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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27

btlti men OF genius WHOLLY normal ID
the matter of costume. require certain
conditions Of posture to effect the pur-
pose OF their work This may be ex-
planned by the fact that the activity OF
the brain like that Of any other organ.
Is accomplished and regulated by the cbb
and flow of the blood. The method O..
supplying the necessary blood or. 50 10
speak. Of lighting the lamp OF genius.
varies in individual constitutions Thus
one person viii have recourse TO exercise
90 stimulate the brain. while another viii
adopt "a recumbent position. This ox-
plains why Victor Hugo strobe vigorously
around the room while composing tossing
the written pages on che iopr and over
turning furniture. Also why Minstrel de-
clarcd: I cannot write otherwise than
standing. Tie perfect balance OF the body
is necessary 10 the rhythm Of ideas"
For AmpeTe walking was a necessity
also. He writes; ITO be seated, ready for
composition, before a table is the rUdest
OF trades "
On the other hand writer's OF feeble
constitution avoid exercise. ROssini COM
posed .n bed; so did Thomas. And even
this condition did not cause sufficient
blood 10 mount to the brain of Schiller.
To whose feet it was necessary 10 apply
ice before he was nerved 10 literary COM
position. Chateaubriand. while debating
10 his secretary. paced the cold tiles Of
his room with bare feet.
To $ difficult TO imagine the literary
lights of our own country accomplish
ing thrir tasks 10 the accompaniment Of
similar ecceutricities. Mark Twain. in the
costume Of q quick change vaudeville
artist might write i'm even more hUmur-
Gus vein. but We dOub- it. We have
heard Of Mrs Leslie Carter rchearsinE
her great tragedy scenes in a kimonO.
and we can imagine Emile Reeves lash
ing ropes OF hair about her person while
i'm the grip Of blank-verse composition.
The cccentricities of native genius may
only be hidden beneath the innate
American modestv, or she Seniuses Of
to-day. whatever their nationality. may
not be- born with the pcculiarities that
marked the mea OF half q century ago.
At any rate we are not afflicted with .
literary contingent that depends upon cos
tune and stage settings to drive home the
fo7-rG Fr ifs A~-a-i+44 oar4f--
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27
summary of Days Play.

Morning round-S. Dalzlu. Chevy Cla-- defeated
Il. Lewis. Columbia and 4 !. g. Davidson. Co
lUuhiA. defeated L. r FrIst0g. Columbia 3 and
J. w Weaver Columbia defeated 4 Briitou
Chevy Chase up- y s. Mattingly. Columbia.
defeated NJ Thompson. Chevy Chase. J ND. T. =
Du=au, ir.. Columbia. defeated W r. Tuckclmau.
Cherry Chase 8 and q g. &. Spoford New York
defeated =. b Eynon. IT,. Columbia 2 and {.
/. T.. Harlan. Columbia defeated L. B. Johnson
Chew Chase. and E, A. Lard, Columbia, defeated
j. h Diff Columbia. 3 and 3
Afternoon romd-J. q. Davidson Columbia, de-
feated s. paZeI. Chew Chase ] up. J. ".
Ncarcr Columbia. defeated A. s. AIattugy. Co
lumbia. up; T. S. Dugail. jr defeated g. A..
srfHogd. Naw York. D up. l. l. Harlan. Co
L-mL--. L-L-.--L 4 Lard. rnl-mhL. I md :.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-27

