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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

Sir" exclaimed the injured party,
you stuck your umbrella in my eye.
oh no." replied the cheerful offender,
you are mistaken" "Mistaken?" de-
manded the irate man.. you idiot. l
know when my eye is hurt, I guess
Doubtless" replied the cheerful chap,
but you don't know my umbrella.
borrowed this one from a friend today"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

An inqusitive reader signing him.
self PRO Bono Publico" is informed
that the club of "Foly Rollers" was not
organized for the purpose of improving
the streets in connection with the new
steam roller and the proposition to
make use of them for that purpose is
hardly feasible.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

They had been discussing the babyss
ears, eys and nose. And l think it's
got it's fathers hair" said the joyful
young mother. "Oh, is that who's got
it? l noticed it was missing" And as
the tall girl with the Suave manner said
this, the mother looked obviously at
her. ...
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

The Artist-Perhap when a man is
welded to his art it is a mistake to
think of matrimony. She-I dare say.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13

Patience-You say that pianist is a
persOn? Patrice-
Yes; he married deaf wife.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-01-13
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
WEATHER.

Tonight and Thursday cloudy with
light rain or snow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
OUR NAVAL GUNS.

The victories of the American frig- ates in the single-ship combats with the British in the warof, 1S112 were due to superiority of naval; ordnance quite as much as to "the men behind the guns" The Constitution and United States carried main-deck guns of twenty-four pounds calibre, while those of the Brit ish frigates were eighteen -pounders. The British ships were battered to help lessness before they could inflict serious damage upon their opponents.
 The superiority of our naval artillery was maintained throughout the remain der of the smooth bore period. At the time of the rebellion our eleven and fif- teen-inch guns were considered more effective than the best of the muzzle- loading rifles, then just coming into use. Our experience in that struggle with the one hundred and two hundred pounder Parrott rifles which had dis agreeable habit of bursting and putting their gun crews out of action, confirmed us in this view. So well satisfied were our ordnance officials with the big smooth bore columbiads that they re- trained from displaeing them with ri- fled guns for nearly twenty years after the close of the, civil war. Rihed pivot guns-usually of sixty or eighty-pound calibre-were generally preferred on un- armored vessels to smooth-b bores. but | the heavy broadside guns and the tur- ret pieces of the monitors were smooth bores. It was contended in favor of the latter that, while rified gun might bore hole in a ships side, the hole might be plugged, while big turret smooth-bore would crush beyond repair So confident were our experts in tn,
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LEOPARD SHOOTING.
An Exciting Scrimmage in a Grove of
 Mango Trees.

An Exciting Scrimmage in a Grove of Mango Trees. Leopard shooting is often productive
 of exciting incidents, and the recollec-
 tions of one days sport, as recorded by "Raoul'' in the Indian Sporting Times,
 are full of interest. He and friend, whom he calls "M.," as soon as they
 got to the place of rendezvous, were
 met by the usual motley crowd of vil- lagers. They then pointed out to us says the writer rather heavy looking bit of cover in ravine consisting most- i ly of azaleas and wild cardamons. The villagers were positive the leopard was still in what appeared to be his strong hold; that it was from there that he had delivered his last attacks. Close to the cover the leopard was said to be in
 was grove of mango trees, and thither 1 M. and I took our stand, while we sent ! up couple of the more active among the spectators to climb tree that part 1 ly overlooked the jungle. The men had taken up with them good supply of clods. They had not thrown in many of these missiles when there was roar and out charged a splendid looking l leopard, who, finding the coast clear, as l the men had now retired to safe dis tance, broke away toward the south.
 We had a couple of snapshots but ev
 idently missed. Just when our atten-
 tion was taken up by this brute, anoth- CT leopard broke away toward the
 north, and the men on the trees, who had seen it, said it was much smaller
 one than the first. They told us also 1 that they had marked it down in a small, but thick bit of cover a couple | of hundred paces or so off. This cover consisted of a stunted seesum tree | thickly overgrown with wild convolvu-
 Jus, with a good deal of undergrowth
 underneath it. As we got nearer M
 swore he could see something move on
 the tree Closer inspection revealed the
 fact that this was really the case.
 Kneeling down and taking careful
 aim as to where I thought I had seen
 the creepers move, pulled the trigger This was immediately answered by a
 muffied sort of growl, followed by the loud thud of heavy body falling. See- ing no further movements in the un- dergrowth we cautiously approached it.,
 and one of our followers, bolder than
 the rest, soon came across the body of
 the leopard, extended on it's side and
 quite dead. It was soon hauled out in
 the open, and it proved to be three
 quarter grown cub, measuring five feet
 three inches as it lay. This shot fired
 at random proved wonderful tiuke,
 hA 1y1y1 lat 1,ad thrnTph tha
 right eye of the leopard, killing it on
 the spot. We were wondering as to
 where the other could have got to when
 we were suddenly startled by the cry of
 'Pheo" repeated several times. This
 cry of distress from some rowing jackal
 appeared to be coming from some null
 berry plantations short distance off
 and to the north. We at once made our
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16

