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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
TREASURY DEFICIT DECREASES.
Showing for July Improved by Larger
Receipts From Customs.

WASHINGTON, July 31;-Tne
monthly statement of the government
receipts and expenditures which will
be issued by the treasury department
on August l will show the receipts for
July, 1905, to have been approximately
$40, ,1S0, 900 and the expenditures about
s62,960,OOO, leaving a deficit for the
month of s13,6SO,OOO. The deficit last
July was $17,3OO,OOO.
There were no extraordinary receipts
or expenditures in July, 1904, and none
will appear in the figures for the pres
ent month. This decrease of $3,5OO,OO0
in the deficit for this month, as COM
pared with tnat for July, 1904, is ac-'
counted for by the material increase in
the receipts, particularly from customs
and a slight decrease in expenditures.
The receipts from customs alone will
exceed those for July last year by
about $4,000, 900. Those from internal
revenue sources will probably exceed
those of year ago by about 100000.
The receipts this month will include
a payment of about $3,0O0,00O from the
Southern Pacific railway company on
account of it's thirteenth semi-annual
note due the government on August 1.
There was a similar payment from
the company last July. The treasury
officials regard the showing this month
with satisfaction, and point to the ST.
900, 900 increase in customs receipts as
an indication of a large increase in
business during the remainder of the
year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
SOUGHT AID OF SPIRITUALISTS.
Beineham Mans Letters Cause a
Sensation in Courtroom.

BELLINGHAM, July 31.-A sensa-
ton was created here when letters
were opened in court, alleged to have
been written by Hugh Eldridge, a
prominent politician, officeholder and
son of the late pioneer, Edward Ell
bridge, addressed to spiritualist me-
diums in San Francisco and invoking
their aid in influencing the late Eras-
tUs Bartlett of Oakland to validate a
deed of valuable property in this city
10 Eldridge and his mother. The let
ters were introduced by the prosecu-
ton in a suit brought by the Bartlett
heirs against Eldridge, charging fraud
employing the mediums to take ad-
vantage of Bartlett's belief in spirit
ualism. The correspondence attributed
TO Eldridge gives directions as to how
10 play upon Bartlett's friendship for
The late Edward Eldridge, father Of the
alleged writer, whose wish to nave the
property retained by Mrs. Terest Ell
drldge, the mediums were supposed to
transmit from the spirit of the dead.
bartlett and Eldridge, sr., were close
associates in business during early
days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
DOES RUST COME FROM sEED7
Significant Investigations Made by
Professor BolIey.

FARGO, N. D., July 31.-A line OF
investigation is being conducted by
Professor H. L. Bolley of the North
Dakota Agricultural college that may
mean millions to the farmers of the
Northwest, as did his discovery Of the
formaldenyde treatment to prevent
smut. His present work is of even
greater i1npor:.srsce. as~it is along the
cause of rust in wheat.
For two years he has been engaged
in the investigation and. while he Is
not in position to be certain, all the
observations so far indicate that rust
is transmitted in the seed.
If his theory is true he can discover
some preventative, as was done In the
case of smut, and the annual fear OF
the devastation of the wheat fields OF
the Northwest by rust will be allayed.
Something entirely new to students
of wheat rust was learned by the pro-
fessor in his Investigations Of wheat
badly affected with rust. He discov-
cred that from 20 to 80 per cent Of the
wheat grains showed infection. They
terminated and grew normally. Many
other observations showed that rust
came from the inside of the seed, but
so far the absolute proof of the theory
is wanting and the professor cannot
state his discovery as a scientific fact.
Reports of his Investigations gained
currency and so many erroneous ru-
mors were in circulation that he has
issued a preliminary statement to the
foregoing effect.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL WILL
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
OLD SOLDIERS.
Will Be Permitted to Live Outside Of
Orting With Their Families
Under Restrictions.

