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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19
DESIRE kXTENSiOH

The ordinance for the purpose o.
extending the franchise OF the Hal
lard Electric eompAny. brought be-
fore the council some tifur aFo. vas
taken up Ia the council a. com
mittee of the whole last might. The
com pauY promises 20 pat exisn-
Hious 70 any part Of the city ans
time the city sees III. II the council
VIII grant the franchise The city
engineer has been ordered 70 IN
Nesiisate how many Improvements
and extensions are needed and IT,
port O. the committee next Friday
night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19
Helpless Mother Sees
Child Burned to Death
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT OCCURS BESIDE THE SICK
BED OF UNFORTUNATE WoMAN-CHuDREN
WERE PLAYING WITH MATCHES

ran 10 the bedside Of his helpless
mother and she WAS Obliged Co tic
there and sec her little one Heuryhed
and aingca by the burning clothing,
with NO one GO give assistance.
The baby died az her side shortly
after reaching her Screaming with
pain the little fellow Inhaled the
flames Tho other children are all
young and do not even know the
danger OF playing with matches.
The mother. who has been on "a sick
bed FOR weeks. was severely burned
about the arms. Al noon today she
was 50 weak she was not able 60
speak above whisper and her life
b. now despaired OF.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

AN APPROPRIATION Of 81 600
tor the erection OF an armofy IN the
city uf Spokane has been received
by Ait Gen. lameH A. Drain from
the county commissioners ThlH Will
be added 60 the $1,000 that the
state appropriated FOR the nume pun.
pose
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

After n lingering illness Grace ia
euli Anderson died Of consumption
Friday afternoon az 2:s0. at her
home. Fourth avenue and Post
street The funeral viii be held from
the swedish Mission church tomor-
row afternoon az zs90 Miss Ander-
son was "a years old and was the
daughter OF Hrs. ]. Anderson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

was convicted Of assault with in.
tent 20 kin Thomas Turubow. By
shooting him. on the streets OF Gar
field. August Q. Brown save that be
viii never see the inside Of the pen
itentlary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19
LITTLE TALES
TERSELY TOLD

HoATsWAIN OF the British ship
Mooltan was set upon by thugs at
Tacoma Thursday night and nearly
killed, as he was returning 10 the
ship about midnight lie lay on the
pier all night When taken 90 the
hospital II was found that the lower
part OF his body was paralyEcd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

4 Christian science series viii be
given hereafter at II o'clock Sunday
morning and 8 o'clock "wednesday
evening az oeruer Of Second avenue
and Times street
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

The franchise for the lighting Of
the city ~ Ballard with electric
lights. wanted BY Louis V. Brewer.
vas brought before the committee
last night Brewer has been asked
to appear before the committee next
Friday night.
There viii b. n lecture on Chris
tiau Science BY niekneu Young. G.
S. ~. Of Chicago. III. next TUESDAY
evening az 5 o'clock ct sypher =
hail Mr. Young is member 81 tho
chip Of the First church % Christ.
Scientist. Ia Boston. Mass.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

Lona Flannel Night Robes
az 800 each Of 4. n. Brooks q CO =.
1891 "a Ave. go
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

J.E BROWN attempted TO com
init suicide In the Tennessee lodg
ing house AZ Everett. by stabblng
himself Thursday night Brown
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

THE COMMERCIAL CLUB Of
Sedru- Woollcy has secured several
much needed enterprises for The
town OF Sedro- Woolley Plans we're
made At their last meeting whereby
a creamery Is 10 be established. IL
will be run hy local parties on the
cooperative plan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19
FRANCHISE GRANTED

The franchise OF The Seattle a
Montana Railroad to lay more tracks
on Shilabois avenue una passed last
night BY the committee after few
changes we're made. The company
must zee % the plankine Of the ave-
nue. az once. also any streets that
The railroad eumpany should use
fef the purpose Of aide tracks Or
switches. and that they viii put uu
new depot and freight shed. n
these changes are satisfactory 10
The railroad company they may 20
ahead and iaY their new tracks. A.
the company r. very anxious that q
new trace be Laid in the city limits
of Ballard. they probably viii not
hesitate 20 accept these few changes
made IA the franchise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

