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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
AN ANCIENT MUSKET
Saw Service in Revolution
and War of 1912.
VIM. lINGENFELTER'S KEEPSAKE
Carried it Through the indian Wars
of 1856 with the Washing
ton lnvincibIes.
VIM. uNGENFELTER'S KEEPSAKE

Battle-scarred and rusty. though
still good for service, an Old army
musket which was carried through the
Revolutionary war and war Of 1872
and later saw service in the Indian
wars OF lS53-66 was brought to the
Statesman office today by William E
LingenfeIter. residing near Valley
Chapel The ancient muslIet has
been in the possession of Mr.. Lingen-
leiter for over 60 years. and was car
lied through the Revolutionary war
and war Of 1912 by John Evans. grand
sather of MI Lingelfelter. In the In
lian wars of 1855-56 the old mUsket
was the companion of Mr.. Lingenfelt
ar and it did deadly execution at the
battle of the Touchet
Originally the old gun had barrel
nearly five feet In length, but %
inches was cut off by Mr.. Lingen-
felter TO reduce its weight and make
It more convenient for carrying in the
flying fights with the redskins during
The Indian wars. The old walnut
stock became so deCayed through use
that in 1868 it became necessary to
replace it, but with this exception the
old gun remains the same as when it
saw service in wars over 100 years
ago Compared with modern rifles the
Anticipated hrearm presents queer
appearance The barrel is OCtagOn
and over an inch in diameter The
calibro is large, equal to 45-calibre
modern gun and is capable Of shooting
IN ounce ball
If | hal a cent for every time the
old gun has been fired | would be
rich Mr. Lingenfelter declared this
m0ninging fOndly handling the Old
piece Since it came into my pos
session | have shot it thousands Of
ines in crossing the plains in 1915
and in engagements during the Indian
wars
Mr.. Iingenfelter also brought TO this
office an old American flag which was
carried through the Indian wars by
his company. The flag shows many
hoes shot through it by the Indians
and is tattered and torn through the
service il saw. The flag was present.
ed to Mr. Iingenfelter's company by
the ladies of Portland in 1855 and was
dedicated to the Washington Inyin-
cibles" by John Dryer. founder Of the
OregOnian.
The mUSket and flag were placed on
exhibition in the show windows of
Meyer and keeny today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
pertinent SERMON
Rev. Marvin Says Garry the
Conscience to Ballot Box.
TOOK TIMELY SUBJECT FOR TEXT
Church Must Not Ally Itself With Any
Political Party So AS to Make
1t Church Party.
TOOK TIMELY SUBJECT FOR TEXT

I'VE ought to carry our COnScienceS,
if We have any, to the ballot box We
ought to carry our brains, if We have
any, to the ballot box. No amount
of soft-heart richness on our part will
compensate for the folly of entering
upon a campaign for moral reform in
a condition of soft headedness This
was the gist of the sermon at the
First Methodist church last night.
The founders of this republic did
not attempt to legiSlate against the
religious consciousness because they
refused to embody a creed in the con
stitution of the nation. Such is the
rare delicacy of poise between the
secular and the religious that 100
years have not settled it.
Some things the church. as a
church, must not do. She must not
ally herself so closely with a political
party as to make it the church party.
She must not, as an organization. con-
5titute herself a police force for the
enforcement of law Whenever a
preacher heads a movement for the
enforcement of law he does it, not
as a preacher, but as a citizen.
Some things are expected Of the
church. She is the great educator of
the public conscience on those pOliti-
cal questions which in their last analy-
sis are moral. In the very nature of
the case the practical politician is
not a refOrmer. He is to public Opin-
ion what the water wheel is to the
stream. the wind mill and weather
yana to the air currents. He is an
Interpreter, giving neither volume,
force, nor direction The force ana
direction must come from outside the
circle Of practical politics and that is
the work CT the church.
The church is the conservator of
the morality Of the community in
which she is established and a man S
religious convictions should influence
his political life as much as it should
his domestic, social or business ca
reer."
The speakeE showed the folly of a
division Of the reform forces while
the corrupt elements we're willing to
link their differences and unite to at
tain the end i wv N this cOnnec-
ton some iI,G.,~2tiOns were used
which elicited considerable merri-
ment. Several a''2ns attested Meth
Odist approval. Quoting from a col
ored preacher Mr.. Marvin said,
Whatever else YOU gets. be sure you
gets de blessing oh sanctification"
Our ballots ought to tell for tell for
a purer citizenship, for a broader fell
lowship and for temperance and right
eOusness'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
SIGNED ANOTHER MANS NAME.
E. 3. Rinearson Issued a Bad Check
Is Being Searched For BY
the Officers.

