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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31
POINTS TO SUICIDE.
Man Believed to Have Taken His Life
on Vanderbilt Estate, AshevilIe.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Jan. 30.-A
scrap Of paper sticking on a river reed
along the bank of the French Broad
river on the estate Of George w. Van
derbilt was found yesterday by James
On the paper was this message:
Love drove me to this. When you
find my body notify T. T. Williams
511 Fifth avenue, New York, my
father"
There were fresh marks of footprints
leading to the waters edge, and upon
the very edge of the rivers brink was
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31
CANS ADMITS He WAS A FAKER
cOLORED FIGHTER NOW SWEARS
THAT HE WILL FIGHT ON
THE SQUARE HEREAFTER.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 31-Joe Cans

claimant of the lightweight and welt
er-weight pugilistic championships,
says he is going to reform. The re-
Mobilization of the colored fighter is not
going to carry him out of the ring, but
all his fights in the future will be on
the square.
With this statement made by the
tarried in the city a few hours, came
the admission that he had double
crossed" the sporting fraternity in the
past The confession of the negro
makes the concluding chapter in the
notorious Cans McGovern fake" per-
petrated in this city on Dec. 13, 1870
and which practically put the sport
out of business in Chicago.
"Was Under Orders"
In talking of his past ring trans
actions Cans asserted that he should
not be blamed for the fakes he mas
fight on the level" he said, Il was I'M
der orders. I am not under orders any
longer and from now on will do what
can to make up for my past mis-
deeds.
Il find it mighty CALLING to confess
that I was ever mixed up in any shady
deals, but 1 might just as well own
up The truth of the matter is that
whenever I did not do my best it was
next for the simple reason that l
could never fake with any degree Of
skill. The only way that is natural
with me is to fight from the tap of
the gong The fans solved the fight
between McGovern and myself in this
city right. 1 simply couldn't put any
frills to my showing, and everybody
saw the bout wasn't on the level.
On the Level Now.
Nov 1 will say that 1 did not do
what I did in that fight on my own
hook. 1 was under orders, and I will
say right here that I never faxed a
fight in my life on my own volition
The reason for these happenings was
that whenever I wanted to get on with
any good fighter my manager would
say: Joe, the best fighters won't meet
you because you are colored If you
want to make any money you will have
to lose to the best of them and whip
the dubs'
Il am my own boss now, and you
will be on the level with me- Battling
Nelson's manager says he won't let
the Dane meet me. because 1 am a
fakir I will soon show him he cannot
hide behind that excuse because the
reform with me is on the square,
Has Troubles at Home.
Nelson's claim that he is the cham
pion lightweight is not founded on
fact. He has never whipped a light
when we fought for the championship
so he cannot claim that Britt was a
champion. When he whipped Corbett,
Corbett was only a featherweignt
champion.
Now 1 want to fight Britt and Nell
son. I'll fight Britt and then Nelson
that is if Nolan changes his mind
again. I'll fight both these boys at 1873
pounds, weigh in at o'clock the
night of the fight or three hours before
the hour set for the bout I say this
because so many judges of the games
say l cannot make 1873 pounds. 1 know
l can make it,
Cans is on his way east where he
/ goes to settle his family troubles, be-
/ ing at present mixed up in an unsav-
/ DRY divorce suit
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plainly discerned in the mud the i'm
print of a mans right foot, giving rise
to the theory that a man had jumped
into the river. All afternoon a large
party was engaged in dragging the
river and this work was kept up last
night by the light of lanterns.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31
BUSINESS EDUCATION

Too often a young man thinks when
ne has learned bookkeeping that he
has a business education. Not so-he
has only learned how to record an
other mans business. There Is no
business education until one has learn
ed how to take care of the instruments
with which business is done. Day
books and Ledgers are the conveinces,
but the real tools are dollars. Save
your money, and your money will save
you from idleness, from poverty, and
even crime. A business education
means how to care for and to use
money.
Deposit with us, its absolutely safe
Make ALL your money work ALL
the time.
J. L. ELAM's BANK,
No. AZ East Main Street.
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NOTICE.

