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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-02
The Passing Year

Is told" That means, In the story of
HE, that we are about to pass from
one book TO another. The year OF 1902
Is nearly finished. The year of 1908
Is Just about to begin.
Inc passing year has been sad one
Tor many OF us During the past
twelve months two OF my family have
finished their earthly lives, as a tale
that Is told. AS ! sit writing this dis
course, hold In my hand one of the
last letters my father ever wrote to me.
1t goes something like this: "Dear
frank-My last birthday tells me that
L have reached the psalmist's limit
threescore years and ten. My earthly
pilgrimage OF life will not continue
very much longer" Within a few
months that journey ended. How soon
1t was to end he little thought. Within
the past year my brother-in-law left
us. leaving behind a widow and her
little children, who are now nearer
and dearer to us on account of their
loss. In your life the year 1902 has
Deen sad year. You have had your
troubles just the same as I. But the
year 1902 has also been q Joyful year.
IL has been a year Of many blessings.
1t has also been a year when those who
have left US have gone to be with him
who Is their Saviour and their King.
But the year 1902 has also been for
All or us year OF sin. If this chapter
or the tale of life ia written, how MANY
soiied pages there are. Not one of us
mas lived up to our many good oppor-
tunities- We have been guilty both of
SINS or omission and sins of commits
sion. Like the psalmist, we have rea-
son TO cry out in agony, 20 God. thou
knowest my foolishness. and nv sins
are not hid from thee" But tbouoh
'ne year loo2 has been year of many
shortcomings. 1t may yet be made a
year or divine pardon. There are a
rev hours OF the old year left. Can
we snail we not crowd these last few
hnes or the book OF 1902 full of peni-
tent prayers, OF earnest and tender
pleadings; full of resolves to undo as
Tar as we can the wrongs we NAV have
done to others7
but the time is speeding away, and
must close. Like q dying invalid. the
breath OF the old year Is growing short.
or and shorter. The pulse is getting
weaker and weaker. What we are to
do we must do very quickly. Even
now the cold, clammy sweat is bedew-
ing Its brow; even now the eyes are
becoming CLASSY. Soon there Will be n
long gasp. then another, then 1902 will
be dead.
20 my loved ones. will you not get
down upon your knees and ask God ia
make this year, even In its closing
hours. year OF divine pardon and tri.
nmphant hope?
One year. one year. one little year.
And so much gone,
And yet the even flow OF life
Moves calmly on.
Lord or the living and the dead
Our Saviour dear,
We lay In silence at thy feet
d. This sad. sad year!
Copyright. 1901 by Louis Rlopsoh.]
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-02
Always N Finished Tale.

The story Of life is always a finished
tale. In the British National gallery
are a few Of the unfinished pictures of
Turner, the famous English landscape
painter. While the great artist, whom
John Ruskin admired so much, was
working upon those canvases the death
angel entered his studio and called
him away. In the world OF story tell
Ing we find many unfinished tales.
Charles Dickens fingers began to stiff
en- In death when he was In the midst
or writing his novel Edwin brood"
Another author has tried TO finish the
great masters work, but has not been
able to make success of It. Some
times the authors purposely leave their
stories unfinished. A new school of
writers has lately sprung up who have
tried to initiate Frank Stockton In
The Lady or the Tiger" These au-
thors or story tellers work their read
ers up to an intense pitch OF excite.
ment. Then they suddenly close their
stories. They leave their readers to
work out the solution as they please
Frank Stockton declared that for years
he received hundreds or letters asking
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-01-02

