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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-26
enADLAW ATTACKED.
Constitutionality Cues
toned i'm q Contest
.,rAMsoAr OWNERS At ours.
~x. 4. the San juan QaarEsi-Men-
-. saed by His Lawyers-Pert
Townsend Gas Works.

rsls.m Cochrane 10 of the opinion that
4. sew road Law il unconstitutional. lie
- IL the superior court yesterday pro-
. - .~slnss the establishment of the Alien
stnIlh road, near Houghton and run
80 dong the east shore Of Lake wash
;.,for,. for the reason that ten frsehoiders
- nos fled petition for such road
- tie petition which was filed was de-
x-<,vA and did not state the terminal
s~Infs OF the alleged road with any GER
sslrtv. that the road Is impsacticable and
dso general use nor public bcnefif. but
Z, he speciai use Of few residents oil
r},kfand alone. and that those persons
81 70 cut off the water front from the
~ shore and utilize the same for private
s.rposes. Cochrans also protests that no
a. or nroper notice Of the hearing OF the
nd pe.ltion has ever been given.
His objections TO the constitutionaiity
ashe law are that It permits private prop
asr 70 be appropriated without any OPP
~rtunity for protest; that IL permits the
sxine Of private property to be adjudged
s. three viewers without allowing the
ewners of the property to appear before the
dswsrs 20 object; that It takes land with
~ due appropriation by Law and with no
uosision for compensation nor for jury
bal: that jury is permitted only after
esnsest, no manner or kind Of jury being
nsned. and that IL is wholly void and I'M
constitutional in that IL violates the con-
rItutionaI provision of the state OF wash
ington that private property shall not be
taken for public use save BY due process Oh
Nv and with Just compensation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-26
Pors Townsend Lose. Money on Gas

The report Of J. r. Mason. the receiver
a. the Port Townsend Gas and Fuel Com
pany, of his doIngs from the time OF his
appointment on June 10 up to August !,
vas fled in the United States district
court yesterday. IL shows that the plant
10 runnisg ut loss. the earnings during
the period covered by the report having
ben $500. 10. and the operating expenses
MOI Is, net loss of s9s97 After hearing
,he report Judge Hanford granted the ac-
cempanying petition of the receiver to be
slowed 10 expend $500 in the repairs Of
the plant and to issue certificates bearing
interest at 10 per cent and payable In
three months from date in payment for
sneh repairs. The receiver was also au-
thor.xed TO dispose of machinery not
needed in the operation of the plant.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-26
sqT00 POOR TO BUY
IUU A HOME


- - -. : -
come Of any sor: who esa nos have hs
anyone can 10 II "no can save
9is mon'h. NC "ao'e p'ot'os'''o"
hinges ON 50 Cents 9 uAs 1ua WIZ
pay for a hign, lever, signify ios IN
Drexei Avenue Heisa's-as gooo .
STRICTLY hrst-cIass. the view maguifi-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-26

There b hardly psrscn In Seattle In
rsceips Of regular wages. salary or In
come Of any scr. who csa NOS have MS
own home and good onA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-26

Prices Toe and &C. peers sp<s 81 !. carisaa
xsses a.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17

things which would ignite like kindling
wood. People are employed much of
the time on the top floor. The stairs
are so constructed that, should a fire
start below, they would form tlue for
the flames. and the employees above
would have no possible means of
escape. Another division is occu-
pied by a candy factory. Its in
terror is constructed the same as the
first described. A candy factory, as
most people know, is clasSed by insur-
ance companies among the high risks.
a furniture concern, carpet house,
crockery establishment and one or two
other concerns occupy the rest of the
divisions. To make matters still worse,
the front of the building is lined with a
network of telegraph, electric light and
other wires, so that the fremen could
not elevate a ladder to the upper stories
within twenty minutes. The rear of
the block cannot be reached with a lad
der truck. On the same street is a sew
eral-stOry hotel. One-half of the house
is provided with fair fire escape. The
other Il alf has none, and is cut OFF from
the other half so that the guests in the
upper stories could not reach the es-
cape. In front of this is also a great
network OfwireS to stand in the way OF
the flremen. The interiors of the hotel
and the block first mentioned are COM
posed entirely of wood. and, should
either structure catch fire, it would
burn almost like ShaYings.
There are many other large structures
in the city which are just as great death
traps as these. Then there are many
buildings which have so-called fire es-
eapes which would be almost worthless
i'll case OF fire.
Last summer several new blocks were
put up. four, five and six stories high,
and without any fire escape attach
ments. So far as can be discovered. the
building inspector passes plans without
making a remark about the lack of pro-
visions for escapes. In tins respect
he is 10 worse, however, than
his predecessor, judging from the
great number of large blocks which
went up under his administration
without protection. If the building in
Spector does anything with the plans
which are submitted to MIN, it can be no
more than to see that they provide for
structures which are not in danger of
falling down. Where one building falls
down several thousand burn down.
Very few men care to put up build
ing SO poorly that it car fall down.
Many people maintain that building
inspector is a useless official, and from
the appearance of many buildings in
this city there is much to support the
view. 1t will, undoubtedly, require
calamity to bring about a change in
these matters, and calamity will surely
come In time
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
ALL WIRES UNDER GROUND.


