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is handed over to his majesty. He cuts his throat, and as the blood gushes forth the bands play and the eannons thunder. The news is sent out all over the city and thereupon the sacrificing begins, ex- tending 10 all parts of Morocco.
 Bairam is the great festal occasion of all the year. The Moors then come out in their good clothes the soldiers have new uniforms, and the people, who, like good Mohammedans, have been fasting throughout Ramazan, which Is their Lent, give themselves up to rejoicing. The chiefs of the various tribes are then supposed to send presents to the Sultan. and in the past vast sums have been so received. Some tribes bring money often running Into the thousands of dollars. some horses. and some slaves, negress being a common gift.
 During the present year the gifts were few, and the horses poor. This was the result of the recent rebellions and was brought about by the association of the Sultan with Europeans and the jealousy and distrust with which his pople regard him.
 Sultan and His Christians.
 Indeed. the sultan's tastes seem to be Christian rather than Mohammedan. He is fond of western methods. and he would if he could, introduce them into his em- pire. He has made some attempts to do so, but his people object, and this is one cause of his unpopularity. He is. not withstanding, an independent young man and persists in courting the favor of the foreigners. I am told that he spends q part of every day with Europeans. and that he is not at all exclusive in his se- lection of thenl One high-class Moor complains to me that his majesty allows common merchants and other tradesmen to come to the palace, and others tell me that he has spent millions of dollars on all sorts of foreign nioknaeks which some of his Christian friends have begged him to buy.
 His Gold Camera.
 One of his extravagances is camera of solid gold which cost him $1o,000. At the same time he bought s2o0O worth of print ing paper and $3S00O worth of other sup plies. His photographic outfit, in addi- ton to the camera, cost him all told $35,- GOO, a large part of which went, as mat ter of course, into the pockets of those who ordered it.
 Another extravaganza is a bedstead of crystal mirrors with pendants like a chandelier I understand that he sees three images of himself whenever he crawls into bed, and that the pendants jingle when he turns over.
 The Sultan has bicycles made of alum-
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Copyright, 197 by Frank c. carpenter.1
 Tangier, Morocco. " ONE behind the scenes and take
 look at Mulai Abd-el-Aziz, the - Sultan of Morocco. He is the ruler of the best part of northwestern Africa. and his empire is almost one twelfth the size of the whole United States. More than ten million Beroefs and Moors look upon him with reVef- ence. and the great powers of Europe are courting him with desire To get hold of his country and trade.
 Sultan in 1907.
 The latest photograph of the young monarch now lies before me- It repre- sents a tall athletic young man, clad In a long white burnous. the garment Worn by the gentlemen of Morocco. By talks with his officials and some Europeans can piece out the picture. The Sultan is just twenty-six years of age and he has all the strength of full-blooded youth. He has a muddy white complexion and his face, which is slightly bloated, bears the marks of smallpox, which he had years ago. He has a straight nose, larse mouth, long upper lip and chin which slightly recedes. Like all his people, he never slaves his face, but his full beard of curly black is so thin that it does not show much in the picture. He has rather Il wears a bored look. He seems to have sucked the orange of power and luxury dry and to care more to take things easy and have a good time than to rule. 1n- deed understand that he would be glad to leave the throne and that he thinks the game of governing a country IS tur- bulent as this is not worth the candle. He is fast losing prestige with his own people by consorting with foreigners, and were it not for his position as regards the Mohammedan religion he would have to step down and out.
 Related to Mohammed.
 All the rest of the Mohammedans of the world acknowledge some kind of allegi- ance to the Sultan of Turkey. This Is so of our Moros and of the fifty odd mil lion Mussulmans of India, and also of the lesser number in Turkey and Egypt These Moors will not let that Sultan send a representative here. They acknowledge no allegiance to him and they consider that only the family of this young man has the right to the title of commander and ruler of the faithful.
 Indeed Mulai Abd-el-Aziz is about the most blue-blooded monarch on earth. He is the thirty-sixth lineal decendant of Ali the uncle and son-in-law of the prophet Mohammed, and he is the fifteenth mon-
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Harry Clay Blaney.

