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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10

Fles, cakes, bread, confectionery ana
zee cream at Young's 211 West Main
Prendergasts old stand.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
VENGEANCE
Of WOMAN
TRIUMPH
special Dispatch to rhs calL

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-"Dismissed by
President Roosevelt on charges of scan
dalous conduct and for the good Of the
service" was the announcement which
came from Washington to-day as an
anti-climax in the suit for breach Of
promise brought by Mrs. Fannie Foss.
a pretty cloak model. against Surgeon
Charles e. D. Lord of the United
States public health and marine hos
pital service.
The sweet revenge for which Mrs.
Foss declared she sued came more
quickly than she had dreamed. The
breach of promise action had nothing to
do with the dismissal, which had been
determined upon before the suit was
brought.
The charges against DR.. Lord related
to his conduct in San Francisco, 1t was
asserted where he first met Mrs. Foss.
On Monday she filed her suit for $4,000
for a broken heart.
1t was learned to-day that DR.. Lord
has a wife in Biddeford, Maine. who
was Mrs. Annie Ingersoll before her
marriage to the handsome young sur
geon Mrs. Lord. with her mother-in-
law, was in New York few days ago.
Upon their return to Maine to-day they
declared the suit for breach of promise
was a blackmailing scheme. Richard
Ingersoll DR.. Lords father-in-law, has
announced his purpose Of coming to
New York to help fight the suit.
Mrs. Foss said to-day:
Il am through with gold lace and
uniforms forever. My affairs of the
heart have certainly been disappoint-
ing. when the charlner has been a fol-
lower of the sea. 1 met Lord during
the Haines oourt-martial and he
seemed to take an interest in my case.
/ do not want money, but will press my
suit for. revenge"
Mrs Foss, who is a handsome young
widow, is a Californian.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
ONCE HAD MILLIONS;
NOW IN A POORHOUSE

NEW YORK, Nov. I5.-schuyIer Van
Ness, Of the aristocratic Dutch family
OF New York, once the possessor of
s., 900, 900. was a prisoner before a mag
istrate to-day, charged with begging.
"Ah, you don't know me, magistrate?
You're like the rest of the fine fellows
who were my friends In the old days"
he said. You can't see In the name
less street peddler that you call a beg
gar Schuyler Van Ness Of old Dutch
stock, the Union League and Universi-
ty Club man. who lost $4,000, 900 in that
hellhole Of Wall street twelve years ago.
That's right, send me to Blackwell"
But Magistrate Cornell did know him.
As soon as the man before him spoke
he recognized IN the shabby, trembling,
shambling prisoner a vestige of the
dashing Schuyler Van Ness of other
days.
Van Ness had some little scented
beans from the Philippines, which he
said he was selling. Magistrate Cornell
sentenced Van Ness to the Poorhouse
for begging.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16

Attorney Pillsbury led Mrs. Elizabeth
c. Phillips through a Tong and search
ing cross examination yesterday morn
ing concerning her interviews with the
executors of Bertha Dolbeer's will for
the purpose of inducing them to pay
her a bonus of $4,000, 10 be added to
her bequest of SO, 600. 1t was brought
out with the force of greater detail that
she made the strong suggestion to them
that if she should testify in behalf Of
the contestant Schander she would
give much aid to his case.
While Mrs. Phillips had sought to i'm
press on the executors that her testi-
mony would be dangerous to the will
and that it would be valuable for the
contestant, she was not so solicitous
concerning her own legacy of $4,000.
Her explanation on the stand was that
she was under oath, must tell the truth
concerning Miss Dolbeers mental con-
dition, no matter whether she would be
deprived of her bequest of $40, 900 or
No
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
ANDRE OUT
Of FRENCH
War OFFICE
Sensation Is Caused
by Unexpected
Resignation.
Enemies Claim It HeraldS
Downfall Of COmbeS
Ministry.
BOurse Broker Is Appointed Head
BOurSe Broker Is Appointed Head
Of the Republics Military
Forces

