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Evening journal., 1906-10-06

In May Twins new play. Mrs. Will
son, That's AL" which is to be seen at
the Grand Opera House this afternoon
and evening, George V. Hobart, the
author, has, it is said. given the come
dienne in the title role a character
which is much to her liking. and while
the play departs materially from her
former offerings, no doubt it will be
found that she is the same May Irwin
as Of old. In Mrs. Wilson, That's
AL" Miss Irwin viii delineate a So
ciety woman with fondness for bridge
whist, and this liking for the prevail
ing fad gets her into all sorts Of trou-
BILE A new feature in the way of an
effect is the use of a photograph to
develop one of the situations. this be-
ing the first time that a talking ma
chine has ever been made use of or
the stage in connection with the plot OF
the play.
Evening journal., 1906-10-06

Special to The Evening Journal.
SMYRNA. Oct 6-M3 l.. CHM. re-
tired farmer and a former resident of
odessa. but late OF Clayton, Del, is
quite sick at his home ard fears are
entertained for his ultimate recovery.
Evening journal., 1906-10-06
With the Plays an0 Players

turned out. The last act is a grand
reproduction of Clusters last heroic
stand against the Indians in 1876 on
the Little Big Horn.
The coming Of the rural melodrama,
NINETY and Nine" love tale Of the
Indiana praifies. augmented with some
clever scenic effects, viii Introduce a
talented New York girl. Miss Ellen
O'Maney, towhose artistic efforts the
success of the piece on its initial run
at the Academy of Music. New York
was largely due. Miss OMalley is a
charming girl and comes honestly by
her ability. for she is Of a family of
talented actors and has been before
the footlights since she was a child o.
tender years. Her Ruth Blake. IN the
Ramsay A. Morris drama, received
much praise from the critics Of the
metropolis during the run Of the piece
there, The engagement is for the Ly-
ceum, and will open October IL for
three days.
Viola Allen. who. by way OF variety
last season turned from William
Shakespeare to Clyde Fitch, has return
ed to the Bard of Avon and viii be
seen at the Grand Opera House on
October IS in an elaborate production OF
"Cymheline" While the character OF
1mogene offers an actress of rare and
versatile talent role that is consid-
cred by many authorities to be the
most human of Shakespeare heroines
It Is one that has seldom been played
Of late years. and modern theatres go.
ers, familiar with Juliets. Ophelias ant
Portals Of the stage. know little Of
nothing of the character which. sine,
the days of Adelaide Nelson has sci.
dom been attempted by even the mos
gifted and ambitious actresses.
Miss Mary Emerson, the beautiful
young star Of His Majesty and thu
Maid" has her troubles in being liter
ally pursued by ambitious playwright
who have plays to offer-a play writ
ten especially for her-just suited t.
Evening journal., 1906-10-06

At the Lyccum Theatre, while the
World Sleeps" viii conclude its engage
ment this afternoon and evening. The
piece is one of the best ever seen here.
The Fadettes have proved a strong
attraction at the Garmck this week
probably the most pleasing musical
feat Manager Dockstader has ever Of
fered. For next week the house pre-
sents The Three Sisters Macarte, in
q unique novelty act; Hugh stanton
and Florence Modena IN a new sketch
For Reform;" Nathan and Kirkman's
production Of "The Eight Little Beaut-
les and the Beast" presenting MAZDA
Snyder and q half score Of pretty
girls. The LaMay Brothers. in aero
battle stunts and comedy; Tembrooke,
Lambert and TembrooNe. in Prof.
SmaHey's Academy a great comedy
sketch; Frank Young and Katharine
Devoie. I'm terpsichoreah novelty en-
titled Dancing by Book Henry Give,
high-class entertainer; The Kineto-
graph and others. The list Of enter
tanners is undoubtedly a good one, and
for the most part are all new to local
audiences Manager Dockstader's
playhouse has set fast pace this sea-
son and seems disposed 20 keep 1t up,
Those who look TO the house for good
entertainment are certainly not be-
ing disappointed I'm the shows that
have been playing the house lately.
The biggest. most sensational and
unique melodrama ever produced, win
be seen when Clusters Last Fight
comes TO the Lyceum, October s, . and
TO- II is a four-act historical play
from the pen OF Hal Reid and written
around one of the most familiar events
i'm the history Of the United states.
The largest company I'm the dramatic
field this season viii present the piece
the roster numbering forty people.
Among these will be a band Of full
blooded Indians. cowboys, and scouts
with their ponies. horses and dogs
The scenes. which are laid in the track
less wastes of the early West, give
plenty OF scope for the beautiful pro-
duction which the scenic artists have
Evening journal., 1906-10-06

