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church burial ground. Behind this
statement lies the story OF long ana
valuable life.
James Wilson came to Pennsylvania
from Scotland when he was Darcy
tw ent, zone years of age. He stuoleo
law. was admitted to the bar, and rose
rapidly and brilliantly. In January,
177b, he was elected to the continental
con- ress, and was thereafter proml-
nent figure. He was among the nrst
signers of the Declaration OF lnde-
rendence. His most eminent gifts were
those of the advocate, and he long
stood at the head Of the Philadelphia
bar, distinguished hardly more for his
legal attachments, than for his VIDE
range of learning. His talents Kept
him prominently in public life; he
served several terms in congress, and
in 1889 he was appointed by President
Washington as one of the first justices
of rhe supreme court. This position
he occupied at the time of his death
in 1888. Of minor offices and honors
he Possessed a score, and at every OPP
portunity his abilities were recognized
and his services were secured.
Late in life he fell into financial diff
ficulties through land speculatlons,
and as debt was a cause for impris-
onment in those days, Mr.. Wilson was
,riieed in self-defense to exile himself
from Pennsylvania. In this emergency
he exchanged circuits with his col
league, Justice Iredell of North Car
DINA, and, making his home aAEden-
ton, died there, as his biographer re-
Istes, still fearing prosecution and
pursuit" And now, more than a hun
bred years after his death, the COM
rconwealth which was honored by his
residence and his reputation makes
tardy reparation for the trouble put
upon him by an onerous and inexor-
able law It would seem that thirty
years ago, while Philadelphia and
the country were celebrating the CEN
tenary of independence, it might have
occurred to Pennsylvania to bring
back in honor to it's soil the body of
the man who had fearless1y pledged
his services and his life to secure this
independence. Republics are not al
quently dilatory. s.
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Italy with the dramatic impulse Of
Northern Europe. The younger Ital-
ian composers seek to do the same, but
they are not so successful as the vet
eran who wrote Falstaff at the age Of
fourscore. Leoncavallo made his great
hit with Pagliacci in 1892. 1t took
the world by storm, as Cavalleria Rus
ticana had two years before, and in
their essential features the two OPP
eras resemble each other closely. Even
the plots are not dissimilar. In Pag-
liacci the tale is told of an erring wife
and a vengeful husband. The char
acters are actors in a company OF
strolling comedians. Media, the wife
of Canio, has two lovers besides her
husband. Their names are Tonic, who
is of low degree, and Slivio, who is
somewhat higher in manners and es-
tate. Of the two she prefers Silvio,
as women have since time began. To-
MO meditating revenge, overhears
their fond vows and brings the jeal-
GUS husband upon the scene of their
sweet endearments, but he arrives only
in time to see Silvio vanish, and with
his efforts to extort confession
from his wife the first act ends.
The second act involves a dramatic
device not unfamiliar to the English
drama. 1t is a play within a play,
such as Shakespeare used in Hamlet
and for the same purpose. The mimic
play repeats the plot of the real one
AS it progresses the passions of the
actors gain the upper hand. Play be-
comes reality and Canio Stays his wife
upon the stage. Silvio, who is among
the spectators, rushes to her rescue
only to snare her fate. Such is the
tale which Leoncavallo has set to mu-
sic in Pabliacci. The music partakes
of the character of the plot. 1t is vio-
lent, hasty in movement and somewhat
poor in melody. Harsh discords ex-
press the undisciplined natures of the
actors. But the orchestration is skill
full and the opera excites and interests
if it does not much instruct. Probably
most Americans do not buy opera
tickets for the sake of instruction. II
they did their purpose would fail for
lack Of opportunity.
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Tombstones to the Living.

ITO a stranger the erection of tomb
stone to a living person seems rather
CHASTITY, but it's the custom in some
New England villages" said the travel
ing man. Il was collecting quaint
epitaphs for a magazine article, and,
after l had put up my motor car on my
arrival in a villige l would 90 stalght
way to the cemetery on an epitapb
hunt. There l would find, set up in LOT
after lot, tombstones Of living people
Each stone would contain the name
and the date of birth. CHASTITY, wasn't
it? l met pretty girl in a hotel ID
New Hampshire. She was the land
lords daughter. She showed me her
stone in the cemetery. The last name
was left blank in her case. 1 may
marry. you know she explained
New York Press.
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Florence Roberts.

