Morning Oregonian from Portland, Oregon • Page 2

1HE SUNDAY SUNDAY MABCH U. BOBBEE -'TRUSTS." the Standard Oil Octopus lied the Big Conspiracies. tie Inr Sign Irait-- OomWiattoM Skat Dtf the Law aid Lufh at the Oeoita -Bav DlihoMrt Fortmm Aie Kada, The following article, which exposes some of the metaodo of the "trusts" which have lately come Into prominent pnbllo notice, la taken ftom York World: A German widow kept shop among the east elde tenements of the Bohemian clgar-makera, now a protection to the concern which grew rich violating the ethics ot transportation, because It prevents possible competitors from securing rebates and special rates. JACK-O'-ULIIKBN IBICES. The Standard Oil Trnst to-day laughs at courts Wltn all its huge size and Its things fealty, obedience and absolute silence.

A correct list of the refineriee composing the Sngar Beflnenes Company has not yet got into finery F. 0. Matthleseen A Wiechers Sngar Befinlng Brooklyn Sngar Befinlng Havemeyer Sugar Befinlng Co Decasrro Don- lay down and hid while the.bto»iburned and watched to find the camp of the hoetlles. H'CDLLY'S STOCKADE the-wlsp to htm who seeks to collect a judgment against it II It wills to pay, well and good. But it wills not to pay, unhappy the creditor who seeke to place a Hen upon It It 1s like the magic man In the pantomime.

Now yon see it and now von don't Even the creditor knowsthe men who are back of it, the Rockefellers, the church builder Pratt, the Floridlan developer Flagler and Archbold, and all the rest ot the glided orew, he cannot prove bis knowledge. The tax collector is Cakes Bhe sold and bread, but chiefly pumper- an it. state, nation, county, town, get just Frazier nickel and great slabs of dark Bohemian bread, the trust chooses to givethem.and that Phlladelpl Co, North Elver Sugar Refining Co.Oxnard Sugar Refining Co and In Boston the Standard Suear Refinery, Boston SugarBettnlnijCo.Con- tinental Sugar Refining Bay State Sugar Refinery, and In Portland the Forest City Sugar Befinine and In New Orleans the Louisiana Sngar Refining Co. and the Planters' Sngar Be- fir.m(r and In St Louis the St Louis Sugar Refining Co. The remaining refineries in the United Slates are.

The Franklin Sugar Refinery, Philadelphia, worked by Messrs. Harrison, Ike Brttle 01 Broth ImpMtaat Hla teloal Pact nsw Told lor Pint Jtait- baaui Letdbg to the TJapqu P4JT IL After the battle ott Hungry Hill the Indians scattered for swtile, mating the trails and hiEhwajs ot all the Bogne their report They actually tracked the to a camp they had nude in a bend of In They waited until all was Olilly and then crept nickel and great dear to the hearts of her costomera. Her name ma Landgraat. Her dead husband was a Bohemian, and had taught her the secrets of rom- poonding those dubious delicacies, and as It is not everyone who can make them, her little bade grew famously, until she required the services ol six bakermen and two delivery Four of these bakers were Germans and two Bohemians. She paid them good wages and comfortably boneed and fed them.

They got Is all. A thing of night to the Standard Trust, and its deeds are It is scarcely necessary' to rehearse at any Iracth the history of the Standard Oil monopoly. The newspapers navel told the story In its many and the Severe Sugar Refinery, Boston, worked by Messrs. Nash, Spauldlng 4. Co and tbe American Sugar Refining Co Francisco, worked by Messrs.

E. L. G. Steele and the California Sugar Refining San Francisco, aspects more than andeveryreaderknows W0 rked by Mr, Clans Bpreckels. the monstrous character ot tbe transactions which bnllt it np to tbe point where the protoe- ilon ot a trust organization became advisable.

As every one knows, tha oligarchy which controls It is composed ot men who were as poor SUOAB STOCK. The capital stock of the Sugar Trust Is puiat $60,000,000. This represents less than of brick and mortar, a million or two of camp or ambush a pack train or a wagon train on the road. The battle had been a drawn game and there WES no sign of giving In on their part The cirrying of dispatches was a dangerous trade, BJ Caetleman tonnd when he went on a nueelon from the Six-Bit house to Jacksonville for the quartermaster-general, John F. Miller.

I. was too dangerous to tra. the nEual route through Rogue river vail he struck over tbe mountains for Tie ami "Obew Lank Broattte from Kratuoky- Boutke Placidity. IMrlttenrortne hirnOM Oregonlan 1 March 5 -A circus In the house of representatives beats iny ofisi rlrcus in the world, because the feats of dri- a i and oratorical agility areim- nromtuand performed without any previous programme or rehearsal. It is a succession of TowTereelsem.tbe world outside ot the house of commons ora lunatic asylum afire after think you as yon mnch does suebaJ instanceTM toe scribe, canhiof.

and taking an ir- "Dear me" Low cheap' you one like it." neceesful terminus was pm upon her business. She was even "fined" $500 for daring to employ workmen of her own nationality. The Door creature wept and protested in vain. The poUoerefused to help her, the district-attorney's office refmed to help her. Lovers of fair play bought Mrs.

