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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
GAR BARN BANDIT
ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE
Had Nearly Sawed His Way Out o,
Cell in Chicago Jail When
Detected.

CHICAGO. Dec. 30.-Emil Reiski .
member and an accomplice of the 90,
barn bandits was surprised while chr.
ting away the bars of his cell TODAY in
an attempt to escape. One bar was 50
nearly severed that it fell out. Througb
this he could have gained entrance n
the corridor giving access to the OUT.
side windows. The officers were In.
able to find the saw with which tba
cutting was done. 1t is supposed 4,
have been given him by outside accom-.
plices. A number of detectives hay4
been ordered to reinforce the Jail
guard.
When sweated this afternoon Roesh
admitted that the car barn bands
have accOmplCes on the outside Whom
the police have never suspected.f !
says he would have made his esca
if his saw had not broken. All effos
Of the police to find his saw and Ms
have proved unayaiiing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
Hiuher Education Discussed.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 3O.-"Prob-
lens of Higher Education" was the
general topic of discussion at the meet
ISOLATION today and was considered
from every possible point of view. The
chief speakers were President Draper
of the University of Illinois. President
Taylor of Milliken university, and
President James Of Northwestern uni
yersity.
No general meeting was held this
afternoon, the time being devoted in
stead to conferences of the various
sections, including child study, music,
primary, high schools and colleges, and
the principals section. In all of these
meetings interesting programs were
carried ont, the proceedings includ-
ing papers and discussions of partic-
ular interest to the teachers in the
various grades and branches of educa
ton.
The downing event Of the conven-
ton, the great banquet in celebration
of the semi-centennial OF the ass0cia-
ton, takes place this evening in the
Armory and from all Indications it
will be q most notable affair. The
program oflspeakers and their subjects
IS finally completed is as follows:
Then and Now John F. Eberthart.
Chicago; The Condition of the Nor
NAL School Enterprise in the United
States Sixty Years Ago. Richard Ed
wards, Ii. D, Bloomington; "Remin-
iscences of the Association in It's Early
Days Edwin c. Hewitt, Ii. D., Nor
NAL; Woman in Education in Him
ois,' Parkingson. Carbondale; EARLY
Impressions Of the l. S. T. A., Presi-
dent John w. Cook, DeKalb; Verify
ing the Records superintendent e. A.
eastman, Decatur.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
THE STATESMAN LEADS.

Last evenings Statesman told OF the
preparations being made by Japan for
war with Russia, Of the orders issued
to United States army posts regarding
threatened war with Colombia, Of the
dency Of the Rock Island railroad, OF
the meeting of President Rooseve1ts
cabinet to discuss the Panama sitUa-
ton. of the Jewish situation in Rus
STA. Of two railroad disasters. OF the
three revolutions in San Domingo, of
the breaking Of the ice gorge in the
Ohio, of the court martialing of Lieu
tenant Hanes at Seattle, of Bryan s
return to London, of the massacre OF
missionaries in Liberia, of the demur-
rage test case before the interstate
commerce commission. of the meeting
Of Pacific coast drummers, Of Florida 8
demand for the ratification OF the Pan
anna canal treaty, Of Mad MIllah's
plea for peace, Of the excitement il the
cotton market, and many other teie-
graphic items OF interest. a few of
these events are covered by the tele-
graphic report in today's morning pa
per which reaches its readers about
fourteen hours later than the Evening
Statesman, which gives today's news
today and a gerat deal of reading mat
ter besides
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
LAW BEARING on WATER CUES
TTON.

