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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Frank A. Thompson Obtains Money
About Town,
USED NAME OF A. N. ROBINSON
PLEADED GUILTY TO THE
CHARGE THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE JUDGE BRENTS,

Having completed all arrangements
to take unto himself a bride and not
having sufficient money to properly
celebrate the event, Frank Thompson,
teenth cavalry, and lately employed as
a farm hand by A. M. Robinson, en-
morning by issuing false paper on a To-
cal bank, securing about $50. Seven bo-
six of which he succeeded in passing
at several saloons. To four Of these
checks Thompson signed the name of
his employer, A. M. Robinson, while
the others were made payable to him.
self. When he presented the checks at
the several saloons Thompson had no
trouble in securing money for the
amount called for on each of the pieces
Of the paper, as he represented that he
was working for Robinson and also
claimed that he had an account with
one of the banks.
Shortly after cashing one of the
checks one of the saloon proprietors
presented the check at the bank when
the cashier pronounced the signature
of Robinson to have been a forgery
The matter was reported to the pO-
lice and late Saturday evening Robin
son was arrested on a charge of forg
cry, taken to the city Jail and locked
| up.
This morning Thompson's BRIDE to- be
a Miss Pugh, who has been employed
as a domestic on a farm near Walla
Walla, came to the city to meet her
promised husband according to pre-
| him she began making inquiries when
she finally learned that he was under
| arrest on a charge of forgery. She
| went TO the Jail and held a short in
terview with Robinson and after she
departed the ex-soldier informed the
officers that he desired to be taken be-
fore Judge Brents to plead guilty to
the charge.
At o'clock this afternoon Thomp-
son was taken before Judge Brents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
The Patrick Hearing.

NEW YORK. n. Y, May 21.-John
: Potter. an undertaken. today tesu-
fed in the hearing for Albert L. Pat
rick. condemned murderer, that he en-
balmed Rice's body and used less than
haf a gallon of fluid. which did not
enter the lungs The hearing is now
before Recorder Goff.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Europe's Oldest Woman.

LISBON, May 21.-Maria Candida
Magelhaes. the oldest woman in Eu-
rope, celebrated her 116th birthday yes
terday. She is remarkably strong for
her age and feels confident that she
will live at least ten more years. She
often speaks of the battle of Trafalgar,
which she remembers as if it had just
happened. She has spent most of her
life as domestic and has always been
a moderate drinker of wine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Knights Tempar Begin to Assemble.

PITTSBURG, Pa. May 21.-The
delegates of the fifty-th third annual con-
cave of the grand commandery
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania,
which will open here tomorrow. are
beginning TO arrive here in large num-
oers. The local members of the or
Ger and the various committees of the
citizens are busy receiving the dele
gates upon their arrival. All day dele
gates arrived at the headquarters OF
me conclave to register and receive
'heir badges, after having delivered
'helr credentials. About ten thousand
hnights and at least twenty-five thou
sand other visitors are expected to ar
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
IS sToEssEl coNDEMNEDITo DIE?
Reported That Military Court Has
Pronounced Death PenaIty-Ne-
boqatoff Also Gets %.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 21.-It is
rumored that the military court of in
vestigation Of the Port Arthur sur
render has condemned to death Lieu
tenant General Stoessel and Rear Ad-
miral Nebogaton, commander of one of
Rojestvensky's squadrons.
The douma has refused to accept the
czar's challenge to fight. When MOur-
umtzf reported that the douma's re-
ply must be presented to the minister
the douma proceeded with the order
Of the day. The radicals denounced
the resolution and insisted on their rep
resentatives personally addressing the
czar.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
MUST BEAR CRIMES oNUs.
Absolute Discharge Refused Rich
Ranchman, Accused of Murder.

