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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
NAY |uJURE BASEBALL TOO
New Railroad Rate Law Dead|y
10 Clubs.
SPECIAL RATES CANNOT Be GRANTED
WHICH Is LIKELY TO SHUT OUT
WALLA WALLA AND
WHITMAN.
SPECIAL RATES CANNOT Be GRANTED

The new railroad rate law may Sc
riously interfere with the formation Of
a baseball league in Walla Walla this
spring and also limit the schedule of
the Whitman college baseball team.
Heretofore all baseball teams have
and one third fare for the round trip
but now 1t seems more than probable
| that this cannot be granted to the
team without being granted to every
body else.
The Pacific Coast league is worrying
on the question considerably as it
may seriously hamper if not entirely
destroy that organization.
A Portland paper speaking of the
matter says:
Fresh troubles have appeared over
the horizon for the Pacific Coast
League which are causing some keen
anxiety among the coast baseball mag
mates. The new interstate commerce
law, which goes into effect the first of
the year, is what threatens to play
havoc with this leagues finances, as
well as that of every other league in
the country.
In years past baseball teams trav-
cling up and down the coast have re-
ceived rebates on their fares. These
rebates amounted to something. The
rebating as high as half the regular
fare, which was quite an item. In the
course Of season the rebates figure
into the thousands on the coast alone.
Leagues in other parts Of the cOun-
try have had the same favors.
According to the new law which
| was pushed through congress by Pres
| ident Roosevelt there are to be no
more rebates. This means that one
| and all are to pay the same fare. If
a railroad allows ball players to ride
at half rate, it must extend the same
privileges to all other passengers. In
other words, there can be no favOrit-
| ism. AS the jumps are long on the
coast, this new law, if enforced to the
letter, will work a great hardship on
all the clubs.
| Eyes, have already taken notice of
the new interstate commerce law,
says President Ewing, of the San Fran
cisco club, in the San Francisco Bull
letin. II have written to Hon. Frank
lin K. Lane, who is a Californian and
member of the commission, for his
opinon and if he interprets the law as
some others do, it will be hard blow
to the coast league and other leagues
which cover more than one state.
wouldn't be surprised to see num-
Der of leagues go to pieces if the
new law is vigorously enforced. Clubs
won't be able to stand the railroad ex-
pense State leagues won't be affected
it will only be those like the coast
league which take in the differen,
states"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19

the account of his discharge from work
in Chicago, as follows:
"Tm sorry. but we find it necessary
to cut down expenses and we must lay
of q man. AS you were the last one
hired it is my disagreeable duty to pick
upon you as the one
""Tom Ryan, for such was the name
of the person addressed, stood stricken
dumb with amazement.
Going home and after a sleepless
night he decided to leave the city. He
shipped with a railroad construction
crew, but soon after arriving in a bar
rem waste got sore on his job and quit.
Far from home and among strangers,
Tom decided to turn bank robber and
went to a town farther west. The next
day a few minutes before the banks
closing hour, he walked up town and
into the bank.
Locks All in Vault.
upon the cashiers inquiring as to
his business he leveled the gun at him
with command to throw up his hands
"'Get back in that vault now or I'll
blow your head off, he said.
1.-The men FASTENED to obey his or
der and he turned the bolt in the
safe door. making all three of the men
prisoners. Then he hung a sign on
the window, Bank closed next he
snatched a package of bills off the
desk.
Making a short detour, he arrived
at his boarding house, where he
counted over the money he had stolen.
He had taken about $4,000"
Then follows in graphic detail how
he made his getaway, went to his home,
bought his mother and sisters many
had deprived them, and made them
happy.
Planned to Kill Self.
This was Kearns' confession in Great
Bend yesterday, except that he told
the sheriff that he had gone to New
York and spent much of the proceeds
of his robbery in riotous living. To
his sisters Kearns told a story of a
big winning on a horserace.
The climax of the story is suicide
in the Chicago river following a con-
fession to a brother of the bank rob-
Der. The story ending as follows:
"A groan-a splash is heard-and all
is still. The waters flow onward car
rying with them the man who could not
wait-who must have at once or never.
1.-THE crowds in the city still go on,
all after the dollar. In lonely cot
tage each night an aged mother and
her children gather round to say the
rosary for the boys. Little do they
think that one will never come again.
But Tom has gone. Let us hope
that he has found happiness. Let us
not blame him. He was the victim
Of circumstances, perhaps, whatever he
was. he has gone where the gold is
not king"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19

