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4 THE lEOKfnsrG- OT&BGQUCUlK, WjBDSTESDATT, JAXT7AB1T 16, IS9p J&erjeg0txmu. Entered at the Postofllce at Portland. Orecos. cs second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION' RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid) In Advance. Xtelir. -with Sunday, per znenth ? 1 Xkatly, Sunday excepted. pr year. 10 00 Daily, with Sunday, per year... ....- 1- 00 Sunday, per year. ........ .........- W The Weekly, per year 1 50 Tne Weekly, three months K TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Sally, per week, delivered, Sunday eseptetL.23c Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday Jcchided..S0c DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. REPORT PORTLAND, Jan. 15. 8 P. M. Maximum temperature. 40; minimum temperature. 34; height T river at 11 A. M 154; change a the past 24 hows. O.l. predpitatton today. 0.W); predptutton from September 1. Ife34 (wet sea son), to date, IS.'.s; average. ISS.US: deftcfency. f 19; Mtmher boom of sunphine Monday, r:00; 1.6KiHle Rttmlier, U:l(t. WKATIIBR SYXOI'SIS. There le tonight a monster worm central m lh Pacific ocean C Eureka, Cal. At KurrtcA Toe barometer te readtag uniwuaHy lew. TIm torm t too far south to cause precipitation in Oregon r WashingtoA uxJav. though eventually Jrfsavy swow will likely follow. It is thought that by Thursday the storm will have moved far enough nrth to cause precipitation In Ore Bon. Heavy sales prevail on the coaet. WEATHER FORECASTS. J"recasts made at Portland for the 24 hours fending at midnight January 1C: lor Oregon, Washington and Idaho Fair .weather and cooler. fre4i to brink eat to north Hvinds, with easterly scle on the oeast. For Portland Kair weather ana cooler, with fresh northerly winds. B. S. PAGL'E. Loral rorecast Official. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. JAN. 10. EAST .SIDE WATER. Expenditure of money for pumping !water for the East Side ought to be stopped at once. The cost is nearly SflOOO a month, and Bull Run water is running to waste. The East Side could ))e supplied at once from the reservoir at Mount Tabor. It rests with the common council of the city. The watei committee offers to turn water into tnpipes on the East Side at once, if the common council will turn over to it the control of the East Side pipe system. Of course, if the water committee supplies the water, it must have control of the pipes and collect the revenue. It has no legal power to assume the bonds of $250,000 issued for the water and light service of the East Side before consolidation; "but those bonds, by 'consolidation, be came the bonds of the whole city, and the common council has power to levy a tax upon all the property of the con solidated city to meet the obligations accruing upon them. The water committee has expended a large amount. of money in preparatiqn for a supply of water for the East Side. It has done this with an eye to the fu ture; yet it has no legal power to as sume the bonds issued by other author ity than its own. As the law now stands, there is but one thing that can be done, if the East Side is to have Bull Run water, namely, the surrender by the mayor and common council to the water committee of the East Side pipe system. Bull Run water can be turned into the pipes of the East Side within an hour, and nearly $1000 a month can .be saved to the taxpayers of the city. The common council ought to act at its meeting today. There is no excuse for throwing this money away. The water is here, and is running to waste. The water committee cannot legall5 assume the bonds, but the city is re sponsible for them, and the common council has legal power, and the legal power is in its hands alone, to levy the tax necessary for pay ment of interest. This tax will aiot fall on the East Side alone, but on all the property of the city. It is a gross wrong to the city 'to waste money in pumping water from the East Side wells while Bull Run water, to the extent of millions of gallons a day, is running to waste. The common council is the only body that has legal author ity to act in this emergency. It ought to act today. AX ANTI-REIUULICAN ISSLE. It is the right of any republican to he a candidate for the United States tseiate. But every man who asks the suffrage of his party should stand on Ills party's principles. The effort to force the election of a United States senator by introduction of the free-silver Issue is contrary to the principles and purposes of the republican party, which, as a national organization, Sever has declared for free coinage of silver nor evar will, but, on the other liand, has always opposed it, and when in power has always refused to grant it. If there is any one thing the republi can party never will consent to, it is debasement of money. In all ways during many years it has resolutely op posed basa-inoney "" schonies. Sound auoney is one of Its cardinal principles, and they wjio do not support sound money, the befct money, have no right to wear its livery or to carry its flag. So, vhiljHt was and is the right of any republican to be a candidate for the United States somite, or for any of fice whatever that his party has to be Mow, it is bis duty to stand on re publican ground, if he seeks to intro due a false or unauthorised issue, he should be rejeeiwd. Mr. Dolph, as a tandid&te for the senate, stands on re publican ground, while his opponents are making their ctutvass on an Issue directly antagonistic to the history, principles and purposes of the repub lican party. Thy make a demand, moreover, that no party can grata t. "Had not the opposition to Mr. Dolph raised a false issue to beat him, an issue pregnant with danger to the repub lican party and to the country, there would have been scarcely a contest in the election of a senator at this time. At Chicago yesterday a sensation was produced by an exposure made by the Evening Past, of that city, of the schemes and crimes of so-called press associations, through the manager of one