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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
MANY COLON|sTS COM|kG
Aomeseekers Are Arriving From
The Eastern States.
| ALL WEST BOUND TRAINS CROWDED
PROSPECTS THAT THOUSANDS
BE ADDED TO POPULATION
OF STATE.
ALL WEST BOUND TRAINS CROWDED

heavy movement of colonists from
the eastern states to the Pacific coast
states began February Is on a half
fare one way rate that will continue
until April T. The first of the crowd
reached the coast yesterday. Advices
from Pendleton received today were to
the effect that every westbound train
over the o. r. & n. carried additional
cars filled with me-seekers. Most
of them had tickets through to Port
land while a few came north over the
Spokane -Pendleton passenger train,
bound for the Palouse country. Rail-
road men report that Northern Pacific
trains passing Pasco yesterday carried
a large number of colonists VINO are
seeking new locations.
The railroad companies are receiving
advices from eastern agents that indi-
cate the travel under the new rates
will be the largest ever known in the
history Of the COUNTRY There is ev
cry indication that business will con-
tinue and thousands of new settlers
will be added to the state of Washing
ton and Oregon during the coming
spring and summer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
ESTATE OF JAMES Lamar SETTLED
e. D. Lamar, a Son, ReIinquishes All
Right to Property Left by
His Father.
ing been sustained.

Thomas Mosgrove and Mrs. Agnes
Lamar, executors of the estate of
James D. Lamar, deceased, filed final
accounting in the superior court today
and an order of distribution was en-
tered by Judge Brents. E. D. Lamar,
son, who commenced suit a few
weeks ago for his share Of the estate,
alleged to be due MIN, has withdrawn
the case and the estate will be divided
among Mrs. Lamar and four children,
Mrs. Lille Sheets, Mrs. Bessie Bonney,
Mrs. Thomas Mosgrove and Isaac
Lamar.
According to the final account filed
today, the executors have on hand the
sum Of $2,347.26 in cash; $50 acres Of
land in Walla Walla county, valued
around $35 an acre, and five lots in
Buffers addition. The distribution was
entered as follows: Mrs. Lamar, eight
twelfths and to each of the four chill
dren one-twelfth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Rogue in Good Company.

Let me show you a ring that is nov
city in it's way" said the jeweler, pro-
ducing ring box from his safe.
From the box he drew a handsome
three-stone ring. A diamond as large
as pea was On either side of an en-
erald Of the same size. The stones
sparkled with that luster found only in
the real stone. The emerald suggested
the oceans depths. The visitor ex-
amined it carefully.
Il seen othing moved about it, he
finally declared. 1T is a beautiful and
certainly a most expensive ring. What
is the joker" for the jeweler was grin
ming broadly. Are the diamonds de-
fective?"
Those two diamonds are worth $3.50
in any market" replied the jeweler.
The emerald cost exactly 81. Here is
the idea he went on. "A lady custo-
mer had those diamonds in earrings
and suddenly took notion to have
them put in a ring with an emerald
center. Her husband rasnly promised
the ring for a birthday present and
came to me to do the job When I told
him an emerald that size would cost
about $500 he almost dropped dead. He
could not afford that sum, he declared
but hated to disappoint mis- wife.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 19-Oue
hundred and fifty delegates from nearly
every state and territory We're present
at the opening of the divorce confer
ence" this morning which seeks the
enactment of uniform divorce laws.
Governor Pennypacker. of Pennsyl-
vania. delivered an address outlining
the progress made.
A hearty welcome was extended the
delegates but nevertheless there is a
strong opposition sentiment in Wash
ineton. Relva Lockwood advocates di-
vorce without disgrace
Pennypacker was elected president
and W. H. Stalk, of Pennsylvania, sec
rotary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
A Rare Old Wine.

