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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
WARDEN KEGS AND EX-C0NV|CT
QUARREL OVER MISSING WATCH

This was too much for the warden's
dignity and he caught at the fellows
leg and struck a vicious blow but the
horse SHE'D and Kees missed his
mark.
Henry jumped off his horse and
started for KEGS who retreated to the
sidewalk, where he joined his friends.
He was informed by Henry that if he
wanted any trouble he could have it
and that it would not take much Of
man to whip him.
Holds the Receipt.
while 1 was confined in the peni-
tentiary a gold watch was sent to me
and 1 was given receipt by j. P. Nc
Glynn for the same" said Mr.. Henry
when l was released last March
asked for the watch but it could not
be found. 1 said nothing about the
matter as 1 believed the officials
might make an investigation and To-
cate the time-piece. AS 1 had just
been released from the penitentiary,
knew that my word would not be ta-
ken against that of KEGS and l said
nothing publicly about the affair.
Records Show 1t.
81 have talked to Mr.. Kees a num-
Der of times about the matter and he
told me he would do what he could
to find my watch, but it seems that I
am not to have what rightfully be-
longs to me- 1t is true that 1 commit
ted the crime of larceny, but pleaded
guilty and served my time and have
paid the penalty and it does not look
right to me that a man who holds a
political job should be permitted to
rob me. I am not trying to excuse
myself for my offense, but it seems to
me that if it was necessary for me to
pay such a severe penalty, Kees should
be compelled to undergo some punish
ment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

SlDELCE, Sept. 10.-The troops
used artillery today and destroyed a
great many building in the three CEN
tral streets. The revolutionists are
hring at the soldiery from the WIN
dows and are meeting with no little
success. The buildings are in flames
which are now spreading. Both sides
are expecting reinforcements.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Townships Wiped Out.

TIFLIS, Sept. 10.-This city was
overwhelmed by an avalanche of mud
from the mountain. The township
Of Kwarei is practically obliterated.
About 250 were buried alive.
The side of the mountain broke
away and a sea of semi-liquid sand,
mud and stones swept down.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10

Smarting under the charges made by
Ed Henry, discharged prisoner, War
den KEGS of the penitentiary, under
took to thrash his accuser on Main
street Saturday afternoon but weak
ened when Henry showed a willing
ness to mix things.
According to Henry's story the
trouble arose over a dispute in regard
to a watch which was sent to Henry
while he was confined in the
state penitentiary, but which was
not delivered to him when
he was released. Henry asked
for the watch. The officers of the in
stitution could not find it, but told
the man they would investigate the
matter. Henry promised to say moth
ing about it until he had
given them time to find the missing
time piece.
Asks for Watch.
During the six months which have
interviewed since Henry was discharged
he has asked KEGS what was being
done toward finding his property but
has never received any satisfaction.
Yesterday he again requested that
Kees do something in the matter and
received the reply that all had been
done that could be done. This did
not satisfy Henry and he insisted
that he was entitled to his watch at
which the warden became angry.
Henry gave the warden to under
stand that the matter would have to
be settled that afternoon and started
to ride away Kees remarked to some
men who were standing near, There
goes a convict" and pointed toward
the man.
At this Henry became excited and
remarked:
Il may be a convict but I never
locked a man up and then robbed him
of his property"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
PREDICTS LIGHT FROST.

= The following forecast was IS
= sued by Observer Newman today: y
= Fair and cooler tonight, with y
y light frost. Tuesday fair ana
y warmer"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
DYING
IN HIS ROOM
Dave Gregg Was Well Known
Character About Town
HAD BEEN CUBAN F|L|bUSTER
Man Who Took Overdose of
Laudanum Saw the Virginius
Prisoners Shot.
HAD BEEN CUBAN F|L|BusTER

Dave Gregg, a pioneer resident of
Walla Walla, was found in a dying
condition in a squalid room In the rear
Of No. 9, North Fourth street about
1920 o'clock this morning by Officer
Ben Wolff and City Electrician Nat
Hart, who burst into the old mans
rooms and found him slowly gasping
his life away on his bed.
Gregg died 10 minutes after being
found by the officers without regaining
consciousness. The officers first sup
posed that Gregg had either met with
foul play, or committed suicide, but
after an investigation it was pretty
clearly proven the old mans death
was caused by an overdose Of lauda-
mum taken to alleviate severe attack
of poura1pia
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Missed at Work.

