ftwn okeg6x PAiLyJjoirayAiV, Portland, sattjrday ETEfrnro, SErriarBEig 20,- ioos. t
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'1 At tha Marouam this, week, ttte James
; NelH Company has produced four pieces
that have brought considerable of pleas
ure to the lovere of light dramatic work
, There Is nothing pretentious in the plays
.; that have been put on. They are simply
light, pleasing pictures of actual life
with the preponderance of fun thrown In
ID to compel that they be classed as
- comedo-dramas, to distinguish them from
the plays that are usually called leglti
, mate. ,
, , In the matter of classification of plays,
.' Che critic has some 'dlfflcuitty to establish
- a standard and conform to 1L A play
-. nay come to town that ia in every re-
apect up to reasonable requirements, and
yet, that does not warrant extravagant
pralan "for the reaaon that it does not
purport to be of the very highest dra
matics value.
It Is not necessary to "roast" a piece
: In order to Indicate Its real merit Ab
sence af positive statement to that effect
, Would be taken by the IntelUgentt reader
' Us the same aa saying that it is not of
(the highest class of dramas, that is of
th highest that ax called "the legiti
mate." The legitimate, as w take it, is
the play that combine ait of the com-
ponent elements of the ideal drama, pro
duced la ft manner to bring tba actor up
to tha standard ft the playwright
Tha NelUs In their Marquam produc
tions, and previously in Portland, have
been worthy of high praise for their con
scientious work, for the absolute cleanli
ness Of their plays, for the merit of their
light comedy, yet no one would attempt
' to claim that they are of tha highest
class of artists, ?.
. - This s not to deprecate the company.
Chey deserve to play to capacity houses
' (text week. They are worthy patronage,
such as they have not yet had. They are
: practically solving the problem of elevat
. . . tng tha stage, : for they present nothing
- that does hot attain to' the prcpSr ethical
' requirements. They are A feature of
, I'ortland'S winter series of plays,
Tha appearance of Miss Keller, of the
, ' Nellls at the Marquam, has been a gen
uine surprise to all. Miss Keller has be
'- Cora bar a future of ouch a character to
- tarn her head as sha contemplates it un-
less aba possess the (rood sens to take
-praise in this Instance as recognition of
what aha may soma day do If she work
Work and devotion to duty will bring her
Xsma .aa . an "ingenue. Indeed, she may
yet become an actress of first-class
standing, if she work, study, toll, and
learn that the genius of work is what has
made the great men and women great
Tha toalaac of merit In tha James
Nelll Company has been hoted by all who
have seen them, AU of the members de
serve to be mentioned for excellent act
' Ing, and the stag arrangements of the
K:. local , manager. Mr. Hellig, have been
distinct features of the engagement
- .Tba Nefll Stock Company really de
; serves the most laudatory notices for
their work In "Lady Windermere's Fan,"
at the Baker this week. The play has
keen handled with a conscientious atten
v tlon to details, that leaves no opportunity
1 to allege that the stars are good and the
remainder of t&e company mediocre. The
stars are good, and tha company through
out Is cast with excellent taste.
With elegant acenlo investiture and
. costuming, tba production is open to little
criticism,
"Lady Windermere's Fan" calls for a
Bellcat finish that no ordinary or medi-
' cors company of people can ever attain,
and yet Its every requirement has been
' fully realised and many people saw the
play for tba second time.
At tha Cordray theater the offering of
tha week has been "A Broken Heart" by
Esther Stojaaro, and "A Thoroughbred
(Tramp.
Both, bad good business.
"Lost In Mew York" is next week's
tllL This Is to be a play of some pre
tentions, especially from tbe scenic point
Of view. It will exhibit steel launches,
and boats and all sorts of water craft en
tha stage. It will also. If the advance ar-
nouncements are to be credited, , be of
dramatle merit
If there have been a few poor things at
Cord ray's this year, it must also be said
. that there have been some good ones, and
; the management has some very excellent
productions signed for the season.
It must be remembered that thus early
" In the season it is difficult tor Coast
, theatrical managers to get the best The
- better productions are available later in
: tha winter, and some far into the spring.
