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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
Situation Becoming Sesious on
Grand Trunk Line.
IS swITCnMEN WALK OUT
High Officials of the Road Go to Chi
cago to Try and Settle Differences
Switchmen's Union Hopes for Peace
Although Their Demands are Refused

Chicago, Oct 4.-High officials OF the
Grand Trunk railroad have been called
TO Chicago to prevent strike of the
switchmen on the system growing out
of the walkout of IS men in the yards at
Eldon. Local officials last night admit
ted that the labor situation is growing
more critical hourly.
Fourth Vice President McWeagin and
General Superintendent Brownlee of the
Grand Trunk will arrive from Detroit
today and win confer with Division Su-
perintendent Egan, and his assistant, W.
Z. Costello. 1t is expected also that a
conference viii be held with COM
mittee from the strikers in an endeav-
or to adjust the dispute.
Vice Grand Master James B. Connors,,
of the Switchmen's Union still hopes for
peace, although the Grand Trunk officials
have refused to consider the chief de-
mands of the men-the reinstatement Of
the discharged men of the grievance
committee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
ROGUE RIVERS LOSS.

Jacksonville, Oct. 4.-Pcter Britt, one
o. the oldest pioneers Of the Rogue River
valley, died yesterday In Jacksonville,
where he has lived since 1852. Born
in Switzerland more than 81 years ago,
Mr., Britt came from Missouri to the
Rogue River valley In 1889, residing
here continuously ever since, lie worked
at portrait painting until far advanced
in years, Soon after his arrival In Jack.
sonville he started pack train 10 Crcs.
cent City, and for some years handled
freight from the coast TO Rogue River
valley. Two children survive their par.
ents. Mr.. Britt was one OF tine master
spirits to bring about the change from
primitive conditions TO advanced civil.
zation In the Rogue River valley.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
SKAGIT ON RAMPAGE.
Great Danger Of Serious Floods II Chin.
ook Wind Continues.

Bellingham, Oct. "A special TO the
Herald from Sedro.w .wcoley says; The
warm chinook winds prevailing for the
past few hours have converted the Skag.
II river into a raging torrent. All tri.
butary streams up the valley have left
their banks, and give every indicatio
of causing the worst freshet that the
Skngit country has seen since 1903. II
the present warm wind continues AZ
hours, the valley will witness the worst
food known In it, history. Reports
come from the hills that terrific snow
storms have been raging there. Yestcr.
day the river rose IL inches an hour.
Log booms have broken away, causing
thousands Of dollars damage. Tributary
streams, usually only a few feet wide,
now measure several hundred feet. Mill
dams have been washed out. Vast tracts
Of country protected by dikes near the
mouth Of the river are In danger, as the
food descends toward the sea.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
FIND COMMON CAUSE.
Railroads and Shippers Get Together to
Lessen Expenses.

Chicago, Oct. 4.--Chicago shippers and
Chicago terminal railroads have found a
common field for labor in the movement
to facilitate the handling of freight at
the team tracks and freight houses.
Representatives of the shippers and rep.
resentatives of the railroads met yes.
terday and mutual pledge was given
that both parties would cooperate to
bring about better conditions. 1t was
estimated that more than $1,000 day
is lost TO the shippers through the de.
lays in handling freight at the freight
houses and considerable amount is lost
to the railroads. Through the co-opera-
tion of shippers, railroads and teamsters
it is hoped to increase the capacity Of
the freight terminals 25 per cent. The
railroads have promised to increase their
forces of freight handlers and to spend
considerable money in improvements to
their houses and the shippers have
agreed to adopt rules governing the load
ing and unloading OF wagons which will
save much time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
MERE BAGATELLE.

Pendleton, Oct. 4.-The experts now
auditing the county books are declared
to have found small shortage in the
clerks Office. However, according 10
Expert Beckwith, there has been no fail.
ure on the part Of any one TO turn over
money received; but there has been fail.
ure to charge for some things which, un.
der the law, should have been charged
for. Also, he says that subsequent find.
ings may offset the shortage that has
been found.
Under whose regime the Irregularities
come will not be divulged, nor will the
amount of the deficiency be made known
at present. The work Of the experts ex.
tends back to 1898, when Ben Burroughs
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
LIT WILL IS FILED.
Gives 5000 to His Friend for Faithful
Work in His Behalf.

