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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
LITTLE JAP IS KNOCKED OUT
Section Hand Gets Mad Because IT'S
Friends Are Discharged and A.
tacks Section Foreman Huseby.

A Japanese section hand, who mas
been EMPLOYED at Mission, Ore, on the
line of the o. R. & NJ, is conhned u
st. Mary's hospital suffering from Sc
we're blows on the face and head re-
ceiyed from a heavy wrench in the
hands of Section Foreman HuseDy
The Jap became enraged at his DoSs
because two of his countrymen were
discharged. and attacked Huseby. l lie
foreman welded wrench 10 pro'e''
himself
The hospital attendants say the III
tie brown man will probably reco'ei'
No complaint has been hleo as"'A''
the section foreman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

thousand. The men who did the work
made from $3.50 to $500.
When I sub-let the shiplapping I was
not aware that it was violation of
the rules of the carpenters union, and
taking into consideration that fact that
could not get union labor and what
l had was not the kind that l could
get the work completed within the
limit Of the contract price and the fact
| that / had only short time in which
to finish the job there was but one al
| tentative left me, and that was to get
| the work done with such help as l
could get. 1 am prepared to show that
| the work took a different aspect from
the very day I commenced with nom
| union carpenters. l want to say in
connection with the union men l had
employed, Mr.. Glenn Harris was the
only man, from my point of view, who
was worth the price that l paid.
| 1 understand that it has been charg-
| ed that I turned away union carpen-
tiers. The proof of this statement
men that 1 turned away.
| 1t appears to me that it should be
| the duty Of the Carpenters union to
| see that there are a sufficient number
of firse-c class competent workmen in
their organization who could be en-
ployed when needed, and not put con-
tractor up against the necessity Of en-
ploying those who do not see fit to be-
come affiliated with your organization.
This would, l believe, not only be OF
! benefit to the contractors but would
result in materially strengthening your
body.
/ In conclusion l desire to state that
am willing at any time to meet with
you and adjust any differences that
have arisen between us. | believe that
We can get together on this matter
and l trust that you will give me an
opportunity of having a day in court
think that it is my duty as a con-
tractor to go to the bottom of this af-
fair and ascertain if possible the full
est information and I also believe that
it is your duty as we'll to have a COM
plete investigation Of the whole mat
ter.
Awaiting yur reply, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
c.. R. COX.
81 intend to go into the courts in
an effort to prosecute these men who
are trying to extort money from me-
Sam Parks was convicted of the very
same thing in New York, and l shall
apply to the county attorney to aid me
in prosecuting the cases.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
PASSING OF METHODIST BISHOPS

If the reported serious illness of
Bishop Fowler shall result fatally, it
will be the third death in the active
ranks of the bishops of the Methodist
church since the last general confer
stricken with apoplexy in the pulpit
and died in a few days. Bishop McCabe
went the same way, he being stricken
in the street. Now Bishop Fowler is
reported to be very i'll, with slight pros
poets Of his recovery.
One rather remarkable fact about
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

The spectacle of one man-and he
not a resident of the city, controlling
the Walla Walla council to the extent
that specifications are changed against
the wishes of the property owners and
new crematories are purchased with
out securing the approval of a single
taxpayer, is such as to warrant pre-
vious demands of The Statesman for a
grand jury investigation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
A Skating One.

Yvette Guilbert, the famous French
actress, is an excellent skater. In the
Bots de Boulogne, in Paris, there is an
ice rink where Nine. Glnibert's skat-
ing is one of the principal attractions
Talking about skating in New York
one day, Nine. Guilbert said:
'It is only through perseverance that
one learns to skate we'll. I am sure nc
one ever suffered more than in learn
ing to skate.
Il remember one day in my girl
hood, the second or third time 1 had
ever been on the ice, I was returning
home in a crowded omnibus, and kind
old man got up and offered me his seat
Il shook my head, and the old mar
laughed a good deal when I said:
"'NO thank you. I've been skat-
ing, and I'm tired of sitting down.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
RAILROAD OFFICIALS THINKING
Trainmen to Quit Unless Granted
Certain Concessions.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Railroad Off
Gals in meeting today discussed the
demands of the $4,000 trainmen on all
lines west of the Mississippi who
threaten to tie up the railroads unless
substantial concessions are granted to
them.
five to Is per cent raise in pay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