The best local advertisers say that
they get the best results when they
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
Jews ORGANIZE for Protection.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 19.-At a mass
meeting Of Jews in the West Side Au-
ditorium Annex tonight, arrangements
will be completed for the organization
of the Hebrew Protective Association.
The main object Of the association is
to protect the Jews from attacks OF
rowdies in the city and to bring the
offenders to justice. Badges were is
sued and instructions given as to how
help could be had in case Of need.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
THAT'S 1T!

Cough yourself into a mt OF spasms
and then wonder why you don't get
vel, IF YOU will only try a bottle OF
Billiards. Horehound Syrup your cough
will be a thing of the past. 1t is q
nositiye cure for Coughs, Influenza,
Bronchitis and all Pulmonary dls-
eases. One bottle will convince you
at vour druggist, Csc, soc, $1.OO.
Sold by A. B. Shelton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
Names Self "Tom Ryan,"

Young Kearns, sitting down to write
at the fanciful story Of robbery which
has counterpart in his actual career,
took the name of TON Ryan" for his
hero. The manuscript starts right into
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
REGISTERS and Receivers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-These NOM
nations were made: Occur d'Alene,
VIM. Ashley, Jr., register land ofhce'
Sacramento, John A. Armstrong regis
+r ,.nd office: Black Foot, Idaho
Henry w. Kiefer. Receivers OF pubic
moneys, Fred c. Bradley, Haley loa''
Charles Walter. independence, Cal;
Reni G.. Barber, Lewiston, Ida.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
Canada Takes First Step Toward Home
Rule,

OTTAWA, Dec LIT was officially
announced today that the Canadian
government will take over the Hall
fax backwards on Jan. fir m the
British government in the plan or the
Home government to give the defences
and military equipment Of the colo
MES into the hands Of the Colonial
government. Whilst the transfer will
be purely formal, Canada will agree
to keep up the efficiency OF the yards
for coaling and repairs and the ad-
miralty in the event of war or other
emergency may take over the oochs'
The dockyards properly include sew
eral wharfs, a number of fine buildings
several yards, etc., covering about one
hundred acres.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
llanues His Hero with His Own
Deeds
IS NOW USED IS 1 CONFESSION
REMARKABLE STORY OF YOUTH
WHO FAILED TO MAKE
GOOD" As REPORTER.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1s.-In a remarkable

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-In a remarkable
photographed sketch, Joseph Shep-
ard Kearns, 10 years old, self confessed
bank robber and failure in civilized
life," tells how he formulated his
plans to rob a bank and make a stake
before his daring "stickup" of a bank
and arrest in Great Bend, Kan.
The sketch apparently was written
following his discharge from a press
association through which he had at
tempted to ''break into the newspa-
per business. And it was found in his
room at 2445 Prairie avenue, where he
lived in Chicago.
Kearns, who was captured last Sat-
urday in the once wild west town Of
Great Bend, after holding up a bank
cashier at the point of gun, and rob-
bling the bank of $3.50, confessed yester-
day to having robbed the Midland Ma
tional bank at Newton, Kan, on the
afternoon of Nov. 10, when he locked
the clerks and customers, six in all,
in the bank vault and escaped with
$500.
Like Newton Robbery.
The "story" in the third person is
written on thirty lone sheets Of large
size note paper bearing the letterhead
Of the Grand Pacific hotel, in a scrawl
which would indicate that the writer
was laboring under great nervous ex-
element.
The climax Of the story is a $4,000
bank robbery committed by the hero
in a hypothetical town named Grass
vile, which might be Newton. 1t tells
Of sharing the spoils with relatives and
Of visit to the robbers home. While
the boys mother is said to have died
several years ago. his two sisters, re-
siding at Ann Arbor, Mich, received
money from him several times, when
it is known he had no means of earn
ing it. His sisters, Of course, be-
lieved he was working at honest en-
ployment.
Names Self "Tom Ryan,"
Young Kearns, sitting down to write
at the fanciful story of robbery which
has a counterpart in his actual career,
took the name Of tom Ryan" for his
hero The manuscript starts right into
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
All ready now for the Christmas

