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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
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C, B. JACKSOH
Sunday
OFFICIAL.
COMMITTEE MEETING MUST BE PUBLIC.
THE QUESTION before the council's committee
in investigating the alleged delinquencies in the
construction of the Tanner creek sewer, it is
ri't.ily staled, ib to be considered behind closed doors.
Enough of this matter ha already reached the public
eirs to have created a determination to get at the bot
tom of it. Public opinion has convicted no one in ad
vance, but the people of Portland are determined to
know precisely upon what gronnds the hinted criticisms
have been based and to what extent they have been jus
tified. They will riot stand a whitewash, as it is hinted
is now expected to be the result of the investigation.
Involved in it all is a broad principle which applies not
alone to the Tanner creek sewer, but to every other
piece of work that lias been and is to be undertaken.
Certain work was done there costing thousands of dol
lars. The character and quality of that work wai
passed upon by the city engineer and his representative
and officially reported as being fully in accordance with
the specifications. Notwithstanding this official en
dorsement further investigation is said to have shown
that the work is not up to the specifications, that in
grime important respects it has fallen far short of the
requirements and that instead of its being permanent in
its character, it is likely to be vitally damaged in any
unusual emergency that may arise during the winter
rains.
This constitutes very serious condition. It matters
little at this stage of the investigation whether what is
known of the report at this time is borne out by the text
ot the report itself; doubt have been publicly cast upon
the character of the work and the investigation should
ot only be thorough but open and above board. There
should not only be no attempt at concealment but no
suspicion of such attempt. If the work has been done
according to "the specifications, then the contractors
should court the fullest investigation; so should the
city engineer and the council. Anything short of an
open and thorough investigation will serve bnt to con
firm the suspicion which now exists, which should be
the last thing men whp have regard for their oaths c
office and their standing in the community should de
sire. .
-But whether the committee desires or not to hold a
secret investigation it is debarred by the plain pro
visions of the charter from doing so. Here is s trans
cript of section 67:
The council may adopt rules for the government of
Its members snd its proceedings. It must keep a journal
oi its proceedings, and upon call of any two of its
members must cause the yeas and nays to be taken snd
entered in its journal upon any question before it; but
upon a question to adjourn the yeas and nays shall not
be taken unless upon the call of four members. Its de
liberations and proceedings and also those of ANY
COMMITTEE appointed by the mayor or council must
be public."
What the committee seems inclined to deny is there
fore a public right which under the charter It must con
cede whether or no.
A GRATIFYING RESULT.
IT IS QUITE GRATIFYING that after its expe
rience in practical operation all classes of people
seem to be agreed that the city charter will require
no radical amendment, which in reality means that
whatever amendment may be suggested will be merely in
minor detsils which will not materially affect the body
of tie charter itself. Indeed in the opinion of those
who have watched its operation most closely, practically
no' amendment is needed to fully realize every reasonable
expectation. '
In this connection the resolution presented by Mr.
Isarri White providing that all proposed amendments,
even after they bave received legislative endorsement,
should be submitted to the people for ratification, should
meet with hearty and unanimous public approvsl. Noth-
tag has been so far suggested in the wsy of amend
ment which it would be necessary td put into effect be
fore the June election or which, indeed, could be put into
effect much before that date without an emergency
clause that would be ridiculous ss applied to the slight
amendments so far proposed. But in case amendments
were at any time suggested calling for such a step, the
people could better afford to hold a special election to
pass upon them than to permit indiscriminate tinkering
which sooner or later would disembowel the charter or
insidiously destroy its vital features.
Mr. White's resolution should receive the unsnimous
vote of the members of the old charter board and it
should then be accepted as the rule and guide of every
delegation sent by this county to the state legislature.
SCRATCHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
A CURIOSITY of presidential elections is the dif
ference in the numbers of votes cast for presi
dentisl electors on the same ticket. These men are
only figureheads, dummies, practically a mere piece of
electoral machinery, whose duty is only perfunctory and
rvrxma or two t
From the Chicago News.
It might be said emphatically that the
president baa proved himself etronger
than bit party. Tet the party came
before the country this year in all the
strength of Its successful policies and of
the long-continued prosperity to which
they have contributed.
This party has said that Its policies
of the past would bo continued and the
people have apparently approved its
complacent attitude. Herein lies the
chief danger to the party and to the
country. If the former shall assume
that tie overwhelming victory of yes
terday Justifies It In continuing to block
the way to the abolishment of such
a per lal privileges a" those lending up to
tariff-protected high prices and unlaw
ful toll taken by means of monopolies
established through the power ot freight
rate discriminations, toe favor now
shown to It and Its national candidates
will bs withdrawn. No careful student
ef the situation can fall to see thst this
favor will flow like water Into some
other quarter unless lower tariff duties,
trade reciprocity, equal privileges to all
shippers ami other methods of relieving
the people from the burden of unjust
charge "ball be btwught Into existence.
