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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07

faIo. The other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Percy, Mrs. Ludwig and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Kidder Of New
York. Mrs. Howard Whiting and Miss
Betty Whiting Of Boston, Mrs. H. G.
Taft and Miss Anne Taft of South
Egremont.
The house and table were elaborate
" decorated with cut flowers, hand
some harness and miniature eQuipages
for the occasion. On the center Of the
table was a birthday cake surmounted
by seven lighted tapers. At the close
Of the lunch Mrs. B. B. Glenny In
rhyme presented Surprise with these
gifts In remembrance Of his birthday:
From Miss Curtis, yellow and green
blanket, embroidered with gold braid.
with the name Surprise worked on a
centerpiece; from Mrs. e. E. Kidder.
q silver vase filed with flowers; from
Mrs B. B. Glenny, cut glass bonbon
dish filed with loaf sugar; from Mr..
and Mrs. Kidder, string Of sugar
plums; from Mrs. Taft, a poem Of
greetings from her pet horse; from
Mrs. Whiting, wreath of oats and
roses; from Mrs. Ludwig, silver trim
med bride.
After luncheon Surprise went into
the parlor and gave an exhibition Of
his mental equipment. At the call Of
Miss Curtis he bows, says yes or no.
lies or sits down, as desired.
At the close of the party the horse
bowed to each Of the guests and trot-
ted out Of the house to his quarters in
the stables near by. Surprise has won
many blue ribbons at horse shows and
at Berkshire county fairs. He was
raised and trained by Miss Curtis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
Two Tunnel WOrkmen Blown
Through Many Feet
of Mud.
THIRTY NARROWLY ESCAPED.
Compressed Air Found a Weak Spot n
SubaqueOus Bore and Made q
Geyser Which Awed Ferry
boat Passengers.

Jacob Kratz and James Williams
were killed and David Hall and John
Gratia injured the other day by spec
tacular accident in the Belmont tun-
mel under the East river, New York
city, while thirty other men barely es-
capped with their lives.
The accident was caused by the high
air pressure forty pounds to the
square inch-necessary in tunnel con-
struction under the East river because
of the quality of the soil encountered.
At els a. N. wOrkmen at the Thirty
fourth street ferry house heard a roar
and out on the river saw column Of
water shoot thirty or forty feet high.
Always In q turmoil above the end Of
ments boiled. Early travellers in ferry
boats looked at the geyser in awe.
In the tube eighty-six feet beneath
the surface as the compressed air blew
out the water came in with a rush.
Though there was q wild scramble to
get out, those near safety lent aid to
the men nearer to the danger. The
two men injured, Hall and Gratia.
would have been killed had not their
comrades dragged them out.
The steel shield driving the tunnel
resembles the lid of round tin can
lister set in the end of the tunnel, with
the edge against the sand and mud
still to be pierced. In the face of the
shield are steel doors through which.
when the shield is pushed forward by
powerful jacks. the displaced mud and
sand pour through into the tube.
whence it is carried back to the shaft
at the tunnel mouth. The cutting face
of the shield is divided horizontally and
vertically into nine pockets, into each
of which steel door opens.
KratZ and Williams We're in one of
the bottom pockets shoveling out mud
and the other men were putting in
place steel section of tube where the
shield had last moved forward when
the compressed air blew out in weak
spot at the bottom of the tube
There were thirtyfour men in the
air lock. When they heard the familiar
roar of escaping air they made a dash
back through the air lock doors to
safety, Juggling at comrades who had
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
MRS. LONGWORTH'S PET.
A Cat Rescued From London Gamins
by the Presidents Daughter.

