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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
Humor ana Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
CHASTENED

The trusts the iron hand have felt;
Quite meek!y they the rod have kissed.
Now will their hearts of granite melt?
Well see when clears away the mist
II they've been hit below the belt
Or slapped politely on the wrist.
As a chastiser Uncle Sam
Is for a part heroic cast,
And down their stiff necks he will cram
Some "antf' medicine at last
Unless 1t proves a healing dram,
A tonic splicing their repast.
Perchance they have been brought to bay
Or in a vital region hit,
Or possibly 1t only may
Be they will tighter grasp the bit
And when the smoke has cleared away
VIII In the saddle f1rmer sit.
So while our good commissioner
Investigates and makes report
We cannot see them squirm or stir.
Although they don't inquiry court.
That they would waive without demur;
They are not In the game for sport.
Not Yer them yet is "Finis'' writ;
We may be prematurely gay
In thinking we have digged their pit;
The trusts think they are here to stay.
And certainly we must admit
That they were not born yesterday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
The kim of MOlluskn.

The king of mollusks lives In the In
dian and south Pacific oceans. He at
tains to a weight of 800 pounds and the
shell is of the bivalve kind, and the
shape is about the same as that Of our
common fresh water mussel. The g.
gantic tridacna is the largest mollusk
known to have lived on the earth since
the silurian age. 1t is found on the
bottom of the shallow parts Of the
ocean, and the large individuals have
no longer the power to move about.
They lie on one side, and all about
them the corals build up until King
Tridacna is sometimes found In we'll
like hole in the coral formation.-St.
NichOl9R
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
OCULlST AND AURIST.
WAllA WALlA MARKETS
REVISED DAILY.
Retail Prices.

Retail Prices.
The selling quotations on the local
market are:
Sugar-Per 100 lbs, 500.
Cheese-Per Id. zoe.
egetables-Potatoes, per sack; new,
$1.25.
Onions-Per 100 lbs, $500.
Parsnips-1c per Id.
Turnips-1c per Id.
Cabbage-Per 100 lbs, $500.
Green Apples-$1.25. choice.
Figs-Per h., 12hc.
Cranberries-Per gal, soc.
Pineapples-50c each.
Fruits-Oranges, per doz., Csc to 50c.
Lemons-Per doz.. Csc.
Eggs-Per doz. zoe.
Butter-Country, per roll. 65c;
creamery, per roll zoe.
Flour-Per barrel, $40 to $500;
Hay-Baled, per ton; wheat, $13;
alfalfa, s1s.
Bran-Per ton, $3.50; shorts. per
ton, s2O.5o; rolled barley, per ton,
$3.50.
Fish, per lb.-Salmon, 15c: hall
but 12hc; soles 10c; perch, 12kc; rock
cod, 15c; Holsters, Csc; founder, 10c:
herring, 1Oc; crabs, Csc and sec; smelt,
12kc; sturgeon, 15c: black cod. 15c:
shrimps, Soc.
Graham flour per 50-lb. sack, $3.50;
whole wheat -four per sack, $3.50: roll
I'd oats per ID. &c.
Eastern opsters-75c quart.
Spring chicken, 1Sc.
Geese and ducks. 15c.
Turkey, zoe.
Porterhouse steak, 12hc.
Sirloin steak, 10c.
Round steak, SC. q
Chuck steak, &c.
Prime rib roast, lee. :,
Beef roast, 7c-
Boiling beef, &c. =
Mutton chops, SC.
Mutton leg, &c.
Mutton stew, SC.
Pork steak, SC. < -: =
Pork roast, SC.
Pork sausage, SC.
Hamburg steak, &c. =
Bologna, &c.
Head cheese, &c.
Liver wurst, &c.
Blood wurst, &c.
Buying Prices.
These are the quotations on the local
market:
Apples-Per box, s5c to $1.25.
Lemons-Per case, 81 to $4.25.
Oranges-Per case, 1925 to $3.50.
Onions-Per cwt. $2.75.
Carrots-Per sack, Coo.
Sweet Potatoes-Per sack. $1.25.
Cabbage-Per Id. &c.
Bannanas-6kc.
Sugar-Per sack, wholesale, $6.55.
Potatoes-Per cwt., 81.
Chickens-Hens, per h., Sc; roost-
ers, per Id. &c.; spring chickens, per
h.. &c; geese. per h., &c; ducks. per
h., 7c; turkeys per h., IL to .4c; eggs.
35c.
Calves-Live, &c: dressed, &c; up to
$50 lbs. &c; 80 lbs, SC.
Good hogs-Llve &c: dressed 631c.
Sheep-Wethers, 81: ewes. $1.ec;
lambs. 81.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
A sure starter.