of them, to get the news of the Associated Press before its publica tion. The yearly cost of the Associated Press dispatches is $1,20,600, and to se cure portions of this news the pirati cal organizations have resorted to all fc-orts of devices of clipping cable dis patches from early editions and rewrit ing them to give them the appearance of originality and tapping wires leased by the Ab&ociated Press for its partic ular service. In order to catch these i ews thieves, two of the lesi-known de tective agencies Jr. the country were em ploye!. Tin devtac was adopted of reviving and recasting a lot of old news dispatches, printed in Chicago from eight to twenty years ago. and of put ting them on the wire which was be lieved to be manipulated. This wire "nut rkilt" 'iliac aiifcTfln fhtnarm The trap worked perfectly. The Even ing Post exposes the whole business, gives the names of the thieves, and shows forth the fraudulent and crim inal methods of those who profess to give news through unrecognized press associations. It is a heavy blow to fake newspapers, of which the Pacific coast has its full share- AX ECOX03IIC IsOLVTION. There is interesting evidence, in cer tain changes in industrial operations, commercial exchanges and personal habits in the United States, that large contribution to solution of the silver problem will be made by increased use of silver in the arts. This is the eco nomic solution of all problems of over production. Excess in nroduction of any article of consumption causes de pression of price. This causes Increased consumption, by bringing the article within reach of many who could not afford it before, and the excess soon is taken up. "When the overproduction was acci dental and due to temporary causes only, the price goes back to the old figure as soon as consumption over takes production. This is commonly the case with food products, which are destroyed and disappear in the process of consumption. "When it is due to per manent reduction of cost of consump tion by cheapening of processes, use of the article is permanently enlarged and the price remains low, though the excess soon disappears and the entire product is consumed. "When the arti- 7;",iri:i"r , ". in"e"ucuie rX' "iSr "rS"elr time, but it is sure to be made in the end. Economy abhors an unconsumed surplus. This generation has seen a large eco nomic surplus of diamonds, due to the large and sudden yield of the South African fields, taken up by increased consumption due to lower price of all but the finest stones, which retain a rarity value. Now it begins to see a greater economic excess of silver, due to cheap ening of productive processes and en hanced by reduced monetary demand, which has depressed the price more than half in twenty years, taken up in the same way. In both these cases, since the articles are indestructible and do not disappear with consumption, like food, the reduced price and in creased consumption are likely to be permanent. Evidence of increased use of silver in the arts is to' be found in all the shops and in the homes of most persons of moderate means. Time was when sil ver plate for table use, except for a few small and cherished articles, was confined to the homes of the rich. In vention tf electroplating, while it served to increase use of silver, probably did so less in reality than in appearance, since it enabled the poor and the taste less rich to replace a little plate with a quantity of cheap and showy sham. Probably during the reign of electro plate, silver has been even less common on the table than before. Since the fall of price, consumption of real plate has increased enormously. Cost of mate rial has fallen off half and that of the plainer and more standard finished ar ticles about one-third. This alone should double the consumption of real sliver plate, by bringing it within the reach of twice as many persons. Moreover, infinite new uses have been found for silver since the fall of price. Persons who still regard it as a precious metal are tempted to buy articles of personal adornment made of it and of fered for a price that seems trifling. It enters also into manufacture of thou sands of articles of personal use, like pen-knives, utensils of women's work, and, above all, articles of the toilet Time was when silver-backed brushes were rarer than diamonds in middle class houses. Now nearly every woman thinks she must have them, and smaller articles of solid silver are scattered on every toilet table. Increased use of silver for these pur poses is enormous, and it must extend all over the world. In time this must consume the excess hoarded by specu lators and governments that have aban doned use of silver as money. This will tend to restore the natural balance of production and consumption. Though it will not restore the old price, still it will give some stability and perma nence to the price which shall prevail when the balance is established. mr r j .., 111UJ L4A.rk1; LUltlC AX OLXCE OP PUE ENTION. The publication of the excellent and practical report of the state board of horticulture, coming at the same time that preparations are being made to en tertain many of the leading pomologists cf f heUnited States, should draw special attention to the fruit industry and to the things necessary to promote it. While it would be of great value to the fruit interests of the state to impress favorably these many specialists, who wilt soon be with us. and there is no question that they will be so impressed, it would be of far more practical value to give heed to the recommendations of this board in its report. Our first attention should be directed to the pro duction of good frujt. When this is done there will be found a market for it. Possibly the most benefit to be de rived from the expected -visit will be the warning these men will be certain to give us to guard our orchards against the introduction of diseases and pests. They have seen the havoc created by them elsewhere, and can give advice that is valuable on this subject. They