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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-11-30
NONRESIDENT Notice.

The state OF Mississippi. Monroe County.
Chancery Court. June Term. 1907.
Mamie Holiday Richardson vs.. jim Richardson
No. 4i52
To Jim Richardson, Defendant post once ad-
dress unknown
You are hereby commanded 70 be ana appear
before the Chaneery Court Of Monroe county IA
Aberdeen. Mississippi, on the
SECOND Monday of June, 1907,
to defend the suit in said court. Of Mamie hlch-
ardson wherein you are defendant
Witness NV hand this November II. 1907.
c. P. SMITH. Clerk.
n " Horston. solicitor for Complainant.
November 30 1907
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-11-30
Letter TO Santa Claus.

The Southern Cotton Association
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-11-30

omen it TODAY
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-11-30

IfIlaEL K IL Do y IIGE
For High Glass Stoti0ne
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
In Little Wa||a Wa||a River Water
Suit
CONTROVERSY OVER IRRIGATION SUPPLY
CASE Will B
BROUGHT TO TRIAL SOON
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
BELIEVE

A. D. Stillman, attorney for most OF
the defendants in the Little Walla
Walla river water suit, has filed an
swers for So Of his clients in the cir
cult court at Pendleton. In each in
stance the defendants set forth the
amount of water they have been using
and their right to the same.
Some time ago Mr.. Stillman filed
answers for over 200 other defendants
and he has now completed that part of
the work. There are $50 defendants in
the suit. but some of this number
have failed to answer through having
no interests
The present suit was brought by a
number of parties living below Milton
on the Little Walla Walla and all
farmers living above were made de-
PENDANTS and required to show their
rights to the water they are using.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
RAT HUNT IN WHITE HOUSE,.
Three Ferrets Set at Work to Rie
Building of Rodent Inhabitants.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March %
Within the thick walls of the White
House tonight three ferrets are engag-
ed in a death hunt for rats and at such
holes as have been observed in the
crevices of the walls and in remote
corners, bulldogs and terriers are on
watch to snap up the fleeing rodents.
Although the historic old building
was remodeled only three years ago,
some of the distinguished family of
rats who settled there soon after the
structure was burned by the British in
1914 We're not molested. The order
was given a few days ago to rid the
building of rats and the most success
full at-catcher in the world is said
to be the man who is operating with
the ferrets and dogs in the White
House tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
Sand as WritiuH Paper.

1--WE have all seen sand used as blot.
ting paper" said a school director.
"but In New England last month saw
1t used as writing paper.
'Sand was the original blotting pa
per. White and clean, it was kept in
a cruet, like a salt cruet, and shaken
out on the wet writing, through the per-
forated top.
There are affected people-the kind
Of people who write with quill pens
who still use sand as a blotter. But
until last month l thought that as a
writing paper it had disappeared for
ever.
"And then I visited country school
In New Hampshire. On the masters
desk sat box three feet square filled
with sand. The children came, one at
a time, to the box, and with pointed
stick by way Of pen they wrote. AS
each child finished he smOothed out
his writing, leaving the sand smooth
for the next conner.
'This odd scene carried me back to
the days when paper was so scarce,
when states We're so scarce, that sand
was used in the schools to write on
the days Of my grandfather and great
grandfather" -Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 4

Albert Lambert today petitioned for
letters of administration in the estate
of Mary Lambert
}. NJ. Mann. a carpet salesman for
merly in the employ of Stone Fisher E.
Lane of Seattle has taken charge of
the carpet department for the Davis
Kaiser company.
Miss Leontine Gaspard has returned
from pleasant trip to Oakland. Cal.
and is now stopping with her mothe
at the Cosmopolitan in Poplar street.
w. E. Sprout, a well-known mer-
chant of Starbuck, arrived in the city
this morning with a young son who is
suffering from paralysis, resulting from
an attack of diphtheria.
L. w. Roberts. who is in the Wash
tucna country on business, writes that
farmers consider some of the wheat in
that section badly frozen out. The
light lands seem to have suffered the
most.
a. F. KEGS. J. L. Mohundro. Dan
Flowers and J. G. Kidwell returned
yesterday afternoon from a trip to the
Alberta country. The party purchased
an aggregate of 1000 acres in the vi
entity of Calgary at prices ranging
from IS to s12 an acre.
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson has
been appointed next friend to Gertrude
Masterson in the matter of her adop-
ton, which will come up in the SUI
perior court soon. The little girl is at
present in the custody of her aunt,
Mrs. A. j. McManus
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
The New Grave at Arlington.

