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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
CALIFORNIA WILD GEESE.
Men Employed to Keep Them Mo,
ine-Not Allowed to Shoot.

Wild geese are still so abundant I
California that they are an actual pc.
to the wheat growers of the great ii
terror valleys. During the Winter sea
son they are so numerous on th
largest ranches of the Sacrament
valley that men are hired to ride owe.
the fields with rfles and shoot at then
frequently from daylight until dark
In order to keep them moving and
prevent them from grazing upon the
tender young grain.
The birds at times congregate in
such immense hocks as to seem to
cover closely acres of ground. Their
destructive powers are so great that
In less than an hour, and sometimes,
1t is said, in few minutes, they
completely strip from the field upon
which they rest all the shoot of grain
above ground.
The men employed to keep the
geese moving are called geese herd
ers." They are not expected or re-
quired to shoot the birds, but to keep
firing at them, and so, as much as
possible drive them from the grain
lands.
The occupation of the goose herder
is far from exciting or agreeable, and
is one Of the most despised of all
rural employments in California, says
the Los Angeles Times. The herder
must sally forth when daylight ap-
pears. for at dawn the geese begin to
feed in the grain fields. Some of the
wheat ranches are many square miles
in extent, and one upon the west
side of the Sacramento River, in
Glenn county, embraces over 1000
acres.
The herder must ride many miles
in day. and pursue his calling in all
sorts of weather. Upon the largest
ranches half dozen or more herders
find steady employment during the
Winter season. 1t may happen that
in the course of months of steady
work a herder will not shoot even
one goose, although perhaps firing so
or 100 shots day.
The geese are wary, and do not
allow any one TO approach them With
in a few hundred yards. For this
reason it is necessary for the herders
to use rifles, so that the bullets may
strike the ground where the geese are
feeding and put them to flight
1t is a fine sight to see the wild
geese upon the wing at certain hours
of the day, when they are flying to
or from the river or some body of
w"ter where they drink. The sky at
times seems filed with long. waving
lines, where the birds are flying in
their peculiar Vshaped focks. and
the air is laden with their discordant
calls.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
New Wireless Station.

Another very desirable addition to
the resources of wireless telegraphy
we may shortly witness, it is hoped,
by the installation of stations in the
Azores. These islands are by nature
sort of halfway house between
Europe and America, and lying within
touch by wireless telegraphy of the
routes of the ocean liners they can
do good service for both continents
The King of Portugal, Don Carlos,
may be trusted to interest himself
in this measure, as 1t was largely due
to his Majesty that the Meteorological
Observatory was established in the
Azores. A station for wireless mes
sages would largely increase the value
of lat nstitution.-London Telegraph
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
Navigation of the Colorado.

The problem of navigating the tor
tuous waters Of the upper Colorado
river and the lower Green and Grand
rivers and so opening up to explOita-
tion a district Of great mineral and
prospective agricultural wealth has
long baffied Coloradans. It is now
claimed at Denver that a specially
designed gasoline motor boat has
proved equal to the task, and that .
new empire will DO opened up In
which possibly second Cripple Creek
will be found.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
Aid to Navigators.

The development Of marine signal
ing promises to be one of the chief
aids to the navigator which the imme-
diate future holds in store. By means
of submerg d bells and telephone ap
paratus for picking up the sound sig
nails may be sent and received over
considerable distances. The system
has been Installed on four lightships
between New York and Boston, and
many government and foreign officers
have visited these ships during the
past year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
Poisons in NeaetabIes.

