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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY.

The Illinois primary law appears to
have been wrecked by the injection of
too much clever politics in composition.
The act provided that a party to be
recognized under the act must poll 10
per cent of the vote, but an exception
was made in Cook county (Chicago)
where the percentage was made 20,
and the socialists attacked the law on
account of the discrimination which
would have shut them out.
Other features of the law were at
tackled which were not essential to the
is to permit the voters under the pro-
lection of the state to conduct contests
for nominations in the group of voters
with which they affiliate. Some of the
restrictive provisions were against the
spirit of individual liberty in politics
Such provision was the one which
deprived the voter of his right to vote
! at>a primary if he had changed his
party fealty within two years. Many
| of the tendencies of the law were to-
| ward the cOrraling of the voters within
| the wide domains of the two old par
| ties and keeping them there.
! The framing of primary law which
will keep the voters of one from join
| ing another group, for the sole purpose
| of inficting weak candidates upon it,
| is delicate one, and the Illinois law
| appears to have erred on the side of
| too great interference with the liberty
| of the citizen. The supreme court
appear to have correctly applied the
| principle that the rights of the citizens
are paramount to protection Of the ma
| chinery of the parties. If there must
| be suffering it should be the machin-
cry and not the live citizen which shall
suffer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

Sir Charles Dixie, who is often asked
to write for the Paris papers on cur
rent political events, contributed to the
Figaro an article on the Moroccan
question in which he said there was no
chance of war arising between France
and Germany out of the questions at
ISSUE and that there was no cause for
the panic in France, since the French
artillery was superior to that of Ger
many and her troops just as good. 1t
must have been a great comfort to the
French to learn that there would be
no war, and that when the war arriv-
ed they would have the best of it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
She SAYS HEAVEN IS HER HOME
sk
Courts Say They Have No
Jurisdiction.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 24.-Heaven
being her home Mrs. Leslie J. John
son said she had no time to care for
the habitation occupied by her family
on this earth, according to the allega-
tons of her husband, who asked for
a divorce on this account. Unfortunate
ly for Johnson, the superior court yes
terday agreed with the lower court that
Mrs Johnson had carried the matter
out of their Jurisdiction and the divorce
was refused.
He claimed cruel and barbarous
treatment, but the courts say religious
fervor does not come under this head
according to the act of assembly. Mrs
Johnson's confidence in the righteous
ness of her position was shown by
the fact that she was not represented
by counsel in either the lower or the
superior court.
Johnson says when his wife became
SO wrapped up in her religious work
that she neglected her family, he told
her that it would break up their home
To this she replied, he says, that her
home was in heaven.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
Notice of Petition.

Notice is hereby given that the city
of Walla Walla has presented to the
Walla Walla county, a petition, as fol-
dows, to-wit:
"To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Walla Walla
County.
"Gentlemen:: Your petitioner, the
city of Walla Walla, respectfully re-
quests, That it be allowed the privilege
of laying pipes for the extension of
the present water system in accordance
with Ordinance No. 1884, in that GER
tain county road known as the Mill
Creek road, at such points between the
city limits of the city Of Walla Walla
and the head of such water system
extension as it may desire or
deem necessary to lay such
pipes, also granted the right to
erect and maintain telephone and
electric light poles in said highway be-
tween said points.
Your petitioner, If this petition Is
granted, agrees to enter into a contract
with your honorable body to lay such
pipes and erect such poles as expedi-
oh nd
every part of the road that may be
disturbed to it's present condition as
soon as 1t is possible to do so; and
further agrees to protect the county
against all claims for damages by rea-
son of either the granting of this pc
tition or damages which may arise in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
THE ALCOHOL BILL PASSED.

The denaturalized alcohol bill passed
the house by practically unanimous
vote The only opposition which arose
was from the wood alcohol people, who
feared the effect of the free manufac-
ture of the grain alcohol on their in
dustry Grain alcohol is superior to
wood alcohol for almost any purposes
for which they can both be used, and
under ordinary circumstances the free
manufacture of grain alcohol would
wipe out the market for the other. But
the fact that the grain alcohol must be
denaturalized before it can be released
for use puts a different phase upon the
problem.
AS has been pointed out many times,
the best and, in fact, the only somplete
decentralization material is wood alco-
hol 1t was stated in the committee
hearings and on the floor that about
10 per cent of wood alcohol would be
required to denaturalize grain alcohol.
1t was also estimated that the legisla-
ton undertaken would soon raise the
consumption of grain alcohol to 200,-
900, 900 gallons annually. This, then,
would mean the annual use of 20,000,-
700 gallons of wood alcohol for denat-
,ralizing The present output of wood
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

