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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10

Councilman GIasford still favors the
solution of the water question that he
proposed through the Statesman sew
eral weeks ago. He would utilize the
water now developed at Thomas
springs for the business section Of the
city and the residence portion east Of
Howard street, using the present sys-
tenn to supply the remainder Of the
city. More water could be developed
at Thomas springs or in that vicinity
at the pleasure Of the council. Instead
Of requiring the expenditure of $4,000
for new water pipe within the city in
order to withstand the increased pres
sure, Councilman GlasfOrds plan
would require new pipe only in the
business section and the more elevat-
ed residence districts above Howard
street.
The plan appears feasible and it Of
fers the speediest solution of the wa
ter problem. There is no doubt that
scientific development work in the vi
cinity of Thomas springs would supply
sufficient water for a city Of two or
three times the present population OF
Walla Walla. BY making use Of the
flow already developed at the springs,
all immediate danger of a water fam
inc would be removed and the city
could take it's time to develop a great
err flow according to a we'll considered
plan.
Mr. GlasfOrd's plan offers a happy
solution of the water question and
the council might do much worse than
to submit it to the people as a COM
promise between the Mill creek plan
and the Thomas springs plan advo-
Gated by Councimen Smith and Boy
er. Eventually the Smith Boyer plan
of developing a greater supply would
be adopted, and then it could be given
time enough for a fair test. If it
should not prove successful-and that
contingency seems hardly possible
Mill creek is always with us and that
source of supply can be tapped at one
time as we'll as at another.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10
CONVENTION BEGINS
WAIlA WALLA COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
LARGE Number of Delegates Are in A.
tendance-Reports Of Officers
Made.

The annual convention of the Walla
Walla County Sunday School associa-
ton was convened this afternoon at
the First Presbyterian church, with a
large number of delegates from the
tinguished Sunday school workers
present are Rev. ". c. Merritt, of Ia
coma, secretary of the state associa-
ton and w. G. Landes, of Elgin, Ills.
The convention was opened with a
song and scripture service, conducted
by Mr.. Landes. After an organization
was effected the reports of the Off
GERS for the past year were read and
referred to the proper committee.
The reports of the officers show an
exceptionally good condition of all the
Sunday schools in the county. Many
new schools have been established
during the past year and the attend
ance has increased in a very salts
factory manner.
During the afternoon Rev. Merritt
read an excellent paper on "Organized
to EvangeliZe," which was followed by
discussion, led by Mr.. Landes.
How Far Is the Pastor Responsible
for the Christian Nature of the Sun
day School," was the subject of a
paper by A. M. Cation. This was fol-
lowed by discussion led by Rev. AL
terrain church.
A session of the convention will be
held this evening, when the following
program will be followed out:
Praise and prayer service. Mr.. Lam
special music; The Department With
a Hole in It." Mr.. Landes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10
THE PANAMA GRAFT.

The Panama revolutionary govern
ment is being financed by the Panama
Canal Company, which has $40,000,000
at stake in the prospective sale Of its
rights to the United States govern
ment Varilla, a Frenchman, an agent
of the same syndicate, has been chos-
en- to represent the interests of the
new government at Washington. He
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10
Comfort.

Your husband has a dreadful cold
said the visitor.
Yes answered young Mrs. Tork-
ms, he can scarcely speak above a
whisper. But Charley is lucky in one
way. The baseball season is over and
how"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10

Flytter-I suppose there's money to
be picked up in the stock market
Flutter-There ought to be. Why,
myself have dropped considerable OF
it there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-14
Manager Wanted.

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-14
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
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fold to the good you can possibly derive from
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j. Chenney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, Price 7oc. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-14
-CHA
Redwood GuSette
By AIKEN 4 SChMARi
WEDNESDAY. IAN. II. 1908.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.
What Must be Paid by the Property Own
ers of This City.
Continued from last week. J

The following is a list of the diff
erent personal property tax payers.
together with the amount of taxes
to be paid by each, according to the
returns by the assessor and cXten-
tensions by the auditor
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-14
Bull for Sale.

Thoroughbred Shorthorn bull with
pedigree. Inquire OF G. w. Lussenhop,
six miles west of Redwood Falls. 23-2
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Land Commissioner, Hudson Wis, or G. H.
MacRae, Assistant acknowledgements Agent,
st. Paul, Mimi.
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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
PLAN A BIG CANAL SYSTEM
TWENTY PROMINENT MEN ARE
NAMED AS COMMITTEE TO
PROMOTE SCHEME.
Would canaIize contInent-Ethan A.
len Estimates Cost at Ten Billion
Dollars-1oo,o 100000 Horse Power
Can Be Generated.