ner- parents ana ner brothers and sis- ters, a house such as stands on many farm in the Perkiomen valley to shel- ter well-to-do family It is near the the mill which Trechler pere ran, as an adjunct to his farm, and early in the morning through ten months of the year the Girl Miller may be seen hast ening from the house to the three and a half story building besides the river. Once inside the mill, all is business, and from the first turn of the wheel in the morning to the last in the evening there is no cessation. There are a thousand and one thingss to be done, and each is attended to.
 No swain who has been at a party the night before with the Girl Miller finds encouragement to finger over the unloading of his rye to discuss the dances or tell what lad drove that lass to her home. There is place for such conversation, says Miss Treichler, but it is not the mill.
 Being the daughter of miller who also was a farmer, Miss Treichler knows the rye business, as one might say. from the ground up" She has the reputation of being able to estimate the yield of 100 acres when the grain is 1 in the head as closely as any farmer can and her word about prices is taken without question, so well is it known that she is a close student of the grain market.
 Despite the eagerness with which she attends to business, Miss Treichler 1 finds time for pleasure and her rec reations are varied. Her home is the centre of a lively social group drawn largely by her ability as an entertain l ing hostess, and she often is one of a group of merrymakers to drive to a neighboring farmhouse for surprise party, or to an adjacent village to take part in an entertainment.
 l One of her fvorite recreations is driv- i ing a pair of high-stepping horses that are kept generally for the use of her brothers sometimes accompanied by one of her own brothers and at others | by some other girls brother. These fla vors, however, are distributed without partially. Two other outdoor sports i'll her leisure are rowing on the little lake in the summer evenings and anging for trout In the winter the same sheet of water provides a place for skating. Month in and month out Miss Treich- Ter is one of the busiest young women in the countryside, and all the year around she is the pride of Berks coun- ty.-From the New York Press.
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way thither. followed by a motley crowd of villagers. headed by the vil- lage 'tahsildar," or rent collector and other notables.
 In order not to let the men run the risk of being mauled, we gave strict or ders that no one was to get among the mulberry, but to throw clods from the outside. The cover was at first drawn blank, when the crowd, emboldened by the appearance of Master Spots, entered the plantation pellmell. We were ourselves retracing our footsteps and were on our way back, when we suddenly heard an angry growl, fol- lowed by succession of guttural coughs. On looking around we found the leopard bounding away with tail on end, and as it cleared the ditch round the plantation it met the crowd of sightseers, with the head man of the village leading. A most exciting and wonderful sight met our gaze now. The 'tahsildar." or rent collector, was the first Spots eyes met and was on him in twinkling, and knocking him over, ac- tually knocked over no less than seven other men. one after another, without even touching the ground. The brute seemed to literally fly from one victim to another. most of whom were clawed on the back as they turned around to get out of the way.
 It was simply impossible to think of firing in this helee, and while the scrim-
 mage lasted we marked down our now ffJl1xy In a rotao nf thatching grass. The difficulty now was how to get at the brute. The
 crowd of sight-seers had nearly com l pletely vanished, carrying away with l them all those that were put hors de combat Close to the patch of grass | which the leopard had taken shelter in was mango sapling. I suggested to
 M. that, being the lighter and more ac- l tive of the two of us, he should climb into the tree, from which vintage posi- 1 ton he might easily see everything in 1 the grass. We cautiously advanced to I the tree, and M was soon up one of its
 branches, some eight or ten feet or SC
 off the ground. Having handed M. his ! gun, at once withdrew to safer place
 and took my stand behind a small l thorny bush, from where I could fairly
 well see all that was going on in front M. had not been very long up when he
 shouted to me that he could see some l thing moving and at once fired. This
 was immediately answered by the leop.
 ard charging out and making dash fol {. the tree. Fortunately for M. the brute
 sprang some three feet short. We | found afterward that the first shot had disabled it considerably, thus prevent i ing it from making good it's spring. II was now my turn to have my share oi
 the fun, for Spots, on catching sight oi
 me, made straight for where I was standing. I just managed to get be- 1 hind the bush when something yellow 1 flashed past me. Just at it flashed past
 me I had a couple of snapshots, the
 brute going head over heels. and after
 a couple of somersaults fell dead. Con- 1 trary to our expectations the leopard
 was not what we had at first expected l it to be, i e.. the mother of the cub we had already shot, but was big male.-- l London Globe
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WALLINGFoRD

