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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
THE HONORABLE COURSE.

That was Il remarkable scene in the
house of representatives when Repre-
sentative ShafrOth of Colorado Voiun-
tarily gave up his seat. His place was
contested by Mr.. BOnynge, and the
evidence before the committee on cleo
tons. Unexpectedly to Mr.. ShafrOth.
revealed the fact that he owed his
election to fraud.
That was all Mr. Shafroth wanted
to know. He might have continued the
fight for place somewhat longer but
it was enough for him to know that
ne was not the chosen representative
OF his district. He. therefore. cut
short the investigation. conceded that
the proof of fraud was ample and sur
rendered his seat
1t is doubtless a grieVous loss to Mr..
Sha1roth to give up his congressional
career. He may never return to con-
gress. But the loss is as nothing COM
pared with his own knowledge that he
has done right, and the respect his
course will command from honora bic
men everywhere
. Mr.. Shafroth has been a good con-
gresham, but nothing in his congress
slonal career has done him so much
honor AS the manner of his leaving it,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
WEATHER..
BETTER OFF WITHOUT THEM.

The fact that a county official can
lose his money at gambling in Walla
Walld even under the new law shows
how important ii is to have the state
gambling laws enforced by the state
and county officers whose business il
is to look after such matters. AL
though there is no Wide-open gambling
going on in Wtlla Walla there is rea-
son to believe that ii is still being con-
Quoted secretly to some extent in up
per rooms and in Chinese joints. 1t is
probably impossible to stop secret
gambling altogether. but ii is evidently
10 the interest of the county in pro-
tecting the public funds to come as
near suppressins it as possible.
Now that the gamblers have been
run out of Pendleton some of them
may attempt to open up again in this
city, but they should be ordered to
take French leave in short order
Waila Walla can. get along Very we'll
without gambling joints, and it is to
the interest of the young men of the
city and some of the older men that
such sinkholes to ruin shall never more
be tolerated here
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
DESERVES GENEROUS ENCOCR-
AGEMENT

The effort being made by the faculty
and students of Whitman college to
raise $4,000 for the building of a GYM
naSium deserves the hearty moral and
Walla Walla. Whitman has been ser
IouSly handicapped in the past by the
lack of a suitable gymnasium and this
disadvantage is becoming more pro-
nounced as competing colleges are con-
Stantly making improvements in this
respect Athletics has become a per
manent and Indispensable feature of
modern college life and Young men and
young women contemplating a college
EDUCATION usually take into consider
alton the comparative facilities that
colleges have for physical exercise. and
training. Whitman under present con-
ultionS makes Il very poor showing in
athletics and for that reason is liable
10 lose her prestige unless this defect
be soon remedied. The state asricuI-
iufal college At Pullman and the state
university at Seattle. as we'll as the
three normal schools of the state. have
Well equipped symuasiums While the
Nnltman students have nothing bet
ter than an old barn as training lll,r-
terS If Whitman college is to con-
fllue forging TO the front as "A popUlar
educational institution. it must keen
abreast of the lines The faculty ana
students OF the institution have agreed
10 raise one-SlNth of the $1,000 re-
Huiled for the proposed gymnasium
Five thousand dollars Will he asked
from the citizens of Walla Walla. This
- not solicited as q charity. For every
S7o subscribed the donor will be on
ttieu 10 name one person who shall
have all the privileges Of the GYM
naSium.
ms movement gives the prosperous
people of Walla Wana a splendid on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
TntlkNICn1S OF COLUMBUS.
New Council to Be Instituted a
Baker City.

A new council of the Knights of Co
lumbus is to be organized at Baker
City, Oregon, tomorrow afternoon. 1t
is expected that all the prominent
members of the order from the Pacific
coast will be present. Quite number
of Walla Walla knights will be there.
The following left this afternoon on the
O. r. & y. train: John z. Kent W. H
Dunphy. Thomas Ennis, w. p. Clancy.
Parnell Hays. Harry Collins. Thomas
Martin. Lawrence Geaney, p. Mooney.
Will Ryan. r. s. Scally. y. s. Sulli-
van. J. J. Mangan. Edward Lyons
Henry Council. Joseph Lutcher, Joseph
Weber Leo Ferguson, 7. S. ConnOrs.
G.. A. Carney.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
AT THE HOTELS.
At the Dacres.

