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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24
President Dunlop Opposed.

President Dunlop of the Capital Traction
Company also spoke strongly against the
,cowherd amendment. He said there had
been no request received by his company
for reduction In fare. In the twelve years
that he had been president Of the concern
not a single complaint had been received by
the company protesting that the fare was
too high. He submitted to the committee q
number OF letters from the leading street
railway companies in the United States, one
OF the them from st. Louis, Mr.. Cowherd,s
own city, and practically every one OF them
said that to them q three-cent fare would
mean bankruptcy. President Dunlop said
that last year the Capital Traction lines
carried 30, 666 800 passengers at an average
fare OF 431 cents. The average fare IL the
amendment went into effect, basing all call
culations on the above figures, would be
$40 cents.
The company is now paying per cent.
he said, and II the amendment went into
effect It could not pay more than per
cent During the time he had been presi-
dent OF the company, he said. he had tried
to consider the wants OF the public and the
interests OF the stockholders. It was an
acknowledged fact. he said, that tho Capt.
tai Traction Company was the most eco
.nomicaiiy managed street railroad concern
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24
Cost Per Passenger.

1.-THE moment the 3-cent-fare law goes
into effect" General Harries said, 1.-THE
Washington Railway and Electric Company
will go into the hands of receiver" He
then quoted from figures showing that sew
eral of the roads in the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company were now car
rying passengers at loss. The cost per
passenger on the Anacostia and Potomac
road was 4.52 cents: on the Brightwood
road, 6.96 cents; the Tenleytown road, $50
cents and on some of the other roads just
q fraction over cents. The company had
never paid dividends on its common stock.
he said, and was just scraping along. able
to keep up with its interest payments and
other fixed charges and to pay the neces-
sary per cent cumulative dividend on the
preferred stock.
General Harries was asked many ques-
lions by members of the committee, de-
signed to bring out all the information pos
sible concerning the capitalization of the
road, the number Of bonds outstanding. the
cost per mile of the road and its actual
value as compared with its stock value.
General Harries spoke at some length
against the three-cent fare amendment. re-
iterating his statement that a law, making
compulsory the sale of eight tickets for
a quarter would put them Immediately into
the hands of a receiver.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-10-25
THE BRIDES OF VENICE.
An Ancient Custom That Once Had q
Rude Interruption.

Rude Interruption.
In the year 902, according to old Gus
tom, all the brides for the year at
Venice assembled on ST. Mary's eve at
the cathedral, taking with them their
dOwries in small chests. There they
awaited their bridegrooms, who fol-
lowed them, and after mass they were
married and received the bishops
blessing.
In this year the sea rovers of Triest
burst in upon the expectant maidens,
who were all dressed in white, with
hair loosely flowing and interviewer
with threads of gold, carried them off
to their barks and hoisted sail.
The doge Of Venice summoned his
men to arms, pursued the rovers, over
took them in creek still known as
the Port of the Damsels and brought
the brides back in triumph.
In memory of this event solemn
procession of twelve young women
took place yearly, and the Marian
games were observed with great splen-
dor until the year 1879, when they
were discontinued In time of dis
astrous war.-London Standard.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-10-25
Van Buren,s Answers.


One day the merits of Van Buren,
were being discussed by a party Of
politicians on Hudson river steam
boat One of the party had been dwell.
ing on his noncommittalism and COM
planning that plain answer to plain
question was never ELECTED from him.
"Pll wager dinners for the COM
pany," added he, that If one of us
shall go down to the cabin and ask
Van Buren, the simplest question that
can be thought of he will evade d.
rect answer. Yes, and I'll give you
leave, too. to tell Van Buren, why you
ask the question, and that there is q
bet depending on the reply"
This seemed fair enough. One Of
the party was deputed to go down and
try the experiment.
He found Van Buren,, whom he knew
well, in the saloon and said:
'Mr. Van Buren,, some gentlemen on
the upper deck have been accusing you
of noncommittalism and have just laid
a wager that you would not give q
plain answer to the simplest question,
and they deputed me to test the fact.
Now, sir. allow me to ask you, Where
does the sun rise?"
Mr.. Van Burens brow contracted;
he hesitated q moment, then said:
1.-THE terms east and west are con-
ventional, but
"rhat'll d." interrupted the inter-
rogator. I'VE have lost the bet!"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-10-25
AVID Got Rid OFT.

