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r3 !& J UBW:.' "". TwX'l " ' "f 4!&. f ingf tarn iuMiitse' i i Section 1 ee J Pags J7to24 4ituiiamennoteHsj VOL. XIII. SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1003 NO. 272. Ttitr DAILY i '. - ki . RNAL CHICAGO THE WONDERFUL Has Grown From a ViHage of ond City on the Continent, and the Flfthln the World In Seventy-five Years-Swept By Epidemics, Over whelmed By Flood, Devastated By the Greatest Fire in History, It Has Never Hesitated in Its Course, Nor Lost Sight of Its Motto, "I Will." Tho theory of tho making of the city of Chicago, Bounds moro like a thou I sand and Bccond tnlo told by tho queen of dreams Schehorozado, than It does like tho history of a nineteenth contry ! city. Tho year 1833 began the good -work. Bulldlng3 began to go up on nil sldos. Tho government started tho work of .'tutting through tho Band spit at the. flnouth of tho rlvor In order to glvo Jho placo a harbor, vlsaols being obliged to anchor oulsldo and dls- char go passongors and frolght by boat Tho first newspapor, tho "Chi- nntrn Ttnmnprat." was established. Flvo thousand Indians gathered In council on tho lake front and formally ceded tho lands oast of tho Mississip pi. Tho future seemed bo bright mat a local govornmont -was felt to bo a nocosslty, and a town organization was offected. The election of tho first trustees showed a population of about 228 rotors. Chicago grew llko tho proverbial Screen bay treo during Its four years of town government from August 10, 1833, to March 4, 1837, when an act was passed Incorporating tho place as a city. Tho progress of those four years was marvelous. Starting with a pop ulation of 200 In 1833 there wore neap ly 2000 by tho fall of 1834. A school census of 1835 showed a population of 3279. Tho first census taken undor tho city charter, July 1, 1S37, Gave 4170. With Us organization as a city Chi- ft cngo may bo Bald to havo fairly en tered upon Its career. Thougu ii faced ft great panic in its vory first year, it opened a theater, bought a atoam flro ongino, uuur, a sioamor, and oxported Its first wheat The 'things that overy city must have i camo along In duo courso of time a 1 $75,000 fire in '3D J pormanent estab lishment of public schools In '40; a city directory in '43; a power press i In '45; a port of entry In '4C; a law 1 school and county hospital In 47. in ;1848 Chicago bogan to get in touch i -with tho rest of tho world. That year .tho Illinois and Michigan canal was i opened, tho first railroad got a few miles out of town In tho direction of Galena, and tho first telogram ar rived (from Milwaukee). Tho noxt year was one to test the jftaervo and endurance of tho thriving i'llttlo city. The river front, ship ping and brldgos wero wiped out uy ; a flood. Thoro was a second big fire, a third cholera epidemic, and a bank 'panic Dut Chleago had strucK ner gait and things like these could not even check her. Gas. waterworks, ernnd onera, the first through train from the East over the ijkb anon.- & Michigan Southern the comple tion of tho main line of the Illinois Central, street enrs. a paid fire de ' partment, the first swing bridge, and . the national convention at which Lin ; coin was nominated were steps In the development of the city up to urai. Nowadays the dividing me Between tho old Chicago and the new is the great fire. The roan who can upeak of experience "before the fire" is a genuine Cblcagoan; the eltlsene who came "after the fire" must have an unusually fine moid to offset that handicap. October 7. S art 9 In 1" , ih date. The story t itw .days is too bis to be toW here: be sides all the world knows It As to thA flrn itself, it may be saw gensr- ally that It probably wa started h a j cow that kicked over a lamp - .. j..k Via J West aide stable, Mi a ww I nado things very dry. taAt tsnre strong wind btewmg 4gr u rr h ettr. that aiw i --- . got fairly under way tfcsy 1 "rs rroof buildings la less T" minute br the watcn. wi broke out blocks ahead of the malnj Are from the heat and