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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

.7-,. marriage OF Mics Grace Mangan Daughter OF
A. 90 NJ. T-4rar r. Manran. and Herman Eg-
eerq o.. s. Johns Piece. took place quietly 90
uo-day afternoon. the Rev. Robert Mcdonald, OF
tle washington Avenue Baptist Church oh-clatIns'
To ceremony took place at the home OF the orlue
,.,-erte 10 % Nashiu eton-aye-. a. 3 p M ana
r.-9orf0 followed ar and Mrs. EEEers salled On
s-ucslav hs the Krouprirz which, for l1onaoh, e-
-,-'-.- - cane Town where Mr.. Egcers IS going on
huriress Before returning 10 Brooklyn tlcy expect
=. - art.--aI Innnths on Tie l0ntllelt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

MONEY IN BANh ,,,,.,
49,, a. 80 20 double: place sane m - 19ts s2oo.
10000 ~ Flasoush. doubling -. close car
s1iondd improvements. p1,s oavrnents;
inss Srid9es 20 minutes; small noa-ailsied opRor-
t.S -Srfeed- closing estate; IN 1-isT-rOr 81
1870 - sert1rc lovely home site
EIetbusb-av Brooklyn. Open evenIn--
yyI7TO STORY BROwNsToNE perfect 0- - $500
Nv. Va, Bursn-st, $500 Hr1s1-.ssSSiva
GEORGE suTcHES Lao ga..sa-.-s SET er-.-------
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
Big Bill Is Dying.
Man Of Checkered Career Is Alone and
Destitute In New York Hospital.

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. Big
Bill DeNere. whom PROBABLY no one
was better known from Colorado to
Portland. is said to be dying in New
York. alone and destitute.
Long ago. when COlorad do was an in
FAINT among the states. and the word
was Il synonym for disorder and law
lessneSs DeNere was counted one OF
the real un-fghterS and bad men.
Later he was Weaned from his ways
and became in time sheriff of his coun-
~. and he Was = good sheriff. Many
a horsethief and murderer has DeNere
taken with his revolver and his hands,
and he bears upon his person the sears
of numerous battles.
Then he became Il gambling house
keeper in Denver. AS the city grew
larger he opened the AlVazar theater
in Denver and for a time his burlesque
and after pieces We're famous through
out the west. Just before the big fire
IN this city DeNere came to Spokane
and opened the Budweiser saloon. and
he became known al along the coast
as the big. jolly comedian. During the
last 20 years DeNere has had some rep
utation as Il poet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
intoxicated Bookkeeper InveigIed by
Thugs to Open Safe.

SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 3.-Undel
the influence of liquor which he had
been inbibing freely during the early
evening. Reginald Clay bookkeeper OF
the William HAITI company, real estate
dealers. was arrested Tuesday even
ing as he and three thugs, whose ac-
uuaintanc.a he had made the night be
fore were trying to. enter the safe
of his employers at their office on CO.
lumbia street. Clay stated that he was
only trying TO get check which was
for part of his wages. and which he
had left in. the safe the day before.
This statement is substantiated by
William HAITI.
Il believe the young man wanted t"
get his own money, said HAITI. but
| think the other men had uiterinr mo-
tives. | think Clay ran across them
when he WAS drunk. They wanted to
See him open the safe, and they would
have struck him down, perhaps muir
iered him. and made off with what
cash there was in the box.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
COOL EDGE is NOT DEAD.
Claims Had Been Filed Against Several
fraternaI Orders for Benefits.

ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. 81. D..
LAWN. grand recorder of the a. O. L..
W.. of South Dakota, has received a
telegram notifying him of the posi-
tive Identification at Sheridan, WyO.,
of Garren r. Coolidge, of Redfield.
Coolidge belonged to the Worzn-n,
Woodmen and several other insurance
orders, and was reported drowned at
Long Beach, Cal, Aug. 20. last. and
several thousand in life insurance
were claimed The orders in which
he carried insurance combined and
engaged detectives to investigate what
apepared to he a straight case of death
except for some Slight details in the
proofs.
Coolidge is alleged to have ac-
knowledged his identity, but declares
he did not attempt to sWindle the
He was a teacher and is
a brother of Frank +. Coolidge. judge
of Sphinx county and stood high. His
arrest has been ordered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
LOVE LEADS TO MONEY LOSS
Montana Stockman Met Spokane Wild
ow, She is Arrested.