There are at least two men in the
city council who are deserving of the
support of the property owners as
against those who are supported by
the Warren Construction company
They are Eugene Tausick and Guy
Bridges. Don't forget them when
Frank Reese starts to bump their
heads
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Frank Reese told Councilman Gene
Tausck he would bump his (Tau-
sick's) head because the latter was in
strumental in putting through specifi-
cations not desired by the Warren
Construction company. And at the
next meeting Reese bumped. Isn't it
pretty plain that the property owners
OF Walla Walla do not control their
councilmanic servants?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Mr.. Glasford declared last night that
members of the street committee
should refuse to serve longer in that
capacity. For them to resign is i'm.
possible. 1t would be dlspleaslng to
Frank Reese.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
ALL TRAINS MOVING ON THE S. ?.
81 p,so officials of Atlantic Syste"
Subsidiary Company Announce
Themselves to Accept Fre'9"''

Ell PAsO, Dec. 27.-Local oln''a
Of the Atlantic system of the SOU. a+
ern Pacific announced touas ,oct.
freight will be received from conn ns,
ing lines for points as far east a. , n
rio Bowen, San Antonio and Hou. ,am
or to any eastern part of the s!s ..,nc
The trains are apparently movie
without difficulty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

One of these days we are going to
ask Frank Reese for permission for
enforce the anti-eXpectoratiOn Ordl-
nance. And then we're going to beg
him to allow the sun to shine just one
more day on Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

1t is announced from New York that
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw is going into
training in order to prepare for the
Harry Thaw's trial for murder. The
grand stand part of the announcement
breaks through when is called the
idea that chorus girl is too frail and
modest to face Jury.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
A STRING OF
GOOD STORIES.
In a Christmas Crowd.

Sir Thomas Upton had been compli-
mented by a New York reporter on the
cup for fishing boats that he had just
offered. ..4
Il ought to offer a cup" said the
genial Briton, ito the retail shop
keeper VINO does the biggest Christmas
trade. The size of your Christmas
trade amazes me-its size, and the dex-
terity with which it is handled.
Il heard the other day of a great
Christmas bargain sale in Quincy. To
one of the bargain counters man was
rash enough to venture. He struggled
press then, with loud cry, he sank.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Mrs. Painter, proprietress of the
skating rink, says she and her floor
managers were successful in barring
the soldiers from her rink in British
Columbia. That is one real apology
Walla Walla may offer to Secretary
Taft when he arrives to investigate. 1t
is merely foreign intervention''-or
could it be called intrusion?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

If Col. Goodwin of the Fourteenth
cavalry is disposed to resent the bar
ring of his we'll conducted soldiers
from the skating rink he might call on
Frank Reese for help. Reese may or
der the council to revoke the license
for the rink in case the management
insists upon excluding the nations de-
tenders
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

The powers of Warden Kincaid are
greatly exaggerated by the Evening
Bunc." The warden is credited with
discharging a man who left the en-
ploy of the state before the warden
took charge. Just another case OF
sour grapes on the part of the 'elimin.
ated ones"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Now that the hurry and hustle OF
the Christmas shopping is over, the
good housewife looks forward with JOY
to the CLOSING out" the Inventory
and remnant" sales which are being
prepared by enterprising Walla Walla
merchants
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
Legal Lights as Walkers.
PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER.

Two of the greatest pedestrians in
Washington, D. c., are Associate JUS
tees Harlan and White They walk
every day from the capitol to their
homes in Northwest Washington, a
distance of nearly five miles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

States uniforms from the Walla Walla
skating rink Immediately after the
president expressed his displeasure
over the San Francisco episode the
mayor of that city was arrested for
grating. Woe unto us, should Mr..
Roosevelt's attention be called to our
bitulithic councilmen and hastily pur-
chased crematory.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
REJECTED su|ToR ENDS LIFE
Felipe Jauregui, Mexican Rebel Refu-
gee, Preferred Death to Life With
out Love of St. Louis Beauty.

DETROIT, Dec. 27.-Felipe Jaure-
gui, aged %, a Mexican rebel refugee,
whose parents live near the City OF
Mexico, was fatally injured by three
bullets entering his breast, and fired
by himself. Letters he left says he
shot himself from love of Miss Dora
Rither, a St. Louis girl, who rejected
him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27
Old School journalism.

