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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17

found him in an unconscious condition.
his temperature being 1Q7. Nothing
could be done for him and he died jan
uary /. Dr. Born attributes his death
to lobar pneumonia.
Before she could attend the funeral
Of her son or even indulge her mater
nal sorrow at his sudden taking off,
Mrs. Emma Richardson was also
stricken and died January 1.
When Mrs. Richardson and her son
were lying on their beds of death,
they had two visitors, Fred A. Staud.
Mrs Richardson's SON. in-law, and
George Wiser, the chum Of John Rich
ardson. The dread scourge marked
them for its own while they prosecuted
their work of mercy. Wiser died Janu-
airy from double lobar pneumonia.
Last Victim Of Disease.
Fred A. Staud, the last victim, after
visiting the Richardson's, complained
Of not feeling well. DR.. G. F. Han
son was summoned and found that
Staud had pneumonia of the left lung.
After being ill two days he died on
January 10.
DR.. J. Albert Horn, who attended
three of the patients, is frankly puz-
zled by the case He has this to say:
1T is an extraordinary affair. I
never knew anything like it before.
Pneumonia is an infectious disease.
But then the nurses, who attended
the sick people night and day, did not
get it. 1t just seemed to spread among
the relatives. They were good deal
worn out Richardson had been in a
bad physical condition for several
years, but Wiser seemed very strong
and healthy. The conditions of the
homes may have had something to do
with it, The Richardson nome and the
place where young Schmidt lived are
in bad state-damp and cold-no
sunshine; the plumbing and wall paper
are very old. They have not been rem
ovated for years"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
GIRL SEEKING A MURDERER.
Pretty California Maid Followed Trail
In Nevada WiIds.

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 17.-For more
than three months pretty Annie Anern
of 925 Pine street, has been in the
mountainous wilds of Nevada, near
Derby, attempting to gather evidence
which will lead to the detection and
conviction of the murders of her
father Michael Ahern, whose body,
bearing unmistakable evidence of foul
play, was found in the Truckee river
near Derby, last July. The plucky
girl returned today with the remains
of her murdered parent, and after see7
ing them decently buried tomorrow in
S. Mary's cemetery, will return to take
up the trail which she hopes will lead
to the discovery Of the criminals. In
her role of detective she has met with
many vicissitudes in the "manslaugh-
ter hell-hole" of Nevada, as the girl
declares Derby is termed. Not alone
have the thugs Of the camps put
every obstacle in her way, but the
very grave in which her father was
buried had not been marked, and the
daughter was forced to undergo the
ordeal Of having the coffin opened in
order to identify the body.
Michael Ahern, employed as gang
foreman in the construction of the
government canal between Derby and
Wadswortn, was last seen alive July
10, 1904, at Derby. At that time he
cashed $500 worth of pay checks at
Buckman's store, but retained add1-
tional checks uncashed to the amount
of $685. Two days later his body was
found in the Truckee river at Peter
sons ranch, a deep cash on the fore
head showing where he had been
felled before his body was thrown into
the water. The uncashed checks were
still upon his person, but the cur
rency was gone. The remains were
taken to wadsworth and buried there.
The family of the murdered man were
at a loss to know what to DO. No
effectual steps being taken by the Ne
vaja authorities to run the criminals
down. Miss Annie Ahern, one of the
three daughters, resolved to take mat
tiers into her own hands. She is de-
| termined young woman of four and
twenty, and does not know what fear
| is. She went to Derby. There, pro-
1 curing a pony and rifle, she has spent
three months in t canal camps, and
she believes that she. has unmistakable
clues to the identity Of the murderers,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
DO NOT WANT POWELL AT NOME
Movement at Portland to Keep Him
From Becoming Marshal.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. ia move
ment is under way here to have the
president recall the appointment of
Thomas Cader Powell as federal mar
shall for the Nome district Failing in
this, an effort will be made to prevent
his confirmation by the senate. It is
claimed that had Roosevelt known of
Powelrs political record he would
never have appointed him. Powell is
alleged to have been concerned in
frouds attempted by the Multnoman
County Republican central committee
last June.
Under the election laws of Oregon
an unregistered voter is allowed to
cast his ballot, provided he makes oath
as to his qualifications and six free
holders also make affidavit that thew
are personally acquainted with him and
know his statements to be true. Hun
dreds of unregistered voters were conl-
onlzed just prior to election by the
republican machine of which Powell
has always been an active member. A
thousand or more affidavits were pre-
pared previous to election at the coun-
~ committees headquarters and
signed to by men of that organization
Voters names and residences were
left blank. The signers of each aff1-
davlt swore before notary that they
were personally acquainted with the
voters and that his statements were
true.
Powell signed scores of those blank
affidavits, some of which have beer
forwarded to the president. The fraud
was discovered by a democrat early
on election day and exposed in the
press of Portland, so that only a few
affidavits were used. The election
laws provide severe penalty for Vic.
'iauohs' out as the democrats carried
the election the frauds were not nros.
ecuted.
PoWell comes of an ofice-holdina
family of politicians. He himself has
been an employee of the county as den.
1ty sheriff. county clerk and in vari.
Gus other capacities almost continual,
since 1883. Members of his family nou
mold office as assistant postmaster
clerk of the revenue Office and count,
court bailiff
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
IMPERFECT DIGESTION.

