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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
Lewiston and Southeastern E|eC-
triC Road Is Financed
BUILDING OF new LINE ASSURED
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WILL
BE AWARDED TO PHILADEL-
PHIA COMPANY.

LEWISTON, June 2S.-An the de-
tails of the financing of the Lewiston
& Southeastern Electric railroad from
Lewiston to Nezperce and Grangeville,
and the development of the big power
plant on Salmon river, have been clos
ed by Hurlbut & Co., of New York.
The entire contract for the construc-
ton of the road and the development
of the power site will be awarded to
Philadelphia company and the con-
struction of the road will be actively
commenced as soon as the surveys
can be checked by engineers, who will
be sent here by the capitalists.
The above information was received
in a dispatch from w. P. Hurlbut to
G. w. Thompson, of the Lewiston &
Southeastern railroad and the Idaho
Development company Upon recelv-
ing the information Mr.. Thompson
called a meeting of the directors of the
Idaho Development company, and the
action of Mr.. Hurlbut was endorsed
this afternoon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
Deadly Serpent Bites

are as common in India as are stomach
and liver disorders with us. For the
latter however there is a sure remedy:
Electric Bitters; the great restorative
medicine of which S. A. Brown, of Ben
nettsville, S. c., says: Ihey restored
nv wife to perfect health, after years
of suffering with dyspepsia and
torpid liver" Electric
Ritters cure chills and fever, malaria,
lame back, kidney
troubles and bladder disorders. Sold on
guarantee by E. L. Smalley, druggist.
Price soc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
MORE CLERKS REQUIRED
Lewiston Land Office SWamped
With Business
TWO HUNDRED ENTRIES IN so DAYS
OFFICIALS MAKE APPLICATION
TO Department FOR MORE
HELP.
TWO HUNDRED ENTRIES IN 30 DAYS

LEWISTON, June 2S.-The land Of
flee is receiving the greatest rush of
business in the way of filings on tim
Der and stone claims and homestead
entries that has been experienced since
the office was opened here. During the
last thirty days nearly 200 filings have
been made, and with the present Of
flee force sufficient work is piled up
to require the constant attention Of
the land office attaches until October
1st.
The congested condition of the land
office has resulted in an application
being filed for more clerical help, and
unless such relief is given the present
force will be required to work cOntin-
ously throughout the summer without
the vacation granted employees.
A feature distressing to the land Of
flee force is that the rush continues,
and hardly a day passes but that at
least twenty new filings are offered. A
feature of the days program is a race
from the Clearwater train each day
between parties DESTROYS of offering
filings upon the same tract of land,
and many interesting schemes have
been put into effect to assist the pro-
moter in gaining advantage in reach
ing the land office ahead of his COM
petitor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
ANSWER IN ALIENATION CASE,
Wealthy Woman Sued for 5000 Says
Four Conspired to Fleece Her.

