I. "THE 1 iz iimii'iiii ii in mi hi ui i in i in mi i mhwimih ii i miiiiiii ii iii ii miiii i n i n i i i i i II n mi ill I i n i ' ' "" n,, mm v-v ' r. . v SjVJ 0V1 -'- - O : S NEW YORK. Oct. 28. (Special Cor respondence.) The mucical and theatrical sensation of the week, and no doubt of the ee8;on, was the production bv tlenry Mr. Savage of "Th; Merry Widow." which was given at the New Amsterdam Theater on Monday night to an audience that j"Vowded the theatfrr to Its utmost ca I pacity. The play made such a tremen t jdous success that Mr. Savage will no 1 doubt put on another company. Nor I Is this intended lor -the road, but for 1 New York Cltv. , Among the singers who made the un J questionable success were Ethel Jack ; son, Donald Brian, R, E. Graham, Lois t Kwell, William C. Weedon. Kred Krear, AValter C. Wilson. Charles Meaklns, ' Harry Hyde, ilargaret Dalrymple, I' J. ! McCarthy, Frances Cameron, Blanche Rice, Eva Bennett, Harry . Meyers. J Ralph Whiting, Gerald Lane, Nicholas Wzabo. Aurora Piatt, Pauline Winters, ! Marlon Armstrong, Jean Ward, Clara I Tlchenor, Port ia Belma, Bern Ice Harte and Sophie Witt. ! , The plot deals with" the love -affair 1 of Prince Danilo and Sonia, hi coun ! trywoinan, the "merry widow." The Prince, who Is writhing under the lash j of thJs altair, has plunged into the dts : plpations of Paris. Sonia, a farmer s 1 daughter, upon the -first meeting wlh i the Prince, attracted him; but' his I uncle, the King of Marsovia, refused I his consent to a match between the 111 j mated pair, nnd Danilo was sent as uttache to the Marsovian EmbassV in Paris. Meanwhile Sonia married a i banker, . who d-iod shortly afterward, leaving a. fortune of $20,000,000 to his youthful and boautlful widow . Sonia loes no time after the funeral, ' nnd closing her castle she hurries to I 1'srls, where she rightfully wins the (' title of "merry widow." She professes to care nothing for the Prince, and holds hjer opinions that men always consider themselves first. She refuses with, contempt all the matrlmbnlal of i fers that are forced upon her. She I liss money enough to buy the gay times ; which Taris affords, and in the midst f her merrymaking tit the. Marsovian ; Embassy, she meets her old lover for he first time since the death of har Jiusband.. He could hardly be consid ered attractive, as having spent the I preceding night riotously at Maxim's, Jie is scarcely sober. This, however, is "more of a consolation than otherwise Jto Sonia, , who believes that It Is through his aftfmpt to drown his sor ;row and his love for her. She encour ages hinv but when ho . grows affec tionate , she repulses him and Informs him that he,, like all the rest, is after ;hcr-money. This remark brings him to his senses, and he tells Sonia that .nothing-in tll world would ever ln ;duce him to ofTep his affections again. ;He laughs at her, but in a fit vt seem lug repentance he accepts the honor iof a dance she offers him, first on her list. This dance he puts up at'auctlon, (selling It to the Vlcomte de Jolldon for 2000' francs.. After this affront the jrelatlons become bitterly hostile, and each swears vengeance upon the other. 'NO TROUBLE WITH JAPAN fcir Clutrles Dilke Believes War' Is ' Improbable. , P.MilS, 6ct. 26. t'liaffncted by Jingo .hysteria. Sir Charles Dilke declines to ibelieve that Japan and the United -States : will go to war. Sir Charles was inter viewed at the Hotel St. James, where ha 'was resting on his way home from Italy. Sir Charles was looking extremely well, ibut was up to his eyes in business, suc cessive appointments being mapped out 'for him far in advance. . He thinks the Japanese are keeping 'their heads admirably under ' trying cir ;cumstances. ; When asked if he believed the present jSgltatlon in England meant the end of ithe House of Lords. Sir Charles answered that he could say nothing positive about that, but he was in . hearty accord with the Liberal party. i '.Sir Charles Is not a party man. His 'Mwl government is one There party sys-.tt-in has -no place. He Illustrates his views, by reforring to the Swiss republic, 'whpre the government may be called im personal, though theoretically republican. The ' republican forms- of government adopted by France and the United States MERRY WIDOW" HAS y.-' r;Mvl'' . s " -r fwri?- fl --X, I .... .