Means less nutrition and in conse-
quence less vitality. When the liver
fails to secrete bile, the blood becomes
loaded with bilious properties, the d.
gestion becomes impaired and the
bowels constipated. Herbine will rec
tify this; it gives tone to the stomach.
liver and kidneys. strengthens the ap-
petite. clears ana improves the GEM
plexion, infuses new life and vigor to
the whole aystem. 80 cents q battle.
For sale BY UpinSton Drug Store. 4
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
PNEUMONIA PLAYS HAVOC.
Incident In San francisco Proves the
Seourge to be Infectious.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.-Five
people stricken with pneumonia, four
of whom contracted it through conta-
gion, are dead in this city-a remark
able proof of the new theory that the
dread disease is infectious.
The dead are Frank Schmidt, BAT
San Carlos avenue; John Richardson
and Mrs. Emma Richardson, of 6S6
Capp street; George Wiser, Of 2426
Harrison street land Fred A. Stand. of
1927 Twenty-fourth street. The deaths
of the last named four are directly
traced to the first case of little sixteen
year-old Frank Schmidt.
Physicians in New York have for
some time been investigating the ma
ture of pneumonia with the object OF
showing that it is infectious. AS the
result Of experiments they have made
by inoculating animals with the bacili
of the disease pneumonia patients are
now isolated in the New York hospi-
tails and sanitariums.
Typhoid Pneumonia.
On December IA, Frank Schmidt, a
lad Of sixteen years Of age, was taken
i'll at his home. He was treated by
DR.. John Townsend, who diagnosed
his case as typhoid fever and pneumo-
mia. The boy died after an illness OF
twelve days.
During his sickness his grandmother
Mrs. Emma Richardson, and his uncle,
John Richardson, came to see him.
Three days after the death Of the
young boy, John Richardson was taken
Ill. DR.. J. A. Born was called In and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17

Are you musical? If SO don't over
look Stanley's. Largest and best
Music Store in the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17

Idaho line. It was just after dinner
and the child was amusing herself
alone. The first intimation she had of
the presence of the eagle was the
sound of Tapping wings. The child
house, barely escaping the ugly talons
The bird. however, made another
succeeded in carrying her off had not
Mr.. Merriman rushed from the house
eagle and killed it. 1t measured seven
feet from tip to tip.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
Rev. CARLISLE p. 3. MARTIN, LID.

OF Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a
morning, when first arising, often find
a troublesome collection of phlegm,
which produces a cough and is very
hard to dislodge; but small quantity
of Billiards. Horehound Syrup will at
once dislodge it, and the trouble is
over. I know of no medicine that is
equal to it, and it is so pleasant to
take. l can most cordially recon-
mend it to all persons needing a med
icine for throat or lung trouble" Csc,
SOC and $1.00.
For sale by Upington Drug Store. a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17

DOVER, DEL, Jan. 1.-THE inaugu-
ration of Preston Lea as governor
Of Delaware took place today. The
event was accompanied with the usual
ceremonies and was attended by the
state officials members Of the legis-
lature and many visitors from various
points throughout the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
SAVES CHILD FROM EAGLE.
Father Fires In Time to Prevent L it'll,
One From Being Killed.