There is good reason to believe that
within five years every wire in the city
will be under ground. We will then be
rid of a great and dangerous nuisance.
The great network of overhead wires
is responsible for the majority of fires
and the amount of loss IN most cases.
The crossing of the wires causes the
fires, and the network stands in the way
of the firemen, delaying work and Civ
ing the flames time to spread.
The wires Of two electric light COM
panles are partly under ground, and all
will be soon. The wires of the teIe-
phone company are mostly down, and in
year or two more all of its wires will
be. The ordinance of the Western
Union Telegraph company has passed
the assembly, and will without doubt
pass the board of aldermen. So that it
is about certain that all the wires of this
great company will be out Of sight in
side of few years.
The st. Paul Gas company will, it is
thought. move soon for an ordinance
granting it subway privileges for IFS
electric wires. 1t is safe to believe that
five years hence there will be no over
head wires in the business and promi-
nent residence districts, unless it be
those of the street railway company. II
is hoped that before that time comes the
trolley system will be relegated TO the
past by improvements in the electric
service.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
BUSINESS. NOT sENTIMENT,

PHILIP HICHBORN, who IS naval
constructor, has an article in the cur
rent North American in which he makes
it very plain that it costs so much more
to build and run American ships than it
does those made abroad that American
ship owners cannot meet the COMPETE
ton of their opponents, and that the
only remedy is for the government to
make up the difference in subsidies.
This is certainly frank statement of
the case. and leaves the only question
for consideration to be whether the peo-
pie of this country, for it is they who
will have to foot the bills, want to pay
| some one to engage in a business that
| is Improbable enough more to make it
pay. 1t is very simple question when
reduced to these proportions.
As if aware that his proposition
would not meet with much favor when
thus markedly stated, Mr. HICHBORN also
appeals to sentiment for support. the
! pride of the people in seeing their flag
floating over the cargoes which the IN
profitable ships carry. Upto the pres
cut time this sentiment" has been very
heavily drawn on by all those people
who wish either to have the busine SIS
in which they are engaged made profit
able CT its profits enhanced by general
and enforced contributions. 1t is evil
| dent that the supply of sentim for
that purpose is exhausted. The elections
! of 80 and '92 are pretty conclusive of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
a "BOE-TAIH FLUSH"