New York, Oct. 4.-The will of Jacob
Lit, the theatrical manager, filed yes
terday, disposes of an estate of almost
a quarter of million dollars. The
bulk of the property win 60 to the
widow, Ruth Carpenter Lift and the
two sons, Jacob Lift, jr, and Willard
d. Lift.
In his win he named his friend and
associate in business Alexander W.
Dingwall and his nephew, Sol Lift, as
executors and trustees OF his estate.
Among the special requests is one Of
5000 to Mr.. Dingwall, who is referred
to in these words:
TO my friend Alexander W. Ding.
wall of Milwaukee, 5000 in recogni.
tion of faithful work in my behalf and
as slight token OF my esteem for him
after many years Of intimate associa-
tion.'
Trust funds are then created by the
will to pay annuities, one 10 the widow,
and another to the sister of the ties.
tator, Louise Lit Fisher of San Fran.
cisco.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
FRIENDLY FELINE.

The Star theatre in this city has a
black and white tabby on the premises
whose friendliness is equalled only by
that of a choms.gi,a when there Is a
midnight supper on the tapis. This cat
has fashion Of curling herself up In
the hand.hole of the Oox.oiiice frame.
work In the early morning hours and
making quite PRETTY picture Of her.
self with her surroundings of brass and
plate glass; and when she has had her
nap out, she goes up TO the Astorian
Office and chums up with the night re.
porters, climbing into their laps and pur.
ring around ON their desks, until she has
had her call out, and then deliberately
stalks down Commercial street to her
home quarters again.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05

cause of the shooting is not known. The
police found number Of socialistie
pamphlets and Washington, ID. G., nail
road ticket on 0leson's person.
II is announced at police headquarters
here by Superintendent Alexander Wal.
lace that he is OF the opinion that OLE
son is the same person who tried to
reach President Roosevelt Monday af.
ternoon, October 5, 1908. Superintend.
ent Wallace thinks that the oleson now
in Central station is a former resident
of Minneapolis and that ON the date
mentioned he entered the lobby of the
White House, armed with a revolver and
knife. When discovered by secret ser.
vice men the suspect put up fierce
fight. Officer Cissel being wounded. In
vestigstion October 9, 1908, developed
that the man was an anarchist and he
was known as Peter Elliott and Peter
Oleson. He was committed to an In.
sane asylum, and escaped, being heard of
next in Ohio. The Youngstown, Ohio
police wired here tonight that they be.
lieve Oleson could throw considerable
light ON the murder Of woman sup.
posed to be 0leson's wife, which occurred
in Youngstown some months ago. OLE
son answered the description wanted by
the Ohio officials. 0leson is a machin-
st.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
YOUNG oREcoNIANs IN IT.

Corvallis, Oct. &.--Accordlng 10 new
ruling Of the war department, Lieuten'
ant Quinlan will be allowed 10 select
this year threc men from the o. A. &,
cadets for positions In the constabulary
in the Philippine Islands. The pay for
the constabulary officers Is, third lieu.
tenant, sll00 per annum; second lieu.
tenant, $500; first lieutenant, $500.
Lieutenant Quinlan, eommandant Of the
cadets during his service In the Philip.
pines assisted In establishing the branch
OF army service, and he Ia considered
well fitted TO pass upon appointments
for these positions.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
SCOTCH CENSOR RULES.

Vancouver, b. C., Oct A special
from Dawson says on the assumption
that they are immoral number Of
books in the Dawson public library
have been seized by the customs and
probably will be burned. The volumes
seized were recently ordered by the new
library board, which yielded TO the
clamor that there should be, French
books in every down.to.date public u.
brary. The books are handsomely
bound, but the illustrations are OF the
character which the postal and customs
laws forbid. The seizures were made at
tie rdluest of Colonel Donald Mac
gregor. The Scot was Mortified when he
say the illustrations, and at once com.
planned to Chief Customs Officer Bush.
by, who ordered two OF his staff to take
action.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
ALL RIGHT TOWN.

Amity, Oct. AT the last meeting
Of the common council an ordinance was
passed prohibiting the sale Of intoxi.
eating liquors within the town. The or.
dinance will take effect October O, and
for the first time In over 10 years Am.
ity will be dry town. Public schools
this year have increased enrolment. All
the teachers Of last year have been re.
tanned. The Briedwell. Masonic block
Amity's second brick structure will be
ready for occupancy October 20.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
ADVICE TO STUDENTS
President Eliot of Harvard Addresses
Incoming Freshman Class.


