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THE SUNDAY-OKEGDXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 1906. 13 uaker-lxminster 0 Great -the S5 1 an ; Court SpEA5ANT Girl ALLEGE DoTSTUjBf&l Wl TELLER WHO 15 N OWd THTRUSTED JISN lArDVI5EB 'op the- CZAR iPr. 1 " - ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 15. (Spe cial Corresporvdence of The Sunday Oregonian.) Strange stories of a sorceress at the Russian court are re lated by those acquainted with the internal affairs of the Czar's household. The Czar's tendency toward mysticism Is well known, and it has caused him to ' become the dupe of several succes sixe hypnotists, spiritualists, fortune tellers and such persons. At one time It was the French hypnotist named Philipps who contrived to gain such a remarkable ascendancy over the Czar, and at another time the depsotic ruler of 130,000,0)0 subjects was entirely un der the influence of a quack weather prophet named Demptschko. At pres ent a sorceress named Zenobia Galat schka is in high favor at the Russian court. Zenobia Galatschka was introduced to the Czar's notice in a curious way. Previous to her appearance In St. Pe tersburg she "resided at a remote vil lage in the Russian province Volhynia, where she earned a living by fore telling the fortunes of the ignorant peasant inhabitants. A Russian noble man who was hunting in that district of Volhynia heard of the fame of the fortune-teller and went himself to hear his fate from her prophetic lips. Zeno bia Galatschka, who appears to be a woman with exceptional powers of ob servation and unusually sharp wits, teld the young aristocrat so much about himself that was true that he became a believer in her reputed su pernatural endowments. When he re turned ' to St. Petersburg he related his experience to the Czar, who was keenly interested in the story of the Volhynian sorceress. Within 24 hours Zenobia Galatschka was visited by two police officials of tier district, who communicated to her the surprising intelligence ' that the Czar had summoned her to St. Peters ' burg. They had orders to arrange her departure and tp provide for her com fort on the long journey. The news of the unusual honor conferred on Zeno bia Galatschka by the Emperor spread quickly throughout the district and an Immense crowd of rustic admirers es corted the fortune-teller to the nearest station, many miles away. On her arrival in St. Petersburg the young woman was taken to the Im perial Palace and lodged there In a suite of elegant rooms. At the first Interview which she had with the Czar he was delighted with her powers of penetration and divination, and she was immediately Installed In his favor. Since that day Zenobia, whose father was a field laborer, has been the trust ed adviser of the Czar, who seeks her opinion on questions of state policy, on problems of military strategy and on all sorts of other important affairs. She occupies a suit of six gorgeous roonu in the palace, which offer a striking contrast to the miserable one- ::s'iJ:;:Ss:"?i::s5'w - - V - I tfiliplililli V h , m y I r. - - ;t ?.", J - rV-.ilf .v.V.- !- . . . t :: i tt J - ! ; ; V t . " - 3 Jr - - . . 1 ' . V X ' i X 1.., V -: i i ... .'ij.r''i.(.. ..-'A I 1.-. .... . . . ynrttttrfnllillliniiillifl ZENOBIA GALATSCHKA. room hut in' which she first saw the light of the world. She is waited on by a staff of eight trained servants and has probably forgotten that she herself was trained to do the roughest kinds of menial work in her humble home. The Czar has granted her a salary of $10,000 a year out of his private purse, and other members of the imperial family honor her by seeking her ad vice. According to the latest reports from court circles, Zenobia Galatschka is In danger of being supplanted by a the osophist named Beuningen. Beunin gen, who was- formerly a colonel in the Russian army, has contrived to at tract the attention of the Czar, who has manifested interest in his prophe cies of the future. Beunlhgen predicts that the last Pope will be deposed and the Vatican destroyed in 1923. He also predicts that America, England, Ger many, France and all other great pow ers will be subjugated by Russia by 1933. After this date the Emperor of Russia will rule over the whole world with the same absolute power which he now possesses over his more lim ited dominions. The Czar was highly pleased at this prophecy and Beunin gen seems to stand a good chance of becoming No. 1 in the Imperial favor. CYRIL. R. LININGTON. One Night of Terror