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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
COLONIES FOR coLoRED MEN.
Scott Would Take 100000 Negroes to
South Dakota.

MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 18.-By the
scheme that is being promoted by
Paul L. Scott, Mitchell may become
the Mecca for 100000 negroes. Mr..
Scott is a young colored man who is
engaged in business here. He was a
former resident of Chicago and was
the vice president of the first Organi
zation that favored the election of
Charles S. Deneen for governor.
While in Chicago some time ago he
began the agitation of the formation
of a company to give relief to the
thousands of poor of his race living in
the cities, and in connection with his
project his picture was published in
the Chicago Record Herald this week.
1t is purpose to organize a company
to secure control of extensive tracts
of land in this section of the state.
These are to be subdivided into fifty
acre farms and sold to colored men.
He is confident that he can interest
100000 or even 100000 negroes in his
proposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
WOMEN ENTOMBED ALIVE.
Barbarous Methods Taken by Chinese
to Protect Wives From Soldiers.

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-Reports have
with General Kuropatkin stating that
many Chinese in Manchuria, who have
not had the opportunity to remove
their families from the area of hostil-
tiles, are burying their women alive in
the double walls of their houses in or
der to prevent them from falling into
the hands of the Russian and Japa-
nese soldiers.
The existence of this barbarous GUS
tom has only recently been discovered.
When the war began the Russians
were surprised to. observe that all the
women and girls had disappeared from
the villages. In reply to questions as
to their whereabouts, the husbands
and fathers replied that they had sent
their families to the large towns for
protection before hostilities began.
This explanation was accepted until
late today when the true conditions OF
affairs was actually discovered.
Several correspondents, who had
been granted hospitality in a Chinese
dwelling, were awakened during the
night by a sound of knocking inter-
mingled with calls for help i'm female
voices The owner of the house was
summoned and under pressure and
threats admitted that ne had just
walled in his wife and daughter and
intombed them in their living grave
until they had died or until the SOL
diers had left the neighborhood.
Later investigation showed that the
custom prevails throughout the area
of hostilities, the more educated Chi
nese being more inclined to this hero
ic method of saving the honor of their
women than the poorer classes. The
Chinese will not admit their putting
stop to the inhuman practice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
,-ueRN PACIFIC RAILROAD
,,,Ny PLACES ORDER FOR
NOPE EQUIPMENT.
-..-
49,, e., More Cars for the Moving
Wheat Next FaII-To Handle
Lumber.

Although only a few months ago
>-ortbern Pacific placed orders for
uo locomotives and 1000 freight
,rs it has supplemented these orders
-, more new equipment contracts,
raport from Chicago. Three
.,.usor5 freight cars have been or
,,.0d for immediate del very. Sixty
locomotives of the heaviest type
ordored to be built and delivered
at once.
roninment is to be added to that
co,r in service. and is in the process
of deIiverery and will place the sys-
-.n in excellent shape to handle the
Iafic.
THE fall wheat movement will de-
,oand cars to move the mill products.
Tho humber of the Pacific coast in the
last few months has required more
aouipment than the system possessed,
although it had in service at the end
Of the fiscal year 913 locomotives and
S22.225S freight cars.
The freight equipment ordered calls
for $500 new box cars and 500 coal
cars The locomotive order calls for
80 more of the Mikado type engines
for mountain service. Ten new loco
motives for the passenger service
have been ordered. These will be of
the systems Pacific type and intended
for fast service in the mountains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
HALE OPPOSED TO REVISION.
Polls Show Thirty Per Cent for Tariff
Changes.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-The Tribune
says: E @
The Tribune has attempted to get
an expression of opinion from the
new republican members elected to
the next congress on the subject of the
proposed revision of the tariff. TWEEN
tysix have replied and show an even
ly divided sentiment on the subject.
Half these members oppose the pro-
ject entirely on the ground that the
tariff schedules now in force have pre-
vailed during a period of pronounced
turbed until some serious need for a
change is developed. The fact that
a tariff agitation always disturbs the
business interests of the country is
urged as an adequate reason for
sticking to a satisfactory tariff law
for at least a Dozen years before any
attempt be made to tinker with it.
Those who favor tariff legislation
favor only such few changes as seem
now needed and they urge that they
be made as speedily as possible so as
to avoid the dangers of a long dis
cussion of the subject. Then again
it is urged that the present tariff aas
been outgrown by the country, that
changes would be needed surely with
in a few years and that it would be
wiser to start them now when the
friends of the protective tariff are IN
power and when the country is so
prosperous that the effects of public
agitation of the subject would be least
serious.
The poll of those new members sup
plementing the poll of the republicans
in the present house by Speaker Can
non, the results of which were over
whelmingly against revision, shows a
probable congressional division of SEN
timent on the subject when the next
house convenes as follows.
Per Cent
Against any kind of revision. so
Favor a few changes at once 20
Favor radical changes. 10
No really definite opinion. 49,. 20
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
TN TRANCE FOR TWO YEARS.
strange Case of a Patient In the
Philadelphia Hospital.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1s.-Two
80 III state of catalepsy is the
'''u OF a patient in the PHILADELPHIA
'"A Fed entirely with LIQUID
administered through a tube.
mail health has been little i'm
:. ny his unusual condition. In
49, The physicians hope to get him on
i 'es' again, but they say his mind
beyond cure.
-, Niah was admitted to the hospi-
.. /" September, 1902. He was then
o. S old. He had never shown
signs of dementia until two
oe1ore his admittance. About
t. ,'''h after he was admitted to the
st' sp''al' he was found one morning
No. S IN chair in the dining-rooro.
rao,, . muscle moving and staring di-
oor,, front of him. An attendant
v.~ not arouse the man, and he
was,.. leu TO his cot. For three
alsr. ne remained in state of cat
ans. AT the end of that time he
SS'oom. anu walked from
Awas put to work in tna a,n,,.-
b. sa ''u although he scarcely spoke.
that ,''ed to understand everything
said to him. A week later he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