The Lives OF Others.
The hero of each tale, whether ficti-
tious or no, has his life intwined in the
existence of many other lives. We find
this thought best illustrated perhaps I'm
Wilkie Collins Dead Secret" or NO
Name" or The Woman In White" or
OF Anna Katharine Green's "I.eaven-
worth Case or OF Conan Doyle's IA
nous and strange wanderings of Sher-
lock Holmes. These and similar au-
thors we read not for their epigrammat
lie sayings, as we do the writings of q
William Nj. Thackeray, but we read
them for the deft way IN which they
disentangle the snarled skein of a hui
man plot. No sooner are their chief
characters born than the authors LET
them worm their way through intricate
and weird surroundings until at last
they lead them to the marriage altar.
or, If the story be tragedy, into the
gaping mouth OF an open grave. Some
one took Ian Maclaren to task for Gre
ating so many dissolute chara cters I'm
his books The author OF Bonnie Brier
Bush" answered: MAN, how can help
creating many dissolute characters?
After my characters are once born they
live their own lives and do whatever
damage they please. Some OF them will
get drunk; some of them will lie and
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
ShCotiiG at 10nopa:1.

AsDecial di~patch 70 the Journal
from TOnupah. bearing date of March
1,say5: wallace Mcneil, a miner.
shot ani eaTtausl! wounded Charles
.. We1s, proprietor Of The 3Jizpah res
taura1t &. this place this afternoon.
N!cNc-Ns vile was employed as wait
re@a in the restaurant and he claimed
thal Wells annoyed her with his atten-
ions tlcEeu demonstrated with him
md . quarrel ensrcd. IN which Nc
.te5i FREQ t~o shots.
Tho butts struck Wells in the
-lou..ar. in.licting which While not
necessarily fatal, are serious.
After the shooting i.cNeil started
fcc his residence, and when Deputy
Sheriff Trotter, ex-policeman Sullivan
and a man named "Diamondfield'
Jack Davis undertook to arrest him
he re'5 them at bay with his revel
yer, bat finally gave uo and was re-
leased Cd E 800 bonds.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
AUTOMOBILE FOR THE DESERT.
A Stage Company to do Away Witt,
Horses

Tim Ladd. Of the United Transpor-
tatiOn Company, operating the stage
line between SOdaville and Tonopah.
and who is at present residing in Re-
no, securing traffic for his line, says
that staging across the desert is not
a bed Of roses.
1T costs us 500 a day at the pres
ent time" said he last night, TO oD-
crate our stages. We have 100 head
CT horses, most of which are new
working. and add the shoeing bills
and black smith charges to the ex-
pense of feeding the ANNALS and you
will readily see that | am not far
wrong in my figures.
Il All "a hopes Though, before long
TO be able TO place Sn order with an
eastern factory for an up-to-date au-
tcnCbile which will carry all CT the
passengers and then re will use the
horses to carry only our fast freight
An automobile can be operated at
an expense OF SIS a day which Will be
Tremendous saving to US. There is
only one thing about the proposed
change, though" addei Ladd with a
twinkle in his oldtime eve, my heart
aches for the desert rabbit How he
viii be frightened when he hears the
-9I;tf e an automobile Journal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
Piano Tuair.q.

It. is not necessary to send money
out of town in order TO have a piano
properly tuned. Professor Hendricks
bids for a share of Carson's work and
will guarantee his work. His work for
the past year will speak for itself, and
parties desiring tuning will do well to
keep the money al home and get bet
ter results.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
WOOD FOR SALE.

The best Of dry yellow pine wood.
no second growth, has never been flu
med, will be delivered in any quanti-
ty, either cut or in cord wood lengths.
Orders promptly delivered.
X. Savage. PhcEe No. 19l.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-13
Wall Paper.

and is the best to be had In the mar
ket. The very latest designs and tints
and prices that will suit the purchas-
er. TIE Fox Store
Piano TU1ru
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Mems Spring and Summer Suits

We are making some remarkable prices
on all our Mems Suits A good wool suit as
low as $3.50, S6.85 and S8.85.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Mems NegIigee Shirts

The largest assortment We sell you
shirt for AZ cents that cost you rs cents else
where, 79c for $1.00 shirts. S5c for l.25 shirt
Save money by buying from us.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Boys and ChiIdren's Suits

