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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Snow Blockade in California.

SACRAMENTO Feb. 13.-The Cen
tr,l Pacific railroad is totally blocked
between this city and Iruckee' -
freight train is ditched at Ashburh'
hlockading the line at that po'n''
SrovSheds have caved in at several
noints All wires are down ana coih-
munication is entirely cut of. II Is
the most complete and disastrous
blockade in years. IT Is mpossio'0 ~
fell when traffic will be resumed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Preparing for Benevolent Assimilation

WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-Minister
Sanchez, of San Domingo called at the
state department this morning and
told Assistant Secretary Loomis that
JimineZ has issued distractions To the
rebels TO. Shoot 10 Kill. destroy all
property and lay waste the entire
country.
Directly after this interview a dis
patch from United States Minister
Powell was received saying:
i wish TO call attention to extreme
Vandalism by the INSURGENTS At
Late. all cattle belonging to Bartram
Bros. of New York We're Wantonly
slaughtered. The telephone line be-
tween here and Lafe. the property of
an American company, was totally de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
GRAINED A DIVORCE.
Matrimonial Bonds Of the Sayles Are
Dissolved.

Hy decree signed by Judge Brents
b. The superior court Della \. SaNleS
hos been granted a divorce from her
husband Willis G.. Sayies. She IS
,Naldrd the custody of Lelan My
~.yIes, i minor child. They were
Hr1,I 1T Enosburg. VT. september
II. l>7>. The grounds for the divorce
-..- an irritable disposition on the
r., If The defendant and an lndiftef-
t... I'D his conduct To- his family.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
NEW MACHINE ORDERED.
Fred Carts WIN Soon Have Improved
Excavator.

Fred Carts. the contractor. has re-
''uuy ordered from Chicago one Oh
Inc latest improved excaVatlnS ma
1neS. II can be used for eNcaNa'ihs
Glars and will also be available 1or
."ad work. 1t can either be operated
by steam or bv horses. Mr.. Carts eX-
pots the machine to be here IN lie"
dos
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

ty republicans which is to name dele
gates to the state convention. The sup
pOrters of Governor Yates are making
a vigorous campaign in his interest and
are working earnestly to carry the
county for him. while the opposition.
especially those who opposed his action
in the so-called Eldorado race war.
are leaving no stone unturned to Sc
cure his defeat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
captain BaIinger an Embezzier.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. ia war
rant charging George BalllnSer, doom
keeper for the California Art Glass co,
for embezZlement Was issued thlS
morning, but BalIlnger IS MISSING his
shortage may reach $4,000. BalllnseF
WAS captain of the First California
v,l,m,--rs in the Spanish American
N,lf.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Brief Local News

]. W. Lyle Of College Place, who
better.
The heirs Of Sinah MaSterSon. de-
ceased. have peritioned Judge Brents
to apDoint Max Eaumeister aS admin
iStrator Of the estate.
W. G. Griffith has opened his candy
store on Alder street. Mr.. Griffith re
ceived large amount of fixtures this
morning among them two elegant
showcases.
Operations We're commenced on the
excavation work for the four story
brick at the corner of first and Alder
this morning. Although the old build
ines are not as yet all moved J. Miller
he man who purchased them expects
to have them moved by the first of the
week.
!. monster meeting was held in Con-
nell today for the purpose of petition
ing congress to appropriate money for
the new irrigating scheme which the
people have been trying TO get. In
addition to the meeting at Cornell
several others will be held at differ
mt points.
Or. NJ. Stiles. county health phySc
ian. received a telephone message this
morning from Dr. j. V. Steele. who
acts as health officer in Waitsburg.
stating that a man. whose name was
not learned had broken into Il house
which was qJarantined for scarlet
ever. Dr.. stiles ordered the man
locked MP for the offense.
Jesse Fletcher. OF Dayton. who was
brought to st. Marys hospital yester-
| day for surgical treatment. died last
| night from appendicitis. Deceased
Was 80 years of age, and his Wife.
| three small children. one brother and
his mother survive him. The remains
| Wil be shipped to Dayton tomorrow
| where the funeral viii occur from the
| United Brethren church, Rev. r. W
Wilson officiating.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Philadelphia. Feb. 9. 1904.
James y. Bailey. Genl Agent,
4l2 California st.

James y. Bailey. Genl Agent,
AZ California st.
San Francisco.
Our probable loss III Baltimore fire
five hundred thousand dollars.
ms. co. OF NORTH AMERICA.
The above is copy of telegram re-
ceived from our head office in Phila
delphia: by reference to the company's
last annual statement. December 31st.
1908. you will note that the ''old re-
liable" is ''on deck as usual and fully
prepared for such emergencies. having
a net surplus of s2.452,4 40 available to
pay immediate losses. f. II. Nixon.
agent office. Room IS. P. .. block.
Walla Walla. Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Race Issue a Factor.

