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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

Special Correspondence Of the Dserei Ndci.
MiYSEAroLis, April 9, iS95.-Million'
aires in Minnesota are thicker than mos
quitoes in New Jersey, and you can't
throw a stone on the streets OF 81. Faul
or Minneapolis without hitting a CrGsus'
The wonderful development OF the
country is rolling the dollars into THIS
hopper of the great northwest and there
are lumber millionaires, milling Kings
and real estate magnates and railroad
gold bugs galore. This is the greatest
lumber center of the Union and J.
Newton Mind, the editor Of the Linn.
6e,man here, tells me that Minneapolis
will sell more lumber than any city in
the country in 1895. Some OF the richest
timber dealers OF the world live here
and Wcyerhauser. the lumber king,
makes this his home. No man in the
world represents so much lumber as
Weyerhauser. He owns timber all over
the country and he buys by the millions.
lustth other day he paid over ss,ooo,ooo
for Soo,ooo,ooo feet Of standing pine in
northern Minnesota and the syndicate
OF which he is the head will, am told,
within four years control all the white
pine OF Wisconsin and Minnesota. 1t
has a capital OF $50, 600 1t has
great saw mills which turn out humid
reds of millions of feet oil lumber
annually, and whose product is worth
close to $40, 900 year. II buys new
lumber regions right along, and II Is
looking out for new fields in the south
and northwest.
FROM nERR TO BULLION.
This syndicate includes a small num-
Der Of rich men, but Frederick Weyer-
hauser is the richest and the brainiest Of
them. lie Is German and he began
life In a brewery. He came to this
country without cent and he worked
for one dollar day. After leaving the
brewery he piled slabs in a sawmill for a
time at sr95 n day and gradually
worked his way up In lumber until he is
worth millions. He is as plain today at
fifty as he was when he worked in his
first sawmill and he labors Just as hard.
He Is wrapped up In his business and
goes at times from lumber camp to lum-
Der camp, taking pot luck with his men
and having a thorough knowledge OF
every detail OF his business. He Is a
man Of great ability, full Of common
sense and his four sons, who are all in
the lumber business, take after him.
The boys have been well educated and
his youngest son is now in Yale College.
lie gives great deal in charity and his
eldest daughter, who lately married a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

here, but he at once jumped into Il big
practice aud he wa, soon engaged in
nearly every speculation OF The town.
Along back w The seventies the horse
car street railway line vi Minneapolis
was In bad way and Tom Lowry 1ut-
toWCd SIS $50 vi the Security nnE and
bought 70 lie improved b., ,Signdcd
the lines and SO managed 1t tlat De Uas
soon able To get hold ui tla ST. Paul
street car line, as well, and he now
practically owns the street car lines OF
the tWo citi.s. liz has made bus
system the best, it IS said. IN the United
States. and bis credit Is such that at the
time Of tie lllIings' fi'urc BE- was able
10 false IS 500 90 IN New YORK 30 low
rate OF interest Ills street car lines
were changed from horse cats to
electricity In twelve months and he has
ego miles vi track. The overland trolley
is used and he tells me that the conduit
- stem he tired for one OF the St. Paul
lines was failure His franchise IT the
two cities IS an exclusive enc, and II
runs. am ,old, for 4 long term OF years
These car lines have immense shops
here and power houses covering acres.
They can make. everything connected
with an electric car line. aud II will not
be surprising II they eventually add a
great MANUFACTURER, car industry to their
business. Mr.. Lowry Is eminently fitted
Tor doing this. He has the best uf bust.
ness brains and his credit Is such that hc
can get any reasonable number OF mill.
ions at four per cent
Tom Lowry is a man OF strong friend
ships lie is as well known IN New
/ York and Washington rs lie Is here. He
was one Of the few men who had access
/ To Blaine ut all times, aud he largely
/ aided Senator Washbun in tiding over
/ the financial troubles In which he was
Z involved at the time OF his election to
/ the Senate He is good story teller
and il is said that he knows Shakespeare
l by heart and can repeat PARADISE
/ Lost from beginning to end. He has
beautiful wife aud q very bright
| family. am told that he had a fiery
red head a. boy, though his hair IS
now a beautiful brown and his whiskers
arc almost black. Two Of his girls have
red hair The youngest Of these was
only five years old when her little baby
/ brother was born She saw the bald.
| headed baby and that night they say she
| closed her prayer rs follows:
please, God, bless baby brother, but
| don't let him have rcd hair. We have
enough red heads in this family
| already
SENATOR wAsilnvRN's HOME.
Senator Washburn and Me-. Lowry are
/ interested In the 500 road together and
they are rapidly pushing this ON TO con-
meet with the Canadian Pacific. When
/ this is done Il will form the last great
. trunk line across the continent. ann
told by Senator Washburn that the 500
/ road has now more than II can do 10
haul lis local freight aud It's lumber ship
menis are enormous. There arc millions
Of telegraph poles lying along It await.
ing shipment and Il promises to pay
/ well.
Speaking of Washburn his residence
/ here is worth fortune; II is an i'm.
mense white stone surrounded by ten
acres Of ground. every foo, Of which Is
valuable. lie has gotten out oi his
! financial troubles and is again rich.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

