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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-01
nr. Draper Enters On New Duties.

ALBANY. n. Y, April 1.-The Edu>
eational Unification law went into ef-
feet today. The effect or the ne" law
is to do away with the old board OF re-
gents and the state superintendent or
nrb,ic instruction in favor of state
commissioner of education. DR.. Dra-
per. late president of the University OF
Illinois is the first commissioner OF
education and he entered upon his new
duties today.
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LONDON, April 1.-The Central
News Toxic correspondent says that
Admiral Togo attacked Port Arthur
Wednesday night. No details have
been received but it is understood the
attack was made for the purpose OF
taking sOundings and ascertaining the
effects of the last attack.
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Observance of Good Friday.

NEW YORK, n. Y, April 1.-Good
Friday was observed in the metropolis
by a general exodus of Gothamites for
week visits out of town. The ex-
changes will remain closed until Mon
day, giving the people a three days
vacation.
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EXTENDING Jurisdiction of o. S. l..

Extending Jurisdiction Of o. S. l.
SALT LAKE, April 1.-The legal de-
DartmentS of the Central Pacific and
Oregon Short Line are working a pro-
sion of Short Line jurisdiction to Sac
ramento, Cal. taking in the entire Cen
General Manager Bancroft.
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Submits to Russian Martial Law.

NEW CHWANG. April 1.-United
States Consul Miller today proclaimed
acquiesCence to Russian martial law.
The gunboat Helena leaves tomorrow.
AS soon as eleven merchantmen now
here are loaded the port will be closed
and the work of fortifying Will then
proceed rapidly.
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Bio Fire in Montreal.

MONTREAL, April Fire this
morning in the board of trade district
destroyed the building occupied by
Watson Jack & Co, and six other
irms. The loss is $1.O00,000.
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Methods of Siberia.

DENVER. Colo. April 1.-General
Bell commanding the state troops at
Telluride this morning telephoned
Nhlef of Police Armstrong to detail a
elective to watch every movement of
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Call for National Bank Statements.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-The comp
trOiier of the currency this morning
issued a call for Il statement of the
condition of national banks at the close
of business Monday, March %.
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o...noa,s Dock laborers Strike.

PANAMA. April IA thousand dock
laborers employed by the Panama rail-
road struck today for ~ cents an hour
and the steamers Aztec, Acapulco
Ecuador cannot get their cargo on.
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GUY Wetmore CarryI Dead.

NEW YORK, April 1.-Guy Wet
more Carryl author and poet, formerly
editor of Munsey's magazine. died OF
heart trouble today.
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WHOLESALE
Ev|cT|oNs
Colorado Miners Driven From
Their Homes.
NO REFUGEES ALLOWED IN The STATE
Men and Their Families Forced to
Walk in the Snow a Hundred
NO REFUGEES ALLOWED IN The STATE

TRINIDAD. Colo. April 1.-Fully a
dozen influential men among the Strlk-
prs i'm Lasemas county have been de-
norrad in the last three days by order
Of Major Hill, commanding. Whole
sale eyictions of strikers at Gray Creek
will begin Immediately. the military re-
fusing to allow them to settle in other
parts Of the state. Almost penniless
men and their families have been COM
pelIed to walk 100 miles to reach points
where they could get assistance. Many
eyrtoas are reported in Other camps
of the county and much suffering has
asSu-a
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Russian Army Retreating.
TOXIC. April 1-Japanese troops in
advance of the main body are pushing
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Posse Searching for Cali
fornia Bandits.
HAVE GOOD DESCRIPTION OF Men
The Highwaymen Got No Money rs e
Was Destroyed by the Explosion
Of Dynamite.