To Ignore reforms of this aort while
granting ship subsidies and otherwise
extending the domain of special privilege
must bring political disaster speedily to
the Republican organisation.
Where stands the Democratic, party?
The plana of the so-called reorganises
bave gone terribly wrong. Mr. Cleve
land's paeans of thanksgiving ana aim
liar utterances from the swelling b Osama
ef ether eonsefrstlve leaders have not
bees Justified by the sentiment within
the party. Many of I he Bryan Demo
crats voted for Rocxievelt Many others
voted the Social 1st ticket, not because
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without any personal responsibility, since it is certain in
every case thst they will vote as the majority of the
people have already done; and yet a good rasny voters
will scratch one or more of them, merely, apparently, on
account of-some personal pique or prejudice, or st the
prompting of some whim.
For example, the returns from Lane county showed
thst while 3,523 men voted for presidential elector Dim
mick, only 3.163 voted for Presidentisl Elector Hough,
on the same ticket, s difference of 360 votes. So in
other counties it will be found thst some other elector
ran shead, and another one behind, though they all to
gether comprise an electoral unit for the state, and their
personality should not figure in the case at all.
An exception to this last statement might be made
for the office is an honorary one, and sometimes puts
a man in line for some federal position if one of the
electors is clearly an unworthy man, and especially
unfit to be honored in any way. For such a reason an
elector has occasionally been cut, and defeated when all
his associates were electedand properly; but rdinsrily
the scratching of one or more electors on a presidential
ticket is childish. It is evry voter's privilege to do this,
but the exercise of that privilege is not to be reasonably
accounted for.
ARIZONA AND TUBERCULOSIS. ,
e.
ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT in favor of the open
air cure for consumptives near home, and thst
the climate is not the main or solely necessary
factor in effecting a cure, is inferentially made by Mr.
Frank' D. Witherbee, in a recent issue of Chsrities, a
New York publication. In this article Mr. Witherbee
tells of the tuberculosis pstients in the Salt River valley
in Arizona, where out of a total winter population of
15,000, fully 5,000 are consumptives, drawn there by the
climate and its reported curative properties.
He finds thst the climstic conditions there actually lead
to a very large percentage of cures, but in many cases
the climatic benefits are overbalanced by "social and
spiritual suffering," which is not generally understood.
The sick msn craves society. He becomes homesick.
He grows morbid, and counts life preserved at the cost
of such isolation not worth fighting for.
Besides, according to this writer, the climate will not
cure victims far gone with the disease, indeed it will
serve to hasten their death. Most of those who go
there go too -late. A Phoenix physician says that four
fifths of the health-seekers are incurable. The Streets
there "are filled with thenat" But this doctor may be
inclined to exaggerate.
Inconsiderate physicians and relatives often send
patients to Phoenix alone and with scant means of sup
port. They are there, homeless,' friendless, without
sympathy, often with little or no money, and through
these allies of the disease the climate cannot carry heal
ing on its wings. If a man has not means to maintsin
himself there he must be able to do a man's work in the
field or on the range. The climate will help, will in
some esses, under favorable conditions, effect a cure;
but the climate is not all.
Out on the desert, on the outskirts of the irrigated
portions of the valley, are scores of tents, of all sixes and
descriptions, where hopeful or hopeless victims of tuber
culosis dwell; and in Phoenix the local lodge quarters,
the churches, the county almshouse and the one free
sanitarium are filled with them. In a community so
overrun with these unfortunates there is of course scant
sympathy for them; people become hardened to the
misery which they witness so constantly, and ih so many
people.
The moral of all this is that It will do no good for a
consumptive to go to Arizona unless he is still curable,
and unless he is supplied with means or has sn excep
tionally cheerful disposition, one that can readily adapt
itself to changed and unexperienced circumstances.
This is equivalent to saying that the larger proportion of
patients who go there are not and cannot be cured. Yet
the climate, as far as it goes, is no doubt beneficial, and
greatly helpful. But in a majority of cases the draw
backs overbalance it.
The further moral follows: Let us have an open-air
tuberculosis sanitarium near home, near this city, near
every large center of population. While the climate may
not be so beneficial for this class of cases as that of
Arizona, other conditions will more than compensate
for the lack of Arizona climate. The open air life, under
a certain regimen as to activity and diet, seems to be
the main thing.
CONSIDERATE TO BINGER.
