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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
AFFAIRS OF ARMY
WERE CRITICISED
THE AIRSHIP GETS A ROAST.
HEMENWAY SAYS OVER 100000
WAS WASTED UPON 1T.

Money Was Sunk in the Potomac
River iii a QuixOtic Scheme of
Aerial observation-disclosures of the
House Did Not Approve the Idea OF
French Novels in the Army LII
brary-TechnicaI Works Only in
Future.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The House de-
voted the entire day to consideration
of the army appropriation bill in Com
mittee of the Whole.
Mr. Robinson Democrat) of Indiana
took occasion to criticise the War De-
partment for the expenditures made
by the bureau of ordnance and forth
fcations in connection with the Lang
ley airship, declaring that such ex-
penditures were without the sanction
of Congress and that the airship was
without utility.
Mr.. Hemenway charged that "over
$1OO, 900 had been wasted on this scien-
tific aerial navigation experiment that
never had any utility because some
man, perchance, a professor wander
ing in his dreams, sought to impress
and did impress upon the officers who
were in charge with the expenditure
of public money that this aerial flight
scheme that was attempted had some
utility. He hypnotized them" Con-
Guiding, he said:
II take it that nobody upon that side
would aYnPnd.
even where the law has sanctioned,
this money that was sunk in the bot
tom of the Potomac river by this aerial
navigation, this Don QuiXOte scheme
of Prof. Langley"
Reading Army officers.
A spirited discussion was precipi-
tated by Mr.. Hemenway, chairman OF
the Appropriations Committee, VINO
proposed a limitation on the purchase
of books and periodicals for the army.
The Dreyfus case, French novels and
the character of the books in the de-
partment library were among the SUD-
jects discussed
Mr.. Hay of Virginia asked Mr.. Hem
enway who was responsible in the War
Department for the purchase of French
novels.
The answer was that it had gone on
for years, under the various secretaries
of war.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi suggested
that the House Committee on Agricul-
ture had eradicated this same abuse in
the Department of Agriculture library
by limiting the appropriation to the
purchase of technical works pertaining
to the work of the department.
Mr.. Slayden (DemocraD of Texas Of
fered an amendment to this effect,
which was adopted.
Mr.. Hay of Virginia paid high trib-
ute to the medical corps for its contri-
buttons to science and efficiency.
resolution calling upon the oecre-
tary of the Navy for information as to
the number of carriages maintained at
government expense for the use of his
department was adopted.
The House adjourned until Monday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
MARSHAL SHOT A NEGRO.
Great Excitement Was Caused Mt
MerrilIviIle.

Thomasville, Ga, Jan. 23.-Great ex-
element was caused at Merrillville,
twelve miles north Of here, by shoot
ing ARRAY between Town Marshal
Floyd and a negro, Jim Hadley, who
resisted arrest.
Hadley is seriously wounded and will
probably die. Marshal Floyd was
placed under a $500 bond. Sheriff
Wight has just returned and reports
all as now quiet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
SPAN WASHED AWAY.
Huge Cakes of Ice Like Gathering
Rams on the SchuyIIxiII.

Philadelphia, Jan. 23.-The west span
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's bridge across the Schuylklu
river at Washington avenue, was wash
ed away by the flood to-day. A barge
which was loosened from it's moorings
crashed into the cribbing of the struc-
ture, weakening its supports, and the
bridge gave way under the pounding
of the ice floes and the pressure of the
flood.
A scene of destruction is presented
along the banks of the river in Fair
mount Park. Lake battering rams.
huge cakes of ice were hurled against
the Spring Garden water works wall
and the Paramount dam. All of the
beams and planks of the dam were torn
away, but the masonry remained in
tact.
Twenty-seven piers on the opposite
side of the river were washed away.
A police tug, six lighters and a canal
boat were lost.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
NEELYS HAVE GONE TO
WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

London, Jan. 2S.-John and Selby
Nicely, cotton experts from Mississippi,
sailed from Liverpool for Sierra Leone,
West Coast of Africa. to-day under the
auspices of the British Cotton Growers
Association. The Neelys, who are ac-
companied by three negroes from the
Southern cotton belt, will conduct eX-
haustive experiments in the Sierra Le-
one district, and also will visit Nigeria
and report on the progress made there
in cotton cultivation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
MARKET OPENED LOWER.
Bull support, However, Restored
Its Lost Ground.

