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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-27
STORIES Of THE HOUR

With the death Of George Lansing
Taylor Methodism lost a very inter-
erting, as we'll as very able man.
While not in any strict sense a de-
nominationaI poet, he was almost the
only poet the denomination possessed
for many years as living factor in
it's affairs. This gave him vogue and
distinction among his cO-religionar-
les. But he had wide claims to rec
ognition as belonging to the small
band Of religious poets whose work
is of permanent value. The hymn,
Dare to Do Right" which is usually
cited to illustrate his method, by no
means marks the highest flight of his
music His genius was distinctly i'm
aginative.
In middle dife-and for that matter
almost to the end-Dr. Taylor was a
striking specimen Of muscular Chris
tianity. His rich color, fine shock
of hair and brilliant smile helped to
set off an animated style Of OratOry
that made his pulpit efforts effective ;
and he ranked as an admirable "oc-
casiOnaI' speaker. He was, more
over. a forceful phamphleteer.
One Of his. clerical brethren, who
had attended his funeral at Bay
Ridge. recalled an incident worth re-
hearsing of Dr. Taylor's early con-
nectiOn with the Christian Advocate,
to which he contributed as far back
as the editorial regime of DR.. Daniel
Curry. Taylor, it seems, had a few
rhetorical mannerisms. and among
them was the phrase 'stOrm-buffeted
eagles" This figure he would bring
into his sermons and eXtempOran-
eous prayers with frequency. On one
occasion Dr. Curry, hard hitter who
cared little for the sensibilities of
others and had none of his own, raj
lied him publicly. Il say, Taylor" he
calculated the grim old despot, why
do you beseech heaven to regad our
souls as 'stOrm-buffeted eagles?''
Abashed for an instant only, the
young minister scored in this fash
ion: DR.. Curry, if l had been praying
for a collection Of souls like yours.
would have said not eagles, but
crows"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-27

C. z. Haskins of Krupp has demon
strated to his own satisfaction that
alfalfa can be grown with success on
the high and dry hills. Mr.. Haskins
who has a farm three miles north
of Krupp, seeded a small patch OF
ground to alfalfa last spring merely
as an experiment. Now ne says the
grass is 20 inches high and looking
fine-Coulee City News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
A DOG Drummer.

Never heard of a dog drummer?'
Well, that's my business" said a New
Yorker to a Star man at the Raleigh.
Il have just completed a successful
trip to Washington and Richmond, Va,
and am leaving for home tonight What
is my specially? Why, 1 sell Japan
csc spaniels, those delicate little fell.
lows that inevitably attract womanly
tenderness. There are some fine spec
linens of the Mikado beauties owned
here in Washington, while l am sorry
to say that some of the So-called Jap
anese Spaniels are not as thoroughbred
as they were pointed out to be to some
unsuspecting purchaser.
THE thoroughbred Japanese spaniel
is in appearance quaint and interest
ing. The top of the head bulges like a
bulb, the nose is deeply indented, the
mouth is wide and curved in what APP
pears a perpetual smile; the eyes Ds-
ually half hidden by the silky fore
locks, are black and tender in express
sion. When thoroughbred they are
extremely brilliant and make excellent
pets but for their delicacy of consti-
tuition. 1t takes more petting and
coddling to keep a thoroughbred Jap
enese spaniel alive than an ordinary
baby. Oil rubs, massage treatments
and similar treatments are frequently
necessary If they are to see maturity
and after all these cares most of the
dogs die after short residence in this
country. This keeps the business up"
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
WESTERN NEWSPAPER
MAN IN GOOD PLACE
Robert Armstrong, of Iowa, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March a
Robert B. Armstrong, who has been
private secretary to Secretary Shaw
during the last year, today took the
oath of office as assistant secretary of
the treasury to succeed Gen. o. L.
Spaulding. Mr.. Armstrong was born
Aug. 10, 1873, near Des Moines, Iowa,
and was educated in the public schools.
He completed his education at the
Iowa State college at Ames and enter
ed newspaper work in 1892. Learning
the printers trade, he took up the ed
itorial branch of journalism. working
on several Des Moines newspapers. In
1896 he became political writer for the
Chicago Record, remaining in charge
until the latter part of August, 1898,
when he was sent by that paper to
New York to take charge of all Eastern
editorial work, including the special
foreign service. On the sale of the
Chicago Record to the Times-Herald
in March, 1901, he went abroad with
his family. Returning in the same year,
he took a position with the New York
Herald and was placed in charge of
the Western office, headquarters in Chi
cago, covering the territory from San
Francisco to Pittsburg. In April, 1902
he became private secretary to Secre-
tary Shaw.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
GUARDING SALTWATER
FROM THE SMALLPOX
Victims Steered Into the Pesthouse on
Reaching the City.