Mark Twain. at dinner in New
York, related some "reminiscences OF his
early days Of journalism in Nevada
City.
1--WE paid for outside contributions -
he said, "but not always in cash. AS
a rule, our letters of acceptance would
run like this:
"'Dear Jones: We send you per
bearer one pound of bacon for your
fine poem on the county fair. Please
receipt for same
"Dear Colonel Crabbie: For your
valued article on '"The Country
Needs" we beg to send you herewith
two gallons of corn whisky. 1t is the
same brand you have been using ever
since the war. Kindly acknowledge re-
ceipt.'
"'Dear Tompkins: We enclose a
corset in payment for your fashion ar
ticle.'
dear Senator: Understanding that
you are about to enter the state cam
paign, we send you a shotgun and
nine rounds of ammunition for your ad-
mirable article on the political situa-
tion.'
1t Didn't Work.
1.-The late Sam Small had his
faults" said an Albanian, but ne
did not dodge the penalty of them.
When he went wrong. he owned up
like a man, and if punishment was due,
he took it.
THAT was the doctrine Sam Small
preached. He hated dodgers. He used
to laugh bitterly at the plea Of 'hyp-
motto influence that used to be put up
by nearly every murderer.
Il once heard him ridiculing nyp-
nOtism. He sead that he bought pretty
heavily one year for Christmas, and
when the bill came in for turkeys and
pudding, fruit cake and so on, he
thought to himself that here was a
case for hypnotism to be tried.
HE went first to hypnotic the gro
Ger. Approaching the man, he looked
him squarely in the eye, at the same
time repeating, slowly and impress
lively:
my bill is paid
"a change came over the grocer's
face. His color faded, his eyes grew
dull, his expression blank. And in a
strange, mechanical vince he NUT
tered:
you're a liar''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

"Help! help he shouted from the
floor. Help help! My leg is broken
1.-THE clerk, dexterous in the handl-
ing of Christmas crowds, got him up
at once. msaf i.S $50
"'And you'll find our Christmas
splints and clutches, SIR he said, 'on
the third floor back, fifth aisle to the
Left
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

1t is in fear and trembling that we
await the ultimatum of President
Roosevelt anent the barring of United
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Sidney Sloane is coming to Walla
Walla. And the youthful parrlclde
may be a long time in going.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-27

Entered at the Postoffice OF Wa"a
WaIia, Washington, as Second e'as'
Matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17

The success which accompanied seed sowing in the Black Hills re- serve last spring has encouraged the forest service to plan similar work for the spring. Broadcast sowing had never before proved successful in reserve work, but the 300 pounds of yellow pine seed cast upon the snow in this experiment. produced re. suits far beyond all expectations, re. suits which appear to indicate the praeticability of this method on thou sands of acres in this region. Of all methods of forest planting it is the and cheapest, and the local demand for timber for mining pur- poses is great. Nursery work will be carried on extensively at all the sta tions. At the Fort Bayard station, New Mexico, permanent headquarters will be established and open trans! plant beds constructed. With the new nursery beds at the Wasatch station, Utah, at the Bear Creek sta tion in the Pike's Peak reserve, and at Clyde, Col, and the enlarged beds at Halsey, Neb, the total area of seed beds will have an annual capacity of about twelve million seedlings. At the end of the planting season nearly 500 acres will have been newly re- forested. ro-s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1906.

An experiment with automobiles for mail delivery is to be made at Detroit soon, which, it is believed, will largely determine the attitude of the postoffice department toward the request of Postmaster Wilcox for automobile deliveries to be estab- lished il. New York. Automobiles were tried in Minneapolis for brief time, but failed to give satisfactory service. That was several years ago, and since then the machines have been so developed that in advertising for contracts the department receives morc frequent proposals from auto- mobile companies willing to under take the mail contracts ill the large cities. - Postmaster Wilcox has now asked the department to invite bids, and an effort will be made to estab- fish automobiles for service between the main postoffce and sub-stations. Postmaster Wilcox believes in the possibilities of the. machine for the expediting of the mails in New York city, and will seek to have special op- portunities given automobile con- cerns in competing for contracts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17

good pay for the job, since the queen will not have to do her own work and, though owing to a peculiar tenn per of the country and of the king she may have to walk Spanish, nev- ertheless, in general the duties arc not exacting. .-Torrington Register.
 The drowning season in the Con- netcicut river has started in early with two victims of the icy waters at Hartford. Year after year these river tragedies set in at Hartford or in that vicinity. The foolishness of canoeing in these March winds and with the water so cold and floating ice in the river is So great that one wonders at the foolhardiness of ven turesome youth that knows no fear. --Holyoke Transcript.
 The color line is beginning to be felt in the north, according to re- ports from New Haven, where a branch of the Y. M. c. A. is threat ened with disruption over the whites and blacks refusing to bathe together in the same tank. , The story goes that the whites are willing to gam JIG Ou JOIulhS IACli CoiotSN Oi oSh>AS in the other land, but insist on hav- ing the swimming pool at the Y. M. c. A. for white members only.-Mid- dletown Press.
 There was a time hereabouts when the habit of serenading a newly mar ried couple had a strong hold on cer- tain classes of people and considera- ble discomfort was caused for the newly wed. It takes Pennsylvania to do that kind of thing up in proper style, however. The gang of ser enaders that fired $50 shots into house and exploded dynamite be- sides tearing down fences and giving other exhibitions of their pleasant feelings is alleged to have included some of the most prominent persons in the place. What delightful sec tion that must be to live in.-New London Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17
ARTISTS ODD. MISTAKE.
His Work Was All Right, But He Had Made Mistake in the
 Subject.

