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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CROSSING
BRIDGES UNTIL HE REACHES
THEM.
He Favors a Railway Commission but
Believes That 1t Should Be
an Elective One.

Joel Smith writes as follows in the
Seattle Mail and Herald:
Candidate for the republican nominal
ton for governor in an interview Civ
en- oft or January IS said, in regard to
the roposed railroad commission law
which is haing much agitated in this
state1
."Th. is a question which is being
put FIRE quenfly to me and other candf-
dates, and l Will say without hesita-
ton that sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof l don't believe. as a
general rule, in crossing bridges until
l come to them
The writer in discussing this inter-
view January 80, said:
'Prediction IS not in the line of the
writer, but hege is a case in which a
prediction is almost worth advancing.
The predictiont. which suggests itself
s this. Before he is out of the woods
Ne Atkinson will declare in plain
teams that he is a railroad commission
candidate, and will go before the peo-
pie of the state on that issue in an
effort to crowd the governor off of his
Own PLATFORM"
On Friday, March It. the writer met
Mc. Atkinson. ard, OLE that occasion
Me-: Atkinson said:
About six weeks ag9 you made tn Q
prediction that be fore the caInpaig 4
IVES over I would be cut for a CON =
mission At that time l had 10
thought of doing Sd. But since then l
thought and I am almost rea dy
to do SO. You seem 30 have 81: ed
Up, the situation in the state at
the time better than | did. So far as
lny own county (Chelan) is concer ned
yhey are sufficiently indifferent to tn q
commission matter that it is unnt 'ces-
sary for me to declare myself in order
to get the county delegation tC the
state convention. By" III many other
counties in Eastern Washington there
is a considerable dsmand for a COM
mission, and it will be necess airy for
me to have some of those cou mites in
the approaching cantest-"
Since that day Mr.. Akin SON has
been progressing rapidly. On Sunday
last in an interview in the Seattle
Times he said in regard to a commits
sion:
In regard to a railway commission
will say that I have no ade a thor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Mamma! Is Puzziing Biologists.

LEBANON, Ore, March 22.-The
mammal which was thrown up at
South Beach on February IS has SO
far proven a profound mystery to
OregOn's biologists and has baff1ed'
all their efforts to probe into the facts
concerning where it's particular spe-
cies flourish and what it's name is.
SO far as can be ascertained this is
the only creature of this kind that has
ever been, stranded on this coast, and
although it is not known to Ameri-
can biologists, from Investigations the
fact has developed that it is known to
German biologists as "Bruenwich.'
The strange monster is II feet in
length it's head is 80 inches long, IA
inches wide and II inches high. The
eyes are very low down on the head.
1t has a blowhole on top of the head,
and has two tusks in the lower man.
dible which are inches across and
Az inches high. Albert r. Sweetser
| state biologist, states that it is posi-
BILE this curious creature might belong
typhoid whales, but he is puzzled by
| the tusks.
| 1t is believed that it is the connect
| ing link between the Mars whale and
| the Caucus. BY some it might be
| called sea hog, as it is evident that
it roots in the mud in the. bottom OF
the sea, and lives on food thus OBJ
tanned, it's eyes being low down that
| it may see under the mud it roots uI
with its nose, and the blowhole on tor
of its head that it may not be inter
fered with by the mud
State Biologist A. r. Sweetser anG
Professor Condor are making re.
search endeavoring to throw ligh
upon it's identity and are trying te
secure the carcass as it would assis
them greatly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Good Show.

The performance at the Walla
Wala opera house by the Georgia
Minstrels was one of the best enter
tainments of the kind given in Wal!a
Walla this year. The company is ex-
reptionally strong and the music was
4 feature. The singing was up to the
standard and the specialties We're
good. Taken altogether it was a very
creditable performance and was great
ly appreciated by the large audience
in attendance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
DEMOCRAT PLAN CAMPAIGN
BeIlinoham Party Forming OrganIza
ti.n Fer Coming Fight.

