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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
Has Dug Many Graves

true name. He pledged the official to
Stewart has kept faithfully 40 years
and will carry it to his grave. Thrall
mother from the shame of his death.
Once he had been a prosperous mer-
man, and because he refused to serve
in the confederate army a mob had
wrecked his property He managed to
save $500, and with this fled to the
north, working for a time in a tam
merry at Indianapolis. He became in
volved in trouble with the foreman and
left the employment. The high prices
the government was paying for horses
attracted his attention. He dealt in
these animals legitimately for a time,
but overtaken with a spirit of greed,
he began to steal horses on a whole
sale plan.
With a confederate, and stolen ami
mails, he entered Kokomo, one Sunday
morning. Stopping at the ford Of the
creek, the men drank to each others
health and pledged one another to die
before taken, if an arrest should be
attempted. When the livery barn of
Nelson, Cooper, Kokomo was reached,
the men attempted to sell the horses,
but being detected by Deputy Sheriff
Steward a pistol fight ensued. Thrall
was deserted by his companion, who
hade hi sescape, but Thrall shot Coop
er and the Rev. John Love, a by
stander, dead. Riding down the street
he was shot in the leg by a citizen and
fell from his horse He was captured
by Coroner Steward, who was offered
under arrest. The coroner took his
prisoner to the third story of the viii
lage tavern. The landlord, learning
of their presence, appeared at the head
of the stairs, ak in hand, and with
an oath declared he would have no
murderer under mis- roof. Governor
Steward pointed at him the revolver
he had taken from Thrall, and that
uuieted the Infatuated man with the de-
claration that he was there to protect
his prisoner. Two nights later Thrall
was hanged by a mob. Crippled as he
was from the pistol shot, he crawled
upon the scaffold and in a haunting
manner called for white handkerchief
which he fastneed about his waist,
which he said, indicated his innocence
with tat of te mob. He ex-
amined the rope and finding it too
long, shortened it, and adjusted the
moose to his own neck before ne swung
off. Coroner Steward, who knows of
Thralrs true name, is now 80 years old
and one of the oldest Odd Fellows
in the United States in length Of men,
bership and the oldest in the state OF
Indiana.
Since its establishment nearly half a
century ago, Crown Point cemetery has
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30

Mark McTigue, the aged sexton OF
Crown Point, Qnd) cemetery, has
completed the digging Of 1888 graves,
and in the 40 years Of his administra-
ton of these grounds has never seen
ghost Few men can claim the equai
of mis- record in digging graves the
country over Sexton McTigue is re-
markable in the respect that he knows
brief history of each person buried
by him and can locate, within a few
minutes, any one committed to the
grounds. For years he was in charge
of the removal of bodies from Koko-
mos old cemetery and when all others
even surviving relatives, had lost al
trace of where their loved ones had
beeen laid away, amidst the weeds and
dense growth, the venerable sexton
could locate the body at once and was
never known to make a mistake. The
sexton says he has never yet found
petrified body. Many that he has
removed have been in a state of per-
feet preservation. Lieutenant Will
liams was under ground for 40 years
and had been buried IN uniform, ant
when taken up his appearance was as
neat, and his features as natural, as
the hour when he was laid away Sex
ton McTigue has never had the ex-
perience Of a grave robbery in the
grounds Of which he has charge.
1T is all a mistake to have fears
Of a cemetery" he said. Il never
knew Of the dead narming anyone. II
is the living that harm u.s."
The most grewsome Of the many
tasks he has undergone during his long
administration, he says, was the bur-
ial of smallpox victim. 1t was at
the hour of midnight, and deathlike
quiet prevailed An old spring wagon
had been secured to convey the corpse
to the cemetery. The vehicle ap-
preached with the solitary driver, an
immune, preceded by the health Off
Ger on foot. The wheels creaked dis
mally and ground harshly upon the
rough sand. No one spoke. The old
piece of carpet which covered the body
was first thrown into the grave. The
body followed it, and the whole burial
was accomplished without a word, and
the men departed as silently as they
came.
The aged sexton buried John Thrall
murderer, beneath a tree, just outside
the old cemetery grounds His crime
had debarred him from interment with
in the gates and yet the sexton shed a
tear as the man was lowered into his
rude and narrow cell, because Of the
hardness of mis- fate. The man had
died without revealing his true identi
ty to anyone except Coroner John
Steward. Before his death Thrall had
called the coroner into his cell, and ne
there told him that he would surely
be hanged, and then he revealed his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
All Right But the Rino.