Landgraafs bread and sent Mrs Landgraaf contributions. Xho police awoke, the public prosecutor came out of his trancn, the grand jury acted; the courts took a hand in, md one bright day In the Bummer of 188t the men who had ruined the business of a helpless woman went as they deserved to a penal institution. This, dear readers, was a case of conspiracy. "CONSFIBACS" VS. "BUSINESS." A year or two before this interesting transaction Jonr bright yonng men ot Pittflburg combined to earn an honest living in an honest way.

They bad a little capital, a glorious store of pruci and energy and a splok and span new, bright Idea. They started a little refinery ol petroleum on the banks of the Allegheny river. As refineries ejatem of saneezlng competitors, ceiling; re- batee from railroads and looMnB after legislators with itcbinz palms. Bockefeller thought he would gobble np all the oil territory which then lay In the Oil City and THusvllte district market lor raw sugars, and takes away to Inees of Importers and brokers. The great American protective tariff helps In the evil work by burring ont the better grade ot raw sugars which would be suitable tori ise without refining.

Having three-quarters of the refineries in men were so lucensed by! -formed a mob and started tor his hotel, Intending to do him violence. Bat when they reached the front door he sk-pped out ot a back window and made rapid tracks out ot the place. It Is that he has ne-er dared show his lace in the oil country slncf, and that If he were to go there even at this tlrne his life would be In dander Since then ho Las been content to transact his business here thiongh agents. THE PEOPLE PAX. In the great fighl which followed to get control of all refineries Plttsbnrg held out the best became it had the Allegheny river for a highway, and several big refineries stove ofl the inevitable for a long time.

Immense rolls were huilt np Ihe river, loaded with barrels otcruda river to the Meacows, and held them there, wllb an ImpaMab nver between the forces, stationary tor two months. In the meantime, P. F. Castleman was made assistant quarter- tloned at Rosebutg. Time i reigned until Deeem- eel.

bulled bare Chborhood, thelttrtl inrevm dlans were tramtog houses on the Soul QUO. The Indians were supposed to ti Meadows, a hundred miles away, and none baa been seen or hea-d of In the Cow creek country or Ihe Grave cref-k hills tor a long time. Sone travelers, who cune from the eonth, heard fir- Ing little way off the road, where Mr. Blcr- tne nanjcs or tnv Auvxuvujr IIVDL. oo a mere babf affair, with a capacity ef petroleum and "snubbed" down to the reflner- IS) biraels a week, a mere drop in the ocean ol lea at a nominal cost, the value otJOantaia was the ot the Standard's agents, and oneby onetheind'ependentreBuertessoldontto the Standard.

If the men who owned them Trust, ind their bright Idea was to put the product tato tank carts and peddle It from house to honse ttms saving householders the trouble of were worth having they were engaged at large Some alter 1TM Some of thepartners wanted to ealartes by the Standard and thus their feafiy piioe fixed by the was secured. At last only two were left in the b.em.'Eobert Moore, Who ome alter 1 SaU it at less thai Standard, ol tb.em. Inew ways of that dlaWiCal monitor, said no. "We will do nothing to antagonize tbe Standard," he said; "and I think as we are such a very small concern it will not bother to fight So at it they went. Tbo new idea proved a good Ides, and they began to build up qnite a fittlo business.

But oh, how little they reckoned upon the generosity of the monutar' One day a Standard tank car appeared upon their route and offered oil at a positive loss. To those who refnsed to bny it cheap it was offered as a gilt Anything to beat the little firm. And, as the little firm was weak, it auiokly went to the wall, as scores of other fir and little. Ibis, dear readers, was business. WHAT A TBOST IS.

Ot coarse there were arrests and indictments and trials and convictions. Ah, no' Madame Justice transacts no business in cases like this Ihe men who boycotted Mrs. Landgraaf were poor, and justice gripped them hard and swiftly. The men who Boycotted Bob Moore and bis partners were rich beyond the power of computation, and tor years they have carried the woman of the scales and blindness in their ca- field, Holdshlp D. P.

Eelchard's torTst, when wordcameto' Boseburg toat Ino? January there were bnt two trust houses lh running: in New York, two In Boston, two in New Orleans and one In St Louis. ReEned Btiear bad advanced a cent and a half anonns. and us tbe middlemen always take advantage at a good excuse to raise prices, the poor public found Itself paying three or tour cents more a pound than it paid a year ago. "JOI.IJOSS IN IT." The sugar Importers have not yet made up their minds what the ultimate figures will be, for tbe reason that there was a very large spear crop in Louisiana this year, which has naturally depreEsed prices and kept the Western market supplied. This crop will be used np in three or four weeks and then more ottbe refineries will start up, but whether that will mean higher or lower prices for refined, the sugar mea say they csnnot yet tell.

Tbe importers are all idle. Like Mioawber, they are waiting for something to tuic up. Tbey are all desperately afraid to tell what they know about the trnst, for they say the combination would crush them if they were to peach. Not but what they are pretty well ctuBted already, but there is always a hope that some change in the aspect ot ahaira may take place. Wilu fear and trembling a gentleman prominent in the trodo did a little figuring lor the benefit ol Ihe It erld.

