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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-22

WASHINGTON. Fob ~ Tho
houae committee 0u aH}a aud means
by a vote or q 20 tadHy auuuHIf.l
a hFwahie report on the bHl re-
dus'Hs the tarltr duties On tobacco
anu sugar brought from ihe Philip
plneH Co IS per cent or the uIusIaY
rates
ROME. Feb e. The strike Of the
haifra haH become general aud the
~ eminent has ordered the army
halerH 20 prepare bread
TkruMA. Tsb. = rhr We ah C
inrttN state Letter Carriers essos
ga "a began rs annual session thIa
Afternoon This evening "a banquet
MINI held. AZ which d. a Roberts.
~ ftruwH| VIII preside.
{ iiHLESA. Mont Feb - a rau.
rad commission hHI ahi.h pro.
NlieH Tor three commissioners 1t q.
salary ~ $1,000 per BuuHm Hua a
secretary at tho salary ~ tH.tJ8
uHa PASSED bY The HHus= fufHH D.
"a yals &c 90 % g. Tho IsKi.aIurea
10 ta nsma twu ~ the aaHmIHzIau 5
srs md the governor the third
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-22

iste; open bulk per gallon.
t2to. salmon. Sc. salmon
trout. iSdi7hc: skinned perch.
&c. shrimps. sdioe. founders
u. herring. &c. Holsters. i7nc.
Emelt. &c. sturgeon. Sc. black bass
Tcs hnIfbut. gHTcs nerrh e
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
CITIZENS OF CANTON OBSERVE
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF
HIS DEATH TODAY.
Flower Pieces Sent From All
Parts of Country and Flags Are
at Half Mast.

CANTON, O., Sept. 14.-Today is
the fourth anniversary of the death Of
the late President Mckinley and all
the flags in the city are at half-mast.
Beautiful flower pieces were sent from
all parts of the country and were de-
posted on the Mckinley vault. Mrs.
Mckinley visited the cemetery early
this morning and deposited flowers on
the resting place of her deceased hus-
band. Many citizens of Canton and
some visitors from outside paid their
respects to the former president and
decorated his grave. Among the flower
gifts were some by President Roose-
welt, Secretary Wilson and other men,
bers of the cabinet and several high
officials, judges of the supreme court,
and others.
This afternoon the corners stone of
the national monument to the memory
of Mckinley, will be laid on Monument
hill by Justice William r. Day, Pres
ident of the Mckinley Memorial as
ISOLATION and an intimate friend and
neighbor of President Mckinley.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
SWAMPER WANTED TO DIE
James Shaver Jumped Into UmatiIIa
River but Was Fished Out by
Ed Dupuis.

PENDLETON, Sept. 14.-Because of
excessive drink and of loss of his
money, James Shaver, saloon
''swamper,' attempted to take his
life by drowning in the Umatilla river
at an early hour yesterday morning.
Shaver had been drinking heavily the
past few days and had become des-
pendent. He was seen walking about
the streets late Monday night, acting
"queerly"
Evidently Shaver had deliberated
taking his life as he made several
threats to acquaintance during the
night. Early yesterday morning he
wandered to the Main street bridge
and jumped over the railing into the
river. The river is deep at that point
as the water is backed up by the
Walters mill, Ed Dupuis, VINO was
passing over the bridge, heard the
splash and upon making an investiga-
ton, found that a man was struggling
in the water. He quickly ran to Sha-
ver's assistance and rescued him from
drowning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
SPECULATION IN STOCKS is
ADMITTED TO BE A COMMON
PRACTICE.
Companes Active In the Formation of
Syndicates In Order to Sell
Stocks.

NE WYORK, Sept. 14.-Upon the
resumption of the insurance inquiry
this morning Frederick H. Shipman,
assistant treasurer of the New York
Life, was called to the stand and was
questioned on syndicate operations
He reiterated yesterdays testimony OF
Randolph and covered the transactions
in railroad bonds particularly. He ac-
knowledged the purchase of half
million dollars of Burlington bonds
made jointly by w. S. Fanchot &
Co. was not for investment but profit.
Shipman said that such purchases for
The purpose of reselling were common.
Frederick Cromwell, treasurer OF
the Mutual Life said in view of the
immense asse- and amount of capital
handled that it was absolutely neces-
sary for insurance companies to
handle such syndicateS as had been
revealed by the inquiry. He said the
MutuaIS assets run over hunured
million dollars annually. To handle
and invest such an enormous sum re-
quires some agency through which in
vestments can be made. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible to buy securities in
such great amounts through brokers.
He said he issued investments in
mortgages for "A" safe but this left
three hundred and fifty million dollars
that must be invested somewhere else.
Syndicates offered the only channels
He said a hundred milliod dollars was
invested in mortgages. He said the
company was able by going into syn
dicates to purchase securities on the
ground floor. Cromwell said that he
participated as an individual in syn
dicates. He couldn't give the amount
of his profits. Attorney Hughes led
the witness through a maze of trans
actions and pinning him to the point,
he learned that the Mutual was a
heavy loser in the International Nav
igation syndicate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
Gov. Folk at the Fair,

