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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

upon at the ring Mr.. Lewis after
signing up the articles of agreement
expressed his satisfaction at getting
on a match, though the three men ne
has to go against he recognizes as OLD
ones at the game.
Lewis will begin active training for
tha contest tomorrow, though he has
done more or less work since arriving
in the city. Burns and Williams are
both as hard as nails and will only
need to STUDY up" little.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

H OR f S WANTED - RANGING
from 1000 to 1900 pounds. Bought
and sold on commission. Good
prices. Write Seattle Auction and
Sales Stables, Inc, 1921 Third ave
nue., Seattle, Wash, NJ. J. Walker,
Manager
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
The Clever Doctor,

skinny is just dying for the want
of exercise, and what do you think the
doctor recommended to do?"
Give it up
Take sawdust baths.
why, that's all right. The doctor
expects him to produce his own saw
1USt -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
NOT YET EXTINCT
MT. ST. HELENS
A Farmer at the Base CT the Noun.
tains Has Discovered a Live
Crater.

Olympia.-The volcanic fires of
Mount st. Helens, in Southwestern
Washington, are not yet totally ex-
tinct, according to the story of Frank
Swaisgood, who is holding down a
timber claim at the base of the noun
tain.
Swaisgood has recently come out
from his claim and reports the discOv-
cry of a sort of secondary crater near
the summit of the mountain
Mount St. Helens is credited with
being little short of 10000 feet high.
1t is not a particularly hard mountain
to climb from one side and has often
been scaled. About one thousand
feet below the summit, on the north
side of the mountain, is the old and
totally cold crater. This was the main
crater at the time the mountain was
in active eruption centuries ago. The
north side has been scaled as high as
this crater it is claimed, but the bal
ance of the distance on this particu-
lar side of the mountain between the
crater and the summit has so far been
considered impossible to climb Half
way between the crater and the sum
nit what is apparently bare patch
Of rock has often been noticed from
the surrounding country. Even dur
ing the time Of deepest SHOWS in mid
winter this spot always remained bare
and black, though around the surface
Of the mountain would be dead
white.
Notice Bare Spots.
SWaisgOOd had often noticed the
bare spot and wondered as to what it
was. On June 25 last he and a COM
paniOn scaled the north side OF the
mountain as far as the crater It is
probable that the ascent of the noun
tain had never before been made SO
early in the year and the men found
that above the crater the snow was SO
packed chat it was possible to go on
higher. Believing that this had never
been accomplished before they decid
ed to go on.
After a hard climb over the snow
hey reached the "black spOt" and
learned it's cause. For a space Of of
seventy-fve feet square the side of
the mountain is hot enough to blister
ones hands if placed on the ground.
From creVlCeS are emitted sulphur
Gus fumes and snow thrown on the
place disappears in the form of steam,
The men had but a short time to
make an examination of the place. |
They had not planned a trip SO far,
night was coming on, and they were
not prepared TO stay till morning. |
com Uanion began to COM
plain of illness nom the fumes of the
sulphur and the "aTe therefore com |
PEELED to at once Hcsn the descent
Will e Again.
Mr. Swaisgood G2ys that only early |
in the spring whe1 the snow is pack
ed hard can the tip be made up the
north side of the mountain above the
crater The snow has now melted SO
that it is impossible to again visit the |
place this year, but he has deter
mined to attempt the ascent next
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

so per cent. reduction on high
grade wall paper to clear shelves for
new goods. Come quick and you will
get a good bargain. Burt Owens, POP
E. Main street
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
Not Friends Any More.

That girl with Johnson there
friend of his, l suppose?'
Nope; used to be, though
80? Had falling Out?'
Not exactly. He married her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
Runs the Place.