'.They must be taken when tbey may be
. gotten, and it is but fair for the tbeater-
goers to remember that they get whit
they pay for, and no more. Of course,
. managers would prefer always to have
the most expensive productions. But,
j they must keep in mind the limitations
. ' and set offer what Portland can not sup-
- port The best things titAnS-hd bo high
v terms that tbe local theaters con not rind
, patronage to warrant every time signing
them,
. For instance, . the Mascagni Grand
' Opera Company's agent was here during
the week, and wants a guarantee of 23,-
OOC for three nights of grand opera, in
: " December, as we understand It
-. Imagine a local manager guaranteeing
' tn,0M for any three-night engagement!
' let. If they demapd 2O,000, they will, ir
they come, receive nearly that . much and
therefore there must be soma very heavy
ti'ks taken by someone in making the
guarantee.
- Portland would like to have the Mas
cagnls here. Would they be willing to
Say for stem?
BY MR. HEILIQ.
" Other Plays Next Week.
James Nelll will begin the farewell week
ef his 'engagement 10 this city at the
Marqusm-Grsnd Monday evening, with
the first presentation here of Edward E.
Hose's dramstisat!lon tt Stanley Wey
roan'e great romsjntle, novel "Under the
Had Eoba." - Tbls famous play will be
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given Monday, Tuesday evenings and at
me Saturday matinee.
The story of the play tella of Gil de
Berault, a Parisian gambler and bravo,
Who has the reputation of having done
many men to death in duels, finds at last
his life Is forfeited to the Cardinal
Richelieu, autocrat of things temporal
and spiritual. As a means of redeeming
his life from the impending penalty the
bravo consents to play the spy for the
crffty cardinal, go to Cocheforet in the
Pyrenees, win the confidence of a woman
in order to learn the secret, and betray
her family to the vengeance meted out
to rebels.
Gambler snd bravo ss he was, Berault
recoils at the prospect of playing so
despicable a part but life is sweet even
to one who holds It so cheaply in others,
so to save his head be undertakes the
mission. He is next found In the house
of his Intended victims, enjoying a degree
of confidence of the woman. But he falls
in love with Renee de Cocheforet, and,
realizing how base a trick it would be to
betray her brother to the cardinal's ven
geance, he contrives to set free the man
he had agreed to take prisoner. There
ars exciting moments and some love
scenes that ars said to be touching..
A BACHELOR'S ROMANCE" AGAIN.
Wednesday night the last performance
in this city of "A Bachelor's Romance"
will be given, and those who admire this
beautiful comedyrdrama will, doubtless
be out In force. Miss Keller will appear
as Sylvia,
'HON. JOHN GRIGSBY" AND OTHERS.
A Pleasing Repertory Is to Follow ths
Wsymsn Plsy.
Thursday night will" witness for the first
time here Sol 8mlth Russell's last and
best comedy success, "Hon. John Grigs
by;" Friday night "A Gilded Fool," and
Ssturdsy night, "The Lottery of Love."
Great Interest Is centered in the first
performance here of Sol Smith Russell's
Hon. John Grlgsby," which has cer
tainly been popular elsewhere and de
servedly so, for it has several unusually
strong theatrical situations, is uncom
monly well snd naturally written, and
the acting is said to be marked by even
ness and unpretentous excellence
throughout It Is therefore en interest
ing and entertaining play, and the cen
tral figure is Sympathetic and attractive
to the extreme.
It is true that "Hon. John Grlgsby" Is
really a first-class drama. It is one of
those plays which are written from the
inside. The incidents come naturally
from a central Idea, but are elaborated
from the outside with a view to their
stage effect The characters, too, are
said to be constructed from the outside
and consequently given the ring of sen
timentality. But there are very few real
dramas of the day. as modern plays go,
"Hon. John Grlgsby" being one of them.
