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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
LESS THAN $4,000 BUSHELS RE-
MAIN FROM LAST SEA
SONS CROP.
Bears Caught On Chicago Exchange
Scramble for Local Wheat to
Fill Contracts.

"The visible supply Of wheat in
Walla Walla county is less than 1885,
600 bushels" said j. z. Smith, Walla
walla agent for the Kerr Clifford COM
pany, this morning. LESS than eight
per cent of the wheat crop OF 1904 re-
mains in the hands of the grower. In
the whole county there is probably not
over $4,000 bushels of blue stem be-
longing to farmers and I know of but
one lot of club left. In the ten years
that I have been engaged in the wheat
business in WalIa Walla never knew
a seasons crop to be sold out so clean
as the 1904 crop. This has been
mainly due to the immense demand
from outside markets and the conse-
ouent high prices paid growers. The
recent effort of the Gates crowd to
corner the wheat supply has resulted
in many thousand bushels OF Walla
Walla wheat going going east to fill
short contracts.
"There must be a demand for the ce-
real wnen spectators caught on the
short side of the market will go into
a western market and buy wheat and
ship it closer to Chicago to fill their
contracts. No doubt there was money
in it for them but still it is a re-
markable circumstance"
The Kerr Clifford company recently
bought up over 100000 bushels of club
wheat on eastern contracts. The COM
pany was compelled to secure wheat
from several milling concerns in order
to fill the orders made on it from the
east.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
MARCONTS WEDDING.
Nuptials VIII be Celebrated In Lon
don Next Thursday.

LONDON, March 14.-According to
Bolonga advices, the bans for the
marriage of Signor Marconi to Miss
O'Brien were published on Sunday at
the city hall. The wedding, the local
papers state, is fixed for next Thurs
day, the religious ceremony to take
place at the Roman Catholic church of
St. George in this city.
Miss O'Brien, who has met her flu
ture husband last year at Adare Man
or, Lord Dunraven's seat in county
Limerick, will bring him a dowry rep
resenting an annual income of $4,000.
After the wedding husband and wife
will leave for New York, where they
will be the guests Of King Victor
Emanuel for few days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
RAILROADS FAVOR OIL TRUST.
Santa Fe Makes Illegal Concessions to
BOOKSELLERS Combine.

INDEPENDENCE Kan, March IA.
The taking of dispositions in the
soul of the state against the Atcnison,
Topeka & Santa Fe was resumed to-
day. According to the statement of A.
]. Young, president of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company, it appears the order
stopping the purchase of all Kansas oil
under 80 degrees specific gravity came
from H. A. Moffatt, director of the
Standard Oil Company and superin-
tendent of refineries.
Mr.. Young said the Prairie Oil Com
pany owned no tank cars but ran it's
oil into any cars on the switch. He
thought the Union Tank Line got most
of their shipments. He stated that
while ne owned all of the stock in the
Prairie Company, all except a few
shares, all bonds were in the hands
of W. Harris, of the National Transit
Company.
This information is highly satisfac-
tory to the state as sustaining the
claim that the Standard Oil Company
is behind the whole business, being
owners of the Union Tank Line and the
National Transit Company.
The testimony developed that the
rate on lumber is 9 cents per hum
dred actual weight. The rate on Oil
well supplies between the same points
that has the 9-cent lumber rate is
s1.15 per hundred actual weight, maxi
ing a discrimination against drilling
supplies as compared to lumber Of
over 1900 per cent. 1t is claimed that
the excessive rates are directly due to
the influence of the Standard Oil Com
pany supply houses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
CONGRESSMAN OPPOSED IT AND
WHATCOM COUNTY HAD IT
IN FOR BRoWNELL.
Snohomish Man, II Is Said, Has Been
the Cause of Friction for
Several Years.