A Cat Rescued From London Gamfns
by the Presidents Daughter.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the presi,
dents daughter, has picked up a mas
cot, says London cable dispatch to
the Kansas City Times.
Soon after her arrival in London she
started from Dorchester House one
morning to do some shopping. AS she
drove down Park lane she saw two
small boys with a black cat, which
they were apparently trying to stran-
gle with piece of string. She immedi-
ately ordered the carriage stopped and
jumped out.
What are you two young imps do
ing?" she asked.
please, miss, we think 'e's mad"
said the elder, land we are going to
choke i'm, so as nobody can't catch
idrofoby from i'm"
IF you don't give the pussy to me at
once" said Mrs. Longworth, "I'll see
that policeman catches you"
The gamins Immediately handed over
the kitten and fed headlong
Mrs. LOngworth, before resuming her
shopping tour, drove back with the cat
to Dorchester House. She has chris.
tened it John Bull' and has an
nounced her intention Of taking it with
her to America as mascot. John
Bull is already devoted to his rescuer
and is introduced to all the aristocratic
visitors to Dorchester House.
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full from the start. The pair had a
theory that even in our time business
can be conducted honestly and be sue
cessful. The Wielands have proved
this. They now own dry goods store,
a grocery and furniture store, and
from the start, even when her children
were mites of babies, Mrs. Wieland has
given the business her close attention.
She has a hOusekeeper whom she can
trust to take care Of the children at
home. When she leaves Albany on
business the baby goes with her. Mrs.
Wieland Is what is called mental
scientist. She believes that thought
is the canse of everything, good and
bad, and f wo rnrsistentlv keep our
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thought tight good will manifest out
wardly. She declares that millionaires
who amaSs wealth by foul and unjust
means are usually prey to physical
ailments as result of their evil doing.
Furthermore, it is this remarkable wo-
mans theory that disaster and disease
are the result Of fear; that If we can
perfectly cast out fear from our minds,
then will come health. She also de-
clares thai poverty is disease, which
she has learned to cure. Mrs. Wieland
Is utterly opposed to the financial de-
pendence IF woman on man. 1t places
woman at q great disadvantage. Fur
thermOre, motherhood, so far from be-
Ing drawback to business woman,
Is an added strength, says Mrs. VIE
land.
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THE COMPRESSED AIR BLEW OUT.
fallen. The air locks extend back 500
feet from the shield, ending in a door
only three or four feet square Every
body, of course. wanted to get through
ut once. and it was in the rush through
this door that Hall and Gratia were
hurt. Once in and the door shut they
were safe.
But meanwhile the water was pour
ing in great volumes into the tube.
The diameter Of the tube is twenty
three feet, and the water rose in it to
seventeen feet.
Policemen MCGOWAN and Norton, who
have become tunnel experts from long
service near the shaft. went down into
the shaft and helped get the men out
Of the air lock. Putting on rubber
coats and rubber boots, which they
hold ready. they went boldly into the
compressed air. chamber and stayed
there for two hours before they came
out, helping some to get out and trying
to find others.
AT first the confusion was so great
that 1t was not possible to tell whether
anybody was lost or not There was q
rumor that half a dozen had been
drowned and a dozen injured. 1t was
only throuf;S the process Of elimination
that the death Of Kratz and Williams
was discovered
The tunnel was pumped out the mex
ha nf
liams We're found buried in the mud
behind the shield. under which they
had been blown by the force of the air
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07

to BE Drilled to he Bold and Chiv-
slrous and Good When They Grow
Up and Fight For the Right.
Cervantes must have turned over In
bis grave the other day. Three hun
bred years has he lain in peace, and
during those years the adventures OF
the Don Quixote whom he made to live
upon the printed page have driven
from England and from France, from
Italy and from his own Spain the feu-
dial practices which he was the first to
ridicule.
1t has remained for Chicago to do the
unexpected, says the Chicago Post
And Chicago has done 1t. Chivalry Is
to be the order of the day. Knights
Grant are to walk down State street
and on Jackson boulevard; ladies fair
are to reward with ribbons and with
smiles the deeds of greatness done by
their favored champions. Chicago Is
to be the city chivalrous.
All these surprising things which are
to happen to Chicago were made known
at luncheon given at noon as a fare
we'll to Mrs. Isabel Garrison, who is
to spend the summer in Europe. Mrs.
Garrison is the leader in the move
ment for bringing the days of chivalry
into the prosaic present. Eleven
friends gathered with her at. table
to typify the twelve knights who erst-
while sat at the round table Of King
Arthur and recounted the deeds Of
valor they had done.
When the coffee and the cheese had
been placed upon the table Mrs. CARR
son outlined her plans for the emo
bling Of the youth Of the land and the
identifying of the city.
Orders Of knights Grant are to be Or
ganized among the boys Of the gram
mar schools of Chicago. Each chapter
is to be presided over by his majesty
King Arthur and shall be named for
one of the Arthurian knights, with the
exception of the chapter royal, which
shall be called Chevalier de la Sale.
Each boy who would be a knight err
rant must take the following oath:
Hereby 1 solemnly do promise serv-
ice, loyalty and declare my allegiance
to Chicago. my city chivalrous, to be
her faithful knight henceforth."
Truth, gentleness, kindness to ami
mails as we'll as to humankind, faith
fulness and industry-these are the
knightly qualities which the members
of the order will be expected to eXem-
plify.
The shield for the chapters will bear
three C's, for Chicago, City Chival-
rous," and the shield for the chapter
royal shall be the Arthurian shield
upon an American eagle, with the
words from Tennyson, And Arthur
shall come again"
Mrs. Garrison offers a prize of $25 to
furthering of the orders, and while in
Europe she will secure a full suit of
armOr which shall be worn by the King
Arthur Of the Chevalier de La Sale.
1--WE hope to make Chicago a safer
place to live by teaching the citizens of
tomorrow the lessons Of uprightness
and honesty" said Mrs. Garrison re-
Gently. THE stories Of the knights will
take the places Of the vicious dime
novels, and the use Of the chivalrlc
symbols will appeal to the dramatic in
stinct in the boys. We do not intend
to take the matter up with the board
Of education, but hope to have the help
Of teachers in forming our orders"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
Nickname For State of Oklahom.

