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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1808. 10 OAKS TO OPEil lll CELLIST WHO RECENTLY : ARRIVED FROM GERMANY . BLAZE OP GLORY A MSW.Jlll Amusement Park" on Eirer to Have 3Iany . Added At- tractions This Season.. A 20 Per Cnt Reduction Now. in Force on All Our K W.- C--iT ' ?& " i i 1 . - ' if; h jig yh i v-f J ' h i -i ill Hs 4 fr ; -1 IIS ' '' - -v. Jt Herr FriU'Hehnlein, Tlollncelllgt, recently from Dresden, Ger many, now leading Instructor in the 'cello department of the , Oregon Consertatory of. Mosic of Portland. . , SHORT STORIES FROM THE , LOBBIES OF WASHINGTON The amll of th tun during th pt week hu urtd rortlbnd popl on their annual oprlnetlm bunt for straw hata. aprUijf aulta and aoma cool placa In which ro while away tha evening, and IX bualneaa permlta to ateal away from tha heat of the city' for a fw houia to aoma ahady nook t rea of the dust and nolaa of the atreeta. Vlaltora in Portland comment on the man v nleaur rsaorti to ba found ready and waiting- on every hand for tha peo ple nvma; iu tne cuy, ana unite m iar that here can oa found mora varied meana of recreation and amusement out of doora than In any other city In tha United Statea. , ; Public apt rlt haa -awakened to main tain thla reputation throughout tha countrv. ajid conaennentlv mauy lm- urcrvsmsAnta are beinc made at tha elty park,- apeclal arrangements are being maae for the transportation of the peo ple to tha outlying districts, where cool shade Invitee the city dwellera. Kapeciallv la thla true at the Oake, where a liinaU army of workmen are busy reparlna; for tha opening, which wm d d vaturaay, May it. iew ai tractions are being added to the list of thoaa there laat eummer. many - Im provements are being made to ' the grounds and irreat chanaes for the better entertalnmenfeof the visitors are belnc made on every hand. - Workmen are now busy constructing the "alrdOme." which la to shelter the audiences gathered to hear the con certs and theatrical performances given where laat year the band save lta con cert. Thla airdom In to be vast belier, - which will protect more than ,000 people from the aun or the rain. as the c&ae may be. while the free en- tertalnmenta are being given on the new The new ataae' has been completed. and the workmen are now Installing the scenery. It ia aa large as the stage of the Grand theatre, and Is well equipped in every way for all performances. .The stage, the alrdome and the entertain ments which are'' being planned will mara a new era in the conduct or the oaics. New -cars have; beeA nut on the chutes, so that the passengers may ride up tha lona; Incline as well, aa down. Additions have bean made to tha list of attractions alone- the amuse ment way that will make the place look like an unknown land to the old patrons. . The great specialty for the opening wee wm. ne tne aareaevit aerial au tomoblllst, Harry Breton, who will drive down a 4S Per cent Incline at a speed of a mile a minute and leap a rap of 45 feet left In the track 60 eet In tha air. Rreton la nrt w In-Port land auDerintendlnar tha nrnriarattnna for his engagement. , on tne openina- night there will be a pecial display of fireworks. j IJy Jamee S. Evans. , v The Peraiaw minister W tha United States Is an austere personage. He con forms 1 to the conventionalities and ex-, pects others around him tos4o the same. One night this weea he was Invited to a muslcaie. As he desired to- hear one ct hia acquaintances aing a song he .had listened to on a. previous occasion, Oeo eral Mortem. Khan, nut on. his Klad Ver sion rags andwent at least to the door ; where Uie entertainment waa going on. Unfortunately he had left, hie card of invitation at tne legation. vouno- woman waa at tha door. No. air, he couldn't get In. ;. It was a private ? affair;:" not for the public "You may he the Persian minister lor an i Know, r she said, "but you will have to snow a card of invitation before you come ln- side.4-:-- - - Oaneral Morteza, Kahn, went Into tha receptacles or nis trousers -mcy aon i call 'em trousers built that way in - the United States and palled forth a card n xwi mug, ,14 luuuw uvt; aiim, nm in print that he waa the Persian minis ter. It had gold on It. The 6ordrs were aet off in Persian arms and signs. But It made no difference to the female aooraeeperess. : . iie naa 10 oepari, ana in tne rain. . .