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Es7ERDAYs CoNFLIcT

Conflicts Of authority are always
doplorable. They bring the adj
mInistratlon Of the law into dis
reputo, and they smack too strongly
Of disorder and violence. The con-
nict that was wagcd yesterday was
one Of those unfortunate culmina-
tions In which there is o good deal
tn be said upon both sides. Still,
the authority Of the city council was
In no wisc jeopardixed by the inter-
ference vf the superior court, and
tho rights Of the contesting COM
panies could have been In NO wise
colored or preiudiced by an obscrv-
ance OF those orders. Whatever
authority the council may have In
the premises, and whatever rights
the coinpany acting under It's au-
thority may possess, could bc amply
protected In the courts aa
II the city authorities had recog-
nized the superior jurisdiction Of the
superior court, recognition that
would IN no wise have impaired
their functions under the laws, we
sbould have avoided the moro or
less disgraceful scenes of yesterday,
and matters would. In the mean
time, stand precisely whore they
stand at the present moment.
A. to the rights or the wrongs of
the rival street cur companies, the
REVIEW does not feel called upon to
speak. II is purely civil contest
for determination by the courts, and
both companies are amply able to
protect their own interests. Clearly
this Is not a case for an expression
OF opinion by the newspapers. 1t is
. struggle between two rival com
panies, both actuated by motives of
gain, and not u contest between one
company, or one set Of men, and the
teoplc.
, 1890-06-26
LELSURE KS KASTE.


In the last number Of the Century
Magazine the newspapers of the
country arc taken to task for their
slipshod methods. This Is a good
deal like n commander of n regi-
mcnt appearing once month on
dress parade criticising the general
Of a victorious army for allowing his
lines 10 become ragged and irregular
during "A charge on the enemy's
works. The daily newspaper is
creation of hnste, and necessarily
must carry many defects. These
shortcomings are known to the men
engaged In the work of printing the
news, and II Is not necessary for the
general public or magazine critics to
point them out. They are as glar-
ing rs the MONDAY sun In the eyes
Of the publishers and editors. Hut
how are they to be overcome? After
the paper is printed 1t is everlast-
inely too late, and even II 1t were
not, there Is no time about daily
paper office to worry over the water
that Is passed, because the duties of
the new day are pressing in an un-
relenting manner
How changed the scene about the
magazine Office! The simple thought
of having u whole month TO prepare
"a publication is sufficient to turn
the mind of the hurried and har-
asscd toilcr of the daily press. Why,
that is his idealizatlon Of heaven. A
whole month, thirty days, in which
to conceive and execute artistic tri-
umphs and eliminate blunders and
errors. The man who would make
q blundcr with u whole month of
preparation ought to he read out of
the profession. We do not mean to
intimate that force of newspaper
men could take n month and issue n
magazine superior to those sold In
this country, because we do not be-
lIeve anything of the sort. But we
do know that they could make u
better stagger at IL than could the
magazine men II they should at
tempt to get out six or seven news
papers in u week.
AS matter of fact the American
magazine and the American news
paper are both triumphs of skill and
enterprise. Both are the wonder of
the world. But 1t is certainly in
consIdelate for II magazine writer TO
take the newspapers to task because
their work shows evidence OF haste.
, 1890-06-26
THE HEA7IfEN or AFRICA.

While the people of the United
States have been wrangling over
the question of eternal damnation
Of the heather who lived and died
without enjoying the novelty of
helping to cat missionary, the
Germans and the British have gone
into the heart Of Africa, and by
talking trade, md rum, and to-
bacco to the benigh,cned luhab.
itants, and giving their an ncestors a
free pass to glory, have won the
hearts of the capnibals, and now
they urc dividing up the whole
country in n way that Ia nervy but
characteristic, and yet we venture
the assertion that the American
people have put more money In the
missionary boS than have the Ger
mans or the English, and perhaps
more than both together
In the meantime the American
board troubles 80 sweeping along,
, 1890-06-26
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n BELLAMY CL UB.

