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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-27
TOWN TOPICS

Postpone Party-The ladies of st.
Paurs Guild have decided to postpone
| the party that was to have been given
in the Odd Fellows hall tomorrow
night until next Friday night, May 5.
| Ordered Caps and Gowns-Professor
Brole of Whitman college has been
authorized to order from the east a
large number of caps and gowns to be
used by the students and faculty at
the commencement exercises of Whit
man college in June.
Will Dance Tonight-The Terpsi-
chorean club has completed all ar
| in the Odd Fellows temple tonight. 1t
will be Shirt Waist party and as
| there were a large number of invita-
tons sent out a good sized crowd of
| young people is expected.
Whist Party-The ladies of the
| Soladity of St. Patrick's church gave
| an enjoyable whist party last night at
ST. Patrick's hall. There was large
attendance and most delightful eve
ming was passed. Dainty refreshments
| were served.
Funeral of ChiId-Tne funeral of
Mildred, daughter of B. F. Irons, who
died Tuesday, occurred from the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Irons
near Freewater yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Gibbs conducted the services. In
| torment was in the Milton city ceme-
terry.
Married Yesterday-At the Hotel
Louvre yesterday afternoon Rev. AL
bert Dale Gantz performed the mar
riage ceremony of Benjamin Guse and
number of intimate friends of the con-
tracing parties. The bride and groom
are we'll known people of the Lowden
neighborhood, where they will reside.
Funeral of Miss Solberg-The fun
eral of Miss Della Solberg, who died at
the family residence near the state
line yesterday of tuberculosis, will take
place from Ingle Chapel tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. H. c.
Cleveland will conduct the services.
Interment will be in the Ford ceme-
terry.
Visits Baker City,. K. Straight,
pioneer of Walla Walla, and engaged
in the jewelry business, was visitor
in the city yesterday from Hot Lake,
where he has been recuperating, says
the Baker City Democrat. Mr.. Straight
passed many words of praise upon the
appearance of the city, especially re-
fering to the city hall and st. Francis
academy as evidences of the present
prosperity here.
jolly Good FeIIow-J. r. Hitler, one
of the jolliest drummers making Walla
Walla, is in the city today looking after
trade. Mr.. Hitler halls from Louisville,
KY, and represents the Bernheim Dis
tilling company, manufacturers of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-27
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
June list to October 18th.

Tickets to Portland will be sold from
Walla Walla daily at rate of 1915 fol
the round trip, good for thirty days.
For ten or more travelling on one
ticket a rate of $3.50 for round trir
viii be made. Tickets limited to ter
days.
In addition to the above daily excur.
sion rates the o. r. & N Co. will, from
time to time during the fair, run a
series of coach excursions at very low
rates. Dates for these excursions will
be announced later.
r. BURNS,
General Agent, o. r. & N. Co.,
Walla Walla, Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-27
One Plus One Is One, Not Two.

MARION, Ind, April 27.-Katie
Bodkins, aged 13, escaped a hard les
son in arithmetic in marrying. After
the principal sent the truant officer to
the girls home, where the ceremony
had just been performed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-27

celebrated Harper" whisky. "walla
Walla is one of the finest little cities
I have run across in the west and
shows great Improvement since my last
TRIP here" Mr.. Hitler said this after
noon. I'VE hear lots about Walla
Waila in the east
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-27
Scientists in Session.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, April
27-The Science section. of the Colo
RADIO State Teachers association be-
gan it's spring meeting here today
with a large and representative at
tedance. The program for the tree
days session calls for addresses and
discussions by representatives of near
ly all the prominent technical school
and other institutions of learning in
this and neighboring states
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
AERRIMAC HERO
DEFENDS HAZING
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson Say.
That it Is Too Much Like
Boy Nature.

