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PORTLAND, OREGON,
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1901 .
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T H E OR EGON D A I L Y
AN
NATIONAL RAILROADS
PROBLEMS.
MMIIK NEW RELATIONS presented
I ' railroad systems and the, various Motions or we
1 country whereby every mow la
... "national standpoint, or "community of
t' of competing roads, only one of which
j. M.U.HM with the section so Intimately
affected, or from the- sole standpoint of the foreign etock
holdor, It Is toeing recognised to-praseatlng an entirely now
problem for the sober eonalderatlon of the jooal people
v thus Involved. So long as ousstlone
: ; their bearings were considered from
' view, not always specifically from the standpoint of bene-
fit to the individual railroad which faced the problem It
V was pomlbe usually to accomplish something. When
there entered into a project of this sort combination of
unhampered self-interest and good will, which fw rell-
' roads eaa afford to despise. It was woolly posslbls to
i ' aeeompllah something, particularly when the people most
art ectsd were Insistent In making their demands.
But now that as longer balds good. Even where It to
' confessedly advantageous to" a particular railroad to eon-
' struct a branch line, when, It alone
1 be advisable, to grant certain concessions to Its merchant
f and shippers. It cannot follow out the oourso which even
:' Us own self-interest would Indicate, but must take op a
' cohslderatlon of the goeatiou In conjunction with two or
; three other railroads which are within the sphors of
' influence," and the matter Is thus dootdod as they together
look at ft and as K may be affected not by the direct but
the remote Interests Involved. In such a situation as this
the sections that wish to prosper novo right before them
the problem of conserving their own Interests. That
Question under such circumstances becomes vital to them.
-Without means to protect themselves they simply become
an Insignificant pawn on a groat cheusboerd. . Their Inter
' ests are of ysmall ooneequcnee, viewed from the standpoint
I of great national enterprises, while to themselves they,
of course, mean everything. In this aspsot of the base,
therefore, self-preservation hi Immediately Indicated. To
meet that exigency the people of each section to which the?
. problem Is presented must moot It In their own way. They
l have no one to rely upon but themselves and no means
i, of seff-protsctlon except those which they themselves can
' conjure and make effective. The problem la one which
' confronts Oregon with the rest. It Is ens requiring our
beat thought and our most serious endeavors. It hi one
;.of the moat vital of all problems for, wrapped up In It,
i is to a largo degree the question of the future growth
and .development of the "whole soglon tributary to Port
v land, and Id the eon tern plat ion of that far-rsnchlns; out
. come no patriotic dtlsen can oxford to remain either
, Inactive or indifferent.
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A TRICK OF THE TRADE.
SO ATTORNKT ST. RAYNER will at least get a new
trial for young bandit Walton, and may oven pre
vent the stater from proceeding further against him,
because the holdup artist wao not required to go through
the formality of uttering the words, "not guilty." It looks
' as If Lawyer Bt. Rayner has sprung a good legal point.
We can understand now why the lawyer whispered In
consoling confidence to his client after hts first, and very
, - prompt conviction. The lawyer said, in effect: Don't
. worryj society Is a chump; the courts are tied up to
mediaeval teciuucalltlea, so that a conviction of a murder
, ous robber like you Is a very doubtful matter; the smart.
sprightly young assistant district attorney 'made a fatal
' mistake, or omission; I will not only get these verdicts
j, and judgments set aside, but possibly I will prevent n
retrial, on the old, venerated ground that you nave been
; once placed In Jeopardy.' Be did not eay all thuv but
he thus thought.
To the avenge; business man of common sense and
1 straight, clear methods of dealing with life's problems
and the world's activities, all thro Is Jargon. Everybody
i knows that young Walton held Op several cars, robbed
the conductors, and finally almost killed Policeman Nel
son, who was doing his duty. We all know what the pro
scribed penalty Is for those offenses, the court betng
Invested wtth quite a wide latitude of discretion. We all
know that the young bandit Is not only guilty, but that
he has had fair trials and been duly
expense to the taxpayers. But this does
meat. On the contrary. It means, In
view of the case, not only a voldatlon
ceedings, but liberation and Immunity
young client. - t ' . , -.
Dent Hum the lawyer. Re lo
legitimate trloks of hts trade. Nor
blame on the district attorney. He overlooked a point. In
the curious eyes of that wonderful mystery, the Uw;H
but a smart young man can't be expected to think of
everything at once. - Besides, what's the difference? The
taxpayers are rich and prosperous.
few trifles like this. And perhaps Walton can be Induced
to leave town after his liberation, and go to Seattle. They
have long and lovely car lines over there away out along
Oreen lake. Lake Union, Lake Washington and other
where. ,
what the-courts win conclude no
will hunt for precedents, and find them perhaps. Yet,
possibly they will bold that Walton's silence, and hie
going to trial, amounted to a plea of
the district attorneys oversight was
But It wtU take a long time to find out what the courts
will say on this proposition. If young Walton's friends
Prom the New York World.
