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1 ft. J I 5 V fi;' -V- I V-' i I . I H' BXCL.USIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT, VOL. XL, NO. 309. ASTORIA, 0REG0X, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 13, 1894. price, mi: cents m 1 . ,., . SWEEPING UNTIL FEBRUARY 1st. IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN ALL 31 EN'S AND BOYS' CLOTIIINU, FURNISHING GOODS. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS.QUILTS ETC., ETC. k 0k ' 'I Osgood pipfiTiiiE Go. The The One Price Clothiers, 6oo Third, Cor. West Ninth FLDie NEW YEAR! Blank Books, ; Office and Pocket Diaries, Pacific Coast Tide Tables. GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore. CALIFORNIA Fine wines and Manors I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. fl. W. llTZIflGElJ. Str. R. P. Klill Leave for Tillamook Pec, 1, 5, 0, The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with through tickets are Issue! from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO. $2 FOR A? $80 LOT! BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE Liot to Build a iome, for The Pficker olumbia River Salmon Their Brands SAM. LOPATICX. Aitnrla P'g Co.. Astoria.. Boottt A. rfg Co...... Astoria.... i ColuxbUBiverrkeTo Astoria.... tlmore Samuel- -J Astoria.... i v Qeprpft Barter -Astoria.-. f O. IlintUorn & Co.! Astoria ! Oval iCockuil t Mamiolla.. 1 WtaieElar J,G MegleriCo iirooUnclJ j tag, St. Ml Fl? rith'narn'arkgCo... Astoria.. Sf-nriiiriAYlnli j REDUCTIONSI LINES OF GOODS x MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES and NOTHING RESERVED BUT GUM BOOTS AND OIL CLOTHING. t tetters find Furnishers. Sts., Opp. Foard & Stokes. WINE HOUSE. plain Street, Astoria, Oregon, ELiJVIORE Every four Days as follows: 13, 17. 31, 2a, 29 Union Pacific steamers for Portland and Agents, Astoria. Agents, Portland. MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. A of Choice and Locations. AOEXT8. AT $2 Kinney'.-.!. M.J Kinney Utoria.. John A. LeTliD-i- I n,mon4" A. Booth !i Son ... Cutting fig Co.... iin Frauclseo H Elmore, 8nborn . ,lori. & Co ; .! ir"m Pi,I,u lGewKe ft Barker' XttorU-w- I lAlci:irna.-... - , - .J.Q.nantborn&'.'o'j. 0. Canthoro Astoria George.. J. G. Mcg'.er... niookfleld Wn licnnpn'a. ' Finhermn'i 1'kgC'o., , . Aiforia Kis.hfrmeir'a m A Grist of Gossip from World's Fair City. the VIEWS OF A CORRESPONDENT Vivid Pen Picture of tlie Heart rending Distress among the Unemployed. Spoiial Correspondence. Chicago, Jan. 7. Although Chicago has elected a democratic mayor to sue. eeed Carter Harrison, whose life was so cruelly snuffed out by the bullet of a half-crazed and brain-clouded assassin, lb requires an awful stretch of the Im agination to call the recent election a democratic victory. As a matter of fact, it is as plain a rebuke to His Obesity Cleveland as was that admin istered by the people of Ohio, Iowa, and other states at the November state elec tions. In November, 1892, Chicago went democratic by nearly 2500. Hopkins was elected by all kinds of fraud and Jesuit ical machinations, and goes into the city hall with barely a thousand votes to save his political hide. For the past two weeks Chicago-! streets and her mammoUi retail depart ment stores have presented a World't Fair appearance; In fact, I believe it hat been more difficult to get along the, main thoropghfare than it was during the height of the exposition attendance Business men say, however, that while the holiday shopping crowds have been larger this year than, ever before, their purchases, on the other hand, have beei much smaller. The majority of the al most countless thousands who surround ed the big bazaars were bargain seek ers. That is, they were looking about to make one dollar do this year what they were content to get with ten last year. There's a contrast for you be tween democratic and republican rule I W. P. Rend, the big coal miner ant chairman of a relief committee appoint' ed by Mayor Harrison Just before his death, to provide work, food and shel ter for Chicago's army of Idle and des titute, made a statement the other da that there are now over 100,000 unem ployed resident worklngmen In this big city. By this tatement he means t exclude thousands of bums, tramps, and transients that have drifted Into-Chicago since the autumn months, and who are still here to be fed, housed and car ed f or tai -some sort of shape. Referring to this army of resident unemployed, Mr. Rend said: "These men are In thi main, men with sober, honest faces, and are heads of families. They comt to me and with tears In their eyes, tel me of their distress and of the horrible truth that In their homes, into which the withering, blighting curse of. en forced Idleness has come, there are In nocent children crying for bread." (An other contrast between Astoria and Chi cago.) "These men," continues Mr Rend, are men who have helped to build up this magnificent city, and