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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
COMPULSORY VOTING.

Compulsory voting is proposed in a
bill before the New York Legislature
The measure, of course, is designed as
A remedy for the one condition ac-
contemporary American life-the apa-
thy existent among Il great number of
voters. If the bill We're law. the citi-
zen who as voter failed to fulfill his
duty to his state and city would be
criminally guilty along with the roughs
and political schemers who use re
peaters,' stuff ballot boxes or pad reg
istration lists.
The theory of such statute is per-
'""tly logical The voter of st. Louis
who thinks nothing of public affairs
u>. lives wrapped up entirely in his
I traitor to his country. But the en-
forcement of a law of the kind would
De impracticable. Sins of omission are
often as serious as sins of commission:
out the former are seldom of that def
mite character which permits an eX-
act statement of the offense and an
assessment of the penalty.
Still. the mere fact that a radical
remedy is being sought may be regard
ID as encouraging. 1t is one faint sign
that the trend of popular thought is
,oWard an increased zeal for the full
exercise of the voting franchise 1t is
one among the many indications that
influences are astir in the land calling
upon the people. especially in the
cities. to use the right which should be
their chiefest pride AS the result a
'apidly growing percentage of the hith-
ertO passive element is realizing that
elections have been dominated in many
Of the large communities by the most
disreputable of the electorate: and this
only because the bosses have been al
lowed to pack conventions, corrupt
the ballot and pursue their schemes
~. the negligence of the public at
afge. In an awakened public opinion.
in a popular demand to be heard in
primaries conventions and at elections
lies the effective solution of the prob
lem.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
SEVERE ESTIMATE OF HANNA.

But when we are asked to commend
the example of his political course
and methods, that is another matter,
says the Boston Herald. There is rea-
son to believe that he was deliberate
~ a corrupter of public morals in the
use he made of money and of public
victories. His first requirement in a
campaign was a vast fund of money
and his second was authority to distrib-
lite official rewards in case of success
Both these means of influencing voters
ne used lavishly, with no apparent re-
gard for the necessarily debasing in
1uence of such campaigning. Men
whom in his private business he would
surely have no commerce with he will
ingly employed AS political agents and
foisted upon the government as pen
siOners of the treasury, although their
holding office was scandal and deg
radiation of the honor of the nation. He
cared not for this. provided they had
delivered the votes for which they
had received such payment.
These are things which may not
wisely be buried in undiscriminating
eulogy. now that he is no more. To
condone them is to praise them. or at
least, to make them appear unimport-
ant and innocuous. The evil that men
do mbre certainly lives after them if it
is accounted good and inferred with
their bones. When a public man dies
and so becomes for the moment more
to exalt his virtues for imitation and
to name his errors for warning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
NO BLUE LAWS WANTED.

There IS no state law against Sunday
theatrical performances not of an i'm
moral character and the city council
would be going beyond its limit in
passing an ordinance closing theaters
on Sunday. Many laboring men can
the week and they have just as much
right to attend a theater on Sunday as
any other person has to attend church.
The fourth year of the twentieth CEN
fury is rather late in the day for Walla
Walla to begin passing blue laws of
phara Saical brand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25

The manager of the Star theater an
nounces that this playhouse is to be
made safe in case of fire by building Il
stairway III the rear and by providing
fire escapes at the seven windows in
the rear of the building. The change is
To be made Immediately. AS this the
alter is being literally patronized by
the public. the announcement of the
improvements made for the protection.
of patrons will be pleasing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
WEATHER..

Tonight fair, Friday increasin:
cloudiness with light rain or snow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
AT THE HOTELS.
At the Dacres.

