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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18


afternoon Judge Brents Of the super
Tor court, performed the marriage GER
emony of John Estes and Mrs. Kate
James, both of Pendleton, Or.
Rev. Jones to Speak Tonisht-At the
First Congregational church tonight
Rev. Jones will preach on the subject
of "Forelookings." The meetings be-
ing conducted at this church are be-
ing well attended and much interest
is apparent. This afternoon the Bible
class held an interesting session.
Funeral of Fred HiIton-The funeral
of Fred Hilton the Spanish American
evening, took place at o'clock this
afternoon from the residence Of Will
liam Hastings, corner of Moore avenue
and Seventh street. Services y were
conducted by Rev. Henry Brown, pas
tor of the First Methodist church, In
terment was in the Odd Fellows GEM
etery
Oregon People Wedded-At the resi-
dence Of DR.. J. r. Gose on Boyer ave-
nue. yesterday afternoon Rev. Robert
J. Reid, pastor Of the Wilbur Memorial
1v%o he ,,~,s1
mony of Travnor w. Brarger and Miss
Sarah Emily Green, both of Helix, Or
The bride is sister of Mrs. Gose and
is we'll known in Walla Walla. A re-
ception was given Mr.. and Mrs. Brar-
ger after the ceremony.
Dayton Is Prosperous-"Dayton GER
tainly enjoyed a prosperous year in
1904" said Judge M. M. Goldman, who
is in Walla Walla today on legal bus
mess. "One of the biggest wheat and
barley crops in the history of the
county was harvested last year and
with the good prices received farm
ers are: better fixed financially than
they have been for years. AS a nat
ural consequence general business has
been good in Dayton"
Mrs. Aubin Oead-Mrs Noah Aubin
died at the family residence, S13 West
Poplar street at 1925 o'clock last night
of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Aubin
was aged IS years and had been res
ident of walla walla for many years.
She was a native of Ontario. She is
survived by her husband and eight
children, four boys and four girls. The
funeral will take place from st. Pat
rick's church tomorrow morning, Rev.
Father Flohr officiating. Intermenr
will be in the Catholic cemetery
Weather Delays Work-Bad weather
is interfering with work laid out by
the water department and which
Superintendent Knight is anxious to
Pipe for the new water mains in First
and Newell streets has been on the
ground for several days, but general
sloppy condition of the ground makes
it impossible to excavate with any de-
gree of satisfaction. Work on the new
pipe line will commence as soon as
weather permits.
Off for Home-The bunch of Spo-
kane fighters, Jerry Mccarthy. Indian
Joe Gregg and Kid Arnold, accompan-
led by E. L. Keyser, manager for the
Indian, left for Spokane this morning
Before leaving Indian Joe stated that
he was DESTROYS of meeting Queenan
again before some good club. The In
dian bore several marks of last nights
battle. one of his eyes showing a cut
while the other optic was draped in
mourning The Indians share of the.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
Arbitration With Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The arbi-
tration treaty with Mexico was signed
today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Remember Cyrus B. Newton al
High School Friday, January 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Do not forget to hear Cyrus Brown
lee Newton Friday, January 80.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

gate receipts was $12s, 500 OF which
was money forfeited by Queenan for
failure to make the agreed weight of
1876 pounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Church Exeursion-The members of
the First Christian church of Walla
Walla have completed all arrange
ments for the excursion to Pendleton
Friday night to attend the religious
services being conducted there by
members of the church will leave
Wala Walla on the regular afternoon
passenger train at 3:15 and return
in the evening on a special train. A
round trip fare of 81 has been grant
ed by the railroad company.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Wanted-Second hand safe. En-
quire this office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME
THE PAUL HOUSE
FURNISHING COMPANY

II East Main Street Telephone ~
Above the First National Bank
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

ed by the railroad company.
Mrs. Mitchem Dead-Mrs. E.
Mitchem. the aged lady brought to
Wana Walla from Waitsburg suffering
with tuberculosis, died early this
morning at the home of Mrs. Rocks,
east of WATERFOWL. Mrs Mitchem was
aged ~ and is survived by daughter
residing in the Palouse country. She
was a resident of Waitsburg for a
great many years. Funeral arrange
ments had not been completed this
afternoon.
Variable Weather-Between rain,
snow and fog Walla Walla is expert
encing about all the varieties of
weather chronicled in the weather
office. One of the heaviest fogs of the
year settled down over the city early
this morning leading natives of dear
back in their old fog-bound city.
With all the inconvenience of in
clement weather, however, pedestrians
were out bright and early and shop
ping in the down. town districts went
on as usual.
Ordinance Is Ready-Owing to the
failure of a quorum being present the
council meeting last night was post
poned until Friday afternoon when it
is expected that several of the coun-
cilmen who have been ill will be able
to be in attendance. Three members
present last night informally looked
over the new building ordinance
which has been amended in order to
admit of the erection of theater
building in Walla Walla. Changes in
the matter of exits recommended by
the mayor has been made and it is
thought the ordinance is all ready for
passage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18

Try Broxsons Wood Yard. Phone
555.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-18
TOWN TOPICS

Estes lanes Wedding - Yesterday
afternoon Judge Brents of the super
emony of John Estes and Mrs. Kate
James, both of Pendleton, Or.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
ron and Steel Advancing.