Mrs. Pitley-They say he is so un-
kind to his wife. Mr.. Pitley-That
shows how people misjudge a man.
l know it to be fact that he spent ono
whole year endeavoring to make sat
isfactory Investment of his wife's mon
ey.-Town and Country.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-10-25
Unanswerable.

Maiden Aunt-Caroline, you don't
know how to train children. I've been
noticing how you deal with Johnny.
Nine out Of every ten injunctlons you
lay upon him are "d0r'ts."
Married Niece-Why, aunt Abigail.
nine of the Ten Commandments are
''don'tsw-C Chicago Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
NORTHWEST NEWS.

The United States assay office at
Seattle has $2,00O.000 in gold in its
vaults at this time.
There were eight burglaries and
hold-ups In Seattle the night of jan
uary 10, which was very foggy.
The wheat crop of the Canadian
Northwest for 1904 amounted to IT,
O46,939 bushels, an increase of l.
29l,4S3 bushels over 1908.
Frank Shafer. Seattle banker and
also secretary of the Clearing House
association, is dead with tuberculo-
sis aged 40. He was single man.
Ed Cross. a penniless hobo, was ac-
quilted at Seattle of larceny from the
person. The jury OF II which rem
Grred the verdict then made him up
purse and staked him for a nights
longing.
Warren c. Cressy. conductor on the
motor line, slipped and fell before his
engine as the train was starting. His
left foot leg and arm were crushed
and he died in short time. He was
20 years old and had railroaded so
years. The accident occurred at
Monmouth.
In 1861 c. r. Wheeler, now a res
ident Of Portland. had a thorn broken
Oft in the flesh of his thigh. 1t gave
him little trouble for nearly A years,
but lately the thorn was discovered in
his loot and cut out by a surgeon
who was called to treat a painful !
E""wih that would not succumb to or
binary treatment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

I Milton. Jan. 19.-The new electric
plant which was to have been started
Tuesday, was delayed by small
break in the lower part of the PEN
stock. 1t is now mended and will be
set in motion Monday when 1t is ex-
pected to have as good lights as any
city in Oregon.
The plant, as 1t stands completed.
ire tluding a dwelling for the electri-
can. costs the city close to $4,000. and
is valued at $4,000; in fact, its value
to the city cannot be told.
The cost to run the plant will not
exceed $500 Il year which when
compared with the price that the
Ndl,a Walla River Electric Co want
ed ($450O year, to furnish lights) is
quite an investment and saving for
the city. In fact. 1t is expected to
save above the expenses of running
tn = Plant. from $500 to $500 month.
With the old plant and poor lights in
DE ecember $3.50 was turned into the
city treasury. and ii is expected more
will come in in January; now, with
the new plant and good lights, better
returns are expected.
The flume and DAM which is built
the same as the w. w. r. E. Co., is
nearly one-half mile long and has
tai. of IS feet, and can furnish power
enough to make light for Pendle-
ton. The city now owns its own light
and water power at cost not to ex-
caod $25,000, with an annual income
of at least $500. Not only that.
but the city bonds have been re-
duced from eight to six per cent, and |,
sold to Milton capitalist, which |
proves that she is safe to invest in.
The city council all the members
of which are prohibitionsts, surely |
have the interest of the city at heart
and are to be congratulated in the !
interest they have taken in her fl
nancial affairs.
certain gentleman whose time is
mostly taken up in Milton with bus
mess transactions. was asked by his
son. who was wrestling over the laws
)f gravitation: What is the law of
?" To which the father
replied: 81 dunno; l hain't got time
% keep up with all the fool statoots
he durn legislature passed this WIN
er"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hotel st. George.

toASSe
Il. ii. Weber. The Dalles.
G. G. Bailey, Spokane.
f. M. Buechel. Portland.
Miss Eta Coar. Baker City.
Mrs. ollie Hill, Knoxville.
j. Haas, Enterprise.
l.. X. Kerbaugh. Seattle.
Thomas S. Harris, La Grande.
VIII Johnson. Portland.
c. d. Baird, Boise.
John NJ. Struck, st. Louis.
]. F.. Levy, ontario.
Nj: II. England. Baker City.
Fl. n. Lacy, Portland.
j. l.. Metsker. Pullman.
C. l.. Downer. Palouse.
II. Connell. Umatilla.
George d. Harris. Portland.
w. j. Baxter, Kansas City.
George c. Sears. Spokane.
James d. Hartman, Chicago.
b. l.. Keating San Francisco.
Arthur d. Hamilton. Chicago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

