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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13
Baltimore & Ohio r. K.
Popular Excursions To
NIAGARA FALLS
ONLY sII.5o ROUND TRIP
FROM MARTiNSBURG.

July Is and 27; August 3 and IL,
September Ia and rs, 1906.
Excursion tickets will be sold on
above dates for any train making con-
nections with Special Train leaving
Washington 7.3Q A. A., Baltimore
Camden Station) 50 A, NJ, arriving
Niagara Falls at HOO p. M.
From points west of Mt. Airy and
Washington Junction, tickets will be
sold for any tram on day previous to
above dates.
Tickets valid for return ten Q0) days;
including date of sale, on all regular
trains, except "Black Diamond Ex-
press of Leigh Valley Route.
Call on ticket agents for pamphlet
giving fnll information as to stop-overs,
side-trips, etc
6212ts.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-07-13

Mr. John w. TrammelI, wife and
daughter have arrived in this city from
Oxford, Nebraska, and will make Mar
tinsburg their headquarters for quite a
while, Mr. Trammell is looking fresh
ard hearty, and his many friends in
this section are delighted to see him.
After number of years of strenuous
and successful work he considers that
he is entitled TO q good long rest, and
ii is probable that he will come East
to live the balance of his life.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
KID sCALER HUGS TO new YORK
Spokane Fighter is Making Good in
Gotham and Has Won
Some Fights.

About a week ago rumor had it that
Kid Scaler was on his way home
from the east, having become disguised
with the chances of taking on any of
the good ones there, but the rumor ran
wrong, for the sporting editor of the
Chronicle received a note from the
Spokane fighter dated at New York,
August 8, saying that he is doing bust
ness in the American metropolis, but
expects to be home in about a month
TIL note follows: 81 am writing a
few lines to let you know 1 am still
alive. Last night 1 boxed the main
bout at the Long Acre club and won
over Jimmie Murtho easy. am match
ed with the same club for next Thurs
day and next week 1 will box Jim Co.'S
tello in Bridgeport, Conn. l expect to
be home in about a month";
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
ADJUSTMENTS

Lovers of music will be glad to know
that Jeff Smith is the man who conducts
the musical affairs of the Mahara min
strels which appear at the Keylor
Grand Theater Saturday night Jeff
Smith for the past three years has been
the musical director of Booker T.
WashingtOns Tuskogee college in AL
ALBANIA and it was only the inducement
of fat salary that persuaded him to
join the Mahara forces. AS a violin and
trombone virtuoso, Jeff Smith has few
equals and as a band master has been
called the cOlOred Sousa, SO that out
side of the laughable antics of the
Darktown senators those who witness
the performance next Saturday night
will be treated to a class of music sell
dom rendered by a travelling organiza-
ton.
Mahara's famous challenge band and
orchestra will give a gorgeous street
parade at noon the day of the show.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
THE AMERICAN INHERITANCE.

1.-THE average American today is bet
ter and bigger physically and men
tally than any one that ever walked
the earth before him. This is not
the explosion of a Fourth of July orator
but the deliberate declaration of Dr.
William Heinrich, a well-knOwn ply
stefan and alienist who has made a life
long study of archaeology and compare
tive history. His conclusion is that
the college athlete of this day is SUI
perior to the famed athletes who con-
tested for the laurel crown in the
Olympian games of 20 centuries ago.
OF course, the expert is speaking
of types. There are degenerates in
America as there were in the ancient
days. We owe to our wholesale immi-
grafton, which We have only recently
made some feeble effort to guard, the
influx of certain elements which can
not stand the pace of American life
but we nave gained Dy immigration
the cream of the physical man from
the Scandinavian peninsula, from Ire
land, Scotland and Germany. We have
had to take with them the stunted
mental and physical growths of south
ern Russia and interior Europe, but
on the whole the immigration has been
a great gain.
DR.. Heinrich attributes the superior
eS, all of which it is not necessary to
review. He includes hygienic rearing
of the young, freedom from the sordid
influence of industrial slavery which
weighs down the old world man, alb
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

sence of caste, temperance, ideals and
the honoring of womanhood.
The American young man, in his
Judgment, has the highest endowment
of keen wits, resourceful mind, over
flowing energy, unsuitable ambition
in the world. His opportunities are
the greatest He has but to take care
of them The air he breathes is I'M
poisoned with century, old hatred. 1t
is free. The world is free. Ambition
is limited only by the broad rules of
Justice and law which cover our free
dom. 1t is a great inheritance. 1t is
one which is only just opening it's pos
sibilities. 1t is one which the youth of
America should guard well.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