All ready now for the Christmas
rush at the Bee Hive. Thousands of
Dolls. Toys and Fancy Boxes now on
sale-Come and bring your lunch-it
will take all day to look us over-but
dollar will buy a wagon load at
The Bee Hive. the store that cuts the
price and does the business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
SMALLPOX Epidemic in Nova Scotia.

TRIIRO. N. S., Dec. 19.-The small
pox epidemic is spreading in an alarm
ing manner Notwithstanding the Ell
<ort. made to check it. There are now
nine hundred cases under treatment
and all the hospitals are filled Win
patients.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-19
FOR RENT.

New modern six-room house, good
location convenient to business CEN
ter. Will be vacant Jan. LIST. Inquire at
Statesman Office.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching. Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug
gists are authorized to refund money II PAzO
OINTMENT fails to cure in to u days soc.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07
IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

Ten Mexicans and two Americans
were killed in a riot Of miners in
Cananea, Mexico. forty-f FIVE miles
from the Arizona border. The riot
began with an attack Of the Mexi.
cans on the Americans. II has been
quelled by soldiers.
Getting and keeping the lid on is
now one Of the principal occupations
OF state and city executives. Ii is a
good occupation. Lexington and
Louisville are at present two OF our
prominent cities where this IL being
tried. Lexington is having good
success. Louisville will doubtless
have a much harder struggle. The
Governor and the mayor Of Louis.
vile seem 10 be in earnest TO enforce
the law, and We wish them success.
II is said that more than one half
OF Governor Folks mail each day
consists Of letters concerning the
hanging Of Mrs. Aggie Myers, the
Kansas City woman convicted of
having murdered her husband. The
murder was peculiarly atrocipus one
and il il hoped that Governor Folk
will show the back bone displayed
by Vermont's farmer governor last
fall in ignoring the same kind Of i'm.
pertinent interference and hanging
Mn. Rogers. The law should be
carried out or repealed.
Senator Beverage has Just said
I'VE are now in a period of the NOR
al regeneration OF American bust
ness" The first step IN this moral
regeneration" should be a readjuss.
ment Of the tariff. So long AZ a IA.
vored few can exploit whole PEG
pie for their own advantage under
the cover Of law, il is not wonderful
that individuals without this cover
should try 90 do the same thing
Morally Rockefeller is no worse than
those who benefit by the present tar.
IN on the necessities OF life tho le.
gally the latter take high groand
with the Millionaire.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07
FROM THE WIDE WORLD

Mukden has at last been formally
opened 10 international trade. The
authorities are now drafting harbor
regulations for Dalmy and. a. soon
as they are completed, tina, port will
also be opened.
James Bryce, Chief Secretary ior
Ireland. introduced in the House OF
Commons last week bill authoriz
ing loan Of S22, 100000 10 provide
laborers' cottages in Ireland Mr..
Bryce explained that il was hoped
that the proposed improvement in
their dwellings would help 10 arrest
the physical decline Of the popula
ton and restore new hope to Irish
laborers.
The throwing Of the bomb. that
was intended 20 Kill the king and
new queen Of Spain, just after they
had been married, is one Of the start
ling events Of the past week. Ii is 10
be hoped that the person thus guilty
Of the murder Of sixteen people and
wounding Of many Others will be
punished, aud that the time may
come when the lives OF rulers are as
safe as those Of common people. A
country where illiteracy is great Is
not the most hopeful place in which
10 look for such safety Of life.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