BELLINGHAM. March 22.-The
democrats of this county have taken
the primary steps III effecting organ
ization for the coming campaign. The
county convention to select delegates
to the state convention, which con-
venes in Olympia May TO select dele
gates to the national convention. Will
be held towards the latter part of April
A suggestion has been made that in
stead of holding a convention for this
purpose that the county central COM
mittee select the fifteen delegates to
which this county is entitled, but there
is little probability of its favorable
consideration.
This county will undoubtedly have
candidate for delegate to the nation
candidates for the county conVen-
TONS Endorsement for this honor. Judge
j. n Phillips of this city, the chair
man of the county central committee
and Lester w. David of Blaine, the
president of the Monarch Mill COM
pany of that place.
Ii is probable that one or the other
candidates will withdraw before con-
Nention time, leaving no division
among the delegates as to their
choice.
In no county in the state will there
republican ranks than in this. Last
Year the railways controlled the del
egates from Whatcom county. 1t
seems almost certain that there is to
be a complete reversal this time and
that solid delegation will go from
here advocating the establishment OF
railroad commission as advocated by
Gov Mcbride. All the preliminary
skirmishes have resulted in over
whelming victories for the governors
friends
Mayor \. L. Black. an appointee OF
the governor and warm supporter
Of his railroad commission scheme
will undoubtedly ask the county to in
dorse his congressional candidacy
During the municipal contest, which
resulted in his election as mayor las,
December, his enemies sought to in
fluence the electorate against him or
account of the views which he enter.
tains relative to the creation of :
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
State of Ohio. City OF Toledo,
Lucas County

Lucas County
Frank j.. Cheney makes oath that h.
is senior partner of the firm Of F. |
Cheney & Co, doing business N III.
City of Toledo, County and STAFF
aforesaid, and that said firm viii nav
the sum of ONE HUNDRED Dol.
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the us
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribad
in my presence, this 9th day of De.
cember, A. D.. 1886
[Seall A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the, system
Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for const.
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Resigns From Dawes Commission.

WASHINGTON, March 21.-EX Gov
ernor Stanley of Kansas, a member of
the Dawes commission, has resigned to
take effect April l. The president
won't fiji the vacancy. Stanley was not
criticized by the recent Bonaparte re-
port
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Wabash increases Stock.

TOLEDO. %, March z2-At
special meeting held here today Il
owners of the stocks and bonds of Ii
Wabash railroad voted to authorize a
increase of S50.OGO,OO in the company
that no part of this stock is to be
sued, but that it's authorization is pur
ly a technical proceeding and is don
for the purpose of meeting the reuuN
ments of the law.
The laws of Missouri under which TIL
Wabash is Incorporated provide thai
a company cannot have a greater bond
ed Indebtedness than outstanding capI
ital stock. Since the Wabash was rel
organized in 1889 the bonded indebted
ness of the company has exceeded III
municipal stock by about S43,0OO,OO
but the increase of 100000 900 in tn
capital stock brings the latter up 4
$102, 0O0 900, or about $1,000, 900 in el
cess Of the amount of outstandi1
bonds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

infanly, has found the tight path again.
one hears once again the Easter an
them and the church bells ringing out
the joyful tidirgs, and the peasants
greeting each other with Christ is
risen" As the critic of the New York
Herald points out the youngest child
would learn good rather than evil
from the recital of this terrible story.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Crosses Tell Future.

The latest society craze is the game
of the magic crosses. Three crosses,
are laid on a table in a straight line.
Then somebody holds a magnet which
moves slowly down the long line of
crosses one after another, but not in
rotation. The crosses cling to the
magnet and when at last all are ar
ranged in order an expert can gain an
insight into the character and fate of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
The Best Couuh Syrup.

