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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
CONTROL OF ROAD SHIFTS FROM
PARENT STATE TO WALL
STREET.
Over Thirty-five Per Cent of Stock Is
cid by Financiers Of New
York.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22-The state
ment was made positively today in
Wall street that for the first time in
the history of the Pennsylvania rail-
road-which has record Of fifty years
Of consecutive dividend payments
more of it's stock is held in this state
than in Pennsylvania 1t is believed
that the increase of New York holdings
is due to heavy purchases by Rock
efeller interests at the time of the is
sue of $4,000, 900 new stock, and since
then Wall street is asking whether
the control of the great system does
not actually rest in New York.
1t is learned on high authority that
the stock is now held in the following
proportions-there being slightly less
than s3OO,OOo,OOO of the stock issued:
New York, 35 per cent, or s1O5,0o0,
900; Pennsylvania, 25 per cent. or $75,-
100000; foreign, 10 per cent, or ST.
100000; scattered, q per cent. or $685.
10000.
The foreign holdings have been re-
duced in the past five years from 80.
per cent to 10 per cent. The reduction
was brought about by sales by English
interests that they might subscribe to
the BOer war loan.
1t is announced on the highest au-
thOrity that the Could Pennsylvania
war has been finally settled. and that
the CaSsatt interests, with the acQuies
cence of the Rockefellers. are to dom
mate the policy of the company as
heretofore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
MILLIONS FOR ORPHAN GIRLS
Newspaper Gives Working Girl Clue to
Riches Awaiting Her.

northampton Mass, Sept. a.
Five orphan sisters. the Misses Hill
ton, the oldest "a years of age, and
the youngest 10 will institute legal
proceedings to recover their share of
the property of John Thompson Hill
ton, estimated to be worth $20.OOO.O0O.
who died intestate at Virginia City,
New, three years ago.
The Nevada multi millionaire, who
was so at the time of his death, ran
away from home when a boy Of II.
The father of the Misses Hilton, when
the Nevada mine owner died, was
tracing the relationship of which he
tablish it he died
At his death the eldest of his child
rem Miss Anna Hilton, who is a clerk
in a dry goods store, sent for her sis
tiers, who were in Maine. One is mod
ell in a cloak store, two are attendants
in the state insane hospital, and the
youngest attends the public schools.
All now live in this city. 1t was by
accident, however, that they were
made aware of their rich uncle's death.
Il was sitting in hammock read
ing a newspaper the other afternoon
name in an obscure part of the paper
said Miss Hilton today. "The para
graph was to the effect that so far as
known the only heirs to the estate of
John Thompson Hilton, the Nevada
millionaire, were two cousins, one liv-
ing in Wisconsin and the other In
Maine.
THE information decided me to ex-
pedite the claim of myself and sisters,
l know nothing of Nevada laws and
rest everything upon my ability to es-
tablish the fact that my father was
brother of the dead millionaire. In
this event the claim of myself and sis
ters would, of course, nave precedence
over that of cousins. Our claim would
be equal parts of the portion of the
estate which would have gone to my
father were he living. Each of us
ought to receive close to a million dol
lars if 1 have traced our relationships
accurately.
What we will do? Really. l don't
know. There are some things we won't
our acqua 'ntances friends of less pros
porous days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
GIRL SEEKS TO LEARN NAME
Young Woman Found Wandering St
Louis Streets, Memory Gone.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.-Unable tc
young girl, we'll dressed and appar-
emily Of good family, is in the observa-
ton ward at the city hospital waiting
until the police can find her relatives.
The girl is about 20 years old. She
is neatly dressed in black, and wears a
black chiffon hat. She was found near
Seventh street and Lucas avenue by
Patrolman Parks. She accompanied
the patrolman to the Carr street sta
ton, but could tell nothing about her
self
From broken sentences which she
has spoken since she was found, the
police believe that ner first name is
Bessie
The girl also talked incoher
emily about Rev. Dr. Lane who she
said lived on Washington avenue.
She also mentioned being taken to
a railroad station and making a jour
ney on a train. When names of places
in Chicago were suggested to her, she
showed an apparent familiarity With
them, and for that reason the police
think she may nave come from Chica-
go or some place near there.
She had in her possession card
bearing the name of "Engebert Woes
tor of Ala Washington avenue.
DR.. Noerster said that a girl answer
ing the description of the one taken
to the city hospital came to his office
for treatment, Monday evening. He
prescribed for her, but learned moth
ing of her identity except that ner
name was Bessie She stated that
she had been employed on Broadway.
When she left she forgot to take the
medicine he had prepared, and he was
expecting her to return this morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
STILL WARNING ON AMERICANS
Canadian Engineers Meet to Plan the
Driving Out Of Americans.