The peddler-I want to see the mis-
tress Of the house.
The master-Do you? Then step
around to the kitchen door and ask
for the cook.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

If every girl who thinks She knov,
how to play the piano knew how "a
cook, the divorce lawyers would "
into some other business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Read coupon offer page ; of STATES
nan, and go to work at once. Your
chance is good.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Fine city lots and country property
Slater & Slater Rooms 10 and II.
POstOffice building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

J. W. Cookery, licensed embalmer
sind undertaken. Babcock block, IL
First street. Telephone Main 379.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Don't measure a man goodness nv
the way he treats his dogs and horses,
watch how he treas his wife and
children.-COmmOn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Read the Statesman prize offers.
go day offer). Great educational OPP
pOrtunities offered free
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Portland Restaurant leads. DOM
patronlze Japs and Cinnamon Wher
you can eat at the Portland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05
In Worldly Goods.

at isn't every man that knows when
he is we'll off,
No; but lots of us know that we
are not
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Clip the coupons. Sign and bring
in at once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Clip out the Business College cou-
pons in the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Most men wouldn't be able to tell
by reading their tombstones who Arc
occupying the graves.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Too many men take Off their good
nature when they doff their Office
coats.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-05

Mr.. SWaisgOOd GHvs that only early
in the spring whe~ the snow is pack
ed hard can the tip be made up the
north side of the mountain above the
crater. The snow has now melted SO
that it is impossible to again visit the
place this year, but he has deter
mined to attempt the ascent next
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17

We cleaned up the lot of 10,
u - and l5 cents Lawns, Ba-
tiste and Dimities at 5 cents a
yard. We could have sold twice
as many. The following letter
IN regard to the same class of
goods explains itself:
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
BGSSemer Banks Break
President of One is Short a Quar-
ter of y Million.

Birmingham, June II. II h G
doors of the Besscmer Savings
Bank and the Bank of Commerce,
both located ut Bcsscmcr, Ala :,
failed to open, this morning, as
the result Of the shortage and the
flight of L. j. Cornwell, president
of the first named bank At 9
o'clock, this morning, Judge Sem,
of the City Court of this city, on
petition of depositors in the Saw
lngs Bank, named George Steven
son, as receiver Of that bank. and,
on petition of the directors of the
Bank of Commerce, III which Corn
we'll had an interest, appointed
Tom Smith receiver. None Of the
Birmingham banks are affected by
the failures.
The Bank of Commerce was
closed, as aprecautionary measure,
to protect both banks and deposit
tors.
Nothing further has been heard
of Cornwell. L is believed be
purchased a ticket for Washington
from this city, on Saturday night
The exact amount of his shortage
has not yet been ascertained, but
is in the neighborhood of $3.50.
900.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
jim Wilcox On His Way
To The Peaitentiary'
Surprises Jailer by Pulling Out a
Pistol He Carried all During
His Trial.

Raleigh, n c., June Is. A
special from Elizabeth City says:
jim Wilcox, twice convicted OF
the murder of Nellie Cropsoy, left
here today in charge of Sheriff f.
L. Winslow of Perquimas to be-
gin his 30>year sentence in the
penitentiary a t Raleigh Pre-
vious to the arrival of the officers
at the Jail he offered to sell the
jaller pistol, and to his amaze
ment took a 3S>calibre revolver
from his pocket and fired three
shots then gave it to the taller.
He claimed that he carried this
pistol during both trials. 1t was
fastened to his leg by his garter.
When the officers appeared he
had to be carried from the Jail by
force. tie cursed and swore Mt
them, refused to wear neat suit
of clothes provided 10y his father
and insisted on wearing old trou-
sers and worn shoes. He said to
the sheriff.
"I shall not stay ut the peni-
tentiary. | shall be back here
soon. A few embers here, some
houses there and match will
make blaze. People will know
when get back -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
CHASTITY Finds Along The River.
Dead Bodies Float Down the Pac.
olet Into Union County
Hundreds Visit Scenes
of the Disasters.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Jonesville, June 10. We have
been cut off from the outside
world since last Saturday until
Yesterday, when we received the
first mail. There was however
plenty of local news but it was
of the saddest and most unwel-
come kind. Pacolet river, five
miles from our town, has been
the scene of the destruction of life
and properly such as has never
been before and hundreds of peo,
pie have visited .hese scenes and
have turned away in horror. The
river banks and bottoms present
sight that is borrowing in the
extreme. Cotton bales, bolts and
bales of cloth, furniture, machines
ry and all kinds of rubbish line
the river from Clifton to where it
empties into the Broad river at
Pinckney.
One dead body, that of a
woman, was found in the bottoms
stripped of all her clothing in the
struggle with the surging waters.
1t was Il ghastly sight and seemed
to have been the body of Il beau
tiful young woman. The body was
brought to Jonesville and shipped
to Spartanburg for Identification.
1t is reported that two other
bodies have been found on the
river and in consequence Of their
decomposed condition they were
buried near where they were
found.
A great deal of cotton and cloth
has been recovered and hauled to
Jonesville and is being shipped to
the mills. The mills are offering
good wages to hands and teams
to work for them in recovering
their property and great many
hands and wagons have gone to
the river to work. There was rain
yesterday and the day before over
the country which makes the
situation more serious. The crops
are all swept from the bottoms and
the uplands are much damaged by
the heavy rains.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
Chicken Thief Murderer Hung.