S. L. Apple, eX-PrObate Judge, Otta-
wa Co., Kansas. Writes: This is to say
that | hove used Billiards. HorehounG
Syrup for years, and that l do not
hesitate to recommend it as the best
cough syrup | have ever used 25c.
SOC, $1.00. The Upington Drug Co.,
lna lerS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

railroad commission, but in spite of
these his majority was overwhelming.
Should Mr. Black receive this cOun-
tvs Endorsement, the contest in the
state convention from the northwest
will be between him and Mr.. Brown
ell. the railway attorney at Everett.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

the experiment Even cabinet minis
with discDmfitfng consequences to
themselves, the auguries being high
Iy inauSpict1us
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

But there is another matter in which
it does not require SO intimate an ac-
qlsaintance with Mr.. Atkinson to fore
tell what IS coming to him. In the
interview in the Tacoma Ledger. quot
eCE from above, Mir Atkinson planted
tfss seeds for 10 small amount of
trouble for himself and his candidacy
erHnce to the acts CT OTHER persons of
mare or less political prominence. FOy
statement that Governor Mcbride has
been writing letters to divers persons
i'll ca sEeGn Washington. asking then;
to become candidates for lieutenant
governor. Without knowing anything
Of the facts of the case the writer feels
entirely free to venture the assertion
that Mr.. Atkinson is misinfOrmed.
.Goveruor Mcbride is no mans fool il
politics. and he would be one were he
Iany portion of the state asking them
to become candidates for the same Of
flee. The assertion that he has even
written one letter of this character APP
pears highly improbable and should
not be made by a rival candidate with
out the most positive information. ev-
en- if at all. In the same interview Mr..
Atkinson accuses Congressman Cush-
man of having written letters from
Washington to Tacoma, in which he
says that he will let the governors
interests take care of themselves.
This statement. also. may be proven
to be erroneous, and in that case Mr..
Atkinson would be placed in another
bad box.
However, to give space to Mr.. Atkin-
son and his interviews is to dignity
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

ough study during the last six months
of the operation of railway commits
sions in various states and l am con-
WINGED that the best, safest and most
satisfactory plan is for such commits
sions to be made elective by the peo-
pie. The people Of this state
or any state would be a hundred times
safer in the end iii establishing an
elective rather than an appointixe
commission
One day, after the above interview
appeared, Mr.. Atkinson had published
another interview in the Tacoma Ledg-
er, in which he said:
Because 1 find my constituents of
this opinion l favor an elective COM
mission. However, l am will
ing to leave it to the people through
their representatives in the legislature
whether a commission should be elect
ed or appointed
From these interviews it will be
seen that. Mr.. Atkinson is making very
gra tifying progress. How far that
progress will carry him before the date
set for the republican, state cOnven-
ton is matter for pure speculation,
every man is entiteied to his guess.
The writer, having made good OF one
prediction, is not going to endanger
his reputation thus established by
making another 8n this matter at this
time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

Read the ads in the Statesman.
Read the ads in the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
Yelled Prophet In London.

Pandora's identity is said to be a
mystery as her face is always yelled,
but it is asserted that she is Lady Will
liam Nevill, the daughter-i law of
the Marquis of Aylesbury, whose hus-
band recently published a defense af-
ter serving a term for forgery.
Pandora's acquaintance with the
secrets of society, which must be of
great assistance to her, shows her to
be woman who has moved in the
most select coterie. She charges $50
ing as many clients as she can re-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
SEER'S IDENTITY A MYSTERY
London Society Scents Noble Convict's
Wife In Yelled Prophet.

LONDON, March 22.-Society wo-
over the achievements of a new seer,
styling herself Pandora who lives
on Curzon street.
Her gift of second sight is said to
have astounded many of her clients
by it's accuracy, While the weird con-
ditions under which the oracle de-
livers herself add appreciably to the
che n,aotoc
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

However. to give space to Mr.. Atkin
son and his interviews is to dignif,
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In regard to a railway commission
will say that I have no ade thor
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
GIRL DIES IN WELL
Baby Slips in and browns in
Sight of ResCuers.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
OSKALOOSA, Iowa, May 8. - The
two-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Poe fell feet foremost into the
top of an unprotected we'll in the yard
where she was playing and was drown
ed.
The child slipped down a few feet.
when her clothes became wadded un-
der her arms and arrested the fall. Her
cries brought her mother, who saw
the child slowly slipping downward.
The well is fifty feet. deep. Unable to
reach the child, the mother sent for
help, and soon a crowd gathered.
A hook, fastened to a pole, was reach
ed down and finally caught in the
child's clothing. She was pulled half
way UP, when the light cloth tore and
she slipped slowly downward again.
All efforts failed to catch the chiId's
clothing again. She cried piteously to
be taken out, and her mother was
frantic.
Finally men started digging down in
the hope of getting the child out in
that way; but the child slipped down
ward two feet for every one that they
dug, and after three hours of agoniz-
ing suspense the cries of the little one
ceased. She had reached the water
and drowned.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
GEN. GROESBECK DIES
Soldier of Three Wars Is Victim
of Pneumonia.

