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PHONESt Ore. North 1076; Cot, 503
Good Time at Inaugu-ntionoFPrpNich-
HURTKf arid SEAMON present the Inimitable Colored Coniedians
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NEW 'YORK. April M.-i-Th Inaugura.
tion of ProfeMor Nicholas Murray But.
ler as president of Columbia University'
wa great day, tor the" lhatttutlon. Th
ceremonies were held this efternojm In
the gymnasium Whtoh wm elaborately
decorated In festoon t light Wu and
white, the collars color. , Eminent du.
catora, together with alumni and friend a
of th institution, were preaent from al)
part of th,country. Shortly after noon
the atudenta, racers and guests of -the
university assembled In the library and
marched in, procession to tba baU. The
services were opened wltb a prayer by
th Rev. Dr. M.' JV Vlnont,' and then
xWi ,'C Bchemerhoro, president .. of the
board of trustee, made a brief address,
presenting th charts and keys of the
u nl veral ty to the president-elect. : After
a brief speech of aoeeptaac by Pr, But'
lev, there was an address by Dean Van
Amrtnge, on behalf of all the faculties.
K, Fulton Gutting, 71, spoke on behalf
of the alumni. The exercises concluded
with congratulatory addresses by Mayor
Beth Low, , President Eliot of Harvard,
President Hadley of Tale, President Pat
ton of Princeton. . W. T. Harris, - United
States Commissioner of Education, and
other educators of national prominence.
This evening an installation dinner Is to
be gives) to President Butler by the
alumni council at Sherry', at whlcn
many men of note will be preaent and
peak. ' . .:;
OREGON CITY.
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OREGON CITY,. April tf.-Th Wlftam.
ette paper mill has a thrifty orchard
of young balm or cotton wood trees, near
Barlow. .It contains 7t. acres, and at the
present rate of growth many of the trees
will soon be large enough to manufac
ture into paper. The cottonwood grows
rapidly,' and L. 1 E, Oraser, who . has
oharge of this farm, says that some of
the four-year-old trees are now six
Inches In diameter and 40 feet In height.
Jt has been the policy of the paper mill
company for several years past to set
out new trees to take the place of the
some of the river bottoms new trees are
some of th eriver bottoms new trees are
springing up from' the old root. .Were
timber scarce, the new growth could be
used within 10 year for paper purposes.
For the past three or four winter Jasper
Cllft, who resides In the vicinity of the
old Clackamas hatchery, has made a
practice of digging young cottonwood
saplings along the Columbia river bot
toms. Th paper mill company had these
trees set out on their lands In th Wil
lamette valley, and they will soon be
come thrifty forests,
Kiss Sadie Chase, a teacher In th city
schools, was in Portland 'yesterday ob
serving methods In different department
of the publlo school. She was especially
Impressed with -the work of Miss Fannie
Q. Porter room In the Falling School.
The local board gives the grade teach
era the privilege of visiting and Inspect
ing the work in the Portland schools,
thus securing the benefit of Institute In
struction practically demonstrated.
Although not a candidate, a number of
the friends of George A. Harding have
prominently mentioned his, name In con
nection with the nomination for Joint
Representative at the meeting of th
Democratic Covuity Central Committee,
to ths Mid Tuesday.
HONOR memory:
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LONDON, April , 1J. - Primrose day.
the' anniversary of the death of Lord
Beacohsfleld, who died April IS. ISO. was
observed throughout the country today
with customary seal. About two-thirds
of the people to be seen In the streets of
London wore primroses In' their buttonholes.-
The flower were thick every
where, arid the Beaconsfleld statu was
even more elaborately bedecked than
usual. Beautiful wreaths, shields,
crowns and other token from clubs and
unionist organisations were .scattered in
profusion .around Its base, attracting
thousands of spectators. Numerous
wreaths' were placed also about the
grave -of. the statesman in Hughendon
churchyard. Thla evening several nota
ble banquets were held In various parjr
of the country In observance of the anniversary.
NEW DRY DOCK.
