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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
STAkED WIFE ON CARDS
Tyee Hocum Has Poor Luck With Dice
and Loses Better Half.

TACOMA, Wash, April 15.-After
gambling away all of his personal eff
fects, Tyee Hocum, a Nesqually reser-
walton Indian, staked his kloOtchman
Of the affair, forced the victor to re-
turn the wife to the husband.
This little side-bet was a part of the
great game weeks gambling bout be-
tween the Puyallups, Nesquallys, Mud
Bays and other tribes of Indians from
Puget Sound. As in times of yOre the
tribesmen met about 30 miles south of
Tacoma and INDUCED in their annual
festival The Puyallup tribe came off
the victOrs and won $500 or $500 in
silver. numerous dogs ponies, canoes
and other effects. 1t is not uncommon
for squaws to change hands in the
manner mentioned. but because of the
fact that the Wife of Tyee Hocum is
an educated and Christian woman with
white blood in her veins and of more
than ordinary intelligence. the officials
of the reservation could hardly overlook
the occurrence.
At these annual gambling bouts each
tribe selects the best gamblers to rep
resent it and the other members are
merely spectators. 50 far as participate
ing in the game is concerned, but they
worth. The rich Indians show their
wealth and good fellowship by giving
a potlatch, which means that they treat
all present by giving them money,
clothes or food.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
Massachusetts Republicans.

BOSTON, Mass, April 15.-Sixteen
hundred delegates filled fremont Tenn
Die this morning when the republican
state convention was called to order by
Attorney General Herbert Parker.
The convention will name four dele
gates t-large and alternates to the
Chicago convention. BY common con-
sent it has been agreed that Senator
Lodge. Ex-Governor Crane and ex-
Governor Long shall be three of the
delegates and indications point to the
selection of Colonel Everett c. Ben
ton as the fourth member of the DEL
egation. Strong Roosevelt resolutions
will be adopted and it is possible that
the convention may go a step further
and pledge the delegates to vote for
Roosevelt in the convention.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
SPORTING MAN DEAD
Phil Snowden, Fight Promoter, Dies Ir
Seattle County Hospital.


SEATTLE. Wash, April 15.-Phil
SnoWdon, one of the best-known
sporting men in the northwest and for
merly we'll known in New York and
Philadelphia. died at the county hospi-
tai here Monday, practically penniless
Consumption caused his death. He had
years but not until the last three
weeks was his case considered hope
less. Snowden two weeks ago thought
he was growing better. and was pre-
pairing to make a trip. He grew worse
at once and gradually weaker. until he
died. His body will be shipped to his
old home Friends of Snoden in Seat
tie will pay the expenses.
Snoden was perhaps better known as
a prizefight promoter although he has
been prominent in racing events for the
last several years. In recent years he
has had charge of the details in nearly
every prominent fight pulled off in Sc
attic and other cities along the coast.
In days gone by he was a newspaper
man, which made him valuable to fight
promoters as press agent In his time
he has had big money and he spent it
like prince. Phil had his faults. like
other men, but he was always regarded
as square sport and a good friend to
those whom he professed to like.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15

the TACT That the railroad company has
cut out tracks in it and left it in CON
Ui'ioll Iof the rains to undermine il and
cause 1t to sink. There is a long piece
on street, being about three charters
ora mile long, over which nearly all
the traffic to and from that part of the
city must pass, as it is only improved
street IN that section, and the street is
IN absolutely perfect condition, and will
NOT heed any repairs for years to
come 1t has been put to a good test
IN that place, and has proven it's
worth"
Not only is it believed that bitulithic
pavement is more durable than asphalt
but it is found to be cheaper than it
and other pavements. The cost of lay
ing it in Portland has been about 50
per square yard, while the average
cost of asphalt, brick and treated wood
has been about $3.50 to s265 per yard.
The difference in asphalt and bituli-
thic pavement is that the former is
composed of 80. per cent sand mixed
with pure asphalt while the latter is
80 per cent. broken blue basalt rock ce-
mented together by the pure asphalt
Thus the new pavement is claimd to
carry its traffic on the almost solid rock
while the asphalt can only Withstand
the wear in proportion to the stability
of the sand mixture. The committee
will advise the use of the new bitulithic
pavement, which is sometimes termed
bituminOus macad dam.
1t has been contemplated for some
time to pave Fifth street from Irving
to jefferson streets with bithulithic
pavement at an estimated cost of $751;
$50. Another piece of the pavement
will probably be placed on Yamhill
street, and will cost about S34500. AS
a result of the favorable investigation
OF the committee there will probably be
altogether bthulithic street improve
ments in Portland in the near future to
the value of s15O,965.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
TACOMA'S NEW PAVEMENT
CORTLAND CITY OFFICIALS IN
vesTIGATED NEW BITULITHIc
STREETS OF SOUND CITY.
il Is Said to Be Cheaper and More
Durable Than Any Other
Kind.
The Portland Telegram saws:

Four of POrtland'S city officials, CITY
Engineer Elliott, Councilman j. p
Slarkey and Whitney Boise and r. L.
Glis8n, of the executive board, re-
they went as a committee to inspect
and learn of the durability of bitulithic
Pavement that has been used for the
past two years in that city, and as a
result of their investigation the COM
mittee feels that the new pavement is
4 success. and should be adopted in
Portland generally.
Considerable suspicion has been
aroused by the property owners con-
corning the value of this new pave
nent. \ little of it has been laid in
this city, but has not yet been tested
for long enough time to prove it's
worth. out on Park avenue is little
piece that was laid last fall, and is thus
far in good condition. and the city au-
thorities would have put in more had
Itnot been for the general disfavor that
has arisen concerning it.
AT the last meeting of the executive
board it was decided to send a commit
tee 10 Tacoma to learn of what sat
Isfaction the pavement is giving there,
ana the city engineer stated this morn
mg that the committee was entirely
satisfied with what they saw.
There are three streets in Tacoma -
said Mr. Elliott this morning, (which
have been treated with btulithic pave
meut. and although they have stood the
us. of two winters they are in splendid
condition yet.
The only patches to be found are on
Pacific avenue, but they are not due to
mperfections in the material, but to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15

her offer had been refused. grave fear.
We're expressed as to the outcome o.
the campaign. o
This was duly represented to head
quarters. and the ear is said to hav,
observed. If she wishes to go, let hel
go-but as common soldier in the
ranks" On hearing this. the enthusi
astic Amazon cried. Even as a drum
mer boy l will serve" She is already
the idol of her regiment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC CAU-
CUSES.

BY order of the Democratic Central
state of Washington, a convention of
the democratic party of said county is
house in said county, on Thursday,
April %. 1904, at the hour OF 900 p.
M. for the election of fourteen 90
delegates to the democratic state con-
vention to be held at Olympia on
Thursday, May 3, 1904, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the National
Democratic Convention to be held at
St. Louis, Mo. July 7, 1904
Caucuses for the election of dele
gates to said county convention shall
be held on Tuesday, April 26, 1904, at
the hours following, tO-Wit: In all
precincts outside of incOrpora cit
les and towns, at the hour CT 200 p.
M; in Waitsburg and Prescott at the
hour of ZOO p. "a; in the city of Wal
la Walla at the hour of 700 p. m. All
caucuses to be held at the usual poll
ing place in each precinct, except in
the city of Walla Walla, where the
caucuses will be held in the court room
of the county court house.
The number of delegates to be elect
ed in each precinct is as follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
$50

All electors who believe in the prin-
ciples Of the democratic party and in
tend to support its nominees in the
coming campaign, shall be Qualified to
vote at such caucuSeS.
The chairman and secretary Of each
caucus shall make and sign a certifi-
cate of the delegates elected at such
caucuses, which certificate shall be
presented to such county convention.
BY order of the Democratic County
Central Committee,
Q H S. BLANDFORD, Chairman.
Attest: EUGENE TAUSICK, Secy.
Dated April 4, 1904.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
MORAL WAVE HITS SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Wash. April 15.-The Ii
gone on record in favor of assisting
Chief of Police Delaney and Mayor
Ballinger in their effort to rid Seattle
of vice and crime.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15

There is one great comfort about
this war in Asia" said the trivial per-
son. What is that?" You can talk
about it as much as you please with
ont being afraid that any one will or
icise your pronunciation"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15
Fields Ministries Next Week.