Il visited a cellar of Tokay last
week." said a hotelkeeper. To-day is
the only wine that keeps On improving
indefinitely. There was wine nearly
300 years old in the cellar. Its price
On the market would be easily $50 a
quart
seemed to inhale cool velvety whiffs of
rich fungus at every step. A slight
haze hung along the top Of the pas
sages-a haze that seemed to be made
of the visible aroma of rare wine.
Il was surprised to see that the bot
ties were kept upright and that the
corks were loosely inserted. Old To-
kay must be kept like that to main
tain a perfect condition, and, thanks
to the loose corks, sample, even of
the oldest vintage, may be tasted at
any moment. A bottle of Tokay may
be shaken without risk of it's turning
turbid
Nobody knows why old Tokay is so
good. 1t is no longer made, just as
genuine Madeira is no longer made.
The secret is lost, like the secrets of
the old Persian rug makers.
I'm the dim cellar I drank a small
glass of 1909 Tokay, and I shall never
forget it's exquisite flavor and bouquet.
The wine, the merchant told me. was
worth $50 a bottle. From that price it
ran down in price to 81 bottle for
the vintage of 1886.
IF you buy by the cask, you can get
a good 1870 Tokay-none mas been
made since 1S70-for 81 bottle. This
strange and delicate wine is said by
physicians to be the only perfect alco-
holic tonic for the weak to drink. By
connoisseurs it is said to be the only
wine with a quite perfect bouquet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Over $50 Cases Reported Within
Past Ten Days.
TRACEADLE TO CITY WATER SUPPLY
FEAR OF CONTRACT
ING DISEASE, BOIL ALL
WATER NOW USED.

EUGENE, Or, Feb. 19.-Dr. J. W.
Harris, county health officer, reports
that to Saturday evening 92 new cases
of typhoid fever in Eugene had been
reported to him since February Z, max
ing a total at present of about 100. The
origin of nearly all the cases reported
during the week is traceable to the city
water which is taken from Mill creek
While the increase in the number OF
cases is now much greater than at any
time since the epidemic began, ma
jority of the physicians are of the Opin-
ion that in a few days the epidemic
will have abated to considerable eX-
tent, owing to the fact that the use OF
boiled water has been general for sew
eral days past. 1t is now hard to fine
a family in the city that does not boi
all drinking water whether it comes
from wells or from the city mains.
Water Company Active.
Every effort is being made by the
new water company to remedy condi-
lions.
Yesterday a site for a new system
of wells was selected. Pure water car
be obtained there and the company viii
at once proceed to dig the wells. They
will be located some distance an6
across the river from the new pumping
plant now in course of construction
The expense will be great, but the COM
pany is determined to furnish the city
with good water at any cost.
peculiar phase of the present cpl
demic is that out of It's Or $50 cases
reported during the past month only
three deaths nave occurred and each OF
these cases was complicated with pneu-
monia. AS a general rule the cases are
mild, although sevehal persons are said
to be quite low with the disease. Some
are of the opinion that perhaps over
half the cases reported as typhoid are
simply malaria.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
SWINDLED IN MINES.
Frank Rockefeller, Oil Kings Brother
the Victim.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19.-Alleging
that he was swindled out of 5000, 900 in
a bogus zinc mine, Frank Rockefeller,
brother of John D. Rockefeller, and
himself a shrewd man of millions, has
turned mis- legal attention from Utley
Wedge, of this city, his partner and al
legged debtor to the extent of $4,000,
and through his attorney, B. p. Finley,
of Kansas City, who is now in Phila-
delphia working on the case, has insti-
tuted a suit in Missouri against Henry
Gross, of ST. Louis, VINO, he c.a.n.s.
fraudulently turned over property in
his hands.
ment, the mine was purchased by him
with Mr.. Wedge as a partner in 1900
from the defunct st. Louis Mining ex-
change, which was run by Henry Gross.
The mine did not pay. Gross quar-
relied with the association, receiver
was appointed and the mine sold out.
1t was learned that Gross himself mad
purchased it under another name. Then
the mine began to prosper.
Mr.. Rockefeller heard of the discov-
cry of rich veins, and after an exami-
nation found the report apparently
ture A shaft had been sunk to great
depth. 1t was veneered apparently
with a splendid coating of zinc and by
brilliant array of magnesium lights
which Rockefeller alleges had been
prepared to deceive prospective pur-
chasers it shimmered and glistened like
crystal palace.
When the mine failed Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter sued Wedge for the amount of the
note in the United States circuit court.
A verdict was returned for the defend
ant and a motion for a new trial later
denied Since then Mr.. Rockefeller has
dropped the Wedge Indebtedness as a
dead ISSUE" but is determined to make
some one suffer for his loss, and so has
begun the present suit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
A Polite DISCHARGE.