JUSTICE NICHOLS OF North
Yakima yesterday afternoon held
Willard Boyd. the alleged slayer Of
the infant child OF Blanche Me
Callum and himself. for trial In the
superior court on the charge OF
murder in the first degree.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19
| HOBBLED ABOUT ON CRUT(

a a ,1s sa a Sops a sS5 OPERATION THIS would not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

JUDGE NETERER % the super
Tor court At Bellingham yesterday
set November % as the date 20 hear
the arguments for the application
Tor an Injunction against the fish
traps controlled By the Pacific
American Fisheries company. which
the small packers are fighting as a
trust.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-19

MI Wilson Haloy proprietor 0f "HaoyH storey JetIcrf
the following OF his experience More than thirty years
HORSE FALLING UPON ME and nluring left Lex severely
above the which finally broke forming great that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-23

many days in the hottest weather."
are some of the seductive claims put
forth by these circulars. 1t is well
known that within the last ten years
it has come to pass that most local
butchers who formerly bought their
cattle from neighboring farmers and
killed and prepared their wv meats.
now buy their supplies from the
largest packing houses located in
Chicago, Kansas City and elsewhere.
The Interstate traffic in "fresh
meats" is in effect the creation of
the last ten or twelve years. The
traffic is, to a large extent, based
upon the extensive use of p%reserva-
tives, of which borax is the least OBJ
jectionable. Meat killed in Chicago,
before it reaches the local dealer in
North Carolina, travels many hun
dreds of miles in freight cars which
take many days in the journey. The
meat itself is, in most cases, re-
handled and trans-shipped one or
more times en- route.
Meat once frozen is well known
to decay very quickly after it Is
thawed out. Without the general en-
ployment of preservatives the losses
in handling Chicago meats would, in
most North Carolina towns, make
this business Improbable.
By means of the secret and fire.
uuently denied use of chemicals to
preserve meats sold to distant con
sumers as "fresh," the Chicago pack
ers have been able to practically de-
stroy the local markets for farm
grown beef. While the farmer is
robbed of his local market and the
consumer poisoned. the general pub
lie receives no advantage, for the
prices of meats are now even higher
than when local meats alone were
found upon the tables of butchers.
There seems no necessary reason
why the public should be victimized
in this matter. If peonle will refuse
to buy chemically preserved meat.
and require their butchers to war
rant their fresh meats to be wholly
free from every kind of preventative,
we will soon see local slaughter
houses in action once ore There
are laws upon the statute books
against fraud, against obtaining
money under false p~retences, and
against secret dealing in poisons.
The fning of a few meat dealers
would have a salutary effect, and
probably put a stop to the wholesale
poisoning of people, who, in good
faith, pay honest money for secretly
boraxed meats.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
Biologist, North Carolina Depart
mont Of Apricnltnre.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-08-23
Poisonous Food Preservativt
Editors Progressive Farmer:

States Department of Agriculture,
dealing with the effect upon the
health of some of the p~reservatives
now so extensively used in preserving
"fresh" meats and other foods.
DIR. Wiley used for his experiment
a class of twelve young men selected
from among the employees of the De-
partment. These were all picked
men in perfect health, and of unus-
ually regular habits. While under
experimental supervision they were
probably not Over-burdened with
work nor were they exposed to the
nerve-wearing responsibilities which
often fall to the lot of ordinary
work-day people. The young men
were boarded for a period of seven
months at the government cost, and
except as to the preservatives were
fed regardless of expense. They en-
joyed the fat of the land.
The following is the general con
illusions reached by the government
experts:
Boric acid or its equivalent in
borax to the amount of four or five
grams per day continued for some
time resulted in loss of appetite and
inability to perform work of any
kind. The administration of three
grams per day produced the same
symptoms in many cases. In many
cases the same results followed the
administration of borax to the extent
of two grams per day, and even of
one gram" CA gram is the one-thh-
tieth part of an ounce.)
"On the Whole the results show
that one-half gram of borax per day
was too much for the normal man to
receive regularly. 1t appears there
fore that both boric acid and borax
when administered in small doses for
a long period create disturbances of
appetite, of digestion and of health"
In confederation of DR.. Wiley's
cautious and minimized condemna-
ton of these, the least injurious of
food preserving chemicals, it may be
said from physiological knowledge
and special observation. that these
chemicals are normally excreted
through the kidneys and bladder, and
are likely to cause irritation of these
organs, producing the disease known
as "Bright's Disease and catarrh
of bladder.
Other preventative chemicals used
upon sausage and Hamburg Steak"
especially sulphite of soda, are known
to cause inflammation of the bowels.
The food chemist of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture
has found boric acid upon much of
the "fresh meat" he has examined. 1t
is quite likely, therefore, that many
valuable lives have been sacrificed
and much ill-health suffered by rea-
son of the unsupported consumption
of these poisonous chemicals. 1t is
known to the writer that the market
is well supplied with preservative
chemicals advertised under fancy
names, such as "Freezine," "Iceine."
"P~reservaline," etc, etc. These
chemicals are persistently thrust
under the notice of butchers and
meat dealers by circulars and small
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
hey are saying SO very freely.

they are saying SO very freely.
A New York newspaper making a
canvass has been unable to find a sin
gle representative man in the mercan-
tile trade who agrees with Mr.. Sage.
His own associates are against him;
they do not believe in denying their
employees a short rest once a year. nor
in denying it to themselves OCCASION
ally.
Nobody knows just how rich Mr..
Sage is, but $70,0O0,O0 is the sum to-
tai generally accepted as approx
mating his great fortune. Is it
enough? Not while there is breath in
the body. Only little more time and
it will be eighty millions, only few
more years and it will be a hundred
millions. Almost ninety years old and
working every day, he boasts that he
has never had a vacation and gives it
out that the vacation as a general
proposition is wrong and that the man
who would achieve success must
buckle down as he has done and he
will be successful-as Sage has been.
How such a man must regret the
Sunday intermissions and the time
necessary to eat and sleep, since it
uses up precious moments that other
wise might be employed in building
the dollar pile higher!
1t is the fashion to abuse Russell
Sage and surely a man whose every
thought has its balance in a money
valuation, is not above denunciatiOn.
But to many men in humble walks of
life the feeling towards him is not one
of hatred so much as one of pity.
One might expect that a man to
whom a short look ahead shows dOd-
dering old age with the grave at best
not SO very far away, would long, long
since have given over the struggle for
more, and would find himself in that
condition of mind where peace and
quiet would reign supreme, and bust
ness struggles and bitter controversies
would be as gall to him, and that with
heart melloWed and spirit chastened
by the more contempative life, he
would be found approaching the end in
the spirit so beautifully illustrated by
Bryant
Like one who wraps the drapery of
his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
Dreams"
But when the angel shall sound
the last call. WrinkIed old man will
cry out for yet a little time, yet few
more dollars, before giving up. What
man of moderate means, of healthy
body and sane mind would change
places with him?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14

lican papers have bolted the ticket,
and in Garfield county the only repub-
lican paper refuses to follow the lead
of Boss Farrell. George Turner as the
democratic candidate for governor Will
carry every county in eastern Wash
ington and not a few on the west
side. Republican disaffection in Pierce
county is nearly as bad as in Spokane
and the republican outlook in King
county is by no means encouraging to
the railroad lobby.
Unless all signs fail. the honest and
independent voters of this state will
even a more severe reDuke
to their wouId-be bosses this year
than was given republican ring rule in
1896 and i'm 1900 The Post-IAlelli
efforts to check the republic
can revolt Will avail just about as
much as Mother PartingtOns efforts
to keep back the tide with her broom
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
WHITMAN GRADUATES HELD
DEMONSTRATION ON COL
LEGE GROUNDS
Historic Chair Which Disappeared
Last Year Is Produced and
Given to Juniors.