in New Zealand Bush Sir Joseph George Ward, the New Premier, Tells of a Criminal's Mistake and His Own Escape. SIR JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, K. C. M. G., the newly-appointed Premier of New Zealand, in succession to the late Premier Seddon, who is now in New York, on his way home from Lon don, has had a remarkable career. Al though only 49 years old, he has held nearly every Important post under the New Zealand government. Starting from a clerkship in the postal- service In 1360, he has held successively the post of Minister of Railways, Colonial Secretary, Postmaster-General and Minister of Industries and Commerce. He nas also been three times Mayor of Wellington., In 1868 he went into busi ness as a grain exporter, and is now head of one of the largest grain con cerns In his country and a man of wealth. Aside from his public career. Sir Jo seph in his younger days saw a good deal of life in the New Zealand bush, and in the course of an Interview at the Waldorf-Astoria he related an ex citing experience he had when on one occasion , he was caught at night in a rainstorm at a wild spot in the bush known as Funeral Gorge, situated near the ba3e of the Southern Alps, In South New Zealand. "The name of Funeral Gorge Is not an inviting one," said Sir Joseph. "In New Zealand one realizes the fact more clearly when riding down its murder ous track at one in the morning on a beaten horse and in a rising rain. "And when Just as the first angry raindrops fall and the preliminary snarl of the New Zealand sou'wester rushes down the gully -the turning of a corner discloses a stranger of pecu liarly villainous appearance, even the trained bushman has some excuse it he feels that there have been pleasanter situations in his life. "Such at least were my feelings when, while riding down Funeral Gorge late one night many years ago, 1 was caught in a 'southerly buster." "You always know when you are caught in a New Zealand sou'wester. It is like the hustling Yankee In that it is quick to make up its mind and act upon It. You could time with a stop watch the change from a broiling nor' wester to a storm of ice-cold rain; you could almost see the glass rise and the withered grass grow, and the rain Is worth dollars a minute to the weary 'runholder.' You don't 'think it's going to be wet,' or 'expect the warm weather Is over': you turn your horse's tail to the wind and gallop wildly for shelter.' "I did not hesitate, therefore, when the unkempt strangor I had stumbled cross addressed me as 'mate' a word which the New Zealand bushmen will use to an archbishop or any other dig nitary and offered me a shakedown In his shanty. "One dees not in such circumstances ask for particulars of the antecedents of one's host, a reference to a clergy man, or a plan of the drainage system. I let him seize the bridle and drag me and my horse through some unrecog nizable" track In the manuka shrub to a email shanty thatched with some manuka and built of rough-hewn ' to tara wood. Hanging my horse up to dry, so to speak, under a shed con structed of four poles sunk Into the ground and a few boards and some tuft on top, I crawled into the hut, negoti ated a glass of whisky and applied ex ternal heat to my dripping clothes in front of a Are. "In sucn a house one may live on about $25 a year, inclusive (keeping a horse and doing some entertaining, provided one makes clothes and shoes out of sacking and cowhide and Is a good shot. More or; if one's antecedents are doubtful the privacy is complete, and the New Zea land bush affords every facility for invad ing the mounted police, who go around occasionally with the photograph of some criminal of whom they are in search. "In such reassuring environment I was to spend the night. My friend quickly got ready a meal of the inevitable mutton and the eternal stewed tea and we sat down. On a closer Inspection I liked the look of him still less than I had at first. "As we talked he carefully examined my clothes, my shoes, the ring on my finger In fact, everything except my face which he studiously avoided. His jaw was heavy and hung ' at an unpleasant angle, and Irregular habits had set their unmistakable seal upon his brow. Yet under the rough veneer which bush life Invariably produces there were traces of education and refinement. But the more I looked at him the more certainly the conviction grew upon me that I had seen him before, and under discreditable cir cumstances, though for the life of me I could, not recall the