William Engdahl and John Sampson,
residing in the northern part of the
county, are confined in the pesthouse
in this city with we'll developed cases
of smallpox. They came down river
from logging camp few days ago
and on Tuesday were at Osceola. Mem
bers of the board of health in that
village suspected that they had small
pox and advised them to move on. They
crossed the river to the Minnesota side
and started for Saltwater. Capt.
Barnes, of the police force, received
word from Marine that the men were
heading for Saltwater and he took
them in charge at the railroad bridge
in Schulenburg's addition and escorted
them to the pesthouse.
The residence of Mrs. Cora Johnson
at Marine has been burned. Loss ST.
600; insurance, $1,000.
William Bigsbee, of La Crosse, Wis,
who a little more than a week ago
had his skull crushed in one of James
E. McGrath's logging camps on Snake
river, died at the city hospital yester-
day. An operation was performed, but
the injuries were Of a too serious ma
ture. The man was about fifty years
of age, and the body will be held a
day or two in the hope of hearing
from relatives or friends.
A statement of binder Irvine sales up
to March l shows that the sales for
February at the prison aggregated g.
183,345 pounds, of which amount 1885,
sos represented club orders and the re-
mainder small cash orders.
Thomas Lecky has demanded $4,000
from the city council for personal in
juries sustained by him Jan. Z, when,
he alleges, he fell an a slippery side
walk on Chestnut street. The demand
was made at the council meeting Tues
day evening and the matter was re-
ferred to the city attorney.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN LUMBER
Division of Sentiment on the Advisa
biIity of Arbitration.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March A
The eleventh annual convention of the
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers
association began here today. Penden-
mis- White, of North TonaWanda, N. Y,
the president, delivered his annual adj
dress. He urged the Importance Of
arbitration in all matters of difference
between the various organizations con-
nected with the trade. He advocated
cooperation in matters affecting the
lumber dealers and spoke of the work
of the national organization. The re-
ports of officers were submitted.
Retail lumber interests were discuss
ed at separate meetings of the Retail
Lumber Dealers association, of the
Eastern states, and the association of
the Western Retail Lumbermen. Thse
meetings We're secret. The retailers
desire to reach an agreement with the
wholesalers, fixing the extent to which
competition shall exist between the
two interests.
The wholesale dealers are opposed
to any ironclad agreement which will
restrict the sale of their products to
any retailer in specified localities, but
argue that this Question must be set
tied by local and other conditions and
that individual cases must be treated
on their merits. They express them
selves in favor of arbitration to settle
any misunderstanding which may
arise between wholesalers and retailers
in disposing of their products in any
locality.
The members of the Western Retail
er'S association, while contending- there
should be we'll defined limits in the
business of the wholesalers, are willing
that disputed questions of this char
acter between the wholesalers and re-
tailers should be referred to arbitra-
ton, but the Eastern retailers are OPP
posed to arbitration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
MINNEAPOLIS
PUBLISHERS ARE INDICTED.
Federal Grand Jury Holds Them Capa
Bile for Printing "Esther" Letter.