The Port of Portland Commission has
decided to rescind the motion to accept
the Lang plans for a sectional floating
dry dock, James EJ. Blackwell, of Seattle,
was engaged as engineer to draw plans
for and superintend the construction of a
wooden sectional floating dry dock, the
coat of Which' Is to be about H8S.O0O. Five"
per cent, of this coat price Is to be the
remuneration of Mr. Blackwell for his
labor. The plans of Faber, Du Faur and
Donnelly had to be abandoned as the firm
either did not wish to do the work or are
tOO" alow. " .;.'.!'.
Popular Musical Entertainment.
The Portland Club,, Fifth and Alder
streets, is making a successful bid for
popular approval with its evening must-
.-cal entertainments in the cafe. Every
evening the cafe Is filled with pleased
listeners to - the excellent musical pro
grams provided by means Of the Aeolian
, Orchestrelle and the Pianola. The in
struments make It posaib.e for on per
former to play even. musical masterpieces
to perfection, shading and- giving every
grade of musical expression to the Inter-
; pretatlea.' The concert are free and al
ways draw a full house. -
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WILLIAMS AND WALKER
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v AND THEIR SUPERB COflPANY. 9 0-PEOPLE-5 a
- $ 'Presntlng tb' Enormously Successful M : usleal Fare-Cbmdy,
New 5ong. . New Dances.
Elegant Scenery.
OF H
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Beautiful Costumes. 2 Don't miss the Cake Walk Ballet
' ; Evening Prlces-Bntlr parquett. n.Mi nttr parquett circle, II. Balcony, flrt thr row. second thre
row, ,T5C last six rows, BOo; Oallery reserved,' t&c: all eaU In. rear. c Boxes and log,
Mi'i Special Matinee Prices-Entire parquett,' K; entire parquett circle, 15c i Balcony, first sU rowv75c last six
k,rows, e , Gallery, rsserved, I Jcr;balano.; 16c-: Boxes-and. logs,.ri.M.:. ) -"WVr'
-hi: Sal of seaU wiU-open next Tussday morning at 10 o'clock, v -u:r . , ' ' ii ' -
The Theaters
-v THE BAKER. -'-Vvv
Tonlgbt' wilt b th last opportunity to
see "By Right, of 8word'T at the Baker, as
th Stuart Company will open tomorrow
In "Lost Paradise." By Right of Sword"
bas bean a big success this week and the
the ' beat stock companies ; ' that : ever
played in this city, and, In fact," a com
pany that was far superior; to - many
traveling organisations , who claim' high
er standard and charge high prices. ' He
also said that ' each ; production' -would
receive mora than passing car In th
way. of staging, scenery and effect. That
Mr. Baker has kept his promise the
Vast crowds that have visited the the
ater the past week on the occasion t of
th first 1 performance by the popular
company can testify. Commencing Sun-
Layfayette theater, of Washington,' D, C,
and ether playars of not.
THE MARQUAM. The plays of th
Frawley company engagement will be
given a follow-- Tonight. "Th Liars";
Monday night. "Sscret Servloe"; Tuesday
night, "Brother Officers," closing th en
actment Wednesday night with "Lord
and Lad Algy.'V ,
"The Liars" Will please, "Secret Serv
ice" is better, and "Brother Offloers" and
"Lord and - Lady .': Algy" better stUL
Not Much .Longer,
Dinwiddle,
"He baa resigned," cut in Van Braam.
-t"Tf I "Wa about to iaythar Secre
tary -Long won't be secretary long."
Pttuburg Chronlql.
Psaoeek flour tor sale at all grocers.
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SCENE IN BROTHER OFFICERS,". AT THE iflARQUATV
date was asked to resign on account of
his opinion on various labor and patri
otic subjects, but this is emphatically
denied by the committee.
. Now He Has a Chance.
. That much dlacusaed oration of Hon.
Wallace MoCamant's that was so ruth
lessly suppressed at Chicago by Mark
Hanna en th occasion cf th renorelna
tion of President McKlnley. will at last
be released and given to th clamoring
public. Mr. McCamant has tendered his
services' to Candidate W. J. Furnish to
accept .assignments to speak during ths
campaign. Mr. McCamant Is ons of the
most brilliant public speakers in the
state, and this Is perhaps the beat selec
tion of "a man of words" that the "man 1
of action" could have made.
These are Bankrupt.
Two petitions In bankruptcy were filed
In the United States Court yeaterday.