Telephone No. A, Bersa, Ky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

the West side the Model Schools Elk
hibit.
la the rear section Of the indus
trial buildings the wood working
machinery viii be in operation from
500 TO ll:15 a. m.
The Power House is open from
500 TO ll:l5, containing the boilers
steam engine, dynamos and telephone
central.
In the Printing Office one may
see printing presses, paper cutters
and other apparatus from $3.50 tc
ll;l5 in the morning.
The Hospital will be open from
$3.50 to ll;15 a. m. 10 show the ar.
engagements Of the College for the
care of the sick.
During the same hours visitors
will be welcome at the Farm Barns
to see the Holstein Stock, Farm Ma.
chinery, Silo, and some Saddle
Horses.
Some will be interested in going
through the Ladies Hall. From
$3.50 to Ills in the morning and
100 10 800 in the evening the par
lors, dining and study rooms and
some OF the students rooms may be
seen.
The office Of General Information
will be the Registrars Office, No. 3
Lincoln Hall
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

Wednesday, the 9th day Of June, is
the great day of the year at Berea
College. u you want TO get the
most out Of il, put in a little time
before hand studying the map, and
planning what you want most TO see
aud hear
The Tabernacle, in which the ex-
ercises Of the day are TO be held, will
naturally be the center of interest.
In the Model School building near.
est the Tabernacle, babies may be
left, while their mothers visit the
different buildings or attend the ex-
ercises. la another OF the model
school buildings lunches and other
baggage may be checked until want
ed. A refreshment stand will be
near at hand where lemonade, candy
and other good things can be bought
at low price.
The exercises in the Tabernacle
commence at 8 O'Clock. First will
come the exhibition Of the Industrial
Departments, and then the gradual.
ing exercises Of students Of Normal,
Academy, and College Departments.
Music win be furnished during the
program by the Band, Glee Club,
the famous Big -Four Quartet and
the Harmonic Society. After each
piece Of music there viii be a short
recess that those who wish to may
enter or leave the room. While the
program is la progress. however, it
is especially requested that there
should be no whispering or unnec-
essary noise, in order that the young
speakers may be heard in all parts
OF the room.
The great events OF the morning
will come between II aud II o'clock
when the prize Bibles will be pre-
scented, and Degrees and Diplomas
awarded and conferred.
The evening session will be opened
at lib with music by the band
After this Judge Beckner Of Win
chester, DIR. Barton OF Chicago, and
others will address the audience.
A space around she tabernacle and
refreshmens stand will be enclosed
by ropes 10 keep horses and teams
away A watering trough for horses
will be found behind the new stone
Library building.
Many ct the College buildings
will be on exhibition or contain ex-
hibitions during the day. The New
Chapel, built almost entirely by stu
dent labor, seats nearly fourteen
hundred in its main auditorium be
sides having other large rooms for
smaller meetings, Bible classes, etc.
Visitors should especially notice the
beautiful oak ceiling, one of the lin-
est in the country, in the main aud.
itorium. Those who wish to go up
into the tower may do soon payment
OF five cents.
The Carnegie Library building
will not be open for inspection, but
visitors will be interested in motto
ing the fine stone work, and the ar
tistic symmetry and proportion OF the
On the lower floor Of Lincoln Hall
will be the Fair Of Fireside Indus
tries, where homespun cloth, bed
covers and other products Of the
homes may be seen. On
the second floor, the Library is in
It's temporary quarters.
In the front section of the Indus
trial Buildings the sewing and laun-
dry room, open from 8 TO 1l:15 with
Iheir exhibitions and machinery, will
be found on the left, and the Scien-
IiRc Cabinet and Farm Work exhi-
Dition ON the right. Upstairs in the
East side the wood work and draw
ing exhibitions are located, and on
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

All calls promptly attended to
night and day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07
IDEAS.