The housewives of Washington are
again agimtmg the servant problem. This
is the annual time for IT, The discussion
is in season with the downfalling leaf
and the upgoing parlor curtain. II is an
autumn event. Ike the chrysanthemum
show and the Benning races.
In the excess Of The annoyance that
attends the average woman'- winter set
Ting, she is apt TO exaggorlte her hard
luck ia obtaining satisfactory servants.
When she gets back &C. town in the late
fall. the obtaining OF her domestic force
is only one Of the numerous things that
demand her attention. The winter ward
robing of her family tile semi-aunual
dentistry. the chilGrcn's school prepara-
tons the house, and her friends an play
their part IN the days concern. She has
neither the time nor the inclination to
devote hours or days 70 The biggest hunt
Of the seas0n-the servant hunt.
She telephones 10 an employment eN-
change. she enlists the services Of her
faithful laUndress. and possibly mentions
10 the janitor in her husbands Office
building and to the market boy that she
IS IN need Of domestics-
'uterfcrcS with Bridge.
Then she proceeds tC bcwau ,Hc far-
that there are TO maids obtanabIe in
Washington She plays an atrocious
game OF bridge. because she cannot rid
her mind of the servant problem. and in
the downtown shops she holds zap ner ac-
qgaiut3uccs and means:
oh. I cannot get a butler for love Or
money !; IS perfectly awful The way
my cook ruins the food. and ] don't dare
say word because the houserlaid
threatened 20 leave this morning when
! asked her 90 polish The children's
shoes
u Is "a recognized fact that capable
servants arc difficult 20 obtain i'm this
country whose watchwurd O. Equality
Where there is "a peasant class. there eX-
lists no servant problem. IN England and
Germany people employ servants whose
ancestors have served many generations.
il Is matter OF pride that q direct
succession should be- maintained and tuc
secret OF 30 is the love 81 home.
Americans are too tickle 90 remain long
i'm ono locality. hence their servants do
not become attached 10 any one place.
Their homes as rule. are too con-
tracted 10 permit Of any domain tlat be-
comes homelike 20 their servants.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
JUDGE LOWELL MAKING GOOD RAGE
Returns Home to PendIeton Confident
He Will Be Oregon's Next
Senator.

PENDLETON. Or, April 4.-Judge
S. A. Lowell has arrived home from
the Willamette valley. where he re-
Gently opened his campaign for the
senatOrship by addressing mass
meeting in Salem. In speaking this
morning of the situation at this time
Judge Lowell said:
"On the surface, the indications are
exceptionally favorable for me, but l
am not going to count the votes until
they are in the ballot boxes"
In the short tour which Judge Low
ell has already made he has been re-
ceived with enthusiasm and pledges
of support that are very gratifying
However, he realizes that a candidate
may easily be mislead as to his
chances. and so is not claiming the
palm, though he is confident of sue
cess in the coming primaries.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Ton Of Loot Found.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 4.-William
MOrrell, an aged nightwatchman at a
local department store, and Miss Flor
ence Preston, a comedy young woman
of %, and a graduate of Nebraska
university, are under arrest on the
charge of wholesale robbery from the
store where Morrell was employed.
The thefts, according to the police,
have been going on for two years.
Police sent to the girls room found
wardrobe full of clothing and big
trunk full of drygoods and women's
clothing. There were richly framed
pictures on the wall, gloves, hosiery
and lingerie in boxes and sacks, and
everything conceivable, including
scrubbing brushes.
Every nook and corner was stuffed
with the plumber. 1t weighed fully
ton, and took several men an hour to
dig it out and carry it down stairs to
the wagon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
1ncendiaries Burn Hay,

Three stacks of hay belonging tt
J. w. Gilchrist, containing 22O tons
were burned simultaneously Sunday
night. AS the two outer stacks were
half mile apart, and all the fires
started at once, it was undoubtedly
the work Of an incendiary.
The Gilchrist ranch is up Crooked
river at the mouth of Camp creek
Coming at this time, when feeding
in yet in operation, the loss is seri-
Gus one, amounting to at least $4,000.
the hay being worth that in the stack.
The additional loss of hauling more
to take it's place will bring his loss
easily up to $4,000 Or more-Prine-
vile Review.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
MEEKER MARKS TRACK At MEECHAM
Pendeton Assists in Raising Money to
Buy Monument-Meacham His
torical Spot.