New York. Jan. 2S.-Excitement and
higher prices marked to-day's short
session of the cotton market. At the
opening prices were to IA points low
er, but almost at once the market
steadied under bull support and during
the late trading prices advanced to
14.S1c for March, 15c for May and 151Oc
for July. This represented a gain from
the lowest of some 20 to % points.
The close was firm net to II points
higher, or within a point or two of the
best. Sales were estimated at 100000
bales
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
STRUCK WITH AN AK.

Sharp Was Critically Injured by n
Negro.
Athens, Ca, Jan. 23.-This morning
at a sawmill a few miles from Ath-
ems, Thomas Sharp, overseer, and Will
Cooper, a negro laborer, became in
volved in a difficulty, in which Sharp
was knocked in the head with an ak
in the hands of Cooper. Sharp is in
q critical condition, and his assailan
is in Clarke county Jail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
AIknhest Is Sold.

Knoxville, Tenn, Jan. 23.-The Life
and Letters Magazine of this city has
bought the Aikahest magazine, printed
in Atlanta, and will merge it into it's
local publication. The Alkahest during
its eight years existence, absorbed
three other Southern publications Life
and Letters is now the only Southern
magazine.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
Fire Mt YazOO City.

Yazoo City, Miss, Jan. 23.-Fire de-
stroyed the large wholesale grocery es-
tablishment of w. K. Hyatt & Co. to-
day. and consumed three cars of mer-
chandise on a side track of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley Railroad in the
vicinity. The loss on the building and
stock is estimated at $4,000, with in
surance of $4,000
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
Republicans Choose Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 90 The Re
publican State Executive Committee
to-day selected Nashville and April
l as the place and date of holding the
State Convention for the selection of
delegates TO the National Convention.
The committee unanimously Endorsed
the Roosevelt administration, and fav-
ors the instructing of delegates to
vote for his nomination.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
Arrested in Paris.

Paris, Jan. Mrs. Balliska Pen
tesko, aged q years, who was formerly
a resident of New Orleans, has been
arrested here on charges of theft Mrs.
Pentesko was engaged as a visiting
governess in several rich families, and
it is alleged purloined articles from the
houses she visited and sold them to
merchants.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
FOG LIFTS AT BALTIMORE.
Waiting Vessels Enabled to Con-
tinuc on Their Voyages.

Baltimore, Jan. 2S.-The dense fog
which prevailed all of yesterday and
last night lifted at about o'clock
to-day, and a number of vessels that
had been anchored at various points
iii the river and bay were enabled to
proceed. From Chesapeake bay points
reports indicate that the menace to
light vessels has not been removed,
and the currents are packing the ice
at several points. Cape Henry, Va,
reported a dense fog at that point at
noon, but it was dissipated later in
the day, and a number of vessels pass
ed in either direction.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

specific catarrh rem
edies. is. small. in
deed; the number of
catarrh palliatives is
legion. The effect of
catarrh palliatives is
often immedite, but
a | W avs temporary;
they never cure.This
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

In the Superior Court to-day Charles
Jones was convicted of running
gaming house. Jones was the proprle-
tor of the Ponce De Leon Commission
Company, which succeeded the Ped
mont Turf Exchange, when turf ex
changes were outlawed. The company
claimed that it only placed bets with
concerns outside the state. Judge Roam
directed a verdict against the defend
ant, and will sentence him on Monday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
Catarrh Cures Considered.

