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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-22
BreakdoWns.

81 was out with my automobile eight
hours yesterday"
"You mean to say you were in the
machine that long?"
mo. l was in it an hour and under
it seven hours fixing the breaks''-
Chicago News.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-22

When two women fall in love with
the same man, the devil announces
that this is his busy day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17

Baron Rosen Delivers an Address.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE
American academy of political and So
cial science will hold a session this
evening to listen to an address by
Baron Won Rosen, the Russian ambas-
sador to the United States, on the
subject of Americas Industrial Op.
portunities in Russia" In the discus
sion which will follow the address the
following persons will take part: Her.
bert H. D. Pierce, third assistant Sec
retary of state; John Hays Hammond,
of New York; George Westinghouse of
Pittsburg; Melville E. Stone, general
manager Of the Associated Press Hem
ry c. Rouse. president Of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway, and CIar-
ence Cary of New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
THEY ARE CONVICTED TWICE OF
MURDER OF RAILROAD
MEN,
One of the Four Was ExcuIpated by
Confessions of the Other
Three.

RENO. New, Nov. 17.-Fred Rob-
erts of st. Louis, T. S. German of San
Francisco, j. P. Sevener. formerly U.
S. engineer and A. L. Linderman of
Stockton. California, convicted twice OF
the murder of Jack Welch, rail-
road man of Humboldt county, Neva-
da, in August, 1908, were hanged at
the state prison at Carson today. Lin
derman and Sevener, the elder of the
two men. were sent to death at 10: 80
and Roberts and German dropped at
noon All the men except Roberts had
confessed. Linderman confessed a
year ago Sevener and German ad-
mitted their guilt this morning. All
of them exculpated Roberts, saying
he was only a witness of the crime
and took no action or part in the
robbing or murder of Welch. Roberts
went to his death with a smile on
his lips.
A few moments before the trap was
sprung a message was sent to the
board of pardons asking if it wished
to stay the execution of Roberts. 1t
was answered in the negative, the
board saying that by his consent to
the crime he made himself guilty with
the others. A crowd of 60 people
say the execution. German had en-
braced the Catholic religion and the
other three the Episcopal faith. The
last words were good-byes to friends
whom they recognized in the crowd.
In a confession on the scaffold Cor
man confessed to a robbery at San
Francisco in 1898 for which a man
named Barker is now serving a
life sentence in California.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
ENTERS THE COTTON MARKET.
Rival for America, the London Import
ers Believe, Is Found in Africa.

LONDON. Nov. lis Rhodesia be-
coming a rival to America in the cot
ton industry? Consignments Of cotton
continue to arrive at Liverpool from
there. some of which arrived this
week. The frs few bales, which ar
rived rather more than a month ago,
were pronounced of good staple, fine
and strong.
Charles Wolstenholm, of the firm Of
Wolstenholm & Holland, who have
been testing the cotton on behalf OF
the British cotton growing association.
has the utmost faith in the possibili-
ties of Rhodesia as a cotton producing
center. Samples of Rhodesian cotton
grown from seeds in various parts OF
the country. have yielded the most sat-
isfactory results possible.
1--WE nave applied every test" he
says. ''and find that Rhodesian cot
ton is the duplicate of Texas cotton,
which is largely used in Lancashire.
and which it has been impossible to
grow in any other colony"
According to information received
by the British cotton growing asso-
citation. Rhodesia can produce three
quarters of million bales a year.
which is considered sufficient to steady
the worlds market and protect the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
WEDDINGS COSTLY.
Parents Must Begin to Save Dowries
EarIy In Daughters Lives.