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other of Nh. Uau'
THE piNlNG ROOM.
The dinipc rom, L. ,b,r, Gd, 600,
lon,, bv thiriv icrt wid,. IL e. 6nisbsJ
In South American m,hogsnv and lin.
mrnitufe Il Of Tho am. y,oed. The
walls from vour feet 40 nbnyr your bend
are panrlcd in the richest of uiahoganv
which has a polish equal To- tbot of tbe
Gpcsi piano. The ceiling is made nm ~
prnels framed m rrcat n,abopnpy faiters
and The naneis are of r6ugh sturro
covered MtIT void leaf. Window seats
run around the end of the dininl, room
,gttipr upon vhirb you can l,nt nut ovrr
,hc Nh,,issippi. There is n rte1t side.
hoard Of mahogany twelve frct lone
filed with thc finest ol chin, and cni
rla,s In Two corner. of tbr room are
riass covered cupboards filled with
Beautiful plass war, and ON line aide
board 5pd other places about tbr room
arc picccs of The finest OF ali kinds ol
china not a few being OF Sevrcs and
ROYAL Dresden The butler was with
me while / stood in The room and he
told me the cost of FURNISHING il ,y,g
over sftooo. The dining table IA of
carved mahogany. and il Is of Immense
Size. In nc,, ali The furniture in dis
mouse IS lhllY rom one'thiid TO twice as
M,s Hili told me tbat when s6e came
into the house She was surnrised M the
immense size of ibe rooms and sbe wns
In despnir as 10 how shc could make
The morning call., 1893-12-20
SUPERFLUOUS LEGISLATION.

An Oakland Councilman has In effect
admitted that legislation which the South
ern Pacific Company will oppos is super
f1uous legislation. This Coun Gilman op-
posed the ordinance requiring the railroad
company 10 remove the gates from local
trains mainly on the ground that the CON-
pany would fight the ordinance If it should
pass. There were six Couu cilmen who
took a different view of the matter, and
the ordinance is now oD the statute-Dooks
1t is admitted that the Southern Pacific
Company has no right TO collect fares
within the limits of Alameda County
The gates prevent local passengers from
entering the cars without tickets. and con-
sequently enable the company 10 DO by
indlrectinn what the law says they shall
not do. The company relies upon its abil-
ity to protract suits inde fnitely to estab-
lish the idea that legislation it does not
like is superfluous. The company has its
lawyers engaged by the year, and fixes its
rates Of fare at point which provides a
litigation fund on the same principle it
provides for interest on bonds. Litiga-
ton is one of its fixed charges. Cases
which 1t is certain to lose in the end can
be postponed from time to time on one
pretense and another, and as Individuals
die and corporations do not, the law of
nature wins for the corporation when
statute law could not
The morning call., 1893-12-20
DID THE PRESIDENT FORGET ?

