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oring concerns throughout the country in order to get these suits font enough to supply the enormous demand. These are not misfits, but suits
made to order on which deposits have been paid and which for unkown reasons remained uncalled for. Such things happen to every Tailoring establish
establishment. It is by advertising and making a feature of selling these suits that they find it more advantageous to consign them to us than to attempt
to dispose of them from i heir own establishments.
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$20.00 Suits and Overcoats. $10.00
$25.00 Suits and Overcoats. $12.50
$30.00 Suits and Overcoats. $15.00
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H5ES
THRILL OF HORROR AND
SYMPATHY IN ENGLAND
.'iiu i v. nc'y continue. The Journnl de I f--i tune, him divided to shore half of It
(Ji'iirv puhUMu-i a llspa'ch trom Con-' wlih llv decvas-Nl painter's relatives.
Alortality of Officers In Transvaal Cam
paign is Unprecedented.
TROOPS SERIOUSLY UNDER-OFFICERED
Demand That the Old Military Tradition Shall Be Set Aside
-Warm Praise For General White.
(Ci yrlghted, ISM, by Associated Press)
LONDON, Oot. 28,-The large number
of lit itlnli nflloers killed lit the battles
which have already taken plnee In Nn
tul him brought nut strenuous protests
from tunny quarters aK-alnwt the anolont
custom of Hrltlsh officers In refusing
to Hike cover when Under fire, From
flgurca nt Olenco It I apparent that
one out of every four men killed was
an ofllcer, whereon, the org&ntzaton ex
ists upon the theory that to every 25
men there li one officer.
It li evident thoit If the Biime ratio of
mortality In kept up the Hrltlsh fore
will become seriously Under-officered.
Aiming the enlisted men at OWncoe the
proportion of killed to wounded wan 30
tn li'ii. while ten ollleero were killed to
22 wounded. The differences ln the
percentage leads to 'the conclUHlon
that many of the officer wore lilt more
than once and kept on lending their
men after the flint wound.
Emperor Wllilnm'a recent criticism of
tlin rirltlsh oflloera refusal to tnke cover
l now frequently quoted, Tho feeling
In the' army Itself Is thoit though the
regulation do not nay the officers must
not lie down, It Ih such an old estab
lishment principle that It would take
a Inavo man to Inaugurate a change,
and the adage of the Hrttlnh soldier
"follow wherever an officer lenda," Is
held Htlll to be InleiiBely true, for
though the officers believe the person
nel nf the army Ih a good as ever, it
him been the history of Great
llliitaln that they at tho aame
I time maintain that "Tommy At
I kins" need more leading than any man
In the world, so the spilling of Great
I Krltnln's best blood Ih likely to con
tinue for the present.
The proportion of the casualties as a
whole has caused a thrill of horror and
vmpnthy throughout On'nt lliltaJn,
for the people now btgln to realize what
a flwht with a civilised enemy meniiH.
Old atldlcrs point out 'that at the Al
ma, one of tho bloodleat buttle In Great
Britain's annuls, the casualties totaled
only Hlx Kr cent, whereon, In the recent
Doer engagements, they considerably
exceed that figure,
General White's strntejry and the ex
eeutlon of his movements are warmly
pralHed and It !s said at the clulm that
General air liedvers BulW-r will have to
hurry up or General White will get a
.'iage first. Goner.il White represents
the Indian element !n the lSrltlsh army
and theso who have served In India
have always maintained that the com
mander there had a more Important
post than tho commander In chief him
self. As' General Lord Roberts
wus considered too old for an
other cunipulgn, Generals White.
SymoiiH and Hunter were sent as
a sop to tho Indian faction, for Gen
eral rtuller has always been more or
less antagonistic to General Roberts
and his partisans.
Regarding European Intervention,
Great Britain's plans to meet such an
, HliKitluople saying that Russia Intends
hand'.ng the porte a note at an early
d.itt demanding .the opening of the Bos
I'hoius :iiul the "Oanlanelles. Unless
Girni Iirltaln Is a party to such de
mur. Is, Kusl I'd action will undoubted
ly stir up a hornet's nest, compared
Mlt'i which the Transvaal qtiestlon will
l.v iiilt Insignificant.
Such reports have a depressing effect
upon consols In spite of the boom In
South African securities, and there Is
considerable unenslnees on the stock
exchange regarding the future action of
Russia nnd Trance. South African
mine shar -s are no longvr referred 'to
as "Knlllrs." They are now called
"British." while South Africa Is opti
mistically described as a mineralized
Kuypt.
Itussl.i Is rep,n.'J to le endeavoring
to raise x loan of ;n,ooo,(KW In Paris,
but so far she has betn unsuccessful.
The conditions of Hbor Jn England
have not been Improved by the war.
About 2,onfl Welsh miners are liable to
be thrown out of work November 1
hy a threatened strike of the surface
englne.r and other mechanics, who nre
claiming shor'.'r hours. The negotia
tions in the subject have fallod and
the surface men announce that the
strike will begin on the date men
tioned. It will then be practically Im
possible for the miners to continue un
derground. Mr. .loseph Choate, United States
ambassador, Is enjoying a holiday at
the Duke of Rutherlamls, Trenthan
Hall.
Society Is busy, In London there has
been a series of dinners and luncheons.
