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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
STATEHOOD BILL PASSED
According to It's Provisions There
VIII BE Two New States, known
as Oklahoma and Arizona.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The house
passed the statehood bill according to
schedule, Thursday. The republican
opposition to the measure spent it's
entire force Wednesday, and no effort
was made to defeat the bill on it's
final passage, but 33 of the "insur-
gents" voting against the measure.
The bill passed by the vote of 1914 to
15O
The debate which preceded this
vote began at IL o'clock and was prac-
tically featureless so far as any hope
was entertained of changing the meas
ure in the slightest degree. The bill
as passed provides that Oklahoma and
the Indian territory shall constitute
one state under the name "Oklaho-
ma" and that Arizona and New Mex
leo shall constitute one state under
the name Arizona" Should the
terms of admission be ratified by the
residents of the territories in question,
their respective state constitutions
must contain clauses prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors and plural
marriages.
The constitution of Arizona must
prohibit the sale of liquor to Indians
forever and that of Oklahoma for 81
years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
EARTHQUAKE IN ARIZONA
The Earth TrembIed In Arizona and
New Mexico WheE the state
hood Bill Passed.

Flagstaff, Ariz., Jan. 26.--At 1888 p.
m. Thursday the people of this city
were thrown into panic by terrific
shock of earthquake that threw down
chimneys, cracked walls of buildings
and shook the plastering from ceilings.
Many persons In the city expert
enced a feeling Of seasickness, so
great was the rocking motion of the
earth.
Advices from neighboring towns In.
dictate that Flagstaff was near the
center of disturbance. The vibrations
continued for about thirty seconds.
A second shock was felt at G:36 p.
m. and third at 1882 p. m, but these
were much lighter than the first.
The shocks were left as far south as
Gallup, N. M.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
TRAGEDY AT LOS ANGELES
Mrs. Q. A. CanReld, Wife of the MILL
iOnRire OIL Mngnate, Killed
BY Former COachman.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 29.--Mrs. G. A.
Garfield, wife Of the millionaire oil
magnate, c. A. Garfield, and a promi-
nent society woman of Los Angeles, was
shot and almost instantly killed while
sitting on the front porch Of her resi-
dence, by Morris Buck, former family
coachman, who is in custody.
According to neighbors who witnessed
portion Of the tragedy, Buck first shot
Mrs. Garfield in the breast, and when
she fell back on the porch he leaned
over and deliberately fired another shot
into her abdomen. The first shot went
directly through her heart. On Bucks
person, in addition to the pistol, with
which he had done the killing, were
found a 3S-caliber revolver, long dirk
knife, sharpened to a razor edge, and
several loose cartridges. Buck is about
% years old and little is known Of him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
AT RESI- m TRE SOUTHLAND !
REMAINS OF GEN. JOS. WHEEL
ER BURIED IN ARLINGTON.
On the birthday of the President
who Called Him From civil Life
They Laid Him Away.

Washington, Jan. 30.--Home to the
southland which he loved so well they
brought the body of the late Maj.-Gen.
Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A., retired, and
laid 1t to rest in Arlington, with full
military honors, on a shaded slope
overlooking the Potomac near to the
graves Of men who, like himself, were
veterans of two wars. Thousands un-
covered their heads in silent tribute as
the impressive cavalcade of mourners
made its way slowly out Pennsylvania.
avenue beneath the wealth of sunshine
that gave to the day a taste Of spring
time in mid-winter. Not even his ma
native state Of Alabama could have con-
tributed balmier day on which to bury
the nations distinguished dead than was
this. the birthday Of the president who
called him from civil life to the defense
Of the nation in the war with Spain. All
along the line Of march the carnation
marked the memory Of the late Will
lam Mckinley, and on the casket,
wrapped in the folds of the American
flag, there bloomed a cluster of these
beautiful flowers. AS they we're placed
on the altar in st. Johns Episcopal
church at the beginning Of the service,
and as the choir softly chanted the
closing hymn, Peace, Perfect Peace"
a white-robed priest took the flowers
from the altar and placed them rever.
emily at the head Of the csaket amid
the folds Of the red, white and blue
Beside them bloomed the beautiful
flowers sent by the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt. It was an appropriate trib-
ute which the nation presented
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
FEARED TO FACE THE MUSIC
st. Louis Policeman, Ordered On the
Carpet" Prefers
Bullet.