officers Of the sherif's office. are
seeking Z. B. Rinearson, a young man
who passed a bad check on George H
Smith, a cigar dealer in Thirdd street
yesterday. The piece Of paper bore
the name Of c. n. PentecOst. the well
known farmer, and was for $3.50
RinearsOn has been about town for
some weeks and spent part Of his time
at the cigar store.
Yesterday he presented a check for
S11:5o signed by Mr. Pentacost in
part payment for small purchase and
received the change. When present
ed at the bank this morning the
check was pronounced bogus and Mr.
Smith Immediately swore out a war
rant for RinearsOn. 1t is thought the
man left the city on late train last
night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
BOARDERS TAKE A VACATION.
Results of the Government Expert
ments Announced Next Month.

Washington, June 29.-Dr. Wiley's
bOraX bOarders, who won the strike
several days ago, which will relieve
them from their diet of drugs during
the heated term, will cease eating
chemical food on June 80, and on that
date the boraX boarding house will
close its doors for the summer. Ex-
periments with the preservatives will
be taken up again on Oct. l. A report
on the results to date will be made
public July 50.
DR.. Wiley has made a statement
showing how far the experiments
have progressed and how much has
been accomplished. He said:
There has been considerable con-
fusion in regard to the preservatives
which have been used so far in the
course Of the experiments.
1T is not true that several preser-
vatives have been tested The only
preSeTVatiVes SO far used in the tests
have been bOraX and boracic acid
The report will show nothing except
the facts in regard to borax alone. 1t
mas been my intention to close the
work with bOraX at the end of this
month.
When the time comes to begin
the experiments in OCTOBER continu-
ed DR.. Wiley preference will be
given to young men who have pre-
vlOusly taken the tests
He intimated also that number OF
new boarders" would be pressed into
| the beef eating service in the ilte-
rests of science.
rs there any truth in the state
| ments, DR.. Wiley, that a number OF
| the 'boarders' were made i'll as the
result of eating the chemical fare?
Il can't answer that" SAID DR.. Wi
| ley The report which will be made
on July 80 will show that"
1t has been stated upon good au-
thority that a number of DR.. Wiley S
| boarders could not star the chemical
| ly treated food and that they were
obliged to retire from the experiments
on this account. This rumOr is borne
out by the facts to large degree.
| When the tests were started NOvem-
| Der last Dr. Wiley's young men num-
bered an even dozen. The have now
dwindled down to seven and only three
of these were original "boarders."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29
LOCAL EVENTS.
Complete change of program at
Shields Park this evening.

