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

here run no risk of being handed out
late goods as far as the popular sue
cesses of the day in books are con-
cerned."
Notice your stock also shows up
well in novel and artistic gift books.
he scribe remarked.
Yes. that's true, too; the buyers OF
.ancy gift or childrens' Christmas
books can get almost anything here
they want Already We have sold
great number of books of this descrip-
ton and expect that the rush days
that will be here just before Christ
mas will see them all closed out. Our
holiday books i'm all lines this year, are
exceedingly novel and attractive and
are proving big Sellers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
NOTICE SIGNED BY J. M. TURNER
AND OTHERS SERVED ON
OFFICIALS.
Claim That Proceedings in Street
PAVING UniawfuI-Want Assess
ment Declared Invalid.
ITO the Mayor and City Council OF
the City of Walla Walla, and to

ITO the Mayor and City Council of
the City of walla Walla, and to
whomsOever it may concern:
You, and each of you, are hereby
jointly and severally notified that ac-
ton will be commenced before the
proper judicial tribunal having juris-
diction in the premises, to have de-
clared invalid all the proceedings re-
lating to the establishment of Improve
ment District No. 2, of the City of
Walla Walla for the improving of Main
street from First street to Sixth street,
Alder street from East street to Fourth
street, and First, Second, Third and
Fourth streets between Main street
and Alder street; to have declared in
valid the pretended assessments, val
uations and taxes levied therein; to
prevent the issuance of any bonds
against said district; and to have de-
clared invalid the contract between
said city and the Barber Asphalt COM
pany.
Dated at Walla Walla, Washington,
this 8th day of December, 1904.
BROOKS & BARTLETT,
Attorneys for J. NJ Turner, L. Louga,
j. Shell. Anna B. Elliott, w. S.
Goodman and others, owners of
property situated in said Improve
ment District, No. %
The foregoing is a copy of notice
which was yesterday afternoon served
on City Clerk r. P. Reynolds and
Mayor Gilbert Hunt.
This means that there will probably
be considerable litigation over the mat
ter of the street paving in Walla Walla
and it may be many months before
the question is fully decided.
When interviewed concerning the
proposed suit J. NJ. Turner one of the
principals to the action, said: Il am
not in a position to state what the
ter to be determined by our attorneys,
Brooks & Bartlett. The notice was
prepared in order that those interest
ed could be informed as to what would
be done in the premises, as the COM
plant could not be gotten in shape
by today, the ten day lint in which
the right to bring suit would have eX-
pired. We believe that the proceed
ings carried on were contrary to law,
and especially do we believe that the
second assessment was illegal"
j. W. Brooks, of the firm of Brooks
& Bartlett, who are the attorneys for
Mr. Turner and the four others, said
that he was not in a position to give
out anything for publication. He
claimed it would be at least ten days
before the papers were prepared and
filed in the court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
Russian Peasants Die Of Starvation.

LONDON. Dec. 10.-The Express
correspondent at Moscow says that
desperate bread riots are reported to
have broken out in more than 100
districts.
In many villages the peasants are
dying by scores of starvation, and pit
eCus distress exists even in MaScOW.
In Tver bread is selling for three
times, and in U"lich for five times the
normal price. According to reports
the peasants at last, grown desperate
have organized riots in which many
have been killed and wounded.
Violent demonstrations against the
continuance of the war are reported
from several places.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10

offerings out of the rut OF the conf
place. books to be in this depart
easily described. But all books that VIII
of the twentieth century child AIMING
these books are found uptodate edtion-hand-
somely the life of SANTA CLAUS Otnels
and Jack, the Giant Killer out W
would take whole or tnls pdPei
One books for children, however deserves
special story books in words OF one
syllable For children a certain these DOCKS are
and in a class by themselves
a before all the best books plckeu up
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
UP TO DATE BOOKS.
Plenty of Them Now on Display at the
Book Nook.


Has Walla Walla an up-to-date re-
tail book emporium? To be sure it has.
An Evening Statesman reporter can
vouch for the truth of it for yester-
day while making the rounds of the
town he dropped into The Book Nook.
In charge of this firms book de-
partment he found man who is an
enthusiast on books and, when compli-
mented by the reporter on his fine
showing he said:
You are not the only one who has
made remarks in regards to our new
stock of books. When they first see it
most of our customers express sur
prise at it's extensivenes.''
Further questioned by the reporter
as to why his firm had gone so ex-
tensively into the book business, he
replied:
Some time ago, in sizing up the Sit
uation, our firm came to the conclusion
that Walla Walla was large enough to
support a live up-to- date book shop
and that is just what we have es-
tablished here.
las to the character of the books
we propose to carry in stock, WE'LL you
can get a good idea from the class of
books we have on display now
Besides being the latest they are the
very best books We can buy. 1 know
that because l have had a number of
years experience in the book business
You don't see any old books here
do you?"
The reporter had to acknowledge
that he didn't.
Well" went on the book manager,
I'VE don't intend to keep 'em. In adj
dition to keeping one of the largest
stocks of books in the city our in
tention is to beep only the latest
works of the best authors
Books that can be bought here to-
day are the kind that are being read
in all the large cities right now SO
that those who do their book buying
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
NUMBER ELEVEN
upon which consumers managed to get

