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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

come a public charge, and to that
extent the general public of botn
states is relieved. But this TACT
would not warrant donation OF pub
lie funds to an institution over which
no state or municipal controI can IN
any manner be exercised.
have so far heard of no plans nor
details of the home if any have been
formulated. The size Of the 1nstltu-
ton, the number of persons which II
is intended to accommodate, rules OF
admission, how to be conducted, ano
other like details are all apparently
held in allegiance. l do not think those
details, even if furnished, could have
any bearing upon the legality OF a
municipal donation to the home, al
though a full showing might awaken
interest and generosity from private
sources if a clear and tangible pros
pectus was placed before the public
of both states. l understand that the
income from the present fund, when
the home is completed, will amount
to a scant $4,000 per year. This IN
come must be promptly and regularly
augmented from some other source If
the home is to be of material value
to the classes of persons intended to
be benefited The logical source of
| these further necessary funds IS from
gifts and donations from persons OF
both states, and it is quite probable
| that with the establishment of the
home such further additions to its
revenues will be made from those
| sources; but l am of the opinion that
the county Of Walla Walla cannot le-
gally appropriate ten thousand dol
lars or any other sum of public funds
| towards complying with the prov1so
of the will, and for the erection OF
the home at or near Walla Walla- II
such donation is made it must rest
| upon the consent and acQuiescence OF
all the taxpayers Of the county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12
NJ Action Taken in StubbIe.
field Home by Board.
DATE IS SET AT NOVEMBER End.
county Attorney Renders Opinion
That Commissioners Have No
Right to Vote Appropriation.

The board of county commissioners
the State Good Roads convention at
snokane and this morning reconven-
81 far a short session. The matter
nj the boards approaching $4,000 to-
ward the proposed Stubblefeld home
WAS set for hearing this morning, but
mon the request of several interest
eli in seeing the money appropriated
the date was postponed until Novem-
Der . when the board will meet in
regular session again.
The reason given for asking that
the hearing be postponed was that
several petitions bearing great
manv names have not been filed and
consequently the board, acting indie
pendeptly of an opinion rendered by
COUNTY Attorney Wilson this morn
ing. could not ascertain intelligently
the number of taxpayers in the coun-
tv who have signed the petitions,
praying the board to make the appro-
priati0n-
Prosecutor Wilson this morning
rendered the following opinion to the
board:
/ am asked for an opinion as to
whether your board can legally do
nate ten thousand dollars Of county
funds to the trustees of the will of
the late Joseph L. Stubblefeld, to aid
in the erection Of a home for the care
and support Of widows and orphans
OF the states Of Oregon and Washing
ton. In reply thereto | submit:
First: Under the terms of Mr..
Subblefeld's will there is devised
to Messrs. R. VI. Dorothy and E. A.
Reser Of the state of Oregon, and G..
w. RAIDER Of Walla Walla as execu-
tors and trustees of the estate, some
$l25.000 Tor the establishment, main
tenance and support of a home for
fatherless or motherless and INDECENT
children residents OF the states of Or
econ and Washington, and worthy, ell
DERBY INDECENT widow residents Of the
states OF Oregon and Washington,
and TO their maintenance and to the
giving Of a common school education,
y. and the teaching Of some useful trade
or occupation TO the children inmates
thereof.
Second: As to the location of the
Rome, Mr. Stubblefeld says in his
VII. that it is his wish that the home
De located at or near Walla Walla
provided that within one year after
me probate of my will there be do
LaJed to said trustees and to their
successors the sum of ten thousand
dollars, or its equivalent in value, for
me purpose Of securing grounds and
l1e erection thereon of suitable build
Jugs for such home" The will fur
l1er provides that if such sum is not
donated than the trustees shall locate
NE nome at some other point either
II Washington or Oregon, but if To-
Gated elsewhere than Walla Walla
10 donation is provided for.
lhlrd: The three trustees, above
-"~ed may serve during their lives.
1D7y are given absolute power, dis
tIeuon and control over the construc-
''01 OF the home, and all matters per-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Carrie-Im sure you misjudge Mr..
Sweetser, papa He is a man Of great
ambitions. You should hear him tell
of the things he is going to do. Car
rie's Papa-And 1 suppose I'm one of
EN-; but l reckon he'll find it harder
to accomplish than he fancies it is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Teacher-Now, Johnny, I think l
have shown you how wicked it is to
fight. Tell me what you would do
should boy call you a bad name?
You wouldn't notice him, would you?
Johnny-How big is the boy, teacher?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Do not fail to go to the rummage
sale given by the ladies of St. Paul's
guild at Young & Church's store, Die
Brucke building on Friday and Sat
urday, October 10th and 18th.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Cold boiled ham, sliced ham, pick
led pigs feet and high grade meats at
Walla Walla Meat company. Phone
Main 46.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Limburger, Swiss and Cream cheese
at Muntinga's Grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Invitation extended to the ladies
free cup of tea or coffee, at Muntinga's
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Fresh bread every morning at
Muntinga's Grocery from College
Place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12
Hello! Look Here.