Yarnall Abbott of Philadelphia
who. though an amateur, Is admittec
to be one of the very best photograph.
ers in America, collects with much
zest stories about the camera.
"A North Ninth street photographer
he said the other day. told me this
morning of an odd and amusing emf
sode.
He said a young woman brough,
back to him a dozen cabinets that he
had made of her the week before.
WHAT he exclaimed in dismav
Bringing them all back? 1 thought
they were successful?'
The young woman treasured him
with smile
Yes she said oh yes. They are
successful. I only want you to toucl
out the ring. I've got a new young
man."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30

RABBITVILLE, Ore, Dec. 30.-One
of them hifalutin' girls of the tribe of
Honeybottom, sent away to one
them male order stores and got pare
of hosiery witch cost her $1.9S and now
she don't care witch way the wind
blows.
Our barber shop closed agin and the
BARRIERS gone away, SO that he'll not
show his nose agin in Rabbitville, we
pday. O, he wuz cheap galoot, and
razors had but two, noned 'em on the
leg of a boot, and with 'em cut hair
too; may God wash away his sin, keep
trubble from his head, but If here he
comes agin We'll kill him dead, dead,
dead.
A Teller what keeps a little moss
ranch out Heppner way came in to see
Dock Standpatt last week and give to
Dock $3.50 to diagnose him. So he re-
tailed his symptoms and asked Dock
what allied him and what he'd better
do for it. Dock took his temperament
felt his pultz, looked at his tung, and
thumped his back and pounded MS
chist. then asked MIN II he could read
and rite and If so why and how much
and il his father and mother died sing
Ter, sevral or collective, and lot OF
other pertinent and im-pertinent
questions touchin on and appertanln
to MS excuse for Irwin; then Dock he
says: guess there is something
about your environs which Is 1ast
leadin' YOU towards lonjevvitty, but
the Teller says that can't be for had
all n, them cut out O. me b va hos
pittle doctor down to Portland more'n
two year ago.
The city drug store gives notice that
it has desided that it will no longer
toady to the monster Rum, belieVln
that most all the trubbles on this
mundane earth are dew to bad hkker
Hense therefoar the city drug store Will
no longer pander too depraved appe-
tites and mas forever discarded the
sail of them Vile, Hellish and Villain
one noistrums, Perunner, Likkerzone
and old Dock Hostetter's bitters. our
customers what has got sot on these
sole-destroyin compounds can best and
quickest reform by the steddy use OF
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
S<D0in1gs'' I'm RabbitSViZle

our celebrated prescription No. 1901.
wich the boys oftenner call The High
Stopper.
A chunk of an Irishman what herds
sheep, him and a dog, oven on Eight
Mile, was in town most awl last week
On an orful toot When he was kind
of soberin' up I said to him, you'd
better look out or you'll git the Jams"
and he says, what can poor cuss
do?' and 1 told him he'd better go to
Portland and take a gold cure from a
jag foctory they have there. He asked
me If I could Recommend it and 1 said
I sure could, havin' been permanent
cured Their of the likker habit times
my ownself.
Old Governor Sinjohn, of Kansas, his
name bein' ST. John, regular, but in his
biggotty way he called it always Sim
john; we'll, he was a CRATE temper
ance Teller. He had 2 sons who was
crate temperance fellers two. Betwixt
'em they had a skeme to annie hilate
the Monster Rumm. It was like this:
Old Man Sinjohn was to stop the dis
tilleries from maxim any more of the
Vial Stuff and the boys was to con-
sumo awl that had been alreaddy made
Oh, it was a lovely skeme, specially
for the boys, and tnay throwed thare
whole soles into the conflict. But the
old man coodent make good and fell
down on stoppin' the distilleries. But
the boys, I tell you them boys was ded
game. They didn't consume it all,
not kwite, but they did there level
best and died a tryin', and who could
do more nor die in pursoot of noble
ambisnun? Hence we can still buy
prescriptions at the city drug store.
Preachin' at early candlelight Sun
day eavening. Come one, come all!
The ladies aid society has sent me
word to put a little notiss in the pa
per askin the sisters to pay their
dews, or as sister Bunco says, ante, or
git out O. the game. So this here is a
warnin' to that tenor and effeck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
PAGE ELEVEN
...o,ous Fishes.


