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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
HORRORS OF THE CARBOLC ACID
HOLDUP OUTRAGFS IN CHICAGO

with the terrible pain of the victim
Is an easy prey.
Identification of the thug is
practically impossible after such
an onslaught, as even the memory
is paralyzed by the nervous shock.
The carbolic acid fiends have
sprung into existence within the
last few weeks and within that time
have piled their terrible work with
increasing frequency.
Miss Nellie Warnicke, who lives
in a fashionable boarding house at
$40 Dearborn street, is the latest
victim of the brutal acid holdup
men.
Miss Warnicke was at Superior
and Dearborn streets on her way
home and paused for a moment to
tie her shoe.
A thug stepped out of an alley
and thrust into her mouth a hand
kerchief soaked with carbolic acid.
She was dragged into an alley
where the robber searched her
clothing for money. cutting open
one of her stockings.
He was frightened away before
he reached the other stocking. in
which was a small sum of money
Pedestrians in the vicinity heard
the girls groans and came to her
aid. She was taken to Passavant
hospital. where it was found that
her mouth was not badly burned.
The carbolic acid evidently had
been diluted, as in previous SINH.
lar cases.
The handkerchief used for a gag
was a plain cambria one and bore
In one corner an almost illegible
mark looking like "T. Timn."
Miss Warnicke was slightly in,
1ured by the knife with which he
cut her dress and stocking.
Miss Warnicke says the attack
on her was so sudden that she did
not have time to scream.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 8

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3d.
"Our brother believes in every
thing but himself" says a Musco-
vite proverb, and the proverb truly
characterizes the general credulity
Of the Russian people. Judged by
his letters from the 'front.'. how
ever, the cars Tommy Atkins does
emphatically believe in himself,
but he honors the proverb in one
respect-he believes in everything
else.
Superstition runs like a black
pail over the Russian army. Al
most all Russian soldiers believe
in a destined Messiah who will
come in time to give them victory
over their enemies. Sometimes the
Messiah is semi-divine; sometimes
it Is merely resuscitated mortality.
Field Marshal Suvoroff, Catherine
lie great commander, has, accord
ing to the Russian press, been seen
repeatedly at Port Arthur. HE
rides a horse and points with his
sword threateningly towards Japan
Skobeleff, however, and not Suv-
oroff, is the military hero Of the
Russian Tommy Atkins. No Rus
sian soldier believes that he is
dead. The st. Petersburg Weldon
osti lately published an article up
on this tradition, in which Ivan
Ivanovitch was made to say that
"Skobeleff was imprisoned in a
tower by the English learning the
Japanese language. When he had
mastered war was to break out
with Japan and the White General
would summon his Plevna veterans
and drive the yellow faces into the
sea-"
Ever since the outbreak of the
war swindlers have been making
hay out of this legend. The st.
Petersburg Viedomosti of June 10
mentions that in Samara booksell-
ers have in their windows in big
letters "Skobeleff Alive" and un-
derneath in microscopic characters
lin the heart of the Russian peo-
pie" The soldiers of the garrison
seeing this Immediately buy the
cheap editions of Skobeleff's life,
which are placed on sale outside.
Similarly the garrison of Port
Arthur refuse to believe that Ad-
miral Makaroff is dead. The Novo-
ye Vremya lately quoted a soldier
letters to the effect that the Rus
sian naval hero was "at the bot
tom of the e living in a zem-
lianka (earthen house, among the
mermaids." Among the Kirghizes
a swindler actually described the
admiral's life and collected large
sums of money for his benefit.
Ivan lvanovitch believes in the
charms and lamentations against
the enemy's bullets. An ordinary
ikon, if blessed by an ecclesiastic
of not less rank than an archiman-
drite, is supposed 10 prevent mortal
wounds, and an ikon which has
been borne by a pilgrim to the holy
sepulcher in Jerusalem will pre-
vent injury of any sort.
Despite centuries of experience
of war against on-Christian races,
the more ignorant Russian sold
atiki" doubt the ability of the UNI
believers to harm them. 1--WE do
not exepct the war to last much
longer wrote a soldier named
Seledkin from Port Arthur, "as the
Japanese shells bought from Eng.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
70
ChiIdren'S Coats
$4.98 SATURDAY.
Values up to $9.75
&
All Colors. All Sizes.

