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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-12-04
KENT CLUB DEBATE.
Animated Discussion Concerning Labor
Unions.

ANIMATED OlSCuSSlOH OOliSSiAiiiS Sdbui
Unions.
The most interesting and dramatic de-
bate of the year took place last night
at an especially we'll attended meeting
of the Yale Kent club of the Law
school The speaking by the regular de-
baters was exceptionally good and so
much interest was aroused in the ques-
ton that many of the members pres
ent Joined in the general debate from
the floor, after the regular debate was
owes.
The question for the evening was
Resolved, That labor unions are a
menace to both labor and capital, and
should be abolished.
Affirmative: Alexander Cummings,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
They Are Grateful.
Oregonian.

The Walla Walla penitentiary is
turning out 5000 grain bags per day,
and the state is selling them to the
farmers at 1-2c each, which is 3
cents less than the market price for
Calcutta grain bags. This would be
very pleasing to the farmers if there
were enough to go around. Unfortu-
nately, the present capacity of the
plant is insufficient to supply one
fourth of the bags needed, and the
farmers who are favored with bags
at 3 cents less than they are worth in
the open market can accept the re-
duced price of wheat with a better
grace than their neighbors who were
not so fortunate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Abducted, Made a Slave and
Disposed Of to the
Highest Bidder.
SHE BROUGHT ONLY SIS
Awful Story Told by Rosie Cohen. Little
Russian Girl, Who Escaped From
Bondage Through Aid of New
York Policeman.

Abducted, held in slavery, beaten
with a rawhide whip until her flesh was
torn and bleeding and finally sold at
auction for $25 was the horrible story
revealed by the finding of pretty Rosie
Cohen, a seventeen-year-old girl who
had been missing for two months from
the home of her parents at 325 East
One Hundredth street, New York city.
The girl, still bearing the marks Of
cruelty at the hands of the white slave
owners upon her body, repeated in the
Harlem police court the story which
she had told to Patrolman Byrnes at
One Hundred and Sixth street and
Third avenue when she appealed to
him for protection.
With quivering lips she accused Jo-
seph Ruggiero, saloon keeper of 6
West street Mount Vernon, and Mrs.
Lena Saline of 2042 First avenue with
being responsible for her degradation.
These two were found, arrested and
both held by Magistrate Baker in ST.
600 bail each for further examination
within an hour after the girl had ap-
pealed to Patrolman Byrnes.
Rosie came to this country from Rus
STA about two years ago. Up to two
months ago she worked in button fac
tory in Ninety-fifth street between
First and Second avenues. There she
first came to know Frank" who was
the driver of an ice wagon. He made
love to her.
Recently this Frank" she de-
clares, proposed to take her to see his
relatives in Pelham Manor. At that
place. she says, he attacked her, after
ward taking her to q shanty of the
foreman Of a gang of italian railroad
laborers and leaving her. She was kept
there for two days and terribly NAL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
RUGGIERO BID $50.

treated by the Italians. She says she
was compelled at the point of a revOlv-
er to submit herself to these men.
Frank" returned and took her to
Ruggiero's saloon, and here, she says,
she was compelled to stay for several
weeks and receive his friends, being
tied hand and foot in the daytime.
When she rebelled. she says, she was
beaten. Frank" then took her down
to Mrs. Salino's fat, where she was
beaten with a rawhide whip and told
If she revealed what had occurred she
would be killed.
Finally, she alleges, she was auc-
toned off at the fiat. Ruggiero bid $50
for her. The mysterious Frank" de-
clared that she was worth more.
A well dressed stranger offered $25.
Frank" 1t is alleged, accepted the
amount and walked out of the fat
The new owner took the girl. 1t was
about 10 o'clock at night and after she
was dressed he started to take his pur-
chase to Brooklyn, where he lived.
But the girl had made up her mind to
escape She said to her new master:
II haven't had thing to eat for two
days. Please buy me something to
eat"
The new owner consented and led her
to restaurant
AS she ate she saw policeman pass
the door. and she sprang to her feet
The man darted out after her and fed.
The gir, told her story to Byrnes, who
took her to the station. There Captain
Gallagher sent Detectives Weldon, Da-
Wis and Dinnegan to the address on
First avenue.
The detectives found in Mrs. Salino's
fat rswhide whip, with which Rosie
said she was beaten. 1t was originally
about ten feet long, but had been braid
ed into sort Of club three feet long
When the girl was examined by the
matron at the police station ugly welts
were found upon her back and shoul.
aers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
COME UNTO US.