may have the question of the reason
ableness of said price or prices, and
all other questions affecting the valid.
ity or construction of said ordinance.
determined by any court A.aving juris-
diction of the subject and of the par,
ties, in an action brought by it or him
for that purpose i'm said court.
Sec. 3. If any company, corpora
ton or other person affected by any
ordinance enacted in conformity to
section l of this act shall continue to
Charge higher price for water, gas.
electric light, electric power, the use
Of telephones or for street car fares
than that prescribed in said ordinance,
and for three months after the en-
actment of such ordinance shall fail
to bring such an action as is referred
to in section of this act, or shall con-
tinue to charge said higher price after
said ordinance shall have been deter
mined valid by the final judgment of
the court or courts having Jurisdiction
in the premises, the city which enacted
said ordinance may. upon proper ap-
plication to any court having jurisdic-
ton in that behalf, have a receiver ap-
pointed to take possession of and op-
crate the plant of such company, cor
poration or other person until such
time as said company, corporation or
other person shall give assurances.
deemed satisfactory by said court,
that it Or he will comply with the pro-
visions of said ordinance
Sec. 4. Any city enacting such an
ordinance as is referred to in section
l of this act shall have the right to
prescribe penalties therein for any vi
OlatiOn thereof
Sec. 5. An emergency IS hereby de-
clared to exist, and this act shall be
in effect from and after it's passage
and approval.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
REGULATE PRICE Of ELECTRIC LIGHT
Full Text Of Bill introduced in the Legislature by State
Senator PauIy Of WaIIa N|aNa.

The following is the full text of the
bill introduced in the state senate by
Senator Fred M. Pauly of Walla Walla
giving power to the cities in state of
Washington to fix rates to be charged
by electric light, telephone, water, gas,
telephone and street-car companies
An act authorizing cities to fix and
determine by ordinance the price to be
charged for water, gas, electric light,
electric power, the use of telephones
ana for street car fares, and to pre-
scribe penalties for the violation of
bringing of civil actions to enforce
such ordinances, or to construe them
claring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Washington: y
Section 1. Every city in this state
shall have the right to fix and de-
termine by ordinance the price to be
charged for water, gas, electric light,
electric power, the use of telephones
and for street car fares by any COM
pany, corporation or other person SELL
ing water gas, electric light electric
power, or operating any telephone
system or street car system within
or partly within the limits of such
city: Provided however. that the price
so fixed and determined must be a
reasonable one: And provided fur
Their, that no such ordinance shall i'm
pair the obligation of any contract
Sec. q Every company, corporation
or other person affected by any city
ordinance purporting to have been en-
acted in conformity to, or authority
of, section 1 of this act, who shall
deem the price or prices fixed and de-
termined in said ordinance unreason-
able, or claim that said ordinance i'm
pairs the obligation of any contract,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. 1S.-Swing-
Crazy Man Jumps From High Dome
ing into space at the height Of 400 feet
and crazed with liquor, James Murphy
dome of the courthouse to the first
balcony today and miracously es-
capped death.
When picked up it was found that
his arm and leg were broken and he
was also internally injured. He may
recover.
A crowd of about 500 saw his antics
at the top of the dome, and when he
leaped several women tainted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
TRI-sTATE GRAIN GROWERS.
Representative AgricuIturists Gather
In Fargo.