Hello! Look Here.
The Walla Walla Poultry market
has just added fine line of the best
fresh fish, crabs, clans and all kinds
OF oysters. Everything in the clean
est manner and quick service.
Phone Main 46O
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

ARE YOUR FEET SORE.
Are your feet sore! See W. R. Bo-
gle at residence, First and Poplar
streets. Outside calls attended to.
Charges reasonable. Phone Red 652.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Remember Pages market is next
the Statesman office, Third ST. Phone
Main 92.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

If you appreciate good cup OF
tea or coffee visit Muntinga's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Finest coffees and teas. Try
cup at Muntinga's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Boiled ham that's right. Best meats
and poultry at Alder street market
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Alfalfa seed and seed rye at G. A..
Beck's grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Queen olives in bulk. HeinZe sweet
pickles in bulk. Sims grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Valencia oranges. Sims grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

]. w. Cookery, licensed embalmer
and undertaken. Babcock block, 7h
First street. Telephone Main 379.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Burnham's Jellycon in all f1avors for
making jellies, at Sims grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Portland Restaurant leads. Don't
patronize Japs and Cinnamon when
you can eat at the Portland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Sample my teas and coffee; free
cup at Muntinga'S.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Pies, cakes, bread rightly baked at
Alheits bakery, 211 West Main. Phone
Main 115.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

Read the ads in the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-12

J. w. Cookery, licensed embalmer
and undertaken. Babcock block, 779
First street. Telephone Main 379.
Alfalfa seed and seed rye at c. A.
Beck's grocery.
Queen olives in bulk. Heinze sweet
pickles in bulk. Sims grocery.
Portland Restaurant leads. Don't
patronize Japs and Cinnamon when
you can eat at the Portland.
Pies, cakes, bread rightly baked at
Alheits bakery, 211 West Main. Phone
Main lis.
Sample my teas and coffee; free
cup at Muntinga's.
Burnham's Jellycon in all flayors for
making jellies, at Sims grocery.
0OlIcO nam lfdI IiSii1. DC0I hOe|~S
and poultry at Alder street market
Remember Pages market is next
the Statesman office, Third St. Phone
Main go
If you appreciate a good cup OF
tea or coffee visit Muntinga's.
Finest coffees and teas. Try
cup at Muntingas.
Fresh bread every morning at
Munlinga's Grocery from College
Place.
Invitation extended to the ladies
free cup of tea or coffee, at Muntinga's
Limburger Swiss and Cream cheese
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
The Filtration APPROXIMATION,

1t Is gratifying to learn that the Senate
conferees on the District bill are willing that
the cost limit OF the filtration plant should
be Increased to allow for the rise in the
price of materials since the initial legisla-
ton was passed. 1t became evident when
the second set OF bids was opened the other
day that it was practically impossible to
secure tenders for the construction OF the
plant within the limit set by Congress
Failure to raise that limit at this session
VIII set back the work at least q year and
will expose the city just so much longer
to the dangers of disease, While 1t is not
Of record that the typhoid bacillus has
been isolated In the Potomac water it is
matter Of very. little question on the part
of psychologists and physicians that the
greater part of the sickness from that dis
ease which ravaged the District last autumn
and is still deplorably prevalent came from
the river water. Eliminating all other
known sources of infection there remain
many hundred cases which could have
come from no other source than the water
supply. -.s
In all other cities where filtration has
been adopted on large scale the rate of
sickness of typhoid and similar diseases
has Immediately dropped and remained low
whereas cities supplied with unfiltered
water continue to suffer periodically from
disease outbreaks of greater or less yiru-
lence. 1t is impossible calmly TO contem-
plate an indefinite prolongation of the pres
snt situation here In the light of the
epidemic Of typhoid at Ithaca, where
the morbidity roll is very high and the
death rate corresponds One more Cornell
student died today. from the disease, which,
IL Ia practically established came from the
water supply. Washington should not be
required to pass through any more such
experiences as that of last autumn, when
the typhoid ran through the community
as veritable pestilence. ~
Therefore action now In the contemplated
line, permitting the letting of contract
for the work at once. Is demanded by ev-
cry consideration of public health and
ga fety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
Politics and the Bench.