Walla Walla, in September, will be
called upon to entertain a class OF
men who, to the younger folk, to the
less enlightened and to the wicked
represent the embodiment of the Ten
Commandments" the antithesis of
Genesis" the that's alr' of the life
mundane We refer, most respectfully
to that lugubrious organization, the
Washington State Funeral Directors
association.
In childhood's books we read of the
ostentatiously joyless individual with
high crowned hat, long black coat,
baggy, wrinkly trouserings, streaked
handkerchief and a sniff1e-in Dickens
the undertaken always sniff1es-which
percolates in doleful waves amid the
funeral atmosphere of the dead. That
"cadaverous countenance," that "smug
Willingness" of the pictured man of
collins and corpses stays with us prob
ably longer than any other childish
memory of the books. In our mental
summary of the Unavoidable conse-
quences the undertaken is always with
us.
But glory, Long departed is that fell
low of the graves of Dickens. In his
stead are men who, when out of the
frock coat and white tie of the direc-
tor, are just like we who are to be
their feast. They are good fellows
who have learned through generations
of study and experience to conceal the
avidity with which they once scanned
our bodies and estimated our pocket
books. as to the size of the box, the
character of the trimmings and the
probability of cash fare from the
chapel to the lot Instead is the man
who would be your neighbor-whO
| would bear his share of the expense
of good time" if so inclined on his
| day off. No other class of men can
| so readily adopt the injunction to
"eat, drink and be merry, for tomor-
row We die than these same de-
scendants of the genus cadaverous
And it is to this end on this side OF
their character, that We shall see them
in Walla Walla.
| 'Tis to be a day of sunshine and
joyousness when those uf1dertakers
of the Heptameron if we wot we'll OF
those delectable menus in course OF
preparation. The man or men who
speak of death shall go under the ia
BILE. The fellow who shall figure the
cubic feet of hole in the ground
must be banished. 1t shall be a din.
ner of courses with no deaths head
at the feast. All shall be of the in.
spiriting, '1et US forget" order ant
Walla Walla may not fear.
IT'S with this understanding that we
of the laity welcome those who are t.
do unto us the prophesied dusty end
'Tis with the glad consciousness tina
they can eat nor drink no more thar
we that we say let 'em come! We're
waiting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Home.

There is no place precisely like home
in America, although servants board
ing house with a livery stable in con-
nection is a near approach.
The correct home atmosphere is elu-
sive. About all we positively know
concerning it is that it has to be pump
ed in by ventilating apparatus costing
at least $4,000, which in turn cannot
be properly installed in house costing
less than half million.
Tastes in homes are various. The
sweet home Is still found in remote set
Elements.
American men live mostly in clubs,
thus ingeniously avoiding the housetop
on the one hand and the contentious
woman on the other.
Our ambition to own our own home
is one Of the stigmata of hysteria. The
next thing will probably be an ambi-
ton to digest our own food.
A home is impossible without wo-
man to preside over it and a man tc
swagger under it.-Puck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
BEES CAPTURE
RAILWAY STATION
Come Out of Their Hive on Platform
and Drive POrters to
Flight.

A swarm of angry bees caused
scene of wild commotion at Burgess
Hill railway station, in Sussex, Eng
land.
A large parcel addressed to a local
resident was tumbled out on the plat
form by a railway employee. The par
eel, which contained a hive, gave way.
and out streamed the bees, causing the
porter to run for his life
The station master ordered, threaten
ed, offered rewards, but none of the
porters was daring enough to remove
the parcel. Finally an outside porter.
an elderly man, was induced to lift the
parcel by the offer of shilling, but
when the bees buzZed around his head
he dropped the package and fed.
All day the bees held the staff at bay,
but by 8 o'clock at night they returned
to the hive, which was then hurriedly
closed up and carried to its destina-
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
ADJUSTMENTS
Mahara's Ministries Toniqht.