Congressional districting died be-
cause the three congressman from this
state were opposed to it and because
Whatcom county was lying in wait
for Frank Brownell, of Everett. The
passage of the jistricting bill was re-
garded as the certain elimination of
that Borwnell would succeed MIN, is
the report from Olympia. So far as
Whatcom county influence could be
thrown it was against this plan.
There has been friction between
Snohomish and Whatcom counties
over Brownell for. several years. 1t
cropped out during the last repub-
lican state convention and was mani
tested again during the legislative
session.
Whatcom county politicians claim
that the promise was made when the
Whatcom county men supported
BrownelI for congress in 1902 that Sno-
homish would give Whatcom county
it's aid two years later. Last year
Brownell appeared again as a candi-
date for congress and Mead was
brought out in Whatcom county.
Mead's candidacy was more in oppo-
sition to Mayor Black of the newly
incorporated city of Bellingham, who
was running for congress to help Gov
Mcbride, than it was to secure the
nomination. But after a bitter fight
had been won in Whatcom county and
the Whatcom county delegates
started for Tacoma with the taunts
of the defeated faction ringing in their
ears, the delegation determined to land
Mead somewhere.
It will be recalled that the offer was
made to make Mead attorney general,
but the Whatcom county men insisted
they could give Mead a place on the
superior bench at home that was bet
ter than this place. They demanded
congress and looked to Snohomish to
deliver.
Some politicians declare it was John
H. McGraw who first suggested CUB
ernatorial aspirations to the Whatcom
county delegation.
Speaker Megler made a hard fight
for congressional division. His rul-
ing on the lumber bills to the effect
that a three fifths vote was sufficient
to bring them up out of order was in
tended to pave the way for putting the
congressional division bill to the front
There are two house rules bearing
on bills on the calendar and these are
in conflict Rule gives the rules COM
mittee jurisdiction over the calendar
and requires a two-thirds vote to
override. Rule IS declares three
fifths vote will advance a bill on the
calendar The motion to take up the
lumber bills included the proposition
to suspend the rules and required
two thirds vote. The speakers ankle
ty to give a chance to vote on con-
gressional division led him to pin his
faith to Rule 35.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March IA
Head Camp F, Woodmen of the
World, embracing the states of Arkan-
sas and louisiana, began it's biennial
session here today with a good at
tendance of delegates from the various
branches. Reports Of the officers
show the order has been growing at a
rapid rate during the last year or so,
the increase being such in fact as to
warrant the belief that the present
convention will decide to divide the
present territory embraced in the head
camp and make Arkansas a separate
camp, there being now more than 10,-
900 members in this state alone.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
PENNSYLVANIA AIlROADs COM.
PANY WILL AUTHORIZE NEW
ISSUE OF BONDS.
stockholders Of the Big Road Are.
Meeting in Philadelphia To-
day-Make improvements.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March IL
The principal business to be trans
acted by the stockholders of the Penn
syivania Railroad company at their
annual meeting in session here TODAY
is to authorize the issue Of 500, 900. 900
Of new bonds, as proposed by the d.
rectors. Although the formality of
asking the stockholders to sanction
the issue is necessary. the issuing Of
the bonds is foregone conclusion, for
the management holds all the proxies
cy. sE,ys
Reports differ as to the exact
amount of the new bond issue, but it
is pretty generally agreed that it will
be close to the one hundred million
mark. The proceeds of these bonds
will, it is said, be applied as follows:
To the purchase of new stock to pro-
vide for construction work on its
lines west of Pittsburg, $50, 200, 900, to
retire the consolidated mortgage bonds
of the company maturing in June and
July of this year, $27,500,000; for New
York tunnel terminal work, 800, 900;
for general extension ana construction
work on the Pennsylvania, chargeable
to capital account, $12,50O,O00, and for
locomotives and equipments, $780,
900.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
IN WONDERLAND" is THE
PLAY CHOSEN BY THE
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
Will be Given Immediately After
Easter-Lacum Duckum to be
Fish Pond.