IT MIGHT have added to the interest of the Meldrum
trial to have had Patriot Binger Hermann put on
the stand as a witness to see if he could remember
anything about those missing telegrams between him and
the ex-surveyor general. Perhaps they were among the
"personal letters" that the ex-commissioner destroyed
just before he left the land office. But the strain on
unctions Binger"s memory, not his conscience, might
have been painful, and so he was kindly excused from
testifying.
they had become Socialists, but because
they refused to place themselves under
the leadership of men who had no mes
sage of hope for them. Deck of a well
defined Issue paralysed the party. Bo
Ucltude for the constitution which, so
far as the voters could see, was not In
the slightest danger did not appeal to
them. The cry that the Republicans had
used questionable methods In raising
campaign funds would have thrilled the
people had It been substantiated by
proof. Without proof, It recoiled upon
the accusers. Bo the party drifted rud
derless to defeat.
It remains a great party. If Mr.
Bryan shall resume the leadership one
may well believe that conservative Dem
ocrats will look upon him far more
kindly than they have In the past. But
the fate of this party In the Immediate
future depends largely, as does the fate
of the Republican party, upon the policy
of President Roosevelt and the Repub
lics congress respecting reforms which
the people demand and to whloh they are
entitled,
FOB STBSIIO.
Robert Douls Stevenson.
Dord, receive our supplication for thus
house, family and country. Protect the
Innocent, restrain the greedy and' tie
treacherous, lead us out of our tribula
tion Into a quiet land.
Look down upon ourselves and upon
our absent dear ones. Hslp us and
them, prolong our days In peace and
honor. Olve us health, food, bright
weather and light hearts. Ip what we
meditate of evil, frustrate our will; In
what of good, further oar endeavors.
Cause Injuries to be forgot and benefits
to be remembered.
Let us it down without fear and
awake and arise with exultation. For
His asks. In whose words we now conclude.
JNO. P.
Filth mm
Journal
From the Baltimore News
When William L. Douglas, the Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Massa
chusetts, made his speech of acceptance,
the News called attention to It editorial
ly aa an utterance of remarkable vlrlUty,
force and cogency. In point of faet.
It was the very beat speech made In the
entire Democratic campaign. It was a
straight-out blow for tariff reform, both
from the standpoint of free trade prin
ciples and from the' special standpoint of
the Massachusetts manufacturers and
merchants Interested In reciprocity with
Canada and In other lowerlngs of du
ties. Aald from its excellence aa a
speech for tariff reform and for Demo
cratic principles generally. It was in
stinct with the personality of a strong,
live man. a man likely to evoke a re
sponse from his fellow citizens when he
addressed them. And this speech was
th keynote of a vigorous campaign.
terminating In the extraordinary result
shown at Tuesday's election In th
fare of a Roosevelt plurality of over
10,000. Douglas was elected governor of
Massachusetts by nearly 36.000 plurality
over his Republican opponent a net
difference of 122,000 In favor of Douglas.
And tip's was In a total vote of only
433.000 Such a showing la almost with
out parallel. That many causes con
tributed to It seems to be admitted on
all sides, among them a certain amount
of union labor defection from th Re
publican candidate; but there I little
doubt that the victory of Mr. Douglas
was due In the main to his aggressive
stand on th tariff question and to his
strong personal advocacy of hla own
views. There are In various states re
markable discrepancies between the na
tional and the local result la Tuesday's
election, but none so remarkable as this,
and, with the exception of She victory
of Folk In Missouri, none SO gratifying.
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1 SUC1""'
Now la the time to build your air
ships. Now old western Oregonlans are hap
py again.
Roosevelt also carried all the capitals
of Europe.
Oregon I likely to keep on going wet
for quite a while.
By th way. will we nave some more
ot Hmoot this winter?
Don't buy the boys toy pistols, nor
allow them to have them.
Missouri going Republican makes Folk
all th more a coming man.
As a rule, handwriting experts' evi
dence la entitled to very little weight.
Perhaps eastern visitors do not know
that this la a sample of Oregon winter.
"The Baltic fleet told to go." reads
a headline. But th Halt lc fleet does not
want Togo.
A Pennsylvania train ran 131 mil
In 113 minutes. It thought it was run
ning with Roosevelt.
Grandpa Davis has not publicly an
nounced, aa Judge Parker did. that he
would not run again.
Portland never entertained guests
mora worthy of respect than th gran
gers and their wives. '
Great victory aver the Jap! They
didn't get to destroy the Ratatoropny.
Hurrah for the csarevltch.
The exposes of Ida Tarbell and Tom
Dawson haven't affected Standard Oil
stocks a bit 36 per cent this year.