PENDLETON, Or, March "A
subscription of $25 was taken in this
city to assist the people of Meacham
in erecting a suitable monument on
the old emigrant trail at that place.
Ezra Meeker, the pioneer trail hunt
err, returned this afternoon from Mea-
cham after making arrangements for
the dedication of the monument at
that place on next Friday morning
The people of Meacham are enthus-
iastic over the matter and at once
subscribed a portion of the fund, and
Mr. Meeker raised the balance here
this afternoon, and a suitable mOnu-
ment resembling the one planted at
the Tutuilla Saturday, is now being
prepared in this city and will be ship
ped to Meacham as soon as completed.
Meacham is one of the chief his
torical camping grounds on the old
emigrant arail and thrilling historic
interest clusters around it, and for
that reason Mr.. Meeker especially de-
sired to plant a large monument
there
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Sidetracked for Horse,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, April A.
Nine. Gadski is perhaps the only
prima donna of world wide reputation
who has been put to rout by horse
and she is fond of horses, too An eff
fort was made to secure the Audito-
rum for Nine. Gadski's recital next
Wednesday evening, but Jim Key, the
educated equine had cinched his con-
tract with the Auditorium manage
ment for four nights hand running
and April 4 was right in the middle OF
the engagement. Nine. Gadski's man.
agement could do nothing but acqui-
esce gracefully, and she will appear
instead, in the First Baptist church,
which will doubtless be crowded to the
doors by those anxious to hear a song
recital by the gifted cantatrice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
DRAW LOTS FOR OFFICE.
One Of Candidates at Ida Grove, Iowa,
Complexities Situation.

IDA GROVE, Iowa, April AL
though they drew lots for the office
Of mayor Of Ida Grove after the cleo
ton resulted in tie, w. ]. Anderson
and Robert Upton, brothers-in-law
and business partners, have not yet
settled the question. After the vote
was counted and found to be, as first
announced. 229 for each candidate, it
was agreed to draw lots. City Clerk
w. ]. Scott prepared two pieces of
paper and wrote the names Of the
contestants upon them. The agree
ment was that the bearer of the first
name drawn out of a hat by Justice
S. X. Petit should have the honor
of the office. which carries with it
no salary, but the social leadership
of the place. During a painful ST.
lence. Justice Petit drew out the
name Robert Upton" Though Ander-
son said he would abide by the re-
suit, he announced yesterday that he
would not And now nobody can tell
how Ida Grove is to get a mayor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04

Reed was last seen at Pilot rock Fri
DAY night. when he started for the
rancn OF ). Perard. for whom he herd
ed sheep. Reed was drunk at the time
when he did not turn up Saturday
morning search was made for him.
upon the superstition that he might be
drowned. as he had to cross a creek
on the way to the ranch. Reed was
80 years of age, single and with no
relatives in this part of the country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
WASHINGTON, OREGON and IDAHO
JOHN FEENEY HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Brakeman on Freight Train at Hood
River Jumps as It Goes Over
40-Foot TrestIe.
HOOD RIVER, Or, April 4.-By

HOOD RIVER, Or, April A.-By a
narrow margin John Feeny seved him
self from going down with a freight
car that was pushed off a trestle 40
feet high here Sunday Feeny, a
brakeman on the o. r. & n, was on
top of a car that was being pulled over
the high approaches to the bridge
crossing the Hood river. The train
had stopped and he was giving signals
to go ahead. When it started up the
car he was on jumped the track and
after humping along the ties for a dis
lance Of ten feet, crashed through the
railing and fell to the ground below
When the car left the track he Jump
ed on to the one ahead and saved
himself from probable death, as the
car made a complete sOmersault and
landed bottom side up. 1t was smash
ed beyond repair and the bags of
wheat with which it was loaded were
broken and the contents scattered for
many feet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
FARMERS WIFE KILLED.
South Dakota Woman Accidentally
Shot in Fall.


SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April A.
Elizabeth Hochhalter, wife of Fred
Hochhalter, a prominent Mcpherson
county farmer. met her death as the
result of peculiar accident. She was
a bride of only two months. Her dead
body was found lying in a pool of
blood in front of her sewing machine
in a room of her home By the side
of the machine lay a shotgun, which
had been discharged.
house, her husband being engaged at
work in the barn, which stands some
Hochhalter was sewing. the sewing
machine occupying a position in front
of west window.
From the position of the body and
the gun 1t is practically certain that
she climbed upon the sewing machine
for the purpose Of pulling down the
roller window shade and that while
thus engaged she fell and knocked
down the shotgun. The weapon was
suspended on two nails driven into the
wall The butt end of the gun was
close to the window casing. When
the young wife fell she evidently
~, hinh in fri II
ing the floor was discharged, the muz-
zle being in such a position that the full
charge entered the back of the
wOman's head.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Congressman Jones' Oil Measure
Is Very Popular.
COST VESSELS OWNERS SMALL sum
THE FLUID TO BE THROWN
ON HEAVY SEAS.

