Mis
sissippi to the Pacific are well worthy
of commendation.
"DAVID R. FRANCIS."
Santa Fc's Liberal Gift.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
shown its active appreciation of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition by placing
at the disposal of the Exposition man
agement mileage to the extent of 15,000
miles. President H. W. Goode received
a communication yesterday from Gen
eral Passenger Agent Byrne, stating
the company's good wishes toward the
Exposition and tendering the mileage
which is good over the Santa Fe's sys
tem to points In Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona and California. The mileage
will be used in exploitation and gather
ing exhibits.
TRAIN0R BROUGHT BACK.
Vaudeville Actor Ready for Trial, but
Lazier Will Not Prosecute.
Sergeant Hogeboom returned from San
Francisco last evening with Clifford
Trainor, wanted here for assault with In
tent to kill. Trainor is the man who as
saulted Clarence Lazier at the Winter
Garden. Third and Morrison streets. He
was willing to return to Oregon without
requisition papers.
"Lazier and myself were the best of
friends,"' Trainor told Sergeant Hoge
boom. "We had a Jlttle trouble and . I
struck him. He fell to the cement floor,
and I suppose that Is what injured him.
I am glad to hear that he Is -getting bet
ter." Trainor and his wife were working In
vaudeville at the Chutes in 'Frisco, and
the incident will throw the ptalr out of
employment which would have netted
them something like $700. Mrs. Trainor
returned to Portlan dwlth her husband,
and will work In a local vaudeville house
until the incident Is cleared up. Lazier
Is much better and was able yesterday to
telephone from St. Vincent's Hospital to
friends. An operation will be performed
soon to remove a small piece of bone
which was detached from the skull at
the time of the accident, but there is noth
ing serious In the man's condittion. He
states emphatically that he will not
prosecute Trainor and that he never In
tended to do so. s
TO OUST J. W. THOMPSON.
Fraternal Building Association Will
Meet Tomorrow.
The Fraternal Building Association will
hold a meeting at 7:30 o'clock on Monday
evening for the consideration of the ques
tion as to whether or not J. W. Thompson,
the secretary, will resign or will remain'
in office
President J. E. Werleln has called the
meeting f or that time, and the matter
will be finally settled.
The building association has asked for
the resignation of the secretary, but he
refuses to get out, and his attitude has,
and does, threaten to break up the work
of the association. If he does not re
sign on Monday night, so it is stated, the
Board of Directors of the association will
be appealed to and he Tvill be forced out
of the association.
GRIEF PROMPTS SUICIDE.
Chicago Man Hangs Himself on An
niversary of Murder of Wife.
CHICAGO. Sept 24. Having declared
that he would not live more than a year
after the death of his wife, Mary, who
was murdered for her money in her home
by LouIp Pezant on September 18, 1903,
John Spllka, on the first anniversary of
the murder, commit fxl suicide by strang
ling himself with a handkerchief. His
body was found today In a dwelling where
he lived In seclusion. Spllka last was
seen on Sunday, the anniversary of the
murder, and from the condlton of his.body
physicians agreed that he must have end
ed his life that day.
Pezant, the murderer of Mrs. Spllka,
was hanged April 15 of this year. Mrs.
Spllka was attacked by Pezant in the
hallway of her home and robbed of 5242,
which was concealed In the folds of her
dress. She was struck repeatedly on the
head with a heavy stone and her body
was carried to the 'garret.
DROPS DEAD AT RACETRACK.
Hardy Durham Stricken Just After
He Stabled His Favorite Horse,
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. Hardy B. Dur
ham, a well-known horseawner and
trainer, dropped dead at sheepshead
Bay racetrack. He had Just stabled his
favorite horse, Dekaber, after watching
the animal at work on the track.
A strange coincidence was connected
with the horseman's sudden ending.
Last Saturday at Brighton track Deka-i
ber won a race, beating Ostrich in a
close finish. When the latter animal
was led back to the stable at Sheeps
head, the foreman, Gus Hanan, asked
the stableboy if he had -won. Learning
that the horse, upon which he had wag.,
ered a large sum, had been beaten by
Dekaber; Hanan threw up his arms and
fell dead.
Insurance Men to Fight Fraud.
NEW YORK, Sept 24. A movement is
on foot among the casualty insurance
companies, according to the Journal of
Commerce, to form an organization of
National scope on the lines of the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwriters. An
Informal meeting will be held here shortly,
at which representatives of all the lead
ing companies will discuss the ' plan.
Among the objects of the proposed asso
ciation will be inauguration of active
measures to suppress alleged systematic
fraud in casualty claims.
Coming to Study American Methods.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept 24. The
American line steamer Philadelphia,
which sailed for New York today, will
take among, her passengers Tsang Use
Nun and a numerous Chinese suite.