Florence Roberts who comes to the
Keylor Grand theater, Nov. 20, in
'The Strength of the Weak a new
modern play by Alice M. Smith and
Charlotte Thompson is a wonderful
actress in many respects and is des-
tive women stars of the American
stage. For years she has been the
idol of the far west and it is said the
mere announcement of her engage
ments there is sufficient to crowd the
theaters at every performance. Her
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DIX INQUIRY PROGRESSES.
Find that Company Sold Steamer Fol-
Only Ten Dollars.

SEATTLE, Nov. 27.-At the Dix
inquiry this morning the fact was
disclosed that the Alaska-Pacific New
igation company, the owners of the
JEANNE for ten dollars consideration
transferred her to individual owner
ship of J. H. Pharo, the general man
ager of the Alaska Coast S. S. Co.,
The transfer was made the day af
ter the collision though it is stated
that ten days previous to the accident
that Pharo made an attempt to send
the JEANNE to British Columbia out
of Jurisdiction of the United States
court.
Libel proceedings were filed in the
United States to prevent her sailing.
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1l1@l1fS
LEoNcAvALLo.

"a. A. Greene in the Portland Ore
gonian.)
In the modern operatic school OF
Italy three men stand out with GER
tain prominence. They are Puccini,
Mascagni and Leoncavallo. OF them
all Puccini is probably the best must
clan, but Mascagni and Leoncavallo
have enjoyed in their turns world
wide popularity. Mascagni leaped to
fame in 1890 with his Cavalleria Rus
ticana, an opera in one act whose plot
deals with the violent passions of
primitive men and whose music is in
tense. melodramatic and unmelodious.
1t abounds with harsh dissonances
which doubtless add to the fierce ex-
preston that the author seeks. The
orchestration shows Ian effort to make
the instruments follow the themes Of
the play, developing a double drama
in musical sounds. The old opera con-
sisted of a series of airs, almost in
variably beautiful strung together
more or less loosely with recitative.
1t was an irrational sort of compost
ito, but it was delightful. The Wag-
nerians have assailed it's theory, or
lack of theory, with complete success
and the world will probably see no
more of it except in some transient
revival of Rigoletto or II Trovatore
and their kin.
But, as Webster said of Dartmouth
college, there are those that love the
old fashioned Italian opera in spite OF
progress. Verdi was it's last supreme
master, and even he in his later and
greater works deserted his original
manner and followed the ways of
Wagner In Aida and Otello he sue
cessfully combined the lyric genius of
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BOY CHECKED AS BAGGAGE
Three -Year-OId Shipped From LondoI
With Dead Mother.

TOLEDO, O., Nov. 27.-Checked like
so much baggage and unconscious of
the tragedy which had been enacted SO
early in his life, a 3year-old boy mas
passed through Toledo On the Wa
bash flyer enroute to Chicago from
London. In the baggage car attached
to the train a coffin bore the remains
of the little fellows mother.
Some weeks ago little Johnnie Do
Ian and his mother left for England,
where the mother hoped to regain her
health. The change from Chicago ben
Gifted her little and shortly after their
arrival in London the mother died. In
sore straits, John Dolan, the fat-er
telegraphed to have the boy and the
body of his wife shipped home.
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THREW MONEY TO URcHINs.
Bought 100000 Acres for $3.50 and Som.
Worthless Checks.

GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. ga
young man, claiming to be Jacob Schiff
Jr son of Millionaire Schiff, Of New
York, is in Jail at Victoria, Tex.
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses. He had bought a
ranch of 10000 acres for 100000, paid
$3.50 cash and executed drafts and notes
to the full amount before it was dis
covered he was an impostor.
He arrived in Victoria three days
ago and spent money lavishly, throw
ing halves and quarters to street ur-
chins. He talked of railroad and land
projects and had the townsfolk doing
him great honor. Displaying bonds and
financial documents hef ound mer-
chants anxious to cash his checks
ranging from $25 to 500. He was
away in the country inspecting more
ranch property when advices from
New York announced something was
wrong
When confronted with the charges
the young man said his father, Jacob
Schiff, had not approved of his Texas
investments, and was playing a trick
on him. He sent wire to Jacob SchifI
telling him of his plight and requesting
him to deposit $4,000 to his account
in the German National bank.
The reply said that Schiff had nc
son in Texas. The young mad had
several hundred dollars in cash when
he reached Victoria. His wardrobe is
eXtravagant and he is we'll educated.
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WEAVERS AT THE ORPHEUM