Clara-How did you break your hus-
band of suffering? Grace-Every time
he started it 1 began to protest against
his smoking 1t never failed to start
his fow of language.-Detroit Free
Press
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Plain Spoken.

81 understand that young Hustlem Is
the sort of fellow who calls spade
spade"
"He's even more plain spoken than
that. He calls his wages wages
Houston Post.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

Mr.. Green-Now, I'm going to tell
YOU something, Ethel. Do you know
that last night at our party your
sister promised to marry me? I hope
you'll forgive me for taking her away.
Little 'Ethel-Forgive you, Mr.. Greent
OF course will. Why, that was what
the party was arranged for, you
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
Easy Enough.

81 wish l knew how to receive let
tiers without writing letters myself"
Simple enough. Contract a lot OF
bills, and you will hear from your
friends regularly every month"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

Take heed Of an OK before. q mule
behind, and knave on all sides.-Ger-
man Pr0veYb.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
Look Out For Him.

The iceman is approaching,
And in a manner quaint
He'll make you think the coal man
Was Just a perfect saint.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
Quite a Difference

4She always presses her husbands
trousers"
when they are on or Off"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

Served the Purpose.
1T Is play without villain"
"You forget the man at the door who
sold us the tickets"
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As to Divorce.

"Whose little boy are you, my dear?
"Please, ma'am, 1 don't know. The
court has not decided the case yet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

w. r. INGE DALTON, NJ. D., AT AR
cade, Seattle. Skin and genito-uri-
nary diseases.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Who steals my purse steals my good
standing with my neighbors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25
The Reprobate.

2 Old Mrs. Grimes
~@A m d e butter
~ b and cheese;
| Old Grimes he
| VI took them in
6I To market, where
oil he got the
| ~ cash
! 1~T And blew it In
eo~~ xMO for gin.
Easy Enough.
81 wish l knew how to receive let
tiers without writing letters myself"
Simple enough. Contract a lot OF
bills, and you will hear from your
friends regularly every month"
| As to Divorce.
"Whose little boy are you, my dear"
| "Please, ma'am, / don't know. The
court has not decided the case yet"
Look Out For Him.
! The iceman is approaching,
And in a manner quaint
| He'll make you think the coal man
Was just a perfect saint.
Quite Difference.
4AShe always presses her husbands
trousers"
when they are on or OFF,"
Served the Purpose.
TT Is a play without q villain"
-You forget the man at the door who
sold us the tickets"
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Who steals my purse steals my good
standing with my neighbors.
The usefulness Of some men ceases
very shortly after it begins.
One way to avoid sickness is to keep
in good health.
A hot argument Is often apt to cause
a GOODNESS.
A bungler with good intentions some
times makes more trouble than a bad
man out for blood.
There is nothing like keeping late
| hours to make q man a. clever extern
poraneous fairy story teller.
THNT'3 Jrs)LII
AL kSHr>I-9
9}M
"a 4
Some peoples idea of happiness Id
heaven is being allowed to read what
the recording angel has jotted down
concerning their friends and acqualnt'
| ances.
A man begins to feel like back
number when his son begins sendlng
home bis CASTOR clothing for father.
If Venezuela will never be happy I'M
til II is licked we should do something
for it from humanitarian stanopoaot
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BATHS.

