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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
AGED PORTLAND WOMAN AT.
TEMPTS TO CUT OUT TUMoR
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE,
Found by Relatives With Her lntes
tines Protruding From Her Side
Dead as Result of Wound.

PORTLAND, Aug. S.-Crazed with
suffering, and refused an operation by
several surgeons who informed f1er
that the tumor growing on her side
would soon kill her, Katherine Agnes
Spillman, aged IA years, without known
relatives in Portland, took a large
butcher knife and attempted to cut
from her body the thing that had
doomed her. Today her body lies in
the coroner's office and tomorrow she
will be buried in Lone Fir cemetery
beside her first husband, Herman Lo-
REM.
Alone in her room at 2S8 Broadway,
where she lived with Mrs. Marie Zeit-
fuchs, suffering beyond the limit of
human endurance knowing that the
tumor was eating it's way into the vital
organs and that it was only a matter
of few weeks at most when it would
kill her, she softly stole into the
kitchen, found the weapon and then,
with hands trembling with the weak
ness of more than three score years
and ten, desperately lacerated her
quivering body in an effort to be rid
of the hated thing.
Mrs. Zeitfuchs late last night heard
sounds in Mrs. Spillmans room that
showed the poor old woman was suf-
fering, took seratives to ner and, as
she supposed left her to sleep.
Still later the neighbors heard groans
from the sufferer and awakened Mrs.
Zeitfuchs. They went to the aged
womans room and found her lying on
the bed, clasping in her hand the
bloody knife and her intestines pro-
truding from her side.
Surgeons were called and she was
removed to the North Pacific sanator-
forum where she died early this morn
ing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
CRAZED By LIGHTNING.
New York Woman Loses Mind by a
Boat.

New York Woman Loses Mind by a
Boat.
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Thrown into
a fit of aphasia by a flash of lightning
last Sunday, Josephine Donohue of
Brooklyn was found last night wand
ering aimlessly about the streets Of
Huntington, Long Island, many miles
from her home in Brooklyn. Mean
time the police of Prospect park nave
been dragging the lakes for her body
and a general hunt about the city had
been instituted.
Miss Donohue, who is SO years old,
was listening to band concert in the
park when the storm suddenly broke.
A bolt of lightning struck a tree nearby
and the woman, leaping frob bench
where she sat with l1er father, ran
shrieking through the park. She was
soon lost to view and a constant search
during four days had produced no trace
Of her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
OREGONIANS WERE COMPELLED
TO DO WITHOUT THEIR USUAL
COOLING BEVERAGES.
Even the Ice Plant Was Shut Up anc
Electric Fans Were Out of
Business.

Yesterday was CLOSED Sunday in
Pendleton and a day that will be re-
membered for a long time, says the
East Oregonian. On the business
streets Of the town not place was
open excepting hotels and restaurants.
Drug stores, bakeries and undertaking
shops, three classes of business allow
ed to remain open under the law, also
closed their doors, for there was no
use keeping open under the restrictions
placed about them. No refreshments
were to be had, for the ice plant had
closed down though not required to do
so, and the same was true of the cleo
trio plant. No current was turned on
by the latter until near evening, and
consequently there was no power to
run electric fans. The loss of the lat
ter was keenly felt in the rooms of the
Commercial Association, which was
allowed to remain open to its members,
though no cigars were sold.
Apparently the order for the clos
ing of business was closely obeyed, for
but two arrests were made. These
were Carney & Kennedy, proprietors
Of the City Livery, and Bowers & Son.
The former place continued their bust
ness as usual, while the latter main
tanned that he had hired out but one
buggy. Both were fined SIS each by j.
T. Brown, who is acting as city re-
corder during the absence Of Judge
FITZGERALD. All of the stables re-
manned open as is their right, and sent
out the teams which they stable for
private parties, but with the above
exceptions none were found hiring out
their own teams.
Contrary to expectations, quite a
number of people were on the streets
yesterday, in spite of the closing and
the hot weather. During the after
noon the mercury ran up to fever
heat on the east side Of Main street,
and something cool would have been
refreshing but it was not to be had.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08

