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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-12
National Baptist Anniversary at Cleve'
land. Ohio, May rs to "a.

The Chicago Great Western VIII Tor
the above occasion on May 13 to II, in
elusive, sell round trip tickets at one
fare. plus $225 Return limit. May rs.
with extension privilege to June 10. For
further information apply to ]. r.
Harding, Marshalltown. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-12
Excursion Tickets to May Music Fest
val MT XArnnn Iowa

Via the North Western Line, will be
sold at reduced rates May 25 to IS
inclusive Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern railway.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

was charged with the duty of opening
the stage ventilators No fire drill
was ever held in the theater and none
of the employees had ever been instruct
ed what to do in case of fire. So little
discipline was there that some OF the
ushers hed at the first cry of fire.
SO, held in by doors that would not
open. the audience was suffocated py
a fame started on the stage. that
could not ESCAPE to the outer air be-
cause the VentilatorS We're not opened,
that was given access TO the auditorium
because the asbestos curtain would not
work and that was forced to its dead
~ work by the draft created by the
opening of the door at the rear of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CARNEGIES LATEST.

Andrew Carnegie has some charac-
teristics which appeal to the American
sense of humor. His notion, for in
stance, that a tariff is fine thing for
Uncle Sam and would be a very bad
thing for John Bull suggested chiefly
the very patent fact that his steel
business centered, flOuriShed and had
it's being within the United States. But
in other ways we must doff our hats
to Mr.. Carnegie and swear that, for a
ScOtchman, he is the best ever. He
stands for the very sound principle
that money is only worth what good
can be done with it.
His latest philanthropy is one of the
most praiseWorthy yet undertaken by
an American captain of industry.
He has set apart 100000, the interest
of which shall be devoted to the re-
lief and support Of men injured in
pursuit of their duties in any of five
great steel plants. He clearly shows
by this act that he feels how much of
his vast wealth is due to the plain man
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

down at the bottom whose brain and
Drawn have kept the wheels turning
and the furnaces alight.
In a sense the doctrine of the SurEl-
val of the fittest is memorable. The
strongest viii succeed. The weakest
will fall. The man whose gifts are
great and whose capacity for work is
inexhaustible will ever mount to tbs
top. This fight must go on: and in it
is involved all that is represented as
the contest between private owner
ship against socialism.
This struggle is the mold which
shapes great men. But their victory
in no sense absolves them from the
other principle which is as true, that
man is his brothers keeper and that
the success Of the strong man is as
nothing to him unless he encourage
the weaker. 1t is that altruistic truth
which such acts as this last of Carne-
gie's impress upon the world.
They may say that Carnegie's dOings
are the result of a love of the spectacu-
lar or of desire to tiatter his own
vanity. 1t We're we'll if more of our
millionaires chose to flatter their van
ity in such a way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CIVIC CONSCIENCE.

In an Illinois town two me1
confessed that they had sold their votes
in recent county election. The pun
! ishment assessed against them is dis
! REIMBURSEMENT for five years, this be-
| ing the minimum penalty, and posting
| their names III their precincts at every
/ election held during that period.
| The newspaper dispatch states that
"remorse over the fact that they had
violated the law SO weighed on their
minds that they decided to plead guilty
and ask the mercy OF the court and ac-
cept the penalty In consequence they
! are III much the same position as The
Man Without a Country
The right OF suffrage is rarely ap-
preciated until ii is lost, and then its
sanctity appeals with powerful enpha-
sis to the civic conscience. Held as a
possession rather than an obligation,
it is right that is too generally dis
respected and TOO often debauched.
Some consideration must be felt for
these Two citizens Of Illinois, if, as is
explained, they confessed from cOntri-
, ton and not from dread Of seVerer pun
ishment; but the offense deserves con-
tempt and ineXorable condemnation.
The penalty inflicted upon them for
selling their votes is the minimum pre-
scribed IN the statutes, but. it is not a
light penalty. And yet it would not
be too heavy to be imposed upon those
citizens who while qualified and able
to vote, fail to exercise the right. Be
tween the commission of an illegal act
Of this kind and the omission OF a sa-
cred duty there is but little distinction,
as both produce grave results.
Say that 4 citizen who has failed to
take advantage several times Of his
suffrage right We're dispossessed of
that right for a specific period. And
say that his name were posted in his
precinct at every election. Would he
have a higher conception of citizen
ship?
He did not care to vote. But he
would care to vote if he could not
His right was trfle when he would
not use it. When he could not use it.
he would be grievously Wronged and
he would beg that it be restored.
Thousands of citizens need to alter
their conception of the right of suf-
frage. They consider it only as a free
inheritance. If they viii take to
heart the reality of the punishment
assessed against the Illinois vote-sel-
lers, they viii acquire better con-
ception Of their inestimable privilege
of participating in government
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

