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JOw.lTIAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MOrJIIKG, AUGUST II, 1S07. 5J RUBY, ABORIGINE, SAYS ; THAT SHE IS 11 1 YEARS OLD Established 1850 FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS IN BUSINESS Established 1850 The Victor Talking Machine ia an Opera House, a Theatre and a Band all ia one. It rive you the musio of all th world great sing er and bandmaster all the year round. ; ;' ' . " , fl DOWN f 1 A WEEK ; Hear It play in our Victor Hall 0e joint 0 S. The Player Grand Piano In the June 16th Ua ff Tb MuslcM Courier there appeared this paragrapu 1 Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Price Are Always the Lowest that not1 one' Mention has been mades with the granu pwn M I I?o7t of IhS Wilcox VVhtt. Company 0 ' - Mrs. Ruby and Her Granddaughter, Rosella. r r Mr. Ruby 'la a full-blooded Indian who mar be aeen. at Rainier, Oregon. ' She la on of the laat of the Orecoo '.'-City tribe and to the boat of hr knowM i Mil la in years oia. in pnmusrajm j from which the . sketch la' made waa takan.br a young woman of Rainier, to whom" Mrs. Ruby had taken a liking, and the sitting waa granted as a, spo clal favor. Th child shewn la the plo ture la RoeUa Ruby, a grandchild. Mra. Ruby claims to have an aunt on the reservation who la vary many, year her senior. . -' - ..' .- ' v PEOPLE III MIS III EAST BEIIGAL Trained Companies of Arch ers Prepare to Overthrow Existing: Government. ". di!ai)ly assaults .r . UPON ALL EUROPEANS Police Are Unable to Cope With the Situation nl Firearm Are Being Smuggled Into Band of;RebeI by Sympathizer. vl - (lowaal apaeial Service.) London, Aug. t. A reliable aource la authority, for the tatmeat'tht the eolonlel office, after many delay, ha at laat received full report of the rla lng in disaffected Bengal districts. It s appear that the aerloua nature of the situation 'la hardly realised In other parts of India or at home. Whereas a few years ago such discontent as ex ' Sated was confined to a few pleaders and clerks,' the disaffection has now .spread not only among the landlords and Ben gal aristocracy, but among the peasant and coollea. ' - All reports agree that the dlsaffeo- " tlon was the result -of a campaign of edition directed from Calcutta, the afc-enclea employed being - not only- the 'press and the platform, but the active organisation known as National Volun . teers, which ha local branches In al most' every town and village. ' These m volunteers are being trained in archery and In the use of sticks and swords by . well paid professional instructor They preach everywhere revolt against the raja And actively push a boycott, ter rorist; those using or Selling British goods, snen wno; canny ""r."""."" and still maintain relatione jrtth the English oraciaia are pumsnoa r """ vrwaataociai ooycoit, wmra ww -lleswWpon that -,; can be- employed against ui Hindu. -. !.'. v;-; --.rr-K-m Sales of, XHwrJeswaess.' :"' - Hundreds of tales of lawlewraeao and -oppression on the part of the national volunteers come from every distrlot. The rural police are too weak, and. In some . cases,' too disaffected themselves-- . to Uke actio. Several landholders have actually usurped executive and admlnia- I tratlve powers, flogging and Imprison ing; their tenants. In the Bar lsal dis trict It Is a well-known fact that com Riltteea of public safety, after the type of the French revolutionf have r-been formed. 'Zhese committees hold judi cial inquiries, summon - witnesses and punish offenders." ' .-.-."Ws-V The government has exhausted Its re serve of polled and borrowed companies of Ourkhaa from Aaaam and military no lle from other provinces, . These are me tararer nonfat In email batchea In villages and at the river stations, but they are unable to prevent the persecu tion or. toe loyausia. -- j ' The worst feature of the situation, however, le the growing number, of as saults upon Europeans. Recently If as saults ave taken place on tbe-Aaaam-Bengal railway alone. . One guard had his skull fractured, another had an eye put out. The first and second-class car riages, containing European passengers, are nightly pelted with atones. To add to the general uneasiness, a European police Inspector, named ' Crabbe, was