The Bradley. Martins and Marlbor
nnghs frequently flg'.ire on the lists of
Kiiests.
Lni'y Dllko has. Just published a crlt
iiie on Fnmch painters and the Duch
ess of Sutherland also appears as the
author of a book dealing with the life
of a factory girl, a subject she seems
remarkably well acquainted with.
ho were disinherited. All the paJnt
ln(.s and oth.T valuables left by Rosa
lloiih. ur will consequently be sold.
Tlii' marring- of Princess Marguerite
of Orleans to her cousin. Prince Jean,
f Orleans, October 30. at Kingston, will
lo-ii.g t or ether several royaltlea, among
iher.i Pilii.t'ss Waldemar, of Denmark,
tin lirld-gnxHii's sister, and perhaps
the Prince of Jolnvllle, the grand
father of the bride, who is 81 yvara old.
Il Ih reported that the Duke of Orleans
wishes the wedding to be us quiet a
possible because he "cannot be festive
when so ninny of my friends are In
pi-Inn."
"St. Luke's Summer," corresponding
with the Indian summer, favored New
market this week, where the Prince of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York,
the Duke of Cambridge, Mr. Leopold de
Richschllfl. Laly Georginna Cunon,
Harm Russell of Klllowen and Lady
Ru.w.'ll, and many lingering Americans
watched the plinmenal ivriiperatlon
of Am.'rli nn jockoyshlp. The fact that
on Wednesday the American Jockeys
wen four out of seven races and se
cured places In four events, and Thurs
day won four of the five races, has
given Great Britain another surprise.
Curiously enough, the success conns
after Riley Giunn.tn and other Amer
icans have returned to the United
States disgust 'd with "Tod" Sloan's
series of losses.
The possibilities of the English turf
nre Illustrated by the faot that Irish
Ivy, as a yearling, was purchased for
;16 guineas and won over 30,000 guineas
In Cambridgeshire stakes, and was sold
yesterday to Broderick Closte for 600
guineas, with some further contingen
cies of rebates to the horse's former
owner, Captain Peel.
J. Martin, the American jockey who
has won admiration on all sides, un
fortunately neglected to weigh In for
one race yesterday and Incurred 10
IH-nnlty and a caution.
After a long controversy concerning
the use of starttng machines, the Jnck-
ey Club management has Just Intimated
Sir Robert Peel's plate, consisting of the selwtl" ofhe Orny machine
valuable heirlooms, was sold at auction,
this week fetching 6,000.
Miss Klumpke of San Francisco, to
whom Rosa Bonheur left all her large
whlcn will be used for two year olds
next year.
The transfer of "El Capltan"
to the Comedy theater will have
additional lnteivst In the fact that De
W ilf Hopper will have the opportu
nity to display his comedy talents.
For this purpoo. W. H. Poet, wkote
travesties are well known at the
Lamb's Gambols, has prepared a tra
vesty on "The Degenerates" In which
Marion Gimux will take a Langtry part
and Hopper the leading male port. The
piece will be produced October 30. It
Is understated that Mr. Hoper will con
tinue his series of travesties on cur
rent London successes.
Louis Parker's new play "Captain
Bin-hall's Luck." will be produced at
Ti-rrys October 30.
Hare celebrated the 100th perform
ance of the "Gaylord Quex'" tonight.
He anticipates an American tour next
autumn.
Fenny Ward will be the leading lady
in Charles Hawtrey's forthcoming piece
at the Avenue, which Is said to be of
rathr more serious Interest than
usual.
"Hearts and Trumps," It said to be
drawing C3.000 per week at the Drury
Lane theater, which ' Is believed to
e-ni; titute a record, though "The De- I
generates." and "The Belle of New j
York" are close seconds. i
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OFFICIAL BLACKMAILERS. j
Chlcoga Constables Levy Tribute for.
Violations of the Flas Ordinance. j
The Leading
House in
CH 1CAC.O, Oct. 28. Corporation :
Counsel Walker secured a written con- J
fession today from a man who averred ' q
that he had been In a conspiracy with j
several constables to make money out
of the prosecutions under the flag law.
The Illinois Wag law was designed to
prevent the prostitution of the flag for
commercial purposes. The opportunity
was seised upo-i, it Is alleged, by dox-j
ens of constables, who used thei law as ,
a club to levy blackmail.
The matter was tarried to such an
extent that a barber was recently ar
rested because the pole ln front of his
shop had red, white and blue stripes.
Wall Paper, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes,
Brushes, Etc
House Con Beat Our Prices,
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DELLA FOX ILL.
The Popular Actress Has Sf-en Her
Last Days In Public and Is
Near Her End.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S. Delia Fox. the
"1-rHtic mmbrette, is dangerously ill at
her apartment in thla city, and last
night her physician said that she could
not survive the next 48 hours.
The actress Is suffering from a gen
eral breaking down of her constitution.
A BIG TRUST
Are you aware there is a movement now on foot
which proposes to combine all business interests.
and to issue and use combine ! credits instead of
money, and to make those credits absolutely safe.
If tli is succeeds, interest on money will be a thing
of the past as far as the commercial world is con
cerned. If you wisii lo understand the idan.
send 10c in stamps for a copy of Van Ornam's
pamphlet, "Credit versus Cash.v Address
Jones' Book Store,
291 Alder St., bet, 4th and 5th, PORTLAFD.
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