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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
PEOPLE WANT A SQUARE DEAL.

No matter what the private judg-
ment Of majority Of the city council
may be as to the best solution of the
water question, they should give the
people of the city a fair chance to
decide what proposition is most &C.
ceptable. The Statesman will con-
cede that the councilmen favoring
the Weile plan. Of building gravity
system from a point twelve miles up
Mill creek at a cost OF not less than
$3.50, 900, exclusive OF the cost of RI
parian rights, are conscientious in
their advocacy Of this proposition
but that should not preclude their
giving the voters of the city an op
portunity to decide in favor Of the
Thomas springs proposition II they
so desire. All that the people Of the
city ask of the mayor and council II
that the bonding propositions shall be
put before them in such a form that
it will be easy for the majority to ex
press their choice. a
If any attempt Is made to so com
olicate the Thomas springs. proposi
ton as to force the people either tt
buy half the Thomas ranch for $25, 00t
or to abandon the city's $4,000 water
right and $4,000 development worl
on the Thomas ranch, there will be
danger Of the peoples voting dow1
all propositions, as they will not sub
NIT to any sort of holdup game.
In the interest of fair play, then
the Statesman hopes to see the coun
Gil place the water question before
the people In way that will give al
opportunity for free expression 81
public opinion on the merits of the
several propositions to be submitted
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
TIPPING EVIL At YALE.
Students Who Tip Get Hot Food, tn,
Balance Get Cold Grub.

New.Haven, Oct. 19.-Morris +. Fy:
Ter, treasurer of Yale university was
the only speaker last night at the
mass meeting Of students in Woolsey
hall, called to talk over the good and
bad food served totthe 1000. Yale men
who sit in the Yale dfning hall Al
$4.25 per week, three meals q day. He
said that in the two years that the
dining hall has been running it has
not paid. He stated that, ACCORDING
to the information, the principal com
plant about the dining hall come from
men who can't afford to tip the wait
ers. Personally he did not blame amy
fellow for tipping a waiter.
Mr.. Tyler suggested that the end OF
each term the students sitting at each
table present q purse to the waiter at
that table in lieu of tips. He referred
to the student who tips the waiter
getting his dishes red hot from the
oven while the man who fails to tin
was apt to sometimes get q cold
dish planted in front q him. =
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
SENATORS CAN'T AGREE.
Allison and DoIIiver Have Rival Can
didates for Federal Judgeship.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Senators Al.
lison and Dolliver cannot agree on a
candidate for federal Judge for the
northern Iowa district. There are
five candidates, each congressional
district of the northern half of the
state furnishing one. This condition
of things Of course leaves the con-
gressmen divided, as each member Is
forced to support the candidate from
his own district.
In these circumstances the outcome
largely depends ON the senators, and
If they should come to an agreement
the question would quickly be settled.
Senator Dolhver favors State Sem
ator Thomas D. Healy of Fort Dodge,
while Senator Allison is supposed to
have leaning toward Craig Wright,
a lawyer Of prominence in Sioux City.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
BIG RAILROAD BUSINESS.


Wadtsburg Gazette: Gazette read.
ers will NO doubt be surprised 70 iea.
the amount Of business done at the
Local, stations at Waitsburg for one
month. During the month OF SepteH,
Der there were 81 carloads shipped
from the o. R. & N. Co.'s station'
These consisted Of -four. feed, hogs
emigrant moveables and harvestins
outfits.
!, Twenty-one carloads were received
consisting Of coad, lumber, grain, har'
yesting outfits and emigrant move
49, 0Aan dido from the above
there was the regular assortment o.
miscellaneous merchandise received
every day, which in aggregate amounts
to several carloads.
The September business Of the
Northern, Pacific at this. point was
very heavy. .Sixty-eight carloads were
shipped out, consisting Of -four. iced
grain, cattle, household goods and ma
chinery. There were 10 carloads re
ceiyed consisting of lumber. coal
household goods and merchandise.
The passenger business on both
roads has also been very good. but
the bulk OF this business gives to the
O. r. G N. owing to better accommo
dations. No doubt the w. & c. r
would do larger business II their
depot should be moved to Preston
avenue. where it should be and the
company would have much better "a
cilities for freight yards to say moth
ing Of the convenience Of the location
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
WEATHER.
TO SAVE THE FORT.