of Connaught, brother of King Edward,
that he (the duke) would welcome him
as son-in-law. Princess Victoria
Patricia of Connaught, so the story
runs became infatuated with the young
MARQUIS of Anglesey, whom she met at
Princess Ena of Battenburg's coming
out ball last year. Princess Patricia
and the marquis danced several dances
at the ball and Anglesey seemed de-
lighted by the preference shown to
him.
Princess Patricia's affection for the
marquis being unmistakable, her fam
ily made most discreet Overtures to
him. But the marquis meanwhile had
transferred his affections to another
and he tried to extricate himself by
intimating that he did not wish to oc-
cupy the nondescript position of the
husband of a royal princess. The
friendship has not been broken, how
ever, and it is believed that when the
duke of Connaught arrives home from
South Africa shortly the matter will
again be taken up and the pining prin-
cess, who refused to become queen of
Spain may yet be happy as the mar
chioness of Anglesey.
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he prosecution of such work.

the prosecution of such work
Your petitioner further agrees that
if this petition is granted. to give a
bond for the faithful performance of
such contract, said bond to be in the
sum of $4,000, or such further sum as
your honrable body may deem neces-
sary if you should consider such $4,000
bond insufficient; and your petitioner
further asks that it be allowed to
main such pipes and poles when so
laid and erected as long as petitioner
may desire, and be allowed the privi-
ledge at any time of digging up such
county road at any point where it
may be necessary to repair or replace
said pipes and poles when SO laid and
erected upon the condition that when
such repairs and requirements are
made, said road will be restored to as
good condition as the same was in be-
fore the same was disturbed; and that
your petitioner be responsible for all
damages by reason of digging up any
part of said highway in making such
repairs and replacements; and your
petitioner is ready to give a bond in
such sum as is deemed necessary to
protect the county of Walla Walla
from any claim by reason of the dig
ging up or obstructing of any part of
said highway for the purpose of laying
or replacing or repairing such pipes
or poles.
THE CITY OF WALLA, WALLA.
By Gilbert Hunt, Mayor"
And that said petition will come on
for hearing before said board at the
usual place of meeting thereof on the
7th day of May, 1906, at the hour Of
o'clock in the afternoon.
By order of the County Commission
ers.
W. J. HONEYCUTT,
County Auditor and ex-Officio Clerk Of
the Board of County Commissioners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

logged stock off the hands of the hold
ers and makers thereof. Speculation
now comes in, as a matter of course,
for the men behind the guns,
who know how much money
the concern is making or los
ing, and what the periodical reports
will show, naturally get and out of the
holdings from time to time, as adj
vance information comes in.
After while things do not go so
well. Peculation follows. Some high
financiers make a false report, or a
fake purchase or sale or transfer. of
securities just before an annual report
is to appear, while the directors ma
nipulate the loans to their personal ad-
vantage or for the benefit of other
companies they may be interested in.
Some one on the inside gets mad.
The other fellows are getting too much
of the swag. Now comes perturbation.
Then, in proper order, and quickly
enough to level great names to the
ground, come investigation abdication,
restoration, incarceration, and the high
financier has met his Waterloo.
This is a serio-comic yet rather
hearty. and sensible summary to mark
the passing of extreme pessimism and
the day of the man with the muck
rake, to whom President Roosevelt has
just handed out few hard ones. 1t
is typical of the real feeling Of the
honest thinker, who refuses to believe
that all is gone wrong. We have seen
the high financier come to grief, but
there is an element of humor In every
thing, and while we are in no degree
insensible of the serious offenses COM
mitted and the great evils existent to-
day, in society, finance and politics, we
can yet view it all with sanity and
can understand that perverted thought
and darkened spectacles are attributes
of the writer who believes, or at least
asserts, that we are all crooked, and
that our great country has gone to the
bad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
THE CITY MAN AND HIS GARDEN

This is the time of the man with the
rake, not the muck rake which the ex-
posers of the dime magazines make
use of so handily, but the garden rake.
with which he is industriously bent
upon cleaning up his yard removing
the dead leaves of last autumn and en-
sing it's song without words,
The yearning to delve in the soil is
monopoly upon. While he may turn
over acres to the city mans square
feet he does it with no more pride in
the venture than the perspiring office
hero who has hurried home from the
city to burn, clear and plant.
/ Pity is due the man who has no
desire to plant seeds and wait for
them to sprout, who is not ready to
sacrifice ease, leisure and even base
ball games to the enthusiasm of gar
dening. What though the return be
small; what though his wife may buy
earlier and larger radishes in the
market! They are not his radishes.
He did not watch and tend them, and
after all they have a market flavor
which is insipid. The home grown
radish represents devotion. 1t is eaten
in the excited glow of achievement.
The market radish has no sentiment.
and frequently it is hollow otherwise.
Besides, the home garden counter
acts the tendency to dyspepsia which
makes it's appearance periodically in
mortals who devote themselves too as
| siduously to the intoxicating pleasures
of the office chair. 1t brings into be-
ing muscles Of which the owner VOTED
not and the perspiration that it de-
velops goes far to prove the physiolo-
gical assertion that man is composed
of three buckets of water, an assert
ment of wires and a capacity to COM
prehend his wifes directions.
Thomas Carlyle once made the re-
mark that no man ought to be permit
I ted to own land who was not willing
to do something with it. He meant not
merely to buy and sell it, but to i'm
prove it. This applies to city lots as
we'll as to farms of vast extent. The
forms of improvement of land are
many. One of the most rudimentary
is the act of clearing it up. This
means too often merely the duty Of
removing from the face of the eartf
the distortions of nature which the
criminal instincts of man have pu
! there, namely, bottles, cans, ashes an(
discarded articles of clothing. Nature
if given a chance, will do the rest
Even weeds have their beauty as com
pared with the grOsser litter scattered
by man. They are green and have {
certain shapliness. The man who
clears his lot does something. The
man who does not clear his should
have something done to him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
HARRIMAN'S NOBLE WORK.