"The Boy Behind the Gun" Harry Clay Blaney's stirring war drama, written by Charles E. Blaney, comes to the Bijou for a week, beginning tomorrow night.
 This attraction is claimed to be the most sumptuously mounted, engaging forty people, of all popular price produc- tions on the road this season. From scenic standpoint some decidedly pretty stage pictures are shown, notably the re- ception rooms of the world famous San Francisco Yacht club, the Japanese tea gardens at Toxio. the headquarters of General Stoessel al Port Arthur during the recent blockade, and last, but not least, Admiral Togo's flagship, from the deck of which he directs the world stir ring battle of "fhe Sea of Japan
 As to the presenting company, jovial Harry Clay Blaney, comedian of well known ability is the star, and surround ing him in support is company who in- terpret the drama in most engaging and intelligent manner.
 The female contingent is headed by the comedlenne. Kitty Wolfe, oftimes re- ferred to as the Sunshine Coincidence" Others in the big cast include a squad of fifteen of the Royal Guards of Japan, brought to this country expressly for thls production and eight Geisha girls who trip through the action of the play with songs and dances, lending color to mary Of the scenes.
 As to She play. it Is a war drama, with the main incidents dealing with the re- cent Japanese Russian war. The author, Charles D. Blanev, has given It a most interesting atmosphere, in which the au- dience breathes ntermingled romance, adventure and thrilling eseapades. An interesting story is told, one which holds the auditors. A bright vein of comedy IS furnished speeialties of a high order, well executed drills and song and dance numbers are also among the features.
 At the Majestic.
 Sixteen performers will be on the bill at the Majestic theatre this week, which Is one of the biggest companies ever seen at the theatre. In the six acts assured by
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the management some of the best known vaudeville entertainers will be seen. This bill Is the strongest of the season, as every performer is an artist in his or her particular line of work. The Avon com- edy four will be the "headliner,' and they will present a capital act including sing Ing. comedy and dancing. Next in rank comes MT. and Mrs. Erwin Connolly in pretty playlet, "Sweethearts," which ran for more than 100 nights at the Prince of Wales theatre in London. Then the cele- brated Petet family of five will introduce some sensational work in acrobatic ex- hibitfons. Ralston and his son are funny team, and Brooks and Jeanette are team of singing and joking comedians. The sim gle act of the bill Is Dave Nowlins, an im- itator and story teller. New pictures Will be shown on the majestograph.
 The Avon comedy four is composed or a quartet with refined singing voices. They put on a sketch showing a school room scene. They convulse the audience with the tricks they perpetrate on the teacher, who has hard time to preserve order with his flap stick. Jack Coleman Harry Goodwin, Joe smith and Charles Dale are the entertainers.
 The grace and tenderness with which the love story of a bashful youth and a rebellious maiden reach a happy climax after forty years separation is shown in the sketch of w. s. Gilberts, Sweet hearts," to be presented by MT. and Mrs. Erwin Connolly. The maiden, once pet tish and wilful, treasures her youthful ardor in the secret archives of her heart for forty years waiting for the return of he childhood lover, who in turn also treasures the memory of his sweetheart of long ago.
