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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26
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WALLA WALLA JUNK STORE.
is prepared to buy hides, wool, scraE
iron, brass, copper, lead, zinc, bottles,
sacks, old rubbers, furniture anf
stoves. Why let these accumulate
turn them into cash. los East MAR
street.
N. SHANK
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26

1 hope" began the Cheerful Idiot.
Indeed" remarked the Tired Citizen,
L thought you were beyond hope!"
I hope continued the SheerfuI Idiot,
ignoring the roast, that the additional
frogs on the Army overcoats will not
lead to any increase in military toady-
ism
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26
o'0'nern Pacific to Use OIL

s,.., '-'ilA, Neb., March 26.-Coal
9o, '" Lot IN future be one of the
<,,, VI President Hartman of the
.,.. il F'tltic, Before long all the
Int, u 'Ae system will be converted
,ins, "'HerS' and coal, with its
~, > ana smoke, and its scarcity in
10 " '+o'r troubles in the mines will
S,,., @7' 1e used on the lines of the
Ord. ., '"rjte. The new engines
''' HE road will be oil burners
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26
,uoRNA DID NOT FOUNDER
....sr Of Schooner Columbia Claims
Story Is Preposterous.

BORT TOWNSEND, March 26.-The
or. that the British ship Lamorna
numbered and all hands lost is
oosiderad preposterous by Captain E.
r snr,gue Of the schooner Columbia
.orseart awaiting orders here. Cap
.,ir snrague arrived at this port March
from Redondo, and he produced his
,,glook today to snow his reasons for
his way of thinking.
According to the log, the weather
II in The North Pacific ocean from March
1ro was exceptionally fine, good
II winds prevailing. but no sign of a gale.
i r.pram Sprague contends that it
would have been a physical impossible
II rfgor any vessel to have fOundered or
have been wrecked during tn time
quoted anywhere within several hun
bred miles Of Cape Flattery.
Passed the Cape March I.
u The Iamorna passed the cape and
sailed away on her voyage from Taco
ma to Europe at .. m. March l. ~
eordug to Captain Sprague, she mad at
east SIX days in which to make a good
oriag, and, considering the strong
II winds should have been nearly a
thousand miles away by the time she is
II reported to have been wrecked.
II Captain o. Johnson Of the schooner
A'o" WAS with Captain Sprague
when III" reporter interviewed the for
II m"r N@2,"m Johnson arrived here
with his 'ess" March from San Pc
n orc. amt his log shows the same con-
otto" during the Columbia. Captain
II johnson shares the Lamorna is safe
- We" on her way to her restinatoh
u h1roNe,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26
NJ. SHANK

Mother-Don't cuddie the kittie so
much, Thanie; you'll make her sick.
Thanie-Then why don't l get sick,
mamma?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-26

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
SUPREMACY of the Pie Counter.

The war between the Lily Whites
who support Marcus Alonzo Hanna, al
though he says he is not candidate,
and the Black and Tans who are shout
ing for Theodore and the pie counter
at all times, goes on all along the line.
The Black and Tans now claim that
they control every member of the ma
tional republican committee except Mr..
Dimmick of Alabama and Mr. Turpie of
Mississippi They know they control
a majority of the state republican COM
mittee, for out OF thirty-four members
Z they have nineteen in black and white
nineteen that propose to meet in
Birmingham next week for the purpose
Of upsetting the slate of the Lily
Whites, especially In the supervision
and selection of delegates.
In Walker county Chairman Gran
ford, Lily White, Is to be ignored,
and two delegates will go from Walker
to the state convention, and 1t Is now
conceded that two delegations from
this state will go to Chicago.
A majority of the state committee
will meet in Birmingham next week.
Secretary Steele will be there, but
Chairman Wellman will doubtless be
detained at homo by unavoidable en-
gagements. The state committee thus
assembled Will doubtless bounce Mr.,
Wellman. and proceed to stake out the
ground against the Lily Whites. who
have neither members nor pie.
1t is pie that wins In the republican
party in the cotton states, and the
Black and Tans are preparing to re-
sumo full control of public patronage.
without control of that no republican
politician, however expert, can accom-
plish anything in these states, and his
tory is about to repeat itself in Ala
hama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
New Orleans.