Failing will be collected by Cnas.
Hawman All creditors are hereby
notified not to pay any money to L. n.
Hart on account of the above firm.
JESSE FAILING.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31

The Viavi system Of treatment
cures in natures own way. Will sure
ly save you from the knife.
Parlors 216-17 Ransom Building. Tel.
sos.
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FOURTH FLOOR.

WEATHER BUREAU, ROOMS 412-
Alb. F. Newman, observer Tele-
pnone Main 514
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31
THIRD FLOOR.

W. B. CASSILL, DENTIST. ROOMS
310-311-312. Office. phone Main 461;
Residence, Main SIS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31

Meet me at the Walla Walla Bowling
Alleys and develop your muscles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-31
Die BruCke BUILDING

THE BRIDGE CLOTHING STORE
Alvin G. Baumeister, Prop. Cloth
ing, Hats, Shoes and Gents Furnish
ings. Agent for Ed V. Price & Co.,
Fine Tailoring.
WIN. L. STIRLING-CARE OF ES-
tates. Fire Insurance and Surety
Bonds and Conveyancing. Room
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added weight to the request of the ex-
position people and the postponement
of the Northern fair was decided on.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
Mr.. MOODY INSISTS
ON full Investigation

Washington, Oct. 15.-In response
to inquiries regarding the status of the
Investigation into affairs of the Stand
ard Oil Company, with view to de-
termining whether the company is
operating in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law, Attorney General
Moody said that Messrs. Morrison and
Kellogg, who we're appointed to inves.
tigate the Standard Oil methods, had
accumulated vast amount of testi.
mony bearing upon the case. This
testimony was now being gone over
and it was quite likely that definite
conclusion would be reached within
the next few weeks as to whether
there had or had not been violations
of the antitrust law.
It is we'll understood that Attorney
General Moody is to retire from the
cabinet and resume his law practice in
Boston January I, and it is stated that
he fully intends to take the personal
responsibility, before he retires, of in
stituting proceedings against the Stand
ard Oil Company and Of publicly stat
ing that In his Judgment such proceed
ings would be justified by the facts
obtained.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
STOCK SHOW A FEATURE
Big Exhibit Planned for A.-Y.-P. Exposi
tion-$10O,O0O Appropriated.

uAA $AVOaOVV <APVAOPAAoeS0s
Seattle, Oct. TIT was announced
at the headquarters of the Alaska Yu-
kon-Paciho exposition yesterday that
the executive committee had voted the
livestock committee 500, 900 to. pay
the expenses Of getting up an exhibit.
The 500, 600 will not come out of
the $3.50, 600 subscribed by the citizens
Of Seattle, however, for by the time it
is needed gate receipts will be avail
able for the purpose. It has not been
decided when the stock show will be
held, but it will be after the EXPOSE
ton has been in progress for some
time.
At the stock show there will be ami
mails not only from the Pacific North
west, but from the Eastern states, and
q considerable number from abroad.
The stock show. at the Lewis and Clark
fair cost only $40, 600 and it was one
Of the drawing cards of the exposition.
J. w. elise is chairman Of the COM
mittee. Associated with him are G.
D. Stimson, w. 81. Paulhamus, Of
Puyallup;, d. Edward Frederick, and
T. N. Haller. Mr.. elise said yester-
day that he considered that the hold
ing Of the stock show would assure
support to the exposition from all
parts Of the United States.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
HINpus REFUSED LANDING
Vancouver B. c. Authorities Do Mo-
Want Dusky Immigrants.

w amt OOoAy 1AAAAasA1s 0AseSs
Vancouver, b. c., Oct. 17.-The
city Of Vancouver is guarding the Do
minion government immigration shed
on the water front to prevent any Of
the Hindus held there from leaving.
This holding up the federal preroga.
tive Of immigration is almost certain
to precipitate active trouble between
the city, and Dominion government,
and che Canadian Pacific railway, on
whose steamships the Hindus arrived,
may be drawn into the dispute.
The Hindus in question, more than
q numbered in number, we're brought
on the steamship Empress OF Japan.
When the police appeared on the
wharf the Canadian Pacific authorities
declined to admit the officers. Motif
cation was also served on the city that
the latter would be held responsible
for all damage suits arising out of the
OBTAINING of the Hindus.
In the evening DR.. Munro, Dominion
government inspector, ordered all the
Hindus to be taken into custody and
to be returned to the Orient by the
steamer on which they arrived. His
reason is that they might become q
charge on the community. This Is
the most sweeping order of the kind
ever made. The steamship company
will appeal to the courts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
WINDHAM GLACIER IS
REPORTED MOVING AGAIN

