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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-15
Mississippi Leans to Parker.

JACKSON. Miss. June 1.-THE
democratic state convention to select
four delegates at large to the st. Louis
convention met here today. Consider
able Parker sympathy was manifested
and it is possible a resolution in his IA
vor may be adopted though not with
out vigorous opposition from the Nc
Laurin faction, which favors the can
didacy of Hearst. Senators Money and
McLaurin. Governor Nardaman aai
Congressman John Sharp Williams are
mentioned for delegates at large
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WORLDS FAIn AT ST. LOUIS, MO.
MAY TO NOVEMBER.

Account of the Worlds Fair at ST
Louis the O. r. & n. Co. announce the
following rates:
To st. Louis and return $4,000
To Chicago and return SOS. 90
To Chicago and return from st.
Louis ......... ...... ........ $62. so
Returning via California and Port
land add $3.50 to above rates.
Children entitled to half rate, one
half of above rates.
LimIs-Ten days going with final
limit Of ninety days.
Selling dates: June 10th, 18th, 18th;
July 1st, I'd, Sd; August Sth, 9th, 10th;
September 5th, 9Th, 7th; October Sd,
4th. 5th.
Stopovers-Stopover will be allowed
in either direction within the limit.
These tickets are good going one
route and returning another.
For detailed information call on or
address r. BURNS,
General Agent.
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Rate to the Worlds Fair.


To st. Louis and return ........s $4,000
To Chicago, and return -. go. $500
To St. Louis, returning from
Chicago. or
To Chicago, returning from St.
Louis ........ ............... $3.50
To st. Louis returnin via Chi
cago, or
To Chicago returning via st.
Tickets on sale-June 18th, 10th, 18th,
18th; July LIST, I'd and Sd; August Sth
9th and 10th; September 9Th, 9Th and
eth; October Sd, 4th and 5th.
Good going for ten days, returning
90 days. Stopover in either direction
within limits. For information as to
routes and side trips sleeping car &C
commodations, etc, call on or address
any agent, or,
S. B. CALDERHEAD
Gen. Pass. Agent, w. &, C. R. R'y
y. D. CHARLTON, Walla Walla.
a. G.. P. A. Nor. Pac. R'y
Portland, Oregon.
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ken. 1t is believed to have been a case
of suicide.
Two schoolboys frightened it by
throwing stones. The animal. dashing
across the pasture, stepped into hor-
nets nest beside fallen tree.
Instantly the horse was literally
covered by the insects, which began
a relentless attack. The horses agony
was intense, and it rushed madly nth
er and thither until it finally lunged
to death against a tree.
When the owner found the animals
body there We're hundreds of great
welts or swollen places on it. The
horses eyes We're completely closed by
the hornets
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-15

Speaker Cannon for vice president, and
the democrats should name as their
second choice John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi. This would remove from
the house of representatives the pres
ent leaders of the two contending par
ties. men of recognized ability and
men of wide popularity. Williams is
as popular on his side of the house as
Cannon is among the republicans, and
his popularity extends into many states
AS Cannon would add strength to the
renublican ticket, so would Williams
strengthen the ticket named at 81.
Louis. The choice of these two men
for vice presidential nominations
would necessitate the selection of new
leaders in the lower branch of con-
gress. and would bring to the front
men comparatively new and untried
Cannon and Williams are the best men
now available for leadership in the
house. and it is doubtful if their sue
cessors, should successors have to be
chosen. could carry on the work to
successfully begun by these political
giants in the first two sessions Of the
fifty-eighth congress. The house would
greatly suffer should these men be Sc
lected for this duties.
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O. r. e. n. Co.

For Triennial Conclave, Knights
Templar, September to 9 and for the
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. o. F.,
September 10 to Is. the o. R. & N. Co.
will sell excursion tickets to San
Francisco via steamer or rail, $3.50.
Dates Of sale
Via steamer August 81, % and Sep.
TENDER 1 and 2.
Via rail September 1, 2, 3, Is, 16 and
II; limit October %.
For berth reservations call on or
address r. BURNS,
General Agent.
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II would be strange coincidence if
-i'e republicans should nominate
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THE FAIR ROUTE
r. BURNS,
General Agent,

Via Chicago or New Orleans to St.
Louis, is the one that gives you the
most for your money, and the fact that
the Illinois Central offers UNSURPASSED
service via these points to the Worlds
fair, and in this connection to all
points beyond, makes it to your advan-
tage, in case you contemplate a trip
to any point east, to write us before
making final arrangements.
We can offer the choice of at least a
dozen different routes
B. H. TRUMBULL,
Commercial Agent,
142 Third Street, Portland, Or.
j. c. LINDSEY, T. F. & P. A.,
142 Third ST., Portland, Or.
P. B. THOMPSON, F. &P.A.
Room l, Colman Bldg, Seattle.
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quarter cent gallon was guaranteed
Benjamin P. Greenbough for use of
his patented process for refining oil.
Suit has been commenced in a Massa-
chusetts superior court for the above
amount which is claimed to be due
on stipulation found among her hus-
bands papers. which was unknown
to the widow and seems to have been
forgotten by the oil company.
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Sues the Standard Oil Company.

