t::-. c: zz:t pa:ly jour.::AU rcr.TLA lUluu..i) lu U...a Thirty-Ninth ; Annual National ncampment of the Grand . Army la Opened. AN ENORMOUS FLAG V FEATURE OF PARADE Initial Day of Gathering Devoted to . Reception of Delegates and Social ' Reunions of Old Regiments of the ; Boys' in Blue. i --r:V--:-v.-' : ',' , (Jowoal Special Serelea.) " ' Denver. Colo.' Heot 4. The' thirty. ninth annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opened here today. Thousand of visitor from all parte of the ceuntry ara eonsresated - her and the hotela ara crowded. . The ' local poata deserve creat credit. for' the . ; completeness . of their arrangement The veteran -were received by commit' ' tee upon their arrival In the city and ' - eacorted to their reapectve tat head- Quarter. where they eregrUtered and J.were .'fesslansO- to. their quarter.; There Is nothing in particular n the . "program for "today excepting .a general - and Informal reception , of 'the : visiting - veteran and .Informal gathering at - the various Headquarter. ' Tomorrow ' will b the day for reception and on .' Wednesday the parade will be therirrn--.clpal feature . The line -of march-will ,' be pnly two mile In . length and over ,' asphalted street. ' It - has l so been ardanut that tha march muaio must not be played too quickly, go as not to tire . the veterans. '" v One of the great feature ' of th parade on Wednesday will be the divl alon Including the Denver posts. The veteran of that division will carry an ' ' enormous United States flag. 11,5. feet long. and 1$ feet . wide, with a union field IS by St feet. Each star will be .... two -feet in -diameter.' ? Tha business . sessions will be held' on Thursday and " -Friday. -The national headquarter are at th . Brown - Palace . hotel, , where th . com mander and hi ataff are holding forth At the same time tho National Woman's - Relief corps of the O. A. K. la holding its annual encampment here. 1 O.. A. -R. encampment work , opened - this morning with - 10,000 ' Veterans In city.- Local railroad officials antic Ipate fully double that number before ; Wednesday. - - After the warm weather of v the past two weeke. Denver today Is bhesaed with a cool spell. An Immense - ' Labor day celebration la today a feature. In lhe jmomlng parade 10.000 men were In line and all points of vantage were . . ". occupied by visiting veterans. - - -. . Local committeea are handling the vast crowd admirably, and many- vet - erana are camped In tha public school '.buildings. ;' v i-. - r Already Interest of the. veterans een tera In the fight for commander-in-chief. " Corporal Tanner of Washington ' today seems in the lead. Other prominent can -. 4 Ida tea are General George Stone of Cal- r "ornla. Robert V. Brown of Ohio and general Charles Burrows of New Jersey. i. controversy between the local O. A. R. 'committee and Bulkley Wells, adiutant- general of th Colorado National Guards baa brought forth a sharp reprimand - from Governor McDonald to' the latter. Wells refused to permit yu local "mil . Itla participate In the big parade next Wednesday, unless the committee paid a proportion of the expenses of .noma i of the cnmpntas , from .niitalde .... the city. The governor has ordered the militia to take part In the parade. GRAND COMMANDER Y OF TEMPLARS IN CONCLAVE ''-'.,'-. (Jearaal Special 8erfee.l ; Fa ra toga Springs. N. T.. Bept 4. The annual state conclave of the. grand ' commandery. Knights Templar," opened her this morning with-a large attend ance. Tha morning waa devoted, to the , recaption -of th arriving commanderles and visits at the headquarter. In the afternoon there will be a grand band concert and In th evening an exhibition .," drill by th Malta commandery of Blng hamton. New York." - -The. principal ' event for tomorrow Is the grand Knights Templar ball at Convention hall. ; . . ' ' f v w- emrkjle Atfndaa - - I Increase 40 ner cent naat month. ' On I wMwia. im.hi. I. -..,. . Oregnn W tance.' Additional accommodative - are now necessary for' visitor (a the "Trip to Siberia." This refined and Instructive attraction la fast winning public 'ap proval. ' . . . . .. i . . A V MANNISH SHOE for wonHii ipHIS Is our new "spade'olewelted a a -Jn 1 patent coit, mannisn button shoes for smart; dressy vT w wear f i . (lis buttons sis dull finish) p-u-L-irA-n BRAND . V.