1t is hardly necessary to introduce
the famous Mahara Brothers to the
theater- going public as they have al
ways been high in their estimate as
class purveyors of minstrelsy and
rag time opera for the past 16 years.
Twenty five colored artists, magni-
ficent complement of scenery and cos
tunes. striking electrical effects and a
combination of specially artists,
dancers, eccentric comedians, novelty
artists and sweet-voiced singers, Ma
hara Brothers seem to be able TO sub
stantiate their claim that they have
reached the acme of minStrelsy. Ma
hara's minstrels will hold forth at the
Keylor Grand tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
A NEW DISPENSATION.

The act under which the Ohio au-
thorities instituted proceedings against
Valentine Stewart Antitrust law,
says the New York World. 1t was
passed by the legislature in 1898, and
on account of it's drastic provisions
was treated lightly as a dead-letter.
Finally E. T. Humes, prosecuting
attorney of Delaware county, began
proceedings under the act against
certain coal companies. The Circuit
court held the law unconstitutional,
and the county commissioners refused
to sanction an appeal Mr.. Humes de-
cided to carry the case up on his
own responsibility and pay the costs
himself if the supreme court decided
against him. Last March the supreme
court declared the law uncOnstitution-
al. 1t was for violating this act that
the five Toledo ice-dealers who had
formed a combination to raise prices
were convicted, heavily fined and sem
fenced to Jail.
Ohios experience with her anti
trust law is not unlike the country's
experience with the Sherman law. For
years the Sherman law was practi-
cally a dead-letter. The World urged
encouragement after attorney-gen-
eral to enforce the act, but until The
odore Roosevelt and Philander Knox
began proceedings against the North
ern Securities company there was lit
tie disposition in Washington to make
the Sherman law a breathing, vital
statute Since the supreme court up
held the contention of the administra-
ton in the Northern Securities case,
victory after victory has been won. In
the paper trust case the court for
babe the constituent companies even
to consider the matter of recombining.
The interstate commerce law has
passer through similar process of
judicial evolution. While the act had
become very inadequate, Mr.. RoOse-
welt and Mr.. Moody had clearly proved
that rebating could be punished. IN
der this law the supreme court went
so far as to declare in the coal-roads
cases that railways must not give
themselves discriminating rates in
shipping commodities in whose pro-
duction they were interested.
On the statute books of most of the
states and of the nation there is a
body of drastic laws regulating cor
porations and common carriers, but
none of this law is self enforcing. The
courts are willing to do their part to-
| ward sustaining the constitutional
power of the people to destroy mono
public interests. Only aggressive and
| intelligent prosecutors have been
lacking.
Fortunately the example of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Mr.. Knox and Mr..
! Moody has stimulated prosecuting at
torneys and attorney generals'in every
part of the country. There was a
time when a prosecuting attorney who
proposed to enforce an anti trust law
was denounced as a demagogue. Now
the denunciation is properly reserved
for the prosecutor who shirks his
sworn duty and refuses to enforce the
ers. There is a new dispensation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Fort WaIla WaIIa Case.
Corvallis Times.

In the incident, it is easy to see
mid the fuss and feathers of military
life, how official snObbery like
that of Captain Howard will
grow up and how in its ex-
ercise, class distinctions are formed
injustices and even tragedies are
perpetrated in the name of "discip-
line" No wonder poor Dreyfus had
II long suffering years wrenched
from his life, since armies often have
Captain Towards in them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

To draw the fire out Of burn, heal
cut without leaving a scar, or to
cure boils, sores, letter, eczma and all
skin and scalp diseases, use DeWitts
Witch Haze. Salve A specific for piles
Get the genuine. No remedy causes
such speedy relief. Ask for DeWitts-
the genuine. Sold bv L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

