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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1905)
JllttttfeiJ PART THREE PAGES. 25 TO 35. VOL. XXIV. POjRTjLAJSTl), OKEGOX, SUNDAY MORXIXG, DECEMBER 31, 1905. jNO. 52. STORE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY NEW YEAR'S The Olds, Wortmon & King Store's CLEARANCE SALE HERALD The "Different Store" Pioneers in Clearance Sales Fifth, Sixth and Washington Bear in Mind Every Article in the House fs Drastically Reduced During the Great Annual Clearance Sales "Contract Goods' Upon Which the Makers Regulate Price Alone Excepted An Unmotchable Bill of Special Bargains Is Prepared for Tuesday Store Closed All Day Monday New Year's To Our Great Public: A Happy New Year Thanking- yon, one and all, for the generous patronage of tie year now so nearly passed, wc wish you, heartily and sincerely, a very liappy, healthful and prosperous INEW YEAIL 1905 has been "with us a year of unceasing and spirited progress, and has witnessed the greatest growth in this busi ness ever recorded in the 28-year-old history of the OLDS, WORTMAN & KING STORE. And wc are pleased to note the fact. "We are neither unmindful nor ungrateful to the public and to the con ditions which have made and sustained this wonderful growth to the circumstances that have made it possible. It is our sincere hope that our efforts in the future will be as cordially appre ciated as in the past; and we assure the public that with the assistance of our large staff of buyers, managers and army of salesfolk, we will be better than ever prepared to serve our patrons, promptly and with care, with irreproachable merchandise at the lowest prices consistent with good storckeep ing. Once more A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Important Special Notice We forego our usual Sunday full-page announcement today, BUT ASK YOUR SPECIAL ATTEN TION TO THIS STORE'S MAMMOTH ADVERTISEMENT IN MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING L00L PAPERS, of A GRAND BARGAIN EVENT SCHEDULED HERE TOR TUESDAY, WHICH WILL SURPASS ANY SIMILAR SELLING OCCASION AT THE OPENING OF A NEW YEAR EVER PLANNED OR HELD IN PORTLAND! AN EVENT OF INTENSE INTEREST TO THOUSANDS OF SHOPPERS! TREMENDOUS STOCKS OF SPLENDID MERCHANDISE AT PRICES REMARKABLY FASCINATING! Every department under each of the store's three great roofs will join enthusiastically in the grand New Year's jubilation. Tuesday will wituess the inauguration of the most important scries of special clearance sales ever brought to public attention by any house in this city. January's path will be strewn with wrecked prices on every line included in our vast stocks. Full information can not be given at the lime this announcement goes to press G P. of Friday and we have3ecided to take ample time to prepare for the event-' Therefore, wc ask the public to watch keenly for our big bulletin of unprecedented bargains to be printed in MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING PAPERS. REMEMBER THAT THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE STORE'S BENEVOLENT FUND TAKES PLAGE FEBRUARY 10, NEXT. ARE YOU HELPING TO SAY HOW IT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED? If you have no choice, hand your votes to some friend who has. MAKE EVERY VOTE 'COUNT. .A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OLDS, WORTMAN & KING Golden Gate City Had Joyous Christmas Prosperity Written on Every Face, Happiness Everywhere Annual Christmas Murder Omitted ANNA LOUBET GRATEFUL TO PUBLIC GENEROUS DONATIONS WILL ENABLE THE HELPLESS INVALID TO BE SENT TO HER HOME IN FRANCE leaped from the window as a child might jump off a fence, and with no more thought of consequences. "Landing: violently on her back, she sustained serious injuries to the verte bral column that have rendered her a helpless Invalid. This distressing acci dent aroused Immediate and widespread sympathy, accompanied by prompt action looking to her relief. Poor, friendless and a stranger, seriously, perhaps per manently, injured, the heart of Portland responded quickly to the mute call for help. The French colony took the Initia tive and speedily raised and placed In the hands of Mr. C. Henri Labbe. the resident French Consul, a purse sufficient to care for the Immediate needs of their should she so desire, to her native France and tho loved ones ready to wel come her thre. To accomplish this and provide for her maintenance for a rea sonable time after her arrival in France, an additional sum of money was deemed necessary, which was raised through the medium of a theatrical benefit. "The host of kindly-disposed contribu tors to this good cause will be pleased to learn that there arc good grounds for hoping- and believing that Anna Loubet may not always remain the helpless in valid she Is today. Outside of her phys ical disability she enjoys excellent health, and the paralyzed portions of her body seem of late to quicken at times with a faint spark of renewed vitality. Joined -vm- i ANNA LOUBET. THOTOGRArHKD AT ST. VINCENTS HOSriTAL. THE CRUCIFIX ON THE WALL WAS SAVED BY HER FRO.U THE STATEROOM INN FIRE. AN FRANCISCO, Dec, :.