The honors shown to the memory of
General Wheeler in the services con-
nected with his interment cannot but
touch the hearts Of his admirers. A
veteran of two wars, he represented the
new era Of reconciliation as we'll as the
past of sectional differences and COM
bat. In both eras he was strenuous and
acted his part with distinction, winning
the applause of all. When the president
of the United States, the lieutenant
general of the army of the United
States, with numerous members of the
United States senate and house Of rep
resentatives and other officials Of the
federal service. shared in the same fu-
neral services with the remnant Ct
Wheelers Confederate cavalry it was
plain that the civil war was at last over
in mems thoughts and feelings as well
as in history. The incident warns the
heart of the patriot who rejoices in a
reunited country.-Baltimore Sun.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
COMPOSERS SEVENTEEN BIRTHDAY
Great Hymn Writer, Rev. Edgar Page
Stiles, Is Still Well and
Hearty.

CAPE MAY, n. j., March 22-The
Rev. Edgar Page Sites, author of the
famous hymns, "Beulah Land" We'll
Be There Some Day" and Simply
Trusting" today is celebrating his 10th
birthday He is still strong and vigor-
Gus and enjoying good health. He was
kept busy all morning to acknowledge
the congratulations of his numerous
friends in this city. Many letters and
kilograms of congratulation arrived for
nm from all parts of the country
Mr.. Sites was born here on March
%, 1896. His father was a Delaware
Bay and river pilot and the boy follow
ed the water for several years. He
was converted in Mariners Bethel. at
Philadelphia. in his youth and soon
after began to study for the ministry.
During the revival of 1876 he COM
posed the words of the hymn "BeuIah
Land which at once became famous.
Other well-known compositions follow
ed. His first literary work was done
at the age of 16 when he wrote the
fishing poem, Coin T'other Way"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
THE HUNT|NGTONs DIVORCED
Il Took Only Fifteen Minutes in
Court
WERE MARRIED THIRTY YEARS
DIVISION OF PROPERTY WAS AR
RANGED OUTSIDE OF COURT
CHILDREN GROWN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 22.-
After ten minutes court proceedings
Mrs. Mary A. Huntington was d.
vorced this morning from Henry
Huntington, nephew of the late Coils
P. Huntington, the traction magnate
and millionaire. They were
welded 80 years. Mrs. Huntington told
Judge Graham the story of their mari
tai relations. She said there was no
community property. E. H. Prentice,
Mrs. Huntingtons brother, testified
that the couple had not maintained
marital relations for five or six years.
No settlement of any character was
asked. 1t is understood that the par
ties arranged a division of property
out Of court. There are four children
all Of age. Following the court pro-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
Passenger Agent Of Rio Grande
Boosting the West
PERFECTs DESIGN FOR AMERICA LEAGUE
ASSISTING IN WORK OF SECUR-
ING TOURISTS TO COME TO
THE PACIFIC COAST.

Major S. X. Hooper, general passen-
ger and ticket agent of the Denver &
Rio Grande, has prepared a design
to be used in advertising the move
League" recently organized at Salt
Lake. He is not copyrighting it, but
on the contrary invites all who are
interested in the movement to use the
design in spreading the gospel of "See
America First" In fact, it is expected
that the league will adopt it as it's
official emblem, says the Denver Re-
publican.
The design shows an American ca
gle with wings spread and clutching
culver of arrows, which are to denote
unity and strength. From the eagles
beak float streamers which bear the
motto: "See Europe if you will, but
see America first" In the BACKGROUND
rise the mountains, behind which
glOws the setting sun, indicative of the
west
The 'See America League" is a pa
triotic organization having as it's OBJ
Ject the desire to educate Americans
to travel and become acquainted with
their own country before going abroad.
The first meeting was held in Salt
Lake in January and named as an ex
ecutive committee Ex-Governor David
K. Francis of Missouri DR.. David
Starr Jordan. president of Leland
Stanford university; Hon. Robert L.
Mccormick, of Tacoma. Wash: Dr.
Nathan c. Shaeffer, president of the
National Educational association. and
7. B. Walker, of Minneapolis.
Major Hooper is preparing book
on the subject that is not to be
railroad advertisement in any way, but
designed to help along the movement
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

The Nexro's Optimism.

