THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1808.
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OAKS TO OPEil lll
CELLIST WHO RECENTLY
: ARRIVED FROM GERMANY
. BLAZE OP GLORY
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Amusement Park" on Eirer
to Have 3Iany . Added At-
tractions This Season..
A 20 Per Cnt Reduction Now. in Force on All Our
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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
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Cor. Fifth and Alder