SPOKANE. Feb. 3.-Somethins of a
sensation has been created in this city
hy the arrest of Mrs. Benton, landlady
of the Ross block. on the charge of lar
~ny. F. ". Laube, a Well do stock
,aan OF Deer Lodge. Mont. claims she
robbed him of so a shurt time ago in a
secular manner.
Az advertisement appeared in a To-
ral paper, stating that an attractive
widow of atfectionate. home loving dis
position, deSirad to correspond with a
gentleman Of some means. matrimoni-
.-hy inclined The advertisement was
signed Mrs. A. Leland"
Laube answered the advertisement
Had some correspondence enSued, end
Jog in I.aub coming to Spokane, where
the couple met. The meetings We're
apparently mutually pleasant. but "a
peculiar feature was the fact that the
woman would not permit her friend TO
@Strn where she lived. Finally one
evening. not long ago. Lauh asserts
the woman sat on his lap tor d long
lime and when She left he discovered
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
RADlUM FOUND IN COLORADO
Recently discovered Substance Elk
tracted From Carnotite Ore.

DENVER. Colo, Feb, 3.-Justn
Haynes, Il chemist and DR.. W. d. Engle
professor OF chemistry at the Denver
university. have extracted one two
hundredth of a grain OF radium from
ten pounds OF CarnOtite. an ore discOv-
cred in this state four years ago and
named in honor Of President Carnot of
France.
The process used in separating the
iad,un from the Carnotite was the
same az that used by NJ. and Nine.
Curle the discovers Of radiuYn. in sep
aratins it from ptchblende. Photo
raphs have been taken with the IA :
dunn from Carnotite.
Carnotite is known TO exist in TWEEN
ty-live square miles OF country in Par
adox Valley, Montrose county, where
the ore used by Messrs. Haynes and
Engle was obtained.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
American Missionary Society.

WILKESBARRt.. Pa. Feb. Sd
vices received by the local COMMITTEES
indicate a large attendance at thu an
nual meeting of the American Churcs
Missionary society. which is 10 beg,a
a two days session in this city mex,
Monday. A feature of the comma
meeting Will be reports of laymeu's
work in planting and maintaining mis-
sions in and near large cities in this
country. The pressing needs OF mis-
sions in South America. Central Am
erica and the Antilles will also receive
alienation. Bishop Talbot af PennsyI-
vania will preside over the sessions
and among the speakers will be thu
president Of the Presbyterian board az
foreign missions. and a number of
prominent missionaries recently re-
turned from foreign zelda
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03

examine the meter. but pronounced 1t
all right At last they began to sus-
pect that Chicago Sam was tampering
with the meter
Detective Sam Corbett was employed
to watch Chicago Sam. Corbett got
an experienced electrician and the two
watched the laundry for three nights
At last they got what they wanted.
They saw sam working with the ,ne-
ter. Then they went in and arrested
him. The meter was examined ana
they found that Sam had rugged up
device which prevented the electric
current from registering on the meter.
When Sam got ready to attach his
device he shut off the meter and short
circuited the current.
BY this means the electricity was led
around the recording instrument and
did not show on the dial. Chicago Sam
told Detective Corbett that San
Francisco Chinaman had taught him
the trick. He had worked it for a long
time he said He didn't know he was
doing an unlawful act.
The decision of the case Will be
watched with much interest. because
it is said that there is no parallel in
the country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
TURNS DOWN PETITION
OF PATRONS OF NORTH.
WESTERN COMPANY.
Light Committee Reported That Upon
Investigation it Found Rates as
Low as in Other Towns.