bob" DUNN has made his report Of
the investigation into the Mile Laos
pine land affair. He submits with if the
portion of the testimony which he
wishes to bolster up his assault. He
omitS some, and Omits to mention that
he refused to receive more. His report
is signed by himself and FLEMING,
sometimes dubbed Judge" The three
other members make report dissenting
from the conclusions, and differing
somewhat in the evidence. The house
adopts the majority report and rejects
"BOB'S."
1t is reported, but on an authority for
which the GLOBE does not vouch, that
Bon" is ambitious to receive the Re-
publican nomination for state auditor
next year. He has flour IF kind' in
hand in the little game, all clubs. If he
could draw one more of the same kind
in this investigation, he would hold a
winning hand. The authorship is in
the jack pot, and ''BoB" would rake it
in. If this is the case, and again the
GLOBE only bases its comment on a
rumor more or less reliable, then it is
clear that BOB" has met the luck usual
in such a draw. His investigation gives
him only a spade. He has, for all his
pains, only measly bob-tail flush.
The testimony on which BOB" relied
was sort of a bob-tail flush affair; it
didn't fill expectations. There was
Goss. the lumberman who wanted to
bgy the pine, and was willing to give 81
a >hOuSand for it, after 1t was sold.
GosS was very indignant that the other
fellow should have got so good a bar
gain, AMI wanted share OF it. 1t was
very wrong for SMITH to get the better
of the state unless GOSS had a slice OF
it. 1t is evident from his letter to the
land clerk-and which, by the way,
BOB" fOrgets to mention i'll his report
that his zeal for the state arose solely
from being denied share. In this
letter he says, in his own original, lum-
bering way, that Il want the mater
fixed up, or we see that SMITH don't
Hail this timber this winter twelve
thousand is too much to take from the
school fund and give to one man the n.
W. quarter will due me-" Dunn stated
in debate that there isn't lumberman
who won't steal pine. This unique let
ter shows the foundation for "BOB'S"
opinion.
Then there was his other precious
witness, PRATT, the cruiser, who swOre
that the pine was worth 81 a thousand.
1t is hard matter to decide whether
this fellow is a knave or fool,o a cross
| between both. He was ore of the men
sent to appraiSe the pine on this land
| for the state. He was sworn to APP
praise the pine at its full value. He
made a sworn report that its full value
was something less that 81 thousand.
When confronted with this former APP
pralSal he very coolly said that the APP
praisal was only starting price"
And it is on the testimony of such
men as this Goss, who said 1.-The n.
W. quarter will due me-" and this
PRATT, who swore to falsehood either
as appraiser or as one or BOB" DUNN's
witnesses, that the latter would smirch
the reputation of Auditor BIERMANN.
The house did we'll in sitting down SO
| decidedly on bob" Dunn and his bob
tail flush of an investigation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
HITS OF WITS.
Oh. for thousand tongues to yell,
And yet not seem insane,
When we're i'll an awful hurry
And can't stop a cable train.
Chicago Inter-OceGn.

Mrs. Polkadot-What pretty new cur
tains you havei Where did you get
them?
Mrs. Pleater Easy enough. They
are couple of my husbands Ascot ties.
Vogue.
4 Mrs. Fadd-Did you know that Mrs.
4 Askin has started out as a dress re
+ former?
Mrs. Fodd-She'll never make her
gowns fashionable.
Mrs. Fadd-Oh, yes; she will! She's
going to charge twice as much for them
as the old kind cOSt.-Puck.
She lat the dog show)-fve looked all
through the catalogue and don't see any
mention of the ocean Greyhound"
Do see if you can find them.-The Club.
Ms. Cawker-Oh, she's the most ex-
elusive person in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Skidmore-YOu don't say?
Mrs. Cawker-Oh, yes. You gee. she
was Biddle and she married Biddle,
SO now her visiting cards read, Mrs.
Biddle-Biddle." Judge.
Deacon-Yes, you can go on for time
in your present course, but remember
the wages OF sin is death.
Young Frivol.-Oh, Pm not so mercen-
airy as TO think only of pay. Pm quite
willing to let the wages go OH. Boston
Transcript.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17

that. They indicate conviction in the
minds of the major part of the people
that Cuisines is business" and that
any mixture of sentiment with business
is bad in principle and results.
The PLAIN common sense of the mat
ter appears to be about this: The car
riage of produce Is a business open to
all to engage i'm. Men 90 into it as into
any other vocation, because it promises
gain. The business consists in carrying
away the things we produce, and bring
ing back the things taken in exchange.
1t matter of indifference who fetches
and carries TO the man who produces or
who buys. The concern OF each is to
get his wares carried at the lowest pos
Sible cost, because that means more
profit TO him. This is a universal and
very human impulse. law OF our nat
ures. No matter how much shipper
would like to see the flag of our country
floating over the cOnSignments he sends
abroad, he will not, because he dare not
az matter of mere business prudence,
of commercial safety, pay more to graf =
ify that sentiment. He will take the
cheapest bottoms.
In broader view this is also good
common sense and sound national pol
icy. Seventy-seVen and seventeen one
hundredths per cent OF the exports OF
domestic merchandise for the calendar
year 1892 were agricultural. Their value
was determined by the prices at the TO =
Gus of the worlds exchanges of these
products. Considerations of business,
not sentiment. decided those prices. 1t
is question of supply and demand UNI
der open, unrestricted competition.
Whatever tends to increase the cost Of
getting those products abroad dlmin-
isheS the returns 10 the producer. The
farmer pays the cost of getting his
buShel of wheat TO the consumer in En-
gland, and 10 one else pays it. The less
it costs to get it there, the more he gets
for it at home. He is entitled. then, in
common honesty and fairness, to de-
mand that, as he must sell under the
frecSt competition. he have the same
conditions under which to get his prod
uctS to market.
But back of all this, underlying it all,
is the greater question: Is it right for
the government, which is only major
ity of all of Us, to compel All of Us to
contribute TO make an Improbable bust
ness profitable? Is that one of the pul
poses for which governments are estab-
liShed? That has been the theory on
Which this nation has acted for some
years; il is the theory which has been
rejected in two national elections. 1t
seems as if it is now res aijudicata.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
THE ANrIsoALPERs' BILL.

