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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
LOCAL POLITICIANS ARE MUCH "T|CKLED"
OVER SUDDEN DEPOSITION Of "BUNC' BOSS

den being requested to hand In his
resignation Saturday.
The first intimation the public mad
that there was a possibility Of Kees
being removed was contained in dis
patch from Olympia giving a synopsis
of the report filed by the board OF
control regarding sanitary conditions
at the prison, the grain bag scandal
and charging that Warden KEGS was
lacking executive ability in managing
the affairs of the prison.
Late Saturday evening private dis
patch was sent to Walla Walla stating
that Warden KEGS had been removed
by the governor and that M. F. Kin
caid. member of the state board OF
control, had been appointed to the
position.
"Bunc" Crowd Depressed.
The news became public early III
the evening and spread like wild nre'
The report was confirmed, it is said,
when Eugene Lorton called up Gov
ernor Mead over the long distance tel
ephone. Lorton, Kees, Mohundro ana
other boxers were deeply concerned
over the report and quickly got TO-
e,ofbor fo,, a conS11ltatiOn
Warden KEGS today stated there
was absolutely no truth in the
charges that he mad furnished dis
charged convicts with cast of CLOTH
ing and had pocketed the SIS allowed
by the state for each suit OF clothes
supposed to be furnished. warden
Kees also branded as false the state
ment that convicts had been treated
cruelty and that the sanitary condi-
tions were bad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

Sam Piles has been appointed to the
position left vacant on the state
board of control by M. F. Kincaid, who
succeeds KEGS as warden Of the PEN
itentiary.
Means New Combine.
Politicians say it means that Gov
ernor Mead and the Piles-Ankeny
combine have buried the hatchet and
that hereafter Mead will be found rid
ing on the front seat of the band wag-
on.
It is said on fairly authentic autnori-
ty that Mead was sounded a few
weeks ago by delegate from the An
keny- Piles combine as to his future
policy-whether he wanted fight or
would play good.
1t was limited to the governor that
If he persisted in retaining KEGS at
the head of the penitentiary in the
face of the fact that KEGS joined the
boxer forces and made a determined
effort to prevent an Ankeny delega-
ton going to the state convention, it
meant a fight.
Kees Was Slated.
At that conference, it is said, the
governor promised to depost Kees at
the first opportunity. The report filed
by the state board Of control alleging
cruelty to convicts, bad sanitary con-
ditions at the prison and that the war
den had permitted grain bag dealers
to speculate in penitentiary sacks,
gave the governor an opportunity to
fulfill the promise made the Piles-An-
keny combine, resulting in the war
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

For robbing the man who had fed
and clothed him Judge Huffman gave
c. Crowthers $50 and costs this af-er-
noon.
Ernest Keller was the victim Of the
sleight Of hand work of Crowther.
Keller took a drop or two too much
Saturday evening and Crowther took
him upstairs to his room in the Alta
lodging house on Main street.
Keller missed his watch and $40
which ne had on his person yesterday.
Crowthers was arrested by Officer
Johnston On suspicion, this morning,
about o'clock, and the watch and
some small change were found on him.
He told the officer it was his own
watch.
He told the court the story today
that a man gave him the watcn Sat
urday night, but the yarn didn't look
good to the court.
Keller was indignant over what he
thought was base treachery on the
part of Crowther.
"If it had been anyone else
wouldn't have cared" ne said, ''but
this fellow I have fed and clothed and
taken care Of"
Crowthers has a reputation of being
a man of no work who forgets him.
self once and while and does job
of saloon swamping.
He was taken with delirium tremens
at the brewery about year ago ana
mt into the county Jail for safe keep
ing. He is also said to have been there
several other times.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22
WARDEN A. FRANK KEGS IS FIRED
By ORDER OF GOVERNOR.A T, MEAD
KnCdd Chairman of the Board of Control Is Named as
Superintendent Of the Peniteniay-6ran Bags Politics
and Political Betraya|s Given as Causes

