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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
LOCAL LEVITES KNOW BETTER.

The Leyites hereabOuts realize that
they were badly licked last Monday
and they have not yet mustered up
enough courage to whistle as they
scurry through their political grave
yard but from PARKWAY Whatcom
Is heard the faint notes Of Reveille
blown by a faithful camp follower OF
the machine who endeavOrs to make
the bruised and mangled Levites be
lieve that their crushing defeat was
in fact a glorious victory, and that 1t
harp is now hanging on the willows
while he rends the air with mOurnful
lamentations and like Rachel refuses
to be cOmfOrted.
But this absent mental science
treatment will hardly prove effective.
The chief fight made by the opponents
OF the machine in this city was upon
Frank KEGS, who voted and worked
against the railroad commission bill
advocated by Governor Mcbride and
Endorsed by the republican state plat
form. In order to save KEGS the rail-
road lobby sent TO his aid George
Stevenson. Madge. ScObey and Link
Davis. but all the encouragement and
more substantial things that they
brought to the aid of the machine
ticket did not save their favOrite from
an overwhelming defeat. Governor
Mcbride cared little about the mayor
atty fight. but he was interested in
seeing Representative KEGS rebuked
for repudiating the pledge made by
his party to the people. The result
is only fOrewarning of the political
fate that is in store for every eastern
who voted with the railroad lobby
against the desires and the interests
of the people Of this section of the
state. On this side of the Cascades
the people regardless of party lines
support Governor Mcbride in his
fight against the corrupt lobby and in
his advocacy of just regulation and
equitable taxation of corporations
and they have reached the point where
they will no longer tolerate any trifl
ing or treachery on the part of the
men elected to represent them in the
legislature. If the doubling Thomas
who blows the Reveille for the ma
chine over in Whatcom would visi
this section of the state he would
soon discover that his view of the pc
litical situation has been entirely per
verted by his prejudices and that h,
did not know what he was BLOWN:
about
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18

administrator in Cuba, there is good
ground for objection to his promo
ton to the rank Of major general over
the heads of older and better soldiers.
This attitude may be taken without
the slightest disparagement of Cen
eral Woods claims upon his country.
The vast majority of Americans
doubtless believe that this officer mas
already been most generously re-
warded. When he went to the front
as colonel of the Rough Rider regl-
ment, of which President Roosevelt
was lieutenant colonel, he was practl-
cally unknown as an army officer. He
had been an army surgeon, and not
by any means has he yet demonstrate
ed a military genius justifying the
tremendous preference shown him
by the president during the past two
years.
General Woods promotion will be at
the expense of army officers W bose
service to their country out classes
his almost beyond computation. He is
a young man. Within a few years
he will be the senior major genera OF
the army, and he does not reach the
retiring age until 1924. In the event
of war, General Wood is not fitted.
either by experience or natural mill
tary ability to command the United
States forces. His chief claim for eX-
traordinary promotion has always
been that he is the warm personal
friend of Mr. Roosevelt. The country
is being asked to pay rather a big
price for the fact that President Roo
sevelt and General Wood are close
personal friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
FOR THE WIRELESS.
Station to Be Established at Port
Townsend

Port Townsend, Wash.-Mr. A. L.
New, representing the Pacific Wireless
Telegraph company of Los Angeles
Cal, is in the city for the purpose of
installing a station at this place for
a wireless system, which will have
it's headquarters at either Seattle or
Tacoma It has not been definitely
decided which city will be chosen.
Work on the station at this place will
commence next week, the location
having been selected.
Maj. G. H. Penrose, constructing
quartermaster here, has been very
active in bringing the matter to the
attention of the government, with the
result that in all probability a sta
ton will be established at Fort
Casey, thus greatly facilitating the
transaction of business in his depart
| ment here.
Collector c. W. 1de will tomorrow
forward a proposition TO Washington
recommending the establishment OF
a station at Roche harbOr or Friday
/ harbOr, and another aboard revenue
cutter There is thought to be little
doubt that his recommendation viii
be adopted. 1t was the intention tC
have the headquarters established
| first but matters came up which made
it necessary to commence at this enc
of the line. The company will event
ually establish station at Cape Flat
terry and points along the Alaska
coast to Nome, but not at present.
This company has in operation at
present a system between San Pedro
and Santa Catolina island, off the
southern California coast a distance
| OF thirty-three miles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
a matter to which l attach the great

