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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
CAN ASSESS CERTIFICATES
TAX COMMISSION INSTRUCTS AS
SCISSOR AS TO METHOD OF
PROCEDURE,
Delinquent Tax Certificates Are AS
sessabIe-HoIders Are Liable to
Taxation on Them.

The state tax commission has sent
the following letter to S. S. Noble,
county assessor of Lincoln county:
Yours of 9th inst. asking the state
board of tax commissioners to suggest
some way of assessing school warrants
and delinquent tax certificates has
been received.
This board advises you that taxa
ton of all property is a matter in rem
and not in personam, or, in other
words, it is the property that is taxed
and not the person VINO owns the
property.
You have the unquestionable right
to place upon the assessment rolls all
the class of property included in your
inquiry, and to assess it as the prop
erty of the person presenting the war
rant for payment. If the warrant
bears date prior to March 1, assess it
to the person presenting it for pay
ment, the presumption being that the
person presenting it owned it on the
date for assessment. If the person
presenting the warrant or having it
in his possession can show that on
March l the ownership was in some
other person, then it would be your
privilege as we'll as your duty to find
out who was the owner on March l.,
and upon receipt of such knowledge
assess it to the true owner. Demand
from the person presenting the war
rant from whom he received it, and
when it came into his possession.
Possession is prima facie evidence of
ownership for purposes of taxation.
you are further advised that it is
the opinion of this board that delin-
ouent tax certificates are assessable.
1t would be well for you to get from
the county treasurer a list of those
to whom he has sold delinquent tax
certificates and assess them accord
ingly.
.All property should bear it's just
proportion of the expense of govern
ment and you may rely upon the as
sistance and cooperation of this board
in bringing to the tax rolls property
of every class and description, to the
end that taxation in this state shall
be uniform, just and equal"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
Profound Grief in WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The death
oI John Hay, who future historians
Will doubtless describe as the greatest
secretary of state the country ever
Hau' caused profound brief here. 1t
was hoped his European trip had re-
Sored him to comparatively good
NeaIIh. His recent sudden attack of
uramia a few days ago was thought
% De only temporary. The fact is that
,"e secretary for several years had
Deeh sufferer from heart trouble.
"tllcn 1t is believed developed shortly
1-,ea lhe sudden death of his son,
Adebert.
III addition to Cnoate. those men
,.0'eu as possible successors to Hay
"ie Secretary Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge
rlI CI1 Professor John Bassett Moore of
Columbia college.
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fourth dimension and told me to de.
liver the messages to Mr.. Bartlett"
Later the woman admitted that she
acted as though unconscious +
presence of the old man1ros, state
appear real, although cons
time.
The Bartlett Estate company. COM
posed of the heirs of Erasmus Bartlett
alleges that in 1891, through a con-
spiracy existing between Hugh Ed
ridge and Hattie Arens and Elizabeth
Tully, two spiritualists, Bartlett, then
50 years old, was induced to deed his
half-interest in $40 acres of Belling-
ham Bay land to Eldridge.
Medium Arens, a part Of whose de-
position was taken in the Offices of
Thomas Gerstling and Frick before
Notary Public Clements Bennett, be-
came indignant when her intimate
knowledge of the doings of the spirit
land seemed in question. She said
that she did advise the old man to sign
the deed in question. She received the
order from the ghosts of his departed
friends, who worked out business
problems in the realm of shades. Her
deposition will be completed tomorrow
Then the other go-between for ghosts,
Elizabeth Tully, will also be heard.
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BEEF TRUST
library
INDICTMENTS
Number Found by Federal
Grand Jury at Chicago
NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN DIVuleen
Rumored That All Prominent Packar,
Are on the list-Bonds Be-
ing Prepared.