The state board of control will pro-
ceed at once to fix regulations for car
rying out the provisions Of the new
law providing for colonies of old SOL
diers at Orting who will be permitted
to receive subsistence and clothing
from the Soldiers home at that point.
One of the rules that will be adopted
and rigirously enforced will be that
any person who enters a saloon or
place where intoxicating liquors are
sold as beverage will forfeit his
rights to receive such benefits.
The regulation will be made as
sweeping as possible, so that there
can be no misconstruction of its intent.
There is now a regulation which pro-
hibits the taking of intoxicants into the
confines of the Soldiers home and one
inmate was discharged because liquor
was found in his quarters and he was
known to have offered it to others.
The new law permits INDECENT SOL
diers to reside in Orting, outside the
limits of the home, with their families
and receive subsistence and clothing
fro,,, the nome to the amount of $10O
yearly.
The attorney general will be asked
+o define the word 'indigent' as de-
fined in the statute, before the reg sui"-
tions are completed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
4 Dozen New Cases Reported
at New Orleans
STRICT QUARANTINE IS MAINTAINED
Vessel Reaches New York From
Stricken City With No Cases OF
Fever on Board.

NEW ORLEANS, July 31.-Twelve
new cases of yellow fever were report
ed and to noon today. No deaths were
reported. Mississippi still refuses to
allow any person to come into that
state from New Orleans without a
health certificate.
Shotgun quarantines" are extending
to a number of towns in Louisiana and
mississippi being entirely isolated. A
large majority of the cases continue
to be in the old infected district below
Canal street The feeling more hope
full here is offset in the country dis
tricts by the panicky action of town
authorities. Freight cars are being
dsinfected, but railroad traffic is prac-
tically paralyzed Today a number of
passengers from here were put off in
nunciation of Governor Vardaman of
Mississippi continues fierce. There is
much distress in the Italian quarter
on account of quarantine and the ces-
sation of business in the fruit industry.
Several thousand dollars have been
raised for the relief of sufferers from
the fever and quarantine and for work
in the prevention of the spread of the
scourge While admitting the serious
ness of the situation the authorities
controlled
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31

missioner at tidelands. Houston is
suiting to determine whether the is
land belongs to the state of Washing
ton, the sttae of Oregon or the federal
government. Both he and the Wash
ington fishermen have contendei that
the Sand Island which Major Langfitt
claims as a military reservation, set
aside in Lincoln's day, was located on
the Oregon side of the Columbia river
and has since been washed away
Washington fishermen who resisted
the efforts of Major Langfitt to lease
the little island in the Columbia
threatened forcibly to resist any at
tempt of the Oregon lessees to occupy
it. This determination has ended and
a compromise, in which some Of the
old holders were bought out, has re-
suited.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
FRIGHTENED OUT OF WITS.
Californian Sinks in Sump- hole al
Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, July 31.-For nearly
five hours George Gomez, a rancher.
fought with death in a crude oil sump-
hole in the dry bed Of the Los Angeles
river. When he was found at o'clock
at night he was a maniac. Devoid of
clothing, his body covered with oil and
filth, he was pulled out of the hole,
more dead than alive.
While crossing the river bed early
in the afternoon, Gomez, a stranger in
Los Angeles, came upon a sump- hole
filled with refuse of the oil wells. He
stepped boldly on tine surface, which
had the appearance of solid ground.
In a moment he was f1oundering help
lessly.
His shrieks for help were not heard
by passers on the Aliso-street bridge,
and not until evening was he discov-
cred by two men. Physicians say Go
mez mind is affected permanently.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
SAID TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
TRAGIC END OF RUSSIAN
WOMAN.
His Evil Reputation Has Not Been
Lessened by the Deed-Is a
Profligate.