St. Louis, Jan. 27.-Policeman John
A. Scollard, who was to have been
tried by the police board Friday after
noon on the charge of unbecoming con-
duct in having resided with a woman
who was not his wife, SHOT himself
through the left breast at 1880 p. m.
Friday in the livery stable Of Charles
A. Geraghty, Easton avenue, near Eu-
cid.
He died at II p. m. from internal
hemorThage.
Scotland had been accused Of Tesid-
ing with Grace Litzen. He married
the woman Thursday afternoon.
The officer was q member Of the
Broadway squad, and was stationed at
Broadway and Pine street. He was the
tallest man on the force, being feet 6
inches tall.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
RANK FRAUD DISCOVERED
"AsbestOs" Sheets Burned Like TIN
der In "A Laundry Fire in Belle
vue New York; Hospital.

New York, Jan. 29.-Eight hundred
patients in Bellevue hospital were en-
dangered by fire in the laundry build
ing, Sunday morning, yet, through the
quiet and effective work of the hospital
fire brigade and the regular firemen,
who responded with muffed bells, only
small number in the outlying pavil-
ions were awakened. By prompt work
the fire was confined to the laundry
with a few thousand dollars damage
Spontaneous combustion is believed to
have started the blaze, a remarkable
feature of which was that sheets Of
asbestos, supposedly fireproof, burned
like finder, according to Steward Philip
H. Smith, chief Of the hospital fire bril-
gade.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
SAID HEWAs DOWN AND OUT
Police Arrested College Graduate
Who Intended Smashing Jewell
eF's window.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-William Garland,
claiming to be son of former United
States Attorney General Garland, was
arrested in front Of jewelers. store at
State and Washington streets. He had
a rock concealed beneath his coat, with
which he admitted he intended to
smash the window at a favorable OPP
portunity. A college diploma was found
on his person. Dust a plain hard-luck
story, and no excuses to offer," said
Garland 81 was simply down and out
and determined to do something des-
perate in order to get food"
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
SIGNED By MAYOR DUNNE
Municipal Ownership Bill Passed By
the Chicago Council Signed
by the Mayor.

Chicago, Jan. 29-"I have appended
my signature to the municipal owner
ship measure recently passed by the
city council, and l am resting content
in the belief that my plans for the mu-
nicipalization of the Chicago street car
lines will be realized before my present
term of Office is ended"
Mayor Dunno made the foregoing an
nouncement Sunday. He said he had
signed the so-called S75,0O0,00O ordi-
nance while lying i'll at his home, in
the belief that it was necessary for him
to sign the ordinances within ten days
from the date Of passage, in order that
they might become legal under the pro-
visions of the city charter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
WEDDING GIFT FOR ALICE
bill APPROX Rating $4,000 TO
Purchase the Gift.

Havana, Jan. 27.-The senate unan-
imously passed an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the purchase of a wedding
gift for Miss Alice Roosevelt. The
hill, which was introduced jointly by
Senator Mendez Capote, the vice-presi-
dent-elect; Senior Alfredo Zayas, pres
ident of the liberal party, and Gen.
Manuel Sanguilly, the leader of the in
dependent party, directs President Pal
ma to select a wedding gift for Miss
Roosevelt and appropriates $25, 900
therefor.
Each of the senator's introducing the
bill spoke in a similar strain to Senior
Zayas, who said that Cuba owed some
evidence Of appreciation to her unfail-
ing friend, Theodore Roosevelt, and that
the wedding Of his daughter afforded OPP
portunity to demonstrate Cuba's love
for and appreciation Of her illustrious
father.
Each speaker pointed out that all par
ties had agreed as to the propriety and
appropriateness of the making of such
gift.
Gen. Clsneros, who has been called
the most anti-American man in con-
gress, voiced his approval of the bill,
and moved that 1t be passed by accla-
nation. It was so passed.
Assurances are given that the public
will take similar action.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
WILL OF MARSHALL FIELD
INSTRUMENT FILED FOR PRO
BATE IN CHICAGO.
Specific Requests of S25 SOS, 900
Made-The Residue Left I'm Trust
for Heirs of Marshall :Tield, Jr.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-The will Of the
late Marshall Field was filed for pro-
bate "Wednesday. Specific requests are
made to the aggregate Of $25, 56S,0O0
The remainder of the estate is left in
trust for the son, Marshall Field, Jr.
(who died November 27) and his de-
scendants. The principal of the resid-
uary estate is to be kept intact until
one Of the sons of Marshall Field, Jr.,
shall reach the age of so years. The
The largest single bequest is for S.
100000 TO be used as an endowment
and building fund for the Field Column
bian museum. The widow is given
$1,000, 900, and to The daughter, Mrs.
Beattie, of bennington, England, S4,-
000,0 is left in trust.
The Field family home at 1905 Prai-
rie avenue, with all its furnishings and
equipment of every kind, is left to Mrs.
Field for and during her life. No men
tion is made in the will of the amount
given to Mrs. Field at the time of the
marriage settlement.
The bequest for the museum is made
upon the express condition that within
six years from the date Of the death OF
Mr.. Field there shall be provided for
the museum, without cost TO it, lands
which shall be satisfactory to the trus-
tees as the site for the permanent home
of the museum. II within the six years
the site has not been provided the S.
$1,000 is to revert to and become part
Of the resduary estate.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
KANSAS MINE ACCIDENT
In the Ellington Mine Near
PittsburE, KRs.