Not only are the prices of iron and steel nrm and advancing, but the price of coke in the Pittsburg district has been advanced by leaps and bounds to $2.50 a ton. This is because the pro- duction of iron and steel is going on in unprecedented volumes. The years total will constitute new records, and every available stack and mill will be kept in active operation.
 The outlook for next year is exceed ingly promising. The tonnage con tracted for to be delivered guarantees activity and good prices next year, probably to the end of 1t.
 This district will share handsomely in the prosperity which attends the iron and steel industries. Stacks will be blown in and mills started until pro- auction in this district Is fully up to the limits of it's coke ovens. We have III IuG icdilJ bCh ovens, and they will be pushed to the utmost. Both furnace and foundry coke are in demand.
 That is true of this district Is true of all other producing districts. The country Is absorbing vast quantity of iron, and no one can see ahead any cessation in the demand. The crops are magnificent, and they are fairly booming every branch of the iron mar ket Everybody seems to want Iron. The steel plants, the foundries of varl- ous sorts, the stove and furnace mak- CTS, the pipe works, the rolling mills, the railroad equipment shops. the man. ufacturers of pumps, electrical machin- cry, textile and harvesting machines, all want iron, and some are seeking 1t for deliveries extending throughout next year. What this means for this district the reader can readily see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Mr. Root and China's Boycott.

Secretary of State Elihu Root has taken active charge of the department to which the President appointed him soon after the death of MT. Hay. Ills vacation Is ended and he is no doubt ready to get down to hard work. He IS an untiring worker.
 He will find an accumulation of mat ters of importance, including the Cas- tro friction, the recognition of Norway, the situation created by the Russo Japanese war, and other problems that have arisen or are about ripe in our dealings with the outside world
 But no subject that will come before MT. Root will outrank In importance to the trade of this country the Chi nese boycott on American goods. Let us hope MT. Root will give that subject prompt and ample attention. It needs it. and the interests of the country call for solution of the problem.
 True, Fail River is not as deeply h. terested as are the southern mills in the Chinese demand for American cot tons. But there is nothing sectional in the question. The national exports are involved, and if coarse cottons made in the south are boycotted our exports of cotton goods will show a discrep- ancy. Some plan is needed that will satisfy the reasonable desires of the Chinese as to their high-caste travel CTS. and that will lift retaliatory boy colt from the products of the southern mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Alabama Cotton.

The census bureau says 330,308 ba.es of this years crop were ginned in this state up to September 25, but tn.s report can not be compared with any previous report, it being the first for the period mentioned that the cen sus bureau has issued. The National Ginners' association says Alabama gin ned in September 45 per cent less than she did in September of the year pre- yious, but it says Georgia ginned Il per cent more, and the two statements are not consistent. No data is, in fact, yet at hand to show what the output of the farms will be.
 In the chief markets, notably in New York, the bulls and bears are still fight ing over the price of the crop. A large number of producers are willing, it is plain, to sell around ten cents, but nc one expects them to sell their product freely at lower figures. Many produc' CTS will carry cotton over to another year, when . small crop may be made,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Scarcity of Labor.

The scarcity of unskilled labor is be- coming acute in this district. It is severely felt in other parts of the state Agriculture hesitates, and the extension of our industrial system is checked. Ten thousand additional laborers are needed in Jefferson county today.
 Can we afford to go on under present conditions? Can the state afford to see it's development stayed by lack of un- skilled labor?
 These are questions that are becom- ing daily more pressing. They are questions that call for the assistance of the state. They are essentially state questions, and if Governor Jelks would consult our manufacturers and opera tors he would not doubt for a moment the urgency of the call for additional labor. The call really extends to every is moro severely felt In the lumber camps and in this district than else where.
 Many persons believe that an extra session is needed to prevent an inter- ruption of the states development. White labor in considerable numbers Is needed here, and the state should cooperate with the railroads and in- dividuals in the work of securing it. It may be that better schools must precede the getting of it, but whatever steps must be taken necessarily con cern the state, and state action should therefore be called In. An extra ses- sion thus becomes needful, almost i'm perative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04