REDDING. Cal, April IA hum
dred men heavily armed are securing
the woods of the river near Keswick
and Redding searching for the four
train robbers who held up No. Is last
night and killed Messenger ONeil and
blew the express car to pieces The
men had horses staked east of Keswick
bridge and mounted them.
Fireman Raymond was taking water
when the holdup occurred and he was
compelled to get down and he and two
of the crew and one tramp were lined
up alongside the train. brakeman
Stone refused to line up, and one OF
the robbers smashed him over the head
with a rifle intlicting a bad wound.
The robbers got no booty as the dyna-
mite destroyed everything. Pieces Of
paper money and coin. torn and twist
ed were picked up a great distance
from the car.
O'Neill was not given a chance for
his life, but as soon as the door was
hid everything of value, being panic
stricken.
The sheriff's posse got on the trail
of three horsemen this morning and
| is now following it east. The robbers
camped at Copley all day yesterday,
| and the officers have a good descrip-
ton of the robbers. The people are de-
termined to hang the robbers if caught
| and posses are forming hourly.
Four masked men held up the Ore
gon express near Copley at II o'clock
| last night and killed Express Messen-
ger O'Neill The train stopped at Cop
| ley for water.
The highwaymen forced the crew to
uncouple the first engine and compell-
ed the engineer to draw them to Kes-
wick station, five miles south. where
they disembarked and disappeared.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-Advices
received at the local offices of the
Wells Fargo company indicate that
| IO'Neill was killed while resisting the
entrance of the robbers to his car,
| The masked men ordered him TO sur
render and it appears that they had
blown open the door. He refused and
| one of them leveled his gun and fired.
| The bullet entered O'Neill's body under
the right armpit and he died instantly.
His body will be brought here for bur-
| ial. Superintendent Barstow OF the
Wells Fargo company says the robbers
did not get much booty. At the maxi
mum they could have not taken more
than $500 He thought that L. o. COL
ferd. O'Neilrs helper was in the bag
gage car at the time Of the robbery.
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Though the public got a rough deal
from the stewards In the opening event
at Gravesend this afternoon they thor
oughly enjoyed the sport. The rough
deal was an order from the stewards
for Unmasked to run without blinkers.
1t was ths opinion of Starter Fitzgerald
that J'nma sked would do Ms well II not
better without blinkers than with them
The public knew nothing about this and
went on playing Upmasked.
OF course, the horse ran nowhere
near his form. and was badly beaten
After the race Trainer Weir was in
formed that Unmasked could wear
blinkers hereafter.
The experiment with Unmasked ia
vored Plunger Joe Yeager, for he
backed his Ally Mimosa or the boards.
She opened at 8 to l. and was played
to. 2 to /. Yeager is reported to have
won $4,000 on his filly's victory. He
also cleared UP on the victory of Dainty
in the fifth race.
The Bedford Stakes was the feature
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PLUNGER YEAGER WINS
FORTUNE ON TWO RACES
Backed Mimosa Heavily and Cleared Up More
on Dainty-Ring Flooded with S 90 Coun-
terfeits-Waterbo and Hamburg Belle
Out Of Suburban.

OF the afternoon. 1t resulted In vic
tory for Czaraphine, a redhot favorite.
She was breezing to the last furlong
where Gold Ten. with Hldebrand up.
closed 30 strong that Lyme had to drive
hard to win with the Paget filly.
ort Wells redeemed himself in the
third race by beating Mercury and Gra-
ziallo in very fast time. The attend
ance was very large and the weather
excessively warm.
Counterfeit 800 Bills in Ring.
The betting ring was flooded with
counterfeit 500 bills on Saturday. The
bills are pronounced beauties. The only
difference between the genuine and the
spurious 10 that, The INJURIOUS bill Ii
slightly pinker on the baclv OF the bill
and the vitnette on the front Is slight,
blurred. The. counterfeit is marked se-
ries C 424-s63B. Es..s.,.
There Is not an atom OF truth In the
story of the raise In track prices. II
was denied several days ago. and was
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Following Announcement that District
Attorney Jerome Would Object to
Her Release on Bail Woman in Cab
Shooting Mystery Demands Writ
Friends of Caesar Young, the Victim,
Say They Will Prove He Never Car
ried a Revolver and that He Could
Not Have Shot Himself.