Cambridge, Mass, Oct. t.-President
Charles w, Eliot, of Harvard, addressed
the incoming freshman class at the fac,
ulty reception yesterday evening. He
said in part:
The foundation Of oil durable salts.
faction in life is that each man be a
clean, wholesome, vigorous animal. This
means that drunkenness, licentiousness,
and dirt Of all kinds must be avoided.
But this is not enough. II Is the
intellectual life that gives the educated
man the real satisfaction that endures.
The cultivation of vigorous, intense,
mental work each day is bound TO fur.
nish one OF the greatest and most last.
ing satisfactions that come in life. Don't
take three minutes to do what might
just as well be done in two minutes.
Don't fake four years in college TO do
what might be done Just as well in three
years.
The third great source of satisfac.
tion is decent reputation. In order
to secure this, be a man of honor. Yet
act toward all women as thought you
were going to marry some pure woman
inside month BE honest to all, and
more than this, be generous. especially
to those poorer than yourself
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
METEoRITE IS FOUND.

New York, Oct. 4.-Workmen engaged
in blasting for the cellar OF the new
Democratic club house in Long Island
City yesterday came upon a smooth rock
whic gave so much resistance TO their
drills that they skipped it and worked
all about it. BY last night they had
uncovering a surface about six feet in
extent without disclosing the entire for.
nation. A piece was Clipped of naj
was taken by John Brady, the contract.
or, TO persons, who pronounced 1t a me.
teorite.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
Don't Borrow Trouble.

II Il . bad habit 10 borrow anything.
but the worst thing you can possibly
borrow. s trouble. When sick, sore.
heavy. weary and worn.out by tbs pains
and poisons Of dyspepsia. biliousness,
Rrights disease, and similar Internal
disorders. don't sit down and brood
over your symptoms, but ny for relief
10 Electric Bitters. Here you will hnd
sure and permanent forgvtfulne~s OF all
your troubles, and your body win not
be burdened by load Of debt disease.
At ChaA Rogers drug store Price SOC.
Guaranteed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05

was county clerk. Following him, w. D.
Chamberlain served two terms, and was
succeeded by Clerk Frank Sailing, who
has now been In Office more than year.
IL Is not thought the shortages found
win amount TO any great sum, but tho
whole facts will not be known until the
work Of the experts tscompletcd and q
report Is made to the county commits.
sioners.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
BAD MAN CAPTURED.
Shoots Man Down at Pittsburg and May
Have Murdered His Wife.

Pittsburg, Oct. 4.-Anthony W. Ole
son, aged 25, of Youngstown, Ohio, and
believed to be mentally unbalanced, shot
and fatally wounded Hugh Hamilton, of
Greensboro, Pa, yesterday In front of
the Merchants Hotel in Water street.
0leson fired four shots into Hamilton's
body after which he caused quite dis
turbanee in the surrounding streets. He
was finally placed under arrest. The
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05

Those who participated in the confer
enoe were representatives of the Chi
cago shippers association, the Illinois
association, the CONNER.
eial association, the Employers assccia'
tion. the Employers Teaming assccia.
tion and of nearly every eastern rail-
road.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
HAD NO Acc0MpLIcES
Young Leonard Not Allowed to Talk Of
His Case to Reporters.

New York, Oct. 4.-The detectives and
the police have satisfied themselves that
Harry Leonard, the boy who did the Ma.
tional City bank out Of s359O00 worth
of securities by means Of forged
check, had no accomplices. They an.
nounced yesterday that all the evidence
TO convict young Leonard had been OBJ
tanned and that the case was closed.
In court yesterday Leonard seemed
eager to talk concernig himself, but the
police would not let him. Once the re.
p0rters surrounded him successfully and
he got launched in the story before the
police shut him up.
'1've been making a study Of banking
and banking methods" he began, "ever
since I've been down in the street. A
month ago wrote an article for Wall
street publication showing up the care.
lessness Of the messenger service down
there. liked the article so well that
decided TO demonstrate the thing and
make name for myself"
At this point he was interrupted by
officers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
New Cure for Cancer.