IN s9A
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

hOtei blckefS-
George ID. Craw, Portland.
Berger Brothers, Boise.
George II. Roberts. city.
Prof. ]. w. Parker, Spokane.
Douglas Glenn, Pasco.
II. Fash and wife, Pasco.
Belle Thickman, Athena.
S. j. Foss. Athena.
Nellie Foss, Athena.
Matte Mitchell. Moro.
]. n. b. Gerking. Athena.
Arthur Scott and wife. Athena.
w. Fl. H. Scott and sister, Athena.
IL. b. Conner, st. Louis.
James Potts and wife, Athena.
Lillian ID. Dobson, Athena.
L. Thorp, Athena.
C. H. Williams and wife, Walla
Walla.
Mrs. George Winters. Walla Walla.
Gus Girking, Walla Walla.
G. W. Peffley, Walla Walla.
j. w. Lewis, wife and daughter.
Walla Walla.
Maude E. Craig, Walia Walla.
NJ ~. blOSSs Ndll Ndllu.
Grace Gross, Walla Walla.
Rosa Gross. Wella Walla.
Villa mGross and family, Athena.
G. j. MoE,roy, Starbuck.
f. j. Allison, Starbuck.
Fl. f. McQuary, Starbuck.
II. L. McQuary, Milton.
Miss Berment, Milton.
Leslie Toleman. Milton.
Carrie McQuary. Milton.
Ray Black, Milton.
Annie Black, Milton.
Asa Prayer, Milton.
Annie McQuary, Milton.
Frank Fisher.
Charles lsaacs, Portland.
O. a. Rhodes, Athena.
Lucy jenkins, Athena.
w. w. Bristow, Portland.
Annie Taylor, Athena.
John d. Benson, City
Mrs. G. Gerking, Athena.
MIR. and Mrs. Jackson Nelson,
athena.
{. L. Jaebaugh, Portland.
Mrs NJ. Gross, Walla Walla.
Gently Porter Walla Walla.
Victor NJ. Huston. Portland
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
NEWS OF MILTON
CITY ELECTRIC PLANT is
A GOOD INVESTMENT.

Stands Complete and VIII BE Put In
Operation january 23-Already
Valued In Excess of Its Cost and
Nominal Value-City Also Owns its
Waterworls, and is Now Paying
Reduced Rate of Interest ON its
Bonds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
SpoIled Her Renuty.

HARRIET Howard, at one time had
her beauty spoiled with skin trouble
She writes: ''I had Salt Rheum or
Eczema for years but nothing would
cure 1t. until used Buclxiens Arnlca
Salve." A quick and sure healer
for cuts, burns and sores. 25c at
Tallman & Co.'s drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
The Pendieton.

Inc PenutetOu.
b. w. Emery, Gresham.
Bert Wheeler, Gresham.
r. II. Eaton. Portland.
j. b, Levi. Chicago.
Mrs. c. f. Smith, Haines.
q. S. Youngman, Portland.
f. Il. Conan. Portland,
NJ. l.. Hanline, Baltimore.
j. A. Borie, city.
G. NJ. Gudmundson. aTcoma.
William SvhwartZ, Tacoma.
Clyffe Bellinger. city.
c. Shep Hyman, San Francisco.
]. W. Morrow, Portland.
=. X. Parkhrst. Portland
Ted OMally, Suokane.
II. Brash, Portland.
]. X. Spangle. Athena
\. b. McEwen, Athena.
Fl. II. Knox, Spokane.
f. +. Holbrook, Irrigon.
Andy Nylander. Portland.
d. Guy carp, Portland.
Bruce Wallace, Athena.
f. Il. Kloeckner, Athena.
w. d. Marks, Spokane.
Il. A. Seeds, Spokane.
George 5. Van, New York.
John p, Moore, New York.
George r. Martin, New York.
Frank Further, New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

Howard Bvans and wife, Milton.
Mrs. William Talbert, Milton.
E. j. Davis, Milton.
Clara Burger, Milton.
Mrs. Sibons, Walla Walla.
II. Y. Blackwell, Walla Walla.
Ed Nell, Portland.
Mrs. C. A. Whiteman, Athena.
Mrs. Kate Smith, Blackfoot.
j. A. Scott, Athena.
Charles Gerking, Athena.
A. j. Kelly, Freewater.
f. NJ. Lockwood, Helix.
n. II. Morris, Milton.
J. Il. Fitzpatrick, Dayton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