II. r. Halle. PomerOy.
]. c. Minninger, Portland.
George E. MaSser, Spokane.
S. E. Carr. Chicago.
Geo. T. Coyne, Portland.
C. w. Henderson, Seattle.
Geo. f. Marvin and wife, Shanks
C. A. Clark. Aberdeen.
Leopold Pam. Chicago.
w. S. Paige. Portland.
w. o. Duvall. Lincoln. Neb.
H. H. Cramps. Minneapolis.
c. n. Miller and wife, Seattle.
Jno. y. Kleff. New York.
Dean Hamilton, Weston.
Meyer Abraham. Spokane.
S. Nj. Woods. New York.
Leo II. Leach. MarshalltOwn.
Robert Leach, do
Martin Leach, do
NJ. S. $. Russell and wife, POmerOy.
At the State.
L. A. Burleigh, Portland.
Winnie NOrikan.
c. H. Lippit and wife, Dayton.
w. l.. Shaw, city.
d. Drain, do
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
Jerome to Talk at Princeton.

PRINCETON. n. j., Feb. 25.-Dis-
trict Attorney William 7. jerome. of
New York city. came to Princeton to-
day to deliver the first Trask lecture in
Alexander Hall. These lectures are
given annually at Princeton university.
by Spencer Trask of New York for
this purpose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
French Attach Sails.

NEW YORK, Eel 25.-Vicomte
Charles de Chambrull, attache of the
French embassy at Washington was
among the passengers sailing on the
Touraine today for Euope. He has
been granted six months leave of alb
sence by his gOvernmentand will spend
the time in Europe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25
ALEXIEFF RETREATS.

Viceroy Alexieff has removed his
headquarters and has established his
base at Hardin, we'll into the northern
interior of Manchuria, 900 miles from
Port Arthur.
This means that Port Arthur and
VladivOstOk will continue as the mere
bases for the fleets, isolated for:resses
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25

The presumption is that County At
torney Wilson will stand pat on his
opinion that the resignation of a public
official cannot be Withdrawn. If he
is right there is now a vacancy in the
board of county commissioners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-25

p. s. Clark, F'ruitvlle, Or.
s. S. Russell, cit.
w. G.. Grier and wife, Elberton.
A. S. NARROW, city.
At the Place.
f.. C. Burlingame, city.
f. Timmerman, do
G.. A. Sanders, do
c. f. Smith, do
f. j. Hauer, POrtlan.
Perren Dunn, San Francisco.
c. S. Nelson. Portland.
w. P. Read. Council
Geo. Reynolds, do
Q. 3. Reynolds, do
J. Alexander, Everett.
A. HOlbrOok, do
Frank Ryder, city.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
HE SANG "GAuDEAMUs."
A Tramp,s Passport Into a Company

A Tranp's Passport Into a Company of
College Men in the Country.
New York Sun: You know the old
Latin college song, 'Gaudeamus Ig.tur'?'
said the recent graduate. well. l sup
pose that 1t comes pretty near being a
grip and pass word with university men
the world over. Something that happened
this month made me understand how it
stands for college man wherever you
hear 1t.
I was on my vacation up in New Hamp-
shire. Tramping through a little noun
tain town, happened to meet three or
four men of my own fraternity. stopped
with them that night, and in the evening
we went to roadhouse on the outskirts
of town for little saengerfest.
"Of course, before we finished we sang
'Gaudeamus'-you know it-Let us re-
joice, there FORE while we are young
When we came tosthe last stanza voice
joined IN from the doorway.
1--WE turned around There stood an old,
dilapidated tramp. He came over to US
without any hesitation and said, in fine
German accent:
verever you see university man you
hear "Gaudeamus Igitur." Heidelberg.
'73. Shake
HE was Heidelberg man, too, sup
pose-a degenerated gentleman, for he
showed that he was we'll educated man
He got all the beer he wanted of us
that night and the price of beer besides
which shows that a college education
sometimes pays" S.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
Cured Her rheumatism.