former resident of Minneapolis,
when he began a round of calls but
none of these people was so much as
tonished as was Mr.. Harris at the re-
ception he received On the lodge
rolls Mr.. Harrison is recorded as "ac-
cidentally drowned in Lake Superior,
May Is, 1906"
Until Mr.. Harris arrival in Mime
apolis this morning he knew nothing
of the circumstances of his death nav
ing been reported, and the story he
tells is of the story-book kind.
About ten days ago he came to
consciousness lin a Duluth hospital
where he had been lying for two
months suffering from brain fever, and
as soon as he was strong enough came
to Minneapolis. The hospital author
tiles knew nothing of the reported
drowning, the patient being wholly a
mystery to them, and as Mr.. Harris
had not had time to receive replies to
letters recently sent to his relatives
elsewhere, he had not learned that he
had been mourned as dead for two
months.
Mr.. Harris was a passenger on May
16 on boat running between Ashland
and Duluth. Just at twilight he was
leaning over the rail Of the boat when
he was struck by heavy cable in the
hands of the sailors and knocked over
board without being noticed. On ar
irving at Duluth the captain reported
his disappearance. Mr.. Harris was
rendered unconscious by the blow and
was picked up by passing launch, al
most drowned. When he was brought
to Duluth there was no clew to his
identity, and ne has remained in the
hospital unknown.
When last living in Minneapolis a
few months ago Mr.. Harris was in the
employ of Dahl brothers, and has many
friends here. His parents nome is
Turtle Lake, Wis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
Declines Fraternity Offer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 8-The New York
Graduate association of the Theta Del
to Chi fraternity recently sent a let
ter to Mrs. John Hay in which the fra
ternity, of which Mr.. Hay was mem
Der, offered to erect a statute In this
city to perpetuate mis- memory. Mrs.
Hay has declined the offer. President
Willis Spain recently received a note
from Clarence L. Hay in which he said
wise as it would not be in accordance
with the secretary's invariable rule OF
stunning publicity as much as posi-
BILE.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08

The Statesman has just pupiish'o
neat little book of poems by MIS- u
Berney. Copies can be procure
tine CITY book stores. Price, Only
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
THAT is RULING MADE BY JUDGE
HANFORD OF FEDERAL
COURT.
Grants Writ of Habeas Corpus in the
Case of Ernest Hutchinson of
Seattle.

SEATTLE, Aug. S.-Federal Judge
Hanford, has knocked out the state
law prohibiting the sale of trading
stamps. He holds the act to be un-
constitutional.
The decision was handed down in the
habeas corpus proceedings brought by
Ernest Hutchinson VINO had been in
formed against in the superior court
after the law went into effect Mr.
Hutchinson had contract with the
London dry goods house.
Hutchinson attempted to beat the
law by injunctive proceedings. He
brought suit in the federal court the
day after the act went into effect to
enjoin the sheriff and other peace Of
ficers from enforcing it's provisions
The federal court held that county OF
state officers could not be enjoined
from performing their duty and dis
missed the proceedings. The question
of the issuance Of a writ Of habeas
corpus brought up the matter in the
way the court could take cognizance OF
the issues.
In his decision Judge Hanford said
that while the federal courts hesitated
to act upon questions affecting state
interests this was clearly an act that
prevented legitimate competition and
in restraint of trade. On such grounds
the court held the law unconstitutional
and ordered Hutchinson discharged.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
FREED TO GO TO CIRCUS.
Convicts Then go Back and Some Are
Overstaying Their Terms.