- NEW . V PERFECT 1 shoe tmo y S sar3X . Askto m jT I I Si - Fu lliil JOO Diplomat Helped Exploit Conces- elone JReceived From Ven-' ezuelan Government- , ACTED PART OF AGENT . : FOR OHIO REPUBLICANS ;;v;. ...... h r?:-- Quarrel Among Directors of Orinoco ' Company Lays Bare Reasons for Minister's Appointment Kept His Friends Posted on Prospects. ' Uearsal SperUI Serriee.) ).?"'( New York, Sept. 4. A a reault of a dliput between the minority and ma jority stockholder, of the Orlnlco Com pany, Limited, claimant pf the famous Manas, concession, further disclosure of a sensational character concerning the Venesuelaa concessions bid fair.- to .re ceive a thorough . ventilation In the court. -'' ,- - '',. " Not th lesst interesting. Phae of th internal dissension . la the company 1 that 'it haa brought to . light, the promi nent part played by In interest identl fled with th Orinoco Company, Limited, associated - with some- Ohio Republican politicians in furthering th appoint ment of Francis B. Loorars, now assist ant secretary of atate, en hla Venesuelan miasiba In 1897. ' Th eorraapondoac ha disclosed,-by Inference at least, that among the Loomla "pushers" an tinder- standing existed as to the exploitation or Venesuelan conceaslona. " - - Politician desired an American min ister at Caracas who waa friendly. : Let ter indicate that Loomla, while minis ter at Caracas, apparently looked over th ground carefully-and kept his friends ana nacxers posted a to tn propcts of the country. . H predicted a "gold boom." and tnejixe, and gav other in formation auch aa speculators and pro moters welcome when coming from an American minister. mm GIRL, ABDUCTED AleD TG31TUSE0 : :. -7 Pretty JEloite Roderiguez Brought to California and Subjected to Many Indignities. ; , tJoarsal Spedal Serrlee.J - 4' ; Los Angeles, CaL. Sept.. 4. Tha Vb- ductton of . pretty Elolse . Roderiguea from Mexico, her subsequent torture in an infamoua resort, and- her eventual aal to a Mexican-for ITS, baa stirred th Mexican consulate ber to' a rigid Investigation of what' la believed to be an established traffic in white slave. . All. th fact and a statement. of th cruel caa th abduction of th young gin . xrom ner nome. m Mexico, aecret removal to California bv 81sta Herman. deay Ker'"rmrauremnt' In aChTTawth Park resort run by Juana Guerrera. "al leged, searing or per Dreait in a dlv with hot Iron to make her aubmiaaiv. finally her sale to Pedro Hodriguea for $74 hsv been submitted In detail to th Mexican consulate by Riverside peae officers by request of th acting Hftilnan rnnanlifa .' THIRTEErfCOMPANIES- FILE THEIR ARTICLES " (Special Dlepatcb te Th Jearsal.) Salem, Or-' Sept. 4. A total of II Oregon corporation filed their article of Incorporation with th aecretary of statthls week. AH but four of tho now companies gave Portland as their principal d f Ic.-1 h "Seeir g Portland Auto Livery company" la tha peculiar nam of on of the companies.. Th fol lowing 1 the complete Ut: ' . Klshwauke Land company: crlncloal of Ice, Portland. Oregon; capital stock, le,ooo; incorporator. H. C. CamubelL C F. Swlgert and E. E. Mallor. eeeinr rortiana Auto Livery com pany! principal off lc Portland. Ore gon; capital stock. 41,000: Incorporator. John . B. Kelly, 11. V, Kate and Ed - L, cstcs.. . r 'ood Dietllling company ' principal office. Portland, Oregon; cap ital stock, iao.000; Incorporators, H. B. Williams, W. E, Toung and H. C Camp bell. Bennett Trust company: principal of fice. Marahfleld. Oregon; capital stockj a,vvv;' incorporators, J. w. Bennett, T. T. Bennett and Bennett Swanton. Coo Bay Mining, Milling Y Trane- portatlon company; principal office in Coo county;- capital - a tock, $1,000,000; tncorporatofs, H. O. Wilson, I. S. pat- ton, C. J. Braschk. L W. Parker and C. A. Sehlbreda' I . - Cascade Electric company: principal office, Portland, Oregon-, capital stock, 110,000: Incorporator. J. H. Alexander, C.' F. WIegand and C. B. James. . The A. ,W. Bchmal .eomoaAvi princi pal office, Portland, Oregon; caplUI atock, 1 10.00 r - inoArporators, A. W. Schmala, Minnl Bchmal and A. M. Brown,--:.