Al tne OdCFeS.
II. r. Knight, Chicago.
Malone Joyce, San Francisco.
Phil SchlisinSer. Milwaukee.
l.. A. Burleigh. Portland.
Peter Mckinney, Pomeroy.
H. 4. Holman, do
S. COSgrOve, do
H. d. Roymur, do
Celia Moore. Athena.
Irene Lamb, do
q. II. Holcomb. Seattle.
VIM. Nirger. Tacoma.
John Mitchell. North Yakima.
Arthur Dependencies, Spokane.
r. r. Fay, Portland
H. c. Mcconnell, New York.
j. =. DOherty, Tacoma.
$. A. George, Waitsburg.
J. T.. Levy, Portland.
+. j. Holman, Chippewa Falls.
c. F. Nelson, Weston.
p. W. Dennis Portland.
J. l.. Hartman. DO
Andy Mccarthy, san Francisco.
II. Harsman.
At the State.
Geo. II. Loucks. Starbuck
w. NJ. Fucker.
j. A. Loundagin, Waitsbure.
w. c. Root, city.
F.. a. Wolfe. ST. Louis.
J. Faulkenberry, RituS. Penn.
JAS. Caslette, Pendleton.
NJ. Welch, Boise. Idaho.
5. J. Jones. Chicago.
At the Palace.
Chas. Peak, city.
l.. II. Splawn, Prescott.
Y. +. Austin and wife, city.
Frank Hawks do
Frank Simpson, Prescott
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
A BANANA. EATING NATION.
Nearly the Entire Crop Of West Indies
and South America Comes Here.

| and South America Comes Here.
I WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-The Am
erican nation is becoming a nation of
banana eaters. The rate of consump-
/ ton is rapidly growing. and the end
| of this growth is not in sight. We
! duras, and the great bulk Of the crop
| in the British West Indies, Colombia.
| Costa Rca. Dominican Republic, eau
| temala. Honduras and Nicaragua.
We began to import this fruit from
Costa Rica in 1881. in which year we
bought $500 punches. In 1902, our
banana trade with that country had
reached 4179,199 punches. Two hum
dred and thirty steamers. laden with
of Port Limon in 1902. bound for AM
erican Atlantic and gulf points.
In 1902, this country imported from
the countries named bananas valued at
s7.097, O37: in 1903 the figure went up
to sS.154314: and this has been the
average annual increase for a series of
years.
In response to the rapidly increas-
ing American demand. many of the
planters have greatly increased their
bananas acreage. In 1902. more than
$500 acres were added to the banana
plantations of Costa Rica. while the
increase Of 1902 over 1901 was quite
rs great. In the British West Indies.
whose total exports of bananas to the
United States average $4,000. 900 ii
year, the increase of banana acreage
averages about per cent annually.
No other country is so fond of the
banana as the United States. and it is
said that this fact is of itself sufficient
to insure proper attitude towards US
on the part of Central American states
banana trade with Costa RIGA We're to
cease suddenly that country would be
deprived of more than $1,000. 900 in eX-
port trade each year. Our banana
trade with Colombia amounts to only
about 100000 per year. but it can be
increased almost without limit at the
will of the ColOmbianS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
OF X COMMERCE. AND THE WAR

1t is not likely that the war will have
" depressing effect on our trade with
Japan. The Japs now control the seq
etfettually and are likely to continue
to do so. The result will be that
trade between Japan and the other ma
tons, especially the United States will
go on much us before the war. YES
sells lying the Japanese flag are moi
likely to venture in the F,uropean
waters, but it would not be SURPRISING
If they continued to cross the Pacific.
At amy rate. the Pacific is likely to be
so free from danger from Russian war
vessels that the ships of neutral ma
tons VIII not be deferred from contin-
uing in the trade between japan and
the United States. There is no possi-
billy of a blockade of Japanese ports
and there will be little danger even i'm
trading with Japan in contraband of
war. The demands of the war upon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
WORDS RATHER THAN DEEDS.

