Tim OREGON" SUNPAY JOURNAL), PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1003.
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EVERY ARTICLE IN THIS HOUSE COMES UNDER THE BAN OF CLEARANCE PRICES CUT, HALVED, QUARTER!:!)
MSale PriceslMAII
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8-inch - cut glass Bowls,
fine ' dean cut,,-Apollo
pattern;1 special $7.50
, value, the no Clear
; ance price, ; dJO CC
.each ........ sOtO
$10 Orniolu . Clock," war
. ranted - perfect time
keepers, one to arcus-
: S3f'.fh.::v:$4.75
- 33 1-3 Clearance Reduction on all of our highest grade
ilver table ware, including the celebrated 1847 Rogers
Bros., Holmes &r Edwards and Wm. A. Rogers. ; . - :.. -
TAGS
DOI'TIMAKE
VALUES
In the BASEMENT
Sections
,They are attractive tb the rjiind't 'cye.of a child, but they .don't lend color to the quality or sincerity to the Value
of a piece of furniture. The worst hindrance to this world's progress is lack-of reason. It's a aimple thingthe
selling of merchandise cheap; it's a terrible snagthe inspiring reason. For such selling our reason Is now con
signed to necessity we must effect a clearance of these massive stocks, and the time is short. We must tell the
goods we care not what the price. Come Monday to this wonderful store of greater values, select what you will
. , ' pay' us half and even a quarter in many instances, the regular.
OUT-OF-TOVVTV PATRONS - MAIL, US YOUR ORDERS EARLY
Save half and over on
the every-day needs.
$2.50 Parlor Stand
Lamp fl.15
$2.00 Parlor Stand
Lamp f 1.09
, All in neat and hand
some decorations.
Kitchen Lamp, with No.
1 burner; regular 25c
value 15)
Best $1.50 Tea Ket
tles 85f
J1.50 Jardinieres . j. w..Wr......85
ojc croacenr wuspiaors
if A hundred other strlking basemenrspecials
4 K. M
f SPEND HALF THE MONEY YOU INTENDED FOR EVEN GREATER VALUES;
PARLOR GOODS of Every Description
MUST NOW GO
fB?! No- 570-lRegular $60 Gold Leaf Chair; jjj JjQ
' ftT !i fc. No. 167ReguIar $75 Settee; aearance.....f 25.00
KM ,. PSW No. 1651B 3-piece Mahogany Parlor tfCC tifi
Y AY Set; regular $150; Xlearanc HDO.UU
fl ihlMVK 284 Regular $18 Mahogany Hall djO J
I'fp-W Chair; Clearance $0,10
V tk t J No. 1041 Regular $4250 Mahogany Par- OA A A
.lor Chair; Clearance U.UU
tPXfc?1' No. 1786 Mahogany Conversation Di- 1Q CA
if If '"'Ml "if van; regular $27.50; Clearance pl.Jw
ll ---S u -t r; No. 47 Parlor Divan; regular $42.50 OA AA
llsZT&Z- li Clearance iVUlr
r- " 500 equally remarkable parlor Clearance specials.
OrTICE DESKS MUST GO
Seventy-Five Separate
Styles at ABOUT HALF
No. 562 Desk with typewriter attachments; CC AA
regular $100; Clearance JJJ.UU
No. 60 Regular $125 Desk; Clearance $65.00
No. 51 50-inch Desk; regular $85; Clear- JQ
No. 207 Regular $60 Desk; Clearance.... f 31.00
No. 60 Regular $4250 Desk; Clearance 22.50
Flat-Top Desks, With Extra Drawers, Under Half.
Regular $30 Desks; Clearance f 14.50
Regular $15.50 Desks; Clearance ?7.50
MEN BUY DESKS NOW AND SAVE OVER HALF
Save on the Dining Room
FittingsOne-Half and Over
No. 604 Regular $30 China Cabinet; Clear- A
ance
No. 601 Golden oak China Closet; regular 0OA PA
$50; Clearance ....$LiJD)
No. 5024 Weathered oak China Closet; regu- 1 A fA
Ur $22.50, Clearance $1U.jU
No. 805 Regular $75 China Closet; Clear- CjQ
No. 826 Regular $85 China Cabinet; Clearance.. f 45.00
No. 608 Regular $90 Sideboard; Clearance...... f 59.00
No. 12 8-foot Extension Dining Table: regu- fcOC? AA
lar $70; Clearance.. T $JD.UU
Buffets, Sideboards, Tables, Chairs, etc, all at Clearance
...of One-Half and Greater.
