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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1004.
THE NATIONAL. RAILWAY QUESTION.
Washington correspondents agree
that the subject that just now is get
ting more attention than any other at
the Capital is regulation of railroad
rates and rebates, and how to do it.
Each state may act for itself on the
subject, on traffic -within its own bor
ders; but regulation of interstate traffic
can be -effected only through the Gen
eral Government. The impression is
growing that Congress will soon act.
Charles A. Prouty, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, recently said:
"There will be either Government own
ership or Government regulation of the
railroads. Which it will be depends
mainly on the managers of the rail
roads. If they do not want Govern
ment ownership they will cease their
opposition to the President's plan for
preventing the enforcement of rates
which are unreasonable."
But the subject is one of immense
difficulty, because conditions in various
parts of the country are so dissimilar.
What would be a fair rate in one lo
calitv would be too high or too low in
another; and rigid statutes therefore
could not apply to all sections.
To decide whether rates are reason
able or not is a judicial act; and since
judicial power is conferred by the Con
stitution linnn "tYta Smmmn On,,..
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ui.a interior -courts as congress may
from lime to time ordain and estab
lish," it follows that no decision by a
Commission can be rendered, that will
not be subject to review by the judicial
power. One proposal, therefore, is that
separate courts of the United States be
established within suitable circuits, for
consideration of this class of cases
alone. It Is, however, to be noted that
there are those who assert that the au
thority to fix railway Tates Is purely
legislative, and that Congress cannot
delegate it to the judiciary. Tet this
opinion has little standing, for the
courts in various cases have already
undertaken to declare rates fixed by
law unreasonable, on the ground that
they were so low as to amount to vir
tual confiscation of railroad property.
Whenever railway policy is up for
discussion the opinion of James J. Hill
is sought. His view of the Interstate
Commerce Court, proposed by one and
another to fix railroad rates, is that if
considerable reductions are made the
railroads will be compelled to cut the
cost of operation, to reduce the effi
ciency of the service, and reduce the
wages of employes to meet reduced
'earnings.
"The transportation rates of Ameri
can railways are the wonder of the
world," he declared. "Nowhere else are
they so cheap. In England the average
rate per ton per mile is 2.38 cents. In
France, Germany and other Continental
countries it falls lower, until in Russia,
where the conditions of long hauls are
more like our own, the minimum 1b
reached. In America our rates average
only 0.76 per ton par mile." But the
chief complaint in our country is not
so much that the rates are too high, but
rather that they are unequal made so
through rebates, use of proprietary or
private freight cars, and other expedi
ents, which flavor certain shippers and
injure or even ruin others.
There Is much in the argument that
the railways would better accept mod
erate and reasonable regulation than to
provoke radical socialistic attack. This
was sum of the suggestion to them
in the- President's message.
WHAT IS LIBERTY?
Liberty Is a fine thing. But when it
signifies yellow fever, bubonic plague,
smftllpox, and whatever other diseases
there miry toe. why, then, liberty is not
so fine a thing.
The "tyranny" of the United States
has extinguished yellow fever in Cuba.
Never would the Cubans have destroyed
it. We did It by the "persuasion" of
force. We extinguished "liberty," while
we compelled the Cubans to clean up.
And the same thing has been done, or
rather is still doing, in the Philippine
Islands. Vital statistics of the City ot
Manila show that the death rate is
being constantly reduced, and indicate
that America will do tor the Philippines
what has already been done for Cuba
and what is beginning to be performed
f ,r the Isthmus of Panama. The death
rate in Manila Is remarkably low, con
firming the public stateriicnts frequent
ly made by Secretary of War Taft that
te climate of the Philippines is not
jurious to those who know enough to
cbfy the ordinary rules of sanitation.
What's the use of prosing and dron
r.g and drooling upon abstract prlnci
r.es of liberty, in the face of "facts like
these; -when. moreover, the United
States, enforcing the principles of san
itation, carries liberty itself, even in
its abstract principles, higher and fur
ther than our theorists and our dream
ers on abstract liberty ever conceived
of imagined? It is astonishing that we
have in our country a lot of people still
devoted to the abstract theories of sav
age liberty.
TWO BANQUETS.
A banquet given by Mr. Charles
Sweeny, of Spokane, to . the members
of the Pierce County delegation "may be
said to mark a new era in Washington
politics. In the enforced absence of
Senator Foster at Washington, where
he is diligently neglecting his private
Interests in jtfie publI6 service, Mr.
Sweeny thoughtfully and graciously
promotes good feeling among the im
mediate followers of the Pierce County
man by a season of wine, wit, song and
frivolity, -with a few edibles thrown in.
With surprising tact it was stipulated
by the host that no politics should be
discussed, and thus all possible chance
for misunderstanding between Mr.
Sweeny and Mr. Foster was avoided.
