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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
LYNCH OF BROWN.

Michael ]. Lynch, the star pitcher
Of the Brown University nine is a fiji
sort Of an idol for Young America
He not only withewashei Yale, Har
ward, Princeton, Pennsylvania anC
Columbia and not only struck out q
Of the Columbia players, and not only
performed the feat of retiring three
Harvard players in the first inning
with nine balls; but he declined an of
fer of $4,000 a season to become a pro
fessional and declared his intention tc
stay at Brown until he wins the gradu
alton sheepskin.
From these accounts Lynch Of
Brown must be an ideal university
student The pitcher who can fan the
pet men Of the best university teams
and then return to his books and for
get about the cheers of the spectators
ought to be held up as model by the
professors. Lynch could be emulat
ed to advantage by young men.
What l have DONE" he says, has
been in the way of rational exercise
rather than with the intention of go
ing head over heels into college ath
letics. | am in the college with the in
tentlon of getting a graduation paper
Of the right stamp, rather than the
prize and the praise which come from
the ball field"
Lynch of Brown should become fa
nous. Since the prize and the glory
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
GAVE GAME AWAY
Amateurs Lost to Can
noneers" Yesterday
THE SCORE WAS SIX TO FOUR
Dumb Playing in tho Eighth After
Having Game Well in Hand Was
Undoing Of Amateurs.
THE SCORE WAS SIX TO FOUR

/ In a rafting good game that salts
| fed 800 enthusiastic fans who sal
throughout a binding dust storm
Walla Walla's amateurs lost to the
"Cannoneers" yesterday afternoon by
the close score of to 4. The loss OF
the game was due to dumb playing in
the eighth in which the ball was wild
ly caromed around the diamond, than
to the brilliant playing of the soldiers.
A series of wild throws and cOu-
pie of errors netted the soldiers four
runs in the eighth after the amateurs
had the game well in hand. McGucken
was found rather late in the game to
be effective while Hess, strong arm
ed cannoneer twisted curves and
shoots over the plate that fooled the
amateurs only for four innings. Walla
Walla sent three around the triangle
in the fifth and another in the NINTH
while the soldiers made the winning
two runs in the eighth and ninth.
Taking the crowds that formerly
, turned out to the professional games
yesterdays crowd was somewhat OF
surprise to the talent, as fully 300
fans were out, showing that baseball
is not as dead as the proverbial door
nail Manager Schiffner is arranging
games for this week. Yesterday S
score follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
LOCHREN AND THE MERGER.
.nditiOnS

The railroad organs of this state
and such railway henchmen as Judge
Burke of Seattle are Growing over the
recent decision of Judge Lochren, OF
the United States federal court in
favor of the Northern Securities Com
pany in the case brought by the state
of Minnesota to have the merger dis
solved. The railroad claquers would
have the public believe that this de-
cision practically settles the question
and makes smooth sailing for Jim
Hills big railroad monopoly. In fact
it does nothing of the kind. In the
case brought by Attorney General
Knox under the Sherman antitrust
law four federal circuit court judges
at st. Paul decided unanimously that
the merger is a violation of that law.
The Minnesota case against the mer-
ger was brought under a clause of the
state constitution, almost identical
with one in the constitution of this
state. prohibiting the merging of
parallel and competing lines of rail
way. In this case Judge Lochren, who
has a consistent record for ruling in
favor of corporations, holds that the
state constitution has not been VIC
lated because, as he puts it, the Sc
curities Company is merely an invest
ing or holding company and is there
fore not a railroad combine in the
sense of the law. Yet any school boy
would know that the stock held by the
Northern Securities Company is based
upon the value of the railroad property
and would be absolutely worthless if
the railroads were destroyed.
Four heads should be better than
one and the fact that four able federal
judges reached the conclusion that
the merger is violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law warrants the in.
ference that Judge Lochren is wrong
when he holds that the same merger
is not violation of the Minnesota
inhibition Of railroad combines.
Assistant United States Attorney
General Day is confident that the de-
cisioG of the four federal judges in the
first case will be sustained by the
United States supreme court, and that
in the second case the decision OF
Judge Lochren will be reversed on
appeal.
| Judge Lochren by placing his own
| opinion against that of four equally
| able judges of the same rank has
simply gained little cheap notoriety
/ as a tool of the big corporations, and
has thus placed himself in the line OF
| promotion whenever the trusts shall
| have president who is looking fol
such man to place on the United
| States supreme bench.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
WHY THE VACATION?

With Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, Payne
in the Catskills and Bristow preparing
for a fishing trip in Maine after he has
bought a few more Kansas newspa
pers, there is little enough doing in the
way of a thorough investigation of the
postoffice scandal at Washington.
Every one is ready to grant that the
national capital is warm enough in the
summer months, but it should be made
a great deal warmer for the scoundrels
who have been looting the government
through favoritism, bribery and nepot-
ism. Trying to divert the attention of
the country by sideplays on Russian
internal affairs in not the kind of con-
centrated attention which should be
given to the rascals around the de-
partment.
Just as Doodle is being investigated
in Missouri so should the Washington
housekeeping proceed. There should
be perseverance, publicity and thor
Ough search for violators of the law.
There should be hunting at the top as
we'll as at the bottom. Influential
friends" should not be protected.
Stockholders in favored companies
should not be officials with power to
give out contracts.
There have been rumors Of corrup-
ton of such widespread Oand putrid
| character that only energetic honesty
can clear the administration of the
charge of complaisance which seems
to have been the order of the day. So
far the postmaster general has been
only too glad to shift the responsibility
on his predecessor, while his prede-
| cessOr responds by calling Tulloch
and Bristow little liars" "curs" and
the like
An aroused public conscience is not
satisfied with this sort of treatment
1t has a right TO expect something
other and better. The president and
lis postmaster general could demon
strate their own active opposition to
grating by taking more interest The
summer is no time in which to let the
investigations die of prOcraStinatiOn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
AGUINALDO LIVES IN FEAR.
Expects Assassination at the Hands
of Luna's Friends.

San FranciscO-Dean c. Worcester
who has been one of Philippine com
miSSiOnerS ever since the first com
mission was sent to the islands, has
arrived in San Francisco on his way
to Washington and his old home in
Thetford, VT. The necessity for a
surgical operation forced him to leave
his post of duty He talked freely of
conditions in the islands. and takes an
optimistic view Of the American eff
forts to put down the LadrOnes and es-
tablish order
He says the islands are Quieter than
they ever were during the Spanish oc-
cupation, and that such disorder as
exists are nothing more than to be ex-
pected in almost any land after a
long war. The Spaniards were con-
tent to let ladrOnism and matchmaking
! tactics of the outlaws continue, but the
Americans are determined to stamp
them out, and this determination is
responsible for the occasional Skin
mishes. The disturbances are con-
fined in large part to Rial, Cavite
and Bulucan provinces, while recent
ly he travelled $50 miles with his wife
in Northern Luzon, practically unarm-
ed, without receiving so much as dis
courteous treatment anywhere. Ag-
uinaldo lives at Rial across the street
from Commissioner Wright, and is
free to come and go at will. He seems
we'll dressed but has haunting fear
of assassination at the hands of the
partisans of General Luna. in whose
death he was suspected of having a
hand. He receives on money from
this government. and bushes himself
with generally chimerical projects for
lettering island conditions.
Mr.. Worcester had not heard that
Governor Taft had been favOrably
considered as a vice presidential cam
didate, and said the Filipinos would
deplore the governors removal to any
other sphere of action, as they hold
him in tn highest regard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

j. L. Elan, one OF Walla Walla's
most successful and conservative bus
mess men, has decided to open a pri-
vate bank in the Baumeister building
ON East Main street. There is no
doubt that he will make a success Of
it, as he has of every other line of
business that he has undertaken Mr.
Elan has the confidence of the sub
owners Of the Inland Empire and there
is no doubt that his new enterprise
will be literally patronized
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

of all the produce that might be raised
On the farm.
The building of costly poor house
Oh Understanding warrants while tne
commissioners publish their proceed
in rs in the backwoods fashion OF post
ing c! fence posts and barn doors Is
certainly an example of being penny
wise and pound foolish, saving at the
spigot and wasting at the bunghole.
The Statesman regrets to learn that
Commissioner McCaw has not adhered
TO his first intention of opposing this
extravagant piece of poorhouse folly
which is condemned by every fair
minded taxpayer in the county az
wholly unjustifiable under present
conditions
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
UNFAIR TO WALLA WALLA
COUNTY.