Missed at Work.
Friends Of Gregg missed the old man
this morning when he failed to show
up at the soda water works in the
same building and several times dur
ing the forenoon they visited his room
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-10
Knew Him Well.

Peter ArrousseZ, proprietor of a
tamale parlor on Fourth street knew
Gregg: He said: Gregg has worked
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
Several subjects.

One hundred and thirty kinds of wild
flowers are found near Nome. Alaska.
The best insured man In the country
is Wanamaker, with $1,500.000 on his
life.
A North American rattlesnake taken
to the museum of Paris refused all food
for twenty-six months.
The error of an astronomical chro-
nometer Is rarely greater than two one
hundredths of a second.
Great Britain holds the record for
profits made out of postal service. Rus
STA comes next, then Germany, and
France fourth.
Queen Victoria of England shared
the common superstition about salt.
She would reprimand any guest who
was unfortunate enough to spill It,
and throughout the remainder of the
meal she would be disturbed and liz Ill
humor.
French military observers Of the re.
cent German army maneuvers say the
old rigid, mechanical, vigorously pass
i've discipline, once characteristic Of
the German army, is disappearing
though mention of acts Of insubordina
ton are carefully repressed, or, IL very
| fragrant, much minInized
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
A victory-and a Disgrace.

Charles e. Hughes defeated William
X. Hearst for Governor of New York
yesterday by what would be, under or
binary circumstances. handsome ma
jority-a majority at least three times
that by which Theodore Roosevelt was
elected Governor in 1893.
Nevertheless the result is a disgrace
10 the State of New York, the Republi-
can party. and the country at large.
Upon the issue made by himself
that property is robbery-.Ir. Hearst
should have been not merely defeated,
but wiped off the political map.
He is not wiped off, He is merely
defeated. And without the assistance
given to the Republican party by such
Democrats as Patrick McCarren in
Broolkyn and Timothy Sullivan in
New York, and Richard Croker from
his exile i'm England, no one can tell
what disaster might have swept the
State and the Nation.
Nor is the reason for this disgrace
far to seek. The Republican organiza-
ton has been demoralized 1t was
also without money-too poor to make
a campaign of education.
Mr.. Hearst had the money, and with
it organized his forces and covered the
State with his literature and speakers.
So Mr.. Hughes was left to make a
single handed campaign. He made 1t
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
TEACHERS BECOME FARMERS.

New York Young Women Have
Tired of Doing Ordinary Things.
I'VE are just ordinary girls who be-
came tired Of doing ordinary things.
Being free agents, we made up our
minds to embark in a business which
would in time net us q competence.
We were both tired of teaching school,
when the idea of owning a farm came
to US. We saved our money until we
were able to buy this place, which we
had long admired.
I'VE used to make peanut butter for
our own consumption while living in
boarding houses. 1t occurred to us that
it would be a good plan to make the
butter and sell 1t to other people. We
tried it in a small way and found that
there was a demand. Then we thought
Why not make peanut butter ON the
farm we had planned to buy?' We hav,
been here since June and are doing
well. Soon we shall need more help
and then l suppose we shall have to
hire male assistance So far we have
got along without It,
Lonesome? Not bit of it. Neither
are we afraid. We are able to take
care of ourselves. We keep pistols ]
the house. and know how to use them.
Miss Florence T.. Randolph was tht
speaker. In partnership with Miss
Bertha Carleton, she has bought u go
acre farm at Bakersville. Miss Mil
dred Il. and Miss Ada l.. Fairfield, sis
tiers, are the owners of 4-acre place
at Terryville.
| The Baskerville girls are known II
business as Randolph & Carleton, ant
their speciality is the making of peanu
butter. Both are pretty. They manage
! the farm without male help, excepting
a 12-year-old chore boy. The girls have
known each other five years, and hav'
long cherished the project they err
now enjoying.
The Fairfield girls at Terryville g
in for straight farming and vegetable
and flower raising. Mildred Fairfield
was an inspector of tenements In New
York. She was dismissed for politca
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
POOR FATHERS OF RICH MEN.
some Earned Less I'm Lifetime thai
Sons Get I'm a Day.