Although the St. Louis exposition will
keep away quite number of visitors who
would otherwise attend Mardi Gras, we do
not have any doubts that there Will be
enough people in New Orleans this month
to make the fete a glorious success" said
a man from the Crescent City. "Other
towns have Mardi Gras, but none can
rival New Orleans, for the simple reason
that we have all the associations, the
local color, and a long list of successful
festivals, extending through all the years
since Mardi Gras was first started.
People go to New Orleans to see the
town almost as much as to see the Mardi
Gras pageant, and on that account we
draw our visitors from larger area OF
country than any other southern city
which has festivals every year. Yet the
public taste for such festivals is evil
denced by the fact that nearly everyone
is great success, and have never seen
an affair of this kind that was not at
tended by enthusiastic thousands. Peo-
pie are always ready to see something
new, and the more attractive 1t is to the
eye the better it pleases.
1--WE are looking for a large attendance
this year, in spite of the show at ST.
Louis, and do not think we will be dis
appointed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
GRAY HAIR THE FASHION.

From the Washington Times
Here's new state of thingsi Gray hair
is no longer to be dreaded Instead, So
ciety women now welcome the coming Of
gray hairs.
Not long ago Titan brown hair was the
ultra smart hair to have. If ones own
hair didn't happen to grow in that fash
ionable artistic shade. pilgrimage was
at once taken to Paris for the purpose
of changing dusky locks, gold locks and
gray locks to Titan brown.
In that gay city, where fads and fash
ions spring up in a day, an odd little
Frenchman lived on the Rue de RIVAL,
who had learned well the art of changing
any hair to Titan brown. His customers
were principally Americans. and his pros
perity for the time being was great.
But now things have changed. The little
Frenchman who could produce such ex-
quisite shades of Titan brown hair finds
business dull The fad for dyeing the
hair has gone out and the women of the
smart set are welcoming with joy every
new gray hair that appears.
Some say the new fad started when
William X. Vanderbilt Sr., brought his
new bride to New York. for Mrs. Wander
bits hair is thickly sprinkled with gray.
Today the gray hair Is treasured, and
hair dressers are instructed not to hide
the gray lock, but to arrange 1t so 1t will
be conspicuous in the couture and show
to It's best advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Cost of a Panama Canal.

Senator Morgan is mercilessly ex'
posing every feature of the Panama
scheme. An isthmian canal Is the
dream and purpose of his long and re-
markable public career, but he cannot
bring himself to accept canal with
dishonor.
He has in general terms declared a
Panama canal impracticable and ex-
pensive, chiefly on account OF the I'M
known cost of the proposed BONA Gam
to control the Chagres river. Not even
the French engineers undertook to say
what that dam would cost, and no one
to this day knows whether founda'
ton can be had for it.
Outside of the early French surveys
which led to the bankruptcy OF the olo
French company, this government Is
proposing to expend vast sum on
very slender evidence. All the admin
istrat. on is going on beyond the french
SURVEYS is an inspection of the istn'
milan canal commission which spent on
the isthmus just fifteen days, no more
no less. Is a ffteen-day investigation
n sufficient basis for the expenditure OF
such vast sums?
The French surveys are to some ex-
tent valueless, because the canal is 70
be SO feet deep, instead of 30 feet, and
because they do not explain the en-
pineering difficulties of the Bohio dam
Should not the treaty be delayed, IN
other words, until definite and salts
factory survey can be made?
AS thing. stand President Roosevelt
proposes to pay s4o,OoO,OOo to the new
French company and s10000,000 to the
republic of Panama, as soon as the
treaty is signed. Is 1t business sense
to buy 9 pig in a poke? Should we
not wait until we can ascertain what
we are getting, and what its ultimate
cost will be? The Walker commission
SAYS 1t will cost to dig the canal $144,
233.35S, but so far as we know now il
NAV cost twice or thrice as much
Many careful observers say it will &C
to the latter figures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
BY holy Mary, Butts, there's knavery
king Henry VII.
vuIcan,s New Location.

Our Big Iron Man Is so striking and
Impressive that the director of the
mines and metallury palace at st.
Louis has directed that he be placed
in the center Of the building instead
of place near the entrance door. Our
other exhibits will go with the figure
of Vulcan, and thus it has come about
that the mineral district of Alabama
holds the place of honor in the build
ing devoted to mines and metals.
The very fact that we have won the
best place in the building renders 1t
important that this district should put
its best foot foremost, Our corpora
lions and developers should see that
the best complies of our products are
gathered together to be sent to st.
Louis and laid at the feet of Vulcan.
The st. Louis Worlds Fair will pre-
sent splendid opportunity in which to
advertise the resources and possibili-
ties Of this district, and Vulcan has
given us the inside of the track. so to
speak Let us improve the opportunity
to the utmost. Let our cement rock
and marbles be represented, as well as
our iron and fuel supplies. Let I'm
derground Alabama be brought to the
surface in fine samples, and let them
be sent TO st. Louis, where all can see
them, feel of them and be convinced.
We have more values underground than
on the surface, and that is why we
should improve the chance given us in
the very heart of the big building at
st. Louis devoted to minerals and
mining.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
coRMAN AND MCCLELLAN.