- .. . Th General Contracting .comnanv: principal office, Portland. Oregon: cap ital stock, flO.000; Incorporators, San derson need, c A. Bell, and' Frank- F. Freeman. Clatsop Clsy and Ochr com ban v: principal orflc. Portland, Oregon; cap ital stocav 450,000;- lnoorporors,-W. L. Dudley, I. A. Terex and William B. Streeter." i . . . . Bank of Mount Angel: principal office: Mount ' Angel, Oregon: capital stock, $14,000; incorporators. J. M. Conklln. C. R. : Hougham. J. W, Kffner, Fred Schwab nd N MttkArz.S-i Fremont .Power company! nrlnclnal of fir. Raker City. Oregon; eapMal stock, 1200.000: Incorporators. John nn watwmaBTTnr"wa Faruald. Bohemia Smelting . V .Railway com- pany; principal . officeu Pcrtlawd, Ore. gon; capital stock, 41.000.000; Incor porators, A. D. LeRoy, H. Daniel, J. W. Sherman. WtII O. Woodruff I n Poetland at Suburban Kxpreaa com pany; principal office, Portland, Ore gon; capital etock 420,000; Incorporat ors. Oeorge W. Simons, Frank Fenwlck and B. E. Mallory. , " ; , Prlno CaArte fog Xing. ' . (Jooraal Special Bn ileal " Chrlstlanla, Sept. 4. Th Question .of separation will be settled definitely by the Norwegian' etortnmg within - th next fortnight Prince Charles of Den mark, la th leading candidate for th crown. .. 'ij' i r " j jl.js hAlm ' ,HI Ktnm flipit la MllMhl or poned to th- candidacy orany Swed ish r rinca, and Is hurt at reports to th. f . . cc:.;:.:i.!3 Tuesday ' f - - " .. - Thrca Ad t 1 1 6 oc I Ccrlosdj Arrived Sturdy. All Will f3 Displayed Id Main . 5alsrooms . Floor Ijpf . Eilf ra Piano House See the Beauties In the Sbow Window. . Themuch-talked-of "Baby Show" com mence tomorrow morning. . Music lovers and muslciang will b proud to honor the occasion. Th oldest Amer ican piano, having a career of over 82 year, unbroken by any failure or la pee from th highest standard of excellence. Is to be shown In Its newest and moat remarkable form, th "baby" grand; th very smallest grand piano mad. Th Cblckering company have finally accom plished whst was for a long time con sidered imposslbl in plano-bulldlng cir cles, namely, th reduction of the sis of grand planoa without impairing ton quality and durability, at th aam time retaining to a remarkable degre the volume of the full concert grand else. The result Is th daintiest and moat at tractive piano that the muaio world know, and a piano that any mualo-lover Is In position to possesa- The price, aa well' as the sis of these Baby Grand, admit of this. Th Chickaring quarter J rand, as they are technically known, o not weigh aa much aa th Checkering upright piano, they do. not occupy any more apace, and are noi o coetly a the largest of the Chickering uprlghta The magnitude and the beauty of the display we ar now making must be aeen to be appreciated. It la tha .larg eat, as well, aa the moat Interesting, ever made on the Coast, if not In this country. -- Fair viaitors and art and muslc-lovera ar corOlally - Invited. Ellera Piano - Hous. .461 Washington, corner Park. . (Eighth! jtr GO TO SCHOOL War Department Order Provides " New and: Thorough Sy- - tern of . instruction. COMMISSIONED MEN MUST : STUDYFOR THREE YEARS Annual 'Term of Theoretical Learn ing Comprises Ninety Daya in Sum. mer Time Post Commanders Will 'Be the. Professors.;;::';;, v' iJeoraal Saedal Serrle.) - - New Tork, Sept. .4. A general order Juat issued by th war department at Washington for 'a new and thorough avatem of education for army officer goc'a Into- effect at every : garrison In th United State Immediately,- General Chaffe ia the man whose - nam is aignad to general order No. 124, and It la ha who intend to' see It carried out. . Post commanders will b In charge of .th schools. . Instruction for offi cer ar divided Into theoretical and practical. - Practical . ' Instruction In clude drills, field maneuvers, field en glneerlng. military topography, hygiene and other almllar subjects. . Th annual term of theoretical In atmatlaav will oonslt of 40 sphnnl aa ixa between November and AprlL On hour every darjwm,b.devQtd,, to recitation. Graduate of special service schools will be-eXcused from recitation on sub jects they have asuccessfully completed at any one of these school, but on no account can they evade taking th prac tical part of th.our. Befor they can complete th proposed course each officer must attend three term. ... i : Buys Exhibition Piano. Prominent among th numerous pianos Bold yetrday waw a beautiful Schu mann piano . selected . by Mrs Olga Bartsch Lang.