must and will say the same things that are so well said in this report, but coming from strangers, and men so high iu the pomological world, It will no doubt make a deeper impres sion. With the Snn Jose scale, tli woolly upfcis, the codlin moth, the ppple rot and half a doaen other ptsis and diseases already in our orchards, and still others threatening to invade the, it is of more importance to the state to pursue sanitary measures in the orchard than to exploit markets for fruit that may not be tit to ship to them when found. It is only a few years since such a thing as a bad apple was difficult to find in Oregon, and now the difficulty is to find a good one. This is through no deterioration of the soil or change of the climate, but solely because we have permitted pests to be introduced and to multiply, until they liow possess the state. Through the same neglect and beoause of the same snsuiiicioiu jcj;isiiHm, auii omer p-sis and diseases threaten to make their appearance daily. i'' w..w,. .... i Two things are necessary to enable Oregon to produce a quality of fruit suoh as will command a distant market, and such as she already has sent to that market. There must be a quaran tine wall reared against the lntrodua UftB ii. vl?,.?!? f infected fruit, trees or scions, and there must be a gen eral purification of our orchards, large and small. To do either of these re quires that ample authority be lodged in some individual or board whose spe cial duty it shall be to exercise it There must be authority to keep out dangerous 'importations, to seize and condemn infected fruit or stock wherever found, to compel owners of nurseries, orchards, single trees or fruit to give them proper remedial treatment, and even, in an emergency, or when remedial measures ordered are not performed, absolutely to destroy the infected objects. Heroic treatment of this matter is the only one that will accomplish the object of creating a great fruit industry in Oregon, from which a great annual revenue may be derived. If our visitors do nothing mpre than impress this truth upon us so that we will act upon it, they will amply repay us for all the courtesies we extend them. If, also, as they cer tainly will, they help to make our fruit better known abroad and widen the market for it, they will more than lecompense us. The most cordial wel come should be extended to them. KAILTXG AT THE ROTHSCHILDS. Mr. Sidney Dell complains that the great newspapers of the United States do not join him in denouncing the Rothschilds for "confiscating one-half the property of this country through the gold standard," and he is grieved to find that only the small dailies and country weeklies raise their voices with his own. The great newspapers, he TO Pwachfny, "are dumb slaves of the most gigantic money power of nistory. The great newspapers are not quixotic. They have soine judg ment of actual facts as to the world's values, and have no thought of making a windmill tilt against them. Even if our country do now find it is not so rich as It supposed itself, that is a con sequence often witnessed, both in cases of communities and individuals. It happens with special frequency in new and undeveloped localities, and among peoples carried away by excess of spec ulation. And even if gold has appreci ated throughout the world, what are we going to do about it? It is Mr. Dell's favorite assertion that the Roths childs have confiscated thirty billions of our property. He finds it as easy to say billions as millions or thousands. Undoubtedly the Rothschilds are a great power jn, the financial world, but what are we going to do about that? Make reprisal by war upon the coun tries that harbor them? It is the im pression of our great newspapers and of all persons of well-balanced judg ment that we of the United States will have to accept, willy-nilly, the world's valuations of gold, wheat, silver, wool, cotton and all other commodities, and that if all Rothschilds were to drop out of existence the conditions would still be the same. Mr. Dell, as a silver man, has presented one single fact that has value not that the fact is an original discovery, but because he is the only silver man who admits freely that free coinage of silver would give us the sil ver standard of money. What he says more than this the world could spare without loss. If we go to the silver standard we shall not hurt the Roths childs, but ourselves. We may debase our own money, but cannot debase that of the world. The actual occasion of the French ministerial crisis that caused the resig nation of President Casimir-Perer is insignificant, yet the event marks an important step in constitutional devel opment It appears that the cabinet submitted to the council of state a question as to the duration of the gov ernment's guarantee of interest on cer tain railroad bonds. The decision of the council, which should have been final under the constitution, was called into question by the national assembly, which claimed the right to decide this question for itself and condemned the cabinet for submitting it. This is much as if our own congress should question a decision of the supreme court upon an administrative question. The coun cil of state is a quasi-judicial body in herited from the empire. It is appoint ed by the president and its function is to advise the government in matters of administration, though it has lost the control over legislation it exercised un der the empire. The refusal of the na tional assembly to accept its decision in this case is a step in the evolution of complete parliamentary government that is, of assumption of executive as well as legislative authority by the national assembly which has been go ing on ever since the republic was es tablished in Prance. The crisis proba bly will end in destruction of what re mains of the authority of the council of state and in establishment of complete authority of the chamber and reduction of the president and cabinet to the same absolute dependence upon the will of the majority in