LEWISTON, Mont, June 2S.-Almost
as sensational as the original charges
made is the answer filed in the suit
brought by Mrs Maud Hedges against
Mrs. Adelheid Bedcheur, a wealthy
woman of Lavina, demanding s25. 900
damages for the alleged alienation of
the affections of Dr. Ralph Hedges.
husband of the plaintiff. The answer
says the suit is the result of a con-
spiracy between the plaintiff, her hus-
band and his father and mother in an
effort to secure money from the de-
PENDANT. The answer has just been
filed in the district court here. The
principals are prominent and the
charges have created a great stir.
The answer is made by John Bel
cheur. husband and guardian of the
defendant, who ayers that by reason of
the bringing of this suit, his wife has
become insane and is now in a sanitor-
ium.
The answer admits that DR.. Hedges
was the defendants physician at the
time covered in the complaint and al
leges that prior to the commencement
of the action, the plaintiff, her hus-
band and DR.. Hedges father and moth
er entered into a conspiracy to make
false and malicious charges against
the defendant as to her relations with
Hedges for the sole purpose of ex-
torting money from her by levying
blackmail
That in pursuance of this conspiracy
they induced DR.. Hedges to leave Lew
iston and secrete himself while the
plaintiff demanded of the defendant
the sum of $1,000 as hush money, at
the same time threatening to bring
this action against her if the money was
not paid; that Mrs Belcheur refused
to pay the money and the suit was be-
gun
That the whereabouts of DR.. Ralph
Hedges has been at all times known
to his wife and that his mail has been
regularly forwarded to him under an
assumed name by his fellow cOnspira-
tors; that they have furnished him
with money for his support since his
leaving Lewiston, and that his pre-
tended desertion of his wife was only
a part of the general plan of the con-
spirators, and that he intends to re-
turn to her as soon as this suit is de- |
termined.
DR.. Hedges, who before the COM |
of this action was one of |
the most prominent and successful |
physicians in the state, left Lewis
ton when this suit was begun and his
present whereabouts are not known to
the public
Mrs. Belcheur, who resided at La
vina and is one of the wealthiest wo-
men in the state, is now in a sanitor-
UNI at Billings.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
Did You Notice II?

The Astoria & Columbia Railroad
tanning II half-tone views Of Clatsop
Beach and other points of interest
Seaside is making the hit of the sea-
son. Everybody wants it, and you will
have to place your order early to avoid
the rush. Mailed free upon applica-
ton to j. c. Mayo, G. P. A, Astoria,
Or, or c. A Stewart, Agent, PAS Alder
ST, Portland, Ore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
Notice to Contractors.

Bids are solicited by the city of Mil
ton for the building of bridge across
gon Bids will be received until p. M
July 2, 1906, at the Office of the city re-
corder, the city reserving the privilege
of rejecting any or all bids.
Specifications can be seen at record
ers office, June 20, 80 and July 2. Ger
titled checks for 10 per cent of bid
must accompany the same.
W. r. CRAIG,
Recorder of City of Milton
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Africa is a remarkable case in point
where land scramble did not lead to
international war. Great Britain has
secured perhaps the only share Of the
vast territory in which men of Euro
pean descent could live and prosper
France about equals Great Britain in
the area of her African possessions,
but one-half of her territory lies in the
great Sahara desert. Together these
powers now control nearly two-thirds
Of Africa, and each of them alone con-
trolls more than any other two COM
bined.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

The original Laxative Cough Syrup
acting as a cathartic On the bowels.
1t expels all cold from the system by
is Kennedv's Laxative Honey and Tar.
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar IS
q certain, safe and harmless cure Tor
colds, Group and whooping cough. Sold
by L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
FOURTH OF JULY RATES,

On July 2, 3, and the o. r. & N.
company will sell round-trip tickets
from Walla Walla to any point on their
lines within a radius of two hundred
miles at a one and one third rate
These tickets will be good for the re-
turn up to and including July 9Th.
ROBERT BURNS,
District Freight & Passenger Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Sir Michael Foster. noted English
physician. hints that a man becomes
"either fool or a physician at forty :"
mainly on the strength Of his expert
ence after he reaches thirty or thero-
about. At thirty man begins to suf-
fer from his mistakes in diet. but be-
fore that 1t doesn't matter much what
he eats. The normal stomach can then,
digest about everything on the bill Of
fare.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Premier Campbell Zimmerman pa
thetically appeals to the public for a
preventive against incursions of wom-
en- suffrage delegations. The premier
should not raise the cry Of "Wolf~
over such trifie. Some day the suf-
fragists will come at parliament With
a regiment Of Carrie Nations.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
FOR SALE BY OWNER.