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first produced last season and ran for months at the New Amsterdam theatre, New York. The cast and ensemble is the original one, tn main factors being Joseph Cawthorne, Nella Bergen, Jeanette
 Lowrie, Albert Hart, George Schiller,
 Stanley Murphy, Monte Elmo, George
 Tallman and other singers and comedians of prominence. There is singing chorus
 of fifty voices which Is said to be ths
 best ever heard in T<law and Erlanger
 production and good enough for opera of any kind.
 With all it's laughs, there are tense mo-
 ments in the comedy by Denman Thomp- son and George w. Ryer which its authors have named "Our New Minister" and which will be at the Jefferson soon. When Lem Ramson. sort of Rip Van Wrinkle of Hardscrabble, one night while in his cups, commits crime that an- other plans, he doesn't forses the plight in which discovery will leave his own family.
 "A Message from Mars" which will be seen hsfs at the Jeffefson at ah sarly date made an immediate impression the first time 1t was ever played. It had It's bringing out in London. Tnofs interested in it were of the ifnpressioh if might run
 three or four months, but instead 1t ran for a bit over three years. After it's great success In the English metropolis. the play was brought to America where it
 was placed before the public in New York city, remaining there for two years. This in brief is the story of this comedy.
 Fritzie Scheff and her opera company, under Charles Dillingham's management, will present "MiIle. Modiste" in this city
 for the first time at the Jefferson theatre, Tuesday, February 5. The opera which
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has already enjoyed lengthy engagements in New York, Boston. Philadelphia and Chicago, was provided her by Henry Blos- som and Victor Herbert. who are respect lively the authors of the lberatto and the composer of the music. Great success has already attended the presentation in other cities of Mile Modiste" and the honor of 1t may be safely laid to the bril- liant performance and exceptional vocal ability of the star.
 After several years devoted to the por- traiture of the sterner characters In the drama, Louis James this season returns to his first love, comedy, and is said to be giving the most delightful performance of his career. as Sir John Fallstaff In 'The Merry Wives of Windsor" The remena- brance of his excellent portrayal of Eat Jack Fallstaff' in Henry Iv," is suffi- cient to anticipate 8 charming perfor- nance this time. His supporting compa- ny, headed by Nellie McHenry and Nor man Hackstt. and including Aphie James Charlotte Lambert, Lillian Lancaster J. Arthur Youy4. Nathan Aronson, Vii liain chtystis Miller. c. D. Burt, and others, Is saN to bs an especially compe- tent one.
 Of ali the players who have found a firm place for thsflsslvss in the hearts of the thestss sosrs Of the country, none has made thai place more permanent than has William H. Crane, who will be seen here in the revival of "She Stoops to Con- duer," with Ellis Jeffreys as co-star with him. Tn the course of his forty years or so upon the stage, MT. Crane has played an infinite variety of parts In an infinite variety of cities, and yet In the whole course of his experience it is doubtful if he has ever had role that's fits him as does that of 'vld Hardcastle" in Gold
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At the Gayety.