Seattle, Oct. 1e.-After years of in
activity, the Windham glacier has for
ced its way through moraine termi-
nal and is pushing huge icebergs into
Taku inlet and carrying with it a small
forest, which had grown up on the
moraine during the time the river
of ice renamed inactive. The story
was brought to Seattle yesterday by
Capt. Nord, of the steamship Jeffer-
son, of the Alaska Steamship Com.
pany, and says his Information was
received from Judge Gunnison, of Ju-
mean. Fishing vessels brought the
story of the phenomena to the North
ern port. The story is corroborated
by statements Of Capt. Nord that as
his vessel passed through Stephens
passage bodies of gravel, chunks Of
driftwood and trees were seen which
must have been part of the moraine.
According to the story told, at Ju-
neau by the fishermen, the glacier has
broken off three miles back of the in.
let and is slipping into the bay, TAX
ing with it the moraine which has sep
arated it from tide water for. many
years.
For years back 1t has been consid-
cred that the glacier was receding. It
once fed into the inlet, but gradually
the discharge diminished and at last
ceased altogether. Then as time
passed the moraine formed and river
flowed from the head of the glacier
through to the tide water, passing
under the glacier and the moraine.
It is believed by those who claim to
have visited the glacier since the
change that the warm weather of the
past year is responsible for the action.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
Union PACIFIC Will
CONDEMN RIGHT.OF-W WAY

Seattle, Oct. I7.-Rejecting right of
way proposals from j. j. Hill and pri.
vate property owners, and failing to
secure favorable consideration of its
application for franchise on Fourth
avenue, the Union Pacific, through its
corporation in this state, the Oregon
& Washington Railroad Company,
has filed thirty petitions in the supe-
rior court for condemnation of right
Of way strip ninety feet wide along
Fifth avenue south. The avowed pur-
pose is to secure a right of way for a
distance of nearly two miles, crossing
the holdings of nearly fifty property
owners, the heaviest of which is the
Great Northern, through it's subsidi-
airy corporation, the Seattle & Mon
tana.
The route is the same one as that
offered by ]. j. Hill, Of the Great
Northern and private property owners,
but is sixty feet wider than the one
rendered.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
DAMAGE.
ten THOUSAND LIVES LOST IN
RECENT STORM.
Forty-Seven Steamers and Sail
ing Vessels Wrecked or Dam
aged-Property Loss About
$50, 900, 000----Empress Of
Japan Brings News.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 16.-Ten thou
sand lives were blotted out, forty
seven steamships and sailing vessels
wrecked or badly damaged, thousand
junks swamped, turned over or bat,
tered to pieces against the stone walls
of the Praya; 80 per cent of the light
ers, launches, yachts, houseboats and
small native craft entirely destroyed
many wharves wrecked, many dam
aged, as the result of typhoon last
ing but two hours at Hongkong on
September l8, according to advices
brought by the Empress of Japan, one
Of the few vessels to escape the disas-
ter, which arrived here yesterday.
The damage at Hongkong and Kow-
loon and vicinity was estimated at
over $40, 10000 The damage in the
city WAS not enormous, being confined
to uplifted roofs, broken windows.
etc. The bulk Of the loss was in the
harbor and on the water front.
The Empress of Japan but the day
before gave place at the Kowloon
Company's wharf to the steamer
Changsha, which was entirely wrecked
at the dock. Kowloon sustained the
heaviest loss, but all sections of Hong
kong and the Hinterland suffered.
There were twenty-four Europeans
among the killed. The others we're
Chinese, mostly the boat and junk
population. These usually run for
shelter when the warning gun is fired,
but this morning the signal was fred
at $40, and at $3.50 the typhoon was
at its height.
The junk men skurried for shelter,
colliding with each other, cutting
down yachts and houseboats, striving
through the driving rain to reach
Causeway bay. Thousands we're soon
thrown into the sea, dashed by the
fury of waves twenty and thirty feet
high.
1t was evident soon after the storm
began that the shipping could not ride
it out, and vessel after vessel dragged,
swerved and was driven on shore, some
being piled right among the stately
buildings which line Hongkong's sea
'front.'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
WERTERN WASHINGTON
COAL LANDS WITHDRAWN