The price is no object, we are bound to
sell them suit as low as Sl. 90, l.5O, L85
2.lS. 2.35.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
MAKE HAY WHILE TIE SUN SHINES"
Gem Line With the Crowds That Taking Advantage Of
OUR GOING OUT
IL. or BUSINESS SALE
a1oo0 riaas- sas ae - s.oe anh easM 81
the
hona a
buyvu ohinpfO
Cuff Buttons

so cent Link Buttons now IS cents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Mems Belts

We call your attention to our splendid
stock of belts, reduced in price IL from
regular price.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Straw Hats for Men and Boys

All this seasons new fashionable Straw
Hats at a saving of half 75c Straws for
42c. LIS Hats for 75c, Linen Hats for Zoe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Night Shirts

Faultless Night Shirts, get them now
AZ cents for'5 cent ones, 90 cents for 90
ones, IS cents for l.25 ones.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Summer Underwear

All our Shirts and Drawers former price
so and 75c, reduced to close o at. 42c. Over.
alls 4Zc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-06-19
Suspenders

100 dozen good Lisle Web Suspenders,
cost you 35 and soc elsewhere. Our price
reduced to l9c. our 75c suspenders reduced
to 42c.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
COMEDY IN FACT.

Paradoxically, the truths which are
stranger than fiction are usually SO
commonplace as to excite no wonder
or admiration. Only the truth, or the
fact, to which circumstance lends ar
tistic finish attracts us. The literary
sense discards outre, bizarre and
|outlandfsh realities and demands
these which are toned down to the
fitness and proportions of fiction. The
facts in the case of a St. Joseph, Mo.
burglary come within the latter
class.
A burglar entered a residence by
a two story window. After rummaging
in the bedrooms he decided to inves-
tigate the lower floor Halfway
down the stairs he encountered a sec
ond burglar who had come in by the
back door. Each thinking the other
to be the man of the house, they be-
gan to shoot. Each was wounded.
They fed from the house in different
directions, without discovering their
mutual mistake.
The men were acquaintances. Next
day they met, each noticing that the
other bore wound, but neither
vouchsafing an explanation. 1t was not
until they read in the paper of the
mystery of two unknown men in a
pistol battle on a stairway at night
that the truth dawned upon them. 1t
must have been a merry interchange
of explanations. They sent letter
to the chief of police clearing up the
mystery.
Had a playwright contrived such
situations they would have been voted
a trif1e extraordinary but very good
comedy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
THE STOGIE AND THE OCTOPUS.

There is a pathOs amounting to
poignancy in the news given out to
long suffering Americans which
tells them that the stogie has been
captured by the tobacco trust and is
now capitalized for 81 100000 as a
special manufacture under the octupus'
control
Always heretofore, when lovers of
My Lady Nicotine's incense were
made to feel the oppression of of mo-
nopoly in the line of high-priced
smokables, they could comfort their
souls with the thought that the
stogie is an Independent product.
American through and through, from
turret to foundation stone. Wheth
er of Wheeling or other make, moth
ing but native leaf went into it's COM
position, and it was as genuine and
homely as the soil from which it
sprung. Liberty and the stogie went
together in the popular mind. The
one we had already, bought with the
blood of our patriotic fathers: the
other we could obtain for half a
cent-and it had never bent the sup
plant knee to the oppressive com
bines which constitute American ty-
ranny.
This was a glorious reflection. and
has endeared the stogie to the Ameri-
can heart. Those physically capable
could WOO the stogie in moments of
relaxation and feel that all was not
yet lost to a free born people. At
half a cent a WOO, and provided there
was no consequent nerve collapse,
the stogie constituted a magnificent
alter-fre before which to renew our
allegiance to the creed that has made
us great enough to be worth gObbling
up by the trusts But nOW-alas and
alack-a-d day. If freedom shrieked
when Kosciusko fell, surely she must
not only shrek but throw Vulnerable
and perhaps fatal celebro-spinal
spasms upon hearing that the stOgie
is in the fell grasp of the octopus and
all slimed over by the Oleaginous sue
ton of it's abhorrent tentacles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
BROKEN KNEE CAP GANG.
Smith and Lane Guilty and May &c,
Ten Years.