Tonight and Tuesday fair.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
first run the gauntlet Of the arilroad

first run the gauntlet Of the arilroad
lobby"
This is very strong language. But
lit is so pertinently true and 50 just
in its application to Stansell that all
men who know the recreant senator
will enthusiastically applaud the nerve
1of the governor for thus exposing his
perfidy before the faces of his own
constituents. There were men in the
state senate who honestly believed
that the proposed railroad commission
as fathered by Governor MCBRIDE was
a harmful measure. They were in the
minority, but there were such men
Stansell had no such belief. It Il
doubtful If he had any convictions
whatever on the subject. He took his
orders from the lobby, and acted them
out in most shameless and unblush
ing manner, despite the scathine
criticism and rebuke of his actions
delivered him from time to time by
men whose votes had elected him tc
Office. He permitted himself to be
lined up for every measure proposed
by the lobby, and evinced a sense Of
decency only when, after the legisla
ture had adjourned, he declined to 70
turn to Stevens county, to face the
disgrace which he had brought upor
himself and those who during the
campaign had supported him.
| What the governor has said of Sen
ator Stansell Is. but an example Of
what we may expect him to say o.
some Of the members Of the legisla
ture and. of the senate from Kina
county before the, close Of the ap
preaching state campaign. There
were members from this county who
betrayed their constituents no lesx
VIGOROUSLY than did Stansell, and
with the nerve to play the game out
to the bitter end it is altogether pos
sible that the republican governor
may come to their own county to take
them to task as he has the gentleman
from Stevens.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
MANcHURIA FOR JEWS.
Russia May Grant Territory There 70,
A Protected Jewish State.

London, Oct. ia dispatch to the
Daily Express from Berlin says that
the Russian government, Influenced BY
the British offer to allow Zionists to
COLOMBO Uganda. Africa, Is causing
hints toSbe conveyed % the Russian
zfonists1of its Willingness to grant
territory in JMahchutia Ito In ahtono.
mons Jewish state under Russian
protection.
A formal offer will not be made un-
tiE the manner h which thl prcposai
y re. reseites pyEt4e .saa0bistJ i sscer-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
M'BRIDE A7REAL GOVERNOR.

Henry Mcbride may never again be
the chief executive of Washington
but like Theodore Roosevelt, he is de-
termined while he is the chief execu
tive to be real one and not an imita
ton, says the Seattle Mail-Herald
Governor Mcbride entered upon his
Administration of the affairs of Wash.
ington by declaring that If 1T were
within his power he would drive the
railroad lobby out of politics and he
is still playing the game with all OF
the courage and all of the determine,
ton of his vigorous nature. Since he
ton Of his vigorous nature. Since the
the state legislature, during the
course Of which his proposed railroad
commission was defeated, he has
made a number of public speeches in
various parts Of the state and ne
never neglects to fay the lobby, and
to score numerically their office-hold.
ing tools. through which they operate
-seathing Criticism.
Characteristic of his many utter.
ances on the subject was his
scathing criticisrl of State Sen.
ator Stansell Of Stevens county
at the Stevens county fair at
Cclville last week. Senator Stan.
ell was one of those republican
members of the senate nominated by
-ae lobby and by the Ankeny senator.
al promoters, and when defeat stared
Elm in the face declared vigorously
shat he was in favor of railroad com.
mission and if elected would do all
in his power to promote the passage
Of a law creating one, but who had
no sooner been elected than he became
an AFFECT tool Of the lobby. He wai
classified by Governor McBrile II
-his sensational language:
There is also third class. consist
ing of men without moral stamina
without any decided convictions d
right or wrong, some OF whom obtaal
seats in the state Legislature undes
false pretenses, like Stansell of THU
county. These men know neither par
ty nor locality. They come from both
sides Of the mountains, and from botS
parties. They have held the balance
Of power in our legislatures and art
the. material made use of to thwarl
the will Of the people and to prevent
the passage Of any bill that has mol
n.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19