James Rankin Young, the new su-
perintendent of the dead letter office.
admires politeness.
1T is possible" he said recently. ito
be polite always. 1t is possible to be
polite even when discharging a drunk
en- coachman. 1 know that this is so.
for 1 have seen the thing done.
"A friend of mine found himself
obliged last week to get rid of his
coachman for drunkenness. He sum-
moned the man into his presence. and
discharged him with this polite speech:
Il fear, Montgomery, that We must
part. 1t has been impossible for me to
avoid noticing that several times in
the past month you have-er-been-
er-sober. Now 1 don't believe that
any man can attend properly to drink
ing if he has driving to do, and, there
fore, at the months end you will be
free to devote yourself exclusively to
your chosen occupation"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Motter-WheeIer Go. S
Is the Only Place in WaIIa WaIIa to Get
.-THE.-
a2NzzzUENzuzzI
ai<l


Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis,
whom President Roosevelt ap-
pointed to the international tribunal
for the North sea tragedy, is a native
of Cambridge, and at dinner in Cam
bridge he once said:
Here, in the home of Emerson, we
are, perhaps, too fond of quoting the
beautiful mandate, Hitch your wagon
to star We are too fond Of holding
that only excellence is good.
Il desire to say a word for medioc-
rity, for humility. I desire to urge on
ward all those who, aware that they
can do nothing really excellent, Moth
ing really extraordinary, sit inert in
their humility, and thus deprive the
world of the commonplace, but still
profitable, good things that are in them.
1T is we'll to desire to be first rate,
but it is better to be second-rate than
to be no rate at all-than to keep out of
the struggle altogether. When think
of those who keep out of the struggle
altogether 1 am reminded of a GER
tain tramp.
This tramp stopped at a Wisconsin
farmhouse and asked for something to
eat.
Why, man, how filthy you are,
you go off somewhere and take bath?
Don't you know cleanliness is next to
godliness?
1.-The tramp replied haughtily:
Madam, 1 cultivate no second-class
virtues"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Water in Death Valley.
Atlantic MONTHLY.

There are many acres in the desert
where drinkable water lies within a
few feet of the surface, indicated by
the mesquite and the bunch grass
(Sporobolus airoides) 1t is this near
ness of unimagined help that makes
the tragedy of desert deaths 1t is re-
lated that the final breakdown of that
hapless party that gave Death Valley
its forb'dding name occurred in a To-
cality where shallow wells would have
saved them. But how were they to
know that? Properly equipped it is
possible to go safely across that ghast-
ly sink, yet every year it takes it's toll
of death, and yet men find there sun
dried mummies, of whom no trace or
recollection is preserved.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

If your boy slides down a cellar
door once day he slides down
cellar doors, and anything he can
slide on, twenty times once. Yet
you buy him a cheaply put to-
gether suit of loosely woven
cloth made of twenty threads OF
cotton to one of wool and then
wonder why he goes through it
so quickly.
Next time buy him a "Hercules-
Kantwearout" Shower-Proof Suit
will cost you no more than one
"ordinary' suit but will last as long
as two-wilI look better all tho
time and save you hours of mending.
A Hercules suit free if you find a
thread Of cotton i'm the fabric
neither sun, rain nor wear will fade
the colors. Fabrics or Innings will
never shrink. Coat and pants will
always keep their shape.
Coat lined with extra heavy double
warped Italian cloth. Two sleeve
Innings instead of one-outside lin
ing wears out, rip it off and you
have new lining ready for wear.
Pants full lined with cold shrunk
Irish lnen-makes them sanitary.
stronger and more comfortable in
cold weather. Seams double stitched
with heavy silk thread-inside leg
and seat seams covered with tape
cloth will wear down to paper thin
ness before seam will give.
Look sha,p for administration
cuLes" label on inside coat collar
and on sleeve.
Made in double breasted two-pieco
Knee Pants suits for boys 6 to 10.
Five Dollars everywhere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

why not put in an imitation stone?
I suggested. They can be bought fol
50 and the charge for cutting to the
proper shape is 50 more" The dia-
monds speak for themselves. Nobody
would presume, therefore, to question
the genuineness of the emerald. And
in such good company it will seem te
possess all the merits of the real
stone.
He yielded and this is the result. II
who have seen it, and will fool thou
sands without a chance for detection
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
CONFESS ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN
Students Go for Walk to Talk RELIGION
and Try to Wreck
Train.