the assembly as the British parliament exercises over the administrative there, the monarch be ing reduced to a mere figurehead. This is the natural and inevitable develop ment of a government organized on the parliamentary model. It is all very well for the legislature of Oregon to appoint a lot of commit tees to wander over the statehouse and the city of Salem and go through the form of examining official accounts and state institutions; but it must not send a committee junketing about the state at public expense and it must not make these committees the vehicle of a lot of useless 55-a-day clerks; but probably a few of the more important standing committees of both houses require the services of trained clerks; but probably one-fourth of the usual number ap pointed would do all the real work and not be overtaxed. Many committees need no clerk at all, and none except the enrolling committee needs more than one. These perfunctory special committees need clerks least of all and none should be allowed them. Appoint ments to others should be strictly lim ited and scrutinized. The multiplica tion of clerks, of all sorts and sexes, has been a biennial scandal. It is time to stop it. Dr. Wilson Bowlby, who died yes terday at Forest Grove, was a man of character, ability and power. He was a native of New Jersey, came from In- Washington county, where he had lived ever since, except auring a Drier period at i'ortianu. -rat? was uunng many ms, i. iiituiui aikLiyiicik v. utter i house or the other qf the legislature I years a member alternately of one of Oregon, was a presidential elector on the Grant-Colfax ticket In 1S6S, and was collector of Internal revenue from 1S71 to 1874. During the greater part of his active lite ne was a practicing physician, apd was noted for his udg- ment and success in his profession. Dr. Bowlby was a man whose presence would have been felt as a powerful force in any community. During- forty years he was the leading citizen of Washington county. Till within the last few years he took an active interest in politics, and was a very able and impressive speaker. Latterly he has lived in retirement at his old home in Forest Grove. His life was one of the most useful, and justly will be among the most memorable, of the pio neers of Oregon. There is another reminder, in the death of Stephen F. Chadwick, that the men of distinction who belonged to the early era of Oregon are passing away. Mr. Chadwick was a member of the convention that formed the consti tution of the state of Oregon; later, he was secretary of state, and for two years was acting governor. Though not in the highest rank of the men who made Oregon, he was a very consider able and even a conspicuous figure. He came to Oregon about 1S50, was a native of Connecticut, and his ancestry runs far back into the early history of New England. Work on the Indian appropriation bill was finished a few days ago by the house committee on Indian affairs. Its total is about 5200,000 below the es timates, it being held that provisions are cheaper than formerly, and, as most of the self-supporting inhabitants of the United States are forced to prac tice unusual economy in their current expenses, the Indians should share the same conditions. The idea that a bene ficiary should economize is new; the idea that he must economize is start ling. It is time for the Paupers' Rights Society to take alarm. The most pitiable featpre of the dire destitution that exfsts ip certain dis tricts of Nebraska is the suffering which it iniposes on a large number of children. Huddling in fireless homes, without sufficient food, clad In scant, unchlldly rags, these pinched, helpless victims of poverty and misfortune con stitute a striking object lesson of mis ery. No better use could possibly be made of the first quarterly installment of the foreign missionary fund for the current j'ear than to advance it for the relief of these children. The attempt to run a newspaper on the co-operative plan, recently insti tuted in Spokane, has failed, and the daily Times, the bantling of the scheme, perished from lack of sustenance. Briefly, it starved to death. It is a doubtful experiment at any time to at tempt to create and supply a demand in the newspaper field, and doubly so when business Is slack and people are not indulging jn superfluities. It was an excellent -idea, suggested by Representative Paxton, that the general appropriation bill should be re ported at least one week prior to ad journment. This requirement will en able its features to be scanned closely. One of the greatest of the abuses of our legislative work has arisen from huddling the business of the appropria tions right at the end of the session. Why sljould committees to walk through the state prison, insane asylum and so forth, spend 53 a day each for a clerk? There is nothing to do but write a report,nd the chairman of such committee probably can write. If he can't, it Is not worth ?5 a day to the state to interpret his lucubration? through a typewriter. This pest of clerks must be abated. It is pot necessary to send a legis lative committee to Astoria and Cas cades to see what work has been done. The country knows already all that a committee could tell It, and the money would better be saved. It is by no means too late for the re gents of the state university to recall McElrcy's appointment. It was a mis take; the appointment was unfit, it was not necessary, and the error should be corrected. The sundry civil bill, completed by the house committee yesterday, carries 5100,000 more for the Portland custom house, enough, with the 5500,000 already appropriated, to make a decent build ing. The ways and means committee will report Wilson's bill to repeal the sugar differential. Jt will pass the house, but the. senate will smother it. ixiiAfc.yriox, xot inspiration. And Vet It Is Common Sense About Silver. Prineville Review. We aie fully aware that what we don't know about silver would make volumes. Yet, out of all this silver conglomerated literature