The Bowery Burlesauers will be the at traction all this week at the New Gayety theatre, and it is reputed to be one of the best of the old companies which is play ing the circuit of the Columbia Amuse- ment company. It has been one of the standard attractions of the burlesque theatres all over the country for many years, and has the credit of being one of the most up-to-date.
 The company gives what is claimed to be a first-class representation of the scenes on the Bowery, with It's dives and typical characters. Chinatown and the stunning parties of rich people who come down to find out how the other half of the world lives; an East Side police court
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mum. and he delights in playing bicycle polo with his friends. He learns all sorts Of games easily, and can do no end of bicycle tricks. He will ride up a steep plank and down again, and in his polo games he has ruined several fine wheels by crashing into the walls.
 The Sultan has a number of automo- biles q London hanson and coach Of state. There are no roads in this coun- try. and these things are practically use less. His gold coach, which cost many thousands of dollars. TOW lies outside the palace at the mercy of the weather.
 In Debt or Millons Year.
 In the meantime the sultans foreign friends who have ordered these things for him are making fat fortunes, and they are working the young man for all he is worth. Every foreign thing he subscribes for costs him ten times what 1t is worth, and his ministers and foreign friends ab- sorb the profits. They are already rolling in luxury, and every one about him steals both from him and his people,
 l am told that the whole income of Mo rocco has gone into extravagant eXpendi- tures The empire pays something like five million dollars year and is HOW sey- eral hundred thousand dollars in debt.
 One of tue Europeans here tells me he thinks that the Sultan has salted down a pretty penny of th.s for a rainy day, and another courier says that he is, strange to say. almost mean in the ex- penditures which come out of his own immediate treasury. He will quibble about an outlay of one hundred dollars, if the money is to be paid down on the nail. and, at the same time, will dass off without thinking. an order for one of his custom houses to pay sum of ten thousand or more.
 Moore Disuusted
 Anyone who understands the jealousy and hatred which these Moors have for Christians can easily see how unpopular such actions on the part of their Sultan must be. The better classes are no fools, and 1t is hard for them to respect even Sultan who does such foolish and ire ligious things. They are opposed on Mo- hammedan grounds to pictures and pho tographs, and it is almost impossible to get them to pose before the camera. With this view the Sultans golden kodak Is in striking contrast, and the fact that he is really a good photographer does not better the matter. They do not ap- prove of his buying a yacht and having it carried inland to Fez to be played with on the little river near there, and they are angry at the crown he ordered at a cost of hundred thousand dollars or so.
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It is against the Mohammedan religion for the Sultan to wear a crown, and his people especially objected to his corona ton coach.
 suItan's Harem.
 A Moors home life Is not supposed to be known outside of his immediate fam fly. and no European has ever seen the Sultan's harem. I doubt whether any Mo hammedan man except his own eunuehs has ever crossed it's threshhold, and 1t would be very improper to ask his maj esty as to the health Of the multitudn- ous ladies of his household, NeNerthe- less gossip gets out in one way or an= other. and l am able to give you some pictures of Mual's harem.
 By the Mohammedan religion he mas the right to four wives and no end of concubines His palaces arc large and the Sultan himself lives on the first floor, Tn a suite of big rooms, at tho four corners of which his wives have their apart ments Each wife has her own estap- lishment. but all are subject to the rule of certain slave women called arifas, ne gro concubnes who were especially iaV- ored by Mulal Hassan, this Sultans Ia ther
 The snltan's real wives must be chosen from the different branches of the royal family, so that the Sultan is forced to marry his cousins ms IS not So biu oo Is the case in Siam, where the king mar rles his sisters
 Sutan's Secondary Wives.
 The customs of this country as regards the monarch are much the same as those of several municipalities of the far east. The King of Siam can call any woman in the country to serve in his palace, no matter if she be wife mother or daugh- ter; and the Emperor of China selects his wives from the daughters of the Manchu nobles. who are sent into the palace to be picked over. I was present in Picking when the present Emperor married three wives, the old empress dowaser making the selection The Sultan of Morocco IS freauently presented with secondary wives or eoncubines by his tribal chiefs. The girls are often sent lip for his ap- proval, and especially at Bairam, and he can select such for his household estab- lishment as may take his fancy. In ad- dtion to this he has a large number or coal black negresses who have been pur- chased from time to time in the local slave markets ana also other women im- ported from the orient.
 Inside the Palace. The Sultan has many palaces. He has
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smiths famous comedy. Yet, strange to say. MT Crane has not played this part, nor in fact has he been seen in this play. in nearly a quarter of a century, the oc- oasion of his last appearance being in the palmy days of the firm of Robson and Crane, when the late Stuart Robson play ed the part of Tony Lumpkin 10 MT. Cranes Hardcastle
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ADJUSTMENTS.