-Thc holl- k day reason has In every way been a Joyous one in San Franchsco. All the elements seem to have combined to bring pood cheer to the city by the Gold en -Gate. The weather was ideal, a brac ing: chill giving the air an udded zip. An army of holiday shoppers paraded the streets during the week from S In the morning until midnight. The retail stores report the largest sales In their history. Thousands of Eastern tourists swelled the throng of merrymakers. Prosperity was written in the very atmosphere. The sale of Christmas trees exceeded all past rec ords. Homes which never before had been able to provide Christmas trees were this year abundantly remembered' by Santa Claua The number relying upon the Salvation Army for Christmas dinner was not as large as In years past. The newsboys were cared for by thoughtful people of the city. But what was in a way best of all, the city was spared the annual Christmas murder which has oc curred so regularly In the past on the glad day that those whose business it is to gather news receive it as a matter of course. Christmas day iteclf saw good cheer lavishly dispensed. Several big Rifts to charity, were made. James Flood being the most generous donor. He distributed 6S0 among several Institutions without regard to creed. At all the leading hotels Immense Christmas trees adorned the lob bies. At tho dinner hour the vested choir ot the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan visited the hotels and sang Christmas carols. The choristers gatb ercd under the great Christmas trees, and for 15 minutes in each place save olce to the old songs which for centu ries have been sung at this season of the year. , Christmas sentiments were expressed by men prominent throughout the state at the request of the newspapers. Mayor Schmltz voiced his happiness at the pres ent industrial peace, and hoped for a spread of the true fraternal feeling among men. Former Mayor James D. Phelan called for a' good citizenship, proclaiming it as an essential that the eastern shores nhould be well guarded to prevont the on-trano- of undesirables from .Europe and the Pacific Const should be vigilant to keep the Chinese coolie from the coun try. Luther Burbauk said: "Be gentle and people will bo gentle to you from ar and near. Be just and generous and the world will send you Just and generous companions and friends. Be overbearing and selfish and you will always have helping hands to push you on the down ward path." Oonried and his aggregation of grand opora stars will open their Pacific Coast season In San Francisco about the mld rle of April. Tho Metropolitan Opera House management has decided to come to the Coast this year with the full New York company and to give San Francisco the greatest season of opera it has ever had. There will be sixteen performances. Last year there were but twelve. It 16 the remarkable financial result of last sea son's engagement which has Induced Con- rie to venture to the Coast so soon sgafci. While a guarantee is required In pjftIelphV. before the company will play titers, no pledge of any sort Is asked of UM.pMplo here. In tho company will be 12a in cs, Sembrich, Nurdlca, Homer. Frem stad. Caruso, Scottl. Burgstalcr, and a dozen or so more of the world's greatest artists. The opera season will follow Im mediately after Bcrnhardfs engagement. Bern hard t's manager waited to arrange a date for San Francisco until the opera people had decided as to the time of their coast engagement and then arranged to precede them. Miss Nance O'Nell has had a rough time of it during her present engage ment In this city. For some reason or other she has been unable to win that commendation from the critics which she formerly commanded here. It is certain that Mlsr O'Nell has not retrograded. It may be that she has not advanced to the extent that the unstinted flatter' of Bos ton would lead one to believe. To an outsider It would seem that the critics are unduly harsh with Miss O'Nell. They scold her because she is not Bernhardt They even find little to praise In the same performances that they lauded