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-THE expense Of
marrying their daughters is on the
whole far greater for parents in Ger
many than in other sections of the civ-
iliZed world. AS a general thing a
bride in Germany has not only to be
supplied with an extensive trousseau
and substantial outfit of linen for
the house. but, in the great majority
Of cases, with a considerable sum Of
money as a dowry.
German young men of good families
are not often inclined to enter matri-
mony unless their partner can offer
them some monetary compensation
for the sacrifice Of their freedom as
single men. A young man with an in
come of $500 to $1,000 year expects
that his wife will receive a dowry of
at least $4,000.
On Oowry Basis.
Many marriages are contracted in
Germany solely on the basis of the
amount which the bride is to receive
as a dowry. Questions are asked and
answered without the least reserve
and it frequently happens that when
these arrangeents are concluded the
young man stipulates that the dowry
shall be paid to his banking account
before the wedding ceremony is per-
formed so that he shall be quite sure
of receiving it.
The provision of a dowry and an
outfit is a problem which in Germany
is often taken in hand while the
bride is still in her childhood. When
a girl is born many parents take out
a kind of insurance by which the
girl receives a certain sum on her
21st birthday.
The collection of a girls trousseau
also begins at an early age. Some
parents put up so many linen articles
every Christmas or year by year on
the occasion of the girls birthday so
that by the time she grows up she is
not only the pOssessor of sum or
money but also of the greater part
of her outfit.
A father who has an income OF
approximately $4,000 a year must
first of all provide his daughter with
a dowry of about $2500 and linen for
her household at cost of $3.50. He
must also present her with a trous-
seau costing at least $500. In fact,
as a general thing, by the time the
wedding is over it will be found that
the wedding outfit costs at least SIo0.
This added to a dowry of s25O0 makes
s325O or nearly seven-eighths of the
fathers annual income.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
Held as Prisoner.

RERLIN. Nov. 17.-While the Unit
cd states has produced number OF
gentlemen with many wives, we nave
gone one step further in this CITY, ana
have given to the world Ie1ilale
Bluebeard.
A woman of extreme beauty sne
married when she was Is years oiu'
but her husband died after three years
of unhappy married life. Her second
t,,,shond ;7ied suddenly, and her third
shot himself. Suspicious were aroused
which pointed to the fact tnat re-
vo1ver had been placed in his hands
after death.
Tn Paris she had three or four more
matrimonial experiences all ending
disastrously to her husbands and now
the body of the last husband has been
exbumed and poison has been found
and the trial is to begin.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
Iexas Baptist Convention.

DALLAS. Tex. Nov. 1.-THE Bap-
uSt general convention of Texas
opened its annual session here today.
Inc attendance is exceptionally large,
nearly five thousand delegates, rep
resenting more than two thousand
baptlst churches, being present. The
VOnFention met in the Auditorium on
NE 1alr grounds, where sessions will
ne neId every day this week. Many
uSlnguiShed ministers and laymen of
Y church are present and many of
Nm will address the convention dur
4 'ne five days of the convention.
.4@AF important matters will come up
i0' consideration in the convention,
among them the report on the new
!, ra'.or Theological seminary by DR.. B.
n Carroll the dean of the theological
faculty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
Virainia Baptist Conference.

CHARL LOTTESVILL Va, Nov. II.
-Baptists from all parts of the state
are assembled here in large numbers
to attend the eighty annual
conference of the Baptist General as
sociation of Virginia, which opens its
session here this evening. The ses-
sions will be held at the First Baptist
church, where the conference will be
opened this evening by President w.
W. Moffatt. The Rev. ]. D. Rosser
will deliver the opening sermon. j.
B. Turpin will deliver the address of
welcome and r. A. Williams will de-
liver the response. The conference
will remain in session until Monday
evening.
The question Of education and the
establishment of a female school by
the church in the central portion of
the state will be one of the most i'm
portant matters that will be consid-
cred by the conference. Many dis
tinguished ministers and laymen of the
church are in attendance and many OF
them will address the conference.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
KISS PRINT Is CAPER.
Girls Album Records of Her Friends
Oscuatory Impressions.