JACKSON, Mich, Aug. S.-When the
several convicts in the state peniten-
tiary were set free for day by War
den Alonzo Vincent to take in the
show. At least former Deputy Warden
Foote and James Hazard of Detroit,
an cx-convict tells Governor Warner
so. Foote and Hazard, who have be-
come angry at Vincent, say all the
convicts came back when the circus
was over, because they had better
time in prison than they could have
anywhere else. In a communication to
the executive they declare affairs at
the prison were being run in most
amazing manner. Governor Warner
has ordered an investigation.
According to the compliments, the
circus episode is only a sample OF
events in the merry life led by the
jailbirds The convicts are said to
have had a most hilarious day under
the showman's tent, having shed their
prison garb, and going back to jail
later to spend the remainder of the
evening in merrymaking.
Foote and Hazard declare the pris-
ION virtually is run by John Higgin, a
murderer from Adrian, and James
Burns, gentleman burglar" from De-
troit. Vincent is represented as hav-
which are said to have grown SO up
roarious as to disturb the peace of
the neighborhood. Higgins and Burns,
| leaders Of the convict band, says Haz-
| zard, who is just out of prison, spend
their time in devising new FRANKS for
the amusement of the guests" at the
pail.
Another charge is that a large num-
| Der of convicts are morphine eaters.
Hazard asserts morphine is obtained
from the prison hospital wards and
sold to the prisoners. Higgins, &C
concession" from the warden, and
mas piled his trade among his fellow
convicts so industriously that many
have become addicted to it's use.
1t is said that several of the inmates
have become so infatuated with prison
life la Vincent, that they have stay
ed in Jail several years after their
terms expired, rather than be thrust
upon cold world.
Another charge is made by Hazard
against Vincent, which is regarded as
still more serious. In mis- custody are
the savings of the convicts from their
labors, known as the daily balances"
Vincent is said to have laid this money
out at interest and to have kept the
earnings of the deposits, amounting to
several hundred dollars. Vincent, how
ever, declares that such interest mas
been claimed by former wardens, and
has been looked upon as a perquisite
of the position.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
HE WASN'T DROWNED.
Man Marked Dead on Lodge Roll Turns
up With Strange Story.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. s.
There was CONSERVATION and rejoicing
ha lodge No. 165, A. F. & A. NJ, and
among the friends of Edwin A. Harris,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
Special Excursion Rates to the Ea'+
via the O. r. & N.

Round trip tickets will be OIL S'''
August oath and 25th to Chicago ."
Louis, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duiu'l'
Kansas City, St. Joseph, Leavenwor'A
Omaha. Council Bluffs and Sioux Ci''
Going limit 10 days, final returning
limit 80 days.
Stopovers will be granted in el'i''
direction within the transit hlhi'''
For full particulars. call on VI
dress, ROBERT =,
General Agent o. H. q ="
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
TO The PUBLIC.

Walla Walla Vinegar Works of w. D.
Smith and will manufacture the pure
cider vinegar free from all adultera-
tions. Encourage home products.
A. M. DAWSON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
ElKS' DAY At THE FAIR.

Elks' day at the Portland Fair Is
the 18th Of August. Estimate the a.
tendance. The Upton contest cloS''
on the 10th of August. Get in your
vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
Panama Steamer Arrives.

QUARANTINE, N. Y, Aug. 8.-The
Panama steamer Alvianca arrived this
morning from Colon with SO passen-
gers. all we'll. The steamer is held for
INSPECTION,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

PLAIN GOLD KNOT
breast pin between Mrs. ThompsOn's
boarding house and Grove street.
Reward will be paid by returning
same to Statesman office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08

TRADE 10 ACRES OF
onion land one mile outside city
limits for house and lot in good To-
cation in city. Inquire Rooms and
Roman Bldg, Phone 1872.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08
Columbia River Annual Conference NJ
e. Church, Held at Moscow, Idaho,
AUGUST 1928.

For the above occasion the o. R. 4
n. will make reduced rates OF one and
one third fare for the round trip.
For full particulars, call On or ad'
dress, ROBERT BUhNs'
General Agent o. R. & N
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08

All second hand Pianos and Organs
taken as cash payments on new ones
Stanley Music House.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-08

U All business men know the value Of
a good piece Of Job Printing. To
secure the best work it is necessary to
have plenty Of up-to-date type and other
material, as well as workmen who know
how to use it. This is a combination
that can be found in The Statesman
Job Printing Department. q Our
superior facilities in this line enable us
to turn out good work at prices as low,
If not lower, than a poorly equipped
prlntery can possibly do it. Give us a
trial order and you will come again.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
.Mrs Bessie Mns/ey