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PACED and in nowse unusual in shapeor develop ment. Technique to me- he summed up, means hand and brain and heart work ing in unison."
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PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.

At the Jefferson theatre at an early date will be seen Klaw and Erlanger's presentation of the Sousa Opera company in which Joseph Cawthorne is the stel- lar feature in John Phillip Sousa and Harry B. Smiths new military comic opera entitled "The Free Lance,' which was
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Still Growing. From the New York Sun. About twenty years from know the grown-up Theodorcs in this country promise to be as numerous as the Grow CTS are now.-W Washington Herald. Well, nobody would object to grown up Theodore.
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The Sultan has many palaces. He has
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'N- ShS FtdJSoe'S'
 Sixteen performers will be on the bill at the Majestic theatre this week, which is one of the biggest companies ever seen at the theatre. In the six acts assured by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-21
HETTY GREEN'S BIRTHDAY.
Richest Women in the United States
Reaches Seventy-SecOnd Year.

New York, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Hetty
Green. the "richest woman in the
world" was 70 years old today, but
she did not celebrate the anniversary.
The present disturbed condition of the
business world has kept her busy
the past few weeks looking after her
vast financial interests.
Whether Mrs. Green Joined with
Morgan, Rockefeller and others OF
great wealth in coming to the aid Of
the banks during the recent furry
will probably never be known to the
general public. She is an implacable
foe to Wall street and to those fl
nanciers who follow its speculative
methods, but those in a position to
know declare that she is ever ready
to lend helping hand to deserving
banks or bankers.
When the present financial cloud
first appeared on the financial hori-
Zon Mrs. Green lost no time in COM
ing to New York from her summer
home at Bellows Falls, Vt, and since
then she has remained close to her
office in the Chemical National bank
from which she directs the flow Of
her millions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-21

Milton, Nov. 21.-Miss Leto Havas
has been engaged to clerk at the
postoffice, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Miss Jennie
Dykes who had been clerk here for
over 10 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Chastain who
have been here for some weeks. have
gone to Portland to remain for n
snort time before returning to their
home in Lewiston.
Miss Minnie Martin has returned
from Astoria, where she has bear o.
a Few months visiting relatives and
friends.
A number of carloads of appIes
nave been shipped out in the last few
Gays to eastern points, over the trac.
ton line to Walla Walla, from wbero
they Will go over the Northern Pa
cific. a
On thanksgiving evening. imme.
diately following the close of the NAV
given by the college in the new onera
house, the senior and Junior leagues
VIII sell baskets filled with fine
luncheons.
The ladies of the Home Missionary
society of the NJ. Z. church. will hold
their annual week of prayer. begin
ming Monday evening, December 2.
The fire department has invested
IN a chemical engine, which cost
$275' and it will materially aid in
the work being done by the excellent
here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-21
LOW WATER IN COLUMBIA.
Steamer Relief Has Been Temporarily
Tied UD.

On account of the extremely low
water in the upper Columbia river
the steamer Relief Of the Open River
fleet, will remain idle until the rains
long overdue increase the volume of
water in the river. It is thought she
can be placed in commission again
in the next month.
Since early in the fall the Relief
has been transporting wheat from
points on the upper Columbia to the
state portage road at Cello. Until
she was destroyed by fire, the ]. N.
Teal, operating from this end Of the
line. brought the shipments to Port
land.
While the Teal is being rebuilt ar
rangements had been made for the
grain carried by the Relief to be
stored at the portage. It is now
probable that she will be about ready
to go back on her run as soon as the
water reaches sufficient depth to
permit the Relief to operate.
Steamboat men all along the line
are complaining Of low water in the
tributaries Of the Columbia and Will
lamette rivers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-21

There is more Catarrh In this section OF
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed TO be lncurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t a local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly falling TO cure with local
treatment pronounced 1t incurable Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires con.
stitutional treatment. Halls catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. ]. Cheney & Co., To
ledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure
on the market. II Is taken internally In
doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful. II
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
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Send for circulars aud testimonials.
Address F, J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-21
LA TOILETTE IN RACE.
Wisconsin Mans Boom Launched at
st. Paul Banquet.

st. Paul, Nov. 2O.-The presiden-
tial boom of Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin, received its Minnesota
launching Monday night at banquet
given at the commercial club of this
city under the auspices of the Min
nesota Shippers and Receivers asso-
citation.
Among the prominent Minnesota
republicans present were U. S. Sem
ator Moses c. Clapp and Lieutenant
Governor A. E. Eberhardt. Governor
Cummins of Iowa had been invited,
but was unable to be present. Con-
gresham Frank NJ. Nye OF Minneap-
Oils, sent his regrets.
Senator La Toilette was unable to
be present, but Wisconsin was repre-
sented by Irvine L. Lenroot and ]. A.
Frear, secretary OF state, two of the
senator's lieutenants.
At the conclusion of the banquet
committees were selected to push the
La Toilette movement in st. Paul and
Minneapolis.