Fairbanks and Beverldge are both
from Indiana, and both want to be presi
dent. Neither, la cook aura, though.
Society notes: Captain Raln-in-the-Face
Is spending a few days In th elty.
HI Wind blew Into town the other night,
and promised to call again soon.
New York Item: A new lawyer has
settled In our burs, and hung out his
shingle. He Is Hon. Alton B. Parker.
juid he hopea to build up a paying prac
tice in our midst.
Governor-Ell ect Douglas of
chusetta declares that hla campaign ex
penses, all contributed to the campaign
commute, were 134.300. He can't make
nearly aa much legitimately aa governor,
but be may sell more shoes.
A Linn county man nearly 10 years
eld, who has voted the Democratic ticket
ever since Jackson's time, voted -for
Parker, but as he la not vary rich, there
la not much chance for hla nomination
for vice-president In 1908.
The Lincoln (Neb.) Star gloats volu
bly over th Republican success In that
state, and especially In th election of a
larg Republican majority In the legis
lature, "Insuring the election of a Re
publican United States senator." From
which it Is supposed the Star la exceed
ingly proud of that fellow Dietrich
Oregon Sidelights
Albany ought to have a park, but
hasn't.
Bears very numerous on the upper
Deschutes.
Athena la prospecting for a new and
larger water system.
They expect strawberries for Christ
mas down on Coos hay.
Tillamook county people have held a
new courthouse meeting.
Johnny Weiss, aged 14, regularly runs
a 20-horsepower engine at Tillamook.
"Wheat need rain," aaya th East
Oregonlan. Fetch It down to Webfoot.
At Albany also ripe and greeu rasp
berries and blossoms on the same vines.
There I no graft In Salem, aaya the
Journal. But how will It be next win
tar T
Helix has a cemetery society, but this
does not indicate that th town la dead
or dying.
Th turkey crop of southern Oregon la
coming on finely only 12Vi cents a
pound as yet.
Four years ago eight votes were cast
for president in Bend precinct; this year
IIS war cast.
Ttlhunook City will have to refund
flOS saloon licenses, and hssn't a osnt
In th treasury.
Prompt and cool-headed action ef a
waitress saved the Lakevlaw hotel from
destruction by fire.
So far thla year 80 buildings have
been erected In Bend, at a total cost of
about $76,000. Lumber la scarce.
A Cloverdale, Tillamook county, farm
er has a potato that weigh exactly four
pounds and resembles hi shape an In
fant baby, showing plainly arms, lags,
head and eyes.
Fr water Times Effects of prohi
bition are not waiting In Freewater. On
the day after th election both mill Shut
down, one hotel cloaed Its doors and
real estate dropped It par cent. Told
you so.
Tillamook Independent: We feel Ilk
hurrahing over th national election;
but every time our mouth gets Into Just
the proper shape to emit a blood-curdling
and halr-llftlng yell, we so prohibition
return from Tillamook county In great -big
poster type and are so overcome
with emotion that the veil is forgotten.
Five hundred and four catfish were
caught In few hours' time In a lake
a few miles south of Corvallla last Fri
day by six men. The fish were of good
edible quality and ranged In length from
eight to eighteen Inches and the men
aay. too, that It waan't an extra good
day for fishing either.
Bend Bulletin: Vice-President Fair
banks. Senator Forakar and W. E.
Ouetin, Sr., (of Bend), war classmates
In th Ohio Wesleyan university, Dela
ware. Ohio, In the latar OO's, and that
Mlaa Cornelia Cole (who afterward be
came Mrs. Fairbanks), Mlaa Julia Bundy
(afterwards Mrs. Foraker), and Miss
Martha Reynolds (afterwards Mr.
Ouarln), wars mates In th succeeding
class In th same Institution. Mrs.
Ouerln died four years ago.
The Play j
Dunn Du nn Dunn 1
And one more
Dunn.
If that tiny oomedtan whose first nans
Is Arthur were auddenly removed from
th cast, "The Runawaya" would suffer
bitterly and ao would Its audiences. H
Arthur Dunn 1 the salvation of th
place oa th road, even aa Fay Temple
tori was on Broadway.