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 1O.-Today
is Missouri day at the fair and several
hundred prominent Missourians
headed by Governor Folk of that state
arrived here this morning to take part
in the celebration of the day. This
afternoon there will be a meeting al
the Missouri state building which will
be addressed by Gov. Folk. In the
evening banquet will be given in his
honor. The governor is the guest OF
the Lewis and Clark exposition. He
as we'll as the members of his staff
who accompanied him, declined passes
for the railroad Journey and paid their
way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
SALOON KEEPERS FINED
Pendleton Men Plead Guilty to Keep
ing Places Open on Sunday.

PENDLETON, Sept. 14.-For keen
ing their saloons open on Sundays in
violation of the state law, Tex Lang
ever, Charles Helm and J. E. Russell
were yesterday arraigned before Judge
w. r. Ellis, all pleading guilty to the
charge.
Tex Hangover was indicted upon
three different charges and for the
first Offense he was fined SIS, the sec
ond $40 and the third $25, making a
total of $50. Helm and Russell were
fined for two offens-s, amounting to
$l5 and $40 respectively. All three
paid their fines
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
What Markell Offered.

Markets bid, it was found, offered to
board the gold men, at $50 month
each and ne asked Sc a month for
taking care of the rooms. For meals
for laborers in boarding camps he
asked s12 a month for each man. This
means as the canal help now stands,
about $2.000,000 year. With the ad-
ditions to the canal labor the conces-
sions will easily run to s50OOO,0OO for
the five years.
Hudgins & Dumas, whose revised
bid they state was made under great
pressure in ten minutes time, called
for $50 a month for meals and SIS a
month for room care of gold men,
and 50 month for meals of laborers,
under, in the main, the market bid.
H. Balfe & Co., were higher than
either. They asked $40 month for
gold and So for West Indian la
borers.
The two contractors who join in an
appeal to President Roosevelt sent to
Chairman Shonts letters, they say
withdrawing their bids. This left only
one bidder, which they hope will in
validate the entire concession, as two
bidders are always required on gov
eminent work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
SCANDAL IN BIG CONTRACT.
Several Bidders for $50,0O0,000 Board.
ing Concession Accuse Shonts.

NEW YORK, Sept 1.-two out
of three bidders for a $50,OO0,OO0 con-
cession awarded by Theodore P.
Shonts, chairman of the Panama or
is hmian canal commission, joined to-
day in making charges that a third
contractor was awarded the vase con-
ceSSiOn with undue haste, without any
public competition, and that advant-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
Standard Oil to Pour Into Gotham

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE Stand
ard Oil company is now engaged in
laying another pipe from the oil re-
gions to New York The pipes are
being quietly put down across the
state by Mr.. Rockefeller's trusted
agents. in almost a straight line from
Clean. The workmen nave laid the
pipe as far east as Middleton. The
pipe will carry 100000 gallons day
A special agent OF the Standard Oil
company, known as the gum shoe
man. is going ahead of the men who
are laying the new pipe line, settling
with the property owners and farmers
across whose land the pipe is being
lad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
Utah Wooden Mills Closed Down

