The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-28

ing to make the life of the poor iii New
York and elsewhere anything but intolera-
BILE wretehedness. The first is decent lodg-
mgs. and provisions at a low rate. It IS
true that rents and expenses in general are
three times as high here rs they are in
London; fact which weighs heavily on
the rich, and is all but extinction to the
poor. High rents torce the price of every
thing up to correspond, in order to pay
them. Nor need any of your readers think
this is matter which does not concern
them; for the tendency Of prices. of work
and produce, in other towns. tends to that
of the great centeTs. Servants measure
their wages, and merchants their gains. by
the prices in New York. There ISN'T
village where tllis is read. that people do
not charge rs near the regular rates Of the
cities, as they dare There is not a town
in the states, that is not Interested, for its
own sake in the condition of things here;
because It must feel their Influence sooner
or later. The only comfort of hard times,
i. that they must bring living down for
rich and poor. The extottion of rents
ia ltVttScS =
il fact that the swarming. slls.iid tene-
meIts on filthy streets bring In more rent
than uptown dwellings. Not an attic closet.
Will. halt the glass out of the panes. grirny
and decayel. bsl brings its four fic3lars a
month to the OWNER. Aud there viii be
forty rooms IN a building, tie deeenfest
ones calling for ten dollars to fifteen dollars
a month; this, IN the poorest class of tene-
ments.
MR. BOWEN
The fact that it has been made to appear
that Mr.. Bowen's paper. The Independent
was used. TO some extent, to further the
Pacific railroad scheme. is animadverted
upon severely. 1t is astonishing how wise
people are, after the fact. AT the time The
Independent WIS urging the building of the
road that paper, like every other one il,
| the United States, believed not only in Jay
Cooke, but in the road. Jay Cooke was
supposed TO be strong enough to carry the
enterprise TO a successful end. and The In
dependent is no more TO be blamed for assist
| ing him. than are the tiepositoss who had
| their money in his bauk for losing it.
of the papers that are abusing Mr.. Bowcn
and see if couide t find some of those ter
rible bonds therein. The most of them
had some of that pork. and believe they
all came honestly by it. The fact is. Mr..
Bowen dill what every newspaper man
did. he worked for what he believed to be
COOL thing. and was pail for it only what
| he should Il-ve been. 1t Is queer ifa states
man. like a dozen could mention. should
have his expenses paid tor advocating
| scheme. anda newspaper Should iint. The
fact that IL failed makes difference. ]
have known quite \ number OF very exepll-
ent schemes that have failed. Jay Cooke
has gone. but the road will yet be built.
aud MIR. Bowen will live To read his articles
in its advocacy. with much satisfaction AMI
right. Here let me say that those who are
abusing Mr.. Cooke are not doing the incest
thing in nature. When he was prosper
oiIs. and CARRYING OH great enterprises, he
was the most popular man in America. It
Is only since he SIlceumbetI to circumstances
that would In ve crushed any one. that he
Is counted difFereatly. How many men
would have dene better than he did
THE CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
Is crime, like cholera. epidemic? 1t
wonld seem SO. One murder BREEDS an
other. The pistol. knife and bllHigeon have
been very busy from the flay btfore New
Years till row. and the police reports show
no abatement even vet One frenzia1 man
shoots his wife. cuts the throatS of his four
children. and then kills himself. which last
murder was the only one that the world
lieed be thankful for. The nnrnuer of grog
shop lloInicides New Years eve and the
night following was friglltfnl. And what
Is singular, it keeps up steadily. But the
most
TERRIBLE MURDER
Oh record was that at abe Westminster
Hotel. Saturday night. Romaine Dillon.
= 10. -
shot a gentleman mined Dilliber In the
corridor of the hotel. after moments
alteration. the victim dying in n few hours.
The singular thing ahouf 1t Is. that the
parties had no q,iarrel-tntleed they scsarre-
lv knew each other. Dillon was offended
with Diiliher for walking in the corridor
understand. they We're both hnarters-and
had shown his displeasnre all day. Meet
ing DilIiher that evening. he ordered him
to get otit of the corridor. which Dilliher
refused TO do. w.ilereupon Dillan drew his
DerriiIger and shot him. Now the facts
come ont. 1t appears that Dillon has been
insane for years-thaf when he was hoard
Ing at the Brevoort House he was In the
habit of quarreling with the bnarflerS ON
the msssf ahsurl prtfexts, which created
such fear of him that The mailagers were
| compelled TO get rid of him. He shaved
rnurCierouS l,ropensiiies then. but never Il
wort was said about It. and he went TO the
Westminster. Since he has killed II man
| fne Dr0prloJOFS s>Est1G tI11S lullatlc mas
| been for year in the habit of orziering
people away from the horse that if any.
one walked in the corridor I'm front of HIS
rom he wnnld pereInrdnrily order him
away. and If he declined To obey. he would
| shoot AT him as cooliy az tilnngh he were
| dog. Bui.nevpr i wstrsl Of all this was said
To anv Que by The proprietor. The Dillon
fsln1iiv ara prolonmfllY grieyed that poor
DIiliher was KILLED.. haste they were alssaye-
afraid tlrlf something Of the sort would
happen. They always knew that poor
Ronlaiise was crazy and they kept away
| frann him. Int stheydnever said ANYTHING
1 sl1ont IT for the subject was painful to them.
| OF course. Dillon will he mt In an asylum.
but had + the making Of the laws. should
provide for the punishment of several other
i parties The propriefnrs Of the Brevonrt
and Westminster hotels would 90 mp for
not putting This ni,lIslernus lunasic where
| he could harm no oFe. Then would send
i np the entire Dillon family for not letting
the world know that their hr0ther was
crazy. and always had been. and that it was
dangerous 20 have him running loose.
THE TROUBLES OF MILLIONAIRE.
You have all heard Of Vinegar Biffers. .
The proprietor. or osie Of them, Is u man