N1ckname For state OF OkIah Oma.
A newspaper writer in MuSkOgee,
I. T., has suggested that as a charac-
ter name the new state Of Oklahoma
should be referred to as the Indian
State" and gives as his reasons that the
state was once owned entirely by the
Indians and that they own a large
per cent of it still and will continue to
for at least twenty-one years, that it is
the cemetery Of Indian nationality and
that the naming Of this the Indian
State" would be gentle courtesy to
the Five Nations, says the Kansas City
Star. The idea seems to be popular.
At least it is on the Indian Territory
side Of the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
No One Above Him.

During the recent royal procession in
Yokohama, Japan, in marked contrast
to the seas Of heads that we are accus-
toned to see in the upper stories of
the houses in England on similar oc-
casions, nothing but blank windows
were to be seen. says the North China
Herald, due to the fact that in Japan
nobody is allowed to look down upon
the emperor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
wild Western Yell.

Oklahoma! Oklahoma! What's the
matter with Oklahoma? Oh, she's all
right! She won the statehood fight!
Rip! Roar! Bang! Let the bells
clang! Oklahoma has come to stay!
We are it! Get out O. the way! Rip!
Rap! Rah! Without a flaw! Listen
at our jaw! Rah! Rah! Rah!-Pryor
Creek (Okla.) Clipper.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
Women WhOD Do
Mrs. Wieland Has Proved as We'll
as Preached That a Business Ca
reer For Woman Is Compatible
With the Care Of a Family :: ::

In Albany. N. Y, lives Mrs. ]. G.
Wieland, business woman and mother
of four. When she was Miss Florence
Fairyiew and had not tried matrimOny
as an actually she always went in for
the financial independence Of women,
married and single. When she became
the wife of Mr.. Wieland she at once
Joined her husband in establishing a
financial enterprise which was success
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
National Irrigation Conoress

To be held at Boise City. Septembsr
3rd to Sth.
For the above occasion the o. r G.
N. announce very cheap rate 10
Boise City and return of $40
Selling dates-September l and 2
Limit-Continuous passage going.
final return limit thirty days from
date of sale.
Stop Overs-Will be granted on re-
turn trip within final limit
For any additional information, call
on or address,
ROBERT BURNS,
District Freight and Passenger Agent.
C. S. HAYNES, City Ticket Agent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
BIRTHDAY FEAST FOR HORSE
New York WOman's Elaborate Din.
ner In Honor of Her Pet.