The bill which proposes to obliterate
the occupation of the railroad ticket
broker has passed both houses of the
legislature, and only awaits the sigma
ture of the governor 10 become law.
The opponents Of the measure, includ-
ing many business men and most COM
mercial travellers, are now up in arms
and will make an effort to induce the
governor to withhold his signature.
They thought they had made a success
fui fight against the act in its bill stage.
and are now fighting desperately the last
step. Ii is little unfortunate for them
that they made their showing too late and
were beaten out by the railroads at the
end. Some of the opinions given in an
other place are of interest, as showing
the current of public sentiment on the
matter. The conductors made hard
fight for the bill, and the travelling men.
interested on the other side, will now
carry the fight to the governor. Their
claim is that it is railroad measure,
pure and simple, and not a matter for
legislation. The possible unconstltu
tionality of the bill is another interest
ing phase, which will doubtless be thor
oughiy investigated by the governor be-
fore signing the bill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
BOOKS RECEIVED.

"Outlines of Forestry, or the Ele-
mentary Principles Underlying the
Science of Forestry" Being a series Of
primers of forestry by Edwin J. Hous-
ton, A. NJ. j. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia; cloth, 81. ID. Merrill,
ST. Paul.
personal "Reminiscences, 1S4O-1S9o."
by l.. E. Chittenden, register of the
treasury under President Lincoln, and
author of "Reeollections of President
Lincoln and His Administration :"
Richmond, Croscup 81 Co., publishers.
New York; cloth, 50.
prince Como H.. or An Heiress
Abroad" by Samuel l.. Phillips. The
American News Company, New York;
paper, so cents.
The First Millennial Faith - The
Church Faith in Its First One Thousand
Years." by the author of ''NOt On Cal
vary" Saalfeld d Fitch, IL Bible
House, New York; cloth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
PERIODICALS RECEIVED.

Romance: A Monthly Magazine of
Complete Stories. Romance Publishing
company, Clinton Hall. AStor Place,
New York; $3.50 per year.
Easter Number of Home Maker. j.
Martin Miller, publisher, 90 Fourth
avenue. New York; 81 pei year.
BelfOrd's Magazine illustrated. Office
OF Publication, Mon0n Block, Chicago:
81 per year.
Music: a Monthly Magazine. Chica-
go, 240 Wabash avenue; s. per year.
Short Stories. Current Literature
Publishing company, 90 Lafayette, New
York.
Harper's Weekly. Harper's Bazaar.
Harper Bros, New York; 81 each.
Youths Companion. Perry Mason,
publisher, ROs ION; $3.50. per year.
The Critic. Critic company, pub
fishers, New York; So per year.
The Graphic. The Graphic company,
Chicago; 81 per year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
Travelling Men Organize.