C. II. Whitman and wife, Wall
Walla.
Tom Mack. Walla Walla.
l.. Il. Bankofsky, Louisville.
NJ. q. Hoswell. San Francisco.
Fl. C. Gregg, San Francisco.
C. l.. Swanstead. Lewiston.
T. M. Spencer. Portland.
G. Forbes, Baker.
+. d. Edwards In Grande.
f. S. Mcmahon, Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21
Hay.

200 tons fine alfalfa and mixed hay
for sale. Address Kenwood Farm
TOuchet. Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-21

$50 acre ranch. Four hundred
acres on river bottom. 60 acres set to
alfalfa. Well improved; good or
chard: running water. One among
the best in the county. Price is
right. We have other and smaller
propositions equally good.
f.. T. WADE & SON.
Office Z. o. Building.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
A LITTLE SERMON.

Boston Transcript.-Th appraisers
Of the estate of the late Colonel Jacob
L.. Greene, of Hartford, president Of
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company, have filed their inventory.
According to that statement, his
worldly possessions fell few hun
dred short Of $4,000 Yet for about
twenty seven years he had been at
the head of one of the best of the
smaller insurance companies of the
country and even before that had been
prominent in the insurance business
Colonel Greene was regarded as an
excellent business man. People had
confidence in his sagacity and, what
was still more to his credit. they had
confidence in his integrity. He was an
| expert upon insurance matters. He
, had written much on the subject and
his opinions merited and received the
highest respect. He had been SOL
der and risked his life for his coun.
try, rising from the ranks to the com.
mand of regiment. He had been a
public spirited citizen, as patriotic in
civil life as he was in camp and field.
He recognized his responsibilities al
a factor of social order and was care.
full and prompt to meet them He was
not affected by the high pressure un.
der which so many of his contempor.
aries have spread their sails to catch
all the wind there was going.
Yet he knew the laws actual lin.
itations as we'll as others in the busi-
ness. AS head of company doing a
large business, he could have found
innumerable ways of making money
without running risks. But he re-
garded life insurance as system Of
trusteeship for those who placed their
| money in it, and himself as the most
| responsible trustee, so far as his COM
pany was concerned. There could
| hardly be imagined sharper contrast
than that which exists between his
record and methods and those that
have been followed in a more preten-
tious company, probably in several
| more pretentious companies.
Here was a man with conscience
and a sense of personal responsibility
Such men as he appeared to be do moi
need restrictive laws to keep them
| honest and just. In "the philosophers
| scales" which the old reading book
used to tell us about we should sci
Colonel Greene and his modest estate
settling down, and the Hydes, the ALI
exanders and Depews, with their mil,
lions for ballast, kicking the beam
The contrast Is too significant not t.
he called to public attention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
MAKING MONEY,

The mint service of the United
States, which is under the direction Of
George E. Roberts of Fort Dodge, will
soon be enlarged by the completion of
the new Denver mint, beautiful edi-
flee costing S1000,000. The structure
has been erected and machinery is now
being placed within, so that the coin
age Of money will begin within few
months 1t is particularly fitting that
mint should be located in Denver,
where it is easily accessible to the
large mining districts of the Rockies.
The mint service of the country in
cludes four coinage minis, at Philadel-
phia, San Francisco, Denver and New
Orleans, and eight assay offices, at
New York, Charlotte, N c., st. Louis.
Deadwood, Helena, Boise, Carson and
Seattle. The assay Office receive gold
bullion and pay coinage value for it.
less local charge of one-eighth of
one per cent for service. The bullion
is paid for by drafts on the treasury,
becomes the property of the govern
ment and is shipped at it's expense to
the minis for coinage
The original mint is the one at Phil.
adelphia established when that city
was the capital. In 1901 new struc-
ture was completed for it at cost of
$2,025,000, and it is today the largest.
finest and most thoroughly equipped
mint in the world.
The San Francisco mint was estab-
lished in 1852, and ranks second. To
December 81, 1904, the gold coinage of
the San Francisco mint aggregated ST.
1874 1875 07, and the gold coinage of
the Philadelphia mint $1,152,322,352.
The gold deposited at the San Fran
cisco mint comes principally from the
Pacific coast states, Nevada, Alaska
the Canadian northwest, Mexico and
Australia. The receipts from Aus
tralia have been heavy in recent years
The New Orleans mint is the small
est of the four in capacity, and is
occupied chiefly in coming subsidiary
silver for the territory tributary to
| New Orleans
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
The FUTURE OF JAPAN.

