THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING,- DECEMBER 25, 1908.
REPORTS THEFT
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PORTLAND
popular gift and if you are a woman
fountain pens sold this year were worth
SO miles south of here. It is . the
opinion of those who found him that
he . had either, slipped on , the Ice and
bia- gun- discharged or that the trigger
had caught in the tulea He was on
a hunting, trlp'witH I". C, Robertson of
8pokane . :- S .' ' ii.' 1
. ' The charge of shot had struck him
In the right jaw and his head was
horribly mutilated. He waa. found, by
a searching party and tha body brought
here . tonight. The , remains will ' be
sent -to Spokane on Great Northern
train No. . 2. due there at 10:42 in the
morning. J. T. Omo and G, K. Burt
and Undertaker Smith arrived tonight
PICTUEE SHOWS PUT '
OUT, OF BUSINESS
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' - (United Preis Led Wire.)
New York. Deo. 25. Mayor McClellan
has revoked the licences of the moving
picture shows, movea by the protests of
ministers who complained that the ma
jority were exhibiting pictures detrK
mental to the morals of youth. The
mayor also had a report from the fire
department stating that the halls where
such shows are given are only partially
quipped with fire safeguards.
you will probably receive on today. ,-;
Another article that the stores have
been busy handing out tothe more up-to-date
and fashionable customers with
plenty of money is the vary latest thing
In trays the .cocktail tray. Possibly
you can .guess for .what purpose it Is
used.: The trays are about six. Inches
In width and two feet and a half .and
three feet in length. : The bottom of
the tray is of silk embroidery which is
covered with glass to prevent Its getting
soaked with wise precaution - that!
These things cost all the way well, you
can't get one for leas than a four spot
And fountain pensl There has been
a regular run on them. They have been
selling from 26 cents up. Some of the
almost their weight In gold.
: Jade stick pins and Jade ' rings have
also been quite popular. In fact - the
Jewelry stores have dene a most magnlf.
Icent business. . :. . ... ,
REPUDIATES: ALLEGED SANATORIUM
MUMS
SPOKANE MAN KILLED ' '
ON HUNTING TRIP
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(SpecUl Dispatc. te The Joorait)
- Wilson Creek, Wash., Dec ! 5.--Allan
F. Gill, former city engineer of Spo
kane and manager of tha Independent
Asphalt Company, -was found dead on
the ice on the shore of Mosea lake, some
0. L. Hoigate, Jewelry Sales
man, Says His Loss
. Is Over $1000.
from ppoKane. . -
- Metsger fits your eyes for 21.
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If O. X Hoigate, a Jewelry salesman
'. living at the Hotel Matthtesen, corner
of Front and Madison street, really
sustained tire loss that ' he reported to
the police last flight, he waa robbed by
.., a sneak thief of Jewelry valued at be
tween 14000 and 15000.
Holgate's etory la , queer one; to
say the least, and If there waa any rob
beri the man must have been absolutely
reckless and ' ready to take desperate
, chances. HolRftte stated this morning
that about 10:45 last night ha left his
room and went down the street a short
distance to a restaurant to get some-
. thing to eat. He was not gone more
than IS minutes, but when he returned
he found that the room had been en
tered and that his sample rases, in
which he carried hi stock of Jewelry
had been broken open and the contents
stolen. (.;
Hoigate' says that he left the light
burning In his room when he went out.
The room Is No. 405. at the end of the
hall, and a robber to get to it would
have to pass a targe, number or other
rooms with every chance of being; seen.
Besides that, he could not know but
" that the man occupying; the room would
' return at any moment.
Hoi gate says that he travels through
' the lumber camps or Oregon ana wash
1 net on and sells the lumber Jacks high
grade watches. The poorest watch he
carries, he Buys, is a JS-Jewel move
ment. AH the Jewelry stolen was of
high Tado. The peculiar part of the
, etory is that Hoi gate has a partner, who
is out or town at present ana not aware
of his loss, for the Jewelry belonged to
botii of them. Hoigate say that, among
' the stuff stolen.' were- 205 high-grade
watches. - besides chains, watcn robs,
raxors, knives, etc,
Hoigate was philosophical this morn
lng. He slept until o'clock and arose
smiling and as happy as a man is sup
i posod to be on Christmas day. He did
i not look at all like a man who had just
'been robbed of over $4000 worth, of
valuables. i
The detectives who are working on
the supposed robbery are skeptical In
regard to -the truth of Holgate's story.
A , peculiar circumstance Is ' that. ' al
though Hoigate stated this morning; that
ail the watcnes taken are oi a special
make, some of them made to order, and
all unlike other watches to be found in
'this part of the country, and that he
. had a record of the numbers of the
cases and movements, yet he had not
f:iven a description or tnem to tne po
Ice and did not think: it wise to do so.
He claimed that his reason for with
holding this information - is that if ha
gave it out, the robber -might get out
of this part of the country. He also
stated that he believed the man who
committed the theft was a roomer in
the hotel and that ha baa a pretty good
idea who he is.'
COSTLY EXHIBIT ;
Original, Business-(totting-, and Artistic
Exhibit of Elltrs Piano Hons.
One of the most attractive exhibits
of the holiday season, and one that has
attracted the attention of thousands of
pedestrians is the unique and costlv dls-
rilays of fillers Piano House, at Wash
ngton and Park streets. ,
The front of Eilers Piano House has
v been partitioned off, papered, painted
and decoratedthe effect produced be
ing the interior of a modern mansion.