1t seems little odd that in commenting
upon the Presidents Hawaiian message
little or no consideration has been given to
the Presidents failure to set forth the rea.
sons which led a considerable portion of
American and other foreign merchants re-
siding in Honolulu to depose the Queen.
Mr.. Cleveland distinctly says there is no
reason why the conditions under which
the white population acted should be dis
cussed. Our Democratic contemporary
takes a more intelligent view of the case.
1t says:
II it is essential to a clear understanding OF
the situation 10 Iansack the vaults of ancient
history, TO dig up old letters of Minister Stevens
Tor the purpose of showing that he had always
been an annexationist. IL Is equally essential to
tracr the course which brought four-ffths OF
the property, intelligence and energy OF the
islands over TO his side.
In the five columns Of the message
there is no intimation that there was or
N light be cause for the revolution apart
from Minister Stevens agency. On the
contrary, the intimation is that but for
Minister Stevens there would have been
no revolution. While it will be admitted
that it was not the business of the Amer
lean Minister to provide the islands with a
good government, the establishment of the
fact that the Islands had very bad gov
ernment would have weight in determining
the important question whether the idea of
revolution originated with Mr.. Stevens or
with the foreign white merchants who
eventually established the Provisional
Government.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
The stockweIPs New Management

Manager Purdy of Stockwel's Theater ba,
taken hold OF The managerial reins In earnest
and announces that the sale OF seats for the
Fanny Rice engagement viii begin this morn
ing at The box-office, which Will be open daily
hereafter from 10 AM. to s PM. As Miss Rice's
engagement at this theater last season was
phenomenally successful and hundreds were
turned away on the opening night, Nlr. Purdy
advises those who wish choice seats TO apply
early. In Difference to numerous requests. the
programme presented tn opening night
Will be the same in which the dainty aud
versatile Fanny made such hit last season.
The New jolly Surprises" There will be so
many interpolated features, musical and other
wise. In The comedy that the PEI elformance VIII
be almost entirely new. Miss Rice will intro
duce several novelties secured by her during
her trip abroad last summer. and in her famous
cabinet specially will introduce a number of
new comical caricatures and characteriZatiOns.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
NOW is THE TIME.

The Petaluma Courier attributes the
slow progress of California to the fact that
we are One-railroad State. Washington
mas four railroads, and is getting trade
that by natural laws belongs to California
There is a good deal in what our Petaluma
contemporary SAYS. A competing road
would be good thing for California. But
second road built with purpose of max
ing as much money as possible in the
transportation business might prove of
little benefit. 1t would without much
doubt form combination with the South
ern Pacific, and the two would continue to
charge all the traffic will bear, aud in some
cases little more.
What California needs is a competing
local system. with transcontinental road
as an auxiliary. The North American
Navigation Company can bring goods to
this port at lower cost than an aDl-rail
line. By making the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers the base of local system.
the cost of water or railroad connections
with all parts of the State would hardly
exceed S10,000,000 This sum would not
be contribution for the benefit of the
State. but an investment from which in.
time fair dividends would be derived. The
principal object in this way of raising the
portion OF this sum that is necessary TO be
in sight at the start is the fear that the
Southern Pacific would reduce rates to a
point which would make the transporta-
tion business Improbable. There is a gen.
eral impression that the Southern Pacific
could hold out longer in war of competi-
tioD than any competing company that can
be formed. 1t would seem possible, how
ever, to organize company on the under
standing that for a time dividends might
be low. The subscribers to stock under
such condition would be men who are in
terested pecuniarily in the development
of the State. Local manufactures would
become possible under reasonable rate
of transportation from the point of produc-
tion to the point Of consumption. In other
cities where business men have seen their
connections drop off through superior IN
ducements offered from competing points
the remedy has been vigorously applied.
But in this city up to the present date both
rich and poor prefer to keep their money
in a savings bank.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM.
The New York Sun says:


The workngmen employed In manufactures
in different parts OF the Union are holding
mass-meeiings to demand that their interests
shall be protected. and TO denouDce The tariff
OF Professor Wilson as not affording the pro-
lection to which they are entitled in such a
measure.
This is very well for the workingmen
employed in manufactures. But what is
to be done for workingmen employed in
producing raw material? The manufac-
turers have a percentage Of protection.
but this is denied wool-growers, iron and
coal miners and other branches of the raw
material industry. The Sun Justly saws
that every interest not sufficiently pro-
tected by the Wilson tariff is right in de-
manding that the bill be amended so as to
guard its interests. and justice requires
that the change be made" All branches
Of industry have not yet been heard from.
but the protests are already numerous. A
tariff that protects must protect. If an in.
dustry is left uncovered it should be
shown that it does not need protection.
When the wool-gr0wer sees 80 per cent
duty on the manufacture Of wool and no
The morning call., 1893-12-20