N The Standard OU company Is now st
work upoN some1 Improvements which
for SMgaltude eclipse earthing of tbe
'kind hitherto undertaken. It lo ftnleh
Ing the lest link In Its geeat pips line
from the pmlries of Indlsa Territory
to the Atlantic. - This link is between
Keasae City and WhlMs f. T. It will
use OO.eoe barrels of ell to fill this
before the ell beams to run st Kansas
4lty. The production of oil la the
ttaneje Net Ion has Increased to 0,000
barrels a day sad IS of One quality.
The Mne from Kansas City to ths
Omi, held, including she big storage
plnie at Caney, Kan oet upward of
U4.eee,e90; ine link bet
UDIP1NDINT MIWIPAP1K
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLXSHINO CO.
sTansiev) and every Sunday
et
street. Portion d, Oregon.
OPMC1AL PAPER Of THE CITY OP PORTLAND
AND LOCAL
have money, the
State, which may
years. J. Hamilton
between tht great
derer from the gallows for seven years. - - '
calculated from a na-
district attorney
Interests of group
may hays direct and
XTHIN
' editorial
printed
that were local in
sutement that the
their local point of
growing and getting
not So very long ago
the facts, would
especially when
for desiring that
aggressions checked.
told by Admiral
orld. But suppose
proven untrue, a
oonaloered. H would
But now England,
but will leave the
The Hague tribunal.
hour. It' is too early
England and Russia
enemies, and under
would bo glad of
pretense, without
A man who stands
able to agree, to
ested and wis men,
This Is the new,
evolving nation.-
Thle century wilt
any cose, but will
o
teeming settlers are
homes eeker Mecca
latterly has been
business. But In
a frontal position.
merits winning,
opportunities, and
nature's bounties
convicted, at a scary
see gnd learn.
not mean punish
- They should he
Attorney St. Raynor's
branch of Industry-
of the whole pro
detailed facts of
for his interesting
only practicing the
don't place too heavy
this reclaimed land
of alfalfa par acre,
Wallowa five to
bushels of wheat.
render It fertile, la
They don't mind
made the land pay
Industry, detailing
mortal knows. They
are wanted, ths
not guilty, and that
not Important - j
their stats. ,
Clty sad Whit tor will east til.ooe.eoo
more, and the existing line to the sea
board cost Ol0.ese.eee. In the Kansas
Held there are now about e.SvO produe
Ine; wells. . At Chanute, Kan aa ad
ditional storage tank Is to be erected
with a capacity of more than a million
barrel! in eicess of that already under
contract is that place.
The Increase In production of oil will
tax eves this enormous capacity, though
at the present time ths Standard oil
company can take oars of more than
i.O 00.eo barrele a day.
The company has also started the
erection of the Ave blssest oil tanks
In this country. They are st Van Butt
kirk' a farm. Beyonne. K. J. Karh will
he lit feet In diameter end III feet h1h,
nd earn will here a capacity of Mt-
eauone oi eu.
JO U R NAL
Ttas Journal hUh, fifth sum TMkffl
case may ultimately ho taken Into the
1 United States courts, to the supreme court of the United
render a decision In two, five, or ten
Lewis, thus kept a red-handed mur
There is no moral to add except to suggest that. the
after this will doubtless remember to
make a defendant go through the formality of "pleading.
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' ARBITRAMENT PROBABLE ' -
twsny - four hours of the time when an
entitled -Let There Be Pesos" was
In Thursdays Journal, the truth of Its
peace sentiment of the world- wss
the upper hand, wss verified. It Is
that the North sea Incident, whatever
have resulted Immediately In war.
England has largo and urgent reasons
Russia's power bo diminished end Its
Of course, after the strange tale
RoiestvenSky., there must bo a dose
inquiry and a oareful Investigation Into the facts. Eng
land owes this to Itself, as well as to Russia and the
that the admiral's story should be
yarn Invented In desperation to account
for a terrible blunder. Why, under ouch circumstances,
a generation ago, England would have gone to war a a
matter of course. Nothing else would have sufficed.
though for the moment bristling with
mdlgnant hostility, will not go to war. She will not oven
assume absolutely to dictate terms of reparation. In ease
the Russian admiral's story should turn out to be a fake,
question of redress and reparation to
At least this is the outlook at this
to say positively that war between
will not result; they are natural
other circumstances anal conditions
an. excuse to go to war: but there Is a.