WINNIPEG, Man, Sept. "a
meeting of Canadian engineers has
been held at Ottawa with reference to
the continued employment Of Ameri-
can engineers and subordAnates on
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway sur
veys, the eastern section included.
All the engineers are furious and de-
ternined to do all in their power to
Dust the Americans.
Several engineers who have been
quietly waiting for months. expecting
to get employment on the eastern sec
ton. when the railway commission
took the matter in hand, are idle and
now find that the commission is not
going to interfere with the work, COM
pleted or in progress.
A well-known engineer had an inter-
view with Sir William Mulock yester-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Child's Twisted PRAYER.

When Aunt Clara. from Boston, came
TO visit her Washington nephew and
his wife, not long ago. she discov-
cred to her horror that the 5-year-old
son of the family had never been
taught to repeat an evening prayer.
The father and mother had very adj
Vanced ideas on the subject of religion,
and the child's reasoning powers were
not to be stunted by forced acceptance
of dogma. They We're not bigoted,
however, and Aunt Clara was allowed
to teach the youngster prayer, with
an added supplication for blessings on
his parents. Aunt Clara drilled the
boy carefully, and one evening the
mother was hidden to steal in unob-
served to hear how nicely the little
fellow said his prayer He ratified off
Now l lay me-" in more or less
jumbled fashion, and then he added.
solemnly:
Goddess father and Goddess mother,
Amen"
1t took Aunt Clara half an hour to
convince the mother that the boy had
been taught a supplication and not a
comment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
NEGLECTED. COLDS.

Every part of the mucous membrane,
the nose, throat, ears, head and lungs,
from neglected colds. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is a pleasant and effective
Valley Mills, Texas, writes: Il have
used Billiards. Horehound Syrup for
pleasant and most effective remedy"
The Upington drug store, dealers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
here comes a crop failure.


THE conditions prevailing in Min
nesOta and the Dakotas today are the
same as the farmers of Iowa had to
contend with forty years ago. We had
rust in our wheat in 1857. Then wheat
failed to be paying crop. The far
mers turned to other crops. They be-
gun raising corn, but adopted a diff
ferent method. They found that corn
could not be raised successfully on
the same land more than two years
in succession. The third year grass
was raised. Dairy cattle were put in
to Craze in these fields. What was
the result? Iowa is now the greatest
corn reproducing state in the union
1t is also one of the leading dairy
states. The corn-fed hogs bring better
returns than putting the corn itself
on the market.
Minnesota and Dakota farmers
must stop planting wheat on the same
land year after year, or they will find
themselves in a worse plight than the
Iowa farmers. They must rotate crops
plant wheat two seasons in success
sion, then turn the fields over to grass
for a season or two. They will find
that it will pay in the end, although
the present income might be reduced
somewhat
The secretary would not express any
opinion as to the present prices or
other condition of the wheat market.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

Getting Away From the Past-"1n
my plan for your new home" says the
architect Il have provided for large
ornate fringe in the hall" Don't want
it," asserts Mr.. Conjeeled. "What?'
on having some one being reminded
that I used to drive an ice wagon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

DAY. and on behalf OF the engineers
ana by request of the executive, re-
spectfully asked why the government
mad not carried out the deportation
of the United States men in accora-
ance with the decisions OF Judge
winchester. but did not receive any
satisfaction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22