CINCINNATI. Dec. 25.-"They can't
abolish haZing. it's too much boy ma
turc." said Capt. Richmond p. Hobson
when speaking of the Congressional in
vestigation of hazing at Annapolis. He
added:
Il think the investigation is a good
thing. The regular feature of the ca
dcts' fun should be abolished; but they
cannot hope 10 do away with il entire
ly. AS for giving the Secretary of War
arbitrary power to dismiss cadets. for
cause. / think that is right. The ca
dets are not officers. and denying them
right Of court-martial would not be un-
just
yes. ! know about hazing If any
body ever went through IT, / did.
stood on my head. chewed soap and did
other amusing things. ! was ont hurt
by il. and nobody was while / was in
the Academy"
Mrs. HObson. and both left later in the
Christmas Mrs Hobson said:
Captain HobsOn is an ideal husband
and as the happiest women of this world
are those whose marriages prove happy,
am. because Of my domestic felicity
one of the haDDiest.
NO. the kisses haven't been robbed
OF any sweetness to me because some
other girls got some of them
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
SINS OF WEALTHY MEN
FLAYED BY A MINISTER
Allegheny Pastor Denounces Those Who
Put Away the Wives Of
Their Youth.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 25.-The Rev. John
A. Jayne. pastor OF the Observatory Hill
Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, last
night attacked millionaires sins.
Chords and Discords in Our Christmas
Anthems" was his subject. In cart. he
said:
I'VE read Of so-called Christian men
posing as the friend of boys anI YONG
men when at home. leading the double
life when away from the restraints Of
conventiOnality and church relations.
We read of muiti-millionaires forsak-
ing the wives Of their youth, who toiled
with them through the days OF their
poverty. for the strange woman, whose
only ornament Is her pretty face.
we read Of Sunday school teachers
and Bible school superintendents scat
tering their money with lavish hand to
build up a great school, and then. by
acts OF sheer deviltry. breaking down
The influence and making OF their
schools scholars deepcr-dyed villains
than they otherwise could have been
we are reading today Of fifteen So
called leaders OF finance and fashion
who are suing or who are about to sue
In our courts for divorce on the ground
of incompatibility. lncompatibility-it
hells blanket for covering immortality Of
the majority of those who use H.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
FISHERMAN HERO OF
WRECK IN THE PACIFIC

VICTORIA. p. c.. Dec 25.-News
reached Victoria in the Australian mail
OF the wreck of the barkentine La Bel
la, near Weinaboolen. on the Australian
coast. involving the loss of seven lives
and heroism on the part of "a fisherman.
William Ferrier which has caused him
to be famed throughout Australia.
La Bella struck half mile from shore
Life-savels failed to reach the wreck
which was falling 10 pieces. and seven
sailors had drowned when William Fer
rier put out alone in small dingy scuIl
with a single oar. First he rescued
the captain: then made another trip.
saving another man. A lifeboat rescued
the other survivors.
Ferrier has been presented with med
ais and purses by admiring citizens.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
FARMER DISMUKE HOLDS
THE RECORD FOR TWINS
Is the Father of Six Sets by His First
Two Wives.

McDADE, Tex, Dec 25.-J. b. Dis
nuke. a prosperous farmer who lives
near here, is the father OF thirty-one
children, most of whom are living. Mr..
Dismuke is sixty-five years old
When twenty years old he married
Miss Susan Singleton. Seven children
were the result OF this union, three girls
and four boys, he latter two sets of
twins.
The first wife died in 1861. Mr. Dis
nuke then married Ella Skinner
OF Alabama. To them were born ten
boys and two girls. There were four sets
of twins
IN 100 tne SECOND Wlle uieu, ana a year
later Mr.. DiSmuke married Mrs. Ecker,
a widow, who is still living. She has
borne him twelve children. nine boys
and three girls.
Mr.. Dismuke believes he holds the
worlds record for twins, being the
father of six sets by his first two wives.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25

