Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-11-11
NEW YORK LETTER.
Royalty on Sale Free Lectures =
TrinitY'S New Purchase.
Correspondence of the Capital Journal }

New YORK Nov. 8, 1889.
The gaze of the metropolitan pub
lie this week has bee q fastened main
ly on couple of events that were
taking place across the Atlantic. 1t
was not that any great consequences
were to be attached to the marriage
of two American heiresses to a cou-
pie of broken down European
princesses; but the actual celebration
of one and the failure of the other
has served to entertain us in an ad-
mirable manner. In the Hatzfeldt.
Huntington alliance it is hard to see
any redeeming feature from either
an American or a moral standpoint.
Hatzfeltd seems to be simply a
"rakep with the title of prince, and
Mr.. Huntington has bought this title
for S3.000,000 and his daughter.
/ venture to say that it's about the
poorest bargain the great railway
king ever made. In regard to the
other case, Miss Caldwell has sud-
denly jumped in the eyes of the pub
lie, from the sublime to the redicu-
lous. From giving a fortune of $780,
0JO to found II great university TO
this amusing attempt to storm the
stronghold Of meek royalty and gain
ldnitlance thereto by tie back
stairs. is quite step. Prince Murai,
who by the way, is old enough to
b. Miss Caldwei's father, refused to
close the bargain because he thought
an allowance of $1,000 year was
too bcggarly. Miss Caldwell would
no, raise her bid, and so the Prince
is in the market still. The young
men of America can now rejoice.
There is "nO loss on our sidc.n
OUR FREE LECTURES.
The second series of free lectures
for workingmen and workingwo-
men began last week in the various
grammar schools designated for
that purpose. These lectures are
provided by law and paid for out
of public funds. More than 200 of
them were delivered last winter as
an experiment, and the plan was
highly successful. This year it ls
proposed to increase the number to
4S0. The subjects will embrace
science, politics. art, music and
many other topics, all of which have
been made "a special study by the
lecturers. AS the lectures are all
delivered in the evening, and in
convenient places, they will un-
doubtedly be of great benefit to the
class for which they are intended.
In my opinion these lectures are a
step in the right direction, and the
example should be followed by
every city in the country.
WEALTHY CHURCH PEOPLE.
The trustees of st. Luke's Church,
in Hudson street have decided to
sell the old property and build a
new church further up town. The
purchaser is the Trinity Corporation
and the price is 100000. This will
add another piece of property to
the immense amount of real estate
which Trinity holds in this city. In
fact, the corporation of Trinity
Church is, with the possible eXcep-
ton of the Astors, the largest holder
of real estate in New York. Not
only has it numberless houses,
stores, churches, and ETC.. but it
also owns the sites on which are
erected thousands of other buildings
in all parts of the city. These are
occupied for term of years by the
builders after which the entire prop
erty, buildings and all, "reverts" to
the entire Corporation. Hence the
enormous amount of property which
has accumulated during its century
or two of existence, and which is re-
liably estimated at $3.50, 900, 900. The
5000, 900 which it will pay for old
st. Luke vii hardly be misssd. Ed
win Arlington.
Democratic heelers at baltimore