CHICAGO, July 1.-The federal
grand jury which has been Investigate
ing the alleged beef trust completed
it's work this morning and adjourned
until o'clock this afternoon when in
dictments will be returned. District
Attorney Morrison said that no names
will be made public until the Defend
ants are arrested and have furnished
bonds. The attorneys for the packers
were in and out of the district attor-
ney's office this morning, supposedly
making arrangements for furnishing
bonds for their principals. 1t is re-
ported the indictments include prac-
tically all the heads of the various
packing companies.
At noon Assistant United States At
tOrney General Pagin said that four
corporations and Is men mad been in
dicted. He refused to give their names.
The indictments are in blanket form
and extend over 70 pages of typewrit-
ten matter. They are declared to be
in very strong phraseology.
At 2:40 this afternoon the federal
grand jury returned indictments
against the following persons and cor
pOrations for alleged violations of the
Sherman antitrust act: j. Ogden
Armour, president of Armour & Com
pany; P. A. Valentine, treasurers of
the Armour Co.; T. ]. Corners, super
intendent of ythe Armour Co.; Arthur
Meeker, general manager Of the Ar
mour Co.: Edward A. Cudahy, of the
Cudahy Packing Co.; Arthur E. Evans.
agent of Swift & Co.; D. E. Hartwell.
secretary of Swift & Co.; Louis Swift,
president of Swift & Co.; Edward F.
Swift, vice president Of Swift &. Co..
Charles M. Swift & Co.; Albert Veeder,
general counsel for Swift & Co.; Rob-
ert c. McManus; Lawrence A. Carton,
treasurer of Swift & Co.; Edward
Morris: Fairbanks Canning Co.. r. N.
Morrison. of the Fairbanks Canning
Co.: F. A. McRoberts; Beth S. Cursey,
traffic manager for SwartZschild &
Sulsberger; Vance c. Skipworth; the
S. & S. Co.; C. E. Todd, of the S. & S.
Co.; the Swift Packing Co., corpora
ton; Armour Packing corporation;
Cudahy Packing Co., corporation;
Fairbanks Canning Co., corporation.
The four corporations and 19 indi-
viduals are thus cited to appear be-
fore the United States court PURSUANT
to government charges that they have
been violating the antitrust act.
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SLEPT TWO YEARS ON MONEY.
No Trace Of Thieves Who Frightened
Mrs. Caller by Fire.

NORTH YAKIMA, July There is
still much mystery surrounding the
fire at the home of and robbery of
Mrs. Sallie Caller, wife of Joseph CAL
Ter, early yesterday morning. No ar
rests have yet been made. Five peo-
pie have been under suspicion and
their places of residence searched, but
no clew to the missing money was
found. Some people doubt that the
theft took place. She says fear of the
bank is the reason she has been sleep
ing with it under her head for the last
two years.
A fire that was burning the curtain
over the doorway of her bedroom
awoke Mrs. Caller, who jumped out of
bed. broke a pane of glass out of the
front room window and put her two
children out on the porch. She called
for help, which came, and the fire was
extinguished. She says the money, a
total of $500, was in a tin box under
her pillow, and that in the excitement
she forgot all about it until morning.
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Transfer of British Fort.

OTTAWA, Ont, July lin accord
ance with the arrangement reached
with the British government early in
the pear the Canadian government to-
day takes over the defenses of Hall
fax and Esquimalt. The arrangement
provides that the Dominion shall MAIN
tain the iefenses in first class hape
and garrison them with all branches
of the service. British artillery and
engineer experts will be retained for
a time to train their Canadian sue
cessors. The annual cost to Canada
in maintaing these forts will be ST.
600 OOO
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Bank Assets Gone.

CLINTON, Mo-, July 1.-Threats
were made by depositors of the SAL
mon & Salmon bank aaginst Thomas
NJ Casey the cashier, who was arrest
ed yesterday on a charge of forgery
following the discovery that 100000
of the banks assets had been nypothe-
Gated with Kansas City and st. Louis
banks and trust companies. So intense
was the situation that Sheriff Hall
swore in As business men as deputy
sheriffs, and Mayor Barnhart put on
number of extra policemen. Talk OF
lynching was heard on all sides, so
wrought up were the excited deposit
ors of the defunct bank, once one or
the strongest institutions in the west
ern part of Missouri. AT present the
outlook is that the banks assets are
swept away and that depositors and
creditors will lose practically every
thing.
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MEDIUM TRICKS OLD MAN,
Induces Him to Deed Away O,000
in Land.