Weaver and Weaver, the head liners
for the closing week of vaudeville at
the New Orpheum are conceded to be
the best legitimate comedy sketch
team now in the business. Their act
is a combination Of all good things
in comedy.
The patriotic song is we'll rendered
by Miss Milton and beautifully illus
trated.
The film for this week used in the
Orpheumscope is the best ever shown
in Walla Walla The "Smuggling
dogs in the most realistic set of NOV
ing pictures on the entire Sullivan
and Considine circuit to witness which
is we'll worth five times the price OF
admission.
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THE MAILING WOMAN
4 Queer Old Legend Of tn. c,
Mexico, .,

4 Queer Old Legend a, a.
Mexico. -
As is generally known. senor
bad things are met with at mn any
the streets Of the city. but this wa'u IN
woman, La Llorona, Is the vo,, 'is
of them all. She is worse bv f,r % te
the Vaca de Lumbre, that at m,dn, lan
comes forth from the potrero Of Sa u'
Sebastian and goes gallopinp throua a
the streets like a blazing wh,r,,u,Nsa
breathing forth from her nostr,ls sraa u
and flames, because the fiery COW so
nor, while dangerous ANNA, 20 ,o,
at, really does nobody any harm oUs
/ La Llorona is as harmful as sha
can be. sue
Seeing her walking along ouiet,r
at the times when she is not rrr,,;.
and shrieking for her lost children
she seems a respectable person on,-
odd looking because of her white slir.
and the white reboso with which no,
head is covered. and anybody migbt
speak to her. But whoever does sneot
to her in that very same moment dos,
No one who has stopped her to tall.
with her ever has lived to tell what
happens at that terrible encounter but
it is generally known that what doas
happen is this: Slowly she turns 70.
ward the one who has spoken. and
slowly she opens the folds Of her white
rebOsO, and then Is seen a bare grin
ming skull set fast to bare skeleton
and from her fleshless jaws comes ona
single icy cold breath that freezes into
instant death whoever feels it. After
that, shrieking again for her lost chill
dren, she rushes onward, the white
CLEAN Of her gashing the darkness and
in the morning the one who spoke IN
her is found lying dead there with
look of despairing horror frozen fas.
in his dead eyes.
What Is most wonderful is that she
is seen in the same hour by different
people in places widely apart one see
ing her hurrying across the atrium Of
the cathedral, another beside the ARGOS
de San Cosme and a third near the
Salto del Augua, over by the prison Of
Belen, and all in the very same mo
ment of time.
She is so generally known, senior, and
so greatly feared that nowadays few
people stop her to speak with her, and
that Is fortunate. But her loud, keen
wailings and the sound of her running
feet are heard often and especially on
nights of storm. l myself have heard
them, senior, but I have never seen her.
God forbid that 1 ever shall!-Thomas
A. Janvier in Harper's.
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Over Eight Feet Tall.

King James l. had a gigantic porter
eight feet six inches in height. but he
was not perfect. being round Shout
dered, knock kneed and lame in one
foot. OF similar height was Charlie
Munster. yeoman Of the Hanoverial
guard who died in 1876, and sever,
years before there was being exhibited
in London Dutchman eight feet nine
inches high anent whom in Pepys
diary we find the following entry OF
Aug. Is, 1869: Went to Charing Cross
to see the great Dutchman. l die
walk under his arm with my hat or
and could not reach his chin with the
tips Of my fingers
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IncaUacitated.