George A. Smith has bought out the J. F. Shortelle drug store on Center street and takes possession to-day. Druggist Smith has had several years experience in the business and is con- silered one oe the most careful and capable druggists in the business. He has many friends in this town, who will be pleased to learn that he has again gone into business in town.
 William J. Hogan has brought suit against the borough for $500 damages to his property on William street by reason of the overflowing of water and sewage. The case is returnable to the superior court Tuesday, May 3. Rttor- ney Fowler is counsel for Hogan.
 The body of Philip Sampson, colored. who died in New Haven hospital of apoplexy Thursday night, was brought here yesterday afternoon. The funeral will be held this afternoon with inter- ment in the Center street cemetery. | Home made candy will be on sale at the Women's Exchange this after- noon.
 1 Court Robert Wallace will give an entertainment and dance in Temper ance hall this evening.
 Willie, the siY-year-old son. of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Peters, died yester- day morning after several weeks ill- ness with cerebro spinal meningitis. Funeral Sunday. afternoon at o'clock with interment in In Memorial'' ceme- tery. Rev. A. c. Boynton will ofticiate.
 Rev. J. ]. Blair has returned here from Springfield and says that his son Kenneth is on the improve and able to sit up again.
 l Robertson's moving pictures will be the attraction at the opera house this afternoon and evening.
 | The board of managers will hold it's regular monthly meeting at the Mason ic home this morning.
 l Charles Johnson of Church street got a bad fall from his bicycle yesterday morning on Hall avenue, when he was going to work at Factory P. While going down Hall avenue, east of Com munity bridge. his wheel collapsed and he was thrown to the ground and quite badly cut about the face and head and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
SUPREME COURT CASES.

Bridgeport, April 15.-In the Supreme Court of Errors this morning the ar guments in the cases of Union School distric of Guilford against Burton w. Bishop and wife, plaintiffs appeal. and in the suits of George Gorham against New Haven, and Henry w. Munson against New Haven, plaintiffs appeal, were argued. There remain three New Haven cases to be argued before the Fairfield county cases will be reached.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
A NoTRE pAME LAnY

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
COMING WEDDING.