Roanoke, Va, June ~. E. A.
Hopeson was hanged at Wise G.
ii. today for the murder of
j HI n Sa lyers Of t ha
county. One night last winter
Hopes0n and three other men
went to Salyer's place and enter
ed his fowl house. Salyer was
aroused by the noise and went in :
to the yard. He was fired upon
and killed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
TEN YEARS I'm BED.

X. A. Gray, j. p, Gakville,
Ind, writes, "For ten years | was
confined to my bed with disease
of my kidneys. 1t was so severe
that l could not move part of the
time. | consulted the very best
medical skill available, but could
get NO relief until Foley's Kidney
Cure was recommended TO me. 1t
has been a Godsend to me" " T..
Eugene Fundebrurk.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17

Kansas City, is reported in a
destitute condition from the effects
of the flood andanother appeal for
for aid has been issued.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
DRIVEN ToDEsPERAT1

Living at an out of the way
place, remote from civilization, a
family is often driven to despera-
tion in case of accident, resulting
in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers,
etc. Lay ia supply of Bucklen's s
Arnlca Salve. It's the best on
earth. Csc, at Crawford Bros j.
+. Mackey & Co., and I Eugene
Funder5urk Drug Store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1903.
Man who Murdered Seven.

New Orleans, June 12.-Gov.
Hoard has signed the death war
rant of A. f.. Batson of Missouri.
convicted of the murder of seven
members of the Earl family, and
fixed August II as the date of the
execution.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17

The goods referred in above ena
pretter and finer than anything in the town a n ~
cents They going like wild we would advise ouic
purchase ~ '''0 N'''"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17

Inc goods referred epa or
eter and finer than anything the town at m tn TX
cents They going like wild we would advise on;c
purchase. ~ IVY"
We are making quite run on
fine black dress goods for skirts.
The Prices range fully ONE
THIRD LESS than is USUALLY
paid.
Our Bargain Ribbon counter.
made up of - l-2 and Is cents
ribbons, is quite an attraction at
10 cents the Yard. One week
ONLY, and Yet You hear on
EN ERY HAND
GO TO CLOUDS For BARGAINS
1t means simply THIS: That
Cloud is selling good goods
cheaper than any house in town.
and there is no mistake abOut Il
More anon.
Yours to serve and to Please.
e E. CL @ u D
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
THAT THRoBBING HEAD
ACHE. H.

Would quickly leave ych, if
YOU used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. Thousands of sufferers have
proved their malchless merit for
Sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and build
up your health. Only 35 cents,
money back if not cured. Sold
by Crawford Bros, j. F. Mackey
& Co., and L. Eugene Funder-
burk Druggist.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
The PeopIe Have Been Clam
oring for just Such a Store
Where they can Buy the very
Best Glass of Merchandise
AT CIose-Cul Prices.