Their Effects, Defects and Differ
enceS.
CATARRH medicines are of two
classes-those that cure and those
that relieve. Those that cure are call
ed specifics; those that only relieve
are called pai1iafiveS The number of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
- ~
FOR
c RIP
Induce Perspiration.

To stop the Grip or Influenza, TO
break up a Cold, to prevent Pneumo-
MIA, you must induce persipration. The
first miserable feeling of catching
cold" is caused by checked circulation
of the blood. This is the time to take
DR.. Humphreys "Seventy-seven"-it
Immediately starts the blood coursing
through the veins induces perspira-
ton and breaks up the Cold.
The tonicity of al" sustains the
system during and restores the vigorr
after the attack. At Druggists, 70
cents.
Medical Guide mailed free.
Humphreys Med. Co, cor. William
and John streets, New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24
BrOwnIOw Nominated.

Knoxville, Tenn, Jan. 23.-Congress-
man w. H. Brownlow was to-day
nominated for reelection by the Re
publicans. He had no opposition.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

camps, six miles from the city, on
Thursday night by man named Tur-
ner. Turner has not been caught.
Innns NNnn CnnNicfed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

Beckwih Men in
letter 1903 D. c. writes
unqualified L
remedies
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
MONTAGUE IN THE CITY.
Aged Mountaineer Appears on the
Streets Of Walia Walia.

John Montague. the aged noun
taineer, who was reported some time
ago as missing, but was subsequently
found in an improvised shack in the
mountains by a searching party. was in
Walla Walla yesterday He walked in
to the city from his homes a distance of
Is miles and appears to be none the
worse from the exposure to the severe
weather he encountered while stopping
on his homestead during the recent
snow storm. He reports that the snow
is very deep in the mountains. but the
weather is now very mild. He claims
that when he went to his homestead
there was but little snow in the noun
tains, but after he had been there sew
eral days there was a very heavy fall
of the beautiful. 1t became so deep
that he could not get out and he was
only waiting for moderating of the
weather when the searching party
found him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

Famous Scout Of the Washington Regi.
mont Dies at Los Angeles.

Famous. Scout Of the Washington Resi-
nent Dies at Los Angeles.
1t will be news to the Walla Walla
veterans Of the Spanish American war
to learn that Buck" Harlan, the Old
scout, is dead. Harlan died at the
county hospital in Los Angeles about
six weeks ago. Harlan was a member
of Company A of Spokane in the First
Washington regiment, and gained con-
siderable notoriety as scout while
the regiment was serving in the Phil
ippines. When the regiment left Ma
Mia for the United States Harlan was
mustered out and re-enlisted in the
regular army. Shortly afterward he
was court martialed and found guilty
of raping a Filipino woman and was
prison. While being transported to
San Francisco he escaped from the ship
at YOkohoma. About year ago he
was arrested in Spokane on a charge
of selling liquor to Indians. 1t was
then discovered that he was the es-
capped prisoner and instead of being
tried for the crime committed in Spo-
kane he was turned over to the mill
tary authorities. He was taken to
Alcatraz Island, California. where he
was confined in the military prison.
in very poor health. and number of
his old comrades who We're residing IN
San Francisco. contributed sufficient
money to send him to Los Angeles.
where he died
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Milton to the East OregOnian yester-

Milton to the East Oregonian yester-
day.
He is just running a bluff. in hopes
of selling his water rights on the Tu-
kanon and the Walla Walla rivers to
the Northwestern Gas & Electric COM
pany of Walla Walla and Pendleton.
This company is now making arrange
ments for the installation of one of the
biggest and most complete electric
light and power plants in the North
west on the Walla Walla river, and
Mellman hopes by making stir in his
electric road scheme at this time. to
force the Northwestern people to buy
his water rights, or pay him bonus
to shut up.
No; there is no prospect OF riding
in electric cars from Milton to Pendle-
ton this fall
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Democratic County Convention
April %
WALTER MInNICK STATE CONVENTION
Caueuses Will 81 Held Tuesday, April
26-city Democrats Meet at
Court House.