if Chicago does not stand by them p this their hour of terrible need, It will be a crime against God and Heaven." I am glad to say that Mr. Rend's ap peal had the effect of arousing the citi zens of Chicago to the true condition of the industrial classes, and that with characteristic Chicago pluck and ener gy the relief work was at once taken up with a vim and thoroughness that has gone far towards alleviating suffer ing and distress, and. which on Christ mas day carrfed Joy apd gladness and a generous supply of the necessaries of Ufa Ipto thousands of homes, And thin bring me back to the throngs of Christmas shoppers which crowded along Chicago's streets during the holiday season Just closed. In not a few oi tne purses were dollars which could Illy be spared for toys and holiday knlcknacks, because of the melancholy fact that the butcher, grocer, coal man, and, landlord, all had 'prior' claims p. them. Buf. you know what parental love Is; and I don't blame parents foi seeing to It that childish faces were not lacking In smiles, nor young hearts filled with sadness because Santa Cam passed them by In the ytar of our Bavlor, W- A li fut Nincompoop in the prpaiden- tiaj chair may enforce a policy that brings ruin and Idleness to thousands ol American home, but thanks to an ail v.lse Providence, he nnot chill tlu hearts of tha charitable, ,ior cloye their purses t- the erics of dinti-os? -that well up from the suffering mass. Clevdiwl mjy delude l.lnwif with tht Idea that New Jersey Is a bigger state than Texas; In the Interests of a crowd of Infamous sharks on Wall street he rf-y fores the tltne-hon.-r.-d silver dulis.i out of existence; he may father on in- famous tariff bill that, before its pas sage, has ara!-:etk-d the wheels In thousands of factories; lut he .-an not stop those sets of klndns hy which those who have of this world's goods and to spare, share them with their less for'.unate brethren who are none the less deserving because they are the victims of democratic wickedness and folly. Meanwhile the eyes of the .tolling masses are becoming clearer. They be Sin to sec now the true character of the big biass bull In tho White Hou30 They have lost faith In him as a po litical Moses, and seeing , him In his real existence, as a blggotid eppressor or the peopl and a truckling, willing tool to tho Wall street gamblers, will if I mistake Mot, speak In no uncertain way when next they get a chance to hnve their say throuyn that most pow erful of all mediums, the ballot. S. L. MOKE. OOV. PENNOYER'S APPEAL. His Assertions Called Into Question by an Oregonlan. The following communication appear ed In. the Washington Post of a recent date: As one of a large number of young men who hnve settled In Oregon during the last six years, have property Inter ests there, and believe sincerely that it has resources which will ultimately establish it as a great and important commonwealth of the United States, 1 wish to protest emphatically against the Impression that Qjvenor Pennoycr strives to spread broadcast over the country In his public letter addressed to PreslJont Cleveland. j i i granted mat naru times are prevalet t all over the country, but O egon Is no greater a sufferer than any other ctaie, no mare than California or New York, Michigan or Georgia, de spite ttie governor's exaggerated state ments or poverty, it is us ridiculous to suy that" "two-thirds of Its people are out of employment," as It would be to asrort that two-thirds of Its population are millionaires; as foolish to declare that "one-third are without sufficient means of support" aa to claim that one- third h "si-vash" Indians llvingr In the same condition as when Captain Gray sailed 'nto the Columbia river 101 years ago. Only yesterday I met New York business man who had Just returned from the Pacific coast and 'fpent over two weeks In Portland. Said ne wunout reservation: "I saw no country in my travels that looked in better condition than Oregon, while Portland was the busiest city I have visited. Apparently there were less peo ple out of employment there than in any place of like population." If Gov. Pennoyer In his discreet com munications on the art of personal ad vertising y H.ld a-.fire himself to pol itics and to showing the American pe-i- plo what he thinks are true economics, wo voting men would make no objection. Cut when"" he ml:is-3tates facts and thus traduces the good name of a state In which we have the utmost confidence. placing it in meh a light that neither capital nor immigration will come within its borders, we must ob ject. Though I have but a llUle Invest ed, while some have thousands, I know I ttpeitk for a majority of Oregonlann when I -say that Oregon's condition l. no worao than that of any other state, and that we consider her future oppor tunities unsurpassed uy tnose or any ot'ier commonwealth I it not a trifle inconsistent, too, foi this same governor to s ber.ii hm wn