Vocal music is the sheet anchor OF
modern minstrelsy. Without it there
could be nothing like a complete per-
Torrance and whether it is a ballad
dedicated to my lady-loVe. a rag-tlme
ditty fresh from the south, or a walk
around in which the entire company
participate, music is the one thing
that pleases and attracts. The AL G.
Field greater minstrels offers every
thing worth hearing in the vocal line.
Walla Walla theater, April 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-15

'Tmgettin old Having rheuma-
tism?" Worse than that; I'm having
"reminiscences"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23

the Atlantic came to the rescue. The
postal authorities have bought the gar
den, the stables and the glass screens,
and on the grounds where the notori-
Gus duke was wont to hide himself
from observation will be erected a
postoffice and telegraph station. The
house itself, it is reported, will be
transformed into motor-car ware
house. Thus the old order giveth
place to the new.
Houghton hall, the magnificent fam
lily seat of the Cholmondeleys, in Nor
folk, also has a queer gambling story
connected with it, the evidence Of
which is still preserved. At one time
it belonged to an earl of Oxford who
was an inveterate card player. He
gambled away a flight of steps lead
ing to the house, and the winner in
sisted on having the stones carted.
The steps have never been replaced
nor has the gap been filled up. The
unsightly blank still remains as proof
of the former owners folly and to
point moral for future generations.
The house, which is one of the big
gest in England, was built by the
famous Sir Robert Walpole between
1922 and 1888. In the hunting season
he used to keep open house there, and
his neighbor, Lord Townshend, at
Raynham, frequently left his own
home that he might escape participant
ing in the noisy revels. Its reputation
for hospitality, but of much more
decorous character, has now been re-
stored to it under the tenancy of Col.
Ralph Vivian, who recently had the
good fortune to marry rich Ameri-
can widow.
Ghosts, family curses, CHASTITY mys-
teries and weird secrersrafe associat-
ed with many of Englands famous
halls and castles Kimbolton castle,
the seat of the Manchesters, is re-
puted to have both ghost and a
Secret" and it is to be presumed that
ere this the American duchess has
made the acquaintance of both. The
ghost is that of Queen Catherine of
Arragon, the first wife OF the much
married King Henry VIII. 1t was here
she died of cancer, according to some
chroniclers, while others darkly hint
at poison. According to the attend
ants her spirit still haunts the rooms
and corridors in the chill cleaning or
at the silent midnight hour. But, as
BELTS its rank, it is well-behaved,
dignifled apparition and never shrieks
or groans or cuts up any queer phan'
tom caDers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
BEGINNINGS OF THE AUTO.
Gottlieb Daimler Was Father of the
Infant Motor Car.

Infant WOtOT SdI.
How many persons remember, asks
the London Times, that from 1884 to
1910 George Hancocks steam coaches
ran at a profit between Paddington
and the city? Is it realized generally
that Gottlieb Daimler, the true father
of the petrol engine, had worked in
England as well as in Germany be-
fore he patented, in 1884 only, the
Otto gas engine and fitted it in 1885
to his bicycle, which may be regarded
at the first motor car driven by an
explosion engine? From this date
progress abroad was of remarkable
rapidity, while in England none was
possible until in 1895. Evelyn Ellis
imported four horse power Panhard
and Sir David Salomons Peugot.
There followed a modest demonstra'
ton at Tunbridge Wells of these two
vehicles, a De Dion steam car and a
petrol bicycle, and then, after some
agitation, the light locomotives act OF
1896. In fact, from modern point
of view, Gottlieb Daimler is the par
ent of the infant motor car and Henry
Chaplin is it's sponsor in England.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23

Tommy Mulligan of the Seventh
grade was absent from the classroom
for one entire day. 1t would appear
that he had played truant, for un
known to Tommy his teacher hat
spied him trudging homeward with
pockets bullying suspiciously wher
she, too, was homeward bound that
afternoon.
But Tommy brought note of ex
cuse the following morning, which Of
course would prove that he had been
detained at home legitimately. The
writing was hardly that of a feminine
hand, and the note appeared to have
been written laboriously and with
much blotting furthermore, the pen
manship seemed strangely familiar tC
his teacher. The note read as fol
lows:
Dear teacher-Please excus Tony
for not comeing to shool yestiddy. he
cudnot come. l tore my pants. Mrs
Mulligan. Chicago RecordHerald
Sunday Magazine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
's-~0f'
& HOUSE THAT WAS LOST AT CARDS,
I AND SOME HAUNTED PALACES