In preserving foods the natural cob
ors Of food products tend to fade ana
diminish with time. In order that
this fault be remedied, the use Of col
loring matters has become almost
universal in some forms of food pro-
ducts. For instance, some time ago
/ was unable to find in the city oe
Washington a single pound Of unc0a-
ored butter. Tomatoes and other red
vegetables and fruits are often col
ored with eosin; preserved peas and
beans. as is well known, have tho
green fixed and accentuated by the
use of very Objectionable substance.
namely, sulphate Of copper. Added
red coloring matters are often found
in wines. Preserved cherries are firs4
bleached so as to become white, Thea
colored beautiful red, and many 9TH
er Objectionable practices of similar
kinds are INDUCED in.
II is probably true that the palat-
ability of foods is increased by having
them presented in attractive forms.
and to this end the natural colors
which food products have and which
are regarded as indexes of purity and
excellence should be retained as care
fully as possible. This, however, does
not seem to justify the practice of
any deception by the use of artificial
colors for the purpose Of initiating
in poorly colored food product the
attractive and more pronounced col
ors which characterize the better
kinds of food of that character.-Doo-
tor Wiley in Pearson's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
The Mummies of venzone.

Mummies have been found at vari.
Gus times in the tombs connected
with some Of the old European
churches, their formation being due
to natural process and not to any
methods of embalming. BY far the
most notable place in this respect
is the old parish church at Venzone
in the northern part Of Italy. In this
church there are thirteen tombs
which appear to have the power of
mummifying the bodies placed in
them. These mummies seem to be
the dried residues of the original
bodies with all their organs in place
They are very light, weighing from
6h to 13 pounds. Various attempts
have been made to give some ade-
quate explanation of the cause of this
unusual process, explanations which
took into account the possible desic-
eating action of the mineral constitu-
ents of the earth around the tombs.
The true reason appears to be the ac-
tivity of certain fungus (Hypha
bombastica) which is always found
growing upon the bodies and forming
dense dark yellow masses on the sur
face. 1t has been found possible to
induce mummification OF various ami
mails by inoculating their dead bodies
with this fungus. The process is an
alogous to the socalled calcification
of the silkworms In the disease to
which they are subject caused by
a fungus pest of the genus Botrytis.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20
Pearl Fishina in Ceylon.

The use Of the X-rays has proved
a valuable adjunct to pearl fishing on
the coast Of Ceylon. BY this appli-
cation 1t is possible to discriminate
between valuable oysters and those
containing no pearls. Oysters useless
for commercial purposes are thrown
back into the sea.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

The Iowa experiment station made
some investigations last year as to
the best time for watering horses
before or after feeding. The results
show no particular difference.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

When It comes to a quick parting
the fool and his money are close
second to a woman and her secret.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

Some men waste a lot Of valuable
time explaining their actions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

The fool never puts off until to-
morrow what he shouldn't do at all.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

II a man is coward he always
claims to be conservative.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

Before obtaining a license st. Pet
ersburg drosky drivers have to take
on oath to be civil and not to over.
charge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-20

II is easier for married man to
pack his trunk than 1t is for bach
elor-because he has less to pack.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
The Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 3O.-Wheat
IS IL, corn SO 1-2, oats 25 1-2.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
HIGH IN COLLECTIONS.
Washington Leads All of the Western
Districts for the Year 1905.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug 30.-Inter
division of the Washington district
for the fiscal year which ended June
80 exceed the collections from the
same source for the entire state of
Oregon by $63,3O5, while the collec-
lions for the entire state exceed the
Oregon collections by a total of SAIL
431.S5.
D. B. Croker, collector for the
Washington district, has just received
a report from Washington, D. c., Civ
ing the figures from the western dis
tricts. The total collections for Wash
ington were s75S, 13O4O and for Ore
gon 36,69S55.
AS shown by these figures nearly
half of the collections for the state of
Washington were received from the
city of Seattle. The total collections
for the state snow an increase of ap-
proximate1y 100000 over 1894.
Previous to three years ago Wash
ington and Oregon were in a combin-
ed district The last annual report
which has just been filed with the
treasury department, shows that the
Washington district for 1904 exceeded
the collections for the last year OF
the combined district of Washington
and Oregon.
From the report which he has re-
ceived for the collections of the
western districts, Mr.. Croker ana his
assistants have compiled figures COM
pairing the Washington revenue bust
ness with that of the other western
districts.
Montana, Idaho and Titan, which
are combined as the Montana district
reported a total of collections for the
year of $4S6,970.40, or s221,160 less
than the district of Washington.
Colorado and Wyoming combinej
had total of collections of $551,S54.-
O5, or s156,276.35 less than the state
of Washington. The collections fol-
the city of Seattle alone exceeded the
two Dakotas by $164,S0S.O7, and the
Washington district returned s572,.
SS7.47 more to the government from
It's internal revenue collections thar
the last-named states,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30

Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Utah
combined exceeded Washington only
by the slight margin of $15,53S55..
One brewing company in the city of
Seattle pays nearly as much revenue
each year as the entire state of Ore
gon. This concern pays on an av-
erage of $4,000 each month in the
year, and the collections for the
Oregon district for the annual period
only exceed that amount by $56,695.
The revenue business in the city of
Seattle is handled entirely by two
men. Thomas Payne in the field and J.
S. Bushnell in charge of the office,
while Oregon, with only a slight diff
ference in the amount of collections
has force Of eight men.
III view of the showing which the
district has made during the past year
and the marked increase in the colloc-
tons, Collector Crocker may ask for
an increase in the force and for bet
ter office accommodations.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR HAS ADJ
DRESSED A LETTER TO GOV.
ERNOR ALBERT MEAD.
Asks the Executive to Commute the
Sentence Of the Italian Murderer
to Imprisonment.

Edmondo Mayor Des Plancnes, roy
al Italian ambassador to the United
States, at Washington, D. c., has
made a personal appeal to Governor
Mead by letter asking that the death
sentence Of Pasquale, the Tacoma
murderer, be committed to life i'm
as follows:
ALLOW me to make appeal to your
tation Of the death penalty to which
Franco Pasquale has been condemned
According to the opinion of men
of science he is not insane, but ]
nave been assured and think it was
demonstrated that the man is &C.
casionally subject to epileptic fits.
IF it is so, 1 beg you and your
scientific advisers to consider that
such a malady, even and perhaps
more, if it is in mild form, as it ap-
pears to be in the case of Frank Pas
quale, completely alters in certain
moments the normal equilibrium Of
the brain.
Il would not intervene if I were
not aware that in cases of 1arvata'
and semi larvata,' according to Lom-
broso, Tumburini, Bianchi and others,
who were my masters and friends,
the fit may become an incoercible i'm
petus or a homicidal obsession, for
the consequences of which man
cannot be held entirely responsible.
"Franko Pasquale mas killed and is
an element dangerous to the COM
munity, which therefore has a right
to get rid of him. But according to
what has been stated to me the GRIM
inality of this man is not to be laid
to his WILL but to an original defect
of his brain.
cit is not positively sinsanity, as
your expert stated, but epilepsy is
and the doubt subsists. Give him at
least the benefit of the doubt in COM
muting the death penalty to life i'm
prisonment.
Tine community's rights will be
guarded and you will have the merit
of being clement to a man with
whom, it appears, nature has been
Indictment"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
CLINTON BUCHANAN, PAULINE
FlZZUTI AND CHARLES ORMS.
BEE WERE ARRAIGNED.
Taken Before Judge Brents This
Morning to Listen to Reading
of information.

Three persons charged with com.
hitting crimes against the laws OF
the state of Washington were ar.
raigned in the superior court this
morning and each one entered a plea
of not guilty to the specific charge
made against them by the county at
torney.
The first one was Clinton Buchanan
VINO is accused of embezzling money
from Lou Matthews, the Eureka Flat
farmer, at one time who was. sup
posed to nave been poisoned by Bu-
chanan. The defendant will be de-
Tended when he comes to trial by
Oscar Cain.
The second was Pauline Rizzuti
who is charged with assault with in
tent to commit murder. She is the
woman who shot another Italian wa
man near Wa1la Walla several
months ago. Her attorneys are Gar
recent & Dunphy.
The third was Charles B. Ormsbee,
who is accused Of criminally assault
ing young girl at Waitsburg. He
has employed Oscar Cain to defend
him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30

Ma better comedy has been written in
recent years and in the hands of Mr..
Redmond and company it will delight
his many patrons.
"Niobe" will be seen for tonight and
Thursday evening only, and will give
place Friday night to a splendid pro-
iuction of "The Two Orphans" the
greatest of all melodramatic success
es. Seats are being ordered in adj
vance and it looks like capacity bus
mess during the run of this famous
play.
Another round-trip ticket will be
given away to the person holding the
lucky number Friday night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
GRINDING OF The DIVORCE MILL
Victoria Clark Granted Decree-Bes
sic Schneider Wants Separation.