HARRISBURG. H., Feb. 13.-hepuo-
hcau politicians throughout the state
ile awaiting with interest the result
OF to5a,..s convention of Saline coun-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
PENNSYLVANIA Bank Fails.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb 13.-The
State bank closed its doors this morn
ing. 1t is a comparatively small con-
Germ.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Michael Davitt in America.

NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Michael
Davitt and family arrived today on
visit TO America.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Fire Burns Miners Shack.

FAIRMONT. w. Va. Feb 13.-Fire
this morning destroyed 50 miners
dwellings at CASTOR.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

Try Calumet Baking powder: tw"
cans for 25c at Muntinga's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

Try Muntnga's bulk pickles and
olives.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
Free Exhibition.

VTCC
l am exhibiting the BroSius No
Treadle sewing machine under the
opera house; will be there 18th and
ana post cordially invite the
ladies and others to call and inspect
I, the most wonderful sewing machine in
the world. Respectfully.
STEPHEN CARTER
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

Have you noticed the price OF pic
lures at LevyS Book store.
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Get your fish and oysters at the Wal
46O
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

The Electric Light bath cures pim-
pies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

Alfsl liza seed and seed rye at c.
Beck's grocery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

EVERY DISEASED PERSON SHOULD
L. know that they can not be carved into
health. II requires time and the most inttlli-
gent application of medicine to rebuild normal
tissues normally begotten.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13
BIG LAND DEAL.

Isabella Miller Purchased the Stone
Farm Today.
Mrs. Henrietta NJ. Stone has sold
her farm near NaitSburS TO Isabella
Miller. the price paid being $4,000.
The farm consists of 399s4 acres, and
is one of the finest wheat ranches IN
the Spring valley section.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

]. ". Cookery. licensed embalmer
and undertaken. Babcock block, w
First street. Tele. Main 379.
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CHICAGO Wheat and Corn.

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-Wheat so
96b.
Corn-54ss, S41s.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-13

Muntinsa tries To please YOU; give
him Il call.
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DR.. GLOVE
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WILLIAMS, 400 NJ; nhattan Ave-. New York.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

want. We put up at the best hotel
we know about, and we're that COM
Portable we naver think about home
until its time to go back and put the
place in shape, or until we get sick
and tired of horse shows and theaters
and automobiles and SIGH"
The clearinghouse keepers wife
who has not broadened herself by
contact with the outside world during
the winter is rare. Once in a while
however. she is met with. One such
is the helpmeet of a most prosperous
summer clearinghouse man in the
heart of the Catskills. Year after
the husband has tried to persuade her
to accompany him on some trip, but
without avail. once he proposed Ber-
muda. She seemed to acquiesce, but
the day before they were to start she
put her foot down fiat and refused to
go.
"Twon't be homelike down there"
she said. II won't have any open
fire where I can sit and do my knit
ting as in our little cottage over yon-
der" So the poor man had to take
the trip all alone. And he has been
going about the country unaccompan-
led for the last ten years.
This year. however, his wife has
promised him by all that's holy that
she will go to Palm Beach, and he is
planning to make it the occasion Of
their lives.
"By doggy" he said, as he was
telling about the prospective trip,
we're going down to New York first,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
THE THREE PEAS
BY CADDIE LEE, aged IL.
A FAIRY TALE
-cS-ISS~S-S1S-SScSSc~SC~CSc c|1