state, when It Is true that he is one ot its richest men, owns the largest lum ber manufacturing plant in Portland and some of the best real estate ir. the heart of the city, with Its 100,000 popu latloi.? In fact recent leans an-1 faim on land and of real estate In Portland no far from showing that there haf. been a depreciation cf values In chat city, clearly indicate that there I' at been an appreciation; an of this fai I th- governor cannot fall to be fully aware. li) connection with this I would add that whereas we elected 1'ennoyor as e democrat he la no ong:c such, and hat openly declared himself to bu u populist. JOHN BARRETT. December 2C, 1893. WILL BE RECONSJPERI3D. Washington, Jan, 12, Advocates of the Income tax and Internal revenue feat ei eg of the tariff bill met an uucx pected reverse today at a meeting ol tha democratic members of the wayi and means committee. By a vote oi six to fle it vriw decided to reconsldi the former action endorsing thtse fea tures, and by the same vote to refel the whol matter to the house demo cratic caucus. THE TARIFF BILL FIRST. Washington, Jan. 12. The banking and currency committee today decided to lay a.ld?, till the tariff bill is dis posed of, the bill for the repeal i.f tV tax on stale bank circulation. A STROKE OF POLICY. Washington, Jan. 12. Tie executive t-ommlttM of the republican national committee today did what Is cerMd-freO a fine stroke of policy hy paMlng a resolution first, for the admission of Utah to the Union, and second, the ad mission of all tho territories. Taxes Must Be Deposited Once a Week. COMPENSATION OF THE SHERIFF School Districts Must Fix the Tax Rate Necessary to Meet their Expenses. iiie toiiowing opinion, which will provu of general interest, has been eub mitted to the county court. It will be foi nd self -explanatory: Astoria, Or., Jan. 6, 1894. To the Honorable County Court: Gentlemen: Complying with your re quest, I have examined the questions submitted to me by your honorable body and will answer them as best I can, In the order propounded. 1st. "Is it sufficient for the county clerk to give to clerks of school dis tricts and cities, total values, as shown on the roll, of property in their re spective districts or cities, without copy ing them in full?" That which you wish to know and be informed concerning, I understand to be this: By the act of February 21stv 1893. it is provided that all taxes for county, state, school district, and municipal purposes, Bhall be extended on the coun ty assessment roll of the county and collected by the sheriff. The Bald act makes It the duty of the county clerk "upon application of the e'erk or board of school directors of any school dis trict, and of the auditor, clerk or com mon council, board of Urectors or trus tees of any incorporated town or city, t3 furnish a certificate, under the seal of the county court, showing the aggre gate valuation of the assessable prop erty in the school district or Incor porated town or city from which such application shall have been made," and the question is, must the clerk In ren dering such a certificate, copy the as sessment roll so,' far as It applies to the property In the city, town or school d Is. trict making tho application", br Is it sufficient if he simply state the total valuation of all property in such city, town, or district, as shown by &uch roll'i My answer Is that he Is not required to copy the roll, or to give a list of the property within such city, town or dis trict assessed. He is required simply to inform them what the total valua tion of all assessable property within their respective limits is. The object of the certificate Is to give the authorities of the district, city or town such infor mation as will enable them to deter mine what tax rate must be Imposed to meet their expenses during the ensuing year, and that Is supplied when they are Informed of the total valuation. 2d. "Must tho sheriff pay over nil moneys to the county treasurer, and the treasurer disburse the same to tht proper districts, towns and cities?" This question I answer In the affirma tive. It Is expressly provided by section six of the act above referred to, "that It shall be the duty of the tax collector to pay to the county treasurer in his county, as often as once each week, all taxes collected, and ho shall inform the treasurer whenever ho pays over to him any money so collected, whal amounts thereof are to be credited to tho several funds," and he is required to take triplicate receipts, "one of which receipts for each fund he shall retain, file one with the clerk of the county court, and furnish one to the school district, town or city for which each of such amounts are so paid in." Which clearly shows that all moneys, state, co'ir.ty, city, town and district, must be paid, weekly, by the sheriff to the coun ty treasurer. The third and last question propound ed is the following: "Must the county bear the expense of this