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Read of These Marvelous Values Taken
Prodi Here arid There About the Store
Na 41 Regular $15.00 Cellarette
Uearance
Regular $5.00 Hall Chairs
Clearance
No. 808 Ladies $12.00 Desk-
Clearance.;
No. 412 Reeiilar $40.00 Dressing-
Table Clearance
$6.50
....$295
....$6.50
$21.00
No. 216 Regular $45.00 Corner Ward- (J00 CA
robe Clearance 0 "
No. 22 Regular $2.75 Mahogany Ai of
Tabourette Clearance 1 tO
Regular $1.50 Oak Tabourette A
Oearance OUC
NOTHING RESERVED EVERY ARTICLE IN
THE HOUSE TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED,
Carpets, Mattings, Draperies, Curtains,
Etc., at a Saving of Valuable Worth
Select Imported Oriental Carpets, Drapes, Curtains, etc., for the luxury and beautifying of every home. The
poor man's salary is now a millionaire's income. It is a question of money to you of clearance to us. : Buy
while the prices are lowest even to the half and under half-r-even to absolute and immense loss of money
to this house. Whatever you. may need now or in the future buy now
Save ONE -HALF arid Greatly More
Than HALF on EVERY PURCHASE
1000 BARGAINS for
MONDAY PATRONS
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ANOTHER HIT
Veteran Playwright's Latest
f Production Meets ttye Ap
proval of Paris.
(Sptclal DUpatc to Tb Joornil.)
I Paris, Jan. . M. VJctorlen Sardon,
the veteran playwright, triumphed at
the Porte Saint-Martin theatre with his
new play, "V Affaire des Poisons," as
he triumphed with the. vaudevilles he
wrote as early as I860 for Madame De
Jazet, and as he did later on In 1883
and the following years with th.j
dramas he wrote for Madame Sarah
Bernhardt. ; ' - - . ,
. This new ply is of the same class
as Its predecessors, and ,1s certainly one
of the best which the old but ever
young author has produced'" It Is, as
tome very young vrjm; mra were noi
born when Sardou had . already won
world-wide renown ; were heard to say
during the entre'acles of the premiere,
with an attempt at disparagement n
of "Tosca," "Theodora," "Fedora,"
Madame Sans-Oene"; and nothing can
equal the extraorainary aramauc i
t of tvin lnRt two aots. i.
i The hero of the piece Is the AM
Griffard. It is he who. risking his lib
erty, and perhaps his life, dares to op
mu ihA win nf mnitfirfl like Colbert
and irffuvoia in order to ssve an lnnol
cent airl from the tfasuue ana io un
mask the murderous intrigues of Mad
ame de -Montespan against Madame de
Fontasne. her newest rival for the af-
I factions of IjOuIs Xiy r, 4
- A CohvicfHero.
The prologue snows us me Aoog es
caping with a fellow-cOnvlct from a
penal settlement in Cayenne whither he
bad been transported for some imagin
ary political offense. , His companion,
who was an accomplice in one of tin
moat notorious poisoning cases of tne
epoch, is shdt by Jailers. The man's
dying; confession gives - the Abbe the
key which will enable him, on his re
turn to Paris, to unlock the mystery
enveloping the extraordinary ' String of
crimes whlchi continued to baffle the
efforts of the king's police to unraveL
3 iThe lieutenant of police; X, Reynie,
la glad to welcome the abbe's aid and
accords him Jils protection. Griffard
goes, straight-to La Volsin. the fashionable-
fortune! teller, to whose . salons
flock dally men and women of every
class or society. He Knows, oy tne dy
ing convict's confession, that she Is
the 'source from which the ladies and
gentlemen of the age obtained their
poisons, destined to cause the disappear
ance ox oumoersome nusDanaa, wve,
or obnoxious relatives.
With very little trouble, the abbe
learns all the woman's secrets, all the
details of the Atrocious assassinations
? lotted In her salons, and the names of
he slayers, including some of the high
est as well as the lowest In the land.
He also learns of a plot by La Voisin
and some friends of the disgraced Min
ister Fouquet to assassinate the king.
Their plan 1 a simple one. La Voisin
will give to Mme. de Montespan, whose
visit she is expecting, a poison, which
she wUl pretend is a love potion. Mon
tefpan will make the king drink It and
will thus be his unwitting murderess.