PARIS, July 31.-Throughout the
czar's empire grand duke" and profit
gate" have long been synonymous
terms. To tell a Russian that he is
no better than grand duke" IS the
greatest possible reproach against his
moral character.
Perhaps the most notorious ana
prof1igate of all the Russian grand
dukes is the Grand Duke Boris, who
shocked Newport society on the oc-
casion of his visit there couple OF
years ago and later was recalled from
the army in Manchuria on account of
his notorious escapades. The evil
reputation of Grand Duke Boris has
not been lessened by the terribly tragic
death of Mile. Anastasia Mazouroff,
the youngest daughter of we'll known
LAWYER and acknowledged to be the
most beautiful girl in Kazan. Despite
the rigorous measures taken by the
Russian authorities to prevent the
matter becoming public the particulars
of the sad affair have just appeared IN
several of the Paris newspapers.
For some months past, so the story
goes, Mile Mazouroff caused her
friends great anxiety by her peculiar
fits of melancholy and nervous de-
preston. For weeks at a time she
remained in the house, steadfastly re-
fusing the dozens of invitations sne
received to dances and parties. A week
ago, however, her parents prevalleo
upon her to accompany them TO
garden party given by the governor OF
the city. Here she displayed unWonteo
animation and throughout the after
noon was the center of large crowo
Of admirers.
Returning home Mile. Mazouroff re-
tired at once to her bedroom, out OH
the morning following her maid was
unable to obtain reply when sne
state of frenzy M. Mazouroh proAe
into his daughters room. There ne
found the girl, clad in blue peignolr'
living back in a chair before her LOOKING
glass. There was a bullet Wouho III
her temple, and toy revolver lay Dy
ber side. Stuck in the looking glass
was an autographed portrait OF Grano
Duke Boris, and beside it lay ietter
in the dead girls handwriting ao-
dressed to the Grand Duke vladimir
profligate son.
What the letter contained has not
transpired, but grand ducai influence
has been brought to bear on M. Maz-
ouroff, who, with mis- family, mas lei'
Kazan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31

WINNIPEG, Man., July 31.-This
week harvest will become general over
the Canadian northwest. Cutting is
already well under way in certain Sec
tions. Many authorities estimate that
the wheat crop will exceed a hundred
million bushels, against fifty-five mil
lion last year. The increase in the
crop is due to a wet June, in which
were many hot days, also to the in
creased acreage, there being more than
four million acres under wheat this
year
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
o. r. & N. WILL PAY TAXES.
Can Not Now Move for New Trial in
UmatiiIa County Case.

PENDLETON, July 31.-The time
for filing motion for a new trial by
the o. R & N. company in it's suit
against Umatilla county has passed,
and 0,0OO taxes which have been in
litigation two years will be paid.
The railroad refused to pay the taxes
assessed by the county on the ground
that the letters O. r. & N. did not
signify Oregon Railway & Navigation
company and on the contention that
the railroad was not assessed upon the
same scale as other taxpayers Of the
county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Autoerat Of Germany Guest Of
King Christian
But II Is Generally Believed That It
Has Important Political Sig
nifics.nce.

COPENHAGEN, July 31.-Emperor
Wilhelm arrived this afternoon. Dur
ing his stay the kaiser will be received
only in a semi official state. Court
circles desire the people to be i'm
pressed with the visit as one Of cour-
tesy only, but the general opinion pre-
walls that some political move by the
is on foot, probably the
closing of the Baltic sea to the war
ships of all nations except those bord-
ering on the sea.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
MINERS PLAN STRIKE
'"ey expect to Close Anthracite and
Btuminous Mines Before Winter.

PIIISBCRG, July 31.-According to
''oiS Which are now being matured, a
eVNeFai strike of all the coal miners
81 pennsylvania, both in the anthracite
''u lhe bituminous fields, will be de-
N'afea before the winter sets in. This
''0'' mas been decided upon during
,"e past week by officials of the United
l'e workers of America.
'7Siueht Patrick Dolan of the Pitts
's district has admitted that
:. SUlAe is being planned. The ac-
w" Is being taken to forestall any ac-
u lhe operators in the anthracite
.O" 10 force a general lockout. A
'Ne OF this character, according to
r.. 1ei'' Dolan. will bring out every
,''O" miner in the state, together with
's'S IN other states who may declare
o.. 1S strikes and will practically
OR the coal supply of the county.
sc ., vice President T. L. Lewis
~. Nlifle Workers has been in Pitts
b.o uurlng the past week, having
~ - 0epuuzed to come here and act
ois; eS'uent John Mitchell. The de-
n,' @IOn to bring out the bituminous
tion was reached after a consulta-
~ with the local leaders.
old IKE is really a revival of the
tho .'''ict of several years ago. when
-, l'''ers We're compelled by the
MAJ railroad to accede to the de-
Ian VI The operators. President Do
han, vice President Uriah Belling-
who. VI the Pittsburg district. with
tons lewis conducted the negotia-
njna. assured the latter that every
'ne oituminous district would
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
HORSETHiEF IN WEiSER JAIL.
Robert Haley, Captured at Meadows,
Taken to County Seat.