We did not anticipate such grand welcome Our little store
25XSO feet has been vertabe BEE HIVE
doors opened Hundreds and
Great Bargains have direction
worth big advertisement
% to 40 per cent less than the usual price paid.
The ush of business has badly broken
good many lots nearly others cleared entirely
only be matter of few days though when brs
with new and better things We keeping the mails the
Railroads hot with new orders and new shipments.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
AWFUL CLOUDBURST.
Town at Base OF Blue Noun
tainS Wiped Off the Map,
Water Came With Rush Two
Hundred Bodies Already Re-
covered by Survivors.

cloudburst that almost entirely
destroyed the town of Heppner,
Ore, at 6 O'Clock last night.
Heprner is the county seat of
Mo: row county and had about /,
$50 Inhabitants.
A report from lone, II miles
from Heppner, is to the effect
that 800 bodies have been re-
covered. A messenger who arrived
at lone said n wall of water 20
feet high rushed down into the
gulch in which Heppner is situa-
ted, carrying everything before it.
The flood came with such sud
denness that the inhabitants were
unable to seek places of safety
and were carried down to death
by the awful rush of water.
Almost the entire residence
portion of the town was DESTROYED,
but some of the business part,
which is on higher ground, escap-
ed.
Huge boulders weighing a ton
were carried down by the current
and many people were killed by
being dashed against the rocky
bluff.
EARLY in the afternoon u thun>
derstorm occurred, covering a wide
region of country, and later a
heavy raiDstorm set in, many of
the small streams overtlowing their
banks in u short time. Bridges
were swept away like straws.
BODIES PILED UP.
| AS soon as possible after the
flood had subsidized the work of
relief was co nmenced by the cit>
liens of the town. Dozens of DO
dies were found In the creeks and
in some places they were piled
over one another. Up to 2 O'Clock
this afternoon over 200 bodies
had been recovered almost within
the city limits. The buildings
which were not carried away were
moved from their foundations OF
toppled over.
Hundreds of horses, cattle and
sheep and hogs that had gone into
the creek bottoms for water perish
ed.
News of the calamity did no
reach the outside world until to
day, all the means of communica
ton having ceased.
AS soon as possible news was
sent by couriers to the nearb,
towns. The Oregon Railway anC
Navigation company started re
lief train with physicians and sup
plies from Dallas shortly after
noon. At 1.30 thus afternoon
another train of relief started fol
the scene from this city. Citizen
of Portland started relief fund a
soon as the news of the disaster
spread over the city, and within
few hours SIS, 900 was raised.
Supplies will be rushed to Hep
per as soon as they can be as
sem bled.
, 800 COFFINS.
, Portlan,., Ore June 15.-Wort
was received here f.'om lone lat,
this afternoon that 800 coffin
were needed at once at Heppner
The weather is warm and it is
necessary that the dead should bt
buried at once.
One hundred cOffins were SEN
on the Oregon Railway and Navi
cation overland train tonight anC
100 more will he sent from the
Dallas and Portland.
Strength and vigor come OF
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17

"Strength and vigor come of
good food, duly digested. Force
ready to- serve wheat and bars
ley food, adds no burden but sus,
tuns. nourishes, invigorates."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-17
f. f. Cloud, Esq,
Dear Sir &:

+. f. Cloud, Esq,
Dear Sir D.:
In reply to your letter
would say | send you 80 pieces of those
fine Lawns and think they are the best
values have ever sold you. | wonId
say that this lot cleans me up. trust
same will do you good. Thanking you
for favors, | remain,
Yours truly,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-09-25
E7lals of the Inventor.

The other day 700 trunks arrived OF
an ocean steamer, and every one wa:
fastened with a metal clasp, sort o.
open-and-snap arrangement. A few
years ago the inventor of that clasp wal
hawking it around the country and feel
ing miserable because no one had senst
enough to buy it. Finally he obtrudet
himself upon a hardware man il Chi
cago, l think it was. The usual amour
of cold water being thrown upon th'
patent, he was about to depart when thu
silent partner remarked: That may b.
a useful thing. Come back here thi'
afternoon and we'll talk about it." TIL,
talk resulted in its sale outright fol
$500 The firm introduced it to the traC,
in gross lots. and the profits to date arr
100000. The poor inventor.-N Y
Press
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-09-25
PROPERTIES OF RADIUM.
Remarkable Power Contained I'm the
Most Wonderful Substance
in the World.

