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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
Northwest News

[ sheriff to the house, and on the way
there explained how his suspicious be-
came aroused He stated that he
called at the house and secured a meal
incident to a search for work on the
outskirts of the town. While eating,
the child, which he believed to be
Prewett, walked into the room and
he was struck by its remarkable re-
leaving, Douglas pondered over the in
cident and determined to make sec
ond visit to the house, which he did
at supper time, in order to get an
other look at the child. This time the
boy was not allowed to enter the room
and Douglas left convinced that some
thing was wrong. On reading that
description of PreWett secured by
Sheriff McCIarty, Douglas was certain
that he had located the Baker child
and no amount of DISCRIMINATION
could shake him in this belief.
on entering the house the sheriff
beheld a boy who in many respects,
tailed remarkably well with the de-
scription of the Baker child, but the
family lost no time in convincing him
Of its rightful possessions. The child
was brought to Olympia on the day
following the Baker boys disappear
ance by John Dillon and wife, who
procured the little fellow from the
Washington ChiIdrens Home Society
with view to adopting him. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dillon are respectable, highly
esteemed people and We're both very
much shocked to learn that they had
for a moment rested under suspicion.
Sheriff NcCIarty knows the family
well and as soon as he learned their
name from Douglas announced that if
the child was PreWett Baker he was
being cared for by the billions with
out any knowledge on their part of his
identity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
Another Dreyfus Plot.

PARIS, May 16.-Matin prints the
first of a series of articles from a
London correspondent dealing with
the alleged plot to reveal the plans of
French Notifications, which, the paper
says, may approach the Dreyfus affair
in proportions. Three men went to
London with papers to be sold. Two
deserted aid the third who was out of
funds, wrote to Matin. An eXamina-
ton of the papers held by him, it is
said revealed their genuineness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
HEREIN E

Will overcome indigestion and dys-
pepsia; regulate the bowels and cure
liver and kidney complaints. 1t is the
best blood enricher and invigorator in
the world. 1t is pursely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, and should you be a
sufferer from disease, you will use it
if you are wise.
R. N. Andrews, Editor and Mgr
Cocoa and Rockledge News, Cocoa
Fla, writes: Il have used your Her
bine in my family, and find it a most
excellent medicine. It's effects upon
myself have been a marked benefit.
recommend it unhesitatingly." soc
The Upington Drug Co., dealers.
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OLYMPIA CLUE UNFOUNDED
Disappearance of Baker Child Still
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
AmuSe m entS
Girl From Dixie" Thursday Night.

"GirI From Dixie" Thursday Niqht.
Sam S. Shubert, Nixon & thinner
man will present their big Madison
Square theater, New York, successful
musical comedy, a Girl From Dixie"
Hood ETC., at the Walla Walla thea
ter on Thursday, May 10. This must
cal comedy is credited with hayin,
a same rational plot with an unuSuaI-
ly brilliant musical setting. All the
numbers being consistently introdn,a5
and each in its turn being of a WHISTLE
able nature, is certain to he rar,o,,,
bered after having been heard The
fun of the piece is genuine and fae+
The characters are all those easily.
recognized and cellar cut, Tho tft,,
role is one that will endear itself 70
every man, woman and child of the
south. The company that Messrs
Schubert, Nixon & Zimmerman frtro
duce in "A Girl from Dixie" is tho
most satisfactory to be seen in a plav
OF this nature and one of the bigges,
ana best looking. 1t introduces Bea-
trlX Bronte, Blanche Adams, Olga
May, D. L. Don, Thos, ]. Keogh. Cliff
ford Leigh, Chas. Bowers, Chas.
Scheffer, Clara Bentley and Chas. K.
French and the most stunning chorus
of show girls eXtant. The second
production is of sufficient magnitude
and the costumes beautiful and costly,
one of the most popular numbers in
A Girl from Dixie" is called MARY,
from Maryland" written by Geo A.
Norton and The Lovers y. b. c."
A Girl from Dixie" is a great big y
brilliant entertainment and will sure
ly please.
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University Library Dedicated.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 1.-THE
new John Carter Brown library of
Brown university was dedicated today
with interesting exercises. President
Faunce received the keys in behalf Of
the university and the principal
address was delivered by Prof. Fred
erick J. Turner of the University of
Wisconsin.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
PRAISE FOR WALLA WALLA.
PendIeton School Board lndorse This
City's School Buildings.