At Corning, Iowa, Bellamy
Club, so-called. has been organized.
1t Is said to embrace the beat people
OF the place. Why IL should be
called Bellamy Club is mystery,
unless its members are admirers of
the theory advanced by that writer,
since 1t is nothing more nor less
than dining club, conducted upon
precisely the same lines that govern
the Spokane aud Carleton clubs In
this city. Such cooperative insti-
tntions are found IN every city In
the civilized world, and are no more
a novelty than are newspapers. or
schools, or any other long established
institutlon.
With this exception, the prinNi-
pie Il applied at Corning TO families
The members are said to fare better
and cheaper, and overworl<ed house
wives are given AN opportunity TO
rest and look after the moral and in
teilectual welfare Of themselves and
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, 1890-06-26
SPOKANE lgxHIBIZ

Colorado bears the reputation Of
being the greatest mining state in
tho Union. Years OF experience
have proved to her citizens the
enormous value of that reputation,
becai'se 1t Is tho means Of attracting
millions Of dollars OF hew capital to
her mining camps. Already she
has taken steps to retain that repu.
tation by making the most elaborate
and attractive mineral display that
is to be exhibited ut the worlds
fair. Here In spokane Falls we
Know that we arc the center OF a
mineral region that Is infinitely
superior to Colorado. But this rich
region Is In Its infancy, whereas
Colorado has had the advantages
that come with years of develop
ment.
State displays at the worlds fair
arc not the best means Of coping
with Colorado's showing. The
mineral region tributary to Denver
is almost entirely confined to a
single state, but the territory tribu-
tary To Spokane Falls lies within
tho states OF Oregon and Washing
ton, the territory OF Idaho and the
ominion province Of British Co.
lumbia. lf
In this emergency there Ia but one
solution. Spokane Falls should inn
modiately apply for space at the
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, 1890-06-26

UNEXPECTED FRIENDS

When Wall street and the other
advocates Of IA single standard learn
that the Bankers Association Of the
state OF Washington has unanimous
ly declared that the business inter
csis of the entire country are suffer
ing depression by reason of n too re-
stricted currency, and that expan-
sion can he best and most safely ac'
complisled by increased coinage OF
silver, they will throw their hands
aloft In affected horror, and declare
that the bankers Of Washington
have gone mad. Az matter OF fact
the New York banker, whose hori-
zon is limited to the transactions of
Wall street and the European
bourses, is utterly unable to grasp
the possibilities and requirements OF
the West. He Is infatuated with a
belief that In the West everything
is on the verge of panic and col
lapse. He utterly fails to grasp the
different conditions, and to him the
methods of Western bankers and
ilnancicrs are beyond comprehen-
sion. In this connection 1t is proper
to remind the country that the de-
positors of Washington have meyer
lost a dollar. When New York can
point to record like that, 1t will do
for her to question the soundncss OF
the Judgment of Western bankers.
Never In the history Of the world
has there been u period when all the
gold aud silver In the world was
sufficient to carry ON the commerce
OF the nations. Never has there
been time I'm the worlds history
when II was not necessary to resort
to credit in order to keep the cur
rents of finance and commerce from
stagnation.
In the face of these historical facts,
silver was covertly demonetized in
1873. In other words, We cast over.
board one of our coin anchors, an
anchor that had been tried with ab-
solute safety for thousands of years,
and crowded on more credit sail,
and thereby played second fiddle to
Great Britain's financial policy OF
cheap money for India and dear
money for England.
EVIL has followed in the train OF
this dangerous experiment, as in
evitably as darkness follows the
light OF day, and the people are de.
mandlng the abandonment OF the
dangerous trial, aud u speedy return
to the methods that stood the test
Of centuries Of application. Upon
the inadequate basis OF the gold oi
the world, n supcrs.ructure Of credit
has been reared that has long
reached the danger point. Now
when an effort is made to bolster up
that suporstruc,urc, and TO replace
the original foundation that was
torn away 10y the net Of demonetila.
ton, the single standard theorists
raise the cry of Initiation. Could
any position possibly be more un.
just or more absurd?
, 1890-06-26