The Colfax correspondent OF the
Sp0kesman-Review says that Commits
sioner McCaw of this county spent
several days at Elberton last week IN
speeding the Whitman county poor
house after having visited that OF
Spokane county. The correspondent
quotes Mr.. McCaw as saying that
brick Door house will be built in this
county soon. This would Indicate that
Commissioner McCaw has been COM
pletely converted to the hobby OF
Chairman Cornwell and that a poor
house costing anywhere from $4,000
to 1900 unfinished will be built in
this county on interest-bearing war
rants despite the protests Of the tax
payers.
The Spokesman-Review correspond
ent says further:
"One feature which surprised Mr..
McCaw was the fact that Whitman
county, with nearly double the popu-
lation of Walla Walla county, has but
six inmates on its poor farm, while
Walla Walla county has so. While
six is a small number for this county
it has not reached 20 in long time
and averaged less than a dozen for a
number of years"
No doubt this statement will be
news to Commissioner McCaw as well
as to everybody else in Walla Walla
county. In fact there are now only
five paupers at the private poor farm,
who are maintained under the con
tract system, Contractor Hunt being
paid s2160 for assuming entire charge
of the paupers of the county. Besides
caring for the inmates of the home
that he has provided for paupers, he
has helped a number of INDECENT fam
lilies on the outside.
In the face of such a showing as
this the publication of the erroneous
statement that Walla Walla county
has 50 paupers tends to give this pros
porous community a black eye that it
does not deserve.
In truth this county has no need of
palatial poor house. The payroll
would soon be double the entire cost
OF maintaining the poor under the con-
tract system. Among the salaried
employees would be a superintendent
at salary of from $1,000 to 81 200 a
year, an assistant superintendent at
a salary Of probably 5000 a wear. a
FARMER at a salary Of $500 a wear a
nurse at a salary of as much as $3.50
a year, a fireman at a salary of not
less than 500 year, besides a baker
a cook or two and divers supernumer-
aries that the exigencies Of politics
would soon foist upon the county.
In addition TO all this there wou15
be the interest on the capital invested
insurance on the building. the cost Of
farm and garden tools and ma
chlnery, etc, etc
The expenses enumerated do not
cover the cost Of maintenance Of the
paupers themselves and that wouId bo
a considerable sum above the va1ua
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
Totals
CannOneerS.
Score by Innings.

Score by Innings.
Walla Walla. @ 0 0 3 0 0 Ia
Cannoneers 80. 0 l 0 0 II
Summary.
Bases stolen-Frazier, Gray 2, Wick
ersham, Fisher 2, w. Aubin.
Three base hite-Brown. Home
runs-W Aubin.
Bases on balls-McGucken 2, Hess 2
Struck out-Hess 5, McGucken Z.
Passed balls-Lankard /, Brown 3
Time of game-One hour and "a min
utes.
ScOrer-LaDue
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

The city of Walla Walla last year
spent in round numbers $15O,00O and
the Walla Walla school district spent
about $4,000, making a total outlay
Of approximately $4,000. Quite a
wad of money for a city of twelve
thousand people to spend, was it not?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

The Sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind, is
another one of the many that has
changed it's hours of publication from
morning to evening. The owners be-
lieving that the evening papers have
greater opportunities for growth
Exchange.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

and how" asked the Jersey
Skeech, lis the drill team getting
along with that artesian well?" 90.
K" said the superintendent Of mos
quito operations "The boys have
been drilling into that dudes skull for
half an hour and have almost struck
water"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