ST. LOUIS, May S.-Brig. Gen. Ste
phen w. Groesbeck, U. S. A, retired,
died today Of pneumonia at the home
of his brother-in-law here, aged So.
The origin of an Illness of several
months was traced to exposure in Gu
ba during the Spanish American war.
Gen. Groesbeek served with distinc-
tion as Union volunteer in the Civil
war, and was prominent as a regular
army officer in Cuba and in the Philip
pine Islands during the Spanish Amer
lean war.
Gen. Groesbeck was born in Albany,
N. Y, in 1910, but early in life he
removed to Iowa, but when the Civil
war was begun he enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Second Iowa cavalry. He
rapidly rose in rank,
When the Spanish American war
was declared, Gen. Groesbeck was sta
toned at San Francisco as judge adj
vocate. He was ordered to Cuba and
was judge advocate there during the
Cuban campaign. Later he had the
same position at Governors Island,
N. Y.
In the Philippines he was also judge
retiring with the rank of lieutenant
colonel in July, 1902. He was then
stationed at Chicago as judge advocate
of the department of the lakes. Last
year he was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general and at his own re-
quest was retired.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
THE NEWS. iNDExED.

PAGE I.
StaIwarts to Bolt Ia FoIette.
Peruvian Legation Issues Statement.
PittsburG Has Carnival of Crime.
Roosevelt is Now King of the Canal
e PAGE III.
Dressmakers Plan National Union.
First Ward VIII Fight for Hioh School.
Nurses Refuse to Waltz With Insane
!. Patients.
ST. Paul Cathedral te Be Dismantled.
Suicide at ST. Anthony Park
More Exits for New Ball Park
PAGE III.
City Announcements.
PAGE w.
Editorial Comment.
PAGE ".
In the Sporting World
PAGE VI.
City Announcements.
PAGE VII.
City Announcements.
PAGE Win.
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE TX.
Financial and Commercial.
PAeE X.
Rev. S. G. Smith Talkschf CITY.
News Of the Northwest
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
MADISON, Wis, May Wisconsin
is likely to have two Republican state
conventions this year, one represent
ing the La Toilette wing of the party
and the other the defeated stalwart
clique, but both claiming to be the
regular Republican organization.
Chagrined at its Overwhelming pre-
convention defeat the stalwart wing
is not ready to give up the fight, but
has served notice on the regular Re
publicans that if La Toilette is renom-
mated for a third term it. will openly
bolt the convention and place in nom
ination ticket of it's own. And the
bolt is sure to come, for Gov. La Fol-
lette is to be renominated on the first
ballot, as he already has a majority of
the delegates elected pledged to his
support, and of the 1877 still to be
chosen the stalwarts concede that he
will elect at least $50.
The first intimation of the stalwarts'
determination to bolt the regular con-
vention was given in an editorial in
the Milwaukee Sentinel last Thurs
day. The Sentinel, which is the
mouth piece of the anti-La Toilette
faction, gave thirteen reasons why the
governor should not be renominated.
1t said that no self-respecting stalwart
could cast a ballot for La Toilette
after his action towards his oppo-
nents.
He has practiced corruption while
preaching REFORM" said the Sentinel,
'andis attempting to wreck the Repub-
ican party of this state as. train
rohber wrecks a train to plunder and
loot the dead and wounded"
The Sentinel in the same editorial
accused the governor of the creation of
gigantic political machine by the
employment of state game wardens
and oil inspectors paid with state
money. In conclusion, the editorial
fatty states that the stalwart Repub-
licans can not nor will not support
La Toilette for governor
Will Contest for Seats.
The day following the publication of
the editorial announcing the inten-
ton of the anti-La Toilette men to
bolt the convention, one of the stall
Wart leaders in Dane county, Harry
Morgan, served notice that he would
contest the seating of the thirty-seven
La Toilette delegates from that eoun-
ty, contending that they were elected
by Democratic votes The delega-
tions from Ashland, Eau Claire, Dodge
and OcOnto will also be contested by
the opposition to the governor.
But as the La Toilette men control
the state organization the protests of
the antis will be of small avail. The
La Toilette delegates will be seated,
while it is said that at least twenty
anti-administration delegates from
Milwaukee will be ousted from their
seats on the charge that they were il
legally elected.
Besides the nomination of a state
ticket the convention which will meet
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
CARNIVAL OF CRIME
VISITS PITTSBURG
Three Shooting Scrapes Result
in One Death and Two
Fatally Injured.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May S.-A mur-
der, two shootings with probable fatal
results and a suicide was Pittsburg's S
Sunday record.
Ivan Kruzer, his brother Jacob and
Mike Dillian, employees of the AM:
bridge plant of the American Bridge
company, were held up by three negro
highwaymen, and in the fight that fol-
lowed Ivan Kruzer was shot twice and
Dillian was beaten int insensfbility.
Kruzer died in the hospital shortly aft
er being taken there.
Later Charles Jackson, Walter Obey
and Charles Meyers, all of Allegheny,
were arrested and identified by Jacob
Kruzer and Dillian as the men who at
tackled them.
Two negroes, roommates, fought at
their boarding house today over a
woman, and the result was that Louis
Soloman received pistol wounds from
the effects of which he is dying this
evening. William D. Royster, the shoot
er, was arrested while trying to escape
on freight train.
During raid upon a speak easy
on the Allegheny wharf Lee Covert, a
young man, started to run up the bank
Officer Jacques Labelle fired one shot
into the air and in his. endeavor to
catch Covert fell, accidentally dis
charging his revolver. Covert was hit
by the bullet and is dying at the hos
pital tonight
John w. Hutchison, chief engineer
at the Heron hill reservoir, shot him.
self through the heart while temporar-
lily deranged. 8
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
CONGRESS MAKES
ROOSEVELT KING
President Is the Absolute Ruler
of the Panama Canal
Strip.
Globe Special Washington Service,

