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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Humble Pioneers.

When great calamities like the Bal
timore fire, the Galveston tidal wave
and the destruction Of San Francisco
sweep away palaces of wealth and the
victims go to work to restore them
and even to build better, we hear Of
the noble pioneer spirit of the Ameri-
can people. 1t is an honor to belong to
the race with these heroic citizens and
to dwell in the land where such things
are not phenomenal. but come as a
matter Of course But there are unher-
aided calamities all over this broad
country every day that point the same
moral.
Forest fires, tornadOes, cloud bursts
and rain floods. to say nothing Of innu-
merable fires which wipe out towns
and villages, are constantly driving
communities from their homes. leaving
wrecks behind and bringing poverty
to thousands who have only their bare
hands with which to restore what they
have lost. Capital is always ready to
rebuild a city on an established COM
mercial site. But the farmer has only
his muscle to fall back on; the farm
village must begin with shanties and
struggle along for years until 1t reach
es the painted cottage and brick store
stage again Here is where the Amer
lean spirit is seen at its finest, the spir-
| It, the indomitable pluck that nerved
| the early pioneers when they pushed
| from the coast through the wilderness
| barrier over the plains and across the
Rockies. Their case is not so dramatic
as when city is RACED in a night
| Their sufferings are unseen, almost un-
| noted, by the world. and they struggle
to their feet again uncheered except by
their own courc seous hopes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
The Spirit Of the Fight.

Recently there died In poverty and
neglect an artist known to but few
personally, but known to thousands
by his canvas Clusters Last Stand"
John Mulvaney had the longing which
comes to many a novice to put into
lines the spirit Of fight This is not
an easy thing to do-ih fact. it Is next
to impossible, like that of putting NJ
agara within the limits of painting.
Almost every American has seen In
some form or other the Revolutionary
piece Spirit Of '76" Shirt sleeve de-
termination is the message the artist
has given, and no one who cares for
the message will be concerned about
the art. Mulvaney put spirit into a
few faces and figures in his picture.
and it went home to the heart Of the
soldiers of the country. Some day.
when Custer becomes a tradition and
men. women and children want to see
the spirit of the plains they may find
it on Mulvaney's one famous canvas.
battle really cannot be depicted, but
a face may be painted with the fervor
of battle upon it. and this touch makes
Clusters Last Stand" eloquent as q
souvenir Of American warfare
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Yakima Berries Hurt by Storm.

NORTH YAKIMA, June 27.-How
Oady the strawberry crop was dam
~sed by the severe storm of March
LAY be learned from the express ship
4ahy During May and June of last
'edr 5.63S crates of strawberries, rasp-
Verfles and blackberries were express
VI from this station During May there
we're 1924 crates, and during June
'OI4 crates. Last May there were
20 crates, all of which were straw
'erFles, While thus far this June there
''d'e only been a total of 1,S42 crates
''F the two months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

1.-THE entire sum-" said he, "repre-
sents compensation for legal services
rendered in the courts. The services
were rendered at least before l was
elected to the senate. 1 was not elected
until January, 1899, and the litigation
to which my fee relates commenced
quite while before that and was carried
through local courts, and to the 1ndi-
ana supreme court, where my clients
won.
"It started in an injunction proceed
ing to prevent the governor Of Indiana
and the Indiana state tax board from
carrying out an order of taxation based
upon the value of insurance poll
cies."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Biever Fatally Hurt.

IA GRANDE. Or, June 27.-Jlmmle
Beiver, a young man employed In
hank of this city. went horseback
riding in the hills yesterday. his
horse returned alone and searching
n.r+y found Beiver on a hill unconsci-
ous He has not yet recovered con-
scionsness. 1t is thought his horse
foil with him. rolling over and crush
ing him on the steep HILLSIDE. Ihe
musicians say he will not recover.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
GIANT CANDLE TO BURN IS MONTHS
Cost $3.50, Weighs 1872 Pounds, and
Was Donated by Happy
Woman.