- The Persian' visiting card la a mam moth affair. It looks more like a blot ting pad of a life insurance concern than anything elae to compare It with. Mr. Root haa one aent to him every day or so. uui fortunately zer tea comity of nations m visit has been made by uenerai Morteca. nann, demanatng an apology for his having been aent away : from a place to which he had been In vited, and while a Washington rain waa beating- fiercely upon the streets. Benjamin Rid gel y, consul to Malaga, Spain, writes to 'the department that cheap novelettes In that country, trans lated from the, English and written by Americana, are InaVysely in favor among the young people.- V adds further thai newsdealers have a time of It In keeping 'strides with the demands of his cus tomers. .. .' ',, . Mr. Rldgely is expected home aeon. .L-thoouta- knows him. Born in lioulsville, he became a reporter for Mara' Henry Watterson'a great palla dium of liberty. Mr. Cleveland met him nd liked hla frankness of manner, and ao,. later, he appointed him consul to Geneva., It was at Mr. Ridgelya home there that Mr. Watterson wrote hla hla- .orr ox jLiincoin. , "What I want," be said, "Is a 'scoop. Tou can make me. Are you guilty, or not guilty of the Tllton soaadal?" ' Senator Jeff Datls, with ar hew pair of shoes and a new suit of Arkansas clothing, fresh from, the catfish banks of Little river, was much perturbed yes terday.. - i. Senator Johnston of Alabama- bad framed a little joke for his benefit. "It'a awful" he exclaimed, "the way thla Republican' gang does business! There is in effect now a rule that a bill Introduced for 60 days Jind not reported from the committee bc6omee a dead affair." -: "Where'a Clarke? Where's1 Clarke T" Mr. Davis said loud enough for many members to hear him. . "That kills my anti-trust bill, and Clarke (meaning bis colleague) promised to take care or it while . I waa away campaigning." Then he went on a wild hunt for the other "Poor Jeff!" remarked Senator Cul berson, as ; na observed his antica. "flack with us again, to stay for six years. Ah,-well, let ua treat him kindly. From what I can hear, everybody down in Arkansas nu Deen laamg a kick at him- except ex-Senator Berry. And I cuesa Jim would have thrown a casael of booted toes at him, too. If be had a had two legal" A bank check made navable. to a re porter In the senate gallery and algned the d ask of another renorter worklne- for the same bureau, but who hasn't been ln Waahlngton long. The sum called, for was $1,$00. The new addition to tha galaxy of "stare" waited until hla ohlef came in. ' Then he turned over the document The affair seemed suspi ciousexcept to the chief, who had been told of the Joke. 1 In a buUdinar bccunled almost exclu sively by correspondents,, the news flashed forth that the Indlanan had, that day, .opened his barrel. . These cor respondents also were soon 'made cog nisant of the fact that a fellow reporter waa . being based. Inside an hour a string of newspaper men were besieg ing the foreign office to learn the par ticulars. They got them and then losed" off to the Oarrlck club te laugh. Meantime the new reporter waa tak ing things seriously. One of hla breth ren had .been bribed. It was scandalous. The fraternity waa about to have Its tbe whole BISH0P& OF TWO TO MEET riATIOfiS reputation endangered. Ah, can't yeu aee how silly v, "pnient . Rldgelv got leropositlon Is?" said one of his frienda -tvua ua muor Hi ajouisvius was ne to meet Henry Ward Beecher, who was passing through the Blue Qrass country en route to Texaa. The reporter tlound the Brooklyn philosopher without trouble and told him his mission. "Fairbanks aivlnr a newspaperman or any other man the sum of I1.E00! It's ridiculous. If yon had discovered a check for tl.tO, algned by the candidate, the aspects of the casa might appear different" J :.' THOUGHTFUL MAN SENT IN HIS ASSESSMENT BUT FORGOT TO SIGN Primary Conncil of Episco pal Church to Be Held - in Portland. The primary council of the eighth missionary department of tha Episcopal church will ba held In Portland, May 20 to It! . The EDiaconal ehnivh t., n i. missionary work in the United States In denartmenta. Tha lhth department includes tha dioceses of Oregon, . Calif ornia and Los Angeles. Mlssienary. distrlots of eastern Oregon. Olympia, Spokane, Idaho, Nevada, Utah. Sacramento, Arlsona. Alaska, Honolulu and the PhUlppine islands. The - Drimarv council haa kam miii by the presiding bishop to meet in Portland May 20 to May 22. and this will bring to Portland the bishops and (clerical and lay delegates from the aboye distrlots. The foUowing dele gates have signified their Intention to be present and have been placed on the hosDitallty list f tha i,rant pew-ianes as inaicatea: mBimm Contract Goods Excepted Viz: , Dunlap and Stetson Hats, L. S- We . Shirts and Collars, c Cluett and Monarch Shirts, ; Arrow Collars, Dent's Gloves ..'.. .