upon winch consumers managed to get
about as drunk as upon beer.
The public generally did not like the
elimination of the per cent amand-
ment, and many dealers have been SELL
ing liquor openly, supposing they
charge to the jury i'm the Peterson
case. Judge Pollock instructed it to
bring in a verdict without any regard
to the percentage of alcohol. if the evil
dence indicated the stuff was of an in
tOxicating nature.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10

We ask it special favor that inspect our o1er-
field of tera No where can our hOll1ay
surpassed. The latest
leather bindings embelshes the most or them
and there that would not make an acceptable
Christmas In this assortment every
variety be found The small onesln mover
Misunderstanding with short essay-are certainly
the least he prices, these
such that they will please every purse SO we
all to call and them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
RUSSIANS ARE GETTING WORST OF IT
INVESTED ARTHUR BY LAND
AND HAVE
RUSSIAN GIBRALTAR
NOW IN POSITION TO
RUSSIANS OUT


tion to begin concentrated move
1nent. the completion OF which may
be the end Of the war
Admiral Hosoya, reporting on the
landing of the Japanese troops on
hills were occupied by the Japs with
out any opposition from the Russians
on the land. His report follows:
Our seventh division with the tor
pedo boat No . and the Transports
Hong Kong. Maru and Nippon Maru.
arrived at our advance base or the
Lao Tung Peninsula at $50 a. NJ. on
May s. Discovering number of the
enemy's patrols, the ships bonlbarded
them for a short time.
"a landing party of sailors under
Captain Nomoro, we're then ordered TO
put to shore AS the tide was low, it
was impossible for boats to reach
land so the sailors plunged into the
water and waded breast deep for a
distance Of about 1000 yards and
reached the. beach at 1920. The troops
occupied the hills without firing a
shot
1.-The sunboats Anagi, Asthma, Sho-
llai, which were employed to distract
The enemy's attention during the land
ing, discovered a hundred Of the enc
my, whom the gunbcats shelled, XIII
Eng several. Our first Zee. of trans
ports, perceiving the japanese liaS
flying on the hills, began landing the
troops at O'clock TIE men forced
N SE 10 q +
fciency Of watc-- The" showed sp!@n-
diti spirits.
.'!u crde@ TO facilitate the landing
piers are being erected. The naval
division is assisting IL this work. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
BLOW HER UP
WITH DYNAMITE
THIS STARTLING HEADLINE is
FROM THE MORGANTOWN
POST OVER THE ARTICLE
GIVEN Below.
WE DO NOT LOOK FOR ANY VIo-
LENCE, AND HOPE THAT THE
MATTER WILL BE SENSlBLT
SETTLED ERE LONG.

Fairmont people have become SO
mad because the B. & Q. railroad COM
pany refuses to raise the railroad
bridge below Fairmont in order that
boats may pass under it that they
threaten to blow the bridge up with
dynamite.
On trip to Fairmont by boat the
expression THAT bridge will be dyna-
mited yet" was heard number of
times, but never from steamboat
man.
Within five minutes after leaving
the boat man living near the
bridge said to the writer:
55sfI expect to look over there some
morning and see that bridge is miss
ing, blown sky high by dynamite
The first man met near the depot re-
marked:
''The people here are as mad as fury
at the railroad company, and they will
blow that bridge up unless the COM
pany raises it."
Since that time the same express
sion has been heard on number OF
occasions, and although it may be
that the people are just now giving
vent to idle threats in order to blow
off some of their surplus anger at
the company, it is not at all improb-
able that the threats being made will
lead some weak minded individual to
the commission. of a grave crime.
The bridge is beyond any question
of doubt an obstruction to navigation,
and it is rank foolishness to permit
the railroad company to defeat the OBJ
ject for which the government has
spent hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars in building the locks and dams
between MorsanioWn and Fairmont-
No laW-abiGiES citizen Will encOur-
age the commission OF a crime to
right a wrong that can be righted
very easily and speedily If the Off
cials do their duty, but it is almost
a foregone conclusion that some per
son Will "blow her up" if there is not
something done by the proper author
tiles to give the people their rights.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06