An inventors widow claims $50
900 600 from the Standard Oil Co. Her
name is Elizabeth T. Greenbough, and
her claim is based upon a contract
made with her husband, who was lost
some years ago at sea, by the Stand
ard Oil Co. in which a royalty of one
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-15

An amusing sequel of the Grigsby
matter was a letter recently received
in Washington by a high official of the
government, in which it was repre-
scented that the state of Washington
would certainly go against Roosevelt
unless Grigsby is reinstated as dis
trict attorney at Nome.
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PUZZLED BY STRANGE AND CON :
FLIcTING STATEMENTS MADE
BY ALASKANS.
Will Make Investigation Of the Bitter
Political Fight Going on in
the North.
the North

WASHINGTON, b. c., June Is
The coming investigation into judici-
airy and other matters in Alaska will
be perhaps the most significant official
inquiry that has ever been made in
any of the territories. President Roose-
welt hopes to accomplish nothing less
than the permanent reform of federal
affairs in Alaska by appointing officers
who can be relied on in every office in
the ristrict.
1t does not follow, of course, that
none Of the present officers will be re-
appointed, and, in fact some of the old
places are not now in question. The
object of the inquiry is to determine
the fitness of all those officers in Alas
ment at this time, and some of the
others as we'll.
The investigation is the direct
outcome of the bitter fight made
against the reappOintment of Judges
Brown and Wickersham. The presi-
dent has listened to all sorts of stories
about these men. Some of the stories
he knows, are false. AS to others, he
is in doubt.
The plain truth is that Mr.. ROOse-
welt has been so much lied to about
persons and affairs in Alaska that he
hardly knows where to turn for an
honest and disinterested statment
| Through the Investigations about to
be begun by James S. Young, who
| is the United States district attorney
at Pittsburg, but who has been ap-
| pointed special assistant attorney
general for this extraordinary inquiry
the president hopes to arrive at the
TRUTH
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Horse, Attacked by Hornets, a Suicide.
FRESH PONDS, n. j., June ID
horse owned by Ferdinand Schneider
ran into a tree and its neck was bro
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Crowd of AIaskans.