murdered while-attemptlnp to arreat some train thieves at Chandpur. Moreover, the Impression la gaining strength that firearms are filtering from Calcutta and Chandernagore -Into east ern Bengal. The Calcutta police are also maklnaf strict Inquiries, and have already discovered two stores of arms- one in a oaxaar, aimusi.wii.iiin m iwmi throw of the central police station. There le a growing feeling among the non-omciai Europeans mat tee govern ment should strengthen the police in astern Benral with rerular troops. preferaBty British, and should also take the sternest measures against ths Na tional Volunteers , ana seditious orators and newspapers. ' . ' - - Another feature of the present situa tion ie that all over Bengal national schools, financed entirely by Bengalis, and disclaiming all connection with the government, are springing up. - . , "ranoo-Oermam . ttnattom, .. The possibilities of a Franoo-Oerman understanding, which has recently been debated in the German press. Is still be ing dlsousned by many of the Paris journals. From the tone of the articles, one readily sees that French opinion In regard to Germany has changed but lit tle since the war of 87 years ago. Alsace-Lorraine la still the great stum bling block In the road of a complete reconciliation between the two peoples. France, laying Gambetts'e advice to heart, does not talk , of the lost pro vinces, but she ever thinks of them. The consensus of opinion seems to be that no French government would exist 24 hours if It dared to say officially that Alsace-Lorraine was no longer French, And that while Alsace-Lorraine was Prussian pourparlers for an under standing between France and Germany would be so much waste of time. - The quickest way to arrive at an understand ing would oe 10 tear up . me treaty ox Frankfort.. . :' , .' ; .: , The report of the Prussian minister of railways. Just, published in Berlin, shows that the state railroads have Slelded a net profit of 1123.622,406 for is year 1906. ' It is understood that nearly ftwo-thlrds of this amount will be devoted to; a general Improvement In 'the service. ' . .v. ::.. :- ' .. The - official trade statistics of South Australia for 1908 show that the Im ports amounted to 48,611,320 and the ex ports 169,666,866, which are record fig ures. The exports of staple products show remarkable Increases. - y Buy Your Hat .j'.At Le Palais Royal; always the best at the lowest price, 876 Washington street. ' i VY-L JA'-.fa th.".tt.nt!on SSKw-wtY,?; KthV5numatlo field, i ind Vbaaibly flierj may bo dave'opments that will aflow of the P'aaenUng to the musical world the grand with the ln- wVr-S- not thousht when the.e lines j were written that within a week alter there would be oreeented to the world . ennd pdyer that would contain all thigood qualities of the upright player, and yet it has been done; the piano has made its debut In, the musical world in a concert, and this, -too, before one of the moat cultured audiences possible to SThU was not' done In the grand player was perfected in the Weat. and, naturally. He debut was In the West The Jooelltles were Nprwalk, Ohio, where the piano waa made, and Chfcaa-o was the place pt Jta artlstlo In troduction "t he makefof this sucoess ful grand player ia - the A. B. Chase Company, of Norwalk, Ohio. ; ' The event, which sorved to Introduce to the musical world this marvelous in vention was e concert given under the auspices of Oroavenor,- Lapham t Co., theA.vB. Chaae repreaentatlvea in Chi cago. The place was the Music Hall on the lake front, and the artists were C. Arthur Longwell end Frank Herastreet, baritone, both ot New York City. The program was as follows: .. ' Ballade, Op. 10 . . Brockway Aria, lionor and Arms, from. Bam- t son ............. .....i..,. Handel Minuet, Op. 14.. No. 1 .,T.Paderewskl Barcarolle, Op. 87, No. l,.Moazkowelcl Llebeswalser, Op.O .Moaikoweki to Antnea . wvu i Winds In the Trees ... .Gorlng-Thproas , A May Morning .