Archie Mason, a Portland contractor,,
places hi liabilities at 25.000. with as
sets valued at 11500. Charles F. Ander
son, a motorman of - this city, has
worth of assets and liabilities to the ex
tent of $459.
coming play will be equally a great a
ucoeas.
CORDRAY'S
The last performance of "Under Two
Flags" wUl be seen at Cordray'a tonight.
It has been surprising and delighting)
large audiences at Cordray'a theater dur
ing the week. As this will be the last
opportunity of seeing this truly magnifi
cent and startling scenlo production, no
doubt there will be a full houae tonight,
MARQUAM.
Last night the Frawley Company open
ed a five-nights' engagement at the Mar
nun m Grand with Aueuatua Thomas'
n--MteOUix""ThtrWyloses none ofmbst of which are new to romancers.
day afternoon, the company, play the
second week of ' it 10 weeks' engage
ment, and the theatergoers will have a
chance to see them lii David Belasco and
Henry DeMlll's great play, "Lost Para
dise.". The company Is said to be par
ticularly strong in lt this play, and ,Mr.
Stuart himself has appeared In the lead
ing role tn not less than 28 different cit
ies In America.' "Lost Paradise" Is a
strong play and deals In a measure with
the question of capital and labor. A ma
chine ahop is shown In full operation
and particular attention will be given to
the details. This scene will be vividly
realistic' Labor organisations. In ' their
arguments, have frequently selected
parts of the dialogue from "Lost Para
dise" with advantage.
A new play wnbputoneverywwk.
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"Brother Offlcer"' i. a beautiful comedy
dram. It I founded on th rigid class
distinction that prevails in English so
ciety; civil and military.- The story Is as
follows! John Hinds,, one of nature's
noblemen, has risen from the ranks and
In joining the crack cavalry regiment in
which h has earned his commission,
finds himself .a "fish out of water" in
the unaccustomed society of the officers'
ante-room. He is .rescued from a very
embarrassing situation by the good na
ture and presence of mind of Lady Roy
den, witH "whom h"' promptly- and fool
ishly falls In .ove. Lady Roydeh and
Hinds' brother officer, Playdell, have
been brought up together and have un
consciously loved each other from child
hood, Pleydell., however, ha fallen for
JdiriffeiJit.jaiaittl'iaet'mi ind ! fallen
into the hands of a swindler. Hinds rec
ognises th swindler as a crlmnlal fac
tor In his own unhappy boyhood, and
makes him disgorge Pleydell's I. O. U.'s.
Th cgallant "ranker,' who has already
saved his comrade's Ufe,now saves his
honor, and sacrifice his Own hopes of
winning Lady Royden's hand. Hinds is
such an; infinitely superior character to
Pleydell 'that th audience regrets Lady
Royden's choice.
Following the Frawley company, be
ginning Thursday night and closing Sat
urday night, ' will come Williams and
Walker, colored comedians, who had big
f success In New York. " '
Later, "Th Cardinal" will be seen.
Its quaint .charm with each additional
presentation. ; The Frawley Compahy, !
flway Strong In Jts work, and the pres
ent is no texeeption. ' Th addition of Ben
Howard' and -May Buckley w the cast
have hot been Ill-advised, for they are
publlo favorites. Mr. Frawley's "Jim
Radburn," the Sheriff, shows his ususl
conception of the part Mary Van. Buren,
as "Kataj" P'hoaa McAllister as "Mrs
Vernon, J. . Amory.a "Dave' aftd
Herbert Aahtoo'.as "Jo .Viwuon." ar
good. The same bill was presented at
this afternoon's matinee. The aractijB
f -COMINa PLAYS. --';
x-$"b?.:t: :i :A' ri VpH.