that is going the rounds nowa days, we are gradually coming into the possesion of a few pointers a few simple elements that might be clashed as rudi mentary knowledge on this subject. We have taken In this primary knowledge by inhalatlon, not inspiration. It is so com mon nowadays to become inspired upon this subject, that we have been waiting patiently our turn, but as yet the spell is not upon us; and, had we not come in pos session o a meager knowledge of this subject by inhalation, would till yet be in utter darkness. Some time since we took into our sys tem the following pointer, and hereby give It to the world as a correct principle, to wit: Some honestly believe we have all the coined silver in this government at the present ratio our gold will carry. Some think not. The latter has every right to call the former a "gold-bug" and a "plu tocrat," that the former has to call the latter a fooj. Ihis is one feature of the subject upon which we have made up our mind. Next there is a principle in natural philosophy, bearing upon this subject, that we took on when quite young, as fol lows, to-wit: You may take a 32-pound weight, put It into one pan of well-balanced pair of scales, put 10 pounds of but ter in the other pan, and the scales will not balance. If they balance there is something wrong with the scales. Any one who claims a well-regulated pair of scales would balance under such circum stances has a wheel loose in his head. The only way under heaven to make the butter balance with the weight is to put some thing representing weight in the pan with the butter, say a government fiat "prom ising to pay" either more butter, or more thap butter is worth.You may stand there and howl "gold-bug." "plutocrat" and the like throughout eternity, and nothing but more butter, or its equivalent, will make the scales balance. As before stated, this was considered a cardinal principle in natural philosophy when we were quite young, and so far as we know, has never been successfully refuted. Then, it natur ally follows, that so long as the govern mental supply of butter, or its equiva lent, hold out, that 16 pounds of butter can be' made to do the duty of 52 pounds. But whenever that ability to redeem, or make good, is taxed to its full capacity, yie butter will o up with a bounce. And the fiat won't help it, because it has lost the power to make its promise good Its weight. It Is the opinion of all our lead ing financiers, our bankers, our mer chants, together with our president and congress, that this government was ap proaching the danger line. Silver was not only plenty and cheap, but growing more plentiful and cheaper. As wise men, what could those in control of our national af fairs do under the circumstances but call a halt, and give nature a chance to cure itself 7 We will keep en breathing, and it at any time we take in our system any thing that will give any light upon thus subject, we will make it known to our readers. There's no chance for an inspir ation in our case; we have given that up. ARGUMENTS FROM CLATSOP. A Citlscn. of Astoria Shows Why Mr. Dolph SlioTtlu Be Senator. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 14. (To the Ed itor.) It Is too late now for me at least to enter into a discussion of the question of who should be elected United States senator by the legislative assembly which convenes next week. It appears plain to me, however, that If we consider the wants of the people and of the whole country, as indicated by the election In Oregon last June and confirmed emphatically by the subsequent elections all over our vast country, then it is the duty of our legislature to elect a senator whose actions, sentiments, views and opinions are in complete ac cord with the announced views, principles, promises, and platforms so emphatically indorsed by so large a majority of the electors at the aforesaid elections. Such indorsement was not made in haste or without due consideration, as was the case in their indorsement of the free trade and free silver platforms at the November elections of 1S92. On the contrary, the voters had in the recent elections of 1S91, a year, or two years of bitter experience of the mistake they made in November, 1S92. That ex perience was and is of such a character so personal and convincing to many and most of the voters that there is no prob ability of their changing their minds within the next six years at least. Then the condition of affairs, of busi ness, both in Oregon and all over the country, has been and continues to be such that every sensible man, It seems to me, will, or ought to admit that what ia needed now to restore confidence of mon eyed men and of managers of money-furnishing institutions, and thence all kinds of legitimate business, is the application in national legislation of the well-known and outspoken views of Hon. J. N, Dolph on tariff, sound money, internal improve ments, NIcaraguan canal and other im portant matters. No other man in Oregon can be named now who has the needed experience, na tional reputation and ability to help re store the normal condition of manufac tures, trade, commerce and business gen erally so much as can be done by Mr. Dolph, From his acts as our agent in the United States senate heretofore, we know he will be our faithful and efficient advo cate in the future. W- W, PARKER. FROM HARNEY COUNTY. The Gcncrnl Demand fqp Economical Adniinintrntlon. BURNS, Or., Jan. 14. (To the Editor.) Now that the legislature is in session, the people hope you will continue to urge that "economy shall be the watchword." It seems that hard, times fs the cause of the inauguration of many schemes to draw money from the public treasury. One little scheme has come under our own observation here. The county court of Harney county allowed the assessor 510) out of the county funds as expense money while attending the assessors' conven tion, and the only service he did the county was to vote for a higher salary for himself. The sheriff of Harney county attended the late sherlfls