- -( I- - i VVv' m i-- fct-r4h ' i aha 1 'f At - li a f 1 , - '-'"i Near the close of the second -act ' the Prince refuses to -dance with her, and he starts an old ' Marsovian dance, which so Intoxicates Danilo tHat, con trary to-his better judgment or desire, he is' forced to Join her. When the Marsovian dance Is finished, they dance .the languorous, dreamy Viennese walti that has caught all of Europe and which bids fair to become equally pop ular In America. There are sub-plots, one of which concerns Baron Popoft, the Marsovian Embassador at Paris, and Natalie, his wife, who has in volved herself In an Intrigue with the Vicomt de Jolldon, and in order to protect hersf and her amours she attempts to arrange a marriage be tween her lover and the widow. The Baron, "on the other hand, for financial reasons, tries to arrange a similar match between the widow and the he does not think much of. The English constitutional monarchy fits in better wih his ideas than the governments of either of these republics.' Strange to Bay, he regards the United States as . too conservative and its con stitution as. too rigid. He holds that the Supreme Court has too much power, and points out. that the government's hands are tied in many matters where reforms are demanded, such as the Imposing of an income tax. He holds that within such limits as prevail in most civilized countries the question of the form of government is less important than the vital questions relating to the well-being of the laboring classes. Sir Charles is the author of numerous books. He said that his first volume, "Great Britain," Is still selling because it Is a young man's book, of travel. It has a certain picturesque interest, whereas serious book problems are out of -date. England's over-sea possessions march so fast one would have to publish such a book year by year to keep up with them. Sir Charles laughingly referred to him self as a bad subject for a newspaperman to Interview, because the interviewer wants to ta,lk about something which Is about to happen, whereas he found that things foretold did not happen. People used, to talk about war between Germany and France, but It was as far off as ever. TirE STJXDAY OREGOX1A3T, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 3, 1907. r: U I . -V s yilAM Prince. The entire company Is so very clever, the music Is so fascinating that one is at a loss to know where to lavish praise first. Miss Ethel Jackson, in the title role, has scored a real sensation, and Donald Brian, as the Prince, is quite as fortunate in his presentation. "The Merry Widow" is entirely out of the ordinary category of, American light operas. It is of a very different stamp and it bids fair to break, all records. . It is almost un necessary to say that the staging and the entire production was given with the usual care bestowed upon these de tails by Mr. Savage. , Among the disappointments of the sea son, which have Included "Tlrfe Evan gelists." by Henry Arthur Jones, and "The Stephslsters," by Charles Klein, -we must probably add "Sappho and Phaon," a dramatization of Percy Mackay's trag- NAMES OREGON DELEGATES Governor Appoints Representatives to Attend Commercial Congress. ... i SALEM. Nov. 2. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain has appointed the following delegates to the Trans-Mississippi Com mercial Congress, to be held at Muskogee, Okla., November 19-22, 1807: From Portland George M. Hyland, Fletcher Linn, E. Ehrman, William Har der, Wallis Nash, Joseph Friedenthal, Dr. R. C. Coffey, M. J. Roche, R. W. Foster, John F. O'Shea. Sol Blumauer, George W. McMillan, William Muirhead, L. G. Pfunder. J. W. Ganong, A. H. Deyers. Tom Richardson. T. B. Wilcox, Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Sig Sichel, Wil liam MacMaster, Harry Beck, C. W. Hod son, F. E. Beach, W. T. Carroll, F. W. Leadbetter, S. G. Reed. Charles E. Kenyon, J. M. Lackey and J. R. Blackaby, Ontario; S. S. Gordon, John H. Whyte, William Madison and C. H. Brown, Astoria; R. H. Moore, Tom Whltten and J. L. Hammersly, Gold Hill; Hugh McLain, Walter Lyons, Henry Ser.gstacken and W. P. Murphy, Marsh field; D. J. Moore, Seaside; Joseph' HIrschberg, Independence; Charles H. Carter. R. Alexander and Leon Cohen, Pendleton: M. C. Anient, R. G. Smith and O. S. Blanchard. Grants Pass; F. H. Brigham, L. J. Simpson, W. J. Smith and Peter Loggie, North Bend; A. C, Marsters GREAT CHARM edy. While no effort was spared to cre ate the Grecian atmosphere, the com pany assembled were outside Of this sphere entirely. Fred Erlck, who played the part of Alcaeus, gave an admirable performance and did full Justice to the part. Perhaps the most serious defect lay hi the fact that Mme. Kallch Is essen tially an actress of the present day and neither looks the part nor fits Into one which is pre-eminently classical m its nature, and while she speaks the Eng lish language remamably well she has not the sort of control which would make It possible for her to deliver the long and Dr. J. E. Shearer, Roseburg; D. P. Mason, C. H. Stewart and' E. J. Frazlef Albany; Julian Bird, Burns; Richard Neill. Sumpter; Virgil E. Waters, Cor-, vallls; M. Doyle, Wedderburn; G. C. Blak ley and F. A. Seufert, The Dalles; Ed C Hanley, Central Point; C. A.. Baker, Pitner; A. Bennett, Irrlgon; George T. Baldwin, Klamath Falls; Al