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SECTION FOUR
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1903.
NO. 40.
VOL. XXVII.
THE BEST OF EVERTHG
. FOR CHRISTMAS
This is "The Holiday Store," always has been will be more so than ever this holiday time. Throughout the whole store
there's holiday enthusiasm holiday cheer holiday brightness. Our holiday show is now greater than ever before, ana
every day brings more of holiday things. Home furnishings are the most practical, most seasonable articles lor gm-in.-.--i.
u.i)j.. . v v t- -. in th alwavB fair the Gadsby way. we
giving Ilcro are IIUIIUICUI VI uu tu jr BUggc-iiiuus uu nu kuuvds uvui, i.v.-, - . - -
will arrange to hold any purchase made now for future delivery if desired. It's a good idea to choose early, and
promise prompt and satisfactory delivery. Welcome to the Gadsby Holiday. Show. ; .
BRASS BEDS
FOR XMAS
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We have a beautiful line of Brass Beds to
show you. This solid Brass Bed...$20.00
THE GREAT
MAJESTIC
MALLEABLE AND CHAR
COAL IRON RANGE
Lasts longer, heats more water, hj?ats
it quicker, uses less fuel, bakes better
and gives better general satisfaction
than any other range on the market.
If you will call at our store, we will
prove these facts to you.
MUSIC CABINET
WOULD MAKE A SPLENDID
CHRISTMAS GIFT
ir you wisn to
S-ivlu a. musical
friend, a Muslo
Cabinet will sure
ly do It. Our line
consists of all the
newest and latest
designs and
finishes. Prices
range from
$7.50
$30.00
LADY'S DESK $7
ri 5 ll
mmm ROOM-SIZE RUGS
TV,,-i1an "R-i-icclc T7 litre 0t12 feet
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Bristol Mills Rugs, 9x12 feet...,
Royal Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet
Saxony Axminster Rugs, 9x12 feet
Burlington Brussels Rugs, 9x12
Roval Wilton Rugs, 9x12
Special Lot of Odd Sizes
BUY A GO-CART FOR
THIS CHRISTMAS
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NflTIPE! No matter what article of furniture you seek, or what you may be willing to
nUllLlEi. pay it assured beyond a doubt that you will find it here priced less than in
any other store on the Coast. You are doing yourself an injustice, if you need any household
goods, if you do not take advantage of this opportunity.
The Best Xmas Present You
It. will
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SPECIAL COUCH SALE
SSSs.
This Touch. nDholstered. imita- (M C
tion leather, fall spring, special...
S9.00
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9 JO.OO
SS.&O
15.00
.......,........$29.50
at HALF PRICE. .
BABY $7 Eft
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TRADE AK
FOLDING GO-CART
Can Buy Your Wife
The One That Will Be the Moat Helpfnr
and the Most Useful. Ia a
HOOSIER KITCHEN
CABINET
save her from. kitchen drudg
unnecessary steps noi oniy
but for many years to come.
It three times a day It can't
wear out and It becomes more vain
able to her all the time. It Is right
thr in the kitchen saving Just as
liiHt as much labor each
day as It did the day before. Thousands
of women have told us that they would
rather part with any piece of furniture
In the house before they would do
without their Hoosier Cabinet. That
Is why a Hosler Cabinet is the nicest
Christmas srlft the one that will be ap-
the most It groups every
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$10.00 FOR THIS
ELEGANT DINING
TABLE
Yon will bef asked a third mora at
other stores. It is made of selected
wood, golden finish. The 6-foot size
is marked at $10.00
The design is just like the picture.
A A
MORRIS
CHAIRS
FOR XMAS
Made throughout
of solid oak, beau
tlfully 4Uirter.
.sawed and highly
polished. Has full
spring seat and
the back can be
adjusted to five
different posi
tions. .The cush
ions are reversi
ble and come in
8 e I eoted patterns
of velours.- Price
$7.50 Center
Table $3.65
A genuine qtiarter-sawed oak
or mahogany veneered Colo
nial "Pedestal Center Table;
top measures 24 inches in
diameter; good value at $10,
cheap at $10. Regular price
is $7.50; this week you can
ft!.t.h.e.?....,,-.$3.65
PARLOR
CABINET
We are closing out
our parlor cabinets
cheap. Prices from
$10.00.
to
$40.00
$9.75 '''''
COMFORTABLE
ROCKERS
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS
This Rocker is solid oak, mission de
sign, with full spring seat, upholstered
in Boston Spanish leather. t C CA
Special price. fpiJ.iJU
DRESSING TABLE
FOR $10.00
Something a lady al
ways wants. She
can sit down to
dress her hair. Gads
bys' price
$10.00
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CRISIS Ifl INDIA
SEEMS IMPENDING
England's Unchanging Policy
Wears Out Patience of
Native Citizens.