COLFAN, Feb. 19.-William Bartlett
aged IS. and Loran Burnett, aged 16
students of Edwards college, a United
Brethren school at Albion, are in the
county Jail here today and both have
confessed that they made the unsuc-
cessful attempt to wreck the passenger
train on the o. r. & N. at Shawnee
station several days ago. The boys
had removed the bolt from the switch
rod and turned the rails so that the
passenger train, which was heavily
loaded, was thrown upon the blind sid
ing. Engineer Corey, by quick work
with emergency brakes and reverse
lever, saved the heavily loaded pas
senger train from running off the end
of the switch.
Both boys have confessed and their
stories agree. Bartlett was the leader.
He is intensely religious and had taken
Burnett for a walk in order to convert
him, and while walking on the railroad
track and urging Burnett to become a
Christian, Bartlett suggested wrecking
the train. Burnett's father is a highly
respected farmer, who is heartbroken,
but refuses to hire an attorney to de-
fend his boy whom, he says, must go
before the judge and tell the truth, it
it sends him to the penitentiary. Bart
let's father is dead and he makes his
home with his mother and stepfather
r. NJ. Campbell, farmer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
The Pellets That Kill.

The late L. Clarke Davis. the noted
journ alist of Philadelphia, was an ad-
mirable angler, and almost as good a
shot
Mr.. Davis and a prominent Philadel-
phia physician went to New England
one autumn to shoot over the preserves
of a rich Bostonian. The editor had
good luck, but the doctor was unable
to make one decent shot.
The keeper was Scot, and the poor
craftsmanship of the physician angered
him. At every miss he would snort and
grunt.
'Ye're dom purify" ne would say
Man. ye're dom purify"
Indeed, 1 am doing poorly" cried
the physician after an inexcusable
miss. What's the matter with the
birds? l can't kill one of them"
Write EN- a prescription, DOCTOR
said the keeper
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
The Worlds Whiskers.

'The most remarkable whisker nov
city," the barber said, lis to be found
in France. Frenchmen, for the last six
months, nave been wearing box
boards. A box beard is as square as
a piece of carpentry; nine inches long,
five inches wide. two inches deep; ev-
cry corner sharp and true, and all the
surfaces, upper and under and side
smoothed as if with plane.
1.-THE box beard is neat and queer II
was introduced by the king of the Bel
gians.
''The English have a new mustache
the butterfly. The butterfly is not
more than two inches long. 1t is just
a feathery little thing under the nose
with ends turning upwards and in
wards. 1t has been adopted by all the
young army officers. The king na'
stamped it with his approval.
"You will hardly believe it, but il
Italy the patch is being worn. The
Italian has his chin shaved smooth ex-
cept for tiny circular patch, the SIZE
of a shirt stud, and in the patch he
grows a little tuft a half incn long. II
is as though the Italian had a mole
there, but the patch is just his coquet-
ry.
Here in America smooth faces, OF
boards or mustaches In the more sim
pie, classic styles, continue. The mer
of America would be ashamed to veal
the box, the butterfly, or the patch
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
For People of Thirty.

eff you reach the age of 80 without
having had any serious illness, you will
be likely to live till 20 or MORE" said
a physician. "All the old folks 1 know
reached 80 without any alarming mala-
dies scored against them
From 80 on, all you need to do is to
be careful, to observe a few simple
rules of health. l should say that these
rules-and they are the rules that have
been adopted by the German emperor
were simple and good:
Eat fruit at breakfast and at
luncheon.
"'Avoid pastry, mullins, hot bread
and buttered toast.
Walk at least four miles in the
open air daily.
Eat potatoes only once a day.
Do not drink tea or coffee
Take a daily BATH and wash the
face with warm water before retiring.
Sleep eight hours"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Business Stagnsnt.