700 acres good wheat and pasture
land, Garfield county, on 0. r. & N,
400 acres under cultivation, 100 acres
bottom land, good orchard, house,
barn, school, postoffice and warehouse
adjoins place. Plenty water, about 800
acres in wheat Price $4,000. Terms
for particulars address, Mrs. j. A.
Weidert, Chard, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

A rare volume Of Poe's recently sold
for 81 800. which shows that the coun-
try is in no hurry to drop him because
he was turned down without regrets
by the New York Hall of Fame.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

~ -, :
1t will be remembered that Mr.. MI.
cawber went into Goals" while wait
Ing for something to turn up. If a bill
lion dollar trust is really being formed
to control the price of coal, something
Is likely to turn up sure enough.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Unless Constitutional Democracy In
Russia meets with holdup country
delegates to the douma will soon insist
on being introduced to Mrs. Car, kiss
ing the baby and staying to dinner.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Perhaps the douma did not make It
sufficiently plain to the car that IL he
grants amnesty to the political prison
ers the douma would arrange to Sc
cure amnesty for him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
lTfll lITIl3
TOO MANY PEOPLE FISH

For fortunes, risk their earnings in
all kinds of foolish investments and
CANDLES Beware of investments and
schemes that promise too big returns.
Most fortunes are built slowly, little
by little, in a systematic manner. Fig
ure out your income, make your out
go and save the balance. Open an ac-
count with US.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

After few samples Of earthquake
prediction by that new bureau of seis-
mology the public will be in a mood
to echo the sentiments of the alleged
horse thief who was strung up a cou-
pie Of times and then let go, might as
well kill me as scare me to DEATH"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

1t is refreshing to observe the manly
and generous attitude of Nogi in de-
Tending Stoessel against the attacks of
the bureaucrats of Russia. Nogi knows
better than any one else that the Rus
slams had to get out of Port Arthur, no
matter who was in command,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Mr.. Carnegie has arranged for the
publication OF book on the Chinese
language. Ii spelling reform is not
part of the scheme at present it is
bound to coine. for knowing ones say
tina: Chinese spelling is as twisted as
the writing,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
MILLIONS IN TAXES DODGED.
Chicago's Merchant Prince Paid o,
Only Fraction of His Estate.


CHICAGO, June 2S.-"There are
thousands in all classes of society in
this community and throughout the
country who escape the payment OF
their just share of taxes on securi-
ties, so that the owner of visible per-
sonal estate and the owner of real es-
tate, which canot be hidden, is scien-
tifically estimated to pay from two to
five times his just proportion of taxes
in communities like ours. This form
of anarchism is so common we sell
dom realize it,
So said Eugene E. Prussing, presi-
dent of the Citizens association in
the course of letter to the Cook coun-
ty board of review yesterday.
do you WONDER he asked, "that
securities are in demand lnetaoisunh5
estate is a drug on the market?"
alities. He pointed out the specific case
of the PERSONAL property estate of the
on the showing of the field estate tax
was exempted annually from the pay
schedule itself, recently filed, Mr.. Field
ment of taxes on $15,OOO,0OO of per-
sonal property.
Saved 100000.
In ten years of such exemption, Mr..
Prussing estimates, Mr.. Field actually
paid 100000 less into the public
treasury than he should have paid.
For ten years back Mr.. Fields per-
sonal estate was assessed on valua-
ton of s2,5OO,OOO The trustees of his
estate have just returned a personal
property schedule of s17,5OO,OOO.
1t was not contended that in this
Mr.. Field was unique. Even under
taxpayer in Chicago. and esteemed one
of the most conscientious.
IL 10 duIilllCu ny lIlC OodIu lHdt XN L.
Field did not pay taxes on all his per-
sonal property. He refused to pay on
more than $2,5OO,OOO, sending word
through his representatives that, If
assessed on more than this he would
change his residence to some other
city, thereby depriving Chicago Of any
tax. The board chose to get
what it could This has been the pol
icy of the board with reference to doz-
ems of rich Chicago men, who have
made similar threats
Estates Tax Schedule.
On this years assessment of $780,
900, Mr.. Fields estate will pay ap-
one-sixth Of the whole |
personal property taxes of Cook coun-
". Experts generally agree that this
IS more than the Field estates share.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

What becomes of all the buttermilk
that happens in seasons when drinking
it Is not q fad always has been and
very likely always will be a mystery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
Not Physical.