What the secret Is has never been
told to profane ears, but it is sup
posed to be associated with the same
august parsonage. In the castle Is
magnificent chamber, known as the
queens" Here, on every Hold
Thursday, in accordance with
custom which has been hand
ed down from generation to
generation. the reigning duke and the
immediate members of the family
fcregather and go through some odd
ceremony, in which, it is alleged, a
hidden panel in the queens" room
plays an important part. If it had no
other claim to distinction Kimbolton
castle would still be richly worth pre-
serving as the only house remaining
in England which is the scene of an
act in one of shakespeare plays
King Henry VIII-in which the unfor-
tunate Queen Catherine of Arragon
figures.
Rufford abbey, where the king often
stays with Lord and Lady Savile,
boasts famous ghost whose anthem
ITCHY Is vouched for by an entry in
one of the early registers of an adj
joining parish. This records the
burial of man who died from fright
after seeing the Rufford ghost" Ac-
cording to the generally accepted be-
lief the ghost is that of a little old
woman in black. Some people in the
neighborhood credit Rufford abbey
with the possession OF two phantom
tenants, the other spook being that of
a monk. This story finds reader &C.
ceptance among the credulous and
superstitious because the house stands
on the site of an old Cistercian mon
astery.
The ghost of another monk, 1t Is
said. used to haunt Thornby hall, the
magnificent Northamptonshire resi-
dence of Sir James and Lady Fender.
An evil wrath he was, who had con-
tracted the bad habit of walking
about at night with his head under
his arm and with spectral fingers
gripping by the throat guests who
invaded the chamber which he had
appropriated for his own use. Some
structural changes were made in this
apartment, and since then, it is de-
clared, the monk has not been seen.
Strangely enough. while these altera-
tons were in progress the workmen
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
Position of Independence.

w. c. Bryant, secretary of the
American Newspaper Publishers asso'
citation, received visit week or two
ago from a young man from the coun-
try whom he had known very well for
some years and who had come to New
York seeking employment. Mr. Bryant
took his friend to lunch several times,
and finally succeeded in securing EN-
ployment for him in newspaper
Office. On his first salary day the
young man called at Mr.. Bryants
office, and they went to lunch togeth-
err. Mr.. Bryant offered to pay for the
lunch, but the young man, assuming
a dramatic attitude, said:
"Mr. Bryant, this thing has gone far
enough; will not let you pay for my
lunch any more"
He then called to the waiter in a
loud voice. Waiter, bring me two
checks ''-New York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23

Harcourt house, in Cavendish
square, soon to be sacrificed to the
ever-expanding requirements OF Lon
don's trade and commerce, is one OF
the many stately English homes which
are famed for the queer stories that
attach to them. Its construction was
begun in 1922 by the first duke OF
Portland, who spared no expense 10
make it a fitting residence for one OF
tie wealthiest peers of the realm. In
ADDITION to the magnificent mansion
there t a noble courtyard in front,
with MA. TO porte cochere, fine
garden with wide spi aiding trees, and
stables fit for the horses of king.
One night two men played cards in
the great house. They were the great
grandfather of the present duke and
the earl of Harcourt. Luck went stead
lily against the duke, but still he play
ed on. At last, in a desperate effort
to recoup himself for his ill-fortune,
he staked his palatial residence on the
turn of a card-and lost.
i
honor were held sacred. But the law
of entail prevented the duke from
transferring the house to his success
full opponent outright. 1t could not be
alienated from the estate of which 1t
formed a part. The matter was ar
ranged, however, by the earl execut-
ing a ninety-nine year lease of the
property to the duke.
The latter mobiles heir was that &C.
centric duke of Portland, whose mat
rimonial and other exploits, legendary
and real, still furnish material for It'll
cation by people claiming to be his
heirs, and bring grist to the lawyers
He had an aversion to publicity which
amounted to mania. That he might
be freed from the scrutiny of his
neighbors he had erected on both sides
of the garden enormous screens OF
ground glass, eighty feet high and 200
feet long 1t was the same motive
which impelled him to build the ia
nous underground palace at Welbeck
abbey, at a cost of $10,0O0,000.
When it was announced that Har-
court house was in the market it was
hoped for time that some American
multl-millionaire would purchase it
and preserve as residence a mansion
that has long been one of the glories
of London. But no man from across
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
E1"sa~-'~'a"--~v''-''.',~-'~ss--..a----.s-
) Founded American Town
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Especial Correspondence.)