His Resolve-"When you first en-
tered politics." said the young man
who is looking for knowledge, did you
set out with the determination to win
at any COST" NO." answered Sem
ator Sorghum, Il set out with the de-
termination to win at as little expense
as possible
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
MENACE OF DEATH IN CLASH
Purdue Student Is Dying After Fight
of Freshmen and Sophomores.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. Pas a
result of the annual fight OF the fresh
men and sophomore classes of Purdue
university. Frank Miller is dying at
his home. 1t is expected that pneu-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Acreage to Increase.

acreage 20 t1CTSdSS'
zone would naturally conclude that
with the supply and demand equal,
importation would follow Immediate
w. but l believe this threatened condi-
ton will be met by an increase in
acreage. With wheat at its present
price, certainly there will be an in
crease in acreage, and consequently in
production, next year. 1t will be a
profitable crop for farmers who are
now raising other staples In Iowa,
for instance, the farmers will natural
lv plant the crop which will yield the
grass lands and produce a fair average
Weld of wheat per acre, not so great
as was once produced, but large enough
to pay.
"Of course, Canadian spring wheat
will come in greater or less quantities
as the market conditions justify its
Importation. Price alone will determine
that, in my opinion. But with the
shrinkage in exports of wheat from the
United States to Europe the Cana
dian product will naturally go TO the
countries which have depended upon
as heretofore for their supply of this
staple. There will be a loss of the
export business, but the farmer will
have no difficulty in disposing of his
wheat in local markets, so that it will
he profitable for him to continue to
raise wheat.
'Macaroni wheat will also help to
keep off any threatened importation of
foreign wheat. l have not had any
report on the production of this year,
but the acreage planted was greater
than last season. This wheat is as good
for bread making as either winter or
spring wheat 1t is especially adapted
to sections where there is as little as
ten inches rainfall. It can be raised
in the western Dakotas and Montana,
and the farmers in that portion of the
country are turneing their attention
to it. Macaroni wheat was better rust
resisting quality than other wheats.
Add the production Of this crop to that
of other wheats and you see that the
danger of importation is far Off
Diversity Crops.
Secretary Wilson then turned to a
discussion of conditions in the north
west. He repeated a warning which he
had sounded before and again urged
diversified crops.
The wheatraisers of the northwest
are making a serious mistake he
said. lin not diversifying their crops.
They put in wheat, and wheat only
year after year. They begin with an
average crop of twenty bushels to the
acre. This drops to eighteen, to fifteen
to twelve, to ten bushels per acre and
even lower But they continue to put in
wheat and now the land is completely
exhausted. It fails to afford nutri-
ment to the growing grain. The grain
is not robust and healthy, is not able
to resist rust and the various dis
eases which attack it. Consequently
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
TO USE ALL HER WHEAT
Secretary Wilson Declares Production
Will Soon Supply Only Our Needs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Secretary
Wilson of the department of agricul-
ture sees in the comparatively near
future production of wheat in this
country which will supply only the
domestic demand. He also predicts an
other shifting of the wheat-produclng
center of the country, unless the far
mers of the present wheat belt take
warning and diversity their crops.
There is no danger that we will
nave to resort to importation to sup
ply the domestic demand during the
coming year." said Mr.. Wilson. THE
estimated production, according to the
reports of our agents in the field. is
54OOOOOOO bushels. The best OBJ
tainable information on consumption
is that it is six bushels per capita. The
population of this country is now
about eighty million, so that we can
supply the 4SO,OOO,OOO bushels OF
wheat needed to feed the people and
have about eighty million bushels for
export.
But that surplus will soon be wiped
out if immigration continues at the
present rate. Foreigners are coming
into this country at the rate of 100000
a year A large majority of them are
going to the cities. They will need
their proportion of wheat and in time
the supply will just about equal the
demand
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
North Yakima
SEPT. 26 to OCT. |
L q O 4
The Biggest Exhibition Ever
Given in the Northwest