WEISER, July 31.-Robert Haley,
with a dozen other aliases, an alleged
horsethief for wnOm the officers of
Idaho and Oregon have been searching
some time, was captured Thursday
evening at Meadows. He was brought
to Weiser this afternoon and lodged in
the county Jail. He will have a pre-
liminary hearing Monday or Tuesday.
1t is supposed that Haley has a num-
her of horses secreted somewhere in
the hills where he mas an accomplice
guarding them. Haley has the ap-
pearance of a hard character.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
President Received Oisia-
guished Visitors
AMBASSADOR Rossn one Of THEM
Secretary Wilson Called to Talk ovsr
Scandals in the Agricultural
Department.

OYSTER BAY, July 31.-ScandalS
in the department of agriculture and
peace negotiations plans divided the
presidents time today. Baron Rosen.
Secretary Wilson and United States
Minister to Roumania Ridell arrived
on the noon train. Baron Rosen said
he came to arrange with the president
for the introduction of NJ. Witte, Rus
sian plenipotentiary. He believed the
president would name Wednesday or
Thursday as the day for receiving
Witte. The three visitors lunched
with the president.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Another Of Bennington's Grew
Succumbs
Ne HAD SUFFERED HORRIBLE AeoN|Es
N..,Iv the Whole Surface Of His Body
Was Burned-Others in Crit
icaI Condition.

SAN DIEGO, July 31.-G. H. Hallett,
,f bakersfield, Cal, died this morning
making the 65th victim of the Ben
pington explosion. Six others are in
q serious condition, the worst being f.
Miller. Hallett was an awful suf-
forar He was so badly burned that
ne mad not eight square inches of
sound skin.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31

respond to the ctll. Heretofore it mas
oeen impossible for the anthracite and
bltuminous miners to act in unison,
and this has been responsible for their
constant failures. Vice President Lef-
is stated that if the men stick together
as he expects them to do, it will mean
the greatest conflict between organized
capital and labor that the world has
ever known.
All Of the eastern railroads are
erecting great bins, which will be fill
ed with coal in anticipation of the
strike.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
ROCK ISLAND WRECK
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK
M,nx Persons Injured but None Fa-
taIIy-careIess FIagman was
to Blame.

1o1IET. Ills, July s1.-Bowers
touring special, the second section VI
~. poot Island fast. passenger, ran
through an open switch two miles
sortb Of mere this morning ana 10
,o vere more or less injured, none
seriously. The fiagman OF a WORK
train ON a siding is said TO nave iei'
..a .v,tch open. The engine crews
,,mped. Fireman Chapel nao MS
shoulder broken.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
SAND ISLAND FIGHT.
Fishing Rights in the Columbia Are
Settled by Compromise.

SEATTLE, July 31.-The big fight
over the possession of Sand Island,
leased by Major Langfitt, United
States Engineer in charge of the Co
lumbia river district, as military re-
serve to a syndicate of Oregon fisner-
men. has been settled by compromise.
The island will be fished by a group
of Oregon and Washington fishermen
representing both factions.
There still remains the suit Of B. F.
Houston, Of Tacoma, who has leased
the island from the state land COM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Knew the Boilers Were Not Safe.

BAKERSFIELD, July 31.-Harry
Hallett. the marine on the Bennington
who died at San Diego this morning,
wrote a letter six months ago to a
friend here saying: You need not be
surprised any time to hear of me being
blown 200 feet in the air. The old
1ubs and boilers are On the bum, but
if any of us say word, we are told
. shut our mouths or we will be put
in a brig
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Aeronaut Has Narrow Escape.

PARIS, July 31.-Aeronaut Sauniere
and fellow passenger narrowly es-
capped death this afternoon. The bal
grand palace of fine arts, breaking
through the glass The basket saved
the men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
New Orleans Steamer Reaches N. Y.