probability that both will leave all the questions arising
out of the North sea Incident to Impartial arbitrament,
and abide by the result. - '
The Hague tribunal has seemed to be a thing of Uttle
rarer or nee; It has been ridiculed as a mere play at
authority or even Influence; but It Is
not so. It stands definitely for a grot pur pose, -end win
be used more and more to oarry out that purpose, which
Is the peace of the world. - -
for and urges and Insists upon peace
Is not necessarily a poltroon. He Is no coward. He win
stand up for his rights; but rather than go forth to kill,
burn, destroy, and make a hell of earth, he will brave
the question of his rights, hs and an opponent not being
the arbitrament of Impartial, disinter
and will abide by their decision.
evolved man, and he stands for the new
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scarcely pass, we firmly believe, until
war between civilised nations wlU not only not occur in
be an impossibility, because the common
people, who are the real euffoioio from war, will not per
mit tt, will not fight unless their OWA.Immedlato; tangible
Interests are involved. " t -
A believer special provMenoe might find a text for
a fine sermon in the North sen Incident and Its probable
results. It may make greatly for the world's peace; forf
the fulfillment of Tennyson's vision of the federation of
mankind, the parliament of the world.1 .
"The blood of the martyrs waa the seed of the church.''
Those fishermen may not have died In vain, ;--
OREGON'S OPPORTUNITY.
RBGON NEEDS lmmtgrante. This broad atatement
may be voiced by any western commonwealth,
hut to enriched on the Emerald state tongue by
the fact that It le entitled to, because It can care for,
aa Immense Increase of population. More than all this,
every twinkle in the etatea latest horoscope says the
coming. The west has been America's
- for more than a generation, and
advertised with the diligence of a shrewd
the grand rush Oregon did not occupy
Oregon advertised poorly, relied on
reposed in the seclusion of confident
grew slowly. -
The new era finds Oregon foremost. Men who study
closely see In the Columbia basin vtrgls
fields of rarest promise, which the astute Inrniigrant pro
moter has failed to promulgate. In the struggle for the
best tbe settler Is learning that activity In advertising
for the past decade waa not the most accurate guide, and
with the Impulsiveness of mortality now hastens to the
sequestered sections of Oregon, which have forged Into
view through sheer production alone. To make this
triumph complete requires only a fair degree of effort the
soaring year, when thousands of people will be hers to
told of the state's production In every
Within easy reach should be placed
what may be done near where home-
seekers have already mads' demonstration. That Oregon
Is -now reclaiming more than 1,009,000 acres of land, and
has 2,000.000 or AOOO.000 acres more available at slightly
greater expense, would Interest a multitude.- On some of
Malheur produces eight to ten tons
Baker MO to 000 bushels of potatoes.
six tons of timothy, Umatilla 40 to 00
Acres of such land, with the water to
within reach of any thrifty. Intelligent
settler, and Instances are known where the farmer has
for Itself within two shd three years.
Thess are facts that should be gathered for -study of
Oregon visitors next year. ' A splendid compendium of
what Is being done and what Is pos
sible, might be the agent of Increasing the; population
many thousand people In two years. Facts about Oregon
supreme opportunity has arrived to cir
culate them cheaply; mhd our people would Indeed be
Indifferent to their own Interests did they overlook any
opportunity of swelling the mighty tide setting In toward
, .
Week fee a Btstlagsishsd Tlsttse.
Prom Collier's Weekly.
That epoetle of simplicity. Rev.
Charles Wagner,, has -come to America
much, as he says, aa be mlaht take hie
gospel to any barbaric land. He has
mapped oat a large program for himself.
If he. hopes to become la this country
ahythtns more important than a topic of
conversation. Speed le our watchword.
One telephone company In the United
states has as many Instruments lo use
as the whole of Europe. In killing peo
ple on railroads or by automobiles we
surpass the universe. As snother die
triple of simplicity observed, we have
many devlree for rapid motion by which
we save time which we know not how to
use. We atudy how to save time, and
ea we stuoy sow to kiu 1L
( Small CLange Madam 'Adam's Heavy Taxpaycre
Dont gel solted.
Don't forget about the fair.'
Nobody eaa trust the young man who
gambles. -.
Higher ealoea licenses are generally
approved. -
Pull for
Portland and the Pacific
northwest.
Tillman's nlsver-puDOhlBg pitchfork
is 1m out or slant. t
Ttaanksslvlng turkeys are heglnnlno
to grow fat, and dear.
Let us beat the St. Louie fait, m
everything but else. We can.
Xf Lincoln gteffene runs out of larger
game, here la the Fort land council. ,
Perhaps that Russian admiral act
somehow tangled up with a is name.
Chloago la always tate rested tu soms-
thlng; just now It Is vaccination.
