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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22

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The talk was enough to discourage
the average applicant and he went
away and never came back. The
places these applicants thought they
would Hike to have were filled by men
who have earned their regulations in
mining, horticulture, agriculture, etc.
Salary is not a consideration with
the men who have aided and are aid
ing the commissioner in his work. They
are interested in furthering the inter-
ests of the state. Men who are help
ing out the commissioner in the hor-
ticultural department have good in
comes from their fine fruit ranches in
the fruit growing section Of the state;
the same is true of men in the agri-
cultural department. In the mining
department such able men as Professor
Landes and Professor Minor Roberts
of the State university have contrib
uted their services, and in assembling
satisfactory fish exhibit, Professor
Kincaid has labored hard and long.
When the Washington commission
met in Portland at the opening Of the
exposition they extended to Commits
sioner Johnston their neartiest thinks
for the splendid work, and congratu-
lated him upon the excellent showing
he had made.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
GETS READY FOR ENJOYS
Washington Prepares to Entertain
Japanese and Russians

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Wash-
ington will now busy itself preparing
a program of entertainment for the
peace commissioners VINO are to come
here, probably early in August, to ar
range Russo-Jap peace terms, which
will be known as the treaty of Wash
ington."
To watch the making of this histor-
ic agreement the entire diplomatic
follow the commissioners, should they
go elsewhere to deliberate.
Some idea as to what these local
plans will be, can be had from a brief
look at what was done in Paris when
the commissioners met there to make
a treaty between the United States
and Spain in 1898. The French gov
eminent turned over to the commits
sioners spacious quarters in it's state
department building, where the COM
missioners met daily to receive and
consider proposals. In addition, the
American commissioners had quarters
in a hotel, where they had sleeping
apartments and a private parlor for
in these private conferences were car
ried out subsequently at the general
conferences. Similarly, Spain had her
headquarters at the Spanish embassy
in Paris, and there her commissioners
met privately to deliberate regarding
the terms demanded by this country.
Duties of America as Host.
Having this arrangement in mind,
it will readily be inferred that the
United States will provide a joint
meeting place for the commissioners,
possibly in the large and attractive
diplomatic room at the state depart
ment, and if this is not large enough,
then at one of the big hotels of the
city. The commissioners, in addition
to these quarters, which will be fur
nished grandly, will have quarters in
the hotels with quarters for their pri-
vate conferences respectively. The
new Willad hotel will probably be the
home of one set of commissioners, and
some such hotel as the Shoreham or
the Arlington Of the other.
The neat may drive the commits
sioners to Newport or Manchester-on
the-Sea for a part of the time, but the
Washington quarters will be reserved
while they are away.
The Paris commissioners were in
session for almost two months, and it
may be assumed that the Russo-Jap-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
FIEN0 WHO ASSAULTED WIDOW
BEFORE HER OWN SON
NEAR BUCODA.
Travelling Guards Will Soon arina
Doomed Man to the Penitentiary
-New Trial Denied,

The colony of life convicts at the,
state penitentiary will soon have an
addition to it's number. At Olympia
yesterday j. L. Lusher, convicted Of q
fiendish assault on Mrs. Charlotte
Northcroft at her lonely farm near
Bucoda, on the night of Mrach Is was
sentenced to spend the rest Of his
natural life in the state prison and
travelling guards will soon leave for the
state capital to transport the doomed
man to the penitentiary.
That he might spend the rest of his
days behind prison walls had not been
a matter of consideration for Lusner
and he was not prepared for such q
sentence. Expelling his breath with .
prolonged whistle, he whined:
Amt you going to give me chance
to get out at all, judge?"
Judge Linn made no reply to the
question and Lusher was led away to
his cell, trembling and pale.
Lusher was brought before Judge
Linn when the judge made ruling on
the defendants motion for new trial.
denying the motion. the question was
argued before the court several days
ago. This matter disposed of, Lusher
was commanded to stand up. In an
ho no
why sentence should not be passed
Lusher made a rambling talk, the bur-
den of which was that he had not mad
a fair trial.
Scored by the Judge.
you have been found guilty Of this
crime" began Judge Linn, land I am
satisfied from the evidence introduced
that the verdict was amply justified
THE offense with which you stand
convicted is with one exception the
most heinous known to the law, ana
the evidence submitted shows that 1t
was as aggravated a case as could
we'll be imagined. 1t must be constd-
cred one of those cases in which the
legislature intended that the extreme
penalty should be imposed"
The crime Of which Lusher was con-
yicted was one of the most revolving
ever brought to the attention OF the
Sound officials. Lusher visited the
home of Mrs. Northcraft near BucodA
on March 16 and forcibly assaulted
her before the eyes Of her 14-year-otd
son. Lusher threatened to kill Mrs.
Northcraft if she ever told, but AFTER
enduring the mental torture several
DAYS she finally informed a neighbor OF
tine crime. Lusher was at work In
sawmill near Bucoda and when the
sheriff went to arrest him he resisted
and was shot through the body. For
a time his recovery was considered
doubtful. Lusher always maintained
that he was not the man wanted, oue
Mrs. Northcraft was able to fully
identify him. Mrs. Northcraft Is
widow living alone with her son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Applicants DISCOURAGED