Although the Roosevelt administra-
ton has made a great show of enforc-
ing the Sherman anti trust law. not a
ness and none of them has been made
to pay a fine for the plain violation
of the law The first section of the law
making it a crime for men to cOnSpire
to restrain trade or to raise prices to
consumers has been wholly ignored.
although if enforced it would prove
the most effective weapon for sup
pressing predatory combines. The adj
ministration has been SO severely cen
sured for its failure to enforce this sec
ton of the law, that recently Senator
Foraker. who is recognized as very close
the senate proposing to repeal the
criminal clause of the law and to make
other notifications that would result
in giving the trusts free hand in rob
bling the people.
Recently President Roosevelt enter
tanned at dinner the confidential at
torney of John d. Rockefeller, the
standard Oil uaSnate, and a day or
two later President Cassatt of the
Pennsylvania railway, head of the an
thracite coal trust. was honored in the
same way. These men have been vio-
man antitrust law ever since it's en-
actment in 1890, and instead of being
received as honored guests at the
White House they should be wearing
prison stripes. In his speeches over
the country Roosevelt has had a srea T.
deal TO say about making the rich and
powerful obey the laws just the same
ds the poor man. but his sincerity will
be judged by his deeds rather than by
president he declared in Il speech 1T
Minneapolis that in order to curb the
be necessary TO shackle cunning as
We now shackle force 1t is high time
little of this shackling We're being
done. SO far the suit against the big
railway merger and a few injunction
suits against other trusts are the only
indications that Roosevelt meant what
he said. So far none of these suits
has amounted to anything more than
wind and buster
If the president wishes to convince
the American people that he is IN
earnest. that he is not Il trimmer
seeking to please both Wall street and
the people. he must accomplish some
thing definite toward furnishing the
NlolatorS of the antitrust laws. Prom
Uses and professions will no longer
avail. He has been president two
years and six months now and not a
trust has been made to bite the dust.
SO far his Warfare has been of the
Don QuiNote order. 1t is about time
TO give the people a Rough Rider:
San Juan charge that shall make the
Rocketellers. the Morgans, the. Have
meyers and all other arrogant. inso-
lent and defiant ViOlators of the laws
hunt their holes to escape the wrath
that shall be upon them. The good
Lord and good deVil' policy has been
worn threadbare. The president has
fought the trusts with grass long
enough. Now let him use the big
stones provided by the criminal sec
ton of the antitrust law. If he will
do this candid and patriotic men of all |
parties Will sing his praise.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20

II. Schafer. city.
ThoS. McDermOtt. do
Geo. =. Craig. New York.
r. p. COnley. Seattle.
ID. b. Morton. do
Isaac Odell. Prescott.
Geo. Stark. Seattle.
Fred Hopkins, Clyde.
Geo. buchanan. Dayton.
J. s. HaViland. Prescott.
r. Is. Smith and wife. Diyia.
Geo. $. SimmS, Lyman, Idaho
Mrs. 4. J. Waffle. Milton.
Miss Bessie Behren. do
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portunity 70 manifest their interest in
the college and at the same time L
benefit members Of their own families
in need of physical training. The
Statesman hopes to see generous re-
Spouse to the appeal of Whitman stu
dents for funds to be devoted to SO
worthy an object.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
WHY WE SWITCHED TO PANAMA

The Raleigh IN. c. News and OBJ
sever says:
The American people have never
been given satisfactory explanation
Of the sudden shift from the Nicaraeua
route to the Panama route by those re-
sponsible for the change in night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-20
Clara Barton's Home Burr.

BEDFORD. Ind, Feb. 20.-CIar,
BartOn's summer home near hare WOO
destroyed by fire at noon TODAY Tbs
loss is $4,000.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
TEgaHEIiR TIME TABLE.
klA1ll cHIcKAsHA, 1. T.

Trains Leave Chickasha as Follows.
EASTBOUND
No. I2 mail and ex. daily 400 a m
No. IA mail and ex. daily 3:Io p m
No. 1870 mail and ex. to
Shawnee and interme-
late points TESS D m
No. SO express Daily ex-
cept Sunday OPS M
No. rs Local freight Cald-
well and intermediate
points, daily except Sun 6.35 a m
soUTHBoUND
No. II mail and ex. daily I:3s a IN
No. % mail and ex. daily I.Is D M
No. 81 local freight daily
except Sunday 600 a M
WESTBOUND
No. I29 mail and ex. Law
ton and intermediate
points daily 9;o5 a m
No. I33 mail and ex. Man
gum and intermediate
daily connecting at An
adarko for points south,
Lawton, Waurika and
intermediate points 3:11 M
NO. Isl local freight daily
except Sunday, Man
gum 700 nj
No. 81 local freight daily
except Sunday, Lawton $3.50 a m
EASTBOUND
No. 2II mixed Pass. and
freight dailyexcept Sun
day Lindsay and inter
mediate points connect
ing with Santa Fe for
Pauls Valley 6:3o a IN
No. 2I4 mixed Pass. and
freightdaily except Sun
day from Lindsay I2:45 p m
L. M. ALLEN,
General Passenger Agent,
Chicago, TIL.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
Terms OF Court
For the Southern District of Indian
Territory.