LONDON. Nov. IA clever young
Kensington woman. Miss Evans, mas
devised a new kind of autograph al
bum that is likely to be popular It IS
so contrived as to enable a young wo-
man not only to collect the autogroph
SIGNATURES of her friends, but to pre-
SERGE also the imprint of their kisses.
This book is equipped with a little
mad of soluble, carmine tinted sub
stances upon which the lips are first
lightly pressed. so as to take up lit
tie of the pigment. Then kiss is i'm
printed upon the page in space pro-
vided for the purpose, leaving clear
carmine record of the pressure OF the
lins Rv the side of the kiss imprint
is another for the autograph ana date'
and together. kiss and signature make
a very precious and intimate Keep
sake.
'It is really marvellous Vhat iot
of character there is in kisses,s says
Miss Evans. people who are not STU
dents of the subject simply nave no
idea now they vary. You know no Two
persons finger prints are alike. wen
no two persons kisses are the tln1est
bit alike. I have 200 in one album
and there is not one of them tnat you
could possibly mistake for any other:
These kiss prints look like kisses, TOO.
This kiss album bears on the title
mage the motto, "Give me a kiss for
keepsake," and the quotation Dear as
remembered kisses"
To be complete, the kiss alpuIh
should be literally sprinkled with kiss
ing quotations from novel1sts as wen
as people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
End Of Old Hoffman House.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Hotf-
man house. one of the oldest and most
famous notels of this city, is doomed.
1t is to be torn down to be replaced py
new and modern structure Inc
plans for the new building. which VIII
be erected upon the site of the hotel
on the corner of Broadway and TWen-
tv-fifth street, have already been
filed with the building department.
The demolition of the old hotel will be
begun on March I. of next year. Inc
new building will be twelve stores
bieb will he built of brick with dec
orative facade of limestone ana prlch
and will cost s600,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17

economic development. The Mittag
Zeitung describes Professor BallOd's
revelations as a bombshell to all inves-
tors in Russian securities.
The same panicky feeling which has
been caused here by the article, also
seems to exist in England and the
Manchester Guardian is authority for
the statement that the scheme to en-
ploy British capital in rebuilding the
Russian navy has been abandoned and
that the plan for Americans to UNDER
take the same work mas also been
dropped. The reason given for the
abandonment of the project is that
it has been found that the establish
ment of shipyards and shops in Rus
sia would not pay, and there is not
much chance of profit in the develop
ment of a state-assisted merchant
shipping project. The real cause of
the abandonment. however, is believed
to be the uncertain financial conditions
existing in Russia
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
VENTURE OPINION THAT RUSSIA
MAY REPUDIATE ITS
WAR DEBT.
Article Printed in German Newspaper
Causes CONSERVATION Among
Many of the Investors.

RFRLIN. Nov. 17.-German holders
of Russian securities are beginning
to feel extremely uneasy over the sit
uation in Russia, as they realize that
it is bound to affect adversely the eco
nomic conditions of the Russian en-
pire and the financial standing of the
government Popular upheavals, like
those in Russia at the present time
unsettle more than war commercial
and industrial conditions. paralyZe
capital and cripple the resources of
the government. The foreign holders
of Russian securities are greatly in
terested in the future of the empire
and devour the disquieting reports of
riot and bloodshed with avidity. Many
millions in Russian securities are in
the hands of German capitalists and
to that extent they are interested in
tho preservation of Russia's financial
integrity.
An article published by Professor
Rallod. an official of the German i'm
the greatest CONSERVATION among Ger
man investors in Russian securities. In
periaI statistical department, causes
that article which is considered semi
official. he states that the Russian
government has been considering the
advisability of declaring partial bank
ruptcy. partially repudiating the coun-
trv's foreign liabilities, for several
months past. In June, he de-
clares the Russian government COM
| missioned a number of experts to
elaborate reports on the effect that a
partial reputation of foreign liabili-
| ties would produce On Russia's own
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
VIII Enter Customs Union.

- CAPETOWN, Nov. 17.-It has been
announced that Northwestern Rhode
sia will enter the South African Gus
toms union on December l., next.
with the same status as Basutoland
and the Bechuanaland Protectorate
One effect of this will be the adoption
of the Customs Union preference on
British goods by this territory. 1t is
further stated that articles IA and Is
Of the Customs conventions will apply
to Northwestern Rhodesia These ar
ticles contain technical provisions
which We're inserted to meet the re-
Quirements of Southern RhOdesia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17

FOR them in construction and agree it
could be completed in 16 years How
long the Americans think it would
take to build a lock canal is not
learned.
In arriving at their conclusions the
foreign engineers are not free of a
bias due to the popular demand
throughout the United States for an
immediate appearance Of results on the
isthmus
Foreigners generally favor a sea
level canal as it will better provide for
the demands of shipping. The element
OF cost, does not concern them as the
United States will pay the bills. 1t
was said recently by one of the Amer
lean engineers that it would require
seven years to construct one of the
big locks needed at Culebra if lock
canal was built.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
FAVOR a Lock Canal.

-, WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. IL
subcommittee of the advisory
go~'d Of the Panama canal commits
=. SON. today submitted to the commits
) ,'S report on the best methods to
adopted in building the canal with
.,AS. The report makes recommen-
y,'''S as to the number of locks
n @, would be needed to carry the can
!. q. height of 80, 60 or 90 feet. 1t
o,,,.. a.'0eISIood that the committee rec
=. ..-''-7hdS if lock canal is decided
g.L Oh not to carry it at a greater height
-r.. 0o leet. The report also recon-
Sb,.+, Where the necessary locks
81. stu De constructed, indicates their
,in, aT and probable cost and also the
00eSSdry to build them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
INSURANCE MONEY
PAID TO GRAfTfRS
M'CURDY MAKES SOME REVELATIONS
Insurance Commissioner CIune of California Levied
B|ackmaiI on the Insurance Companies. Using
Ills Brother as a GO-between- Much
Money Paid to Fix legislatures

NEW YORK, Nov. 17-Members Of
ing committee this morning, COM
menting upon the sweeping changes
in the Mutual Life made yesterday
are of the opinion that it is a COM
plete confession by officers of the
bad state of affairs existing in the
company. Committeeman were OF
the opinion that the insurance COM
panies would make no change unless
so directed by new legislation Frank
3. Jordan. son of the former comp
troller of the Equitable, Thomas D.
Jordan, was called to the stand
this morning He said ne hadn't
heard from his father since he was on
the stand early in the investigation.
He had heard from his mother, who is
somewhere in Canada. She didn't
say where his father was. He don't
know when his father will return.
Samuel S. McCurdy, assistant regis
ter of the Equitable, testified regard
ing salaries and expenses. A letter
from Jim Hill to Alexander produced
laugh. The postscript says:
ed and the country is safe. When the
legislature adjourns the state will be
safe"
McCurdy spoke Of the money spent
for legal expenses in three years. fol-
lowing a long fight in 1897 with An
drew J. Clune, state insurance SUI
perintendent of California. 1t appear
ed that Clune attacked the three COM
panies and prevented the Equitable
from doing business in California for
a short time One of the vouchers
showed $1416666 paid Attorney
Chickering, representing the Equitable
at San Francisco. At the bottom of
the voucher is a statement that the
payment did not include the personal
services of Chickering. McCurdy
said Judge Pillsbury asked for $3.50
a month which was paid supposedly
to a brother of the insurance COM
missioners There is no record of the
payments. The payments continued
over three years. McCurdy said that
at the end of 1899 the California COM
missioner asked the society about 40
questions and it was impossible to
answer the same. He did not have
a like experience in any other state.
He said the commissioners brother
did nothing to earn his salary. NC
Curdy said that former Governor
Budd of California came to New
York to make an investigation. He
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
maryland Field Trials TODAY.

toirs L MORE, Md. Nov. 1.-THE
lana "lIllual field trials of the Mary
Tria, -ta and District of Columbia Field
esa+s .s association began today on the
Pas+s oI Mr.. Edwin D. Hardcastle at
tbra. 0n The trials will continue for
Is u"Ss and the number of entries
Tbs e1 larger than in former years.
lsrs.aS association is now one of the
tta st amateur bodies of it's kind in
enrr. e'ry and numbers about sew
!ese, le members, each having at
pri7as '.ie OF two dogs. Many valuable
hers d, TrIo cups are offered to the win
ions mere will be a contest for var
for nofS elasses and special contests
Outsiders. anu set'ers entered by
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
1hay Want All Their Demands
Granted or None
,u FOR JUSTICE, NOT BENEvolENce
,.s Not Willing to Accept Cars
offer of Lands-Are Ready for
~ Rebellion.