convention, and it is understood that he contemplates asking for 5100 as expense money. We are not advised as to whether or not the county courts of other counties have been so lavish with their public money. The general feling it this county is that the several county officers accepted their offices understanding-, knowing what their compensation would be, thereby en tering into a contract with the people, and it would be just as legal for the legis lature to reduce their salaries as it would be to increase them. The people here fully agree with The Oregonian "Let economy be the watch word." Republicans being so largely in the ascendency, tho party will be held re sponsible for legislation. Our people do not believe that the silver question should cut any figure in the sen atorial question. A. W. WATERS. PORTLAND AND THE STATE. PORTLAND, Jan. 13. (To the Editor.) I find the following in the Roseburg Re view of the 10th inst.: ''Sunday's Oregonian sas Dun's Mercan tile agency yesterday received a dispatch from the San Francisco Merchants' Pro tective Association, to the effect that the. association had garnished the insurance of Chrisman Bros., of Silver Lake. This is the unfortunate firm whfch was burned out in the terrible holocaust Christmas eve. The insurance amounts to $2300. The Chrismans have ample means with which to pay all their debts. They have written a letter to a wholesale firm in this city explaining that their delay in set tling their accounts is unavoidable. All their time has been taken up in attending to the dead and wounded in the stricken town. The Portland creditors are lenjent with the firm, and have offered them every assistance. One local jobber has written to them that they can order from him to any extent." The foregoing shows where the true friends of the interior can be found; and similar cases might be multiplied by scores. Portland has a direct interest in the welfare of every business firm in the state, and every business firm should have an equal interest in Portland's prosperity. The abuse which Portland has received from many portions of the state is wholly undeserved. The legislature now In ses sion please take notice. G. H. H. m PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT. Miss Lenora F. O'Connor, of Louisville, Ky has been admited to practice in the police courts of that city. J. S. Coxey, the populist leader, has re moved from Massillon, O., to Philadelphia. The change of home, Mr. Coxey says, is made in the interest of his family from an educational point of view. Horace Chilton, of Tyler, Tex., who is to succeed Senator Coke, is not yet 40 years of age. He Is a well-built man with a bearing at once dignified and kindly. Though pot an orator, he is a master of a simple and lucid style. The Bayard Taylor memorial library, soon to be erected at Kennett Square, Pa., will contain many articles connected with the life and work of Bayard Taylor, in cluding a file of "The Phoenjxville Pion eer," his first newspaper venture. John M. Thurston, Mr. Manderson's suc cessor as senator from Nebraska, is a na tive of Vermont, and 47 years of age, and has never held political office. He has been one of the legal advisers of the Union Pa cific railroad since 1879, and general solic itor for the road since 1SSS. Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm, a sister of the wife of Abraham Lincoln, has been post mistress at Elizabethtown, Ky., since 18S1. Her term will expire January 9, and, notwithstanding the department is official ly advised that the administration of her office is Al, an effort is making to retire her. "The Village of Falls of Schuylkill," says the Philadelphia Record, "has more historic name? connected with it than peo ple of this day imagine. Before the Revo lution, John Piokinsop, author of the once famous 'Farmer's Letters,' and the battle- I cry of the war, 'Taxation without repre sentation Is tyranny, resided there. Wash ington, encamped at that place during the war, Robert Morris had mills for making glassware at West Falls, opposite Mifflin mansion, jn 1790, and Thomas Jefferson was connected with Hagner's mills, where cotton-spinning machinery was used in the manufacture of candle-wicks a great industry in those days. Dr. Smith, the first provost of the university of Pennsylvania, resided there for many years, and Joseph Neff, pupil of the celebrated Pestalozzl, established the first kindergarten in the United States at Falls of Schuylkill in 1S00." Hamilton Fish, speaker of the New York assembly, is a very pleasing man socially. He married a daughter of Judge Mann, of Troy, N. Y a very hand some woman. Miss Mann was one of the belles of Troy, who with Miss Price, afterward Mrs. Hamersly and later the Duchess of Marlborough, and Miss Gris wold, who marrier Walter Webb, formed a trio of handsome women that made Troy society famous. DUTY OF LANDLORDS. A Sensation Second. Only to That Created by I.exovr. New York has had a sensation which but for the excitement caused by the startling revelations before the Lexow committee would have attracted national attention, says the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. Inspectors of the board of health reported that a number of the tenement-houses owned by the Trinity corporation are dilapidated, filthy, and in a scandalously unsanitary condition. The president of the board of health supple mented the report of the Inspectors with a statement showing that the death rate in the Trinity tenements is S3 per cent higher than the general death rate in the city. Although the Trinity corporation owns some modern apartment-houses, its tene ments are mainly tumble-down structures which have been repaired and altered without proper regard for modern sani tary requirements. The corporation is no more responsible than many other land lords in thus making old buildings con tribute toward the payment of taxes on property that is far too valuable to be covered by rookeries, but the mercenary management of its tenements, is con trary to