class workman willing to labor by day
and by night"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
NOT ENOUGH FOR ALASKA.
limited States Supreme Courts Holds
six-Jury Trial Illegal.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-S1
Jurors are not enough to try 1fiah
for the crime of selling whisky 10 IN
dams in Alaska, according to the man.
date of the supreme court.
Nick Gurvich was on trial In Alas
ka for this felony and was conV1cteo
civ Jurors The case was appealed
TO the circuit court of appeals and the
questions certified by that court 10
tho Tinted States supreme court. The
case was remanded for a new trlal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Williams Honors Roosevelt

wILLIAMSTOWN, June 22.-Th1s
was commencement day at Williams
college and a red letter day for the IN
stitution. President Roosevelt was the
honored guest Of the occasion. he ar
r,ved this morning from Worcester,
and was given a great ovation by the
student body and the townspeopie.
Following his address to the grad
mates of the college he was honore1
with the degree of doctor Of laws.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Enormous Debt lnsures Peace.

In 1904 the bonded debt OF RUSSIA
was sa.53s245, 900, which, added to the
sum lust named, gives a total OF Vs.
ooa 9a5 600. On top of this total must
be nut about s755,OOO.0Oo which Rus
STA has advanced from time to time OF
Lotto wears for the underwriting OF
railways and various Industrial Sc
curities, bringing her total debt up 10
nearly 100000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
But Olson's Restaurant always >ieao.

stock of the Inland Empire Building
E. Loan Association can now be had
by applying to Geo. }. Reaolns' secre
tary, at Houghton & Readings o1ices'
Ransom building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
COMMISSIONER TO
PORTLAND FAIR HAS NO PO-
LITICAL EMPLOYEES
Commission Gave Him Authority t
Hire Help, and as Result State
Has Good Service

politics from state commissions whose
work lies along lines similar to that
of the Washington commission to the
Lewis and Clark exposition, mas been
pretty plainly demonstrated by the
commission itself. It is VIGOROUSLY
true that past commissions created in
this state for the purpose of assemb-
ling exhibits for national exhibitions,
have permitted politics to enter into
petent help was often secured, large
sums expended with poor results to
the state, and more or less scandal in
jected into the commissions doings,
says a report from Portland.
When Elmer E. Johnston first went
to Buffalo to look after the Washing
ton exhibit he found things in ieplo-
rable condition. The commissioner
who preceded him was absolutely hon
est and reliable, and had done every
thing in his power to give the state an
exhibit of which it would feel proud.
But the commission which gave him
the office did not stand by him; in
competent help was forced upon him
and when Mr.. Johnston went to Buff
falo general chaos reigned.
Trouble at st. Louis.
Commissioner Johnston was given
naly managed to make a showing that
was satisfactory to the state and fair
managers. At st. Louis things were
a little better but Commissioner John
ston was forced by circumstances over
which he had no control to take care
of a number of employees who had po-
litical pulls and went to st. Louis not
to work in the interests of the state,
but to have a good time at the expense
Of the taxpayers. AS result, the
commissioner had a hard time making
the showing he desired, but in the end
he managed to do it.
When the present commission to look
after the Lewis and Clark exhibit was
created, its members, encouraged by
President ]. j. Smith, decided that no
employees should be given positions ex-
cept through Commissioner Johnston.
I'VE will refer every applicant for the
work to the commissioner" said Pres
ident Smith, " and hold him respon-
sible."
President Johnston was so notified,
and he took the commission at its
word. If a member of the commission
recommended a person to the commits
sioner, the latter employed him if he
saw fit. In the great majority Of cases
he turned him down because ne could
not fill the bill.
The great exhibit in the Washington
building which is attracting attention
from thousands of visitors was assem-
bled at very little expense. If a per-
son asked for work the commissioner
cross questioned him about his ability.
we have room,'' he said, for a good
mining man, one who knows his bust
ness; a man or two gifted in horticul
ture. and one or two who know all
about agriculture; then we can take
care of a man for a couple of months
who knows all about fish. Aside from
these and one or two other places that
require the attention of experts, we
have no position except that of jani
tor, and even the latter must be first
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-22
Russia Near Bankruptcy.

