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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
WIRELESS TO SAVE LIFE ON COAST
Commission Recommends Establish
ment of Stations in Several
Places on North Pacific.

(From the report of the Government
Roosevelt to examine into the causes
of the great loss of life on the steamer
Valencia)
CD A system of wireless stations
should be established, including sta
tons at Cape Flattery light, Point
Wilson or Point Partridge, Seattle and
at the Puget Sound Navy yard and
also down the Pacific coast at least to
Grays Harbor The commission is ad-
vised that the Navy Department has
now in course of building a wireless
station at Cape Flattery and that it
has already granted appropriations for
Point Wilson and Seattle. If this be
done by the Navy Department it will
fulfill the requirements of this recon-
mendation.
1t is believed by the Commission,
based upon the assurances of import
ant steamship interests on this coast,
that as soon as the Government es-
tablishes wireless outfits at Cape Flat
terry. wireless apparatus will also be
installed on a large number of steam
ers on this coast, so that intelligence
can be transmitted from them to the
lighthouse at Cape Flattery and also
to this proposed new life saving tug at
Neah Bay. The question of commune
cation was one which played a very
serious part in the Valencia disaster
Had there been a wireless apparatus
at Cape F'lattery at that time it is
almost certain that rescue tugs could
have been at the scene of the wreck
by Tuesday evening, at least II hours
before the rescue fleet actually got
there, and if the Valencia had also
been equipped with wireless apparatus
the rescue tugs could probably have
been at the scene of the wreck early
Tuesday morning"
The above is of more than passing
local interest because the Government
wireless contracts are all with the
American DeForest Wireless TELEGRAPH
Company; a good many Walla Walla
people have shares in the capital stock
of this company and feel fortunate in
having taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity. Milton Huber is District Man.
ager of the company and has offices
in the Quinn building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
USING MILL CREEK WATER
Supply in Springs Has Greatly
Diminished.
Superintendent TAPS THE CREEK
DRAIN ON RESERVOIRS INcREAs-
ING DAILY AND SUPPLY is
GETTING SHORTER.
Superintendent TAPS THE CREEK

Surings supplying the city reservoirs
have diminished in flow to such an
extent the past week that Water Su-
perintendent Knight was compelled
Saturday to resort to the using of the
waters of Mill creek to keep up the
supply in the reservoirs. A pipe con-
Meeting the city park reservoir with
Mill creek has been laid and water
from the stream will be used until the
springs regain their normal flow.
Six members of the council visited
the place where the waters Of Mill
creek are being diverted this morning
at the invitation of the attorneys of
the Dement, Brothers company, who
are now in litigation with the city over
water rights. Members of the council
are rather reticent on expressing any
opinion over the water situation as
they found it. The decrease in the
flow of springs supplying the reser-
voirs is mystifying to the water Of
ficials and cannot be accounted for
unless it is due to a deficiency in the
amount of rainfall that exists at pres
ent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16

be an aspirant for political hOnOrs.
Now I would like to be elected the
belle of New York. so I could come to
all of these luncheOns."
Mr.. Clemens told a story of his
youth; how he had taken young col
lege woman to theater and to grace
the occasion put on new pair of
boots During the evening they got
so tight and he grew so uncomfort-
able that, surreptitiously, he removed
first one and then the other. To his
modification, when the play was over,
his feet were so swollen that the boots
would not go on, and he had to walk
home in his stocking feet, with the
girl on one arm and the boots on the
other.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
Failing to Get Prices the Publishers
Will Not Print Laws in
Iowa.

DES MONIES. Iowa, April 16.-
Practically the entire work of the Iowa
legislature will be rendered void by
the refusal of the Des Moines Capital
to publish the laws passed which car
ried a publication clause, unless al
lowed double the legal rate AS there
is no appropriation for the purpose
and the legislature has adjourned sine
die. the state is in a serious plight.
Half the laws passed carried a pub
LEGATION clause which requires that they
be printed in the paper edited by La
fayette Young before they become le-
gal Young demanded during the ses-
sion that the law be amended to per-
nit the payment of a higher rate The
bill, however, failed to pass both
houses, and one permitting printing in
other papers was defeated by Young's
friends in the legislature.
Today Young demanded of the sec
rotary Of the state that he be paid
double the legal rate and, on being re-
fused, declared that not a single one
of the laws should be published, and
consequently could not become effec-
tive.
There is no method by which the
higher rate could be paid. as it is spe-
officially prohibited by statute, and
special session may be necessary to
remedy the situation.
The most important measure vOided
by the action is the law providing for
the investigation of the insurance COM
have to be dropped.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16

all right all right, but the pattern
his wife had selected was seemingly
too much, and, without Offering any,
explanation, he bolted the store, NUT
tering to himself: "A mans wife may
be all right when it comes to purchas-
ing his cigars and neckties, but the
idea Of Helen Mary trying to foist
such clothes on me is the last straw"
He'll wear the clothes I've picked
out for him or no other" was what
Helen Mary remarked as she left the
store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
10 the climax Of the story, that read
Qhnut fOllou-S.