son" two tropical fishes" saia
re az, ..t have poison appara'-
an ist make. These fishes are
U.s. 60 trace and the scropha.
Ct. ral1 tns t. wounds are very bad anu
ino1 'H' weir flesh, when it is eaten
0". .,osome and sweet.
PROV "n IL a handsome fish. II
dra'o ,t Its spines are hol-
'OoR Ike tones Of rattlesnake'
low Re '"' Zine enters the flesh, a
ana ben is left in the wound.
uF0p ven" is an ugly, squat fish,
s s,,se. misshapen head. Its
A ,ns first three rays OF It's
' arc The wound it leaves Is
doris, fin. Inc
x,ot of the venom of both OF
= the same. The wound
sr., 80. then it burns; then in a
;. becomes very painful. The
roi Losses in violence. There comes
If suffocation. Then COM
mend erIss of anguish. cries which which a nz
tbesEsn sweat drips from the body
and ,as Of light pass before the
eyes. The pulse becomes intermlt-
tent. Finally delirium and '0nyulsi0ns
III times the patient dies More
OfteDke RECEIVERS. Even when he does
- though, his general health is
had wear or more, and sometimes
+, 10 for a wear or more. and some-
times i is bad for the rest of his life''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30

Cut Flowers and Floral Decorations
at Waits. Satisfaction guaranteed.
store No. South Second. Phone 1873.
Greenhouses East Whitman ST. Ex-
tension. Phone 327.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
She Was Cheated.

Helen is dreadfully disappointed
You know she married Jack to reform
him"
"Yes?"
Hell, he turned out to be a perfect
saint. who didn't need any reforming.
rulers Of South American countries
need rich daugnters-in -law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
Proof Positive.

1 IL this 7 seen that" he always
remarked,
Tbk0b correct him mis- lady So much
YOU'D,
I inferred, what indeed
WAS quite plain,
Hoy dear were the "seens" of MS
childhood!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30
k1lcE TO CONTRACTORS

krIcE TO CONTRACTORS
Note is hereby given that sealed
bids hin be received by the board OF
COUNT commissioners Of Walla Walla
CounS, Washington, up to 9 o'clock
A. N, Tuesday, January 2, 1906,
for II construction of $3.50 1-3 feet Of
macaAm road, commencing at the
west nd Of the present macadam road
on tn Walla Walla and Wallula road
and inning West along said road said
dstake of 1888 feet. Bids must speci-
fly a PERTAIN amount per lineal foor
for lie construction and completion
of sab macadam road eighteen feet
In width in accordance with the plans
and solicitations on file in the office
of thS county auditor of said county.
All lbs must be addressed to the
countS auditor and marked Bid for
construction of macadam road. The
right Ito reject any and all bids Is
herebt reserved.
BY order Of the Board of County
Conn pssioners of Walla Walla County.
Wash hgton.
w. J. HONrYCUTT,
Auditor and Ex-Officio Clerk Of the
Board
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-30

Meet me at the Walla Walla bowl.
ing alley and develop your muscles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
GEN. MILES.

A dispatch from Boston says: Fer
nearly forty years Gen. Nelson A. Miles
has been silent regarding criticisms Of
his action in ordering irons placed on
Jefferson Davis. M
Today stung by the attacks on himself
during the debates on the Hull bill, he
vigorously defends himself He declared
the bill to be a piece Of low personal
politics aimed at MIN.
81 may ask to be relieved of my de.
tail as acting inspector general" said
General Miles, "though | will not say
positively that / will leave the service
of Massachusetts. | may consent to
serve in some other capacity.
81 would suggest that the acts be ex-
smined in the case of the shackling Of
Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, and
| would say positively that there was no
attempt made to put indignities upon
him or humiliate him at that line.
What are the facts? He did not come
to prison as the President of the Con-
federacy or commandment. chief of the
Confederate army.
"On May %, 1865, @. A. Dana, as
sstant secretary Of war, authorized and
directed me, In q special order, to
place manacles and letters upon the
hands and feet Of Jefferson Davis and
Clement G. Clay, ia order to render their
Imprisonment more secure.
'Dayis in his book admits he intended
to attempt to unhore man and escape
on his mount. Daily notices of plots,
which were formed to effect the escape
or rescue of Davis, were sent ME, with
directions to take every precaution to
prevent it. Light anklets we're placed on
Davis. He knocked over strong man
who was helping TO do it. The ankIets
were kept on FIVE days--only while a
wooden door was being removed and an
iron-grated one substituted
"The ankles gave Davis no pain, and
did not prevent him from walking. They
were designed to prevent him from at
tempting to escape or do himself or any.
one else injury. There was not the least
desire on the part of anyone to place in
dignities upon Mr.. Davis or in any way
humiiliate him. Letters to me from
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay. thanking me
for my courtesies to them, statements
under oath froui army officers as 10 my
humane and considerable treatment of Mr..
Davis and other statements in my posses
sion prove that l did treat Mr.. Davis
with all the kindness that could be shown
him under the circumstances.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
TELEGKAPH,C BREyITsE