Nobody yet has had the temerity to
suggest a sane and safe football season.
Deat take 0 spellbinder for so Im
portant a personage aa he tries to appear
to be.
The Ilea of the spellbinders are eneusti
to make an honest, ' Intelllseat man
squeal.
ft Is safe to suppose that Orandue
Davis aa vtos-presioent' would favor
economy.
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The Republican party Is silled with
the Mormons In Utah, and with Addlcks
la Delaware. ,
Tf the earn will miim iMthM em
on the kfa, perhaps Xuropatkla can do
sometning.
,..-,.(
The worker wtth his hands should be
mors honorable cltlsea than the
worker with his toague, .
Democrats of Chloago are being vac
cinates, se as to have a good exouss fnr
belng sore after election.
Lefs see Is there such a plaos -as
Port Arthur We have a dim reoolleo-
Uon of reading the name.
mil. ----'.
Of course the flag IS the Republican
Deity. It seems to have become a
party instead of a national flag. ,
When the mule Is made Into ' roast
beef for General Stoosooi, the mule has
kick coming, but can'Lexerclse tt.
suppose the poor men's wives should
demand sa eight-hour day and other
things. Theh there would be trouble.
All Oregon for the fair,' liberally.
heartily, enthuateettcally this Is what
la la the deUdoue autuma Oregon air.
Oregon SldcKgttfl
Condon la Oe bans a new bank,
Ashland la taking a osnsna of herself.
Madras expects to have a Hlmrrel
flouring mill.
More ears ts mors wheat la ths cry in
eastera Oregon, , ,
.Oregon to adding much at It Louis ts
Its laurels and reputation.
"Bit apple and vegetable Items are nu
merous, la Oregon newspapers. ,
Three Ashland hunters brought hom
II deer and two barrels of fish. .
Ths output of ths Shapiro City fleb
oanaery will be about 10,000 tone.
The Polk county health officer haa
little opportunity to earn hta salary.
Two Sycamore eews that had eaten
riant powder died, though without any
explosion,
A Warm Bpringe Indian was sentenced
to 00 days In the reservation skookum
houee for having too many wives.
Rlghty thousand dollars this year for
hops In Josephine 'county, and only
small beginning In hop raising made
yet ( -
tn eastern Oregon s threshing-machine
must thresh ISO bushels every day to
meet the current expenses, which agare
gate nearly $B00 per week of six days.
Tillamook Herald! They say land Is
high In Tillamook at 1100 an sere, but
when 000 to too bushels of potatoes
are harvested to the acre at 09 and to
cents the buahet, you can figure tt out
yourself as plain as A. B. C. l-
nummervllle correspondence of the ta
Grande Observer. Miee Basel Tloe has
a few street hats which she will sell
below half price bring anything in trade
and get you a hat. Hiss Mabel
Tuttle has taken charge of ths Prof.
Lessor's room and Is profess hi ; nicely.
Rainier Oasette: The Columbia River
Door company of Rainier haa erected a
69.000 gallon tank for fire purposes,
which will rive a pressure of 0B pounds.
The Orlnnell fire protection system will
be Installed. Two bargee will be con
structed to carry the products of the
factory to Portland.
Wallowa temoerat! The fact that the
staae company Is compelled to uss two
days In transporting the mall from Elfin
to Joseph is s strong argument in favorJ
of a crushed rock mad between those
two points. Wtth such a road ths trip
could easily be made In one day, regard
less of the weather or the seasoa Of the
year. t- - .
Ptahing Industry Is considerable m
Lincoln county. Three good canneries
one on BUels bay. one on Alsee, one on
Taqulna ell getting many fish. Em
ployment and enjoyment are both thus
furnished. Trolling- for sllversldse Is an
Ideal sport. Lincoln county rivers are
now alive with salmon 'trout. Mice
country to lira In ever there,
liver Lake Central Oregon lan: Con
tractor I M. Alllna-hant of the illver
Lake-Bend stag line arrived in Silver
ae Wednesday evening and this morn
ing left with the first mall for Bend
under the new dally service, Ths new
mall facilities from this piece to Bend
is a great convenlenod to this entire
portion of the state, with a dally moll
from Oregon's metropolis, our telephone
and telegraph accommodation from the
south, places Oliver Lake In direct eess
nuinlcaton with tht outside world.
Bryan caa out-talk Beverldge, aay
wayv ; . .
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Mme, Edmond Adam, the brilliant wo
man whose salon in Psrls was for nearly
40 years the gathering piece for all the
moat distinguished men end women tn
European art, literature, musle and poll-
ties, has written her "Literary Life.