The federal grand jury had its eyes
opened Yesterday when a copy of the
famous Esther letter, printed in Nye
kormanden by Edward Lund and H
a. Foss, was submitted for examina-
ton. Both publishers We're indicted.
The letter is a marvellous piece of
composition. 1t indicates the admira-
ton OF Rev. Mr.. Gjertsen of Minneapo-
lis, for Norwegian Jewess encoun-
tered by the reverend gentleman while
touring in his native country two years
ago. Mr. Gjertsen denies having writ
ten the letter.
The Esther letter deals largely
with the physical projections of Esther,
who is said to have been a middle-aged
person, in fact altogether unattractive
except in the eyes of an enamored cor
respondent.
The woman in the case was the wife
OF missionary whom the Rev. Mr.
G1ertsen is, said to have met while in
europe. Some months have elapsed
since the letter was published, but the
prosecution against the publishers of
Nye Normanden was only recently be-
gun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
The Good Thing.

There was a Man who had q Friend
who knew a Man who was acquainted
with a Man who Knew n Lady who
knew a Man who was on the inside.
Then the Man told the Lady who
told the Man who told the Man who
told the Man who told the Man who
told the Friend who told the Man that
Inside was a Good Thing at TO l.
The Man bet 81 and lost 1T.
Then the Man told the Lady who
told the Man who told the Man who
told the Friend who told the Man that
Nellie Skate at to l for a place was
like picking it off'n a sage brush. The
man bet for place and Nellie an1bled
in Third
Next time the Man told the Lady
who informed the man who put the
Man wise who tipped the Friend who
counseled the Man that Oscar was go
ing to run the race of his life at S to
2. The Man bet 50 and again failed
to cash.
At last one day the Man told the
Lady who told the Man who told the
Man who told the Friend who told the
man that Manhattan Cocktail, at 800
to 1, would prove surprise. And
Manhattan Cocktail won easy, with
only three bets, laid against him.
Was the man among them? Oh,
yes, Lille, he was among them. Was
the Man happy and thank full? Oh,
no, Estelle, the Man was neither Hap
Ply or-nor Thankful. He put the win
nings in the bank 2l4d cursed the Man
who cursed the Friend who cursed the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
ROGERS AND ROACH
RESIGN FROM LEAGUE
Former Owners of Philies Now Out of
the Game.

NEW YORK, March 4.-The Ma
tional Baseball league met in this city
today to prepare for the opening of
the playing season. President Pulliam
was in the chair.
The league adopted it's schedule.
The playing season will, as usual, open
April Is, with Boston at Philadelphia
and Chicago at ST. Louis, and will
close Sept. 81, one week earlier than
last year, with the Eastern clubs in
the West. The East opens in the West
on June /, with New York at Pitts
burg, Brooklyn at Chicago, Boston at
Cincinnati and Philadelphia at ST.
Louis.
There are comparatively few con-
f1icting dates between the American
and National league clubs. Boston has
no conflicting games, New York two,
Philadelphia five, Chicago fourteen and
st. Louis six.
Col. John I. Rogers and A j. Reach,
who have since 1883 been identified
with the league in Philadelphia, made
formal speeches, resigning from the
league.
Col. Rogers said he and his partner
had been in baseball for twenty years,
and left the National league not with
out much regret. He was forced to re-
tire because of failing health. In clos
ing he introduced President Potter and
Mr.. Hynemann. On motion of Mr.. Hart,
Col. Rogers and Mr.. Reach both were
elected unanimously honorary life
members of the league. Mr.. Potter was
chosen to succeed Col. Rogers as a
member of the committee on constitu-
ton. The league accepted the report
of the playing rules committee pre-
scented by Mr.. Hart. The only changes
in last years league rules relate to
the elevation of the pitchers box, the
base lines and a slight change in the
rules governing balks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
WOMAN PROMINENT
SOCIALLY A MURDERESS
Arrest of the One That Killed Burdick
Will Be Made Soon.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 4.-District
Attorney Coatsworth's office in the city
hall was again the place around which
interest in the Burdick murder mys-
terry centered today. While Supt Bull
is quoted as saying an arrest-the ar
rest Of woman-may occur at any
moment, the authorities are working
as hard on the case today as they did
the first day after the tragedy was dis
covered.
I'VE think we could make an arrest
now in safety" said Supt. Bull, "but
we prefer to wait, as we believe that
certain evidence which we wish to
gather will lead to successful results"
The woman who committed the
crime is of social prominence, they be-
lieve, and therefore will have friends to
back her when the crucial time comes.
There will be money for her defense
and hard legal fight will be made.
One of the new facts developed to-
day brings into the case another mys-
ferrous carriage. It is considered to
be of great Importance. 1t was an
ordinary coupe drawn by a team of
dark-colored horses. 1t halted in Ash
land avenue, north of the block ir,
WHICH Is situated the Burdlck nome.
The hour was late and the carriage
and its unusual movements attracted
attention. The woman seen by Patrol
man Meyers on the night of the muir
der was walking toward the corner
where this carriage was standing
It was admitted by Chief Cusack to-
day that two houses in the Elmwood
section were searched by the police
last Sunday. They were the homes
of Arthur r. Pennell and of Mrs. Seth
T. Hayne. Pencil was named as CO.
respondent in the divorce proceedings
Instituted by Mr.. Burdick against his
wife, Alice Burdick. Mrs. Payne's pic
ture was found in Burdick's den on the
day after the murder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05