1t is remarkable that the hero of a
"ecent novel dies in the middle of the
book. But it is an indication that
authors are becoming more consider
tie of the feelings of their readers in
ending the agony in the game
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

The bride who is able to display a
handsome outfit has a keen sense of
Ter Importance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

1t is the bride of advanced years
yho speaks the most pityingly of an
I'D maid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03

Everybody needs gooo o"unops
Get one by clipping Rambler o0
from the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
The Electric Bath Robe

Is the most wonderful invention Of
the age 1t actually and permanently
cures chronic and contracted diseases.
Electricity is one Of the worlds most
potent factors today for the cure of
disease. The body as hub Of the pa
tient becomes thoroughly magnetized
in the electric robe. No shock or I'M
pleasant sensation. Rheumatism and
paralysis yield at once under the
treatment of the Electric Bath Robe.
Cures guaranteed. Lady attendant
for ladies'.
Prof. J S. Galloway,
PALACE HOTEL.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
TWO TRAINS DAILY.

Time ScheduIe-WaIIa Walla:
No. Arrives from Spo-
kane $500. ....... 400 pm
and departs for
Pendleton and the
east 80. 4:OOpn
No. 8 Arrives from Pen
dleton and the east
and departs 1000 an
for Spokane and the
Palouse country 1000 an
No. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spokane via
Walula 80. ..... .10:15p pm
No. A Arrives from Port
land and Spokane
via Wallula ....... 2:55an
No. Al Leav es for PendIe-
ton Except Sunday 1000 an
No. AZ Arrives from Pen
dleton Except SIN
day. ..... ...... 9:15 Pm
No. 55 Arrives from Dayton 500 p Il
No. 90 Leaves for Dayton 1880 a N }
No. 45 Leaves for Wallula. 800 p n
No. as Arrives from Walu-
Id o. 0U III
Through Pullman Standard and
Tourist Sleeping cars daily to Omaha
Chicago, Spokane; Tourist sleeping
car daily to Kansas City; through
Pullman tourist sleepirg cars (per
sonally conducted weekly to Chicago
and Kansas City; reclining chair cars
(seats free) to the East daily.
STEAMER LINES.
San Francisco Portland route
Steamer sails from Portland s p. m
every days.
Daily Boat Service between Port
land, Astoria, Oregon City, Dayton
Salem, Independence, Corvallis ana
all Columbia and willamette River
points.
SNAKE RIVER 3OATS.
Leave Riparia Sundays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
Leave Lewiston Mondays, Wedne~
days and Saturdays.
R. BURNS. Gen. Agent
Walla Walla. Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-03
WEATHER..

Tonight and Tuesday fair; warmer
Tuesday.
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-07