As announced exclusively In the
Statesman last Saturday, General
Frederick Funston, commanding the
department of the Columbia, has re
commended In his annual report tt
the war department that Fort Walls
lWalla be abandoned, because, in hiE
opinion, it has "outlived it's useful
ness" A similar recommendation
was made by General, Otis six Of
seven years ago and it took strenu
Gus efforts on the part OF the Com
mercial Club to prevent the recon-
mendation from being carried into
Immediate effect. Indeed, for time
Inevitable and a movement was star,
ed in induce the federal government
to donate the reservation t. Whitman
college.
1t has long been plain that the wal
department is opposed to the reten.
ton of the garrison here. No I'M
provements worth mentioning have
been made at the fort for years and
comparatively few troops have been
Quartered there. Nothing but "a
strong pull, long pull and pull all
together" on the part of the citizens
of Walla Walla can save the fort,
Now that Walla Walla has a real,
live United States senator it should
have strong pull at the war depart
ment, but. it remains to be seen
whether Senator Ankeny or General
Funston has the stronger pull with
the Roosevelt administration. If we
are to Judge from the rundown Civ
en- the senator by the president in
making land Office appointments, the
formers pull is nothing to boast Of.
but it is all Walla Walla has to de
pend on now and she must make the
best of it.
General Funston also recommends
that Fort Wright at Spokane be made
full regimental post. Senator Ank-
eny promised the Spokane people re-
Gently that he would work to the
same end, so he and Funston will be
In accord On one point at least. 1t
was plain from the time that Fort
Wright was established that it would
eventually cause the abandonment OF
Fort Walla Walla and the increase
Of the garrison at that point only
hastens the day when the barracks
here will be consigned to "innocuous
desuetude."
However the lease of life may be
somewhat prolonged if Senator Ank.
eny will exert himself. To a large
extent all the military posts in the
country have "outlivei their useful
ness" except in time of war. The
garrison at Walla Walla is quite as
useful as any of the others il time
Of peace, and if the right pull; were
brought into play it might be retain
ed indefinitely and be largely increas
ed in strength.
Now is Senator Ankeny's opportun
tty to demonstrate what a good thine
1t Is for Walla Walla to have a Unit
ed States senator as q friend ii
court" Hitherto Walla Walla han
gained nothing Of a substantial ma
ture from this honor, but other sec
lions of the state have got all the
favors in order. to propritiate theil
good will for the senator and win
their support for his reelection.
8.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19
ONE OF THE MRANEsT.

fsFThe meat trust is one of the mean.
est, most coldblooded and vicious com
binations known to trade. The las,
indignant protest against the opera
tons of this big combination Comes
from Omaha, where, it is related, the
big packers have by agreement re-
Trained from bidding on live stock un.
til they have beaten the price down
to the lowest possible limit, while
at the same time, by mutual under.
standing, they have raised the prices
on dressed meats to consumers. 1t
is charged that the packing trust is
paying IS per cent less for live nogs
and Is per cent less for live beef than
a year ago, and charging the retailers
Is per cent more for dressed pork and
10 per cent. more for dressed beef
than year ago. These, figures, it Is
claimed, are from the actual market
prices. ns
A year or so ago, when complaint
was made of the high price of meats,
the packers justified the prices on the
ground that beet cattle and live pork
were scarce and figures were adduced
to support the contentious that the
packers were not to blame for the
high prices of meats, There seems to
have been some Justification for that
contention at that time, but certainly
nothing can justify this arbitrary
manipulation of prices which robs
the producer on the one hand and
holds up the consumer on the othes.
But that has been the source Of the
enormous profits Of this combination
for many years. The story Of "a com
'bination to beat down the prices of
live stock is not a new one. The ab1,.
ity to control the market in this way
has existed for years. It is not ne
'cessary for the packers to have any
written agreement which the law could
take hold of; wink or q nod is a.
good as a bond and prices of live
stock in the yards go down to such b
Level as the manipulators think may
be safe to prevent absolute ruin of
the stock raising industry and the
cutting of of the supply upon which
they must depend for their business.
AS for any profits to the producers.
however, they take care that he gives
the larger share, if not all of it to the
packers.
|, The government has attempted to
reach this combination, but it is un-
doubtedly difficult thing to do, and
thus far very little seems to have been
accomplished IN the way of PRACTICAL
results This is no cause for discour-
agement, however, or for surrender.
There must be some way to prevent
such piracy in trade and no pains
should be spared to find it out. The
combination referred to is one of the
most greedy and conscienceless IN
existence. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19