PALOUSE, Wash, Jan. 17-By a
quick dash to the rescue, George Mer-
riman saved his 5-year- old daughter.
Beulah. from the talons of a huge
eagle which twice swooped down at
the child in an attempt to carry her
away. Beulah was playing in the door
yard Of the Merriman home, about
two miles east Of Palouse, just over the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17
CRUDE OIL a SUCCESS.
The New Method Endorsed by Som
Government Men.

FARGO, N. D., Jan. 1.-THE repre-
sentatives of the United States cattle
inspection for the Dakotas and Mon
tana, with headquarters here, have
announced that dipping cattle with
crude oil for eradication of scab is a
decided success.
In the southern states the oil treat
ment had been used for other diseases.
but the test made last fall by Montana
and North Dakota stockmen was the
first ever tried on cattle afflicted with
scab. Seventy of the animals that had
the disease in the most pronounced
form were cut out from the herd and
later driven from the Montana line to
Towner, in this state and reinspected
after more than two months had
elapsed.
The renispection showed that all the
traces of scabies had disappeared and
the cattle was in splendid condition.
With the treatment officially in
dorsed by the government inspectors,
the cattlemen feel that they have won
a noteworthy victory in the treatment
of their herds. The sulphur treatment
required two dippings. which made it
very expensive. The crude oil does
the work with one application and
saves half the time and expense.
Are you musical? If so don't over
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-17

Northwestern Mutual Fire Associa-
ton. F. E. Waters, agent, Room 90
P. o. Bldg.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
OLDER THAN SPHINX
IS NATURAL SCULPTURE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
Marvel Of Mature Well Described by
Poet Of a Past eeneratlon-Formed
Thousands Of Years Before the Time
Of Adam.

King wrote Of the Profile as he did
OF all the wonders of the New Hamp-
shire mountains, from the keenest
sense of their beauty and grandeur,
and in the hope of making others real
lie how near to their doors were SPLEEN
doris Of nature as marvellous as could
be found in any other part OF the
world. The following extract is from
his book, The White Hills" 1863:
If the inclosing walls OF Franconia
Notch were less grand, and the ate
gems less lovely, travellers would be
still, perhaps, as strongly attracted to
the spot, that they might see a noun
tain which breaks into human express
sion-a piece of sculpture older than
the Sphinx-an intimation of the hu,
man counteDance, which is the crown
Of all beauty, hat was pushed out
from the coarse strata of New Eng
land, thousands of years before Adam.
The marvel of this circumstance,
outlined so distinctly against the sky,
at an elevation of nearly 1900 feet
above the road, is greatly increased by
NV AeNh that IL 10 VI AnItG
masses of rock which are not in per-
pendicular line with each other. On
the brow of the mountain itself, stand
ing on the visor of the helmet that
covers the face or directly underneath
it, on the shore of the little lake, there
is no iatimation of any human fea-
lures in the lswless rocks. Remove
but a few rods either way from the
g%uideboard Oh the road, where you r
advised to look up, and the charm is
dissolved.
The whole profile is about so feet in
length, and of the three separate
masses Of rock which r combined in
its composition, one forms the fore
head, another the nose and upper lip,
and the third the chin. The best time
to see the Profile is about 4 in the
afternoon Of a summer day. Then,
standing by the little lake at the base
and looking up, one fulfils the appeal
of our great transcendental poet in a
literal sense, in looking at the jutting.
rocks and
Through their granite seeming
Sees the smile of reason beaming.
The expression is really noble, with
a suggestion partly of fatigue and mel
ancholy. The upper portion of the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
Fraxed cuffs.