Whatever may have been said in
road magnate seeking the merger OF
all the transcontinental roads and con-
troll of transportation in the west, 1t is
only fair and just to acknowledge that
he has proven himself very much of
man in the extraordinary efforts he
has made and is making to give aid
and encouragement to the stricken peo-
ple of San Francisco in the great ca
lamity that has befallen them. Har-
riman has not only given 100000 per-
sonally to the relief fund, but he has
turned over all the resources Of his
great railway system to the service OF
San Francisco. He has given orders
all along his lines that commercial
freight must wait for relief trains and
that the first duty Of every official of
the road shall be to get food, and sup
plies to the suffering people of San
Francisco as soon as possible. Free
transportation is being given refugees
to Los Angeles Portland and other
points on the Hartman system and
nominal rates are being made to the
east for all who desire to leave the
ruined city.
Such noble generosity on the part of
F. H. Hartman proves conclusiveIy
that he has the welfare of the people
served by his railway system at heart
and that he will do all in his power to
promote their interests. Before the
San Francisco disaster most of us had
a hazy idea of Hartman as a selfish,
sordid railway monopolist whose only
purpose in life was to gain wealth and
power and that he had little in COM
mon with the rank and file of the
American people. But we know better
now We are now sure that he has
a big. tender heart and that he is a
man whom we would all be delighted
to know personally.
AS soon as Hartman heard of the
awful catastrophe at San Francisco he
made arrangements for special train
to carry him with all haste to the
burning city and he is there now
working with might and main to allie
viate the sufferings of the victims Of
the disaster and to provide food and
shelter for the three hundred thou
sand homeless people.
The noble spirit shown by Harri-
man in giving aid to San Francisco
will do more to give him immortal
fame than all his marvellous achiev-
ments in the world of finance and
commerce. Better and more enduring
than any monument of granite or mar
BILE is the monument he has reared to
himself in the hearts and memories of
the grateful people of San Francisco.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
RICHES FOR MARQUIS.
Young Marquis Of AnsIesey Reaches
His Majority.

Young Marquis Of AngIesey Reaches
His Majority.
LONDON, April 24.-Possessing the
love Of a royal princess and an income
of $75O,000 a year, to say nothing of
an old and historic title of nobility, is
the enviable distinction of the young
marquis of Anglesey who reached his
majority today The young nobleman
inherited the title a year or two ago
on the death of his erratic uncle, the
late marquis of Anglesey, whose esca-
pades and wild extravaganza furnished
columns of copy for the newspapers
Of London and Paris during his life
time
The young marquis has inherited
some of the spendthrift proclivities of
his uncle, and his admiration for
BILLY" Burke, the actress, has evidence
ed an inclination on his part to follow
in the footsteps of his predecessor.
His intimate friends, however, declare
that he is the right sort, and that he
is only sowing a few wild oats
The young marquis Is thought well
of in high quarters, for if reports are
true he has been informed by the duke
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
IWANT INTEREST ON MONEY
CONTINUED from Page One.)

is also expected to result from the
convention, which will be held yearly
on the third week in each January.
The treasurers organized and elected
officers as follows: Gormley Of King,
president; Price of Kittitas, vice-pres-
ident; Deets of Lincoln, SECRETARY. A
legislative committee was appointed
consisting Of Irwin of Spokane, Lakion
of Pierce, Buttlen of Chelan, Schon-
Der of Thurston, Pettirs of Kitsap.
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OPERATORS SUFFER MUCH
CONTINUED from Page One.)

had to sacrifice their typewriters, be-
ing unable to get them out of the
burning buildings.
"All contributions will be immediate
ly dispatched, free of expense to the
committee in charge of this work in
San Francisco who will see to it's be-
ing distributed where it is most need
ed All contributions will be cheerfully
received at the Postal Telegraph office
in this CITY,"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
WIRELESS VERSUS THE CABLE
Navy Department Hopes New System
Will Do Away With All the
Cables.