Hetael, the great publisher, told her of
a young author who had brought him a
manuscript, the first two parte of which
had given him Infinite delight for the
artistic merit, both of subject matter
and the com position, but the third part
was so nauaeatlngly purient that he
turned away from It In disgust When
the author called, Hetsel reproached him
for the mental aberration that had in
duced blm to "become guilty of so foul
a reproach as a criminal tn letters."
"Sir." replied the young- author, "the
first two parts were written to seduce
inerary peopln woo make reputations;
the last part was wrlttea for those who
are to buy the book.
"Mow dare you make such a cynical
confession T" asked Hetsel.
"My object Is to teach the French
reader to have a, taste for the depleting
of vices whloh surround him. Truth
cherishes hypocrites, but Instructs those
who pretend to virtue.'
Hetsel resiled with soma oaustls ad
vice.
The Voung author was Emtio Eole,
Wagner struck ma -aa beluaT caustic.
witty and able to convene on all sub
jects, because he was versed la them
slL At times hs would suddenly beoeme
vulgar, personal and overbearing.
1 alone.' he said, answering soma ar
gument of Buelow'B on s musloal theory.
can do that. NO one else la the world
would dare to attempt 1U Do you hear.
Buelowr
" 'X hear.' said the latter, submissively.
But what a strong head it must require
to Close such a cycle after having opened
1L Any other brain but yours would
burst under the effort.'
" WelL' -said Wagner, laughing, and
with hie German accent, no one haa
yet discovered whether I am hydroce
phalic or a man of genius.
" 'A little of the first,' said Madame
dAgoult, la a low tone.
Here Is a sketch of Alfred de Xusset
ss related to her by Hetsel, who had
found ths poet overcome by drink and
sitting on ths steps of a house, pitying
himself.
" 'What are you doing hereT I asked.
attempting to raise him.
" They have ejected me, elected me.
ha replied, with the maudlin whine of
the drunken man.
"Tt Is always women, my poor fel
low,' I said, dragging him along ths
boulevard, where 1 halted a cab.
1 want some supper. X am hungry
and thirsty, he exclaimed, when barely
seated In the cab. He then set up such
a howl that X waa compelled to stop the
cab at the first restaurant.
"I will sive you supper and wins,'
I said, pushing him Into a private room.
'on the sole condition that you talk about
Venice
lt wao at Venice that de ttusset and
Oeorge Sand lived together, and all the
world was then curious to know the
details of this life.)
' 1 will teU you everything, but give
me something to drink.' While he was
drinking I put some abrupt and search
ing quesuona to him.. : ' -
"It to all a hoax; Oeorge (Band)
aever loved you. At Venice sbs dropped
you at once.'"
" i tell you she did love me, no re
plied, la a rauooue voice. But
it was her bead that fell In love with my
head, do you understand r He laughed
en Miotic, drunken laugh.
"'But she also loved you with bar
heart, unfortunate man.
" -With her head; with her heart, no:
R was not this. I upbraided
her, accused her of not lovtngvma. Her
reply came back in gentle and soothing
words, whloh only maddened me the
more. I oould have kiuea ner. ----
gBKATOB gOiVI nTTTKO,
Mew Re Replied Os a Paper that poke
. of 1m WRhout Knowledge.
Ia answer to an editorial to the Pitts
burg post which once spoke of the late
senator Hoar as living almost exclu
sively on champagne sod terrapin, the
Massachusetts statesman wrote the fol
lowing characteristic letter:
United States Senate, Washington, Au
gust 10. isto.
"My Oear Man: Somebody has sent
me a copy of your paper containing an
articles of which you do me the honor
to make me the subject. What can
have put such aa extravagant yarn Into
the head of so amiable and good natured
a fellowT X never said the thlnss which
you attribute to me In an interview,
caucus, or anywhere ales. X aever In
herited any wealth or had aoy. My
father' was a lawyer la very lsie prac
tice tor his day, but he was a very
generous end liberal man and never put
much value upon money. My share of
his estate was about 119,600. All the
Income-producing property I have la
the world, or ever had, yields a little
less than 11, 800 a year, 1999 of which is
from a life estate and the other 01.000
comes from stock in a corporation which
has only paid dividends for the last two
or three years, and 1 am vary much
afraid will pay no dividends, or much
smaller ones, after two or three years
to come.
"With that exception, the house where
X live, with contents, with about four
acres of land, constitute my whole
worldly possessions, except two or
three vacant lots, which would not
bring me IB.0OO all told. X could not
sell now for enough to psy my debta
X have been aa extravagant collector of
books, . and have a library which you
would like to aee and I would lute to
show you.
- "I have been here 19 years as repre
sentative and senator, the whole time
getting a Uttle poorer year by year.