The Three Sisters Macartie. Ten
brooke, Lambert and Tenbrooke The
Three Lamay Brothers, Frank White
and Lillian Young, Henry Give and
Hugh Stanton and Florence Modena
are some of the stars who are to APP
pear at the Garrick next week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-01-11

with my eyes as the minutes passed.
The room was the good sized, square
one, with the folding doors, the marble
mantelpiece and the gloomy, old fash
Toned distinction peculiar to the AL
bany. 1t was charmingly furnished
and arranged, with the right amount
of taste. What struck me most, how
ever, was the absence of the usual in
sigma of a cricketer's den. Instead of
the conventional rack of war worn
bats u carved bookcase, with every
shelf in a litter, filled the better part
of one wall, and where looked for
cricketing groups l found reproduc-
lions OF such works as "Love and
DEATH and 1.-THE Blessed Damozel'' in
dusty frames and different parallels.
The man might have been a minor
poet instead Of an athlete of the first
water But there had always been a
fine streak of aestheticism in his COM
pick composition. Some Of these very
pictures l had myself busted in his
study at school, and they set me think
ing Of yet another of his many sides
and of the little Incident to which he
had just referred.
Everybody knows how largely the
tone Of public school depends on that
of the eleven and on the character of
the captain of cricket in particular.
and l have never heard it denied that
in A. j. Ratlles' time our tone was
Eof ;oa lo
bled to exert was on the side of the
angels. Yet it was whispered in the
school that he was in the habit Of pa
rading the town at night in loud checks
and a false beard. 1t was whispered
and disbelieved. alone knew it for a
fact, for night after night had pulled
the rope up after him when the rest of
the dormitory were asleep and kept
awake by the hour to let it down again
on given signal. Well. one night he
was overbold and within an ace of ig-
nominious expulsion in the heyday of
his fame. Consummate daring and ex-
truordinary nerve on his part, aided
doubtless by some little presence of
mind on mine, ayerted that untoward
result, and no more need be said of q
discreditable incident. But l cannot
pretend to have forgotten it in throwing
myself on this mans mercy in my des-
peration. And I was wondering how
much Of his leniency was owing to the
fact that Raflles had not forgotten II
either when he stopped and stood over
my chair once more.
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and you and it are dishonored togeth-
er. No, we must raise the wind tonight
and reopen your account first thing to-
morrow. And l rather think l know
where the wind can be raised"
At o'clock in the morning?"
EYES,"
"But how-but where-at such an
hour?"
"From friend of mine here in Eond
street"
"He must be very intimate friend
'Intimate's not the word. have
the run of his place and latchkey
all to myself"
You would knock him up at this
hour Of the night?"
''If he's in bed"
''And it's essential that should go
in with you?"
absolutely"
"Then l must, but I'm bound to say l
don't like the idea, Rallies"
"Do you prefer the alternative" ask
ed my companion, with sneer. "No
hang 1T, that's unfair!'' he cried apollo.
getically in the same breath. II quite
understand. It's beastly ordeal. But
it would never do for you to stay out
side. tell you what, you shall have
a peg before we start-just one
There's the whisky, here's slphon,
and I'll be putting on an overcoat
while you help yourself"
Well, dare say did SO with some
freedom, for this plan Of his was not
the less distasteful to me from its ap
parent ineyitability. I must own, how.
ever, that it possessed fewer terrors
before my glass was empty. Mean.
while Raf,es rejoined me, with GOV.
ert coat over his blazer and soft felt
hat set carelessly on the curly head he
shook with smile as passed him the
! decanter.
"When we come back" said he
work first, play afterward.. Do you
see what day 1t ISL" he added. tearing
leaflet from a Shakespearean calen.
dar as drained my glass. March
Is. The ides Of March, the ides OF
March, remember Eh, Bunny, my
boy? You won't forget them, will you?
And, with laugh. he threw some
Goals on the fire before turning down
the gas like careful householder. Sc
we went out together as the clock on
the chimney piece was striking 2.
Piccadilly was trench of raw white
fog, trimmed with blurred street lamps
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have balance at the bank? tej
you, my dear man, that at this monen;
I'm as hard up us you ever We're.
have nothing but my wits to live on
absolutely nothing else. 1t was as
necessary for me to win some money
this evening as it was for you. We're,
in the same boat, Bunny. We'd better
pull together"
"Together!' jumped at it. "I'll
90 anything in this world for you, Raj
ties," l said, ''if you really mean that
you won't give me away. Think of
anything you like, and I'll do it!
was desperate man when l came
here, and Pm just as desperate now.
don't mind what do if only can
get out of this without scandal"
Again / see him leaning back in
one of the luxurious chairs with which
his room was furnished. l see his in
dolent, athletic figure; his pale, sharp,
clean shaven features; his curly black
hair; his strong, INSCRIPTIONS mouth.
And again feel the clear beam of his
wonderful eye cold and luminous as a
star, shining into my brain, sitting the
very secrets Of my heart.
II wonder IL you mean all that" he
said at length. "You do in your pres
ent mood, but who can back his mood
to last? Still, there's hope when a
chap takes that tone. Now I think Of
it, too, you were a plucky little devil
at school. You once did me rather a
| good turn, recollect. Remember 1t,
Bunny? Well, wait a bit, and perhaps
I'll be able to do you better one
Give me time to think"
He got up, lit fresh cigarette and
fell to pacing the room once more, but
with slower and more thoughtful
step and for much longer period than
before. Twice he stopped at my chair
as though on the point of speaking, but
each time he checked himself and re-
| sumed his stride in silence. Once he
threw up the window, which he had
shut some time since, and stood for
some moments leaning out into the fog
which filled the Albany courtyard
Meanwhile clock OH the chimney
piece struck 1, and one again for the
half hour, without word between us.
Yet not only kept my chair with
patience, but l acquired an incongrl-
Gus equaninity in that half hour. In
sensibly had shifted my burden to
the broad shoulders of this splendid
friend, and my thoughts wandered
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1--WE been thinking of that night We