When Mr. Foster hears that his home
delegation "has been Toyally entertained
by a royal entertainer other than him
self, we can surmise that he will rush
post-haste to the telegraph office and
dispatch a glowing message of thanks
to the gentleman from Spokane for the
friendly and liberal spirit he has mani
fested in the welfare of a Senatorial
competitor by seeing that his (Foster's)
followers are provided with the com
forts and elegancies of life, to which
they are accustomed when their own
generous patron is at home. The menu
of the dinner is not at band, but we
may be confident from the exhibition of
disinterested hospitality made by Mr.
Sweeny that he gave just such another
dinner as Mr. Foster might and would
have given if he had been there. Thus
was averted all risk that the Foster
followers would acquire an uncontrol
lable liking for Sweeny nightingales'
tongues. Sweeny chocolate eclairs,
Sweeny perfectos and Sweeny vlns
mousseux. There Is danger, of course,
that the palate even a Tacoma palate
might be sated with the finest of red
apples and the rarest of two-fers.
But, In justice to all concerned, we
are constrained to call attention to the
fact that neither Tacoma nor Spokane
enjoys a monopoly of good-will towards
all men, especially all members of the
Legislature. Sea4tlels also going Into
the banquet business. The Piles Busi
ness Men's Senatorial Club issued an
invitation for a dinner at the Hotel
Washington, Wednesday, December 21.
This invitation Is a very Interesting
document, inasmuch as It sets forth a
long list of grievances King County
feels against the balance of the state
for Its obvious and unjustifiable dis
crimination against Seattle in select
ing Its United States Senators from
Tacoma and Walla Walla. Says the in
vitation: You are familiar with the humiliation and
great financial loss this county, the richest
and most populous in the state, has for many
years experienced from the lack of representa
tion In the United States Senate. .
Wc have been humiliated and road the butt
of Jealousy and discrimination because we have
had no one in the Senate to Insist upon fair
treatment for ue.
With mournful eloquence the Piles
Business Men's Senatorial Club shows
that by reason of this unwarranted and
unaccountable jealousy and discrimina
tion Seattle has needlessly Invested
$250,000 for right of way for the Lake
Washington Canal; been required to
pay $100,000 for a battleship contract;
lost $100,000 extra appropriation for a
Federal building; paid $40,000 for the
Magnolia Bluff Army post, only to find
that it is being maintained as a com
pany and not a regimental post; paid
thousands of dollars to entertain Con
gressional delegations; and spent an
nually $5000 to $6000 for special repre
sentation at Washington City. To dis
pel the gloom that envelops the com
munity ob account of these undeserved
afflictions, the Piles Business Men's
Committee summons "large numbers of
business and professional men" to eat,
drink, be merry, and perchance to get
drunk. This is where the good will
comes in. The remedy is not exactly
heroic, but it is at least we trust that
it will be efficacious.
It may be that some captious critics
of Seattle and the Piles Business Men's
Senatorial League will endeavor to
point out a slight difference In the
motives for the Tacoma and Seattle
banquets. Whereas Mr. Sweeny gath
ered around the festal board the hun
gry, thirsty and appreciative gentle
men of a neighboring city, the Plies
Business Men's Senatorial League Is
giving a banquet to Itself. But it is
unimportant. Good-tfellowshlp is ram
pant In Washington. After a while,
perhaps, Seattle will be willing to per
mit the rest of the state also to eat.
PHRYNE IN A PICTURE HAT.
When the state rested its case against
the courtesan Phryne,' her advocate
made the briefest argument on record.
Without a word he pulled apart his cli
ent's robes and disclosed her to the
Judges "In her beauty bare." The
Judges were convinced that one so
beautiful could do no wrong,, and the
woman was acquitted amid the ap
plause of the spectators. Attorney Levy
is unable to use such theatrical methods
in the defense of his client. Nan Patter
son. Athens aiid New York have dif
ferent standards of decorum, although
the ancient city and the modern city are
one in susceptibility to beauty. A
pretty woman, It is said, cannot be con
victed of crime In New York, a saying
that In its exaggeration draws attention
to the underlying truth. The Phryne of
today has relied during this trial, not
upon beauty unadorned, but upon
beauty enhanced by well-made frocks
and becoming-hats, tind it were foolish
to deny the potency of -these arguments.
Nan Patterson has all the qualities
necessary to make a defendant inter
esting to the public at large. She Is
young and pretty, she has the strange
glamor that clothes women of the stage
in -many eyes, she is frail, and she Is
accused of a capital crime, the dead
man being of National- notoriety. In
view of all this, It is not strange that
her case should be so widely discussed.
A recent-meeting of the Society for Po
litical Study, a woman's club in New
York, became occasion for general con
versation owing to the absence of the
lecturer who was to have been present.
In the remarks of some of the women,
as reported by the New York Press, it
is taken for granted, apparently, that
Nan Patterson killed Young, and the
old -subject of putting women on Juries
was discussed, not, as might have been
expected, to bring about the Patterson
girl's conviction, but her acquittal, as
a jury of her own sex would understand
the emotions that might prompt her to
shoot the man who had wronged her.