Some Earned Less I'm Lifetime than
Sons Get I'm n Day.
1t is an interesting and instructive
fact that at least four out OF five OF
American multi-millionaires are sons
Of men. who. In their most fourishing
days, probably never knew what it
was to enjoy an income of $15 a week !;
a modest revenue would have seemed
riches.
The father of Andrew Carnegie,
though he toiled early and late as a
damask weaver at Dunfermline, was
barely able to supply the humblest of
necessaries for his small family; and
when steam looms came to supplant
hand weaving he was compelled to
sell his looms and his few sticks of
furniture and take his boys to Ameri-
ca, where he found employment as a
weaver in one of the cotton factories
Of Allegheny City, and where one of
his sons, little though he dreamt it,
was to amass one of the most colossal
fortunes the world has ever known.
The father of j. ID. Rockefeller,
whose wealth to-day Is said to be at
least double that of even Mr.. Carna-
gle, cultivated a few barren acres I'm
Tioga County, New York, and added a
little to the family exchequer (scanty
enough at the best) by sending out his
boys to hoe and pillow and husk corn
for neighboring farmers. w. A. Clark,
the copper king of Montana. whose
fortune Is variously estimated from
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
RECORDS OF ENLISTED MEN.

Identification by Finger Prints Is
Now Required.
On Sept 1 the system of personal
identification prescribed on April Z by
the war department was placed In
operation and record is to be made
of every man who may hereafter enlist
or re-enlist i'm that service, says the
New York Tribune. Circular A en-
joins commanding officers to take such
steps as may be necessary TO insure
prompt and complete compliance with
the requirements Of the order, and In
speeding officers are charged to make
special inquiry and report as to wheth
CT these requirements have been met
On Sept. ] the outline figure cards pre-
viously in use were discontinued. and
hereafter the complete Identification
record, consisting OF finger prints, per
sonal description of the soldier. photo
graphic negative and one print of the
negative, will be forwarded to the mill
tary secretary of the army.
One of the most important features
Of this Identification record Is the inn
preston of the fingers, as It is held
that the finger prints of no two men
are Identical 1t is absolutely neces.
sary, therefore, that the finger prints
should be clear and the ridges distinct.
~ outlined. There are two kinds OF
impressions, plain" and rolled" The
former is secured by pressing the bulb
of the finger on the linked plate, with
the plane of the nail parallel to the
plane of the plate, and then on the pa
per in the same manner. A rolled i'm
preston Is obtained by pressing the
side of the finger on the plate and then
rolling the finger from one side to the
other. After tie impression of each
finger separately has been taken a
plain impression of all the fingers of
the right hand is taken at one time.
The outline on the opposite side of the
prescribed form is then filed up and
the personal description completed by
noting on the outline figure the princi-
pal Identification marks. Upon compile
ton Of this routine the soldier is re-
quired to sign his name in the place
provided for signature of soldier"
and after being photographed 1t is as
sumed that the means for his identifi-
cation are as complete as it is possible
for hunsn ingenuity to make them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15