Henry Ross. aged 90, hostler at the Frank.
lin House, Glassboro, n. j., was sudocated to.
day in the harness house ofthe stable attached
to the hotel. The contents of the room were
destroyed by fire Of mysterious origin. There
are rumors Of incendiarism Il was found
that Ross nose was broken, bis face badly
scratched and his watch missing IL Is be.
lieved he was the victim Of thieves, who. be.
lieving they bad killed him, set the building
atre to hide eyidenc Of their crime.
A forty-two inch main, supplying Tieey.
pool With water from Lake vyrnwey. WAX
burst at Eton- rarporley, near Chester, TO-DAY
and twenty million gallons of water were lIb.
Grated. The surrounding country was iaun.
dated and the roads were changed into deeo
channels Enormous damage was done and
trafic through the section was rendered I'm.
possible. There were no fatalities.
Five degrees below zero is the official read.
ing Of the thermometer as given out by the
government weather bureau in Pittsbnrg this
morning. Observations taken from almost
every locality surrounding Pittsburz and AL.
legheny give readings Of, In several Instances.
Is degrees below.
The cold wave has spreod throughout .s,s
entire northern part Of the country. Il start
ed on "wednesday with the lowest reoords Of
the winter are reached with a whole string Of
cities from Sioux Falls to New York. where
forty hours Of zero weather is Or missed. be-
ginning today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
Disastrous Fires.

New York, Feb. 3.-About 80 families
living in the FIVE story tenement, No.
Isl Book avenue, Bronx borough, were
routed out of their beds early this morn.
ing by fire which Quilted the building.
All reached the street in safety, but, be.
ing scanlily clad, suffered considerably
IRON the severe cold. During the pro-
gress of the FIRE ten 6remen were over
come by smoke and were taken to
Young's stationery store near by where
they we're revived.
Gloucester, Mass, Feb. 3.--Fire last
night destroyed the TWO story building,
1920 Main street, and caused loss
of probably 500, 900, partly insured.
Two Sremen received severe injuries.
The building was occupied by the Tap
pan Clothing Company and the Metro
pOlitan Clothing Company, aud on the
second floor by the clothing company,
and Robert w. Phelps photograph
studio.
IsIip, N. Y, Feb S.-Fire early this
merning destroyed Charles Leska's
hotel, the Islip Herald Office, two stores,
aud two barber shops, causing loss of
about $50, 900.
St. Louis, Feb. Six Of the largest
Offices and store buildings in East st.
Louis were destroyed or badly damaged
by fire this morning. The fire originated,
it is said, in room in the Josephie
building, which was occupied as a
saloon. Loss over 5000, 600.
Montreal, Feb. S.-Fire this morn
ing destroyed Tuckett's cigar factory
and the Merchants Telephone building.
The loss is estimated at 500, 900. Fire
men we're frozen to ladders, and had 10
be chopped away, while others, with
cheeks and ears frozen, actually bathed
in a pool of water. The temperature
was 100 below zero. The telephone and
electric light wires were perpetual
menace to the fremen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
Virginia News.