1--WE been thinking of that night We
had the narrow squeak" he began.
"Mhy do you start?"
81 was thinking of it too"
He smiled as though he had read my
thoughts.
We'll. you We're the right sort of
little beggar then, Bunny. You didn't
talk, and you didn't finch. You asked
No questions, and you told no tales.
l wonder if you're like that now"
Il don't know" said l., Slightly puz-
lied by his tone. 1--WE made such a
mess of my own affairs that l trust
myself about as little as I'm likely to
be trusted by anybody else, yet never
in my life went back on friend.
Will say that; otherwise perhaps
mightn't be in such hole tonight"
Exactly" said Ratlles, nodding to
himself as though in assent to some
hidden train of thought-"exactly
what remember of you, and I'll bet
it's as true now as it was ten years
ago. We don't alter, Bunny; we only
develop. suppose neither of US
is really altered since you used to let
down that rope and used to come up
it hand over hand. You would stick at
nothing for a pal-what?"
at nothing in this world" was
pleased to cry.
mot even at a crime?" said Rallies,
smiling.
stopped to think, for his tone had
changed. and felt sure he was chaff-
Ing me, yet his eye seemed as much In
earnest as ever, and for my part was
i in no mood for reservations.
: mo. not even at that" l declared
Name your crime. and I'm your man.
He looked at me one moment In
wonder and another moment in doubt
j then turned the matter off with shake
of his head and the little cynical laugh
I that was all his own.
you're a nice chap, Bunny! A real
desperate character-what? Suicide
one moment and any crime like the
next. What you want is a drag, my
boy, and you did we'll to come to de
cent, law abiding citizen with a reputa
I ton to lose None the less, we must
have that money tonight by hook OF
crook"
Tonight, Raff1es?"
"The sooner the better. Every hour
after 10 O'clock tomorrow morning is
an hour of risk. Let one of those
checks get round to your own bank
I-TxvMT BagE'y
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"It's played" he answered, with his
quiet laugh.
"On mew
I'm afraid SO, Bunny"
lis there no one in the house, them"
mo one but ourselves
$50 it was mere chaff about your
friend in Bond street who could let us
have that money!"
mot altogether. It's quite true that
Dandy is a friend of mine."
"Danby"
1.-THE jeweler underneath"
"What do you meanY whispered.
trembling like leaf as his meaning
dawned upon me. "Are we to get the
money from the jewelerY"
"Well. not exactly"
"What. them"
1.-THE equivalent-from his shop"
There was no need for another ques-
ton. understood everything but my
own density. He had given me dozen
hints. and I had taken none. And
there 1 stood staring at him In that
empty room. and there he stood. with
his dark lantern. laughing at me.
"A burglar!"' gasped. "You-youv'
II told you lived by my wits"
"Why couldn't you tell me what you
were going to do? Why couldn't you
trust me? Why must you lle?' de-
manded. piqued to the quick for all
my horror.
II wanted to tell you" said he. n
was on the point of telling you more
than once. You may remember how
sounded you about crime. though
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4NO. AuOW lucSo LOCKS. lUS no
use trying. We must cut it out, and
it'll take us an hour"
1t took us forty-seven minutes by
my watch, or. rather, it took Raffles,
and never in my life have l seen any
thing more deliberately DONE My part
was simply to stand by with the dark
lantern in one hand and small bot
tie of rock oil in the other. Raftles
J had produced pretty embroidered
case, intended obviously for his razors,
but filled instead with the tools of his
secret trade, including the rock oil.
From this case he selected biz
capable of drilling hole an inch mi
diameter and fitted 1t to a small but
very strong steel brace. Then he
took of his covert coat and his blazerj
spread them neatly on the top step
knelt on them, turned up his shirt
cuffs and went to work with brace and
bit near the keyhole. But first he oilea
the bit to minimize the noise, and thi
he did invariably before beginning
fresh hole and often In the middle d
one. 1t took thirty-two separate DO
ings to cut round that lock.
noticed that through the first Giro
lar Orifice Raff1es thrust q forefinge
then as the circle became an ey
frightening oval he got his ha
through up to the thumb, and I hea
him swear softly to himself.
II was afraid so!''
"What Is it?"
IAN iron gate on the other side"
"How on earth are we to get thro
that?" I asked in dismay.
(Cor tinue on Psge 10Y
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
TRAINED MARE
TRAILS A THIEF
Horse Stolen From a Montana Trader
Rounded Up After Chase of
Nineteen Miles.