New Orleans Steamer Reaches N. Y.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The Southern
quarantine from New Orleans this
morning. All on board are we'll. The
crew are now allowed short liberty.
embarked they were examined by a
board of health physician. The his
tory of their movements while in the
city were recorded and all from in
fected or suspicious districts were -ex-
cluded. All steerage passengers were
refused. Ninety-six cabin passengers
passed. Five from the Italian quar-
ters were rejected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
SARATOGA LID OFF
RACING IN FULL BLAST
Governor Higgins Says He Will Re-
place the Lid-Ten Thousand
Dollar Race.

SARATOGA, n. Y, July 31.-The no
was lifted today when the annuai
meeting of the racing association was
inaugurated. The track was heavy on
account of recent rains. Inc feature
is the Saratoga $4,000 handicap with
Beldam, Tanya, Orwell and otner
+nree.vear-olds. The famous Sha is
wide open for all games.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Ruinous to Business.

MOBILE, Ala, July 31.-The ruin
Gus quarantine put on by Mississippi
will cost thousands of dollars to
merchants. The railroads running to
Lawrel and Harrisburg, Miss, have
notified railroad officials not to sell
tickets to those points and to run
per hour.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Every Town Given Orders.

JACKSON, Miss, July 31.-The state
board of health has issued an order to
every town in the state to appoint
health officers with power to issue
health certificates. Reports from
Lumberton today stated that no new
infection has appeared.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
cov.r,or viii, Replace the Lid.

ALBANY. n. Y, July Ex-Governor
Higgins said that his attention mad
not been officially called to the fact
that the lid was off at Saratoga, but II
s,,co was the fact it would have to be
replaced.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
r. s.,.rv;se Government Lottery.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Secretary
Hitchcock appointed Commissioner OF
Tho land Office Richards. John Derne
Of Utah and Irving Hobert Of Colorado.
supervisors of the drawings IN August
for nome.teads in the Unitah reser-
walton, Utah. to be opened septem-
ber /.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Fatal Fire in Austria.

VIENNA, July 31.-Three hundred
houses in the Hungarian village Of
Syephes, varialju, were burned today
Six persons lost their lives.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Strike Movement Spreads.

WARSAW, July 31.-Ten thousand
wOrkmen are idle on account of the
strike movement, which is spreading
daily. Conflicts are frequent with
troops. Two large ironworks have
closed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Prominent Lawyer Lost in Woods.

LINCOLN, Neb., July SIC. F. An
drews, prominent lawyer is myster-
iously missing. He started on hunt
ing trip in the Platte river woods. A
hundred men organized a search fear
ing foul play.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31

Quarantine Against New Orleans.
MOBILE, Ala, July 31.-Althougd
the governor has not issued a procla-
nation of quarantine against Louisi-
ana, the officers are enforcing it.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-31

evidence on behalf of either party shall be ad-
ntssible in any such suit or proceeding Whlch
was not offered but which. with the exercise OF
proper diligence. could have been offered, on the
hearing before the commission that resulted IN
the particular order orders in controversy put
nothing herein contained shall be construed 10
forbid the admission in any such suit or pro-
ceeding of evidence not existing or which could
NOT with due diligence have been known to the
parties at the time Of the hearing before the
commission
The court Of transportation is 10 have power
to summon before 1t all parties named as de-
PENDANTS or respondents in proceedings before
it and it's subpRnas for witnesses may run
into any judicial district or any Territory OF
possession of the United States"
Section Ii declares the Court or transports
ton always open for the filing Of pleadinss, mo-
tions and orders.
APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
Section Is provides for appeals to the United
States Supreme Court from the Court of Trans
portation provided it IS taken within thirty
days from the date of entry Of the order or de-
cree OF the Court Of Transportation The Su-
nreue Court shall give precedence to the near
inc and decision of such appeal over all cases.
except criminal cases q,
Sections I6 II. IS. 10. 20 and 21 provide for
the organization of the court the appointment
Of court officers and rules OF practice
The last section provides TINS ACT shali take
effect on the first day OF April 1SUO