New York: Two score of men prom
inent in AFFAIRS of this city and nation
were Friday appointed a committee to
call an international convention, In
Guiding all the peoples of North Amer
lea, for the formulation of plans for a
huge continental system of canals for
purposes Of navigation and the recla-
nation OF desert regions. It is pro-
posed to organize a continental asso-
citation ito promote the construction Of
q continental system of deep water
ways and the canalization of the riv-
ers of the continent which discharge
their waters into the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans or the Gulf of Mexico.
and the creation Of continental sys-
tenn of water powers for use in produc-
ton and distribution, and reservoirs
for the irrigation of the arid and ara
BILE lands of the continent"
The men designated to constitute
this committee are Andrew H. Green,
Ethen Allen, F. W. Seward, Silas B,
butcher, ]. Edward Swanstrom, Hugh
Kelley, Edward Lauterbach, Walter s.
Logan, Darwin r. James, John G. KEEL
ley, M. M. O'Brien, ]. G. Mcguire, G.
@. Shayne, Paul Dana, w. H. Earring
ton, Dumont Clark, Edward Simmons,
Ludwig Nilsson, G. d. Matthews, Henry
Clews, ]. D. Warner, F. P. olcott, Ly-
man J. Gage, A. D. Julliard, G. w. Sea-
mans, J. N. Jarvis, A. B. Fitch, c. 8.
Fairchild, G. F. Seward, g. T. Barney,
Max Nathan, Robert c. Ogden, Louis
Stern, Oscar S. Straus, George A. Ser
geant and F. w. Glen
The meeting at which this step was
taken was held in the Office Of Andrew
H. Green, 214 Broadway, and was at
tended by almost 300 men of distinc-
ton in the commercial life of this
city. Besides this action, memorial
was presented to Senator Merton E..
Lewis, approving his resolution ask
ing Congress to complete the surveys
already begun to determine the posi-
bilities Of constructing a canal 30 feet
deep between the Great Lakes and the
Atlantic tidewater, and for the devlop-
ment of the water power thus to be
made available. Ethan Allen delivered
an address in which he showed clearly
what an enterprise like that proposed
by means of an international move,
ment would mean. "Ten billion dol.
lars" he said, will construct a CONT
mental system of deep-sea canals and
the canalization of our rivers, as above
mentioned, and at the same time ere
ate water power equal to 50,000,00C
horse or 7OO,O0O,OOO man power. Com.
petent authorities have estimated the
available water power upon this con
tinent to be equal to 10O,OOO,OOO horse
power"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
| WABASH FLYER IS WRECKED
OMAHA EXPRESS, MAKING UP
LOST TIME, IS pERAiLEp
WEST or ST. CHARLES.
Men and Women Bruised and Cut, But
Not Seriously Hurt-All the Pas
sensers Were Brought to st. Louis
With the Injured.

st. Louis: The east-bound Omaha
flyer, on the Wabash railroad, was
ditched at Elm Point station, about 6
o'clock Sunday morning, nine persons
suffering injury.
A remarkable feature was that the
train, which was filled with pas
sengers, and running at a rate of fifty
FIVE miles an hour, was thoroughly
derailed, yet no one was killed and
no one even seriously injured.
The train involved was No. IA, east
bound, due in st. Louis at a. m. 1t
was in the charge Of Conductor James
Canantsy and Engineer ]. B. Cogley.
At the time of the accident the train
was about thirty-ive minutes late, and
on reaching straight stretch Of we'll
equipped track, the engineer decided
to make up some of the lost time.
About 100 yards west of Elm Point
station, nine miles west Of st. Charles,
the tank, attached to the engine, with
out warning, jumped into the air,
turned over and fell at the side of the
track. 1t was followed by the bag
gage car, two coaches and one sleep
er, all of which turned over on their
sides, but none of them left the grade
or rolled down. The engine and rear
sleeper remained on the track.
The passengers in the overturned
cars we're thrown about promiscuously
and many of them were severely
| bruised and cut. The cars, however,
did not telescope, and it is probably
owing to this fact that none of the
passengers lost their lives. They were
released from the cars as soon as pos
sible, and those who had sustained
bruises and cuts were cared for as
we'll as could be for the time being.
News was sent to st. Charles almost
Immediately after the wreck, and the
accommodation train running between
This city and st. Charles was sent to
u e scene.
Or. ]. r. Mudd Of st. Charles and
Doctors Douglass and Dyer of Fergu-
son were taken along to attend to the
injured. Many Of the passengers were
still badly frightened. 1t was regarded
as a miracle that none was killed, and
even more so that none was seriously
injured. All of the passengers, includ
ing the injured, were taken aboard the
st. Charles accommodation and
brought to st. Louis, arriving at the
Union station shortly before IL O'Clock
Sunday forenoon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
RIcHTMEYER CONVICTED.
Bandit Captured in st. Louis Sentenced
to Serve Indeterminate Sentence.