that nowtug even checked It nntil It bad fer$ed to the. very waters of Lake Mtcblgaa As to the loss, "e a-cpiea s" ! ar that tt4 acre of bstWlnes were Two Hundred to be the Sec burned over, that moro than 100,000 persons woro left homeless, that 150 lives woro lost In tho flnmos, and that tho monoy "value of tho property dostroyod was ns follews: On build lngs, $52,000,000; on buslnoss proper ty excluBlvo of buildings," $85,000 ,000; on personal effects, $50,000,000, n. to tal of $19G,000.000. Thoro, was a salvage of $4,000,000 on raatorlnl used In rebuilding. On tho other hand, tho valuo of real estate was de preciated $SS,000,000 and tho inter ruption to business caused a loss of $10,000,000, making a grand total lots of $200,000,000. In fact nearly one half of the wholo proporty value of the city was destroyed. y Following tho flro things wore done In a large American way that gtvos one thrills. Tho city pledged Its cred it Tho govornmont in the poraon of Genornl Shorldan declared martial law and rushed tonts and army sup luppllos to tho spot as fast aB wlro and train could accomplish It. The wholo world put its hand In its pock ot and Bent moro than $7,000,000 In money and supplios to strlckon Chi cago. In tho meantime, almost be fore tho flro had burned Itself out Chi cago was busy at tho work of rebuild, lng. In two years a now city had arisen from tho ruins of tho 'old and a now oro In tho llfo of tho city had beguu. Tho new Chicago was lnfl nltoly a moro nttractlvo city, and its unoquallcd display of public spirit and enorgy brought to It hundreds of thousands of new citizens from all parts of tho world. It grow fastor than over, practically doubling its population of 224,000 in tho noxt dec ade. Keeping Its hand In by beginning In 1890 work on the Chicago drainage canal a trifling matter of ton yoars' work and $35,000,000 Chicago cast about for something that should real ly test her powors. Hor chanoo came In the World's Columbian exposition. Chicago bid successfully for tho World's Fair, and again astonished the world by the beauty of tho White City and the completeness of the ox hlbltlcn Itself. The dost of tho fair exclusive of the vast sums expended by exhibitors from all parts of the world, was ovor $38,000,000 and near ly as many visitors passed through Its gates. It was a verltablo triumph for Chicago. Up to that tlmo no one had doubted the city's wealth, enorgy and ability to do groat. things In a mater ial way. But thenceforth tho sneer that Chleago was little more than an oxtended stock yard was heard no more. In a way the World's Fair Is Chica go's climax to date. la the last dee fide she has kept on growing as usual in population and wealth. Hor dtl seas are busy Improving their prl vat property. Dutinees blocks tnni would be considered palatial in many cities of some considerable import ance are how torn down In Chicago to make room for an up-to-dato build lag. Chicago was built in a marsh. She utilised the ruins of the great fire to lift kereelf out of the mud. Forced by the unstable nature of her foundation to depart from ordinary rules, she Invented the "Chicago eon structlon" and save the eky-eerajMW n ha world. She l now rebuilding ihn ntiuiitdin that followed the Are Some day the city Itself, as well ae her eitisens will turn IU hand to set ting IU house In order. Then the world will be astonished again. Statistic are valuable. Honestly handled figures do not lie, and they are the only tblnw that really tell Ue whom story. But statwtlce are dry things In themselves: moresvsr. Um average MM loses his sens or proportion when the figures run up to hundreds of mlllleas and blfflona. go no attempt will be made here to give a long array of figure, onvinc lag as they are. S4I1I, somo facts way be set forth that are both eon visdME &d Interesting. . Here are tooM pertinent paragraphs The otyMt Inhabitant of Cblcagc wa born January U. 13. d has just retired from actlvo sofrlco in tho pollco department Ho has teon tho city of nls birth" grow from a trad lng jiost with a population ot two whtta families to a city of 2,231,000 the second ot America and tho fifth of tho world. Alexander Bonublon's oxporlonco Is unlquo in history. Chicago extends for twenty miles along tho lako front. "It Is about ton miles wtdo. Its area Is 191 square miles. Tho total street mlloago Is 2798, and the total length ot tho bow ors la 1527 miles'. It requires" tho sorvlce of 16,000 peo ple to transact tho city's buslnoss Tho' salary list Is $15,000,000. The oxpendtturos of tho ojty for tho first thr'co months of 1903 was ovor $20,-000,000.