He can not reach earth who does
not touch heaven.
Platitudes in the pulpit make
pharisees in the pews.
Star gazing will never make you
shine A. the stars.
The two faced never have more
than half an outlook.
Many a man thinks be is busy
when he is only buzzing.
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The Russian Douma has not re-
sponded as was expected to the re-
fusal of the Government 70 satisfy
its demands. The lower house is
now engaged in a disposal OF the
agrarian problem.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07
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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

DIR. Barton graduated from Berea
10 80 and from Oberlin Theological
Seminary in 1890, now pastor Of au
important church at Oak Park, ILL.,,
author OF numerous books aud pub
lished sermons, Is to be one OF the
speakers on Commencement Day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07
raw. ". z c. WRIGHT. D. D.

Rev. W. L. G. Wright. DID,, Pro-
lessor in Berea in the SOS, afterward
Secretary to the A. NJ. A.. now Pro-
lessor in Oliyet College, Mich,
breaches in Berea on the night Of
Baocalaureate Sunday.
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-17
Forest Reserve Orders

Forest Reserve Orders Nos. 32 and 33 recently issued by the Forest Service. are of considera- ble interest to stockmen and set tiers.
 Order No. 32 concerning gra- ing is as follows:
 Permits to graze upon the forest reserves will be issued to the full capacity of the reserves consistent with their other uses. Stock owners, to whom these permits are issued, will be requir- ed to pay a reasonable fee for the grazing privilege. For these req sons the intrusion of unpermit ted stock upon the forest reserve will not only damage reserve in- terests by overgrazing the range, but will also inflict great injus- tice upon the permittees who are paying for the full forage capac- ity of the reserve.
 Therefore, persons who allow their stock to drift and graze on the forest reserve without a per init, whether they do so inten- tionally or otherwise, will be re- garded as trespassers, and will loose all right to permitted priv ileges of any kind upon forest re. serves.
 All applications ofsuch persons will not be considered, and even upon reinstatement in the future, they will have lost any preference in grazing permits to which they might otherwise have been enti. tied through priority of occupa. tion of the range.
 Because of the charge made 10, forest reserve privileges, the For est Service is actively advocating the passage of a bill to grant per cent of the gross receipt. from forest reserves to the coun ties in which the reserves are sit uated, to represent any possibl' loss of taxes through the crea tion of said reserves.
 Order No. 33 will relieve tn anxiety of many settlers wht settled in reserves in good faitl after they were created, and wh' at present under existing laws are illegal settlers.
 "There is pending before Con gress a bill to relieve those set ClerS W1Cn1n forest reserves, WhC prior to Jan. 1, 1906, made ir valid settlements uponland chic ly valuable for agriculture; als to permit future settlement with in the forest. reserves on sue lands, chiefly valuable for agr culture, as the Secretary of Agr culture may list in the local Ian offices, but only after the flin of such lists. E.a
 In view of the possibility tha this bill may become a law, unt further notice, all persons wh
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-17

settled upon forest reserves prior to January 1, 1906, will be left unmolested, if they are upon land clearly valuable for agriculture, and if they are not acting in a manner hostile to forest reserve interests. This delay in acting upon such trespassers will not give any rights of any kind if the bill does not become a law.
 For the present all settlers up- on invalid claims of the class mentioned above, will be granted the same peivileges allowed to settlers upon valid claims.
 The proposed law will not val idate any settlements made after January 1, 1906, and before the actual listing of lands mentioned above. '''''
Holbrook argus., 1906-03-17
Labor Tendencies

As the time approaches when the labor contracts with thecoal employers must be renewed. March 31st, the public is greatly concerned over the result. It| was hoped that the joint confer ence between the employer and labor representatives. in Indian apolis, would reach an adjust ment. There is no longer much hope from that source asthe con ference failed to agree. At least two points demanded by the la- bor representatives were stated to be absolutely unacceptable to the operators; viz., the recogni- tion of the unions with whom the contracts are to be made, instead of individuals; and that no agreement shall be made ill reference to q scale of wages un- less all of the districts, whether biturninous or anthricite, are in- cluded. The second demand looks to combining all miners, both of soft and hard coal, in the United States and Canada. The coal mining situation has a ser ious appearance. In dications point to a general strike, and partial paralysis of business. In the near future when the entire
 output will be under the control
 of one combination and all the miners under one domination, there will be a battle royal.