New York WOman's Ella bOrate Din
ner In Honor of Her Pet.
Miss Sophie Curtis Of 46 West For
tieth street, New York, gave a dinner
party at her summer home. the Pines,
in Sheffield Mass, the other day In
honor of her pet horse, Surprise, says
a special dispatch from Great Barring
ton, Mass, to the New York Herald.
Invitations had been issued to New
York and Berkshire society people. At
a nod from his mistress Surprise walk
ed into the house and seated himself
at the right hand of Miss Curtis. On
her left was. Mrs. B. B. Glenny of Buff
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
Novelty For Smokers,

Chrysanthemum smoking is the lat
est thing in England. Cigarettes made
Of chrysanthemum leaves and cascaril-
la bark have been found to give relief
In cases Of epilepsy, and one doctor
recommends them as substitute for
tobacco
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
First Glass Family Laundry Work

First Glass Family Laundry Work.
HOusekeepers when you want any
laundry work done you have only to
call up phone 1873 for our wagon,
when we will show you what can be
done by a modern laundry equipped
with modern machinery. Four cents
per pound. Elite Family Laundry.
Telephone 1873. VIM. Teal, manager.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07

To draw the fire out Of burn, heal
cut without leaving scar, or to
skin and scalp diseases, use DeWitts
Witch Haze, Salve. A specific for piles.
Get the genuine. No remedy causes
such speedy relief. Ask for DeWitt's-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
T., r.,

This Is the month, says the Columbia
State, when Oyster Bay has an R in it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-07
KNICHTACE IN CHICAGO
Western Metropolis 20 Be the
City of Chivalry.
SCHEME OF A SOCIETY WOMAN.

According to Mrs. Isabel Garrison,
Leader of the Movement, Boys Are
to BE Drilled to BE Bold and Chiv-
alrous and Good When They Grow
Up and Fight For the Right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
HAVE CLEAN HANDS.
Kansas Answer In Railroad Board
Case Is Filed.

He who comes into a court OF
record must come with clean hands, >
might be the text of the answer which
the board of railroad commissioners
today fled concerning the injunction
suit of the railroads in the United
States court, to prevent the commits
siOners from fixing rates on certain
commodities In Kansas.
The railroads objected to the inter-
ference of the board in setting rates
on the hauling as freight, Of salt, coal,
hardware, grain and wholesale gro
ceries, by filing an Injunction proceed
ing in the circuit court last NoVem Der.
The point was made by the roads that
the rates fixed by the board are unfair,
confiscatory, unremunerative and
would cause such a decrease in re-
ceipts as to seriously impair the reve-
nues. The point was also made that
the rates are violative of the constitu-
ton in that the board is given under
the law. legislative, judicial and ad-
ministrative powers.
Today Carr Taylor, attorney for the
commissioners, Attorney. General Cole
man, and Assistant Attorney a. H.
Helm. fled their answer. It was at
once sent to LeavenwOrth to there be
entered upon the appearance docket
and will therefore not be in the To-
peka court for several days.
The board denies. specifically to all
the charges of the original suit It
denies IHaL the DoaTd mas attempted
to regulate interstate rates. but that on
the contrary has fixed rates only be-
tween certain stations in Kansas. It
denies the rates as unreasonable, I'M
lawful and extortionate. It denies the
charge of unconstitutionality and sets
out the law in an appendix to the. an
swer
THE burden of the proof is upon
the railroads. said Carr Taylor when
asked why he had not set out specific
figures proving his denials.
Then the board attacks the roads by
naming certain ones as belonging to
the Western Trunk Line association.
and the Transmfssouri Freight bureau
These concerns says Mr.. Taylor.
regulate all rates west of the Missouri
river. The rates IN Kansas are fixed
by those associations. Such rates are
unlawful if fixed in that manner He
who comes into a court of record
should come with clean hands,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
THIS is ALUMNI DAY.
Exs Are in Center Of Stage at wash
burn.