work, or must each city, town and district pay Its share? And If each must pay its share, must it pay tho official directly, or must the county pay In the first instance and collect from the prop er party?" I am of the opinion that all work done by the clerk and. sheriff for the sole benefit of a city, town or district. J must b paid for by such city, town or district, U IB true mat no sum provision, in terms, Is found in the act, Highest of all In Leavening Power. but by the provisions of the previous statutes those officials are entitled to receive certain fees for work of the character by this act imposed upon them, for the benefit of cities, town and school districts, and I think It fol lows that the services must be paid by the parties for whom they are per formed. The sheriff is required to col. lect tho taxes due all cities, towns, and school districts within the county, and he Is entitled to the same foes therefor that he receives for collecting count v and state taxes, and I au of the opin ion that tho county treasurer should retain from the tax money due any city, town or district the sheriff's com. mission for collecting the same. The clerk is required to furnish a certificate when requested to do so by any city, town or county, showing the aggregate valuation of the taxable property with in the limits of such city, town or dis trict, as shown by the assessment roll. This Involves not only the making of the certificate, but the computation of the valuations. It is true that he is supposed to have previously made the computation and to have compiled the same upon a page of the roll, for by the terms of the statute he is required to do so, but that duty was manifestly Imposed for t-He benefit of such cities, towns and districts. I am of the opin ion, therefore, that it Is incumbent up- on each city, town and district, to pay the proper commissions of the sherlf for collecting Its taxes and tho proper fee of the clerk for comnutinir and comiillng the. valuations of pmprity within its limits and rendering the cer. tlficnu? of nregate valuation. This brings us to a consideration of the further question asked, namely, in cose the cities, towns, and districts must pay tor the above-mentioned services, to whorn nii'st they make payment, to the ciflclals directly, or to tho county?' So for as the sheriff is concerned, the law requires him, to pay all moneys by him collected, commissions and all, to the county treasurer, and thereafter the county court In required to allow and pay him. his commissions, and I think this course must be pursued In relation to all taxes, that of pities, towns and districts, as well as county and state taxes.. , - ...,... ? . Concerning the compensation of tho cleric for the itervlces above referred to. a more difficult question Is presented, for he Is required to perform a part of the service before (and probably some time before) the certificate Is called for, that Is to say, he Is required to com pute and compile the aggregate valua tions of the taxable property within the several cities, towns and districts. But. I am Inclined to think a fair con struction of the law and tho better 1?lew Is, that he must collect therefor from the cities, towns,' and Olf-trlcts,-and that they must pay him therefor when he renders the certificate above mentioned. They are required to call upon him for the certificate, for without It they can not levy a tax, us It is the only official information they can have of tho valuation of the tax able .property within their corporate limits. The foregoing la, I think, a full an swer to the questions submitted. Very Respectfully, C. W. FULTON. SEAR'S STATEMENT. Yes" day' Oregonlan ront.iins an ex tended interview With Assessor Jleo. C. Sears, of Multnomah county, In which that gentleman ventilates his do V3 re garding; the members of the Tate board of equal! 'atlon. The article Is too lengthy to be republished in full, but. an extract, under the nub-heading "vVlngate's Foolish Talk," Is given, as follows: . "To show the prejudice of the ma jority cf the board against Multnomah county, I need only instant tlio re marks of G. W. Wtngute, tlie member from Clntjnp county, mnd to me when he A-as In this city. He admitted that I had assessed a high a percentage on property In this county as his asscKscr or any other assessor, and eontim.e.l: 'Portland has kept Astoria 15 years be hind the timej. This Is tho first t-poer-tunit. I have had to vpiure tht ig?, unrl I propose to take ndvantaga of ;t,' pn'l It looks a? If ho did." Vs,'' Eft J y.r. Edward N. ltaly, vho was present, "VI Innate loli n;e tho very same thlner." Mr, Wlr.frate, vhen iskd yesterday by an Astorlan reporter what groun Is, If any, there vcre for Mi. Sears' btale ment, replied, "None vhatever. I nt'.er mad any such statement. As for Mr. Dea'y, I have hot spok -n to him for u period of almost twelve months.'' Latest U. S. Gov't Report. V 1! t; li-l V 'sJ V.