The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-09

cult sosmake he NV xSfk 4 49,
lature do anything, Il tn, desire ~
certaip action i backed ! up, WITH o.
well Allied pure, The gqmblera 49,:
are interested inrthis matter. ssssm d
be weif aware Of the propensity q o.
legislatqrs and were not slow IN avall.
Ing thpselves Of it. It IL quite, opanly,
charged. that . purse Of about saAs
hundred thousand dollars WAS maAe -
between them, to which, possibly. ~.
certain sporty sprig Of New York azis-
,tocracy may have contributed .Aia .
share and that = representative Of H..
sknignts Of the green cloth was a.
patched mot to Albany. howevsr-
that would have been to conspicuous,
He was sent, to Troy and the lsgish-,
tors were given hint Of his presenea 4
in that town. What happened waas
that irregular procession yof assPmhlYSx
men migratsd to Troy ana back asf IN
for the sole purpose Of having brief
but remunerative interview with the
aforesaid representative Of the aport-
ing fraternity. It II believed that sfore-
said representatives will not have any
considerable part Of the hundred thou
sand dollars left when he returns. TO-
Manhattan. The district attorney 3
seems to have an inklins Of the, THINGS ,
that happened in Troy and has prae-'
ticAlly given up all hope Of seeing
his bill passed.
Here is chance for Ben Alkiba to
prove the correctness of his theory
The preliminary steps have been taken
recently. for organizing an enterprise
which is without parallel in the history
Of things mundane. The plan il. to
publish daily papers on board Of the
great transatlantic steamers. It II
true. papers Of a more or less humorous
character have often been published
on board of those liners, but never reg
ular newspapers, containing the latest
Geographic news from day to day.
According to the plan Of the promoters
printing plants, presses, editorial
rooms, ETC., in fact everything neces-
sary for getting out a modern news
paper. shall be installed on every liner.
Every day they are to receive the
most important telegraphic news by
wireless telegraphy. during the first
three days after sailing from New York
and during the rest Of the voyage from
London. q The plan is decidedly orig
inal and 1t is to be hoped that It viii
be carried out successfully.
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( The refusal Of Secretary Taft to re-
open the hearing in the matter Of the
request Of the city of New York for
permission to extend the North River
piers sufficiently to accommodate the
largest liners, Is a severe blow to the
shipping interests Of the city. It Sim
ply, means. that owing to a lack Of
sufficient accommodations the transat-
lantic steamship companies win ba
compelled to find more suitable dock
age. somewhere else. An effort will
be made to find some other way but Of
the difficulty. ---- ---e ' s-.---'-.a--
John Alexander Dowie, who calla
himself Elijah III. has evidently not
given up all hope of being able to con-
vert New York. His Representatives.
haunt the various elevated railroads
and distribute tracts among the paa..
senEers. Every night the car clAAn-
ers find large number Of these tracts
under the seats. fat
Immigration promises to break an
previous records this year. During
the past week over twenty-four thou-
sand emigrants, from various European
countries arrived in this city and thu
steamer lines report an unusually
Disk demand Tor steerage accommo-
dations for many weeks ahead. The
Of Russian Jews, who have ar
rived here during the past two OF
three weeks was enormous. It is stat
ed that the increase in their emigra-
ton from Russia Is partly due to the
partly to the anxiety Of
the Jews to escape military service
In spite Of reports to the contrary
the patriotism Of the Russian Jews