The NeGrO'S Opt1m10m.
The contemplation Of death. which
brings terror to many and to almost
all men sadness, brings to the negro
the idea Of rest from labor and sur.
cease Of sorrow; hence one finds more
preparation by him for that fatal last
event than for living, moving and hav-
ing his being on earth Death. too. II
q certain indicator Of equality. not
that the negro is glad when an Aryan.
though hostile one, goes to the land
Of darkness. but he points significantly
and with melancholy satisfaction tC
the fact that poor Nose, who died
social pariah yesterday, occupies as
much of his Mother Earth as the dead
colonel who lorded it over him sc
haughtily but short fortnight ago.
Through all his vicissitudes hope is the
black mans priceless asset. This he
never loses, how gloomy soever the
way. For him there is always some
thing in the future, no matter how dis
tant. A negro Of uncommon ability,
the advocate of new education for
negroes, has told them that In a thou
sand years they would be fitted to par
take Of the things the Aryan now en-
joys. and this promise of remote en-
joyment the blacks hail with enthusi-
asm. Was there ever sublimer faith?
The very heart wailings of the negro
speak of a brighter beyond. OF JOY
he cannot be bereft. His buoyancy
overtops any sorrow. Pessimism sell
dom knows him. One miracle Of deliv-
erance has been performed for him.
and he is confidently expecting anoth-
er.-E. E. Wilson in Atlantic
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
NOTED SINGER IN WALLA WALLA
Madame Gadski and Party Reached
City This Morning From Seattle
Concert Tonight.

Madame Johanna Gadski. who will
give a concert at the Keylor Grand to-
night, .trrived this morning from Se-'
attic in a special car attached to the
Washington & Columbia River railway
passenger train. With the noted singer
is her husband, Colonel Tauscher, Of
the German army; her daughter, Char
lotte, little miss of II years; her sec
rotary, William Stefani; her manager,
David Montagnon, and her pianist. F.
LaFarge.
Every seat in the theater has been
sold for the concert tonight. A large
number of people came from Pendleton
this morning and large delegation of
music lovers are expected to come from
and Dayton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

ceedings Mrs. Huntington left the
courtroom to take passage on the
Korea for Japan.
Wanted Husband to Return.
Mrs Huntington was represented by
Judge w. c. Van Fleet and Huntington
by w. E. Dunn, of Los Angeles, and
Peter F. Dunn. an attorney for the
Southern Pacific. Mrs. Huntington
told the court that she had appealed
to her husband to return to her, but
without avail.
She Goes to Orient.
The Pacific Mail steamer Korea SAIL
ed at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the
orient. She carried treasure to the
amount of a quarter of a million dol
lars Among the passengers was Mrs.
H E. Huntington. divorced wife of
the railroad magnate, Miss Hunting
ton, Mrs. Goodrich, wife of the rear
admiral and her daughter; r. S. Mil
Ter. consul general at Hong Kong, and
family. and Baron Bakhmeteff, new
Russian minister to Japan
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
COUNTESS DE
CASTELLANE,