, All Colors. All Sizes.
Materials of Melton, Cow
erts, Cheviot and Zibeline.
All this years style.
, Some are loose belted
back; box front; military
effect; cape trimmed with
velvet, straps, and brass
buttons; full sleeves.
Some are loose belted
back; box front, tourist eff
feet; collars and cuffs
trimmed in colored braids
full pouched sleeves; or
namented with fancy but
tons.
Others are short Jack
cts in Covert Cloth and
Cheviot; collarless; box
front and back; tailored
sleeve with satin cuffs,
colors in tan, blue and
mixture.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
World of Sport

Cans and Joe Walcott clash in a 70
round bout. The fight, under the
weight conditions. will not anect
Cans lightweight championship title
should he meet with defeat. but
should he be fortunate enough to
secure the decision over Walcott he
can rightfully claim the welterweight
championship.
The sporting fraternity, at first In
clined to look upon the match be-
tween the two colored boys with con-
siderable suspicion, is now manifest
ing keen interest in the fight and
unless there Is some evidence that
things are not on the level 1t is prob
able that there will be as much bet
ting on the result as at previous
fights here. There are several rea-
sons why the bout is attracting great
attention. In the first place both
| Cans and walcott are hard hitters
and clever fighters and as bad blood
is known to exist between the two
there is every reason why the ring
followers should look forward to a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
CURED OF ASTHMA
Astsr IS Years Of suffering.

1t will be gratifying to Asthmatic
readers to learn hat an absolute cure
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Schiffmann. That the remedy is ar
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who says: Your remedy (Schiff-
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ever used. l bought a package OF
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entirely cured me Of Asthma, and ]
have not had it since. I can now go
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before for 35 years and l thank you
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hope that you will publish this letter,
that others may learn of it's wonder
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Sold by all druggists at SOC and
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

land are nearly all used up, and the
'yasuitchniki' (heathen) have now
found that shells made by them
| selves cannot harm orthodox be
levers. . . . One of our men
named Andreiff was hit full in the
chest by a six-inch shell from the
battleship Alaski ca, and it re
bounded into the sea. He felt only
a slight push" This belief that q
mont Christian enemy is dangerous
only as long as he possess arms
forged by Christians, vas used by
Radetsky during the Russo-Turkish
war, in order to inspirit the men.
The advent of St. George Pobie.
%donosets, the victorious" or OF
st. Alexander Nevesky, who defeat.
ed the Swedes on the Neva in 1910.
is confidently expected. A few days
after the outbreak of the war the
"bloody hand" of st. George was
seen at Tomsk, and it was declared
by the peasant reservists that he
would arrive in Manchuria and
drive the Japanese into the sea
within three months. Unfortunate
ly for the devout, the three months
expired without the saints appear
ance.
Nearly all the Russian soldiers
believe that green is an unlucky
color; hence the saying, "Our vic
tories r won in snow and on
desert plains" Fighting in green
fields or among trees is unlucky.
The dark-kreen full-dress uniform
of the infantryman is regarded
with 80 much distrust that one
verse of a soldiers song runs as
follows:
Were I born east or south
A Cossack l had been,
Sword in hand, dagger in mouth.
Alas, from Novgorod am I,
And l must live and l must die
In a tunic colored green.
Apparently however, green from
the bones of saints" is the ex-
ception that proves the rule, for
the following amazing story ap-
peared in the Russian press early
in March:
"A number of reservists from
Perm on entraining at Tchelabinsk
for the far east were observed to
have in their possession small
bottles. Of the kind provided by
the state for vodka, filled with a
curious substance.
"a few days later some soldiers
were noticed dyed a deep olive
green and an inquiry was held.
Some OF the soldiers admitted that
before leaving the village a wise
woman named Leitkin had sold
them at a rOuble q bottle a holy
ointment. the chief ingredient of
which was marrow from the bones
Of saints buried at Soloviets mon
astery near Archangel.
"The ointment rendered anyone
smeared with it bullet-prooff, and
as the soldiers expected that the
Japanese might attack their train
at any moment they were prepar-
ing"
A belief Of the Kuban Cossacks
is that 1t is unlucky to clean arms
and accouterments before a fight.
Probably, however, this is only half
a superstition, as the CLINT of new
ly-polished arms is likely to at
tract the enemy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