1
est Importance"
With Germany, too, Americas
friendship appears to be considerably
heightened. The Venezuelan incident
has left no bad taste in the mouth of
either country. Indeed there was no
reason why it should have done So
AS the incident recedes into the past
the course of both countries is more
clearly understood. The post-mortem.
so to speak, reveals none of the dis
creditable motives which a too hasuy
press ascribed to Germany. Motives
may not be OWNED, but must be de-
duced from overt acts On the whole
the Venezuelan incident, unless it
should be brought freshly to mind by
ructiOns or diplomatic misunderstood
ings concerning other matters-and
the event is not probationary be
looked upon as an evil turned to good
account in promoting the most de-
sirable relationship between the en-
pire and ourselves; stimulating inte-
rest and demonstrating good faith.
International relations have general
ly improved within the past quarter
of a year. Friendship for Russia in
England is on the increase. Although
the Russian sentiment is mani
- i
English people as a whole have cor
rected many of the false impressions
| entertained of the Russian people
while the Cars recent action extend
| ing the liberties of his subjects has
| tended to remove prejudice against
the government The chief aspect in
which Russia at the present time ap-
pears to Britain and Europe, aside
| from the aspect of aggressiveness in
Manchuria, is that of improved and
improving industry and material and
governmental conditions.
| King Edwards late journey on the
| Continent and the return visit OF
| President Loubet to London have
contributed to promote an era in
| which international peace is a some
thing more real and tangible than
perhaps at any time within modern
| history; and this despite the fact that
the great powers are considering
grave problems among ourselves.
Industrial development, the rapid ex-
tension of commercial Interchange
among the nations, and the signal ad-
vancement of the principle of arbitra-
ton are three characteristic features
of the present peace era; and while
these tendencies and conditions con
tinue to safeguard it it is reasonable
to assume that the worlds peace will
be safe against momentOus disturb
ances.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
WEATHER..

Tonight partly cloudy, cooler Sun
day fair.
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LATEST PHASE OF IOWAISM

That the republican machine is
alive TO its opportunities is indicated
by the quick adaptation of the ma
chine newspapers to the peculiar .eX-
igencies of tariff politics. Without a
readily subservient press the machine
would find itself in a far worse sit
uation as a result of the course which
Iowaism has taken.
In the first place, the machine was
not prepared for the Iowa uprising
The sensational bolt of Speaker Hen
derson. the vigorous campaign OF the
revisionists and the consequent sud
den rallying of republican sentiment
demoralized the defenders of privilege
ed monopoly At first even the ma
chine papers were nonplused. and it
was some time before they got their
bearings. The Iowa idea received its
first advertisement in the republican
and democratic press alike.
Then the machine papers boldly
stood pat. Previously there had been
scarcely a paper.in the United States
to take that position; there had been
combat. The machine had had moth
ing worse to fear than revision by
the friends of protection" certainly
not very dangerous; and the policy of
protection organs had been not to
fight this proposition, but rather to let
the question die of silence, if it
would. Before the Iowa idea caused
disqualification of sentiment, as it
were, there was practically no discOrd
in the republican press Of the coun
try upon the tariff question-indeed
there was very little discussion Of
the tariff save by way of laudatiOn
and occasional prosperity" sermons.
All at once the Iowa idea set the
people to thinking. There was moth
ing specially startling in the idea it
self; it was simply a recognition
from the republican standpoint Of
evils in the Dingley bill.
Then began the machines work
upon the politicians who were likely
to be won over to the idea either be-
cause swayed by the peoples wishes
or through considerations of good pol
tiles; and while the machines direct
energies were thus OccIlnied it set
the newspapers vigorously working
upon the people.
Now that the politicians have sue
cumbed, only the people remain to be
conquered. Obviously the best way
to subdue them is not to convince
them that the idea is dead-for that
would bring up the question as to how
and by whom and in whose behalf
| it was killed-but to convince them
that the idea never existed at all
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
MAY BE A LIAR AND MURDERER
Officers Think Hiding Place of Smith
Is Found.