Seattle.-City Claim Agent Dennis
has returned from Astoria. Ore,
where he attended the trial of the
two men. Smith and Lane, charged
with perjury in an attempt to de-
fraud that city out of $4,000 by false
claim for damages for injuries by a
fall on the street Smith was found
guilty and Lane at once confessed and
entered a plea of guilty. The chances
are the men will get ten years in the
penitentiary.
These are the two men who de-
frauded the City of Seattle out of
$4,000 on a claim similar to the one
brought in Astoria. Mr. Dennis is
still pursuing his Investigations in
this case. and while probably nothing
can be done to mete out punishment
to the men now that they are found
guilty in the other statn, it is not
improbable that there will be sensa-
tiOnal developments before IL is
dropped.
The two men had many aliases and
are the principals in a gang that for
ten years has been securing money
through the prosecution of false
claims.
Lane, the man with the broken
knee cap" it was shown at the trial
has six aliases. Witnesses testified
who knew him as Kernty, Book, Camp
bell, Anderson, Hansen and Mayors
Lane is his true name.
Josiah S. Smith, alias G. r. Rogers,
was the general manager for the gang
Will Smith, Lehlbert Smith and Elmer
| Smith, relatives, were members OF the
gang A warrant is out for one OF
| the last three who is now in foreign
country.
At the trial DR.. o. E. Hickey OF
Portland testified to having been
called in that city to treat Lane for
an injury caused by a fall in front of
the city hall in that city. When he
! went to the small dark room he dis
covered that it was all fraud and de-
nounced the men. The accident at
Portland was said to have occurred
on the 22nd of August, 1900. DR..
Hickey testified that beyond the orig
inal stiff knee all that appeared the
matter with the mans leg was a
small abrasion in the skin as if 1t
had been rubbed with sandpaper or
with rough towel.
1t was on August 81, 1900, the day
before the Portland accident. that
the accident occurred at Astoria,
where the knee cap was also broken -
1t was on August 16, 1900, five days
after the Astoria accident, that the
knee cap was broken" by a fall on
the streets of Seattle. According to
the Seattle claim agent, the Seattle
Musician who attended the case told
the claim agent just before he left
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22

IL mills, as advocated by councilman
Smith. During part of the Betz ad-
ministration the levy was only ten
mills and later, owing to the demands
for the free library and for street
sprinkling it was increased to twelve
mills. A levy of twelve mills on the
increased valuation of the last two
wears taken with the increase OF ten
thousand dollars in the revenue from
saloon licenses and the increased rev.
enues from various other sources,
would be amply sufficient to pay all
the legitimate expenses Of the city
government, and allow liberal mar
gin for public improvements.
When one takes into consideration
the large increase in the tax levy and
the enormous increase in the revenues
of the city and of the water depart
ment, the conclusion is irresistible
that the retiring council has done the
least with the most money of all
councils in the history of Walla Wal
la. If any member takes great pride
in it's record, he is very lonesome in
this sentiment Very few will en-
croach upon his right to enjoy his
pride all by himself.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
MAUDE MULLER ON PRAIRIE.

All of us remember that Maude
Muller on a summers day. raked the
meadow sweet with hay, but We
had no thought until now that girls
in the harvest field were capable Of
such prolonged effort in shocking
wheat behind a self binder as should
Guido certain college athletes toiling
in the same field.
This is the news that comes from
ceton, Yale and Harvard are put to
blush by the tale In Pawnee county
some of the best trained men of mus
Gle have been engaged in harvesting
along with the farmers daughters
Of the locality. Two of the latter,
it is found, can do more work than
four of the collegians. They just go
swinging along, busy but tireless.
while the students pant and puff and
perspire and finally abandon the I'M
equal contest
This will never do in the world.
Millions of dollars are expended on
athletics in our great universities, and
many burly young men, apparently
perfect in Drawn and wind, are pre-
scented to an admiring people as the
product of physical training in their
respective alma matters. Yet now We
must believe that they are nothing
but big bluffs whited sepulchres,
so to speak, since the farmew girls of
Kansas are superior to then in the
harvest fields, where strength counts
for all it is worth.
There's something wrong with our
college athletics. A summer or two
devoted to farm work seems to knock
their methods silly in the line of ply
steal culture. But maybe it was the
sight of the girls that took the speed
out Of the college harvesters.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
NOW LET US REST.