- Th plana la on of th exhibition Instrument displayed In the Ellera Piano Houa downtown exhibit. and was choaan by Mr. Lang after care ful comparison and trial of othar make carsJad. by th Ellara Hous. aa posseaa- ag ton Quality, voium ana elasticity and ae m action oesi auitea to in need .of a vocal teacher. .. v. ' Having I'uunueuced her tudis with Mra. K. J. Fink, a pupil of Garcia Viar- dot, and later . having studied some year with Mra, Walter Read. Mrs, Lang, endowed with a vole of exceptional purity and an artlatlo temperament, coVimenoes her season' work tomorrow, at 714 First street, nnder exceptionally favorable circumstances, and her suc cess In her chosen work is thoroughly assured. . ,. WANT NO HOUSEHOLD ' .- .EXEMPTION ALLOWED i -. !,...v-i; ' Speebl Dlapatcb te Tae JoeraaL) ' Grants Pass, Or., Sept. 4. A suit ha been begun by Judge W. C Hal to en Join Assessor .W.H. ;. Tallin, , County Judg J. O. Booth and cieja b. f. Che shire, aa members of the board of equal isation for Josephine county, from al lowlng-the 100 household exemption to property in making up th assessment roll for 105. Assessor Fallln went to Jacksonville, where Judge Hanna la now holding1 court, to have th matter de cided, but aa th judge haa a ran aocaet there. It. waa agred to bring th caa ud when court convenes In Grants Paas on September tt. The board of equalisa tion win not meet until tn nrsi atonoay In October. ; i - - . Weald BMtor Wt Stat Wt - TJeanarSpectit -rvi-.t Peking, Sept. 4.--Th Chine govern ment I engaged In an endeavor to open negotiation with uermany ana ting-1 Kiaeaheu-ana-Wet Hal-Wet- Utfle kaMee aiest . K. W. r zs. . -rtuwa la a aakek. seettlr ear la TR2ATr-.SnT OC- OeaKt ef HarSaa S, '"V" seal tb kla aad to ttrhlog, sd4 alilll i ""i".,':.w-:vaw-Kr-MS fr-atment wtrs Srl S tUt.l Mlrrln s quickly earlat I L '"' 5 tag samara fnaa Uf'r f'9 Tfr .-r.Tt J fyTng the ekla n?rfc.lr. Sontklng tT trrTUtloaS aad fo aMay antlstptU aea . Vrocglsta, HRL1Y0FFICERS10 ...... ' ' IkriM. weeptaf, CiwtlnJ, Xf woosabd, oxjtmn a oo ronm aad Waaklartoa Sta. v "1 i Mi Strangers' ln"th-clty ar Invited ' to make our etore their headquarter j. wbil In Portland. Fre telephone. - - f I 3 m PAIN NO PAIN W ar th lcovrr and originat or of th only reliable and acientlfl system of Painless Dentlatry. ..W x- . Mil -W.A n ft, ftAAtll LI .wu wavwu, ..." mMW " - 7 absolutely without pain and guarantee la tha beat, our nrlo - th -owt eon 14 WursI I Ua Ul LWWU insjiai waa wwaaw istent with flrsf-clasa-work. y IIIBI! I OT 1 III II .w.w. INATION FRKB. Our plates are unde tectable from tha patur&i. teeth and ara guaranteed to flt, - nrxjNas . .....so rsai'tjid ai.oo GOLD CBOWNS .....f S.OO BRIDOB WORK-j . V.-5 n ;. rrrr. f O.OO FULL SKT NATtTRAL TEETH. 05.00 Open fot kutaess aatU S ' 'clock araalaga, .'.- -. , Boston Painless Dentists SS1H Btorrlaea s, Oyp. SEalsar k Tiank ;v aa oaliofftoa, HOURS 4:40 a. m. to p. m. ' Bun- Say. s:s a. as. to u:s sw as. SASKATCHEWAN OBSERVES FIRST AUKIVERSARy Birthday of Inauguration of Pro : vincial Government Is Pub ; licfy Celebrated. (loaraal Spedal Servteaf : Regina, Can.. Sept. 4. The first birth day of the new province of Saskatche wan and tha Inauguration ef It provin cial government waa celebrated here today with great aplendor and enthual aam and in th presence of thousands oflvlmtpra from au parts or the new province and th eastern provinces, Governor-General and Lady Grey, ac companied by th brilliant ataff of th governor-general - and many prominent provincial official, arrived her early thia morning and were th guest ot honor at the celebration. i . ' v The celebration began 'this - morning with a procession of tha school children. While th children wer marching th governor-general and hla party arrived and tb