In the commonwealth of Massachu-
sets there is prosperous town call
ed Winthrop; in that domain of His
Majesty King Edward yclept England
there is snug little town called Gro
ton. The two are closely related; in
fact, are mother and son, as are so
many English and Massachusetts
towns, but until recently the residents
of Winthrop did not know what a
quaint old mother they had. When
the library trustees of the Frost Pub
lie Library at Winthrop matured e
scheme for connecting the history OF
their town with that of old England,
from whence came its early settlers,
they wrote to the Rev. John W. Way
man, rector Of the church at Groton,
requesting photographs of the old
church and of other points of interest
in connection with the home of Deane
Winthrop, who settled at "Pullin'
Poynte," as Winthrop was then called.
They received in the course of time
the following reply:
L lear YOU HluSl tNlUh L never IS-
ceived your letter of Goth March last;
or having received it have forgotten
all about it. Such is not precisely the
case. My delay in replying to it has
been caused by the inability to get the
accompanying photos taken. This is
very out of the way place, and, though
photography is common enough; it is
only lately that a photographer has
taken up his temporary abode in the
neighboring parish of Bedford. and
given me the opportunity of having
the Enclosed DONE"
From such town, hardly changed
at all in the intervening 255 years,
came Deane Winthrop, the sixth son
of Gov. John Winthrop, about the year
1649. He settled at "Pullin' Poynte,"
which in 1889 became Chelsea. part
Of North Chelsea in 1916. and was in
corporated as the town of Winthrop
in 1852. The old house in which he
lived is still standing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
Town of Groton in 1847.

Robert c. Winthrop thus describes
the town of Groton as it was in 1S47:
ut was one of cluster of rural vii
lagos, five in number, which lie be-
tween the large towns of Hadleigh
and Sudbury. in the southwest corner
Of that thriving agricultural country.
The landscape around them has no
peculiar features either of beauty or
grandeur; but clothed as 1t was, in
the matchless verdure of an English
summer, it presented a picture of
quiet lovelness which one would not
willingly have lost. Little Walding-
field and Groton appear to have been
the least noted of the surrounding
villages, and even the name of the
latter would seem to have disappeared
of late years from more than one of
the Suffolk county maps, as If the
place had lost any importance which
it ever possessed, and had become too
inconsiderable to be the subject of
particular designation.
But the Groton of Suffolk county
in old England has by no means yet
lost its local habitation or its ancient
landmarks. was there on Sunday
and went to the parish church in
which the Winthrops worshiped before
they came to America The grand old
service of prayer and praise, in which
they had united so long ago within the
same sanctuary, had just commenced
when entered, and | could almost i'm
agine, as | joined in the responses,
that the venerable walls gave back
an echo of welcome, as to not unrec-
ognized voice.
Everything concurred in awaken
ing the memory of those who had
gone before me-the pulpit from
which they had listened to preachers
of their own presentation, the font
at which SO many of them had been
baptized, the chancel around which
they had lInelt to receive the bread of
life. There on the browning pane of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-23
A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE.

Mrs. Henrietta A. s. Marsh, 769 W..
18th ST., Los Angeles, Cal, President
Woman's Benevolent Assn, writes:
~ suffer d with Ia grippe for seven
weeks, and nothing I could do or fake
helped me until tried Peruna.
Il felt at once that had at last
secured the right medicine and l kept
steadily improving. Within three
weeks I was fully restored, and l am
glad that l gave that truly great rem
edy a trial. l will never be without
it again."
In letter dated August 81, 1904,
Mrs. Marsh says: 81 have never yet
heard the efficacy Of Peruna question
ed. We still use it. travelled through
Kentucky and Tennessee three years
ago, wheve | found Peruna doing its
good wolK. Much of 1t is being used
here, also. "-Henrietta A. s. Marsh.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Saritarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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