Deep Valley, Pa. Oct. 31.-(Special)
There is deep interest in Green coun-,
ty over the cure of the little daughter
of |. n. Whipkey Of Rheumatism. She
was great sufferer for five or six
years and nothing seemed to do her
any good till she tried Dodd's Kidney
Pills. She began to improve almost at
once and now she is cured and can run
and play as other children do. Mr.
Whipkey says:
Il am indeed thankful for what
Dodds Kidney Pills have done for
my daughter; they saved her from be-
ing a cripple perhaps for life"
Dodds Kidney Pills have proved
that rheumatism is one of the results
OF diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. If
the Kidneys are right there can be NO
URIC Acid in the blood and consequent
~ no Rheumatism. Doads Kidney
Illls make the Kidneys right.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
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The Russian Wolfhound

Country Life in America: Beyond any
question the ariStocrat of the canine fam
lily is the Russian wofhound, otherwise
the borzo or barzo, which is the Russian
name for coursing dog. There is a re-
fined elegance coupled with the indications
of speed and strength about the Russian
wolfhound which no other breed possesses
In western Europe he is merely the Or
namental companioh that he is in eastern
America In the coyote section of our con-:
tinent he can be made as useful as he is in
Russia, and to assist in clearing off that
scourge of the cattle ranches. When the
borzoi was first brought to this country
he was hailed as a natural-born wolf de-
stroyer, and we started business under
the impression that all one had to do was
to let borzio see coyote and the latter's
death warrant was as good as executed.
The result was natural failure. because,
like a bird dog, the wolfhound must be
trained to the work. American purchasers
have no occasion to worry about that,
however, for as the dogs high courage is
the result of education and encourage
ment, without 1t they are docile and obel
dent and fit companions for the ladies of
the house. a role which which they arc
pre-eminently fitted to fill by reason of
their handsome and unique appearance.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
BY PROXY.
What the Baby Needed.


I suffered from nervousness and
headache until one day about year
ago 1t suddenly occurred to me what
great coffee drinker l was and I
thought may be this might have some
thing to do with my trouble, SO shift
ed to tea foresttssgRtles but was not bet
ter, tt~auKsps 2orse.
At thaf me pal had baby four
months oldS we had to feed on the
bottle. until IAN old lady friend told
me to try Postum Food Coffee. Three
months ago l commenced using Pos
!tum, leaving off the tea and coffee.
and not only have my headaches and
nervous troubles entirely disappeared,
but since then have been giving plen-
'ty OF nurse for my baby and have a
large, healthy child now.
II have no desire to drink anything
but Postum and know it has benefited
my children, and hope all who have
children will try Postum and find out
for themselves what really wolder-
full food drink it Is" Name gi---l by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Both tea and coffee contain quaint.
ties Of poisonous drug called CAT
sTaIns that -drruJufiY antsGsGl.ss . the heart,
kidneys, stomach and nerves. Postum
is made from cereals only, scientific
ally blended to get the coffee flavor.
Ten days trial of Postum in place OF
tea or coffee will show health secret
worth more than a gold mine. There's
"a reason.
Get the book, "The Road to Well.
ville," in each pkg.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
No Danger in Grape Seeds.


There is a popular and false notion that
appendicitis is caused by grape seed, an
orange seed or some other foreign SUBJ
stance getting into the vermiforn: appen-
dix. The true cause is the setting up of IN
fammation and consequent gangrene in
the tissue of the appendix usually due to
insufficient circulation of blood In the par,
itself. In thousands of operations which
have taken pace-many in time to save
the life of the patient, and many too late
there is not an authenticated case of for
e!gn substance, such as a seed, being
found in the appendix. This VIII be moro
fully realized when one has in mind tina,
1.-THE interior of the appendix IS only big
enough to admit a medium sized darnlna
needle. Its great liability to disease is due
entirely to its low order of vital resistance.
That is, it is an organ which appears to
have no actual use in the present ma
chinery of man, but in the earlier stages
of mans development it is believed to
have been a large pouch that played an
important part in the digestive operations
of the human system. BY ages of disuse
it has gradually sunk to its present d.men-
sions, and is known to science YES
legal organ, one which Is only a remnant
of its former self. and possessing but q
vestige of it's original functions.
This becomes clear If some other parts OF
the body which now seem to have no use
are considered. The tonsi.s are in this
class, and also the wisdom teeth, and both
are peculiarly subject to disease.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
Thirty Dead Bills.