Crowd of Alaskans.
During the last winter and spring
there has been a crowd of Alaskans in
Washington, and probably two out of
every three had it in for somebody or
something. and there was almost al
ways an AK to grind. The president is
VIGOROUSLY accessible to all visitors. 1t
was easy for any man who called him.
self an Alaskan to call ON the presi-
dent and pirate about good govern
ment, and a delegate in congress. and
wagon roads and other projects. while
really having knife in his sleeve for
tory
Few men have been attacked as
Judge Brown and Judge Wickersham
have been attacked. Lies out of the
whole cloth have been told about both
of them, and the net result is that the
presumption at this time is against
Judge Brown and in favor of Judge
Wickersham. Both have had their
friends here-not by their own ar
rangement, but through the loyalty of
persons who believed the judges were
being unjustly attacked. and who
spoke accordingly to the president and
the attorney general. Still, the pres
ident is as far as ever from having
a correct knowledge of the situation.
Special Assistant Attorney Gener-
without any precOnceived notions as
| to the culpability of the persons who
| are to be investigated. He has avoid
| ed talking with persons who wished
to knife" this or that office holder.
| He wishes to learn for himself, after
he reaches Alaska. He will take with
| him a stenographer to report hearings,
and these hearings will be given in
all the principal towns of the terrific
ry. The investigation will probably
occupy about three months.
To Arrive July l.
Mr.. Young intends to leave for Sc
attic about June %, and he will be in
southeastern Alaska by the first of Ju-
ly He will visit Wrangel and Ketch-
kan in southeastern Alaska, as we'll
as Juneau and Skagway. for it was
from those towns that some of the ug-
Hest charges against Judge Brown
have come
A visit will also be made to Valdez,
but whether that will be after the trip
to the Yukon river and to Nome has
not yet been determined.
The president and the attorney gen.
eral are anxious to have the Nome
scandals sifted also, and this will be
one of the most important features of
the investigation. Judge Moore stands
we'll with the administration, but the
clerk of the court will be investigated,
and the marshars office will be looked
into. Grigsby, the district attorney,
was forced to resign several weeks
lago.
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Through Tourist Car to Worlds Fair.
On Tuesday, June 18th, the o. R. &
n. Co. will run Tourist sleeper direct
from Walla Walla to St. Louis with
out change. Berths in this car should
be reserved at once.
r. BURNS,
General Accent
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CANNON MAY Be CHOICE
nE WILL PROBABLY BE FORCED
TO ACCEPT VICE PREslDEN-
TIAL NOMINATION.
Leaders Believe Fle Is Strongest Man
IN Nation for Roosevets Run
ming Mate.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 15.-As
the time for holding the republican
national convention approaches, there
is noticeable a vigorous revival of the
Cannon vice presidential boom. 1t is
not backed by the speaker, or by his
real friends but by republicans of his
own ana neighboring states, who rea-
lie that the situation in the middle
west is critical, and calls for radical
measures in order to insure republican
success at the fall election. Three
great states that can swing the cleo
ton one way or the other, are in
doubt; two of them are usually in the
doubtful column-Illinois and Indiana
but the third, Wisconsin, is normally
controlled by the republicans If the
republicans should fail to carry these
states it would very probably insure
the election of the democratic ticket.
Therefore republican leaders have
turned to Cannon as the strongest man
in that section, and the man who
would beyond question add the great
est strength to the republican ticket.
Representative Hit whose boom
mas completely subsidized, would per
hapS serve II nominated, to hold Him
ols In the republican column, but Hit
does not enjoy general popularity and
could not influence the vote Of the
other two doubtful state. Fairbanks,
of Indiana, is in somewhat the same
fix. He might insure Indiana to the
republicans, but he could not domin-
ale Illinois and WISCONSIN While #
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The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
LABOR COM BAT.
Present Eliot Deplores Present Hostile
Conditions.

Cambridge, Mass. May Methods
Of modern trade unions have again
beeu attacked and those of employers
strongly commended by DR.. Charles W.
Eliot president of Harvard University
in al address delivered before the so
cial science committee Harvard stud
ept organization. In the audience were
several prominent labor leaders.
THE actual industrial organization
in the United States" said President
Eliot is in large measure dual Or
ganization for combat. Within the last
two ycars this industrial combat mas
become more intense. though less vlo-
lent. through the firm organization OF
MANY associations of employees; ana
now mike ordinary warfare, threatens
to hr incessalR. the combatants agree
ing to truceS, but never making peace
It's evils are perversive, chronic and al
ways at ones very door.
This condition of combat ought 10
prove TRANSITIONAL and temporary, Tor
real public happiness cannot possibly
grow ont of it.
"The habitual effort of trade unions
to create monopoly in labor, each IN
ite own trade, is a hostile effort against
The community as a whole, for they
seek hy this means their own pecuniary
benefit at the expense Of the rest OF the
community.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
President Pressed the Key.

President Roosevelt pressed the
golden key which completed the cleo
trical circuit releasing the gigantic
power of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position at st. Louis. The ceremony
occurred in the east room OF the
White House precisely at 1:l4k
o'clock. standard time.
AS the President pressed the key
the Third battery OF United States ar
tilery, stationed on the grounds of tho
Washington monument, fired ma
tlonal salute of twenty-one guns. Con
gratulatory messages were then ex-
changed between the President and
David r. Francis, president Of tho
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany.
The historic ceremony was wit
messed by notable assemblage.
Among these We're guests of the Pres
ident in the east room. the members
Of the Cabinet except Secretary Taft.
who is in St. Louis as the personal
representative of the President. the
chief justice and associate justices or
the Supreme Court of the United
States Senator Frye. Speaker Can
non. ambassadors, ministers and oIher
representatives Of foreign govern
ments at the capital. the Missouri del
egatiOn in the Senate and House, and
prominent people in the various walks
OF life.
The President delivered the follow
ing brief address:
Il have received from the Exposi-
tion grounds the statement that the
management of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition awaits the pressing
of the button which is to transmit tho
electric energy which is to unfurl the
flags and start the machinery OF the
Exposition.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06