NEW YORK, June PA $3.50 can
die. fifteen feet in height, weighing
1872 pounds and guaranteed to burn
continuously for eighteen months, has
Just been shipped from here to Tampa,
Fla, where Mrs. Rafael Bella Cloce
will place it in church and light 1t in
honor of st. Calogero, to whom in a
PRAYER she vowed she would buy the
largest candle in America if her hus-
band were permitted to recover from a
serious illness. Her prayer was ans
wered and her husband recovered.
The gigantic candle was rolled by
hand and is eighteen inches in dame
ter at the base and twelve inches at the
top. It's weight corresponds with that
of the man who was cured from his
illness.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Other Things Caught by Muck Rake.

Dr.. Woodrow Wilson proposes as
platform in the political reform move
ment he has been asked to stand for
In 1908 the single sentence, old fash
'Dned morals for new fashioned bust
less." Now. there Is good deal of
evidence to prove that the constant
signing in some quarters for the good
ola days Of honesty and civic virtue
has nothing to go upon but the en-
chantment of distance. A study Of
Revolutionary times brought up to date
leads to the feeling that there has been
solid improvement all along and that
the outlook is more promising than
when the nation and society were
young Randolph Of Roanoke had only
to look around among his contempOra-
ries in Washington to send home the
blasting indictment, You are YazO0
man." and call up one of the earliest
as well as one Of the most shameful
legislature selling to itself practically
$5,OOO.OOO worth of state domain for
100000.
Randolph left behind him many caus-
tic words to suggest that the fathers
were no better than they should be,
but he spoke with the rance: of parti-
sanship sometimes and in the end
came out besmirched most sadly him
self. But from sober chroniclers we
learn that very seldom in the history
of the world has the race for wealth
been so keen or the passion for specu-
lation so universal or the standard of
public honesty 80 low" as in America
during the Revolution. This is from
Lecky. a British reviewer. but he could
have proved his thesis by. Washington,
who himself wrote. Speculation. pecu-
lation. engrossing, forestalling. with an
their concomitants, afford too many
melancholy proofs Of the decay Of pub
lie virtue" One of Washington's first
battles at the head Of the Revolution
airy army was to turn out the rascally
political influence General James
Wilkinson. with a Revolutionary rec.
ord. betrayed this country to Spain
for trading privileges and an annual
pension. which he drew as late as 1900.
It Is related Of Randolph. whose name
long stood as a synonym for all the
Roman virtues. that he accepted an ap
pointment as special minister to Rus
STA. remained at his post just ten days
and ON his return drew $21. 400 from
the national treasury. This act wss
characterized by a modern authority
on those times as 1.-The most fragrant
bit Of diplomatic jobbery in the annals
of the United States government"
Public life is far from perfect today.
but when we go to the fathers for mod
els we must fish for the right kind and
could probably match the best Of them
with our own.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
IMPROVING BATTLESH|P TURRETS
Government Navy Officials Are Max
ing Some Important Tests With
Navy Ordnance.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 81
Some important tests are in progress
under the naval ordnance officers and
naval constructors, with a view of
minimizing the shock of guns in the
upper turrets of the new battleships.
The turrets are so arranged that one
is above, but not directly over, the
other turret, the location of the tur-
rets being so that there may be
concentration of four-gun fire directly
ahead and the same number directly
astern 1t is feared that when this
direction of the guns of the upper tur
ret is required, the people in the lower
turrets, over whose heads the COM
panion turret guns are fired, will suf-
fer much inconvenience, if not be in ac-
tual danger. 1t was found in expert
ments with dogs that the animals were
rendered deaf by the conclusion, and it
is imaginable that some such effect
temporarily and partial, if not perma-
nent and entire, would come to human
being similarly situated. The naval
constructors have proposed an ar
rangement of the plate which shall
take up the conclusion, and so pro-
tect the under turret of the new ships.
The question is one of much import
ance, and the ordnance experts and
naval contractors are looking to the
situation with great care.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Flames With Launch.

ARLINGTON, Or, June 2o.-Ine
authorities are searching Tor Sam
Hahn who is accused of having stolen
pasoIene launch Hahn was EN-
Moved by W. NJ. Fox, an enpioSe u
the Arlington Lumber company 10
toxic a ,aunch to Quinlan. where II was
70 he used as a ferry. Instead OF TAX
ing the boat to the place ordered II 10
ouaeed that Hahn eloped with it 1or
parts unknown.
Fox and Charles Darland, the o"hei
of the launch from whom roA "0N
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
A Bill to Abolish.