Thla musical xtravagaaaa. whloh was
presented before the largest and moat
fashionable audience of th season t
th Marquam Grand last night, has a
remarkable hlatory. The work fell Into
the hands of the Schubert brothers, pro
ducers, about IS months ago and they
expended 1(0,000 on Its production at
the Casino. New York. It waa a frost"
the worst kind of a failure. But rather
than loae th fortune they had lnveated.
those shrewd managera took Fay Tem
plate away from Weber and steiaa at
an enormoua salary ana nan a pan writ
ten Into th book for her. She gave Im
itations, of Lillian Ruaaell and Mart
CahlH which all New York went to hear,
but all New York sat back In th plush
chairs and slumbered when th great
mimic waa aot on the stage.
in other words, th run at the Casino
Was" forced In order to give th attrac
tion a metropolitan reputation. At thla
time, Arthur Dunn waa comparatively
an Incident. . He waa given but little op
portunity In th original production to
display hla marvelous funny methods,
because New York, the management be
lieved, wanted femininity much more
than It wanted a good comedian.
But there came a time for th ahow to
leave Broadway, whloh Fay Templeton
doean't have to do. So Arthur Dunn was
mad the star and allowed to build up
his part, which he did In a manner that
might have saved th owners thousands
of dollars ahd they given him leeway In
th beginning.
As Blutch, a horrible example, Dunn
Is simply 'Immense. He has Frank Dan
iels and ail the rest on the verge of
worry. Ha la one comedian whose char
acteristic- a funny walk, a flat derby
and grimace that work over-time
never grow tiresome. Individually, he
put more sxcru Gating fun Into "Th
Runaways" last night than other com
edians have don In all the musical
comedies witnessed hero thla season
combined. He mada the ahow enjoy
able, where In Its native condition It
was anything but that.
After the star. "The Runawaya" la
pre-eminently a spectacle. The costum
ing Is gorgeous, the scenery beautiful.
Th company la mora satisfactory
numerically than musically. In fact.
there Isn't a real good vote In the
crowd. The nearest imitation of one la
that of Helen Carr, who did well enough
to leave the Impression that she can
sing, but worked nervously last night
for th reason that ah but recently took
the part, th Illness of the former prima
donna having forced her into It Th
beauty of th cast Is Ermlnlo Earl, who
playa th comic opera queen. Perhaps
ah, top, has some singing ability, but
the girl suffsrod severely from hoarenesa
during the three hours- stay at the Mar
quam. As to the supporting comedians
they are not funny and could not pos
albly be with a libretto made up of
w heard first in Jack Haverly's
days and whloh are weekly rendered at
the dime-vaudeville houses.
There are a number of catchy melodies
In "The Runawaya" and th gallery waa
quick to pick them up for whistling pur
poses. The up-ataira "gods" wore there
to enjoy themselves and entered into th
spirit of the occasion with almost th
same vim aa the players, who, by the
way, worked beautifully In ensembles
except at the opening of the second act.
Which la due for a good rehearsal
RAC
CE WHITNEY.
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AT THE THEATRES.
Florence Gala Tonight.
At the Marquam Grand theatre to
night, th charming actress Florence
Gale, supported by aa excellent com
pany, will begin an engagement of two
night with a special price matinee to
morrow. In Shakespeare'a delightful com
edy, "As You Like It" The supporting
company Includes most ot the Daly the
atre players and maaalve reproduction of
the Daly settings. Included In the oast
are George Sylvester aa "Orlando."
Mark Price as "Jacques," Paul Taylor aa
"Touchstone." Incidental music, songs
and airs by the Woodland quartette and
English glee singers.
"Led Astray" at the Columbia.
Th efforts of Hector, a true friend.' to
prevent the separation of a married
couple la oae of the beautiful themes
upon Which Dion Bouclcault wrote hla
celebrated comedy. "Led Astray," which
will be produced by th Columbia The
atre stock company next week. Rudolph,
the husband, has discovered LeapafTe, a
poet, making lov to hla wife, and after
denouncing her bitterly, he challenges
Leaps r re to a duel. Th husband la
wounded, but through the offorta of the
young friend. Hector, all the parties are
reconciled. Mlaa Countlsa as th wife,
Mr. Baume as the husband, Mr. Bowlea
aa th poet, and Mr. Bloomqpeat as
Hector, will display exceptional atrength
In the forthcoming production. "Th
Gay Parisians'' will run tonight and to
morrow afternoon and night
Laughable Character in "Candida."
A character, whose humorous eccen
tricities will receive many a hearty
laugh during th production of "Can
dida," is Burgess, the grabbing, sordid
contractor. On of hla laughable char
acteristics la hla cool assurance. His
clergyman son in-law calls htm a
scoundrel, and orders him out of th
house. Thla la his reply: "You Were
always a queer bird. James. One can't
'elp llkln' you; besides, of course, one
don't take all a cleryman aaya seriously,
or the world couldn't go on. Could It.
now?" "Candida" will be performed
for the- mat time In thla elty at The
Marquam Grand theatre next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Novem
ber 11, 12 and 23. The sal of seats
opened this morning.