From the Nashville American.
The democratic convention is nearly
six months off. Predictions as to who
will be nominated for President can be
only the merest speculation. Nobody
knows, nobody can foreteli. One thing
may be regarded as certain; the Bryan
policy will not be adopted and conserva-
tive man will be nominated on conserv-
alive platform. Then, in all likelihood,
will follow the nomination of an extrem-
list on an extreme platform under the
stolen name of democracy by an adjec-
tive.
The American is not the champion of
any individual candidate. and 1t is not
given to the idle pastime of making pre-
dictions as to who will be nominated
but If the following should be the ticket
it would not be surprised: German Of
Maryland and Mcclellan of New York
Senator German has been too wise to
permit his boom to bloom too early He
knows that early blooming and noisy
cultivation have been fatal to many
booms $50
been developed. The men of money and
business in the party are favorably dis
posed to German. They are not afraid
to trust him. They know he is conserva-
tive. He numbers among his friends more
shrewd and far-seeing political veterans
and managers than any man, outside Of
Cleveland, who is not an admirer of Cor
man. who has been seriously spoken of in
connection with the nomination. Those
who imagine that German Is not in the
race are not aware of what is going on,
or of the mans resourcefulness
Mcclellan is a New Yorker who was
recently elected mayor of New York
city by decisive majority over Seth
Low, who occupied the office, who is an
excellent gentleman of the highest char
acter and who was supported by the re-
publicans and mugwumps. Mcclellan has
the solid and enthusiastic support Of
Tammany.
German and Mcclellan as the ticket
seems to us at least a probability 1t
may be regarded as practically certain
that a New York man will be either the
head or the tail of the ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
THE TRUE KNIGHT.
v Ella wheeler Wilcox.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Copyright. 1904, by w. r. Hearst)
We sigh above historic pages.
Brave with the deeds of courtly men,
And wish those peers of middle ages
In our dull day could live again.
And vet no knight or troubadour began
In chiyalry with the American.
He does not frequent joust or tourney,
And fiaunt his lady's colors there;
But in the tedium of a journey.
He shows that deferential care
That thoughtful kindness to the sex at
large
Which makes each woman feel herself his
charge.
He does not challenge foes to duel,
To win his lady's CASTOR glove,
But proves in ways less rash and cruel
The truth and fervor Of his love-
Not by bold deeds. but by his reyerent
mien,
He pays his public tribute to his Queen.
He may not shine with courtly graces,
But yet his kind, respectful air
To woman. whatsoever her place is,
1t might be well il kings could share.
&c. for the chivalric true gentleman.
Give me. say. our oFn American
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Wood With Iron.

The Birmingham district should not
fail to make a full exhibit of her splendid
with Vulcan" said public-spirited man,
land I am not sure that wooden man
would not be good thing to carry along
and place by the side of the iron man.
Lord Bacon wrote: Iron is a brave COM
modify where wood aboundeth' and this
means much Do you know that the Bir-
mingham district contains a greater va
riety of workable wood than any one sec
ton of the United States? 1t is true, and
the world should know it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
COTTON CULTURE.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
IF these European societies do not
succeed in cotton culture In Africa and
India" observes the Baltimore Sun, the
southern states will continue to possess
the most valuable agricultural monopoly
in the world. with s7Oo,ooo,oOo crops now.
1t might not be rash to believe that some
of us will live long enough to see cotton
bring to the south the enormous sum Of
$1,000. 100000 year.
wouldn't that be great?
That would bring in the element Of
easy money and the south would
stand abreast of the north in all respects.
There would be no more nonsensical talk
about the south trying to dominate ev-
erything, political and otherwise The
domination of dollars would be welcomed.
Besides. hasn't it been long accepted as
conclusive that the more cotton there Is
the less of something else is raised?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

other words, they may be selling their
anticipated product, deliverable next
December, at 1z1s cents.
It is a mistake to say, however, that
an immense crop will be grown this
year. There are three obstacles in the
way, namely, the weather, the labor
supply, and the boil weeyil The boil
weevil will keep down the crop in the
most productive cotton state, and the
weather and the lack of labor In the
picking season will be apt to prevent
an unusual crop in other states. The
chances are better that the crop will
not exceed eleven million bales than
that it will. A twelve-million-bale crop
has never been grown in this country,
and the boil weeyil renders such a
crop practically impossible.
Some writer's seem to think the
southern farmers will fling away all
experience and all business sense this
year-that they will plant all their
available acres N cotton and none of
them in corn, but this is a mistake.
Food crops will continue to have
proper attention and acreage, and any
estimate of new crop beyond eleven
millions of bales is hazardous and I'M
warranted. And an eleven-million-bale
crop would be worth next December
1914 cents. The world will take that
many American bales at that price.