SAN FRANCISCO, July IA spirit
medium told under oath today how
she had prevailed upon aged Captain
Erasmus Bartlett, of Washington, to
part with mis- wealth. Bartlett was a
millionaire and his relatives are now
trying to get back some of the prop
erty he disposed of. Dispositions were
taken here for the trial, at Bellingham.
Medium Hattie Arens admitted that
she mad delivered messages to Bart
lett advising him to deed his space in
an $4,000 piece of land in Bellingham
Bay to Hugh Eldridge of that town
and his wife.
L received the message from the
spirit world" declared Mrs. Arens.
When I went into frances the spirits
Of Edwin Eldgridge. Augustus Bartlett
and Judge Rice came to me from the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
HARVEST IN UMATILLA.
Farmers Say Grain Will Be Ready foi
Heading About July 10.

PENDLETON, July 1.-Within few
weeks harvest will be on in Umatilla
county, and the noise of the header
and thresher will be heard on all Sides
According to A. L. Knight, the grain
buyer, who has just finished a trip
over the reservation land, the wheat
of that section will be ready for head
ing about July 10, while other grains,
such as barley, will be cut even before
that time. However, the reservation
is the earliest part of the county, and
harvesting machinery will be going
there some time before it is in other
portions. In the section of the county
northwest of here, and along the line
of the w. & c. R., but little harvesting
will be done before the latter part OF
July.
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Hoffman was arrested in Walla
Walla last winter while at work on
one of the ranches of John HOFFMAN on
Eureka Flat At the time he was
wearing a nat that was the property
of the murdered man. When arrested
he declared he was innocent, but while
being taken back on the train he was
informed by the officers tnat MIS-
Meyers had made complete con1es-
sion duplicating Hoffman in the mur-
der of her husband. Hoffman then
admitted his guilt. His testimony was
used to convict Mrs. Meyers at her
trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
President Roosevelt is |nex-
pressib|y GrIeVed
,poFouxD SORROW At WASHINGTON
T.. choate of New York Will Prob
ably Be Hays Successor as
Secretary of State.

vrURI-RY. Vt. July 1.-Secretary
of state John Hay died at lZ:2o TINS
Morning. The signs Immediately pre-
cejing his death were those of pull
,nonarv embolish. Mr.. Hays condl-
+fon during all of Friday had been en-
trev satisfactory.
DR. Scudder said that Hay did not
suffer much in his final moments. Be
vond difficulty in breathing there was
no Struggle Stimulants were admin
israr4d but produced no effect. After
lansing into unconsclousness hay
passed away. 49,,
II is announced that the funeral will
ba held at Cleveland. The body leaves
here by special train at II o'clock to-
morrow morning.
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MUT|NY CROWS AT ODESSA
OTHER BATTLESHIPS Join
Yesterdays Report Of Surrender Of Rebel Sailors was Eno
neous- -Bombardment Of the Town is Threatened il
Bruta|ites Of Cossacks and Troops Continue

LONDON, July IA dispatch to
Lloyd's this morning says that a Sec
ond battleship has joined the mutiny
at Odessa. There is no possibility of
the early resumption of work and the
situation is critical. a private Jeie-
gram from Odessa dated 1870 this
morning says that the town is quiet
and that there are enough soldiers to
maintain order. All depends on the
action of the battleships.
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Funeral in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, July 1.-The Hay
funeral will probably be held from the
residence of Samuel Mather, a broth
er-in-law of Mrs. Hay, with interment
in the Stone Plat of Lakeview ceme-
tery. DR.. Hayden of the Old Stone
Presbyterian church will probably Of
fciate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
CHINA'S BOYCOTT LIFTED
BY ORDER OF EMPEROR
United States Minister RockhilI Per-
forms a Notable Service for
American Exporters.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The state
department has received a dispatch
from Minister Rockhill at Pekin an
nouncing the PRONUNCIATION py Chl-
nese government of proclamation dl-
recting all viceroys and governors OF
China to stop anti-American agitation
and the attempt to boycott American
goods. Rockhill states that the order
was issued only after mis- repeated and
urgent representations.
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arts Party Hears the News.