As the extra hand" rose from his
dinner in the farm kitchen the farmer
son informed him that he was to pitch
hay in the afternoon.
II won't do it, was the curt reply.
"All right, please yourself. 1t doesn
make any difference to me-" retorted
the farmers son. my father told me
to deliver the message, and II you
don't pitch you'll get into trouble with
him."
II won't do it for either you or your
fatherw rejoined the man. You
should ha' told me sooner. At dinner
time l filled myself for raking, and l
can't pitch"
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RAH! FOR BRAVE CONDUCTOR
Train Robber Vanqusher Gets Choice
Berth For His Act.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Nov. 81
President FELTON, of the Chicago and
Alton today wired in person his con-
gratulatiOns to Conductor Haywood for
his bravery in capturing singlenanded
at the risk of instant death, the train
robber at Glasgow, Mo-,
The order was posted in every sta
ton, sent to every trainman, and en-
ploye of the company, for a Christ
mas gift, the choice Of .hrdluhrdlu
mas gift. The choice of runs on
track awaits Haywood.
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PEARY'S PROGRESS.

Commander Peary is returning to
America after reaching 81 degrees 6
minutes north latitude. If his year
and a nalf of exploration has proved
anything it is that both the arctic
continent and a frozen polar sea over
which travel is impossible are myths.
The north pole will not be reached
overland. A vessel to reach the pole
will have to be much stronger than
any which has yet attempted the pas
sage of the floes, says the Chicago
Tribune.
After going as far north as he could
with his ship, the Roosevelt, Peary
advanced over the ice. His passage
was not quite the same as that Of
Eliza across the Ohio river in "Uncle
Toms Cabin Instead Of running and
jumping from one cake of ice to an
other ne travelled on ice fields ex-
tensive enough to hold an igloo or
a day or two. But there was always
the same danger that the ice might
break or that the interval between
successive cakes might be too great to
cross. The ice was in constant mo-
ton, and the party mad to be on
the alert to take advantage of the
approach of other floes. Sometimes
they had to pass several days on one
cake before another approached near
enough for them to leap across, or
until new ice forming in the still water
between made a bridge on which they
could pass
1t has been predicted that the de-
velopment of the automobile meant the
discovery of the north pole. Com
mander Peary's experience proves this
hope false. No automobile could have
crossed the ice fields north of Green
land. There is no land there with
smooth ice over it. There is not the
are simply large and small cakes of
ice on a tossing sea. An automobile
would have been as useless to Peary
as an elephant or camel.
No vessel but the Roosevelt, in the
commanders opinion, could nave stood
the squeezing and buffeting to which
that vessel was subjected, but not even
the Roosevelt could have forced a
passage through the fields of ice over
which Peary and his party tramped
over the ice or Thorough the ice, the
way seems equally impracticable.
Unless the pole is to be reached in
the way indicated by the unfortunate
Andree. it would seem that the next
expedition should attempt the dash for
the pole in midwinter instead of wait
ing for spring. When the sun has been
hidden for two or three months and the
cold is greatest it may be that ar
unbroken path of ice exists from the
northernmost land to the pole. It is
not a pleasant time for travelling, but
arctic exploration is not a pleasure
device. Certainly it would seem to
be proved that the pole will never be
reached in summer except perhaps
through the air.
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Whipped Cream.

Look here" shouted the irate neigh.
Dor over the fence. your youngest SOD
has been stoning my cats and pilfering
my apple trees! He is scamp
Don't talk that way about my son."
blurted the fond parent. "Why, he is
considered the cream of our family"
1.-The cream. eh? Well, I'd like to see
him whipped Chicago News.
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EaqIes to Elect Officers,

Members Of the Walla Walla lodge
Of Eagles will be out in force at to-
ensuing term will be elected and a
big class OF. new members will be mi
tiated into the lodge. Following the
regular lodge meeting the members
will indulge in a banquet.
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The First ScapegOat.

The word "scapegoat" originated III
an ancient Hebrew custom practlceu
at the feast Of the Passover. PLACING
a young goat upon the altar. the priests
would pray over it, asking that all t,ie
sins Of the people be visited upon the
goat. Then. after each member OF tiie
tribe had transferred his guilt TO Tie
victim by laying on his hands, the al,
lmal was turned loose in the forests u
be devoured by the wild beasts.
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finally successful, however, and they
seemed to enjoy the opportunity thus
offered Of seeing the city. Those who
had to rustic the hardest were those
who came in on the delayed train from
Baker and Union counties, and there
were about 100 Of them.
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"WoRLD COMING TO AN END"
So Says Woman to Her Youthful Pu-
pills at Seattle.