On one thing the Boxers" 'Rol-
lers" and all other citizens should be
able to get together. They should all
attend the meeting of the Commercial
Club tonight and Join in the effort to
improve the city. Street paving, a
gravity water system and better rail-
way facilities are urgent necessities
and politics should be forgotten in the
determination of all citizens to achieve
these improvements as eXpeditiOusly
as possible. We shall have a great deal
of political discussion during the next
ten months, but il should be carried
on good naturally and tolerated as a
necessary evil, and under no circum-
stances should it be allowed to inter-
fere with the progress of the town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
'VANDINf'S SNfEJHFApI
IS NOW SHUT on
On Searching Her IN The C,u.t
TN
File Was Found in Her
Possession.

CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-No ad5.tor,
jurors were secured today in the rri.,
of the ear barn bandits! Mamie ~.
Nandine's sweetheart, was Searched
this morning and file was f,una
her possession. The court ordered ,5,.
she be debarred from attending W.
trial or seeing Nandine again Mr.,
NJ. Schroeder was excluded from yis
iting the bandits in jail. The polio.
say that she is enamored OF Nejdar.
meyer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
Western LEAGUE Meetinc

LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. Nagnqtas
of the Western Baseball aeLeohvpg,
of the Western Baseball League who
were to have met here some weeks 40,
but later decided 'Upon a POSTPONE.
ment finally got together today for tho
purpose Of arranging business for tho
coming season. Circuit changes are IA
be made and the meeting will be one
Of unusual importance. In order to
avoid conflict the Tagnates will prob.
ably be governed largely by the Wigha,
of the major league officials. Foremos
among the matters to receive attention
is the division of territory. in which
the franchises of Milwaukee, Kansas
City and Omaha are concerned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CARELESSNES IGNORANCE

On the testimony of the owners and
employees of the IroquOis theater so far
given the victims of the terrible
disaster of Dec. 81 lost their lives be-
cause Of the carelessness of the pro-
prietors and the ignorance and coward
ice of the employees.
Eleven of the exits from the theater
were locked or boted. and men, WO-
men and children died by the hundreds
because they could not get through the
doors over which was the hooking
word Exit The skylights over the
stage were wired down and nobody
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CAN BE NO PEACE.

If the Boxers" are sincere in their
support of the war being made by
Governor Mcbride against the railroad
lobby and by President Roosevelt
against the railway merger they would
have no peace in the camp of the
Holy Rollers" who are lined up with
the Ankeny -Grosscup- Stevenson COM
bine to defeat all legislation for regu-
lating the railroads or other corpor-
ations in the state or the nation. 1t is
principle, not spoils, that divides the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