The question of mixed Juries has been
discussed again and again. Nan Pat
terson is no doubt glad that meiualone
are to decide her fate. Her selection
of jurors, by their appearance would hot
have been fts wise a move had women
been among them. As it is, her life has
given her opportunities of judging men,
and her training Is not unlikely to have
stood her in good stead at this crisis.
When she declares in tones of deep
emotion, "I have always tried to be
truthful and honorable," she has every
reason to feel that her words Jire no't
without effect upon the men of her se
lection, talesmen with cynical Vandyke
beards having been rejected. Scores of
men are said to have forwarded offers
of marriage to the prisoner, and a Juror
or two of a similar typo would be a
present help in time of deliberation
upon the verdict.
CAMPBELL AND WOODWORTH.
"Ben" Campbell and "Jlmmle" Wood
worth, as they will always be known
to their wide circle-of friends in the
Pacific Northwest, have taken another
long step upward In the railroad world.
Mr. Campbell becomes fourth vice-president
of he Great Northern, in full
charge of the traffic department, and
Mr. Woodworth will have the position
of freight traffic manager of the North
ern Pacific News of their advance
ment will be learned with pleasure by
'these friends, but In the case of Mr.
Campbell especially this pleasure will
be slightly tempered with regret.
Through his long years of service in
Portland and Portland territory Mr.
Campbell became so familiar with local
industrial conditions and the require
ments of this region that Oregon was
a distinct gainer- by his presence so
near the executive head of the Harrl
man system. Kis new position Vill
take him to a corporation that has
never had much in common with Port
land, and he will accordingly be unable
to do as much for us as he could do In
the position which he is about to leave.
Mr. Woodworth has risen more rap
idly since leaving the employ of what
is now the Harriman system, and his
latest advancement will in no way
change his attitude toward Portland.
For that reason there will be naught
but pleasure experienced among his
Portland friends over his well-deserved
promotion. The fact that these two
railroad men who have developed ex
ceptional ability In their calling have
taken their talents to a road having
lesser Interests In Portland than that
from which they have retired will still
be beneficial to Portland and the terri
tory served by the Harriman lines.
Messrs. Campbell and Woodworth knew
this field more thoroughly than it is
known by any other prominent railroad
men in the East, with the possible ex
ception of A. L. Mohler.
This knowledge has. of course, dis
closed our weak points, and there Is no
locality on earth where all trade condi
tions are perfect, but It has also given
our railroad friends a perfect under
standing of our strong points. The rec
ognition of Portland's impregnable po
sition in certain localities In the Pacific
Northwest will prevent the Great
Northern or the Northern Pacific going
too far with their aggression. No rail
road man possessing such knowledge of
local conditions as Is enjoyed by Camp
bell and Woodworth would ever con
sent to such an extravagant and costly
diversion of traffic as that which Is now
lifted out of Idaho by way of Potlatch
Canyon Instead of following the law of
gravitation and going to market by a
water-level route. The railroad policy
which was responsible for work like
that in Potlatch Canyon did net differ
materially from that which in the
earlier days of .the road diverted the
funds of the company from legitimate
railroading to all kinds of wild specula-
tion in land and town-booming enter
prises. The selection for such high positions
of two men who, practically "grew up"
in the railroad business In the West In
preference to. older men of longer ser
vice in the respective roads is a high
tribute to Campbell and Woodworth
and a cause for pride in the city and
state where their talents were devel
oped. The successor of Mr. Campbell
has not been announced, and Portland
will be fortunate indeed if the new man
Is as familiar with local conditions as
his predecessor In the position.
CHILDREN IN PACTORIES.
The New York Child Labor Commis
sion has compiled facts and testimony
which show that child labor is by no
means confined to the Southern fac
tories, the anthracite coal district of
Pennsylvania and the glass factories of
New Jersey. In some cities of New
York, a state In which the most strin
gent law agalnstchlld .labor In factories
exists, this abuse seems, according to
this compilation of facts, to flourish In
Its most blighting form. For exam
ple, children of six, five and even four
years of age were found to be working
In factories beside their mothers from 9
A. M. to 9 P. M. This la incredible
from the fact that such little tots would
be In the way, rather than otherwise. In
any factory or workroom, and that It
would be a physical impossibility for
them to work, or even play for twelve
consecutive hours. However, this and
much other testimony, showing that the
child-labor law of the state is being
flagrantly violated has been laid before
Governor-elect Hlgglns. There is no
reason to doubt the trustworthiness of
the testimony. There is no argument
In favor of employing children under
fourteen years the" minimum age in
New York in factories that has the
support of any intelligent citizen. The
niggardly greed of coarse, Illiterate
parents is the incentive to and the
screen for child labor in factories.
Stolid, selfish, grasping, the parents of
factory children turn without compunc
tion the blood of their infants into
pitifully small coin. Careless overseers,
foremen and Inspectors do the rest. It
is hoped that the testimony of the ex
tent to which this grave abuse Is car
ried, which has been filed before Governor-elect
Hlgglns. will Induce him to
select a Labor Commissioner who will
fearlessly enforce the law, the purpose
of which is to shut young children out
of factories.
Quite a number of trusts seem to be
tottering to a fall as the year ends.