and man has distanced all competitors for
foot space. Mankind would prefer 10 put
straltJacket on the anarchists or to send
them to prison. The earth is prison.
and Jail could hardly increase their
misery.
The laying up of the two largest steam
ers afioat, the Campania and Lucania. is
an indication of the frightful cost of first
class vessels and the debt they may run
Into when passengers are scarce. First
class saloon passengers 90 not hnd the sea
very agreeable in winter on the most
luxurious vessels provided with all the
luXurles Of hotels. A crew oil over 400 has
to be paid and fed. and 2OOO tons of coal
are burned every voyage. Cargo hardly
counts on such ocean tivers, and even the
mails are not very profitable. All goes
merrly for the owners when there are
over 1000 passengers. half OF them paying
very large fares, but that can only be eX-
perted in summer. In the palmy days OF
Steerage traffic steamers or moderate speed
earned brilliant dividends.
Reports from the mining region north Of
MoJave appear to show that there is still
great deal of gold to scrape out of hill
sides and gulches If searchers are patient.
The success in this region is all the more
gratifying when employment in the regu-
lar grooves is scarce, and willing men may
thus pick up a living without the boss
standing over their shoulders. There are
hardships and chances of bad fortune as
we'll as luck, but in one respect this pre-
carlous search for nuggets aud golden
flakes is endurable. The climate OF win
ter down there is genial. and there is no
danger Of nyb0dy being frozen to death,
as in the gulches OF Colorado and Montana.
The murder of a man named Peters In
Butte County shows horrible callousness
as 10 the value If human life. The quarrel
originated about calf being maDgled and
dog shot, and then the cOmbatants took
to shooting at one another and feud was
started. Brown thought little of sending
bullets into Peters house. regardless of
the persons they hit, but supposed TO be
chartably aimed at Peters. Finally Brown
encountered his opponent in the Open and
slew him, and to show his triumph he
wheeled the body to the cottage door and
threw it down with the remark, There's
your mani Peters killed the dog, Brown
killed the dogs slayer. and he Will doubt
less plead justifable homicide. And all
about calf worth perhaps So skin and all.
The morning call., 1893-12-20

The meeting of the mercantile COM
munity yesterday in support of the North
American Navigation Company was de-
cidedly influential. and the facts sub
mitted should leave no doubt as to the re-.
suit. The company's contract with the
Panama Railroad Company expires in
May. Funds mus: be subscribed il it is to
be renewed. and there is no time to falter
over details. The consequence of this
movement in transportation is not easily
exaggerated. An expenditure Of less than
a quarter of q million ir backing up the
company has saved in freight SIS, 900, 600 to
the trade of California. Merchants who
put down generous subscriptions have had
far more than the amount returned in the
saving of rates. Not only have merchants
gained but also the public. as a consequence
of reduced expenses. The interior of the
State has shared in the benefits, and
some tangible Endorsement of the move-
ment should come from the interior. 1t
cannot be thought for moment that all
these advantages will be allowed to slip
away. But it is as the community de-
cides.
The Chinese quarter would cease to
be what it is il its narrow alleys
were swept away, its cutters rinsed, its
foul cObbestones polished, its grimy walls
washed and its stairways scrubbed. To
Danish the odor of punk. grease and Gank
and musty closeness from so many thou
sands of human vermin herding together
is beyond the powers of civilization unless
the quarter is plowed into the ground.
The MOnzolians no doubt object 90 being
robbed of thei character of Melican edicts,
but if the request of the Board of Health
came from the Consul and the omDipotent
Chinese Six Companies there might be a
show OF using brush and bucket and
whltewaSh. For the sake Of the great
gains they make, owners OF property In
Chinatown allow matters to go from bad
to worse. They are not put to the expense
Of repairs. and the Chinese seem TO delight
in squaior.
Louise Michel is an anarchist whom one
would fain discover reasons to respect.
She is educated. has some economic theo-
ries in sundry directions. has very broad
sympathies and has struggled more for
others than for herself. But what can be
the conclusion when she declares sOlemnly
that valiant WAS perfectly right when he
threw bomb into the midst of the French
Deputies with the particular aim Of blow
ing off the legs or eviscerating the French
Premier and with the general result that
many good people had their flesh torn with
flying nails and that much blood was
spilled? She is clearly demented in her
views of the regeneration of society. Re-.
generation in her vocabulary means apni.
hilation. All the ills that flesh is heir Ia
here below will assuredly be assuaged by
the extinction of the masses and classes al
blow and then there will be ruom fo,
grass TO thrive. But il is trifle too mucl
10 ask average selfish mankind to consent
to such programme. Each species i,1 the
scale OF nature strives to be upperhnost
The morning call., 1893-12-20