Complete change of program at
Shields Park this evening.
Repairs on the Park street bridge
have been cOmlepted by Commissioner
Champion and that thOroughfare is
open to public travel again.
Willie Jessup. who was implicated
in the stealing of $40 from a room
in the Hotel DacreS two weeks ago,
has been committed to the reform
school.
Marriage licenses were issued at
the auditors office today as follows:
Joseph Schreber and Bessie Linsing;
Lorenzo Nelson Buckallew and Wini
fred Stevens; and William Harmon
and Miss Pearl Harrington.
At the manse of the brick church
al noon today occurred the marriage
OF William Harmon and Miss Pearl
Harrington of Walla Walla county
Rev Albert Dale CAN'T officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Harmon will take up their
residence at College Place
In the superior court today Mary
E. Mulkins was granted divorce
from Iva S. Mulkins and awarded the
custody of two minor children, Wayne
Elmer Mulkins, aged 10 years, and
Henry Clay Mulkins, aged s.
The annual memorial services of
Columbia Lodge No. s, Knights Of
Pythias, were held at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon at Odd Fellows temple
Deputy Auditor T. NJ. Mckinney de-
livered an excellent memorial ad-
dress.
Sheriff J. A Graham of Centralia
county and one guard brought to the
penitentiary today A. c. MermOurne,
sentenced TO years for grand lar
ceny and w. H. Crawford, 2 years
for the same crime.
Mr. H. w. Balm and wife, who have
been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. A. X.
Dice, have left for their home in the
east. Mrs Balm is a sister of Mrs
Dice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

Mr. H. w. Balm and wife. who have
been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. A. X.
Dice, have left for their home in the
east. Mrs Balm is sister of Mrs
Dice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

80 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, 1903-06-29
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY,


FOR RENT ROOM HOUSE, MOD
ern conveniences; shady lawn. Fur
nished or unfurnished Inquire
John Smith Co., or 704 South End.
street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

]. w. Cookery, licensed embalmer
and undertaken Babcock block. 10
First street. Telephone Black S91.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

Fine line of cigars and tobaccos are
sold by William Cauvel at his new
store, No 8. Second ST.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

Worth & Lamb, bargains in city
and farm property. Rooms l and 2,
Brechtel Bldg, Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

Pledge new subscribers for con
pOnS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

All you can eat for 25 cents at Mrs.
Geo. Casey's. 426 West Alder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

Read the Statesman coupon offer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-29

ReaG the ads in the Statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
Tea Tax Abolished.

On New Years Day the war tax on
cents pound, no matter whether the
tea was the finest or the poorest in
quality. This tax was imposed at tho
breaking out of the war with Spain,
and it has stood unchanged up to the
beginning of the present year.
A vast amount OF tea has been held
in bond awaiting the removal Of the
tax. 1t is said S0,00O,000 pounds will
be released duty free. The wholesalers
have sold tea at a reduction OF 10
cents pound, deliverable this month,
but the retailers may not grant SO
large cut.
Dealers say the country will now be
flooded with an inferior quality of tea,
because tax-free such teas can be sold
at a profit They say, however that
the crop is short in Japan, from which
country most of the teas come that
are consumed in this country, and that
the reduction by the retailers will not
therefore be more than four cents at
the outset This new crop will be
picked in Japan in May, when re-
duction of 10 cents in the retail price
may be possible If the crop be a good
one, The American tea drinkers will
not accept at any rate Ceylon or China
teas, the taste for the Japanese article
having become well established.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
An Anniaton Merchant.