| days work (omit from one to four p.
m).
Give all the duties OF a sky pilot on a
modern battleship.
Give a practical demonstration of the
application of corrections to overcome
deviations from righteousness. Use the
President OF your board.
Militant and international laws-Give
ir full the laws of Moses. and explain
the principal violations and evasions of
them in a wardroom mess. eating
pork. etc)
What penalties are incurred by those
who persistently neglect attendance at
the service of the church?
Sketch and describe the proper punish
ment for a padre discovered at ten
minutes before u D. m. Friday behind n
door eating chicken salad. Would the
above have been a sin If he had not been
caught at il?
Engineerlng-Sketch and describe Me-
phistopheles' perfect heat engine.
What Is Satan's Duty.
What is Satar's function?
Describe the most approved way Of
setting eccentrics right. Illustrate by
sketches or give a practical demonstra-
ton on some member of your board.
Sketch and describe an effective moral
governor.
Sketch and describe the golden stairs.
Explain complete combustion.
Illustrate by Indicator cards of life
Too early cut of; cut off too late: too
much expansion; wire pulling during ad-
mission.
Explain the effects OF sulphur and
brimstone-(a) On iron and steel: (b)
on character.
Explain how to engineer a congrega-
tion on board ship since the abolition
of the rating of apprentice.
Ordnance-What is meant by the
"angle of fall2"
Sketch and describe a flare back"
Explain all the uses and abuses OF
compressed and hot air in ordnance.
Explain briefly the use of the Golfer
dam and all other damns used on board
ship.
Sketch and describe a gas check for
use in wardToOm messes. Factor OF
safety. 5000. Gas check must withstand
an ordinary wardroOm argument for at
least Ten hours.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
RICH MAN ENDS LIFE
ON CHRISTMAS EVE

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Dec %
George Nj MekeIvey, merchant. bank
er, capitalist, and puDIic-spirited citi-
zen, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head.
He had early in the morning urged
the other members of the family TO go
to church, and this they did Having
spent the early morning hours playing
with his grandchildren, he Immediately
after they had left the mouse, went 10
his room and ended his life
When the family returned they broke
in the door and found him dead. His
continued ill-health for many years was
directly respOnsible Tor the act
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
MONDAY EVENING CLUB
HEARS OF LOCAL CHARITY

The Monday Evening Club held its De-
cember meeting at the Home Of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society, 2OOI
street northwest. William II. De Lacy
president OF the St Vincent de Paul
Societies, OF Washington, spoke on The
Catholic Charities Of Washington"
\ discussion followed led by l. F
Zinkhan. superintendent Of the Wash
ington Asylum, and George S. Wilson.
secretary Of the Board Of Public Char
tiles.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25

for $500 and announced that he had
many friends to whom he desired TO
send the paper. Miss Albright captured
the piano.
More trouble followed. and the AL
bright girl. who had secured many SUBJ
scribers through her own efforts, de-
manded that she be paid the commits
sions for new subscribers at the OPEN
ing of the contest. The publisher re-
fused to pay her A law suit and more
enmity was the result
Meanwhile the feudal conditions are
growing and more trouble is likely to
come any day. Almost the entire coun-
~ is interested in the present inquest.
and the verdict of the coroner's Jury.
Its finding may be followed by an out
break.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
BANDITS HOLD UP CAR
BARN GUARDS; GET $1,000

TOLEDO. Ohio Dec. 25.-One Of the
most sensational rObberies in the MIS-
tory Of Toledo took place at the Trac-
tion Company street car barns here.
About o'clock seven armed men
walked into the dispatches Office and
compelled three Watchmen and a con-
ductor TO back up against a wall and
throw up their hands Two Of the rob
bers held them under cover. while the
rena inder looted the place
Failing 10 crack the safe. they broke
the cash drawer and stole 81 900. As the
robbers left the barn they exchanged
shots with watchmen and escaped.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT
PENITENTIARY SENTENCE

PITTSBURG. Dec. &.-'I don't want
to go 10 the workhouse. judge. You
know this is Christmas; won't you please
give me a Christmas present?" whined
Erastus Edwards, convicted of highway
robbery. 10 Judge John d. ShafIer
He is n desperate character. Certain
in the penitentiary on each of the two
convictions. l hope you will do better
when you get out"
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
To DRINK
ACID, He WROTE
Cattleman Found Dying
With Death Note in Hands.
BABLE FEUD VICTIM
Clarence Albright's Family Had Been
Mixed Up in Many Inter
Family Quarels.