It is the story of a good man sorely
tried by a Kerle of misfortunes and
temptations, troubles to which he Is al
ways morally superior, and frequently
.humorous thereover, and from which he
eventually emerges successful. He Is a
lawyer in Illinois before the war In 1849
hates slavery and wants Illinois to be
a free, soli state. He Is so good and
helps the poor with legal advice so con
stantly that he himself is pathetically
poor. ' His son is inclined to be wild and
lazy be .k?epa through kindness his use
less old clerk, who gers"htm tnaptty inter
all sorts of trouble, he forgives his debt
ors, but his creditors do not forgive him,
and he has trouble with the Sheriff. The
third act gets him out of all difficulties,
for tits sbolitloniat girl proves to be the
daughter of the villain by his first wife.
He may h nnvlfrf of bigamy and his
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other. fla'ughter declared illegitimate, 'so
h la easily brought : to term and ex
plain that i the . nomlnationwas given
Grlgsby before he secured the compro
mising check. Grlgsby r.talns the Judge
hip and a:et : tba abolltionlat girt (or
hi wwn, hi , son secure tha : villain's
daughter, and' tha villain, aa I quite
proper and fit, retire in discomfiture. '
James Neill ia said to play Grlgsby with
humor, earnestness and strength.
BY MR. BAKER.
"Nancy Y Co." Will Be the. Bill for the
Nell 8tock Company.
Theatre-goers of an classes know that
whenever the name of Augustln Daly Is
legally used la connection with sny play
or player, that one bears the stamp of
professional royalty.1 For he was Indeed
a king In tha theatrical realm to whom
everyone, actors and public alike, bowed
In deepest admiration and respect
"Nancy ft Co.," which will be produced
St the Baker Theatre next week, was
adapted from the German by Daly and
played in tha Daly Theatre In New York
for over 1000 nights. The Neill Btock
Company play it by special permlaasion
of, the Daly estste. That It will be well
played needs no special saying, for this
company has shown that It Is thoroughly
capable of handling the first-class plays
and putting them on tn a manner that
almost defies criticism.
"Nancy ft Co." Is simply a comedy,
brimful of, joy and laughter from start to
close. It Is the play to wblcn Ada Re
han largely owes her fame, for It was
the part of Nancy Brasher that she cre
ated and In which she achieved such
remarkable success.
It Is safe to predict that next week
will be the most successful the Neill
Stock Company has yet seen since com
ing to Portland strangers in a strange
land, as It were, and still almost after
the first performance feeling as though
they were In land where the worthy
stranger is made to feel welcome and at J
home.
BY MR. CORDRAY.
Who Announces "Lost In New York" for
Next Week.
A tine production of the ever, success
ful comedy drama "Lost in New York"
will be given at Cordray's Theatre one
week, commencing tomorrow night with
Nettle DeCoursey, late principal soub
rette In many of the Hdyt farces, as "Jen
nie," and the balance of the characters
strongly played by a dramatic organiza
tion of unusual strength.
The scenic equipment portrays Madison
Square, N. Y., with its picturesque en
vironment; the Badger's rendezvous;
East River at, night showing Blackwell's
Island in the background, with a continu
ous coming and going of steam launches,
ferry boats, row boats and water craft of
every description.
The "Aubrey" the smallest practical
steam launch ever built has Just been
completed by the Bay City Yacht works
for sthe "Lost In New, It York',' company.
Though she Is butJJ feet, Inches In
length, ghe'-tawne-lwiHt4hewghuri
with hardwood decks, canopy, boiler and
steering apparatus and has a earning
capacity of seven persons. She is elec
trically Illuminated and presents strik
ing picture entering as she does laden
with a singing quartette who are on
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y -'V sss. i-esssssssssss i- asssssssi . " m' ' -
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pleasure bent; '" 1t- V-V' ;
The production will be fa keeping with
the general excellence already establish
ed, and perfect and pleasing perform
ance Is assured.' .
GORTON'S. MINSTRELS.
At Cordrsy'sr Gorton's Minstrels Will Ap-
pear September 28, 29, 30.
The reputation which Gorton's Min
strels have achieved during the 10 odd
years they have been in exlstenoe Is fully
Sustained this season. The primary aim
of a minstrel show Is. to amuse and ths
performances of Gorton's truupe fullfUl
this aim to perfection. There Is not a
dry spot 'in the entire programme. . A
continuous performance of muslo and
comedy mingled, with feats cf agility In a
Judicious manner give a most satisfac
tory effect.