Among the minor arts Of life OF
which we have lately given some IN
stances is one which is sadly neg.
nected. It relates to the treatment Of
shirt cuffs that show the first protest
against the laundry's handling. The
%laundress is cruel, but the man who
pares his shirt cuffs with scissors
heaps folly upon brutality. With the
first touch Of steel the cuff is ruined.
Light a match and pass it round the
frayed edge lido not burn your wrist.
The cleansing fire will remove the
dross and leave intact the pure gloss
of the cum. A cuff treated with fire
will last laundry generations longer
than the cuff treated with steel-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03

BY Thomas Starr King.
mouth looks a little weak, as though
the front teeth had deeayed, and the
granite lip had consequently fallen in.
Those who can see 1t with a thunder
cloud behind, and the slaty scud driv-
ing thin across 1t, will carry away the
grandest impression which it ever
snakes on the beholder's mind. But
when, after an August shower, late In
the afternoon, the mists that rise fVom
the forests below, congregate around
1t, and, smitten with sunshine, break
as they drift against it's nervous out
line and hiding the mass of the noun
tain which it overhangs, isolate it with
a thin halo. the c~ountenance. awful
but benignant, lis as if a mighty angel
were sitting among the hills and en-
robing himself in a yesture of gold and
purple"
The whole mountain from which the
Profile starts is one Of the nOblest
specimens Of majestic rock that can
be e in New Hampshire. One may
tire Of the craggy %eountenance sooner
than of the sublime front and vigorous
slopes OF Manet canyon itself-espe-
ciaIly as it is seen with it's great
patches of tawny color. in driving up
from the lower part Of the Notch to
the Profile house, Yet the interest Of
the mountain to visitors has been so
concentrated in the Profile that very
few have studied and enjoyed the
nobler grandeur on which that coun-
tenance is only a fantastic freak.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 oz.-one full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 1907. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance,
He knows hat Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand De-
tiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
Colorado Day-Lewis q Clark Expoai-
tion. nortlnnd, August a., 1905.


The largest and most important OK
cursion from Colorado to the Portland
fair this year viii be that OF August
18th, TO be run under the auspices OF
the Colorado Board OF Managers for
the Lewis & Clark Exposition, and the
Colorado State Commercial Association.
The exposition management has set
a1tu- Tuesday, AuguS 22d, as Colorado
Day, n Governor Mcdonald and the
Cci0Fado Board of Managers are PLAN
ming to make the day enc Of the most
sition.
Plans for the program a, cortland.
though as yet Incomplete, incl~E a
great mass meeting at the Temple o.
Music On the afternoon of Colorado
Day, with addresses by Governor Cham
btrlain of oregon, the mayor OF Port
Goods of the Lewis & Clark Exposition.
and other prominent speakers from this
and other states. In the evening there
viii be a banquet or q ball or possibly
both, and on the following day an ex-
cursion to points on Puget Sound.
The official Colorado train win leave
Denver at 3 q m August 18th, over
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. 1t
Will carry Governor Mcdonald and his
stan and the Colorado visitors to Port
land on account of the states celebra
ton there. and It will also be the ohi-
clal train Tor the Colorado delegates to
the National Irrigation Congress,
which holds its thirteenth annual ses-
sion in Portland, August 22-24.
Arriving in Salt Lake City on the
lay over there until 8 p. m. A royal
days entertainment is being planned
by the Utah Commercial Club and the
citizens OF Salt LAX City. The train
will reach Portland early Tuesday
morning.
All the details of the trip and sleeper
reservations may be obtained from the
secretary of the Colorado state Com
mercial Association, 707 Eighteenth
street, Denver, or a. Mcfarland, c. II.
A., Denver, J. M. Ellison. general agent,
Colorado Springs. II. +. Kruger, gen
eral agent, Pueblo, or any Denver &
Rio Grande agent.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
How the Last Man VIII Live.