Nun is charged by the Empress Dow--ager
to make an important inquiry Into
the ' systems 'of government of the
srld. In ter that any points sutt-
'able to the people -of China, may be irf
le to the ho
troduced into the empirtf. He has made
an-anvestlgatiop in most of the coun
tries of Europe, with the sympathetic
assistance7 of the authorities, and
through Ambassador Choate arrange
ments have been made with the United
States Government to facilitate the
-wor.k of Nun's mission.
MISHAP AT RESERVOIR.
Cement Walls at City Park Slipped,
Though Foreman Denies It.
Work Is progressing on the reser
voirs at the City Park as fast as men
and' material can make the twotcomfiT
nations stick. Sometimes human cal-
culations do not give the desired re
sults and that has been the case In
several Instances at the reservoirs.
Last night one week ago the cement
in portions of Reservoir No. 3
"buckled" and caused a slip along the
Incline. This was not the first time
such a mishap occurred, yet Charles
Rullman, acting foreman and chief as-,
sistant for D. D. Clarke, engineer in
charge for the Water Board, says any
man who says so is a liar.
The rumor was circulated around the
city that such a mishap had occurred,
but when Rullman was asked regard
ing it, he denied the statement in toto
and added that any one who said there
had been a slip or any delay In the
work was an adjective liar.
This Js what Mr. Rullman's chief
says:
"The trouble has been that either
too much water or not enough has been
mixed with the concrete. The result
has been that part of the strips buckled
and slipped from the top and bottom.
It must not be understood that a slip
In such a case means the whole section
came down, but there were seams
which might be over two Inches wide.
"In one or two Instances portions of
the sections slipped, but a3 I say that
was due to the improper combination
of concrete and'water In the mixing.
"When the work was started it was
thought best to finish the Inclines first,
but there was so much trouble about
getting the proper proportions of con
crete and water that now the bottom
Is being finished In order that the in
clines may have a solid foundation
upon which to press.
"The slips occurred on the felt
layers, but now that the bottom Is be
ing done first the cracks In the Inclines
can be repaired and the work go on
along the lines planned."
Men who are employed by the city
were asked to work last night one
week -ago in order that some of the
damage which occurred earlier In the
evening might be cleared away before
Sunday morning. A few men did
work at night, but the damaged portion
was repaired before the Sunday visitors
entered the park and gazed into the
holes which are to feed the city mains
with Bull Run water, when the reser
voirs, are completed.
Thirty-eight men are now at work
on the bottom of Reservoir No. 3. A
strong concrete bottom has been laid
over crushed rock and on top of the
concrete thick felt is being placed so
that It makes a double thickness heav
ily coated with tar. As soon as the
bottom is done, the sides will be treated
In the same way and all "buckles" and
cracks taken out or repaired.
Killed by Falling of Elevator.
CINCINNATI, Sept 24. At Chon's
printing establishment, while the men
were going to work today,JIarry Geeman
was killed and Louise Helntbelmah and
Charles Snyder were seriously Injured b
toe eievator iaiung irom me sevemn noor
to the basement '
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IT SPELLS TROUBLE
New Spelling Blank Introduced
by a Woman.
AUTHORITIES DO HOT AGREE
School Superintendent Orders Differ
ent One From That. Ordered by
Textbook Commission, Caus
ing Waste of. Car Fare."
A dashing female drummer repre
sentiqg a San Francisco ' publishing
house, who used her persuasive pow
ers to good advantage at the Portland
Hotel before the public schools closed
last Summer, Is partly responsible for
the confusion which exists at present
between teachers, booksellers and
parents of school children as to what
kind of a spelling blank should be pur
chased for use at the Portland public
schools. It is calculated that quite a
little sum of money has b.een lost In
trolley-car fare In the efforts of chil
dren to purchase the spelling blank to
which they, have hitherto been ac
customed, while school teachers insist
that a different spelling blank must be
bought
It seems to be a clear case of doc
tors differing. It was at first thought
that the text-book law. which called
Into being the State Text'-Book Com
mission, out to shed light on the sub
ject, but in the opinion of Frank Rig
ler. City Superintendent of Schools,
the law does not mention spelling
blanks. Last year, a spelling blank
adorned with letter forms illustrating
the natural system of vertical writing
and published by a Boston firm, was
largely in use in the public schools.
This session, when children went to
their schools to enroll their names for
the beginning of the school year, they
were supplied with a printed blank
which ordered them, among other
things, to purchase spelling blank No.
651, published by a San Francisco firm.
When asked about the latter publica
tion, booksellers who had increased
their stock of the Boston spelling blank
were chagrined to find that these
latter blanks promised to be so much
waste paper on their hands.
Hard to Find the Sellers.
School children from outlying dis
tricts like Sunnyside, Irvington and
the 'remote recesses of Albina spent 10
cents car fare to booksellers stores In
the city, only to find that the clerks
did not seem to know about the mys
terious spelling blank No. 651.