"There In," he eald, uowouj- suuuiu --Unlnian ttjafl for the flTBt time in CIS lilts IB- wu- yiD lu, tnat In- willing to burn, destroy, outrage and tnu 'law Ho man was lo.f ar obtained return my calLtsU era hnrt hnrlwi their enlthets and challenges at the he telt that modesty, nr TM" and hurled their epithets and challenge, volunteers in the worst language they had learned from their lately white associates. Holland stood his ground with stoical disregard i whether) thev were phrased In classic foe. It was not supposed that there were any Indians in Northern Rogue river valley, much less In theOmuqaa, the men of the tamlly were ont at their work on tbe farm when the Indians stole upon them and fired from the adjoining woods. They broke an arm for Mr. Bice's brother, but he was able to escape.

The men all ran for the stockade, with the Indians pell meli after them, one so near that tbey had barely Sen muired Ibat'heT should' abstain from Sung the lead In filibustering to protect the treasury trom euniiar outlays. So he satisfied Djmselt by voting with the marplots and saying ve father of the alleged dollar, in fact, he was ringmaster for thToccalton. around whom all the revolved. He took the iloor promptly on the Introduction of Mbble'e first bill for Chattanooga), and talked till his time expired, volubly, rigorously, discursively, in a loud an. vouiuu M-TM, there were three savages for two white men, bnt men who understood Indian war could have troductlon routed the Indians very easily and soon.

There were no conveniences for sleep Inside the stockade, so tbe men kept warm and staid awake, consulting and planning the campaign. About 4 o'clock they started out to execute their nh dark hair on the sides of his shapwy flans There were about forty men in the and fmi beard slowtf Dariy, and they were divided Into three separate comely forehead, a'-commands. Castleman being the onjy com- manner; his auU iS Booking man, partly ba.d forgive you," the i thing, butlwBlBl yon are going to In this nay you i floor." THE OOHI OH! gray eye ai 10 gestures are abundantand ruTe sV.he advan the, aisle shafc- ttere was. sute of egejthe he proflZcy." The latter refused $250.000 for his refinery, and Uicnch he was finally, forced to give it np, he Indians fired on the stockade, and travelers who heard Iheir firing reported the same at Bose- bnrg. They heard the Indian war-whoop mix- Ing with rine skots, and needed no explanation ot what wes the matter.

Ttiey reported a massacre, bnt the Klce family were prepared for juBtsnchanattick, and having all got In the stockade, went coolly nbout their work of pre- ten men, making twenty-five settlers who we in arms for that occasion only. Holland was out with fifteen volunteers, having left a small foice in the stockade. It was dark as Erebas, and not particularly warm, when the men started through the trackless woods. A MGHT ATTACK. The two econto had tracked the Indians t) a matlon of the in at this late pnMfl been long ago that sari public mind.

About iliTumi claimed to ban 1 ore when they i at the Meadowy huntod bend in Oliljy creek, which i a i a SLssfsssfSi. Oil is sold for fifteen, ten-It necessary, five ms have done, big cents per gallon. In many Instances retailers are offered free oil for awhile it they will ouiy give up selling tbe outsldere 1 olL When these tactics fall there are likely to be mysterious trust aio aaklDg a' great pie ont ot'the trust's limitation of production and raise of price They are running day andnlgh 1 week days and Snndajs, to their fullest capacity, and by selling a a tiust'o prices they have no trou- milee, ot toast, from Rosebnrfr, and bad got almost tbe entire force volunteers tben in the field oppo Us them. They probably wanted to break up the siege aod draw on the soldiers so thuj could return to their own country. 1 or purpose they entailed a force of nearly forty picked warrlms to make a diversion.

Thase two score of braves bad mado their way througu the intervenlnc wilderness, and were at thoic devilish woikia South Dmpqua, trying to commit atrocities enough to draw away the troops and set the whole Indian foroa at liberty. The exclten.ent at Boseburg was beyond expression. The most exaggerated reports were In circulation rumor fed on what It heard ana all the advantages of defense and fortification. This camp was pcrots a divide, and not miro than two miles from the stockade. Followlna a local" guide who knew the country, they crept cautiously along through the woods, until tbey were only half a mile distant from the Indira stronghold, and then they stopped to arrange plan of action.

The Indians had no fear of altack. They had bulldozed the volunteers aur- ing the dsy to their heart's content, and feu sat ified that no motile they could imagine wouU be able to draw thorn from the friendly shelter of ihetr strong stockade. They did not deem it possible that other troope, or force, conld be raised to attack them. ffaK top. 0 tary for towards the atrstel i no oju nuderrninadflHj tIoE ct the ravta the 80oU i show uj at thta Ee gradually eard It was atrnst that did and a trust Isjomething without a personality.