KINGMAN. Kan, Dee. 25.-"Father,
1 ann dying; L have been forced to take
poison by the men who hate you and
who threatened to kill you, too, if
did not drink the stuff"
With this written message clasped in
his hands, Clarence Albright. one of the
leading cattlemen in this section of Kan
sas, and over whose body an inquest is
now being held, was found dead at his
country nome. near here. His father,
also a prominent cattleman. reached the
side of his son as he was breathing his
last
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
WANTS CHRISTMAS DINNER
BEFORE HE Is HANGED

TRENTON, y. j., Dec 25-Charles
Long, under sentence 10 be hanged jan
uary y. remarked to his death watch
yesterday: Tomorrow will be my last
Christmas in the land OF the living. [
hope the sheriff will give me a rousing
dinner"
The sheriff will provide the best din
ner the city affords
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
More Trouble Followed.

on the day the contest closed NJ p
Albright rode into town. went to the
otflce Of the paper laid down a check
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Opponent of Race Suicide.

Johan. who has faith in Chicago's 3
love Of a square deal" is thirty-sevcn
years old and is the hard-worlxing ia
ther of a family of ten children. He
knows President ROG-eveit's views On
race suicide and believes the President
will gladly help so worthy an ex3onent
of his views TO give up bricklaying and
become a wholesaler in Chicago realty.
There may be retributiOn in this claim
of one of the Kaiser's subjects to the
town-site OF Chicago. for a Chicago wo-
man couple Of years ago came over
here and employed lawyers to establish
her title 10 the site of Berlin. She is
the mother-in-law of a popular young
millionaire clubman, who has never
taken much stock in the claim and pen
stoned the good lady on condition she
would leave Berlin in peaceful possess
sion OF its own and worry ai0ug on
&So month Of his money
FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Promotion Examinations
In a FacetiOuS Shape
Naval Officers Become Playful While Sail
ing the Ocean BIue-What Would a
Chaplain Say? --xssS

Even in the midst OF peace the officers
of the United States navy are occasion
ally at war. but the conflict is between
themselves, and il is playful. For ex-
ample, a group of these on the ships or
the North Atlantic Squadron were re-
Gently amusing themselves with discus
sions of the promotion question. Incl
dentally il might be said that behind
their Ievity might be detected something
deeper.
1t is regulation of the navy that
every officer must be examined for pro-
motion except a chaplain. and some Of
the questions propounded in these exam
nations have aroused the humorous
criticism of the victims AS a conse-
quence, one OF the lieutenants aboard
the battIeship Iowa framed a list of
supposititious questions to be put to a
chaplain should il ever happen that he
would be obliged 10 undergo an eXami-
nation for bishop.
deck. in undress "A" about to leave the
ship on c. NJ. NJ. duty. an apprentice
seaman IN the seventeenth month of his
enlistment drops on him from aloft a pot
of spar color. Give an adequately force
ful expression of sentiment. in any mod
ern language, avoiding use or ali English
deriYauons.
Could He Do 1t.
Explain fully why. in all parts of the
world. English is resorted to when forci-
BILE invective IS required. Decline the
above yocative. demonstrative case.
Dead language-Sketch and describe
the voice of conscience.
Repeat the twenty-third Psalm back
ward in Hebrew.
Describe briefly. with sketch. the con-
fusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
Seamanship on the Sea OF Lick
plain. in detail why the navy anchor
is used as the symbol of hOpe2
What would be the effect of substi-
tuting a patent anchor? Illustrate by
line sketch.
Sketch and describe Jacobs ladder.
In abandoning the ship in the punt off
the east coast OF Bungao, what final pro-
vision should there be made2
Is IL better for one of ordinary draft
to weather the Storm of Life" head on
or stern to2
Explain the mode of use of oil on the
troubled waters. with one Dutchman
and two Irishmen in the mess.
Give in full the Rules of the Road
fstraight and narrow PATH Explain
the application of the Golden Rule.
What is the best kind of red paint to
he used for marine growths2
Celestial aVigation-Describe fully the
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Mysterious Case.