ing gun in the hand Of the courageous
clown. Behind him was the circus tent
to protect him from a rear attack.
Woundy had demonstrated with the
countrymen for cutting guy ropes and
was Immediately attacked, receiving a
blow on the head from behind. Draw
ing a caliber Colt revolver from the
depths Of his baggy trousers, he slowly
backed to the tent, leveled the gun and
brought down his foremost assailant ,
The mob surged backward and for
ward, but still the brave jester heidi
them off until, almost faint from lossl
Of blood, he saw, as in mist, squad
Of bluecOats breaking through the cor
don of farmers to his rescue. Dispers-
ing the mob, the officers carried the
limp form of the clown to safety.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Beverly Tazewell White, the press
agent for the Forepaugh-S Sells Bros.
shows. was formerly a police reporter
on the Chicago dailies. When the
writer trained with "Bev" the latter
had the reputation of being one of the
best flake" artists in the city. A
perusal of the circus boosts would
indicate that he has not degenerated
and that his think tank is far from
dry
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
TALK 1T UP.

It will be remembered that one OF
| the army men so decidedly against
| the location of a brigade camp al
Fort Walla Walla is General Fred
Funston who described the limits here
as too confined, the roads too muddy
and the weather too hot.
Today The Statesman is able to re-
produce a portion of the report OF
Captain H. P. Howard, quartermaster
of the Fourteenth cavalry, and Cap
tain Alonzo Grey troop commander in
the same regiment.
Both officers We're detailed by Col
onel Goodwin to inspect the territory
about Walla Walla with the view of
establishing a new target range. They
did so-going on the duty with no
bias for or against this post.
1t is highly gratifying that the two
officers should find a range which
they declare to be ideal in every re-
spect A perusal of the report given
in another column will convince any
one that Walla Walla is blessed with
superior facilities and that the army
has found it out.
We have contended all along that
no better choice for a military post
even to the size of a brigade camp
could be found in Washington than
near Walla Walla. Not only can such
splendid target ranges be afforded
even artillery could practice long
range shooting against the Blue
mountains.
jacent to the present fort site would
give ample room for cavalry maneuv
ers. The nearness of the mountains
insures GOODNESS in camps and the in
creased facilities for transportation
WHICH are collllllS 10 US WOulu Ue
available to the military.
A survey of the adjacent land
should be made at once-possibly in
connection with the survey for the
target range Without such survey the
people of Walla Walla will never be
satisfied that the owning of land at
other proposed sites by those having
army connections has not something
to do with the passing by of the splen-
did claims of this city and county.
1t behooves the enterprising people
of Walla Walla to take steps to as
sist in attracting the attention of the
war department to the magnificent IA
cilities offered here.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
GARTER SNAKE
STOPS A TRAIN
Reptile Crawls Into Reading Railway
Signal Box and Sets
Red Light.

A Reading railway express train. go
ing at fifty miles an hour, was brought
to sudden stop above BirdsborO by
the showing Of the red light at one Of
the block signals. Investigation show
ed that garter snake fast asleep In
the box containing the electrical mech
anism of the system was responsible
for setting the signal.
When the engineer brought his train
to a halt he waited one minute, then
proceeded slowly to the next Hall Sig
nal, where white light indicated that
the block was clear. When he got to
Reading he reported the singular oc-
currence. and an inspector was sent
down to investigate.
The snake, which was eighteen inch
es long, was killed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
MOUNTEBANK
STANDS OFF NOR
Courageous Clown In Circus Costume
Saves Tent From Angry
Crowds Attack.

Dressed In his outlandish Costume
with the paint still on his face. John
II. WOundy. circus clown, held Off
mob Of angry Michigan farmers threat.
ening to hang him for interfering with
their attempt to wreck the circus tent
Thirty minutes before he had been
amusing the same crowd with hilari.
GUS antics. In the swift passing of a
few minutes the action turned from
comedy to tragedy. Before him surged
the angry mob. held at bay by a smok..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Flip of Coin Settles.
Marion, Ind, Dispatch.

Being unable to decide between two
aspirants, Mayor F. w. Swezey ap-
DR.. E. o Harold to the office of city
health officer, each to serve one-half
of the term The doctors tossed a
coin to determine who would serve
the first half. DR.. McQuown Won
He took up the duties at once. and
will serve one and one-half years.
when DR.. Harold will finish the term
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Too Disturbing.
OregOnian.

The Walla Walla servant girl who
left a Captains family to work for a
lieutenant's wife was plainly unfit
ted for a military life. She would
upset the whole scheme of army post
ethics, which are that a captains wife
is a little better than a lieutenant's.
a majors than a captains, a coloners
than a majors, and so on; in other
words, the older the ladies are the
better, which is as it should be. The
war department might avoid future
trouble of a similar kind by excluding,
domestic servants altogether from
military reservations.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Died as In Wife's Dream m.