act which rang down the curtain of the
great strife and spread the white cur
tain of peace
The general drew near, with head
bent as though with the weight of
heavy thought, the solemnity of affairs
and the future disposal OF things. The
men approached nearer. Every word
which might fall from the great lead
er's lips would be of import worth hear
ing as we'll as worth treasuring for all
time to come.
Suddenly Grant turned to one of his
men and asked in that low tone of
voice, that tone which all who knew
him we'll have kept in their minds for
years.
ingalls,. remember that white mule
we had down IN Texasg
Il do. perfectly WELL"
Il wonder what ever became of that
mule?v
Il never heard, general returned In
gals.
Neither did L.
And the great general walked away
as If in a deep and brown study. Those
were the first words from Grants own
lips addressed to his comrades after
the surrender of that other great gen.
eral, Lee.
If mule was In the mind of Grant.
why naturally should it not be in the
mind of that other great general who
was averse to wearing the insignia of
his high rank?
A thin. erect man seated rpon bony.
rangy horse. drew near the mule quar-
tiers of the great army.
| His uniform was seedy, his SLOUGH
hat was battered out of shape and
tapped low over his brow and deepset
| eyes. He looked like a cashiered SOL
der run down at the heels and disrep-
utable to say the least
Suddenly he refined his horse, lifted
his head and fastened his eyes angrily,
reprovingly upon mule driver who
was beating without mercy one of the
long-eared equine paradoxes. The
mounted man gritted his teeth and NUT
tered a curse under his scaaggy beard.
He was angry, angry away through to
his marrow. When this particular gen.
eral got angry things had to stir.
"Stop that. you fool" came angrlly
from his lips.
"Stop whaty' returned the mule
driver as the whip fell again.
"Stop beating that mule"
"Umph. Who in thunder are you 2
General Sherman"
"Umph. Half a dozen other old
buns have said the same to-day"
There was something glittering in tho
depths of the generals eyes that held
the cruel whip in air. The mule driver
slowly dropped the instrument of tor
ture and skunk away This old, seed,
soldier was not like the others-thougl
he looked as dilapidated and disreputa
BILE.
After that the mules in Sherman.
army received decent and humane treat
ment For the word went around anon:
the mule drivers that certain seed,
old man. who might be the general, wa.
likely to turn up at any time, and witt
authority to make things unpleasant
for them.--Kansas City Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15

S40,000,000 to fabulous figures (some
even credit him with an income of
10000 a day., is the son of a small
Pennsylvania farmer, who probably
never cleared $500 in any single year
of his life, and for whom the future
millionaire did the hardest of farm
labor until years after he had reached
manhood
The father of w. s. Stratton. the
Colorado gold king. was small boat
builder at Jeffersonyille, Ind. with so
many children and a purse so ill-filled
that he was compelled to take his son
away from school at IA to apprentice
him to a carpenter. Commodore Van
derbilt. founder of one of the wealth.
est families in The world. was cradled
in the direst poverty. and between the
ages of and 16 earned his OWE liv-
ing by performing any odd jobs that
came his way, from selling newspapers
and holding horses to farm labor and
porter's work; and Jay Gould. who ac-
cumulated fortune of $60.0OO,OOO be-
fore be died at the age of 5S, WAS the
son of struggling farmer, who found
so much use for his sons services that
he practically received no schooling at
all. George Westinghouse, whose air
brake has yielded such golden har-
vest, was the son Of mechanical en-
gineer in small way of business
John w. Mackay, the SILVER king"
was the son of destitute Irishman
who emigrated to America with his
family in search of fortune. and after
two years of terrible struggle died,
leaving penniless widow to support
herself and her young children as best
she could. Russell Sage, who left a
fortune of over $S0,C00.c00. was the
youngest of the six children of very
poor parents. and was toiling on a
farm before he was 10.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15


Only private! his jacket of gray
Is stained by the smoke and the dust:
As Bayard he's brave; as Rupert, he's
gay;
Reckless as Murat in the heat of the
fray,
But in God his only trust.
Only private to march and fight,
To suffer and starve and be strong;
With knowledge enough to know that the
might
OF justice and truth, and freedom of
right,
In the end must crush out the wrong.
Only private, no ribbon or star
Shall gid with false glory his uame,
No honor for him in braid or in bar,
His Legion of Honor is only scar,
And his wounds are his roll of fame.
Only a private, one more here slain
On the field lies silent and chill
And in the far South a wife prays in
vain
One clasp of the hand she may ne'er
clasp again,
One kiss from the lips that are still.
Only a private! there let Kim sleep.
He will need no tablet nor stone;
For the mosses and vines DER his grave
will creep,
And at night the stars through the clouds
will peep,
And watch him who lies there alone.
Only a martyr! who fought and who fell
Unknown and unmarked in the strife
But still as he lies in his lonely cell
Angel and Seraph the legend shall tell
Such a death is eternal life
The late Capt. +. W. Dawson.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15