The farce "Alice in Wonderland"
to be given by the Libethrean and
Athenaeum Literary societies of Whit
man college, promises to be one of the
catchiest productions ever given in
Walla Walla. 1t will be given on
Wednesday evening, April &c, imme-
diately after Easter, and on Saturday
following matinee will be given for
the benefit of the children eff the
CITY, Besides the farce, which will be
deliberately staged and given in ele
CANT costume, both the boys and the
girls glee clubs will sing. The Whit
for the play. "Alice in Wonderland"
is de-splitting farce adapted from
the child's story 1t sends the young
sters into spasms of delight and makes
their elders forget their troubles for
an hour at least.
Miss Edith A. Merrell, who so sue
cessfully drilled the sophomore class
in their rendition of "She Stops to
Conquer" last June will direct this en-
tertainment for both societies. Miss
Marion O'Neill of Spokane will repre-
sent Alice and R. M. ellis, of Wal
la Walla, the king Of Hearts, The
rest of the caste is, Queen" Grace
Crockette; Duchess F. Yount;
Cook Mable McDill; white Rabbit"
Holm; 'Knave of Hearts," Reser
March Hare" Livengood; Dor
mouse" Libby; "Gryphen," Thomson;
Mock Turtle Robinson; 'Execu-
TONER" H. O'Neill and Cheshire" Cat
H. Knott.
1t is probable that the play will be
given in the new gymnasium in which
a stage will be erected for the purpose.
Chairs will be temporarily installed so
that a crowd Of 500 people can be made
comfortable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
Both Teams To Go.

Whitman's two debating teams will
leave for their northern trip together
this year. Manager Walter Eells of
the department of debate and oratory
has arranged the dates for the Pull
man and Moscow debates so that they
come on Friday, April Z, and Saturday,
April 8, respectively. The two teams
will leave Thursday and return the
following Monday. The orators which
will meet w. A. c. are Miss Marsh,
James Gilbreath and Harold Ellis,
while the Idaho team consists of
Greenslade, Perringer and Ryan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
Gives Health, vIgor and Tone.

Herbine is a boon for sufferers from
aneamia. BY it's use the blood is
quickly regenerated and the color be-
comes normal. The dropping strength
is revived. The languar is diminished.
Health, vigor and tone predominant.
New life and happy activity results.
Mrs. Belle H. Shirel, Middlesborough
Ills. writes: Il have been troubled
with liver complaint and poor blood,
and have found nothing to benefit me
like Herbine. I hope never to be
without it. have wished that had
known Of it in my husbands lifetime"
soc.
The Upington Drug Store, dealers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
Pastor Pays Wedding Expenses.

NEWTON, Iowa, March III. F.
Ogilvie and Miss Nettie Heller Of Des
Moines came here today to be married
a second time. A week ago Ogilvie Sc
cured a license and took it to Des
Moines, where Rev. L. w. Nine per-
formed ceremony. The minister did
not know that the license was good
only in this county.
For a week the couple lived together
as man and wife, and no thought or
the illegality of the marriage was en-
tertained until a return was made to
the county clerk here. The minister
paid all expenses to bring the couple
here and have them married right.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
PASSENGER AGENTS.
Celebrate tho Fiftieth Anniversary Of
the American Association.

Celebrate tho FIFTEEN anniversary OF
the American Association.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March 14.-On
March IS, 1855, just fifty years ago,
the American Association of General
Passenger Agents was organized in
Pittsburg. Representatives were pres
ent from the comparatively few lines
in existence. Today, more then 100
passenger traffic managers, general
passenger agents and commissioners of
traffic associations, representing among
them all the prominent railroad sys-
TENS of the United States, Canada and
Mexico, assembled in this city to cele-
brate the semi-centennial of their as
ISOLATION.
The members of the association as
sembled at the Hotel Schenley shortly
before noon and spent the remainder Of
the day exchanging "reminiscences of
the early days of the association and
also discussing various matters OF live
interest to those engaged in their
branch of the railroad business. This
evening there will be banquet, for
which elaborate preparations have
been completed. George H. Daniels Of
the Vanderbilt system. Colonel James
L. Taylor, who for, years represented
the Pennsylvania system in London,
and a number Of other equally we'll
known passenger agents will respond
to toasts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
Be a Fish Pond.