ludu ulSu III luc
society of Paris caused the breach be-
tween her and her husband, but friends
of the count urge that, while he may
have been indiscreet, there was moth
ing in his conduct to justify his wife
in leaving him.
Miss Gould was welded to the Count
de Castellane at the home Of her broth
er, George J. Gould, on Fifth avenue,
the late Archbishop Corrigan perform
ing the ceremony. A civil marriage
by Justice George Andrews followed.
Her share of the Gould estate was $751;
100000, and the income from this prop
erty was $6OO.OOO While this sum may
look large to most people. it. was not
large enough for the poor but titled
young Frenchman who had won one
of the richest Of American heiresses.
He set about spending his wife's for
tune and succeeded so well that in
five years he was in debt several mil
lions of dollars, with the result that
the Goulds in this country had to make
settlement with his creditors. In
consequence Of this settlement the in
come Of the countess was cut down to
the smaller yet comparatively generous
sum Of $250,OOO a year. They have
three children, all boys. 1t is said that
In case Of a separation the count will
be penniless unless his wife condo
sends to make some provision for him.
bis private bank account was exhaust
WI fhn l. h. l. -
ne countess occurred, and it is alleged
NAT he had to sell his watch to get
pocket money.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

PORTRAIT OF CARUSO BY HIMSELF.
the strain Of his operate work. for the
great tenor does not live a life of mere
ease and idleness.
The drawings with which he occu.
pies himself in moments Of leisure are
sometimes rather rough on his friends,
but they take them good humoredly, all
the more so because he does not hest.
tate to caricature himself. He recently
drew sketch of himself showing his
short, stout figure very much exagger-
ated as to peculiarities and his bust
encircled by waistcOat whose loud.
ness could not be matched on the Bow
cry itself. SignOr CarusO is very fond
Of vests Of brilliant hues and some
what startling designs, and there is a
story that when he returned from
Europe last autumn his trunks contain
ed something like thousand garments
of this character, many of them rival
ing the rainbow in variety Of colors.
Money comes and goes with equal
ease ana CELEBRITY In the case Of SignOr
Caruso. j. Henry Smith, the New
York multimillionaire, gave him $4,000
for singing three little songs at a must
Gale recently. He made caricatures of
the portraits on the bills and left the
originals on the table in his room to 90
out for drive, forgetting entirely that
the originals were money. 1t has been
insinuated that Caruso throws rather
more than conventional warmth into
the kissing he does on the stage But
the singer says that, as matter of
fact, stage kisses are not agreeable and
that cit is like kissing cold starch, cold
cream and vanilla beans" He adds
that, though his profession sometimes
gives him the opportunity Of kissing
handsome women, he has to do pen
ance, as it were, by kissing the homely
ones also.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
FEDERATION NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Officers Deny Completely in Shooting
of Sheriff Sutherland.

WALLACE. Ida. March 22.-The
Western Federation of Miners here
deny completely in the attempt to as
sassinate Sheriff Angus Sutherland by
Bill Hanna last night Sutherland was
shot in the neck. but not fatally. A
desperate encounter followed the
shooting. Hanna was overpowered.
disarmed. and placed in Jail Excite
ment is high. Hanna shot the sheriff
to escape the serving of a writ of
restitution for railroad land
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
Begin Labor Propaoanda.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March %
Daniel Gompers was closeted with
labor leaders today discussing theil
interview with the president yesterday
1t is likely they will begin their propa-
ganda of the problems enumerated YES
terday in memorial to President pro
tenn Frye and Speaker Cannon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
CUTTING DOWN ASYLUM EMPLOYEES
State Board of Control AboIishes
Offices of Steward at SteiIacoom
and Medical Lake.

The position of steward and account
ant at Steilacoom and at Medical Lake.
the two insane hospitals, has been
abolished by the state board of con-
troll and in the future the superintend-
ents will be held responsible for the
issuance Of all supplies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
MRS. COREY GOING BACK
Will Probably Rejoin Her Husband at
Pittsburg.

RIVERSIDE. Cal, March 22-Mrs.
w A. Corey wife of the steel mag
nate. accompanied by Corey's mother
and sister, left last night for San
Francisco en- route east. She refused
to give her ultimate destination, but 1t
is believed from remarks dropped that
she is going to join her husband at
Pittsburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
To Keep Lid on at Butte,

BUTTE, Mont, March 22.-The re-
publcan city convention today nomi-
mated eight candidates for aldermen.
The platform calls for strict enforce
ment of the laws to suppress gambling
poolroOmS and wineroom evils.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
Yoakum Takes Appendicitis Decree

