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WASHINGTON. d. c.. POST OFFICE NOTICE.
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing daily. and the schedule OF ciosings Is
ranged on the presumption OF their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending March T.
1908, the last connecting closes VIII be made from
the MAIN OFFICE follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

Mr.. Bristow protested that it was i'm
possible to tell the straight out story
of the postal service scandal investi-
cation within this limit, much less to
deal with the ramifications Of the in
quiry, but said he would do his best
When still another order came from
the postmaster general, however, in
structing him to make a 5000 word
abstract of his million word report,
Mr.. Bristow threw up both hands and
declared it could not be done.
The postmaster general was insist
ent, however, urging that he did not
want the history Of the postal serv-
ice scandals printed ''in punches" and
wanted the abstract made so brief
that any and every newspaper would
print it all. Mr.. Payne and Mr.. Bris-
tow are at present urging their OPP
posing views on President Roosevelt.
Secrecy with regard to the contents
of the report is still being maintained
here, but one interesting fact concern
ing it has become known. Mr.. Bris-
tow gives H. H. Rand, former confiden-
tial secretary to the postmaster gener-
sence, without pay and never came
al, who left the postoffice department
on June 1, on indefinite leave of alb
back, a clean bill of health.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Little Outcast."

"A Little Outcast," that much talk
ed of production, will be seen at the
Walla Walla theater next Wednesday,
November 18th. 1t comes with a
wealth of scenery and tons of electri
cal appliances for these bewildering
effects which have been astonishing
theatergOers.
The play itself is a pretty, natural
stOry-all warmth and grace and sing
ular originality. the kind of play to
captiVate all kinds and conditions of
men and women. The play opens in
the office of Mr.. Harcourt. a wealthy
broker who is about To take his clerk,
Paul Weston, into the firm as Junior
partner. Incidentally Weston has won
the heart of the brokers' pretty daugh-
ter, Madeline. and has welded her Sc
cretly Mr.. Harcourt approves of him.
and the young people agree to an
nounce their marriage that evening
when the partnership papers are sign
ed.
But before evening De Voc, the
brokers' graceless nephew, who had
hoped to be both son-in-law and bust
ness partner of his uncle. discovers
a dark secret in WeStOnS life, and
plans the young mans downfall He
discovers that years before Weston
had served a states prison sentence
Tor anotherS crime, and De Voc
chanced to be present when Weston
is recognized by Red" Darby. a for
mer cell mate
Weston in buying the mans silence,
becomes involved in a money transact
non, and is denounced by De Voc to
Mr. Harcourt as an ex-convict and
thief. He is utterly cast off bv the
BROKER and Madeline is ordered to for
get him Branded as a thief and for
saken by his friends. Weston becomes
an easy prey to drink until he falls
10 the level of habitual drunkards and
consorts with criminals and outcasts
Al the darkest part of his career on
'iie eve OF committing a great crime
weston is brought to a sudden reaIi-
Zauon OF his situation and his man
Hooo asserts itself. His redemption
alo ultimate triumph over his enemias
accomplished by a series of now.r-
Auiis dramatic incidents, in all of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

which the faithful little newsboy,
Bob" is his trusty ally, and the cur
tain falls on a happy scene, where
Weston, restored to his friends conf
dence and to his wife's love, receives
the spontaneous cheers of the audi
ence, which is ever ready to applaud
the triumph of virtue and goodwill.
A number of novel characters are
introduced, among them being a new
type Of dope -fiend,' in the person of
Quinn once brilliant lawyer, who,
when under the influence of the drug,
raves in every language but his own,
and, in his own words, was "As the
gods" knowing good and evil, but
untouched by either
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
BLUE PENCIL POSTAL REPORT
| AS Presented by Mr.. Bristow 1t Con-
tains Over Million Words,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 16.-The
delay in making public the famous
and long expected Bristow report or
the postal service scandals has ex-
cited considerable comment in Wash
ington. Just at present the president
the postmaster general and Mr. Bris-
tow are trying to decide just how
much Of the report to give out. The
report proper with exhibits and tes-
timony consists Of over a million fords
and is most formidable looking doc
ument. 1t was at first decided to make
public $4,000 word abstract and per-
init the various newspapers to print
such portions as desired.
After considerable discussion, how
ever, Mr.. Bristow was told to make a
$4,000 word abstract and was later
told to cut this to about 1880 words.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
WAlLA WALLA MARKETS
REVISED DAILY.
Retail Prices