PARIS, Nov. 15.-GeneraI Andre re-
signed the portfolio of Minister of War
and Henry Berteaux, a member of the
Chamber of Deputies. and a successful
broker on the Bourse, was nominated
as his successor to-day
This change in the Ministry is the
elimination of fierce assaults upon the
administration of the War ONCE. in the
course of which the Chamber of Dep
uties was the scene of frequent wild
disorders, including the recent personal
assault upon General Andre. These
events stirred = public TO high pitch
Of -evciten1erit, particularly army and
political circles, where a succession of
duels evidenced the bitterness. General
Andre reached the decision to resign
only this morning, and Immediately dis
patched a letter TO Premier Combes
The text of this letter, which was Civ
en- out tonight. asserts that the at
tacks against the War Office were
merely a device of enemies of the
Government to undermine the republic
While proud of the work to which
l have devoted my best energies Cen
eral Andre wrote, Il have too much
love for my country and the republic
to accept for one moment the hypo-
within the Republican majority 1t is
by the united action of this majority
that the Ministries of Waldeck-Rous-
seau and Combes have saved the repub-
lie from the perils confronting them,
and it is thanks to this continued union
that the Republican party will achieve
the great task before it,"
The letter concludes with affection
ate adieus to General Andres col
leagues and thanks for their co-opera-
ton.
Premier Combes laid the letter be-
fore the Cabinet meeting, and an agree
ment was speedily arrived at to invite
Berteaux to succeed Andre. The Pre-
mier presented BerteauX to President
Loubet at O'Clock this evening and
the announcement of the change was
thereupon officially made.
News of the resignation of Andre
created a sensation. owing to the in
tensity of the recent controversy The
opposition TO the Minister hailed the
resignation as a. great victory, which
would speedily lead to the fall of the
entire Ministry.
Reports were circulated tonight that
Pelletan, Rouvier and Maruejols are
likely to resign the portfolios of the
Ministries of Marine, Finance and Pub
lie Works, respectively, but there is no
confirmation of these rumors Conser-
vative opinion is that the Cabinet will
be strengthened by the removal of the
chief source of the present discord.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
BEARS MAKE
TROUBLE FOR
TRAVELLERS
Exciting Experience
Of an Official
Of Dawson.
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

TACOMA. Nov. 15--From many di-
rections come stories Of a bear at
taczing settlers. At Dawson two
weeks ago Mining Recorder Wadleigh
was chased by two cinnamon bears
which he met on the trail between
Dawson and Glacier Creek Bears are
30 common there that Wadieigh
thought nothing OF them until they
began running toward him. He ran
10 the nearest tree and pulled upward
his 30 pounds Of avoirdupois as rap
IDLY as possible. AS he reached the
first limb the bears stopped at the
base of the tree TO inspect a bottle Of
whisky which the DaWsonite threw
down Wadleigh climbed TO the high
est. branches. remaining there in the
cold ten hours In the meanwhile the
bears had retreated.
Thomas Jeffey. while pulling freight
70 Pelly Crossing in October, espied a
black bear In the water. Having no
weapon, he seized pole having spikes
on i, threw the pole over the bears
meek and held its head under water
until the brute was drowned
Morcecai Jones Of White Salmon
narrowly escaped death in 2. desperate
encounter with a black bear. He had
crawled into a thicket where bruin
was making mincemeat Of his two
dogs and fired twice at the animal at
close range. his third shell missed
fire and the beast turned fiercelv upon
him Quickly injecting a fourth car
fridge Jones discharged his rife with
its muZzle against the bears face.
This fourth shot ended bruin.
Jones and his wife have killed
twenty bears in that neighborhood.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
NOT
GOLD, WINS
The WIDOW
Agreement Is Signed
With Wealthy and
Aged FianCe.
Special DisDasch to The Can

FRESNO. Nov. 15.-For the sum of
$500 Mrs. Lovey Berry agrees to marry
Mahlon Lewis, an aged and wealthy
resident of Selma, and when he dies re-
inquish all claim upon any portion OF
MS large estate. Articles of agreement
to this effect signed by Mrs Berry on
the 18th Of this month were fled to-day
IN the County Recorders Office as a
premarriage agreement. IT is further
agreed that upon the death of Lewis the
whole estate shall go to his children. A
license to wed was issued the pair sew
eral days ago.
Mrs. Berry is the widow Of William
Berry and has lived more than forty
years, while Lewis has lived the allotted
three score years and ten. He has four
children, two sons and two daughters
He is a well-known Selma man and a
prominent citizen. He is said to be
worth $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
Hits FIANCE
FOR ANOTHER
Butte Society Belle Re-
fuses to Marry Million
aire Spokane Clubman
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BUTTE, Mont. Nov 15.-Social cir
cles of Butte are much exercised over
the marriage of Miss Mollie Walker,
one of the society bellies of the city,
and member of one of the best known
families Of the State, to Glen Harring-
ton. son of Fayette Harrington, a well
known Butte banker.
Two weeks ago Miss Walker was en-
gagged to marry Clyde NJ. Graves. q
millionaire clubman of Spokane The
wedding had been set for one week
hence, a trousseau had been made and
practically all of the final arrange
ments completed, when Miss Walker
announced that she had concluded to
marry Harrington, the sweetheart of
her school days, whose engagement. il
is said, the young lady broke when she
became engaged to Graves
Friends say Mrs. Walkers opposi-
ton to the attentions of Harrington
caused the girl to assent to the offer
of marriage from the Spokane clubman
in order to procure a trousseau in
which she could be married to Har-
rington.
The couple will spend their honey
moon in New York and abroad.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
MAKES STOUT DENIAL.