r,I,- I1-N GOD JUNCTION, w. Va,
rar, @ I'-Secretary Taft and party en-
,tn $sye TO San Francisco for the Philip
,a ,,.sS learned of the death of Secre-
Taf. nay. 1t was a great shock to all.
rba sam the trip might be postponed
r.n, 's movements of the party will de-
upon The wishes of the president.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
BANK MESSENGER HELD UP
The Robber Threw Red Pepper in Vic
TINS Face.

CHICAGO, July John Deeny. 10
years, messenger for Bartlett, Fra
zier & CarringtCn. brokers, while re-
turning from the bank with $500 in a
wallet was hel6 Up at noon in front of
the Rocker bHiliine by man w1o
threw rel p9pTer in lis eyes, grabbed
the money and eScG ped.
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Russian Cruiser Interned,

BATAVIA, July 1.-The Russian
cruiser Terek has been interned here
and must remain until the end of the
war. The vessel failed to take on a
coal supply within the required time.
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condolences From Abroad

gret is IN July 1.-The deepest re-
ovar expressed in London and all
Kinr england over the death of Hav
SAVING ,""Iu t,..u authorized a statement
the 5satt IIat he was deeply grieved by
a great +',I I OF Hay and that it would be
as 70 "' loss to his own country as Wen
The nau.a., ,.-e Anglo-American entente.
sketcbas bsmSpapers print long biographical
death '" express regret over his
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Riotinu in Kursk Province

ST. PETERSBURG, July 1.-Serious
disturbances are reported from the
province Of Kursk, in the southern
part Of European Russia. The troops
called out have been unable to quell
The serious rioting. 1t is expected that
martial law will be declared
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Horrible BrutaIjties in Odessa.

VIENNA, July 1.-Fugitives l. from
Odessa arriving in Austria give har
rowing accounts Of the brutalities Of
the soldiers and Cossacks in suppress
ing the riots. Defenseless men and
women were shot down in the streets
without cause. Cavalry repeatedly
charged the crowds, riding down peo-
pie without mercy. Rioters broke into
liquor shops and looted them. Cas-
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The Mutiny QueIIed,

ST. PETERSBURG, July IA tele-
gram from Odessa states that the mu-
tineers on the Kniaz Potemkin have
been transferred to other war vessels
and the governor Of Odessa is master
of the situation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
DEPARTMENT HOUSE FIRE.


NEW YORK, July lin a fire which
destroyed an apartment house on
Devoe street, Brooklyn, early this
morning, Annie Bocklin, aged 20,
Arthur Bocklin, Is, and Henry Ham
BILE, 80, were burned to death. Two
others were seriously injured. Eight
families occupied the building and
there were many narrow escapes.
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Two Rebel BattIeships at Odessa.

ODESSA, July 1.-The battiesi2ip
Which mutinied, joined the Kniaz Pot
emllin is Ikaterina. Both vessels are
n the harbor Fears of bombardment
are somewhat abated.
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sacks shot down drunken men like
dogs. Over 100 drunken longshore-
men were burned to death in the i'm
mense dock fires. Fugitives declare
the casualties will exceed 1000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
Choate Nav SucoeeJ L,u

ravo3 39IIlINGION, =, July lit is be-
he s,,.I W. i" onIeial circles that Hay will
ambasoe,oed abeoetoed by Joseph H. Choate, late
0-D'assador to England.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
TO PROSECUTE SANTA FE
INFORMATION FILED AGAINST
CORPORATION AND SOME
OF ITS OFFICIALS.
Action Taken by Special United States
Attorney Purdy at Kansas
City, Missouri.

KANSAS CITY, July IAN infor-
nation charging the Santa F'e and it's
officers with violating the federal in
injunction forbidding the giving of re-
bates was filed in the federal court at
noon. The judges took the matter
under advisement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
HOFFMAN SENTENCED
WILL HANG AUGUST 10
WaIIa WaIIa Ranch Hand Who Assist
ed in the Murder of Missouri
Man.