} With his characteristic timelness,
and with his observant eye watching
out for the good to be done not only
his constituents but the world at large.
Congressman Jones has introduced a
bill which, if passed and enacted Into
| law, bids fair to reovlutionize ocean
travel and make it as safe, If not safer,
as travel on land, is the report that
comes from Washington.
This bill provides that every vessel
Of the United States navigating the
ocean, any lake. bay or sound of the
United States, shall carry a sufficient
quantity of animal or vegetable oil for
the purpose of calming the sea in
rough weather, together with suitable
means of applying the same. and all
lifeboats on such vessels shall have
kept in them at all times a drOgue to
keep them headed to wind and suf-
ficient quantity of oil and facilities
for distributing it. The board of SUI
pervising inspectors of the department
of commerce and labor are given the
power by the bill to fix and determine
rules and regulations. the quantity of
oil to be carried and the means for
distributing it. To make the bill oper-
alive, too, the owner of any vessel
these provisions will be liable to a fine
not exceeding $4,000.
1t is estimated that the expense to
a vessel when properly distributing oil
should never be more than five cents
an hour, as a single gallon of fish oil
should last five hours. and SO worth
of oil would last a vessel for years.
A lifebOat with canvas drOgue or
other drag and oil distributor attach
ed it is said, could ride out in perfect
safety the heaviest storm ever known.
AT this time all masters of sea-going
efficacy of Oil in calming waves in
storms, and when Mr. Jones' bill goes
into effect and cOmpels these masters
to carry and use the Oil many lives
will be saved that otherwise would be
lost at sea.
In speaking Of the matter to Mr..
Jones' Lieutenant Wycoff said that in
his mind if "a lifebOat properly man
ned and using oil had been at the
of the Valencia, the women
and children who went down with this
wreck would have been rescued, and
that if the captain of the Clallam
had attached a drogue, or a log OF
wood to the painter. or a rope from
each boat, with an oil distributor at
tached Canvas bag filled with Oakum .
and OLD and turned the boats adrift
without even a man or an oar in
them, not a drop of water would have
been shipped in the boats. They. would
have ridden out that storm in perfect
safety and at daylight the next MORN
ing all the women and children could
have been saved by the searching
tugs"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Fell Off Hood River BRIDGE.

This time the unfortunate is Dan
Burns, an Irish lObarer who was
looking for work. He was crossing
the bridge just west of town, on the
curve, when extra west No. BAL came
into Hood River, and hearing it he
attempted to get down on the cap
but becoming overbalanced, he fell to
ground, twenty-five feet or more be-
low, breaking his left arm at the ell
bow, fracturing a rib or two, injuring
his back and causing a severe cOntus-
ion on top of the head. There may
be internal injuries also. The poor
fellow has no relatives in the ciuntry
and he said his home was wherever he
found work.-Hood River News Let
ter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Slid Into the Columbia.

An immense cliff, known as Black
Hole, containing about 100 acres OF
China rapids, six miles south of Je-
rome, in the COlville reservation, last
completely damned up for a time, but
later a hole was worn through the de-
up eight miles, and a flood was threat
ened for a time, but the wearing
cabin owned by Dan Legion, a home
steader, was washed away.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
River Boat Takes Fire.

WENATCHEE, April Awhile
making her way up the Columbia riv-
er Sunday morning the steamer En-
terprise caught fire from spark from
her smokestack. The crew succeed
ed in quenching the flames a few min
utes after the alarm was sounded.
Two staterooms and contents We're
burned out. The loss is estimated at
5000, and is covered by insurance.
The boat turned back to Wenatchee
as soon as the fire was extinguished,
where repairs were made today, and
the boat goes on the regular run to-
morrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Water Measurements.

ECHO. Or, April A. p. Slower
of the government service. is in Echo
and he has been taking measurements
of how much water the Butter creek
land will take for irrigation purposes.
The creek now has quite a flow of
water. which is being run as fast as
1T comes down. Mr.. Slower expects to
divide his time this summer taking
water measurements in the vicinity of
Echo and Milton
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Heir Unfit to Don Crown,

VIENNA, April A private tele-
gram from st. Petersburg gives the
startling information that a new sue
cession law is being prepared, owing
to the fact that the czarowitch is in
weak health.
According to reports emanating from
quarters connected with the court, the
czarovitch is both dead and dumb
Other reports describe him as suffer
ing from microcephalus. That his
mental condition is such that he can
never ascend to the throne of Russia
and rule is a court secret that is just
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
May Get Machine Shops.