Although trifie spectacular and in
the nature Of grand stand play, Gen
eral Miles horseback ride from Fort
Sill to Fort Reno, a distance of 80
miles in nine hours and ten minutes.
was quite a notable performance, in
tended to prove that the general
though now being retired from service,
is still hale and hearty soldier.
This picture of Miles, demonstrate
ing his quality as a cavalryman at the
age of Ga, cannot but recall that pre-
scented by General Shafter in front of
Santiago The latter overfed and un-
wieldy was reported as being unable
to mount his horse without the aid
Of block. Once being mounted it
is said, he could do very little riding
because of excessive freshness. The
heat made it impossible for him to re-
main in the saddle, so that most of his
from the firing line, directing affairs
at the front os we'll as he could. AT
the same time Miles had no chance
for distinction, the comic opera in
vasion of Porto Rico alone falling to
his share in the war with Spain.
But these are bygones now and may
as well be forgotten. The country
at large will be inclined to regard
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
EXPERTS TAPPING ROCKS.
Government Surveyors Now at Work
Near Tekoa.

TekOa.-The interior department at
Washington, D. c., has ordered a geo.
logical survey of district containing
900 square miles of which TekOa is
near the center. 1t embroces Lock-
wood, small station on the O. R. &
N, east of Rockford, on the north
and Garfield on the south To the
east it extends two miles over the
Idaho line, and west to the 117th me-
ridian of longitude, including the viii
lage Of Sunset, on the Pleasant Val
ley branch of the o. R. & N.
A E. Murlin, with a party of six
men, has been engaged in this work
since May, and expects to complete
it by November 1. Over 400 square
miles of the survey is already finished.
The object is to determine the ma
ture of the rocks and mineral forma-
tons, if any, in the district. and re-
port to the United States geologist in
the department of the interior. The
topography of the surveyed district is
carefully noted and maps drawn
showing all the important character
istics of the country. These maps will
be sent to Washington, where they
will be copied and printed by the
government and sent to any applicant
who desires one for a nominal sum-
A great many surveying parties are
employed every summer in this work
in different parts of the country. Mr..
Murlin states that this has been the
practice of the government for more
than twenty years. and that eventual
ly it will be possible to give minute
description of the topography and ge-
ology of every township in the Unit
ed States
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
WEATHER..

Tonight and Thursday probably
thunder showers and cooler.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22

Read the ads in The Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22

General Miles recent ninety mile ride
as carrying him into the privacy and
tranquility of private life, to which
he retires Officially next month. If the
general still has dreams of being
a presidential candidate. he should get
rid of them He has done well, after
all, in having reached the head of the
army, and should be content. The
American people will think a great
deal more OF him if he permits the
presidential bee to escape from the
soldierly bonnet which he is now
about to dOff for all time and makes
no effort to recapture it under his
civilians hat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-22
H;::B'(;
BEERS
Guaranteed Pure.
None So Good.
BachtOld Il Achermann.
Wholesale Dealers.
BachtOld Il Achermann.

for Astoria recently that the knee cap
was shattered.
The suit brought by the men against
the city of Astoria was finished early
last year and three days afterward
some of the gang were in Seattle,
where they swOre to the complaint to
be presented to the superior court
here. The city council, however. COM
promised the case here on June q
following and paid $4,000 and the suit
was not pressed