From the Washington Post.
 | T Is an old story which comes to us
 from Paris, and yet it is one which ap- peals to every player of bridge whist. According to the interesting tale, consid- erable speculation was occasioned by the presence of a large number of young girls in the boxes of the opera house, who were apparently without chaperons. Investigation disclosed the fact, however, that they served merely as human cur tain for a number of older people who sat and played bridge whist throughout the performance. These devotees did not hear note of the music nor did they even glance at the stage. They were much more concerned in making the odd trick, to say nothing of achieving grand slams and little slams, and holding one hundred aces in no trump
 There are people in Washington who can readily appreciate how these Paris ian players found more pleasure in their fascinating game than In listening to the divine inspirations of Meyerbeer, Gounod, or Wagner Nor Is Washington alone in this devotion to the game It Is safe to say that bridge whist has dis placed every other form of amusement with cards. As compared with bridge, euchre is insipid. pinochle is child's play, cribbage Is uncomfortable, and even poker loses much of it's vaunted charm. The great American game of draw has. of course, its many adherents, but these are persons who canddly admit that they play for recreation; that they believe in luck, and that they do not want to undertake the study which bridge whist entails. They laugh with scorn at the corrugated brow and the thoughtful mien of the bridge player. They point to the four silent people around the bridge table and insist that amusement which so closely resembles work Is poor kind of entertainment, after all.
 It is true that bridge whist. if played we'll Is not to be indulged in thought lessly. The player must remember the fall of the cards, and must constantly scheme to manipulate them so as to se- cure the most advantageous results. He must know when 1t Is wisest to extract all the trumps from his opponents hands. or when it Is most advisable to use trumps to rough those suits in which his opponents hold command In fact, every hand in bridge offers new com binations and problems, and 1t Is this feature of the game which gives 1t its intellectual value In, addition to this, when every point lis weighted with monetary consideration, there is ample opportunity for the display of personal characteristics. timid and conserva- tive player will follow line of action totally opposed to the policy of ono who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
N otable Career.

"The career of our dead mayor" said Montgomery man yesterday. Illus trates our American institutions. From a barefoot boy in Ireland he rose to be an eminent public man and successful citi- zen in this country. His father died when he was but boy. but he faced the world manfully, and his entire career as mer- chant and manufacturer was one long success. He built up one of the largest candy and cracker factories in the south. He came to Montgomery in 1871. and he died mayor of Montgomery in the sixey- second year of his age.
 "He was Irish born, and he was all the days of his active life a devoted member of the Catholic church. While tolerant, even sympathetic, with other creeds, 1t is written of him that his love for his church, It's offices and its traditions was one of the beautiful things of his life. His entire career shows the opportunities this country offers to all who will live as MT Carr did,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
RetaIiatory Quarantines.

The world has long been familiar with retaliatory tariffs, but now in the south retaliatory quarantines are in order. Alabama quarantines against Mississippi, and Mississippi plays for even by quarantining against Mobile and Whistler. Both Mobile and Whis- tier have been inspected time and again, but<retaliatory quarantines are not based on inspections. They are in fact, baseless. They are simply fig ments of the busy official brain.
 The condition of sanitary matters In Alabama and Mississippi should appeal to Governor Jelks when he considers the subject of calling an extra session. Alabama cannot afford to have another season of miscellaneous quarantines. Between the banana and the Panama canal, yellow fever infection can read- fly be brought into the gulf ports, and unless it Is met there by uniform quarantine of the highest sort-the marine hospital service-there will be no guarantee of safety next year against the scourge.
 Concert of action on the part of the gulf states Is needed-.a concert that will give all of them a fair and even chance in the handling of bananas without endangering the health of the people in the gulf states. Concert of action can not be had before another hot season is ushered in unless an ex- tra session is called, and Governor Jeks surely will not let Alabama drift into another summer of troublous travel and retaliatory quarantines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Facts About Fires,

"It is a peculiar thing about fires in Birmingham" said one of the firemen just after the blaze on South Twentieth street last night, that they invariably get a good headway before they are dis covered and generally an entire building will be in flames before an alarm is turn ed in
 q can name a number of the largest fires we have had in Birmingham in the past five or six years and do not think that any one will challenge the statement when I say that a large majority of them have gained considerable headway be- fore they were discovered.
 Take this fire tonight as an instance. Half dozen people have told me that the entire inside of the building was in flames before the fire was discovered. Then there was some delay in getting an alarm turned In, and by the time the department arrived the flames had gath cred such a headway that there was no chance to check them."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
BRIDGE WHIST EXERTS
 A SINGULAR FASCINATION

Is bold and brilliant. The personal eoua- tion enters largely into the game of bridge, exactly as it does in poker. with the important difference that a good bridge player will get more out of A noor hand than will his less skillful opponent, while In the game of poker very large percentage of success depends upon tho draw.
 The fact that bridge whist Is now played almost universally is sufficient in- dicatlon of it's charm. In the future, possibly, some other game will be devised which will equal its many Vaccinations, but for the present 1t holds the center of the stage alone. There will. of course, continue to be much inveighing against it. The charge will be made that 1t leads to wastefulness of time; that 1t encourages the spirit of gambling, and that 1t disturbs the serenity of well-or- dered lives. All this Is doubtless true. The indictment, indeed. might be even more extended. When it has been re- cited to its fullest limit, the bridge play CT will simply smile and plead guilty. He vii admit everything. and then will proceed to cut for his partner and the deal. If the fascination is upon him, he cannot escape.
 Enthralling and dominating bridge whist seems to have the entire country under its persuasive power. Unless you are willing to be caught in the whirlpool of its fascination. don't learn how to play the game. The moment you are under the spell, 1t is good-by to everything else under the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
Troubles in Chattanooqa.