" 0StitttS wi SCtNiSOg
1417 G Street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May Skiing
of the Canal Strip" is the latest title
which congress has conferred upon
Theodore Roosevelt by it's legislation
passed at the session Just closed. The
law does not use these words, but the
effect of the little bill which was forced
through in the closing hours under
the whip of the Republican leaders is
just becoming fully apparent to the
public.
The cabinet held session last Fri
day and talked over the plans to be
carried out under this bill. Even cabi-
net officers were amazed at the unlimit-
ed power given to the president by its
terms.
The bill is scarcely 400 words in
length, and its purport and effect is to
turn over to President Roosevelt a strip
OF land ten miles in width on each side
OF the right of way of the canal, to be
governed in all respects-legislativ
executive and judiciary, by the presi-
dent. There are no limitations, no ex-
tensions of the provisions of the Ameri-
can constitution; nothing.
Roosevelt is more the autocrat of the
canal strip than the czar is of all the
Russias. He delegates what powers
he may desire to commission. and
what he does not delegate he retains.
In that part of the isthmus he has been
created king.
This law was substituted in place
OF longer measure with provisions
for constitutional projections for the
life and liberties of the people. 1t is
one of the usurpations of executive
power which the Democratic orators
will talk about on the stump a little
later. Waiter E. Clark.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-09
MICHIGAN VILLAGE is
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Seventeen Business Blocks and Ten
Dwellings Are Burned

UTICA, Mich. May S.-Seventeen
business houses and ten dwellings
We're destroyed in a IRE which wiped
out half of this village today.
Practically nothing could be done
in the way of fighting the fire until
the arrival of an engine and company
of fremen from Detroit. This village
has scarcely any fire fighting appa-
ratus.
The fire started in the barn of the
Exchange hotel The property loss is
estimated at 100000.
William Upton, capitalist, who is
one of the heaviest losers by the de-
struction of property fell from the
roof of building and at a late hour
tonight had not recovered consciousness.
He suffered severe and possibly fatal
injuries about the head.