- - Chicago has 3192 physicians, 717 'trained nursos, 357 undertakers, 922 dniR storos and 37 cemeteries, yet its Vioath rato 1b only 1C.2 to tho thousand of population. . Twonty thousand manufacturing plants with an Invested capital ot $000,000,000 pay $200,000,000 yearly In wages and turn out products to tho valuo of $1,000,000,000. Chicago's first bank was establish ed In 1835. Now fifteen national hanks and thlrty.slx stnto banks and trust companies, besldos private banks, are required to handlo the flnnnclnl business. Last year tho clearings ot the associated banks amounted to moro thnn olght billion dollars and the balances woro ovor $653,000,000. Last year wero received at Chica go's port of ontry ovor seven million tons of merchandise, on which Import duties to tho extent of nearly ten mil lion dollars wero collected. Chicago has 780 churches, twenty, nlno convonts, twonty-ono libraries, flfty-elght hospitals, sixty asylums, two unlvoraltles, 292 public schools, 275,000 public Bchool children, and the flnoat orchestra In tho world. Thero aro 4532 retail groceries 1578 meat markets, 5802 saloons, 290 hotels 630 laundries, 31 theaters, 76 pawn shops, 440 confoctlonory stores, 868 apartment houses, and 113 bulldlag and loan associations. Chlcacos flro department owns proporty worth two million dollars, Thoro aro 94 ongino companies, flvo flro boat crowB, 27 hook and laddor companies, and four hoso companlos. Last year tho flromon saved 144 lives Thoro woro 5125 flros, involving prop erty of tho total valuo of about 113 millions. The loss ovor insurance war a little ovor $500,000. Tho aesthotlc world sneers at Chi cago's stock yards. They aro, how ever, the biggest thing of tho kind on earth and their products go to all civilized and some savage countries. Tho shipments of last year were: Dressed beef, 1,049,801,765 pounds; cattle, 900,918; sheep, 831,728; hogs, 1,251,798; dressed pork, 150,615 pounds; lard, 382.408,009 poundH; meat In various forms, 660,869,799 poundH. These flguros do not Include hides, soap, candlos, brushes, curled hair, glue and other products In which tho slaughtered beast Is utilized to the last paring of his hoofs. It Is to be noted that the intelligent visitor always makes It a point to boo thlq marvel of Industry. In fifty years Chloago has grown to be the railroad center of America, There are six depots at which 29 dif ferent trunk roads and half a dostm other roads enter. At these depots 1416 trains arrive and depart every twenty-four hours. The first shipment of grain consist ed of 78 bushels of wheat It war made in 1898, the year or the first grain elevator. The year 184 jaw the first steam elevator and total shipments of 13,00,000 bushels. Chi' cago U the grain market of the. world. Chicane Is one of the greatest port In the world. Its Uinay Is 10 per oeU greater than that of New York, and nearly as much ae that of Haiti more. Boston and New York com blued. Chicago has 17 large parks and many smaller onsn. The total area Is nearly 9000 awes. Collectively these narks are the nnest In the world Thus w see from Uiw brief sketrh that In two yenenUtoa Chicago has grown from nothing to the second city of the United States and the fifth city of Jt the nations; from a sortage be tween two riven to the railroad cen ter of a continent and one of the greatest ports of the world; from an fadloa trading pott to, the gfaln and prortaloa market of the globe. A mere Infant In age. overgrown and badly