If you think I have not been a good
one, you have my full authority for
saying anywhere that X fully agree with
you. During all this time X have never
been able to hire a houee In Washington.
My wife and X have experienced board
ing houses sometimes very comfort
able and a good deal of the time living
In a fashion to whloh no mechanic earn
ing 2 a day would subject bis house
hold. "Tour terrapin Is air In my eye, very
little la my mouth. The chief oarnal
luxury of my life la In breakfastlne
every Sunday morning with an orthodox
landlady who has a rare sift for making
flahballs and coffee. You uafortuaeu
and benighted Penneylvaniens eaa never
know the exquisite flavor of codfish,
salted, made Into balls and eaten on
Bun day morning by a person whose
theology Is sound and who believes In
all the five points of Calvinism. I am
myself but aa unworthy heretic, but I
am of Puritan stock, of the ee Tenth gen
eration, and there la vouchsafed to me
also some share of that eoataoy sod a
dim glimpse of that beatlfle vision. Be
assured, my benighted Pennsylvania
friend, that in that hour when the week
begins all the terrapin of Philadelphia
or Baltimore and all the soft shelled
crabs of ths Atlantic shore mlaht pull
in vain st my trousers leg and thrust
Lhemselves en my notloe la vain,". . .
Prom ths New York World.
Out of a total tax levy of nearly OlT!
OOO.ooe the city has sow collected seariy
140,000,090, ths amounts by boroughs
being es follows:
Manhattan .111.119
Brooklyn f.919,000
Bronx 1.I7C000
Queena tsi.000
Richmond , i ,19B
The levy, la even figures, waa as fol
lows: Manhattan ... .0M90.000
Brooklyn ........... 19.709.sos
Bronx 4.1O9.0O9
Queens - 1.100.000
Richmond : 7t,000
Nearly one half of tbe real estate tax
levy hag been already paid In Manhat
tan, but only one third has been col
lected la Brooklyn. Nearly all of the
Payments So far have been by checks
sent by mall, although there was a
crowd of taxpayers at the office In the
Stewart building yesterday. Prom now
on ths taxes will ooms In more slowly,
at the rate of leas than 01.009.009 a day.
After next week the tax offices in all
the boroughs will be thronged for a
fortnight with men and women with
cash In their banda They will, repre
sent ths great middle olaas tbe small
property owners who have no bank ac
count. Among the large owners of realty who
have already paid their taxes by shook
are:
William Waldorf Astor.M,'... $400,009
N. T. City gtreet Ry Co 400.900
The VanderbUts 400,000
N. T. Cent. A Hud. ltlv. R. R... 160,009
John Jacob Aator. ..,.... 090,000
Ooetet estates "04)0.099
Consolidated OAS Co. SH.990
J. P. Morgan 17B.0OO
August Belmont 171,000
Trinity Church corporation. X1B.009
William O. Sloans
9B.00O
i.OOO
11,009
TB.909
74,000
95,000
Kuhn, Loeb A Co.
Mary O. Ploekney.
The Stanleys
Andrew Carnegie (personal tax)
Higsins estate
Commodore a T. Gerry. tO,090
B. Altaian 40,000
John X. Crimmlns .. BB.000
Tbe rats Is 01.11 per S100 of assessed
valuation of realty,, and the assessed
Talus in supposed to average now about
00 per cent of the present market value.
This would fix the market value or
the properties covered by the taxes paid
bv the Asters and others aa follows:
William W. Aator 11 1, a 00. 00
John Jacob Aator.. 14.100,900
Ooelet estate ,..mmm gl.OOO.OOO
J. P. Morgan... 11.160,000
W. a Sloans O.tfiO.OOO
Mary O. Plnckney. 0,IS0,90O
Commodore Gerry 4,100,000
John D. Crimmlns 0.010,900
These figure do not give any definite
clue to the real value of the holdings
of the A store, the Ocelots, ths Oerrys
and the other large landed estates, for
the reason that a large proportion of
each of these estates cone late of lease
hold property .houses on a ground rent
on which ths tenants or lessees pay
the taxes In their own names. - The
same la true of the Trinity church hold
ings. Marr O. Pmakney s the owner or
moot of tbe old Archibald Watt estate
In Harlem, She now resides within the
boundariee of the original tract.
J. P. Morgan pays taxes en a good
deal of realty wbjch he merely holds to
trust, He has stated under oath, within
two years, that moat of his own prop
erty consists of stock and Bonds.
Ths tax office has had to do a good
deal of extra hsrurlng this, year on ac
count of the long fraction of the tax
rate 01. 0104 x, "If they bad made the
rats Sl.il," said Collector Austen, ws
oould have turned (he overplus into
the sinking fund."