All surface cancers are now known
to be durable, by Bucklen's Arnica Salye.
Jas. Walters, Of Dufield, Va, writes;
II had cancer on my lip for years, taat
seemed incurable, till Bucklen's Arnica
salve healed it, and now 1t Is perfectly
well. /" Guaranteed cure for cuts and
burns. 25c at Chas. Rogers drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-05
T0DAY's WEATHER.

Portland, Oct. 4.--Western Oregon:
Thursday, rain, cooler in the south por.
ton.
Western Washington: Occasional rain.
Eastern Oregon; Increasing cloudiness
followed by rain.
Eastern Washington; Rain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
"The Sultan Of Sui, /"

INC 0uiSdns OF SuIu.
George AIDE, so well known as the
author of Fables in Slang" will be
heard at the Keylor Grand Tuesday,
November IA, when his musical satire,
1.-The Sultan of Sulu," is produced. 1t
is said to be one of the funniest things
seen on the extravaganza stage for a
long time because it has that touch of
satire which Gilbert used so often and
which was once or twice employed by
Hoyt. 1t deals with the American in
vasion of the, Philippines, and is said
not only to be beautifully mounted, but
funny and melodious.s Albert Mahar
is the Sultan and is said to employ
a few methods that were not used be-
fore. There are natives, army officers,
school teachers and comedians who are
in a class by themselves. There are a
dozen or more songs in the piece which
are said to be catchy. 1t is evident
that most of those who have read the
fables will try to see the show.
There is nothing slangy about the dia-
logue particularly. 1t is only Ameri-
can.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
FARMER SHAW SELLS OFT

The sale by Leslie NJ Shaw of his
3500-acre farm in Texas for $3.50 900
cash is said to be another of the pre-
Hminaries of his campaign for the
presidency. Secretary Shaw proposes
to have neither offices nor farms hand
leap him in the race for delegates. 1t
might happen that, while Mr.. Shaw
was cunning for delegates in Vermont.
the hired man in Texas would wire
him, Come Immediately. Gang pillow
No. O043 won't work." or the first as
slstant controller of the dairy depart
ment might demand his presence to
settle question of precedence among
the milkmaids. Meanwhile some pres
1dential candidate with nothing else
10 CO. would camp with Vermont un-
III the delegation was baled and
strapped. 1t doesn't do to have too
many irons in the fire, and the presf-
oency is big iron. You've got ID
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS:
NAVAL PROBLEMS.

The visit of Prince Louis of Batten-
berg with his squadron to American
waters is in way recognition OF one
great naval power by another. Twen-
ty years ago sucn call would have
looked more like a menace than a
compliment The American navy was
then in the formation period. The
United States had no standing among
great powers as a naval unit.
But the United States has pro-
crossed. We sent a navy against the
Spanish power in 1898 that astonished
the world. Our ironclads at Manila
and Santiago wiped out the remnant
of the Spanish power on water without
the loss of a ship and with scarcely the
loss Of a man. The efficiency as we'll
as the strength of the American navy
was demonstrated. Thereafter this
country sent squadron to British
waters for the coronation of King Ed
ward.
Our ships have been on friendly
visits to French ports and German
ports and everywhere the flag of this
country has been respected. Indeed,
until the Japanese gave their almost
miraculous exhibition of naval supe-
riority we mad the only fleet of IRON
Wy, ho1 cd in
So today visit from a British
squadron is not a bit of patronage nor
does it fill us with dread of what
might happen to us because we rea-
lie that the British navy is more nu-
merous than ours; it is not certain
that we could not beat them with iron
ships as we once beat them in wooden
hulls
The problem of the American navy
today is not one of construction. De-
spite some vagaries on the part of con-
gress the naval experts get out of it
orders for as many ships as they can
we'll build and generally for the kind Of
ships they want. The problem is one
of manning the vessels. Of neither Of
f1cers nor men has the navy today a
full complement. They do not, of
course, need full complement in time
of peace, but the fact that the whole
navy is 1000 men and officers short of
war footing, is interesting, if not
alarming, How is the young Ameri-
can to be induced to take to the sea?
The question is a complicated one.
but promotions. pay and social status
have great deal to do with it's solu-
ton. Congress can handle the first
two; the third must be left with the
navy itself. But the solution of the
first two would go far toward solving
the third. If promotions from the
ranks We're encouraged and pay were
adequate the American sailor man
would take care of himself socially.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
OF Z ANNUAL scHoo,
ELECTION.