Geiser, Geiser; James Pantner. Baker City; P. L. Frasier, Salem; R. G. Wheeler, Vale; Percy Young. Albany; Turner Oliver, La Grande; J. R. Campbell, J. D. .Matlock and J. F. Robinson, Eugene; Roswell Shelley and W. E. Sherman. Hood River; Mel Pen wick and George Haga. Burns; W. E. Phipps, W. M. Isaacs, D. H. Miller. Dr. R. C. Kelsay and J. F. Reddy, Med ford; James F Mahon, Smith Pos toff ice; W. H. Brooke and A. L. Sprouie. On tario: B. F. Irvine, CorvaUIs; B. W. Strong, Roseburg. . c . Monetary Troubles of King. LISBON, Oct, 26. The King of Portu gal is in grave monetary troubles, owing to the growing insufficiency of the civil list, which is lower than that of Saxony; while the sovereign directly bears many charges which In other countries fall up on publlo departments. Out of this has grown a complicated system of irregular advances from the treasury to the King. These, now total J800.000. Notice has recently been published re adjusting the financial relations between the state and the royal house. speeches of blank verse. However, every thing known to the art of statecraft as far as scenic effects are concerned was In distinct evidence and had received the utmost care in the hands of Harrison Gray Fiske. Tbe opening of Carnegie Hall for piano recttal was occurring as Paderewski was steaming up the harbor. Josef Hofmann was In charge of the audience at Carne fte and the afternoon papers were telling what Paderewski will do at Carnegie next Saturday. Hofmann and Pade rewski will alternate at that temple of music for at least four weeks, during TRAIN HELD BY SMOKER Lies Down on Rails, Because Weed Is Xot Allowed.' PARIS. Oct. 26. Entering a suburban train near Paris, a smoker who had just lighted an excellent cigar was forced to leave a nonsmoking compartment, and searched the train in vain for a smoking carriage. He took up a position on the metals Just in front of the engine, and declared that he would not move till a smoking carriage was put on. Carried oft by porters, he escaped their clutches and lay down on the line, still smoking and- ejaculating, "Put on a smoking carriage." He had already delayed the train for ten minutes. The porters seized him again and held him while the train went off. . The railway ' authorities Intend to prosecute, while the smoker declares that he. will bring a suit against the company for not providing a smoking compart ment. Citrus Crop of California. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 2. Figures on the citrus fruit crops of Southern Cali fornia for the year ending October 21 how that the total of ears shipped was HENRY W. SAVAGE'S PRODUCTION SCORES A TRIUMPH Second Company May Play in New" York at . the: h&ULT. which time there will be several other pianists appearing -at Mendelssohn Hall, and at Carnegie, too, for that matter. The schedule Is something like this: Paderewski next week, .Hofmann the week after, then De Pachmaifn on a Thursday night, and Paderewski again the fallow ing Saturday. De Pachmann, . too. will give o more concerts there, while at Mendelssohn,, beginning Friday, Novem ber 1, Mark Hamborg will play. . Buhlig will play three Saturdays in succession, and Friday, the 8th, Rudolph Ganz will play a fine recital .programme also at Mendelssohn. This Is the merest out line and only takes in a few piano re citals, i There was -a very large audience at Carnegie Hall to hear Josef Hofmann, whose playing keeps up to the high stan dard set for himself, and below which he has never fallen. He is a tremendously 27.487, of which 23,984 were of oranges and 3916 lemons. The whole brought in money approximately $34,000,000. Of this amount about $11,000,000 went to the railway com- of the suffering and danger in store for her, robs the expectant mother of all pleasant anticipations of the coming event, and casts over her t shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off. Thousands of womes hve fund that the use of Mother's Friend during pregnancy robf confinement of all pain and danger, and insures safety to life of mother and child. 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Mr. Hofmann is accompanied by Mrs. Hofmann and family, which Includes a-beautiful little son of hers and a little daughter not yet a year old, who rejoices In the name of Josef a, and she looks like her father, too. Mrs. Hofmann and the children will ro to her home in Aiken, S. C but Mrs. Hofmann will Join her husband later and probably accompany him on his trip to the Coast and to Mexico. EMII-IE FRANCES BAUER. panies for shipping and Icing charges and the remaining $23,000,000 to the growers. The total number of cars shipped this year was about 2000 more than last year. Is an ordeal which all women approach with . indescribable fear, for nothing compares with the' pain and horror of child-birth. Thethousrht