PROVO, Utah, Sept. 1.-THE di-
nounce that they will close down the
plant Indefinitely owing to the high
price Of wool. The concern is the
Oldest home industry in Utah. Sena-
tor Reed Smoot for years was man.
ager. Manager Cutler was one of the
heaviest stockholders.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-14
age was taken Of leaks, by which the
successful bidder received inside in

age was taken Of leaks, by which the
successful bidder received inside in
formation.
gloves and on an appeal mas been
made to President Roosevelt to stop
the official awarding of the contract
The Three Bidders.
The successful bidder, J. E. Markell,
pany of Omaha, Neb. The charges
are made by Hudgins & Dumas, of this
city, whose offices are at "A State
street, and they are Endorsed by H.
Balfe & Co, who now have the con-
tract for the restaurant privileges on
Ellis Island, which up to last July
Huigins & Dumas held.
In making the charges, which are in
printed form and officially signed by
the makers, Hudgins & Dumas, al
lege that there must have been a leak
in the office of Chairman Shonts, as
an entire section of their bid, consist
ing of sample bills of fare for a week
to be served to American employees,
is found incorporated bodily in the
bid of Markell, the successful bidder.
Hotel Contract on Isthmus.
Hudgins & Dumas some time ago
decided to bid for the great canal
contract, which was for the conducting
of hotels, boarding camps and COM
missary stores all along the line of the
Panama canal. The contract was to
be let for five years. The three firms
were the only bidders for the great
contract, and the allegation is made
now that there should not have been
precipitancy in the closing of the con-
tract which Chairman Snonts awarded
to ]. E. Markell on Thursday.
1t appears that the contract was
divided into two sections-the upper
classes of canal employees, such as
superintendents, clerks and all classes
above laborers; and the West Indian
laborers. There was, of course, a dis
tinction between the fare to be served
The employees will have to pay for
what they get, but the idea was to
furnish wholesome food under govern
ment stipulations at minimum cost.
Charges Made to President.
Hudgins & Dumas declare that
after presenting their bid they received
a letter from Mr.. Shonts in which he
intimated that their figures were too
low and setting forth conditions which
were not mentioned in the draft of the
proposed contract on which the bids
were based. The firm add that they
received this information at about
$3.50 D. m. last Wednesday and were
told by Mr.. Shonts' secretary that his
principal required an answer by 4
o'clock. Deducting the hame time con-
sumed in typewriting the firm alleges
that this left them only ten minutes
to revise their bill.
Boarding System on Isthmus.
The canal commission mas built
on the isthmus two hotels for lodging
gold employees" or men paid in gold
getting from 1925 to $500 a month.
Three more hotels are nearly done
There are to be seven in all. Each
will accommodate 800 guests and are
to be equipped by the government.
The contractor will have only TO fur
nish, cook and serve food. He will not
have to pay rent. A bakery, steam
laundry and cold storage warehouse
go free with the concession.
In addition the contractor is to
have the exclusive privilege of feed
ing canal laborers. There are 10000
of them now. There will be $4,000 la
ter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18

THE train wasn't going fast enough
to make it a dangerous accomplishment,
and / didn't want to lose you"
There was new tenderness in his
eyes, new Difference in his attitude,
that proclaimed him the lover, not the
old companion who took everything for
granted
Il believe you. dear she said, softly,
but l shan't put you 50 the test. I'll
accept the old proposal and take bridal
trip to Torquay."
lie caught her in his arms again, and
for a moment they were oblivious Of
everything around them Then he looked
up whimsically.
Il hope the walkings good" he said.
refectivelY.
She gave cry. There in the distance
the Torquay train was fast reccdirg. No
one had noticed her leave the train or
had observed Calvert.
Well" said Miriam, let's walk -
Illustrated Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
A New Walk Coming.

A new walk is coming in with the new
year. 1t is already here, but it will take
until the dawn of 1905 to become perfect
in it. 1t is different from any other walk
that was ever seen, though in certain
ways it resembles the Grecian bend,
which was the ambition of our mothers
and grandmothers in 1870.
The new walk requires these things:
Wide shoulders and little waist.
High-heeled shoes with wide soles.
Big hips and fiat back.
A certain carriage which is known as
the military carriage.
The girl who is getting the 1905 walk
would do well to visit some nearby mill
tary station and study the soldiers. IL
she can get a West Point cadet to teach
her so much the better. The new walk
will be the military walk with certain
Improvements and changes.
To get ready to walk stand erect and
throw back the shoulders. Now expand
the chest. Next square the elbows, hold
ing them down to your sides, not out.
Now draw in the abdomen, lift the feet
high, and walk.
The first time you try this you will feel
like a trussed chicken. Tho second time
it will not be quite so bad. After while
you will get the hang of it, just as you
get the hang of the bicycle, and you will
be able to work it all right.-Washingto
Times
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
New Gard Trick.