In the superior court this morn
ing Judge Brents signed decree
dissolving the matrimonial bonds of
Victoria Clark and Hartman r. Clark.
Certain town lots in Wallula were
declared to be the separate property
of the plaintiff, Mrs. Clark.
Bessie Schneider commenced di-
vorce proceedings this morning
against her husband, Joseph Schrei-
Der, alleging as grounds that he has
abandoned her and failed to provide
the necessaries Of life for her. They
were married at College Place June
20, 1905.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
Breaks Through Earth's Crust.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Aug. 30.-Mrs.
Edward Moran of North Scranton
last night, as she was hanging clothes
in the garden, broke through the sod
and fell forty feet into a hole caused
b va cave-in of an old mine. AS she
weighs 300 pounds the work of rescue
was difficult. The hole was small and
there was room for one man only.
No bones were broken, but Mrs.
Moran IS suffering severely from shock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
STOLE JEWELRY
Prominent Californian Arrested TO
the Theft of $4,000.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 3O.-Sol Caro-,
said to be a prominent Californian,
has been arrested, accused of larceny
as bailee, the complaint alleging that
he took $4,000 worth of jewels
while acting as special agent for the
Madison Iron & Steel company, and
converted them to his own use The
case will be heard before Justice Ev-
erett September 5.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
Forest Fires Near Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ, Calf, Aug. 30.-Big
forest fires are raging near Ben Le-
mond studio and Sterling Place has
burned over. Eighty men are fighting
spread to Ben LomOnd and BrOokdaTe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30

Resume Puts and Calls in Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug: 30.-Traiing in
Puts and Calls" on the Chicago
board of trade will be resumed. The
vote on the proposition today was
carried by a large majority in the
face Of a prohibitOry state law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30

What have you to sell tOday-house
lot, piano, safe, desk, set of books,
buggy, music box? Write your an
swer in the guise of a Statesman want
ad.-and your answer will bring you
answers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
Webb Jaw Nav Recover.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 30.-Webb
Jay, injured by an auto accident, has
rallied from his relapse. DR.. Bixby
says he thinks Jay will recover.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
At THE STAR.

New Bill Will Be Offered by the Red
mond Company.
Tonight Mr.. Redmond offers an en-
tire change of bill and will present
what he is pleased to term fantastic
comedy 1t is a laugh creator and will
no doubt prove an attractive Offering.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

ED-APPRENTICE GIRL AT
Mrs. Richardson's Millinery Store
No. s, East Main st.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30

Good Meats, Fresh and Salt Fish.
at Peoplei, Market. Phone 90. II
South Thh Street, A. E. Augustavo
Prop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-30
TOWN TOPICS


of desertion Hal Shadduck yester-
day was granted a divorce from his
wife, Tina Shadduck. They were mar
ried in Walla Walla October, 1900.
William H. johnson Dead-William
Henry Johnson, pioneer resident OF
Wallula, died at that place yesterday.
The deceased leaves a widow and six
children. a father, a brother and two
sisters.
Mrs. Buffum lmproving-Mrs. Mary
Buffum, who suffered a stroke of par
alysis last week, is reported by her
attending physician to be greatly i'm
proved. Hopes are entertained for
her recovery.
Child Is Dangerously 1.-THE little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Haynes
of Waitsburg is reported to be dan
gerously i'll. Mrs. A. J. Haynes,
mother of Mr.. Haynes, arrived in
Walla Walla today from Sherwood,
Oregon, on her way to Waitsburg to
assist in caring for the little suf-
ferer.
information Filed-In the superior
court yesterday morning County At
| torney Wilson filed an information
against Charles Ingle, charging him
with unlawfully selling and disposing
Ingle is now in Jail and will remain
until the next term of court unless
he succeeds in securing bond in the
sum of $500.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-10
MORE THAN FORTY
MINERS KILLED

