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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Climb Mountain On skis

GENEVA. April Fifteen members OF
the Montreux Ski club. including several
Englishmen, climbed to the great ST.
Bernard on skis Tuesday, although many
Of them We're exhausted and had to be
aided by the monks to reach the sum-
nit This is the FIRST ascent of the year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
A Careful judo.

"Aren't YOU going to fine tlat man for
carrying concealed weaponsg asked the
clerk OF the court.
Il guess So" answered the Kentucky
judge. although cant help feeling that
q man who is Willing 70 Keep his firearms
peacefully in his pocket ought to be on
eouraged. --saTastington STAR.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-02
Autos IN the Orient

Practically speaking, there is no ex-
tended market for automobiles in China,
writes United States Consul Anderson
from Hangchau to Washington. In the
average Chinese city it would be impos-
sible to use a machine. and there is no
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
HUGO AND HIS WIFE.
Vehenence Of the Author ana HI
Better Half's Placidity.

vehenence Of the Author ana HI
Better Hslrs Placidity.
N. Paul Stapfer in the Mercure de
France quotes a fragment Of Victor
Hugp's after dinner monologues. The
pose Of the man accustomed to an ex.
pectation Of big utterances, Of meta.
physical suggestions, Is well conveyed
In the quotations. Victor Hugo. it Is
hardly necessary to observe, was dis
tinctly a prophet in his own country
as well as abroad. BY 8 In the evening,
says NJ. Stapfer, Victor Hugo had
warmed to his work. He burst forth:
"How poor, how small. how absurd
atheism is! God exists. am more
sure Of his existence than am Of my
own. If God lends me sufficient length
Of life want to write a book showing
how necessary to the soul prayer is
how necessary and how eficacious.
Personally I never pass four hours
without prayer. l pray regularly ev-
cry morning and evening. If wake
In the night pray. What do 1 pray
for? Strength. I know what is right
and what is wrong, but realize my
imperfections and that Of myself
have not the strength to resist evil
God surrounds and upholds us. We
are in him. From him we have life,
movement, being. All is created by
him. But it is not true to say that be
has created the world. He creates 1t
increasingly. He is the soul of the uni
verse. He is the infinite I. He is
you are asleep, Adele"
The abrupt accusation was hurled at
Mrs. Hugo. Since dinner she had been
sitting silently in an armchair, rather
huddled and drawn up In attitude, her
chin resting on her chest, her hands
folded on her stomach and her eyelids
closed. Her regular breathing had been
pleasantly interrupted. Reused abrupt
~, injured innocence protested vigor-
ously in her manner, "You dear great
thing, how could you possibly imagine
1 should go to sleep while you were
talking?'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
$4,000 FOR THE kIDNAPPER
Rich Man, in Terror Lest Child Will
Be Stolen, Offers Reward

OSWEGO, N. T., June 9.-Driven al
most to the point of insanity by nu-
merous letters threatening to kidnap
or murder his daughter Rosamond,
John Jay Tonkin. a wealthy and prom
inent citizen, has announced the offer
of reward Of $4,000 for the discov-
cry of the person who mas been writ
ing letters to him demanding a large
sum Of money or threatening dire re-
suits.
The offer of the reward reveals a
story Of months of haunting fear,
which has made life unbearable to the
members of the family
Mr.. and Mrs. Tonkin had three
daughters. One, Virginia, died three
years ago. The shock affected the
parents greatly. 1t is said the body
was embalmed and kept in the house
for nearly eight months, when the au-
thorities interfered and it was buried.
Soon after this came the first letter
demanding money and threatening
harm to Rosamond. Since then the
missives have arrived at frequent in
tervals. The child has grown morose
and sickly.
TOnkin showed the letter to the o.
wego police, but no clew to the writer
could be obtained. Private detectives
were employed with no better results.
With nerves shattered by the strain,
Mrs. TOnkin took Romamond to New
York six months ago, but the letters
followed Mrs. Tonkin and more detec-
tives were engaged. They were as un-
successful as the others had been, and
broken in health and spirit, Mrs. Ton
kin returned to Oswego with the child.
Armed coachmen and detectives al
ways accompany RosamOnd when she
leaves the house.
On May %, Cora Sweet, Child, was
dragged into lonely field near here
and murdered. The crime stirred the
whole city and the farmland who con-
fessed was protected with difficulty.
This murder SO alarmed Mr.. and Mrs
Tonkin that they offered the reward in
the belief that it would stimulate the
search for the letter-w writer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA.
The Sleeping Cars and the Steamer
on the VOlGa.