Russia cannot borrow money to con-
tinue the present war, in the OPINION
of .xnerts. but she can borrow any
sum which she may want with when
to pay a war indemnity.
Russian finances are in oeploraoie
state. and the country is really on the
verge of bankruptcy, and this has been
the determining factor in the wiling
ness of the car to make peace some
what less factor being the internal
condition of the empire.
Before Port Arthur fell Russia Dor
rowed s16O,OOO,OOo in Paris. and at the
same time she raised $75,0OO,O0O at
home through an issue of treasury
notes. This was while her credlt was
fairly good. After the fall of Port Ar
tbur she tried to raise 1925, 0O0,Ooo IN
Germany, but only got sSO,OOO'ooo out
of that amount. At the same time sne
raised at home s125, 100000 by treas
urv notes. Her credit mad begun 10
decline.
Since the beginning of the war the
Rank of Russia has inflated the cur
renew by an issue of $2500OO,OOo paper
money. corresponding pretty nearly
to the American greenback.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
FOLEY RETIRES
FROM CONTEST

LOS ANGELES, April 2o.-The
Woodmen's convention transacted very
little business to-day. The entire morn
ing and afternoon sessions were taken
up with hearing and discussion Of the
reports. 1t had been intended to hold
a night session at which the election
of officers was the programme. but it
was decided late in the day to allow
the election to go over until to-mor-
row.
Acting Head Consul Foley OF Los
Angeles has Withdrawn from the race
for head consul of the Pacific jurisdic-
ton Of the order, leaving I. l. Boak of
Denver and A b. Keith OF Butte,
Mont, the only contestants 1t Is con-
ceded by many delegates tonight that
Boak will be chosen tomorrow.
One important action OF the after
noon session was the reduction Of the
salary of head consul from 5000 10
$4,000 per year.
The conference Of the Women OF
Woodcraft this morning re-elected all
officers of the organization with one
exception The following officers wsrs
reelected without opposition:
Mrs. c. G. Van Orsdall, Oregon, grand
grand clerk; Mary F. Hurley, Oregon
grand banker; Anna Hawkins, Oregon
and Lillian Pollock. Colorado, head
managers. Hester Oliver of California
was chosen grand advisor to succeed
Victoria Derrick, whose name wal
withdrawn before the balloting.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
Five Ironclads of Neboga-
toff's Squadron Effect a
Juncture With the Ships
of Admiral Rojestyensky
COMBINED FORCE
SAILS NORTHWARD
Said to Have Already Ira
yersed the Straits of
FOrmosa Without Having
Encountered the japanese
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

MANILA, April Rojestvensky's
fleet of twenty heavy fighting ships
has been reinforced by Nebogatoffs S
squadron of five ironclads, it is be-
lieved by American naval officials
here, from information received.
PARIS. April 21.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Matin wires
that he has it on the authority of the
naval headquarters staff that Admiral
Nebogatoff's squadron has already
passed Sunda Strait and is on the
point of effecting junction with Ad-
miral Rojestvensky.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 21, 2:15
a. m.-The Ministry of Finance has
received telegram from a conf
Dental agent at Shanghai giving a
rumor that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
has already passed the Straits of For
mosa without having encountered Vice
Admiral Togo.
The Government is placing orders
abroad for 400,00O,000 cartridges and
is also inquiring for ironclads of from
15, 900 to 10000 tons. 1t is persistent
ly reported that Russia has bought
several South American warships
through Paris Intermediates.
A telegram from the seat of war in
Manchuria states that the Japanese
armies are advancing northward, pre-
ceded by cavalry.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
THEATRICAL MANAGER
LOSES PART OF HIS EAR
Lobe of His Auricular Organ Is
Chewed on by Antagonist During
Street Fight