governed none too clean mor ally or physically, Chleago has never thelese made glorious history. Demo craUc and casmppottun. "unkeet 4tretablr. vast" blatant and yet undisturbed by any caprice of for UM. qule. to selM the essaiKPB sad flaunting the mottt. "I will." Chicago Is typical of tho tremendous forces of our half-baked American clvlllzn tlon. , 'JVhori1 Chicago finds horsclf, as sho Buroly will, who shall ljmt the futuro of this city of oltlosT A real Bunshlny woman camo into the Nows ofllco tho other day. Sho was nolther beautiful nor of lofty b tat I on. yo. 8iio beers an honored namivaud hor smllos nro a natural graco. She paid her subscription with an air so kindly and gentle, with hor checks n-dimplo, that wo wondered what pood fairy had given her niooils'so delight ful. Would that wo had a thousand on our Hat that could so J-tlr the henrfB pulsation. Loxtngton (Mich.) News. LEAVES WEALTH ., TO JE HATED To becomo wealthy after Jiving In poverty for yoars Is tho peculiar fbr tuno ot Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, now of Plymouth, Mass. And tho wealth comes from tho man who hated hor, and whom sho dosplBed beyond all beings on earth, P. G. Wright, an ec centric mlsor of Putnam, Conn. For 35 years the wife of a poor Btonecutter, and on his death com polled to earn hor own living by housowork and other manlal labors; too proud to seek charity from moro fortunnto relatives and ablo to port form only tho least remunerative la bors, sho has suffered hor full share ot hardships. Mrs. Wright was soen this morning porformlng tho dutlos of a housokoop or, poorly dressed, but with a smile of hopo ns sho talked of hor ohnnr cd condition and remombored her past trials. Sho Is now residing at tho parish house ot tho Episcopal church, going out by tho day to do hoiiBowork. Sho Is Intelligent and refined, and has won tho rospect of tho good pcoplo of Ply mouth, who nro as much elated at hor prospects as tho good lady her solf. To Think of It" ' "To think," said Mrs. Wright, "that any good fortune Bhould como to mo from my husband's brother. Why, at tho funeral of my husband ho wouldn't treat mo decont and did ovorythlng to dlagraoo hla brother's momoryi" It was no Intontion of tho eccentric man that any of his money should gc to his brother's widow. It all coram) about from his dying Intestate. A few weeks ago Bhe began to hear storips of tho queer doings of nn aged brother ot her husband, Petor O. Wright of Putnam. Conn.- Now Peter Wright was the last man In the world sho would have gone to for nld. Tho two brothers wero sworn ouemies. Quoorly enough, on hla death bed It was ascertained Uiat after making tho most grotesque prepara tions for his burial the man had made no disposition of his property. "It ho could have devised any way of taking bis money to the grave with him ho certainly would," said Mrs. Wright p'utnam is full of the stories ot his quoer doings in these last months. Ho had a monument con structed with what wns meant to he a iixenoes or hlinseir. When It was .... .. ... completed the old man declared It; looked like a Hottentot Indian. He went at It wth a sledge hammer and It soon resembled a football player. it was rebuilt after hU own Ideas. Tha eonstmcted temb was a mag net that nrew a great many visitors. Wright would sit In frojU of It on fine days and tell remlHlscenses to the people, that came there to ate U A few weis iiko he eat for his trip- tore, with the tomb as a WaAkvunj. On one oeeaaton Wright held a email pa.ty there. Orave Well Steeked, He had a grave bricked up to a height of seven feet and Meed to keen liquor there. When he feet like it he wottld enter the tomb sad nroeeed to bare a debauch. There was the Inevitable lore affair In Peter Wright's Me. A fair maiden from New Hamnslilre won Ms affee. tloM. They were nevr - married, al though a son survives him wms Is how about 0 years old. Mrs, Hfiaabeth Wright will share his wealth with two sister, and there way be a gontest before; ska ftgts her shares P. O. Wright's fortune may be