occasion. "Well, tea was over, and, with the storm shrieking furiously outside, we sat down to entertain each other. First he invited me to throw for sixpences, but the dice were so palpably loaded that I felt the offer to be an Insult to my intelli gence. He then proposed euchre, to which I acceded (for the low points, so that I could not be too readily robbed), glancing at the cards to see that the backs were not too obtrusively marked and that there were not more than six aces to the pack. I also furtively examined his coat sleeves for a secret card box or a holdout. He pressed me to sit where I should have a lookinar-glass behind me; I declined that, but maneuvered unsuccessfully for some time to get him to take that particular seat himself. We had each now asserted ourselves as keen men of the world who understood each other. " 'Take your drink, mate; it'll keep the cold out," said my hoqt. "He had seen suspicion in my eyes, and now read it plainly in his. I drank his villainous liquor mechaincai.y; it might have been furniture polish, but I inclined to charitableness and put it down as only paln-klller. We began to play euchre the national game of New Zealand, as it might almost be called. He won steadily, though I could see nothing definitely unfair in his play. I noticed, however, he held the right and left bowers suspiciously often, and occasionally 'bridged' the pack when handing it to me to cut. But my bush life had given me some experience of sharp ing, and I took out the 'bridge' by gently squeezing the pack between my fingers. This increased his respect for me Im mensely. "Handing me the pack the next time his loose cuff fell back from his wrist, I no ticed a tattoo mark on his forearm, and in an instant It revealed to me the history of a lifetime. "Like a flash I remembered where I had last seen him it was in the prisoner's dock at Wellington! He was a profes sional yfesperado named Jack Keen, who had played the title role in a score of sensational criminal cases in the New Zealand "courts. And there I was in the power of the man who would think no more of cutting my throat than of eating his breakfast. His gang had carried on robbery under arms as an organized in dustry for many years. Their household Included a forger, two murderers, an ex cellent cook, badly wanted for bigamy and a gentleman who, between reprieves and escapes from jail, had received so many sentences that had he served his full time he would have been 150 years in prison. - "My host's photograph and the extraor dinary tattoo mark had been reproduced In all our newspapers. He had been cap tured, I remembered, sentenced and then escaped with the assistance of that pub lic which Is ever ready to supply with food and a hiding place the criminal who has been preying upon It for years. "I had now no doubt that my life might be in serious danger. He had seen the jeweled ring upon my finger; and in a sin gle glance had sized up the excellent hunter I had been riding, instead of the usual $50 stock horse. "The problem that troubled me now was how I was going to spend the night with my host and insure being alive in the morning. "I had not so much as a knife, and even if I had I should hardly have had a chance In a hand-to-hand discussion with such an expert as he was. "Just as I was conjuring in my mind what to do I suddenly remembered that I had a small paper packet in my cigar case containing tobacco insecticide powder which I had been using some weeks be fore in my hothouses: it was medicated. I took the cigar case from my pocket and sneaked the powder out of It. " 'Listen!' I exclaimed, as I started half up. There's some one outside. I heard him sing out. If it is the police' "I had touched the right chord. In stinctively feeling for some weapon, my convict host glided to the door and in stantly vanished. Of course, he was back again at once It would have been strange if he had found anybody outside but I had already dropped the powder into his drink. "You saust have a guilty conscience, mate.' he observed with some relief, re gaining color. 