The local sash and door trust has been
on the verge of disruption for several
weeks, and. It is reported, will soon be a
thing of the past. The labor trust In
a number of cities throughout the coun
try has been receiving some very severe
Jolts recently, and now comes the news
that the sugar trust is In danger of an
open rupture. According to San Fran
cisco advices, six of the big firms heav
ily engaged In the sugar traffic have
withdrawn from the combination which
Is maintaining the present exorbitant
prices, and a drastic cut in rates is ex
pected. This will not be sad news for
the consumers, but It Is doubtful
whether the fight will last long enough
to result in much good.
Now that the"" racing season is over
and gossip Is scarce in other directions,
the turf-writers have taken up the old
subject as to whether it is the horse or
hl3 trainers and equipment that are re
sponsible for the new records -made
every year. A Cleveland writer In a
New York paper asserts that the nu
merous seconds which Lou Dillon
knocked off the Maud S. trotting record
are due to improved methods--of shoe
ingand balancing and. to lighter har
ness and" sulkies. This theory would
hardly hold good If carried ' too far.
When Maud S. was 'queen of the turf
no one Indulged In any "knocking" to
the effect that Flora Temple would
have been 'Jutf as fast as If she
wore the same gear as that which Maud
S. used when she captured the world's
record. Flora Temple was much faster
than the single-toed equlnes of the plio
cene age, because breeding and devel
opment made her so. The same Influ
ences" are responsible for the speed of
Maud S., Major Delmar, Lou Dillon
.and their successors yet to be.
Not all of the wolves In Illinois con
gregate around the Chicago Board of
Trade. A Bloomlngton, 111., dispatch
announces the assembling of hunters
from all over Central Illinois to engage
In a wolf hunt. It also stated that the
wolves had been Increasing so alarm
ingly of late that an organized attempt
at extermination was necessary Dwell
ers in the Middle West, where civiliza
tion was supposed to have pitched its
tents before Oregon was a stated will
need . to revise their views regarding
the "wild" regions of the United States.
The wolfs "long-drawn howl" may still
be heard on Unalaska's shore and in
Illinois, but it is not a frequent sound
In an" dvanced commonwealth like
Oregon. x
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It Is a surprise to the pdbllc to learn
that Mr. F. P. Mays has beeujndicted
by the Federal grand jury. Further,
that though called to appear before jthe
grand jury, he was given no opportu
nity to be heard. It should be borne in
mind that this proceeding thus far, as
to him, has been wholly ex parte. Un
til he has been heard there can be no
proper Judgment upon the matter with
which he is charged. It is right, there
fore, that there should be suspension
of public Judgment until a full public
hearing can be had. The position of
Mr. Mays, his prominence in affairs and
the reputation he always has borne,
call in fairness for this forbearance.
It Is reported that Russia will offer
a portion of her proposed loan for sub
scription In this country. Half of the
last Japanese loans were placed In the
United States, and American banks and
Insurance companies financed a portion
of a previous Russian loan. This coun
try has been shipping flour, beef, fish,
orage and other provisions, and also
ammunition, to both of the contestants
In the Far Eastern scrap, and, now that
we are called on for the money with
which to purchase supplies that we are
unable to furnish, it becomes more than
ever apparent that no war of import
ance can be conducted without our as
sistance. An electric locomotive drawing eight
loaded cars on a snow-covered track
showed a speed of sixty miles per hour
on the New York Central a few days
ago. Performances of this nature fore
shadow the retirement of the steam lo
comotive. Numerous tests made on
Eastern roads have proved that the
new types of electric locomotives pos
sess all the advantages of the old steam
machines, so far as pee.d, and power
are concerned, and in addition are
more economical and clean,, smoke and
cinders being avoided, while the wear
and tear on trackc 13 much- less than
with the steam locomotives.
Mr. Hooley, the English promoter,
who chiseled his gullible countrymen
out of about $25,000,000 by schemes In
comparison with which the gold-brick
trick Is nice and legitimate, has been
found not guilty. If the news of that
verdict is carried down to the shade of
Whltaker Wright as he stalks about In
the regions below, he will experience
deep regret over the fact that he failed
to take into partnership a sufficient
number of the British nobility to secure
immunity from punishment. Now that
Hooley is free, Mrs. Chadwiok should
cheer up.
City Engineer-elect Wanzer can get
a lot of advice about how to run his
office from a great many gentlemen
who are Interested In Its administra
tion. But he does not need advice so
much as a free hand to do his duty.
That he seems to have. Therefore he
can hold no one but himself account
able If he falls.
The disablement of the Sevastopol
puts the finishing touch to the destruc
tion of the Port Arthur squadron, and
shows that Russia would have been
wiser to put her $100,000,000 In another
kind of sinking fund.
At the end of the late prizenght in
San Francisco "Referee Billy Roche un
hesitatingly placed his hand on the
California boy as the winner of the
contest" California always encourages
home Industry.
The School Board again passes the
question of raising teachers' salaries
over to the taxpayers. This is an easy
way of dodging a question that should
be settled definitely.