The case is one of the most mysterious
in southwestern Kansas. Monday night.
December IS, was spent by Clarence Al
bright at the home of his father, five
miles away. Early Tuesday morning he
rode TO his own cattle ranch. An hour
after his arrival he called the telephone
operator at Kingman. and asked the girl
TO tell his father that he was very i'll.
dying perhaps, and asking him to hurry
to his side.
The message was transmitted to the
elder Albright and the father started at
once for the home of his son. The young
er man had lost consciousness before his
father arrived. and five minutes after
his father reached him was dead The
written message was signed and evident
ly haG been the cattleman's last message
before death. The stomach of the dead
man was removed and an examination
disclosed the fact that death was due
to carbolic acid poisoning.
Since hardy frOntiersmen first began
to fill up the Kansas plains the Albright
family has prospered. and in the years
that have passed they have made many
enemies. Petty aUarrels have arisen and
there have been troubles of Il graver ma
ture than threatened to disrupt the en-
tire community in which they made their
home
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Expects Generosity.

Johan hcSciuszh0 writes 10 the
Evening Bulletins Berlin correspondent
to say that the statement that he is in
possession OF documentary evidence of
his title to Chicago IS. unfortunately.
not true. He pleads that he has only
seen among his fathers papers certain
letters from Gen. Thaddeus Kosciusz-
ko. Johans great-grandfather, in which
repeated reference is made to the mag
nificent generosity of. the United States
Government. These letters, Johan adds
with unfeigned sorrow, are lost, and
when the city council gets ready to
hand oyer deed to the municipality.
# Will have to take Johan's word or
forever be stigmatized IN Gnesen as in
gratitude incarnate.
Koscivszko adds specifically that he
trusts TO the llberality of Chicago aid
ermen' to get his rights. He has an
aunt living somewhere within the c.ty
limits. but her address-like the revo-
lutionary heirs land grant--has been
lost
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Incensed at Marriage.

Five years ago Clarence Albright mar
ried Mabel Anderson. considered the
belle of Kingman county. She was the
daughter of retired cattleman, and at
the head of the county schools. She
was a beautiful girl and many We're the
aspirants for her hand. Miss Ander
sons marriage to young Albright in
creased the enmity that was growing.
Trouble was averted for three years.
however, and then came the rural teIe-
phone. NJ. j. Albright. the father OF
Clarence. was the prime mover in the
establishments of n local system in this
county. Albright wanted 10 control the
local company. So did the others The
result was a real fight in which Albright
was dangerously beaten one night
Since the beginning of the trouble
over the telephone line a local paper
started q contest for the most beautiful
girl I'm the county Miss Mamie Al
bright was a candidate for the honors
and piano. The contest became bitter
Other wealthy cattlemen had daughters
and they were very anxious that they
win the prize. The subscriptions to the
local paper was quickly doomed. so
many votes being given for each yearly
subscription paid in advance
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
Land Given to Hero.

The Kosciouszkos of Gnesen-theIe e
are two families of claimants-boast of
nneal descendency from the Polish ma
tional hero, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who
fought for Washington and returned to
Poland with the rank OF brigadier gen.
eral in the American army In recog-
milton of his services. according to his
heirs, the young government of the
United States presented General Kos
ciuszko with a plot of land on which
thirty-five or forty years later the
town-site of Chicago was laid out. The
plot was the same zone piece of land.
six miles square, at the mouth of the
Chekajo river emptxing into the south
west end OF Lake Michigan. where a
fort formerly stood" that the Gederal
Government acquired from the Indians
in 1895.
The Washington times., 1905-12-25
GERMAN BRICKLAYER
MAY OWN CHICAGO
j. KosciuszkO Lays Claim
to City.
DESCENDANT OF GENERAL
Potential ulti-Millionaire's Dream
Is the Result of an Old
Land Grant.

The Philadelphia Bulletin has received
q dispatch from Berlin which says:
Johan Kosciuszko is a bricklayer at
Gnesen. German Poland He claims TO
be a potential multi-millionaire, for he
dreams some day of coming into pos
session of his own which is nothing less
than the site of the city of Chicago.
Johan is not one of those simple souls
who believe that virtue is its own re-
ward and that fortune will smile upon
him without any coaxing on his part
He and his family are resorting to more
practical measures. They are prepar-
ing to bring suit against the United
States Government for compensation TO
the amount of 800. 900. .000-which Chi
cagoans who are familiar with the tax
able value of the city's real estate will
surely find a modest enough figure 10
place upon the region ruled over by
Mayor Dunno