The epidemic is having a decided eff
feet upon business in the city and the
results will be felt for a long time to
come. The wide publicity given to the
epidemic will have the effect of retard-
ing the city's growth for several years.
However, the citizens are making the
power to stamp out the scourge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
MANY MINERS KILLED OR INJURED
Maitland Goa! Mine Wrecked by Ex-
pIosion-Twenty-Five Men
Manned or Wounded.

WATSONBERG, Col, Feb. 19.-Tne
Maitland coal mine was wrecked by a
gas explosion this morning. From Is
to 25 men were either killed Or MANNED.
Several bodies have already been taken
out, but the work of rescue is very
slow. owing to gas and debris. The
property is operated by the Victor Fuel
company one of the biggest bitumlnous
coal producers Of the state. The dead
are said to be Italians and Americans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Daniel Storms Has RESIGNED.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 19.-Dan-
lei Storms has resigned as secretary of
state to accept a $4,000 position with
a mining company in Nevada.
The action follows the demand by
Governor Hanley after the discovery
of alleged irregularities in the conduct
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
SEARCHING FOR MRS. WILLIE MINER
WIDOW OF CHARLES YERKES
CANNOT BE LOCATED IN CHI.
CAGO-LEFT NEW YORK.

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 19.-EffOrts to
locate Mrs. Miner formerly Mrs.
failed She is reported to have had a
falling out with her new husband over
his demand to nave a million or so set
aside for his use.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Presidential Nominations.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 19.-Tne
following postmasters We're appointed
today:
California-Hiram Trip, Santa
Rosa; G. Demsoy, MOZART; Joseph
Farmhouse, San Fernando
Oregon-Blackerly, Silverton.
Utah-N. Paulson, Ricnfield.
Observation-Disclosures Harrison, Spo-
kane; William Buckley, Sprague.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
Judge Whitson Is Holding First
Term in Wa|Ia Wa||d.
DEPORTATION CASES WILL Be HEARD
SEVERAL IMPORTANT CASES ARE
ON DOCKET AND READY
FOR TRIAL.

The United States circuit and dis
trict courts were convened in Walla
Walla this morning for the first time
since the creation of the new eastern
Washington district. Judge Edward
Whitson is presiding and the other
court officials present are: United
States District Attorney A. G. Avery
United States Marshal G. H. Baker
Deputy Marshal R. D. McCulley, Clerk
F. c. Nash.
AS soon as the court was convened
this afternoon at o'clock the roll OF
the jurors was called and the jurors
excused until tomorrow morning.
There were several cases on the
docket in both the circuit and district
court that will probably come to trial
this week.
Deportation Cases.
1t is expected that Judge Whitsor
will take up the case of Willie Mon
and Wah Hop, the two Cinnamon, who
are slated for deportation. They We're
serving sentences in the state peniten-
tiary, but received pardons from Gov
ernor Mead under the new federal sta
tute providing for the deportation of al
foreigners serving in prison. They
were released from the prison about a
year ago and since that time have
been held in custody at the county Jail
Damage Suit Against N. P.
In the case of Mr.. Lee L. Ellis, OF
Dayton, versus the Northern Pacific
Railway company, an action to recover
damages in the sum of $4,000 for in
juries received in a wreck near Ellens-
burg about a year ago, ner attorney
Will Fouts, was granted 80 days in
which to file a new complaint, the
demurrer Of the railroad company hav-
ing been sustained.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

LOST-THIS MORNING ON EAST
Main st. or First, lady's new brown
purse containing 1886. Keep money
and return purse to Mrs. John Smith
or leave at this Office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

amines heads, gives health consulta-
tons daily at Dacres Hotel, until
February Goth
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

denied the governors right to remove
Storms.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

Meet me at the-Walla Walla Bowling
Alleys and develop your muscles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19

But for a real good meal go to
Olson's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-19
DaCreS Hotel

Mrs. o. S. Fowler is teach
ing classes the use of cleo
tricity to cure disease, ex-