Some of the radical labor members
of the British house of commons pro-
pose to abolish the house Of lords just
to get rid of the peers as an obstacle
to labor legislation. This recalls
Sandy's plan to "joost abolish sim
when it was found that the existence
Of evil was a tough nut for theology
to crack. Abolishing the house OF
lords is not, however, an original idea
with the labor men. The commoners
Of England have often talked that
way, but the upper chamber Is there
yet with power to obstruct Legislation
"of the people. by the people. for the
people"
The particular act of the lords which
raised the ire of the British working
men was their refusal to bar foreign
laborers from the English markets.
when there is a strike on. The labor
ties threatened to appeal to the coun-
try on this single issue unless the gov
eminent should take action to Dust the
lords from power. 1t Is not at all
probable that the house Of lords VIII
ever be abolished at the hands or laDor
or any other factor in British politics.
England would not be England WILL
out its lords any more than without
its crown. So the labor men ana all
the commoners who stand for aboii-
ton on general principles must make
the best of it and look upon the loros
evil as the orthodox world does upon
the mission of sin-sOmething to keep
good people busy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Presidential Nominations.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2l--Ihe
nros;den+ has nominated Ruel RhOunds
to be United States marshal 1or lod-
no. To be receiver Of public moneys
at Nissou,a. Mont. Daniel Arms; 10 De
surveyor general of Montana, r. w.
Cone: to be Crow Indian AGENT 0oii-
uel G. Reynolds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

James Rogers is in Jail at Republic,
Wash, with a charge of murder hang
ing over him. A few nights ago while
drinking with a woman known as An
ME Turner, he struck her in the face
with his hand. She fell to the floor
and expired shortly afterwards.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
BEVERIDGE GOT FEE.
Payment of $5,204.75 to Senator Re-
veaIed by Probe.


NEW YORK, June 27.-One Of the
exhibits contained in the printed VOL
ume of the Armstrong committee pro-
ceedings is a statement of the New
York Insurance company's law ex-
penses for 1898. The statement con-
tains this item: albert ]. Beveridge,
s5,2O475."
Although this payment is in exhibit,
no mention was made of it in the
testimony before the Armstrong COM
mittee
Beveridge was elected to the senate
in January, 1899 The senator ex-
planned the circumstances of the pay
ment frankly in Washington tonight
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

Captain Angus Keegan, of the
schooner William Nottingham, was
stabbed in Port Townsend yesterday
by a drunken sailor named John Car
roll. Keegan received seven severe
cuts in the back and is said to be in
a dangerous condition. Carroll was
arrested
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

!. +. Howard was arrested at Lew
. S'on yesterday on a charge of for
eeFv' He cashed a check alleged to
''"Ne peen signed by Swift & Co., which
IS claimed to be a forgery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27
Mrs. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 81
Mrs. Roosevelt went to Oyster bay
Yesterday The children are already
there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

The body of a man supposed to be
William Gum, who was drowned at
Marcus. Wash, three weeks ago, has
been found in the Columbia river at
Miles, Wash. The body was in an adj
vanced state Of decomposition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-27

leased, are in hot pursuit of the fugi-
tive.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
SAN FRANclsco's RUINS.

The following written Laurence Harris san Francisco Hoo
this They relate
earthquake The lines
Kiplnes the Mandaay"
follows
The Damndest Finest Ruins,
somewhere there's nothing left
And the all a hustling and eyeyhngs bust
Whore all buildings there Blink and hindly
damnde nest ri O anywhere!
Bully ruins through the night rye heard call
Sot other. HAD I and fail,
he o GodforSaken
En the damndes ruins nothing and nothing less.
ahntng
0 Is it'll a hundred
re star
Oakland The give?
Cor give! 0 soul. would rather bore a hoa
ashes . Oakland
Civ lie Of buildings
II would be a brick
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
LETTERS or BILLY" BROWN