Danton, the celebrated caricaturist, had a wonderful power of modelling from memory. After one long look at his subject he could go to his studio and make bust quite perfect in its resem- blance. says an exchange. ....
 One day a young man came to him, saying that his sister was i'll and about to die. and that, although the family wished her bust modelled, they dared not excite her by mentioning 1t. Would he undertake to reproduce her features after seeing her once? Danton agreed. and next day the brother informed his sister that he intended to present her with some jewels and that a young man would bring some specimens for her ap- proval.
 Danton brought in the jewels and, going home, modelled bust of striking resemblance. Next year an old gentle man, the father of the young woman. came to order bust of the brother, who also had died This, too. was a marvel ous success.
 The result of such planning. how ever, was not always as satisfactory to his patrons as in these cases. A gen. tlemen who could not persuade his wife to sit asked Danton to enter a certain omnibus one day and fix in his memory the features of the lady opposite him.
 He did SO. modelled a beautiful bust and sent 1t home. It proved, however. to be not the mistress. but the maid. who had also taken the trip in the omnibus.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17
CADET BARRACKS s AT WEST POINT.

ments are extra drill, loss of privi- leges, confinement on board the San- tee. The bill just passed by the sen ate in reference to hazins, before its final amending granted to the secre- tary of the navy authority to dismiss midshipmen at his discretion; e amended, 1t gives the midshipmen power, if he so wishes it, to demand a court-martial to determine actual facts.
 Candidates for admission to West Point are called beasts" those that have passed the entrance examinations are "plebes.' When the plebes join the battalion their troubles begin; and though some of the "deviling' is mere ly silly. more than enough cases have come to light of very brutal treat ment. Although penalties for hazing are very severe and candidates are warned they must not submit to haS- ing, it is practiced regularly and vi- ciously. The upper classmen feels the fearful responsibility of bringing the greenhorn up to the standard, if the plebe shows any reluctance, any want of respect to his superiors, the upper classman calls together his ''scrapping committee" and . man b selected to fight the plebe. They have all promised to obey the academy rules against such combat-but where do academy rules come in when 1t is question of "class sentimentf" Wherefore the fight is called, and pro ceeds. The combatants fight with bare fists and fight till one of the two can't stand any longer, until he falls. "It is not enough that he fights until "groggy." till he staggers; he must fight until he can actually stand no more. There is no let-up. If he fails to do this, he is branded as 8 coward and loses standing with his fellows. Other similar gentle "punishments" are inflicted, of such kind the victim is brought to stage of collapse, or goes into convulsions. He is doc tored with stimulants, or perhaps sent to the hospital; and when presently his battered condition comes to mo- tice, the presumption goes that the in. juries were received in the gymna- sium. htra R
 In a stringent editorial on fazing, as carried on at West Point, the au- thor says: "A West Point student or graduate is not necessarily a gentle. man. He sometimes is a brute. We do not always trust his moral in- stincts. for they may be perverted. The cadet who is a bully will be . bully as an officer; and such boys and men we want weeded out of our mill itary service. War. and authority in time of peace, cultivate too much. even under all possible restraints. the tyrannous clements of a mans char acter. It is idle to assert, as many of. ficers are doing, that such brutality as this exercises a beneficial effect in breaking a boy to the rigors of milf. tary discipline"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-17

A stimulating feature is the in- crease in our exports, says Banker Clews. During February the total value of domestic products shipped abroad was s141,700, 900, an in- crease of s44,000,OOO over the same month last year. The gain was chief ly in breadstuffs and cotton, which showed an increase of about s9,000,- 900 each. In provisions there was gain of s4,500,00O. The returns thus far for the fiscal year are even more striking and encouraging. Since July 1st our total exports of domestic products have reached s1, .. 19S.000, 900, an increase of sl90.- 000. 900 during that period. About 7,5O0,O00 of this gain occurred in breadstuffs. In provisions there was was an increase of s31,500.0 and in cotton an increase of s30.000. 900. The increase fin breadstuffs is larger than usual owing to the fact that a year ago their total was much re- duced. but their recovery to normal conditions is worthy of notice. The excess of exports over imports fin February was s37.5OO,O0O compared with only s3,7O0.O0O last year. and the excess for eight months of the fiscal year was ss9s 900. 900 against s27s. 100000 in the same period fin 1905. The recent break in the price of wheat and the low price of cotton will stimulate exports and continue to lower the price of exchange. For the present the market is likely to continue unsettled. Conditions are conflicting and two-sided. Recent liquidation improved the technical situation somewhat. but market lead CTS are not yet disposed fo buy with any freedom. either a sharp break or improved general conditions being necessary to revive their active In- terest.