LONDON. May C.-The long looked
for investment of Port Arthur by
land is at last thoroughly under way.
1t is officially announced at the Jap
anese and Russian capitals that
Japanese transports have steamed up
along the Liao TunE Peninsula TO the
rear Of Port Arthur and landed troops
at two points, each within easy ac-
cess of the Russian Gibraltar. One
landing has been made at Pitzsewo,
not, far from the Gulf of Yin kow,
and another on the opposite side Oh
the Peninsula at Port Adams.
This step of the Japanese forces,
taken in conjunction with the hurried
departure of Viceroy Alexieff and the
Grand Duke Boris from Port Arthur,
has given rise to a deep settled belief
that the Russian stronghold is doom
ed to fall.
Alexier and the Grand Duke did
not wish to become prisoners in Port
Arthur, and went North to assist IN
the direction of the future movements
of the Russian forces. The landing
of the japanese troops tends to con-
firm the reports that Port Arthur har-
boz has been effectually blocked
1t is known that the Japanese gen
eral staff would long since have ac-
cepted landing movement, had they
been assured that the Russian fleet
ih the harbor could not get away to
haraSs their movements. Now that
the landing is made, it would appear
thar the Russian fleet is locked in
and is no longer a factor of any con
siderat atiOn.
Military experts today express the
conviction that the japanese land
forces are now in an excellent posi-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
EXTREME
CRUELTY
CHARGED
AGAINST HER HUSBAND WHO is
# VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MA
TIoNAL HUMANE SOCIETY
!, --lNJ JUNCTION GRANTED.

CANTON, ohio, May 6.-Extreme
cruelty and habitual drunkenness are
the grounds stated in petition for
divorce filed Thursday in Common
Pleas Court by the wife of Charles A.
Frazer, OF this city Vice President Of
the National Humane Society and Sec
retay and Superintendent of the To-
cal Humane Society.
4 temporary Injunction restraining
Mr. Frazer from disposing of his prop
erty or encumbering it in any way,
and from interfering with his wife has
been allowed by the Court.
Mr.: Frazer, now called upon to an
swer the charges of extreme cruelty
to his wife and of habitual drunk
,enness, has achieved National prom
znence in the work Of the Humane
Society, and has been made conspicu-
Gus locally by his interest in the vel
fare OF mistreateds anmals"and hisfen-
erE in placing foundings.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
DOWN
THE STEPS
AT THE COURT HOUSE BEFORE
GETTING HER SENTENCE
FROM THE "JUDGE."

Yesterday a woman slightly lnloAl-
Gated went into the office of the pros
ecuting attorney and claimed she had
been cheated by the courts. She said
that some persons had sworn lies
about her property, causing her to
lose it. A number of lawyers were
in the office and, as the woman was
not careful in the choice of her
words, several amusing things were
heard
While she was in the height of her
glory another lawyer came in. Now
a lawyer never lets pass chance to
play a joke, and one OF those present
addressed the newcomer as Judge,
and asked him to write ont his order
committing the woman TO jail for
thirty days. Before the Judge could
get his paper ready, the woman had
descended the Courthouse steps ana
disappeared in an alley.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
HEAD DOWNW ARD
in TUB OF WATER
WAS THE DEAD BODY OF a CHILD
FOUND AT THE CINCINNATI
ZOO YESTERDAY A.
TERNOON.
A FAIRLY WE'LL DRESSED WO-
MAN is SUSPECTED BUT
SHE CANNOT BE
FOUND.

CINCINNATI. O.. May 6.-dead
downward in tub of water at the
Geological Garden the dead body or
a baby about three weeks old was
found Thursday afternoon by Park
Officer Coyne. The gruesome find is
shrouded in mystery. The mother,
who is supposed TO have killed the
little one. has so cleveriy covered all
traces to her identity that the police
are wholly at sea. She is described
as being between "a and 20 years OLD
and fairly well dressed in black
gown She was first seen about the
Zoo about II O'Clock yesterday morn
ing with baby on her arm. she
wandered about looking at the ami
mails. and spending her time leisurely.
About noon she Went to the rcstall-
rant and had something to eat. The
woman was seen later in seclNded
part of the Garden The police have
not yet obtained a clue to her iden-
tity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
ANDTHAT SALOON LICENSE WAS
NOT PAID YET AT THE CLOSE
OF BANKING HOURS THIS
AFTERNOON
4 PROMINENT FRIEND OF THE
MAYOR SAID IN OUR CrFlCE
TODAY THAT HE LET THE
FIRST OPPORTUNITY
TO ASSERT HIM SELF
PASS BY.