PREACH HOSTILE DOCTRINE
Liberality of Government Has Per
mitted Free Publication and Dis
cussion of Heresies That Fonu
Opinions Against Nation.
SIMLA. India. Dec 5. (Special.) A
crisis seems to be Impending in India.
The key to the true causes of the pres
ent situation will be found In Eng
land's steady and unvarying general
policy towards India. The form and
final aim of the British administration
of this country has long been settled
In accordance with the Intentions of
Kngland, and has remained astonish
ingly unchanged during the last 50
years.
Has Secured Fropejty.
The envy of the foreigner, the malice
of the renegade of her own house lias
been equally silent before the manner
of England's performance of her great
stewardship. England has made life
and property secure; has administered
equal Justice; has spread the benefits
of education far and wide; has allowed
freedom of speech and freedom of the
press; has respected relision and re
ligious prejudice with care; has up
held a standard of scrupulous purity
and honesty In public affairs; lias
thrown open to the utmost possible ex
tent the service of India to the Indians;
has run the road and bridged the river,
and above ail. perhaps, has made men
of millions of down-trodden serfs. Eng
land has caused the native of India to
re-pect himself. From that standard no
official has derogated without detection
and dismissal; to that standard It would
be hard for a congress of philosophers ,
to ad The individual has counted for
less in India during the past half cen
tury than anywhere else In the world.
And now the great and splendid engine
runs of itself, and to the last day of
British occupation of India will continue
to carry out the functions with which
the English have entrusted it.
Liberality the Cause.
How comes It, many will say, that
with an administration framed upon such
excellent lines, there is the opportunity
for even malevolent criticism to obtain
such publicity In the peninsula? The
very liberality with which England has
permitted the free publication and discus
sion of political heresies has encouraged
a thousand to preach disobedience where,
under a sterner code, even one might have
hesitated to betray his secret aspirations.
The truest commentary upon the British
policy In India was written 100 years
ago by the Abbe Dubois. His final esti
mate of the necessary relations between
the English and the Indian is: "Under the
supremacy of tne Brahmins the people of
India hated their government, while they
cherished and respected their rulers;
under the supre-naey of Europeans they
hate and despise their rulers from the
bottom of their hearts, while they cherish
and respect their government. I venture
to predict thiit the British will attempt
in vain to effect any very considerate
changes in the social condition of the peo
ple of India. To make a people happy it
is essential that they themselves should
desire to be made happy, and should co
operate -with those who are working for
their happiness. Now the people of India,
It appears, neither possess this desire nor
are anxious to co-operate to this end.
Every reform which is obviously divided
for their wellbelng they obstinately push
aside, if It is likely In the least degree
to disturb their manner of living, their
most absurd prejudice or their most
puerile custom."
This is as true today as It was a
hundred years ago, and the English
need not look far for the causes of
unrest that exists today.
Xeed of Strong Men.
If there were In India today men
like the Abbe It is possible that mi
nor causes of friction might sometimes
be avoided. But It is to be remembered
that the main reason why the present
and recent, generations have lost that
close touch with the native which
characterized many Englishmen In the
days of the East India Company is
that those old Irregular liaisons, which
were the source of much of that Inti
mate knowledge, have totally disap
peared today. But. however frequently
knowledge, gained directly or indirect
ly by such means, might have saved
Individuals from blunders, It would be
a mistake to suppose that the deep,
underlying movement of the people of
India would have been really influ
enced. England Is dealing with far
wider Issues, and with far deeper traits
of human nature, and her first task Is
to estimate the volume and direction
of the moving tide; the day for the
Interference of Mrs. Partington In In
dian politics is over. So much seems
to be understood, both by Lord Morley
and by the government of India.
The Anglo-Indian official Is often a
sound judfc,-e of his own district only.
A civilian permanently employed In
Rajputana would nave views about the
present unrest which would barely be
regarded as those of a rational being
by a police official In Poona. In the
mass of evidence and In a certain de
tachedness of standpoint lies safety at
the present moment, but It must not i
be forgotten that the Brahmins of In
dia have ambitions which no foreigner
can fathom.
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Boom Panslavlsm by Bal.
BERLIN', Dec. 6. (Special.) It la re
ported from St. Petersburg that repre
sentatives of the Douma and the Coun
cil' of the Empire Intend to organize a
grandiose Slavonic ball, to be held In
the Taurida Palace next February. In
vitations will be issued to prominent
Slavs throughout Europe. The palace
will be tastefully decorated in the' Slav
style, and the ladles' dresses will be
modeled on one of the various pictur
esque costumes of the Slav peoples. It Is
stated that the Speaker of the Douma
and the Princes Trubetskaya are among
the members of the organizing commute