Lee TeuIsch' chairman Of the Pen
dleton school board, has no hesitancy
in saying that the school facilities OF
WalIa Walla, so far as buildings and
equipment are concerned, are as near
perfect as he ever saw anywhere, says
the East Oregonian.
The high school building which cost
over $4,000, and several ward build
ings, which cost over $4,000 each are
equipped first class in every minutae.
He and Mr.. Howard consider that the
heating and ventilating cannot be i'm
proved upon, because both are accord
ing to the requirements of the most
modern and scientific systems. In
these particulars the school buildings
and equipment of WalIa Walla are
models to be emulated by PendletOn
SO far as Pendleton Will have funds
available.
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GROWING Aches and Pains.

Mrs. Josie Sumner, BremOnd, Texas
writes, April Is, 1902: Il have used
Billiards. Snow Liniment In my family
for three years. l would not be without
it in the house. I have used it on my
little girl for growing pains and aches
in her knees. 1t cured her right away.
1 have used it for frost bitten feet, with
good success. It is the best liniment
ever used" 25c, soc, $1.OO. The
Upington Drug Co, dealers.
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Corbett to Fight Britt Again.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Jimmy Britt
and Young Corbett were matched to-
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was completely out, and there was a
half-smile on his face. Levere's anX-
ious inquiries fell on deaf ears; Da-
vies' lay back in his chair, with his
head sagged forward on his breast,
breathing heavily. Ammonia held to
the nose failed to wake him up, and
Levere dashed bucket of cold water
on the wrestlers naked body.
Thought He Had Been Hit.
All at once Davies Strengthened up
and asked who hit me?' Then he
lapsed into his former state once more
and it was fully ten minutes before he
was able to get up and walk weakly
around the dressing room, like man
just recovering from a long sickness.
That awful blow on the chin had
numbed his brain.
Ed Thomas, of Bellingham, a friend
of both Wrestlers. called at the dress
ing room of Davies to see him. Davies
let Thomas shake his hand but had no
liiolt IUtd Vi w IIO llollletS w tS lllCilt IL
he had never met him. Berg also came
in to shake hands and Davies looked
at him in a queer sort of way, with
out a sign Of recognition in his eyes.
The first two falls, the first one won
by Davies in 81 minutes and 80 sec
Onds and the second one won by Berg
in 60 minutes, We're terrific struggles,
and were won only after the finest ex-
hibition of wrestling ever seen in Sc
attic. The third fail and the match
went to Berg in nineteen minutes.
Berg the Stronger Man.
There is no telling how the match
would have resulted had Davies not
been knocked out by that blow on the
chin, but the men at the ringside who
watched both men carefully observed
that Berg was the stronger man of the
two after the first fail. Davies wore
himself out trying to throw Berg the
first time, and he was kept on the de
fensive for a full hour in the second
fall.
Davies got the first fall with
crotch hold and half-Nelson. -Four
times he raised Berg clear of the mat,
and with all his immense strength
dashed him to the floor. Three times
Berg either fell on his head or his
elbows, bridging beautifully, but the
fourth time Davies mashed him fiat
AS he was resting after his fall Da-
vies observed Think of a man bridg-
ing fall like that. l have thrown
men weighing $50 younds with a hold
like that, but this Berg stalled me off
three times. L was determined to
throw him though or break his neck"
The second bout brought the men
and women in the audience to their
feet time after time, for each man
squirmed out of many tight places.
Davies was kept on the defensive, and
once Berg had him where it seemed
Impossible for him to get away. Da-
Ro""'s knees, while the RelIingham
Bay boy eXerted every ounce of his
strength trying to roll the British Co
Iumbia champion over. Davies got
away from that hold by spinning on
his head for fully two minutes, and
then springing from his head fully
five feet. 1t was wonderful work but
the awful strain of it told on him la
ter.
Berg was excited and happy after
he won. Ever since last January he
has been after Davies for a return
match. There is no questioning the
fact that Berg was a better man last
night than he was when he met Davies
before, for he was cool at all times and
worked carefully.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-17
EXPERT FLOUR MAN TAKES PES
SIMISTIC VIEW OF THE
PRESENT OUTLOOK.
r. S. Vantine, Representative of Large
Export Firm, Gives Views After
European Trip.