At what age, do you lconssder .wo,
men the most charming?" asked the
inquidtive female Of more or less ms
certain years The age q tho vos
man who ai14 the Question: So I'd
e 60 the mani FL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-19

Singleton-Your wife looks worried
old man. What's the trouble? Weder,
ly-Oh, she was worried about some
thing or iother last night and this
morning she can't remember what it
was That's what ID worrying her
now.- & II s. d
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07

secure advancement But then came
an appeal 20 him which he had not
the heart 10 refuse For a number Of
years he had managed the property OF
his -old mistress" the widow Of his
former owner Notwithstanding their
changed conditions. he has always re.
ferred 10 her as his "old mistress.
and devoted himself 20 her interests
and services with that loyalty and un
selfshness which characterized his
people IN other days. When "old
mistress declared that II Wimbs were
to cease TO look out for her affairs she
would be much embarrassed and
wouldn't know TO whom 10 turn. that
settled the matter with him lie
wouldn't have the job If Il would cause
her pain or uEeasiness. aud his posi-
tive dcclinatlon went forthwith tc
Washington.
II Is such characteristics as Wlmbs
displayed in this beautiful incident
that cemented the friendship between
the ~old-ti negroes and whites OF
the South. Unfortunately such Incl
dents are becoming fewer every year
in the north. where blood runs cold
Winds sacrifice for sentiment viii
not he understood or appreciated. bui
10 the South the people viii under
stand it, Exchange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07
Old Railway Time Table.
Queer Document Recently Discovered by Lackawanna
cHcias-Speeo Not a Requisite Of Travel
in the Year 1888.

tered in the secretary's ofice were
permitted TO run on the road. Such
cars had to have a certificate Of fit-
ness from the engineer Cars not be.
longing to the company were hauled
on condition that they carry way
bill of loading and pay toll at the
gates at the rate Of three cents per
ton per mile
II was no uncommon thing to see a
horse trader sitting in the last car
holding the halter Of his horse. the
animal trotting along the track be
hind To-day the Lackawanna loco
motives are among the most powerful
in the east. The rails Of tae early
days consisted Of fiat bars Of iron. two
and one-half inches wide. fve-eighths
Of an inch thick and were laid on tim
bers running lengthwise. Across the
car floor was an iron sheathing. to
prevent loosened rails from flying up
and injuring passengers.
As engines had no whistles, the only
warning the engineer could give was
to raise the safety valve balance and
let the steam blow of Trains would
stop for passengers at any place along
the line all the traveller had to dc
was to stand by the rails and wave
his hand and often trains slowed down
to allow the fireman TO jump OF and
chase chickens from the track
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07
The Scourge of Typhoid,
One Of the Nest Easily Preventsbie Of All M-Lenorancs
or CsreIessness Responsible for It's Dreadful
Fsvsees

wafer supply OF al least three-fourths
Of the population OF the United Statei
contains the germs Of typhoid. and Ia
the late summer aud autumn and early
winter months. the dryer seasons o.
the year, when springs are low. Sc
much more prevalent Is this scoprgt
that Il might well be called the low
water fever M one group 81 6.00t
iabulated cases one-half occurred il
the autumn months 1900 in the sum
mer and i.50O ia the resi- OF the year
While Il is true that the germ y
typhoid may find It's way into the sys
tenn from other sources than from
drinking water. careful scientific in
yesiieaiions have demonstrated be
yond the possibility Of doubt that thil
is The chief agent Of infection Stream
0r lakes. along the shores ST which
dense populations exist. are more pol
lnied. and therefore more poisonous
than are the reservoirs from ISOLATED
mountain streams or sparsely settleg
water sheds. and yet the germs OF
single case of typhoid IN any locaiit,
may find their way into the sources o
supply and cause widespread dissem
nation OF the disease.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07