Zulky, a horse thief, was caught at
Joliet, Ill, by c. E. Rogers, a Montana
horse trader, through the use of a
trained mare who, like a bloodhound,
took the scent of the stolen animal and
led the owner direct to him.
Rogers with a herd of sixty horses
was camping near the drainage chan
mel in Lockport when he and his men
were aroused by uneasiness among the
other horses. With a shout that he
would soon have the thief he mounted
the mare, which promptly took the
scent. For nineteen miles they went
west, and finally the thief and the horse
were sighted. Zulky, the thief, is sew
enteen years of age and lives near
Lockport.
Rogers was on his way to Chicago
Heights. He fairly worships the train
ed mare, which was brought up for the
purpose of seeming stolen and strayed
horses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
Pixies Peak.

The birthday of mountain peak has
seldom, if ever, been observed in
America, but in September the birth
day of Pixies peak, so far as history
Is concerned, will be observed by the
state of Colorado, with President
Roosevelt and some of the members
Of his cabinet as guests. The occasion
will mark the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of the mountain
by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike and may
possibly be the occasion of an inter-
national event of some interest. When
Lieutenant Pike was captured by
Spanish soldiers in February, 1907, he
was relieved of several maps and
manuscripts, which were never recov-
cred. They are supposed to have been
sent by the governor of Santa Fe to
the viceroy at the City of Mexico and
by him forwarded to Madrid. AS the
Spanish are careful about the preser-
walton Of historic documents and rec
ords, it is believed that Pixies papers
are still in existence. At the sugges-
ton of Representative Brooks Of Colo
RADIO Secretary Root has requested the
Spanish government to institute a
search for them. If found they will
probably be returned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
Forest Fires.