sincere followers of President Roose-
Welt and Governor Mcbride from the
Levites, who champion the cause of
George Stevenson, Jim Hill and j.
Pierpont Morgan. Even if the BOX
ers" should join the same club their
union would not last a mOnln. 1t
would be broken uD just as the Nc
Kinley club of 1896 was rent asunder
by opposing factions.
The republican party of the state
will soon be called upon to decide
whether it will uphold the hands OF
Governor Mcbride in his fight for a
railway commission and the suppress
sion of the corrupt lobby that has so
long dominated the state legislature
and dictated the election of United
States senators, or whether it will con-
tinue to be the tool of this lobby in be-
traying the best interests of the peo-
ole of the state and in sacrificing honor
ana decency for Doodle and Spo1lS.
For the settlement of this question the
supporters of Governor Mcbride Will
soon be organized to oppose the CO.
horts of George Stevenson. These OPP
posing forces cannot dwell together IN
the same political club without COM
slant strife. rancor and hatred. The
contest in the primaries Will be held as
early as the latter part of April and
then the sheep must be separated from
the goats.
Such a conflict as this cannot be set
tied by division of few petty county
Offices The Boxers" could not take
less than all the Legislative ticket and
a Mcbride delegation for the state con-
vention and the Holy Rollers know
that George Stevenson would never
consent to any deal that would jeop-
ardize his control of the legislature at
the risk Of the enactment of an APP
pOintiVe railway commission law. The
Holy Rollers" have already made
slate giving themselves all the offices
and they have no use for the other fell
lows except as aids in getting the
chestnuts out of the fire.
AS everybody comedies that this state
Will go for Roosevelt. there is nothing
left to fight for but state issues and
there is no excuse for men who be
lieve that Governor Mcbride is right
in his fight against the railway lobby
10 desert him on the preteEt that ma
tional issues are paramount this year
Jim Hill and ]. Pierpont Morgan have
no use for either President Roosevelt
or Governor Mcbride and for the same
reason.
The true supporter Of the president
in this state is also q supporter of the
governor. The other crowd deep down
in their hearts detest both men and
secretly hope for the nomination of
Mark Hanna Or some other champion
If the trusts for president and of any
Did candidate fer governor who will OPP
pose a railway commission and serve
tie lobby.
1t is a battle for the people on one
side and for the predatory corpora
ions on the other. 1t is war to the
iniSh. At such a time, in such a con-
1ict weak men cry for peace when
here can be no peace. The Boxer"
Who are true to their principles Will
fight it out on this line if it takes all
SIMMER
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
f. P. GRfENE'S HOME
BURNS TO THE GROUND
Was Situated One Mile North of Ken
newick-Six Hundred Dollar Loss
With No Insurance.
Special to Statesman.


KENNEWICk, Jan. 11-At ) o'clock
P. Greene, land commissioner of this
district and editor and owner Of the
Pasco Express, was burned to the
ground. The house was about one mile
south OF town. Mrs. Green was at
home alone when the fire started, and
only saved her clothes and one chair.
The origin OF the fire is unknown. The
loss is estimated at about $500 with
no insurance. MIS-. Green will leave
for Walla Walla tomorrow evening.
where she viii remain for the present.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
Murder and Suicide at Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES. Jan. IA \.
Bolks. a Wellto-do farmer from Sioux
City, Ia, murdered his wife in a board
ing house at o'clock this morning by
cutting her throat with a pocket knife.
He then ended his own life in the same
manner. The murder was committed
in the presence of their 4-year-old son
and was due to religious dementia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

A special policeman is needed at the
opera house to suppress the hoodlums
in the galleries. The unseemly spec
tacle they make of themselves at every
opportunity IS enough to convince the
members of theatrical companies that
they have struck jay town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
Reeves Still in New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-General
Reyes. who arrived here today, says
that he does not know the exact date
Of his departure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy of change of advertisement
must be delivered to the business Of
flee by the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. to
insure Insertion in the issue of even
date.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12

The Union says that the Statesman
is good at manufacturing names.
Hardly so good at that as the Holy
Roller" machine is at manufacturing
voters by NATURALIZATION frauds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
WEATHER..

Tonight and Wednesday cloudy
threatening with light rain or snow
cooler tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-12
CHICAGO Wheat Market.