came near disrupting the Walla Wal
la delegations.
kees Turns Again.
Warden KEGS denounces the gov
trayed by the executive for standing
by him. This is given in special to
the acknowledgements, written at the
dictation of Kees by the manager Of
the Evening Bunc'
In this declaration Kees declares he
will demand public investigation.
From Seattle comes the following
story:
"The fact that Kincaid is sent TO
Walla Walla, and a brother of Sena-
tor Piles is named as his successor, is
double recognition for King county.
At the same time the exc
cutive made selections that will
meet the approval of both
Senator Piles and Senator Ankeny.
The latter may have preferred one of
his own followers from Walla Walla,
but Kincaid's incumbency at the state
penitentiary will work out satisfacto-
rily to the senior SENATOR
"The state penitentiary has usually
been an important factor in Walla
Walla county. Senator Ankeny showed
this fall that he could carry the coun-
ty without penitentiary aid, but poll
ticians before his victory had figured
that the control Of the prison deter
mined the county's vote.
Warning From Ankeny.
'"There was floating about a story to
the effect that Senator Ankeny told
Governor Mead plainly at the time
Warden KEGS interfered in the Ankeny
fight this fall that the governor must
either keep his hands off Walla Walla
or suffer political retribution. There
is no reason to believe tnat Senator
Ankeny did not have the support of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

other members of the congressional
delegation in this stand. 1t is not
more than six weeks since KEGS med
died in home affairs and in the mean
time the board of control has discov-
investigated Kees' connection with
them and determined his unfitness for
the job Then, as a coincidence, Kin
caid is sent to Walla Walla and Sem
ator Piles brother goes on the board
of control. Senator Ankeny would be
captious if he found further ground
for complaint"
From the Seattle Times.
In it's sensational story the Seattle
Times says:
Warden A. F. KEGS, Of the state
penitentiary, was asked today by the
state board of control to tender his
! resignation. This action was taken by
the board, it is officially announced,
because an investigation of peniten4
tiary affairs disclosed that the super
intendent had permitted grain sacks
to be sold for speculative purposes.
A successor to Warden Kees has
been named in the person of Morder
Fenwick Kincaid, appointed on
the state board of control
from Seattle who will be made su-
perintendent of the penitentiary. Kin
caid has been the most insistent of all
| members of the board upon the appli-
cation of rigid business rules to the
states business and the trouble at the
penitentiary has all grown out of a
lack of business administration.
kincad Promised Job.
! The appointment of Kincaid is
| a curious outcome of a bit
| ter political fight waged year
and a half ago for Kincaid's place.
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HURRICANES, BILLIARDS. AND SNOW
DO GREAT DAMAGE AND COST LIVES
Utah Is Swept By Fierce Storm Which Carries Away Houses and
1aystacks. Kills People and Dashes Salt Lake City Into
DarknesS---4n Other States.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct 22.-The
city was again in darkness last night
owing to the storm.
For "a hours the wind was so miles
an hour but abated before midnight.
Two thousand trees are down, tel
ephone communication is cut off,
chimneys and walls are down and res
licences are unroofed.
Three men were reported killed and
it is feared there are many other
casualties.
In the district between Pennington
and Brigham City, the storm center,
an automobilist reports haystacks had
been carried for miles, barns were de-
molished and farmhouses overturned.
No trains have left over the Oregon
Short Line since Saturday afternoon.
There was a freight wreck and the
Pennington depot was blown across
the track. 1t is impossible for the
wrecking crews to work in the kinu.
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Warden A. Frank Kees has been re-
moved from the office of superintend-
ent Of the penitentiary by Governor
Mead and Morden F. Kincaid, who
has bepn chairman of the board of
control is named as KEGS successor.
Mathew Piles of Olympia, a travel
ing man and brother to Senator Sam
Piles is made chairman of the board
Of control.
When the news reached Walla Wal
IA late Saturday evening of the remov-
al of Warden KEGS it created a great
sensation Many on the inside knew
that KEGS was in for punishment be-
cause of the grain bag scandal, but
his deposition at this time had not
been figured upon.
kees Was Slated.
Some of the best posted local poll
ticians had freely predicted that Kees
would not be warden on January
next. but even these wise ones were
not prepared for the prompt action by
the board and the governor.
The position of Warden KEGS mas
been trembling in the balance ever
since he and Sheriff Painter Joined
with the Evening Bunc' and Joe Mo-
hundro in making war on Senator An
keny and the latters organization.
The forcing of candidates on the
ticket in direct defiance to Senator
AnEeny and the outspoken declaration
Of war by the Ankeny people against
Governor Mead for allowing Kees te
join the "Bunc' in the fight, is un.
doubtedly the cause of the speedy ac-
ton taken.
Coast papers are completely worked
up over the deal and are compliment
ing the governor on the deposition OF
the man who. with the Evening Bunc'
and the John L. Wilson contingent
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Wire Of Former Senator Burton
Pays Tribute
CONVICTED man TO SERVE SENTENCE
KANSAS SENATOR SURRENDERS
AT ST. LOUIS READY TO GO
TO JAIL,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. PIX Senator
Burton arrived this morning and sur
rendered to the United States marshal
10 begin his six months sentence in
''e IRON county Jail at IronJon, Mo.
he was accompanied by his wife and
-'ue nelce who will live in Ironton
OOFihs his Incarceration. Mrs. Burton
oOecuonately placed ner hand on ner
husbands arm and said:
was never so proud of my hus-
band as I am now"
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Eiqhty Workmen Lost.

= WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The =
= weather bureau received reports y
= from Jupiter, Fla, today detail y
= ing the losses among the men =
y working on the railroad exten- =
= sion among the Keys which says =
= 80 laborers are known to have
= been lost from two boats. =
- - = q = . =
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slGHTY WORKMEN LOST.


MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 22.-The =
steamer Harold this morning re- =
p0''ed a terrific hurricane off y
Honduras. Oct. -. =
vessels were wrecked. build =
S and towns destroyed, fruit .
0pS ruined and the plantation =
USmage will reach a million. y
zen thousand punches of ba- =
'''s We're swept into the sea at .
Ruatan. .
Inc entire Caribbean sea was =
a u and the damage was tre- =
. Hu0us a' throughout the West In =
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was sitting on the front steps. Police
man Johnson said he did not try the
back doors, or make any effort 70
ascertain if the saloon was actually
open for the sale of liquor. The case
was dismissed by Judge Huffman on
the grounds the state had failed to
make a case.
Similar evidence was given by Po-
licemen Johnson and Wilcox in the
case against John Bachtold, proprietor
Of the Elk saloon. The officers testi-
fed the fire shutters were open and
the swamper and bartender were in
the saloon cleaing up on Sunday morn
ing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

zard. The ranges are covered with ice
and great loss of cattle is certain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

announced today that Taft will speak
in Idaho, Omaha Ohio, Baltimore and
possibility in CannOn's district.
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Several California Villages .
Camps Wiped Out
FOREST FLAMES GO FOR THREE u

SALINAS, Cal, Oct. )Mn
reports confirm the ns~sTu
forest fires which started &
Palo Colorado creek three we
are still burning fiercely with n.
Of being extinguisned unless he
rain falls.
The fire has spread south over
and east eight miles and has destro,
over 10000 acres.
The loss in cattle, houses, pa
fences and timber is heavy. 2
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

The waves on Salt Lake are 20 feet
high
was burned during the storm with a
loss of 100000.
Three frame houses in North Salt
Lake were blown over and destroyed
sumed today It is the worst storm
in the history of Utah.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

Blizzard in Texas.
AMARAILLO, Tex, Oct. 22.-The
Panhandle is in the grasp of a bliz-
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Storm in Minnesota.

DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 22.-Snow fell
all over the northeastern state and
communication is interrupted.
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Snow in Kansas,

ELLIS, Kan, Oct. ga snow storm
passing east, swept over western Kan
eted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-22

y The amiable observer prognosti-
. Gates: "Fair and warmer tonight
y and Tuesday"
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Taft On the Stump.