Farm Prohibition Mayor is
very much '.out OF town" He said in
open council that all saIoonkeepers
must pay their licenses "Wednesday
morning or close down. Wednesday
morning he sent his Chief OF Police
around TO notify these persons that
the license fees must be paid, Now IT
happened that q certain prominent
saioonkeeper was not just ready to
pay his fee. When it was found that
this man had not paid Thursday morn
ing, the Mayor. instead OF closing
down his place of business, wearied
himself chasing the saloon owner over
the city, eutrearing him to pay. AT
noon, upon going to his office and tnd-
ing that said license had not been paid.
our Prohibition Mayor let slip the best
chance he ever will have to close
down a saloon, and at once "evap-
Grated" 1t was indeed convenient
that one of his old friends in Harri-
son county died We believe in at
tending funerals, but we believe in
carrying out our platform.
We know that 81 900 is not SO cas-
lily. picked up these days but fourteen
others had to do it, and now why let
this one run without a license?
BY the time our Mayor returns the
license will, no doubt, be paid.
Suehsis Iife&i "a city where the gov
ernment Is administered by an official
who# IS noted for his mpartiality.
SeIah.s s3s} Y l l,S
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
WILL THE MONONGAH GLASS
coMPANY's PLANT RE WHEN
MPLETED-WILLE EMPLOY IS
ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MEN,
THE BOARD OF TRADE DESERVES
MUCH CREDIT FOR THE KIND #
OF-iNDU STRiES 1T HAS SUC-$85$
CEEDED IN LOCATING IN
FAiRMONT.
OUR CONCERNS ARE THE SUB
STANTlAL KIND ANO .'THATZ4gaS
PUTS US AHEAD OF THE
BOOM TOWNS ELSE
WHERE. s.

The MononGa Glass &CompanysS$
plant now being built will be the
largest manufacturing concern in the
city The plant takes up the square
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets and Miner and Chamberlain
avenues. Tse main building will he
125x2S5 feet and will contain two
9 ton tanks. Work on the construc-
tion is being rushed and the plant VIII HI
be in operation by July l.
The building is being erected by
Contractor w. r. Hickman while the
furnace work is being done by the H
c. Dixon Company, Of Pittsburg-
These two contracts amount to about
S25,Oo0. ~
The corporation is organized with !
a capita}~stoc}l of S100,000.5 The dir
rcctors are William Mou1ds. Presi-$
dent; George DeBolt, Vice President;
II. l.. HentZelman, Secretary and
Treasurer. and Messrs. Hamilton and
Taylor. of PlEtsburg.
The construction of the plant is i1n-.4
der the supervision of President
Noulds, who has had a great deal of
experience in this line.
The products of the concern will be-
chiefly packers goods, for which sew
cral large contracts are waiting. The
plant will employ about 13o men.
a large I'LL is being made by the
Board of Trade in order to have the
Belt Line extended to the plant Ham
iltOn and irwin have from % to rs
teams working on the grade every
day and the work will be done by
Al the rtS
to be laid. This grading: inclDding the
switch will cost the Board Of Trade
about $500.
Our Board OF Trade deserves great
credit for bringing such ulan.facH$s35
tories to our city. 1t is the resnlt$ot 4
hard labor on their part, but they are
all interested IN the city welfare, ana
give up everything else for its benehr.
Everybody knows that il the fac:
tories along the Belt Line We're taken
from us, our city would be dead, but
when we can induce such concerns
as the subject of this sketch to come
it means lasting prosperity. While
other towns have been receiving all
kinds OF factories for the purpose Or
booming a lot sale, Fairmont,s BoardE$
of Trade has been very careful and
has never taken ir any doubtful COR
norations AS result. our prosper
it-- is real and Will continue 50 just
as long as we have plants like those
along the Belt Line.
When the NIonongah Glass Com
pany's plant opens it will mean that
$50 more dinner pals are to s5@ be-
brought into use; more money and
more men will be brought into our
city and when the ''lot sale towns
are spoken OF as has beens, Fair
mont will continue in her real
strength. s$Sza9s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
MAUD
MULLER
PARTY
A MAGNIFICENT EVENT TO TAKE
PLACE IN JUNE-TO BE GIVEN
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE LADIES OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH; ASSISTED BY ALL THE
YOUNG LADIES OF THE CITY,
WILL BE GIVEN ON THE
BEAUTIFUL LAWN OF MR..
GEORGE MORROW.