the rpirit which should actuate a corporation of its character, and for that reason Trinity has been pilloried by the New York public. Dr. Parkhurst intimates that when the Lexow business Is well pff his hands he may turn his at tention to the Trinity tenements. This flurry over the mercenary meth ods of a great church corporation will for a time concentrate public thought upon the subject of the duty of landlords toward their 'enants and the public, and the power of the health authorities to compel owners Qf even the veriest shacks of buildings that are leased for tenement purposes to Keep their buildings in good sanitary condition. It would be expensive to put plumbing systems into old tenement-houses, but sanitation is more im peratively necessary in crowded tenement districts than in the sparsely-peopled sec tions of cities; and it is illogical to com pel the owners of new buildings to put in the latest plumbing appliances while the owners of rookeries are permitted to lease tenements which have the crudest of san itary systems. If the Trinity tenements are improved in a sanitary way, the rents may have to be raised. This would be considered a hardship by the tenants, many of whom would "doubtless prefer to have things remain as they are. But New York can not afford to permit such threatening con ditions to exist. Tenement districts be come plague spots when the public health declines, and epidemics are bred in the poisoned atmosphere of crowded tene ments. THE PAMIR QUESTION. Its Settlement Carries "With It Con cessions to EiiKluntl. Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. The brief announcement of the settle ment of the "Pamir question" appeared in the foreign dispatches a few days ago. In connection with the announce ment it was stated that the terms of the settlement contemplate large concessions to the claims of Great Britain. The Pamirs consist of a number of bleak plateaus and shadow valleys about 13,000 feet above the sea level, between Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan and Afghanistan. They are sometimes called "The Roof of the World." Although they were inhabited pnl by roaming bands of Khirgiz robbers, they have for years been the subject of contention, chiefly between Russia and England, as they are practically the gateway to In dia, toward which country the Russians have been moving with the sureness of glacial progress. In 1S64 Prince Gortsqhakoff issued a diplomatic circular to allay English ajarm, stating that the Russian empire had been brought in contact with half-savage nomad people in Central Asia and declar ing the purpose of Russia to exercise a certain ascendancy over the pomads in the interest of the security of the fron tier and the commercial relations of the empire. The Russians have supported this declaration by exerting themselves to civilize Central Asia. They have built roads and established industries, and have thus shown what can be accomplished by firm, government. The adjustment of the Pamir difficulties removes the danger of war between Rus sia and England in that direction, and shows that Russia is sincere in the pur pose declared by Prince Gortschakoff SO years ago. It is also new evidence of the peaceful and progressive disposition of the young czar. The new ruler of Russia appreciates the importance of maintain ing peace in Central Asia and thus Insur ing a continuation of the development of a region which is now contributing largely to the Russian food supply. He is wise enough to see that with the passing years England is becoming more able to make a winning flght for her Indian posses sions, and la therefore probably well pleased to remove all possible cause of war iu the direction of India. As an ex ample of what England could do in the way of moving troops in the event of war in India, it is stated that fast steamers which have just been placed on the In dian -route can make the run from Eng land to India by the Suez route in 17 or 18 days. This would enable reinforcements from England to move toward the Indian frontier within three weeks after a dec laration of war. RETRENCHMENT. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 13. (To the Edi tor.) I have been much interested lately in your articles in favor of retrenchment and reform. They are timely. There are many jobs and sinecures that shohld be done away with, but I think the demand by some for reducing appropriations for state schools is unwarranted. Economy is demanded and needed everywhere, and if there is extravagance In the schools it should be stopped. However, I think there are lines in which retrenchment is much more needed. The useless rail road commission, the appropriation for the militia in large part, the adjutant-general's office, the attorney-general's office and alj needless commissions should be abolished. These are ways to save public money. But education should not be dis couraged, as it is all the more needed in these hard and degenerate times. JAMES D. BAKER. A Graceful Salesman. A patent-medicine salesman, who deals ip an iron tonic, exhibited a small bar of iron in Happy Camp, Cal., last week, and declared he had made it from blood taken from hie arm after- driking 17 bottles of bis .preparation. The miners all said they never saw such a hea-y man walk Span ish so gracefully as the salesman did after spinning his yarn. NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Oregon. The ladles of Pendleton netted 5133 30 oa the charity ball given last week. Mrs. O. S. Boardman. of Mitchell, land lady of the Boardman hotel, died last week. Eunon Commons, aged 74 years, who has resided on the Nestucca since 1S30, died January 4. Mrs. Lennox, an old Yreka pioneer, died at her home on the Upper Klamath, Jan uary G, aged 72 years. Monroe has a fine mill site, and good water-power, and wants a flour mill and will give a bonus of S30;). Colonel Wallace Baldwin, commandant of the Soldiers Home, is convalescing from a serious illness of several weeks duration. There is active opposition in