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Mr. ThOs. Young, Elmora. Pa. says:
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
AMEs FURNISHED WITH MONEY.
Men in Financial Circles, 1t Is Init
mated, VIII Support Him in Eiaht.

The money to fight the Ames battle
at Hancock, n. H, is being furnished
from Minneapolis. The "old man" still
has friends on his original stamping
ground. These friends are determined
that AmeS shall never be brought back
to Minneapolis for trial if there is any
thing that money can do or legal in
genuity devise to prevent it.
Ii Ames is ever put on trial in this
city ana retains possession of his
mental faculties, his friends say, there
VIII be sad times in store for some
persons now high in the confidence and
esteem of the Hennepin county voter.
"A circumstance that is causing much
dlsqu1et in advanced circles of finance
Is the possession by Mrs. Ames of a
tin box Which contains papers treas
ured by her husband for the last fif-
teen or twenty years. Some of these
papers are compromising to degree
They refer to corporation matters in
language entirely unmistakable, and
bear the signatures of men now &C.
cupying elevated positions in the gall
lery of finance.
1t is to be remembered in this con-
nectlon that Ames has been mayor
more than once-that in some of his
terms OF office there have been impor-
tant transactions of public business,
and that the effects of such transact
lions are still displaying themselves
upon the everyday life of the COM
munity.
No doubt if the letters that have
passed IN the last month between May
or Ames and one of his bendsmen could
be printed, they would suggest the ex-
lStence OF concealed design on the
part of one of those bondsmen to hold
Ames at arms length if it costs $685.
600 to accomplish it. At least the
Ames forces have been furnished with
FUNDS from Minneapolis, and there are
more funds where the last came from.
According to reliable information the
Ames tin box and the letters it con-
talns constitute aboutfthe strongest de-
tense Ames has against rigorous pros
ecution.
Mrs. Ames has the tin box, and Mrs.
Ames is power in this particular
case. She has placed the documents
in her possession beyond reach of per-
sons who might desire to acquire them,
and simply declares her intention of
using all means at her command to de-
lend the doctor should occasion arise
for final accounting between him and
the persons whom she declares to have
been playing fast and loose with him.
Altogether the return or release of
Dr. Ames from present surveillance
promises very interesting alterna-
tive. If he is compelled to show in a
Minneapolis court there will probably
be exposures that will discount any
thing hitherto encountered in connec-
ton with the municipal prosecutions
If he is released there will be nothing
doing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
ALL TIRED OUT.
HUNDREDS MORE IN ST. Paul IN
THE SAME PLIGHT.