First.-A term for the trial Of
criminal cases.
Ada, Sept S to "a; three weeks.
Tishomingo, Sept. 26 TO Oct. IS:
three weeks.
chickasha, Oct. II to 20; two
weeks.
Ryan, Oct. 81 to Nov. II, two
weeks.
pauls Valley, Nov. IA to Dec. q:
three weeks.
Purcell, Dec. S to y; two weeks.
Marietta, Dec. i9to "a; one week
Marietta, Jan. to 7; one week
Ardmore, Jan. ITO Feb TT; FIVE
weeks.
Second "A term for the trial Of
civil cases.
Ada, Oct. 81 to Nov. 70. three
weeks.
Tishomingo, Nov. al to De. 10.
three weeks.
chickasha, Dec - to "a; two
weeks.
Ryan, Jan. TO "a; two weeks.
Pauls Valley. Jan. I9 to Feb II;
four weeks.
Purcell, FEB. i3 to7s two weeks.
Marietta. Feb. 27 to March m,
two weeks.
Ardmore, March r3 to April s.
four weeks.
Third. "A term for trial Of Grim
inal and civil cases. the length Of
time to be devoted to each to be in
the discretion of the Judges hold
ing said court:
Ada, Feb. 70 to March III. four
weeks.
Tishomingo, March IS TO April
8; four weeks.
ChicSasha, April 10 to April 20;
three weeks.
Ryan, May : to 20; three weeks.
Pauls Valley, May y to July i
six weeks.
Purcell, April 10 TO 70. three
weeks.
Marietta, May to 20; three
weeks.
Ardmorc, May p to July 1; or
longer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
Twenty Cents A Pound
For the First Bale of Cotton
Eagle Mercantile Co. Gets 1t.

The first bale of cotton, which
came to town yesterday, was sold
this morning at 20 cents a pound
1t weighed 43I pounds and there
fore netted Mr. Crouch $50. 20.
There were about a dozen bidders
for it. w NJ. Edwards was the
successful bidder, buying it for the
Eagle Mercantile Co.
This IS pretty good starter for
the Chickasha cotton market and
ought to indicate to the farmers
what Chickasha intends to do for
them Quite a large sum has been
raised by citizens for the pur-
pose of raising the price of cotton
and every farmer is assured
Of full price for his product. Be-
sides raising the price on every
bale, the citizens are offering a
premium Of 500 to the farmer who
brings the largest number Of bales
to town, $50 for the second largest
and SIS for the third
We have two gins and there will
be at least a dozen buyers, so that
competition will be strong. Chick
asha is out for the cotton this year
aud will have il.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
THE RENT EQUITY PLAN.

THE RENT EQUITYPLAN.
The management ofthe Equitabl,
Home Association will pay $1,000
to any man or set of men Who will
furnish a safer or more equitable
plan for the rent payer to become
owner Of his own home We invite
the most rigid investigation of its
plans and methods. This plan en-
ables the renter may buy under
this plan to a cost equal to about
two-thirds of rent for the same
property.
Read the following statement,
made by one who occupies and is
paying for a home under this plan.
You can own your home or ac-
cumulate property with this com
pany, easier and cheaper than by
any other time payment method
Apply TO Oscar n. Thompson,
Chickasha /. I. With Chickasha
EXPRESS.
To whom il may concern:
This certi6es that am the hold
er of a property contract IN the
Equitable Home Association for
81 500, on tue twenty year term;
that in March 1904, the said assQ,
citation purchased for me, under said
contract, a home a, East ST. Louis,
Ills, and gave me possession Of it;
that / am paying each mouth, SI4.-
6s on my contract, aud this is a
credit on my home, and pay be-
sides, sIS.o3 for the use Of the
money advanced by the association.
i am buying my home for sum
not greater than two-lhirds Of what
the same property would rent for.
Ny interest is only 515 per cent,
and ! pay only s7sS to secure
81 ooo. / am protected in sickness,
accident and loss oi employment
aud against failure to pay taxes IN
surance and repairs, No fear Of
foreclosure,
Very Respectfully. II. CALLow
Mgr Postal Tel. Office, Arcade
Bldg, East ST. Louis, Ills. March
2sth' 1894,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
New Telegraph Office