''Ir seems TO Inc, - said Attorney Gen
eral Jones yesterday, "that the oultiya-
tion ofso much new soil in this section,
and possibly the laying OF long lines of
steel and the generation OF 80 much
electricity, are productive OF climatic
changes. In the future the signal sery-
ice records will probably show an in
creased precipitation Of moisture" Mr..
Jones views are capable Of proof The
same changes have been observed and
reported In the section once known Us
the Great American desert" and they
will be experienced here, and probably
in more marked degree. Mr.
q. i. Tolton, of Rosalia, reports u
phase OF the climate here that he
never observed elsewhere. Thursday
afternoon. an hour before sunset, quite a
heavy dewiall had been precipitatcd,
and the grass and flowers in MIR. lotions
yard were wet. This bears out the
theory advanced in these columns some
time ago, and copied into Public Opinion
and Eastern newspapers that with the
increase in the area OF cultivated ground,
we shall experience marked increase
in the precipitation of moisture, because
the soft earth will drink up the rainfall,
and not permit i,t to rush to the sea so
rapidly as before the cultivation of the
soil.
, 1890-06-26

AT the pioneers reunion held in Port
land this week, an aged couple were In
attendance who came to Oregon flfty-onc
years ugo, crossing the plains in 1850.
Since then time has wrought some
startling changes. This fair domain has
been wrcsted from the control of the
British, and out of tho territory origi-
nally known as Oregon, two states and
one territory have been carved. In his
address before tho pioneers, Mr.. ii. w.
Scott, editor OF the Orcgonian, discloses
the fact that the name Oregon first ap-
peared in print in book published in
London more than n century ago. This
book, he thinks, must have been read by
Bryant, who adopted the word because
II applied 20 the solitudes he wished To
describe in his poem Of Thanatopsis
and because its sonornus charac
ter was admirably adapted to the
majestic How OF his poem. Much
has been written concerning the origin
OF this word, but out OF all the specula-
tlon and fancy Mr.. Scott has broueh,
these interesting facts. Jonathan Car.
yer, the author Of the book spoken of by
Mr. Scott, claimed 10 have heard the
name applied by Indians of the intorior
to u maJestlo river that was supposed to
head somewhere near the source of the
Mississippi and How westward to the
Pacific ocean. But the name was never
, 1890-06-26

IRRioATlow, which so many people in
Washing ton are now discussing, is not
new or an untried theory. A depression
has been discovered in the Egyptian
desert which Is all that remains OF n
reservoir constructed by tho Patriarch
Joseph for irrigating purposes when he
was Pharoah's prime minister. IL is
proposed 10 reopen 1t, and 1t has been
estimated that this would add 8, ,2oo. 900
acres 10 the q, 700. 900 now under culilva-
ton In Egypt. The reservoir originally
covered go square miles and was 250
feet deep
, 1890-06-26
HAD A CRAZY IDEA.
Brain Trouble Causes the Death a, IN.
E1-City TreAsurer Of AuUu.t. A..

AuousTA, Me-, July i7.--Guy Turner.
who last January attempted suicide by
shooting, being insane regarding his ac,.
counts as city treasurer, died this morn
ins at to'olock. His wound had healed.
but he died from BRAN trouble and
staryatlon. He had latterly refused To
eat, and for he past two weeks swallowed
nl a., occnnonai glass Of water only. Mr..
delnulter though u thorough inyoatIga"
ton OF his books by experts showed that
ihcy. were honestly Kept lie was a
much requested Citizen.
, 1890-06-26

THE Farminston Register states that
the carp pond on tho Mastcrson ranch
was drained last Sunday to ascertain IL
any of the carp were alive, but none were
found, all having died last winter Mr.
Mastorson intends retilling tho pond
and stock IL with yellow catfish from
Montana This is good exchange. The
carp Is the hog Of the fnny kingdom.
He grows and fattens easily, but he Is
sluggish and coarse, not only in his hab.
its, but in his flesh as we'll. The catfish
is far more gamey and finer favored.
, 1890-06-26

Moscow Udaho) Mirror The editor
Of the SPOKANE FAILS REVIEW was ar
rested this week charged with contempt
OF court. Tho complainants were two
lawyers who ara defending Baer, the
slayer OF McCrossln. The REVIEW do.
manded fair trial, in the interest oi
Justice, nothing else. From the irequen'
clearing OF nlurdorcrs and other criml-
mails III Washington IL appears TO US
that tho REVIEW might with proprieiy
IN the namo OF the better element o.
society charge tho courts with uphold
ing murderers and all kinds oi crime, 70
frequent have been the ncquittals, py
the courts on triiiing tcchnicalities, o.
criminals. such attempts TO niukIn
the press and defeat justice cast darh
stain on the history OF tho new stau
tnnt VIII DO hard to remove. Inc oom
plant against tho REVIEW was not sus'
tulnol
, 1890-06-26