Rural Free Delivery News: During the
session of congress last winter some thirty,
bills We're introduced in the house of repre-,
sentatives calculated to improve the pre-
valing condition of rural carriers. These
bills were quite similar in character and
provided for an increase in pay, and many.
of them for fifteen days vacation annu-:
ally, with pay.
Following the usual course in such cases, |
these bills, as fast as introduced, We're,
referred to the committee on postofficesI
and postroads.
Jesse Overstreet was chairman of this
committee.
Not one Of the thirty or more rural car
rier bills ever came out of the committee.
They are still there-and very still.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
The czar,s CONCESSIONS to The Jews

The Cars Concessions to the Jews.
Chicago Record-Herald A few weeks
ago an imperial ukase was issued in Rus
STA protesting to give material concessions
to the Jews by modifying the restrictions
as TO residence under which the race is
compelled to live. The provisions of the
ukase were many and complicated, ana it
was difficult at first sight to tell what
their exact effect would be. 1t now APP
pears, however. that the more they are
studied the less important they prove
to be.
OF two kinds-the first permitting certain
classes OF Jews TO live in the rural dis
trictS within the pale, outside the cities
and towns TO which they were previously
confined, and the second giving to certain
merchants and soldiers the privilege of
living In other parts of the empire than
the pale.
Under the first heading-the Jews now
permitted to occupy residences in the rural
districts of the pae-there are included
merchants of the first guild, artisans actu-
ally employed at their trades, discharged
soldiers and Jews who have received the
higher education. Taken altogether the
Jewish Chronicle tells us. these catcgories
include but an insignificant portion of the
and at that only such Jews as are least
apt to desire to live in the rural districts.
This concession, therefore, comes to MOTH
ing
AS to the second heading, the right
to live outside the pale. the number of
merchants heretofore excluded who are
now to receive it is small, and the only
soldiers to receive it are those who win a
good record either for valor or discipline
il the war in the far east. The Russian
law journal, the Pravo, declares this con-
cesson to the soldiers to be of doubtful
value, inasmuch as it depends entirely on
the caprice Of the officers whether ind-
Vdual soldiers will be given the necessary
approval or not.
None of these privileges go to any Jews
who have ever been involved In Judi
cial investigation"-wh means to any
who have ever been under suspicion of
political disafection, even though the sus-
picion were unfounded. Moreover, most
Of the old harassing regulations still exist,
permitting continual tyranny by petty adj
ministrative officials on the Jews who
take advantage of their alleged wider priv
ileges.
The ear is hardly on the way to reap
any great credit OF reputation for this
latest ukase.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
WANT TO LIVE TO BE 100 I?
If So You Would Do Well to Go to
Arizona or New Mexico