Haverly's Minstrels.
Considerable Interest has been aroused
among theatre-goers over the appear
ance at the Marquam Grand theatre
Thanksgiving afternoon and night of W.
E. Nankevllle'a Haverly's minstrels.
This Benson's register embraces the
names of nearly half a hundred finished
artists, prominent factor in modern
minstrelsy, who will unit their effort
In presenting an exposition of that de
lightful form of entertainment that Is
Claimed to be a refreshing revolution,
and on that Is calculated to meet th
desire of all sorts of people, being varied
and diverting throughout. The advance
sal of seats will open next Tuesday.
Grand Opens Soon
Manager Lincoln has announced that
no act will be tolerated on the stage of
th Grand that does not come up In every
way to th hlgheat conception of what
polite vaudeville should be. The Grand
will open Its doors for th first time
next Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, aad
the policy will b to gtv thro shews
a day on in the aftsnssj aad two at
night In another portion at this paper
will be found a list of th attraction
which will be submitted to the people
during th first weak ef th now theatre.
Last of Cordray's.
W1th tils last three performances of
"Finnlgan'a Bail" tonight and twice to
morrow, Cord ray's theatre, which for ao
many years ha been on of th princi
pal places of amusement In Portland,
will paaa eat of . existence. "Finnlgan'a
Bail' thla year, with Gallagher and Bar
rett, Mayme Taylor, Fannie Trumbull and
ta outer well known people, the gor
geous scenery and costumes Is a $1.80 at
traction and plays at that price in moat
sections of th country.
Amateur Night at the Arcade.
On of th beat and most entertain
ing acta that the Arcade has ever of
fered to the public la being presented
thla week. The Fern Comedy Four are
capital features, and th Adams broth
ers. Divine Dodson Snd Kate Coyl tak
ing their part creditably. Tonight la
amateur night when ail peopl enjoy
ing a good laugh should turn out to
SO these young people making their
first attempt at acting.
Large Houses at the Star.
Large houses ars being drawn this
week by the Star theatre In their new
bill, In whloh th three Avalos are tak
ing the lead la their acrobatto aet Oth
er who receive great applause are the,
Yale duo, with their elub feat; Carter
and Mendel, with their breezy and
laughable Jokes, aad th Musical Harts,
Richard Burton and Adeline Blrehler,
who also receive great attention.
What's Your Number?
Just on little coupon bearing the
right number means a gold watch. Th
presentation will take place at o'clock
this evening la the BUou theatre. The
coupons are given to every matinee vis
itor. For thla week th bUl presented Is
replete with all that makes vaudeville
attractive brimful of music, dancing.
Jokes that are nw, and sensational seta
by specialists.
Matinee at Marquam.
Mlaa Florence Gal will give a special
matinee In "An You L(he It" tomorrow
afternoon at the Marquam Grand. Thla
Shakespearean comedy. Is on of the most
delightful matinee bills In existence and
th magnificent production should not be
overlooked by any admirer or atudent of
th immortal bard.
Novelty, Mirth and Muaic.
At tbe Baker you'll aes th best vaude
ville ahow thla week that has ever been
given in ths city. There is a mixture
of novelties, mirth and music that will
please all. Th management asks the
publlo to com and stay aa long aa you
pleaae; the price only a dime.
Money Given Away.
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At the Lyric tonight you stand a.
chance to gain one of ths three H cold
pieces given away; and you will see a
good ahow, whloh la aald to be the beat
yet
THE WIDOW SMITH'
IS HIGHLY INDIGNANT
Mrs. A. Smith was vary ladle ant aa
ah faoed Judge Hogu In th municipal
court thla morning, charged with drunk
enness. "1 did not com here." aha said. "1
waa brought to this place by a police
man, agalnat my will."
"That's the way they bring some peo
ple in." aald Deputy City Attorney Ftta
gerald. "I fa an outrage." commented "Mr.
Smith. "I waa not drunk, I tali you."
She then explained that her husband
dlad In Los Angeles six months ago,
and that sh had been roaming about
since. The case waa continued until
tomorrow.
MISS PETERS SEEKS
HONORS OF THE STAGE
"The Tenterfoot" la recruiting Its
ranks with Portland girls. Mlsa Bula
Bennett left with th company to .take
a place In th chorus, and now It is an
nounced that Miss Marlon Peters will
leave during th week to Join th troupe
at Olympta, aa an understudy for on
of the principals.
Miss Peters la a pupil of Mrs. Rose
Bloch-Bauar, who predict a great fu
ture for the ambitious young woman.