'T was very much amused while in Chattanooga recently to see the negroes patronizing a hack line, which Is run for their special benefit said travelling man at the Morris hotel last night. T inquired the cause and learned that a Jim Crow law was passed recently re- quiring the negroes to sit in certain section of the street cars.
 "The negroes object to the law and have established hack lines for them selves. I understand that these lines run in all directions and they are patronized fairly we'll However, believe that when the cold weather comes the negroes will be glad enough to get into the warm street cars.
 .'When I reached Birmingham inquir- ed about the conditions here and found that the negroes here have never objected in the leost to sitting in a portion of car reserved for them. The negroes are not allowed in the portion of the car reserved for white people. and neither are the white people allowed to trespass on that portion of the car set aside for the ne- groes. I think that the condition in Bir- mingham Is far superior to the one in Chattanooga, and the negroes here show much more common sense by accepting the situation and making the best of it. They certainly profit immensely by so doing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
About Racing.

"1 see no reason why Birmingham should not have state fair every year, with first-class harness race meet said John Thomas at the St, Nicholas ho- tel last night Take away the racing lea ture of any fair and you take away one of the strongest drawing cards; that IS why l mentioned both in the same breath"
 MT. Thomas is manager for the Clover Bottom farm, probably one ot the hhes' In the country, and is here with a slrihs of trotters. The farm is only few hiiles from Nashville and is owned by Andrew Price, the famous congressman rom Louisiana for many years.
 "I think 1t would be a good Idea TOT the different southern states to make ar engagements for a harness race circuit This could be done very easily for every state usually has a fair. But to make the meet a pronounced success from year to year it would have to be coni1neo strictly to harness races. This would eliminate the betting feature and appeal to the great majority of people who usually attend fairs.
 "As a rule the men who take an inter- est in harness horses do so from a pure fondness for the sport, not for what there is in it. They care nothing for the books that are made on the races and rarely wager a dollar By this, do not mean to say that money does not pass rom one hand to another>on harness races, put l do mean to say that many wealthy men give absolutely no thought to the money end. They simply like the see tnelr horses win.
 "The howl at Cleveland, O., when bet ting was stopped. was not because the majority cared for betting but for the reason that the governor had promised to uphold racing interests and leaned the other way after he was inducted into ot- flee. There Is not the desire to wager money on a harness race that usually att tends a running race"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-04
EARLY CALL ON MONKEYS.
HiPpodrome Story Involving 2 Ballet
 That Is to Be.

From the New York Times.
 Twenty sad-eyed young women staiked into the Central Park monkey house yes- terday morning, followed by tall and short man. Few visitors go there on week day mornings, so the little Brazilian mar moset who has to occupy the lookout cage all to himself screamed the secret signal:
 Strangers in sight, Get busyl'
 The forty monkeys all came out of their drowse. King stefano, the big yellow baboon from Nubia, acknowledged ruler of the monkey house, whose stage name is Cyanocephalus Anubia, surveyed the visitors with a cool and calculating eye. There wasn't a sound from either side, except that the tall man kept whispering:
 Watch 'em, girls, wtach em like a hawk"
 The ring-tail miko resented the stare. He leaped screaming from the front bars to swing, and back again, dancing up and down in pure passion of peevish-
  twenty young women simultaneously tried to execute his movements, while the tall man yelled alternately:
 'Rottenr "Fairp' "Finen' "Bully!'
 After that the monkeys did things just to see the young women try to copy their movements. and the monkeys laughed over the limitations till they screeched again. The short man WAS Mar celline, the clown from the hippodrome. The tall man was Vincenvo Romeo, and the twenty young women were members of the monkey ballet" to be put on at the hippodrome
 Those beautiful young women will be dressed Just like the simian denizens or the forest" said the press agent last night. "The music will be appropriate and we are trying to train the members of the ballet to copy exactly the move- ments of their prototypes. This morning visit to the monkey house will be fol- lowed by others. The girls are so enthu- siastic over the monkey ballet work that many of them are going to purchase monkeys of their own, so that they can study the movements at first hand and constantly"
 Marceline was taken up to act as sort of go-between.