The Postal Telegraph Co. ex-
poets to be ready for business here
Sept !. The Office viii be located
in Haggarts drug store. +. Cur
It's, who was with the Western
Union Co. here several months
last fall have charge of the Office.
The company promises to give first
class service
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
GREAT BATTLE.
Fierce Fighting Now Raging at
Lao Yang-Immense Armies
Are Confronting Each
Other in Battle.
EQUAL NUMBERS ENGAGED.
Desperate Conflict with the Result
Yet in Doubt.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 81 1855 a.
N. The great battle Of Lao Yang
which began early Tuesday morn
ing, ragged throughout the day with
increasing intensity, but up to this
hour no further official details be-
yond the two brief kilograms given
out in the afternoon have been re-
ceived by the war Office.
Every confidence is expressed in
Gen. Kuropatkin's ability 20 meet
the japanese assault on ground OF
his own choosing, but the city IS
hungrily awaiting further news Of
the progress of the fight.
The japanese forces engaged in
this battle can only be estimated
here, but they are believed TO num-
Der 200, 600 men. Gen. Kuropatkin
is known to have six army corps,
besides T47 squadrons OF cavalry in
which great confidence is reposed,
bringing up the Russian total to
about the same number that the
japanese have. How the armies
compare with regard to artillery is
not definitely known, though
throughout the war the Japanese
have shown great preference for
this arm aud great skill in its use,
Reports from the front credit the
Japanese with having about 1900
guns and many mountain batteries,
and it is known that they recently
shipped twenty-four heavy guns to
Yinkow. -Four Of these guns have
been mentioned in these dispatches
as being in action.
Gen Kuropatkin, in addition to
his field batteries, has a number of
very heavy guns placed at impor-
tant positions at Lao Yang, where
the Russians have been strongly
fortifying for some time. The
Japanese claim to have captured
two field batteries during the past
two days.
It's stated that japanese bat
terry was captured south Of Anshan-
shrn during the preliminary fight
ing and that several japanese guns
had been destroyed since then.
Little Of the strategic situation
has developed so far. Official news
from the front says that there was
desperate fighting on the southern
center, while from information
from other sources it appears that
the japanese are endeayoring to
turn the Russian right from the
neighborhood of the junction Of
the Taitse and sakhe rivers. The
fighting on the western flank ap-
pears 10 have approached within
three miles Of Lac Yang
eir 'eR ~.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

(First Published July %, Ioo4.)
Whereas, on the 2Ist day of July
1904, the city council Of the City Of
Chickasha, l. I. passed and adopt
ed an ordinance calling and provid-
ing for a special election to be held
in the City of Chickasha on the end
day of September, 1904, for the
purpose of determining whether
the city council of the said city Of
Chickasha shall cause to be issued
bonds in the sum of $22 900. 90,
bearing interest at the rate OF five
per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually, maturing twenty years
from the date of issue, procesed
from the sale of such bonds to be
used by said city Of Chickasha for
the payment, liquidation and fund
ing Of outstanding script Of said
city, and
Whereas, by the terms of said
ordinance the mayor of said city of
Chickasha is required to give at
least thirty day, public notice of
the time and place Of holding such
election.
Now, therefore, l, r. N. Muir
ply, mayor of the city of Chicka-
sha, Southern District Of the In
dian Territory, hereby proclaim
and give notice that a special cleo
tion will be held i'll the said city of
Chickasha, l. r., on the end day
of September, 1904, for the purpose
of determining whether the city
council of said city of Chickasha
shall cause to be issued bonds to
the amount of S22 100000, bearing
interest at the rate of S per cent
per annum from date of issue, pay
able seni-annually and maturing in
wenty years; the proceeds from the
sale Of such bonds to be used for
the purpose of paying, liquidating
and funding the outstanding scrip
Of said city.
All parties voting at such election
for the issuance of said bonds shall
have written or printed on ticket
for the issuance of funding bonds
and all persons voting at such cleo
tion against the issuance of said
bonds shall have written or printed
on ticket against the issuance Of
bonds.
Every person voting at such elec
ton shall be qualified electo
within the city of Chickasha, Chick
asaw Nation, Indian Territory, and
shall be the owner of real or per-
sonal property within said city
subject to taxation.
The places Of holding such cleo
ton in said city shall be as folloWs;-
In ward No. /, Dawson build
ing, corner 9TH and Minn. Av.
In ward No. ?, Brick Barn.
In ward No. 5. Sawyer Building
on ard street, between Chickasha
and Choetaw avenues
In ward No, 4, on and street, be-
tween Iowa and Minnesota,
The following judges have been
appointed to hold said election in
their respective wards.
In ward No. /. ]. l.. Mann, J |
+ Bishop and Thos. Biggers.
In ward No. ? ]. I. Hill, ]. D.
Bridges, and A c. Edwards.
IN ward No. s. 7 W Miles, n
A. Robinson and Will Estes,
In ward No. q. o, cofman, q.
G. Buchanan and J. G. Barnhari
Such election shall be held and
conducted and the returns thereof
made as the law provides.
Witness my hand as such mayor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-31

The ice cream social given by
the catholic ladies at the residence
Of Mrs. o. Brien last evening was a
decided success. 1t was a very
pleasant affair socially and a neat
sum was realized for the church.