"MCCARTHY'S MISHAPS."
j . .
Four Night's and Saturday Matinee, Be
ginning Wednesday, October 1st.
'The musical comedy "McCarthy's Mis
haps' Barney Ferguson will be on hand
to piay the role of the unfortunate Mc
Carthy, and he is supported by a full
complement of. comedians, dancers and
pretty girls to round out the grotesque
stage pictures. The entertainment opens
with McCarthy among the ballet dancers,
then makes him the victim-of a picnic
party, and finally lands him at home af
ter the honeymoon, somewhat broken up
by his numerous strange misadventures.
The cast will include Feguaon and Ma?k
the funniest of all eccentric comedians,
Caron and Herbert, the World's greatest
comedy acrobats. Jas. E. Rome and
Margarlte Ferguson. Charlotte Ray, Dick
Ferguson and Grace P'assmore, the
D'Estelle Sisters, Misses Fenn and Wheel
er, Virginia Logan and a large chorus.
Mr. Santley's Fifty Years of Song.
Rarely, If ever, 1ms it fallen to the. lot
of a singer to celebrate, his Jubilee as a
public vocalist with all his power and
charm practically unimpaired. Yet Mr.
Charles Santley is today as welcome to all
lovers of music as he was fifty years sgo.
He won his way ut tirst by sheer force 6f
art wedded to a personality which has
done much to elevate and epnoble the po
feSslon which he still adornsi " How great
he was In opera the younger generations
can guess from the brilliant renderings
of the works '"of Handel which have
marked his lator years .' Mr. Stanley Is
still the greatest Kngllsh barytone," and
his fifty years of achievement entitle him
to the gratltuo cf all his oountrymen,-
London Daily Chronicle. ' ' r
Which Was the Peach? ,
A Princeton student found a note, Jn a
peach from a romuntlc New Jersey girl,
but being a practlcul youth and Incident
ally a reader of this dally newspapers, h
hasn't decided to follow up the senti
mental lead. Perhaps if he could be as
sured that the young woman herself was
Another peach, nr Posglhte:pUJ!B.heJ
might consider the little rotoance from a
more fruitful point of view. Cleveland
Plalndealer. , .;
Get your "Red Schoolhouse" shoes for
tbe boys snd girls from Billings, 229 Mor
rison. Stockings free. ,
New York's
The at r es
NEW YORK, September 20. Tbe ' the
atrical season opens with an easy' and
natural . swing in New: York, - and ths
buildlrig of new theatres presages a
hppy result to our enterprising manag
ers. VjT:!'. .
The Broadway season opened at tha
Garrtck theater wlth'The New Clown."
a three-act farce by H. M. PauIL It Is
one of Charles Frohman's new Importa
tions from London, where It had ft long
and successful run at Terry's and the
Comedy theatre. This bright farce was
very favorably received by a large audi
ence.' : The hero is a young nobleman
who. adopts the role of a clown in order
to escape tha police, who are trying to
arrest him for tbe supposed drowning of
a friend.
There li plenty of fun and good love
making In "The New Clown." Complica
tions are brought about by the Infatua
tion of the hero for the equestrienne, at
whom the strong man of the sawdust
folks has already set bis cap.
The leading parts are cleverly played
by Pameson Lee Finney and Jennie Bus
ley, assisted by Julias Witmark, Marga
ret Gordon, Beatrice Morgan and an ex
cellent cast generally.
The Broadway theater opened auspici
ously with "Sally In ourlAlley" under the
Lederer management. This pretty little
comedy is In two acts, wltn a number of
scenes. The first shows the original Sal
ly's Alley. Another portrays the interior
of an East-Side drygoods store, a third
showing the interior of a fashionable
Fifth Avenue mansion. The play is most
handsomely staged, there being consider
ably over one hundred people In the cast.
Including some prominent actors and ac
tresses, notably Marie Cahlll, Julius
Steger. Ray Gilmore and others.