EoR FIRTs-CLAsS CARPET WEAv-
,ne and all kinds Of sewing inquire
at 335 N. Fifth st. Mrs. Moore and
Mrs. Clarke.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

If Venezuela will never be happy un'
til It is licked we should do something
for It from a humanitarian STANDPOINT
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

The usefulness Of some men cease
very shortly after it begins.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-25

One way to avoid sickness is to keep
in good health.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS
 ATTEMPTED EVAPORATION
CHARGE MADE BY THE ASPHALT COMPANY IN PUBLIC
 STATEMENT.

BIaekEnniI, COnfscation of Property,
 Manufacture of False Testimony and
 the Making of Decrees Without Re-
 gard to Law the Means EmpIoyed-
 The Asphalt COmDany's Actual ReIa-
 ton to the Mates RevOIution-aIoney
 Paid to Rebel Lender Solely for Pre-
 tectiOn of Property.
 New York, Nov. 12.-Allegations that high officials in the Venezuelan government deliberately attempted to extort from the company the sum of $4OO,OOO are made in a statement given out to-day by the New York and Ber- mudez Asphalt company in reference to the suit brought against the com pany by the Venezuelan government for $1l,OOO,0OO, 1t having been charged that the asphalt corporation aided the Mates rebellion. The means used by these officials, according to the allega- tions, included blackmail, confscation of the company's property, the manu- fracture of false testimony, and tue making of decrees without regard to law.
 The allegations made in the state mert are based upon letters which. 1t is declared, were received from A. H. Garner, now receiver holding the com- government, but who, in 1900, was the companys agent at Caracas. and the report of Colonel Victor M. Backus. who was sent to Venezuela in 1900 as an independent agent by the asphalt company The statement concluded with an exhaustive review of what 1t described as "The asphalt companys actual relations to the revolution" In this connection 1t is explained thai $l0O,0O0 was given to General Matos by the officials of the National As phalt company on the generals re- quest. Further sums aggregating ESQ., 900 were paid the revolutionary leader soon afterward. This money was paid, the statement says, to guarantee pro- lection of the company's property at ] a time when the territory in which it was located was in control of the rev. olutionists. The statement maintains that the company at all times observ- ed absolute neutrality, even going to the extent of paying customs duties to both the government and the reyolg- tionists when the custom houses were controlled by the insllrgsn nts-
 One of the letter from AIr. Garner to the Burmudez company, dated De- cember 2S, 1900, when he was the com
 (Continued on Fifth Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
ROOSEVELT CHAIR IN
 BERLIN UNIVERSITY
PRORESSORSHIP OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS
 CREATED.

Flames Speyer, the New York Banker,
 Gives S5O,OOO for the PurpOse-Plan
 Approved by the KaIser-Ineumbents
 of the PrOfessOrship to be Appointed
 by the Prussian Ministry of Eduea-
 tIOn With the EmperOr's Sanction-
 Chair to be Created at Columbia in
 German History.
 New York, Nov. 12.-Announcement was made to-day that James Speyer of New York has given to the trustees of Columbia university, New York the sum of $50,O00 to endow the Theodore Roosevelt professorship of American history and institutions in the Univer- sity of Berlin, in accordance with plan approved by the German emper- or, when he received President Butler in audience at Wilhelnhohe in August last. Incumbents of the professorship will be appointed by the Prussian nlin- istry of education, with the emperor's sanction, upon the nomination of the trustees of Columbia university. The term of office of each incumbent will be one year, and incumbents will be so chosen that in successive years the fields of American history, American constitutional and administrative law, American economic and sociological problems and movements, American education and American contributions to science, technology, the arts and literature will be the subject of in struction. It is proposed in this way to present in series of years to Ger man university students an outline of American history and institutions. Nominations will not be confined to the members of the staff of Columbia uni versity, but professors in any Ameri- can institution of learning, or scholars unattached to any university will be eligible for nomination.
 The German government, in return, will establish at Columbia university a professorship of German history and Institutions to the incumbent of which the same general condition will apply as of the incumbent of the Theodore Roosevelt professorship. The appointee to the chair in Columbia university will lecture in English. President Roosevelt assented to the request of Mr. speyer to attach his name to the chair, and the German en- peror promptly gave approval to the suggestion. The trustees of Columbia university have nominated as the first incumbent of the chair, John William Burgess, Ph. D. LL. D., Ruggles pro- lessor of political science and constitu- tional law and dean of the faculty of political science in Columbia university, and it is expected that his appointment will shortly be made by the Prussian ministry of education. Prof. Burgess will enter upon his duties at the Univer- sfty of Berlin the winter of 1906-7, and will give instructions in American con- stitutional history.
 In making the announcement Fresl- det Butler of Columbia said on behalf of the trustees:
 "Mr. Speyer's gift seems to us both striking in it's originality and splendid in it's possibilities We are not without hone that before long Columbia univer- sity will be put in position to make similar arrangements with the Univer- sity of Paris and with an English uni- versity, possibly the University of Lon- dnn,"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
WARNING ID POLAND;
 CANNOT HAVE LIBERTY
FOR GOOD OR ILL SHE IS NOV PART OF RUSSIAN
 EMPIRE.