CHICAGO, Jan. 12-Nheat oDene
at S11a: closed at S14.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
Accident int PENNSYLVANIA Mine, Flood I'M North
1 Carolina Valley, Haze Tragic Results.
TEN PLUNGED TO
DEATH IN SHAFT
Mine Gage Falls and Men Are
Crushed or Drowned ], ZOO
Feet Below.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 2.-Ten miners
were crushed to death or drowned in the
Auchincloss shaft of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western company, at
Nanticoke today. The victims, with
Poles and Slavs.
The men had taken their position on
the cage to be lowered into the shaft,
the total depth Of which Is 1,700 feet.
At the bottom is a stump filled with
water. The shaft is double one. with
two carriages: When the signal was
given the engineer to lower the cage, it
troll Of the engineer. One Of the cages
shot upward to the seive at the top Of the
shaft and this caused the other cage,
CARRYING the men, to become overbal-
anced and it fell to the bottom of the
shaft.
A party of rescuers was organized
quickly, but the work Of rescue was diff
fcult. The sides Of the shaft were torn
out by the car in it's mad race to the
bottom, and the foot of the shaft was
filled with debris Of all kinds. The
bodies were horribly mangled. Those
that were not killed outright by the fall
were drowned In the stump.
The cage containing the men had al
that after dropping 1000 feet the cage
caught in the safety fastenings, but II
was brought to a stop so suddenly thai
the bottom dropped out and the mer
fell out and landed in the sump, dis
lance Of 700 feet further down the
shaft. Ten men were killed. Only one
obdy has been taken out. The rescuert
say it will be late in the afternoon be
fore the other bodies are recovered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
RESERVOIR BURSTS;
II DEAD IN FLOOD
Brick Wall Collapses and Wall of
Water Sweeps Away Life
and Homes.

Winston Salem N. G., Nov. -2.-scv-
0nteen people are known to be dead and
many more are missing as the result
0S the bursting Of the reservoir at this
place early this morning. One of the
brick walls of the reservoir collapsed,
tin Peoples. A million and half gal
Ions of water were released, and over
mile of territory was devastated.
Thirteen residences were destroyed,
and it is impossible at this time to
state how many lives have been lost.
Mayor o. 3. Eaton is at the head Of a
large rescuing party, and search is now
being made in the debris for possible
additional victims. The greatest excite
ment prevails, and the volunteer res-
cuers are heroically working in the
hope of saving many who are known
to have been carried down by the rush
ing water.
The colored settlement in the vicinity
of the reservoir was entirely wrecked,
and the negroes are working diligently
with. the whites in the search for the
missing.
The cause of the disaster was the
overflow Of the reservoir, and thoro
investigation will be. made in order to
ascertain if the negligence Of any of
the employees at the pump station was
responsible for it. The reservoir burst
without warning, and the victims were
drowned while asleep in their beds.
One couple, a negro and his wife, float
ed on their bed for 500 yards. Neither
ono was injured.
TIE doad, as far as know, arei
MRS. PEOPLES.
THOMAS SOUTHERN.
MRS. JOHN POE AND DAUGHTER
AND FIVE NEGROES.
The water supply Of the city is unin.
Eerruptcd by the accident.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
ANARCHISTS APPLY
TORCH IN MILAN
Attempt to Set Fire to Palace Of
Justioe-Two Arrests
=. Made. =, ="