GRANGER, April AT a meeting
of the Granger Commercial club q
letter was read from Mr.. Robert f
Strahorn, manager of the North Coast
railway. stating that the matter of the
location of machine shops and division
terminus at Granger would be care
fully looked into and considered: that
the advantages of such location as pre-
sented to him by the commercial club
appealed to him strongly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
DEFINES "HONEST GRAFT"
District Attorney at Green Bay, Wis.
Explains Important Distinction.

GREEN BAY, Wis, April 4.-Dis-
trict Attorney S. H. Cady made the
following brief statement concerning
the policy he has followed and intends
to follow in the prosecution OF the
graft cases:
ITO clean out the criminal rot ex-
listing in the city is my aim. 1 do not
intend to prosecute what might be
called honest graft, meaning merely
technical violations of the law, or Of
lenses that clearly are committed
without any criminal intent
AS an instance of a case that will
not be prosecuted and which comes
under the head of honest graft" Mr..
Cady cited a prominent merchant who
while holding a county office sold
thousands of dollars worth of goods
to county institutions, thereby violat-
ing the law which prevents the holder
of a municipal or county office from
having business dealings with the
county or city, other than those di-
rectly pertaining to his office Such
cases as these will not be prosecuted.
The first case will be that of Charles
NJ. Carpenter on a charge of bribery,
to be tried April 4.
With the completion of the Green
Bay Manitowac Northwestern extern
sion, this city is likely to be made
headquarters for a new division, and
J. NJ. Callahan assistant superintend-
ent of the Ashland division, with
headquarters at Kankanna, will then
be transferred to Green Bay to take
charge.
At a union mass meeting of protest
ant and Catholic churches, held under
the auspices of the Wisconsin anti
Saloon league, a local branch will be
organized and officers selected. Ad-
dresses will be made by different
priests and ministers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
o'KEEF AND THOMPSON may FIGHT
WeIterweishts, Spokane Sports Think
Would Prove a Good Draw
ing Card.

SPOKANE, Wash, April 4.-That
Jack O'Keefe and Maurice Thompson
will be booked for the April card al
the Athletic club is the belief of many
followers of the fighting game in this
city,
Thompson has expressed himself as
willing to meet the Chicago boy at 1876
pounds, and it is we'll known that
OKeefe is anxious to make a match
in Spokane, so that there is every pos
sibility of his accepting the offer of
the Butte lad. If possible, the two men
would like to fight in this city, but if
the card is not arranged by Match
maker Quinn. the men are expected to
meet in Butte.
1t may be taken for granted that a
match between Thompson and O'Keefe
would be a good drawing card, as the
Chocago lad won many admirers here
through his last battle with Kid Par
ker. ThompsOn's recent victory over
Parker has made him a favorite with
many of the fight fans, and a match
between the two men should be a
good one.
It is understood that George Her.
berts, the clever California welter-
weight who so easily disposed of Kid
Krantz few days ago, is anxious to
get on for a match here, but it is be-
lieved here that his ability is overes-
timated in Frisco, and that he would
not make a good match with any of
the welterweights who could be Sc
cured by the club. Another match like
the Honey Melody George Peterson
fight would hurt the boxing game in
this city, and the Athletic club is to
guard against another such fiasco.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04
Sheepmen's Losses LIGHT.

BAKER CITY, Or, April 4.-Loss
suffered by Baker county sheepmen
coed ten per cent, according to Will
Parker, county stock inspector. The
Last fall it was estimated that there
were 100000 head of sheep in the
cent. there are practically 10000 on
the range now.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-04

leaking out and is startling the mon
archs of Europe.
From the reports, 1t is estimated
that the child may never live to as
cend the throne. His physical health
as well as his mental condition is said
to be such that he may not survive
many months
The reports have caused sensation
in Russia and may affect the revolu-
tiOnary movements.