Strongly WOrded Ukase in Which the
 Government Declares That Poland is
 Not to be Permitted to Become a
 Second FinIand-NOne of the Benefits
 of the Emancipation "lIanifestO' Can
 be Conferred on "a Country in Re-
 volt"
 St. Petersburg, Nov. 13.-Poland is not to be permitted to become a second Finland. The Russian government, in strongly worded communication pub lished this morning, serves notice on the Polish nationalists that, for good or ill, the ancient kingdom of Poland has now become an integral part of the Russian empire, and that while the government intends to fully observe the national rights of Poland, any attempt to Wrest Polish autonomy from the en- peror would be considered an act of re- volt and would lead the Poles into the sorrowful paths trodden by them i'll 1881 and 1863. The Russian authorities recognize the gravity of the movement in which two antagonlstic parties, the nationalists and the socialists, under the leadership of such Poles as Henrik >Sienkiewicz, the novelist, have joined forces, and they declare that none of the benefits of the emancipation mani-- festo can be conferred on "a country in revolt" The ukase says:
 "In accordance with the ukase, the exceptional laws Hindering the free de- velopment of the nation were abrogated and the Poles were given the same rights as the Russians. Educational, municipal and judicial reforms were introduced, as stipulated by the decis- ions arrived at by the committee on ministers on June IS and by the ukase of April 30 regarding religious liberty. The general measures adopted by the government were extended to Poland, which also was given the right of par ticipation in the douma and freedom of meeting. Finally on October 50 the Poles were fully recognized as free cit- izens, thereby obtaining full opportuni- ty to prove their capacity. By partici- pating in a great creative work they would consequently have gradually att tained the ulterior progress O. the Po- fish nation with the aid of the electoral institutions, which naturally would have sympathized with their fate.
 Forgetting the painful lessons of the past. the politicians who are directing the national movement in the kingdom of Poland are making attempts as dan gerous for the Polish population as they are insolent toward Russia to bring about the separation of the em~ pire. Rejecting the idea of working in common with the Russian people in the douma, they are demanding in series of revolutionary meetings the complete autonomy of Poland, with a special con- stitutional diet, thereby aiming at the restoration of the kingdom of Poland. Two political groups, one socialist ana one nationalist, who are opposed to each other, are united in this aspira- tion, which is upheld by many writer's publicists and popular orators who car ry the people with them.
 "In different districts of the Vistuia' there have been numerous processions, the participants in which carried Polish flags and sang revolutionary songs. At the same time there has begun the ar 1Continued on Fifth Page).
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
SfO,OOO ROBBERY.
Robbers Drive to New York Store in a Carriage