SAN DIEGO, April 20.-Albert H.
Ryan. one Of the proprietors of the
Normandie Hotel, and Louis Funge,
manager of the Grand Theater, en-
gagged in a fight this evening on Fifth
street. Ryan, it is said, had been
making sighting remarks as to the
character of entertainment given at
the Grand, and when Funge saw him
this evening he called him to account.
Bystanders say that at the height of
the dispute Funge used a property re-
volver on Ryan's head, inf1icting a Sc
we're scalp wound. Ryan grappled
with Funge and got the theatrical
mans left ear in his mouth, and when
Funge broke loose he was minus the
lobe Of his ear. At this juncture a
policeman appeared and hauled Ryan
to jail, while Funge went to a hospi-
tai, where a surgeon sewed on the
missing part of the ear. Ryan was
charged with mayhem and later in
the evening was released on bail.
Funge has not yet been arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21

YOUNG TOOK
HIS OW n LIFE
So Declares Tailor Who Says
He Witnessed the Tragedy
That Caused the Arrest of
Nan Patterson for Murder
Special Dispatch to The can

CHICAGO, April 2O.-After seven
months silence, a Chicago man tonight
made the assertion that he witnessed
the shooting of Caesar Young in New
York last June and that the shot was
fired by the bookmaker himself and not
by Nan Patterson, who is now on
trial for the third time. charged with
Young's murder. The new factor in
the celebrated case is Lewis Eissen-
berg, a tailor, who lived in New York.
CLOSE TO the scene of the tragedy. at
the time it WIS enacted.
L saw Caesar Young shoot himself" !"
said Eissenberg tonight. Il cannot
read English, and thought very little
young woman was accused of muir
dering the man 1 would have told my
story long ago."
Eissenberg tells in "a straightforward
manner what he claims to have seen
and declares he would have died with
his knowledge of the affair had not his
relative, Ben Rosen. a cigarmaker.
with whom he now lives. induced him
to make clean breast Of it all. He
said:
~One day about the beginning of
June, as 1 walked along West Broad
way a cab with a man and fine-look-
ing woman in ii came along at mod
crate speed. A man walking fast could
keep up with the cab for a short dis
tance. The woman in the cab was cry
ing. I heard a noise in the cab for a
few seconds before L turned. / soon
saw that the man was very much in
toxicated. 1 stopped and looked into
the cab. AS they were almost abreast
of me, the woman suddenly screamed.
/ saw the man take something from
her pocket with his left hand and
heard a shot.
Immediately after the shooting the
woman screamed very loudly She
tried to rise. but the mans head and
chest had fallen forward and partly
into her lap. Then she cried again to
the driver, who was all excited. and
the cab went away in a hurry. l ran
after il for a short distance and then
gave up the chase.
Il understood from what by-stand-
ers said that the man was only slightly
wounded. Soon after / left New York
seeking work and thought nothing of
it until 1 picked up a Jewish paper
telling of the woman's third trial"
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21

ed to regain possession OF the mine.
Heinze stood them off from behind q
barricade.
Thus started the cause which devel-
oped the bitter copper war between
F. Augustus Heinze and the Amalga-
mated Copper Company. Lawsuit
after lawsuit followed, the mine being
closed by injunction a half dozen
times The trouble eventually caused
the Amalgamated to suspend opera
tions In Montana, throwing $4,000 men
out of employment and paralyzing
business conditions.
Judge E. w. Harney, on June 1S
1901 declared Heinze to be the owner
of the Minnie Healy In suit brought
by Finlen, backed by the Boston and
Montana Company Of the Amalga-
mated group, the latter having acquir-
ed the DAILY interests.
Then followed the notorious Ada
Bracket scandal, Amalgamated detec-
tives intercepting "Dearie" letters pur-
porting to have passed between Judge
Harvey and the woman, one of
Heinze's stenographers, who, 1t was al
legged, acted as Heinze's agent to in
fluence the decision. Many of the let
ters were too risque to be printed.
When the investigation was on, Har-
ney appeared in court Intoxicated and
armed with revolver. Hamey's con-
duct was the cause Of the granting of
new trial OF the case.
Harvey was offered s250000 IL he
would acknowledge he had been bribed
by Heinze and as a result charged T.
J. Shores, chief counsel for Amalga-
mated, and Charles W. Clark with bril-
berry. The charges were not sustained.
d. Gay Stivers. another Amalgamated
attorney. it was alleged, offered Mrs.
Bracket $25, 900 to confess she had
worked Judge Harvey for Heinze
through professions of love.
Upon the retrial of the famous case
Judge William Clancy for the second
time awarded the mine to Heinze and
this decision is now affirmed by the
Supreme Court.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
LANsDowNE MAKES DENIAL.
Baltic Fleets Whereabouts Not Re-
vealed by British Warship.