"We'll look around among the whole
sale houses, and try and get the new
book for you. Call again tomorrow,"
was all the consolation bookstore
clerks could gle. That meant another
10 cents car fare to each child. Hurried
Inquiries were made, and the book
sellers discovered that spelling blank
No. 651 was handled by a firm on Front
street, agents for the San Francisco
concern which publishes the blank.
After that, the new blanks sold like hot
cakes, to the extent of several thou
sand, and all the school children have
not yet been supplied.
The new spelling blank has not been
formally adopted at any regular meet
ing of the Board of Education, and Its
sponsors are Mr. Rigler and certain
teachers whose names are not known,
but who first made Its existence known
to him.
Not Covered by Tet Book Law.
"Nothing is mentioned In the text
book law regarding what kind of spell
ing blanks we shall use irf the schools,"
said Mr. Rigler yesterday afternoon. "A
spelling blank Is not a text-book.
The State Text-book Commission was
called into being by the text-book law,
and made certain suggestions as to
school books to be used in schools
throughout the state. Yes, Heath &
Co.'s spelling blank was adopted by
the commission, but we are not com
pelled to adopt it No contract Was
ever made by the State Board of Ed
ucation with the publishing company
providing for the use of the work in
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. ' . KIMBALL.
Sold in the Northwest by
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
351 Washington Street, Corner Park.
Large Stores Also Sari Francisco and Sacramento, Cal., Spokane
"and Seattle, Wash. v
the schools. Ho representative of the
Heath Company appeared before the
State Board of Education to sign a
contract as required by law. This
leaves the matter entirely open. Last
Summer, the lady representative of the
San Francisco publishing house han
dling spelling blank No. 651, came to
the Portland Hotel and exhibited the
publication she was selling, and the
blank was examined by a number of
teachers, who approved of It. They
came and spoko to me about the mat
ter." , .
"Did you call and see this lady
drummer at the hotel?"
"I was busy at the time with other
duties," answered Mr. Rigler. "The
new spelling blank pleased us because
of its usefulness and simplicity. We
did not wish a spelling blank headed
'with letter forms, because we wish the
scholar to. write on an entirely blank
page from memory. We want him to
memorize. Anyhow, the spelling blank
once written over, and that quickly,
cannot be used by younger children in
the same family, so it is not an addi
tional expense to parents. For In
stance, the text-book law does not
specify what particular make of sta
tionery we must use, or the product
of a certain factory where writing ink
is sold. So the spelling blank question
relates to the purchase of supplies, and
does not come before the meetings of
the Schopl Board."
The father of the text-book law i3
John D. Daly, United States Surveyor
General, and the difficulty relating to
the spelling blank was explained to
him. "Look up the law," said he.
"Lawyers and School Superintendents
can place any interpretation on the
law they please, but the text-book law
Is clear as to what it means. I don't
have a copy of the text-book law with
me, and can't remember the exact
wording."
Booksellers who are sore because
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We are sale3
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f
namo
the San Francisco spelling blank ha3
been substituted, have nothing to say.
H0PMANN ENTHUSES.
One of the Most Brilliant Musicians
of the Day Praises Another Pianist.
"The best of all piano-playing devices,"
says Josef Hofmann, after thoroughly
testing the Pianola. And, continues this
rarely endowed artist, "It Is my opinion
that In all essentials of artistic piano
playing the Pianola Is the best Instrument
of this type to reproduce the piano
music."
Hofmann plays at the Marquam Grand
Monday evening, the 26th, and no one
Jossf Hofmann.
should miss the opportunity of hearing
his wonderful music. Opportunities such
as this are rare to Portlanders.
But with the Pianola in the home, any
one, without the slightest technical
knowledge of music, may play the most
intricate compositions upon the piano
with such great skill that the music can
hardly be told from that of the rarely en
dowed musicians.
We have on hand now a limited num
ber of Pianolas that have been out on
rental, which we are selling at tremenous
reductions, to make room for shipments
of new ones. Many havo seen but little
use, and are practically as good as new
Saving in price on many is a clear $100.
and purchase may be made by very mod
erate installments. Eilers Piano House.
351 Washington street corner Park. Sole
Northwest agent.
LOW RATES TO ST. XOUIS FAIR.
St. Louis and Beturn, SG7.50.
Chlca&o and Return, 72.30.
The Great Northern Railway will sell
on October 3, 4, 5, 27. 2S. 2D, round-trip
tickets to St LquIs and Chicago at above
rates. Tickets first-class, good to TJe
cember 31, stopovers allowed and good for
return via same or any direct route. For
further Information call on or address H.
Dickson, C. P. & T. A., 122 Third street.
"Hist!" whtepered the politician's wlfa la the
dead of night, "there are robbers In iho ttvass."
"Yes," replied the politician, sleepily, "and it
the Senate, too. But why should that worry
you?" Philadelphia Press.
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time to hear our story.
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