The Sleeping Cars and the Steamers
on the Volga.
The sofas of our staterooms on the
enough to sit on, were devoid Of the
other trappings which in these degen-
crate days are thought necessary to a
nights rest, and we had not yet learn
ed the peculiarities of Muscovite travel.
The old fashioned Russian travels
with his own gear and makes himself
comfortable according to his own ideas,
and they are by no means narrow. A
place to sleep OH is provided. The rest
he brings. On the Russian sleeping
clothes and who wish to undress and
60 to bed in the American fashion can
have all that is requisite for so cents.
The porter on demand brings linen
sack, whose seal he cuts in your pres
ence with considerable ceremony and
from which he produces a pillow,
blankets and sheets Of beautiful fine
linen. This was the system on our
boat, and our minds were soon at rest.
l afterward inspected the lower decks
Of the ship and saw the way the third
class passengers were cared for. 1t
was primitive, but clean and wholly
suited to the customs Of the people.
Each person was provided with spot
less board shelf to sleep on by night
and sit on by day, and he made himself
as happy or as uncomfortable as he
chose. Most Of the passengers seemed
to take travelling as migration, to
Judge by the pots and kettles, furn1-
ture, blankets and clothing slowed
about them-"everything but the kitch-
en- stove" that important but dan
gerous article being replaced by the
ships galley, with It's bountiful hot
water always ready for the eternal
teamak1ng-Captain T. Bentley Mott.
q. 8. A., In Scribners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
FORREST STATUE FACES SOUTH
Satisfactory Reason Is Given and Fig.
ure Will Stand as Raised

MEMPHIS, June 9.-The statue of
General Nathan Bedford Forrest,
Wizard of the Saddle" which was
unveiled Tuesday in Forrest park, will
continue to face the south, despite the
many protests of confederate soldiers.
1t was not until the heroic size
equestrian statue of General Forrest
was completed that it was generally
noticed that the horse and rider were
faced towards the south, that part of
rest fought so valiantly.
rest fought sovaliantly.
There was a storm of protest that
continued even at the unwilling cere-
monies.
General Forrest never turned his
back to the enemy said those VINO OBJ
jected to the position of the bronze
figure.
The committee which has the erec-
ton of the statue in charge said not a
word up to the unwilling in explana-
ton of what was seeming oversight
on their part. Then they gave their
views, which apparently settle the con-
troversy.
"Tne placing of the statue facing to-
ward the south was not the result of
an accident" said a member of the
committee. Its position is the result
of much discussion"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09

primitive canal, built in the days OF
the Spanish occupancy, which is now
in use for small steamers.
Route Of the Canal.
beginning at the ancient port OF
Cartagena, on the caribbean, the ca
nal follows up the Atrato river south
west through marshy tract of coun-
try, connecting by the small canal re-
ferred to with the Quito river, which
empties into the Gulf Of Darien at
Quibdo, the center of a rich gold bear
ing country.
"Al that is needed to make the ca
nal available for ocean going vessels
of ordinary tonnage is the blasting out
of the Needles at the entrance Of the
Gulf of Darien, the removal of the
bar at the mouth of the Atrato river
and the clearing out of a number OF
dangerous rocks and gravel banks in
the Quito.
by making the tolls lower than
those in the Panama canal, it is ar
gued that Colombia will divert so
much traffic from that waterway as to
make it a losing venture, thereby CIV
ing Colombia her long hoped-for re-
venge upon the 'scheming Yankees ="
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
Travellers at Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis, June 9.-Wiscon-
sin knights Of the grip, one thousand
stronf, have captured Oshkosh, and
will remain in possession during the
rest of the wekk. The occasion is the
eighth annual state convention of the
United Commercial Travellers. The
gathering was formally opened in the
armory this morning with J. H. A..
Lacher of Waukesha, presiding. The
roll call by Grand Secretaryv. Van
De Water of GAINESVILLE, showed that
every local lodge in the state was well
represented.
TIE opening session was given over
to addresses of welcome and respon-
ses. the annual address of the grand
chancellor and the reports of other Of
f1cers. The afternoon session adjourn
ed early for the convention parade,
which was the largest and most sue
cessful affair of it's kind ever seen
mere.
Elaborate entertainment has been
provided for the visiting drummers,
many of whom are accompanied by
their wives and families.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
A Distinction

Mark Twain was talking about his
work in those days." he said. Zone
morning my father led me into the
garden, and pointed to a bed of flow
ers that had considerable number
of weeds in it.
"I want you,' said my father, to
weed out this flower bed
Il examined the task before me, and,
the more I looked at it, the bigger it
seemed to grow. Certainly I had
never seen so many weeds in my life.
Wouldn't it be a simpler operation,
said to my father, to flower out the
weed bed?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
GEORGIA-FLORlDA BANKERS
Interesting Financial Questions Dis
cussed at Joint Meeting