Last year forest fires in this country
burned over an area of 100000 acres
This area is great. yet it is less than
half Of that which was swept by fire
the year before. One reason for the
difference is the increased efficiency OF
the fire patrol under the United States
forest service. Its jurisdiction Is linn
tied to national reservations, but the
influence of the forestry service ex,
tends to many private wooded tracts
The professional foresters are teaching
the people how to care for the trees
One simple rule, which the owner of a
few trees can easily follow and the
owner of many trees cannot afford to
neglect, is to keep the underbrush
cleared. Most forest fires start ir
brush A wood clear Of brush has, SC
to speak, no kindling in which fire
can start
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
TURNING THE COLORADO.
Effort to BE Made to Get 1t Back 10
Original Course.

Effort to BE Made to Get 1t Back to
Original Course.
An army of men will shortly begin
the titanic struggle with the rushing
Colorado river. attempting to check the
devastation which the change In the
rivers course has brought to two
states. Three hundred square miles
flooded. 200 miles of railroad tracks
washed out, a thriving industry ruined
this is the record of the destruction
caused by the river breaking through
| its banks and flooding the surrounding
country.
The Colorado river Is the dividing
line between Arizona and the southern
portion of California. Most OF the
water has poured into the Yuma basin.
In Arizona, but the food has also
brought destruction to the one indus
try In the miles of the burning south
ern California desert The Safton sink.
once q part of the Pacific's bed. but for
centuries past q level bottom Of pure
salt harvested year after year for the
markets, has been flooded. and the
unique salt farm has been wiped out Of
existence, temporarily at least. Hopes
are held forth that the work which the
Southern Pacific Railroad company Is
to begin will make the salt industry
possible there again and that once
more the little village Of Salton, where
the salt workers lived, will be popu-
lated
To operate this novel salt farm a
pillow was designed, drawn by a cable
attached to a small steam locomotive.
This locomotive passed to and fro on
a miniature track, and by means of a
big grooved wheel, set horizontally in
the fashion Of street cable, the pillow
was drawn at right angles to the en-
CINE. Plowed into burrows, the salt
was heaped in great cones, placed in
cars and shipped to the market, the
greater part Of it requiring no refining
process, SO pure was it.
The salt farm was profitable indus
try, and the operating company built a
little settlement at the foot Of the
mountain. Here the salt was treated
when necessary, and here were the
homes Of the workmen and their fam
ilies But at the present the village is
wrecked and the farm deserted, for it
has become, literally, another Great
Salt lake.-New York Tribune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24

THE HORSE SAT AT THE HOSTESS RIGHT.
pages for the occasion. In the center
Of the table was birthday cake, sur
mounted 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 centerpiece; from Mrs. E.
+. Kidder, a silver vase filled with flow
ers; from Mrs. 3. B. Glenny, a cut
glass bonbon dish filled with loaf sugar;
from Mr. and Mrs. Kidder, a string of
sugar plums; from Mrs. Taft, a poem
of greetings from her pet horse; from
Mrs. Whiting, a wreath of oats and
roses; from Mrs. Ludwig, a 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, 1906-08-24
Chil6's Bite May Kill

DR.. Edward II. Place, house physi-
clan at the Boston City hospital, is Sc
riously i'll from blood poisoning. the
result of being bitten by child pa
tent in the diphtheria ward. The
child was choking to death, and DR..
Place, by inserting a tube in the child's
THROAT, saved its life. AS the physi-
clan was withdrawing the tube the
child seized one of his fingers in its
teeth The wound was quickly eau
terized, but blood poisoning set In.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
PET HORSE SITS
DOWN WITH GUESTS
Animal Occupies Seat of Honor at Birth
day Dinner Given For Him by
His Mistress.

Miss Sophie Curtis Of New York gave
q dinner party at her summer home.
the Pines, In Sheffield, Mass. In honor
Of her pet horse Surprise. Invitations
bad been issued to New York and
Berkshire society people. At a nod
from his mistress Surprise walked into
the house and seated himself at the
right hand Of Miss Curtis. On her left
was Mrs. B. B. Glenny Of Buffalo.
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. R. c. Taft
and Miss Anne Taft Of South Eyre
mont. The house and table were elab-
Orately decorated with cut flowers.
handsome harness and miniature equi-