Once upon a time two little orphan
children started upon a short journey
through the woods. In those days
fairies were well known. These little
children lived with their aunt in a
small village called Oakville, because
it had so many oak trees. One of
these children was named Rosa and
the other Jack. Rosa was a beautiful
little girl with golden hair and blue
eyes, while Jack was a handsome boy,
with black hair and flashing black
eyes. Their aunt misused them great
ly. Poor little Rosa, only years old,
toiled all day long, running errands
or sweeping the kitchen. Nine-year-
old Jack had to cut wood or tend to
the hogs.
At the time our story begins they
were going to a neighboring village to
buy some groceries for their aunt.
Both were very sad. They had just
passed some houses where some chill
dren were playing. They seemed so
happy. Rosa and Jack sighed deeply
when they thought of their own mis-
cradle life. They were now on the
edge of the woods. Rosa said as they
entered the woods, Il wish some kind
We would be miserable no more" II
do, too" said Jack. They walked on,
Rosa stopping to pick a flower here
and there. Finally they looked up and
saw that they were lost. Lost in the
woods and night fast approaching!
What should they do? They tried to
find the path they had lost, but could
not find it. Rosa sat down and cried.
Even a hard bed up in a garnet where
h. &c IL fIav
to sleep all night in the woods where
bears are plentiful.
Just then an old woman came up
to them. Both children were startled
at her appearance. They had thought
they were alone in the woods. The
old woman asked them what was he
matter. When they told her that
they were lost she said, well. my
little dears, 1 live not far from here
and you can stay with me-"
So they went home with the old
woman. She had a broken down
shanty which she called home. 1t
had but two rooms and the cracks
were stuffed with rag to keep out the
wind and rain. Jack propped up the
fence and made the fire. Rosa cooked
supper and let the old woman rest.
While they were eating supper they
told her their sad story. She told
them to stay with her, and finally
they decided it was best. They stayed
with the old woman ten years. At the
end of that time, they each took sep
arate paths and went their way. Be
fore they went. the old woman gave
them each a small silver bag and told
them not to open them until they got
out of the woods. Rosa was just out
of the woods when she opened her
bag. It contained a note, a small
silver hammer and three white peas.
She was very much surprised when
she saw them. She then read the
note which explained all. 1t ran as
follows:
MY Dear Child: You have been
very faithful. Break a pea with the
silver hammer whenever you are i'm
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
The Swell Vacation of the
Sumner Boarding House Keeper
When his Guests Go Back to the City the Summer
Boarding House Keeper Goes to
Florida or Bermuda.
By GUY T. VISKNISKKI.

This is the time of year when the
summer clearinghouse keeper. his
hardest guests speeded cityward, be-
gins to take his vacation. 1t is no
measly two weeks rest. In the ma
jority of cases it stretches from the
last of September until it is time to
open up the boarding house once
more in order to welcome the citv
folk about the middle of the follow
ing June.
The millionaire himself has a no
more plutocratic vacation than does
your and my late host at Halls Cor
ner or Mountain View.
These thrifty men of the summer
resort regions can we'll afford to de-
vote months to pleasure-seeking. for
during the few weeks that they work
they literally coin money. The board
ing-house keeper who has accommo-
dationS for sixty boarders counts that
a bad season which does not net him
at least four thousand dollars. and
the man who takes care of a hundred
boarders generally finds when he
comes to balance his books that he
Aboo AiiS1OS GIL lllS way from SIX TO ten
thousand dollars.
The greater portion of all this
money is clear profit. The table is
supplied from the farm on which the
boarding house is located: the wife
does the cooking and works like a
slave from four in the morning till
ten at night the man arrogates unto
himself all other lines of work about
the house, except that of waiting on
the table and keeping the bedrooms
in order. If he is fortunate in having
a number of daughters, they do this
work; if not, one set of girls to do
both things are employed at a few
dollars a week. And here comes in
one of the biggest expenses of the
summer clearinghouse keeper.
1t takes no expert mathematician to
figure out where the gentleman under
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

in a months time you can forget
all about the existence of the peski-
est boarder you had all summer long?
That's the kind OF a vacation we fell
lows need, or we couldn't stand the
racket year after year"
But the summer boarding-house
keeper who gets his vacation in about
as extraordinary a manner as any of
his fellows Is that native of the foot
hills of the Green Mountains, who is
amateur theatrical manager and actor
and the country's sole source of amuse-
ment during the months it is shut off
from the rest of the world behind
great snowdrifts. This man. to Judge
by his actions. runs a hotel in summer
solely for the purpose that he may
be free the rest of the year to in
dulge his hobby to the fullest extent
He makes nothing out of the theatre
dramatic club takes in is not more
than one-fifth enough to buy the elab-
crate costumes and staging that al
ways mark the clubs presentations.
This deficit, it is generally known
throughout the neighborhood is made
up by the stage-struck boarding house
keeper.
Years of persistence in his his
trionic hobby have at least de-
NtlOpeu lIllS representative son OF
the soil into an actor of no mean
ability. He is particularly happy IN
the role of Farmer Larkin in the skit
called Farmer Larkin's Boarders. -
His stable boy gives him strong sup
port, and the leading lady is the
towns washerwoman and one of his
poor relations. The other members
of the cast, as in all the other plays,
are recruited from the townsmen,
who in some way or another cater to
the summer crowd and find their re-
Taxation in making believe in doublet
and hose and silks and satins.
There is no good reason for feeling
sorry for the summer boarding house
keeper when his guests leave. That
is the time when he is enjoying him-
self to his hearts content on your
hard-earned money and mine, the
while we are bending over our desks
through the winter months that we
may be able to replenish his purse.
depleted by pleasure, when next sum-
mer rolls around.
Copyright, 1904, by Guy T. Visk-
niSkki)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