(Continued on Page Eighty
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is officially
House the Best MadeI
onen tho .A9. ID. N X1
a speech. ".o1N 0'1ee'
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tcontinued on Page Four.)
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TO PROSECUTE THE Or

Special Attorney Appoi
Louis to investigator
treasury ShoI
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WASHINGTON,
w. Lehman, st. L
special assistant to
eral.
His duties will
ters including the
of $61, 900 in th
treasury in st.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20

entire country north and south, east and west so per
cent, or 10000 of the 215!O0O miles, has been
structed since the close of the Civil War. In 1880
there but % miles Of railway in operation in the
United States; in 1850 the mileage had grown only to
9021 miles. In 1870 there 5000 miles In 1880
this had increased to 9325O miles, 1899 to $500
miles and in 1900 it had reached 1880 miles
To-day If second, third and fourth tracks and yards
and sidngs be included there 100000 miles OF
track
Competition between carriers by rail, which formerly
prevailed and acted check restraint against
reasonable rates. has been great suppressed
and destroyed.
About one hundred persons control the boards Of
directors of railroads whose commercial value exceeds
80 per of the total and whose earnings amount to
80 per cent OF the total earnings of the railways
of the United States.
In the short period of seven years the freight traffic
has doubled, while the passenger traffic has increased
by about rs per cent.
How gigantic is the business be readily
from the fact that increase Of mill per ton
the traffic of last year would have produced $174522
0S9-Toledo Blade
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
UNCONSCIOUS POISONING.

How II often Happens from Coffee.
Il had no idea" writes a Duluth
man, that ii was the coffee had been
drinking all my life that was RESPONSE
Bile for the headaches which were
growing upon me, for the dyspepsia
that no medicines would relieve. aud
for the acute nervousness which I'M
fitted me not only for work but also
for the most ordinary social functions.
But at last the truth dawned upon
me, forthwith babe the harmful bev-
erage Il prompt farewell, ordered in
some Postum and began to use It. The
good effects OF the new food drink were
apparent within a very few days. My
headaches grew less frequent and de
creased in violence. my stomach grew
strong and able to digest my food
without distress OF any kind, my perv
BUSINESS has gone and I am able to
enjoy life with my neighbors and slet..
soundly o nights. My physical
strength and nerve power have in
creased SO much that can do double
the work used to do, and feel no un-
due fatigue afterwards.
This Improvement set In lust as
soon as the old coffee poison had 81
worked out of my system as TO allow
the food elements in the Postum to sc
hold TO build NE up again. l cheer
fully testify that it was Postum ant
Postum alone that ala all this In
when began to drink it l threw phv
sic 10 tie dogs Name given h,
Postum &C. Battle Greek. Mich
There's reason. Read the camor
little book, The Road 70 Weuvuta
in pkgs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
Unmistal1abIe Proof.

The estate owned by the late Col
Crowninshield in a New England sea
port town adJoins the pasture of a
sturdy farmer. A valuable dog owned
by the colonel used to get into the
pasture and chase and worry the
farmers cows. Finally, the Boston
Herald says, he went to Col Crown
inshleld and requested that the annoy
ance be stopped.
How do you know it is my dog?''
asked Col. Crowninshield, rather I'M
satisfactorily.
How do l know" exclaimed the
farmer. with rising indignation.
why. I've seen him, time and again.
"You must bring me better proof
replied the colonel, coldly
"All right, sir" said the farmer. In
no uncertain tone. THE next time
the dog bothers my cows I'll bring
you all tlc proof you want-in a
wheelba:ivw
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
Don't Wait.

Hanna, Wyo., Jan. 18th (SpeciaD-
Delays are dangerous Don't wait I'M
til all the awful symptoms of Kidney
Disease develop In your system, and
your physician shakes his head grave
ly as he diagnoses your case. If you
suspect your kidneys, turn at once to
the great Kidney Speclic-Dodd's
Kidney Pills. You can do so with ev-
cry confidence. A few of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills taken In time have saved
many a life. The early symptoms of
Kidney Disorder may be the forerun-
ners of Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
Dropsy. Mr. w. III. Jeffries, resi-
dent here, tells below how he treated
an attack of Kidney Trouble. He
says:
Before l commenced taking Dodd's
Kidney Pills, / had always a tired
feeling every morning when l got out
of my bed, and my Kidneys were in
very bad shape. There was always a
dull heavy pain across my loins, and
l had hard work to stoop. l took two
boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills, the
tired feeling and back pains have en-
tirely gone, and l am now cured"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY
Whole 1oot Nothing but Proud H.,
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuticru. 1
Ramad;as A.. n. a