She recently received an offer to alng
In concerts at the Spokane, Wash . ho
tel, but preferred an operatic career.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO
KIDNAP SEATTLE BABY
(pedal Disss tch to The JearaaL)
Seattle, Wash, Nov. Is. A sensa
tional attempt waa made shortly after
midnight yesterday morning to kidnap
th 17-months-old son of Arthur L.
Stewart of Waat Seattle. That It was
not successful was du entirely to the
rough handling the child received, caus
ing It to scream ahd awaken the house
hold. Stewart Is In Idaho on buslneaa and the
house la occupied by Mrs. Stewart, her
children and a servant.
Th kidnaper, who Is believed to have
been a woman, entered th house by
raising a window. She then crept up the
stairs aad lifted the Infant from its
cradle, near Its - mothers bed. As she
was rushing down the stairs ths baby
began to cry and fearing sh would be
captured, the woman dropped tbe child
m the hall and sprang through the win
dow, whloh sh left open,
WILL BRING BODY OF
MAYOR HUMES HOME
1 Special Dispatch to The Journal !
Seattle, Wash., Nov. it. All arrange
ments have been concluded to bring th
body of the late former Mayor Humes
out from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Valdea
by dog team. It will be met at the lat
ter place by a committee from Seattle
and brought hare, where elaborate aerv
tve will be held. A finance committee
haa been appointed to raise $2,000 to de
fray the expenses and to ' collect a
memorial fund of $10,090 to be given hla
family, a Judge Humea died without
any insurance.
AT MOOKY FOAS.
(pedal DlapsttL to Th Journal. I
Sunnyslde. Wash., Nov. II. Repre
sentative of eastern capital have been
quietly Investigating traffic and other
conditions In this section recently with
a view to generating electric power at
Rocky Ford, on the Yakima river, three
miles above Mabton, for operating a
line from Mabton to gunnyalde and the
Outlook country, furnishing power for
flour mills and other purposes both her
and In Mabton and pumping water to a
reservoir on th hills to th south for Ir
rigation. They have purchased th wa
ter right aad th land aajass-t.
Market Basket
-.HSlL JSt 1 asoatit th people
of Oregoa Will enjoy the pheasant For
the last II days of th season only is
Pt hunter allowed to be at work
Killing pheasants to sell at any other
tlss would be an. Infraction of the state
law and thla year the. law haa been
closely anforoed
Oregon was ths first guts in the
onion to bass th China pheasants, snd
although th birds are now to be found
In other parts of ths country, ta no sec
tion do they thrive as veil aa they do
here. For a beautlfuUappeeranoe the
genuine Chine, pheasant baata them all.
The birds were drat brought t Oregon
about It qears age by th late O. N.
Denny, who was than a United States
minister to th orient A law waa
passed by ths Oregon stats legislature
to protect them, and In honor of their
Introducer they were called "Denny
pheasants."
This week th markets are supplied
with them, but th demand Is so great
that there Is not enough to go around.
Genuine China pheasants are selling at
11. SO a pair, while th native birds are
IS cents lower. 1
Th 1st rains wilt have a tendency to
mora fully supply the demand for wild
birds, but up to this time th arrivals
have been meagsr and prices high. Next
week a reduction .Is looked for. I In the
market today the following price are
quoted: China pheasants, 11.10 a pair;
native pheasants. II. IS a pair; quaH.
11.10 a pair; teal. 76 cents a pair;
widgeon. Tl cents pair; mallards. 11.26
a pair. Th supply of canvas-back
ducks la very small and quotations vary.
"What are w going to charge for
turkeys thla Thanksgiving?" ta the in
quiry received by retail dealers every
day. Th answer cannot be made yet
th supply la ao uncertain. From all
present Indications turkeys will retail at
from ItVk ta II cents a pound, the pre
ent price. Last week turkeys were sev
eral cents cheaper, but th smaller re
ceipt and 'he larger call for dressed
birds caused them to go up. If the
dealers here could tell what portion of
th Oregon aupply Of turkeys would be
sent to th San Francisco aad Puget
sound markets, they could very easily
make a price for the holidays, but tbey
are just as much at sea as to the price
which will rule on Thanksgiving day ay
the public Is. The only ones who know
sre th turkey raisers, and they won't
tell.
There Is a better supply of oranges
la the markets, and the colors are -vaatly
Improved over those which were
received in th preceding week. By
Thanksgiving day th supply will, be
largely Increased, and a further reduc
tion In price la likely. Prices this week
are ruling from II to IS cants a doaen,
according to else and quality.
The supplies of all sorts of fruit are
larger this week but price remain prac-.
tically th nut. There la only one ex
ception apples and there 1 not much
reduction In that line, There Is, how
ever, a better variety to pick from,
liuod-Lasting grapes are very hard, to
obtain, and prices ars slightly higher.