-j. -. ,a:-m . rurnish'g Goods and Hats Buy Now and Save 20 per cent oh a High-Grade Panama AH Goods Purchased at Discount Prices Absolutely Cash 289-291 WASHINGTON STREET, PERKINS HOTLL FUNNY CLOWIfiBIG k TUG III NORRIS SHOW With the Greater Norrla ft Rowa cir cus, museum, menaarerie, .hippodrome and congress of nations which will ex hibit In thla city Monday and Tuesday afternoon and night, May 11 and If, ara the greatest number"of clowns, jesters. pantaloons, buffoons, and funny fellows In sembled with any tent sanies,- Toricks general ever as ea -organisation In the Iftstory of the amusement business. One . will encounter a big, fat clown made, up to resemble Little Red Riding Hood, another to represent Simple Simon, and so on through tha long list of nursery rhymes. Aesop'a fables have beei called upon to furnish material for these funny fel lows. Little plays are enacted every where around tha large hippodrome track constantly. Foxy Grandpa, tha Katxenjammers, Happy Hooligan, Nervy Nat the fat pelioeman and all of the ram i nar xunnv characters will be seen vafletlea clever lot of fel- in ST Tneae Clowns ara a Iowa too. They receive large aafarlea for the display of foolishness that they are constantly engaged In. Take that funny pantomime-olewn for instant, Tony Ducro, who represents Old Mother Goose, astride of a property horse. Ducro received a . salary of 185 per week for his part of the fun. His lat est creation, entitled "The Rabbit Hunt," In which. aAlttle dog is made up to re semble a rabbit, la one of the moat de-Ucioualy-funny creations ever presented to the nublid. It Is Intensely clever, and artist la, too, and JJuoro does some of the cleverest pantomime work Been In many a day in this little sketch, i There ara 88 clowna with the Greater Norrls A Rowe circus this season. Among them are men who have appeared in every - land making people laugh. This clowning business with a big. cir cus la funny, yet never coarse. It Is harmless fun, and the old enjoy It as well as the young. Where is the child that will not remember the clown of the circus always? During the run of the Greater Norrls ft Rowe circus In San Francisco this spring 179,87$ per- ild admission to fhe big show. Is the arreatest number of people son a This that evef assembled' In a period of SO days to a circus performance In tin west. The press of the city wara unanimous In their praises of the new big show, and - the clowna were espe cially -eommeoded for their eleverness GREAT SJLK SALE. Bast flJIS Blaek Taffeta iilk a 83o a A great sale of 6,000 yards of fine black taffeta silk at 83c a yard, Mon day and Tuesday. The greatest bargain in nign-graae tarzetaa ever offered. AlJu i sans on an spring dr rlson streets. , big red uct sans on all spring dress goods. McAllen & McDonnell. Third and Moi- Trinity church hospitality list: Bish op Paddock, eastern Oregon; Bishop Spalding, Utah: Rev. W. 8. Short. Rev. warren, Btshon John Rev B. W, Oallwey, Bjiionia; Macon. ford, California: on Short. Rev. Wells, gnokane: California: Rv Rev. L. C. Stan. re,f ,n R,X- A- Lock wood, Spokane; H. S. Collins, Spokane: Rev. R. A. CurUs, S?T W Chamberlain, Idaho; Rev. 1, P. p. Llwyd. Olympia; Rev. U, H. Gibbs, eastern Oregon: Revr Canon, Baanlanda: Rev. A. O. Hall. Victoria. list Rev. Columbia; Rev. The lot. of the oounty assessor la not always a happy one as was shown by Assessor Sigler yesterday when he received a statement of property from tome man 'who forgot to sign his name ..Khtt"mntana.left assessor with no idea as to who the man is or .J". hl-Property Is located. -.teL'-tiln'5,-forth tn 'act that he owns merchandise and atock In trada worth J,000: manufactuw7. to2ls.lrn! piements and machinery worth .B00; ;noney on hand and in the bank amount ing to $800; accounts $2,800: six horses worth. 0O; four wagon T worth tiSO; off lea furniture worth HOP, making a total of ' $17,130, the man carefully marked- the statement, Assessment," folded It and placed it In an envelops addressed to tbe county aasessor with out, leaving a clue aa to his name, or location of his property." v - But this man Is not the only one who has filed his atatement in auch a man ner as to leave the assessor In ignor ance as to the owner -of the achedule. It Is quite a common occurrence. In fact people seem possessed with the idea that the assessor 'is a mind reader or an expert on handwriting and can tell by f eellng the statement Juat who filled it out and where the property is located. '-:!i - -rv - -i. - FIND HUGE MASTODON MOLAR AMONG GARRETfGOBWEBS TTIgh tip In tha garret of the Fisher Thorsen warehouse at the corner o.f Front and Alder atreeta an unusual find has been made Workme'Tsn taeed In. placing a new elevator dis turbed the cobwebs In the garret and wera aaUmlshed te aee on the "floor what at first appeared to be a large utone, but- on eloser Inspection was found to be a mammoth tooth, evidently tne grlndor of a mastodon.. - I low such a relic came to be stowed w;iy li Kin-h a location Is yt unex-plained.