The newest thing in card games has
made its appearance under the name of
Trusts and Busts. or Frenzied Finance.
The game consists Of eighty-siX cards.
ten Of which are engraved to initiate the
stock certificates of various trusts. six
teen are market cards. indicating the
turn of the market. and include Longs,
Shorts, Puts. Calls. High Spreads, Low
Spreads. and a Frenzied Finance Boom
and Frenzied Finance Slump Each
remaining card has distinct value, SO
that it is possible for each player TO win
the trick The winner is not revealed I'M
til all have played and the market card
is turned. Even then the winner is not
sure of his holdings for if a Boom strikes
the market he loses all he has won on
Shorts. while Il Slump following takes all
that he has won on Longs and the Boom.
Now York Glnhe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
WAS CURED RAPIDLY
RHEUMATISM IN TWO SEVERE GASES
MASTERED IN FEW WEEKS.
The Remedy Used by Mr.. schroeppeI and
by Captain Balfour In Great Demandin
Vicinity of Their Homes,

n
by Captain Balfour In Great nemandin
Vicinity of Their Homes.
In the winter of 1923 Mr.. Schroennal
was confined to his bed by a severe at.
tack Of rheumatism. His doctors treat.
ment proved unsuccessful, but he subsa.
quently regained his health by means
which he describes with great entbu.
siasm.
"After five or six weeks of helpless.
ness and pain, said he, " during which
was receiving regular visits from the
doctor, felt as bad as ever. Just then
my mother, a woman eighty years Of
age, paid me q visit. She had received
great benefit from DIR. Williams Pinl,
Pills, and she was confident they would
help me. At her solicitation l gave nm
the DOCTORS treatment and took the pills
i'll its place"
"And were you cured as the result o.
taking her advice?"
Eyes, quickly and thoroughly. Be.
fore the second box was finished felt
very manifest improvement, and within
two weeks was able to leave my bed and
take up my neglected farm work. con.
tinued to use the pills, however, until
eight boxes had been taken, although
long before that felt that every YES
tige of the disease had been eradicated.
care there no traces left?"
Absolutely none. For year and
three months there has never been the
slightest return of the old trouble. For
this happy result aud my family freely
praise DIR. Williams Pink Pills"
Within the bounds of China township.
st. Clair county, Mich, there is no bet
ter known farmer than Mr.. Henry
Schroeppel. His cure has therefore nat
urally attracted a great deal of attention.
One of Mr.. Schroeppel's neighbors, Cap.
tain George Balfour, after hearing Of the
salutary results i'll Mr.. Schroeppel's case,
decided to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for am attack of rheumatism from which
he was himself suffering. He took eight
or ten boxes and now declares himself
free from the painful ailment."
1t is little wonder that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are much in favor i'll the COM
munity where Mr.. Schroeppel and Cap.
tain Balfour are so we'll and favorably
known. They are sold by all druggists
and are equally successful i'll curing
neuralgia, sciatica and partial paralysis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
TO THE CAR.

Imperial minion, swollen with a pride
That reeks to Heaven; not pride that still
may rear
But pride that builds itself on craven fear
Gnawing thy vitals like a singing worm.
That gropes a deadly way 10 death more
near
Who art thou that hast dared to crown
Now in this day of brothery desire.
With power Of God! What gave thee
To cast strong equal men into the mire
Beneath thy foot, or pour the deadenlng
OF tyrant power upon their sacred fire?
by what divine decree hast thou yet
The long. sad yearning question of thy race?
or east thy fellows, oft more than thy
Enehained in some dark, vermin-writhing
Where Shame sat gaunt by womeas shrink
ing breasts,
Whilst thou swept on nor Stacked thy wan
ton pace.
From what high. Understanding power
Draw st thou thy wondrous, ripe brutality
Is it from Jesus, standing at thy gate
And murmurng, Little children, come to
While babes lie bathed in gore about thy
feet.
with more than seven wounds that cape
at theef
O horrible Thou God who seest
these things
Help us TO blot this terror from the earth.
Count, in Thy memory divine, the lives
That cast into this chasm their noble worth,
And grant to Russia in her dying need
From Thine own hand radiant new birth,
Louise Morgan Sill in Harpers Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
Size of an Atom.