considerably over fSod.gog. It was sahi he. held a mortgage on half the property of Putnam. He was a tight gated, typteal old money lender. Ills tobtone obara the iDiarlp tton. "Going-, btit 1 Know Not Wber" The majority of the residents of Pit nam think they knew. Ihtt they won't tell 11 Tira mm m Seattle the. Superb, the Commerce of the Pacific J$ Hers, and the' frade With the Orlcat Passes Through Her Gatesr-Llyc, Energetic, Pttj3htogIvToved Only to Greater Efforts By Apparently Insurmountable? iOliK stacks', Undismayed By Disaster, She Climbs Swiftly to the High Place Destined for Her. Seattle Is Bprawltng all ovor hornolf. Tho city Is extending Into Pugot Sound ono way, and Into Lake Wash ington tho othor. Tho streets aro nil torn up with "improvements," and tho latost orazo that has Struck tho town Is tunnol tho big hills. No ono can go to Seattlo without catching tho infection, and no ono can comb' awny without brlghtor, bet tor, moro hopoful vlows as to tho fu turo of tho groat Northwost Paolflo coast, and ot IiIb own outlook on llfo. Tncoma may bo a moro horaoy kind ot placo. Portland mny bo solldor, financially, and have lower taxes, but Seattlo has tho "via, vlo vim" that the conjugation class at college knows so w-ell that puts It In a class by Itself, and no othor town gets Into ox actly that samo class with Seattle for some reason. Seattlo certainly has boon filled up with n class of tho keenest and brightest business men from nil tho big townB of tho Kast, and tnolr competition with each othor, and for commorclnl supromacy ovor thq Northwost will In tlmo mnko Sonttlc tho rlvnl or ovon suporlor of 8an Fran olsco. Will Seattlo get a sot-hnokT PoBslbly, but not llkoly. Public Im provements nlono will koop tho town growing. Bpondlng two millions n year on Btroots, sowars, comont walks, water and lighting plant era - ploys laborers, who, in turn build homos, mnklng employment for build - lng trados, and a market for rent os tato, and tho omploymont of all tho tdlo monoy thnt can bo found to in- yoet No panto or doprosslon can ntop Soattlo or provont hor from remain- minded moldors of public opinion. ng tho possessor of tho proud tltlo of Tho Star Is n Sarlpps Nown Assocla Quoon City of tho Northwost tlon dally, nnd has built up rapidly un- Bcwttlo has mnny Chlcagoesquo of- dor K. v. Chaso, who Is establishing a foots overhung with olouds of black similar paper at Tneomn. smoke, towering groups ot tall build- Tho Star prints four editions dally, lngs scroechlngs of steamers nnd. takes no printing graft, runs no med-t trains and factories nt all hours of tho ( leal ads, and Is owned by no corpora day and night, rush, disorder, Mack tlon. It Is letting in tho daylight on mud, weltering masse of humanity, "the Senttln political mnohlno; Only hanging llko flies on tho street cars, tearing about on tho perpetual rush, Clanking ot cablo cars, continuous oar fares, and sturdy, rushing class of K)0 plo with a determined, get-thero ox prossloi on their faces, that ono boos only in Chicago or KitnsnH City. Only two things nro cheap at Seattle and those are meals and lodging. You oati get abetter meal and a bettor room there for the money than you oan nt Portland. Two of us hnd enough served us for two-blls nplece. at several restaurants, for five mon to oat, but the averngo SeattUlto gets away with It all. The. travel from Alaska Is Immense, nnd pueple brlnr; i ... ,.i ,i . . ti . i appetites iaoic wun mem wini nrv the Kind tue usquinaux uerowp. Health real estate men are about as.,,,,,, from 8 l0 t m)a for (.ty Hirv ood liars as the average, but proper- f IMM4 Munm(ed revenue from $I00. ty advanees over night even beyond tin limits or their gutta percha imag ination. The owner or business prop orty no more than gets over the (test of one tearing up, when a new "Ira provernent" Is ordered. If yon buy real ertate, pa? some thing down, take a reeetpt for payment of part c' ,l" nurchsse prk-e ndc eoqtraot, and then watsh your man e(MJl,t Wfl)hR nsrt ,, hrlgk gutwrs with a gun and