Mr.. Hughes remarked casually that per-
sons have been known to pick up flints
which had been scattered over the ground
while the Indians were encamped there.
Hardly had the words passed his lips
when Lewis Robert looked down and
there just beneath the earth's surface
he espied flint. 1t proved to be an
excellent specimen, one of the finest that
has, ever been found there In order to
prove that it was the real article Mr..
Roberts struck the flint with his pocket
knife and from it sparks flew in all di-
rections. Mr.. Roberts presented his
find to General Baker who will in turn
present it to the State Historical So
cietv. The party kept their eyes rivit-
ed to the ground, but no more flints
were in evidence. Ever and anon the
gentlemen stopped and gazed about them
and discussed briefly the great event
which transpired there fifty years pre-
vious. The treaty was signed at point
about $50 feet from the house where De-
mos Young lives. Demos Young is .pio-
neer Frenchman, who has lived on the
old homestead since 1882 He has never
been able to master the English Ian
guage. His appearance today reminds
one of the patriarchs of old. One of the
buildings not far from his house is that in
which Louis Provencelle "kept store"
prior to the signing of the treaty. This
is one of the interesting sights for the
spectator.
At the present time but two or three
persons are living who were in attend
ance upon the ceremonies which marked
the signing of the treaty. One of these
is Gen. La Due of Hastings. He is still
vigorous. Another is a Mrs. Carpenter,
who lives in st. Peter, and she was feel
ing quite we'll until recently when she
suffered paralytic stroke Nathan My
rick, who participated in the event, died
short time since at his home in ST..
Paul.
This spot was not only made famous
because of the treaty of 1851, but it is
also historic on account of a treaty
made with the Indians in l84l by Cover
nor Doty of Wisconsin, but which was
never ratified by congress. This treaty
was unique in its provisions. 1t gave
to the Indians the land and they were at
liberty to form a republic con-
gress of their own and to conduct their
affairs as they saw fit.
1t would be fitting were the state to
mark the spot of the Traverse des Sioux
treaty. An event SO important in its
character and one which opened the
pathway to Minnesotas future magni-
ficance should not be allowed to stand
without a suitable monument. Inc
treaty made by William Penn with the
handful of redmen under the spreading
elm is not to be compared with that
which gave to the northwest its most
lands.
Mr.. Young, who owns the land, would
be willing to oispase of two or three
acres which would take in all OF the
ground where the treaty was enacted.
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-07
Capable of Taking High Polish, Simi-
lar to Italian Marble.
Used Exclusively for Ornamental Pur-
poses, Makes Fine Appearance.
Capitol Commission Looking Into Ca
pabilities of This Article.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Kasota or Mankato limestone has been
discovered capable of taking high
polish, rendering it in appearance similar
to the Italian marble for interior finish
This limestone has been used exclusive
ly for ornamental purposes, as exempli-
long been recognized as capable of pro-
ducing a splendid appearance when cut
for the ornamental purposes, as exempG
fed in the new Ramsey county Jail. 1t
has remained, however, for the capitol
commission to discover that the stone
can be polished for interior finishing.
A large plaster of polished Mankato
limestone has been put up in the main
corridor of the new capitol. The stone
can be procured in a variety of colors,
shading from light yellow to a deep
pink
1t lends itself admirably for paneling
in different colors, and uniform shades
can be easily procured when desired. The
capitol commission will make use of the
stone in connection with foreign marbles
for the lining of the main corridors and
Railways of the new capitol, and will use
the stone in large quantities.
The capitol commission claim they
discovered the capabilities of this stone
and the owners of the quarries admit
that they did not know that it could be
polished. For interior use the stone is
first sawed and smoothed, then rubbed
and polished. In appearance it resem-
bles the famous Sienna marble and may
be used to procure the same effects.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Mankato free press., 1903-08-07
INvADES The 400.
Lively Fight Over ihe Post Office Site
at Albert Lea.
From Tuesdays Daily.

For week the citizens of Albert Lea
have been in the throes of hard contest
for the location of a site for the new
federal building. The proposed sites for
the building are not far apart, but the
people are. The government agent has
looked over the city and the sites and
made his recommendation, and the gov
ernment has held the matter open for
thirty days for additional reasons for
preference of each site.
Petitions galore are circulating and the
5000 inhabitants are divided not by a
direct line but by business and financial
interests. Discussion is general, but the
papers are not devoting much space to
it, fearing to develop more acrimony
than is already displayed. Both sides
say they have enough names to locate
the postoffice on their site. 1t may be
so, for many have been so pressed by
argument, insinuation and hints as to
be unwilling to take chances of refus
ing to sign opposing petitions. The
owner of one site had the sagacity to see
his chance and raise the price of one site
$500. Immediately that side raised the
guarantee for the advance. The side
most energetic reported enough names
secured to secure their site,e when i'm
mediately the other side reached into an
adjoining town for additional names and
secured the ladies and men under age.
Soon the men circulating petitions
were assailed and told it would be dan
gerous or damaging to their interest in
the future. On man was talked out OF
the business. Another circulating pc
tition was told that if he goes into the
other territory he will be mobbed. Poll
ticians, leaders of society and ex Officials
lend their persuading eloquence to their
interests. A general election would not
be likely to induce more feeling and work
and all for the distance of three blocks.
1t is not probable the national guard
will have to be called out, however.