Henry w. Unger and Daniel ORely secured writ of habas
corpus for Nan Patterson from Justice Clarke in the Supreme Court this
afternoon commanding produce
him at 1880 tomorrow morning
Unger contends that the only order of commitment is
Brown to the Tobs pending inquest into the death of Caesar
Young upon the affidavit of Officer Junior that he suspected her Of
being crminaly involved in the death of Young.
Messs Ung and OReiy secured writ of cerorari
proceed IS before Coroner Brown the hour by Justice
Clarke
NEW EVIDENCE ALLEGED.
Incident the posponment to-day of the inquest into the death
of Frank Thomas Young the rich racerack
Caesar" Young who shot and killed while riding hanson cab
with Patterson the Florodora exte girl known Nan"
Randolph announced that the DisctAttorney office
possession much additional and valuable evidence which would
the postponement advisable. etb
counsel earried around for it,
comprises deposion
William Lu and McKean brothersn-aw Of the
Friday
Miss Patterson he said to him:
II WANT You TO COME WITH CERTAIN THAT SHE'S
GOING TRY TO KILL ME- WANT YOU TO COME
ANYTHING HAPPENS SHE MOST VALUABLE LETTERS OF
MINE, MUST GET THEM"
he death the cab.
The deposition Mexican
Nan" Patterson threatened Young.
Mrs the widow the Mexican
she will
important Witness telling Of her
IN CORONER'S OFFICE AN HOUR.
Patterson brought from
private oce while stun u people anxus awaited
appearance
expected the
disappointed The
looked though she had deliberately
possible for reasons her own She wore checked skirt cloth
shirtwast that fitted we'll
stood inches from her
which did not conceal her features In the least The girl far
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iSDeflhl 70 Inc evening Wcrilt
WASHINGTON PARK, BROOKLYN.
N. Y. June 6.-Ned Hanlon's Trolley
Dodgers played marvellous game here
this afternoon against the ChIcagos.
and beat them In the easiest of fashion
by score of 10 2. Bib Jack Cronn
pitched the best game of his career He
allowed the victors only Ave safe hits.
weimer, who twirled for the Chicagos,
was hit hard by Hanlon's men. They
smashed his benders for eleven safe
hits. Little Mike Mccormick p layed
a good game, making great double
play in the first inning with three men
on bases. He also made two safe hits.
First Inning.
broadway Alec" Smith drew base
on balls, but was forced at second on
Casey's bounder to Jordan. Casey made
pretty steal Of second by a slide.
Chance walked. siagle hit safely to the
infieid. filliny the bases. Jones. sent a
bound.r 10 Mccormick. who stopped on
third. forcing Chance. and BY a quick
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the ropes In left centre and made the
circuit. scoring Bowerman and Mathew
son aheld OF him. Bresnahan's homer
was the longest ever made ON the
grounds. the ball rolling across the
driveway. Browne walked Devlin
fouled to Phelps. SIX RUNS.
Fourth Inning.
Glibert's tumble gave Clarke a life.
Wagner hied to Mertes. Bransheld
famed out Dahlen captured Sebring's
apparent safety, No RUNS.
the Pfttsburgs and Smith took Phelps,a
place behind the bat. McGann walked
Mertes flied to Sebring. McGann stolg
second and made third on Smiths wild
doubled over third base, scoring Nc
Cam Leach threw out Bowerman.
ONE RUN
Fifth Inning.
Ritchey died on grounder to Gilbert
Smith singled 10 left garden. CamnlU
died on strikes. Leach grounded to Dab
len and Smith was forced at second.
Natty was passed Bresnahan made
a base on a carrom OF Cemnita's glove
sS-owne beat out an inDS.d roller towar9
f-st filling the bases Deviin strno4
out. Dunn battsd IN MsGsnns @ e,aos
nahan tried to score also. but nes
hring's throw TO the plate nailed him
Mertes struck out ONE RUN
sixth Inning.
wntHe relieved Mathewson In the bon
and Bresnahan took McGann's place ~
rrst. Dunn went mot centre neld ie
Bresnahan's place Beanmont neat oS'
1coaunusd on sssoaa pssae
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CLEVELAND, June s-About 4,olo
p''rsons saw the game between the
Eighlanders and the local nine TODAY
First Inning.
keeler out. Lajole to Schwartz. Con-
roy Tanned. Bradley got williams's :
foul. NO RUNS.
rumSe may wSkrSi az d. Lush iS,n safe on Hushess
Lush. Camel TO Williams BRADLEY oni
stealing Mcclure to Williams IN Cor
roy. I.arry's single scored Ray. Larry
oHt steaiing. Mcclure to Williams.
Anderson & iiied TO- FLICK. Camel
schwartz. osteen persisted the same
him him HaEhss = -, consoy; Schwartz
iams to Ganse. no bUNS.
Third Inning.
Bernhards throw beatThoney. Hughes
doubled. Bradley touched out Hughes on
Keelers gronndel: Abbott threw out
Abbott tanned. so did Bernhard Bay
out. Conroy to CAMEL. NO RUNS
Fourth Inning.
Williams singled. Anderson hled TO
Lush and Camel To Flick. Williams
out stealing. Abbott to Larry NO
Lush lined to conroy. Bradley safe
on osteen's error Larry forced him,
Osteen TO Williams. Latole stole. Flick
walked Hickman doubled. scoring La
ioie and Flick. Schwartz out. Williams
to CANCEL TWO RUNS.
FinhNinninG.
Mcclure flied TO Bay. Osteen tripled
past the score board, Thoneys pop
si,iRled scored osteen; Larry,s bag
on secon' on the intter's eaEv ground
Bernhard to Ganzel. ONE RUN
Abbott got u pass. Bernhard : bunt
was q hit Bay famed. Lush popped
to osteen. Bradley flied to Anderson
sixth InninR.
Larry TO Schwartz was Williams's
fate Brld's throw fixed Anderson.
Camel singled. Mcclure ditto Osteen
out Hickman to SchYaltz. NO RUNS.
1,aioie died to anderson flick TO
Eeeier and Hickman to Thoney, NO
RUNS.
seventh InnlnH,
Thnney out on Rernhard's throw.
Hughes famed Hicks" tossed out
Keeler no RUNS.
schwartz out. Conroy to Camel Alb
bott flied to Conroy Bernhard fan
ned NO RUNS.
Eighth IuninE.
Conroy out, Brad To Schwarts, VIII
lIams flied TO Lush. Anderson flied TO
Lajoie NO RUNS.
Bay hit by pitched ball Lush dpu-
blsd. but Bay Was out at plate. Ander-
r.
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sCoRN RY rNNINGa.