Retail Prices.
The selling quotations on the 10
cal market are:
Sugar-Per 100 lbs, $50.
Cheese-Per Id. zoe.
Observation-Disclosures, per sack zoe.
Onions-Per 100 lbs. 81.
Cabbage-Per Id. INC
BeetS-Per ID. 1c.
Celery-Per doz. punches 40c.
PotatOes-Per 100 lbs. zoe.
Sweet potatoes-Per Id sc.
Peppers-Per doz. sc.
Apples-Per box 75c. and 81.
Winter Nellie Pears-Per 50-lb. box
75c.
Fruits-Oranges per doz soc. to Csc.
Lemons-per dOz. Csc.
Eggs-Per doz. 35c.
Butter-Country per roll 55c. and
soc. Creamery per roll zoe.
Flour-Per Dbl. 81 to $3.50. Graham
flour per 50-lb sack, s1.20, Whole
wheat flour per sack, $3.50, Rolled Oats
per lb. sc.
Hay-Baled per ton, Alfalfa, SIG;
Wheat SIS; Timothy $40.
Bran-Per ton, 500, per sack, zoe,
Shorts, per ton 81, per sack, 90c, Roll
ed barley per ton 500; per sack s5c.
Rolled wheat per ton s2S. per sack
$110. Wheat per ton $25, per sack
s1S5. Oats per ton, $25, per sack
$3.50.
Fish-Per ID. Salmon 15c; Halibut
12kc; Soles 1Oc; Perch 12ac; Rock
Cod, 1917; Herring, 10c; Crabs Csc;
Oysters, Eastern in at. cans. Csc to 75c.
Olympia, bulk qt. zoe.
Meats-Beef-Porte steak 17A
Sirloin steak 15c. round steak, 12kc
shoulder steak 10c. No. l prime roast
1Oc to 12kc; common roast SC to 10c;
boiling beef &c to SC: leg Of mutton
121ac to 15c; chops 12kc and 15c;
pork roast 10c to 121Ac; chops 10c to
1212c.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
Buyinu Prices.


These are the quotations on the To-
cal market:
Onions-Per cwt. zoe to S5c
Carrots-Per sack SOC
Beets-Per sack or box soc.
POtatOes-Per cwt. 40c to soc.
Sweet pOtatOes-Local $3.50 per
cwt. California-4.5O per cwt.
Saba ge-Per cWt.
IrnipS-Per sack soc.
ParSnips-Per sack Csc
Carrots-Per sack SOC
Pumpkins
Celery-1a crate 9Oc.
SQuash-Per cWt.
Apples-Per lb. 1c.
Grapes-Per crate soc.
Butter-Country soc to 6Oc per roll
Eggs-Fresh, per doz. soc.
Poultry-Chickens per lb &C.
BOOSTERS per h. sc, Spring Chickens
per ID. &c, Geese per lb. &c, Ducks per
Id. &c, Turkeys per lb. 10c, Eggs Csc
cash, 271ac in trade.
Choice Beef Cattle-Cows 2A; steers
&c.
Calves-Live &c to sc, dressed Sc.
Good hogs-Live SIC: dressed SIC.
Sheep-Wethers, $3.50: Ewes, 81,
Lambs, SO.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
IS NOW A FREE MAN
Charles GOameS, a Convict,
Pardoned by Governor
WAS CONVICTED OF MURDtR
Investigation Shows That the man
Was Innocent-Sent Up From
Tacoma.

Charles Groames. formerly a Ia
coma longshoreman, after serving one
fourth of a 2O-year sentence in the
state penitentiary, has been pardoneo
nv Governor Mcbride. This is the re-
suit of year of effort on the part OF
Peter David. chief deputy in the county
clerks office of Pierce county
The crime for which Groames was
convicted was committed October 3O
1897. Celia Hansen, a half-breed In
dian woman. was found in the cabin
of Tom Burns, corner of Thirty first
and MacCarVer streets, with her throat
cut from ear to ear. A few hours be-
fore this discovery was made Groames
was found about 400 yards from the
cabin clinging to a pile in the bay and
calling loudly for help. His throat was
also severely cut.
Claims Mind Was Blank.
Groames has always maintained that
his mind was a blank concerning the
events of the night. He and the wo-
''|oii AAAAA
ing heavily. 1t was also known that
Groames secured the cabin from Tom
Burns and went there with the woman
The tracks of GrOames were found
headed toward the bay. but additional
evidence, other than that of the gem
eral circumstances of the case was
wanting. \ razor was found about 100
wards from the cabin and in a differ
ent direction from that followed by
GrOames.
The theory of the prosecution was
that Groames had killed the woman
and had then tried to end his own life
with the same razor. but, losing his
nerve. had attempted to drown himself
and had again lost his nerve.
The theory of Groames' friends has
always been that another man who
had some affection for the woman haC
followed the pair to the cabin and tried
to murder them as they lay asleep
that he succeeded in the case of the
woman. but that Groames escaped anC
ran in wild flight to the bay. They
hold to this belief for the reason tina
there was no apparent motive for the
crime on the part of Groames, who
had always been regarded as an inOf
fenSiVe. gOOd-natured young man, will
almost no cOmbativeness. irritagilit,
or jealousy in his disposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16
De Wolf Hopper's Stage Fat.