Radium makes amends for its scarcity
by its remarkable properties. A little OF
it goes long way. 1t is so highly lumi-
nous that print can be read by it's light
Curiously enough it possesses the power
of imparting its own luminosity to Other
bodies which in their normal state are
quite inactive, says an account in Wo-
mans Home Companion. A mere frac.
ton af grain in solution poured from
one. vessel to another imparts to each
considerable activity. which persists fol
some time, even after both vessels arf
washed in the usual way. The property
is similar to that of grain of musk
which imparts its odor to every article
of clothing in wardrobe, although there
has been &c material contact. So power
full is the Photographic action of raGiur
that it is capable of penetrating biacE
paper and other Opaque objects as read.
lily as sunlight passes through clear glass
Its chemical action is no less energetic
and remarkable. Oxygen is TRANSFORMED
into ozone; yellow PHOSPHORUS is con.
yerted into red PHOSPHORUS.
The physiological effect of radium i:
such that we should, perhaps, be thank
full that large quantities Of the material
cannot be readily obtained. For sly
hours Prof. Curie carried in his waist.
coat pocket a small tube containing {
very small quantity of radium. A few
days later sore developed, which heaiet
only after seven weeks had elapsed. Thu
constant handling of radium is afforded
with Inflammation of the fingers. HELD
against the temples of blind man, rad.
ium will so affect the retina that the sen
sation of light is produced. In norma
persons the experiment if prolonged viii
result in paralysis of the optic nerve
Applied to the unprotected nerve-cen.
tiers of small animals, the rays produce
paralyzing effects which kill.
Radium destroys the germinatin.
power of seeds, kills the larvae Of but
terf1ies, and has such bactericidal eff
feet that it may find a wide use in thu
cure of certain skin disease. Indeed, il
one Of the Partisan hospitals it has beer
employed with results quite as remark
able as those obtained by Finsen will
ultraviolet rays. Diamonds are rem
dered phosphorescent, and can thus b.
readily distinguished from paste imita'
lions, which are not so sensitive to tho
rays.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-09-25
PERILS OF THE STOKER.
His Days Down In the Depths of the
Great Ocean Liner Full
of Danger.

Life among the stokers on board an
Atlantic liner is described by a con-
tributor who put in a voyage as an anna
teur coal trimmer. AS coal trimmer.
he says, had to wheel my barrow
through a narrow tunnel, fill it with
coal from the bunker, wheel it back
again, empty it at the stokers' feet and
keep on until the watch was over, but
this apparently simple occupation was
not without it's perils, says the Royal
Magazine.
The glass cylinders which show the
depth of water in the boilers may
burst twice day, but save for an oc-
casional scalding a man is not often
injured by this. Far more serious are
the consequences of his opening the
doors of his furnace without first shut
ting off his forced draft. A careless
man-perhaps one who has boarded the
ship the worse for liquor-may, on
starting his watch, forget to shut off
the three checks at the side of the fur
mace which regulate this detail. On
opening the door binding draft will
fly into his face and probably scorch him
frightfully.
There is no limit to the number of
minor casualties. AS trimmed at my
barrow the ship would give a sudden
lurch, and my spade would fly out of
my hand If l wheeled it through the
tunnel without knocking my head
against the side 1 considered myself for
tunate. With the roll Of the ship tools
would fly about in all directions. A
rake which had been lying idle at one
side of the stokehold would come vio-
lently sliding toward one. If you stood
might come suddenly down on your
head. Perhaps a shovel has been mis-
laid somewhere above, so down it would
come with crash.
During a gale it was no unusual thing
for a miniature Niagara to rush down
the ventilator and drench anyone who
happened to be standing near. A sea,
too, will sometimes alight on mass of
clinkers and save the trimmer his task
of eXtinsuishing them. scalding him and
his neighbors the while by an upward
rush of steam. The stock dinner dish in
the stokehold is noodle" mixture OF
meats, potatoes and soup. For break
fast, hash; for tea, meat-of kind
and bread.
At eight every night the chief steward
sends the men on the watch just over
huge tin containing the leavings from
| the saloon passengers dishes. 1t is re-
| ceived from the steward by trimmer
who no doubt gets his first whack al
some dainty morsel. Meat, fish, mayor
| naise of lobster, green vegetables, pas
| try. tarts. fat from joints are all jum-
bled together in mixture of gravy and
| soup. AS to who gets which is a mat
| ter of physical contest. The ''blackies'
simply rush for the pan, and sometimes
topple over the trimmer in charge be-
fore he has had chance himself