When the handkerchief came In
contact with her lips, she felt all
the, horror of q person who has
taken poison, and then, she says
she lost consciousness.
The police are inclined to blame
the druggists for this latest phase
bof the carnival of crime 1t is
pointed out that carbolic acid, al
though a deadly poison, may be
procured freely at any apothecary
store in Chicago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
CoxDs.

Every part of the mucous men,
brane, the nose throat, ears, head
and lungs. ETC., are subjected to dis
ease and blight from neglected colds.
Billiards. Horehound Syrup is a pleas
ant and effective remedy. 25c. SOC,
$500. w. Akendrick, Valley Mills,
Tex, writes: II have used Billiards.
Horehound Syrup for coughs and
throat troubles. 1t is a pleas
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

aEht fast ana furious. Another rea-
son for the keen interest manifested
arises from the announcement Of the
San Francisco authorities that the go
tonight will be the last that will be
permitted to take place In this city
for some time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
GAMs-wALCoTT BOUT,

BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3O.-It Is
very seldom that lovers Of pugilism
have an opportunity to see two cham.
,gt9ns come together in the ring, bu,
that is what will be seer in Wood
wards pavilion tonight when Jot
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 30.-Sam
Langford, the Boston colored boxer,
who has won decisions over Joe Cans
and Joe Waicott. and Dave Holly, the
colored Philadelphia lightweight, are
to furnish the chief attraction at to-
nights show of the Eureka Athletic
club. They are scheduled for a IS
round bout at catch weights. Both
men are regarded as among the best
Of their class and as a consequence
their meeting is expected o result
in one Of the hardest battles seer
in this section for some time. The
two have been training faithfully for
some time and appear to be in fine
condition for the contest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. 29-There Is
no abatement in the terrorizing op'
erations inaugurated by highway
men and burglars a month ago
The newspapers are filled with re,
ports Of the acts of holdup thugs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

Thugs Burn Their Victims Into
Helplessness and Also Make
Identification Impossible - Re-
movaI Of Chief O'NeiIi is De-
manded-Police Helpless to Stop
the Terrorism of Thugs in the
Metropolis of the West.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

Have you q spare room in your
house? Rent 1t through a three-line
ad. in The Press.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

MISS NELLIE WARNICKE.
Latest victim of acid hold-up man.
and housebreakers, and the police
are apparently helpless.
The Chicago Journal is demand
ing the removal of Chief O'Niell
and the appointment of a real
policeman"
The use OF carbolic acid to rend-
or victims helpless is becoming an
effective weapon in the hands OF
highwaymen.
Blinded by the acid and frantic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
z DAYS
Recordbredking Sale
Saturday and Monday
At Jeannot Bros,

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20 cases Fresh Eggs, 2 doz.
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90 lbs. Best Potatoes, 25c.
7 lbs. Best Sweet Potatoes,
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l gallon Best Pickles, SOC.
Best 4Oc Bananas, 15c doz.
Best Cabbage, &c ID.
1000 pairs of new Hosiery,
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500 lbs. Picnic Hams at 71ac.
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500 lbs. fresh made Taffy at
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5 bbls. Cranberries, 2 OTIS for
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Best 75c Tea at 45c lb.
Fine Soc Coffee at 22c ID.
Fine 25c Coffee at lie ID.
Best SOC Tea at 29c ID.
10 good Sc Cigars for 25c.
Creme Cigars for 25c.
Hundreds of other items of i'm
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30
STRANGE SUPFRST1nONS OF IVAN, THE
SIMPLE MINDED SOLDIER OF RUSSIA