Tacoma-Sheriff Denholm and his
deputies believe they have discovered
the spot at which Murderer Smith has
been passing his nights for a week
past. Ii is meadow surrounding
the residence OF J. NJ. Jun2tle, at Pine
and Center streets. Wednesday the
grass was cut and a lair was found
where some man has been sleeping for
a week or ten days. The grass had
been pulled up and piled together,
making a soft mattress for one to
sleep upon. while a lot of loose grass
piled around was evidently used for a
covering. The Junette family also
believe that Smith has been sleeping
there.
The place affords an excellent hiding
place in the night time. and as bushy
timber reaches down to the edge of
the meadow no difficulty would be eX-
perienced by a fugitive in escaping
observation by crawling through the
long grass to the timber where he
could so hide that not even an eagles
eye could follow him. AS soon as the
Junettes discovered the lair they tel
ephoned the sheriff and he sent out
deputies to investigate.
Sees the Murderer.
A Mrs. Kettleman, VINO lives near
Mr. Junette's home, believes she saw
Smith Wednesday evening. The man
answered the description of the muir
derer and was walking in a furtive
manner across a common towards a
patch of scrub. which he entered and
disappeared. A farmer living near
Center street who keeps a number of
COWS, says that one of his cows has
been MIXED regularly once day for
a week. The pasture in which the
COWS Craze is grown up with scrubby
timber, and he believes that Smith
has been milking his COW.
Sheriff DenhOlm and his deputies
are working under cover, telling their
plans to no one and cOncealing as far
as possible their search for the man.
But it is known that several deputies
are constantly in the field in the vi
cinity of South Tacoma, where Smith
is in hiding. The police department
is also on the lookout. the mounted
police being specially vigilant in hunt
ing for traces of the man and investi-
eating reports. The residents along
Center street and vicinity, where
Smith has been seen a number of
times in the past two days, are in a
state of high nervous tension, fear
ing some depreciation and not knowing
upon whom the calamity will fall.
Women and children will not venture
out after night, and are very watch
full during the day.
Nav Be Insane Man
Word was received from the Steil-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
THE POOR FARM FOLLY.

The county commissioners have re-
vived the proposition to build a poor
house, and they will soon make a trip
TO Portland to make a study of plans
Shortly before the election last fall
the old board of commissioners only
one of whom is a member of the
present board, were considering this
proposition, but when the Statesman
opposed it as a costly piece Of extrav.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18

accom- tsylum that an inmate Of that
institution escaped Sunday and has
not been seen since Some suggest
that the man who appeared at the
Brown residence may have been the
crazy man from the asylum Sheriff
Denholm, however, believes otherwise.
Mrs. Browns description of her WISH
tor tallies exactly with the description
given by the Centralia people of
Smith makes Sheriff Brown feel pos
tive of the mans identy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
TWO TRAINS DAILY.