The class day exercises of the grad
uatng class of Whitman college held
of the conservatory this afternoon
We're very good. The historic chair
purloined by last years graduating
class and handed down a year ago was
passed along to the Junior class this
afternoon. 1t was the chair in which
President Roosevelt sat when he Wis
tied Whitman college and it was stolen
last year right after the procession
left. An attempt was made by last
years Sophomores to steal the chair
after it had been given to the class of
04 by the class of 03 but it was hust-
led away in a cab and it turned up
all right this year.
President Palmer of the present
senior class presented it this year and
F. Nelson Cole of the juniors respond
ed. The other exercises We're fine. H.
f. Brown gave a humorous class his
tory, While Palmer prophesied for them
all sorts of great things in times to
come. Miss Bailey convulsed every
Whitmanite present in her talk on
'Eccentricities and Aphorisms of the
Faculty."
The catachism between Miss Bailey
and Miss Gentry was something
unique. Idiosyncracies and faults ga
lore of students and faculty were trot-
ted out and exhibited for the amuse-
ment Of the friends of naughty four.
1t was in imitation of a classroom
quiz.
Marion KEGS gave plenty of advice
to the faculty and underguards as to
how the school should be run when
we are far away.
severe illness of his wife was unable
to take an active part in the exercises.
After the exercises the crowd went
across Boyer avenue and the class of
'04 planted their class vine in the
shadow of the tower of the Memorial
building. Miss Bailey gave the spade
ration and it was responded to by
President Charlie Robinson of the
Junior class.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
Greeting the Flag Today.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 14.-TO-
day is Flag Day, the one hundred and
twenty seventh anniversary of the en-
actment by congress that the flag
should consist of thirteen stripes, alter
nate red and white, and a union of
stars, one for each state, in a blue
field The American Flag Association.
which takes this day under its partic-
ular care, recently sent out a circular
broadcast through the country urging
patriotic societies, school children and
the public generally to observe the
day with appropriate ceremonies and
to see that the flag should greet the
rising and salute the setting sun
1t is but natural that the day should
be more generally observed in Phila-
delphia than in other cities, for it was
! it this city city, in a house still stand
| ing at 239 Arch street, that Betsy Ross
made the first flag. The house was to-
! day visited by delegations of school
| children and others and during the
forenoon patriotic exercises were held
under its roof.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
POOR OLD SAGE.

Surely Russell Sage must realize
that he made a mistake in airing his
views on the vacation question, for he
has drawn upon himself a fire of adj
verse criticism ranging from the mild
ly CenSOriOuS to that almost Vindic-
tive. Let us not suppose, however,
that criticism or even abuse will
trouble Uncle" Russell, for he has
probably long since grown callous.
Many times has he been under fire and
many times have his views been pro-
nOunced the essence of selfishness, but
this time it is interesting to note that
some of the most severe criticism
comes from men in his own walk in
life. some of them members of the
same boards of companies of which he
is also member. These other men
do not believe the vacation habit is
wrong; that a man should grub away
year after year with never a rest, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
NOT AN ARYAN RACE.