Believes That Famous Heroes Of Russian History Are Coming Back
to Help Him Win Victory From the Japanese-Is Quite SURE That
Bullets Made by Nonchrstians Will Have No Effect Against Him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

But then fall hasn't anything to do
with the price Of coal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-30

Office. 701 Riverside Avenue.
Phone Main 469.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

Kydd was ordered by the commission
ers to open up this road which he mad
closed, and instead asked for new
location along the section line which
has just been laid out.
The surveyor viii leave tomorrow to
inspect the timber for the Stanfield
bridge on Dry creek. As soon as he has
passed on this the construction OF
the structure will be rushed along.
Mr.. LOehr says that the grain out by
the Fish Hook bend is in fine condition
Some of it IS the best he has seen this
year: not all straw but with fine plump
heads 1t will run ahead of the grain
on the fiat this year from II to Is sacks
of 40 pounds each to an acre on an
average.
The first we'll to be sunk in this cOun-
try is being bored by J. w. Garfield. a
new conner. 1t is eight inches in dia-
meter but no water has been found yet
At Riverside the Acme Milling COM
pany is moving the merchandise store
down near their new mill. They
bought this store some time since.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
PULLMAN ON THANKSGIVING.
Whitman College and w. A. c. to Play
Football Here Then.

Whitman will meet the farmers from
Pullman instead Of the miners from
Moscow in the big Thanksgiving day
football game here this year. Manager
Sutherland had planned to play Mos
COW here then and meet Pullman ear
ler on her home ground but Manager
J. w. Galloway of Moscow wants to go
down into Oregon and play Q. A. c.
on Thanksgiving day so the change
has been made. The Whitman boys
will meet Moscow here early in No
vember The first game this year Will
be with the University of Washington
which will be at Seattle a week from
Saturday. A little later Whitman also
hopes to run down into Webfoot and
play the Oregon agricultural college
and perhaps the University of Oregon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Steam WauonS.

Great Britain is far behind France
and the United States in the matter of
automobiles, but she is making good
use of steam wagons. mainly for heavy
trucking. There is no saving in their
cost, as compared with that of trucks
and horses they supplantb but the ex-
pense of operation and maintenance is
one-half less. They are used by the
brewers, cOal-dealers, for watering
and sweeping the streets and so on,
and it is said that merchants are be-
ginning to regard them as the best and
cheapest vehicle for the transporta-
ton of heavy merchandise. There are
so many other forms of death on
wheels in the cities of the United
States, that perhaps they can get
along without the steam wagon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
HANDSOME GIFT.
Valuable Collection Of Eggs Presented
to Whitman College.

A large collection of bird eggs has
recently been placed in the biological
laboratory at Whitman college. 1t is
the gift of S. H. Lyman of Dayton ana
represents years of careful work in col
lecting. There are nearly 500 eggs.
The larger number of these are in sets.
In all 1871 species are represented.
Eggs Of all sizes and ColOrs are to be
seen i'm the collection from the tiny
eggs of the humming bird, about the
size of navy beans to the large eggs OF
The pelican and murre. Some of the
eggs have come from distant localities
as the names, SEQ :land. Iceland, Alas
ka. Labrador and Bahamas appear on
the data slips which accompany the
collection.
This is a valuable addition to the
growing museum at the college. The
eggs are now on exhibition in the Me-
mortal building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
bill" Guernsey Has An Odd
Mission.
TRAVELLING OVER The UNITED STATES
The Former Whitman College Student
Making Practical Study OF the
Social Question.