LONDON, April 20.-Foreign Secre-
tary Lansdowne has taken occasion to
deny to the Russian Government the
statement of the Novoe Vremya in
regard to the British cruiser Iphigenia,
which vessel, the newspaper said, had
transmitted by wireless telegraphy the
information that she had passed Ad-
miral Rojestvensky's squadron 140
miles from Saigon. This, the Novoe
Vremya declared. was very important
news TO the Japanese, inasmuch as
Rojestvensky had succeeded in slip
ping by the Japanese scouts. The de-
NAL of the British Foreign Office con-
tanned the specific statement that the
Iphigenia did not even sight the Rus
sian squadron.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

AUBURN, April 2o-The Placer County
Creamery Company was Incorporated last
night The milk from nearly 700 cows has
seem assured.
ROME April 20.-The railroad strike situa-
tion had somewhat improved to-day and for
OF train service to escape from Rome. fearing
q general strike
NORFOLK. Va, April 2o--A large trucker
In Virginia to-day estimates that the damage
done to crops by the late cold snap and frosts
will amount to over 81. 100000 to farmers OF
Tidewater, Va alone.
in the Hopper -Dunsmuir will case have com
pleted the presentation of their arguments n,
rns %ss ssn 6aay % apr snd
stokes ARI RIsh Sis aaneee Pasg: mIes
city tonight, Stokes going to see his mining
property in Nevada and Miss Pastor going to
Cleveland.
the Appellate Court for the Third District met
In bank in this city to-day and appointed &,
n. Chase Of Red Bluff assistant clerk and
George Donaldson OF Susun, q, son-in law
Of Judge A. J. Buckles, bailin.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-The Stock EXCHANGE
COMMITTEES on unlisted securities decided to-
Railroad about TO be released by the Northern
Securities ,,- Company any be admitted to quotations
general manager OF the Atchison, Topeka az and
Santa Fe Railway to-day confirmed the dis
patch to. the effect that he had resigned to
Of the Rock Island system effective May l.
PARIS April 2o.-The body of John Paul
Jones was to-day borne from the school Of
medicine to the American Church Of the Holy
Trinity on the Avenue de Alma and was de-
posted In the receiving vault to await the
arrival OF the naval squadron which is to
carry the remains Of the admiral to America
VICTORIA. B. c.. April 20.-Private ad-
vices from Ottawa state that w. w. B. Nc
IuaaS rneunher TIacfc
lature for Alberni, has been appointed Gov
ernor OF the Yukon Territory, with residence
who resigned to contest the Yukon seat ir
the Federal Parliament and was defeated.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
AUGUSTUS HE|NzE WINS.
Continued From Page 1. Column 8.

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complex history Of American litt-
cation there Is no lawsuit more re-
markable than that waged to deter
mine the ownership of the Minnie Hea-
ly copper mine. Millions Of dollars
worth Of copper and silver have been
taken out of the mine and there Is
now blocked out ore worth more mil
lions of dollars. Ten vars ago one
could have bought the mine for a song.
A million dollars has been spent by
Heinze in defending his title to the
Minnie Healy and the Amalgamated
Copper Company has spent quarter
of a million trying to prove ownership.
The story of the Minnie Healy be-
gan when John Devlin and his friends
cut the grass roots near Meaderville,
vein which never yielded them dol
lar. Devlfn went broke" and in
duced Miles Finlen, who was then
working with Marcus Daily, the late
copper king, to take hold OF the prop
erty, with Daly's backing. They &C.
cured a lease and bond in 1896 and Fin
len spent more than $50,000 without
taking out enough ore to pay his en-
gineers.
OHe nlSHt, IN the OLD 80 CluD, tne
Minnie Healy was mentioned 1t had
become sore spot with DAILY. Turn
ing savagely on Finlen, he told him
that to operate the Minnie Healy was
throwing good money after bad and
urged him to unload 1t somewhere. In
1898 Finlen was preparing to pull uT
the pumps Of the Healy, when bright
idea struck him. He would unload il
on Heinze. Heinze was then a young
operator. He verbally agreed to take
to pay Finlen s54, 900. The latter
amount was what Finlen declared he
had lost. He claimed he wanted only
to get even.
Finlen had never signed any papers
with Heinze and when the almost fab
ulous riches Of the Minnie Healy were
struck Finlen rushed back to Butte
from Chicago and with DAILY attempt.