The democratic county convention
will be held at the court house on
Thursday, April %. at the hour of
o'clock at which time fourteen dele
gates to the state convention will be
selected.
This was decided upon this after
noon at meeting of the democratic
central committee, which was held in
the office of Chairman H. s. Blandford.
The basis of representation from the
several precincts of the county will be
at the same ratio as at the last county
convention.
The caucuses in the different pre-
cincts will be held on Tuesday. April
26. The caucus of the precincts in
Walla Walla city will be held at the
court house at : o'clock in the evening.
and those in the country precincts at
the usual polling places at o'clock
in the afternoon.
By a unanimous vote Walter Mnnick
sent Walla Walla county as commit
teeman on the state central committee
convention, giving the number of dele
gates that each precinct will be entit-
lished in the Statesman in few days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

cos struggle for independence, was
est military celebrations ever held in
the capital. Leading features of the
on the Reforma drice, followed by a re-
view on the Aazures plains, attended
by President Diaz and the members
of his cabinet. The celebration
closes this evening with a military
banquet given by the minister of war
and navy, Francisco T. Mena.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
AFTER MORE HORSES.
Army Horse Buyers Were in WaIIa
WalIa Yesterday.

Veterinary Surgeon A. F. Donovan.
H. Metzger and ]. w Boyer. compris-
ing board of horse buyers for the
United States army. We're in the city
yesterday from Vancouver barracks.
They are looking for a small number
of horses for use by the army and sew
eral animals We're inspected by them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Baseball On the Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 9
The California state baseball league
manager and directors of the league
are highly pleased With the outlook.
Sacramento. Lodi al Stockton, and San
Francisco at San Jose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Will Probably Settle.

1t is expected that the amounts
claimed to be due will probably be
settled by the several parties. but not
ln?til they have had an opportunity Of
checking over their individual ac-
counts themselves, and aScertaining if
the reported discrepancies as returned
hV the eXOprtS are correct
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
What It Cost County.

The work of exporting the books
was commenced last April and in all
the experts We're engaged in actual
time 100 days. For this work the coun-
ty paid them the sum of $23S947, which
includes the railroaG .are of the ex-
pertS from Portland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Excess Payments.

In some instances of officers who are
charged with discrepancies there was
found to be an offset in fees that were
OVerpaid to the county, and several of
the discrepancies have been settled
since the report was compiled and the
present time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Opening of French and Paris Patterns

Our beautiful line OF millinery is now
on display. The most exquisite display
in the city We call your attention to
the picture hats especially. We have
the best to be had. A beautiful pin
free with each pattern. We invite our
many patrons and friends to call ana
inspect our line.
MRS. M. A. WOLFE.
3-5-7 Main ST.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
ONLY a Few DAYS

Now to take advantage of the closing
out sale of the TOggery stock. The en-
tire stock will be sold in bunch ii,
very short time Don't wait for better
prices than we are making now.
c. ~ HATCH, Mgr.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

unless you know there is something
better before you.
You viii travel far before you reach
a better restaurant than this. You
can find many where the charges are
higher.
Good food, Well cooked and We'll
served, is our first consideration.
Cleanliness comes next. Then we give
our attention to style.
Whether you feel like a light lunch
or a substantial meal, this is the place
to come to satisfy the feeling.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
THE FINAL REPORT
Experts Have Completed Work
for County.
SMALL AMOUNT OF DlSCREPAnClES
Total Amount Due From County OFF.
ciai. placed at $573.5o-Wers &,
Some Offsets.
SMALL AMOUNT OF DISCREPANCIES