- The most plaunlble theory is (hat same time In the past an employe f ri-e vomoany. e-ur(l the relic and r ,t it nui tlie roof for safe keening. 5;-f ctrame to the garret is through a - man-hale that is rarely disturbed, and no one knowa-how long the grim specimen has been there. Probably the one whoj placed it there haa long since forgotten its existence. ..... The monster tooth attracted much attention" among the employee yester day, it Is petrified and is a perfect specimen. . The marks of a- saw are flainly to "be seen, showing where tha ooth waa- severed from the Jaw bone. The tooth balances the scales at nine teen pounds. It ts a molar and meas ures four and one-half by seven Inches i on Its grinding anirface. .- ...... -When this mastodon grinned 11 must hare exposed six Inches of ivory - to Its jungle associates, for this ' Is the distance, measured on the molar to the place where, the gums fit down upon It St. David's hdsnltalitv H. Wilson, British Colui R. Bummerscales, Rev. W. J. Wetherdon. SSV-. .9?nnS.U'..t?T A: Bayahaw, Rev! a vr Dr,llsn'-:oiumDia; Rev. ,H. S. Collins, eastern Oregon; Rev. J. W. Armstrong, Oregon; Bishop Funsten. Idaho. , . ' St, Mark's hospitality list Arehdea son Pentreath. Rav H n r-iin,r. r II. Beacham, Rev. J. CoHlnaon. Brit- lan Columbia:. Rev. John Emery. Cali fornia: Rev. T? M Itin- u t wTTTi. California. 1 BL Btephen's hospitality list Bishop Keator. Olvmola: ftlahnn Rnkin... yada; Rev. i. N. Barry, Rev. Charles Qutnney, eastern Oregon; Rev. "W. J. O'Brien, Rev. H. B. Collier. Rev. vL F Adams, California; Rev, M. Bywater Bpokane; - Rev. F. C.Wiillama. Oregon Arenueason SmaiL Rev. a. STiildrlck, Y" a L iiaruett. Rev. J. S. Sweet, Rev. H. S Pavne British Columbia. " b, Church people In Portland desiring to entertain delegates are requested to notify Rev. W. A. M. Brack. 20J Ca ruthers street. . Portland, at once. Pilgrimage of Presbyterians t-.h?p.,L8rrlma; of ih Oregon delega tion to the Presbyterian general assem- ?iyhllt.KnV CJty' May il. promises to be a rare treat R- . t,Ahf. Promised to fur nish the party attending thla assembly IT,, ? Pullman sleeping-car for their exclusive use. This car will leave Port JtS 2- N- trough fast train at 8:80 Monday morning, May 18. ?nrgVMagy tV ThUr,f" mora .Jh?K0un:!,tr.lp, rate u M- Delegates and those desiring to Join this party ?J2 nr.f J'5kei2 tni reservations at the city ticket office. Third and Wash ington atreeta. PERSONAL 1 v i . i, 3 M. Graham of New Tork City, sec ond vice-president of the Erie railroad, waa at the Hotel Portland yesterday, on a flying trip along the coast As one time Mr. Graham- was general superwi tendent of the Northern Pacific road. His visit to-Portland at this time has excited much subdued comment in rail road circles because of the recent cap ture of the Krle by Harrlman. As Mr. Graham is one of the best-known rail road construction engineers in the coun try,, ha visit to this city at thla time has given rise to much speculation In connection with possible building plans at this end ot the gigantic Harrlman system., Mr. Graham aeft last night for San Francisco. ,-.,: S. W. Herrman left last night for Ban Franclaco, where be will spend two weeka vtsltine- friends in tha H tctv and viewing tha float. .- The back part f -the tooth " la ens crusted with . clay. Indicating that If was dug from the deptha of the earth. If- the history of the - specimen can be traced it may find a valued . Dlace In some of the city a museums. The Reo rganiz ebon Sale Full Swing Watch the windows and ads every day, as you can save much money by buying goods here during this sale. HANDSOME hew suit: Specially . priced a most desirable lot of new suits in all the popular new spring materials; regular $35 values. $14.75 Balcony Millinery Bargains New stocks replace goods as rapidly as sold. All the latest wire frames, 10c. J 500 pieces - straw braid. . 10 tq 12-yard 'lengths; 15 Extraordinary values- in flowers at 25c. Untrimmed shapes, $9c and 75c. -? Voile Skirts Full pleated with taffeta trirnming, very stylish cut. fine quality voile, all sizes including extra sizes; reg ular $15 values. .... . ( a $6.00 Kimonos Figured Lawn Kimonos, circular cut - ' .': .- - I 'J. ".. - : . - embroidered edge ; $0c' values only,". . ...... ; . .... i . . . . ; 19c Imported Bath - Robes X. Your. choice of any of our high grade, imported Turkish Bath' Robes . At One-Third Off a) o m 7 ' A3 Cor. Fifth and Alder