Conur d'Aleno Minor; T. q. Grifn8a
made big mistake when ho caused 'hs'
arrest of Editor Durham and MANAGE
Goodin, of the SPOKANE REVIEW. Im
court very quickly decided that ~
RhyIEw had violated no law in simply
urging that juries should do their who's
duty IN trying tho case OF q man wno
has taken human life. Mr.. Grifiitts WV
not be so quick to again question tus
freedom OF tho pross.
, 1890-06-26

Brazil has become a republic, and
like all other new conters of liberty she
has modelled her constitution after that
Of the United States. Some day old
Europe will turn her gaze toward this
brilliant star of liberty, and like France,
shake oil the shackles Of royalty and
adopt governments of the people by the
people and for the people.
, 1890-06-26

HBRBERr FoorE BEEcnER is either a
big rascal OF he is one of the most
deeply prosecuted gentlemen that ever
stepped foot in the state of Washington.
1t will be a relief to the general public
whom It hears the end of Beecher and
his prosecuIion
, 1890-06-26

LONDON, June 2i--In going to ~.
hotel from thoN thoater last night f'''
Bernhardt was unable to sleep, andps,
cidcd to take chloral. BY missy
she took one hundred and twenty rralnS
Physicians wero summoned and iouuy
her apparently dying. Alter four hou's
hard work she was pronounced ou' =
danger. *
, 1890-06-26

Ar the next meeting of the bar asso.
citation Lawyers Griifitts and Graves
should read paper on "rhe boomerang,
and how ii works when thrown at the
tree press of Washington" Attorney
Gritiitts could also read an interesting
article on What don't know about
cinching the REVIEW.
, 1890-06-26

Hon. r. X. Nichols, mayor of North
Yakima, who presided over the dellbera-
tions ofthe bankers convention in this
city, returned to his home with the re
spect of all who witnessed his control
and guiding hand In the convention.
Much ofthe success of the convention Is
due to his intolligen, and energetic la
bors.
, 1890-06-26
DEEP CREEK FALLS.
Exhibit for tho ESposition--A Wonder.
iul Fish story,

Exhibit Tor tho Exposition Wonder
iul Fish story.
DEER CREEK FAILS, June "A. Since a
positive date has been given tor tho eN-
position the Citizous of this city and
farmers of this noighbofhood will show
the thousands who will visit Spokane at
that time the products OF a country but
sixteen miles west OF your city, and wo
are confident they will equal anythin:.
In the state. Considerable is heard to
the effect that there Is no farming land
Immediately adjacent to Spokane Falls.
Ample proof In tho shape of grain.
vegetables and fruits will prove to the
contrary, and they are here In album
dance. There are one hundred fruit or
ch0rds In this vicinity and ali doing
well. Grain OF all description thriycs
aud exceeds In tonnage TO the acre
many of the so.Culled "cxceptiOnap
valleys. Garden truck is taken to
Spokane and also shipped To other
cities. In u few days, IL the statistics
can be had from the census takcr, tho
REVIEW Will 10 furnished the figures,
and then It's readers can judge for them
selves.
On Sunday Mcssts. Carpenter, Cahill
Lombard, Cooley and Frank Perkins
went to the mouth of Deep creek. dis
tancc OF six miles, fishing, and brought
home over 2OO trout. A uhapter of
curious incidents happened to one of tho
fishermen, MIR. George Cahill Al one
cast lac caught three, and twice after
ward succeeded In drawing out two at n
time. This, we think, in a record
breaker and what Is more it can bo
amply substantiated. This may indeed
be properly termed iishormun's luck,
KING Il Lombard's now sawmill mr.
rived yesterday and will In the course of
two weeks begin active operations. If
acceptable they intend sending a speoi-
men OF the lumber ot this region to tho
exposition in the shape of mammoth
squared log.
A camp-rneo,ing has been in progress
during the past week under the ausnioos
of the Christian church.
, 1890-06-26
Ir tho Mckinley bill is not calculated