To be such a successful wife, to re-
tain the love and admiration of her
husband. to inspire him to make the
most of himself, should be woman's
constant study.
If woman finds that her energies
are tagging, that she gets easily tired,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
she has backache, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness, whites. irreg-
ularities or the blues, she should start
at once to build up her system by a
tonic with specific powers, such as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
Following we publish by request q
letter from a young wife:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
"Ever since my child was born have suf-
fered, as Ihope few women ever have, with in
fiammation, female weakness bearing down
pains, backache and wretched headaches II
affected my stomach so l could not enjoy my
meals, and half my time was spent In bed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman and feel 80 grateful
that am glad to write and tell you of my
marvellous recovery. 1t brought me health
new life and vitality. Mrs. Bessie Ainsley,
Gil South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash.
What Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every sick and ailing woman.
If you have symptoms you don't un
derstand write to Mrs. Pinkham, al
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free anG
always helpful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
TAFTs LOST OPPORTUNITY.

Secretary Taft, who presided at the
republican convention in Ohio Tues
day, and made the opening address
of the occasion, lost the best oppor-
tunity he will ever have to spread
the gospel of good feeling throughout
the United States and reduce the par
tisan bitterness that has so long
ruled conventions aud ballots. An
Ohio convention is a national event,
and from it people take their bearings.
There was volumes to say in sup
port of President Roosevelt and his
policy, which democrats upheld in
the recent presidential election, by
the hundreds of thousands; there
was volumes for Taft to speak about
Shat would have aroused a general
sration; the people generally believe
m the Panama canal, in river and har-
~bOr improvements, in the mainte-
nance of national dignity. and in most
of President Roosevelt's plans for
fOetterment of industrial conditions,
including arbitration of labor disputes
and regulation of railroad rates.
On these subjects Taft could have
expanded eloquently, with the result
Of binding all parties still more closely
80 the president.
But Taft was not big enough nor
broad enough to arise to the occa-
sion. His every other sentence was
= reference to "the ancient enemy
the democrats" "the respondent and
7revengeful democrats" "the oppo-
,nents to progress, the democrats" and
other such childish references which
Roosevelt himself would grandly
rise above.
Did not the democrats help swell
the majority for Roosevelt? Have
they not shown their willingness to
support the right man, no matter what
Mrs politics? Nobody is kicking about
the Panama canal, excepting the rail-
roads. and they are nearly all repub-
Ksean. Nobody is kicking about river
and harbor improvements, new fed
eral buildings, and other internal i'm
provements. which Roosevelt is go
ing into debt to accomplish.
Taft had the widest scope of pleas
ant and encouraging things to talk
about ever presented to the chairman
af an Ohio convention. but he was toe
s1nall to realize it and so turned wha
might have been the beginning of ar
era of good feeling into marrow
partisan program.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
RAISING OUR OWN SUGAR.

The growth of the beet sugar IN
dustry and its relative economic I'M
portance to the country is shown In
a recent report of the bureau of sta
tistics. The report shows that IN
1894 we purchased and imported from
Germany beet sugar to the amount
of $4,000, 900. This large sum is
now practically all kept at home. Our
importations of beet sugar from Ger
many during 1904 amounted to only
s5O,5O9. Our total imports from Ger
many representing all kinds of com
modities, increased from $69,SS7,9o5
in 1894. to $1O9,1SS,554 in 1904, while
our exports to Germany increased
from $92,357,1 1853 in 1894 to s214.7SO'-
9s2. 1t will be seen the growth OF
our export trade exceeds the imports
by several million dollars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
IOWA: THE CORN QUEEN.