the property with u'Rnd Aicgtrae asidwlt roadways, K to sheetrr. Will Oray. of Salem, bought 0 feet wide no big tre. Wllh high or thogght he had bought ieattle bust i mtmtt Mm, am mtle nr no haul- mas property to Htt up a warehouse. Ustwes two days the agent juwned M up $KMM. and Gray was surprised that he come as near buying It nn he did. Between street Improvements, grading down bilk. laying hsw stntst ear lings, business men have a pre- eaiums exlsume. All street work is It token four heavy Imhsm, or tw medium ho and three mules haul building matortnl. eml gravel lumber to alnwet amy pert or ie ciiy. ,g ,vry t),m w XK4tsifb r- and they nr nsvee sure ta get there JtlilMltwl p,-, trduHy'fe srbja!s. In one day. I gentile Is a vry Iwrd town" on gattl Is a iiararfiee for common la- l)MH(NW greeU that are not saved ar bor, for meebanlcs, teamsters and QMgm,r( through whleh tho poor biilldlo trades. lixpanslBO In rveryj fcwlUr lUgf w6 aWf si. load, flle dlreotloji Is the order of the day. HBH,, tMh WMOB N rtra n ehudV ery trade Is nnkmlssd, and bours grow 'Jek j y vM M jHw, ahortor aad pay grows higher. Tbuasi 1, mm. mg tt vamuy suppuwi re otw. n 13 Sa sack Kgtfs 10 to 60 tents a I B 1 1 .- 1.25 a Back. Eggs 40 to SO cents pound. Meats in proportion, lllroll girls got $20 to j30 r month, accord, lng to ability..' Thopftmbora' gotiBar nrlos llko bank presidents In Oregon; Jacob Furth, n dop-dycd HobiWj runs tho town:,'HoV0Knrf,-tho'Boaltlo olcctrlc light and power "and Btroot and cablo plant runs a bank, owns staokB of proporty and business mon. and controls n thousand mon'a votes on olectlon day, Ih tho newspaper field tho Pont-In-tolllgonoar Is still tho Itopubllcnn or gan, but has not been a newspaper since Ted Plpor loft It Tbo Ulothons run Uio Tlmos a IXmiocmtlo pnpor, edited by Republicans, who stand solid with the Humes city graft, nnd graft about $20,000 a year out of tho olty printing. A Judgo has decided that a little Seattlo real ostnto dally Is a newspaper, nnd ollglblo to bid, and the Illothon graft Is out Hut tho old man is n fighter. Tho doulslpn wns rendered one day, nnd tho next morn hirf Dlothon camo out with a dupllcnta of tho real ostato paper, cutting its prico from $100 a month to 25 cents, to drlvo It out of buslnoHs. Ho cut hla own prlco on city printing ?from 5 cents nn Inch to flvo conts, and threat ened by nil that's holy and snored end j righteous to drlvo Uio-publishers of , tho llttlo real ostato papor out of bUBi bcsb and to rotlro tho Senttln Judge , who dnrod render thai doqlsloo Jntq oblivion. Such is tho disposition to llvo and lot llvo tho world oyer, and OHpecially as manifested nt tlmca by tho nigh. lost week It showed up $6000 ot uncol lected paving oonlractorn' flnos. It employed an oxpert and oxpotiod ndul ttoratlonit of mljk that brought It two libel suits, hjit reduced tho death Vato ot Infants from tnllk-poleoning from about 50 a month to nlmoat none. Tha Star does things, and then talks about thum nftorwards. Has Seattle a graft? What city has not? The Seattle graft Is cold oath, and, whllo It might be hard to put your finger on n particular ludl. vldunl case, the thing exists to tho ox tent or from $300,000 to $500,000 per anrurn. Just the rame. - The boost u . low taxes nnil okan. booeet builnnta administration la. a I mrtli Tnxs hate gAno p In three 000 In 1001 to Jl,ZJO.(HW in 1M9, while valuations bare Increased from $10, WJW to ttlMatftO in IhHHi years and population from VMW In 1VQ.0OO slnee the IttOO census. Seattle Is bound lo be ah asphalt town In ull tho resi dence parts, the haavy-trntsn down town streets being laid with brfok. The residence streets are itfanly parked. ,HK frjm contry. these streets am practically permanent awl ilustless. The city bears about' one fourth the expenee of paving -If 1 had the WtlbuaHU valley trlb Mary to this city. I would mail- It thum." said the trnJk- manager of the IMwUisrn PasUto. IKU HeaUlw will bo .wajamnh. wiktornMiMt surroundings to'R Hnprpdnrtlve farming country wUj it tt"or.uuud vb im 19)