Patrons of the Northwestern Gas and
Electric Company will have 10 seek re-
dress from seme other source than the
city council in their fight against he
company for lower rates on gas and
electricity. The light committee of
the council, to which was referred the
petition of DR.. Crop and others. ask
ing the council to fix a maximum rate
on both gas and electricity as furnish
ed by the Northwestern, reported at
last nights meeting that after d due
investigation of rates charged in
other cities that the rates i'll Walla
Walla are approximately as low.
In view of the showing made by DR..
Cropp at a former meeting of the
council quoting the, rates charged in
other cities as much lower than in
Walla WalIa the report naturally Great
ed no little surprise among the other
councilmen and considerable discus
/
given credit, however, for having
made ii careful investigation and the
report was adopted as follows.
We find the rates in Walla Walia
to be approximately as low as in Port
land. Seattle. Spokane and about the
same reduction is made to large con-
DR.. Crops bill for December was
S4785. January, $3.50. The Electric
Light company's books show that the
hospital meter was not correctly read
for December but the meter reader
made the mistake and ii corrects itself
the following month.
Meter reading, for the hospital for
the months Of December and January
and the amount DR.. Cropp paid was
possible for us to ascertain how many
lights We're being used at the hospital.
The company claim over fifty and the
hospital say So. If the hospital had a
fiat rate averaging the two months
they would be paying 90c each. if they
burned &c. If they used 50 it would
be 65c each. Therefore We do not see
how it IS possible for us to establish
a maximum rate for electric lighting
in Walla Walla at the present time"
DR.. Cropp was present at the meet
ing and after the reading of the COM
mittee'S report stated that in his opin-
ion there WAS a huge mistake some
where. He was morally certain that
excessive rates We're being charged or
else several hundred patrons or the
company would not have been so anx-
ious to have signed the petition for
maximum rates. In his own case his
pOcketbOok showed for itself
Councilman Boyer stated that the
mana cement Of the electric light COM
pany had admitted that an incompetent
meter reader had been employed dur
| ing November and December who was
| in all liability responsible for the
dissatisfaction that had arisen. The
reader has been discharged and a COM
petent man employed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
COLFAx CITIZENS WANT REFORM
Ministerial, Association Has Big A.
tendance at Meeting.

COLFAX Feb. 3.-Several hUndreH
Of the towns best citizenf atlsnaed
the meeting called by the Ministerial
.ssociati ton to take action to secure CIV.
ic and moral reform. The meeting paH&
ed Il resolution by unanimous vote
calling on the city council to revoke
the license of the Ford saloon. over
which Ida Lee was assaulted by gang
Of Young men and boys. last week. -
raise All saloon licenses from $b0n |"
$1,000: the removal Of all disordeTv
houses from the city limits. ana en-
force The curfeW ordinance. Mr.. conan
urged the people t. demand the re-
moval by the council of officers WI"
failed to DO their duty, and TINS sFH-
timent was cheered TO the echo. Inc
meeting closed with the audience
singing "Anerica.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
HE STOLE ELECTRIC POWER
Seattle Celestial Short -Cireuited Me
ter, Fieeced Light Company.

SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 3.--ChicagO
Sam. Il Chinese laundrynan, has been
arrested for stealing electricity. He
will be tried next Wednesday on that
charge.
Chicago Sam has % incandeScent
lights in his laundry. For more than
three months his electric light meter
has shown that he burned less than 80
electric light officials began to believe
that there was something the matter
with the meter Experts We're sent to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
BOER FAMILIES FOR MONTANA
Eight Hundred of Them Seeking fo
New Homes.

MILES CITY. Mont. Feb. 3.-While
in the east w. B. Jordan of this city
met General JOubet and Captain o.
DonnelI. BoeT army officers. who have
been looking for locations for about
500 Boer families. Acting with General
Delary. they have been investigating
the soil and climate of Cuba. and have
concluded that the conditions there are
not Favorable for natives of Soutr At
RIGA. General JOubert believes that
Montana supplies the conditions re-
quired by his compatriots, who are ac-
cuStomed to farming by aid of artifi-
cial irrigation. He and Captain o.
Donnell. therefore have arranged with
Mr.. Jordan to meet him in Butte some
time about Feb. Is. From Butte the
party will look over the Shields river
valley and basin, continuing thence to
the valley and wide benches of the
Yellowstone river.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
Farmers Want to Control Prices

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 3.-Delegates
from Illinois. the Dakotas, Iowa, Ne
braska and number of ather states
We're present today at the opening OF
national conference of the American
Farmers Exchange. The preliminary
organization of the exchange. which is
composed Of farmers societies through
out the country. was accomplished at
and the present conference is for the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
JUNGLE JOE" SMOKED ON
House Rules Forbade It, But No One
Said the Speaker Nay.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb s.
Spec ker Canaan recently disregarded
the rule of The house which gives MIN
the most trouble to enforce. the rule
which prohibits smoking upon the
floor of the house.
He vas interested in a political
speech made by Representative Bouteli
of Chicago. and went down on the
floor and occupied Il chair at the rear
Of the house. near the cloakroom. III
which smoking is permitted Every
once in while the speaker would
leave his place. go into the cloakroom
for a moment or two, and then reap
pear upon the floor. He did this sever
al times. but finally concluded he was
being put to too much trouble in order
to finish his cigar. He then came out
upon the floor. rested his arms upon
the brass railing at the rear OF the
house. and smoked on, apparently UNI
conscious of the fact that he was Vlo-
lating a rule Of the house.
1t is the duty of the presiding Off
Ger to remind member Of the house
when the rule against smoking is being
violated. but the chairman OF the com
mittee of the whole did not consider it
his duty to call down the speaker.
do IA CT faSmAn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
News Of the Northwest.