How large is an atom? perhaps the
simplest, though not the most exact, way
Of arriving at a rough estimate of the
size oi atoms is by measuring the thick
ness of a soap bubble film, where it is
as thin as possible. just before it bursts, /"
says a writer. ",such a film, if composed
of atoms, must be something like peb-
bic wall. Now, Il pebble wall would not
stand if it were not several pebbles thick,
and if we had reason 20 suppose that it
was about a dozen pebbles thick we
could easily make an estimate of the
size of the pebble by measuring the
thickness of the wall.
THAT is the case with the thinnest
region of Il soap film. 1t is found to
have very definite and uniform thick
ness 1t is the thinnest thing known,
and by refined optical means its thickness
can he accurately measured. 1t must
contain not less than something like a
dozen atoms in its thickness, and yet it is
only about the twenty-millionth of an
inch in thickness by direct measurement.
So that the diameter of an atom comes
ont between one two-hundred-m illionth
aud one-three- hundred of an
inch. In other words. from about 200.-
100000 to 300,00O000 Of atoms can lie
edge to edge in linear inch. Science.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
Always Precise.

Del Valentine tells of Il Kansas clergy
man he once knew who prided himself on
his precise and Scrupuous use of words.
One Sunday the good man was praying
for elevating grace and renewed work
ing force. oh, Lord" he pleaded,
''waken Thy cause in the hearts of this
congregation ana give them new eyes
70 see and impulse to do. Send down
Thy lever or lecv-er. according to Web
ster's or Worccster'S dictionary. which
ever you use and pry them into activi-
ty. This lawyer and some Of his
friends who happened to be there Snorted
just little and the Amen" followed
quickly and with Il jcrk.-kansas City
Star
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
London Street Names.

Paddingtun proposes to change it's
Warwick road into Browning avenue.
since the postmaster general has COM
planned of too many "WarwickS" in the
field of the London poStmau. There are
thirty four 'Warwicks' of various sorts:
but the 'WeuingtonS" SurpaSs with
rorty-four. the Works" with sixty-nine.
and the "Nictorias'' with OVERWHELMINGLY.
II would be a blessing if some genius
with imagination, mt a desk in Spring
Gardens, would difereutiatc between our
London streets and give them names Of
their own London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
The Wrong Spirit.

Thomas Hunter. the president of the
New York normal college was address
Ing a band of young women
Young women" said Mr.. HI4ter,
generally make excellent teachers But
it YOU dislike the work, turn to anything
else bu; teaching. We cannot succeed
ever in what we hate.
bad teachers, when we find them. are
persons who dislike their work They
are like the young girl in the country
town who said TO one of her friends:
Yes, | am going to take up teach
ing
THE friend looked amazed.
'YouE she exclaimed. You a school
tcacherI Why, I'd rather marry wild
over with nine children
SO would L. said the other. But
where is the widower| New York
Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
LAZY.

When a feller's good and hungry,
Then he caint work no mo-;
He's got to do some eatin'
10 make the old wheels go;
An when he's ben to dinner
An slowed away a heap,
Then what's the use o. workin'?
feller's got ter sleep.
o. when's that good time comm
When we don't work no mo-?
I'd like to go a struttin'
TO that there golden sho',
An loosen all my buttons
An eat "A mighty heap
OF yalluE vans an possum
An sleep an eat an sleep!
I'd love to 90 a-fishin
In tn eyerlastin' str an,
An hook the line ter nv big toe
An perch up there an dream
I'd like ter ketch a catfish
An fry him in de pan
m a sleepin'. eatin', sleepin',
A sleeDtn, eatln man!
The Houston Pos
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
Delivers His Own Funeral Grafton.

Benjamin T. Goodsel an aged resi-
dent of Ashmont, O.. quite i'll. has de-
termined that he will deliver his own fu-
reral Grafton. An asnoStc and desiring
that no minister shall comment upon his
life over his dead body he has prepared
end delivered into a monograph am obit-
nary in which he sets forth his hre'S oh
jcctS. The record has been placed in a
safety deposit vault 10 be used at his
funeral
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
"Violetso That Are Geraniums.

The purchaser of a bunch of Parma
violets in London found that it had "a
strange smell, partly geranium. and part
Is something else Closer examination
showed that the inside Of the flowers
was white. and that the "violets' were
white double geraniums. The enterprls'
ing fiower-seller had dipped them care
fully in violet ink
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18
The Restaurant .rEace ~

In these times we can do nothing with
ont mt once being warned that il is lcav-
NJ is stamp upon us. says the London
World. The most recent scare of this
Kind refers TO the present craze for re-
<t"Hrnt dining We are told that the
practice is completely changing the eN-
preston Of our faces and working a
MarkNl HhaMgo Inn onr mannnr