Special railroad rates, Of one and
one-thiri fare, for round trip from all
points, on the n. P. Ry.
TACOMA URSION-Special train
leaves Tacoma Tuesday, September
p y. at s a. IN. Fare $3.50 for round
y Trip.
SEATTLE RSlON-Special train
leaves Seattle Wednesday, Septem-
Der IS at s a. m. Fare $3.50 for
round trip.
These special trains accommodate
Intermediate points, tickets good to re-
turn on any train up to and including
Saturday, October l. Especial train
tickets good for one admission to the
fltr)
SPOKANE BUSINESS MEMS Ex.
CURSiON-Special train leaves Spo-
kane Thursday, September 20.
An exhibition of the resources Of the
state and race program that will sur.
pass all thought or talk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
SILVER WEDDING,

On Friday evening, Jan. 22nd about
forty of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Tillotson met at their home In Pike
vile to help them celebrate their 18th
wedding anniversary. Early in the
evening all gathered around the tables
and partook of bountiful supper
served by the hostess. The evening
was spent in playing games until a
late hour when the guests departed
leaving many useful and beautiful
presents as tokens of their respect,
and all joined in wishing them many
happy returns of the day. Among
those from Kenosha who we're there
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tillotson,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Mathews, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Turnock, and Mr.. and Mrs,
Frank Brazie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received by the
City Clerk at the Council Room in the
City Hall, in the City of Kenosha,
County of Kenosha and State of Wis
consin up to the hour of eight O'Clock
in the afternoon of the fifteenth day
of February, A. D. 1904, for the pur-
chase of che certain real estate owned
by the City Of Kenosha and the build
ing thereon commonly known as No
2, Engine House and being on Wis
consin street in said city; the said real
estate being particularly described as
the south seventy-six (76) feet of the
east half of lot number eight (8) in
block number forty-two Az on the
southeast quarter of section number
thirty-one 1917, town number two ~,
range number twenty-three (23) east,
in the First ward of the City of Keno
sha, county and state afo 'esaid.
The Common Council of the City of
Kenosha reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
By order. of the Common Councils:
d w40 Gus JACOB,
City Clerk.
Dated at Kenosha, January 21st, 1904.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
TN MEMORIAM.

William Faulkner was born April S,
1885, at Old Place Farm Sussex, Eng
land. At the age of II, he came to
this country and settled at Wilmot, be-
ing one of the oldest settlers of Ke-
nosha County. He was married to
Miss Eliza Phillips, March 2, 1855. He
died Jan. 20, 1904. leaving wife and
three children to mourn his loss. The
end came after long period of sick
ness and intense suffering, which he
ever bore with heroic fortitude and
patience. Surely if we are made per-
feet through suffering, VIM. Faulkner
will be found among that great multi
tude that "have come up through great
tribulation' OF his life it may be
truly said that his conduct was ever
above reproach. With quiet dignity he
trod the way of virtue and unostenta-
tious righteousness turning neither to
meanness nor to folly. For nearly
half century he industriously piled
his trade, forging for himself char
acter as infexible as the iron he ham
mered.
The conviction has fastened itself
upon us that there has passed from
our midst one of earth's noblemen, an
honest, God-fearing man, who never
finched from duty and never refused a
kindness. We would not wish him
back to this world of pain, but in that
land of blessed promise let us hope to
meet him.
Funeral services we're held Friday
afternoon, Jan. D, from his late home
and the M. E.. church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. c. r. Montague, and
were attended by large number. The
interment was in the Wilmot GENE
terry. The family has the sympathy of
the entire community in their bereave-
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
BUILD TO BRISTOL.
Pleasant Prairie Telephone Company
Plans Line Into the Camp of
the Opposition Next Spring.
BRISTOL PEOPLE DISSATISFIED.