Time ScheduIe-WalIa WalIs
No. Z Arrives from Spo-
kane ...... ...... 4:0Opr
and departs for
Pendleton and the
east -. ......... 400 pm
No. 8 Arrives from Pen
dleton and the east
and departs ...... .10:MsnI
for Spokane and the
Palouse country ..10:Ogsa
No. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spokane via
Wallula 49,. ..... .10:l5pri
No. "A Arrives from Port
land and Spokane
via Wallula ..... 2:55an.
No. Al Leaves for Pendle-
ton Except Sunday)1O:W an
No. AZ Arrives from Pen
dleton Except Sun
day. ..... ... 9:5 ps
No. 55 Arrives from Dayton 600 p7
No. Sc Leaves for Dayton. 7:3Osn
No. as Leaves for Wallula. 800 pn
No. as Arrives from Wallu-
Id ........ ....... o:oV pa
Through Pullman STANDARD All
Tourist Sleeping cars daily to 0mahl
Chicago. Spokane; Tourist sleeE
car daily to Kansas City; thrAg
Pullman tourist sleeping cars tle'
sonally conducted weekly to ChiGg
and Kansas City; reclining chair Gz
(seats free) TO the East daily.
STEAMER LINES.
San FrancfscoPortland Toa,
Steamer sails from Portland 5 Pr
every 5 days
Daily Boat Service between POI
land, Astoria, Oregon City. Day'a
Salem, independence Corvallis gu
all Columbia and Willamette Hs
points.
SNAKE RIVER BOATS. (
Leave Riparia Sundays, TuesA'
and Thursdays.
Leave Lewiston Mondays, NeI"
days and Saturdays.
R. BURNS, Gen. Agent |
Walla Walla. Wa:-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-18
TRUTH ABOUT GENERAL WOOD

Although Brigadier General Leon
ard Wood served with reasonable dis
tinction in the brief war with Spain
and later proved himself a competent
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-23

disorder, the Spanish population failing
entirely to live up to its reputation
for excitability. The success of the
movement, so far as the city of Pana-
ma was concerned, was easily assured.
Gen. Ruban Varon, commander of the
gunboat Twenty-frst of November,
hoisted the flag of the new republic
over that ship as the meeting in the
plaza was in progress. The Bogota had
not been fixed" and when he learned
what was in progress Paymaster Mar
tinez, the only officer remaining on
board, took command of that vessel
and steamed out of the harbor, return
ing about 10 o'clock the same evening
to throw six or eight shells into the
city, sacrificing the life of one China
man-the only bloodshed in the revolu-
tion-and doing an inconsiderable
amount of damage to property.
From that time down to the present
Panama has hardly had an opportuni-
ty to realize it is the capital of an
independent republic. The governing
iunta has been directing affairs, Obal-
dia having been relieved of his gov
ernorship; but, aside from this change
in the direction of the administration
and the plentitude of money, due to
the payment of the bonuses agreed
upon, things are to-day in Panama ex-
actly as they were before the secession
from Colombia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-23
NEWS OF ATLANTA
HAPPENINGS OF A DAY. IN THE
CAPITAL CITY,
OLD SHERMAN HEADQUARTERS
ARE TO be THOSE OF GEN. BARRY
TEMPORARILY.

The Old Leyden House, Next to the
Governors Mansion on Peach
tree Street, Is to BE the Head
quarters Of the Department of
the Gulf Until Another Location
Can BE Secured-Gen. Barry and
Capital city Club.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.-Gen. Thomas H.
Barry, who will command the new
Department of the Gulf to be located
here, has secured the old Leyden.
house on Peachtree street, next to the
Governors mansion, as headquarters
for the department.
An interesting fact in this connection
is that the Leyden house, as it stands
at present was the headquarters of
Gen. Sherman when he stopped over
in Atlanta on the occasion of his WE'LL
remembered march to the sea. This
building will be used only temporarily
until the officers of the department
can secure an entire floor in one of
the larger office buildings, which they
found it impossible to do at this time.
Gen. Barry and the officers accom-
panying him were given luncheon to
day at the Capital City Club, and
Gov. Terrell was among the guests.
In responding to the toast 1.-THE
State" Gov. Terrell said, among other
things:
with many things that President
Roosevelt has done: indeed. with per-
haps most of the acts of his admins
tration, l differ, but there are two
things which l most heartily indorse.
l indorse the establishment of the De-
partfnent of the Gulf and most heart
lily indorse the recognition of the inde-
pendence of Panama, which means the
construction of an isthmian canal. a
thing in which we, as Southerners, are
most deeply and most vitality interest
ed. 1t is not and cannot be made a
party matter. We want the canal and
we are in fair way to get 1t, and If
we do not get it now 1t will be our own
fault"
Assessed Railroad Property.
Controller General w. A. Wright to-
day assessed for taxation the property
of the Rapid Transit Company of
Chattanooga, Tenn, located in
this state, and which has
been escaping that burden for two
years. This company has four miles
of track in Georgia, running out OF
Chickamauga Park in Walker county.
The controller general assessed the
physical property at $37,5OO. both for
1902 and 1903. The franchise he as
sessed only for this year. because the
law is new, at $4,000. but the company
will be double-taxed on its franchise
for failure to make a return.
Hall VIII Not Run.
Hon. Joe Hill Hall of Bib county,
when questioned to-day on the gov
ernorship race. said he had definitely
determined not to make the race next
year. He said. however, he did not
know what he would do in 1906. It
would depend upon conditions, he said,
but at present he did not think there
would be any reason why he should
make the race.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-23
WHO FATHERED THE
RURAL FREE DELIVERY?
Records Looked Up to Disprove the Claims Of
Hon. Thomas E. Watson.