Pittsburg, Kas., Jan. 3O.-Three men
were killed by an explosion, Monday
night, in the Ellington mine, two miles
west of this city. The dead:
Claire Ellington.
Marion Ellington.
Linden Hume.
Marion Ellington and Hume, shot
firers, entered the mine to fire some
shots, and when they did not report
promptly to Claire Ellington, the chief
engineer, the latter followed them into
the mine later The Billingtons owned
the mine and were prominent in mining
circles.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
NEW HEAD FOR FIELD STORE
Private Secretary Jones Only Man
Familiar with It's MAN.
aEement.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-According to cred
ible information, Arthur B. Jones,
nominated in the will Of the late Mar
shall Field as one Of the executors Of
his estate, will become the virtual head
Of the dry goods establishment Of Mar
shall Field & Co.
Jones, who was Fields private sec
rotary, is the only one of the execu-
tors and trustees of the estate named
who has even general knowledge Of
the management Of the house. Field,
it appears, owned every share Of stock
In the corporation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
HIS nearinE RestoFed.

ST. Louis, Jan, 30.--Jamse t. Gala.
han, whose hearing had been affected
for seven years, had It restored by a
doctor. The doctor found wad of cot
ton, placed in the ear by another physl.
clan seven years ago, and forgotten.
After it was removed Mr.. Callahan
could hear as well as ever,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
MAY HAVE TO BEGIN AGAIN
The Greene-GaynOr Trial mt savan-
nah, Ca, Halted BY TIIneSH
of a Juror.

Savannah, Ca, Jan. 27.-Nearly three
weeks have been consumed in the trial
Of the Greene and Gaynor trial, and now
all the work and expense involved
threaten to go for naught, because Of
the illness Of one Of the jurors. Friday
morning the session had to be cut short
because Of his indlsposition, and 1t re-
mains for to-day to show whether he
will be sufficiently recovered to admit
of the trial proceeding.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

There are more than 1000 legally
recognized intoxicants on sale in the
United States. These intoxicants
come from every country under the
sun and the importations of alcoholic
liquors into the United States last year
excelled S1G,OOOOCO. The fluid reach
es here in all kinds of bottles and
packages. and even in skins, spoken
of in the Bible.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Among centenarian tobacco users
who came proudly to the front in the
past year, Grandma Eliza Fountain, Of
Wayne county, Iowa, seems to have
won the blue ribbon. When she cele-
brated her Observation-Disclosures
birthday in October, admiring friends
presented to her 1912 large packages
of smoking tobacco and an equal num-
her Of pipes, She has been an invet-
crate smoker since the age of s, and
she attributes her longevity to the use
OF the weed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
REINHoLD sADDLER DEAD
He Was For Several Years Governor
OF Nevada, Elected on the
Silver Ticket.