THE NURSE CLUTCHED AT THE ANIMAL.
ting her to sleep. The nurse, wearied
with her constant watching, was also
asleep.
The patient awoke to find cat on
her bed Then followed a shrek and
a howl. The woman's cries awakened
the nurse, who rushed into the room to
find a gray cat tearing the covers
around the patient. The nurse made
a clutch at the animal, but it eluded
her hand and, leaping from the bed.
Fan from the room. She chased 1t
through the halls. and it was finally
cornered and put out of the building.
When the nurse returned to the ward
the patient was shaking with terror.
and it was found that the shock had
wrecked her nervous system. She died
before morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
The End of the World

Of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe,
Of Bear Grove, Ia, of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: "Two years ago
Kidney trouble caused me great suf-
fering, which 1 would never have sur
vived had I not taken Electric Bit
tiers. They also cured me of General
Debility" Sure cure for all Stomach,
Liver and Kidney complaints, Blood
diseases Headache, Dizziness and
Weakness or bodily decline. Price soc.
Guaranteed by E. L. Smalley drug
store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
How He Got There,

Two Germans met in San Francisco.
After an affectionate greeting the fol-
lowing dialogue ensued:
Fen you said you hev arrived?'
Yesterday"
"YOu came dot Horn around?"
mo"
"Oh, see! You came dot isthmus
Rcross?'
mo"
ooh, den you come dot land over?"
mo"
Den you hev not arrived?"
"Oh, yes; l hev arrived! come dot
Mexico ru.'-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Tried Suicide With Tin Cup.

In desperate attempt 70 kill hlmse1
to escape the disgrace Of appearing Id
court on the charge of drunkenness,
Samuel Skinner of 1881 Brook avenue
New York city, slashed both his wrists
with a tin cup in his cell in the batn-
gate avenue station. A policeman
heard groans from cell and fouhu
Skinner lying on his cot almost un-
conscious from loss of blood. Beslde
the cot lay the tin cup, twisted SO d.
to furnish a jagged edge. A call was
sent to the Fordham hospital, whithe,
Skinner was taken under arrest anu
with the charge of attempted sulci'e
added to that of intOXicatiOn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Not in WaIia WaIIa.
Oregon Journal.

Many reports of fraudulent, doc
tored and poisonous canned meats
are coming in from various parts of
the country, but they were presum-
ably put up before the recent ex-
posture and estigation-though we
imagine that business in the packing
houses is going on much the same
as formerly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
POLICY-HOLDER MUST ACT.

All the various policy holders COM
mittees" should unite on one ticket in
opposition to the present manage
ments of the Mutual and the New
York Life. The issue is simply
whether the present arrangements
shall be continued in office Every
policy holder has one vote regardless
of the number or the size of his poll
cies. He can vote either by proxy or
by mail.
If through the persuasion of the
agents or failure to take the trouble
to vote the present managers shall
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Predominant Pleasures.

sTIS nice to bait hook
(Since Walton wrote his booo
Il And sweep the gurglinG brook
With a swish;
To WOO a random bite
All day until twilight
And never catch a sight
OF a fish!
"Tis pleasant sure to go
For a refreshing blow
(And spend the hours below
On a yacht!
And when it's time to eat
To make excuse-the heat
No. really!-you repeat.
You cannot!
IT'S beautiful to ride
With your intended bride
And all a scorcher's pride
In the teeth
OF rustic policemen's sway.
A motor cars the way
To spend "a happy day
Underneath!
Oh. life cannot be sad.
The world is not so bad.
When pleasures can be had
Just like these!
II such delights you scorn
Zach rose must have its thorn!)-.
Well, you must have been born
Hard to please!
La Touche Hancock In New York Press
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Surely the members of the coun-
ty board of equalization VIII take INTO
consideration the anxiety Of certain
rich men not to go on record as max
ing mistakes in their property returns.
1t would be a poor example to set be-
fore ones clerks if a mistake of sew
eral hundred thousands of dollars
should be found over ones signature.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Concpirators Arrested.

PANAMA, Aug. 11.-Seventeen Co
lumbians. former revolutioniSt gen.
epAls, have been arrested on a charge
of conspiring against the authorities
during the revolution of 1900. Promi-
nent politicians are implicated. They
will be deported.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
A Seven-year-old Farmer.