TOPEKA, Kan, May 21-Chauncey
Dewey has failed in his effort to have
the district court of Norton ordered to
discharge him from the accusation Of
murder made against him in the lower
court. The lower court dismissed the
case without prejudice to future action,
and Dewey wanted an absolute dis
charge. The supreme court denied this
request. His demand was based on
technicalities.
Dewey, who is a millionaire ranch
man, was, with two of his cowboys, or
iginally charged with having shot and
killed neighboring ranchman as the
result of feud The trial Of the case
was sensational.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21

rive here today and tomorrow and the
hotels and restaurants are kept busy.
The officers of the grand commandery
have their headquarters at the annex
hotel This afternoon an executive
session of the grand officers will be
held to arrange for the last prelimina-
ries of the conclave. The local COM
manderies will hold open house during
the entire cOnclave.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
To Wed Servian Official.

PARIS, May 21.-King Peter of Ser.
via will be present personally at the
wedding here week from Monday of
Miss Blanch Ullman, Of New York. to
DR.. R. M. Vestnich, now Servian min
lister to Paris and lately appointed min
lister of justice in the cabinet formed
by Premier Pasitch. The marriage GER
emony will be performed according to
the Russo -Greeke rite in the Russian
church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Leave Girls to Drown.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., May 21.-
wears old. were drowned yesterday at
Clarks landing on the Mullica river
nv the upsetting of a sailboat Frank
Sharp and Henry Cries, who were with
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Boy JiIts Girl; Weds Her Mother.

White. a Somerville boy of IS, has mar
ried Mrs. Caroline Christine Swanson,
AZ years old. mother of his former
sweetheart, Miss Juniette Swanson,
who is II. The bride has two sons
older than her new husband.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Fraud Order Against Patent Medicine

WASHINGTON, D. c., The Mexico
nostoffice department has issued a
fraud order against the international
Serum Toxine Company, OF New YORK
with branches in many parts of the
country. The preparation is sold as
blooAl-poison cure. Its BOOKS sho"
that $250,000 was received from Hill
vidual patients last year w. H.
Cooper. founder Of the S1egei-Cooper
stores of Chicago and New YORK. was
president until shortly before his death.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
American Consul Assassinated.

BAYONNE, May Civ. H. Stuart,
American vice counsel here was assas-
sinated at IL o'clock last night.
Stuart was an Englishman appointed
in May, 1904. His salary was paid in
feZ Stuart was engaged in business
Stuart was murdered in his country
residence by dissatisfied workmen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
A Fiqht With lootsrs.

A running fight between four mem-
bers of Company E. the first regiment
Of National Guards occurred at noon
with five looters engaged in making
off with dynamos from sub-station of
the San Francisco Gas & Electric COM
pany at Minna and Eleventh streets.
The loOters led a lively chase In a
wagon despite the commands Of the
fired at the loOters, two taking effect.
At FobOm and Eleventh streets two
Of the looters alighted and made off
down FObOm. The others escaped
down Eleventh street with their
wounded.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
To See kino Crowned.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 21.-C.
H. Graves, United States minister to
Sweden. has been designated to repre-
sent the government at King Haakons
coronation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
SENATOR bRT0NS SENTENCE SUSTAINED TODAY BY TE SSPRE COURT

where he was arraigned. He stated
that he was ready to plead and did not
desire counsel to represent him. He
entered a plea of guilty, but requested
that sentence be deferred until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. His request was
granted and he was turned over to
Sheriff Painter for safe keeping until
tomorrow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
S. A. D. PUTER
IN THE TOLLS
Land sWind|er Caught in
Alameda, California.
NO GETAWAY THIS TINE
Will Be Taken Immediately to
Oregon Where He Must Face
Several Indictments.

Assistant United States Attorney
Black stated this morning that S. A. D.
Puter, apprehended at Alameda yester-
day for alleged completely in Oregon
land frauds will be taken to Oregon
Immediately, where proceedings in the
federal court will be begun against
him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21

the girls, state that the rudder became
unfastened as sudden sQuall over
turned the boat They say the girls
were caught under the boat. The men
swan ashore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
To Preserve Peace in Panama.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 21.-The
cruiser Columbia. sails from the navy
yards today with six hundred marines
for Panama to preserve peace during
the elections in the canal zone. The
men expect hard fighting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Attempt to Kill Count Keller.

kALlSZ, Poland, May 21.-An at
tempt was made to kill Count Keller
riding was killed and Keller was
wounded.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
TWO BROTHERS DROWN.