Attorney Pillsbury finally put the
question bluntly:
Have you no contract with the contestant
that you are TO receive the amount of your
legacy If the Will is broken?
have none.
Have you no understanding with the CON-
testant as 10 what you shall receive?
| have not. 1 think 1 answered that yes
terday when ] said l had neither been bought
nor sold.
A fashlight photograph of the hall
way on the ninth floor in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel, showing the window
through which Miss Dolbeer suddenly
disappeared aud fell to her death
on July 9 last was introduced in
evidence yesterday and shown to
the jury. The window is but
two feet from the floor Miss Dolbeer
was standing on a smooth marble slab,
which is part of the noor, and her
footing was therefore somewhat uncer-
tain, it being very easy to slip.
On the opening of court in the morn
lips proceeded as follows:
Did you not tell Mr.. Mugan that YOU would
compel Miss Warren to disgorge S25, 900 before
you got through with the case?
l did not
Was no mention made Of s25. 900?
Yes. l thought l was talking confidenfially
to friend who sympathized with me and 1
Miss Warren's mother. whom Miss Dolbeer
hardly knew should have SOB. 900 while I who
had helped TO rear the girl and of kin.
Did you say TO Mr.. Mugan that Miss Warren
would have to give you $4,000 in addition
70 your bequest or you would see to II that
she didn't get the property?
l did not. told him that I could easily
break the will II would tell what I knew of
Miss Dolbeer. but made threats
Did you go TO Mr. johnson, attorney for
the contestant Schander or did he come to
you in the first place?
Mr.. Johnson telephoned to me and asked
II he might see me. l told him would see
him.
What did you tell him?
/ told him nothing. ! hshed around to ascer
tain what evidence he had on which to base
HIS case. He was not transparent. however.
He seemed be fishing TO get something out
OF me, but he didn't.
At subsequent interviews with the
attorneys she had discussed the testi-
mony she would give
Attorney Pillsbury piled the witness
with questions concerning a visit she
made to Executor Mugan, at which
time she plainly stated her grievances
She first protested against allowing
Miss Warren to occupy the Dolbeer
home on Pacific avenue. She also COM
planned to him because he had held up
Miss Warren at the funeral of Miss
Dolbeer, showing her much Difference,
while ignoring others who were of kin.
The witness also found fault with Mu-
gan because he had given her no ad-
vice as to investment of money, while
he had favored Miss Warren very
much in this regard.
Thomas Saywell. a gardener, was
called for the contestant to testify
concerning the death OF Mrs. DoIbeer.
mother of testatrix, in 1879. He was
the first to break into the room where
the BODY lay with a bullet wound in
the temple and a pistol at her side.
The deposition Of Catherine Lee
taken for contestant in New York.
where she is employed as assistant
housekeeper of the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel, was taken up. She had charge
of the rooms occupied by Miss Dol
Continued on Page ?. Column 2.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
BUCKVHEA1
CAKES FOR
HIS GUESTS