THE BAKER. In - introducing Ralph
Stuart and company to Portland, Man
ager Baker stated that he bad on of
and the .. publlo will be able to aee th
wonderful versatility of Mr. Stuart Sup
ported as he Is by a good company, who
do their work equally as well as he does,
th success of th engagement is as
sured. t N, ,-
CORDRAT'S.-When Geo. 1 W. Sim
wrot "Ostler Joe," h llttl thought It
would be - dramatised into suoh ' a large
production as will appear at Cordray
Sunday evening, Th odmpany I herald
ed as a strong on and tfi scenery 1 all
specially painted from English soenes for
tW-rompBy:-TIie"ehow 1 well dressed
and ha made a big hit In the Eastern
and Western cities Where -It ha been
produced. ' Th company Includes suoh
well-known kctbrs and actresses as Fred
rick Montagu, formerly wltb th Potter
Bellew. Company, Walter Corbett. of th
Modjeska Company, Luolll Tork, of the
The Gi eateat Glory of this Golden Age
THE GREAT
PAN-AMERICAN
' SHOWS
European flenaterle-- '
Triple Circus Hippodrome
Oceanic Aquarium and
Congress of Living Phenomena
Will surely exhibit 'at
PORTLAND
M0N , APRIL 28
COURTENEY. DECLINES.
A. A. Courteney. who was nominated
by- th Republican County Convention as
a candidate for Representative In the'
Legislature, has written a letter to the
county and city committee declining the
nomination. The letter of resignation
bears the date of April X but was not
made public by the committee until last
evening,, In his letter Mr. Courteney
gives pressure of private business as his
reason. It Is reported that th candl-
STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APR. 20
.: . . ' . . 7 AT 2:15 7 '"'::r;??:
. .. AND REMAINDER OP THE WEEK
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MR. RALPH UAOT-
AND COMPANY
In David Balasco's and Henry Do M1U,
Adaptation and TransaUtlon of
THE
LOST
PAtRAOISE
Never before such an attraction at these prices.
Did you notice that we have not raised our prices.
WE ARE TRYING TO BECOME POPULAR VV1TH THE PEOPLE:
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natlnees ioc, 15c 35c. ' Night 15c, 35c, 35c, $oc
MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
NEXT ATTRACTION
Steel Mackaye's
zel umn
POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE
KAJAH
COR DRAYS' THEATRE
JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager
Largest elephant that walks the earth,
now with the Qrteet Pan-American Shows.
Taller, longer, weighs more. -. cost more,
than any elephant ever captured.
EDNA COOKE
The girl wonder. The only lady aomer
sault rider in the world on a bareback
horse. A challenge of 110,000 to produce
her equal.
ANNA COOKE
The only lady four and nix horse rider
the world has ever produced. .For, grace
and skill she has no equal.
CAPT. SANTIAGO. HIGH DIVER
The world's highest diver: actually
fllng-a himself backward from the! highest
point ever dived from.
HERD OF TRAINED ELEPHANTS
Trained jaguars, tigers, Hons, leopards,
hears, lynxes, wildcats, grizzlies, cata
mounts, horses, stallions, monkeys and
ponies. . 1
One hundred exalted circus champions in
ISO supreme acts.
GRAND. GOLDENr GLITTERING,
MILE-LONG STREET PARADE
EVERY DAY AT W O'CLOCK A. Mi'
High Dive' at 10:80 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.
EXCURSIONS ON ALL RAILROADS
Doors
ances at
en at 1 and 7 p. m.
and 8 p. ni.,
Perform-
COMMENCING TOMORROW EVENIN(5, SUNDAY APRIL 2p
MATINEE SATURDAY T I ,
v Magnificent Scenic Production or th
High-Class Drama,
"0STLEIR JOE
A SPLENDID DRAMATIC SUCCESS
Founded on the Poem Mad Famous by
Mrs. James Brown Potter.
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Presented by a strong company of well known players.
Special scenery painted by Romadattl of London.
Costumes designed by Felli ft Worth, Paris,
USUAL PRICES - -25 and 50 Cents
BJI-B-JBIB!!!
CALVIN HLILIG, Mng.
MARQUAM GRAND
CALYIN HEILIG, Mug. ;
CONTINUATION OF THE FAVORITES
3 NIGHTS 3
CONTINUATION OF THE FAVORITES
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PRESENTING
Z MONDAY NWHT . ,' V" . i 'tUESDAY; WOHT:S '
V. rrSECRET;SERyiCE" 11 "BROT
Prices IWr floor, exeept last thr 'rows. 11; la'it three rows, T5c Balcony, flrst six rows, 73c; last six rows, Oc" Gallery, r
' 1 , k balance, 2ScV Boxes and loges, T-50.
SEATS NOW ON SALE, FOR THIS JENTTRE; ENGAGEMENT.'
Carriages at 10 AZ o'clock.
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