New York, Nov. 12.-During the ab- sence of the private watchman on guard at schumann's Sons jewelry store at Broadway and Twenty-second street, thieves entered the place to-day and carried off $10OOO worth of silver ware. The robbers drove to the store in a handsome carriage with a coach man in livery, and, having noted the departure of the watchman, entered the front door with false keys. The presence of the carriage attracted no attention, and half an hour latter the robbers came out, placed their plunder in the carriage and drove away. The robbery was discovered a few minutes latter, when the watchman returned and found the door open.
 All the silverware in the store was taken from the show eases. An at- tempt by the robbers to open a safe in the basement containing several hundred thousand dollars worth of ieWelry was unsuccessful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
HUMAN TORSO ON DUMP.
Discovered by Children in CIeveIanti
 Identity Shrouded in Mystery.

Cleveland, Nov. 12.-on one of the city dumps last night was discovered, by children, a human torso, including the thorax and shoulders.
 The identity of the person is shrouded in mystery. There was. not a shred of clothing attached to the torso. It was turned over to the police and removed to the morgue. The most striking dis covery was a bullet wound in the right side, which the coroner thinks caused death.
 The post-mortem held by Coroner Siegelstein showed that the body was that of a murdered man. It also de- veloped that the body had been ena- baln1ed. The theory that the body had been cut up in a medical school and then discarded, thence being hauled to the dump, was secuted by the coroner.
 The body showed curious marks Of mutilation, in that the head and arms had evidently been pulled off or cut. rudely. The coroner holds that 1t is the. portion of a body of a man, and that it's weight was probably TAO pounds. As to. his age, it was not possible to tell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
MER1WEATHER ARRESTED.
The Order Received at Annapolis From
 Washington,

Annapolis. Nov. 12. - Midshipman Minor Merriweather, jrp was placed under arrest to-day to await his trial by court-martial for engaging in a tistic combat with Nidshipman R. Branch. jr.. who died of his injuries.
 The arrest of young Merriweather followed shortly after the reception of the order from the navy department. He is confined to his room in the mid shipments quarters, under what is known in the service as a military ar rest" Minor Merriweather, ST., arriv- ed at Annapolis tonight and had a talk with his son.
 It is said that evidence will be ad- duced before the court that will place Merriweather's case in better light than has been indicated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
ANOTHER DEDICATION.
St. Francis Xavier's of Waterbury
 Blessed by the Bishop.

Blessed by the Bishop.
 Waterbury, Nov. 12.-The new St. Francis Xaviers church, at the corner of Baldwin and Washington streets, was dedicated this morning by Rt. Rev. Bishop Tierney, of Hartford, the cere- mony of blessing the church being just previous to the last mass. At the mass Rev. Jeremiah J. Curtin, of West Haven, was celebrant, Rev. J. D. Coyle, of New Haven, deacon, Rev. Father McQuillan, S. J., treasurer of Holy Cross college, sub-deacon, and Rev. Father Joseph Fleming, of this city, master of ceremonies. The sermon was delivered by Rev. John J. Mccoy, D. D., of St. Ann's church, Worcester, Mass, his subject being "The Mission of the Catholic Church To-day" In the evening Rev. Father Neil, of Terry ville a well-known temperance orator, delivered the address.
 The church, which is only completed in the interior as far as the basement, has cost so far about $7O,000. The pas- tor of the church is Rev. Father Jere- miah Curtin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-13
TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Italian Injured While Trying to AIight
 from Car in CenterviIIe.

Italian Injured While Trying to AIight
 from Car in CentervfIIe.
 An Italian was slightly injured while alighting from trolley car in Center vile shortly before o'clock last even- ing. It seems he was slightly intoxi- cated and was riding on the car steps. The conductor told him to go inside, as riding on the steps was contrary to the rules. He did not move and the con- ductor then told him to get inside or get off. The man made no response and the conductor rang the bell. Before the car could be stopped the Italian step ped off and struck against a telegraph pole. He was brought back to city hall in a car, where the New Haven hospi- tai ambulance, which had been called, took him to the hospital. His injuries are not considered serious.