Many friends are interested in the an- nouncement of the coming marriage on April 20 of Miss Carrie Palmer of No. 25 Carmel street to M sjor Charles F. McCabe of the Second regiment, for snerly popular captain of the Grays The wedding will be private. Many good wishes are heard expressed for the happy couple.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16

bruised about the body. No bones were broken. He was unconscious for awhile.
 Miss Carrie Nearing will return this evening from Washington, D. c.
 Richard Talbot was excused from jury duty in New Haven.
 George w. Strout, who has been the guest os his son, Herbert A. strout. lest yesterday for Portland, Me.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
MIR. sPANAGEL's SHOP.
Well Known Tonsorial Artist Removes
 to Church Street.

to Church Street.
 Carl R. Spanagel, who for seventeen years occupied and conducted the ton sorial apartments at 756 Chapel street, has removed to Church street, where he has fitted up splendid place of busi- ness and where his many friends will follow him. After so many years in one place. MT. Spanagel was reluctant to leave, but feeling certain of the sup port of his great number of friends and the opportunities offered in the new place he decided to make change.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
MIR. sARGENT,s CONDITION.

The condition of Mr. Russel Sargent. who is i'll in Boston, was unchanged last evening. He is under the care of most skilled physician, and though his case is still critical one, hopes are still entertained that he will re- cover,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
NERO BANKRUPTCY HEARING

There was a hearing before Referee Newton yesterday afternoon in the bankruptcy cas of the Meros. But little was accomplished. MT. Nero being on the stand all the afternoon, and he will resume his testimony next week. to which time the hearing. was continued.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
PRoF. DAVIS CONDITION

Prof. George P. Day, whose leg was broken by fall several days ago, was trifle improved yesterday, but owing to his advanced age, about 90, his con- dition is very serious
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-16
FINE COURSE OF LECTURES.

The lectures by President Mackenzie in the Nathaniel Taylor course at Yale divinity school this week were re- markedly fine and unusually successful course, and greatly appreciated by at tentive and cultivated audiences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-06
ALL FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Upstate Republican Conventions Indorse
Him-Delegates Chosen.

Norwich Y Y. April 5.-At the Chenango County
Republican Convention to-day ]. z. Aids E. y.
Pearsal, Charles l. Carrier. L. p Blair. Linn Case.
Stephen h Wilcox and Charles G. Nash were
elected delegates 70 the State convention. George
!. skinner. }. g. Holmes. ". +. Edgerton. George
". Payne, Frank Crumb s. A Jones and T. Z.
TiQuiu wr.c chosen delegates to the Congress dis
trict convention; John Smith. John H. O'Brien.
Julien c. Scott. Richard Carter. Z. f. Pools and
Henry Dclavan. delegates to the Senate convention.
ana Albert p. Gladdin- TO the judicial convention
for the Sixth Judiciai District. Resolutions
adopted indorsing the candidacy OF Theodore Roose-
Welt for tho Presidency, commencing the admins
traton % Governor Odell expressing satisfaction
in the leadership Of Senator Plate and instructng
the delegates TO tho state convention to support
delegates 10 ,he national convention who favor the
ton OF GeorEo W. Dunn for state committee
from this Congress district. DELEGATES TO the Con
gress convention were instructed for John ".
Dwight those 10 the senate invention Tor senator
Aids. and the delegate 10 the judicial convention
.or Justice Nathan L. Miller
OEdcnsburg April 5.-At the Ist Assembly Dis
trict Republican Convention Of st. Lawrence Coun-
~ to-day Senator George T. Malby.' Charles s.
Plank. T. Il Palmer, Edward d. Barry, II. G.
Aldrich. Ira &. Miles. \. c. Farr and /. c. Walsh
were elected delegates 10 the State convention. and
We're Instructed for George r. Malby for delegate
rious adopted favoring President Roosevelt
for the Presidential nomination.
Plattsburg. April 5.-The Essex County Repuhli-
can Convention At Port Henry to-day elected
Walter G. Witherbec, Julius \. Roberts, Charles
II. Wilson Albert ". Shields. Patrick J. Finn and
George A Stevens delegates to the State conveu-
tion. The delegates 10 tho Congress convention
instructed for Congressman William H.
Flack. and resolutions adopted indorSinE
President Roosevelt Senator'S Platt and Depew and
Governor Odell Walter c. Witherbee was indorsed
for State committeeman.
Malone April 5.-At the Franklin County Republi-
can Convention to-day delegates to the two state
conventions were selected as follows: To the con-
veation FOR the election OF national delegates ".
j. Flack, I. y. Kllburn. G. r. Matthews, ". A
Fullerton Joseph g. Oakey. Frenond Smith and
Frank Carpenter. 10 the convention for the selec-
ton Of state officers. Flack Kilburn. Matthews.
Alexander Macdonald. .. :. Lawrence. A y. Bots
ford and A " Sheals. Congressman Filck. 70
whom power was given 40 select delegates 10 both
Congress district conventions, named for both N.
z McClary. &. " Dustou. F = ChaunelL r. /
Nolan and A g Morse. The Senate district dele
gates chosen were: O. ". Dustou. Thomas Adams.
H D stevens B. I. Reynolds. B. L. Orcutt. John
s Bizel and Fred n. johnson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-06
ST4BS At BUSY CORNER
Man 7cith Knife and Scissors Causes
Panic 1mOng Girls.