Today is alumni day at Washburn
The sons and daughters of Ichabod
who graduated and left the college in
years past viii come back to roam over
the campus and stroll through Il
buildings where they LETT their names
carved on the class room chairs or where
they played their pranks.
The alumni gatherings and reunions
are held each year on the trienniai plan.
the classes from those years making a
special effort to attend. About one
hundred or more from these years will
be in attendance at the alumni pro-
gramme, dinner and business meeting
which has been arranged for from six
O'Clock on. this evening.
Commencing with the six o'clock din
ner which will be served in the hall in
the college chapel to some $50 it will all
be of an alumni nature. The members
of the graduating class are the guests
Of the alumni association during the
OCCASION and are voted into full mem
bership. The evening programme at
the chapel will consist of an alumni ad-
dress by Rev. Guy Foster of Kansas
City Kansas. who will speak on Col
lege Men as Frontiersmen." Musical
numbers will be contributed to the pro-
gramme.
This afternoon the class day OF the
senior class takes place. The ivy ora
u
the other essentials of the celebration
of class day will be given by members
of the graduating class. The ivy orator
is Imri Zumwalt, the historian, John
Van De Mark and the class poem Will
be read by Seth ~ox. The loving cup
will be passed from member to member
Of the senior class and the formal good
bye to the college taken.
The ". c. L. S. held their annual
stag banquet and smoker in the soci-
ETY. rooms last night. President Hughes
made the first speech and introduced
Earl Voorhis who acted as POSTMASTER.
and Ralph Johnston responded to
tOasts.
The commencement exercises will
close tomorrow. In the morning will
occur the granting Of diplomas and the
awarding of degrees. President Plass
will give an open reception at his resi-
dence which concludes the commence
ment events
This afternoon the seniors play the
the battery for the seniors and Out
land and Hogeboom for the faculty.
"Chick" Cunningham. an old Wash
burnite, will be the principal speaker
al Stahrs picnic next Thursday.
The fine arts department gave their
annual recital last night. A very fine
programme was rendered, some Of the
participants showing exceptional talents
in their line.
Washburn faculty except in the fine
arts department.
Tomorrow morning the Washburn
baseball team will elect their captain
for next year George White was cap
tain this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
PLANTED THEIR IVY.
Washburn Senior Class Performs Its
Final Office Today.

With each member of the class bear
ing a clod to throw on the little mound
of dirt which surrounded the newly
planted ivy the class of 1906 of Wash
burn college paid its last homage to
the college as students
The ivy was planted at the south en-
trance to Boswell hall. used as the
college Office and for the fine arts de-
near the Carnegie library sang the
Washburn song as they wended their
way to the Boswell hall. 1t was a
pretty sight. the caps and gowns Of
the graduating class and the gayer
dresses of the friends and spectators
who followed in the rear of the class
as it made it way to the planting Of
the ivy Imri ZumWalt, who has won
many honors in oratory during his
four years course. delivered the ivy
grafton.
Preceding this short programme
was given underneath the trees to the
east of the Carnegie library. Rev. Dr.
D. NJ Fisk addressed the members of
the class, the class poem was read by
Seth Cox, as historian John Van De
Mark read the history of the class,
while Miss Nellie Pond, Miss Hussey
and Mr.. Eldon Tice furnished musical
numbers. The loving cup was then
passed. The members of the class
ranking best in the four years course
Tau Delta Phi were Miss Elfnor
Lukens. Gertrude OFT. Florence Tuck
er. Imri Zumwalt and Eldon Tice. Miss
Lucy Dickinson and Miss AacFarland
were elected to the society at the mid
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

had been granted a rate as low as any
customer. Mr.. Zimmerman also stated
that the city council had voted TO let
the board have the AUDITORIUM free Of
charge for commencement exercises
hereafter.
E. E. Miller reported that a new sys-
tenn of bookkeeping had 0een adopted
in the clerks Office This was done at
the request of the board at a recent
meeting.
Big Decrease shown.
The regular summer repairing bill on
the school houses of the city has been
materially cut down While ordinarily
It has run close to s., 600, this summer
it is just g, 500 Branner. Buchanan,
Clay, Harrison, Lane, Lincoln, Low
man HILL Monroe, Polk, Quinton
Heights, State Street and Washington
schools are the ones that need repairs,
which run all the way from roofing to
broken blackboards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
HERD OF FINE CATTLE.
Ninety Marketed Today Bring Kansas
City Prices.

One of the finest, evenest herds OF fat
today by Albert Sage for r. F. Hodgins
of topeka
The cattle. ninety Of them. were bred
and kept on the Hodgins ranch at Wood
ward. Ok. until last winter when they
were brought to Topeka and taken to the
HOdgins farm ten miles southwest OF To-
peka. where they were placed in the
charge of Mr.. Sage. For 100 days the cat
tie were fed a balanced ration of shelled
corn and cotton seed meal. and the result
mas been most gratifying Though only
two years old. the heifers averaged 90
pounds. and they brought a little over
five cents a pound for them-Kansas city
prices.
Mr. Hodgins hired a carriage today and
took his friends down to the packing
house to see the herd He saws that he
is prouder of his success as a farmer and
stock raiser than he Is of his record as
an iceman or politician.