FARGO, n. D., Jan. 1S.-With
larger attendance and a more interest
ing and comprehensive program than
ever before the Tri-State Grain and
Stock Growers convention began its
seventh annual meeting in Fargo to-
day. Representative agrlculturlsts are
in attendance from all sections OF
Minnesota and the Dakotas. The pres
emf convention, which will be in ses-
sion several days, will discuss all TN"
branches of agriculture, including
grain growing, stock raising, bee keeps
ing and fruit growing. A large poui-
try show is being held in conjunction
with the gathering.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

This rural free delivery is certainly
great, and the parcels post business
coming right along too. But what ex-
cuse will be left to lonely farm chap
for taking run to the village Of an
evening? OF course the tobacco pouch
might contrive to leak freely somehow
or get dropped into a pool Of water.
Besides, it has just been discovered
that clay is healthier for pipes than
wood, and the most unreasonable per-
son can't expect clay pipe to last for
ever.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
and his sympathy with the bona fde
settlers on the public domain.
Il have full faith in the absolute
vindication of both these men,.


Russia's Civic Forces.
That the Russians have no genius fcr
home politics is apparent to the world
and IL admitted by the people them.
selves. Born and bred Americans are
puzzled at the spectacle Of modern,
ambitious and, in the main, progressive
power wholly lacking in stable social
element that can be counted upon In
q government crisis. The reason Is
that there is no cohesion in the popu-
lace. The freed serfs are, on the whole,
only lowly, cropping peasantry. The
nobility and gentry, despOiled Of serf
labor, remain mobiles and gentlemen
living by debt, corruption and govern
ment office.
Between the two extremes Of Rus
sian society-the peasant class and the
nobility there is third, or middline
olass, not SO numerous by far As the
others aud, worse than all, for civic
purposes, wholly unorganincd and
without a common interest or impulse
to stimulate unity In action. Within
the borders Of Russia proper there are
over !. 100 different nationalities and
about forty languages. The Russifica-
ton Of the mass is a slow process, g.
pecially az the main force working to
this end is at the very top-the autOc'
racy-and relies upon edicts rather than
education, example and leadership. The
Germans, Poles and Films, all very in
telligent and capable agents for prog
ress, are the ones who cling most tena-
ciously to racial aloofness.
In the German population Of the
cars realm are many professional
men, students, high class mechanics
and artisans Whenever they affiliate
with the Russians it is for revolution
airy rather than for social development.
The moment that the more progressive
workingmen get lift by government
concessions they become revOlutionists
and follow the leadership of the I'M
derground press Of Geneva and Paris.
One loyal Russian element there is
Of the middle class-that would at this
date be a power in national as it is, tt
q limited extent, in local politics but
for the bar which has for generations
rested upon public discussion and or
ganization. This element is not nu-
merous, but is by natural position
formidable. 1t comprises a class Of
rural people who up to 1915 had the
rank and privileges of lesser nobility
In 1915 the car reduced the members
of this class to the rank of peasants in
the matter Of privileges. Naturally
they have the old yearnings and am
billions. In all Russia there are ele-
ments which, fused into a body, would
form strong civic force to cooperate
with progressive ministry. Clubs
there are, associations and unions, but
the law stamps out all attempts at fed
Grafton, leaving the true civic forces
unOrganized and impotent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
NO HOPE FOR HER.
Mrs. Rogers Will Have to Meet Her
Fate On GaIows.