Vermont has sent to other states this
year a million Christmas trees. And
the general prosperity Is .such that a
million families are able to load the
boughs with gifts.
Laweon talks of a suit-case crammed
withy, currency as lightly as another
man mlgtyt refer to one containing a
handkerchief and a dirty collar.
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General Wood reports that the Moros
are now peaceful. AH unruly children
show a marked improvement in the
weeks precedirfg Christmas.
It looks as If the Kuropatkln-Oyama
affair, like the Brltt-Nelson, will have
to be decided on points.
The prospects for Senator Depew suc
ceeding himself look Black. And that's
ho Joke.
A Reformed Consular Service.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Of the multitude of subjects treated by
the President in his recent message the
subject of consular reform Is by no
means the least important. The Presi
dent urges that salaries be substituted
for fees and that plans be provided for
the classification, grading and transfer ot
men In the consular service. .All the de
fects in the existing system, or lack of
system, which the President points out
aro so notorious that relief should be
prompt and easy of acomplishraent, yet
repeatedly bills to this end have 'been
Introduced In Congress ' never to emergo
therefrom as laws.
K0TE AND COMMENT.
Advertisements of the Thrlcc-a-Week
New York World, beginning. "The tick
ets are now made up and the most in
teresting Presidential campaign the. Uni
ted States has ever known since 1S0 has
begun," are still appearing in the country
press
"Ladies first," says Port Arthur to Nan
Patterson, as it backs oft the front page.
Some of the Rhode Island Reds to bo
seen- at the poultry show could never have
grown to such dimensions within the con
fines of their native state.'
The Scrap.
That there Battling ' , (
Kept things rattling:. . "
Flats like bullets from a Gattllns;
How he rustled.
Punched and huatled. - i-
Clinched and tussled
Game and muscled.
But that there Brltt
Just fit and fit.
Nelson borinr.
Kept a-scorlns, - -
Crowd a-roaring
Clinch and pound him,-
Jump around Mm r '
That one found him
See. it's downed him
But that there Britt .
Just fit .
And fit. '
Now he picks up.
And he sticks un
In the mlx-UD:
Last round's comlnp, . '
Flat a are drumming.
- Tension's numbing. " I .'
House Is humming
But that there Britt
Just fit
And
Fit. s. - ,X ..
Now to do" it -
Both go to It, 7
One must ruo It '
Nelson's scrapping; ' 5 -
No love-tapping; . "
How he's rapping s .i.
Strong and strapping," , ' .
But that there Britt - -
Just fit . '-
And
Fit.
And when they quit.
'Twos Britt
Was
It.
Rockefeller has given $50,000 to the Uni
versity of Chicago to improve the heating
plant. Maybe Satan " smiled when he
thought of another heating plant.
, Now we are told by a New York author
ity that water drinking Is very bad for
one's health. We never did see any sense
in using chasers.
Senator Foster is accused of not provid
ing cigars for his henchmen. No wonder
they don't smoke 'up.
Domestic science is one of the subjects
recommended for study by the High.
School girls. It doesn't sound as if there
was anything about washing dishes In it,
although that's likely to play an Impor
tant part in the future life of the Domes
tic Scientists.
Russia wants American banks to take
part of the war loan. We warn her In
advance that she can't do any business
in Oberlln. ,
An Indiana high school boy shot a girl
schoolmate and then committed suicide
because the girl's parents i-ought her
too young to marry. It is strange that
so- many suitors become shooters now
adays. Love's darts are not to be com
pared with lovers' pistol-bullets for num
ber or deadlincss.
The New York Evening Post points out
that American Ingenuity has Improved
upon perfection in devising a safer meth
od of dueling than the French. The for
eign duelists exchange two bullets at 25
paces; the American duelists teste Law
son and Greene exchange newspaper ad
vertisements at Intervals of 24 hours.
James Burnley, an English writer, has
compiled a list of the richest persons In
the world. It will probably astonish most
people to find the two richest men hail
ing from South Africa, although the fig
ures, after all, are no more than wild es
timates. The list comprises:
A1?rtBelt diamonds. London $300.000 000
J. B. Robinson, gold and diamonds, '
London 400.000.000
J- D- -Rockefeller, oil. New York... 25O.000.000
V. . Astor, land. London 50. 000 000
Prince pemldorft, land. St. Peters- '
"A 200.000.000
Andrew Carnegie, steel. New York. 125.00O.00U
V. K. Vanderbllt, railways. Now
Yfk - 100.COO.000
Yv Ultam Rockefeller, oil. New York 100.000 000
J. J. Astor, land. New York 76.000,000
Lord Rothschild, money-lending.