The front store is divided up into three
rooms, each being beautifully furnished
with oriental rugs, mission and Chip
pendale art furniture and lighted with
ine very iat6st eiectncai devices, xn
the corner room is placed a beautiful
mahogany cased Eilers Orchestral piano,
this being the Instrument manufactured
by the Eilers Piano House. In the sec
ond room Is placed a glorious Checker
ing Baby Grand piano, which adds great
, ly to the artistic appearance of this
apartment. In the east room a typical
bachelor's "den" has been fixed up,
with its sideboard, Victrola Talking
Machine, Edison Business Dictation pho
nograph, etc., but the instrument most
prominently displayed in this apart
ment is a beautiful Weber Pianola pi
ano. ' Through the : folding doors, one
gets a glimpse of a Christmas tree and
a dining room table, creaking under its
load of exquisite china and silverware.
Many costly curtains and portieres
ae artistically draped about the win
dows and doors. The exhibit is upon
such an axtensive scale that it took
many days to put it in place.
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Sister Mary Theresa, Whose Charitable .Work Is Not Sanctioned by
Local Catholics.
Sister Mary Theresa and her associ
ate, who are conducting- what purports
w oe a sanatorium at center station
on the Sellwood , car . line, are not
Benedictine sisters, as represented by
themselves. For some time the two
women have been in Portland and ha.v
been carrying on their work here by
the aid of charity. They have been
repudiated by Archbishop Christie, by
Father Gregory of the Bellwood church
and by Father Hildebrand of Mount
Angel. Father Gregory and Father
Hildebrand are both members of tha
order of St Benedict
Father Gregory asserts that the wo
men are not members of the Benedic
tine sisterhood. - The vounarer of the
two women, Sister Mary Theresa, was
at one time a member of the Benedic
tine sisterhood at Elisabeth, N. J., but
left the institution without the consent
of ' the sister superior and has since
that ttnfe been living .apart from the
urlsdlr.tlon of the order. The older nf
the two women was never "a member of
the order, says . Father Gregory.
u.uf lunik iny - uimu9 uy I tj L 1 1
Father Gregory and Father Hildebrand
that the bills contracted by the two
women are sent to the Order of St.
Benedict at Sellwood and have ' to be
paid by them In many Instances.
Archbishop Christie tells of the wo
men in the following letter, written
some time ago:
"Archbishop's Residence, 83 North
Sixteenth Street, Portland, Or., Aug. 22.
In reply to your inquiry regarding
the standing, of the two women
ostensibly Sisters who are conducting
some sort of an enterprise at Oak
Orove, I will say, that as Catholic
Sisters, these women have no standing
whatsoever in this archdiocese. They
are not in this vicinity with my sanc
tion or approval, and the work they are
reported to be doing was undertaken
without any reference to existing au
thority. The first work of a true Sister Is
obedience to Episcopal authority.
"Very truly yours,
"A. CHRISTIE,
' "Archbishop of Oregon City."
"Per G. B. T., Sec'y."
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MEM'S:
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Our regular $10 and $12.50 valucssold in up-town
stores at $15at the nominal price of
PORTLAND PEOPLE SPEND HUGE
SUMS FOR HOLIDAY TRIFLES
The sales of little thing- for Christ
mas in Portland this year have run up
away up Into the millions. For in
stance, there are the greetings which
have been sent out everywhere on pic
ture postal cards. Shoppers had a great
er variety to select from this year than
ever before, and as a consequence tons
of them were sold. There was a demand
for elaborate cards and some sold at as
high as 60 cents each.
Hundreds f Portlanders this year
bought little oriental buckles which tne
women love bo well. The buckles are of
silver, the design exotic enough to be
really fascinating and they have been
!Un? Uka. hot cakes. The Japanese
and Chinese salesmen have been explain
ing that the reason these uckles were
sold Bo cheap this year is because there
had been a -drop In the price of silver
In the orient But the buckles are a
We PROMISE you that these are Vthe equal of $15
suito sold elsewhere. r V
SPECIALS IN CHILDREN'S CLOTHES
All Boys' $10 Suits and Overcoats Now S6.9
Air Boys $7.50 Suits and Overcoats Now 04gg
All Boys? $5 Suits J and Overcoats Now
All Boys' $3.95 Suits and Overcoats Now 02wO
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO
MOVER
3d and Oak
1st and Yamhill
atnrd;ay
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7 to 9:30
SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY
V VVe are closing out an entire line of Japanese Vases, an assortment
of hand-painted Salad Bowls arid sets of six dishes each. An entire
lnw Pictures, fancy decorations. Values of 75c to $2.50 for the
, price of 50$ one to a customer.
SEE OUR FIRST STREET WINDOW
$2.50 Jap Vases
$1.10 Decorated Pitchers
75c Salad Sets v. . . v : i. .
A dean up of Xmas wares at less than cost. See our First street
window for these goods. There are many little odds and ends we
haven't room to describe.
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J first and Yamhill (30DJJ0 Second and Yamhill
SATURDAY SPECIAL
From l to 9 P. M.
OVER 20 STYLES DECORATED FANCY
SHAPED
-..Cups-and Saucers
Regular 25 c
Values
ffi" " SPECIAL
For Cud and Saucer r
erqs. i Ann untofi AvpmtP
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