-.. ...,f.iin Rhapsodle Hongrolse, No. II. . .. ..Llsst Aria, Viaion Fugitive., from Herodlade ............... . .... .v. Massenet Grand Polonalae In B Flat:.., ..Chopin To indicate how-the Chicago preas viewed this event the following Is clipped from the Evening Post: . .''An event , of unusual importance In the musical world took place In Music Hall Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, when a gathering of critics and music lover assembled . to listen to a piano and song recital given by C Arthur LongwelF, of New Tork. am luted by Frank Hematreet, baritone, of the same city. Introducing the "Artletano.T 'The ArtisUno was apparently, a beautiful grand piano of conventional design and ahape such as seen every day upon the concert stage. After, taking his place before the piano Mr. Longwell quickly brought up and In front of the keyboard, as If by seme trick of magic;; a simple contrivance in whtch to place a per forated musio roll. Just as quickly and easily there appeared a set of foot ped als from the lyre of the piano, with which to operate the mechanism hidden the audience knew- not where. 'And, lo! a grand piano was transformed into a player grand, which is known as the A.. B. Chase ArtisUno. A dream was about to be realised. The Artistano was making Its bow to the musical public un der the unique distinction of being the first player grand piano In ths world to be played In public concert ' And beau tiful It looked, too. la its rich mahogany casing, .flanked with a stage setting of palms. The majority of the auAlence being' musicians, r familiar with ths greatest of the world's pianists, the ap preciation of effect was all the greater, and H was difficult to believe that a well-trained human hand waa not sweep ing through the brilliant passages, deal ing tenoeny wun torn eympainwiio pnraa- Ing.and dwelling upon meaninga that the fingers of no one but an artiat can draw from piano 'keys after year of mature experience. !, Under Mr. Longwell'a masterly use of the ArtisUno, together with his schol arly Interpretation, the enthualasm of the listeners rose higher end higher end reached a climax long before the cloae of the program. ' 1 Mr. Hemstreet'with a glorious voles, sang with fine understanding his two contrasting arias, "Honor and Arms," from "8amson," and Vision Fugitive," from "Herodlade," while his group of songs served to . show again by con trast V" vocal versatility a rare ac complishment in singers. The part of an accompanist, which Is alwaye a dif ficult one and requires an artist of pe culiar ability, was piayea in a musician ly manner by Mr. Longwell. That .this could be accomplished with a well nigh invisible player mechanism waa marvel-' mis and . the exaulslte smoothness and i accuracy of the skilled accompanying was another triumph for the Artistano. The artlstlo ' success of this musicals was ' beyond question. We predict no less a commercial success ss its concep tion marks a. tremendous advance In the Iilayer pUylng world, and Its arrival s opportune. . .. The most Important thing Is ths man ner In which the player mechanism Is placed in the A. B. Chase grand. The quality of the Instrument goes without the saying1 to simply say A, R Chase aettles that In the minds of people who know the merit of the,Chaae piano but the how of th pnejetnatio part of the player grand is what will Interest those who have been waiting and watching for the grand player. As to the success of the grand, that was demonstrated In an artistic way at the concert It is a success artistic ally, no doubt about that It is a suc cess commercially, no doubt about that Mr. Liongweu ana sir. iemstreei are 4a annear In this city early in Seotem ber and the music-loving public are as n red a real treat The player Brand will ha on exhibition at Sherman. Clay I As Co. piano house, corner or Hlxtn and Morrison streets, opposus posiornce. The United . Hatter " International Union has established an International death ; benefit system 7 by ' which the nominee of a-member receives a stipu lated sum upon the death of a mem bet ... - ' ; This is the most remarkable bargain sale of skirts we have ever been able to announce - to the public - Our garment buyer in New York closed out the surplus line of the t foremost maker of high grade skirts in the country Regular $4.00 to' $7.50 values. i To these we added the balance of our regular stock, making a special lot of 255 skirts. ; Made of pure linen and union linen, cut with the broad and generous fullness charao : , . tensue oi nign graae gairnciua; ytom wwut "" 7 - sortmeni nas peen pxacea in one oargain wt m. m , ; Is the foremost skirt bargain of the year and we advise you to be mm 1 30c Wide Ribbon 19C II& ri8"red iestc . . ".'