De Wolf Hopper's pads, used in his
remarkable makeup Of Mr.. Pickwick
in the musical production of Charles
Dickens masterpiece to be seen here
Nov. 81. are fearfully and wonderful
ly made, and the audiences invariably
imagine that he is stuffed with ex-
celsior or horse hair or some other ar
tificial padding to the huge bulk
which he assumes as Mr.. Pickwick
The remark is frequently heard: He
must suffer intensely from the heat
during his long and arduOus duties
but the willy Hopper has succeeded by
his inventive genius in eluding the
misery with that stuff, SO that he east
ly endures it. AS is well known,
Hopper is tall and of very large pro-
portions naturally, and it has been
necessary for him to resort to artif-
to please the eye of the Dickens 'tu-
dent, who has formed his own opinion
from the drawings by the famous
CruikShank and other noted artists as
to what Mr.. Pickwick should be- At
first he tried the usual methods en-
plOyed by thin people, who wish to
become fat upon the stage, but he
soon found that the heat from this
process would be uncomfortable. He
then set about to find some way to
concluded to make his body from the
hips up. out of wicker work, SO that
his girth is suspended by a curious
basket shaped thing without bottom
or top. This he pulls on and straps
over his shoulders in such a manner
as to give him the exact appearance
Of the portly Pickwick as far as the
better portion of his anatomy is con-
cerned Next came his eXtremeties
and he soon discovered that the bask
ct idea would not work, but again the
old adage necessity is the mother Of
invention" came into play and he con-
ceived the idea of having erected a
number of whalebone rings, graduating
in size from the knee up. These were
secured by springs and wires and the
! his limbs had perfect freedom and at
the same time gave him the desired
appearance, and his audience is startl-
ed when it sees the remarkable change
that is made by this device in the
| comedians physical appearance.
The best part of it is" said Mr..
Hopper, speaking about his makeup,
lis the fact that there is at least five
| inches of ozone between the illusion
and the reality, SO that in the hottest
weather 1 am perfectly cool and COM
Portable"
| Mr.. Hopper comes to this city with
his original company of supporting
players, including Digby Bell, Marion
Field, Marguerite Clark. Lauro Joyce
Bell and sixty others, and his new play
will be presented with the same his
torical costumes, scenery and gener-
al properties that made Mr. Pick
wick" a Broadway attraction for three
months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

Got any oysters?" asked the guest
in village restaurant. mo, sah," re-
piled the sable waiter. I'VE all amt
got no sheIlfish 'cept eggs, sah.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

81 hate to go to a barber twice a
week to get shaved" said Tommy
Peterby, who had a slight discoloration
on his upper lip. why don't you try
a piece of india rubber" asked his
amused father
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

Hits mighty strange dat de man dat
boiler de loudest is allus got de least
ter say. De good book say you mus
love yo' enemies; but eff you done dat
In time er war. whar in de worr would
you be-"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

After her parents have been put tc
bed, we compliment Imogene on Their
charming manners. It's all a matte,
of patience and Kindness" replies the
little girl, simply. II have never
struck either my father or my mother
a blow" But few children, alas! have
her tact in bringing up their elders
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-16

There is more Carrarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in dos
es from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1,
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1,
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

Again. the possum will eat anything that can be eaten-"fsh, flesh or fowl" Persimmons first, but they do not last the year round; so. between persimmons, chicken, corn, fish, frogs. berries. any, thing will do. Then. too. the colored peo- pie. as rule, are the only people wise enough to eat possum; and as he Is not particularly destructive, and does not wear a hide worth curing. he Is not se- riously hunted.
 All this. in large part. explains why the possum thrives about the edges of large towns and thiclSly populated farm re- gions, where the coon. the rabbit, the mink and the fox are rarely seen.
 And he does thrive. How numerous they are may be seen from the fact that one Christmas deceived hfty-three from the woods about Bridgeton. N. J.. and took them back to the New England Uni versity for biological study Of course the neighbors helped me. But all had to do was to take a days tramp among the woodchoppers and farmer acquaint- ances, making my possum wants known and the po6sums came in. in ones and twos and three. costing at most only 25 cents apiece.
 Long may he survivei I will be one to eat Turkey this Thanksgiving instead of possum. and after dinner, when I take my woods walk. will be glad enough if Br'er Possum will let me see him and will promise to do no more than tickle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
BRER PossUM's QUEER WAYS.
Smiling Little Beast Easily Caught, But Survives Where Other
 Small Game Perish.