According to the opinion of Gose &,
Gose submitted to the water commit
tee appointed by President Turner OF
the Commercial Club, the city is liable
to suits for infringement of riparian
rights whether water for gravity
system be taken from the Thomas
ranch or from Mill creek. However,
the burden of proof will be on the per
sons asking damages and there will
be far less liability to face if the wa
ter be taken from subteraueon sources
on the Thomas ranch than from a
point twelve or fifteen miles up Mill
creek. The city is liable for such
damages when proven, even if use be
made only of percolating underground
waters. The only way to head off such
suits at the beginning is by the exer-
else of the right of eminent domain
through condemnation proceedings.
1t is made plain by the opinion of
Gose e GOee, a portion of which is
published by the Statesman today,
tiitii lllS ely NcuIt gam no dbuIJiOllctl
rights by the ownership of the land
from which it is proposed to take wa
ter to which the city already has
clear title under the deed given by the
late Alfred Thomas to the Walla Walla
Water Company. While the owner of
the land might make use of the perco-
lating waters for the Improvement of
the land and the growing of crops so
far as his necessities might require
even to the detriment of lower riparian
owners. he could not divert the water
to other land or to supply city with
water. The city'S rights as owner
would be Identical with those of pri-
vate individual. The right of eminent
domain must be brought into play by
the city if any riparian owner raises
protest worthy of consideration.
Under all the circumstances, how
ever. the city will find the Thomas
springs proposition much cheaper than
the Neile Mill creek plan. By making
use as soon as possible of what water
has already been developed at the
springs and what may be developed
within the next few months. the new
supply can be made available for the
use of the business section of the city,
giving it adequate protection against
fire, and for the higher residence por-
tons Of the city not supplied by the
present system because of the low
pressure. BY this plan all other parts
of the city Will continue to use the
present excellent supply of pure spring
water
To abandon the present system, for
which the city only three years ago
paid $250,000 and on which II has paid
only about $4,000, would be an indie
fenSIble outrage upon the taxpayer. Il
is estimated that the Weile scheme
would cost the city to begin with
S2o0000 and that the settlement OF
damages to riparian owners would re-
quire 100000 more If there is any
lawyer in the city Who knows how the
city can legally issue this additional
amount of Indebtedness the Statesman
would be pleased to have him rise an(
explain the modus operandi. The cit,
has already reached the full limit q
ltS Indebtedness on its taxable wealth
It's water Indebtedness of about 500
wy stands against the revenues of tn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
FEARED .HYPNOTisT.
indians Threatened Man Who Mesme-
rized q Souaw.


Highly susceptible to superstition
the average Indian does not take kind
ly to 'mesmeric feats, as was shown on
the Flathead reservation in Montana
a few days ago., when a ,squaw man by
the name of Maillett, who has develop
ed into a sort of Hermann among the
tribe, was compelled to leave the reser-
walton for his life.
AS the story comes to Missoula
Maillett, who had made study OF
hypnotism and mesmerism to such an
extent that if he found a willing sub
ject he could perform the usual feats
of mesmerist, gave a public exhibit
ton at the Hot Springs on the Little
Bitter Root. The Indians gathered
from far and near
The subject was a squaW. and she
proved TO be a good one. The mes
merit soon had her ia a hypnotic con-
dition and then proceeded to put he1
through the usual antics. The red
skins turned pale as she began picking
and eating imaginary berries off a
board and looked at one another as
they saw the member of the tribe try
to ride a stick as though she were on
a glasseyed pinto galloping across
the plains.
They became angry at the unseen
power OF the hypnOtist and decided tC
make him move. They classed him as
a white devil and ordered him to So
He failed to heed the command, and
the Indian police, fearing trouble, car
red out the demand of the braves
The Flathead reservation is according
ly short one hypnOtiSt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

Congressman Hull Of Des MOines
Iowa, chairman of the house military
committee, is in danger of being turn
ed down for denomination because he
has not prevented the stationing Of
cOl0red troops in his home town. This
story may seem strange coming from
the rock-ribbed republican state OF
Iowa, hut it's a solemn fact just the
same. President Roosevelt should visit
Iowa and deliver a few lectures on
the door Of hope" taking occasion at
the same time to denounce the threat
ened lyhching of two cOlOred men at
Council Bluffs. 1t will never do 70 let
Iowa become the rival of South Caro-
lima in persecution of the colored
brother.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

successful aggressions of Russia, and
it is very possible that, If there is no
agreement resulting from the Russo
Jananese negotiations at Toxic, and the
doors of Japan's Janus temple are
swung wide open, Japan may count
upon the British navy to take hand
in what may develop into a protracteS
effort to settle the eastern question in
all time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
If the Spokane Chronicle interview

If the Spokane Chronicle interview is
correct, County Attorney Lester S.
Wilson, who is also local attorney for
the 0. r. & n. Company, is in favor
of railway commission This is GER
tainly significant and it shows that
the Ankeny- Stevenson fellows propose
to steal Governor McBride's thunder.
depending upon a hostile state sena te
and plastic governor to protect the
railroads from any distasteful legisla-
ton in 1905.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
NORTHERN PACIFIC
LIMITED TRAIN
Left the Track at Troy, Montana
Several Passengers Slightly
Hurt.