OwEGO, n. Y. Nov. 15.-Owego
never has seen 50 many men. who are
prominent in public life as were as
sembled here to-day in response TO the
invitation Of Senator Platt to his buck
wheat breakfast. Senator Depew, Con-
gressmen. State Senators and Assem-
blymen, some accompanied by their
wives. were present at the Ahawga
House. Senator Platt's home in Owego-
Neither Governor Ode1 nor Governor
elect Higgins attended. the latter be-
ing Ill.
Senator Depew was one OF the after
breakfast speakers. In the course OF
an address he said that Senator Platt's
twenty years of leadership would stand
in political history as uneQualed in its
absence OF factional strife within the
party and the glorious victories OF the
party. Referring to the election Mr..
Depew said:
What elected Roosevelt? The an
swer is as clear as revelation: RoOse-
welt elected Roosevelt No persOnali-
ty in American public life ever stood
out so distinct in Individual character
istics. in emphatic traits. peculiarly his
own, and in outspcken condolences with
the whole people like President ROose-
velt The qualities which his enemies
caricatured were the ones which en-
deared him to his cOuntrymen. He
holds his commission freer from pledges
or obligations. except to the people
who elected him. than any Of his pre-
decesSOrs.
Now, nv friends. what OF the fu-
ture? Upon the ruins Of the disinte-
grafton Of the Democratic party will
arise an organization built I'D by re-
sourceful and able agitators. whose ap-
peal will be to discomfort 1t must be
our task that there shall be a minimum
of discomfort and a maximum OF sat
isfaction."
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
LEILAH KIRKHAM YARDE=BULLER IS DEAD

IN of hff
/ O. nneL Ya "a fC o
St James, yetedpa t In
arowh1i
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
THE THEArERS

AIcAZAR-~The Climbers"
cALIFORNIA-"AF Friend Of the Fan-
ily''
CENTRAL-~winch
COLUMBIA-''TheC County Chairman"
sCHUTESHVaudevfll
FISCHER R'S-vaudevi1ls
GRAND-'"Ths Fatal Wedding"
MAJESTIC-.'Hearts Ahame-"
oRPHEUM-vaudsviIls- Matinee 10
day.
TIvOLL'Ths Messenger Boy"
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
Sam Franciscans at the Fair.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15.-The following
San Franciscans registered recently at
the California building at the Worlds
Fair: ]. C. Landsberger, Mrs. Z. B.
Cousin, z. f. Tway and family, Mrs.
r. L. Mann and c. c. McDougaIl.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16

Continued ON Page ?, Column 3.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16

The closing chapter in the varied ca
reer Of once beautiful belle Of Oak
land and later a favored visitor to the
court OF st. James, Lady Mary LeiIah
kfrkham Yarde-Buller, was written by
death at an early hour yesterday morn
ing when the unfortunate woman
passed away at the Livermore sana-
torium.
Death came to Lady Yarde-Buller a
few hours after her long battle for
freedom from the restraint that had
been placed upon her by a court Of
justice had been lost. Frail in mind
and body. 1t needed but one blow to
bring her to deaths threshold and
that came when the court a few davs
ago refused to grant her absolute free
dom from guardian under whose
charge she had been rebelling for a
number of years.
Lady Yarde-Buller had been an in
mate of the Livermore Sanatoriun for
some time. 1t was there that she rose
from a sick couch to attend her case ar
court week ago, and it was during
this proceedings that she contracted a
cold that aggravated an attack of
Bright's disease. She was told that her
condition was helpless. Despondent
over the failure of her hard fought
case, and tired Of a life that had been
fraught with alternating pleasures and
disappointments, she laid her head
again upon her pillow and patiently
awaited the end that came not tardily.
MARRIES BOYLE BLAIR.
Few women OF the day have received
more public attention or crowded more
exciting experiences into a short life
than the unfortunate woman who
passed to eternal rest at Livermore
yesterday
As pretty Mary Leilah Kirkham.
daughter of the late General r. w
Kirkham, at one time quartermaster
general of the United States army. the
dead woman will be readily recalled by
the older members of Oakland society.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
.Refused NIedIcaI Aid.

HONOLULU. Nov. 9.-Mrs. Mary
Baker Reinhart a member OF a we'll
known Hawaiian family, died at her
home in Hilo last week Of consunn-
ton. She had been suffering for some
time, but refused medicine. or physi-
clans care, relying on Christian
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16

Continued on Page 2. Column 2.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-16
CAN for National Bank Reports.

WASHINGTON. Nov. Is. - The
Comptroller Of the Currency has is
sued a call for the condition OF ma
tionaI banks at the close OF business
on Thursday, November 10.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-01
RUSSIAN COSSACKS
The Nest Picturesque Feature of the
 Czar's Army.
Most Mobile Body of Cavalry and the Best Scouts in Europe OF Asia-- Like American Rough
 Riders.