Seattle, Oct. 13-Fifteen townships
of coal land in jefferson, Whatcom
Skagit and King counties were yester-
day reserved from entry by the local
United States land Office upon receipt
of telegraphic orders from Washing
ton. The reservation Of coal lands in
jefferson county came as q surprise to
Receiver J. Henry Smith, who stated
that to his knowledge there had
never been any known coal land in
Jefferson county. None is known to
be taken up.
The reservations were made by the
government as result Of recent geo.
logical survey reports.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
HINTS FOR SETTLERS
ON IRRIGATED LANDS

Washington, Oct. 16.-For the guild
ance of the great number, of people
from humid regions who settle on the
immense areas of Western lands opened
to settlement, the department of ag-
riculture has issued report on "Prac-
tical Information for Beginners in
Irrigation.'
There are several million acres open
for settlement in the United States,
and irrigation works built by private
enterprise and by the national govern
ment will provide water supply for
more than 100000 acres of arid
lands. The report says this is certain
to cause an influx Of settlers into West.
ern America during the next few years.
The report discusses arid soils and
water supplies. generally and tells how
to locate and build farm bitches, pre-
pare land to receive water, irrigate
staple crops and how much water to
apply.
Experience throughout the arid re-
gions," the the report says, els DEM
onstrating that the greatest danger to
irrigated lands is lack of drainage.
Water applied to crops raises the
ground water, which brings with it
the salts dissolved from the soil. Cap
ilarity brings this water to the surface
where it evaporates and the salts &C.
cumulate until all vegetation is de-
stroyed. The only insurance against
this is proper drainage, but economy
in the use of water and thorough Gull
tivation will check the rise Of ground
water, or lessen evaporation and de-
crease the danger"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
APPEAL TO POWERS SIZING Up VAIjR
WANTS JAPAN TO RETIRE
FROM MANCHURIA.
Hopes Intervention VIII Force
Japan to Yield Peacefully, but
Prepares for War-Trusts IN
Japan's Financial Straits to
Assist Her Cause.

London, Oct. 15-It is freely assert
ed in diplomatic circles here that seri-
GUS trouble is brewing between China
and Japan. The British minister at
Picking, it is declared, has notified the
British government that China is pre-
pairing a note to the powers asking
them to compel Japan to restore Maj
churia to her. According to the re
ports China some weeks ago sounded
all the powers as to how they would
receive such note and was informed
that, if properly presented, it would
receive every confederation.
China takes the position that at the
outbreak of the war. between Russia
and Japan the mikaio's government
made public declaration that the war
was .'holy one'' and was undertaken
by Japan for the purpose Of preserving
the integrity Of her neighbor from
Russia. Japan won, and since the
treaty Of Portsmouth was signed has
gone right ahead with her prepara-
tions for the Organization Of not only
the entire province of Manchuria, but
of the adjacent provinces.
China now fears for her indepcnd-
ence, diplomats assert, and her only
hope is in intervention by the powers.
She is preparing for war, but her
hope at present is in Intervention by
the powers, for she has little hope that
she will be able to do much against
Japan, should it be necessary to fight.
However, the diplomats of China
know that Europe is jealous OF Japan
and that Japan is nearly bankrupt
First the war, then famine, then
floods, all combined to tax the re-
sources of the mikado's people, and
the Chinese officials feel that if the
powers were to unite in demand that
Japan restore Manchuria to her, Japan
might consent. as she is hardly in a
position to resent q concentrated ire
quest" and then again, she Is on rec
ord that she went to war only to So
cure the integrity Of China"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
GRAIN PRICES FIXED
ON BOARD OF TRADE

Chicago, Oct. l7.-Richard GAM
brill, member of the board of trade,
testified before the interstate COM
merce commission that the board OF
trade had adopted a rule In the face
OF advice from an attorney stating
that it was unlawful to Ak the price Of
grain bought from the farmers.
Gambrill said that members Of the
Minneapolis and Chicago boards meet
every day before closing to Ak the
highest price to be paid before opens
ing. No buyer can pay holder more.
The witness said the rule was ruiHing
Chicago a. grain market.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
WASHINGTON NEWS