Mme. de Montespan duly comes to
the fortune teller and, -after the cere
mony of a "messe noire" has been gone
through, takes away with her a poison
for her rival, Mme. de Fontange, and
(as she imagines) a love potion for
Louis XIV. but which is in reality an
other poison.
Court of "He Sol Bolell." I
Mme. de Fontange drinks the poison
at a court soiree. She collapses during
the terformance or a new wora oy
Lull!.' Mme. de Montespan contrives to
throw suspicion on Mile, o ormoise,
maid of honor to the victim, on the
ground that the girl was jealous of
her mistress' flirtation with a gentle
man of the court to whom she, Mile.
fkMnnnlAA n .1 U.f Via hMvt In AnlfA
of the Abbe Oriffard'a protests, tne un
hannv rlrl m nnt to tne Jaatlie.
Colbert and Louvois are convinced by
the abbe's oroof sof- the guilt or Mme.
da Monteanan. but bee him not to de'
nounce her in order to avoid a scandal.
Their nravers and threats were use
less. Griffard is determined to reveal
all to - the king. His interview witn
Louis XIV. and his confrontation -with
Mme, do- Montespan are the most dra
matic moments of the piece. Scernfu
and disdainful, the king's favorite con
temptuously denies ever having been to
La Voisin, but the Abbe Griffard finally
crushes her by pointing to the glass of
water that has just been placed before
Louis, and exclaiming "There is my
Droof." And the Abbe unfolds La. Voi-
sin's plot to poison the king.
. Louis XIV. hesitates, then takes the
fatal glass, but before it reaches his
lies Mme. de Montespan darts forward
and dashes it to th ground. Self-convicted,
she la banished from the court
by Louis XIV.,' who, however, saves her
from publlo dishonor by suppressing all
the evidence and ordering- the police In
vestigation . into, the "affaire dee poi
sons" to be cloaed. -c
' The 17 " Amalgamated ' Window Ola
Workers of America have obtained a 12
per -cent 'Increase In their wage scale
ronvine winaow glass manufacturers.
as a - result of a series of conferences
recently concludes at Cleveland. . , .-., i
GOVERNMENTS COMBINE TO
OUTWIT THE TAX SHIRKERS
, (United Freaa Leased Wire.)
London, Jan. 4. The news that the
French government had compacted with
the British, government a reciprocal
measure Vor outwitting those capitalists
of either nation who seek "in foreign
residence a haven from succession du
ties and income tax Inquisitions, has
been received in financial circles and
by & large section of the press with ir
ritation modified by skepticism as to
the workable nature of the scheme.
France's present prosperity is based less
on industrial or commercial enterprise
than on a widespread system of profit
able Investment which has turned the
French into a nation of capitalists. As
the soul of the . middle-class German
yearns for arfvernment employment with
an official title, so the French bourge
oisie comforts ltseir with tnrirty rinan
ciaf Investments which bring in a steady
return.
The present legislation of the French
government is naturally regarded with
dislike and suspicion by those whose
revenues, large or modest,' are in Jeop
ardy; tne projected income tax legisla
tion, with Inquisitorial provisions such
as are unknown in Great Britain, has
riven a signal of alarm, and many per
sons seem to have been contemplating
recourse to foreign jands. Therefore,
the news that the government Is mak
ing arrangements with foreign countries
to extend its retrieving powers Deyona
the national frontiers nas caused con
siderable commotion.
As regards succession duties it Is
pointed out that the British govern
ment will benefit to a degree altogether
disproportionate, as compared with the
French government, in this quest after
strayed, exchequer contributions, be
cause the number of wealthy Britons
who end their days on French soil Is
Incomparably greater than that of rich
French subjects dying; in England. Con
cerning the Income tax' assessments. It
Is regarded as certain that the Britleb
authorities would never permit inquisitorial-proceedings,
such as the new
French legislation foreshadows, to be
carried on under the aeris of the British
Tne Belgian authorities wnen sounoea
on. a similar point, have stoutly de
clared that French capitalists living in
Belgium could never be subjected to
Jiroceedlnga from which Belgian . sub
ects were, exempt Skepticism, how
ever. Is as prevalent as annoyance and
alarm . In capitalist circles; rightly or
wrongly Mr. Catllaux is regarded some-
wnat a a aneep in won s clothing. Ma
ture reflection may show both parties
side of the
threatened. .