HELENA, Mont, Dec. 30.-The Twin
Cities limited on the Northern Pacific
east bound has been wrecked near
Troy, Mont. One report says that 16
persons were killed and another that
only few passengers were hurt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

According to the Union it must have
been almost unanimous for Mcbride at
the Bellingham election. Both candi-
dates for mayor, it says, We're Mcbride
men, and both are still working to
give him the delegation from What
com county in next years republican
state convention. This is more en-
couraging than anything McBride's
friends had dared to claim. However,
after making this admission the Union
says that state issues cut no figure in
the Bellingham election. But Mayor
Black says the railway commission
question was made paramount by him
self as we'll as by railroad lobbyists
who took part in the contest and Black
ought to know what he is talking about
as he was there and helped skin EN-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
BRAVO, TORO.
American Girls Cheer American Mata'
doris at Bull Fight.

AUSTIN, Aev., Dec. 30.-American
employed in the general offices of The
Mexican International railroad partci'
pated in a genuine bull fight at Pie
dras Negra, Mexico. last Sunday. The
bulls were Vicious and the American
amateurs had many narrow escapes
from being killed.
The event was presided over by SIX
American young ladies. The Cuadri
la was composed OF H. d. Oldham
matadora, supported by G.. G. Carlisle
F. r. Hill, John Villasana, Major Fox
II. A. Taupen, Emmett Mayfeld, 7. b:
Redd, George Legge, E. H. Kelso' H.
F. Dove.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

At Council Bluffs, in the banner re-
publican state of Iowa, two negroes
named Burke and Zimmerman. have
been taken to the state penitentiary to
protect them from being lynched by
Infatuated citizens for the alleged out
raging of two married white women
1t may Yet be necessary to call out the
colored troops stationed at Des Moines
to guard the penitentiary from a mob
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

The Unions facetious correspondent
does not seem to realize that Christ
mas is coming again in 1904 and that
the Statesman's report of events is
just about that much ahead of the
news in the morning paper. BY the
way the Jews have a Christmas on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

Il suppose said the rural postmis
tress friend, you get lots of enjoy
ment out of reading the postal cards?''
oh replied the postmistress, mot
near so much as 1 get out of the letters
| steam.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

IF our CONT inatiOn is illegal" said
the capitalist, Il suppose We will have
to change it, wouldn't it be easier
to change the law?' asked his asso-
cio
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

HELENA, Dec. 30.-Later reports
prove that no one was seriously injur-
ed. Seven cars left the track
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

January 18th and possibly the chicago |
people are getting ready for tnat II
not for next December.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
WEATHER..

Tonight and Thursday cloudy and
threatening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy of change Of advertisement
must be delivered to the business Of
flee by the hour of 10 O'Clock a. m. to
insure insertion in the issue Of even
date.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19
One of Arizona's Richest
Copper Districts
FAMOUS COPPER QUEEN
A Nine Which Has Produced Fifty
Millions and Has 1856 Miles Of Under
ground Workings and Is Yet in Its
Infancy Other Mines Of Promise.