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla, June g.
Several hundred leading bankers from
all parts of Georgia and Florida are
here to attend a joint convention of
their state associations. The meeting
of the Georgia Bankers association
was called to order in the assembly
room of the Continental hotel this
morning by President Miller S. Lell,
of Milledgeyille. The invocation was
by Rev. w. E. Boggs, of Jacksonville.
The forenoon was given over to the
reports of officers and committees
This afternoon the Georgia bankers
met in joint session with their Florida
brethren. During the afternoon ad-
dresses were delivered as follows:
"The Northern Banker Passing on
Paper Offered by the Southern Bank
err" A. J. McGraith, vice president of
the National Shoe & Leather Bank of
New York city; "The Modern Bank
and It's Employe," w. o. Jones, assist
ant cashier National Park Bank, New
York city; Naval Stores and Tim
ber," w. F. Coachman, president Flor
ida Bank & Trust company, Jackson
Vile; 1.-THE Money Order of the Amer
lean Bankers Association" w. F. La
frentz, comptroller of the American
Surety company, Ney York city.
Elaborate arrangements have been
concluded for the annual convention
banquet to be given tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
COLOMBIA BUILDS A CANAL
South Americans Will Cut the Isthmus
to Spite United States.

NEW YORK, June 9-According to
we'll known scientific writer, versed
in South American affairs. VINO has
just returend from an extensive tour
of exploration through Colombia. that
republic is to be avenged on the United
States for doing" her out of Panama
by constructing a canal of her own.
Abundant European capital, the au-
thorlty states, has been offered for the
enterprise, and a route has already
been selected. President Reyes, how
ever, has so far rejected all offers of
foreign aid, as he is anxious that the
entire work shall be completed nv
Colombian money, and shall stand as
lasting monument to Colombia en-
terprise and patriotism.
Work has been Started
In fact" says the informant,
though nothing has been heard of the
matter in the United States, it has
long been canvassed in the Colombian
press and the plans have gone so far
that the actual work of construction
has already been started by a penal
colony stationed for the purpose at
Quibdo. a small port on the Pacific
side of Colombia.
Inc canal, of course, will be muca
longer than that now in progress at
'ne isthmus, but will be vastly less
expensive, because it will follow the
course of the Atrato and Quito rivers.
winch are already connected by a very
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
NOTICE..

I am pleased to inform the public
that we have been appointed agents of
the Washington Fire Insurance Com
pany of Seattle, splendid young insti-
tuition composed of many Of our states
most prominent merchants and capital
lists, with a capital and surplus Of
$262,500. This is the only regular stock
fire insurance company on the coast
out Of San Francisco and as such
should command-and trust will re-
ceive-Your hearty support. May ]
ask you to see me before arranging for
your next insurance.
Very respectfully,
B. S. WOODRUFF & CO.,
Phone Main 1854 Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
Safer where He Was.

The man who had been arrested Tor
having eight wives was awakened oy
a fellow prisoner, who hoarsely whis-
pered:
"Come on, sport. We've got some
false KEYS and unlocked the cell doors,
and we're all going to escape"
Look here" said the octagamist des-
perately,, unless you promise me that
when you all get out of the jail you
will lock the doors carefully again Ill
raise a racket and expose your prof.
ect.''
"Why, what's wrong? Don't you
want to escape?"
Escape! You lock me In here and
20 on about your business. Don't you
know these steel bars are all that sep
arate me from my eight wives"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
RESERVE YOUR ROOMS FOR THE
PORTLAND FAIR NOW.

Through an agreement with the
Portland Service Co. we are in a posi-
ton to reserve rooms In Portland for
a limited number. 1t is not necessary
to give the date you expect to be in
Portland at the time application is
made for room. Your accommodation
will be reserved for you when you ar
rive.
It is advisable to make reservations
for rooms early in order to save time
on arrival. Rooms can be had now
from Is cents to $3.50 per day and
those making application now will get
the choice Of the rooms.
For full information call on or ad-
dress, r. BURNS,
General Agent, No. 81 Main st.
Walla Walia, Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
NAN QUIT THE STAGE.
The Disapproval of Public Drives the
Showgirl to Retirement