Some alee shipment of craiiberrlea are
xpected from th east during the next
few days to replenish the almost x
hsusted supplies of first-class goods.
Poultry la higher this week on account
Of a .smaller supply. Oenerdlly the
farmer holds hla poultry for a week or
two before Thanksgiving and then sends
It all In at once. Th usual condition
of the poultry market at Thanksgiving
time is that prlcea are down, and those
who cannot afford the high figures fur
turkeys can sat fowl .anyway. Some
people prefer ducks snd tame geese to
turkeys, but their want will be ham
to fill, aa supplies Just now are small.
A strictly fresh viregon ranch egg la
hard to get. and tbe price Is high. On
Front street not more than half a dozen
cases a day are received; this makes
IIS doxen. or 2.100 eggs that are .strictly
fresh which arrive In thla city dally to
upply a population of over ltO.000 peo
pl. Perhaps some people would like
oysters for their holiday dinners. The
suppllsa of these are large, and sucli
nice tasting oysters, too. There are
little oysters from Shoalwater bay. and
some jf vary near the same aort from
Olympta; then there are large oysters,
such aa they get from the east. The
oyster Industry of the Pacific coast la a
fast growing one, and each year adda to
the success obtained In the culture of
th eastern transplanted stock. Favor
ably known of thla class are the Pacific
Blue Points, a new one on thta market,
and Toke Points.
A few of th prices now ruling In the
retail market today are.
Orange, 2S0IOc doxen; bananas, H0
tOo doaen; grapes, Oregon Concord and
Isabellas, 40c. per 1-pound basket; To
keys, . Verdals, Cornlshons. 40c per I-
Cund basket; apples, fancy Spltaen
rgs, ll.7t9t.S0 'per box; Baldwins.
$1.50; Rhode Island Greenings. I1.S0;
peers, winter Nellls, 11.11 per box; grape
ffolt I for He; Jersey cranberries, 20a
quart; Oregons, 10 16c quart.
Chickens, 26010c; turkeys, ItHOtSc;
tame ducks, 1 each; tame geese, II. 25
0 1.7 each; quail. 7 to pair; grouse, ll.to
pair; China pheasants, 11.60 pair; native
pheasants, tl 26 pair; widgeon. Tic pair;
mallard, 11.25 pair; teal. 71c pair.
Steaks, 1011c pound; mutton chops.
815c pound; veal cutlets, 1012f
pound; pork chops, 1O011HC pound;
roasting beef, 10, 12V15c pound: boil
ing meats, t8c pound; pot roast, 1010c
pound; corn beef, 8010c pound; ham, lie
pound; boiled ham. 10c pound
Crabs. I for 26c; lobsters, 10c pound;
eastern frog lags. tOc doaen; shrimps.
20c pound; eastern prawns. 10c pint; sal
mon, 1 pounds 26c; flounders, 10c pound,
rock cod, ltyc pound: California Soles
lie pound; perch. lOo pound; CallfofnlH
striped base. He pound; Sacramento
shad, t for He; Paget sound smelt, in.
pound; catfish. lOo pound; bladk cod, 2
pounds Me; halibut, 2 pounds tie; stur
geon. It Ho pound.
Raddlahes, turnips and green onions,
t bunches tc; water creaa, le tfunch; let
tuce, fanoy haada, 2 for lc; egg plant.
6(9 10c; mushrooms, 25036c pounds to
matoes, lOe pound; huckleberries. 3
pounds ISo; rheubarh. 4 pounds lie;
sweet potatoes, 10 pounds tic; walquts.
t pounds He; others, too pound; beans,
string, 3 pounds Ho; Umaa, green, 2
pounds 25c; artichokes. 76cjll doaen:
celery, 6 010c head; peppers. It y, pound;
cabbage. 10011c head; cauliflower, 10j
Ho head; Oregon garden peas, t pounds
He
8 BTAsTTB.
From the Philadelphia Prea.
Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackay-BThlth.
Episcopal bishop coadjutor of Pennsyl
vania, wnt out early and voted for
Roosevelt on Tuesday. He want over
to the pooling plans In company with
three negroes and left again In their
company. Non had on hla hat. not even
the bishop. Th bishop 1 a Republican
and a Roosevelt man. Hla three negro
servants are also. The bishop sug
gestad that they all go over, together,
and th blacks seemed pleased. The
polling plaos was In a little cigar store,
and the advent of Dr. Smith with three
blacks snd no hat surprised tbe Judges
for a moment Th blacks voted first
and the bishop brought up the end of the
Una,
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