RUTLAND, VT, Jan. 18.-The re-
fusal of Governor Bell to interfere. in
the case destroys the last hope of Mrs
Mary Rogers to escape the galloWs
She will consequently be hanged al
Windsor on February and will be
the first woman to be executed In
Vermont in nearly three quarters OF
a century. ~
Since the announcement of the gov
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
Labor Bodies to AmaIgamate.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 1S.-Important
action on a number of questions will
be taken by the annual convention be-
gan here today by the international
Interior Warenousemen and Freight
Handlers union committee of the
Railway Clerks union will appear be-
fore the convention with plan for
matchmaking the two unions and II
is probable that the matter VIII De
acted on ,favorably. President Law
renee Curran has declined to stand
for reelection and a spirited contest
is on for his successor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Never in the history Of New York
city's charitable institutions have there
been so many unemployed men to care
for as at present. This is a pity; but,
just the same, there was good land
within few hours ride Of the metrop-
oils untitled the past season because
the unemployed couldn't be hired to
work it at living wages for the year
-1und.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Alheit's feed mill can save you
money on hay and grain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Try Broxson's Wood Yard. Phone
s55.
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The best hay and grain on the mar
ket at Alheit's feed mill.
Arizona republican., 1905-07-14

A we'll balanced man doesn't have to part his hair or name in the middle.- Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1905-07-14

his arrest had been much to his credit. He is a man of positive character, and in entering politics he made no con cealment of his views and sympathies. These, witL his antiquities, made both friends and enemies for him, and when Goebel was shot his enemies were able to weave web of circum- stantial evidence about him which, with the aid of a prejudicial court, and. as it is charged, packed juries, secured his conviction.
 In a federal court Powers will be guaranteed protection against inhu- ences that worked powerfully to his disadvantage in his former trials, and he will in the end, if convicted again, have the right of appeal to the su preme court at Washington. But there is every reason to believe that a fair trial will prove that he is innocent of the crime of which he is accused.
Arizona republican., 1905-07-14
Why the Japanese Are Irresistible

Here is a new theory of Japan's sue cess in war. Mir. Mumara, a Japanese
 gentleman residing in the United States, boarded at the house of Mrs. Wiggins, a widow. The dinnar hour
 was o'clock. MT. Mumara generally
 arrived from downtown at 5 o'clock
 and was immediately served with q
 cup of tea. If he happened to come later than usual, and asked for his cup of tea, Mrs. Wiggins would say: "Gh, dinner will be ready in a few minutes" |" to which Mir. Mumara, smiling would reply in a soft and pleasant voice: Mrs. Wiggins, should like a cup or tea" And he always got 1t. Relating this incident, 9 correspondent Of the New York Times says: This same quiet power of conce1tTatiOn---Ihe power that can remove mountains-is the backbone of Japan's wonderful achievements" Possibly. A modern philosopher says that "a man with a strong will can make woman do anything she wants to-" MT. Mum ara's achievement was still greater. Who shall say that it did not dencte a type of character that can mot ?"
Arizona republican., 1905-07-14
Our rIarInes fin Paris

The ceremonies on Thursday of last week in Paris attending the transfer to the care of the United States of the mortal remnants of John Paul Jones, the revolutionary naval captain, were marked by two features of uncommon interest. One was the pavilion erect | ed by the French government on the Esplanade des Invalides, and the other was the marching of our marines.
 The French do many things well, and we think that they never fail in selecting the appropriate method to honor departed greatness. Nothing could have been more simple, nothing more effective, than to place the old coffin upon an elevated platform, dec orated with naval and military em- blems, in the middle of that spacious square, and in full view of the thous- ands present, and then to march the soldiers of France and the United States by it in reverent salute. Our marines and sailors. 525 of them, counting officers and men, furnished the conspicuous figures for that artis-
 
 marine, with the broad back and the tapering legs, is heavier than the French soldier and just as active. A column of these marines therefore conveys to the spectators a sense of power as well as of aIertness. It was exactly the impression of power that was needed to round out the picture of the leaden coffin resting under the crimson velvet and the draped flags.
 The line of march was a perfect set ting for this sailute to the dead. The transfer of the body took place in the American church of the Holy Trinity in the Avenue de rAlma. The column therefore marched directly north on leaving the church, with the coffin draped with flags and buried under fowers-on a gun carriage, and 1t turned sharply to the right on reach ing the Avenue des Champs Elysees. Down this noble avenue the column
Arizona republican., 1905-07-14

swung to the new Alexander bridge, which leads directly into the square of the Invalides, the background f which is the old Hotel des Invalides, with the golden dome over the tomp of Napoleon shining high in the rear. in the middle of this square the troops of the two great republics united m paying military honors to the dead.
 Harper's Weekly has a picture i- lUstrating the emotions 3f John Paul Jones upon meeting one of tue Amer ican members of the company in the church; but as he lay in state iG the square fronting the home If the cid soldiers of France, with French infan- try and American marines swingir g by to give him his last honors ln Flu rope. he must have felt at hCne and content-a feeling that will a2:de with him now that Ee is in the care of Admiral Sicsbee and the American navy.