It is as secret, yea, and as dreadful, as the old Inquisition, It Is the deadliest enemy which exists today against the American republic and the American people. Lower than Mormoutan, more despicable than anarchy, wickeder than all the roguery which Sing Sing shelters, this jonngest crime of the nineteenth century stands face to face with the public to-day and asks. In 1n tbe Bradford region founded a partnership with a man whom fie supposed to be perfectly honest, bnt who was a secret emissary of the Standard. HBDJW thinks the latter furntuhed money for Ihe jartner's interest and had the ied in order to get the whip occnlle to the firm because the pipe line would D0t araw the oil as fast as the wells pro- The Standard end of the firm made a he wished to be ready to load women and chit- There Is a pitiful side to the shutting down of ren on lt wnen td savages attacked the town tbe big refineries by the sugar trust The la- an carry the a out of danger. This incident Is borers who worked in them formerly got $40 fjjr sample of the state of mind people were per month.

Now they are paid cents per Dt fl eun low and no news came frcm hour and only paid when actually at work. Rice's stockace and no force was organized to They are getting starvation wages, as may easily nere and B6e wna assistance could be ren- be conceived. Most of the men are Poles and S.TM). it was late in the afternoon when Pat be conceived. Most Bohemians, and bow they subsist on what they make Is a mystery to the human mind.

Tue York would seem to be about gnl len dered. It was late In i Day, then sheriff Of TJmpqua county, and P. Castleman agreed to go on ascoutby and learn what was going on as well as soa In an unguarded moment, he lat slip to an aCQualntance the tact that be was not really a sufferer very much, financially, aa his half of the losses wen made good to him on the "strict q.t" THE TBU8T HIKES TALENT. One of Uie most scandalous transactions of the pipe-line end of the Dig conspiracy is known in the Bradford region as the Immediate shipment racket It was played shortly alter the Bradford field was opened In 1879. When wells were spouting oil and overrunning the tanks of tbeprodocers the pipe-line oompanyron terribly Waen oil stood at SO they bought it for Immediate shipment at 60, and, strange to Bay, they were never so full but that they could run Immediate shipment oil at onoe.

Ibe Standard Oil LafiTTlBtb. To tbo fertile brain ol John D. Boakefeller, head and front ol the Standard Oil Company's offending, fa ascribed the conception of'the trost Idea. The Ul-omened creature was hatched in the latter part ot 1383. The Standard Oil Company had done moat ot IU mischief before it became a trust.

It had be- the reputations ot Cassatt and King and Commodore Yanderbilt and other railroad men who sold thsmselves Into Its greedy bauds. It had grabbed all the pipelines and monop- islosayT they pretended olteed the oil-carrying traffic. It had bought they did--and whenever they tonnd a producer out weak-hearted competitors In the refinine that was not one ot their tgvoritee getting stuck bmlneiM and crushed ont the held they would retnse to takeaway his oil, claiming inflmora means which it did not that their own tanks were all fnlh They would, was roaster ot the situation and tranquilly sitting in the receipt of customs it was permitting the public to pay the piper, for yon may be anre ttat all the enormous expenses orits warfare nave ultimately come from the pockets of the latter. In short, tho Standard was monarch of all it surveyed, and all would be salubrious tor Its owners bnt for ono thing there was danger that the public, that sleeping lion, would awake and play the awful game of retribution. Al- lesdy there were premonitory symptoms of danger.

A new force in sonrnallsm was -jntimz In New York, and trumpet notes of truth were sounding as they had never sounded before since organized monopoly had become a menace to tie welfare of the people. ASTDTH DOD1LSQ. Was John Rockefeller frightened' is vu-y likely. It may be he saw the pauper graves he bas helped to filt Perhaps, visions ot the good men be boa ruined and started on the road to drink aid rags came before him. If ever man bad cause to fear reprisal it was he.

And then, besidts, about this tune there seemed to be a fashion arising in the land ot putting rich men Into striped clothes as well as as poor ones. On the whole, therefore, John Rockefeller determined to rear up another wall betwixt hiuiBait and the judgment. So he Invented the Standard Oil IIUST It IP, first and foremost, a sort ot legal lariyilnth, the mazes of which the Standard oil cin dodge and hide from legal procebs, civil or criminal. All other purposes are subsidiary to thh. Tbo plan ot orgEinuation was very simple, although it nan never twforo bsea made publw.

An Inventory was made of tha refining properties of the Standard Oil Company all over tho country--In Hunter's Point New Jersey, Ptta- burg, Buflalo, Cleveland and elsewhere--and a total valuation ot 8100,000,010 was put upon them. Tbe figures ot course aie arbitrary. John D. had tbe say Some properties were figured close. Others, belonging to favorites, very liberally.

The whole were organized Into a single unity, the whole stock listed at tiO par cent and the dear public were invited to come in and ehare the profits, and never say monopoly again. A stroke of genius 0 Indeed It was. There was not really any very great amount of stock ottered to the public, nor did the latte' call for much, for it very soon transpired tha. tha pretense ot taking the public Into its confi dence was a hollow mockery. Yon might buy trnst stock and you would know no more about the trnsttnan If yon bought none.