William c. Dole. instructor Of box
ing at Yale dropped into that dairs
lunch room near the campus facetious
ly known as the Yale Kennel club
because frankfurters are its chiel
stock in trade. While he was deliber
ating what to order. a student came
in for a lunch to take to his room.
Two egg sandwiches to go out, he
ordered.
Two egg sandwiches TO go out, the
attendant repeated sonorously to the
cook.
This vas a suggestion to the expon
ent OF the manly art, who was
however. to do his eating on the spot
"One egg sandwich-to go down ana
OUT" he announced appropriately.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07
LIFE SAVED BY a MATCH.

Would-be Lynchers Would Have
Taken Man But for an Accident.
Awaiting death on the gallows in
the prison here. says a dispatch from
New Orleans. is a man who was saved
frightful torture. at the hands of
mob by so slight an incident as the
accidental scratching of a match.
Williams Mccoy, who has been
guilty Of assaulting a woman in Lafay-
ette parish, was on trial there His
victim had identified him and the
townspeople decided to lynch him.
Threats Of burning were openly made,
and Mccoy expected to be taken out
and horribly used. On the last day Of
the trial a mob entered the courtroom
with the avowed purpose Of attacking
the prisoners guards as soon as the
verdict was read and lynching him.
whether he was found guilty or not.
The sheriff had extra deputies, but
the mob was so large that there seem
ed no hope of saving Mccoy The
judge received the verdict and read IT.
The mob started forward. At that in
stant, when the fight was about to
begin, some one stepped upon a match
which made loud report, and it was
mistaken for a pistol shot.
Mccoy tainted and the mob, believ.
ing he had been shot, stampeded The
sheriff hustled him away and locked
him up, putting the key Of the jail in
the bank vault Later Mccoy was
brought to this city and now awaits
death He has been refused a new
trial
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07
Why He Declined Office,
Alabama Negro Refuses Political Appointment Through
Considerations of Friendship for The WIDOW
Of His Former Owner

Not an the negroes Of the South are
anxious TO hold Office. There are some
among the more intelligent Of the race
who cannot be prevailed upon TO ac.
sept such preferment Among these
IS A. D. Winds Of Birmingham, ne
sro Republican leader who has been
offered and has declined the appoint
ment as deputy collector of internal
revenue Behind that simple announce
ment IS narrative that viii be read
with interest and appreciation by
every person who understands the
feeling that existed between the races
before the civil war.
Winds. It seems. Is an ex-slave and
man Of considerable ability Upon
becoming q free man he studied law
aud has won a position as an attorney
and counselor and IS now connected
with one OF the most important legal
firms IN his state. When be was ten
dered the federal job the Arm. feeling
that he was too valuable a man 10
lose. Immediately increased bis salary
by a neat sum. on the condition that
be should not sever his connection
with Il and should decline the appoint.
ment he held this proposition ln
abeyance He felt that he owed it
10 himself % take the office and thus
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-07

This month the Lackawanna rail-
'oad is entering the seyenty-hfth year
# its existence. for in January, 1928,
he Ithaca and Owego railroad, now
part OF the Lackawanna system, re-
,eived its charter, says the New YORK
Times. The Lackawanna officials
'ecently recently came across an old
ime table, which Is a queer-looking
BIT Of printed paper with a picture Of
IN oldfaslioned locomotive with two
'relght cars. Il was published in July,
1898. and announced a new arrange
aent while finishing the road, 2
which proves that ii took over ten
rears to complete the first twenty
aine miles, the length Of the complet-
I'd Ithaca and Oswego road.
The train was called a "transporta-
ion train" and left Ithaca daily at
p. M, except Sundays II stopped
At "Howes Turnout Whitcomb and
Wilsey's Mills 70 teKe and discharge
loading and receive cars that might
be in readiness to join the train ="
The train from Ithaca went only as
far as Gridley's. where it arrived at
D. m. taking four hours for the trip.
From there another train left at 4 p.
N. for Owego. arriving IN that town
At a. m. Freight cars were called
burden cars, and only those regis