WASHINGTON. D. c., April "a
The navy department hopes by the use
of wireless biography to avoid the
need of a cable, which the war de-
partment has estimated would cost
1927, 900 to connect Key West, Guanta-
namo, Porto Rico and Panama. A ca
BILE Of this size, costing large sum Of
money, is considered as inviting dis
aster at the hands of an enemy, since
an indispensable means of communi-
cation can be easily ruined. 1t Is
maintained by the advocates of wire
less biography that their system is
protected against destruction and that
it would be advantageous, besides be-
ing economical, to resort to wireless
telegraphy instead of the cable 1t Is
a matter of policy, however, and the
imperfections of the wireless system
are being urged by it's critics as rea-
son for not abandoning the cable, al
though it is admitted that the worst
that can happen to wireless messages
is the receipt of them by an enemy, to
whom, however, they could mean little
or nothing if the messages were in
CIPHER, as would always be the case
in time of war. The proposition is to
make use of the existing naval wireless
stations which, of course, would have
to be increased in power and duplicat-
ed in number to meet the requirements
of the Situation.
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10c, zoe, soc.
QUARREL OF FARMERS.
Buxton, Iowa, Again the Scene Of a
Shooting Affray-Arrest Made.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa., April "a
Another murder was committed at
Buxton today, Frank Clayton shooting
and killing Frank Caves The men
had trouble over a line fence and Caves
had severely pounded Clayton. He had
threatened to do so again and Clayton,
seeing him approach, fired through a
window, killing Caves instantly.
The affair has caused great excite
ment. Buxton has been the scene OF
more murders in the past three years
than any other town, large or small, in
the state Of Iowa. Clayton and Caves
were small farmers, and had quarreled
over the fence which separates their
farms. Yesterday they had a rough
and tumble fight, in which Clayton got
the worst of it.
Caves said he fould come back and
give Clayton another thrashing, ana
started to do so today. Clayton says
Caves hid behind the corner OF the
house. Clayton, it is said. fearing an
attack. shot through the window with
rifle. The ball entered Caves breast
Clayton was arrested. Buxton is a.
mining settlement and the population
is largely colored. Murders and shoot
ing ARRAYS have been numerous. Jas
Smith. who is sentenced to hang next
Friday, killed his wife at Buxton near
ly eighteen months ago. Several ne
grOes are now serving life sentences
and others were never apprehended for
crimes alleged to have been committed
at Buxton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
THIRTEEN STAGES OF HIGH
FINANCE

Life, which. with its jokes and quips,
sometimes gets pretty close to horse
sense. has found thirteen divisions or
stages of high finance. There are, in
it's table, thirteen changes through
which the great moneyed man goes
before he finally comes to grief. First
comes concentration, then accumula
ton, then organization and combina-
ton These cover pretty we'll the
bringing together of a few little fac
tories or a few hundred miles Of rail-
road, or the preliminary stages in the
growth of an insurance or other finan-
cial or fiduciary company. Prosperity
attends these first moves, and in
comes imitation. Some means must
now be found for getting the water
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24
The American Bankers association

The American Bankers association
is backing a bill in the New York state
legislature to make the penalty for
burglary in which explosives are used
from twenty to forty years in the
states prison. Maryland already has
such a law and it is working we'll.
Twenty-Five years in prison dis
courages the stoutest heart.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

New York physicians are chagrined
by the passage in the state senate Of a
bill regulating, and thereby legalizing.
osteopathy. The assembly is almost
certain to pass the bill also. AS a rule
legislatures and courts prefer the
chance of some abuses to what would
be practically a medical monopoly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

The street crowds in New York in
terested Gorky more than the sky
scrapers. He said of the people:
They stand erect and do not cringe.
They look so happy, SO conscious of
their rights. hope we shall see faces
like that in Russia before long, but we
don't see them now"
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FOR SALE.

A fine residence lot in Green's Park
Addition on improved street, water
and sewer mains. we'll graded, at reas-
enable price; inquire at this office
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

alcohol is is about 100000 gallons, so
alcohol industry, the new system will,
in all probability, soon double the de-
mand for it's proouct.
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HAIR GOODS

switches, wigs. pompadours and all
kinds of ladies' hair gooNs made 'o'
order. Switches made from combingsr
cut hair and combings bought.
Gentlemens toupees and wigs maoe'-
Satisfaction guaranteed.
C. BOOTH,
Rooms 4 and over Daily Statesman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

The Texas tornado which swooped
down on the ball park was after the
umpire, of course.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

Car to Open the Douma.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 24.-The
car will personally open the douma.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-24

.Iav> you anything to sell? II W"
have, q want ad will sell 1t for you
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The Statesman has the news.