How mnch ft took In, how mnch it paid out who were Its officers, where and when Its meetings were neld, what action it took on any subject you would never know. It you got dividends all right if yon got none there was nothing for ion to do but to grin and bear it Tbe secret trustees did what they pleased in secret and no man was the wiser. So the stock long hung fire briefly, is a picture of the trust commercial. The woods are fnll of them There is a lard trnst, a cotton-seed oil trust, a steel trmt a cattle trust, a whisky trnst. and many others Tbe rubbermen ore working hard to form trust, bnt so tar they have foiled to agree, and it now seems likely that the attempt will fall through.

THE TACOMA BOOM. AN OLD PIONEEB BITS THE BAIL SQOABBIA ON TSE RBAT1. POETLAND, March V. To THE EorTOK or THE OKEOONIAM: HIG3T SCOtmNG IN UMPgUA. The two mTM mounted their horses and rode out of town.

They first went to John Kelly's place (Ihe same John Kelly now ol Lane county and lately a United States official of rani In Portland). They found him guarding his horses In the corral His place was only a mile or mile and a half from Boseburg He said he would turn the horeee loose whenever the Indians came near, and while they were catching the animals he would manage to escape. They told him the mission and he crossed them over tbe South Ompqua In a canoe. Their horses were well broken, so they swam them right, cross the Olilly below their hold and be in readiness I them otf as they tried to the swift flowing creek. A log lay for 100 feet in front of their camping place.

Castleman was to liank this log and Pat Day was to charge up to it. They were to wait long enough to let Holland get Into position across the creek and then make a simultaneous charge. That success would follow such a well-laid scheme was certain, It each party would act well its part Another Issue will tell the story of the rash and war-whoop, tbe yells and charging of the whites and the discomfiture of the enemy It was a gallant fight and the wonder Is that so gallant a fight and so importajit a battle was never told before. The reason may be that the laurels were won by settlers and not by enlisted soldiers. We shall see' sssassir 1 he can do to postpone action on each bill.

He yjg moves to amend it; calls for a division on his motion insists upon a roll call and then a call ol the house to establish the presence ot a quoram. And then he again moves to amend. A dozen men answer him, shake their firtsat him, laugh at him and nag him with questions. He maintains his grip, answers back sp teluiiy, aike up and down the aisle, and calmly caewa the cardamon seeds with which he Is always abundantly provided. Mr Dibble stood up in his seat during the aku three hours aa It he were having a reception, atlcn and ho farmed out the time to his friends ana answered the enemies ot his bills whenever he Amf got a chance.

He is a small-framed, compact curren man, eeit possessed and ready, born in Danbury, belief tiatlnaniJ Connecticut and early transplanted to Charles- tenupltdttroagM ton. their aaceston One of the most noisy ot the opponent! was OTer Eia Taulbee of Kentucky, a lank brunette, 33 years noware old, with black hair, Bony arme and haggard tal brtii a thstacreat nati torn one to tsta dertb.sbndgl.L, but isEoattraolinl will forgive to decade. HavlM well enough to 4 to tbe legenfl, will be that It Mi creating the inrbnthe and, though a good presiding officer, Ue was The legend' strong- pnt to his trumps by the constant rain ot HUBS- and i to pick tions of order. Indeed, he would have been great sptrm, 1 The following from an old pioneer of Poget alongside wolle toe canoe was paddled robbery they Dpencd the pipes and let the oil run luto the vsoods It Is not a difficult matter to point out the relationship ot the Siundard Oil Trust to the con- tpiner. The Jtttfer is wiiotly at Its merc It ni points u.e men who ehr.ll sell him oil, It names Ihe puce be shall pay for it Its hsd the impertunmce to say that this price is iinttller than it be if there wore competition in the trade, pointing to the e-tten- fineness of its plant and its facilities for manufacturing tho products of petroleum at the lowest poBbible cost.

Tbe fallacy of this would be tetter understood II the public only knew what irnnienEe6un3 are annually expended in keeping the monopoly intact The trust supports an army of highly salaried agents and spies, managers, snb-manoaers and snb-asBtsfint nifaEpgere. It has paid out fortunes through the legislative lolblee. GiU-edgea lawyers of the kind eo dear to the heart ot Daniel Donaherty are always or. its payrolls and ready to do its dirty work. It baflBunli millions running nu- Dichlable ret nerles and selling oil at a loss in Its runny fights All these things are added to the cost of Itfl products and help to swell the puce.

Again, tbo Standard never lets tho consumer enjoy the Dennfits ot a arop the prlceof crude oil. Dollar o.l or fitly cent oil, it Is all the same Vhen it cornea to kerosene. Cost of production, yen Storage mep draw sa'artes from the Standard unplpa a ant secrets for a llvlog, it ia safety. It was getting dark and the rivers were all np and filled tneir banks full Pat Day knew the country well and acted as pilot to Bice's farm. Thsy came to LookinB-GlsBS creek after dark; there was a moon to hot the stream, which was a long way ont ot its banks.