New York, Nov. An attempt
made by anarchists to set fire to the
Palace Of Justice early Monday was
discovered in time to prevent serious
damage, says a Herald dispatch from
Milan, Italy. But this has been fol-
lowed by similar attempt directed
against the great palace in which the
archives of state are preserved.
In the courtyard may be seen the IN
completed equestrian statue of Ma
poleon, a monument never finished
owing to the opposition of the extreme
political parties. The building itself
contains a thousand documents of in
calculable value.
The fire was discovered at little
past midnight by the proprietor Of an
adjacent cafe. When the police and
aremen arrived they discovered that, as
in the attempt of the day before, the
large doors Of the palace had been
soaked with turpentine, that small
pile of turpentine-saturated sawdust
had been placed against it and the
whole ignited. Owing to the prompt &C
ton Of the man who discovered the
fire the damage was light. Two who
witnessed and audibly approved the &C
ton of the incendiaries were arrested
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
43 SUICIDES IN
MONTH IN CHICAGO
Sixteen Murdered, 107 Killed by
Accident, sc Dead from Nat
ural Causes.
New York Sun Special Service.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Forty-three persons
committed suicide and sixteen were
murdered in Chicago during the Indian
summer month, October, according to
the coroner's report. There were 233
deaths reported during the month just
past. OF this number 1O7 were acct
dents.
Sixty-six, on investigation by coro-
ner's juries, were found to have been
due to natural causes. In the suicides
carbolic acid seemed to be the favorite
means, as this drug was used in thirteen
cases. Nine persons shot themselves,
eight used gas, four hanged themselves,
three took strychnine, two drowned
themselves, one drank gasolene and one
took rat poison.
The figures in the accident list show
thirty-four persons to have been killed
by railway trains and thirteen by street
cars. Eight were run over by wagons,
nine fell down stairs, six fell from win
dows, ten fell in various ways, two were
electrocuted, one was killed in an explo-
sion, eight were drowned, one was acct
dentally shot, one was bitten by dog
and died from hydrophobia, one was
accidentally poisoned, three died from
burns, one was killed by bull, one was
kicked to death by horse, six were ac-
cidentally asphyxiated by gas and one
| fell down an elevator shaft.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
$l03,686,78O FOR
NATIONS DEFENSE
War Department Estimate is %
Millions Less Than a
Year Ago.

Of ths WaT dsparfment for the aeal
year ending June 80, 1906, aggregate
than the war department. estimates sub
than the total app'ropriat2ons made for
the use of the war department. for the
current fiscal veal, lending June 80, 1905.
The amount estimated as necessary
for the military establishment, which
embraces the cost Of maintenance of the
army and of the military academy at
COG less than the appropriations for the
present year.
Under the head Of public works,
which includes the Improvement of riv-
ers and harbors and various national
parks, turnout the country, and Of GER
tain public buildings and grounds in and
Of seacoast fortlfcations, military posts,
ETC., the estimates call for appropria-
lions, amounting in the aggregate to
$22,876,834 for the fiscal year, ending
June 80, 1905, as compared with $22,-
772,51l, which is the amount of current
appropriations for similar purposes. :,
establishment, which includes the pay of
the clerical force and other running ex-
ington, are 81, s6s, 716, which is slight
reduction from the current apprOpr1a.
tions.
The amounts estimated for miscellan.
eous objects aggregate $6,236,07S. OF
this sum, $5,253, 75S is the estimate fol
| the support and maintenance Of the ma.
tional home for disabled volunteer sol
diers and for aid to state homes fol
such soldiers, and under the law is in
1 cluded in the annual estimates Of the
| for artificial limbs and appliances fol
disabled soldiers and sailors, mainly OF
| the civil war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-02
SHELLS POUND PORT ARTHUR
Heavy Guns Of Japanese Work Havoc
$t1s in Fortress.

Toxic, Nov. 2.-Imperial headquarters
last night published a series Of reports
covering the operations against Port
Arthur during the months Of August,
and October. The chief in
terest centers in the tremendous attack
which was begun OCT. 26 and is still
continuing: &: Is
From :so O'clock M the morning Of Dot.
rs the forts on Sghg shu and Rit-Iung
mountains the easteIhs group of forts on
Kee-kuan mountain and O. fort lying to
the north Of the latter were bombarded
with our siege guns and naval ordnance,
and $50 shells took effect. The naval guns
directed against the Sung-shu and Rib
lung mountain forts sent many effective
shells. The parapet of Rhi-lung mountain
fort was demolished and openings were
made in the fort. Several portions
of the cover were destroyed. Two of the
most important coverings on Sung shu
mountains fort were destroyed by ou1
shells. One fifteen centimeter gun was
dismounted ard another. damaged. One
gun on the northern fort of East Kee.
kuan mountain was destroyed
Shells took effect in the fertilization o.
Ap-shu mountain, Itz mountain, Pay,
mountain and on hill twenty-three me
ters high. Our naval guns were directed
chiefly against si-tai-yang-kou, .Itz ans
An-shu mountains, and towards the east
ern and western portion of the city.