ex travagantly three years ago. The trouble Is that they set too high a standard and demand that the actress come up to It. If she falls short of perfect attainment, as It is natural she should, she Ls not only adversely criticised, but petulantly censured. It seems to have escaped the critics for the nonce that Miss O'Nell Is still a diamond in the rough. The polish ing art Is progressing very slowly, to be sure, but the diamond Is there. Just the same. Miss O'XoII ssayed Maeterlinck's "Monna Vanna" this week. The general opinion seems to be that she falls to rise to the great poetic heights of the piece. She achieved a triumph, however. In the closing scene. Gertrude Athcrton, the well-known Cal ifornia author, has arrived In San Fran cisco and has announced that she ls about to begin work upon a novel to be founded upon lire In Northern California. In the past Mrs. Athcrton has devoted herself to the southern part of the state and has placed between covers the life of the peo ple of the region from the days of Span ish occupation to the present. To found a novel upon the life of Northern Call- romia Is not so easy. Bret Harte has pretty well exhausted the field for litera ture In the mining region and It is under stood that Mrs. Atherton will endeavor to present the life of the agriculturist of the north. She has already looked fvcr the possibilities of the dairy Industry as a I peg upon which to hang a novel, and has also cast her eyes toward " PetaJuma. the 1 home of the chicken and the egg. The poultry Industry appealed to Mrs. Athcr ton. but she has not finally decided to adopt it as the central strata of her book. Kate Douglas Wlggin has made the poul try Industry glow with a new interest In her "Diary of a Goose Girl." and Mrs. Atherton hesitates to tread the path daughter of the Golden State. ' The women of San Francisco are to have a new club upon nop lines and It Is to be one of the most exclusive organiza tions In the state. A plan lias been stt on foot by the "Burllngaroe set" for dub home In the shopping district of San Francisco which shall be In every way like a man's club. .Instead of the stronger liquors, tea will be served, but In every other particular the new club Is to be patterned after those frequented by the husbands of the women in the new or ganization. It "will be the first club ot ike sort ki the state, and its prepress will be watefcal with Interest, as It M be a radical departure from the methods whici at present obtain In the women's clubs in this city. It is the outgrowth of the Town and Country Club, which has had a quiet existence in San Francisco for several years past. The town port has been the ladies who have their homes In this dty. and the country element was made up of those ladles who have their country homes at Burlingame. the mil lionaire colony 12 miles from the city, which ls to San Francisco as Newport ls to New York. The Town and Country Club did not meet all the desires of the Burlingame set, and as a result the new club was formed. As yet It Is unnamed. The new club plans to take rooms In the new Shrevo building. In the shopping dis trict There will be a library, tearoom and a lunchroom. It will be the rendez vous In the afternoon of the Burlingame women whb come to the city to do their shopping. Among those most active In Its formation arc: Mrs. J. Downev Harvcv. Mrs. Horace Hill. Mrs. Henry" T. Scott Mrs. Frank S. Johnson. Mrs. Garrett Mc-K.n.e.eyilrs- Horace Pillsbury. Mrs. William Babcock, Mrs. Walter L. Dean. Mrs. MountTord Wilson. Mrs. Samuel Knight Mrs. Walter S. Martin. Mrs. Jo seph Crockett Mrs. W. Mayo XewhalL Mrs. Joseph D. Grant Mrs. John T. Boyd. THROUGH the short days of an Oro gon Winter, Anna Loubet lies on her cot at St Vincent's Hospital and weaves her dreams of health and happiness Into the lace and embroidery which her Industrious fingers fashion That she will regain hjwhealth and be able to walk througmjtbls gladsome, world like other youngwemen she firm ly believes, this being made possible, she pathetically says, through the unstrained quality of Portland's mercy. The deep religious convictions of this young French girl. In whom all residents of the Lewis and Clark Exposition City have taken deep interest since the terrible ca lamity which befell her during the Sum- mcr make It clear to her hopeful and be lieving mind that she will be restored to perfect health through the life-giving qualities of a fountain in France. If she ls permitted to make the pilgrimage there. "If 1 only could go to my old home in Bordeaux." she exclaimed to George F. Jones, of The Oregonlan, who visited her last