Ir the Mckinley bill is not calculated
to build up American industry and give
employment TO American labor, why
this wall OF anguish that is coming from
the manufacturing centers OF Great
Britain and FranceY Somebody over In
Europe is evidently becoming alarmed
about tho Mckinley bill. When tho
Mills bill was before the country we
heard no complaints from over the
water; but wo had enough of them right
hora In The Cnited STATUS.
, 1890-06-26

AGENT UrsHAw at the Cheyenne
agency Is alarmed over the possibility Of
losing his scalp. Why doesn't the ad-
ministration learn little gumption
about these matters, and send out bald
headed agents. Then all temptation
will be removed from the red man, and
we shall hear an end of the scalping of
our Indian agents There is no use
talking. 1t takes Western men to grasp
the needs Of tho West.
, 1890-06-26

GOVERNOR FERRY has aroused the in.
dignatIon ol all the Tacomans by CRITICS.
ing map because 1t designatea the
glorious mountain near that city as
Mount Tacoma. instead OF "tho name
of an old fossil who never saw IT," fla
man is spelling for fight he may be ac-
oommodaied any day in the week by go.
ing 10 Tacoma and begin talking about
Mount Rainier" The 1ucomans have
much Justice on their side, for the
mountain was known as Ta-ho-mn. civ.
Ink the h the sound Of k, long before the
enthusiastic foreigner who named IL
Rainier ever heard of it, Tho Alaskan
Indians and the Puyallups ana other
tribes frequenting the Puget sound region
In early times, before the advent of the
pale-faccd despoilcr, have handed down
various definitions or translntions of the
formerly hyphenated word. Two are
now accepted as pretty nearly cor
reot--"nourishing breast" because IL
pcrpctually feeds the sea from its snowy
crest, and highest way up near
heaven, where the great Spirit dwoils."
Both of these definitions are pretty the
word shorn OF the hyphens, is cu.
pbonious, and IL is American, while
Rainier is not. Then let Rainier be ex-
plunged from all tho maps and Tacoma
substituted therefor.
, 1890-06-26

pitcher In somebody's lap, and then
there VIII be war and dissolution,
and the appurtenances Of that Bel
iamy club can be bought at half
price.
, 1890-06-26

ASoruER pensioner of the "War OF
Twelve" has just died in Southern Hi
noIs. This one was woman, whose
husband served in that brief but memoir
able campaign. Nancy Warren was
born In I772, and remembered having
seen General Washington, ''the son Of
glory" The ranks of the last survivors
nrc. thinning out very rapidly, but there
are still a few Of the glorious old band
scattered about the country, and they
are alsAys entitled to reyerential consd-
Grafton.
, 1890-06-26
BEYOND CONTROL.
Disastrous Timber Fires In Bould
County, Col orado.

DENVER, June 2i.-Timber fires Ia shs
mountains, near Ward, Boulder county,
are doing immense damage 20 'ns
timber and the ranch mon. The hre y
beyond control, and several minlns
properties nro threatened with dostrue'
ton.
, 1890-06-26

MouRNisG by proxy is an English fad
that has not .,ci reached this country.
but since II has received the stamp OF
royalty its advent In aristocratic circles
on this side of the water may be cx-
pected at any time, Lady Ely the
fayorite .in-wHiting to Queen Vie.
loria, recently died. At the funeral her
majesty was represented by Princess
Christina, and the press of England and
Canada ,earlully states that III. X. II.
manifested deep grief, indicating tho
queens great love and sorrow."
THIS is q comparatively incxpen-
siye luxury, and 1t is certainly
great denl less trying upon delicate
system than going to the grave yard
and doing ones own weeping. All
Americans who adore English fnds are
therefore advised to try the experiment
Of mourning by proxy, 1t may seem u
little awkward at first, and 1t may
be sneorod at by vulgar plebelans who
arc too coarse.grained to appreciate the
dollcatey refined senslbillties that per-
ineate the souls OF those who dwell In
asthetio and aristooratic circles modelled
after the English, you know. But time
will establish 1t IL this element ol arlstoo-
racy will only persoyere.