MINNEAPOLIS, MIN, May 16-R.
S. Vantine, who has been in Europe as
| the representative of q large export
flour company, has returned to New
York with very pessimistic ideas as to
the export flour trade of this cOun
try, says a New York correspondent.
Some of his views are interesting in
their bearing on the flour trade at
manufacturing centers.
Unless something is done by con-
gress to curb the speculation in grains
in this country we might about as well
quit trying to build up a great flour
trade abroad. 1t simply and naturally
can't be done under the present con-
ditions. Within five years we won't
be able to sell the best flour they make
in Minneapolis, on the British mar
kets.
They regard our flour affairs just
now in the same way they regard the
United States shipbuilding or mercan-
tile marine. While Chicago was buy
ing wheat at $1.O7 Russian shippers
were offering wheat in the British
markets more than Is cents below
that figure, taking freights into ac-
count. That's a case of what they
call, over there, trade suicide and
they say we have it very bad in most
of our export business just now.
They are finding every year few mil
lion more acres of wheat land that can
compete with our west. Russia, Cana
da and even India are to be thought
of. The Egyptian barrage may cut
some figure in the wheat and flour
trade after a while, too, they say. At
any rate, they won't buy wheat at
$1.O7 from us just because its US. If
they have to buy it at all at that price
they would just as soon buy from
Canada.
Talking about Canada, 1 met
agents for seven Canadian flour COM
panies in Europe. l didn't know there
were that many companies in Canada
The companies are mostly new, they
told me, and have come into existence
since the Boer war. They told me
that a great many export businesses
in Canada sprung from the wave of
patriotism that started by the fact
that Canadian soldiers fought for Eng
land
These Canadians have a strong
card with the dealers in the traffic sit
uatiOn and the speculative situation
here. They will tell the English that
the American trunk lines charge very
high rates on export flour, and are not
doing any thing to help the British
public get it's flour cheaper They
were persuaded that the ultimate re-
suit would be that Canadian flour
would drive out our goods, once the
Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Paci-
fic and I don't know what all other
roads We're running into the great
northwest. They want to be in on the
ground floor, so they think they will
take some Canadian flour
"Of course, the standard American
brands have a market no matter what
happens but not the ordinary export
line. 1 may say the season has not
done me any good"
>---
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day to fight 20 rounds for the feath-
erweight championship December 81
at San Francisco The club Offering
the largest purse is to get the fight
The details will be arranged Septem-
Der 18th when their managers will
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WHISTLES WHILE UNCONSCIOUS
Tom Davies, Knocked Out by Terrible
Blow, Does Great Work.

Tom Davies, formerly champion of
the Northwest and British Columbia,
put up a wonderful exhibition Of skill
and gameness at the Grand Opera
house in Seattle, when he wrestled
for the last nine minutes practically
unconscious Of his surroundings, but
when he finally revived and was told
that John Berg had defeated him and
won the championship. he was almost
heart broken.
Davies did not know he had lost I'M
til he had been worked over in his
dressing room By his friend and ad-
wiser, Ches Levere, yet those who saw
Davies lost struggles on the mat,
when Berg was wrapped around him
like boa constructor, will admit that
the British Columbia man is wonder
fully clever and plucky, neither I'M
conscious or conscious.
Davies Is Knocked Out
Each man had one fall. after wrestl-
ing more than two hours. and they
came together with a crash for the
third and final bout. Early in this
bout Davies was struck on the jaw by
Berg's elbow. He was already tired.
and the blow made him groggy at
once. In the very next mix Davies
was thrown heavily, and he struck the
floor with the point of his chin.
His head rolled loosely on the mat,
and his body lay limp. He was all
out-totally unconscious, and his eyes
were closed. Berg was working hard
over his man, but could not see his
face so he could not understand whv
so little resistance was offered him.
Berg got any hold he chose in those
last nine minutes, yet when he tried
to pin the shoulders down. Davies
body kept rolling like a barrel, though
,, Davies himself knew nothing of what
was going on. His work was purely
mechanical, for his brain had stopped
working from that blow on the chin.
Berg Finally Wins.
Urged on by the yells of the crowd,
who were frantic with excitement, be-
cause win was in sight Berg wor-
rled over the stricken man until the
muscles stood out on him like whip
cords. He finally got a crotch and
| half-Nelson and damned Davies
shoulders to the mat.
While the victor was being cheered
and was trying to make himself heard
above the din, Davies lay inert on the
mat, and had to be half-carried to
his dressing room downstairs. Davies
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was completely out, and there was
half-smile on his face. Levere's anx-
ious inquiries fell on deaf ears; Da-
vies lay back in his chair with his
head sagged forward on his breast,
breathing heavily. Ammonia held to
LeVere dashed bucket of cold water
~, thn ,n.rnCtlnr.c nnal,ad hndu
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Iowa Grain Men Meet.