week. "And now that there is so much money I can go, can't I? From Bordeaux I would make the pilgrimage to that wonderful fountain. Our Lady of Lourdes. where all who have faith are healed. If I can only get there I know I shall be made well again. It is my dearest wish to make that pil grimage." Her eyes beam with hope and anima tion as she plans the details of the long trip to France, and what she will do af ter she is well. But through it all this unfortunate girl does not overlook the fact that Providence has already been kind in her affliction, and she wants to be as helpful ' to the unfortunate as oth ers nave been to her. In succoring gen tle, patient long-suffering Anna Lou bet charitable Portland did not waste Its help and sympathy upon' an unworthy or ungrateful beneficiary, for it Is her desire to do as she Is done by. Eager to Sing for Charity. "I have a fine voice." she said eagerly. "It "was trained to fit me for a soloist in the cathedrals of France. If I am able to sing before I leave here In the Spring I want to give a. concert in some church for the benefit of the poor. This good city has done so much for me that I want to do something for its unfortun ates, and that is the only thing I can think of I am so helpless now. you see." This beautiful thought will show more clearly than any .long story what kind of character Miss Loubet possesses. She Is full of gratitude for the generous charity of Portland and anxious to be as good to some other unfortunate as Port has been to her. Through the benefit re cently given her at the Baker Theater and the popular subscription conducted by The Oregonlan. there Is now a fund amounting to J1EO50. which H. L. Plt tock and Le'lgb Burton, joint trustees of the fund, have placed at interest at the Portland Trust Company. Before de positing the money, however. Mr. Plt tock requested George F. Jones, who speaks French and whose efforts were largely responsible for the success of the Anna Loubet benefit, to visit Miss Loubet and learn her wishes in regard to the dis position of the fund. She asked that it be kept hy Its present custodians until April, when she hopes to be able to commence her long Journey. When the subscrip tion was first started for her benefit the plan was to send her to the French Hos pital in San Francisco, but after the re turn of the young Invalid to her native land became a feasible project, the fund was Increased by5 the $600 cleared at the Baker benefit, and it now seems an abso lute certainty that the pilgrimage which she so longs to make will be accom plished. Mr. Jones gives the following history of the case: The Case of Anna Loubet. "The Lewis and Clark Exposition es tablished an enviable record among world's fairs In the exceedingly small number of fatalities or even serious ac cidents that could be directly or Indi rectly traced to Its existence. Toward the closing days of the Fair, however, one lamentable catastrophe occurred. The Stateroom Inn, a fllmslly-constructed tinder-box caravansary, thrown together for the temporary accommodation of Fair visitors and employes, caught fire dur ing the night and burned to tho ground. Among the guests was Miss Anna. Lou bet, a French girl. a. stranger In a strange land. AVlth no other alternative save a hideous death from devouring flames. Miss Loubet. as she herself expresses it. unfortunate compatriot. But this was only the beginning. A subscription fund In the behalf of Anna Loubet was opened by The Oregonlan, and contributions poured In so rapidly that the sum of 5S09 was raised In a comparatively brief period of time. The original Intention was to devote this fund to sending Miss Loubet to the French. Hospital at San Frandsco, where It was thought she would feel more contented and at home than iir Portland. Subsequently this Idea was abandoned In favor of one of far greater magnitude no Ies3 than the return of Anna Iioubet. to her unquenchable" faith in her own fu ture recovery, these are hopeful signs, which, aided by science, may perhaps en able her to resume again the life of use fulness for which she longs. Meanwhile the custodians of the fund have deposited It, as requested by her. in the Portland Trust Company, where It Is now drawing Interest against future emergencies. Whatever tho future may have In store for Anna Loubet, recovery and work, or a return to France. It Is certain that her undying gratitude will always bless those who befriended her In time of need." MUSINGS FOR THREE MINUTES Graft Is Not as Young as It Looks, It Is Only a Factor in the Struggle for Existence By M. W. Robbins GRAFT Is not so young as It looks; in