Tired All the Time;
Weary and Worn Out Night and Day;
Back Aches-Side Aches;
All on Account of the Kidneys.
Must Help Them at Their Work.
A ST. Paul Citizen Shows You How.
Mrs. H. Stuart, of 625 Mississippi
street, says: "a cold combined with
more than usual exertion brought on
pains in my back and other evidence
of disturbed condition of the kid
neys. When l learned about Doans
Kidney Pills it was difficult for me to
attend to even the lighter household
duties, and going to F. NJ. Parker's
drug store, opposite the postoffice,
procured box of the remedy. The
treatment ended the trouble absolutely.
My mother also used this preparation
with marvellous results
For sale by all dealers; price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's. and take
no other
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
AID. POWERS EXPLAINS.
Tells of Attempt of Hose Concern tc
Bribe Him

Aid. F. G. Powers was before the
investigating committee of the city
council this afternoon. He was re-
quired to give an explanation of his
recent statements concerning bribery
IN connection with hose contracts now
pending before the council
Mr.. Powers repeated the statement
he had made before the grand jury
which was to the effect that the rep
resentative- of a hose manufacturing
company had approached him and of
Tered to pay all the expenses of his
mayoralty campaign, about $4O0, If he
would get up in the council and sup
port the bid of the company for the
hose contract. Aid. Powers declared
that the proposal inspired him to use
all means at his command for the de-
Feat OF the contract, and he asserts
that he Immediately told Fire Chief
j. X. Canterbury what the hose con-
tractor had said to him.
The reporter who wrote the inter-
view with Aid. Powers, Fire Chief Can
terbury and Aid. A S. and S. E.
Adams were among the other witnesses
summoned. The committee will meet
again today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
CHINESE lNFORMER PAID
WELL AND HACKED TO PIECES
He Warned the Police of a Projected
Movement Against Canton.

VICTORIA, B. c., March 4-Mail
advices from Hongkong tell of the
death of the informant who warned
the police OF the projected movement
against Canton. He was paid a thous
and taels for the information, but did
not live long to enjoy them, for his
body was found hacked to pieces, his
ears being cut off and his body other
wise mutilated. The men arrested at
Hongkong for completely in the plot
were released after being held for a
week owing to lack of evidence against
them. AT Canton the prisoners Jared
worse, several being beheaded and six
men subjected to prolonged torture.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
TALKING UP GOOD ROADS.
Largely Attended Meeting Held at
Mankato.

Special to The Globe.
MANKATO, Mimi, March 4.-Much
interest is being manifested by the
farmers and business men throughout
Blue Earth county in the good roads
convention held here today, and there
is large attendance.
The meetings were held in the Man.
kato theater, and c. N. Andrews pre-
sided.
At the afternoon session, George w.
Cooley, of Minneapolis, president of the
State Good Roads association; Gilbert
Gutterson, inspector of U. S. rural
mail routes; Senator A. o. Eberhart,
Robert Hall. chairman of the board Of
county commissioners of Olmsted coun-
ty, and A. B. Choate, of Minneapolis,
talked on good roads, and William r.
Fraser, of Rochester, read a paper on
Road Improvement in the United
States"
At the evening session w. r. Hoag,
professor of civil engineering at the
state university, gave an address on
European and American Roads,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
REcLAIMING IDAHO LANDS.
Canal and Dam to Be Built at a Cost
of $2,9O0,OOO.

TACOMA, Wash, March 4-Con-
tracts have been let for damming the
Snake river in Idaho at point sixty
five miles above Shoshone Falls and
building sixty-five miles of canal on
the south side of the river and twen-
ty-four miles on the north side, not
including laterals, which will reclaim
$4,000 acres Of land under the new
government irrigation law. The dam is
to cost 100000 or more and the canal
$2,50O,000, not including the laterals.
The larger canal is to be eighty feet
wide at the bottom and 100 feet wide
at the top and to carry ten feet of
water which is to be raised from the
river forty-siX feet