Now that the war is over and Japan
has officially announced that the revo-
lutionary movement can be throttled
effectually. observers Of world affairs
are specializing upon the future of ia
pan and the possibilities for her pro-
gress. The idea of the yellow peril
is a hard one to down, and the people
of the occident are wondering just
where Japan will look for her first
invasion" Thomas F. Willard, a
writer in one of the current maya
zines that devotes much space to con
sideration of affairs of this nature, be-
lieves that Japan will confine her eff
of the Orient. Mr.. Willard says:
This requires, at the beginning, a
brief consideration of Japan's some.
what peculiar national situation She
finds herself with an expansive nation.
al ambition geographically circum.
scribed by insular limitation She
finds herself with rapidly accumulat.
ing population, which threatens to be.
come numerically burdensome to the
present national domain; and she
finds, in common with other Oriental
nations, large sections of the world
already barred or likely to be barred
to settlement by her people. This
reason, as we'll as the natural advan.
tages of contiguity, make the continent
OF Asia apparently the most suitable
If not the only place to which her pop
ulation may emigrate. Recognition
OF these facts has given to her desire
for at leas. equal influence in dispos-
ing of the future of China a large SYM
pathy among western peoples. 1t
should be remembered, however, that
there is at present no great obstacle
in the way Of Japanese emigration to
China or Korea, or in any part Of the
Orient; in fact, many thousands have
already migrated. But this is not sat
isfactory to Japanese national ambi.
lions, no matter how the emigrants
may prosper in their new homes. The
mother country not only wishes to Sc
cure continental outlet for the emf
grafton of her presumably surplus
population, but she apparently wishes
to retain her sovereignty over them
after they leave their native land.
Much significance is attached here to
the continual comparisons Of Japan
with England. There is not the Slight
est doubt that Japan wishes to extend
her political sovereignty over at least
some, perhaps all, of the territories to
which she sends emigrants And thus
at glance the inconsistency of her
declared intentions and purposes in
undertaking this war with her real de.
sires and oft-declared necessities ap.
pears. How is she to retain political
touch with her emigrating subjects
unless she acquires territory for them
to settle in? Is it not clear that
should japan be content with her ex.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
RAILWAY FATALITIES.

The public was Mortified, not long
ago, to learn that 1O,046 lives had
been lost on the railways of the coun-
in the death rate since ten years ago
was especially noticeable and the in.
ference was natural that the added
speed on the railways, or the careless
ness of employees, or some feature for
which the railway companies or their
agents are responsible, had brought
about the big increase. The Railway
Age. however. takes different view
of the subject and contends that the
actual loss of life really due to railway
travel was much smaller than the fig
ures show. The Age, viewing the
matter from the standpoint of the rail.
roads, says:
cover 10000 people killed by rail
roads in one year This is the large
type heading with variations under
which the newspapers have empha.
sized the accident summary of the in
terstate commerce commission for
1904, leaving the possible inference
that these figures indicate the fatality
CT railway travel. But prominence is
not given to the fact that of the 1O,O46
| persons killed 'on the railways, 5,1O5
were trespassers who invited their
own deaths by stealing rides, walking
on tracks and other acts for which
| the railway companies were not re
spcnsible; that of the remainder, the
great majority met death otherwise
than from accidents connected with
the running of trains, and that the
number of passengers killed as the re-
suit of coils ons and derailments was
| 1862, and not over 10000, as the aver.
age reader may have assumed from
the headlines. The commissions dec
laration that only one passenger out
of every 1,622,267 carried was killed
either by train accidents or by any
other mischances, such as falling
from the cars, might fairly be empha
sized also, by way of reinsurance. In
other words, AL passengers met death
from various causes, including a few
extraordinary fatal disasters. out OF
| 715,519,6 S2 passengers carried tota
distance of 21,923 ,213,536 miles. Com
parison might well be made with the
number of fatalities not connected
with railways"