The shores were lined with alders and tie wagon road had cut ontlts trade tbiough there, so there was a silvery streak ot open water to Indicate the roadway. Their swept down out ot their depth by rrent and swam among the tangled lined the Bhores. Itwasnoi an jtebr day and was decidedly perilous by KSea a a caeh in his pocket, findi another man aleUrace np raj 8 0 1 side ot Main street TMhey aU ho sound who has just returned there after several years, absence, may be of Interest to eomeol tbe Eastern people coming to the coast whom the Nerttern Pacific people are advising to go to Tacoma. The writer came to the Sound In the early We, and probably knows as much about it aa any man In tbe territory, at least be knew Pierce county and the place where Tacoma now TruEt. Seine 1011 DOV unplpa a ant secrets don't baieto 1 work very hard Plttsburg people have long wondered over Ihe case of one Mr.

Beach. He held a oou- fidentlaJ position in the Standard Oil Company's employ some years ffgr), and suddenly found it necessary to zo to Canada, leaving behind some very unpleasant financial inmoacies The Standard penple thought over the matter for awhile and then for Mr. Beaoh They bete owning a block ot eravel Bide bill, Into which he has put $3009--all LB had. Tho tastern man buys half the block for $3000 The solier takes ILe 5SOCO and builds a house on h.s re- mainmg hall-Week. Ibe Easlern man wlih $8WO builds a house on hw half Thus Tacoon has two new houses worth $0000, every dolU of which is brought here from abroad.

Not one penny of the money is made here by any legitimate usmeES. The Eastern man now has lett. He at once goes into speculation in town properly and thinks of nothing else but to bamboozle Bome other Eastern man buy of him lots In which he has invested his $4000 and give him two to four times their cost and ten tanas their valne. The first man oflere bis bouse and half-block for $10,000, gets it, and withhia money buys another block or two and watauea his chance for another dig at some enllitalo greeny And so it goes here all tha time. Ta coma has no resources to justify a boom, foreign capital Is spent here, and so inueft building makes work for mechanics and trade in material, tint the money is brought here.

True, it la a Sound port and a railroad point, hut it ie not backed by rich mines or agriculture. Pierce county is one of the poorest in the territory Except a little interval along the Pnyallup river It Is lery sterile. Seattle is jnst as eood a port, and is bound to have just as good railroad connections. It Is backed by equally good lumber and coal output, and better agriculture. I Uiink Taooma Is overdone and I would not be surprised if proper'y could be bought in five years from this time, Improvements and all, for what the land now costs.

Then, again, tbe Southern Pacific railroad is not going to stop south of the Columbia river. I expect that they will go to takin precaidons to "fort up They lulled to let them know who was. They found families there and retreshed themselves Of TUB TOKSADO. Some Curious Incidents of the Terrible iud btorm at atoant St Louis Globe Democrat. The fate ot Joseph Shew and Josle Sntton was tragically pathetic.

They "were lovers, and were to link their destinies In a short time. As was the custom of the yonng people, they ware ont for the usual bunday afternoon walk, and arm in arm were caught by the cloud when sonthof the Louisville Nashville track, oud whipped agalne) the ties until their life's breath was beaten ont of them, and they were found between tbe rolls with no marks to indicate their mortal Injuiles save two small bruises on the girl's forehead. The dead Jody of Mrs Shelton was found on the north side ot the track, near Shew and his sweetheart. Another peculiar experience was that of Hlninan and family of five, who lived on. nori'i the time, and, thonzh tile "bnUdings on elllior side were uninjured, the one they were ia i picked up by tho wind, carried i distance ot yujA uons 01 oruer.

IUUOBU, uo uno greaispin swim quite submerged 11 it had not been for the hints the rivals ot Crntchfield. Crutchfield Is the speaker's aa68 prompter. He is a bright yonng fellow, about 0 ce 26, with a thin, long neck, nervous hands and other ono eager face. He leans on the end of the 80 iu, theft epeaker'e desk, with a Jefferson's Manual dislocated and open In his hand and Us restless eyes on jj ow and gsn the restless house. He has stood here for Having three years and Is familiar with the scene.

He count tor the knows instantly when a point of order is well tains that bl4a token, and be recognizes all the tricks of the tMg trouble filibuster. When Uie tumult was at its highest roore he leaned a little closer to the speaker pro tem, cblckaboro grew a trine mde as the excitement Increased, These ri and, now and then, without turning his face delllw, toward spoke a few words in a voice which gahnuab, the presiding officer conld hear. The speaker inhlscreatMn generally accepted the decision and repeated it wroth at without a word. theeceneoltteMW On every side members were shouting angry where we retorls aod Inaudible jokee, demanding then )or jnjjjun and "a vote," and for half an honrthe noise was Reives. so tremendous that Ihe official reeortar could formation lei 8 not catch any of the speaker's words exsept by tlfy Jo MeeM' going and holding a notebook under bis very noee.

TO retnra tr On the republican side the men who moat log fact movement' river. As lfK UlfifB 8HU iWllcsueu LUOIUOOIVOQ wit-u of cofiee betore starting on. fifteen feet, one side etovs in, and lae structu.u v. wreLKed. 'nhilts Eot onH of tho i imi them that be had heard firing towards Bicn's ail the afternosD, but It had stopped at sundown hat It meant they could not toll, but evldanlly the Indians had gone away It they hal su ceefied in aptnrlng the place, they would hue burned tbe house and aa there was no uUTM they thougt tho Indians had gone otf dently the savages bad received a check nal v.

eis gone .0 their camp, wherever tuat niifot lie. SOME HKBOIt WOMKS. The ploteer history of Oregon will t-rnw that of the women of that time were brave, and sometimes oraver than the men At there were several men and they weio will ng to join the ecout on the night march. One of the women said "Let all go bnt one. He can fire Irom ono Bide and I will defend thio port hole.