One PerIShed WhITe Trying 70 save tne
Others Life.
KINGSLEY, Iowa, May 21.-The two
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II Mead were
drowned In the Little Sioux river Sat-
urday afternoon. The fatality was not
known till Harold Payne and B. Nash
found the clothes of one of the boys on
the bank i search brought up both
bodies. The youngest boy was dressed,
so it is supposed that the other went
beyond his depth and his brother tried
to save him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Canada To Sent 100000.

OTTAWA, May 21.-It is understood
the Canadian government has practi-
cally decided to forward the one hun
dred thousand dollars voted by parlia-
ment for Frisco relief. 1t will go as
a contribution to the Red Cross or the
mayor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
President Nominates Consuls.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 21.-The
president today nominated the follow
ing consuls: Gen. William T. Fee, of
Ohio at Mukden; Leo Allen Berg
hose, of New York, at Canton, China
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21

Presbyterians To Aid Churches.
DES MONIES, Iowa, May 21.-The
Presbyterian assembly will raise three
hundred thousand in churches by
June IS, for Frisco and other California
churches injured by the quake.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Pone Ia lmprovino.

ROME, May 21.-The pope is i'm
proving today and he was able to
leave his bed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Scripps Is Very Ill.

DETROIT, Mich, May 21.-James E.
Scripps' condition is very critical. His
family is at his bedside.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
Masonic Burglar Gets 40 Years.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 21.-Thos.
Metelski, known as the Masonic burg
lar" was sentenced to forty years in
prison today as a habitual criminal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
2oyaI Areanum Reflects Officers.

NORFOLK, Va, May 21.-All the
officers of the supreme council of the
Royal Arcanum were reelected today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
New Cabinet for Venezuela.

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 21.-Act-
ing President Gomez has appointed
new cabinet with DR.. LeopoldO Baptis-
ia, for minister Of the interior.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

are gymnasium and armory, Turkish baths
and massage and physicians and officials TO conduct
them. For the mental there Industrial and
literary schools. Ignorance and idleness are usu-
young men Instructed in the elements Of learn
when they once more gain their freedom they viii
6e In q position to earn an honest livelihood More
formaSory. Each inmate has rating based on
in studies and work On this record is based his
parole. When he reaches the upper rank place
leave the reformatory with the expectation that
that he has been a entex reoFed in the Course Of
a given period Of time he Is discharged. The reg
Of young who have committed felonies in this
state and have been sentenced to the reformatory
institution by continuing to live respectable and in
dustrious lives after their release.
that It has been adopted in several states includ-
illinois and Minnesota. second reformatory has
been built in this state at Napanock. Not only has
New York Indiana and Massachusetts, In New
York State there are three reformatories for
BE Believing Vim not only that "a @ stitch in time saves
older and more hardened criminals in the state
prisons are also being brought within its scope:
II is proposed 10 include among the buildings of
the prison to replace Sing Sing a schooIhouse.
especially to New York State many Of thoss who
are reaching the state prisons are unable TO read
of American customs and laws in some cases was
S fST sp tRsr sn there One Of the
term OF twenty years a punishment for mur-
derously -assaulting another man. 1t case OF
the ''unwTitten law" The young man. he was only
nineteen, his wife only seventeen owing to his un-
familiarity with American ways. had committed
serious crime without criminal intent
II has been the custom to have night schools in
state prisons, but in New York State dav
schools are now maintained under competent in.
structors. There are fifteen hundred in these
schools. In some cases the faculties are made up
Of conv1cts, with a teacher from the outside IN
charge. At Of the prisons the superintendent
gave up the superintendency of 6 normal school
in order 20 take the position.
a FINE EXAMPLE.
A contrast between the old and new ideas of
treating convicts may be stTikngly IN the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
AFTER PRISON, WHAT2