Bandit Captured in st. Louis Sentenced
to Serve Indeterminate Sentence.
Chester, ILL.,: Jerry Richtmeyer, the
Steelville bank robber who was cap,
tured in st. Louis, was convicted of
larceny in the Circuit Court here Fri
day and sentenced to an indeterminate
sentence of from one to ten years in
the Penitentiary.
1t took the jury eight hours to reach
a verdict. The indictment charged
burglary and larceny, bat Attorney
Detrechet, who was appointed by the
court to defend Richtmeyer, succeed
ed in getting the larceny verdict.
Attorney Detrecht made full ap-
peal to the jury and his eloquence was
all that saved the prisoner from a
twenty-year sentence.
Richtmeyer was much affected while
Mr., Detrecht was addressing the jury
and shed tears freely.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
DEArA oLAIMs MRs. pENNELL.
Mystery Of the surdlcIO Case, Which
Cost Two Lives, still Unsolved.


Cost Two Lives, still Unsolved.
Buffalo, N. Y: Mrs. Carrie Lamb
Pencil died at the Sisters hospital at
6 o'clock Wednesday evening. The
surgeons had been sure from the be-
ginning that her injuries were mortal,
yet they had hoped, for the interests
of those concerned in the two TRACE
dies, that some time before death came
she would be able to speak a word or
two and say whether accident or de-
sign caused the automobile horror of
Tuesday night.
But Mrs. Pencils last conscious
moment was the moment when she
plunged and her husband, Arthur R.
Pennell plunged over the brink Of the
rock-ribbed quarry at Kensington. She
died without a word or moan, with
out pain and without the knowledge Of
her whereabouts or her husbands In
slant death. If she had been able to
listen and to speak OF move her head,
a question might have been asked of
her before she died, and her reply
might have set aside the doubts that
will remain in many minds as to the
supposed connection of her husband
with the killing of Edwin l.. Burdick.
Wednesday evening Mr.. Penney and
relatives of the dead couple had con-
ference in Pencils office. 1t was de-
cided that the bodies will be taken to
the Pennell home and they will be sent
to Brunswick, Me-, for burial. Bruins
wick is the old home of the Pencils,
and it was the wish of the dead law
yer's mother that the interment should
be there.
Mr.. Penney made a careful search
through Pennell's papers, and found
his will. 1t was dated about year
ago, but Mr.. Penney would say moth
ing about the provisions. Mr.. Pen
nell's estate consists chiefly of his life
insurance, which amounts to S215,000.
AS an indication of the amount of
stock that is put in the theory that
Pennell deliberately ran into the quar-
ry, only one insurance agent could be
found Wednesday who would say that
he was investigating the possibility Of
suicide. His company insured Pennell
for $4,000 within a year.
An examination of the automobile
showed that the brake was set, the
lever was at the reverse, and the pow
er was shut off. These conditions, un
less they we're caused by the fall into
the quarry, are taken to indicate that
Pennell tried to save himself, or rath
er, that he tried to stop the automobile
when his hat blew off. Attorney Pen
ney said that the suicide theory is
absurd. "If he wanted to commit sui
eide, would he take his wife with
| him?" he asked.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
Rreak Below New Orleans.

New Orleans, La: The flood situa-
ton here Monday night is distinctly
encouraging and satisfactory reports
are received from the levees above the
city. The Arlington levee is stronger
than ever. and as this was thought to
be the weak spot, but little fear is felt
that the river will break through be.
tween Baton Rouge and New Orleans
The river Sunday broke through the
levee ten miles below Pointe la Hache
and by daylight had made gap 200
feet wide in the embankment, through
which a great volume of water was
sweeping with terrific force. The
break is 55 miles below New Orleans.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
'a. FRANCIS LEVEE Breaks
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS IS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS SENT TO
WARN ISLAND RESIDENTS.
Many Island DweIlers in Danger Of
DrownIng--5reak In Levee Below
New orleans--More Rains in Sight
at Vloksburg.