"Soldiers of Fortune" opened at the Sa
voy theatre under the management of H.
B. Harris and assistant James Forbes. It
has been considerably strengthened and
bettered since last season, new scenic ef
fects being used and the cast much Im
proved, rretty uorotny Tennant has a
idlng role, with Robert Edson, of
course. In the principal part
Brandon Tynan's new play "Robert
Emmet," has made a 'hit at the Four
teenth Street theatre, where it will prob
ably have a long hin. The scenes are
laid In Ireland in the days of 1803 when
English treachery was the chief subject of
irlsh thought. Mr. Tynan has agreeably
mingled humor and pathos In his melo
drama and himself takes the role of
"Robert Emmet." Manager Rosenquest
has given the play a very handsome stag
ing. 1
Mrs. Patrick Campbell began again
on the 15th at the Garden theatre in a
new play, to be followed with a dramatiz
ation of Edith Wharton's translation of
"Es Lie 6e dos Leben." She will then
start on a tour of the United States, re
turning to give her entire repertoire at
some prominent New York theatre.
Viola Allen is making great prepara
tions for her appearance in Hall Caine's
new play '"The Eternal City" which opens
at , the Victoria this month,
1 1 :
Allen Will have the part of Donna Roma
Volonna, and her brother (Chas. W. Al
len, will be acting manager, under Llebler
& Co., of "The Eternal City."
This play Is considered the most im
portant production ever made by Lleb
ler & Co., the smallest details of the re
production having been carefully worked
f out by Ma'sager- George Tyler, who has
been abroad for that purpose and to look
out for good thinks for the present sea
son. W. H. Crane opened the Criterion Sep
tember 3, under Charles Frohman's management-
in "David Ilarum," and .will
then. play In this sueeess aeross the conti
nent from Portland, Mains, to Portland,
Oregon. . " ,
E. E. Rice's "Show Girl" Is repeating Its
Broadway success at the Grand Opera
House where It is having a most success
ful run, this theatre having been thor-
Siatoii .' Opens tyith Man
agtr - Looking for Good .
. Butlntst During A Com '
ingWlnUr. i ; , T:-
oughly, overhauled to make 'room for a
big production of It. , Prominent among
the beauties In the cast Is Miss Fenton
Brswart. whose picture accompanies this
artlclaj. ' ' ' "r
Klaw ft ' SrUnger new theatre win
open with tha new Drury Lane spectacle
"Blue Beard.7; which wlU overtop" aven
"Ben Hur." .. ;
Tba Rodger Brothers in Harvard are
at the Knickerbocker , under ; th same
raanagemsnt .' ''j'-n'yj
The Greenwall Stock, Company opens
the season at the American with "Tba
Christian.", and Lillian Bayer has a strong
part, to ths cist . . - ,':':,'
This will be followed by a very clever
selection of first class productions which
will bis used -in their various houses
throughout tha country. V V .';)
The Empire opens with John Crew's
play "Ths Mummy and Humming Bird.?
There Is an odd character in this novelty,
an old Italian or gas-grinder who baa
coma to London to slay the man who stole
his wife. ,; John Drew appears as the
scientist who Is the chief figure In the
play and engages the" old Italian as his
valet. In this capacity the old man pre
vents the elopement of the scientist's wife
with the very man who had dishonored
his own home. - .
; HERBERT E. CLAMP.
Hay Fever Theories.
Some recent sclsntlflo investigations on
the stsbject in Germany have not added
very much to our knowledge as to the
causes of ths disease or Jhe most effect
ual remedy. A great many different
theories are advanced by patients 'as- to
the origin In their own cases. One lady
declared that she caught hay fever when
ever she happened to think of it while
another said an attack would be brought
&n by thinking of a cornfield. A third
patient asserted that It would be pro
duced If cats . came into the room; one
has heard before of the sight of a cat
bringing on a fainting fit and some
hypersensativ parson attributed a
swoon to the smell of a rose. The rather
generally received opinion that the pol
len of flowers is the cause of hay fever is
not confirmed by Dr. Thost's experiments.