Pittsburg .....0 TO- o1 o o o. 9
New York -. 5 8 1 o. o x-l5
Base on Balls-Off wiltse. /; Miller. 1:
Camnitx. {. Struck out-By Mathew
son. ]: by Wiltse. 2; by Miller. L. by
Cannitz 3. Home Runs Bresnahan
2: Gilbeet. !. Three-Base Hits-Mertes.
Two-Base Hits-Browne. 2: Mertes. Gil
bert, Bransheld. Sacrifice Hit-Dunn.
Stolen ases--Wagner. McGann. Dah-
Bresnahan. Hit by Pitched Ball-By
Miller. I. Time OF Game, two hours.
Umpires-O'Day and Emslie
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POLO GROUNDS. June 6.-The Giants
gave the champions a crushing defeat
for a welcome 10 the Polo Grounds on
their frst trip this season. The score
was IL to 2 The slugging OF the locals
In the early innings. at the expense of
their old pal Roscoe Miller. was some
thing Ike old times
Eresnahan cracked out two home
runs and Gilbert also made four
sacker. Fad not Clarke retired poor
there is no telling how many tnllies the
iiants might have piled up against
ihom. The Giants victory and the
defeat of tho Chicngos by the Brook
lyns put MoGraw's team In first place.
First InninE.
Mertes captured Leaeh's long ascen-
sion. Deylm pinchsd Beaumonts easy
liner. Clarke whanged a grounder TO
Gilbert and pershed at first. No
RUNS.
Bresnahan electrified the crowd with
terrific home run drive TO the rUpes
in the lief: centre as a starter. Browne
followed with crack over first base
bag for half OF the circuit. DeviiE was
hit by pitched ball. McGann's effort
TO hunt sacrifice resulted In a low
liner to Leach. Mertes slammed one
over third for TWO bases and Browne
scored. Dahlen hit sharply to Miller
and Devlln was run down between third
and nome. Dahlen made second on the
out. Gilbert drove the horsehidc Into
the right field bleachers and walked
around the circuit, Mertes and Dahien
scoring ahead OF him.. wagner threw
out Bowermsn a. first FIVE RUNS.
wagner beat out fine stop by DevlIn.
Bransfeld's soarer was a cinch for
Bresnahan. Wagner made pretty
steai OF second. Sebring lined one to
right for n sack and Wagner came
home. Ritchey grounded to Gilbert and
succumbed TO Matty's twirlers. ONE
RUN.
Bresnahan was easy on hit toward
Miller. Browne sent one to right field
Sebring's fine throw TO Leach caught
him in close decision, NO RUNS.
Third Inning.
Miller struck Out asE gilbert o,,G captured I,S
Mattv pulled down Beaumont's pop nv
Nc N23.TiIn RENs; S,.s retired by Miller and
Bransfeld on a 5unt. McGsnn was
bis RTounder. McGann slid safely into
second on "A steal Mertes lined one
over the left field fence and made three
bases, McGann scoring. Dahlen singled
and Mertes oLme home. Dahlen pur-
and Phelps threw him out. Bowerman
received a life ON Leach's tumble and
Dahlen scored Matty singled TO cen
tire held. Bresnahnn drove one under
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CHICAGO.
score by Innings.