ALTOONA, Pa, June 9.-Nan Ran
dolph Patterson, discouraged, dis
heartened and completely broken in
spirit, has severed her connection with
'The Romance of Panama" company,
with which she was touring, and has
gone to her home in Washington, D. c..
Just as he was about to enter the train
for the east she said, with tears in
her eyes and voice broken:
II am awfully sorry that the people
have so severely criticized me for
adopting course which, to me, SEEM
ed just and right. I want to do the
right thing, and can see no harm in my
going on the stage, which 1 have fol-
lowed as a means of livelihood for
some years. I believe that the COM
pany with which I was connected had
something to do with the opposition
raised against me, but surely I cannot
be held responsible for this. When I
signed contract had no idea of what
I was going to do.
Il have no plans for the future.
am going to my fathers home In
Washington, where shall remain I'M
til l am completely rested. Oh, if the
people had only been more kind to me,
when things were apparently bright
after my terrible experience"
Miss Patterson made a poor showing
On the stage here, being i'll at ease and
showing plainly that something was on
her mind
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
WILL LOWERING AND THOMAS
o,coNNoR WILL SPEND LONG
TIME IN THE PEN.
Two Desperate Criminals Who Gave
Police Fight for Their Lives Will
Soon Be in Prison.

penitentiary at Walla Walla, the ex-
IRENE penalty fixed by the law for
burglary, was the sentence that was
imposed upon William Lowering and
Thomas O'Connor, the two desperate
criminals who gave two police officers
a fight for their lives Sunday morn
ing by Superior Judge Griffin in the
criminal court Both men pleaded
guilty to an information charging them
jointly with burglary for breaking ana
entering the room of Conrad Leo on
Seneca street on the morning of May l.,
says the Seattle Times.
Police Sergeant Powers and Detec-
tive Adams, who mad narrOk escape
from death from the shots Of Lover
ing's revolver on Sunday morning,
brought the two men into court. They
We're at once arraigned and entered
their pleas of guilty. The deputy pros
ecuting attorney then informed the
court of the character of the two men,
The most severe punishment that could
be legally imposed was at once pro-
nounced by the judge.
Although the men made no demon
stration of any kind they were con-
siderably surprised at the verdict. In
the office of the county Jail they de-
clared that the police had told them
that if they would plead guilty the SEN
tence would not exceed two years. Only
upon this understanding, they declare,
they pleaded guilty.
The police believe that through the
arrest and sentencing of Lowering they
will be able to clear up three and per-
haps more sneak thief jobs that were
committed in Seattle within the last
few months.
Detective Adams, arrested the desper-
ate criminals, has been looking into the
other cases since the men were in Jail.
The sergeant has received information
that leads him to beliece that Lover
ing is the man who two months ago
slipped into the store of Duncan &
Sons. on Western avenue, at IL o'clock
noon and stole $3.50 in cash from the
iron safe. The big door of the safe
had been left open, but the money
drawer containing the valuables was
forced with a wedge. Several per-
sons were about the store at the time
Although Chief of Police Delaney de-
tailed more than a dozen to work on
theh case, they were unable to get any
trace of the thief.
Lowering is regarded as an adept at
sneak thievery. although ne never
loses an opportunity to hold man up
His partner, O'Connor, is just as bad,
although it is said he will not take the
desperate chances of Lowering.
The other cases in which Lowering
is suspected is the robbing of a money
drawer in the Office of the Novelty
Mills, in which a small amount of
money and some papers were stolen;
the theft of a small case of rings
from North Seattle jewelry store
and the stealing of some cheap watches
from Japanese store
All the work was done in the day
time. and is classed by the police as
''Sneak work"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
The Potato.

The circumnavigator Francis Drake
has the credit of introducing the potato
to Europe, but the Spaniards had
brought it with the tomato from the
Andes some time before, and 1t was es-
tablished there and in Italy, where they
called it tartufoli, long before Sir Wal
ter Raleigh shipped his cargo, In 1875,
from Virginia to England. According
to Humboldt, 1t has been cultivated IN
England since 1854, in Saxony since
1728 and since 1898 in Prussia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
A WARNING.

All persons are warned against
cashing School Warrant No. ITO, drawn
by School District No. IS in favor of
been lost. Finder will confer favor
by returning it to Mr.. Hughes or E.
E. Clark at College place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
How the Trouble Began.

IT am going to compile book OF my
baby's smart sayings" declared proud
Mrs. Noowed. "What do you think
would make an appropriate title"
Borrowed Brightness suggested
Miss Sulfuric.
This was why they stopped speaking
Louisville COurier-Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09
A. o. u. w, Picnic,

Both railroads companies have an
nounced a rate of one and one-tnird
fare for the A. o. U. w. picnic at
Waitsburg, June 9 and 10.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09

Jess-Tm IN quandary. Bess-
What? Jess-Tom promises to stop
gambling If I marry him, and JACK
threatens to begin II I don's.-New
Yorker.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09

Just what you want for Summer
outing. A strong double-seated Hack,
almost new, at bargain. A light
hack with pole and shafts for $25.
Phone 583.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09

4 alp Of the tongue is worse than
that Of the foot-Swift.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-09

primitive canal, built in the days of
the Spanish occupancy, which Is now
in use for small steamers.
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