about as follows:
It was a desperate and sanguinary bat
lie. The men in our line were falling like
withered leaves in a November gale, and
blood was running in little rivulets from
pool to pool that had gathered in the de-
pressions all over the battle-ground. Our
men were mostly raw recruits, unaccus-
toned to such scenes of carnage, and. as
might be expected under such circum-
stances. they wavered under the dashing
onslaught of the intrepid Lyon and his
valiant men. For a moment II appeared
that the day and all, even honor, would
be lost in complete defeat and ignominious
rout. Just at this critical moment who
I should go to the relief of our sorely tried
men but that gallant brigade commanded
by that bold intrepid leader who knows
not what the word fear means, General
John B. Clark. the greatest hero of the
battle. and the day was
'Who did you say wrote that article,
Vest?" broke in General Clark, not be-
ing able to restrain himself longer.
Captain John Smith," the senator re-
piled parenthetically and turned to his
paper again as if he was about to re-
sumo the reading
"Oh, thunder" snOrted the general in
response, II thought you was talking
about Captain John 7. Smith-at least
that is the man l had in mind all the
time. You know. there were two Cap
tain Smiths in my brigade. One was
Captain John r. Smith, whom every
body nicknamcd as John the Coward,
and there was plain Captain John
Smith, whom everybody nicknamed
John the Bold and bold indeed he
ful and more upright man In every re-
spect in all the state Of Missouri, Vest.
than this same plain Captain John
Smith the bold Furthermore, Vest,
every word he has written in that ar
6cle is the unvarnished truth from be-
ginning to end. I'll vouch for plain
Captain John Smith every time. Be
sides, was there, you know, and l
know it Is So"
But, general" the senator rejoined
as he fairly exploded with laughter.
you see, this article is signed by John
T. Smith, not the plain John Smith.
did not think ut the time that the mid
die initial would assist you in Identify
ing this man; hence my failure to give
his full name as it is written here
when l first inquired about him."
This was too much for the general.
Bounding from his seat and shaking
his finger in the senator's face, be
said:
Vest, of all the demons that stalk
upon the face of the earth you are the
biggest and most heartless. I'll not
eat with you, sir."-Kansas City Star.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
WAS .SALTED MINE.
Sudden Damper Put Upon Ramsay
Gold Excitement.

VIRGINIA, Neb., April 16.-The dis
covery that samples of ore from the
has put a damper on the enthusiasm
over the find. Three hundred men
are already there. A restaurant and
two saloons were started and the
country was all located. No new
strike has been reported. Ramsay is
25 miles northeast of COmStOck
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
TWAIN PERMANENT GUEST"
Three Hundred Smith College Girls
Captured by Humorist.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Unanfmous-
ly 800 college women chose Mark
Twain as a permanent annual guest
of the Smith College club of New
York, at the eleventh yearly luncheon
today in the Hotel AstOr.
In his toast Mr.. Clemens endeav-
ored to tell how delighted he was to
be present at the luncheon.
81 am so impressed with the lowell
ness of things in general he said,
that I feel elevated to something very
near heaven. I believe l should like to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
MINERS BOARD MEETS.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 10
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers. and Secretary and Treasurer
Wilson is here, and Vice-President
special meeting tomorrow. Mitchell
says that he is satisfied with the stat
lis Of affairs. The board is to discuss
the ACCESSIBILITY of levying an assess
ment on miners whose employers have
higned the 1903 scale and put their
men to work
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
Enqlishmen Are Vain,

LONDON, April 161-Ada Balling.
who is holding a health, toilet and
beauty exhibition. has evidence. she
considers. that men are more conceited
than women. Next week prizes will
be given to the handsomest man. the
test baby. She has now received
twenty mems photographs to every
WOman'S.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
MAY Advance Idaho Case.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16.-
The supreme court today took under
Amusement the request that the appeal
of Pettibone, Meyer and Haywood,
now in Jail in Idaho charged with
Ex-Governor Steunenberg, be advanced
for hearing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16

Roslyn, has serious intentions OF going
on the stage She has been rehearsing
in Lord and Lady Algy." and when
this popular piece is revived at the
Royal Haymarket theater, Lady An
gela will be Lady Algy, Charles Haw-
trey appearing in his original part.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
Notice of Petition.