HORACE GREELEY who attained success
In spite of nearly every possible ad-
verse circumstance that could be rails
ed against his progress.
The Greeley family was poor, even
for pioneers. The children often had
to sit on the floor and eat their only
meal Of porridge out of tin pans
Horace earned his first money by
selling nuts and bundles of the roots
Of pitch-pine. He spent the money he
could secure in this way for Shakes
peare and for Mrs Hemans' poetry.
His love of reading was abnormal.
He had to leave school when he was
hardly more than a child. He was IL
years old when he walked nine miles
to the publisher OF paper to secure
q situation as a printer. He was re-
fused on account of his youth, and did
not obtain work until he was ii.
The paper on which he was first en-
ployed failed, and Greeley set out to
other towns to find work. After many
trials he at last found a place in Erie,
where he worked for seven months for
eS4. Out of this he sent his father
e63. He had spent Sc in the time he
had worked there. He kept the re-
naming SO and set out to New York.
His first years in New York are a
record of the most grinding poverty
1t is doubtful if at any time In those
years he had enough to eat or enough
to keep him warm. But the spirit OF
indomitable courage that was his her.
Itage kept him steadily in the grind of
work until at last he had the salts
faction of knowing that he had won
the fight against adversely.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15

feet that they should willingly permit
the farm products of Canada to corIe
into competition with their own in or
der that larger market for Ameri-
can farm products might be provided
down East
The farmers of Iowa. Illinois. Wis
consin, Minnesota. South Dakota, Ne
braska and ether Middle States are not
fools. They understand the situation
exactly: they know that in this agita-
ton for Canadian reciprocity they are
to be made the victims of every ar.
rangement that is contemplated. and
for that reason they are opposed to II
in toto and to a man.-Cedar Rapids
Republican
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15
LOng-Lived Bulgarians.

A German statistician has made q
careful investigation to discover In
which countries the greatest age is at
tanned. The most amazing figures come
from that troublesome and turbulent
region known as the Balkan peninsula.
Servia has 573 persons who are more
than 100 years old, Roumania 1854 and
Bulgaria 1888. In other words, Bull
garia has d centenarian to every 100
inhabitants and thus holds the interna-
tional record for old people. In 1892
alone there died in Bulgaria $50 per-
sons who had exceeded the century.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15

reasons. She sued the city for salary
due and won her case The girls pur-
chased the farm last winter, and have
met with much success. This summer
they made considerable money by sell
ing flowers in New York. They do all
the hard work on the farm and say
that they like It,
The two farms are about fifteen miles
from Waterbury, Conn, in one direc-
ton, and twenty in another. They
were abandoned by their owners and
purchased by these young women, who
have set out to earn their living in an
unconventional manner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-15


st. Paul's Church. New York. is val
ued at s5.500.00o.
Experiments are being made to man.
ufacture brown paper out OF Irish bog
peat
A farthing has been found In the
stomach OF Goldfish at Eyemouth. En-
gland.
One-half of the imports into this
country are of materials for manufac-
lures.
Professor Tizoni, of Rome. believes
he has discovered serum for curing
pneumonia.
In order that q rainbow may be pro-
luced. the sun must not be mere than
forty two degrees above the horizon.
Three shillings per word is to be the
charge for cable messages between Eng
land and Australasia via the Pacific
A Pennsylvania hotel keeper was
fined 67 cents for swearin. at his serv-
AIT who would not get up when called.
Diamonds, pearls and turquoises are
the precious stones best initiated. False
rubies and sapphires. on the other
band. may be detected with ease
In many parts of the country the use
of stoves in passenger cars OF steam
railroad trains is prohibited by law.
In the Farmers Improvement So
ciety of Texas there 81. 1900 negro
farmers. who own $4,000 acres Of land.
The petroleum or naphtha wells OF
Baku produce 100000 tons, or fully
80 per cent of the worlds annual sup
ply.
The pay of the American bricklayer
is as much for two and ii half days as
that of the British bricklayer for a
week.
A fat women's club has been organ
| lied In Hazleton, Pa. Eighteen Of its
members each average over two hull
dred and thirty-six pounds In weight,
and in the aggregate weigh 4,250
pounds.
A negro preacher in Madison, Miss.
predicted food, and SO alarmed his
listeners that they gathered up their
valuables in the shape of jewelry and
money and left town. They numbered
over thousand, most of them cooks.
There was trouble in the kitchens, and
the mistresses Of the cooks felt like
lynching the darby preacher.