London 75.000,000
J. Pierpont Morgan, banking. New
, York 75.000.000
Lord Ivcagh. beer. Dublin 7o.000.000
Senora Isidore Couslno. mines and
railways, Chile 70,000.000
M. Heine, silk, Paris 70,000,000
Baron AIphons Rothschild, money
lending, Paris 70,000,000
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, money
lending. Vienna 70.000,000
Archduke Frederick of Austria.
land, Vienna 70,000,000
George J. Gould, railways. Now
York 70.000,000
Mrs. Hetty Green, banking. New
York 53.oe0.000
James II. Smith, banking. New York 50-00.000
Duke of Devonshire, land, London. 5d, 000, 000
Duke of Bedford, land, London.... 30.000,000
Henry O. Havemeyer, nugar. New
York 50.Q00.O00
John Smith, mines. Mexico 45000,000
Claus Spreckels, sugar, San Fran
cisco 40.000.000
Archblihop Conn. land. Vienna 40,000,000
RuflU Sage", money-lending. New
York 25.000,000
Elr Thoma3 Litton, groceries, Lon
don 25.000.000
Forty hairpins were taken from one
rirl's hair recently. After this we don't
think go much of the Russian soldier who
walked about with 17 bullets in his body.
Gondolas on Guild's Lake next year.
And not a protesting paragraph about
them in the game laws.
WBX. J.
Ignorant All Around.
CUveland Plain Dealer.
"Are you going to marry sister, Mr. Frat
sjer "I I don't know, Johnnie."
'That's Just what sUrtcr said when mother
asked her.
Do We Forget?
S. O'H. Dickson.
Do we forget when "Winter i snows He deep
Above the beds where our beloved sleep,
And we no longer wildly weep.
Do we forget?
Because, when comes the holy Christmas
tide.
And love and Joy are scattered far and
wide.
We check 6ur sighs, and strive our tears to
hide.
Do we forget?
Do we forget, because with mate Hps pressed
To fading pictures, all our love unguessed.
Lies' locked secure within our patient
breast.
Do we forget?
Because, across the widening gulf of years.
There comes no loving word to quell our
fears.
No watchful hand to brush away our tears,
Do we forget?
Do we forget? Nay, In each heart there lies
A aeeret place, where, hid from mortal eyes.
Dwells, strong and true, a lore that never
dies.
Nor can forgit:
FLASHLIGHTS BY LAWSON
Thomas W. Lawaon on "Frenzied Finance" in Everybody's for January.
(Law son describes his Interview with Ad
dlcks Immediately after the latter had re
ceived by telephone the news that Bay State
Gas had been turned over to a receiver, at a
time whon that meant ruin for Addleks.)
DDICKS stepped from the tele
L phone and In a "brlng-me-a-fin-'
ger-bowl" tone of voice said:
"Tom, come into the other room for a
minute; I want a word with you."
He passed ahead of me through a
small parlor Into his bedroom. I fol
lowed. He went straight to the bureau
took something from a drawer, slipped
it Into his pocket, turned, and dropped
opon a lounge. But the fraction of a
minute had elapsed since ho had left
the telephone, and I, being behind,
had. not seen his face. He looked at
me. Could this gray ghost be the same
man who had just before been smiling
-so - contentedly at Parker Chandler's
last story? His face was the color of
a mouldy lead pipe and seared with
strango lines and seams. The oyes that
met mine were dim and glazed, lustreless-
and dead as a flsh3 eyes dragged
from watery depths.
"Lawaon, the game's up," ho said in
a trembling voice. "It's a plot sure
a receiver In possession, partlcularly
Braman, and appointed In a way that
shows deliberate calculation, proves it
was done by someone who knows our
.situation to a T.' It means ruin for me
and the company."
"Well," I said, "what are we going
to dor
He did not reply for a moment. I
continued to look at him. His eyes
haunted me. I noticed that the lines
round the lids had deepened Into fur
rows. He half raised himself from the
lounge.
"I have said they would never get
me. and they won't." Instinctively his
hand sousht the pocket Into which he
had dropped what he had taken from
the dresser's drawer. Then I knew. The
yellow streak showed plain at last. I
had guessed from the start It was
there.
The closing scene of a most significant
drama the release ot Bay State Gas from
a receivership by the payment of funds
ostensibly devoted to the work of the
National Republican Committee was en
acted before Judge Wales on an eventful
Saturday morning in the Wilmington Cir
cuit Courtroom. The dramatis personae
w.ere gathered in little groups represent
ing the separate interests Addleks and
some of his lieutenants, my partner at
the telephone, John Moore's partner and
Rogers' counsel with their heads together;
Braman and Foster near the Judge, their
eyes wandering toward two dress-suit
eases piled before John Moore's partner,
which, it was understood, contained the
money. Behind Braman was his clerk,
and la the rear of the courtroom sat as
many of Addlck's thug3 as could squeeze
into the narrow space reserved for spec
tators. Court came to order. Foster rose,
announced that the- claims of his client
had been satisfied, and made a formal mo
tion to dismiss tho receivership. Judge
Wales formally consented, and as the
clerk of the court was entering tho dis
missal in his minute-book my partner
telephoned the facts to me. I sent back
the word that my directors were resign
inghad resigned that Rogers' directors
were being elected had been elected that
the Boston gas companies, which Addicks
had agreed to exchange for the money In
the suitcases, were now transferred to
Rogers. My partner whispered my words
to John Moore's partner and Rogers' coun
sel. At once the two dress-suit cases,
each loaded with currency, were slipped to
Braman and Foster, Simultaneously the
messenger who was to telephone to their
broker rose and quickly left the court
room. A brief time longer was consumed
In signing receipts, certificates and other
legal papers, and then the performanca
was over. Addicks' rose and went out
among his henchmen in the rear, who
eagerly .surrounded him. In the bustle
Braman and Foster, each with his own
booty, fled.