Notice Is hereby given that
Annual Election of School III
No, One of Walla Walla COUNTY O..
of Washington, will be held at d.,
Snarpstein, Lincoln and Wasbira.
Schools in said School District
Saturday the Second day of Dooo..
Der, 1905, for the purpose Of aIaot,~
two School District Directors 60.
a term of three years each.
Also for the further purpose :,
submitting to the voters of cot,
School District No. 1 the propositi0u
of authorizing the Board of Dirsoto.-
to provide free text books and su
plies for all children ATTENDING ..
Public Schools within said Distr,o.
and for the transaction of such 9TH,
business as may lawfully come befo,,
this meeting.
The polls will be open from,
O'Clock P. M. to o'clock P. NJ
By order of the Board of Drsotou-
Dated this 10th day of Novemba,
1905.
MARGARET CENTER
Secretary,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
-. 49,
COULDN'T STOP II
IF We WOULD
WOULDN'T STOP IT
IF We GOULD
Piano Buying Unabated at tilerS...
Three Sales in One Day, Six
Planes Sold in the Last
Six Days
L
An Average Of One a Day is the
Sales Record of the Past
Week
~

Miss Bertha Jones secured a fine
Arion piano, Reinhold Harras an ele-
CANT Haddorff, Mrs. John Bailey a
handsome, old, reliable Steck, Frank
Anderson a beautiful Hinze, Mrs.
Katie King a handsome Schumann, j.
M. Krogh Singer.
Eilers Piano House is destined to be-
come as popular in Walla Walla
as they are in every city, town and
hamlet on the Pacific Coast. Just
think of twenty pianos going out of
one store in the past month. This is
the record at Eilers' Walla Walla
store. Why not? They have the
largest and most finely selected stock
of Pianos ever seen in Walla Walla,
and their policy of making war on
high prices is warranted by the re-
suits obtained.
The more pianos they sell, the
cheaper they can afford to sell. The
cheaper the price, the more pianos they
sell. A rule that works both ways.
People who were so astOnished at the
immense stock displayed IN
their Walla Walla store month
ago, are equally surprised to
see how depleted the stock is
today, and yet there are more pianos
to be found in their store at this writ
ing than was ever seen in any other pi-
ano wareroom in Walla Walla.
An order has gone to Portland for
another carload Of pianos to fill up
the space Of those disposed of. Due
notice will be given of their arrival.
In the meantime you will find it de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11
Jack O'Diamonds a Splendid Produc
ton.

AS usual for Friday night the rec
ord breaking crowd of the week pack
ed the Keylor Grand last night to wit
ness the production of Jack ODia-
monds' by the Redmond company AL
though the play is not new to Walla
Walla theater goers, the superior act
ing and the artistic stage settings
made the production of thrilling in
terest to all present. Mrs. Rae Bron-
long illness, reappeared in the cast
last night and her strong place in
the hearts of Walla Walla people
was attested by the presentation to
her as she entered for the first act
Of several baskets of beautiful
cut flowers, the audience : manifest
ing its pleasure and approval by
round after round of applause.
Del Lawrence appeared in the title
role. He is not SO strong in the char
acter of a desperate, fire. eating, blood
cudrling gambler as in his. natural
sentimental role as a soft-l,earted,
ardent lover, but he had a chance to
appear in both last night. and on the
whole his work was good, as It always
is.
Alta Phipps, as the wife of Jack
charming as ever. However the
piece hardly calls for the full display
of the dramatic power that she
proved herself capable of in "Shall
We Forgive Herr"
Rae Bronson as Cordelia Dennison
the spinster sweetheart of Denver
Dam was perfect, and Rush Bron-
son as joe" could not be better.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11

=. Il s--zs- !.
joyable than to see the great produce
ton produced by living artists. The
matinee this afternoon and tonight's
entertainment will close one Vt the
most novel and unique entertain
ments ever given in Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11

A Philadelphia man is worrying be-
cause he received $40 in a letter &c
which no name was signed. We NOM
mate MIN for the first vice president
of the Amalgamated Association OF
Trouble Borrowers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-11

The fall styles in womens hosiery,
Judged by window displays, are rain
bow hued and boldly designed. Until
muddy days disclosures, no man
may say whether they are popular.