Washington Butler, aged 81 years, died
Wednesday evening at Briar Branchs in
Calpeper county.
Mr.. John w. Grimes, Of Fauquier
county, and Miss Maud E. Shsffer, OF
Mountyiile, we're married By Rev. w.
l.. Dolly, Of Leesburg, on Tuesday after
noon.
The marriage of Miss Lennie b.
Earles, daughter of Rev. II. t. Earles,
OF Hughesville. Loudoun county, to JOS
eph c. Barger, of Brunswick, Nd, was
solemnized in Leesburg Wednesday.
Miss Margaret F. Alexander, daugh-
ter OF the late Jehn P. Alexander, Of
Fredericksburg, died yesterday at the
residence of her brother.in-law, Captain
William 7. Brett, at Newport News.
Mrs. Phoebe L. Bowler, daughter of
the late Charles f. Hunter, died sud
denly at her home in Fredericksburg
Wednesday night Of apoplexy. She Is
survived by her mother, two sons and
four daughters.
The marriage OF Miss May Mason,
daughte: of James NJ. Mason, of Charles
Town, and granddaughter of the late
United States Senator james M. Mason.
of Virginia, to Philip Speed, of New
York, is announced to take place on
Wednesday. February is, at Charles
Town, w. Va.
Col. A NJ. Higgins, Of Norfolk, com
mander of the Seyenty-first regiment,
which is to attend the Inauguration of
President Roosevelt, says Governor Mon
tague has accepted an invitation to ac-
company the regiment to Washington.
The Governor will ride at the head Of
the regiment in'the procession.
In Zion P. E. Church, in Charles
Town, w. Va, at CLOCK yesterday
evening, Miss Christine Washington
Chew, daughter of Col. and Mrs. r.
Preston Chew, and granddaughter Of the
late John Augustine Washington, once
proprietor of Mount Vernon, was mar
ried to Brantz NJ Rozel, OF Sewanee,
Tenn.
The transfer of the furnace property
situated at Liberty Furnace, Shenan-
doah county, from the Columbia Liber-
ty Iron Company and the Monarch Blast
Furnace Company, under an agreement,
was made to the Shenandoah Iron and
Coal Company Wednesday. This in
wolves the transfer of property valued at
S155, 900.
Senator Martin says the outlook for
the passage of the omnibus claims bill
by this Congress IL not bright, and that
he is afraid the whole matter will be
held up by the House. The House lead.
ers are hostile to the bill because of the
large amount that it carries, and it 10
likely that they will never hear the
report of the conference committee.
Senator Martin says, however, that he,
as member OF that committee, is going
to do all 10 his power to have the Senate
amendments go on the bill, and to get
the House managers 10 the conference to
agree to them. The bill carries sppro-
priations aggregating some $3.50, 900 for
Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
FRIDAY EVENING. FEB. 1906.

A DISPATCH from St. Petersburg, pub
li.hed in Yesterdays Gazette, practically
aairms what has often been observed.
An intelligent workingman of the Rus
sian capital in an interview with cor
respopdent made no hesitation in saying
that certain persons had used the labor
ing classes in Russia recently for the
furtherance of their swn political
schemes. This is but repetition OF the
old story. 1t has been so in every coun-
try where troubles similar to those which
have distracted Russia during the past
few weeks have occurred. Men who
neither toll nor spin are ever on the look.
out to fan into a fame any grievance,
real or imaginary, workingmsn may
have to urge. The latter have ali to
lose, while the sgitators are mostly adj
yenturers with nothing at stake. The
Russian mechanic like those OF other
countries, is opening his eyes to these
facts. and is acting accordingly. The
man who was interviewed by the cores
pondent was profuse in his estima-
ton of the Gar. He did not find him
the unthoughtful or unsympathstic ice
berg which his enemies had pictured
him to be. The sovereign listened at
tentiyelg to all the deputation OF work
ngmen said acknowledged the justice
of theii complaints and promised to insti'
tute proceedings to bring about more
satisfactory regime, and the men ieit
with the firm belief he would fulfil his
promises.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-03
Night Attack of Japanese.

st. Petersburg, Feb. ga dispatch
from the front reports a severe fight al
ShenliaDg Pass. The japanese male a
night attack on the Russian position
there and outAanked the Russian detach-
ment. Afterwards the Japanese encoun-
tered stronger Russian force and we're
compelled to retire. The japanese lost
about 100 killed and many wounded,
while the Russian casualties were fifteen
killed aud 81 wounded.
st. Petersburg, Feb. S.-Genersl Ku-
ropatkin. reports that japanese attack
on Chanta Chanteat has been repulsed
II is stated on reliable authority that
General Grippenburg, 10 command of
the second Manchurian army with Gen
eral Kuropatkin, has been asked to re-
sign his command. He has refused and
will, therefore be recalled.