If So You Would Do Well to Go to
Arizona or New Mexico.
! New York Sun: The pitiless logic Of
percentages, as supplied to vital statis-
tics, falls short of accounting for one
fact in the census reports-the longev-
lily Of residents Of the few remaining
territories of the country.
| OF 100000 persons in the population
| of the average American community,
taking the whole country through, there
! is just one which reaches or exceeds
the age Of one hundred. AS the census
computers prosaically express it, 49,
1888 die before that time" One in 1O0,-
1000 is, therefore, the percentage of CEN
'tenarians In the United States, but in
Arizona it Is 10-ten times as high as
lin the rest of the country; and in
New Mexico it is 9--nine times as high
as in other portions Of the United
.nesota, Utah. Wyoming and Idaho
have no centenarians. Some states
Florida, California, New Hampshire,
South Carolina and Vermont-havc a
high rate Of cen'tenarians-three times
as large as the average in the other
Arizona and New Mexico
There are few centenarians in New
England, but the number of persons
between the ages Of seventy-five and
lone hundred there, are more than in
ANY other section of the United States,
and the two New England states which
,are most noted on account of their
great number of old inhabitants are
Vermont and Maine. Massachusetts
has considerable number, but the peo-
pie of Massachusetts are generally of
"a more progressive character than
those of the farming districts of YER
mont and Maine, and urban life is not
generally conducive to longevity
! The large number of centenarians in
the territories is to be ascribed probab-
,ly to favorable climatic conditions, for
both Arizona and New Mexico enjoy
celebrity as beneficial in pulmonary
AILMENTS. The question of territorial
organization has probably nothing to
do with it.
The capital invested in the mineral
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
A Long War.

Minneapolis Journal: Russia means
to fight to the end. The definite an
nouncement Of the formation of Sec
ond Manchurian army with General
Grippenberg at it's head means that the
colossal empire has made up it's mind
to fight this war out to the end. If
it is possible for Russia to defeat ia
pan, the thing will be done. If it takes
the last rouble and the last conscript.
We shall now hear no more of this
talk about Russia accepting defeat and
making peace before the war is a year
old. 1t is more likely that this great
conflict will approximate the length OF
our civil war.
In the short wars Of recent years the
actual conflict has been on the territory
of one nation or the other. Strictly
speaking, this war is not being fought
in the territory of either COMPLAINT
This would be true in military sense
even if Russia's title to Manchuria
were beyond question. The men and
money for the war come from Russia
proper 5000 miles from the scene Of
conflict The war may go on for years
without the average Russian knowing
much more of it's existence from actual
contact with the horrors and destruc-
ton of war than the average American
No wheat fields are being trampled
down, no great cities are besieged, no
vital railroad system is destroyed, the
enemy gets no grip on the heart of the
nation. The relation of Japan to the
actual theater Of the war is much the
same. There is only the remotest pos
sibility that the war will ever come in
grim actually to the shores Of Nippon.
This, then, is not a war that can be
terminated by some single blow SO deci-
sive that the defeat Is as plain to the de-
feated as a victory is to the victorious.
. lott Of no ho 70 to
vital spot to the antagonist. The issue
Of such a war becomes Il question of
resources in men and money more than
any other war ever fought Ii will
probably be fought, barring the armed
Intervention of other nations, or in
ternal dissensions in Russia, until one
or both Of the combatants is COM
pletely exhausted
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-04
The Mothers of the Tenements.

Myra Kelly in "A Passport to Paradise'f
in November McClure's: well. them"
began Miss Bailey, the teacher. struggling
may tell your mother now that l want tol
see her. Ask her TO come TO the schooll
tomorrow morning.
Teacher, sne couldn't. She amt got
time. Und she don't know where is the
school, neither.
That's nonsense. You live only two
blocks away. She sees it every time she
passes the corner"
She don't never pass no corner. She
don't never come on the street My mann
ma amt got time. She sews."
But she can't sew always. She goes out,
doesn't she, to do shopping and to see
her friends?"
''She amt got friends. She amt got
time. She should have en-. She sews ALI
times. Sooner l lays me und the babies
on the bed by night my mamma sGwS
Und sooner l stands up in mornings my
mamma sews. All, all, all times. she
SewS."
And where is your father? Doesn't he
help?"
Teacher he's on the country. He is
peddler mans He walk und lie walk und
he walk nit all things what is stylish in a
box. On'y nobody wants they should
buy something's from off my papa No
ma am, Miss Bailey, that amt how they
makes nit my poor papa They goes und
makes dogs should bite him on the legs
That's how he tells in a letter what he
writes on my mamma. Comes no money
in the letter und me und my mamma We
got it pretty hard. We got three babies