Tired of waiting for her husband 10
come home, Mrs. Mary Bohland OF 81
Henry street, Jamaica. n. Y, went 10
bed about o'clock She awakened SUD-
denly from a dream in which the BODY
of her husband was seen by her sus-
pended from a rafter in the cellar
Springing from her bed she hurried 10
the cellar. and there. true to her dream,
was the dead body Of her husband
Nicholas Bohland. fifty-seven years oid-
He had made a moose Of a pair OF sus-
penders. and after making it fast TO DIS
neck and a rafter had kicked barrei
from beneath him. (
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

DR.. Braden enthusiastically an
nounced he was going to enforce the
sanitary laws of the city. particu-
larly in regard to eXpectorating on
the sidewalks. There's more tobacco
juice than ever before on the Main
street walks and not a single example
has been made. For the sake of the
ladies compelled to pass by the filthy
Quagmires-do something.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

It's no wonder so many OF the
blushing young applicants for
teachers licenses fall down, When
such questions as this are 1ncluoed
in the examination: Mention the
best food for a young child, and name
four useful materials that 1t con-
tains." Really, we are highly lndlg-
nant" that any man should mistake
our teachers for dairy maids.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
American for Londoners.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

81. LOUIS GLOBE Democrat
5. J. Pyron, who was formerly con-
nected with the newspapers of New
York, and who has been prominently
identified with several English news
papers. has been appointed managing
editor of the London Tribune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Could Walk, Swim or Fly.

What looks like the combination oi
a Chinese devil and a nightmare was
brought to Carson, New, by }. D.
Kenny and Edward Wallis, who fouho
the uncanny object high up on NOUN
Davidson. 1t is mummified and mas
head like a human being, about tne
size Of a baseball, with nose
mouth with sixty teeth, three OF them
broken. and eyes, but it has no bod!'
although it has legs resembling trose
Of frog. 1t is provided with wlnss
like a bat, and apparently when ail.s
could walk, swim or sail In the aA'
IKE 3 kite.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Normal Receipts.
Seattle Times.

At a socialist meeting the other
night, after a frightful harangue about
the necessity of buying bombs for the
into the hat. After expenses are TAX
en- out, commissions, advertising and
few cheap beers paid for, It is like
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Our Imported Tailor. d $50 a Week.

English tailoring is losing the services
Of Mr.. Winter. who, according to the
Tailor and Cutter. has been engaged at
ESQ week to act as sartorial adviser
to the United States government. The
American tailors are furious, says the
London News. Now Is the Winter Of
their discomfort" The New York pa.
pers naturally give space to the sub
ject. They have elected from Mr..
Winter that he hopes to do something
smart for both branches Of the United
States service, the officials desiring tc
avoid any resemblance to German uni
forms and to copy the British as far -
practicable
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
"a MILITARY TRIUMPH"

Under the above head the Portland
Oregonian has this to say of the Fort
Walla Walla servant girl episode:
1.-The elusive hired girl has met her
match at last Captain Howard, of
Walla Walla, is the man who has
achieved undying fame and won the
envying admiration of his fellow
countrymen by actually getting the
better of a cook We suppose at least
that Miss Beller was a cook. Had
she been merely maid of all work,
Captain Howard would scarcely have
demaned himself to compass her de-
feat. Exercising the ancient and hith-
erto undisputed preorogative of cooks.
Miss Beller fitted from the kitchen
of Captain Howard to that of Lieu
tenant Holcomb, leaving the captain
to bake his own pancakes for break
fast and wash up the dishes, to the
great detriment of his military dig
nifty, which is said TO be something
stupendous. According to some ac-
counts he stopped dishwater all over
the gold braid on a new uniform and
spilled the yOlk of an egg on his vest
front. Whether this is so or not,
something made the doughty captain
madden than the mere fitting of a
cook seems to account for, and he be-
gan to mediate upon revenge. Up
and down the parade ground at Walla
Walla he stalked, terrifying the SOL
diers by his frown and casting many
a dark glance at the kitchen windows
of Lieutenant Holcomb, behind which
that very time confecting a custard
pie. 1t was a pie to allure the soul
crust of mellow fiakiness None of
your skimping half-filled pies did Miss
Belelr make They fairly ran over
with the sweetness and golden contents
When the eye of the gloomy captain
fell upon this triumph of Miss Boilers
art, a scheme of revenge suddenly
flashed upon him. That pie should
never be eaten. 1t should never be
baked The too acquistive lieutenant
should never enjoy the luscious fruit
Of his seductive wiles He should
learn that it was one thing to steal
a cook and a very different one to par
take of her custard pies
$50 the captain hied him to his tent
and forthwith issued an edict Danish
ing Miss Beller from the sacred pre-
cincts of the Walla Walla military post.
and file Of soldiers seems to have
been sent to enforce it, One tall and
robust son of Mars was commanded to
set his military boot down squarely in
the middle of the pie, lest some con-
federate of the lieutenant should bake
it after all, and then, with the band
playing and the commanding officer in
full uniform leading the procession.
Miss Beller was marched out of the
post. Let no one henceforth assert
that the United States regular army is
of no use. A military power which is
able to get the better of a cook need
fear nothing from the allied hosts of
decrepit Europe. Captain Towards
victory is one of those which the poets
of future ages will delight to sing. and
his name belongs to the immortal few
which were not born to die"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Peace Prize for Roosevelt,
New York Tribune.