Alt the taxes said to Colonel Austen.
the collector, are deposited by him in
the National City bank. -
orrni vaj&vrr.
T. P. O'Connor's M. A. P., In discus
sing the sudden death of Mrs. Brown
Potter's "emotional dress" drama, "The
Golden Llaht," says: .
Mrs. Brown-Potter Is a brave woman,
and we all know how brave people hate
to have their defeat defended. "The
play Is bad," shs said emnaly. In dismiss
ing ths llaht that failed, "and aa a bad
nlav it has failed, and deserved to fait.
I am more disappointed than X dare
trust my heart to tell, but It's no use
crying over spilt milk, even whea the
milk la composed Of gold, ana nopes, ana
hard labor."
"The occasion of the production of
The Oolden Light" marked her nrst ex
perience of management on her own ac
count, and the "season" wss represented
by three performances, one less than
Mr. Oeorge Alexander's record with
"Love's Carnival," at the St. James.
"But might not The Oolden Light
have been carried along for a week or
so on the advance booking r '
"Quite possible," answered Mrs.
Brown-Potter. "Quite possible, and
quite impossible. - Possible, because the
booking before the. production was
large, and after was quits considerable
or would have been if my manager
had not bad it intimated to applicants
for seats that 1 waa stopping ths play
Saturday night. Impossible, because
the playing In the piece for many more
nights, with ths merciless perhaps
kindly merciless remarks of the orltlcs
tinging In my ears, would have been
too great a strain upon ms. The re
hearsals had been trying, because eon
ducted within a brief spaos of time 1
was fairly well exhausted on the sight
of the production. And in the next
morning's notices of the play," said Mr.
Brown-Potter, smiling, "I detected noth
ing la the nature of a nerve tonic I"
In answer to a question touching upon
her belief or unbelief in "emotional
gowns" ss an aid to dramatic sxpree
aloa, Mrs. Brown-Potter was inclined to
be evasive but It was commendable
evasiveness, because neither the .'.'Idea"
nor Its "booming" had been of her own
making. With the verdict of the critics
Mrs. Brown - Potter entirely agreed.
They had spoken truly, and so they had
apoken fairly. 'The Oolden Light had
failed. There was nothing more to be
aid, nothing mere to be done, Then,
courageously battling with her disap
pointed feel Inge, and winning ths bat
tle against tremendous odds, ths actress
set her proud endT picturesque head In
the air. and wenf on to tbe stage to
play ths love-laden heroine of the Ill
fated comedy, for the third and last
tuna
Julius Chambers, In Brooklyn Eagle.
In sll my experience, never do X re
member such a national political cam
paign. Wo are within three week of
election day, and ths first Important
maas-mvetlng la this city was held last
night. In the first McKlnley campaign
"pell -binding" began In all parte of the
land before the middle of September.
Then we were told that it was a cam
paign of education. (Parenthetically,
Mr. Bryan began talking two days after
hs was nominated at Chicago.) Are we
as a people so well "educated that in
struction I' not needed; or, have the
man gars so respect fog "the sileat
vote' 7
Marl :Hnn-vV
Last Prophecy
Chicago Special la New York World.
"The next great issue this country will
have to meet will be Socialism."-
This wa almost the last. If not thef
last, political prophecy of tbe late Sen
ator Mark Hanna, eonoededly one of the
ablest politician of his time. It was
based on ths information gathered by
paid scents of the Republican national
committee concerning the atrensjtb of
the Socialist movement la ths country.
Thess Investigation have been la prog
roes atnos the 1909 campaign. Hanna
knew much about the movement before
he died, and the national committee.,
sine hi death, has kept up the study
wKh particular reference to the com
ing election. ,
The. tabulated Information ths Repub
lieaa national oommittee now has In
hand shows that an amaslng Increase
WlU appear in the Socialist vote la No-
vember. It Is estimated, from re porta .
received, that Bugene V. Deb, the So
olallst candidate, for president, will get
000,090 votes. Some put the Asur at
1,000,000, but this is thought to be too
high by the close students of the sit- -uatlon.
'
Ths estimate of 090.000 votes Is that
of 'hard-headed political managers who
have made it their business to And out. .'
The growth of the Socialist movement.
In vote, la not appreciated by those .
who have aot made a atudy of the
fig-urea. Xa round numbers, la the ooa
gressloaal election of 1990 the Serial
lata oast' 91,900 votes. In 1900 they cast
199,090 votes, and In 1000 they east
000 votes, an increase of 409 per cent,
practically, in four years, and a growth
tremendously greater than that of any
other political party. Tbe next congress
will, in all probability, oootela Socialist -rspresentatlves.