Now and then one runs across In.
man documents that are literature. A
young girl named "Eilly'' Brown
wrote some letters to a young fellow
named Chester Gillette, whom she
loved not wisely but too well, up in
New York state, that are now being
introduced i'm court al the trial Of
Gillette on the charge of murde.ilg
the girl. They are literature They
are not models Of eloQuence. they are
not chiseled language. they simply
are letters with heart in them. They
are described as having brought tears
to the eyes of cold. staid veterans Of
the bar. practitioners who have faced
many pathetic scene. and the thing
sounds true enough It. is not possible
to believe that a gil who wrote as
BILLY wrote ws.s depraved. even
though she sinned. Thomas Hardy
affixed to Tess of the D'Urbervilles'
the subtitle: "The Story Of a Pure
Woman" Billy" was not less pure
than Tess. Her letters have the ring
of true soul. They tell, without hys.
terra. but with the horror of limo
cence and the energy of a sincere
love, the whole dread story Of
young gir''s shame; her sense Of
humiliation: her plea for consolation
land aid: her bravery and her abso-
Lutte confidence in the brute who had
imposed upon so sensitive a nature
She begs him to come to her She
cannot understand his Indifference.
His curt notes wound her cruelty.
We find her writing
Chester | don't suppose sou will
ever know how ! regret being all this
Trouble to you. Ny whole life is
ruined and. IN measure. yours Is
too. OF course. its worse for me than
for you. The world and you too. may
think I am the only one TO blame:
bat. somehow. cant, just simply
cam think I am. Chester
At last it IS arranged for her to 90
away. and before she comes 10 him
she writes her last letter.
This is the last letter can write.
dear. I feel as though you were not
coming Perhaps that is not right. bar
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

| cannot help feeling that am never
going 70 see you again,
II am about crazy now. have been
bidding goodbye 70 some places to
day There are SO many hooks, dear
and all Of them are 50 dear TO me. |
have lived here nearly all my life
iFirst, | said goodbye TO the old
spring house. with the great masses
Of green moss: then 10 the apple tree
where we had our playhouse; then
the beehive, a cute little house in the
orchard, and, Of course, 10 all Of the
neighbors that have mended my
dresses from a little tot up TO save
me thrashings i really deserved
"Oh, dear. YOU don't realize what
all of this Is 70 me- / konw | Shall
never see any Of them again, and
mamma, great Heavens! how do
love mamma. | don't know what
shall ds without her. She Il never
cross and she always helps me 50
much Sometimes | think If | could
tell mamma but | can't She has
trouble enough az II is, and I couldn't
break her heart like that. Ii I come
back perhaps If she does know
she won't be angry with me.
Gillette met billy They went out
IN The lake for a row He came bach
Without her
Il win be hard for a jury to resist
he superb eloquence Of "BilIy's' let
ers. It viii be hard for a fiction
ritter to beat tham-Courier Journal /
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

/ America viii gather at Richmond Va.
ion Thanksgiving day to take part in
the dedication OF the Cathedral Of the
Sacred Heart. The new edidcc which
will take It's place as one Of tine four
greatest cathedrals in the country Is
the gift a. Thomas Ryan. the New
York dnaneier
Gillette Murder Trial.
The trial OF Chester Gillette charged
with the murder Of Grace Brown. his
one time sweetheart which has az
tracted wide attention, will be con
tinued at Herkimer n Y. his week.
The prosecution is expected to finish
lis case early in the week.
Many Sporting Events.
The bic sporting event Of the week
will be the annual struggle for SUI
premacy on the football sridiron be-
tween the army ana the navy at Phil
adelphia Saturday.
A fstic battle for the heavy weight
championship Of the world Ii SEIZED
uled for Thanksgiving day between
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tommy
Burns and the scene Of the conflict
will be Los Angeles, Cal
Diplomatic Body to Meet
The diplomatic body win meet ut
Tangier Morocco. November n for
the purpose Of considering the new In.
agreement. The United
States has net as vet approved the
treaty but December p. has been fix.
ed as the dare Of Its consideration by
ho United Statea.
4 special emergency meeting or tho |
National Liberia Federation has beaa
allied to meet in London The prin |
.inal resolution will deal with the |
'decation question which Is al pres,
nj aeliatine England The bill pass
d through the committee OF the
ionse ol Lclds November -.
The suit by the creditors Of Count
'oni DC CasteIlane viii be resumed
cfore the tribunal Of first instance
4 Paris November %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
CAIRO's NEW BANK.