Whole Foot Nothing but Proud H.,
Had to Use Crutches-"c,ticrrre.' %
Remedies the Best on Earth -
I'm the year 1899 the side 90
right foot was cut off from the u,,,y
toe down to the heel, and the nbvs,a,s'
who had charge of me was trv,n. ,'a :.
sew up the side of my foot bnt 81"
no success. At last Eny whole ta1.
and way up above my caie was 49,
Ing but proud flesh. l suffered unto1s
agonies for four years, and tried d ~
ferent physicians and all kinds ~ oln.
ments. l could walk on,v 80
clutches. In two weeks afterwsraa
saw change in my limb. Tben ,
began using Cuticura Soap and OIn.
ment often during the day and kan+ :,
up for seven months, when nv Inh
was healed up just the same es -
never had trouble. 1t is eight month";
now since stopped using Cuticnra
Remedies, the best on Gods earth
am working at the present day, sr,e.
five years Of suffering. The cost -
Cuticura Ointment and Soap WAS onIr
50; but the doctors bills were NOR.
like 5000. John NJ. Lloyd, 71s s. Arcb
Ave, Alliance, Ohio, June u, l905n
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
FOND or MUSIC.



81 UB." said Washington Hancock
JS to the boy with the voluminous
wooden comforter, who had ap-
preached the stove twanging on
jewsharp, TASK Rufe over there to let
you have piece Of good stout string"
What fer?" inquired the boy.
ITO tie that blame thing to your
leg" answered Hancock "Fasten 1t
good an strong an then take the leg
out doors an exercise 1t"
Wash don't like music" observed
Sol Baker to Marvin Parsons. with
grin. That's what makes him play
the fiddle so much"
Hes ft fer treason. spells an STRAIT
agems," said Squire Burkholder in his
/ lyceum basso profundo. There's
what the immortal bard OF Avon says:
/ The man that hath no music In his
! soul"
I'm fond O. music" said Hancock.
/ fitting his chair back against the salt
barrel, but I amt plum crazy over 1t,
/ like Bert Walkiss ulster be. / en-
spare a jewsharp most any time an
Kit along jest about as well. What
are you talkiu' about music fer
squire? You don't know The Old
Hundredth' from Sam Hill to Pay an
No Pitch Hot"
What was that about Bert Wal
kiss wash9" asked Marvin Parsons.
Bert was crazy about music" re-
piled Hancock. He didn't play him
self-never could make out TO learn
anythin' - didn't know enough TO
pound tin wash boiler with black
smiths rasp at a shivaree-but he had
2 right smart O admiration fer any
one that could. He'd come around to
my house while l was practicin some
times an set an listen to me by the
hour with tears standin' in his eyes.
He got licked more times when he wlls
young one fer follerin' the band
around than he had fingers an toes
ten 1lmes over, He'd 20 to meetin'
even, to hear the music. lie couldn't
play, rs | said. but he wus allus irwin
to. He'd buy a jewsharp, like Glen
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-20
COAL MINERS ARE IMMUNE.
No Tubercular Infection Among Nc
Who Work in Fuel Pits.

A sensation has been created in Du-
quoin, ILL.,, by the publication of com
munication from DR.. NJ. G. Carr OF that
place. He finds the coal miner practical
iy immune from tuberculosis. The com
munication is as follows:
After an experience of twenty-five years,
and during this time having under my OBJ
servation from 700 to 1900 coal miners, ana
after careful inquiry among the Oldest min-
ers, / have been forced to the conclusion
that bitumInous coal miners, while actively
engaged in their occupation, are practically
immtne from tubercular infection.
About seven years ago | commenced the
treatment of whooping cough by sending
the patient down In the mines Immediately
after the miners had fred a shot; having
the patient Inhale the gas and powder
smoke for one and one-half to two hours
at q time. / found that one or two sit
tings was sufficient to effect cure in
from four to six days, and without other
medicine.
This was followed up until / have on
my records from rs to 100 cases, ranging
in age from months to q years. This
treatment has passed, so far as my eX-
perience goes, from the experimental stage
to the stage Of confirmation. 1t Is so sue
cessful and is now so well known In this
locality, the miners take their children so
affected into the mines, without consulting
a physician, and always with the happlest
results.