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 22.-B. F..
Yoakum. chairman of the executive
committee of the Rock Island and
Frisco railroad system, is recovering
from an operation for appendicitis last
tuesday. He rallied quickly from the
shock and is thought to be In no
danger.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

The Usage Indians are inveterate
gamblers and are especially devoted to
the great American game Of poker. Ac-
cording to Ret Willard, now Usage In
dian agent, their favorite game differs
somewhat from the familiar game Of
draw" There Is no draw in their
game. Nine or ten bucks are ranged In
a circle. FIVE cards are dealt to each,
and they simply bet on the hands thus
obtained. Just after a payment it is
nothing unusual for the stakes to run
well up into the hundreds Of dollars,
Kansas City Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

Economy is given as the reason for
the change. The change will take eff
C. Woodruff, we'll known in Olympia,
will retire. The change at Medical
Lake will be Nav 1. The steward and
accountant at Medical Lake is Charles
McDOuall.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
WANTED,

Woman for ordinary homework;
wages good; middle-aged woman pre-
ferred. Address box 81, r. +. D. No 3,
Walla Walla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
THE CASTELLANE AFFAIR.

The Unhappy Outcome of a Noted
International Match.
1t is about eleven years since the
younger daughter Of the late Jay
Gould, Miss Anna, became the Count
ess Paul Ernest Boniface de Castel-
lane. All reports go to show that her
life during this period has not been az
happy as that Of many a wife pos
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

Gently she left
the splendid pal
ace in Paris
which the count
built with his
wife's money in
imitation Of the
Grand Trianon at
Versailles, took
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
The Perfect Pearl.

The qualification Of pearl Of first
water should be, in the jewelers. Ian
guage, "a perfect skin and fine ORR
ent'-i. e., it must be Of delicate tex
ture, free from speck and flaw and
clear, almost translucent, with a pearl
shape lie Pellegrina" in the Zosima
museum, Moscow, is said to embody
perfection in shape and weighs twenty
eight carats.
The Beresford-Hope collection In the
South Kensington museum contains a
sample pearl that weighs three ounces
and has a circumference Of four and
one-haIf inches, says the Sunset Maya
zine. The bay Of La Paz, Mulege and
Loretto have all produced samples fully
equal to the most celebrated pearls
from the Persian gulf fisheries. The
Encyclopaedia Britannica credits La
Paz with pearl found in 1882 weighing
seventy-five carats.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22

Women Grape Pickers Of California.
The women Of the grape pickers are
picturesque. There is just a dash of In
dian to give color to the cheek, touch
Of Spanish and just suspicion Of the
old blood that built the wonderful cities
ages ago in lower Mexico. making a
combination attractive to the lover of
the picturesque. Dark hair, flashing
black eyes, intelligent faces, perfect
courtesy, intelligence that but needs
suggestion to lead to higher grades, in
deed one could not look at these pick
ers. these cholos, as the tenderfoot
called them, picking grapes. to see that
It required but the clothes and environ
ment to make a remarkable change.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. E. w. Groves signature is on
each box. Csc.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
COUNT BONI DE
CASTELLANE.

up her residence
in a hotel and
consulted an at
torney in regard
to taking steps
to obtain a sep
aratiOn. 1t Is
said that q wo-
man hiph in tho
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
CARUSO As AN ARTIST.

The Great Tenor and His Fad Fer
Humorous Dravvings.
If Enrico Caruso had not been gifted
with q wonderful tenor voice he might
have made his mark as a cartoonist
As it is, he employs his talent for
drawing caricatures in amusing his
friends and diverting his mind from
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-02
Enulish Settler

The genuine English settles" often
offered in shops are viewed with dis
erection by travellers who have seen
such belongings in old English farm
houses. On their native heath they are
of solid oak, fully five feet high and
running quite across the great kitch.
ems. They are black with time and
are apt to be well seasoned with ham
fat. The duty Of the settle is fourfold.
1t is the family seat, and, as the bench
part can be raised, in the drawers be.
meath are kept the family rags for
weaving. Above the seat is the family
hat rack. The upright is double, and
in the recess thus formed the family
bacon is hung, doors opening from be-
hind into this cupboard. The dainty
affairs we know as English settles are
toys compared to the actual thing
New York Post.