Mclean county, ILL.,, has the younge''
farmer in America. John h. Whe''
seven years old, has received &c.
acre tract from his father, ana he -
cultiyating it himself. He employed "
farm hand to do the blowing, "' a.
the narrowing was done by the yours =,
ster, who also planted it In corn
cultivating the ground he hanaleu ~
team of horses without difhcui''
Young Wiley says that with tne p Pc
ceeds from the tract he intends u uu'
more lard and solemnly tells us
Their that by the time he Is t"ents IA
he will own larger farm that 'he Wv
gentleman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Method In His Maduess.

Eyes, Billings was knocked down by
the automobile and had suit Of clothes
ruined"
HE must have been very angry"
ANGRY! He said If he had gun
he'd shoot the chauffeur"
'Of course he didn't shoot him."
mo, but he ran around the auto and
kicked holes in each Of the tires"
did that relieve him?'
Eyes; he felt all right after that
Hes in the tire business, you know
AUse Hcan Spectator.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Following up a news story published
in The Statesman week ago, our
morning contemporary says there arc
$4,000, 600 in personal property IN the
county. It's not a trustworthy publ
cation Since the first returns the
board of equalization has discovered
mistakes in a few unsigned sheets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Two unprecedented army onlcers
have decided that Walla Walla mas
the ideal site for a target range ana
summer camp. Now, If we can only
induce some of the higher muckee-
mucks to buy up the adjoining sec
tiOnSi
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

With 1900 licenses for bicycles is
sued by the city, with an estimate of
1900 more throughout the county and
only 141 bikes returned to the asses
sor. it would look as if a great MANY
persons in Walla Walla had declined
TO sign detail sheets through fear OF
making a mistake
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Chased Mile by Murderous M"i..

Chased Mile by MurderOus
Isaac Watson, a driver. dled :,
~ In Pittsburg of injuries recei'e. .,r.
a fight with mule. Watson wa .ba
ing the mule to the stables wnen tho
animal attacked him. Watson neu ~
mule pursuing him. After pui'uw wat.
over a mile the mule overtooh an
son and kicked him until ne i. .,ou-
conscious. Then the mule waiKeu al s,ed
n back to his stable. WATSON
without regaining consciousness
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Everybody who reads is going into
SpaSmS over the news that one of a
party of several hundred lynchers was
convicted yesterday in North Carolina
and sentenced to Is years in the
prison. 1t just happened that the man
was the only ex-convict in the mob.
Justice is satisfied,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Cooke is Sentenced.

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-John T. Cooke,
former clerk of the circuit court, con-
victed of stealing $4,000 of the public
funds, was today sentenced to an in
determinate term in prison and fined
$4,000
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Johann Martin Schleyer. the Ger
man who invented Volapuk, declares
he is going to heaven to hear the
angels speak and sing in that lang
uage. We had always associated Vol
apuk with a heated term.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
Just Guessing.
SpOkeSman-Review

The Washington Post asks: "Can
anybody beat Bryan but ROOSEVELT"
Nobody is prepared to answer, save
Taft, Fairbanks, Root or Shaw, and
their replies might not prove correct.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

a new brick and steel block on the
old opera house site, while it may in
crease Johnnie Wilson's expenses. will
be most acceptable to the commercial
interests of the city. So the most Of
us will bear the burdensome news
without a sigh for the departing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Did you ever, when a boy in teens,
conceive the fervid idea of writing a
novel without a girl or woman in it?
Yes? Well, some day we're going to
read an original editorial in some Wal
la Walla papers without the name of
John L. Wilson in it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

life and odor is sickening. Ihese oe
a few of the headlines In the Iacolii"
News depicting the terrific water con-
ditions in the town that wants Watch-
ing. Apparently Tacoma is growing
in the wrong direction
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11
BRYAN In Paris.

PARIS, Aug 11-W. J. Bryan ar
rived today and arranged for a sight
seeing trip. His attention was called
to the workingmen's pension law and
their day of rest
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

Spokane is advertising for freaks
for the interstate fair. What's the
matter with sending in few of our
rich mems assessment blanks?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-11

The report of County Assessor Ber-
ryman shows there are only S02 mules
and asses in Walla Walla county,
Those returns must have been made
before the vote was counted.