After prison, what2 People are taking an inter-
est in that question. too and it is becoming easier
for the reformed criminal to secure q fresh foot
hold.
The subject was discussed the other day by Mrs.
Maud Ballington Booth, head Of the Volunteer
Prison League. who is trying through her Hope
Halls in the neghborhood of New York and Chi
cago to solve the problem Of after prison. whatr'
Many of prisons are old and wrongly
located" said she prisons ought to be in the
country where there be plenty OF land for the
employment of the prisoners out of doors. For in
stance the Charlestown prison is within the city
Of Boston The prison at Columbus. Ohio. is on the
most valuable property right IN the city. The
prison at Trenton. N j. IS also right in the centre
OF the city. It has been enlarged recently, but
this could be done only at the expense Of the only
space the prison afforded for outdoor exercise.
Joliet prison, close to Chicago. is In busy town
and surrounded by factories and blast furnaces
such the state could sell the sites TO ad-
vantage. and with the money rebuild in the coun-
try where the land is cheaper. Then proper venti-
lation and sanitation could be secured This would
take the has lived in unhealthy slums
into q wholesome atmosphere, and during his i'm
prisonment brace him up. DrunkaTds and drug
users would be greatly benefited by giving them
work to do on the land. There is a great demand
for 10 farm hands, but could not supply them At
the present time come out of prisons and
drift back to the cities, where they meet their old
temptations and companions. There IS such de-
mand for farm labor in Iowa that every man who
left prison this year could have secured employ
by locating the prisons on farm land, the prs-
oner could be trained in farm work, and in that
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
AT THE MECKLENBURG. CHASE. CITY

Chase City, Va. Dec % (SpeciaD.-In spita a,
the Christmas feeling in the air and the '.bor,s
calls which are alluring at this season MANY I'm
ger here, and indeed SO many applications bava
come for entertainment for Christmas week tbat
instead OF the quiet week which had been artt-
cipated. the management of the MeckIenbure A.
now making arrangements 70 celebrate the ,ast,,,-
season The fox hunters will be in evidence 80
the house party will enjoy old Virginia CbrIst
mas with all the good cheer which tho cop5itt0
here AFFORD. The Christmas german Will he -
Thursday evening and will be the indoo. St -,
feature of the week. ~OOA sOCIAA
One of the most delightful affafrs oP A.. ---
was dinner given early in the Usel, 10 nc
Gordon, or New York. who comes annuaIIy To- .t =
shoouhs lovers We're laid for twelve an5 rbs so1
NehlrS Ior each guest OcCasiOned merrirNaot ~,
guests IN turn, had prepared for the bosr a ne
uSI jail MnCh contained humorous orgsrtrs-
Win JIle sentiments OF each guest Tha Sirras.
eopeS,aITs eScnss or the Mecklenburg prepared
eSpeSia!Iy tor the occasion. Those enioytrcP NJ
1O5u0I hospitality were Mrs w r UnSbeSs " ~
Si nIi9. y r.. werner. DR. and Mrs a p IsNs-J
; eli4 NlIs. l. r Williams the Misses I,,IrSSeI
ansrsn, eSS' H. T. Cooley and Miss Mary Carte
cr- Mr- and Mrs. John Philip souss. os N,su, vo.,,
eaS; aSS; Wno came down for the quail shootinS IvSrS
anticinafe "eek " aIter stay OF several weeks bur
"t1STtSiiptdte return in January. N' NNs
,JMsdbufy blanchard son Of Justfca Yao
"a har u OF tho SGprcme Court OF New Yo~~
- 49, 49, Iot several weeks shooting N'
= ~ Bayard, Chicago: Mrs a. Scb1 T0Th are ,I ytts
SSIrs, Ss, joseph Ross, Philadelphia: nj IT, r. nstjs
aDd Nh. w u SiAespis. New Castle Penn Dr'
r l. nj Dsv - EIjIay' "a May Philadelphia Mr. and Mrs
T. lay lay hIdsely, Md: j. s CutarIar BosfoT.
=. j. Hickey, Richmond: Mrs s NGcDn1ls, 2v'
NfIItii'd' V,9 u MChaels, Richmond. Mr ana NfTs
NIlckle, Richmond; Mrs. E ~ 5oNt ys.,.. s.,u --ts.
Brewer, Baldmora. '' Neih' ahd J' IL
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
CHURCHES FOR AMERICANS.