'There was nothing." " 'My horse, probably," I said, 'thought he'd get some more oats If he kicked up a row." "He did not take the hint, but sat down again beside his drink. It seemed a cen tury before he finished it, and the game of cards was getting labored; for the sus picion which I had noticed in his eyes had given place to a certainty that I knew too much about him. "With Immense relief I saw the narcotlo take effect. His eyes grew heavy, and the cards dropped helplessly from his hands, and I watched breathlessly for the mo ment when it would be safe to lash his hands and feet. Suddenly, to my utter dismay, I found myself giving way to exactly similar sensations! He had drugged me! "With the room fading before my eyes and a fatal numbness coming over my limbs, the only idea I could form was to make an effort to get outside Into the fresh night air. : "I - stumbled from my chair. I have faint recollections of his doing the same. Then two people seemed to reach the door together and grapple. One drew a revolver and the other seized it and threw it across the room, whence neither of them had sufficient strength to fetch it. Then one of the men crumpled up like a paper bag and slithered on the floor. "Whatever exactly happened, we recov ered next morning. He must have touched me with his foot when he awoke, for when I opened my eyes surprised to find not only my windpipe Intact, but my watch and valuables still, 'there' he was struggling feebly to his feet. "There was no need to throw myself on the defensive. My host approached me with obvious respect and esteem and helped me to get up. " 'You've done me, mate!" he exejaimed, weakly, as he placed his hand upon my shoulder. 'You've enough drugs Inside your carcass to kill two men, yet here you are still as good as I am, and you've near done for me Into the bargain." "My acuteness had so impressed him that he now welcomed me in the light of a brother criminal, and without a tinge of professional jealousy he held my hand, meeting me with the frankness of one pol ished gentleman dealing with another. " 'To tell you the truth, mate," he went on, 'my head's like a lump of lead. Just hold up till I cook some tea.' " "I should like some,' I answered; tny ; The experienced rug buyer knows that ordinarily to ' purchase Axminster Rugs is equivalent to the purchase of $20 gold pieces. They are a staple article and seldom vary in price to any extent. Therefore, when we announce the sav ing of $8.50 in the cost of a line of splendid Axminsters, we know the rug buyers of Portland will "sit up and take notice." We were fortunate in obtaining a large assortment of the "Quaker Axminster brand from staid old Philadelphia at a considerable reduction from the usual cost of this class of rugs, and shall make use of the opportunity for a big special sale to introduce our carpet depart ment to the Fall trade. You are invited to inspect these great rug values and at the same time view the tier upon tier of late arrivals in our carpet rooms. We have many exclusive patterns from the best mills the standard makes of the land and our margin of profit is the very lowest. We cannot be undersold when it comes to the question of carpets and rugs. $8.50 SAVED SAVED The "Quaker-Axminster" Rug This great, splendid rug has woven into its very-warp and woof all the sterling characteristics of the honest, painstaking, reliable old Qua ker people by whom it is woven and from whom it takes its name. The "Quaker Axminster" is a synonym of quality in material, vweaving, style and finish. The colorings are perfect, the nap is deep and soft and the weaving is of the most thorough character. They are full size, 9x12 feet and ordinarily would sell for $42.00. Our 33 50 special price is only pJJJJ $1.00 DOWN AND $1.00 A WEEK. Made-Up "Crown" Brussels We are showing also, this week, a goodly number of made-up rugs of full room size 9x12 in the best grade of "Crown"' Brussels. This is the best wearing Brussels carpet on the market today. All the latest shades are shown, and we quote the low price pJ $1.00 DOWN AND 50c A WEEK. Made-Up Wilton Velvet Rugs Here is a special bargain in Velvet Rugs, made up from the best grade of velvets, in two-tone reas ana two-tone greens, iuu room l 1 You'll not tmd tneir equal in city ior quaniy ana price. . . t $20 size Easy Terms. All the credit you want. $25 Roosevelt Brussels $20 The "Roosevelt" is a 10-wire seamless tapestry Brussels, fully 9x12 feet in size ; elegant weaves in oaks, greens, tans, reds, Oriental and floral effects; assorted patterns in handsome colorings. Owing to their su perior grade and make, these rugs sell regularly for $25.00 each, but on account of this fortunate purchase we are enabled to sell you this $25.00 rug for $1.00 DOWN AND 50c A WEEK. $25 Made-Up Brussels $18 Y)e have a lot numbering ten rugs, 9x12 feet in size, made up in extra grade Brussels, colors two-toned green only, that ordinarily 1 Q sells at $25. These