Joseph Saks of Admission was In Bit
mingham yesterday. He is one of the
leading merchants of the Model City, ana
Is proprietor OF one of the handsomesl
clothing houses IN the state.
In speaking of Admission yesterday Mr.
Saks said that the city was growing
rapidly. that work had been started on
a new 100000 hotel. and also that excaVa-
ton was now being made on the site
on which an imposing government build
ing Is to be erected.
Mr.. Saks Is cousin Of Louis Saks Oh
Birmingham. He is considered one OF the
most progressive and enterprising mer-
chants in Admission.
Mr.. Saks is a great believer In secret
orders. He Is a past exalted ruler In
Admission Lodge No. 5S7. Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks; member OF
the Knights of Pythias. and has been
through the chairs In large lodge of the
I. o. o. F. At present he is secretary Of
the Admission lodge of Elks. He takes an
especial interest In the Elks, and It was
largely due to his efforts that over 400
poor children In Admission enjoyed a
Christmas tree and dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
MISSOURI PURE FOOD LAW.
A State Can Regulate Manufacture Of
Food as II Sees Fit.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The decision of the United States Su-
preme court sustaining the pure food law
of Missouri has especial significance at
this time. in view of the manifest dig
position of congress to take the question
Of food regulation out of the hands of the
states, SO far as Interstate commerce Is
concerned, and vest 1t In the federal
commissioners acting under direction of
the department of agriculture.
manufacturer of baking powder In St
Louis was found guilty of using alum in
his product, in violation of the state
pure food law. He was tried, convicted
and fined 500. The case was taken to the
supreme court, and that tribunal. with
out going into the merits of the con-
troversy concerning the use of alum in
baking powder, affirmed the constitutions
ality of the statute.
The question of the who1esomeness or
unwholesomeness of alum as an insredi-
ent of baking powder has been the storm
center of a CONTROVERSY that has ragged
among chemists and dietetic experts for
years. The longer 1t RACES the sharper
becomes the conflict of opinion, and the
more insistent and positive become the
antagonists who hold opposing views up
on the question. When the state iegisla-
tnre boldly enacted law, however. I'M
der which the alum is classified as an
unwholesome food ingredient, 1t was re-
garded as a radical step In state food
legislation.
In dismissing the writ of error in the
st. Louis case, however, the supreme
court practically affrms the right of a
state to make and enforce any regula-
tons 1t may see fit for the manufacture
of food or food substances within the
boundaries of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
Trust Fees In New Jersey.

Fifteen thousand industrial concerns
organized under the easy-going and
conscienceless laws of New Jersey
paid into the treasury of that state in
the year just ended $2,537 .445 in fees.
These concerns do not include the
railroad and canal companies. They
are the trusts and semi-trusts that
afflict the land and that are felt in
every part of the country.
1t is an object lesson in state tres
pass. New Jersey through corpora-
preys upon all the res. of the country
by proxy. These corporations are not
as a rule made up by New Jersey
capitalists. Most of them have no
more relation to New Jersey than they
have to New Mexico, but with an eye
single to fees New Jersey incorpor-
ates them on their own terms and
turns them loose on the country.
Some day t-ese trade trespasses OF
one state upon another or all others
will be regulated and adjusted, for at
present chaos reigns and the greedy
get the plums. AS a matter of fact a
New Jersey corporation has no right
to do business in another state except
with that other states consent and on
its terms. When the evil of outside
corporations becomes uncomfortable,
then the sovereignty of each state will
assert itself, and an important step
will have been taken in the regulation
Of trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
CONSUMPTION.
Duties Which the Prevalence of This
Disease DevoIves on the State.

From the Philadelphia Press.
No other preventable and durable dis
ease infiicts the misery, creates the paup-
erism, or causes the deaths OF consump
ton.
The rich escape, with here and there
death. With no other disease does wealth
and resource so aid the fight. Once in
troduced in a poor family. housed in
crowded quarters, the infection passes
from member to member slender re-
sources are exhausted and an industrious
household sinks from level to level from
self-support to dependence, to Indulgence
and so on to hopeless pauperism.
The state must take up this struggle
of the great mass with disease. This
has been done in France and Germany.
1t must be done here Pennsylvania does
nothing by the side of the work done
abroad. Three classes of cases must be
cared for. The sad, hopeless, and incur
able cases, having but a brief year or
two of life, must be comfortably housed
In hospitals 1t is a grievous wrong to
leave this burden on the poor families 1t
infects and destroys Second, open air,
fcrest-girt, and elevated sanitariums
must furnish places which cases still
durable can be sent, saving lives none
the less valuable because poor. Third,
dispensaries in cities and over the state
must render it easy for the poor and ig-
norant to get the advice of specialists.
For these three needs an expenditure
of $500, 600 is none too large. and the plea
of the free hospital for poor consumptives
for this sum should receive the favorable
action of the successive state authorities
before whom 1t comes, as the testimony
Of eminent specialists, printed elsewhere,
abundantly proves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
Coadjutor Bishops.