The earth is ever radiating away
heat into space. And so at last comes
q vision of earthly cherubim, hopping
heads, great Unconditional intelligences
and little hearts, fighting together per-
force and f~iercely against the cold that
grips them tighter and tighter. For
the world is cooling-slowly and in
evitably it grows colder as the years
roll by. Eve must imagine these crea-
lures" says the professor, in galleries
and laboratories deep down in the
bowels of the earth. The whole world
will be -snow-covered and piled with
fee; all animals, all vegetation van
ished, except this last branch of the
tree of life. The last men have gone
even deeper, following the diminishing
heat of the planet. and vast metallic
shafts and ventilators make way for
the air they need.'-From the Metro
politan Magazine for July.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
OLDEST LETTER is FOUND.
Written on Lead 400 Years B.. C.. anc
Discovered IL Attica.

What is said to be the Oldest letter
in the world has been found in some
excavations in ancient Attica. M. vii
helm, secretary of the Austrian Ar
Genealogical institute, who successes
in deciphering it, asserts that it sdS
written four centuries before Christ.
It is engraved on a leaden leaf, folded
in two. and it bears on the outside
the following address:
ITO the porter of the market at
Potts, to be delivered either to Maui
sias or to Thrasicles, or to their sons
The text of the letter is as follows;
"Mneslangos sends his greetings to
those in the house and informs them
that he is in good health. Please send
me a blanket or some sheepskins, il
possible, of the ordinary kind, without
ornaments. AS loon as the occasion
offers l shall return them"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
TEACHING PRISONERS
RvssIANs Ar scAooL m 1919
Novel Treatment Of Seventy Thousand
Enemies Who Were Captured by
Japanese Army and Navy.

M NS
It is a very peculiar story that comes
from the Far East, where, according
to trustworthy Information, the Japa-
nese government has organized a
regular program Of educational work
for the benefit Of the more than sew
enty thousand Russian prisoners now
scattered over Japan. The Japanese
have addressed themselves to their
task In their usual methodical and
business-like way. A complete census
Of the prisoners was first taken, the
Russians, Poles and Jews being sepa-
rated. Then the illiterate, mostly
Russians, were formed into classes,
which were placed under teachers Sc
lected from among the hest educated
OF the prisoners, under Japanese super
visors. In addition, more advanced
educational work was undertaken, in
struction being impaired in Russian
and Polish. And here it may be re-
marked that some of the Polish pris-
oners have jokingly remarked that It
has been necessary for them to come
all the way to japan TO learn their own
tongue, which is under a ban at home.
The plans Of the progressive little
Japs for the intellectual and moral
improvement OF their prisoners have
succeeded beyond expectations. Even
the amusements afforded the captives
are Of an instructive character. Books
and newspapers are literally provided
and plays are represented il the
camps, in which Japanese actors per-.
form historical pieces, generally in
%Culcating the fundamental virtues, pat
riotism above all.
The treatment of the prisoners
taken in battle can hardly be described
as adding insult to injury, though
some of the Russian authorities might
be inclined to consider it that way.
And it is difficult to determine just
what the purpose of the Japanese is
in this work. which is certain to have
a powerful influence upon Russian do
nestle affairs in the near future.
Can it be that Japan is deliberately
inoculating her prisoners with the.
microbes of education and patriotism
for the purpose of spreading them
abroad through the Russian empire,
or is it merely a good natured and
humanitarian effort to provide occupa-
tion for the captives during their en-
forced idleness PUEBLO Chieftain.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-03
Fish Report bv TeIephone.

An English paper reports that a
Norwegian has invented a telephone
by which the noise made by fish in
the depths of the sea can be heard.
The instrument consists of a micro
phone in a Theoretically sealed steel
box. It is connected with a telephone
on shipboard by electric wires, each
sound in the water being Intensified
by the m~icrophone. The inventor as.
serts that with it's aid the presence of
fish, and approximately their number
and kind, can be recognized. When
herrings or smaller fish are encoun-
tered in large numbers they make a
whistling noise and the sound made
by Goldfish is more like bowling. If
they come near the submarine tele-
phone their motion can be distinguish
ed. The flow of water through the
gills produces a noise similar to the
labored breathing of a quadruped and
the motion of the fins produces a dull
rolling sound.-Richard Guenther, con-
sui general, Frankfort, Germany.