Notice is hereby given that the city
of Walla Walla has presented to the
board of county commissioners of
Walla Walla county, a petition, as fol-
dows, to-wit:
"To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Walla Walla
County.
"Gentlemen::-Yo petitioner, the
city of Walla Walla, respectfully re-
quests, That it be allowed the privilege
of laying pipes for the extension of
the present water system in accordance
with Ordinance No. 1884. in that GER
tain county road known as the Mill
Creek road, at such points between the
city limits of the city of Walla Walla
and the head of such water system
extension as it may desire or
deem necessary to lay such
pipes. also granted the right to
erect and maintain telephone and
electric light poles in said highway be-
tween said points.
Your petitioner. if this petition is
granted, agrees to enter into a contract
with your honorable body to lay such
pipes and erect such poles as expedi-
tiously as possible. restoring each and
every part of the road that may be
disturbed to its present condition as
soon as it is possible to do so; and
further agrees to protect the county
against all claims for damages by rea-
son of either the granting of this pc
titiOn or damages which may arise in
the prosecution of such work.
Your petitioner further agrees that
if this petition is granted. to give a
bond for the faithful performance of
such contract said bond to be in the
sum of $1,000. or such further sum as
your honrable body may deem neces-
sary if YOU should consider such $4,000
bond insufficient; and your petitioner
further asks that it be allowed to
main such pipes and poles when so
laid and erected as long as petitioner
may desire. and be allowed the privi-
ledge at any time of digging up such
county road at any point where it
may be necessary to repair or replace
said pipes and poles when so laid and
erected upon the condition that when
such repairs and requirements are
made, said road will be restored to as
good condition as the same was in be-
fore the same was disturbed; and that
your petitioner be responsible for all
damages by reason of digging up anv
part of said highway in making such
repairs and requirements: and your
petitioner is ready to give a bond in
such sum as is deemed necessary to
protect the county of Walla Walla
from any claim by reason of the dig
ging up or obstructing of any part of
said highway for the purpose of laying
or replacing or repairing such pipes
or poles.
THE CITY OF WALLA. WALIA.
BY Gilbert Hunt Mayor"
And that said petition will come on
for hearing before said board at the
usual place of meeting thereof on the
9TH day of May. 1906. at the hour of
3 o'clock in the afternoon.
BY order of the County Commissions
erS
W. J. HONEYCUTT
County Auditor and ex- Officio Clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
kearsarqe Victims Buried.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
The navy department has been noti-
enlisted men killed on the Wearsarge
were buried today. The body of Lieu
al home and is heir aboard the Mary
land.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
Egg Rolling at White House

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16.-
There was the annual Easter eggrOll-
ing on the White House lawn today
by the president, Mrs. Roosevelt was on
the porch with Archie, and Quentin
who part Of the time mingled with the
other children of the town.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
DIDN'T SUIT PHILANDER,
Helen Mary Could Not Suit Him in
Choosing Clothes.

Yes. Philander, this is the suit I've
picked out for you. l think the pat
tern is very fetching"
This is the way wife put it to her
husband in a local haberdashery this
morning.
But it didn't go-in fact. Phil. buck
ed.
He perhaps wanted an Easter suit,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
Ask For An Increase of Twenty-Five
Cents a Day.

NORFOLK, Va, 16.-Four thousand
linemen and other electric workers for
the Bell Telephone company in seven
southeastern states struck today for
an increase of twenty-five cents day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
HAIR GOODS

switches, wigs, pompadours and all
kinds of ladies' hair goods made to
order. Switches made from combings,
cut hair and combings bought.
Gentlemen's toupees and wigs made.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
ROOTH
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
WANTED.

Ladies' clerk for dry goods. with
some experience in dress goods depart
ment. Address A. c., this office.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
MAY GO ON THE STAGE.
Sister of Earl Actor Considers Appear
ance in "Lord and Lady AIgy."

LONDON, April 16.-Lady Angela
Forbes, sister of the earl actor, Lord
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16

Have you anything to sell? If you
have, a want ad will sell it for you.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16
Corbin for Lieutenant General.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 16.-
The president today nominated Gener-
al COrbin to be lieutenant general.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-16

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W / HONEYCI-TT

W - iio->E " L,
County Auditor and ex-Officio Clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners
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He perhaps wanted an Easter suit,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-08
MURDER At MOUNT CARMEL
DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY STATION.
W. Men Shot and Killed BY Two
others Who Had Been Elected
For Making a Noise.