CT PETERSBURG, Nov. 17.-May-
vovikoff of Baku says the cZar's
aranting lands to the peasants is only
baf measure. The agriculturists are
mt appeased by promises and are
ready to rebel at the first opportunity
The test of the working mems reply
:, vitta shows all or nothing to be
toeir plea. They express astonlshment
,bat he should call himself the work
irgmans brother They demand suf-
fr9ge not benevolence.
II is rumored that there is a mu-
tny in the Manchurian army. 1t is
,rortpd that Linevitch has reported
y = ,eyolt among the troops, only sup
rrfssed after a fight in which many
soldiers were killed. 1t is said that As
officers were shot for participation in
the conspiracy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17

spent his time with Attorney Chick
ering The New York Life and the
Mutual also paid $3.50 monthly to
Clune's brother. McCurdy mentioned
the trouble which Commissioner
Clune caused the company by de-
mands which if enforced, would nave
driven them from the state. McCurdy
said that was the reason the pay
ments to Clune's brother were made.
McCurdy showed vouchers paid
for legal expenses" a number of $1,000
each to various political leaders of
New York state, and one payment of
nearly $1,000 to Robert Luscum of
Milwaukee for legal services in Mil
waukee and $1,000 to S. S. Olds of
Lansing, Michigan, for legal SER
vices before the Michigan legisla-
ture.
Senator Depew was recalled by
Hughes. Hughes said that two letters
in connection with the vouchers were
placed in evidence this morning. The
letters were sent by John A. NichOl
to Depew. The first is dated in 1896
and an extract says:
Our friend who usually gets
around at this time of year is mere
and wants help as usual
Depew didn't recall their friends"
name, but thought he had some kind
of claim against the company. An
other extract was:
Our friend up the river is getting
cantankerous again and wants to
know-yOu know"
Depew said that both persons men,
toned were the same and declared he
was not a legislator and he thought
not a politician. Depew said he knew
nothing of the Clune matter in Cali
fornia. He was excused.
Tarbell was called. He told of syn
dicate operations, saying he partici-
pated in them personally and did not
know the Equitable was in until after
he was in. He said he had nothing
to do with the legal department and
had bitterly opposed in the society
the methods used to defeat bad leg
islation.
Tarbell said that with the combined
pOlicyholders and the companies be-
hind them no Legislature would dare
to pass laws derogatory to the best
interest of the companies. The COM
pany, according to TarbelPS theory,
votes, not dollars to kill bad bills. Nc
Curdy of the Mutual said that Tar
bells idea was not practical accord
ing to the witness, while Perkins of
the New York Life supported him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Passengers on Steamboat Warren
Have Perlous Voyage.

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-After night
Of terror just above He'll Gate, 200
passengers aboard the steamer War
ren we're landed this morning. The
vessel started last night from Fall
River Her machinery broke down
and her captain intended to repair
the break and proceed, but a secret
service agent aboard told the cap
tain that he was disobeying the law.
An Indignation meeting was held In
the cabin and the passengers forced
the agent to return to the deck. A
terrific gale was blowing, the lights
We're out and steam from the broken
boilers creeping through the seams
In the deck created a panic.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17

British cotton industry from specula-
ton which of recent years has hamp-
cred it.
Capital to any extent is in readi-
ness to develop the Rhodesian project
and the only difference that is antici-
pated is tnat of colored labor planta-
tiOn..
A number Of experts who have in
spected the samples agree that they
are of excellent character and may
be grown in such abundance as to JUS
tify the prediction that Rhodesia win
in the course of a few. seasons provide
the solution of England's cotton prob
lem.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
EIGHT THOUSAND PROTESTED
BALLOTS ARE TO BE COUNT
ED AGAIN.
A Discrepancy Is Discovered That
Gives Hearst {. Gain Of 81
Votes.

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Justice
Giegerich today begin consideration
of the protested ballots of which
there are 5000.
Additional election districts cam
vassed today brings HearSts total
gain to S2 Two men indicted for
election frouds, pleaded guilty today.
Sentence was postponed. A discrep-
ancy was discovered this afternoon
that gives Hearst 33 more votes if the
protest is allowed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-17
Open New Street-Road Supervise

Open New Street-Road supervisor
r. A. Stockdale has force or men al
work opening up the new road, grant
ed bv the county commissioners pe-
tween Alder and Pleasant street.
The new thorougnfare will prove
great accommodation to travel IN
the eastern end of the city. An eHort
will be made by property owners 10
extend the road through to the
Miles G. Moore road, which will open
I'M some nice residence property.