children cheered lustily while thy passed in -review before th hon ored guests. After the . children had dispersed,, th great civic and military parade began. There wer many hand some float, representing the varloua Industries' of the province. The msyors of a larg number of cities, territorial legislators and ex-legislatore, tb Ninth regiment, and all kinds of trades and professions were' represented In the parade. Th streets war profusely decorated and there wer a number of beautiful . triumphal : archea through which th procession passed, v In the afternoon there will be a big gathering on the exhibition ground, where th official , Inauguration cere mony will take place. A civic address will b presented to tha. governor-gen. eral, who will deliver th principal ad dress of, the occasion. ' Then the new lleiite&ant-goverhor will take hla oath of office, A grand military review will follow, which will' probably occupy the rest of the afternoon. .In th evening there will be a state dinner at th gov ernment house,7 followed by - a display of fireworks and a grand, ball In th skating-rink, v , -, .-,--. ,( . CONGO BELLES WEARING MAILSACKS AS DRESSES -(Joarsat Spedal Serrlea.1 rugeHgej?tXrrJha Belgian postal authorities have discovered that the natrrwof-trieTCwngq-rriMi ' marssTC making a at rang us of postofflc prop erty. For ome time th pouch In which - th Congo mails ,wr carried hav been, missing . from the Brussels postofflc. They ' hav now been . traced to th Congo Stat. It ha bean found that th native postal officials hav distrib uted them a present among their fe male rriends. - Th black woman employ th pouches for personal adornment. Having cut out th end they pull th baga over fhetr head and faaten them around their waists by mean of th leather alrapa. They ar wearing them with evident prid. . - Pupailng-for OonfTno. ; ' Sseetal Dtopete hm joeraaLI ra-Paaa.-OiT-Sgpt. 4.Thr-p"t.Tr and members of the M. IB. Churr. South Sra making extenstvs preparation for tha annual conference f that church. KOTO It Is tirrye to get the boys School Clothing, as the public schools of our city are about 'to resume another year's work. . Our great Basement -Department is ' ' just the place to get sijiu for school purposes-suits that are equal to tiTtrd. - usage of out-of-door play,-,.;. '- . v.; ; : :'"r''' ':' rV'. "-.'. ' H'rl '. - DOUBLE-BREASTED, sizes from 8, to . 16, very stylish-looking suits, ia ' pretty colorings at Vf'''A'vr';V:v ' 'i i .".. ' ; SPECIAL--Double seat and knee suit, for boys extra hard on clothes. The 1 ' ! newest models in sbb our ''v-T. ';';"' N-"' f ;;, ' :";'.;;'.:'':-; ' ?r-: ' - ?, - r; VK -' :y; ' :i;.vv,-:.!:;:'r:,-.:'-: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Imj Ejienirsto Sates f Leaves 'daily from Taylor Street Dock at 7 A, 1.1 w Stea.roer . -.U : QsLaScaLd jLockiaS Makes the round trip daily, except Sunday leaving Taylor Street Dock at 8:30 Cut Rates to Astoria ! Cut Rates to the Szgs! ! Astoria and Return, $2.25 Seaside and Return, $3.C3 Tickets good to return any' time before October 3d. These good rates go into effect to morrow morning on the . ' ( x iv.' . Steaer Tele The. smart, lightning river steamer that scampers down to- the city of fishes and goodtimet land: bright men and. handsome women in from five hours to five hours and a half. .-., So-hr-gojs for evsrday in DOCK FOOT OF. ALDEK Returning, leaves Astoria at DAY. RAILROAD TIME ginning September J. Bishop H. r. Morrison of New Orleans wUl preside 0VR nOYS' SCHOOL handsome color effects,' grays, browns and fancy: mixtures, at $5.QO and $6.00 Vourinrn street wiNDO'Vv r display . The Greatest Oathhsg House The Day Boat Down the. Columbia , ) ancouveiLrransportatlonCa FOR a. nx returning arrives 6 tJiwesJt-butFriiay, whn wj STKttKT. BOAT 1AV1S AT l:ZU A. Mi SUNDAY 9 I i. 8 P. M, arriving in Portland at 8 P. M. ROUND TRIP EVI.Y ON THE RIVER. THAT'S US. ' ' .! i Wot Dyor.iX' --Ur h c7 1 ' Ti" but t t - ' n r a ' i t:.e i. - ' SUIT FUCjS in the Northwest. Call up MAIN 613 . H radii o p. nx. lay ver-to blew-out-the-becrsr- l ' J. r cr. - t r ',.'y l I r -! r. ... -j jaaa arr which will bt hekl invOranta.Paaa b- over th confrnc