The doctor Is, unfortunately, unable to
propound an effectual cure. There Is ft
prophylatlc, indeed, but some people
would think the remedy as bad as the dis
ease. It Is to live In a place where there
Is no vegetation. , On t)-at account the
Island of Heligoland is much resorted to
by German sufferers. There are spots
on our own coastb where the condition Is
tolerably well fulfilled, and -in any . case
it may be said that people vho habitually
suffer from hay fever should take their
holidays at the seaside rather than in
the, pountry.London Globe.
Children of the Poor.
Prof. E. Benjamin Andwsws declares
that parentage among the poor should be
discouraged.
rhls is a, 'good enough theory to create
i sensation, but beyond "that end it has
no merit whatever.
Had this theory been In force, the world
would have had no Lincoln, no Frank
lin, nO Spurgeon, no Gladstone, no Homer,
no Shakespeare.
Poverty Is no obstacle to character-
building; It Is a positive help.
Early toll becomes a fixed habit and
deprivation teaches, soul-deep, the di
vine lessons of wholesome aspiration and
self-denial.
The elder Rothschild, the elder Vander-
bllt. Jay Gould, Cyrus W. Field, John W.
Mackny and a host of others most emi
nently capable of self-support were born
under unfavorable conditions, If there be
such.
The unrestrained breeding of disease
and vice is. another question, and one of
vital importance.
But poverty Is not hereditary. Chicago
Kecord-Hernld.
To Decorate Women.
Ostrich feathers are plucked for market
as follows: A man carefully examines
the nock and picks out those birds whose
feathers are ripening, groups them Into
dozens and pens them In so that they can
not run about and Injure their beautiful
plumage. When the plucking time comes
each bird Is enticed into a narrow, dark
passageway. The entrances are then
closed and the bird thus imprisoned. A
cloth bag Is thrown over the creature's
head. Then the plucking begins. Three
men, perched upon platforms outside of
the pen, reach over the board inclosure
snd with curious sclssor-like appliances
pluck off the feathers. Whatever wounds
a bird may receive are immediately dres
sed. Tbe tail feathers sre pulled and
not cut. simply because they reproduce
better than other feathers of the ostrich.
While the plucking Is In progress the os
trich ketps up a dismal roaring. Were it
not for the staunch construction of the
pen the creature would kick the boards
into splinters. St Paul Pioneer Press.
i The Bark of a Dog.
Strangely enough, barking, which seems
to us so characteristic of the dog, is not
one of its natural sounds at alt No wild
dogs bark, and, what Is more remarkable.
If dogs are Isolated for a long time from
their human masters they seem to lose
the faculty. " Thus a number of! dogs
turned loose on Juan Fernandez Island
were found in thirty-three years to have
completely lost the habit, but to be able
to re-acqutrs It On the other hand,
wolf puppies, as well ss young wild dogs
If reared among tame ones, readily learn
to bark. It almost seems as If the sound
were differentiated from the howling and
yelping natural to the wild canine in or
der to communicate with man and serve I
his purpose. It is worth observing that
the habit can be eliminated when desired.
l me breeds -ef dwg-fv red -fcy
poachersv :, .
AN UP-TO-DATE NEWSPAPER.
The Journal, an acorn of newspapers,
for. several months, becoming now an
oak of newspapers. By carrier, In city,
10 cents a week.
PORTLAND ACADEMY
Boys Enjoy TTiansdvcsQld Halt-
7- fiomah Building in Plaice. .'
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t
The boys of he Porland Academy cer
tainly do enjoy themselves, after school
hours on a vacant block In front of the ?
academy building. ; A reporter who start
ed out that way yesterday was greatly
interested" In the antics of;. ths young ,.
men;. i' ":-),' i . , ; .
..There were about a score of -them out
In their football Uniforms, '.going through .'
all kinds of stunts which greatly pusxled -the
reporter, who knows nothing about
football. All of a sudden the boys would .
rush to a given point ' and squat down
In circle with heads to head Ilk a lot
of quail on . a frosty, -morning. Then -they
would break away, as they ssy In
prise ring parlance, and form themselves
In a T-shaped squad. A bystander ex
plained to th unsportsmanlike reporter
that this was ' called a . flying . wedge.