I learned that at the time when Add
icks had to secure the release of Bay
State. Gas from the hands of a receiver,
Dwlght Braman, he had conceived a plan
whereby, without danger io himself, he
could punish Braman and Foster for the
wrong they had done Bay State, and at
the same time meet his election expenses
at no cost to his own pocket- In the
course of his electioneering campaign In
Delaware, conducted ao all tho world
knows how. Addicks had gathered to his
cause as tough and rascally a set of
"heelers" a3 ever waylaid aged woman
or lame man on the highway. A lieuten
ant who has been dispatched to Delaware
early Friday afternoon, when It had be
come evident that we would get things
settled up, gathered the sturdiest mem
bers of this precious troop together and
solemnly told them that a serious hitch
had occurred In Addicks game, and that
it looked as though, owing to the re
ceivership, there would be no "stuff" to
put In circulation this year. The men
responsible for this outrage were to be
BITS OP OREGON LIFE.
Editor Gi 1st rap Falls Into Poetry;
EUgene Register.
To deal with the cow with the crum
ply horn, that jingles her bell from night
till morn, from morn till night, is the
sorry plight the Springfield Council's now
in. Meanwhile on the common and In the
streets boss bid? defiance to all she meets,
who, In acquiescence, are bowln'.
Let the Dead Past, Etc.
Tillamook Headlight.
Three sanguinary elections in Tillamook
City In one year may be somewhat tropi
cal to disturb the equallbrlum of the citi
zens In getting them up to fighting pitch,
but we are glad they are all over so
that the citizens can again brush aside
their little personalities and be friends
once more.
Rapid Pace at Maplcton.
Mapletoit Correspondence Florence West,
Who says that Mapleton is a dead place?
Listen! On Monday nights, singing
school, on Saturday nights, literary soci
ety meets, on Sunday afternoon Sunday
school, and In the evening, preaching.
And besides all of this, two lodges meet,
and a dance every two weeks. Dead!
Not much.
Wind Will Not Go to Waste.
Willow Creek Correspondence Columbia
Chronicle.
Dack Sutton and Gilbert Gosney- are
putting up a windmill on Dack'fl place, j
uuoeri suya men: hub uiwuya ueen quite
a lot of wind and gas going to waste
along the creek, and two years ago he
tried to bottle some of the gas and use
the same for fuel, but he failed In thnt,
and now he Is going to try and utilize
some of the wind, and he thinks he will
be more successful.
Taking Care of the Pennies.
New York World.
It is often said that only the rich take
care of the pennies, the poor aro too
busy dreaming of the $1000 bills. That s
one of the reasons why .some people are
always poor. The substantial fortunes of
the United States have been made from
pennies. A fraction of a cent on a pound
of sugar, a cent or two on every gallon
of petroleum, a penny more a pound for
nails, grow into the aggregate millions of
profits which are the base for the bil
lions of stock capitalization. A cent a
pound is more than most extreme fluctua
tion In the wholesale price of Iron and j
steel, more than the difference between
riches and bankruptcy In a great Indus
try. These savings are as possible to the
average man as to the trUst mngnate.
In Wilmington on tho following day and,
from the appearance of things, would
get the money Addicks had destined -for
his followers'. He understood that they
were to receive it -In cash, too 51o,000
cash that really belonged to Addicks.
who had Intended it for his good friends
in Delaware. The thugs, properly indig
nant ct the wrong that had been done
"the Boss," dispersed rapidly to discuss
the information among themselves. That
night a group of leaders got together
and figured out a little plan of compaign
to fruotrate the robbery of their beloved
master. Court proceedings to release the
receivership could not take long, and they
calculated that the train schedule would
detain Braman and Foster, who would
have the money the Addicks "heelers"
wanted, at least two hours in Wilming
ton after the adjournment. What more
easy than the organizing of a little scuf
fle on the station platform, or on the
street, and in the rush well, many things
happen In a rush. This simple procedure
commended Itself to all concerned, and
that night there was much rejoicing
among the Addicks camp-followers at the
pleasant things that should be "pulled
off" at the flim-flamming bee next day.
Moore & Schley, once -a: well-known Arm
of brokers In Wall street,, were
famed for their discretion and the
highest proof of confidence reposed
In the firm was the fact that
it did the bulk of the stock speculat
ing for what Is known as "the Washing
ton contingent." This is. perhaps, the
most peculiar and delicate business that
comes to "the street." A big Wall-street
house opens a Washington office and or
ganizes an elaborate system of special
wires, wires from which there can be no
possibility of leakage. It Is then ready
for the patronage of members of Con
gress, United States Senators and Nation
al officials, whose honorable positions
make tnem the custodians of National
secrets of great commercial value. If,
for Instance, a new law is to be passed
which must favorably affect a given stock.