fact. It Is baldheaded and wears false teeth. It Is the 10-cent magazines that are young. It may be that the name Is new. but everything else about the subject s as old as the hills, and a good geologist could probably find traces of graft !.n the Jurassic period when reptiles were In their glory and flew around like birds. Grafting is but a factor in the Dar winian struggle for existence. We all have to have a homeopathic dose of it to make what the world calls a success of life. You And it all through Nature, plants, animals and bugs, living at the expense of their neighbors. After you' have had several potato crops eaten up by potato bugs you begin to realize that a Colorado beetle has an appetite worse than a boodle alderman and a conscience that could not .be distinguished from a Russian diplomat's. Graft Exposed In the Bible. The Bible, that vast storehouse of the world's emotions, has a description of a graft exposure and how the reform candidate rode Into power of a conse quence. I know that you will sneer and say that you can prove anything from the Bible, but I am only claiming privileges that all the rest of the world has. The nagging husband quotes St Paul with "5 v' jtJjL,)."" ?-Z27T' 3 - 1 rAcsmius or ckktificatk or dktosit hkld in trust tor sues axna jxhtbkt at kxr keoctst. equanimity, and I presume that Swift water BUI, going on the violent supposi tion that he has read the book, thinks that David did not have anywhere near as much trouble with the women as he has had. Bill is probably right, for ali mony was not in good working order then and there were no women suffrage leagues to torment the old patriarchs. However. I think that I am justified in claiming that the Bible has an account of a graft exposure. It was during the time when the Israelites were down In the land of Egypt There was a lot of building going on then. The government was putting up temples and pyramids all over the country, especially where the vote was a little close. The price of brick was going up at a rapid rate and the fellows on the Inside were getting fat contracts right and left. It makes one think of the average Senator and his struggles to get a United States building In' the principal city of his state. Per haps in some far distant time that fa mous New Zealander of Macaulay's will come along with some archaeologist and dig out a few Custom-House buildings over what is now the United States and wonder what In thunder they were built for. Books will be written on the theory that they were burial places of the dead. (What a slam on the stand-patter?) Other authors will discuss the possibility that these buildings might be temples where the early American man wor shipped and ' made his offerings to his gods; which Is so near the truth that it ls uncomfortable to think about it Big Egyptian Greedy. However, to get back to the Egyptians. From all accounts It seems that some big Egyptian who had a contract for building a pyramid or something of that sort, got as greedy as a Tammany brave and wanted to make his pile on one con tract alone. The result was that, like all grafters, he commenced to work in poor material and cut off the supply of straw that the Israelites needed to make sood brick. Hero was the opportunity for a. strong man, and he arose In the person of Moses, who was the candidate of the reform forces. Moses got the people together, borrowed all the Standard OH stock of the Egyptians and then moved out one night, bag and baggage, for the Red Sea. which was the international boundary line. As soon as they were across, they were safe, for extradition treaties had not been discovered then. So we see how one people got even with the grafters at a time when there was no Ida M. Tarbell or Thomas Le.wson. of Boston, to tell them what to do. But you and I have to buy the 10-cent maga zine. MARCUS W. ROBBINS. Grant's Pass, Or. Automobile Appetites. New iotk Press. . The automobile as a stimulant to the appetite was considered in the club the other night when a party of four posfed. their supper card. They had driven to New Haven and back, and on the return Journey stopped at a well-known country dub near Greenwich and had a. supper of Gargantuan dimensions. They were Yale men and enthusiastic over the vic tor' of Yale over Princeton. The record showed Uttle-neck clams and soup, four club beefsteaks, two grilled Spring turkeys, -four portions of Sora, the reed bird of Virginia, a. community salad, two magnums of champagne and four glasses of Koosh, after which, they drove to New York quietly and soberly, bringing the bill with them, which" they offered Jk evideocs.