SEATTLE, Nov. 27.-'The world is
soon coming to an end. All that will
be left will be this institution.
Motherluess and fatherless little
nome, have been greeted with the
awesome prophecy, they state, by
Mother" Rytner. manager of the
home.
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Three Magnates Indicted.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-Adolph
Segal, w. w. North and M. S. Colling-
sood, were indicted today charged with
looting the real estate trust company
the president of which, Frank Nipple.
committed suicide
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first New York appearance was made
at the Liberty theater last sprnig in
1.-THE Strength of the Weak" The
critics were disposed to receive the
western favorite with doubt and skep-
ticism, but before the curtain fell ON
the final act, they were convinced
that a genius had entered their midst.
and the entire New York press was
a unit in praise of her remarkable
emotional powers, and charming nat
uralness. The play ran for $50 nights,
and Miss Roberts is now under con-
tract for at least four months on
Broadway each season. Miss Roberts
brings the same superior company and
the original production with her on the
occasion of the local engagement.
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Postoffiee Clerks ORGANIZE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov 27.-Thirty-
five clerks of the postoffice here have
organized a union and affiliated with
the federation of labor to secure a
higher rate of wages. A hundred
other clerks are said to nave refrained
fearing the governments displeasure.
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Work For Nothing.

First Crook-I'm getting tired of
work. Second Crook-What's the mat
ter now? First Crook raised a check
from $40 to $1,000 and tried to get II
cashed, and the cuss didn't have that
amount Of money in the bank.-New
York Press.
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INGENIOUS JAIL BREAK ATTEMPTED
Eight Prisoners Nearly Succeed In
Getting Away From PendIeton
BastiIe.

PENDLETON, Nov. 27-That an
other daring Jail break was attempted
by the prisoners of the county Jail a
few nights ago has become known. 1t
was not successful because the plot
tiers were unable to finish their work
and escape before daylight came in
In a general way the latest attempt
at a breakaway was similar to the
one which occurred in September with
means of small hack saws the priso-
ners cut their way through the grated
iron wall of the cell corridor. The
hole was cut on the east side of the
upper cell and close to the place where
Weddle, Young and Bowman went
through few months ago.
After cutting through the cell wall
the prisoners (there were five or six
in the upper cells), dropped down to
the floor Of the big Jail corridor.
They then had nothing but the grated
Jail windows between them and free
dom. Since the last Jail break oc-
Cured the barred windows have been
strengthened by cross pieces, excepting
at the very top. 1t was on the upper
part Of one of the windows that the
cut through by means of a saw. But
owing to the height of the place the
work was difficult and when the bar
had been sawed the prisoners could
not bend back the bar so as to permit
them to pass through. The strongest
men in the Jail tried their muscle on
the job but failed to bend the bar.
By that time the saws had become
dulled by the hard usage they had
been subjected to.
Worked All Night.
From appearances the most of the
work done by the prisoners required
all night, and they did not give up the
attempt until daylight.
Discovered by Taylor.
The fact that a break had almost
occurred was not discovered until
nearly o'clock, when Sheriff Taylor
entered the Jail to let the prisoners
out of the GELS. At a glance he knew
something was wrong from the be-
havior of the men. But a quick survey
of the windows showed no one had got
ten through, and he took his time for
further investigation. On the east
side the big hole in the cell wall
showed that more saws had been fur
nished to the prisoners and later the
sawed bar in one of the windows was
discovered.
Eight in Plot.
The attempted break occurred last
Thursday night, and there were eight
men in the upper cells at the time.
They are Jones, Perry, Murphy, Leyde,
Pearl, Brown, Moore and Chas. Jones'
Jones, or HOskins, is the only one
against whom there is really a serious
charge. He is accused Of having passed
the saws to Weddle ct al before the
other Jail break. He was captured in
Seattle by Sheriff Taylor a month or
more ago.
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REMEMBERING A PATRIOT.

A short telegram from Edenton, n.
c., announces that the body of James
Wilson, one 4 the signers of the
Declaration of Independence has been
disinterred and will be sent to Phila-
delphia for refinement in Christ
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Rivers and Harbors Hearino

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27.-The hearing
by the board of engineers of the rivers
and harbors Commission on the fourteen
foot channel between st. Louis and
Chicago, began this morning.