The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
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AAc PcOPAO VI 1AotouzdS, cuba, will
honor the memory Of Jose Marti ,ba
Cuban patriot, by the erection of =
monument In that city.
An English journal notes the cu,
ously even sex distribution of measlo.
In twenty years at Aberdeen. Tbara
were 9,2S7 males and BOOST females
The adverse vote of Bath, England
on Carnegie's offer Of $65 600 for .
public library was taken by means q,
postal cards sent out by the city conn.
Gil.
The bell which has recently been DIV
en- to the Baptist church at BRYANT.
Pond. Me-, was a recast from a hall
which was In the Minot ledge liph,
house for long time. The bell ba.
also passed through fire In a factory
down In Maine.
The postmaster Of a certain Ma,no
town has a new sign, but he isn't bit
proud Of 1t. He started of brayelv
with the brush, but when he had partlv
finished found that he must economic
space. The result IL something liz
this: POSTOFFis.
It Is said that one Of the Duke NJ
Teck's ancestors, who was a charcoal
burner, pointed out a silver mine n .
German engineer who had been driven
into exile. When the kaiser regajned
his throne with the aid of the wealth
thus obtained he made the charcoal
burner duke.
All members Of parliament are more
or less burdened with letters from con.
stituents. but the labor members are
the greatest sufferers. One of them tho
other day received a letter of LOO
closely written pages about a personal
grievance of the writer, in which he
thought parliament should intervene
Some months ago an Oklahoma wo-
man mailed a paper to a friend In
Ladoga, Ind. She made a mistake in
addressing it, SO that the matter was
apparently intended for "Ladoga. In
dia." It went to Bombay and several
Indian cities, was returned to this
country ''fOr address and finally
showed up at Ladoga, Ind.
Federal authorities have made known
that it Is crime to buy or to receive
as a pledge for a loan the clothing Of
a United States soldier. The decision
was rendered by court in New York,
where two secondhand clothes dealers
were held in $500 bail for receiving
soldiers clothes from two privates who
are stationed at Governors island.
With the closing in Lancaster, Pa,
Of the hotel Of John A. Shank, who a.
lowed his privilege to lapse there pass.
ed out of existence a license first
granted in 1876 and renewed annually
since then. 1t was in this hotel that
Lancaster lodge of Masons was inst.
tuted in 1855. and there General La.
fayette was entertained when he visit
ed Lancaster.
The secretary of the class Of II.
BowdOin, states that forty-six of the
original fifty three members are alive
today. Lieutenant Peary and Governor
Cobb were members of this class,
which had IL lawyers, 6 teachers,
business men, 4 bankers, 3 cergymen,
8 manufacturers, civil engineers,
artist, railroad manager, editor and
insurance man.
The four principal personages in the
British empire ranking after royalty
are ScOtch-the prime minister, the
archbishop OF York, the lord chancellor
and the archbishop Of Canterbury. The
governor general Of India is of the
same rank, as are several who hold I'M
portant offices in the ministry. such az
the chief secretary and the lord lieu
tenant Of Ireland.
The royal families of Sweden, Span
and Italy all own lots in New VOTE.
Kaiser Wilhelm owns several parcels
Of New York land and has been Tor
some years a heavy investor In west
ern property. The king Of England ID
herited from his mother piece OF real
estate on Nassau street in New YORK.
King Edward owns some thousands OIL
acres Of western land.
Few voyagers know that II letters
are mailed on vessels coming to THIS
country from England they have 70
pay postage only from England to ns
letters destination. AS result OF tnis
rule every passenger on the Campaniar
which came to New York recently,
wrote q letter to some friend on inc
other side Of the ocean, and thus got
ahead of the government for once
Each evening the paper express
freight" leaves Portland, Me-. bounu
Tor New York. TIE train consists eacn
lay of ten cars loaded with no Otner
freight but paper. According to con-
tract made by the manufacturers, this
much paper must be delivered eacn
in New York city. The train
has it's regular schedule all along tne
line and has yet to fail to reach us
on time.
Through the courtesy of the ltaiian
Plus X. may now talk WIN
MS relatives by long distance teie
phone. The line between Rome anu
Padua was recently inaugurated anu
vas extended to REESE, the popes Ia
i've town, expressly to give him 'iii'
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