ut is not often that the congrega ton Of
the propagation at Rome has to consider
the nominations for two archiepiscopal CO.
adjutorships at the same time" said a
Catholic layman, but it happens that
Archbishop Kahn of St. Louis and Arch
bishop Elder of Cincinnati have both
asked for coadjutors and their petitions
have been granted.
THE archbishop of st. Louis is not an
old man, but he is in poor health, so he
needs bishop to assist him. Coadjutors
have the right of succession.
The archbishop of Cincinnati is an oc-
togenarian and is quite fraii. Three sets
of nominations are made for a coadjutor
to an archbishop; the first by the coun-
sellers and irremovable rectors of the
archdiocese, the second by the bishops of
the province and the third by the arch
bishops of the United States The province
of Cincinnati extends from Michigan on
the north to Tennessee on the south. 1t
is thought that one of the bishops of the
province will be appointed by the pope,
but there is some talk of Bishop Conaty
of the Catholic university at Washington
being honored with the coadjutorship,
Bishop Macs of Covington, Bishop Byrne
of Nashville and Bishop Moeller of Column
bus are prominently mentioned. 1 think
the chances are that If any one from
the Cincinnati province is appointed, it
will be the bishop of Covington.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03

but 92,597. and Nevada was made a
state when she actually had but $4,000,
and she has not got many more today.
The population objection does not
lie against the three territories, nor
do any other objections except strictly
political ones. The admission of Colo
RADIO in 1876 enabled the republicans
to count out Samuel j. Tilden, for il
Hayes had not received. contrary to
all promises, the three votes of Colo
RADIO, the fraudulent returns from
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
would not have been sufficient ex-
cuse for seating him.
The republicans do not propose to
admit three states, with ten or eleven
electoral votes, every one of which may
be cast against their nominee for Presi-
dent. There is nothing else at stake.
There are no other reasons for keep
ing the three territories out of the
union. They may go democratic! This
is crime enough in the eyes Of the
manipulators of the senate, and the
chances are that all three of the ter
ritories will be kept out of the union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
Statehood Bin FIGHT.

When congress meets next week a
bitter fight will come up over the
omnibus statehood bill, to admit Okla
bona, New Mexico and Arizona There
is q great deal of politics on both sides
of the measure, the republicans be-
lieving that AL three would. if admit
ted, become democratic states.
There is scarcely one of the thirty
two states added to the thirteen origi-
nal colonies that can Justly object to
Olxlahoma's population, 3ss.3S1, or to
New Mexico's, 1880, or even to Arl-
zonas, l22,g3i. These are census fig
ures, and each one Of the three claims
large additions since 1890. Alabama
cannot reasonably object, for she had
but 10000. when in 1919 she was cut
of from Georgia and made state.
Tennessee had but 1000 population
when she was admitted, and Louisiana
! ws.00O. Mississippi walked into the
Phone when che had but 10000 people.
nia was admitted when she had
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-01-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Pistol rotIna.

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
In my humble opinion the suggestions
made by Judge Greene in last Sunday $
Age-Hersld on the pistol toting problem
are the most sensible and reasonable I
have seen on the subject.
only thieves and towards carry deadly
weapons with an evil purpose. and as
Judge Greene justly remarks, these peo-
pie will carry and use their weapons ir-
respective OF the law or Of any law that
can be made. There is too much genuine
cause to dread the results OF the entire
dsarnhing of respectable and Iaw-abiding
cltizefs, and such citizens are the best
judges as to the propriety in their own
case OF carrying a weapon of defense
The licensing OF weapons has proven a
success in many western cities. ard it
would probably work well In Birmingham
on about the same lines Judge Greene
has given. AS the thugs cannot be dis
armed. II is the height to folly to force
the citizen to go without means of self
protection; and to force him to wear a
label would be an outrage. Judge Greene's
plan is rational enough for a state law.
JAMES A. MCKNIGHT
South Calera, January /, 1903