The final report of Clark & Buchan-
an, the experts, was completed late
yesterday afternoon and was filed with
the board of county commissioners.
1t shows that there is due from the
various county officials who have serv-
ed the county from January 1, 1896,
up to June 80, 1908, the total sum of
$3.50, and from the state of Wash
ington on account Of costs in criminal
that there remains on the tax rolls of
the county covering the same period
$1S.133.43.
The amount that is due from the
officials. the experts claim. is not in
the nature of what might be termed a
shortage, but has been occasiOned by
clerical errors and discrepancies made
by the officers in keeping the books of
their several departments The dis
crepancieS in the SheriffS office was
caused in what is termed the transport
tation account for the transportation
of insane persons. incorrible youths
and criminals. The money for this
purpose heretofore was advanced the
sherift'S office by the county and was
returned to the treasury when the
state had RENTED to the sheriff.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
IS He BLUFFING?
Milton Man Says MeIman Is MAKING
Play.

'Meiman will never build his cleo
trio road from Pendleton to Dayton"
said a prominent business man from
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE-FRESH JERSEY COW
and calf third calf. A. Klees, GIG
Catherine street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

Pies, cakes, bread rightly baked at
Alheit's bakery, 211 West Main. Phone
Main IFS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

College Place bread is like home
made bread at Muntinga's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

Muntinga tries to please you; give
him a call.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Mexicans Celebrate.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 2.-The
anniversary of the battle of Pueblo, one
of the most important events in Mexi-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

White Dove flour. better than ever
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
DeIinouent Taxes.

The delinquent taxes now appearing
on the rolls from January l. 1896 up
to June 80. 1903, is as follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02
Amounts De.

The amounts that the experts claim
is due from the officials and the state
are as follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

Loehr & Flanders, the timers. Main
and PaIouse. All kinds of tin work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-02

Read the ads in the Statesman.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-16

incontestable starting point we appear TO have
lost almost all that the aucients had been able
TO establish and make their own. In all that
CARDS purely human aesthetics. in what concerns
body. gestures. our clothes. the objects
we live with. our houses and gardens our mon
uments. even our landscapes. we are cropping so
tlmidly, we display such confusion and ineXperi-
ence that one might truly believe our occupation
Of this planet to date. but from yesterday. and
that stIl at the very beginning of the pc
riod OF adaptation For the work of our hands
there exists no longer a common measure. an ac
cepted rule or conviction. Our painters our
architects our sculptors our men OF letters
and We in our homes, cities-seek in
thousand different contradictory directions for
the sure. the undeniabe beauty that the ancientS
possessed so fully. Should of by any
chance create, join together. or discover few
lines, harmony Of form or color, that should
incontestably prove that the mysterious. deci-
sive point had been attained, it would be re-
garded as the meTest hazard as an isolated and
precious phenomenon, and neither the author nor
anyone else would be able to repeat it-(Maurice
Maeterlinck, in the Fortnightly Review.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-16
MoNoGAMous ANIMALS.

While all forms of union are to be found
among birds and animals, an Overwhelmingly
large majority of these are homogeneous. l am
well aware that this statement will be received
with a good deal of incredulity as the i'm
preston appears TO prevail, in most circles out
side of biological. that either promiscuity or
polygany is the prevailing form. 1 can only
account for this impression by the fact that
most CT domestic animals are. a rule,
pOlySamOus, or even. rs in the case of the dog.
promjscuOus. How much of this lOOseness OF
morals is due to their association with man, or
the changed conditions under which they are
placed. l shall not attempt TO say. But it is
precisely this free nterfertility and reckeSsnesS
OF Rating that has had more to do with deter
mining the question. what animals were capable
of ,!omes tication, than almost any other The
power to breed freely and under all circum-
stances in captivity is. in my judgment. the
most important single qualification for dOmesti-
cation. How few animals possess this quality is
clearly shown by the exceedingly small number
of species which have ever been, taking the
whole world over. brought into really domestic
relations with man. The fingers of the two
hands would almost cover them. It is in no
wav because they are fercer. more intelli-
gent. or stronger beasts Of burden, or have bet
ter flesh or fatten more readily or stand climatic