Carbonate, ILL.,, April 5.-Thirty-
seven bodies OF miners who lost their
lives in the gas explosion at the mine
of Joseph Letter at Zeigler Monday
have been recovered and it is supposed
that several more bodies are in the
mine The exact number of the deal
will probably not be known for several
days, at least not until the mine has
been Invested of the gas and persons
are permitted ito enter.
Among the dead is William Scott
Atkinson, state mine examiner for the
seventh sub-district, who lost his life
In an attempt to perform his duties as
mine inspector, AND who died while
trying to reach the bodies OF those en-
tombed After 80 hours but little
light is shed ON the cause of the catas-
trOphe The accident is attributed to
carbonic acid gas due to poor ventila>
tom. Everybody so far recovered is a
blackened mass. All the mines in the
seventh sub-distrlct have been ordered
shut down Friday next, the day OF his
funeral, and special trains have been
ordered so that the 10000 miners can
attend the funeral.
Joseph Letter arrived yesterday
The coroner's jury has begun an in
qu1ry into the cause of the disaster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-10
Fight in Equitable
Society Becomes
More Bitter
Secret Letters Given
Out MAY Gust
President

New York. April 5.-The fight in the
EQUITABLE Life Assurance society as
summed a new phase last night when
several letters that heretofore had
been carefully kept secret were made
public. Further interest was aroused
by persistent report, emanating
from an apparently reliable source
and so far not denied, that Vice Presi-
dent Hyde and his friends in the soci-
etv had decided to assume the aggres-
sive. According to the report, the
HYDE party will force James W. Alex
ander, and Gage E. Tarbell to retire
from the presidency and second vice
presidency, respectively, of the soci
ETY. at the meeting of the board OF di-
rectors tomorrow
This report was strengthened last
night by the fact that both parties to
the controversy gave out certain let
tiers and statements bearing on the
questions in dispute, Mr.. Hyde's con,
tribution was a letter which he wrote
to the directors February Is, when
the fight. for naturalization first came
officially before the board. At that
time the letter was carefully guarded
and only it's general tenor was allowed
to become known. The letter is a
lenthy history of the Equitable and
Hyde's position under the terms OF
his fathers requests, and it informal
ly charges President Alexander with
breach of trust to my father and
me-
President Alexander's contribution
is his letter to the state superintend-
ent of insurance, defining his position
and acquiescing in the compromise
plan for the naturalization of the soci-
ETY.. 1t is interesting in that he de
clares that his consent was given
with reluctance because he felt that
he could not take the responsibility
troll by the policyholders.
On behalf of Hyde a statement was
given out with reference to this let
ter, which charges that President
Alexander's action in this matter was
breach of faith.
Second Vice President Tarbell is
the target of another statement given
by Alexander S. Bacon, counsel for a
number of policyholders. This state
ment declares that Tarbell is the real
leader of the Alexander forces and
brings up the charge that TarbeTl, just
prior to the beginning of the present
controversy, sold back to the Equit-
able for $4,000 all his interests in
renewals or future business.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-10
THREE MEN KILLED
IN CARTRIDGE FAC
TORY EXPLOSION

Bridgeport, Conn, April 5.-m a
terrific explosion that blew to pieces
one of the brick buildings of the I'm
ion Metallic Cartridge company short
ly before the close OF the days work
yesterday, three men were killed.
Great crowds gathered and in the
panic that followed women tainted
and made frantic efforts to get within
the walls surrounding the plant, as
il was reported that many lives were
lost. They were held in check, how
ever, and the employees in the other
buildings made their escape in safety.
The explosion occurred in the dry
house where primer caps are dried on
long steam pipes. In some manner
one of the caps was discharged and
the explosion followed. The founda-
tons of every building were shaken
as if by an earthquake and the explo-
sion was felt in houses within radius
OF mile.