threatener than of the
A aerlous crisis, apparently owing to
OVer-productlon, has overtaken the
motorcar Industry in Germany, and in
connection with it a recent meeting was
held at the ministry of the interior,
which was attended by representatives
of the government, of leading German
automobile clubs, and of motorcar mak
ers. The representative of the govern
ment stated that the stagnation in the
development of the motorcar Industry,
which was admitted on nearly all hands,
had Induced the government to Institute
inquiries with a view to ascertaining
whether anything could be done on the
part of the imperial authorities to sup
port the Industry, and what means
Could be employed In order to find new
markets for manuiacxurers.
With this object the imperial office
for Internal affairs has drafted a series
of questions which H Is proposed to
put to motor-car manufacturers and to
purveyors and manufacturers of rub
ber, benzine, car frames and raw ma
terial. Questions for each of these
groups will relate to the year 1901.
when the Industry may be regarded as
at Its commencement, and to the years
1903 and 1906. These questions were
discussed by the meeting, and several
amendments were proposed, and they
are to be Issued next month. By the
express desire of the government the
utmost secrecy Is preserved concerning
the nature or tne questions.
The Paris Temps, commenting after
long hesitation on : the ' Spanish naval
construction program, recalls the re
marks made by a certain Spanish
statesman a few - months ago: "The
Hague conference - la about to open.
Britain proposes tba limitation of ar
mament ty agreement. Not only shall
we support that proposal, but we shall
associate ourselves with It. The de
feat of the proposal is certain, and it
is on account of that certain- defeat
that the proposal la useful to us, be
cause: when it has been rejected, we
shall hav perfect libertv te etovlde
Spain with a . fleet.-which she lacks'
The Temps examines In detail the con
struction scheme, and observes: "This
progranv-accordlna- -to expert Opinion,
Is well conceived. . That which, for our
part, we above all wish to take note of
Is the manner In which it has been
voted. The Spanish cortea have given
a magnificent spectacle of patriotic
unanimity. They have shown that they
care for the national- needs and that
they have - no Intention of sacrificing
t.h hlflrheflf -IntArAnta nt thutr Miintrv
whether, the. dancer Ue mora on tha to electioneering considerations. : One
must extol their foresight It cannot
be disguised that a certain wlstfulnesa
mingles witn tnese praises wnen we
think of thr fashion in which the
French chamber, without distinction of
party, has treated military questions
these last few months,"
. t
It is officially stated at Johannes
burg that, with the object of promot
ing the production of South African
mealies and their sale In European
markets, the Transvaal. Orange River
Colony and Central African railways
administration have entered into an ar
rangement with the - Portuguese and
Cape Colony governments, aa from
January 1, 1908, fixing the maximum
rate for the conveyance of mealies for
export over sea at 10 shillings per ton
delivered to the vessel. It - is antlol
nated that Natal will also Join Mn the
agreement. The Delagoa Bay and Cape
Colonly authorities have ' cordially as
sisted the inland colonies with the fore
going object, and the conference lines
nave agreed upon a low uniform rate.
Negotiations are proceeding with Sir
Richard Solomon, the agent-general of
the Transvaal in London, for the Intro
duction of mealies in London.
Notwithstanding the ravages caused
by floods In the wine-growing" regions
there seems some possibility that the
wine Industry may suffer further em
barrassment from over-production, as
a result or tnis year s vintage, which
shows an Increase of yield as compared
with tha three previous years in the
five Mediterranean departments Aude,
Herault, Gard, Eastern Pyrenees and
Bouches du Rhone as well as in
Giroude. The Herault wine harvest Is
ornciaiiy returned as yielding nearly
1, 000,000 hectolires above last years
tuny, aim umer departments mentioned
show a surplus in the same proportion.
There is reason, however, to believe
that this year's estimate is more or
less exact, whereas in previous years
the vintage returns were certainly
underestimated.
VICAR CANNOT
BE
HYPOCRITE
Resigns Ministry Because
Immoral People Are Al
; lowed Marriage Sendee.
The British delegate on the Turkish
council of the publlo debt has addressed
to the council of ministers a long re
port on the importance of the govern
ment and Turkey's creditors coming to
a decision immediately regarding the
tobacco 'revenue is the best guarantee
for the approach of the end of the con
cessions for the regie. He states that
the tobacco revenue is the best guaran
tee for the bondholders, and that the
government must decide before the end
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adopt for its future collection. ,
c . Pictures Enlarged.