Lacum Duckum is to become fish
pond. Black bass will be planted
therein to keep down the vegetation
which constantly grows up on the
bottom and fills up the pond. The lit
tie lake was drained Saturday and men
and teams are busy widening and
deepening it preparatory to putting in
will be used to imprison the finny in
habitants.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
Sentenced to Hang; Does Not Finch.

Sentenced to Hang; Does Not Finch.
EDMONTON, N. w. T., March H.
Charles King, charged with the muir
der of his partner, Hayward, on lone
trail near Lesser Slave lake, was to-
day found guilty by jury, and was,
sentenced to be hanged at Fort Sas--
katchewan on May 10. The jury was
out twelve hours.
The scene in the court when Judge
Harvey put on the black cap was
most dramatic, but it had absolutely no
effect upon the prisoner. who stood up
to hear the awful pronouncement
with the most stoical expression on his
face. Application has been made FOR
reprieve on the ground that the pros
ecutfon was irregular.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14
The Best Cough Syrup.

S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, Otta-
wa Co., Kansas, writes: 'This is to
saw that I have used Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup for years, and that I do
not hesitate to recommend it as the
hest cough syrup have ever used. Csc.
soc, $1.o0.
The Upington Drug Store. dealers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-14

Peoples Cash Market, fine Meats,
fresh Salmon. Oysters, etc.. No. IL
South Third street. Phone 90. Gus E.
Augustavo, Prop.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-15
SCALDED HIS BROTHER
WITH HOT COFFEE
Latest Exploit of Bill Roser Which
Will Land Him In the Canton
Workhouse.

William Roser Is slated for a trip
to the Canton workhouse. He has
been up to his old tricks again and
now his brother and even his mother
have turned against him. The mayor
said this morning that 80 days at the
works would do Bill some good and he
would send him thsre.
Roser has been arrested three times
during the past month for drunken
ness and last evening was arrested on
the same charge with an additional of
fense. Going home, he commenced to
tear around as usual and when his
brother Charles appeared on the seen
Bill Immediately attacked him
Charles told him to get out of tho
house and stay out until he could
behave himself.
Bill flew into fit of rage and run
ming to the kitchen stove picked up a
coffee pot which was filed with boil
ing coffee and threw the contents at
Charles. The steaming fluid poured
all over Charles back, and as a re.
suit nearly all the skin peeled Off
East Liverpool Tribune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-15

she had been with that night. /
slapped her with my open hand on the
cheek. She then said Lieut. Fortesque |
had been with her. She then went up
stairs to bed. l followed her, sat on
the edge of the bed and said, Grace,
you promised me yesterday by all that
was sacred that you would not go with
those people again She said, I will
not promise you anything Culver,
who was in bed with her. raised up
and said: Mother, why don't you
promise papa never to go with those
people a gain?' At this she promised.
She raised up and in doing so threw
my hand across her face. She said,
You have hurt my nose and ] proba-
bly, did. | did not see my wife the
next morning, but did at luncheon. |
saw her upstairs and had a talk with
her. She denied thta she had been in
toxicated. At luncheon we talked over
the affairs of the night before in a
general way"
Mrs. Taggart was much. interested In
and affected by this vivid description
She kept paper very close before her
face all the time.
Taggart described how one night
when he was too tired to go to a dance
his wife had gone with Lieut.. Sim
mons, and he was awakened in the
night by sound of revelry from be-
low, caused, upon investigation, by
some ladies and gentlemen drinking.
The next day he called Mrs. Taggart's
attention 10 the matter and referred
to remark made year before which
they had both heard referring sneer-
ingly to his wife's character "She
was sitting on the arm of my chair,
and we went over the whole story to-
gether. | then called my wifes atten-
tion to the fact that ! was an unhappy
man, that ] wanted a home where |
could get acquainted with my children,
that my home was a loafng place and
a rendezvous where young men could
get drunk That 80 quarts of whiskey
had been consumed in 100 days, more
than in all the officers homes in the
garrison put together"
Mrs. Taggart told him that young
women came to their home to get mar
ried Off and that they had tried to get
some of the officers drunk enough to
propose. She was anxious for the la
dies to leave and wanted the captain to
send them home. Taggart said that
his wife admitted that their home was
IS near hell on earth as they would
be likely to get. Mrs. Taggart ap-
peared very nervous during her hus-
bands recital of his story
A receipted bill was shown from the
Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, pre-
sented to Mrs. Taggart just before she
left to join her husband in the Philip
pines. She was there about two
months. Objection was made and the
bill withdrawn temporarily. After the
separation it was shown that Major
Taggart had shipped the household
goods to his wife at Chicago. A piece
OF gold embroidery worth about $1,000.
presented to the captain in China, was
used upon two chairs for which the.
woodwork alone cost $500. rrl adl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-15
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO.
OF STATE AND MU.
NlClPkL BONDS FROr
TAXATION.
Re Il resolved by the General assembly