"Hear about old Goldrox? He's gone
into a decline"
"YOu don't say. What's the trou-
ble?'
Hes being investigated and declines
to r"-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
FOR RENT.

provements and convenient to business
nart of city. Inquire on premises, All
E. Rose. ELl1.llKs ElIIl MI
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

Harrow or Weeder Teams Wanted.
1 want teams to harrow or weed toV
acres of summer fallow. Best prices
paid, See or address
JOHN A. BAXTER, 27Ia w. Main St.
WaIIa WaIla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
LOST.

Child's signet ring with letter H
Lost at head of Boyer Ave. Finder re-
turn to 6O3 Boyer Ave. or this office
and receive reward.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23

HORNS OF THE REVOLUTION
Charges Were Sounded on Quaint In
struments Made of
Wood.

Whenever you see revolutionary SOL
diers dressed in regulation uniforms
and blowing on brass horns you must
admire the picture, but at the same
time remember that no artists were
in that fight. Artists make things very
attractive. but not always true to life.
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
There was not a uniformed regiment
in the army. The grand old fellows
fought in hunting garb or the dress
they wore on the farm. store, church
or tavern. So with the horns or bu-
giles. Those that sounded Johnson's
charges in the war of 1872 and the
death-knell of the great Indian chief
Tecumseh. were the old wooden horn
of Capt. Bob Collins.
This was made of two cedar slaves
three-sixteenths of an inch in thick
ness. These were trimmed and so
bent that when the edges Joined they
formed a funnel-shaped instrument
four inches in diameter at the large
end and tapered down to a convenient
size at the mouthpiece. The two cedar
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23
APPRECIATED PERFORMANCE
Looked Like the Real Thing and the
Company Had to Do 1t
All Over.

The late Joseph Jefferson used to say
that his career came very near being
nipped in the bud in a small western
town. relates Success Magazine. he at
that time was a member of a small plo-
neer company which progressed ny
means of three bull teams from one
mining camp to another. They "ere
always heartily received by the miners
and cowboys, who readily PAID the nVe
dollars in gold required to Witness
their performance. Mr.. JEFFERSON vas
tho traditional melodramatic villain,
and in the third act was supposed 10
kidnap 1.-The child" The supposed
mother. hearing its cries, PUSHES upon
the scene just as he is about to escape.
and fires a fruitless shot from a re-
volver.
Upon this particular occasion all had
O n well until this scene was reached,
and the audience, many of whom had
never before seen any kind of theatre
cal perform. ance, sat as if s%pellbound.
AT the crack Of the mothers revolver,
however. the spell was rudely broken.
''Bv heaven, she missed him. a red
shirted miner in the front row shouted,
drawing his own "~six-shooter" and
leaping to his feet. Round to the
back door and head him off fore he
can git a boss, boys!" he yelled. and
following him, half the audience stam-
peded for the exit.
The excitement was finally allayed
by the mother and the villains APP
bearing nand in hand before the cur
tain. and the managers explanation of
the situation. When the performance
had been concluded, the audience in
sisted on paying another admission
price and having an immediate repeti-
ton from beginning to end.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23

slaves were held in place by hoops
made of cows horn.
Whether Capt. Bob had acquired the
habit of blowing a wooden horn In the
army, or whether he had once been a
fiatboatman (who used such horns
altogether) is not known. 1t is. how
certain that the good man sound
ed r~eveille at sunrise until his death
in 1864. The neighbors for miles
around saw the sunrise unheralded
after Capt. Bob was called home, and
his quaint instrument was used
again. 1t has been preserved, though,
by Mrs. Anne Mayhill. his grand
daughter, who cherishes 1t in her
home in Kentucky, where it is an hon.
ored relic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23

A st. Louis philanthropist is to,
establish a retreat for habitual cigar
cite smokers, and the world will be
brighter and sweeter when it is filled.
N. Y. Herald. $
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-23
Starting Him In.