Earned Run s-Chicago, /; Brooklyn, g.
Left on Bases-Chicago. 4: Brooklyn, g.
Two-Base Hits-Dobbs, Casey. stolen
Bases--Casey, Chance. Babb. Double
Hits-Sheckard, Jordan. First Base on
Balls-On Cronin, 3. Struck Out-By
Weimer, 8. Passed Ball--ONelll, J.
Tlme-1.45. Umpire-Zimmer.
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HIGHLANDERs
Score by InuinRS.

NeW YORK. ...... 0 0-l
Cleveland ......l 20 002 -
Earned Runs-New York. 1: Cleveland,
. First Base on Errors-Cleveland, 1,
TWO Base Hits-Hickman, Hughes
Bradley. Three Base Hlts-Osteen' Sac-
rlhce H!ts-Lush, i'eadley. stolen
Bahe-LAJoie. Double Play--Conroy,
Williams and Cancel. First Base on
Baiis-On Hughes. 2, Hit by Pitched
Ball-Dy Hughes, |: by Bernhard N 4.
Left ON Bases--Clcveiand, 4: New York
q. Struck Out-By Bernhard, 8: by
Hughes, 4 Time OF Ga Gone hour
and thlrty-five minutes. Unp.res-Sher-
ldan and Carpenter Attendance-2,lOO
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son TO Osteen IN Mcclure. Bradley
doubled. scoring Lush. Laioie singled.
Sei. Hickman fouled TO conroy. TWO
NInth Inning.
CAMEL out, Bradley 10 Schwartz Nc.
C;uire famed Osteen hit by pi> Nsd
ball Thahey out Brad 10 bchMaItz.
NO RUNS. 49, n -
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GIANTS BEAT PIRATES
15 To z. AND ARE NOW
IN THE LEAD AGAIN
Roscoe Miller Knocked Out of Box in
Batting Rally, During Which Bres-
nahan Hits for the Circuit Twice and
Gilbert Once.

Long Hits by McGraws Men Feature
of the Game, Mertes Getting Triple
and a Double, and Browne Two
Two-Baggers.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

PlTTSbOHG Al NhW rOhk.
Pi.ssburs 80. 20 1 0NFOl 600 2
New yesk. ~ 3 ON6lfir0'O2 is
Batteries-AIilier and Phelps; Mathew
son and Bowerman. r
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RESULTS OF To-DAYs GAMES,

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NEW YORK AT CLEVELAND.
New York 80, O0 90 I 20 o O. I
Cleveland :. I OO2 OOO2 - s
Batteries Hughes and Mcclure
Bernhard and Abbott
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eoeToN An pErRolr.

eoeToN AT DETROIT.
Boston. ....... 90 2 OOI O o. 3
Detroit ;..... O0O 900 900 o. o
Batteries-YounG and Crqger; Killian
and Wood. -..
PHILADELPHIA At CHICAGO.
PhilsdsIPhia ). o OO5O.4 MOO 6
chieaso.. 90 o 900 500 3
Battere.- Waddeil and schreck. Alt
rock and MoFarland
WASHINGTON At ct. LOUIS.
Washington. :. 0 O. o o o 2 o o. 3
s. Louis 49,. o 900 02,sO IS
Battsriss -orth ana DnHl; Pelty ana
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EASTERN LEAGUE.
PROVIDENCE AT JERSEY CITY