We have Juat put In a new enlarging
plant and are prepared to make artistic
enlargements, from, any film or- nega
tive. Special .introductory price, during
January. - Oregon Photo Stock , com
pany (li Leeser Cohen), 111 Sixth street,
between .Washington and Stark streets.
London, Jan. 4. It is rare that a
clergyman of the Church of England re
signs for the reason stated by the Rev.
Roland Allen, M.:A. vicar of Chalfont
St Peter, Bucks, in the diocese of Ox
ford. Ha was presented to the living,
which is of the net value of 497, by
St John's college, Oxford, In 1904, hav.
ing previously served as an S. P. G.
missionary at Peking, 1895-1903.
Mr, Allen has stated the causes oper
ating in his resignation in a letter to
his parishioners. He says:
t "We see the strange and painful
sight of men and women who habitually
negleot their religious duties, or who
openly deny tne trutn or tne creeas,
or who by the immorality of their
lives openly defy the laws of God,
standing up aa sponsors in a Christian
church, before a Christian minister, it
the presence of a Christian congrega
tion, and as representatives of the
church, on behalf of a new-born child,
solemnly professing their desire for
holy baptism, their determination to re
nounce tne wona. tne riesn, ana tne
devil, their steadfast faith in the creed,
and their willingness to obey God's
holy will, whilst they know, and every
one in the church knows, that they
themselves neither do, nor Intend to do,
any of these things.
"Then they are solemnly directed to
see that the child is taught the faith
and practice which they set at naught
Or again, we see that sad sight of the
dead body of a man who all his life
denied the claim of Jesus Christ or
who set at naught the moral laws of
God. brought into' Christ's church In
order .that a service may be read over.
nis ooay wmcn, wou aiive, ne utterly
scorned." ' , - -j . .
He admits that no Priest is let-all v
bound to- admit any but communicants
as sponsors, but adds that immoralitv
of life Is no bar to the legal use of the.
Duriai or marriage services. i , $
"Now. as parish Vlest tt js my. duff
to uphold morality' and to defend relig'
ion, and I feel, that in acquiescing In
these customs I am neither upholding
morality' nor defending religion. I can
not satisfy my conscience by exhorting
woni tanela .fr0.m 5oln '
wong, and then In the last resort it
tSYhe" 0ot to EZS.
"I have dona that, I fear, too oftert
LhnatVVAr?ed , mr "horutloM to th
rhave ZntiS nnoin ! you
Lw" atreated and advised till w
both were weary, but vnii r?
.sid rr. .f tfirswrMSr1 Si to
ofmnfor,i1th,ei1for 'nVth wallop
Oxford to declare the vacancy.
BUKGLAK RTF, A T,Ft Tn
GET WEDDING OUTFIT
, wupaica t The "Jovraa!,)
ta VU TX which wa.
havo token piaco ln Berlin neat Sat-
nutnol .beeB. p0tpon4 ""
Mdchudrc&;P!unrln
aaxcusih- .RV? and plead
pfeta - hofiihi1ealre.. Provide a com
JU?ini1 an vwedding.
lodglnga o7h .i?,r, rrnds. In the
One doaen II paintings - .
' Iiwn.t,i "ole 'row churches.
2rJir."l,ec,te ron th possession
or several wealthy families.
fJL - JVl t.00,,t,y lingerie, stolen
nom a fashionable house..
"VWAntw ilWA ... . -
. 7 .V . "i'11'"" oreswea aons, sto
len In view of future contingencies.
- vtyyKtrm tor tne noneymoori.
. Several eaeea of champagne.
'Dozens of red and white wines .
Boxes of orystaliaed fruit and sweet
meats. i...
A large store of tinned provlalor.a,
: Cattle Ticks. :
- . From the Medlral Reor1
A report Issued by the ilvDHrlttwnt i f
agriculture Aatata that the anmul l - .
occasioned throuah the cattle ti k ti i ,
the neighborhood of I.IOO.du i.Oo'c, wh .
Is eijual to about 1 pur c'nt ' t -value
of the catlie. The O'liHr
animals is .the.lnweet aM -ty J u
greatest In the'r'-eUiti .',? -:
ural conditions without ti. .t t i
produce the lnat ci'.i t i- .,
loss. ,,. ..."
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