New Clerk-Good morning, sir, I'm
ready to go to work. What would you
The first fellow that calls.-San
Francisco Call.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-30

Perhaps the town drunkard has ex-
listed ever since there was a town and
intoxicants. AT any rate, he was a
staple character around Oxyrhynohus
two thousand years ago, and his favorite
method of getting money wherewith to
secure the one thing his heart craved
for most was 10 clip coins. Here is the
letter Of one town drunkard to a crony
III his cups:
"Endemon TO Longinus, greeting: !
entreat you, sir. to hasten to me and
bring, if you please, the crystal (instru-
menD and we can clip the cash. If you
will, you will be able to strain me some
good Narcotic wine, when you come,
with the proceeds
In all probability the letter was writ
ten in some grog shop Of the day
The highway robber also Piled his
trade whenever he got a chance:
80 Megalonymus, strategus (inspec-
tori Of the divisions OF Themistes and
3olcmo in the Arsinoite nome district ,
from Passion, son of Heraclides, and
oncsimus, son of Ammonius, both pig
merchants of the metropolis. Yesterday,
as we were returning from the village
of Theadelphia. about dawn we have
attacked halfway between Polydencia
and Theadelphia by robbers, who bound
rs and assaulted us with many blows,
and wounded Passion, and robbed Us of
a pig and carried off PASSIONS tunic.
Wherefore, we entreat you to register
i, in order that when the culprits are
discovered we may bring charges against
them on these counts"
Is it your impression that the guaran-
tee is a modern business dev'ce' Then
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-30


The load OF wheat want to take to town
To-Day
Gcmcllus was a grea, believer IN ma
nure as a fertilizer. In one letter he
admonished his nephew 10 keep adding
10 the manure heap, and in another he
gives these directions;
"Send the animals to carry manure AZ
the vegetable ground (,ruek gardcn) at
P,inaohs. and the manure cars. for Pa
sis is CRYING out that we must not allow
It 70 be dissolved by the water; and let
them fetch his hay"
That one had 20 watch sbarn e, keen
from being stuck" in a deoL still an
other Of Gemellus' epistolarv effort,
make plain:
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-30

plans, his observance Of religious festi-
walls, and his taking the little one" to
the city for a few days of wondrous
sightseeing.
Several of the papyri show that it was
the common practice for one farmer to
loan seed to another less fortunate than
he.
81, Petheus, son Of Patron, aclnowl-
edge the direct receipt from Acusi,aus,
son of Theon. Of two and a hall artabac
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-30

of vegetable seed, new; pure, and una
dulterated, and of six and a half artabe
OF barley; and l will repay tho whole
in the month Of Paui of the present
thirty-cighth year of Cesar at Potassium,
measured with a quarter measure. And
if ! DO not repay l will foriei, for each
artaba OF vegetable seed ten artabe, and
for the barley"
The rest of the recent Cor is it, a
promisSory rote') is missing; nor is it
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-30

known whether or not Petheus, son Of
Patron, was able to repay the loan at the
end Of the stipulated four months and
thus escaped the heavy penalty named
for failure 50 to do.
Once in awhile there was an owner
of a farm who had no difficulty in keep
ing the same tenant year in and year
out:
"Didyme also called Matrona, daugh-
ter # Asclcpiades, to Heron, son Of Sa-
ta5ous, cu.tivator, greeting have re-
ceiycd from you,the rent for the twenty
second year Of my plot which you cul-
tiyate, two and a quarter artabG. the
tax Of an art-ba and the naubion being
payable by YOU. 'c-ou.'