In the current number of Leslies
Minna Irving pays pretty
tribute to iowa: The Corn Queen"
Miss Irving has adapted a different
legend from the one which Longfel-
low used in "Hiawatha" concerning
the origin of maize and a different
one from that which Black Hawk
mentioned in his autobiography. 1t
is a pretty one, however, and Miss
Irving has given it fitting expression:
An angel came to earth one day.
And. seeking every state,
To each he gave a little gift
OF value small or great.
An ore. a mineral, or a gem.
With colors like the morn:
To Iowa he only gave
single grain of corn.
But while her sister states displayed
Their gold or silver bright.
Their Jumps of lead, or copper red.
Or coal as black as night,
She plowed her fertile acres up,
And in the mellow mold
She planted in the balmy spring
Her seed of living gold.
1t sprouted in the crystal rain
And ripened in the sun;
1t gave her back Il million grains
Where she had sown but one.
1t cleared away the tangled wood,
And turned the idle wheel,
And swelled the seas of commerc
| high
With streams of yellow meal.
A mighty state is Iowa
Her fame has travelled far:
No fairer lands than hers are seen
Beneath the western star.
And source of all her wealth an
power,
Upon her shield is borne,
Below the eagle and the scroll,
A sheaf of golden corn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
RAILROADS AS CIvILIZERs.

People often talk about the soul
Tess corporations and their slave
driving rules, but notwithstanding,
the railroads are yet the greatest OF
modern civilizers in more than one
way.
And the building of RAILROADS into
helpless and isolated districts is not
the greatest mission which they per-
form for humanity
Their rules of conduct, especially
those rules regulating drinking and
gambling among employees, are doing
actually more effective work on moral
lines today than all other forces
Sonbined. among railroad men.
A hard. ironclad rule, upon the
violation of which depends a mans
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
No
Frenzied
Finance

In the real estate we have for sale.
Real estate is the only safe founda-
ton for a sound financial operation
There is something to build on.
Take your money and invest It In
property and 1t will increase in value
We have desirable property in all
parts Of the city, as well az ranchs
farms and small tracts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26
sHERIDAN's CHOICE,

James Barton Adams, the poet Of
the Denver Post. visited friends in
Texas last week and was introduced
to an old ranger who took pride in
standing up for his state against any
other spot of earth. His loyalty both
pleased and amused Mr.. Adams, who,
to bother the old gentleman, related
what Sheridan had said, that If he
owned a farm in Texas and one in
hell, he would sell or rent the Texas
farm and live in the other place.
wall" said the old ranger, "I'll bet
he's changed his mind by this time"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26

The proposition to pension enfeebl-,
ed ministers of the Presbyterian
church, from the income from SlO'-
900, 900 popular fund to be raised by
the members of the church is now
being warmly discussed by the gener-
al assembly as Wiuona Lake, Ind.
The very magnitude of such plan
is almost startling, and yet it is within
the possibilities. There are now Soo
ministers who would be subject to the
provisions of the pension system. A
perpetual pension fund is also pro-
posed to be raised and maintained
by assessing able-bodied and active
ministers $24 per year for 80 years
thereafter their annuity to be $500
per year in retirement. Big problems
are now agitating all classes OF peo-
pie In the United States. 1t Is a
country of big propositions and moth
ing seems impossible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26

bread and butter, and his future
standing among the railroads, is a
most effective method OF checking
and gambling even among
the most calloused old veterans. 1t
will break up an appetite" quicker
than all the "jag" cures ever invented.
The rule forbidding employees to
drink has caused more railroad men
to settle down to lives of decency
and sobriety than all the preaching
ever done before railroad audiences.
1t has caused men TO become home
builders, instead of migratory profli-
gates; it has forced needless men to
accumulate a competence in spite of
themselves and become useful citizens
when their inclination was anything
but that.
And vet. in spite of the efforts of
the railroads to enforce decency up
on the employe, the self-righteous
public. which so readily condemns
any breach of conduct in railroad
wilfully sets up hundreds of tempta-
tions. multiplies. the deadfalls and
licenses all kinds of dives, to offset
the work of reform which the rail
road is conducting at its own expense
| for tba nuhlic's benefit
This is the kind of "hairpin" th'
public is.
Let us learn what the railroad
are doing for us, unawares. befor
we condemn them in toto.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-26

1t has come to pass that there is
vast difference between appealing to
law and appealing to justice.