The largest Socialist vote in 1900 wsg
oast In Wisconsin. Masaachusetts wao
second. New York third, Illinois fourth
and Pennsylvania fifth. The pereenteaa '
of lucre la Illinois was as follows;
The Social 1 a ts east S.1BO vote la 1999.
0,000 la 1909 and. 10.900 In 1990. It In ,
expected that they will get from 49,000 .
to 00.909 votes la Illinois this year.
There la no Information here as to -
whether the Democrats have studied the
Socialist movement. The Republicans
have been at their Investigation for
four years.- They ere eXlafled with the
outcome, because their figure show that
a large proportion of the Socialist vote
la recruited from the Democ ratio party.
A sample Investigation which shows, to
the minds of the Republican amaagers
here, that they have nothing to fear
from the movement, was mads la the
stockyard district tn Chloaeo Just after
the beef strike. The stockyard district
waa polled by trustworthy men familiar .
with the conditions there.
The poll showed that 90 per cent of
the men directly affected by the strike -and
living In tbe -Stockyards district In
tended to vote for Deb. Of tbla 09 per
oent, the lnveatUrators reported that 90 :
per cant were formerly Democrat ana
10 per oent Republicans,
Various polls made la Illinois, in Wis
consin and In other wester stares
showed Debs' strength, but. not to this
dear. Br taklna ail thess poll a end
averaging the Hsu re the estimate of
000,009 votes for Deb wa made.
The Investigation of the committee
show further, that the people moot gen
erally to be found in the Socialist ranks
are those of the Latin, and ths glavy
races. There are some Oermmaa. The
Latins and the Slavs srs usually Demo
crats after they have been naturalised.
The greatest Socialist tendency among .
the race naturally Republican la found
among tbe Swedes. Tbla accounts for
ths heavy Socialist vote In Wisconsin.
A Swede named Johnson was elected ald
erman in Chicago on ths Socialist ticket
two years ago.
Deb had a meeting here on Monday
nlg-ht. He spoke at the Auditorium. An
admission fee ranging from 10 cents '
to 2B oents was charged, and 4,090 men.
paid to bear him speak and cheered hie
interpretation of the Socialist doctrine.
There are several other brand of So
clallst parties than the on Deb heads.
Debs stands for the advanced Socialist ,
Idea, including community of interests
and the single tax, and following with
the municipal ownership of public a till
ties.
There are a number of widely etreu
lated Soclsltst papers. Every one of
them carrle a line on its first page '
which read, "A Socialist president In
101.
This year for the nret time the So .
delists have nominated full ticket In)
many state and cities. They have some
money, apparently, and an abiding faith)
In their causa, .
Ainnoxa pom m sxwatb. ;;
' Prom the 'Neil York American.
Addlcks of Delaware says tt Is the
United States senate or death for him.
Why should he not hope to eompasa
hi ambition t Hs Is known a the moot
corrupt, politician m ths country, hut.
after all. la ha any worse than Quay .
was?
The people of his ststs fcsvs fought
against ths obloquy of being represented
by him, but they have been rebuked by
the president, who appoints to office Ad
dlcks men In token of his appreciation
of their t chief a citlsenahlp.
Addlcks in the senate would not be
lonesome for lack of the company of
men who have reached the goal by the
same means he haa so long employed
without success who are not there
through any desire of their "constit
uents." but through the power of a leg
islature to betray the people who elected
them. ,
Addlcks says hs will try until he auo- .
oeeds or die. The people of Delaware
ahould make this a Vanderdecklsn boast:
they should determine that, though he
lives to be sa old as Methuselah, he will
never be able to alga himself Senator
Addlcks. - .
There is. of course, a grave menace
that he will find a more oomplalsant leg
islature than he has found up to this
time, but It is to be hoped that before
such a time comes the election of na- ,
tors by the people will be a fact and -it
must b admitted that one of ths
retet argument in favor of this con
stitutional reform la Addlcks.
sad gtrrnmxo no
Prom Collier's Weekly.
DT. Edward Everett Hal tells a story
of a New York clergyman who had re
ceived a call to a faahlonabl suburb of
Boston. A gentleman who had In hie
employ two English grooms accidentally
overheard the following conversation be
tween the two serventa w
It appear that the first groom, who
had for -some time been endeavoring to
get the second groom to attend service
st the church presided over by the New ,
York olerirnmn, said 1 - ,
"Didn't you Ilk the sermon r -Vry
much," replied the other, Very
much, even hif '0 la a bit igh church and
HI a Mehodlst. HI thinks ss ow I'll
probTy hattsnd the hafurnoon service,
too."
"HI Just knew ' you'd change your
mind," said ths first groom triumph
antly. "As Hi told yet. I've 'card lm
Vawkit an' what 'arm a It doao-mer
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