Livingston as a member of the COM
mittee on Appropriations, offered an
amendment to the bill, providing that
100000 be added to the bill for the
examination and establishment of the
rural free delivery system. He made
a speech in support of the expendt-
ture of the money and outlined the
benefits 1t would give to the country
people. The proposed amendment was
debated, and ruled out on a point OF
order. There was a growing sentiment
among the representatives of rural con-
stituencies in favor of the project, and
later in the day Tom Watson, with
the intention of getting the movement
started on money basis, introduced
an amendment to the pending bill
providing for an appropriation of $10,-
900 for experimental purposes in rural
delivery. The Watson amendment was
also ruled out on a point of order.
Both of the Georgia Congressman.
having failed to get an appropriation
for the new system Col. Livingston in
troduced an amendment increasing the
appropriation for star route service
$3.50, 900, in the interest of better mail
facilities for small towns and viii
lagos. The amendment was adopted.
That ended the fight for rural free
delivery in the first session of the Fiji
ty-Second Congress.
The following year, when the post
office appropriation bill was under
consideration, Mr. Watson re-intro-
duced the Livingston amendment for
100000. Upon a rising vote the amend
ment was lost. A roll call was de-
handed and the friends of the new
system made a rally and thus secured
the first appropriation for the esta blish-
ment of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn, which Is now one of the most
popular branches of the postal service.
Only those who reside in rural dis
tricts can appreciate the comfort. en-
joyment and the practical business adj
vantages of this system.
When Judge Maddox concluded his
speech recently. his attention was call
ed to the Tom Watson incident by Mr..
Livingston. Judge Maddox very frank
ly stated that if he had seen the rec
ord of May, 1892. he would not have
given credit where it was not due. 1t
is now up to Tom Watson to overhaul
his Congressional Records and see
what claims he has to the title of
being the daddy of the Rural Free
Delivery System"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-23

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Charged with
operating in the center of a fashionable
shopping district of Chicago, a dis
tillery contrary to government regu-
lations, five officers and instructors of
the Columbus Laboratories were to-
day arrested by United States deputy
marshals. One of the five prisoners
was United States Commissioner Salo-
mon. tae
The laboratories are located in
sky-scraper office building on State
street, at the corner of Washington.
The arrests were made on complaint
of United States Revenue Agent Mutt,
the technical charge being displaying
the sign of a distiller and making a
mash, fit for distillation, in place
other than a duly authorized distil-
lery." =. .LAA&, n, Al
Those arrested were:
Charles Norton, practical distiller
and rectifier.
]. Wesener, Phi. c., NJ. S., chemist.
A. G. Ehrman, M. D., bacteriolo-
gist.
A. D. Solomon, United States COM
missioner, Northern district, lecturer
in the laboratory.
Later prof Norton said: "To-day's
DEVELOPMENTS were no surprise to us.
We had contemplated that such ac-
ton would be taken, and we are per-
fectly willing. AS matter OF fact
we have technically violated law.
We do make mash in our academy.