Much excitement was caused at Third-ave.
and Twenty-third-st. last evening, when a man
about with open knife and pair Of
scissors. Before he arrested he had cut
a girl I'm the arm and caused a panic among
the crowd. composed largely Of girls. at the
transfer point there.
The man said he was Joseph Fanelli. tailor.
of No. All East Seventeenth-st He had stabbed
himself twice in the right hand.
The man was first seen at Twenty -third-st..
when he appeared in the midst of about twenty
girls. who were waiting for the surface cars.
He drew a Knife and began to flourish it. The
girls screamed and He followed one.
caught her and stabbed her IN the The
girl tainted. Fanei down Third-ave., a
crowd of men following At Twenty-secOnd-st
Palrolman Hauptman. Of the East Twenty-sec-
Ond-st. station, caught Fanelli and knocked
the knife and scissors from his hand. Fanell
grabbed the policeman and both fell fighting IN
the street. PatroIman RadiSan then arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-06
EXCISE BILL POSSIBLE.
Home Rule Conference scitk GoU-
ernor- Elsberg Statement TO-day.

Albany. April 6-Senators Elsoerg and Green. Ed
ward Iauterbach. William Halpiu, Charles F. Muir
ray and Speaker s. Fred Nixon tonight had a con-
ference with Governor OdeH the advisability
Of introducing excise bill which would apply
only to cities of the first class that Is, NewYork
and Buffalo. The conference resulted I'm de-
cision but a member who present declared
that there still possibility of the introduction
OF such measure
The home rule conference this afternoon having
eliminated excise questions from the field OF home
rule made It necessary to deal with the matter
separately. While it Is possible Senator Elsberg
might Introduce such BILL it could hardly he
passed without emergency message from the
Governor
The home rule conference this afternoon listened
TO long addresses from Senator Elsberg ana Ed
ward Iauterbach. eliminated excise from home
rule and then indorsed the home rule measures
already introduced by the Committee Cities.
which contain startling features and leave
else questions alone. simply increasing the power
OF the Board of Aldermen. subject to approval Of
the Board of Estimate I'm the issuing of bonds.
Senator Elsberg will tomorrow issue long
statement specifying the findings OF the committee
which examined home rule This report will
sert cities have much greater home rule powers
than they use. that their neglect to enforce their
ordinances results In lack OF home rule. 1t will
also indicate the special need and purpose OF the
home rule bills before the legislature and the
result of its labors