With the persistent rumors of war coming out of the east, interest in the armies of both the czar and mikado con- tinues to grow, and the peculiarities and characteristics of the troops of both nations have an unusual interest.
 The mighty fighting machine of Rus sia, with its more than 4,o0o ,000 troops of all classes, contains many interesting organizations, and, in fact, there is just sufficient my ystery thrown around the en- tire army to give it an interest greater than is attached to any other European armed force. But the Russian troops that figure most in the romance and his- tory of the nation are the Cossacks, that wonderful body of soldiers that may be Ekened in a way to the rough riders of our own army during the war with Spain, and have many of the oharacteris- tics familiar to our regular cavalry or ganizations that learned fighting dur ing the Indian wars of the west.
 There are no better scouts in the world than the Cossacks. These men serve in the Russian army under special regulations. Service with them begins on the completion of the eighteenth year,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-01
ELECTRICITY SOURCE OF LIFE.
While Not Life Itself 1t Plays 1nA- portant Part i'm the Production
 of Phenomena.

There is good reason for believing that the chemical as well as the phys ical changes of protoplasm are pro- duced by alterations in electrical con- ditions, and that the remarkable chem ical powers of protoplasm shown in it's syntheses and decompositions are in reality electrical, and resemble those produced in electrolysis by the action of the current, states the World To- Day. When, for example, an electric charge is removed from an organic compound it decomposes and new con- pounds arise. We can therefore say that those substances will poison the protoplasm which give up or part with their charges easily. Substances which give up their charges with especial ease are mercury and silver, which are ac- cordingly very poisonous. We are even able, from electrical data recently ob- tained, to calculate approximately for any salt how much will be necessary to kill given protoplasm in given time.
 It may fairly be said, then. that the forces of protoplasm are electrical in large part at least, and that they give rise under these special conditions to the phenomena which constitute life. This is of course quite different from saying that electricity is life. Life is a name we give to a group of phenomena; while electricity plays part in pro- ducing these it is not itself the phe- nomena.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-01

and lasts 20 years. of which seven are spent actually serving. These rules do not apply, however, to the Ural Cos serve actually one year. Since the days when the allied armies entered Paris. no part of the Russian army has taken such hold on the popular imagination as the Cossack cavalry
 Like the French zouave and the Prussian Uhlan, the Cossack has been enveloped with certain amount of TO- nance, and lives in story far more than his lesg-known comrades in the Russian army. And this Is not without reason, for the Cossack makes excellent fighting material. On active service as scouts the Cossacks are the eye and soul of the army. Like pointer they seem to smell the enemy, when no one else thinks of his existence.
 Neither Cossack nor his horse seems to know what fatigue means-they never seem to want to sleep. The horse in the Cossack's hands is something of which the greatest care must be taken. and this accounts for the seemingly tireless nature of the Cossacks mount. If commander in the field wishes to send an order to distant column whose exact position he cannot quite locate, he employs a Cossaok, who is bound to find a means of delivering the order; for it is said of the Cossaeks that they can find their way anywhere.
 At guerrilla warfare these splendid cavalrymen are, of course, at their best Woe betide an army whose rear is harassed by Cossacks, for it will have no peace.
 Tn peace time there are 52 regiments of Cossacks-44 of six squadrons and eight of four. There are, besides, 21 Independent squadrons. In war time these figures are considerably increased, there being 130 regiments of six squad rons and Is of four, besides B inde- pendent sQuadrons. The Cossack is armed with rife, without bayonet, and with a sword, which, by the way, has no guard Front ranks in most Cossack regiments carry 1ances.
 The army of the mikado can boast of no body of cavalry that is equally as ef- ficient as the Cossacks of Russia The Japanese infantry Is more mobile, more enthusiastic. better trained in many ways than that of Russia, but many of the defects of the Russian infantry are atoned for by the perfection of the Rus sian Cossacks, and they will be a promi- nent feature of the Russian fighting Sorce if war comes in the Far East.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-01
Eifel Tower to Be Dismantled.

An engineering feat of no small i'm. portance will be the raging of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, for this re. nownad structure is doomed to disap- pear from the Champ de Mars. The concession for the building of the tower will expire ill 1910. and probab nothing would be done in the imme. diate future if it were not for the fact that like the famous Tower of Pisa, it is beginning to lean to one side. In the case of the Tower of Pisa, the cen. ter of gravity is not far displaced, since the tower was purposely built in that position. But with the Eiffel Tower the case is different, since it was designed to stand erect, and any great amount of declination will dis. place the center of gravity to a point dangerously near the outside of the base.