Mount Carmel, Ill.-Being elect
ed from the waiting of the South
ern railway station at one o'clock
Wednesday morning by ten men, whose
slumber was disturbed, j. w. Muir
ply and Charles White, alias Dodd, re-
turned a few moments later with a re-
volyer, fired through the window, and
when the occupants rushed out of the
door to escape, shot and killed two
men.
The second mar to emerge from the
waiting was shot in the mouth.
He pitched forward, dead. The second
man shot received a bullet through the
head. He lived until II o'clock. Muir
ply was captured Immediately after
the shooting by the night Waterman.
White was arrested a few hours later
in a local resort.
The victims were members Of a con-
struction gang at work on the Illinois
Central railroad. Their names have not
been learned, but will probably be re-
vealed at the coroner's inquest.
According to Whites story, Murphy
used the revolver.
Murphy says he knows nothing about
the shooting.
Murphy is about 40 years old. White
is younger. The latter was employed
as a hostler at the Big Four round
house here recently. A short time ago
Murphy was charged with shooting
through a window at George Krug,
who was wounded in the throat. Muir
ply escaped with a fine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-08
KING EDWARD lNcoGNlTO
He Will Spend Some Time In Paris
and Biarritx, and Then Take .
Cruise On the Mediterranean.

London.-His grace, the duke OF
Lancaster, as King Edward will be
known lor TWO months, left for a
holiday in Paris and Biarritz and sub.
sequent cruise in the Mediterranean.
The king who is attended only by
Gen. Sir Stanely Clarke and the Hon.
Sidney Greville, spent the night on
board the royal yacht at Portsmouth,
leaving early this morning for Cher.
bourg, and will arrive in Paris this
evening. He will stay at the British
embassy in Paris until Tuesday, and
during his visit to the French capital
will see President Fallierers, whom he
has not yet met. From Paris the
king goes to Biarritz, France, and
will stay there until the end of March,
afterwards joining the royal yacht in
the Mediterranean, where, it is said,
he will meet Emperor William. Dur.
ing his stay at Biarritz, King Edward
will e King Alfonso and discuss the
details of the ~latter's marriage with
Princess Ena of Battenberg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-08
OOwIF'S DOCTRINES DONTGO
PRAYER IN LIEU OF MEDICINE
Is NOT UP TO DATE.
Corporation Counsel Lewis of Chica-
go Upbolds the City Health De-
partment I'm Interfering.

Chicago.-The municipal health
department is justified in forcibly in
terfering in cases of extreme sickness,
where the services of a physician are
refused, according to an opinion rem
dered by Corporation Counsel Lewis.
Since the advent of John Alexander
Dowie in Chicago, many cases of this
nature have been brought to the no
tice of the city authorities, but no def
mite action has even been taken in such
cases until now, when prayer instead
of medicine was being used in the
treatment of Mrs, Ella Turner, who is
a believer in Dowie's teachings. The
woman had been suffering for over "a
hours, and her life was in imminent
peril, as her condition called for an i'm
mediate operation. Instead of calling
a physician the woman's husband and
relatives appealed to Overseer Voliva
of Zion City, who sent one of his dea-
cons to pray for her. The woman's
pain increased so much that her cries
attracted the attention of a neighbor,
who reported the case to the police. The
police at once placed the mat
ter in the hands of the health de-
partment, and was referred to Corpora
ton Counsel Lewis, who expressed the
opinion that the health department was
justified in interfering in such extreme
cases. A physician was at ono sent to
attend the m and her suffering was
StODped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-08
PAY OF RURAL CARRIERS
No Disp osition On the Part of the
Post Office Department to Cut
Existing Rates.

Washington.-Au official statement
has been furnished by the post Office
department which says:
In the matter of rural carriers pay it
can be authori. atively stated that there
is no disposition IN the part of the post
Office department to cut existing rates.
On the contrary, the department has
strongly recommended the ACCESSIBILITY
of congressional consideration of the
subject looking to more adequate COM
%pensation. ....
In the recent readjustments to COM
plete county service the number of
routes reduced in mileage have exceed
ed the number increased. These con-
ditions have resulted in lowering the
average pay of the carrier somewhat.
Until the service is completed
throughout the country the average Of
carriers salaries, based upon the pres
ent legal allowances, will naturally
fluctuate from time to time, as routes
are increased or decreased in length.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-08
THE LAW Is INDICATED
Charles Coleman, Negro Who Muir.
dered SchOOl-Girl, La yvfuIly


Shreveport, La.-Closely guarded
by two companies of militia, Charles
Coleman, the negro who murdered
Margaret Lear, a school girl, last week,
was privately hanged at 12:37 p. m.
Thursday. A large crowd surrounded
the jail, but there was no hostile dem
onstration.
Just as the hangman placed his foot
on the trigger, Coleman exclaimed:
"Good-by." He was pronounced dead
in 10 minutes, his neck being broken.
One of the murdered girls brothers
witnessed the execution.
There was strong talk of burning the
negro's dead body if the mob could get
it, but the governor, who arrived Thurs
day morning, and the mayor took
prompt steps to prevent this and will
give the body decent burial.