PROVIDENCE AT JERSEY CITY.
Providence .. oloooE2 !
Jersey City 100 1908 . ~
Batteries s-Hooker and Bevllle; Eason
and Carrisch. ~ t
BALTIMORE AT NEWARK.
n. II. Z.
Newark -. o q o q o o OIL
Batteries-M -Masen and Robinson; Clay
and Shea.
TORONTO AT BUFFALO.
n. II. Il.
Toronto .2I1OO ~ 90 II
Buffalo 40 800. COOS SOL o u IA 1
Batteries-Mills and Fuller. Kisslnger
and McAllister. t.t
MONTREAL AT ROCHESTER.
Game postponed on account OF rain.
EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
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CINCINNATI AT HoeToN.
CisrIhnsll. 20 o 80 q 02-o
Hssf6A. 90 400 OllOl OF,
BhlEeries- -Elliott and Peits: Wlrhslm
md Aiosan.
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CHICAGO At BROOKLYN.

Ehlesso. 80. 90 o o o 900 2 z
Brooklya. -. O3 1000 - 5
bakeries weirner and o'Neill: cronin
and Bergen .,~,1
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3. br 4. BY
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CLEVELAND, June 6-About 4olJ
= p'rsons saw the game between the
Eighlanders and the local nine TODAY
First Inning
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ST. Louis-AT PHILADELPHIA.
81. lsais. 90 OOz OO5 - q
,PhllsaeIphla 40 200 sos IA
-Cprbett and zearfoss: Dug
sleby aad Dooin.
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BALTIMORE AT NEWARK.
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chrysitis and Jennie Mecabe.
. Diamond Flush lust beat hirthieas IN the.
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TORONTO AT BUFFALO.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-22
Homer Davenport.

Homer Davenport is coming to town
on Monday. April %, to give a talk on
The Power of Cartoon" Illustrated
With sketches by his slever pencil,
that Mr.. Davenport was born in Ore
con and that his early reputation was
made on this coast will make his APP
rearance here of special interest.
Hundreds of people in Oregon and
California call him Homer and other
thousands are familiar with his work
and with the incidents of his remark
able career. His talks. accompanied
With his pictures. and enriched with
true Homeric anecdOte. have a charm
tnat is unique and compelling. Quiet
old Silverton (Oregon) bestirred itself
veritable Had of quaint humor and
fascinating romance. which, told in
Homer's captivating phrase. deserves
immortality.
In one of his lecturs Mr.. Davenport
told how he had endeavored, year after
Year, to get exported from SilVerton
with the butter and eggs which that
city sends forth into the world every
day, and how he each time was return
ed, although the butter and eggs stay
ed. Then he described his endeavOr
to draw a stove for THE OregOnian"
advertising department. and his mar
row escape from involving the paper
in a damage suit as the result. Next
he related his visit to the Marquam
Grand theater many years ago. when
he and his sister came to see Clara
Norris, ana because they neglected to
provide themselves with handkerchiefs
caught cold from bathing their feet in
the tears they shed. Mr.. DavenpOrt's
easy. natural style of telling his stories
captivates his audiences from the
start. and he keeps the house in an
almost continual chuckle.
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SETS ASIDE VERDICT.
Supreme Court Orders Reversal of
Decision in the Lower
Court.

OLYMPIA, April 22.-The supreme
court has reversed the case Of p. D.
chez Water Power company. appel
liant
The water company maintains an
irrigating ditch. Suffers lands lie at
the terminus, and a furow was
pIowed across his lands and around
them to drain the waste water into
the Columbia river Suffer brought
this action. alleging in his complaint
that the ditch was improperly con
structed, and in June, 1900, the fur
row fa-:ed to carry off the waste water
which overlooked on his land. damag-
ing it to the amount of $1,000. \ de-
murrer to the complaint. filed by the
company on the ground that the nc
ton was not filed until more than two
years after the damages accrued. was
overruled the case proceeded t.
trial and Suffer obtained verdict for
5000.
The question before the supreme
court was whether The action was gov
erned by the tvo-yeor statute Of limi-
tations (sec. 2>ea. Piarce's c"de). or
the thrce-yaar statute CSrc. 90,