The other women can help load and we have guns enough." She was not alone in her glory The other women stood valiantly for Belt-defense, and BioMret them said all the men could go. The pit'ot it IB that the veracious chronicler cannot gi-e tbe names of ibese brave mothers ot pionee- Ore- wro-ked, not one of Uio Linaa lain sustained an iajuri Crowder IB an agent tbe tosvn for i cjclone and tornado Insurance co-nuaay, and had been BO successful In his business that L-j built threo houses iu tha town an 1 piid tbem. Nono of them hid been insured, how mer, and the cyclone, force, moBbed all Ihree In 'o tuotb Dicks. lae were strikingly Illustrated In the cose of three trees on Jordan street, a llttlo way east ot the Heiserman plaee. There were two tic trees and a The middle tree had its top taken off, the others were uninjured, although, oli three were within a space of thirty feet A most remarkable escape from death wis made by GUSBSB, the 15-year-old oaugbter of J.

B. Jonee, living at the corner of Spring and Casey streets, when tho storm came up Jones was at the depot but be at ones started on a run for his home. He found to his horror that his residence was leveled to the ground. His first thought was that some of hla family might be burled In tha ruins, so mounted the debris and called out several familiar names. Jeen down In tho ruins he heird the voice of ui moo" pkj i (n mo LUIUH UH ue iru LUS Voice OL nlq ROD.

It la worth while beingparticular this daughter. After locating her the best he could i nnrtiAflconcerned were a 1 earlv MJUIU, ital, aa tbe parties concerned were ail early settlers It Umpqua, and many of them are honored age to-day. The UP-roei Jonee cried out "Are yon hurt, GusaieV" the republican side the men who moat escuM the lively participated were Gen. Catcheon, of i )g maltsra mulligan, a tall, sturdy, intellectual man, who looks lute Garfield, and Johnston and Brown, of i Indians, Bead, a giant physically and In- tellectnally, eaid no word all day, bnt contented mrrobonted tk himself with voting for the bills. So did Pig gin Iron Kelley.

Bourle Cocktan walked np and down the aisles wilh his hands in bis pockets, bis tat face and chubby bead and body inevitably suggesting the fat boy in Pickwick, and one felt like rejachinff down from the gallery, taking hira by me collar and shouting "Hera Wake up' wake up The circus was to make the head ache, but, it was not without little humorous relief. 1 or instanco Mr CowleF, ot North Carolina--Mr. Speaker' Sir Speaker Sir. bpca kerrr 1 The bueaker (attei a while)--Iho gentleman Nortu irohna-- Hubbub tor tun minutes, during which time i red in Ue face, vainly strove to nuke h'nuelt heard At la Speaker, I vti to i question ol the gentleman In charge of the bill The Speaker--Tna gentleman from hirt'i Carolina desires to aak question ot the gentla man from South Carolina. cu Turnultcus laughter, watm applause and a li-fore It rush to the front with cries of "What Is it'" State the question'' "Lount i 'I feel taesame Richardson of Tennessee--I trust the senlle- mon frum South Carolina will meet the question cf the gentleman lromlorai Carolina In a proper spirit More laughter, questions, cross questions asa general cacntnolion Milllken, of Maine--Will the gentleman lay aside his bill for temporary adjournment' Cox--No 1 No' I hope our friends, the enaaiy, will not fiolace themselves tor the loss ot tb-3 white pluine by Babstftntlng a cock toll.

Lproailons laughter, amid which Mbbln Dlt his nails and waited tor another chance to forfta ahead. A dozen members were smoking in different parts of iho house in violation of the rolos which prescribe that all smoking shall be abatt tbe green baize screen. Bland, who si from fife to i toward great i fxpreBsedTtlie treekoftbsO.il* it would ba ammed and ward aler" Baid I mountain, ttrtlberew; refit to I dune. dary fancy, been dabbling a blr.msde good the shortage and reicBtatrd hifii, it IB sold, at an advanced salary. With thta ohaiacteristlc incident let us draw a veil for awhile on the Standard OH Trust canal and Fort Gamble, and there will be another rival city superior to all other Sound poits.

M. i. to-day, or their children are there in their pbw) They took the women at their word, and enlisted for their further march Ed Gage and Wm. Dillard. Kent was a neighbor of KICK'S, so tbey rode on through the dusky nleht to his There they found John Richards, John Qukkly seizing an ax, Jones chopped a paas- ageway through the timbers until bin daughter was reached, and ahe stepped out ot her prison without so mnch as a scratch on her body The gUl was lying under the Iloor, which had been partly torn trom the foundations, and a "division," and the members crowded to the area In front of the speaker's desk and wedjed them, two by two, between tbe tellers to be counted.