Astpria to a project by Portland men to convert the Stuttz theater into a beer hall and con cert garden. The rabbit drives in Lake county con tinue to be made at the rate of two per week. The total of dead rabbits now numbers C0O0. Captain C. Graham, of Company A, at Roseburg, has been ejected junior major of the Second regiment. O. N. G., vice G. O. Yoran, elected colonel. Frank King, the young man who was accidentally shot while hunting deer in Coos county recently, by Mr. Lawhorn, died last week at Marsh field. Suit has been brought at Salem by Ladd; & Bush against the Salem Motor Rail way Company, to foreclose a mortgage for $10,163 33 upon the Marmugslde addition to the city. Klamath Falls had a "pants club" or ganized by a strange tailor named Otto Pielenz, six months ago. It still has the club, but the tailor has gone elsewhere. The pants are nowhere. RayMcKinsey,al4-year-oIdboy, worS ing for Mr. John Waters, of Mosier. was per haps fatally gored by a heifer while feed ing her in the stable Saturday. She thrust her horn through the boy's neck, near the jugular vein. Dr. Morgan, of Hood Riv er, happened to be near at hand and took the boy to Hood River, where everything possible was done for him. The stage to Lakeview was held up last week near Bly by a panther. The horses stopped in the dense timber and refused to move even when urged. They snoreed and began to back. The driver thought he was about to be robbed, but soon xle scried a mountain lion in the road. He had nothing to shoot with, but began throwing snowballs at the brute and final ly drove him away. Washington. Fourteen-inch Ice is being harvested! at Ellensburgh. I The ladies of North Yakima have- or. ganized for charitable purposes. Frank B. Cole has been elected presi dent of the Tacoma Press Club. It took the town marshal and a Win chester rifle to seat the new mayQC of Ocosta. Mrs. Timothy Cosgriff, wife of a pioneer of Tacoma, fell dead at her home la that city Monday. The Puget Sound Poultry Club's first show has opened at Seattle with more than 400 entries. Olivar Allard, a Walla Walla pioneer resident of 40 years, died in that city Monday, aged G7. It cost Wm. Hayes, of Dayton, $23 JO fine and costs to abuse a Chinaman and otherwise enjoy himself. An Aberdeen paper says the superintend ent of the railroad work being done at that place can not get men enough. The Seattle board of aldermen and house of delegates have passed an ordinance closing up the side entrances to saloons. Wheat is being hauled into Garfield at the rate of from five to fifteen tons a day. Thp price has been raised from 28 to 27 cents. Captain F. R,, Reed, pf the Nojjh Yak ima cavalry'troop, has beep elected major of the batalllpn, vice Ashton, promoted brigadier-general. The capacity of the Roche harbor lime works, on San Juan island, is 1500 bar rels per day. There is enough marble there to last a thousand years. Ben. E. Snipes, the Ellensburgh banker and stockman, has confessed judgment at Seattle to $30,000 on promissory notes in favor of the Merchants' National bank. Mrs. I. Crawford, of Aberdeen, drew the lucky number in the raffle for a house and Iqt donated to the railroad subsidy. Four hundred tickets were sold at ?130 each. L. E. Kellogg has sold the Wenatchee Advance, founded by him three years ago. He was also a founder of the Colfax Ga zette, Cheney Tribune, and Big Bend En terprise. Mltchel Jasous, the recently-made Arab ian husband of the Tacoma woman who walked off the cars near Ashland, and was killed, has filed a petition stating that he is the only heir-at-law, asking for an administrator and alleging the es tate to be worth ?100,000. Friday night Mattie V. Llnde, a young lady of Snohomish, while gathering moss on the beach near Seattle, fell into the water, striking her head upon a log and becoming unconscious. This was at 4:30 n the afternoon. Seven hours later she regained consciousness and found herself bruised and scratched; lying on the beach, with the ram beating down upon her. She lay in that helpless con dition until 6 o'clock the next morning, when she was discovered by two fisher men, taken to their cabin and restored with stimulents. o PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS A man is known by the company he re fuses to keep. Galveston News. Spacer What cap I say in this obituary of Lusher, the bartender? Liner Work in something about his "having a smile for everybody." Truth. Mr. Viveur Did you see many old ruins while you were traveling? Mile. Frivole Oh, yes, many! Why, one of them wanted to marry me! Tid-Bits. "Don't you think that Snobkins' man ners are very affected?" "No. What makes them really objectionable is that they're natural." Washington Star. We're told that Annie Laurie's voice Was always sweet and. low. And if her hats were just that style, We'd love her well, we know. Inter Ocean. Mrs. Longwed Have you any Idea what is meant by the fires of love, dear? Long wed Er those the husband builds the first three months after marriage, I sup pose. Buffalo Courier. Now, Johnnie hastens off to skate, With warnings to take care. But strikes an airhole, and instead He takes the golden stair. Inter Ocean. He You said before we were married that I could sit around with my coat off and smoke when I pleased. She Yes; but you don't please when you sit around with your coat off and smoke. Philadel phia. Inquirer. THE LAW OF 1S3:. PORTLAND. Jan. 15. (To the Editor.) A correspondent in your paper some time ago said the legal tender quality of silver was changed in 1S33 to $3 or less, and that silver coinage was then limited. I think he is mistaken, as the silver dollar was full legal tender until 1873, when It was discontinued and thus demonetized. Would you please explain the so-called law of 1S53? L. P. SIMPSON. The coinage law of 1833 did not affect the silver dollar, It merely reduced the amount of silver in the fractional coins, so that they should not be melted and sold for bullion, the silver in these coins being previously worth more than their face, i