Memphis, Tenn. The first break of
the leyees in the Memphis district oc-
Cured Monday. Monday night the
crevasse at Trice's farm, a mile above
Hollybush, and about 16 mites north Of
Memphis, was three-1uarters OF a mile
wide and the country was rapidly fill-
ing. When the steamer Sun reached
the danger spot at noon, the water was
beyond control, flowing over the en-
bankment in a dozen different places.
An hour later It gave way with roar
and runners we're Immediately sent out
to notify the residents of Crittenden
County of their danger. Marion, the
county seat, town of perhaps 500 per
sons, is ten miles from the break, and
prompt action was taken by the inhab-
itants that they might be able to reach
places of safety before the food was
upon them. The ST. Francis levee
board is turning all its attention to re-
vetting the ends of the broken levee,
and 500 men were at work there Mon
day night
Another phenomenal rise was regis
tered here Monday, 1.3 at o'clock.
The gauge stands at 1917 feet, "a high
er than ever before known. Sunday
night at o'clock the gauge stood at
1856 feet; at Monday morning, 80;
at noon, 1913; at 4 o'clock, 1915, and at
o'clock night, 1877.
The deepest anxiety prevails in the
delta, which will in a measure be re-
lieved by the news of the breaking OF
the st. Francis levee. This allows the
water to spread out over wide terri
tory and checks the rapid rise.
Rosedale reports a rise of three
tenths in "a hours, and the convicts
working hard to raise the low places at
Sherrard and Huntington.
The report from Helena Ark, is
gloomy. Some of the prettiest homes
in the city are in the flooded district.
The government steamer Mercury Off
cials say the rise of another foot will
put the water over the Laconia levee.
Relief steamers are doing a rushing
business in the Memphis district.
Probably a thousand homes are
flooded in Memphis, and every hour
adds to the distress.
A hurry message was Monday night
received from the Red Fork levee
board, Red Fork, Ark, for 10000 sacks
and Irvine. st. Thomas, Ark, 125 miles
south, is in great distress. The levees
| there are sloughing and seeping.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
Northcott Ineligible.

Springfield, ILL.,: Attorney General
Hamlin, at the request of Lieut.. Gov.
Northcott, has rendered an opinion on
the question whether or not the lieu
tenant governor, during his term of
Office, may become a candidate for cir
cult judge. The attorney general holds
that the clause Of the constitution pro-
viding that neither the governor,
lieutenant governor, auditor of public
accounts, secretary of state, superin-
tendent of public instruction nor at
torney general shall be eligible to
any other office during the period for
which he shall have been elected. !"
bars the lieutenant governor from be
coming candidate for a judicial Office
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
LEvEEs ON WHITE RIVER BREAK
Hundreds Of Families Homeless and
Suffering for Food.


Evansville, Ind: Several levees be-
low and above Hazelton, Ind, on the
White River, broke Wednesday and
as a result hundreds of families are
homeless and suffering for food and
shelter. Several tugboats were busy
all day rescuing the people from. the
lowlands. The river is still rising,
The Ohio River in this port stood
42.S feet Wednesday and is stationary.
Another rise is looked for in a few
hours and 1t is generally believed that
the river will go to A feet, which will
be the highest stage reached since the
food of 1884.
The loss to farmers along the Ohio
between this city and Cairo, ILL.,, and
the Wabash River, from Terre Haute
down to its mouth, will he nearly a
quarter of a million dollars. Much
corn has been swept away and the
wheat crop in some sections is killed
Reports received Wednesday night
state that several bridges in Gibson
and Warrick counties have been wash.
ed away. Railroad traffic Is greatly
interfered with.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-03-19
.KILLa VIZ AND az oAlLDREN.
August Krus Also seeks to End Hls
Own Life Near Bellefontaine, Mo.


st, Louis: August Krus, well-to-
do farmer, residing near Bellefontaine,
about 81 miles west OF st. Louis, mas
sacred his entire family, consisting Of
wife and six children, Thursday af-
ternoon between 3 and o'clock, using
a rock-hammer, as weapon.
He then attempted to kill himself
with the hammer, but was still alive,
though unconscious, when discovered
by his brother.
The crime was committed between
and o'clock. The dead bodies Of
Mrs. Krus and her children we're found
lying in row, with the exception of
the baby's body, which was still in
the cradle, in a locked bedroom. Krus
was on his hands and knees on the
floor, his head In a dropping position,
covered with wounds which Is sup
posed to have inflicted with the ham
mer.
| The discovery was made by John
Krus, brother of the murderer, who
resides with his family on an adjoining
farm.
Krus had been i'll for several years
so his brother says, and for several
months past had been acting strangely
He had never been heard to make a
threat against any of the members OF
his family, however, and his act OF
Thursday was a great shock to his rel
atives, all of whom reside in the neigh
! borhood.
No note of any kind was left behind
by the murderer explaining his deed
and 1t is not known that he even warn
ed his family of their peril.
Mrs. Krus is said to have been &
model wife.
That quarrel might have preceded
the killing is secuted by relatives o.
Krus on the ground that the babe was
included among the victims of the hus
bands wrath.
Financial trouble had nothing to de
with the crime, as Krus had plenty o.
money; in fact he was reputed to BIZ
wealthy.
Temporary insanity, brought on BY
Ill health, is believed by Rrus's rela
tives, to have been responsible foi
the deed.
Krus is about 3S years old, and hi
wife was about the same age. Thu
eldest of the six children was 10.