A friend of Judge Parker. in speech de-
livered in Brooklyn the other night advised
in substance against the Parker boom and
pointed out that no party has ever gone to
the bench for its presidential candidate.
The statement Is true, and We shall prob
ably hear more on the subject in the next
twelve months. While many men after dis
tinguishing themselves In politics have been
successfully transferred 10. the bench, few
after a useful career on the bench have
ever been successfully transferred TO the
field of politics. and no man has gone from
the bench TO the White House.
Service on the bench however, has never
been a shield against political ambition In
the cases OF men with some knowledge of
and q taste for politics. Chief Justice Chase
kept his lightning rod up after he put
on the black silk gown: and he would
gladly have accepted the democratic presi-
Dental nomination In 1868. He was never
comfortable in the post TO which he had
never aspired. He had kept hts eye on the
presidency SO long he found IL impossible
to look with any great interest elsewhere
The case Of Judge David Davis is full
OF instruction. An excellent man. well
grounded in the law. and essentially OF the
judicial temperament he should have found
complete happiness on the bench. But he
did not. He was not proof against the
temptations of politics. ana he yielded to
those who had h mind preparing the way
for advancing him to tae highest political
honor The whole mziieuvers. was iIl-ad-
vised. and proved dismal failure. Its au-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
Canada's Woe.

The Canadian papers continue to exclaim
in decentralization regarding the COM
position of the Alaskan boundary commits
sion on the part of the United States The
Toronto Star. complaining that the cards
are stacked in this game, and that the
United States commissioners will assuredly
not agree to any settlement of the boun-
dairy which does not give this country
everything claimed says:
"Ali Canada can hope for is that by en-
gaging Edward Blake and other talented
counsel she can make such an impression
on the three jurists from Canada and Great
Britain that too much will not be sur
rendered" eet1
This is rather paradoxicaI hope. If the
three United States commissioners are de-
termined in advance to yield nothing to
Canada how can any combination be formed
which win prevent the surrendering of
too much The American claim Is a
definite proposition, resting upon a distinct
line. drawn along certain course, and so
defined on both English and American maps
for many years. There In no possibility in
the Premises of q compromise. Thee line
cannot be shifted inland or seaward to suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
The Lottery Decision.
From the New York Herald. -;

From the New York Herald
In the lottery case just decided the United
States Supreme Court has divided as evenly
as Is possible ON a momentous question in
yolying the line between national and state
sovereignty. This ruling has an import and
reach which far transcend the subject mat
ter that gave rise to It, The constitutional
principle affirmed applies with equal force
and directness to the regulation of trusts.
If Congress has the power to bar lottery
traffic from interstate commerce 1t has
power to deal a like blow at trade monop-
oily. 1t may prevent one evil as wen as the
other from being spread over the country
by means of interstate transportation. It
may say to trust monopolists as it has said
to lottery dealers, while you conflne your
operations In restraint of trade within state
bounds you are beyond the reach OF Con-
gress. but when you extend them across
state lines and make them national you are
subject to the law aimed against national
evil"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
The District Bill in Conference.

The District is having its usual experience
Of finding the appropriation bill tied up in
conference until the last days of the ses-
sion. with nothing certain as to the amounts
which are to be allotted to the local gov
eminent. So many conferences are now in
progress at once that 1t is hardly to be ex-
pected that the District budget will receive
especially exhaustive consideration. The
occasion having passed for the adoption of
the business principle Of providing sufi-
Client means for permanent improvements
on a long-term loan basis the District takes
now merely an interest in the details Of the
budget. hopeful that at least Congress will
not prune the total down to the point Of
actual parsimony and leave unprovided for
the many small but important items of mu-
nicipal maintenance and advancement
which do not fall within the program of the
ereat works. $50 --=-4..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
The "Crown Lands" Appropriations

1t is difficult to understand why, save on
the ground of charity, the Senate iappropri-
atoms committee should now agree to pay
Mrs. Lydia Dominls, formerly Queen of Ha.
wall, SEQ, 600 of the public money in lieu
of all her claims for the so-called crown
lands of Hawaii. Ever since her dethrone-
ment by the act of the people of Hawaii
Mrs. Dominis has pressed this claim per-
sistertly, especially since the collapse Of
her hopes of restoration to the throne by
President Cleveland. Occasionally she has
pleaded poverty and need, but the scale OF
the establishment maintained by her has
never strengthened that argument. Tech
nically there is no foundation whatever for
her demand for reimbursement for the lands
which passed with the control of the state
from the monarchy to the republic. The
lands were and are public property. They
We're used by the. royal families Of Hawaii
as appurtenances of the royal establish
ment, as were the palaces and other accom-
paniments of rule, The, kings and queens
of Hawaii were not necessarily succeeded
by their immediate blood descendants, the
dying chief nominating his successor. Thus
the crown passed from one branch of the
royal family to another and with it the
crown lands. There could be no alienation
Of these lands, and nothing in their history
suggested that they were other than parts
of the public domain. When Liiuokalani
ceased to be queen she ceased to enjoy any
interest in them. She has evidently wearied
the Senate into. making this concession for
the future peace of Congress. 1t may be
small price to pay for peace, but 1t Is never
theless concession for which there Is no
sufficient warrant in the records. There is.
however, the consolation that this affair will
hardly be likely to arise in later years as a
bothersome precedent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
A Threatened Invasion.
A cable from Vienna says:

1.-THE former Archduke Leopold Ferdi-
nand, the brother of the former Crown
Princess of SaXony. has teiegraphed to his
parents at Salzburg that he intends to be-
come an officer in the United States navy"
This is an aspiration not likely to be
realized. Appointments to the United States
navy are not open to Tom. Dick and Harry.
The show business would about fit this fell
low. There are no honors for him on this
side. but dollars might be gathered. Indi-
yiduals of his class have crossed the water
and made money by exhibiting themselves
in cheap stunts before the curious. Cole
Younger's Wild West Show Is organizing,
and he might get job with that. There
will probably be shown under that canvas
nothing wilder than this creature who has
Invested himself OF his title and character
at the instance Of a pretty woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
The Last Lap.

At noon week from today Congress ad-
journs. The condition of business is such
that the most experienced observers of con-
gressional proceedings hesitate to express
themselves definitely about the prospects.
Will the Panama canal treaty fail? VIII
the Cuban treaty fail? VIII the statehood
matter go over? VIII the Aldrich financial
bill fail? Is there any partisan capital pos
sible in the threatened urging by the demo-
Gratis Of action on the amended Littlefleld
trust bill? These are important measures,
and the two treaties and the Aldrich bill
should reach vote. A great deal can be
accomplished in 4 very brief period when
Congress so wills. But, just now, what Is
the will of Congress?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
Minister Squiers on Cuba.

Minister Squiers brings pleasant mes
sage from Cuba. 1t is not in the nature OF
news, but as it confirms news in an official
way it is entitled to unusual consideration.
The interview with the American represen-
tative to Cuba which appeared in yester-
days Star will be widely read and its as
surances as widely welcomed
About this time last year four predictions
were very confidently INDUCED in by the
critics of the American policy toward Cuba.
ID The withdrawal of the American troops
would be followed in less than six weeks by
riots that would oblige the re-establishment
of our authority In the island. The people
We're incapable of preserving order among
themselves. They had spent SO much time
in the brush fighting and pilfering that
orderly existence. except under severe
measures. was not to be expected of them
They would fall out over forms of govern
mental procedure. and Spain would be
avenged by the slaughter Of Cubans by
Cubans.
(2) Where was the money to come from
for the support Of the government? Where
was there Cuban capable Of administering
the affairs Of treasury department..
Waste and mismanagement would mark
the financial feature of the experiment from
the very start, and chaos on that account
also would soon come
(3) The American lesson as to sanitation
would be forgotten. Havana and Santiago
would soon be as foul as they ever had
been under the Spanish regime, and yellow
fever would re-establsh headquarters at
the old stands. The Cubans had really re-
scented the cleaning up of their cities and
towns. and under "a so-called government
of their own would, while 1t lasted, live in
their own way, at whatever cost to them
selves and at whatever menace to the
southern coast of the United States.
"a The Cubans would speedily begin to
exhibit their feelings toward the Americans.
Those feelings were anything but kind. The
sacrifices the Americans had made In their
behalf had gone for nothing. Cubans were
incapable Of gratitude. and the very capac-
ity and generosity the Americans had shown
in putting them on their feet had aroused
a sort of resentment in their bosoms.
Mr.. Squlers, though not In the way of re-
plying to these predictions, touches upon
the matters contained in them. There Is
good order in the island, there is a surplus
in the Cuban treasury, American sanitary
measures are being continued with happy
results, and the Cuban people cherish senti-
ments of hearty good will toward the Amer
lean people. Cuba is not out of the woods
by long shot. but she is travelling in the
right direction and her progress is encour-
aging. II the Senate will only ratify that
reciprocity treaty all will soon be well with
her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
Splitting Habit.
From the Philadelphia Press.

The disgusting practice Of splitting every
where, which has been so general can
hardly be reformed at once, but great prog
ress has been made in the interest of pub
lie cleanliness and health. A little reason
able and perfectly proper local legislation
on the subject cannot fail to have good
results. Such action is not altogether an
experiment. In number of the interior
cities of the state ordinances similar. to
the one proposed in this city have been
adopted. and there is very pronounced sat
isfaction with their operation. People gem
orally are disposed to respect the prohibit
ton, and only the willful disobedents are
rounded up for the penalty, something de-
pending upon the discretion of the police