Tacoma electricians are on strike
for raise in wages from IS. 30 to -
per day.
The run of salmon on Grays Harbor
during the past few days has teen al
most unprecedented.
The project of erecting q modern
hotel, commensurate with the needs
of the city for the future, is being dis
cussed ny Walla Walla business men.
The bark Anna Begonakoa, the first
vessel bearing the flag Of Uruguay to
enter Puget sound, arrived at Port
Townsend Monday. She will load
lumber at Tacoma for South America.
Announcement is made that the
Great Northern Railway Company
will erect an immense building at Hill
yard for the accommodation of shops
and additional storehouse, the struc-
ture to be 800 by 400 feet.
On the ground that no authority ex-
lists for granting such an easement,
Land Commissioner Ross has rejected
the application of the Lewiston-C larks-
ton Company for right of way across
state land. The company has the right
of condemnation, however.
On account of the present unsettled
condition of the water front strike at
Portland, Kerr, Clifford & Co. have
ordered two of their steamships to Pu-
get sound to load wheat for the United
Kingdom there instead of at Portland.
It is said Balfour & Guthrie will do
the same.
It is stated at Seattle that Eastern
tourists who sell the unused portions
of their round-trip tickets will be
prosecuted by the Transcontinental
Passenger Association as ticket scalp
ers under the provisions of the act of
1905, which provides fine of from
500 to $500 and imprisonment from
ten to sixty days.
Land Commissioner Ross has paid
into the state treasury $'21.94;.70,
being the September collections of
his Office.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany will add 100 feet to Piers A and
B, at Seattle, to accommodate increas-
ed shipping.
The state board of control has &C.
cepted the new cell wing at the peni-
Tertiary. This wing will accommo-
HatA ahOut I2h con victa
Six Seattle corporations, with
gross capitalization of $l4, 227, 500,
filed articles of incorporation last week
with the secretary of state.
Brigham w. Young, who claims to
be a son of the famous Mormon leader
has been sentenced at Spokane to
term of three years in the state peni-
Tertiary on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
After conference of legal represen-
tatives of Seattle and of the state it
was agreed that a friendly quit be
brought to establish the validity of
the Seattle lighting bonds, which the
state proposed to buy for the state
permanent school fund, but which
Assistant Attorney General Booth held
to be not regularly authorized.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
Olmsted to Lay Out Grounds

Seattle, Oct. 13.-JoAn Q: o!% .asns
ono OF the most famous ianu soss,
architects in America. has been cnos. .
to lay out the grounds Of the Ai : AZ.
Yukon Pacific exposition, and y III,
pected to arrive from the Eas1 e .asI
In the week to undertake nis
Secretary Sheffeld arranged : :. -.
with Mr.. olmsted ~ telegraph, !. -
ing desired to get him as soon a. ,sdt in
sible in order that no time 90 ~ The
getting at the work Of beantly lns r.
site. While nearly three year.
main before the opening OF the % .ill
tion, it IL realized that the u"0 lab.
be mono too long to perfect the .ttine
orate scheme Tor beaqtiini se AR
which Mr.. Olmsted II expecteo -
nish.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
Securing Labor Data

Olympia, Oct. 1S.-In securing data
for his forthcoming report, State La
Dor Commissioner Charles Hubbard
sent ont . large number Of blanks to
all classes of working people with re-
quest that the blanks be filled ont and
returned. Blanks similar in charac-
ter were also sent to employers. The
chief questions asked pertained to
wages and hours, and, among other
things, whether the person answering
was married or single and to what ex-
tent they were able to save money
from their wages.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-10-20
Smaller and Better Fleet

London, Oct. 1.-THE Standard
says the government purposes before
the end of this year to remove twenty
efficient ships from active srevice in
order to economic for an active feet.
-Four battleships of the Majestic class
will te removed from the channel
feet, two of the same class from the
Mediterranean fleet. All OF these will
be placed in the homo reserve, each
with the nucleus of q crew aboard
The entire Royal Sovereign class, eight
fine vessels, will be placed in reserve
without crews, and four armored
cruisers will be paid off.