are put on special sale at the low price of O And the easy terms go, too. $1.00 DOWN AND 50c A WEEK. You Are Welcome to Credit We have the most liberal and fairest credit system in the West, and we wish to' impress upon the minds of the people that lack of ready money need be no barrier to supplying any of their household needs. Your terms are terms. Come and take whatever you need. We Are Just Now Displaying the Finest Carpet and Rug Stock in the City The Finest Heating Stoves on Very Easy Payments If You Burn Coal and Wood Tou will need a stove with a du plex grate that will allow it to he converted into a wood or coal burner by a simple turn of the rod, and This Is It Body is built of heavy rolled sheet steel. The construction is of the very latest. Inside cast ring or firebox of gray iron protects joint at base of steel body and prevents buckling. Tight-fitting base and ashpit door. Perfect smoke cur tain over large door. Quick-acting screw draft. It presents a very handsome appearance, as well as being thoroughly reliable. Size 10-inch firepot. . .$10.00. This is the "Novel Eclipse," and there are several sizes in stock. If You Burn Wood If you are lookine for a well-built stove, with cast-iron lining about firebox ; If you are looking for one that will burn large blocks of wood as well as small kindlings; If you are looking for a $9.00 stove that will heat two rooms easily, This Is the Stove It has a body made of heavy rolled steel ; inside is reinforced by heavy linings in gray iron cast in sec tions so as to absolutely prevent warping and protect the steel sides from the fire; large door opening and a swinging smoke curtain; neat nickel trimmings: NO. 18 FTREBOX, 18 INCHES LONG, llVi INCHES WIDE 9.00. Warranted for five years. Before buying, call and inspect the "Prize Eclipse. ' ' There are many sizes. $25.00 Sewing Machines 50c a Week Gevurtz & Sons 173-175 FIRST STREET 219-227 YAMHILL STREET You Are Welcome to Credit Here nerves are a shipwreck, and I'm gone In the knees. What was that drug you used, Dy the way?' " 'Ah! that's a trade secret,' he replied with a smile, 'and besides, these ain't business hours. Don't talk shop; just low er this tea.' "The tea, which had probably been sim mering In the cutomary way for a week or two, was now piping hot. Neither of us could eat, but we drank at least a gal lon apiece, and after a bottle of soda wa ter on top of that felt better. "He pressed me to stay a few days In order that I might exchange confidences, assuring me on his word of honor that it would be perfectly safe, but I declined. I would have been sure to have lost his good opinion by accidentally disclosing that I was not a professional criminal after all, and he would without doubt have murdered me in the end out of sheer contempt. "'Well, I won't press you, mate," he said, as he followed me out to help In saddling my horse. expect you've got some job on hand somewhere else. But why in blazes didn't you tell me you were one of us? When I meet a regular stick-at-nothlng son-of-a-gun with no law or order or humbug about him, I like it, that's all! I could see it in your eye the moment we met. Don't let that little matter of last night stand between us. And say, if you're in trouble and want to put yourself away for a few months without fuss well, you know where to cornel' "I grasped the old scoundrel's hand, and, to use one of your Yankee phrases, 'skideoed.' " IN A DOG HOSPITAL. Most of the Animals Willing to Swallow Medicine. Baltimore News. The canines are mostly of the fox terrier persuasion, for the reason, of course, that the members of this breed as one man are fighters. There were seven or eight black-and-white terriers, and tan-and-white ter riers. In single compartments, each suf fering from the effects of some other dog's teeth, and each just longing to get well enough to attack and put to rout the other patients. "This dog," said the veterinarian, se lecting as a horrible example a meek and humble-looking animal, with its neck bound up, "tried to fight a bull terrier twice his size. It was a case of valor being much the worse part of discretion, and you see the result." The terrier looked mortified to death. He hung his ears at half-mast; his tail moved feebly; he avoided the eyes of the Interviewer and the artist. It was plain that he was not at all ashamed of fighting, but ashamed of being licked. The interviewer thought she saw In his animated eyes something that looked like that pregnant sentence, "but you ought to