Ger who showed himself in order to
encourage his men being picked off,
Meanwhile the fire was being thus
kept under The Japanese army in
increasing numbers crossing on the
doomeu 'impregnable defenses." In
particular they were creeping round to
the north so as to be able to seize the
commanding ground Of the present ar
tillery, from whence to enfllade the
defenses and throw their terrible
shells into the masses Of crowded Rus
slams.
The final report from General Kur-
oki gives the rapid end on Sunday. At
daybreak on Sunday morning the ar
tillery opened on Chiu Tien Cheng and
about a. m. the guns were able to get
within decisive range of the place
from the high ground on the north.
With no guns of the enemy any longer
able to reply to them, this smashing
bombardment was designed to prepare
the way for an infantry assault by
shattering the nerves and breaking
down the defenses OF the helpless re-
cipients of this mass of lead.
By a quarter past s, when the gen.
eral artillery bombardment had lasted
Tor about five hours, and as the TWEEN
ty-five minutes the guns had been
pouring in shells from close range to
which there was and could be no re-
ply, the Japanese infantry closed and
severe fighting took place for just
three quarters of an hour. That was
the time required for the Japanese to
storm the works and position and to
occupy the whole line from end to end.
We know little as yet of the losses
or captures on either side during
these historic events, but eventually
the victory was as complete and decis-
i've as, for the number engaged, 1t
could be.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
Views Of Military Experts.

Iondon, May 2.-General Kuroki's
official dispatches. specially tele-
graphed in full from Toxic, give
clear picture Of the sequence Of events
though the decisive result was not
reached till Sunday morning, about 9
a. m.
The fighting appears to have been
carried on with only a short intermls-
sion ever since Tuesday. On the lat
ter day the guards division made
successful attack on one Of the Islands
in the Yalu in order to enable the
bridge to be constructed from the
mainland on the left or japanese bank
so as to shorten the passage to the fur
ther bank Part of the second division
was also placed on this island to be
ready to reinforce guards as soon as
the further bank had been taken.
A long preliminary artillery duel, ac-
cordng to British generals reading
of the dispatches, now seems to have
taken place, during which the Rus
slams, firing at great range. did CON
siderable mischief both to the works
which were being carried on on the
island and on the mainland.
The Russians appear to have been
densely massed, for we are told that
10000 of the men were concentrated
on four miles of ground. This, then,
was doubtless the situation.
On Sunday morning at dawn the
Russian artillery fire completely sub
dued every point of vantage and
found the Russian works occupied by
well trained skirmishing forces of the
Japanese, so that no Russian could
show his head above the works with
ou 6beng shot, and every Russian Off
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-06
STATE CAPITAL NOTES
Beecher Island Battlefield.

Through the efforts OF Representa-
tive Bonynge a portion of the Beecher
Island battlefield. in Yuma county.
Colorado, will be set aside by the gov
e.lment for park purposes. This land.
on which there is now a wooden
monument, will be cared for by the
Beecher Island Battle and Memorial
Association. Trees have already been
planted on the site, and every effort
is being made to beautify the historic
ground on which General Forsyth and
his band of gallant scouts made their
determined and successful stand
against Roman Nose in 1868.
Unfortunately. however. the memo
rial association does not control the
entire battlefield. More than half the
historic island is owned by the state OF
Colorado, and is leased for farming
purposes. A barb-wire fence extends
close to the spot where the gallant
Lieut.. Beecher fell, and where Roman
Nose was shot from his horse. Such q
condition of affairs reflects seriously
on the state of Colorado. The few
acres on the lower half of the island
should be made over to the memorial
association, thus giving the public this
entire battlefield.
Beecner lSlanu is -lne scene Ol tHc
most desperate fight in American his
tory. Cyrus Townsend. Brady. in re-
cent article on the battle. places 1t
second to the Alamo as an exhibition
of American pluck, coolness and skill.
But where the brave fighters of the
Alamo were eventually overcome and
slain, it must be remembered that the
Beecher island fighters, though be-
leaguered for nine days on this little
island, with nearly 1000 savages sur
rounding them, and making repeated
charges, killed the leader of the op-
posing forces and helG out until rescue
arrived.
To many this battle-ground Is OF
more interest than the Custer battle
ground, and there is no doubt that in
time to come Beecher island will be
visited by thousands of Americans
glad to look upon the place where such
heroism was displayed.
1t rests with the state of Colorado
to do all in its power to preserve this
battle-ground, where the bones of sew
eral of the Beecher island fighters
still rest and whose story must thrill
Americans as long as pride in Ameri
can heroism endures. At the earliest
opportunity the remainder of this land
should be placed in the proper hands
Representative Bonynge's work has
made it practically certain that Con
gress will do its share, and now Colo
RADIO should do its loyal part.-Denvel
Republican.