Cnc of the most pretentlOus events
ever undertaken in this city will take
place early in June under the manage
.nent of the ladies of the Presbyterian
church. They will have the assist
ance of all the young ladies of che
city The affair Will be known as the
Maud Muller party
About seventy-fce young ladies
will act the part of Maud Muller.
They Will be handsomely gowned III
dresses Of fancy colors, pink, blue,
red yellow and white. with hats and
gowns. Each young lady will have a
snniature photo of full form encased
in a miniature bale of hay and these
will he auctioned off to the highest
bidders.
The beautiful lawn will be made
more brilliant by a grand display of
electric lights in coIors. The Greater
Fairmont Band will furnish the music.
A trolley party is one Of the specials
and refreshments consisting Of ice
cream, straw berries and cake will
be served.
This work is undertaken for the
purpose of establishing a building
fund Tor the Presbyterian church and
the manifest enthusiasm of the Ia
dies who handed US the report, makes
us feel that the party will be a great
success.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
" WAGONS
CAUSE A
COMP ,AlN'T
The RESIDENTS ON UPPER JACK
SON STREET OBJECT TO HAV.
ING DlLAPIDATED WAC
ONS
ON STREETS IN .-oONT OF THElR
DOORS-THE!R GRIEVANCE
HAS BEEN LAID BEFORE
THE MAYOR.

The property owners on upper jack
son street have grievance which
Mayor Finsey seems 10th to satisfy.
The cause Of the nuisance is the Jack
son Street Carriage Co.'S dilapidated
sold vehicles standing along the street.
and in some cases encroaching upon
the sidewalk.
Thomas Raymond who recently
completed one of the finest residences
in the city, and which is situated di-
recuy opposite the carriage works,
is the one most affected by this vio-
latTon of city ordinance.
Several days since, Mr.. Raymond
requested Mayor Kinsey to have those
uns1shtly specimens of wrecked wag-
gonnood removed.
His Honor was not guilty of signing
this removal notice without looking
at the names OF the parties interest
ed, but instead asked Mr.. Raymond it
he desired TO swear out warrant for
the Offenders.
Nr. Raymond Informed His Honor
6 that such a course was not necessary,
such. matters. Mr.. Kinsey then opined
INaC- Int olIGel. oO1liulG GlSe " DIS luc
proper authority in the case.
Then some one looked in the book
and f1is Honor said: I'll go around
and see those people and fin things
up right away. When he came back
he informed city official, who was
present when Mr.. Raymond made his
request, that 'They had talked Very
nice to him. and he thought they
would remove it soon.
OF course the fact that the owners
7of the jackson Street Carriage Com
pany supported him in the recent cleo
ton had nothing to do with his views
inclinations and action in the matter
Furthermore, these articles should
not he construed as antagonistic to
the administration, but on the con.
trary, we are endeavoring to show the
mayor the error of his ways, and try
TO persuade him to return to the
straight and narrow path OF duty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
AT THE
NORMA
PROGRAMS WILL
BE RENDERED BY THE TWO LIT
ERARY SOCIETIES THIS
EVENING.

The Literary Societies at the Nor
mai School will render programs IN
their halls this evening These meets
ines are very interesting and large
crowds attend. The following are
the programs:
Mozart Society.
Nusic-NTiSs McDOugal.
Oration-Mr. F'etty.
AIusic-Miss Ramase.
Debate-1'o affirm, Misses Lloyd
and Gaskill; to deny, Misses Steele
and Cunningham.
RecitatiOri--MisS Grim.
AIusic--N!isS White.
RecitatiOn-Mr. Cunnin CHAM.
Normal Lyceum.
Music-Miss Raymond.
Readng-Miss Menear.
Recitation-Miss Wade
Recitation-MiSS Wolfe
Deba,e-To affirm, Shroyer and
Haddix; to deny, Bainbridge and
Shurtleif.
Vocal Music-Miss Hawkins.
Rccitation-Miss Sturm-
Oration-Mr. Boyd.
Eecitarior-Miss Riley.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-06
JUMPED
BOARD BILL DID A MAN AT GRAF
TON AND OUR BOYS GOT HIM
HERE ON 55 LAST NIGHT.

A message came to police head
quarters about seven o'clock last night
from Grafton, stating that one w Nh'
Holster had jumped a board blll
amounting to twelve dollars, and that
he was supposed to be on ffty-hVe
and headed for this city.
The local police had no difficulty IN
finding the man, who was placed IN
the city jail to await the coming OIL
the Grafton officers. When searched,
a 3S-calibre revolver and plenty OF am
1nunition were found on him.
A constable arrived this morning
and took the fugitive back on seventy
two.