The opening of an important new cop
per fielu or the development of an old
field beyond its formerly accepted limits
are matters of impOrtnce. for copper
mining Is at once the costliest where
work is done upon 4 large scale, and the
most prCfita BILE when really frst-clasS
mines are opened, writes Horace J.
Stevens to the Colorado Springs Mi
ming Record. During the past two years
more new mining ventures of import
ance have been undertaken in and near
Bisbee than in any other cupriferous
field of the world
The Warren mining district takes
name from its discoverer. An occasional
prcspector wandered into the Mule
mountains. then in Pima but now in
Cocilise county. in the early and middle
EOS, and it is not certain that all of
them got out again, as the Apaches
were vigilant. When Schieffelin told
the soldiers in Fort Huachuca, about
1877, that he proposed exploring the
hills to the eastward he was told to
take hiT tombstone along. and Tomb
stone was the name he gave the camp
that sprung up around the mines he
found in The extreme northern foothills
of the Mule mountains. An occasional
prosrector from Tombstone CHANGED q
day or two in the mountains to the
southwark, but the country Was rough
and the Indians active. and under lead
ership of old Cochise. who was =. better
general than his successor, Geronimo,
the Apaches kept the wOulG-be pros
pectors pretty close to the established
camps. A little work was done in the
Warren district III the late los, in Il
purely prospecting way. but gold and
silver seemed lacking. and the prospec
tors scorned the green copper stains.
Eventually a considerable outcrcp of
copper ore was located and mining be-
sun. This was the beginning of the
great Copper Queen mine. one Of the six
largest copper producers of the world
Real mining may be said to date from
about 1881. though the property was
small and its future uncertain for some
years. This great concern was the only
mine in the camp until two years ago.
y little prospecting was tried from time
to time, but it was not until Lake Su-
perior people began work in 1899 that
any mining work of real Importance
was done, outside Of the Queen lands.
The district now has two producing
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19

per portions of the mine the ore is very
rich, being found as carOonates and
oxides, with a respectable sprinkling of
native copper, formed by the alteration
of the extremely rich oxide ores, such
as cuprite. At greater depth the ore
becomes base. and the sulphides are
lower in copper tenor, though rich and
highly profitable. Fer many years the
mana cement has followed the plan, in
ASA wing. of giving no figures above Is
per cent copper. Anything richer is set
down as fifteen plus" and the fire.
quency with which thu figures u plus
appear on the assay records is evil
dence of the great richness of the ores.
Caves are of frequent occurrence, and
some of them are large and beautiful.
being lined with calcite and other cry
stalls that reflect the light OF the miners
candles in a dazzling manner. The
mines are warm, and in the Sulphide
slopes, on the lower levels, the word
warm fails to state the situation. The
word hot meets the case, partially. The
ore bodies are SO soft, especially in the
oXidiZed zone, where immense quanti-
ties of taic occur, that the problem of
timbering is a serious one. The mine
requires about 80 feet of timber. board
and it is frequently necessary to bulk
head the openings to keep them intact.
The whole hill, under which the mines
are opened, seems to be creeping, and
eternal vigilance is the price of safety.
Despite the threatening circumstances
under which most Of the Gre must be
won, the care exercised in timbering
renders the mine safe one in which to
work and great accidents due to caving
ground have never occurred.
OLD AND NEW SHELTER.
The old smelter at the Car shaft has
five furnaces of the well-known Cop
per Queen type. first introduced here.
and considering the lack of room. and
other inconvenience, does remarkably
effective work. The management rec
ogEizing the inadoquacy of the present
plant, and the difficulty of making it
what it should be, in the narrow gorge
! between the hills. in which the mine
and town are COoped. decided two years
ago to build a new smelter at Douglas
20 miles distant. The new smelter is
nearing completion and should be
blown in by the end of the year. 1t
will have 1000 tons daily capacity, or
so per cent in excess of the rating of
Queen to turn out $4,000, coo pounds of
raw copper yearly.
The Phelps-Dodge people control the
Ell Paso 6. Southwestern railway, Civ
| ing a connection with various compel
ing railroads. They also operate the
| Copper Queen store. a mammoth insti-
tutiCn carrying a stock that would be
considered large in town of 10 times
the size of Bisbee, and doing & business
Of about $4,000 daily. The Queen EN-
pioys about 1880 men, mostly Ameri-
cans, but with perhaps $50 Mexicans
and Il sprinkling of other foreigners.
Its men are well paid, we'll used and
perfectly contented. There are no labor
unions. For the benefit of employees
! the Copper Queen maintains q, large
and modern hospital d good library
and magnificent gymnasium and
auditorium. The policy of the company
is enc of justice and liberality to both
: shareholders and worknen.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19

a. friend, or gone out of his way to do
a favor, or bestowed a gift, he will be
pretty sure not to mind effusiveness.
but he will find it hard to excuse in
difference or lack of appreciation. Peo-
pie inveigh over the perfunctoriness of
much of the bridal gift giving. But the
notes that some brides send out ac-
knowledging their wedding presents
are often so perfunctory and vague
that they are like a dash of cold water
in the face of the giver There is a
gentle art of saying thank you. 1t is
one that will stand cultivatinG.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19