Eureka, New. Jan. 3O.-Reinhold
SaGler, for several years governor of
Nevada, died at his home here, Monday,
aged 81 years, He was elected lieuten-
ant-governor with Gov Jones in 1898
and took the governorship on the death
Of the latter. At the following election
he was chosen governor Of the state on
the silver ticket.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Secretary Bonaparte is perhaps the
largest payer of taxes upon realty in
Maryland, and in every section of Bal
timOre "Bonaparte houses" is the by
word indicative Of being in good re-
pair and occupied by satisfied tenants.
All this property was inherited from
his grandmother, whose romantic as
we'll as whose fateful marriage TO
Prince Jerome Bonaparte Is history
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

A recent European invention that
now is being brought to the attention
of municipal authorities is an automO-
bile street-sweeping and watering ma
chine. This device, which has been
tried in Paris with some success, con-
sists of a large automobile truck fitted
with a tank having a capacity of 40
gallons of water. There is a 12-horse-
power motor, which can use as fuel
either gasoline, kerosene or alcohol.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
PETITIONS FOR cLEMENoY
south Dakota Citizens Asking FED
eFaI Judge Munger 10 BE Len
lent With Rev. Ware.

Lead, S. D., Jan, 3O.--Petitions are
being circulated here among the differ
end churches Of this city. and Deadwood
asking that federal Judge Munger, of
Omaha, be lenient with Rev. Georse G.
Ware, convicted of Illegal leasing Of
public lands. Rev. Ware is rector OF
the Episcopal church of this city and
DeadWood
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
Caught In Shaft and May Die,

Kingfisher, Okla. Jan. 25.-Norvin
Davis. aged ten, SON OF local laundry
man, was caught in one of the shafts
while playing around the machinery
and whirled around. Besides losing his
right arm, he sustained other injuries.
and may die.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
NAH AIiII burned.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan, 29.-The nail
mill OF the Southern Steel Co., formerly
known as the Alabama Wire and Steel
Co, controlled by the Messrs. Schuelers,
was destroyed by fire Sunday night, en-
failing a loss Of between $4,000 and
$50 600.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

For disinterested patriotism the BAN
ner goes to William S. Elliott, a
farmer and veteran of the civil war
living near KokomO, Ind. He has re-
peatedly refused to accept a pension
that has accumulated until it now
amounts to more than $16,5O0, though
notified time and again that the
money is ready. He explains that
neither he nor his family needs the
money and that he is entitled to no
reward for doing his plain duty.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Eight million persons in the United
States have on deposit in savings
banks three billion dollars. Six per
cent. Of all this money 10 IN the banks
of the city Of Cleveland. Although
CleVeland's population is only one-half
OF one per cent. of the population If
the whole country, the metropolis Of
Ohio holds in savings S1S5. OOO. goo. or
more than six per cent. OF the com
try's total savings-bank deposits! In
the proportion Of this fund TO the
number OF its people, the bis city Of
the Buckeye" state far surpasses any
other American or foreign community.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
MidnhipmRn Decatur Dismissed.

Washington, Jan. 26.-Seeretary OF
the Navy Bonaparte Thursday an
New Hampshire, convicted by court
is q defendant Of Commodore Decatur
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Clinton, Mo-, Jan. 25.-Judge George
H. Hackney, member Of the Legislature
from Henry county, died at 8 o'clock
Tuesday night of general debility at
his home in Urich, He was SO years
old
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
Baby, CoaI On and BIC.

Kingman, Kas., Jan. 26-The three
year-old son Of Harry Blrdsell, of near
zenda, this county, saturated his cloth
ing with kerosene, and he was burned
to death The other members of the
family were out Of the house at the
TINA
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
NC Viaible suppIy of Oolton.

New Orleans, Jan. 27.-Secretary
Hester's abatement Of the worlds visible
supply Of cotton shows total Of s.
s63 .2O6 against b,425,4S1 last week. OF
this the total OF American cotton Is
1905 POS against 4.O42,4S last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Pancakes broke up an Iowa home.
At Sanborn Mrs Carrie Fields got a
divorce from DR.. l.. s. Fields because
the husband did not like her make OF
pancakes and ridiculed them. She
testified that the expression on the
doctors face while eating the cakes
was such that 1t might work perma.
nent injury to her health.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

The canarles Of Germany are said to
excel all other canaries as singers.
One has been recorded to continue a
single trill for one and one-quarter
minute, with 20 changes Of note in it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
ChiId Lett Alone Burns 10 Death.