KANSAS CITY, July 1.-Frank
Hoffman, convicted of the murder OF
Clarence Meyers, was today sentenced
to hang August 10. Mrs. Meyers, wife
of the murdered man, is under SEN
tence to hang August IL.
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Antitrust Law Unconstitutional.

DES MONIES, July Judge NC
Vey today declared unconstitutional
the antitrust statutes under which
four prominent insurance agents were
arrested. 1t is believed the decision
will put a stop to antitrust prosecu-
tic rs in Iowa.
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Mutiny Spreads to Other Warships.

SUNDERLAND, England, July l.
James Westall, the ships owner here,
received a message from Odessa this
morning saying that the men on five
other warships mutinied when they
arrived off the port and now threaten
to lombard the town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-01
oA0s GIVE TARIFF SHEETS
sehsa'lon ssa'lon Company Files Freiobt
"eouIes With Commission.

Railroad dFiA' l. July 1.-The Oregon
filed IS frSi,., % Navigation company has
VI the state railroad 1's eommiss;on IN ohe Oh,
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Sakharoff Has Resiuned.

LONDON, July IA dispatch from
st Petersburg states that General
Sakharoff, minister of war, has re-
signed.
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COPENHAGEN, July IA Swedish
fleet of eight large warships accom-
nanied by eight small vessels passed
here this morning on the way nortn
for manueverS.
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arts Party Goino Ahead.

Taf,,1 ABCS. O., July 1.-Secretary
al ga party left Newark for Chicago
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WORLD STEEL TRUST
COMBINATION FORMED
American Steel Corporation to Con-
troll American Market-Foreign
Market for Foreigners.

NEW YORK, July 1.-An agreement
is said to have been reached between
steel rail manufacturers in Europe and
the United States Steel corporation to
form an international pool, assigning
the American continent from the great
lakes south to the American members
and reserving the foreign market to
European members of the pool.
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ST. PETERSBURG, July 1.-The
cZar has issued a decree transferring
the headquarters of the Russian or
thodox church in America from San
Francisco to New York.
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The Chicago Grain Market.
CHICAGO, July 1.-Wheat, 90as "a
80 q corn, 56h @55a4; oats, 32as a 1928.
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LONDON, July IA dispatch to the
Evening Standard from Odessa says
that the troubles in the fleet nave been
settled.
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HApnance Commission Res;,ne

W Durba,.- hCI' Pa, July 1.-Israel
commiss;on omio,ll mas resigned as insurance
Phila5e7nSiier and David Martin of
his eliIa succonaa has been appointed as
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Tracy for Judue in PhiIippine

Tracy for Judge in Philippines.
OYSTER BAY, July Judge James
Tracy of Albany was today appointed
by the president associate justice Of
the supreme court Of the Philippines
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Lodz Is Burning.
ST. PETERSBURG, July IA dis
patch from Lodz says the city is on
fire
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California Girl Wins Again.
LONDON, July LIN the ladies'
championship tennis game, fourth
round, May Sutton of California, beat
Miss E. W. Thompson, 6-2, 6-1.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-09

were served later. Those present were
Mesdames N. E. Bryson, Frank Han
ley, c. c. Brock, z. v. Garsan, M. T.
Brooks, E. M. Holton, George J. Smart,
e. j. Brent, Ira y. Smith, Elizabeth
Bixei, william Downie, II. M. Balty,
r. G. Cunningham, J. r.. Stewart, w.
II. 1sgrigg, J. B. Wing, Robert Man
ford and E. G.. Taylor.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Mary II. Higgins,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II.
higgins of 3442 South Hope street, to
Guy Shrosbee Mills.
Miss Jessie Smith Of San Diego, who
has for the past three weeks been the
guest of Miss Myra Rife of 9OS West
Thirteenth street, was the guest of
honor at an informal card party given
yesterday afternoon by her hostess.