Be 1t resolved by the General Assembly
OF the state of ONO.
Section J. That a proposition shall be
submitted to the electors of the state of
Ohio, on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1905, to amend
section two of article XII of the consti.
tuition of the state Of Ohio, so mat 1t
shall read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
FINANCE AND TAXATION.
Sec. 2. Laws shall be passed, taxing
by a uniform rule. all moneys, credits,
Investments in bonds, stocks. joint stock
companies, or otherwise; and also all
its true value in money, excepting bonds
of the state of Ohio, bonds of any city,
village, hamlet county, or township in
this state and bonds ISSUED Sh,n IN behalf %, OF
ton herewith, which bonds shah
be exempt from taxation; but
houses houses used exclusively for pub
lie worship, institutions of purely pub"
lie charity, public property used ex-
Clusively for any public purpose, and
personal property, to an, amount not ,ex-
ceeding in value two hundred dollars,
for each individual, may, by general
laws, be exempted from taxation; but
ton or repeal; and the value OF all
property, so exempted, shall, from time
to time, be nscertained and published
as may be directed by law.
Section 2. At such election those elec-
tors desiring to vote for such amend
ment may have placed upon their ball
lots the words tGxemption of state and
municipal bonds from Taxation amend
ments, yes" and those opposed to such
amendment may have placed upon their
ballots the words ("EXemption of state
and municipal bonds FROM Taxation
amendments, no"
Section g. This amendment shall be in
force and take effect on and after the
first day of January 1906.
GEORGE r. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
w. G. HARDING.
President of the Senate.
Adopted April 25, 1904.
United States of America, Ohio,
Office of the Secretary OF State.
], LEWIS G. LAYLIN, Secretary OF
State, of the State OF Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true copy
OF Joint Resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio
on the 25th day of April. A. ID. 1904 taxi
en- from the original rolls now on file in
this office
In testimony whereof, I have hereun-
to subscribed my name, and affixed my
official seal, at Columbus, this 18th day
of February, A. ID. 1905.
LEWIS c. LAYLIN,
(SeaD Secretary OF State.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-15
Electric Plant Sold.

Carrollton, Aug. 1.-THE Carroll.
ton Electric Co., which is composed of
w. c. DeFord and j, c. Ferrall has dis
posed of the plant to stock company
for $4,000 The company was re-
Gently incorporated for $4,000 and ex.
tensive improvements will be made
upon the plant.
A meeting of the stockholders was
held this week and the following Of
ficers were elected: Geo. ]. Butler.
president; r. j. SALESMAN, vice presl-
dent; w. o.. DeFord, secretary; j. G.
Ferrall, treasurer and general man.
ager. The company have a contract
for the municipal lighting for a period
OF five years.