-.. w-w,.- 10c Glcricoc Zephyrs. 7l2c Yde ,000 piece-, 50,000 yards, of heavy AU Silk TaffeU Ribbon, ,-' . ; . t . ..,t , , ,,.,...,., ,-. ,-. ' ky inches wide, In white, black and all color. New piece,' Monday clearance f figured Percales, white' trcnmd ttnaIlQr direct from the loom. Regular 80c value, Mon- , i-1,e Wf-rty; Ie75d;, .peci1. . fVt"',r ' day sale....: ........... . . . C , s Ciencoe Zephyrs, pedJ rood tyle In plaid and . 7p Bows and Sahe Tied Free. See Washington Street Window checks, neat style; regular 10 yd, special Monday,, Kimonos lawn arid Smss Vak to $3 for $1.1P Daintiest ; w&iable summer styles of Women's' SHort emd;ngKimonos, Nightingales and Dressing Sacques, made of plain-white lawn, fancy figured and dotted Swiss or lawns. All newest styles, made with' or without collar, belt, long or short sleeves, low or high and Dutch neck, prettily trimmed, sizes' 34 to (44.' Sold regularly to $3.0 0. Biggest kimono value jU Q of the year at only. . ... . . . .... .... . . ... ... 'yJLmJL- I Gut-Rate Sale of Standard Remedies SSo Witch HateL Owl ent rate.. ............ :. .!..!. tt - Al . 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P.JO, New Straw Suitcases, hand-woven, ome, with straps, with hirtfold, patent CI1Q lock and catches; $5.50 Values, for only............................. aptel-F leather Suitcases, extra large, with straps all around, ihirtfold, patent locks CC QO nd catches, leather sides; $7.50 values, for. ....................... yalewlO Tokyo Japanese Woven Suitcases, with Japanese fastenings, jery light and AO airy; regular $2 values, for only... ....... ....'; ....................... pe"f VtVW , $9. values, for only. .............................. i MONDAY ONLY! LIPMAN-WOLFE'S MUSIC STORE 30c Standard American Airs, 15c Tailored Linen Suits, Vals. to $18 at $5.00 Sale o! strictly high grade Tailored Linen Suits of finest linen and repp mannish effects. .These are the sort of suits that every woman appreciates; cut on vonuiiinous lines ana Deauuiuuy anu suusuwouy wuuicu. oauw am cut generously full, in latest plaited and band trimmed styles. CC C flfl Values up to $18.50 for.w... V............ pJAJU : TEARING UP THE EARTH IN WASHINGTON s - ;V , . Ill V, -TV'' . ' ' -I--- V 7 ' -i , ? ' IT ) t I It-'- ... ' -t ' X ' r: 1 J ... .... ....... 1 I - r; r These dozen and a half lusty Americana' compose the flume-line crew of th St. Helens, (Oregon), Mill and iz Power Company. ' - They are now at work At Spirit Lake on a project that is destined to do much in the development of a large section. r - . . ' v . ' - ' ' " - ' MUSICAL TREAT IS SURE AT CITY PARK ""S f i ' i Be Caprio Aranges Program - Including Some Great Compositions. ' Those who attend the band eoneert at City Parle thU afternoon will enjoy . musical treat ; Big. D . Caprio haa elected a program that Inolufle aome of the greateat composition written for band. Anion - these 1 the "Dance Maeabre" or -Skeleton Danee," by Balnt Saena, maaterplece of vivid deecrlpv tlve writing. . . A companv or BKoievuuw 1ZST i high wilder and wilder until the crowing- of a dis tant cock 'warn them that dawn t at hand, and that arhoats must lie low. All hurry back to ihelr coffins but one poor wretch loses hla bearing and uttera low moans of distress, until at last he finds his gruesome bed. and the laat sound is the rattle of his bones, a be drops Into his waiting coffin, ' ' Other numbera of, particular note are Oriel's Peer Oynt suites and-the new Rrana selection : evivia - or- V" - iiT concert DCKins at :' Following is the program in fulll,. Coronation March (by requeat) . . . ... i . i SaJnt-Georg I "Miserere," from ;H Trovatore" (by-. their graves In an old country cht yard one moonlight nlpht and old revels there. Their danee gets w reanesTi ............. ......... "Peer Ovnt, suite A and B.tby re- cuest) ......... ...... -Grieg , (a) The Morning. 1 1 ' (b) Ase's Death. J 1 , rrv.":. : ::.:.v saint-saen ' Intermission. - . Tntermesso bymphonlque"...De Caprio Grand eelectlon "SylvlaM (new) . - Grand concert for baritone. "Blue . Bell of Scotland". ........ De Caprio - , , 8ig. ue caprio. . "Tn4,lnn s. la. Valse" (bv reavest) ................... vy eber Mroh "American Republic" . . . .Thlele Bl' P Caprio. Director. . A PRIVATES HEROISM: Facing Death, Richard Klrkland Cm rled Water to Wounded Soldiers. It la one of the anomalies of war that althottgh It atlrs the savage nature of mankind ; It also call out the highest qualities of .courage, unselfishness and devotion. Many e, deed of martial hero ism is done in the name of mercy rather than of the god of battle. ; No descrip tion of a fierce charge, say the Touth's Companion ! reoords; more..,, determined valor than: doe the ' story of : Richard Klrkland a 'told by General Kershaw. " f Klrkland was a private who served In the South"Carolina "volunteer during the civil war. After the bloody battle of Frederick burg his brigade occupied th"road near the' field. One hundred and fifty yards beyond the field lay the federal troops.. and between the ground; u covered bv the dead and dylnr, - All day long the air was rent with the cries and rroans of the wounded. and the pitiful ceils, "Vater! Water!" r. .... Ia the afternoon, as General Kershaw sat in the upper room of uls head quarters overlooking, the field, Klrkland asked permission to speak to Dim. .v , "General," said . the , young man, T can't stand it." . -Stand what, sergeantr - ' - - "All night and all day Tve heard those poor people crying for water. I came to ask permission to give them a drink." "Klrkland," responded the general, "don't you know that ifyou .atop over that wall you'll get a bullet In your h"I know it but I am willing to try." ' " The general considered a moment 'T. ought not to allow, you to run such a rlak." he said, "but I cannot refuse your request. Trustlhg God will protect you, TThr.e?2wanr eye. lighted with plThank you. slrr he said heartily and ran down the stairs. .When he reached the bottom of the flight he hesitated, turned andran up again. ' "Geheravoaa I ahow th white hand- eKlrk1an. you can't do that" :' i "All rlghtj I'll take the chanoe,", and he was off again. . From the windows or the house the officers watched him ran across the road and climb the walL He made bis w ouicklr to the nearest sufferer. raised the poor fellow's head on his arm, and gave him a long draught of. cool water. "' ..'; -."!-'-; . rmm one he went to another until hla purpose was so plain in the eyes of the federals that all danger waa over. From all Darts of the field came the lteoua appeals; again and again Kirk and had to return for water, and he anent an hour and a half in mlntitftrtnr to the needs of the wounded. Then he rejoined nis company unnurt. At Chlckamauga Klrkland - fell. His example was one which dignified all hu manity. ;..! 1 ' , - Metiger '4 Co jewelers, tii WTash. RUBY INDUSTRY. Rnby Mining .. Disappointing ' Coni pared With Hunt for Diamonds. In Mogolt they see everything in a ruby light, men women and children. Every visitor must want to buy, they think. However hungry or thirsty the traveller may be en arrival, the first thing he hear epokea of is rubies. All Mogok seems to be fishing with miudw noieters, says w. u. itagftr ald in the Technical World. And they are fishing for rubles, in the precious vbyon." that rivals in richness the fam ous "blue . ground" of Klmberley. But no industry is more uncertata than winning; tine,rubia In Burnwti.- wufi minim, was euppoHHu dj xne jwm nrlneora to itiinlnln UK Mil DM wr.trth yet It seemed to fieale out suddenly. The monoDlv ahandnnert It. utter nnxml. ina; much time and money, and thi-n came along a few gentle, almond yxl Bhans and made an immense fortune out of the derelict mine. i ! A very few fine rubles enormously mil value a great quantity of roui?ti pule stones. But when all is said ruby tiiin lnt la slow and disappointing w..1? bm.i rarely averages more than $1 S,o,i for each acre treated. It is shrewUly suspected- by tho white men la .' that the richest mines ef all sn '' this moment growing scratch ernj't r poor: grain belonalnif ' to thw f.ii,i--. natives who Uterully plic "'! blea." as the Bible hi i. ' ! and mannera of their f r The Democrats anil I braska have won t: - r on the tlcketn st mary elwtlon ti Thfrz4u',rfme ( lHiiyil hji ru' -r tarf of .' i- fueiioa i-i t . t ' ! ft V I