The present craze for beads has ex-
tended not only through the, articles
of my lady's wearing apparel, appear
ing in bead chains. bags, card cases.
belts and in beaded lace for her gowns,
but has even become apparent in house
hold furnishings. The daintiest lamp
shades of bronze green and crystal
glass beads are shown on lamps of
green and gold metal of bronze. The
gold-mounted side lights in . fashion,
able New York cafe are yelled with
shades formed of long dropping strings
of crystal beads, caught together and
the effect is dazzling and beautiful in
the extreme.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19

mines. both Of the first magnitude with
= third property nearly ready to erect
4 smelter several others of great prom
Use. ?. few properties with fair prospects
and a dozen or more Wildcats. which
may or may rot make mines.
STEEP But ACCESSIBLE.
The Mule Pass mountlirs have a.
generally rcrthwesterly and southeast
crly trend, with Il gulch. known as
Tombstone c1.nCn, running aDDroxi-
mately through the axis OF the range
with numerous smaller and conGuert
guIches leading from the parent gorge
into the hills in various directions. The
town of Bisbee is in the main clnon
and on several adjacent hills, the main
street being a part Of the narrow gulch
The town lies at an elevation Of almost
exactly one mile, and the hills in the
vicinity range 500 to Geo feet higher,
but short distance west and north be
come much higher. reaching an exereme
elevation of nearly 400 feet above sea.
level. The hills are steep and in many
places inaccessible on their escarp-
mcnts, but any point can be reached by
trails. Oh the back of co'w-pcGlies or the
patient burro-even or Shank's mare,
d
ercise of a strenuous sort
The geology Of the district has re-
ceived much study OF late and is fairly
we'll established. Locally the miners
and townspeople divide the rocks into
two classes-porphyry for the igneous
rocks. and limestone for the sedimen-
tary forms The word porphyry. as
used in the western mining states. IS
I1- II
tuda of sins. The igneous rocks of the
Warren district. called porphyry. in
Guide a considerable variety of rock
forms. including fires grained schists.
supposed to he the oldest rock fcrma-
ton of the district: quartzite, running
100 10 500 feet in thickness: granite and
granite poryhyry. sllales and even con-
glomerate. the latter made up mainly
of the igneous rocks. but including
limestone and =. little of everything else
in the neighborho0d in it's makeup. The
limestCncs. in which the mines so far
delevcped have been found. are of varit
Gus ages, ranging from Cambrian
through Devcnian and Carboniferous OF
both the lower and upper series. The
!inestones rest upon Guartzite. which
in turn is superimposed upon schists.
Above the Upper CarboniferoUs lime
stone beds are found the cOnglomeratc.
of varying thickness. from few feet
to 500 feet or more, succeeded by thick
beds OF sandstone and shale while
above are beds of Cretaceous limestone
of perhaps 600 feet. while topping all
are beds CT sandstone and shale. in
places 1900 feet in thickness, and with
erGded surface, so that their original
thickness can only be estimated.
ORIGIN OF DEPOSITS.
In addition to the stratigraphic for
nation previously described. the dis
trict has been the scene of gigantic
labors by all the forces of nature, in
ages past. The strata, once level. have
been flexed, distorted elevated and
faulted. resulting in the formation of
the mountains. while at some period
long past, presumably in CarbCnifer
Gus times. the uplift. causing extensive
faulting. was followed by 1ntrusions of
Arizona republican., 1903-09-19
FOR HER HAIR.
Hair bows grow larger.

adiI DONS grow Sci
If only one be worn, at the nape of
the neck, it may be immense.
Two bows are but the hunting hair
of the horsey set over again.
Broad silk ribbon is most seen, and
among young girls is ubiquitous.
At the seashore these bows attain i'm
mense proportions.
One pretty girl ties her tresses at the
neck With u yard and a quarter of a
white SeVen-inch satin taffeta ribbon
In some cases the hair of older girls
is twisted, bun fashion, instead of
braided.
Women as we'll as girls wear the coil
SO low on the back of the neck that it
rests on the shoulders.
When the girls are really, truly grown
up the bows are replaced by shell slides.
though those who look young often
cling to the bows.