constituency he Immediately represents.
When Congressman Mcguire says: 81 be-
lieve the Presidents course was fully
justified by the conditions existing in
Hawaii" he actually expresses his per-
sonal opinion, but in Washington may be
considered as rejecting the opinions of his
constituents. No one will contend that
Mr. Maguip, has not the right TO express
his opinion on any and all subjects. but
many will regret that be is in position to
seemingly reflect the opininn of San Fran
cisco on the Hawaiian question.
The morning call., 1893-12-20

duty on raw wool he will naturally ask
why the worker in one branch is protected
and the other left to fight the battle with
foreign competitors alone. Now. to es-
cape condemnation for this discrimination
the tariff-makers must show that the
American wool-growers can put wool on
the market at as little cost as his foreign
competitor. But there has been no pre-
tense of making this showing. The tariff
reformers act as ii their duties were per-
formed when they provide for the wool
manufacturer
The morning call., 1893-12-20
The Overland FLYER.

The Union Tactic is the only line running new
Pullman double drawing-room sleepers and din
ing cars san Francisco TO Chicago. without
change, IL three and one-bslt days. All tickets
good via Salt Lake City and Denver
Select tourist excursions through TO Chicago
without change every Thursday, In charge Of
managers.
In Europe.
For sleeping-car accomm odations and tickets
call on ID. W. Hitchcock general agent, Mont
gomery street, san Francisco; 4. r. Ellsworth.
agent Sls Broadway. Oakland CAL; or q. +. Herr,
229 south Spring street. Los Angeles, Cal.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
OUR CONGRESSMEN.

The individual opinions of Congressman
carry weight somewhat in proportion to
the personal reputation the Congressman
under consideration has acquired and
somewhat in proportion to the rank Of the
The morning call., 1893-12-20
PUBLICATION OFFICE

BOB Montgomery street. near Clay, open until IL
,'cIock P NJ BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street near Kearny open until u o'clock midnight:
$50 Hayes street open until $3.50 o'clock o5LarlIin
street open until G3Oo'cock; SW. corner Sixteenth
and Miss on streets, ouen until o'clock; 25lS
Mission street open until O'Clock; and 116 Ninth
street omen until 80 O'Clock.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
ScaIded on the OLYMPIA.

George Cavers. who resides at 1925 Mont
gomery street, was one Of the fremen on the
Olympia who went with that vessel with the ex-
pectation OF sharing the honOrs OF a success
full trial. Bus MIR. Cavers was unfortunate
enough 10 meet with an accident, which his at
tending physician st ties is liable TO cause In
fammation of the stomach. While working
The steampipes suddenly opened and threw a
great volume of steam directly against the un-
fortunate fireman's breast and arms. scaldlng
him severely.
The morning call., 1893-12-20
steamship tickets on sale to and from all point.
Phillins, Rock Island Excursions

Leave San francisco every ednesday and Satur.
day via RIO GRANDE AND ROCK ISLAND RYs
Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur.
sions through TO Boston. For tickets, sleeping-car
acc ommodatioDs and further information address
CLINTON JONES. General Agent Rock Island Ry..
SO Montgomery street, San Francisco
The morning call., 1893-12-20

prvISITORS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
End TIE CALL sale at the newsstands in the fol-
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House. Clifton House, Commercial House,
GauIt House Grand Psc fc Hotel Sherman House,
Leland House, Northern Hotel, Richeeu Hotel,
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel
AT WASHINGTON. n. C.-The Willard Airing
tan Elnhitt and Shnreham Entn.s.