Washington, Ind, Jan. 29.-When
Mrs. Joseph Frederick returned home
from a grocery, she found her 3-year-
id daughter lying upon the floor
wrapped in flames. and the carpet
ablaze. The child's dress caught fire
from cook-stove. She died within
an hour.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

In a Swedish army order soldiers
are instructed not to drink spirits on
the march. Chocolate cakes are said
to produce thirst, while oranges and
tea are considered most refreshing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

Six thousand five hundred and thir.
ty-three enlisted men deserted from
the army of the United States last
year. This is percentage of &C as
compared with 81 per cent, the aver
age for the preceding three years.
Thirteen dollars month is the pay of
an enlisted man for the first two years
in the infantry, cavalry and artillery,
with slight increases for prolonged
service. This was the pay for 40
years ago. 1t represents, proportion
ately to wages in other callings, much
less than 1t did then. 1t is urged by
many that the pay Of the enlisted man
In the United States army should De
increased to at least $40 a month.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

! E. c. Payne, of Shell, Wyo., is prob.
ably the only man in the world
that resides in a beehive. The
other day, while making repairs,
he ripped a clapboard from the wall
of the house and was astonished to
discover that the entire space between
the inner and outer walls of the struc-
ture was filled with honeycomb. In.
cisions made in the wall elsewhere,
however, proved this to be the case,
and the honeycomb was found to
even extend under the floor. Payne
removed a washtub full of honey with
out making any appreciable impress
sion on the amount between the walls,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01

On the first day of January, 1905,
the gross total Of automobiles regis
tered in New York State was exactly
2S,S53, Of which 232 were registered
during December, 1905, the registras
ton in that month more than doubling
that in December, 1904. A peculiar
thing about the months registration
was that the bulk of the cars were rum
abouts, and that fewer foreign cars
were registered than for some months
past, there being but 2S OF them, and
even these were divided between %
different makes. Over fifty thousand
OF the automobiles used in the United
States are registered in New York,
New Jersey and Massachusetts,.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
Three Months, RaIIway CaauaItIea.

Washington, Jan. 27.--A bulletin is
sued by the interstate commerce com
mission shows that during the month";
Of July, August and September last
1888 were killed ard 1886 injured,
among passengers and employees r.
steam railroads In the United states.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
An's wedding PFesents For Alice.

ans WeauAMB hFeAehAs FoF AAAees
Pekin, Jan. &c., THE dowager empress
has sent TO the American legation
number Of wedding present for Miss
Alice Roosevelt. The presents consist
Of costly jewels. silks and ermine roSss.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
Policeman Given Two Years.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-Peter Walsh, Jr.,
a policeman, convicted of false regis
tration, was sentenced by Judge With.
row to two years in the penitentiary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-01
Cl.arged WIth AIaraerlna sIrler.

Hufaula, T., jan SO.--An indiot-
ment charging Garland Willis with
numbering his sister, Mrs, Dora Hardin.
Il Hanna, !. T., last summer has been
returned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-12
ATTRACTIVE STORE WINDOW DISPLAY
fastener Thinks WaIIa WaIIa Mer-
chants Store Fronts Are Right
Up To- Date.

G. r. Smyth, an easterner, has been
spending a few days in Walla Walla,
Mr. Smiths occupation is that of a
professional window trimmer, and he
has held positions with such famous
stores as Wannamaker's in Philadel-
phia and New York, and the Marshall
Field Co. in Chicago.
In an interview, Mr. Smyth said:
"a window trimmer who is on. to his
job can command a princely salary in
any of the larger eastern cities today,
for in the matter of attractive window
displays there is the keenest rivalry
between the city retail houses. The
more important the stores, the great
er the fight for leadership in this par
ticular field.
ut is this way" continued Mr..
Smyth: '1n the east, especially in the
large cities, merchants value their
show windows very highly as advertis-
ing mediums, and they spare no ex-
pense to make them attractive. The
big stores arrange for new window
trims every week; not infrequently
they make two or more changes in a
week. 1t is work that must pay the
the business that is always reaching
out and developing at an increasing
pace.
your city can boast of a number
Of creditable store windows-enough
at least to convince me that a few
Walla Walla merchants have been
around and are thoroughly in touch
with modern methods in the retailing
of merchandise.
Il experienced my biggest surprise,
however, when I first saw the show
window Of the Palace Shoe Store at
% East Main street. That's a window
that is not excelled by any shoe dealer
on Broadway, New York, and 1 think
know what / am talking about. You
can put me down for saying the Palace
Shoe Store people are artists when it
comes to getting up effective and
beautiful window trims"
Mr.. Smyth who is making a tour Of
the west for the first time, is now
to the east, and feft this city
for Spokane last night