small S6me SeT1SuS
 St. Nicholas for December.
 There are few country boys living south of a line running through New Jersey and westward to Ohio, who do not know the mild fun of a moonlight possum hunt. few who have not reached gingerly into some old hollow stump and pulled out thH smiling, unworried marsu- pial Unless my experience Is a very un- common one. there are few boys within that district who have not taken their prize home. put him in a barrel to await the morning, and found next morning to their chagrin. that he would not stay in the barrel; there were greater at- fractions outside. Later he took occa- sion in the moonlight to go back to his home stump.
 Somehow 1t was always a relief to me when the 'possum did that. It was much more fun to go out the next night through the cornfields looking for him than killing and eating him would have been. 'POssums are good to eat, but eat ing is not the whole of life-even to a small boy-and killing is bad work.
 A frosty night, a full moon. an old worn-out rabbit hound. and a good com panion-and we are off for the persim- mon trees that grow here and there, scattered around the ponds, along the lanes, and about the margins of the fields.
 It is the 1st of November. The per simmons hang on their leahess twigs like big beads. silvered with double plate a wash of frost and wash of moon light. No wonder the possums like theml What boy does not like them, too? Here is a tree, a great sixty-footer, that bears only small puckery persimmons. no mat ter how the frosts bite; but just beyond is little tree-you know it-with deep garnet fruit, so sugary that they can not spoil, and there you stop-if the pos- sums have not already stopped before you.
 I have seen boys whom have taken to my favorite trees get so greedy after the first taste that they could not take time to pick out the seeds. but swallowed the persimmons whole. until they simply had to quit.
 The possum. also know these sugary trees; their tooth is as sweet as ours. Here, nosIng about on the ground or hang ing by hind feet and tails In the laden them. if on the ground. wabbllng off to- ward home.
 A fat possum can run faster than a dog that is dead and buried. but only a very little faster. He does not depend on his legs for safety; they are too slow: nor yet on his wits, for they are still slower. He trusts very largely to stump holes, to luck, and to his distinguished slowness.
 No one is ever in 8 hurry with a pos- sum. He is such a slow. simple dolt that no dispatch. no precautions, are needed with him. He seems to have observed this and takes advantage of it-which may mean that his wits are not so slow, af- ter all He will escape If there is a way; and if there is no way he will sleep sweetly until one comes.
 Besides these traits there are several other habits that contribute to the pos sums remarkably successful battle for life and liberty among it's host of enc mics. First, there is usually a large fam fly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Panama, the brand new little republic on the Isthmus. which has just achieved existence as a nation with less fuss and feathers and fighting than any other nation on record, is much maligned country. ie one may believe what those who have lived there say. Tray. elers who have visited Panama and Colon. and taken Che trip aoross the IsthmuB on the railroad come home with stories of foul smells and fever. To them 1t is a place of butter flies and death.
 A clever traveller once said of Panama that 1t was a country where there were two seasons: First the season between April 8 and Dec. | 5. when people died of yellow fever in four or i've days, and that there was Q second season. called the dry or healthy season. be- tween Dec. f5 and April IS, when people died of pernicious fever within twenty or thirty hours.
 Ask a native of Panama, who does not live in the city, about this and he will tell you that 1t is merely a foolish lie told by . 0ringo devil who has never seen the provinces of the interior.
 Several faliaciss rssa. Ing Panama are er- tant. Some of these are that the state Is con. fined to the cities of Colon and Panama; that it is as long and as broad as the proposed canal; that the people are idle and thriftless; that they consist mainly Of Q debased mixture of Spanish, Indian, Chinese and negro blood; that there Is nothing cave foul smells and deadly fsvers in the place and that its main products, besides buterfiies and monkeys are orchids and moss. not to speak of Panama hats Finally it is regarded as Q part of South America
 Let us take the last falIacy first. The State of Panama, as the IsthrnuB has been called, is properly speaking. Q part of the North American continent Reeius. in his Universal Geography" treats it as part of North America sievsrs. the German authority on South America. treats 1t as part of Central America, and hence part of North America. And 50 does Hill, our own geographer and many other authorities.
 Panama has no communication with the rest of the Republic of Colombia, save by eea. The mountains at its southern end cut the State from Colombia, so that it takes Q month to go from Bogota to Panama or Colon. The politicians at the capital of Colombia have never sought to connect Panama with the rest of the Republic by e safe road, or Q railroad, and they have let the little state take care of Itself as best 1t could. seeing in 1t only e means to wiring tribute from the foreigners who seek to do business there.
 And yet it was the bright particular star in the constellation of Colombian States. Its 3o- GOO miles of territory and it's population of 275, 900 was regarded as of the utmost impor- tance to the well being of the Republic. And so the State of Panama went through a con. tinual succession of pettings and lmposltiona It was too important for Colombia to lose, but 1t was too far away from the grafters at Bo-