They. certainly did wedge into those
lined up against them, but with the Im
mense amount of padding each wore no
ons was hurt '.. -.
Ths old Multnomah Club house, which
wss purchased by the . academy, Is In
place , and brickmasons are busily sn-
gaged in placing a foundation under th
largs building. This work , will be rap
idly completed, and then the carpenters
will bo turned loose on the Interior.
FIFTY CENT WHEAT
Enormous Sales in the Palouscon
That Basis.
COLFAX, Wash.. Sept aO.-Wheat la
selling at 60 oents a bushel In the Palouse
country, and there is a rush to sell. Only i
one firm Is paying hat prioe, but th
local agent Is almost burled with wheat
offered by the f armors who have been
holding for that price. Seymour Manning
is the Agent here for th Northwestern
Warehouse Company, of San Francisco
and Portland. He received orders yester
day morning to pay 60 cents for wheat at
Paiouso esBstry pointer and sine thr irtr
life has been a strenuous one. From the
time of receiving the order until 9 o'clock
last night he had purchased 202,000 bush
els of whsat, every bushel being bought
direct from tha farmer who raised it
The limit given Mr. Manning was 6S cents
at Portland. The freight rate is u.aa
cents per bushel and tha warehouse
charges are ltt cents, so the price paid
Is a shade above the limit Other deal
ers refused to pay the price, and no other
sales are reported for the day. Mr. Man
ning's" purchases Include some, of the
largest Individual crops in the Palouse
country.
BIG TRAIN OF SALMON
Forty .Cars 6! Fish Leave Portland
Last Night for the East.
Another Big shipment of salmon left
Portland last night for tha East It is
th'e second time this year that a solid
train load has pulled out of this city
destined for Chicago. The train consisted
of 40 cars, each carrying 470 cases, four
dozen 1-pound cans to a case, making a
total of 800 tons.
A similar shipment left here a week;
ago, which was the first solid train of
salmon ever sent East. This train .
reached Chicago yesterday, occupying
Just a week in transit but wa,s smaller
by ten cars than the one that left last
night.
The idea of sending solid train loads of
salmon to the Bast was suggested by
Freight Clerk Bweet and th Portland
Board of Trade took advantage of tha
opportunity to advertise the state by
stretching banners on several of the cars
announcing that the train was loaded
with "Paclflg Coast Salmon from Ore
gon." - ' -
The fish wers partly from the Columbia!
River and part from Alaska. It is ex
pected that another train loadwill leave
Portland next Week for New York City.
NEW FREIGHT DEPOT
For the Portland Railway Company
On the West Side.
Superintendent Fuller, of the Portland
Railway Company, thinks that he was
treated rather harshly In the council
chamber last Tuesday by a delegation of
Fast Side ladles " headed by Mr. Much,
and backed u by several councllmen.
I am doing all in my power to run our
road as near up to the standard laid
down by these ladles and others as Is
possible. It Is true that I did promise
to do away with th freight depot, as
soon as possible, and am moving as fast
as I can.,-
We have leased a place on this side
of the river but are having trouble with
tenant who declines to vacate tha
premises. I Suppose Mr. Psxton will -
have to bring ejectment -proceedings In
the Justice Court and dispossess e
man. Then we will move ngnt in ana
do away with the depot, which seems SO
Objectionable."
GERMAN SAENGERFEST.
LOS ; ANGELES,. Cal.. Sept 20.-Th
German' and American flags and festoons
ot Bed and black adorn the streets of Los
Angeles today .in honor of the German
singers, who have congregated hers front
all parts of California for their annual
aehgegfeat rf-Tfasr- cuueet t"pT6gTam was
Inaugurated today in Hazard's pavnion.
Tomorrow will bo parad day and Mon
day will be given up. to social amuse
ments. Judging from the suspicion!
opening ths gathering will" far eclipse any,
previous saengerfest, both in tho num
ber of vhrtors snd th quality of musioi
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