Special to the Globe.
MANKATo, Mimi, April 16.-A travel
ing mems association known as the
Travelling Mems Association of Man
kato'' was formed in this city this after
noon at the Saulpauph hotel. The or
ganiZation was made permanent. ana
was attended by go travelling men.
Friday, June ,, was agreed upon as the
date for grand parade. festivities, etc,
in which all travelling men are invited
to participate. Elaborate preparations
will be made for this occasion. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Mayor Weaver; vice president. Eugene
Campbell; secretary and treasurer, Z.
b. FOgg. The following were made
honorary members: c. H. Saulpaugh,
}. c. Wise, II. J. Parry, j. Wagner and
George A. Drake.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
IN THE MAGAZINES.

st. Nicholas New York; continues the
work of city description and iIlustra-
ton. Edmund Clarence Stedman has
such paper in the April number on
New York, following Col. Higginson's
on Boston and that of Talc0tt Williams
on Philadelphia.
A description of the Harvard ADORE
tuln appeared in the April Century in
"A Tree Museum" by Miss NJ. G. Rob-
bins. Other Arbor day papers are by
the editor on the advance made in forest
preservation. The Worlds Fair and
Landscape Gardening" and PARKS in
aud Near Large Cities"
The Home Maker for April is an
Easter number, and beautifully illus
trated. Helen Leah Reed pays loving
tribute TO Phillips Brooks, which is
illustrated with pictures of his Boston
home. of Trinity church, well known as
Brooks church. and life-lke portrait
of the good and beloved bishop. Jenny
June tells of the life of Goethe at Wei
ar,and calls attention to the wonderful
many SidedneSS of the man. In the de
partment of decorative art will be
found many helpful suggestions of how
to beautify ugly rooms and windows,
and cottage gardening hints are timely
and to the point.
Reginald de Koven's first independent
set of waltzes, The Magnolia Bios
SONS" WatZeS, written expressly for
the Ladies' Home Journal, appear in
the April issue of that popular maya
zine, forming a valuable addition to the
realm of piano. as we'll as that of dance
music, and adding another charm to the
exquisite Easter number, which goes
ont to its hundreds of thousands of
readers in a new dress of type, and a
daintily illustrated cover OF delicate
| green. Notable articles are The Sis
| ter of Charity" by Cardinal Gibbons,
| after an absence of ten years. by f. Ma
| rion Crawford. Mr.. Howelrs charming
study of girl life, The Coast of Bohe-
mia,' gains in interest as 1T proceeds,
| and is followed by Miss Dickens pa
thetic story of her fathers last public
appearance, and his death and burial.
David A. Wells is engaged upon his
we'll planned work OH taxation, one
third of which is now written. The
chapters will probably appear serialy
in the Popular Science Monthly before
being issued in book form. Serial pub
LEGATION, however, will not begin until
the whole work is out of its authors
hands.
The April number of Outing is as
bright, CHEEKY and seasOnable as 9
spring day. Eighty pages of pleasant
fiction, tales of sport with gun and rod,
and of travel and adventure, embel
llshed with many beautiful illustrations
form delightful number.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
MARY WILL WRITE.
Mrs. Navarro Drops Into EOok
Building.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 16. Mrs.
Mary Anderson Navarro has written to
her friend Mrs. r. NJ. Kelly, of this city,
asking for "reminiscences Of her first
appearance on the stage in this city.
She is anxious to get all the notices
from the Louisville papers and copies
of the old theater programmes Of her
early performances. Mrs. Navarro
stated in her letter that she was spend
ing her leisure i'll writing a book of her
stage "reminiscences. She has had many
offers from English and American pub
fishers for such a book, but she is un-
willing to bind herself to any regular
literary work. She is in no hurry. but
is taking her time. Mrs. Navarro IS
spending the winter in the south Of
France and expects to 90 to Switzerland
for the summer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
COMING HOME NOW.
Northwestern Senators Will soon
BE With Us Again.
Special to the Globe

SPECIAL to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Now that
the senate has adjourned, the Minneso-
ia members are preparing to return to
the Northwest. Senator Washburn ex-
poets TO leave Tuesday for Minneapolis,
but Senator Davis will not get away
until about the first of next month. lie
has several important cases 10 argue IN
the supreme court in the next ten days,
but would not go to st. Paul any earlier
if this were not The ease on ac-
count Of the weather. During
the past two months Senator
Davis has suffered severely with neu-
ralgia, and on this account has made
up his mind in the future to 90 through
but one spring season annually instead
of two. Senator Roach. of North Da-
kota, has a number of matters to dis
pose of and will probably not get away
for two or three weeks. Anthony Kelly
and wife and the Misses KeIly.Of Mime
apOlis, and Hon. N. Doran and Dan -.
Lawler. of st. Paul, made up North
Western party leaving for the west this
morning.