see the other dog." A collie had the mange and was os tracized from good society in conse quence. But did he care? Not more than Aristldes of old. He 'spent the time licking the delicious salve off his paws, and' valiantly tried to dig an enduring hole In the straw in which to bury a par ticularly attractive and fruitful bone. A little dog, thought to have epilepsy, had been found merely to be suffering from indigestion, and indigestion caused by a mistaken diet, Buch as hats, feath ers and old shoes. The veterinarian said that' he had thrown a whole street into a panic. He had left his mistress, had run around in circles frothing at the mouth; had run Into a vestibule and banged his head re peatedly against the marble step; had nearly frightened a policeman to death by darting between his legs, and was being pursued by shouts of "Mad dog!" and a mob, when suddenly he fell and lay in a rigid, cataleptic state. Along then there came a humane man with sense. He had the dog lifted up and placed In a champagne basket, and so tenderly carried to the hospital, with his mistress weeping behind the bier. One at thft hospital he was restored to MiiiiMiiiiiniiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiinaiEiiniiiim KA8TKHX OUTFITTING COMPANY. life and consciousness, and was now on the high road to recovery, and he had promised and vowed that never again as long as he lived would he eat pieces of a brown velvet hat, trimmed with os trich plumes, and costing $20, no matter how tempting It looked. Another puppy present had eaten a large and very rare edition of Shakes peare, but that hadn't hurt him in' the least. He was at the hospital to have his ears trained, so that he could be entered at the next bench show and carry off all the blue ribbons in his class. The veterinarian adores cats, and feels that they are not understood in a world which is too stupid to appreciate their perspicacity and their illimitable wisdom. Cats see things. They see approaching earthquakes and the spirits of the dead, but they have bottles and bootjacks thrown at them Just as if they were com monplace animals, fond of burle'd bones and amused by shaking a rug. There are some people fond of cats be sides the interviewer, the veterinarian says. He declares that there is a lady In the city whose five Ancrora ents were 111 with distemper at the same time. The doctor went to see them twice a day at $2 a visit, and finally cured them, greatly against their will. The veterinarian says, and he says It emphatically, that a cat will not co-operate with her physician for a cure, as most of the other animals do. but is Just as likely to scratch him while he is feel ing her pulse as not. . Also, she will not keep on a bandage, but walks out of It in the most marvelous fashion, consid ering she's not linked sweetness and has some curves. It Is probably for these reasons that the hospital is entirely free of cats. Angora or otherwise. iiiimimriuTTininniniinimiimmjmitTiTTmniiminiiiniJiiiimiinnmiiii kabtekx otTrrrrixo company. To Dedicate New Chapel. Redemptorlst Fathers will dedicate a new parish on- the East Side today by dedicating a chapel at Portland boule vard and Rodney avenue. The chapel is in a private residence, which will be oc cupied until a permanent church build ing Is erected. Services will be held at 10 o'clock, which will be conducted by Father K. K. Cantwell. Hiruii; luiimuuuiuuuiniiiiiiinininiirniiin mnnnTmTTmnniTTmirTninTnnTia KASTEKN- OUTFITTING COMPASf'i!'. Have You Seen Our Autumn Display of Women's Wear? Never before have we or any other store offered such a complete and varied display of Women's Outer Garments, Millinery, Waists and Furnishings. Every garment that has found its way into this showing is perfect in fit, style, workmanship no matter how hard you are to please, there is satis faction in every one of these. Displays, already complete, are daily reinforced by express shipments of the newer things as rapidly as they appear in the East. In bidding for your patronage, we offer the best lighted and most pleas ant store in the city the most complete and up-to-date stocks lowest prices, quality considered and privilege of paying for your outfit in unmissable weekly or monthly payments. Our prices are the same, cash or credit. In this store you "are not urged to buy you are always welcome to look buy if you like Wmjmtfttm ana mtt) - l VTOKt WHIII VOUB CBSDtT It OOOO m 1 I OUIPtTTBMI TO II cj I DOVIICilll W fc iimiiinnimTin i him 'unit! rrrif ggHif f!f f gr? rrpigj