The sensational news of this morn
ing in Cairo probably the most sensa.
tional that has transpired for many q
day--is the announcement in the local
columns respecting the bank consali-
daiion in which the City National
Bank. the Enterprise Savings Bank
and the newly organized First Bank
and Trust Company Of Cairo, are IN
yolyes.
The simple statement some days
ago that an hority had been issued at
Springfield for the establishment of
the last named Institution in Cairo
created great deal Of speculative
talk. and there were many rumars
afioat as 10 tho personnel of the Cairo
end Of this new financial establish
Ter Of The City National Bank. was
identified with the new institution was
positively stated and rumnr connect
ed several other strong names with
il. That this new venture would have
proven great succe: $ ana given the
city a decided boost In the financial
world goes without saying bur these
claims 10 merit may he made also in
behalf of the new turn of the affair,
with several others that the other
would moi have had 1t win give Cairo
by far the strongest financial institu.
ton of any city between 81 Louis and
Memphis. with fresh capital and fresh
blood represented in its makeup and
management: and the people of Cairo
will be able. more than ever. TO speak
with pride of the city's banks and of
the men who are at their head
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

Concluded from First Page.)
runs an the Alton tracks. and took
$GS from passengers, This robbers
description generally. is tsc same as
tho man who did tonieht4 job
A Beau BrummeI ard a Gallant.
The robber, like the one who rob
bed the Overland" was a beau brum.
mel and gallant He was dressed
in the heighth OF fashion and was ex,
ceedinaly polite but equally as firm
IN his demands for money. He aid
not rob any Of the women passengers
and treasured those who were alarm
ca that no danger would come to them
The passengers were awakened one
by one by a punch in he ribs from
the big revolver he carried. Pass
our your money and vauabIes phase.
Hurry mp there are a lot Of others
waiting, you know That's right.
Thank you. Don't try 10 make
any trouble and you won't be hurt.
he said, as he went from berth 20
berrn gathering in money purses and
watches, dropping them int the peck
cts of the long overcoat he wore.
The robber refused to give his name
and denied thar he had anything to do
with the other robbery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
ILLINOIS Central
Corrected to November IS, 1906.
r&fE FAST MAIL HDUTa
Shortest and Quickest Rnatss
s.. Louis < Chicago

I:32 9. IN. Daily Chicago Vestihus limited
striving In Chicago at IL $50 q. m , connecting
with afternoon trains for sll points east and
north.
2'23 q. na. Daily NJ. Louis " as t4arn staS
arriving In Sc Louis at TUB d. m, eonusetiua
at Union Station for sill points woss. @iespiua
cars open at 9;s6 p. IN.
200 "A. rD., Chicago Daylight kxvrest
5xcent Sunday, makes ali stops between uaisa
Chicago, arriving In Chicago st 5fb0 .. IN
900 8. M. st, Louis Morning E3uscas
except Sunday arriving In ai. E6uts ut tl.a
making all sbops.
i1l5 y. N. Vt. Louis Fs&S Mall, sag
ing In at. Louis gt 5 100 y. in.
EI:i5 n. Chicago Nid-dsy Special
arriving in Chicago, $50 y. IN.
2:35p. All. Daily st, IoatK TsinHR.i az.
irving Ia st. Louis at 800 .. IN, conns ctiGg
UHiau Station for ansar City t,ynSna Dan
YER San Francisco and all points vest
2:35 u. m. Afternoon Express for udln
EnnEham, Nation, Toions. Champaign chI
cAgo
$40 p, m. ThebeE accommodation
Gsi5 u. an. Chicago and Eastern w
presa arriving IN Chicago at 6.s0 = III lr6;Aaa
Apolisg 7:5 Cincinnati, 7:sB il. ia. EanAlo. s:aI
p. IN. Ne@ York 1850 d. % sittpjnr
Chicago,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
.ELKS' MEMORIAL
To Be Held December Address
viii Be Delivered BY Hon. &.
e. Denison of Marion.

Hon. E. z. Denis0n. Of Marion. viii
probably deliver ihe addre-s fr he
Cairo Eiks. on tho occasion Of their
Memorial Service 10 b. held ar their
hail ON December 2nd. Mr. Denison IS
a brother of Mr. Leon Denison. of tho
Marx Denison Dry Goods company.
and is one q the leading Elks. a.
well as an orator Of more than or
binary ability H. was solicited to-
deliver the Memorial address bv the
committee Of the Cairo EIks which
has the matter in hand. and is said to
have consented.