DIES MONIES, Ia, May 1.-THE
Iowa Grain Dealers association began
its annual convention in this city to-
day with about two hundred members
present. After the opening formali-
ties had been disposed of the con-
vention engaged in a general discus
sion of scales, their construction and
tests. This evening Prof. p. G.. Hold
Ell of the State Agricultural college
will address the convention on the
subject of corn culture. The asso-
morrow.
Read the ads In the Statesman.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

inequalities, must now exceed in the to-
tai of those completed and pledged the
$l0,O00,0O0 mark.
A rough and apparently unofficial
estimate Of the total of Mr.. Carnegie's
gifts the great majority of them in the
past half dozen years, puts the sum at
about $100,0OOOO0.
Of course in this vast bulk of giving
there many have been some misplaced
gifts. But it is safe to assert as rule
that Mr. Carnegie's. bestowals are high
ly priced and eminently beneficial to
the communities that have received
them.
There is nordoubt as to this with re-
gard to those in this community. If
[any of these gifts fall into disuse, it
will be the fault of the community and
not of the giver.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

occupied by the old city hall, corner Of
st. Paul and Bridge streets, for the
library site and passed an ordinance
holding the city toa regular annual
tax Of $1,000 for the support Of the
library in, accordance with the condi-
tions required by Mr.. Carnage:
Matters took definite shape when at
the city school election held July 10,
1902, the following library board of the
city Of Austin was elected: f.: I.
Crane, A. s. Campbell, Mrs. j. X. Will
son for three years; Arthur Cole, +. E.
Daigneau, Mrs. w. G. Holmes for two
years; j. II. Anderson, y M. J. Slaven,
Mrs. w. H. Sutton for one year. This
board organized July % by the cleo
.tion of F. I. (rane, president. MI
Slaven, vice president, and J. II. Ander-
son, secretary. A. Cole, Mrs. Holmes
and F. E: Daigneau were appointed a
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

committee on bylaws and f. E. Daig-
neau, A. S. Campbell and Mrs. Holmes
a committee to consider plans for a
building. A set OF bylaws was adopt
ed July % and twas voted that the
library be called "The Carnagie Pub
lie Library Of Austin, Mimi. d Plans
we're adVertised and on Aug. Is those
submitted by Kinney & iDetwiler were
adopted. J;
Specifications were submitted to con-
tractors for bids on the; work and on
Oct. Z, 1902, the bid Of Henry Water
man, contractor, Of Austin, for $11 600
for the building made from Bedford,
Ind, stone, was accepted. Work on
the foundation was commenced the
same fall. Nothing was done above
the foundation until the following
spring. Dec. 29, it was voted to sub
stitute tile roofing for the contemplat-
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

of appreciation were unanimously pass
ed recognizing the Invaluable services
of the Ladies Floral Club: . !.
# .,- 49, RESOLUTIONS. H = 3
Whereas the Ladies Floral Club Of
Austin have generously donated to the
tCarnagie Public Library association of
Austin their. valua bles circulating Lbs
5rary which they have been collecting
by the most persistent, perseyering< and
painstaking effort for nearly two score
years, and e
Whereas this Floral Club, originated
by a woman of rare refinement and cul-
ture, is the possible third in order of
age of all the Women's clubs of Amer.
lea, and ranks among the first in
energy Of effort, ability of execution
and in the character and quality of
it's influence upon the public mind,
Therefore be it 80
Resolved that we, the directors of the
Carnagie Library Association of Aus
tin, accept this rich gift which makes
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