that $50 had been abstracted from his
pocket He at once went TO the po-
lice station and made complaint against
the woman. but could give no idea as
to her address. \ search revealed the
fact that the woman was Mrs. Benton.
of the Ross block. and she was placed
this week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03

purpose of completing the organization
and mapping out Il plan OF work. Inc
organization aims to control the mar
kets on farm produce. the members
claiming that the markets are manip-
ulated by others than the producers.
and that the farmers realize the worst
of the transaction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03

ten round go at 140 pounds. Much M
terest is manifested in the match ami
the crowd at the ringside will include
delegations of fight followers from To-
ledo, Port Huron and other places.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03
For Over AZ Years

THE WEEKLY STATESMAN has been a well
come visitor at the fireside of the best homes
in the Walla Walla valley. Every week more
than three thousand people peruse its columns.
THE WEEKLY STATESMAN today is the most
widely read weekly published in Wala Walla.
AS such its medium that brings results to
the advertiser. THE WEEKLY STATESMAN
IS bright SPACE paper, teeming with current
local events and telegraph news from all over
the world and circulates in over thousand
homes in Southeastern Washington. Mer-
chants. desiring to reach an exclusive field
covered only by THE STATESMAN use its
columns freely and with excellent results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-03

TOC CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Qurntne Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II II
fails TO cure. E. W. Groves sigma
ture Is on each box. Csc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

tained the souvenirs. was one OF the
chief attractions of the afternoon. Mrs.
Montgomery was assisted In enter.
tanning the children by the Misses Fam
ME Noe and Amelia Caffyn The chill
dren who received invitations We're:
Sadie Newhall, Minnie Noe, Flora
Blinn, Alice Fox. Mignoh Allen, Con-
stance Fulton, Dorothy Kruse, Ailsie
Church, Emma Wooton, Mildred Stew
enson, Margaret Pennel, Myrtle Skibbe,
Myrtle Linville, Lennah Parker, Nora
willett, Fay Baker, Hazel Baker, Jes-
sic Garner Georgiana Garner, Russell
Fox, Fred Noe, Thayer Rldehalgh
Robert Malarkey, Edmond Cohn, Ar
thur Mexican, Ross Grum, Fenton Gel
lar, Alfred Girding, Thyrus Skyles, AL
bert Gregg and Laura Hamblett of
Portland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

and Mrs. Bergman entertained a large
number of their friends during the
summer months.
The Misses Lienallen and DR.. Fred
erick Lienallen OF Adams, Ore, spent
the past week with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Goodin.
Mrs Robert Carruthers has return
ed from a several years residence in
Florida and will make Astoria her
home in the future.
Mrs. NJ. Freeman and family, who
have been at Seaside for the past two
months, returned to their home in
Portland on Friday evening.
The ladies' of st. Mary's Catholic
church will give one Of their enjoyable
whist parties on Tuesday evening in
their hall on Grand avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry MCGOWAN en-
tertained a large number of their AS
toria friends last evening in honor Of
their tin wedding anniversary.
Mrs. F. A. Fisher has issued large
number of invitations for an 'at
home" to be given at her residence
on Twelfth street next Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. E. z. Ferguson entertained a
few of her friends on Wednesday after
noon at her home on Grand avenue
in honor Of Mrs. A. W. Mckenzie and
Mrs. Colwell Of Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Wright of
East Astoria We're very agreeably sur
prised on Wednesday evening by a
large number Of their friends, VINO
called to help them celebrate their
silver wedding anniversary
The Ladies' Guild Of Grace Epis-
copal church gave a birthday sociable
In the basement Of the church on Fri
day evening and the affair proved to be
one Of the most enjoyable entertain
ments ever given by the ladies. The
room was prettily decorated with cut
flowers and evergreens, and dainty re-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
One Of Three Largest War Vessels
in Uncle Sans New
Navy.
COMPLEMENT OF 81 MEN
Christened by Miss Janet Nit
chelI of Milwaukee--Launch.
ing Was II Grand
Success.