ner, and, as ill-luck would have il 7
ndu run up against them in the last
place you would possibly expect to
meet soul to bring back thoughts
Oh business. They cast a damper over
our whole party, and we didn't get
over the effects of it for a week. Rut
you can bet your last cent that when
morning came we turned down the
invitation of those fellows to travel
WIN them and that day struck a hot
tralI IN the opposite direction. And
eni" '''''--A He'
Ihose clearinghouse keepers who
90 not frequent the winter resorts. or
ma thelr pleasure in a gun and rod
get their recreation either in a city
or by cutting big swath locally.
New York is the great attraction
Tor the upstate and down-east board
lhg-house keepers. They come early
ana stay late: and they do the town
from one end to the other. Many
native New Yorker has found, to
his surprise, that his summer landlord
really knows more about the metropo-
lis than he does. The real New York
er knows very little about the town
that he does not learn in a business
way, While the boarding-hous keep
ers spend weeks in burroWing into
: the big city's hooks and crannies and
thus gain varied knowledge of the
city that has caused more than one
New Yorker to exclaim in astonish-
ment; why, I didn't know that" or
That's new one on me; you really
nave to go away to learn about your
self, don't your"
The wives of the boarding house
keepers especially like the city AS
one of them told the writer this last
summer: Il jest dote on the city,
and city folks. I'm more than willin'
to cook all the summer long for seventy
odd boarders, because l know when
the last one leaves, John-he's my
husband-will shut up the house and
take me off to the city as quick as a
wink. And then don't l have a time
shopping! John hain't mean on spend
ing money. He let's me buy what I
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
6Idudid'S Landlord
BY KATE NJ. CLEARY.
Copyright, 1904, by Kate NJ. cleary
oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Observation-Disclosures

IT'S the very place" cried Claudia
delightedly.
She stood with closped hands, look
ing GENEROUSLY at the little green cot
tage. A dense growth of wistaria
draped the small porch. The diamond
and heart-shaped beds, filled to over
flowing with bonnie, old-fashioned
blooms, pansies, larkspur, verbenas and
sweet elyssum. were edged with sea-
shells.
Miss Chantrey appealed to a woman
jogging by to market.
Can you tell me anything about
this little house? If the inside is half
SO tempting as the garden, one WON
ders--"
She broke off interrogatively, open
ing her sunshade.
TITS all on account of the queer
landlord" the woman explained with
confidential nod. Hes not been in
the place since the last tenant left.
was not rented. He don't have much
to say to folks In these parts"
"Welli" commented Miss Chantrey.
She laid her hand on the quaint, rustic
gate, and looked again at the pretty
retreat that seemed to be beseeching
her to come and dwell therein. He
must be a very peculiar person, in
deed"
The farmers wife scrutinized the
exquisitely neat attire of the stranger.
Perhaps" she said deferentially,
he'd rent to you. He lives up in the
big house beyond. And he doesn't go
over to the city until 10 o'clock You'll
have time to Sc him yet, If you hurry"
THANK you. l shall look through
the house first. ! see the door is
ajar,"
She was disappointed to find the in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25

and Milly's going to spend about as
much as $4,000 for dress and such
things and then we'll head straight
for Palm Beach. And if you see any
one sweller than Milly and me down
there you can just bet your life ii
won't be Hiram Campbell and his wife.
Two farms up, who've got an idea
theyd like to winter down there too.
since they've found out from us that
IT'S the thing to do. Yes, yes!"
IL is not to be inferred that the
boarding house keeper who stays on
MS native heath during the winter
does so to save money. He is like
the rest of his fellows-thrifty to a
penny when the boarders are about.
and prodigal with the dollars when
ne and they have turned their backs
on each other. 1t is more the desire
TO get pleasure out of life than to lay
up stores that the moths may eat
away that turns many a farmer into
summer boarding house keeper.
These stay-at- homes gain their
pleasure in divers ways after they
have instructed the hired man about
harvesting the ice crop and other
winter duties. Some organize hunting
parties and tramp over the peaks of
their snow-covered mountains for days
AT time; this is particularly true of
the Catskills, where black bear and
fox still abound. Others drive about
the country visiting relatives and
friends, and vary the existence by
hytng trips to some nearby town or
city. Photography has more than one
enthusiastic devotee.
Well" sighed a White Mountain
man, you city folk will he going
away fore long now, and then I'll
have my good time. Here I've been
fussing around all summer helping
the camera fiends when I'm not want
ed at the house to get pictures and
to develop them. But, say, they don't
know anything about photography,
and they don't get one-half the pleas
ure out of it they might. Why when
the last one of them's gone, 1 get
out my hundred and fifty-dollar,
eight-by-ten and scoot out; and this
farm don't see me again until I've
photographed pretty much everything
that's worth photographing in this
or that part of the country round
about. Sell 'em? No, street Just take
EN- for pleasure; and do you know,
with a good camera in your hand,