Legislators who are on "the Inside" often
buy thousands of shares to reap the profit
of the rise in value Incumbent on Its
passage. Or, perhaps there is to go
through a law which will Interfere with
the special privilege of another stock and
reduce its price. Those- in possession of
advanced Information "go short" of that
stock (sell for future delivery) to profit
by the drop. There are many other op
portunities the Washington "Insider" of
speculative turn may use to advantage.
For Instance, if a high official of the Gov
ernment were about to issue a proclama
tion against a foreign nation and should
desire secretly to make a million or so
out of the panic he knew must follow the
announcement, he would cast about him
for a broker who would preserve trua sac
red confidence.! It would Invariably be
through the Moore firm that his secretary
or confidential man would do the short
selling. There are also operations of lob
byists who, to affect Important legisla
tion for this great Interest or the other,
buy or sell stock for the benefit of legis
lators whose votes they desire to influence.
Extreme caution is demanded In tho exe
cution of 3uch orders, or all hands might
by some slip-up find themselves wearing
striped suits.
If the details of the great reorgan
ization and trustification deals put
through since 1S85 could be laid bare,
eight out of ten of our most successful
stock-Jobbing financiers would bo in a
fair way to get into state or Federal
prisons. They do such things better
in England. During the past ten years
three "frenzied financiers" have prac
tised their legerdemain in London
Ernest Hooley, Barney Barnato and
Whltaker Wright. The first is bank
rupt and discredited; Barney Barnato
Jumped into the ocean at the height
of his career, and Whltaker Wright,
after numerous attempts to escape, was
hauled before an English Judge and
Jury, pjotnptly convicted and sentenced
and committed suicide by poisoning
before leaving the courtroom. I will
agree at any time to sot down from
memory the names of a score of emi
nent American financiers,, at this writing
In full enjoyment of the envy and re
spect of their countrymen and the lux
ury purchased by their many millions,
whoso crimes, moral and legal, com
mitted in the - accumulation of these
millions, if fully exposed, would make
the performances of Wright and Bar
nato seem like petty larceny in com
parison. But freedom and equality, as
guaranteed us by the Declaration of
Independence, have recently been cap
italized, and "freedom" now means Im
munity from legal interference for
financiers, while the latest acceptance
of "equality" is that all victims ot spo
clal privilege are treated alike by those
who control and exercise such privil
ege. If tho Judges and the public
prosecutora of these United States were
equal to tho sworn duties of their sa
cred offices, this "freedom" wouid have
been confined long ago, and. throughout
this broad land there would be jails
full of "frenzied financiers" who had
imagined themselves licensed to rob
the public.
NElGHB0RLYREC0GtITI0N.
Chchalis Bee.
The work of erecting the buildings for
the Lewis and Clark Fair that will bo
held In Portland next Summer Is. now well
along, and the Exposition's success, seems
quite assured.
While the world could have worried
along without the Fair that will be held
next Summer In Portland, yet now that
It Is to be held and that arrangements are
progressing so favorably, the only nice
thing for Washington to do Is to help it
to a successful finish.
The Fair at Portland will be of just as
much benefit to Washington as it will be
to Oregon, Probably It will be more bene
ficial, for the people who come to see the
Lewis and Clark Fair are going to come
to Washington to visit the Puget Sound
country. People who como to the Fair
next Summer aro going to come to see
our state as well as our neighbor. Wash
ington has nothing to lose by comparison
with Oregon. The benefit to our state
will be great.
Residents of Washington and Oregon
can do much to help the states by each
one taking it on himself or herself to help
the Fair. There are few of us but that
have friends In the East whom we would
like to interest in this section. Let us
make up lists of these and see that at
the proper time they are all advised that
there will be an original and attractive
Exposition commemorative of the great
ness of the Pacific Northwest at Portland
next Summer. Let us impress on them
what a delightful place this 13 to spend
the Summer. The effect of an organized
effort along this line would be remarkable.
It is surely worth the trial.
Rhode Island.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The tremendous seriousness with which
Rhode Island lo taken by some of Its old resi
dents la shown in the perfectly sincere state
ment by Sidney S. Rider, of Providence, editor
of Book Notes, that "the history of the foun
dation of Rhodo Island by Roger Williams was
of an event greater than the foundation of
Greece or Rome, and second only to Palestine "
But why second to Palestine? This estimable
Rlwde' Islander la too modest by far in hts
claim for Roger Williams' Commonwealth.
The Sick Man and the Lawyer.
Judge.
The sick man had called his lawyer. "I wish
to explain again to you." said he weakly,
"about willing my property"
The attorney held up hit hand reassuringly.
"There, there!" salcf he. "Leave that all to
me."
The nick man sighed resignedly.
"I suppose I might as well." said he. turning
upon his pillow. "Youil get it. anyway."