tors in August, they were reappointedS.
for a term of three years by Mayor g. :
F. Cook. The new board reelected +. u
Crane president, M. J. Slayen vice.
president, and j. IL. Anderson secre-,
tary. J, 81. Anderson, A. S. Campbell
and Mrs. w. G. Holmes were appointed
the executive committee, Mrs. J J.:X.33
Wilson, NJ. J. Slaven and Arthur Cole
the finance committee and F. p.
Daigneau, Mrs. j. x. Wilson and Mrs.
w. II. Sutton the library committee. Il
October 19, the contract for the hot.
water heating plant was Jet to- A. b.:
Peaslee for $763. In November, con-:
tracts were let to the Art Metal Con;
struction Company Of Watertown, n.
Y. for the metal book stacks for the
sum- of $525. e.. r. ~
At the meeting of the board held
Jan. II, 1904, the folio wing resolutions
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13
MRS. f. NJ. MORSE.

MRS. f. NJ. MORSE. building up OF a
library that would be wholesome and
pure in it's character and that would
include the best literature extant. In
this respect they succeeded marvellous
iy.
For several years past, it has been
felt among the mem bers of the Floral
Club that the burden of maintaining
the library was too great to be longer
borne under existing conditions and
the founding of the Austin Library
board at their suggestion and the com
pletion Of the new $4,000 building, a
gift from Mr.. Andrew Carnagie, has
given them the opportunity Of obtain
ing release from their arduous work
with the assurance that so far as the
library is concerned its influence will
be enlarged and brought more fully in
to general use. At their meeting held
Nov. 9, 1903, it was voted to wind up
the affairs of the Club and turn over
it's books and other property to the new
public library. The honored roll of
working members, which reached a
total of 225, includes many of the most
refined and educated women Of this
city during the past generation. The
influence of their work has been far
reaching and permanent. :, All honor
to the noble and selfsacrifcing mem
bers of the Austin Floral Club. The
results of their toll are enduring.
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=
our success possible, and ask these.
ladies to continue their honored organi-
zation and further assist us by acting
as an advisory council to the new or
.ganization, thus contributing Of their
experience to our experience,
Resolved also that our Secretary is!
hereby directed to present sthesesreso-.
Ilutions with our deepest gratitude to
the Ladies Floral Club for their rich
gift.
At the meeting Of Jan. i 1904, if
was nced that the city council of
Austin had raised the amount Of an
nual tax for the library purp osessto
81 800. Word was received an. 21
that the sum off IS, coo had been added
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ian, Mrs. Flora Connor. The dedica
tion exercises will take place next
Monday evening, April 18, in the as;
sembly room, Judge Nathan Kingsley
making the principal address. A re-
ception to our citizens will be given
and the occasion will be an interesting
and notable one
The library building is located upon
a lot 120x126 feet which gives ample
room for beautiful grounds. These
have not yet been improved but will be
beautiied by appropriate shrubbery,
cement walks and curb and extended
lawn. The old unsightly trees have
been removed and when completed the
surroundings WIN be ID harmony with
the beauty of the building and it's inter
ior. -;
] The work of the new library board is
now before the public for their criti-
cism and approval. In the carrying
through of this undertaking too much
praise cannot be given to the hardwork
ing president, Frank I. Crane, who has
devoted SO large share of his time
during the past year to the details of
the building, also to the other mem
bers of the board who have cooperated
with him in bringing the enterprise to
a successful result.
1t is eminently fitting that we should
also speak of the benefactor through
whose liberality Austin has this beauti-
full library building. Mr.. Andrew Car
magic, our benefactor, commenced
building libraries over twenty years
ago and he has recently given away his
thousandth library building. 1t is Ger
tainly of deep interest to human pro-
gress that one who has been called the
steel king has founded thousand CEN
tres of reading and study for the en-
lightment, instruction and recreation
Of the masses: ~ .-:ss..