San Francisco, Sept. lo.-rhe new
cruiser Milwaukee was launched sue
cessfully today from the ways Of the
Union Iron Works in this city. The
tide served at 1850 u, m. and By that
hour large fiotilla of small craft.
steam and sail, had taken up positions
to greet the latest addition to the
American navy when she took her
maiden plunge, and the yard was pack
ed with an immense crowd to witness
the ceremony. including a large NUM-
Der of Knights Templar and visitors
attracted to the city by the grand tri-
ennial encampment of that body. The
mechanical arrangements We're COM
pleted early in the morning and every
thing was in readiness TO speed the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

powerful looking warship on her frs
Journey to the sea, when Miss Lilly
jeffrey, daughter of California, gave
the signal to release the massive stee
hull from it's berth on the stocks. The
christening ceremony was performed
by Miss Janet Mitchell Of Milwau-
kee, daughter of the late United States
Senator John Mitchell. who was sur
rounded by a party of visitors from
Milwaukee including Mrs. John Nit
chell, Judge Paul d. Carpenter, rep
resenting Mayor Rose of Milwaukee;
S. NJ. Becker, an alderman Of that city;
Mrs. Becker, Miss H. Mitchell, Mrs.
w. Martin, Miss Martin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Langhoff, Miss Cohen, Miss Singer, G..
d. wilkinson, M. Mackie, Philip Jung
and Mrs. Morrison.
Not hitch occurred in the pro-
ceedings and the Milwaukee gracefully
moved down the ways and into the
waters Of San Francisco bay, as the
customary bottle of champagne re-
leased by Miss Mitchell, broke upon
her bow.
The keel OF the Milwaukee, the last
of the warships lately resting on the
ways of the local shipbuilding works,
was laid on July 80, 1902. She is a
protected cruiser and with the excep-
ton of her two sister ships the New
Charleston and the st. Louis, is the
largest vessel Of her class in the
United States navy. Her length is 424
feet; extreme breadth 66 feet; mean
draft 22.6; displacement 300 tons. She
is designed to maintain maximum sea
speed Of 22 knots with 21.000 indicated
horse power. When completed she will
carry battery consisting Of IA six-
inch and Is three-inch rapid fire guns
IL FOUNDER seni-automatic guns:
four one -pounder automatics; eight
one FOUNDER rapid fire guns; four four
inch field pieces and 10 3 caliber ma
chine guns, eight Of which will be au-
tomato. She win carry 40 officers and
631 men.
The cost OF the Milwaukee's huh
and machinery is $2,S25,OOO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

Mrs. X. oshurn and Austin osburn
spent part OF the week at Seaside.
$. G. Trullinger ana Mrs. Trullinger
have returned from a pleasure trip 10
Salem.
Mrs, Frank Parker viii entertain
her friends with q tea on Tuesday att
ernoon.
'1a.
Mrs, Thos. Wilson of Vancouver,
Wash, spent the week visiting her
daughter, Mrs, P, f, Fercheu.
Miss Catalan has returned to her
home in Portland after a two months
visit with Mrs, John A. Devlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Kuettner re-
turned from trip through the Will
lamette valley on Friday evening,
Mrs. Regain and Miss Regain, who
have been visiting DIR. Regan for some
time, have returned to their home in
the east.
Isaac Bergman and Mrs. Bergman
have returned from Beaver Ledge farm.
their summer home on Grays river,
where they have spent the summer. Mr..
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

freshments were served. The ladies
Having charge of the event were Mrs
lp. L, Cherry. Mrs. Thomas. Mrs c.
j. Trenchard and Mrs. Brenham Van
Dusen, while those who took part In
the excellent musical program We're
Misses Pauline Kirchhoff. White
Springer Busey, Margaret Calender
Margaret Taylor. Roberts; Mesdamea
Strowhrdge, Brenham Van Dusen
Samuel Maddox, Charles Calender,
The ladies of the Methodist church
and their friends were very delight
fully entertained by Mrs. Jennie Busey
on Wednesday afternoon. Sweet peas
and eyergreens were used for the decor,
ations and several musical selections
were given by Miss Elsie Larson. the
violnist, and Miss Springer of Port
land.
Dorothy Montgomery entertained
large number OF her little friends In
honor of her 10th birthday on Thurs
day afternoon at the home OF her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Montgomery,
on Duane street. Different games were
played by the children and all enjoyed
the birthday feast. which was COM
posed of all the good things most liked
by children. The magic pie, which
formed the centerpiece and which con-