Rumor from Washington, D. c., says
that the Nobel peace prize this wear
is to be awarded to President Roose-
welt, on the recommendation of num-
Der of universities. If any further rec
concentration is needed, it can be sup
piled without the slightest difficulty
either in America, Europe or Asia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Now that the chief of police has re-
organized his force of braves to his own
satisfaction cannot we prevail upon
him to arrest some one for expectorat-
ing on the sidewalks Just begin on
Main street between Third and
Fourth streets, the nastiest. filthiest
stretch of sidewalk in the entire city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Convict Blooms suicide at the pris-
on yesterday did not mean that he
was tired of Mine Host KEGS 1t was
just his time to break loose under
animal pressure. Had he been "out-
side he would have robbed or killed
some one. AS it was. he went UP
against" himself
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

We wish to call attention to the
immense influence welded through
our editorial columns. When Stand
ard Oil read our flattering pen pict-
ure of John d. Rockefeller it reduced
the price of refined oils all of one-half
of a cent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Charlie Red Horse, Il Sioux Indian,
pounded Mary Bull, young squaw,
over the head with a dog, inflicting In
juries from which the woman died
Red Horse was in love with the Squaw,
and because she rebuffed him he flew
into rage, picked up shepherd dog
which stood at his feet and, swinging
it above his head, proceeded to use the
canine as club. beating the woman
over the head and shoulders until she
fell to the ground unconscious. The
dogs skull was crushed, and 1t was
dead when it dropped from the hand
Of the euraged Indian.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Another wonder of the world: Two
chauffeurs were killed and two in
Jured in an automobile accident in
New York last night AS in Califor-
mia the driver of the wagon es-
capped. There must be hoodoo
swinging about the auto circle-or is
it the avenging angel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

We are surprised that such a silly
question as this should be pro-
pounded to teachers-"What is the
fractional part of a circle not included
in its inscribed area?" Why, the
hold in the center-certainly anybody
could answer that.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

1t is to be hoped that DR.. Blalock
will assemble his guests before that
rabbit hunt takes place and give a
clinic on the difference between a
bunny and a man. Picking too
many shot out of his friends might
hurt their feelings
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
A Repetition.

Washington. D. c., is trying to be-
come great jobbing center. This
seems unnecessary, in view of the
suspicion long entertained by the
country at large that the capital has
been considerable jobbing center
ever since it was anything.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
To Protect Seals.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1O.-The pres
ident this afternoon telephoned au-
thority to use the cutter Mccullough,
or any other cutter, if necessary, to
protect the Alieutian Island seals.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

The Caldwell, Okla, Advance, tells
a horrible story of a girl who thought
lessly jerked her head back to avoid
being kissed and broke her neck We
shall never record a repetition of that
disaster in Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

ly the Russians will get enough out of
that 81 to buy a bit of cigarette paper
large enough to be used for short
fuse in one bomb
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

We are panied to observe that after
September l, Johnnie Wilson will be
obliged to pay rent in Walla Walla.
1t is sad to bulletin" forced remov-
ais.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
In the Spelling.
Seattle P-I

Henry Phipps, of Pittsburg, pays
100000 a year for a deer park in
Scotland. Some other Pittsburg mil
lionaires have paid more than that
for a single dear
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Those berry resolutions on Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone give us
something of a soporific feeling.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10

Now that it is all over, let's steady
down and save our money-for the
next circus.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Press Comments
From Hatchet Department.
Kansas City Star

Finally it occurred to the car that
the dOuma was OverdOuma
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-10
Some Distance.
Minneapolis Journal.

MII1ItdpUIIS JOURNAL.
So Joe Cannon was close to the
president, was he? AS close as the
man who has to be forced back by the
police to let the fainting person have
air.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
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regard DR.. Kings New Discovery
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