The partisans of Russia are wont to
claim that the sympathies of Ameri
cans, in the war between Russia and
Japan. should be with the former
country. because, not only are the Rus
slams fellow Christians with ourselves,
but they are of the same race, whereas
the japanese are alien to us, not only
i'm religion, but in blood. With this
theory Karl Blind takes direct issue in
a learned article which he contributes
to the June number of the North Amer
lean Review. Professor Blind cites
history to show that when the Russ an
kingdom was founded there was a
mere sprinkling of Slav people toward
the west of the territory; while the
great plain in the north was occupied
by Ugrain, Finnish and Tartar
tribes, kindred to the Turanian
speech that the non-Aryan ele-
ment has been Slavonized, and it took
many centuries to accomplish even
that result. 1t is worthy of notice that
this Monaghan strain was strongly re-
inforced through the invasion of the
Golden Horde, in the beginning of the
thirteenth century. In view of such
facts as these, it seems ridiculous to
regard Russia as the champion of the
Aryan race against the so-called Vel
low pariI Drofaccor blind talxac Oc
casion to protest against the suppo
siuon on which the fear of the Vel
low PERIL is founded that nom Aryan
races are natural enemies of European
culture, and he points to the Firms,
the Moors in Spain and the Magyars,
as affording conclusive proof of the
falseness of that idea. He says:
1T is little known, but a positive
fact, that Nerestschagin, the famed
Russian painter who found his I'M
timely end in the terrible 'Petropav-
Iovsk' disaster, had Tarter blood in
his veins, from the mothers side. When
met him-during his first visit to
England for the purpose of exhibiting
his striking pictures concerning the
horrors of War-I did not observe this
strain of Tartar kinship in his face or
figure at all. Nor had he the appear
ance of typical Russian, but rather
that of a man of Germanic origin; for
instance, of a SWede. He is said to
have hailed from an old noble family;
and this, in Russia, often means a de-
scent from the early Morse families of
the Russian kingdom. For all that
even he had a Tartar strain in his body
composition.
"Thos who talk about the yellow
Danger might take note of this two
fold racial origin of the great artist,
who was also a good and humane man.
The very names of many Russians
prove q similar affinity with non Slav,
Tartar, MongOian races. Bashkirtseff
Tartarcheff, Alikhanoff, Sibiriakoff. and
numerous other names, point that
way significantly enough
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14

1t is announced that by January /,
1905. John d. Rockefeller will have
completed deals which will give him
absolute control of the gold, silver and
copper mines of the United States.
With such control of the mineral out
put of the country Rockefeller will be
in a position to limit the money sup
ply of the nation to suit his whims.
This boasted republic of ours is fast
by Rockefeller ana for Rockefeller.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
STATE CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting of Epworth League at
Spokane.

The Washington State Christian En-
deavor convention will be held in SpO-
kane June % to %. inclusive.
Among the speakers already secured
are Rev. r. II. Waggener and DR.. j.
w. Fifield of Kansas City; DR.. Edwin
l.. House of Portland, Or, and Rev. S.
b. l.. Penrose of Whitman college.
Spokane is preparing to receive and
entertain a larger number of delegates
than have attended other state Chris
tan EndeavOr conventions, on account
of the invitation extended to .endeav-
orers of British Columbia, Idaho, Wes-
tern Montana and Eastern Oregon.
A free ride over the street railway
system in observation cars will be
given to the visitors on Saturday af-
ternOOn.
Delegates will be met at the trains
by members of committees and lodging
furnished free to all who attend.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
CAN'T BE SUPPRESSED.

While asserting that the republican
revolt in eastern Washington does not
amount to anything. the Seattle Post
lntelHgencer is kept busy scolding re-
calcitront country Weeklies that have
followed the example of the Spokane
Spokesman-Review in regulating
Boss FarreIl's state ticket. In fact the
republican organization in nearly
every county in eastern Washington
IS demoralized by the revolt against
railroad domination. In Lincoln coun-
~. for example. nearly all the repub-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
MEETING POSTPONED.

Owing to the fact that number of
the important committees are not
ready to report on tie subjects which
they have under consideration Presi-
dent Turner has decided to postpone
the regular meeting of the Walla Walla
Commercial club, which was set for to-
night. The most important committee
that is at work is the one on legisla-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of the adoption
of new charter for Walla Walla. 1t
is composed of several attorneys who
are making Investigations and will not
be ready to submit Il report for some
time yet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
Susan B. Calls on Empress.

BERLIN, June 1.-THE Express to-
day received a deputation from the in
ternational women's congress, includ-
Wright Sewell and Mrs. Swift Ameri-
cans, who were charmed by her ma
jesty's graciousness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14
Arkansas Democrats,

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, June 14.-The
democratic state convention was called
to order here today. The work of the
convention will consist of ratification
Governor Jeff Davis will be renominat-
ed and the delegation to the st. Louis
will probably be instructed
to vote for w. r. Hearst.
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80

A bore is a man who tells the smart
things his baby said when you want to
be telling the smarter things you said