Officers of the Pleasant Prairie Tel
ing that the company had made plans
to build line from the exchange in
Pleasant Prairie into the village of
Bristol. The managers of the Pleas
ant Prairie company state that this has
been made necessary on account of the
fact that many of the people of Bristol
have asked the company to provide
connections for them with the Pleas
ant Prairie lines. The recent union of
the Bristol company with the Inde-
pendent company in Kenosha seems to
have been opposed by quite number
of the people IN Bristol who now have
the phones of the rural company and
they are anxious to secure connection
with some company having toll lines
reaching to Chicago and Milwaukee.
Of course the line from Pleasant
Prairie will be built under the direc-
ton of the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany and it will at once become united
with that company. This is thought
to be the opening wedge for the Bell
company in the territory now reached
by the Indeper dent company only.
With a line IN Bristol the Pleasant
Prairie company will be in control of
more phones than any other company
in the county and Somers, Pleasant
Prairie and Bristol will all be united
with the Bell systems. By the terms
of the five year contract between the
Pleasant Prairie and Wisconsin COM
panies the new subscribers to the
Pleasant Prairie lines will receive the
same considerations IN regard to toll
messages as are now being given in
Pleasant Prairie. The instruments
for the Pleasant Prairie lines arrived
today and they will be installed at
once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
4 OUR
Z COUNTRY y
Z CORRESPONDENCE.
Trevor.
80 below zero Monday morning.

80 below zero Monday morning.
Miss Bertha Hannemann celebrated
her eighteenth birthday with party
Saturday evening at her aunt's, Mrs.
Sam Matthews.
N. ]. Shoemaker and wife are re-.
joicing over the birth of sor on the
18th of this month.
Warren Rolfe has been on the sick
list
Mrs. Ravens is expecting her neph-
ew, Guy Arkells, from Washington
this week.
The infant son of w. H. Moore and
wife died on Thursday, the 21st, and
was buried Saturday at Liberty Gene
terry.
There were sixty three in attendance
at the cemetery society held at John
Sheen's.
Scott Collier and the Misses Josie
and Florence Macy, of Chicago, visit
ed at John Patrick's over Sunday.
Born, to VIM. Curtiss and wife on
the 18th, daughter.
Mrs. Dillenbeck, of Mukwanago, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Will Ro1fe
and family.
Arthur Parks and wife spent Tues
day at Woodwork.
There was good attendance at the
Christian Endeavor social at Albert
Turnock's Friday evening.
Miss Meyer, who has been at Mrs.
Ravens the past two weeks, returned
to her home in Chicago Tuesday.
Quite number from our burg at
tended the Farmers Institute at Salem
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
TO START MONDAY
Everything in Readiness for the Open
ing of Three New Rural Routes
Out of Kenosha.
FARMERS IMPROVE THE ROADS

Bright and early next Monday morn
ing three new rural mail carriers will
start on their routes out of Kenosha to
serve three new routes in the towns of
Pleasant Prairie and Somers. The
new carriers have all filed their official
bonds and lists of the farmers along
the routes have been made so that sev-
cry thing is in readiness for the open
ing of the routes. The farmers have
welcomed the coming of the rural car
riers with open arms and both in Pleas
ant Prairie and Somers movements
SO as to make them passab1e for car
riers. The roads in Somers will have
to be improved great deal in order to
make them up to the government regu-
lations and as soon as the warmer
weather comes men will be put to work
and the roads will be grave1ed. The
farmers have nearly all secured the
boxes and the roads in all directions
from Kenosha are checkered with the
mail boxes.
ed from every point with rural carriers
for, added to the three new carriers
that have been added to the Kenosha
Office, four other carriers will go to
work from the smaller villages in the
county and these men added to the
four carriers now working in the coun-
ty will give Kenosha a total of eleven
rural routes, covering almost every
farm house in the county. Similar ar
engagements have been made for Ra-
cine county and few of the extreme
northern settlements of the county
will be covered by carriers from the
northern neighbor. These two counties
will be the first counties in the state in
which every farmer has the privileges
of the rural delivery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-28
METERS ARE SEALED.

City Water Company Begins Work of Pro-
tecting Meters from Dishonest Patrons
Four hundred seals to be used in
sealing city water meters were receiv-
ed by City Engineer Moth this morn
ing and the work of placing the seals
on the meters will be started at once.
It will probably require month or
longer to complete the work of sealing
the meters. There are large number
of meters in use on the mains and sew.
eral other large consignments Of the
seals have been ordered. When the
seals are in place it will be impossible
for the dishonest people of the city to
defraud the water company of money
due for water as the seal can not be re-
moved without being broken and a
broken seal will show at once that the
meter has been tempered with. The
cost to the city for putting in the seals
will be small, they costing in the
eighborhood of ten cents apiece.