| William Guernsey, son OF +. W.
! Guernsey of Dayton, and former STU
! dent of Whitman college, passed
through Walla Walla yesterday after
noon from Dayton on his way to the
worlds fair at ST Louis. After he has
seen the sights at st. Louis he will go
to Mexico where he expects to remain
during the winter.
Young Guernsey is an interesting
character. He attended Whitman col
lege several years ago and while stu
dent there made an enviable record.
He was considered one of the brightest
young men attending the institution.
Besides being an exemplary student
he was extremely popular.
Upon leaving school Young Guernsey
became interested in social questions
concluding that too many evils exist
in the present system of society. To
investigate conditions in their lowest
forms and to procure data concerning
the question Young Guernsey decided
to follow apparently the life of the
tramp. Under this guise he has tray
eled throughout the Pacific coast
worked in the mines of British Column
bia, in the logging camps of Wash1ng-
ton, in the wheat fields of California,
in the silver mines of Mexico.
Wherever he has gone he has made
special studies of the inha bitants, their
modes of life and the particular fea
lures of the country.
When he believes he has secured suf-
ficient information concerning the
question in which his lifes purpose is
enveloped he says he will return home
and prepare an account of his personal
experiences with life in it's less attrac-
tive stage, with an explanatory pre-
face dealing with the causes of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
viii Hold Adjourned Session to Con
slider PaIouse Street improvement.

An adjourned session of the city
council viii be held tonight at 1870
o'clock. one of the most important
matters that viii come up for consid-
Grafton will be the complaint made by
the property owners on Palouse street
regarding the Improvement being car
Tied on that street by the city. The
street committee it is stated, inspected
the concrete work yesterday. What
was the result of the investigation will
not be known until the council meets
tonight. Members of the committee
refused to say anything about the sub
ject today
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
HEAVY RAIN STORM
Prevail all Over the Pacific
Coast.
LIGHTNING PLAYSHAVOC NEAR STOCKTON
Very Refreshing Downpour in WaIIa
WaIIa Last Night and This
Afternoon.
LIGHTNING PLAYSHAVOC NEAR STOCKTON

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22-One OF
the heaviest transforms this season OF
ern and a portion of the central part
of the state last night and this morn
ing. Half an inch is recorded in many
places north. Near Stockton the storm
is unusually severe, lightning playing
havoc with number of buildings par
fall as far south as Fresno. BY tomOr-
row the storm will have spread all
over the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Gentle Downpour in WaIla WaIIa.

The long continued dry spell was
broken last night by the fall of .O3 of
an inch of rain. According to all indi-
cations showers may be expected to-
night. The barometer is low and going
lower. The rain of last night, although
very slight, resulted in relieving the
smoky condition Of the atmosphere.
The fall rains usually start with light
showers and hardly ever with heavy
rain especially at this season. Usual
ly light showers start things and more
may be expected tonight.
One-twentieth of an inch of liquid
descended in the first Is minutes OF the
shower this afternoon with prospects
of a good stiff rain. Probabilities are
for frequent showers during the night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
BIDS WANTED.

The Walla Walla County Fair assO-
citation will receive bids up to Septem-
Der 80 for the following:
Bar privilege.
Fruit. candy, lemonade, popcorn, pea
nut, tobacco and cigar privilege.
Lunch counter privilege.
Hot hamburger and WeineWurst
privilege. r. b. CASWELL.
Secretary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
GOES TO ANN ARBOR.
WaIIe Merritt Will Take Course
Big College.

Walle Merritt, an old Whitman voy
passed through here today on his way
to Ann ArbOr, Mich, where he will
enter the University of Michigan. Mr..
Merritt was prominent in Y. NJ. G. A.
work, track work and the glee CLUB
during the two years ne was a student
at Whitman college.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

We'll" said the commander of the
Japanese force. Il can see your finish.
"Wrong'" gleefully cried the simple
minded Russian commander. mot one
of us is Finnish. We're all Siberian
COSSacks."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
COUNTY SURVEYOR BUSY.
Chanqina Roads and Inspecting
Bridges This Week.

County Surveyor Lewis w. LOenr is
one of the busiest of the cOunty's ser
wants this week. He returned yes
terday from the Eureka hat country
where he had been changing the loca-
ton of the John kydd road near the
Fish Hook bend of the Snake river.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

Merchant-DO you want me to put
some holes for ventilation in the
crown of this sOmbrero? IrksOme Ike
Nope; don't trouble yourself bout de
holes, Gully. When | get back ter
Graveyard Gulch de 5oyees will look
ter dat.