Tbe lines of tired members cams down the aisles from all directions to the point ot convergence and thence emerged In a single Et e'nwL OffcCtWlW'j ed, 1 over Gripping the aian Throat The Sugar Trust, the Whisky Trust, the Cotton Seed OH Trust, end all the rest of the brood of big contplracles which have sprung Into being hi the past year differ from the Standard Oil Trust in that they were established directly to get a grip on certain commodities, and so A WlnnlnE Hand. Bt Louis Globe-Democrat Indiana has a good chance to secure tbe re- pnblloan presidential nomination, bnt she can easily lose it by giving her preference to a sec- ond-claf when she has a first-class one at her command. SBS.S5.K SJWSMi ffSSSSSXSSffSSSSlSi Only Practicable Solution. World has been working bard to get at the In- Bellew aid Jame. on an incependeut eoont and gladly joined the sheriffs forty.

The Iltile company made an informal organ! zallon be fore they stalled forth on their night march. Jastleman had the rank of captain In Ihe volunteer service, so they all deferred to him Pot Day was sheriff of the county, and a clever fellow generally, so he ranked as next in They followed the trail of the la- inches to which to movet SUB had abandoned all hope of being rescued. A remarkable condition of things was shown at Adolph Isom's house alter the storm. The I cyclone approached from the rear and struck the back ot the building with great violence, yet not a board was started. The front side le 2 away 'n splinters, but the cades, tot racket ot bedlam broke forth again.

And so the beu i. WS hours went by iu a continuous battle. Mr. DID- Mtu re "JEji ble got two of his bills through the committee to with a recommendation lhattney pass--Chatta- reason which no ma t0 perfected his masterpiece, and having World has been woiHnghariItoeel-at tteln- IIB i msMPioe Lines all In the veet pockets ol wardness of Ibe Sngar Trnst, which ii a eample be ripe of al)j gjj lt toyreamtsome facts Honor onestlou--not an Ideal solution, ce-taroly, but oneot Immense advantage to the community. Now that the theatrical season is drawing to a close, fashion make the announce- spring and summer hat will be This IB what we should call the loternal unfit- ol Herald.

burning" bonne. Dams, stacks and straw. Whereve- a match could light a blaze they had made a fire. Tbe people had fled In terror before their approach. Their track was K) freeh that somo of the houses and buildings were not half buried.

They crossed dinde to waters (f Olilly creek, a branch Glaw. Deie they np with tbesai actually ww them setting the to ionse and premton of a They phenomena of Olve Him an Agreeable Surprise Bprlngfleld Union. i af oPWbala- the expiration of tbe session. It was a I ot 15 against lt0, bnt it won, and tbe samel tics persisted in will deieat a hundred snob bills this year and prevent the expenditure ot 000,000 Even this estimate will permit thirty- nine bills to go through and $1,000,000 to be spent for public buildings. SOCIETY "DODGB8." Mrs.

Hicks-Lord, tbe ambignons nabob, has been doing a part ot the "season" here, and I about bar-not A well known ltd; correspondent called nare usually worn for wraps. one should stay at a dinner nSctoS vnys in which they miy ioreradd made Into new dishes. BdrnlefortheuBeofthe different SiTM use flour wherever baking IS used andbread flonr with yeast ewtnmes Imported for the first warm homespun or of can a full and an outside liereeyBWith sailor blouse front gm and deep sailor collar are p-ettr weanng out partly worn for travellnz cloaks are made ot and Plaid cheviots, bomeapanj aad rough surface in gray, tobicso and copper colors. Btnapenon is "sick at Uie etomach" In Eteto toe mouth In small pieces and allowed It before swallowing will, In very miny eet, relieve the discomfort. of ue elaborate French gloree are em- 4 on tbe backs with gold or silver thread of fleur de-lis and sometimes with of the wearer.

of tbe soring Jerseys have the eleeres rail at tbe wristband, and some are tf at top and bottom, while others are id around te match the shirred yoke or the like bonnets all the ara tbouRh they are by no means tl it lowering, pointed bows of last jear Ifhen place to eofl, wide loops, put ou to broader effect Jcon a wart place the thumb upon (he land press It agalnal tbe Don" the Itaciwatd and forward upon ttie bone until looti Imome or sore, when Uie iwlll dieappear. glili-lirnetcd corsages are becoming too fignree, aa they have the effect 'tg them appear shorter In the waist arrangements are preferred for don S(d bodices. tuiertB In the grayish-green reseda shad I up Kilt darker ureen casbmere, or Honr the copper-red Bengallne, arc alteration toilets for the early spring Wta for brldwraalds is the nie of very ft dram veiveteea, trimmed with otter easy, ijracelul fuldn, and Jittecittsdoeekln The bidicoj are a 1 to toil the lur creeses in front Testa mantle, made very "hort terl OD front and almost a la and jet, this Is worn wi'u ibe mr ra MBha 1 li locketn. and Is dn ie wl It Bill be SOCIETY li m- sol a a 'Twit rt a Mi id lMtl ri "ttunT" 1 i 1 -ntUs, rj Vr 'N iir-.