First it is worth finding out just what the
churches doing for the English speaking set
tlement There is in Yokohama prosperous
and well attended Episcopal church. supported
by individuals and by English business firms
who follow the old English custom Of renting
number OF sittings for their employees. In
sense. this Episcopal church is the centre Of
the social life OF the community. There is also
n French Roman Catholic church. we'll estab-
lished and successful.
For Americans there is a union church.
which every Sunday morning holds services In
the building of one of the Japanese congrega-
lions. and I'm the evening vesper service in
the attractive auditorium of the Dutch Re-
formed girls school on the bluff These services
are supplied by different missionaries each Sum
osy An effort is afoot the part OF American
residents there TO build a church for this congre-
gatlon ana to call pastor from America. thus
centr1ng In the church an aggressive moral
IOEce "hlch viii be able to reach the foreign
youns men OK Yokohama, who constitute the
Guys greatest religious problem.
cannot find that conditions among the latter
are as pad as reported, although they are bad
enough as might be expected when q host OF
single young men go half a world away from
nome aho It's restraints. and find themselves in
community Where there is no public sentiment.
Yokohama Is more eloquent argument for the
improvement or moral conditions here than any
abstract preachments. The tourist who comes
here TO see sights Is not always exactly a moral
work to cultivate the worst side NJ American
manhood win The result that one views some
pitiable WRECKS or once promising lives. Yet
foRohshin Aao inany clean, strong. able AInert-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
Investigator Finds Them
Doing Good Work in This
Nest of Their Detractors.
By william T. Ellis.

Copyright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles,)
The mongrel city OF Yokohama is the most
that many travellers see Of Japan. yet is it
neither japanese nor foreign. and is spoken OF
disparagingly by everybody throughout the en-
pire except those whose business interests lie
there. The city is a comparatively recent crea-
Japanese even in its speech. The Yokohama
dialect is a byword throughout Japan. Nor Is
the city Chinese. though it has large colony
of "pigtais" Still less can 1t be called European
although its 600 European residents make it the
most foreign city in Japan.
The Importance of Yokohama lies in the fact
that il is the first gateway for the trade OF the
Orient Here the West first touches the East
It is in the big, hybrid hotels along the Yo5o-
hama bund which neither the East nor the
West would own, which charge Waldorf-Astoria
prices for Oshkosh accommodations, that the
tourists hear the stories concerning missionaries
that are retailed around the world as the first
hand knowledge OF those who have been on the
scene and really know.
A curious story illustrates the composite char
acter Of this important city, and shows not
only the commingling of the old and the new
there but also the chaotic state Of the Japanese
mind at present with respect to religion. Upon
Yokohama's famous bluff a rich American has
built elaborate home. which greatly re-
sembes a Buddhist temple that the Japanese
were at first angry at what they thought to be
mockery. Fearing that for this reason the
building might be burned, the insurance COM
panies for a long time declined to accept It as
ris
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

reasons. From the Americans and Europeans
who make up this large foreign community
many Japanese take their impressions of the
West. If Yokohama white men do not believe
in Christianity or missions, why should the
japanese? The local situation is also worth in
vestigating because It is at this place that one
finds the greatest number of young American
business men and American sailors, who might
be expected to receive the kindly attentions of
the American churches.
The stories ono hears concerning Europeans
(as all white people called in the port
cities of the Orient are not pretty The criticism
Of missionaries pales into insignifcance beside
the criticism Of the American business man. In
fact the two are said 20 have a relation have
heard missionaries charge that IL is because
Christianity rebukes the lax moral code OF the
foreign community that the latter strongly
condemns missions. This is rather too sweep
ing, and too easy answer to the charges laid
at the door OF the missionaries.