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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
SUFFERS AP0PLET|C STROKE
Mark Evans, Pioneer Farmer, Falls
Unconscious In the Street-Is
Taken to st. Mary's Hospital.

Mark Evans, a pioneer farmer of
Walla Walla county, suffered a Sc
we're stroke Of apoplexy while walking
along the street at Fourth and Poplar
this morning and is in a serious con-
ditiOn at st. Mary's hospital.
Mr.. Evans toppled over uncon-
scious in the street. Pedestrians
hastened to the old pioneers assist
ance and removed him to st. Mary's
hospital where he was given prompt
medical attention.
Soon after noon he regained con-
sciousness and his condition is con-
sidered very much improved. Mr.
Evans health has been bad for some
years and for the past IS months he
has made his home at the hospital.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
CAR COMPANY ASKS DELAY
Pleads For Time to Hold Directors
Meeting
UNION NOT DISPOSED TO GIVE SUCH
seIieF THAT SAN FRANCISCO
CoMPANY WILL NOT ACCEDE
TO EMPLOYEES DEMAND.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.-The
,~'eo Railroads will today send a
communication to the Carmens'
'~''n asking the union to take no
'~'Ae action until a meeting of the
S0'0 OF directors is held next Mon
~ d which President Calhoun will
present. Calhoun will reach San
Francisco. Sunday.
'"eFe is little chance of the union
'PEIng with the request and it is
| aL the lines of the company will
4 @su up by Sunday.
1 INDICATIONS are the employees of
'eary and California street lines
L.. 9So go out, although the men
~oN yet made an ydemands.
4 : stated on good authority that
"'ed Railroads will refuse the
L.. -S 1or So and an eight-hour day
al Platform men. The strike is
ently inevitable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
HE'S AGAINST
GEN. FUNSTON
Kansas BrigadieP Was Quick
To Grasp Opportunity
GENERAL GREELY KNOCKING
Like Sampson, He Was Away
When the Opportunity
Came to Act
GENERAL GREELY KNOCKING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-It looks
like the army will have a Sampson
Schley controversy growing out of
General Greely's criticism Of the army
system.
Greely's report is regarded as a
yelled criticism of General Funstons
work at San Francisco.
No information was had here of any
personal feeling between the men but
it is known Greedy was much disap-
pointed at the play of fate that put
him far from San Francisco when the
disaster occurred.
General Greedy was in Chicago en-
route to attend his daughters wedding
in Washington He heard the news
fastened back and found that Funston
had admirably grasped the opportunity
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
After Three Weeks Of The
Life Strenuous
OR. &N. TMCAsE TOMORROW
Not Likely the County Will Ac-
cept the Compromise Offer
by Railroad

After three weeks almost continuous
session the county board of equalza-
ton will adjourn tomorrow after
noon. Owing to the new plan of as
sessing property this year, put into ef-
feet by the state tax commission, the
work of the county board in equaliz-
ing the rolls has been arduous and
both Commissioner Struthers and Nc
Cav said this afternoon that they were
glad the sessions were about over.
The board tomorrow will take up the
assessment of the o. r. & N. Tax
Agent Morrow will meet with the
board and urge that his compromise
proposition, submitted a few days ago,
be accepted. 1t is hardly likely that the
tax agents proposition will be Sc
riously considered in view of the fact
that the county would lose something
like $500 in taxes provided the rail-
road company's assessment is raised
| to 1000 per mile as proposed by the
commissioners.
Rate Is Fair.
"The proposed raise in the assessed
valuation of the o. r. & N. is nothing
unreasonable, said Commissioner
Struthers this afternoon. "All classes
of property all over the county has
been raised this year and the railroad
has not been assessed any higher than
individuals"
Further than this neither Cimm1s-
sioner McCaw nor Struthers gave any
intimation of what the board proposed
to do in the case of the o. r. & n.
Commissioner Struthers is strongly in
favor of raising the company's as
sessment from $1O56O to $4,000 mile
on the main line and from 1920 to
S1O.56O on the Pendleton- Starbuck and
Wallula- Walla Walla branches.
Morrow is Absent.
Both the commissioners were in
hopes that Chairman Morrow might
see his way clear to meet with the
board tomorrow when the o. r. & N.
case comes up, but telephone mes
sage from Waitsburg this morning
stated he was in Portland attending
his son Platt who is critically i'll at the
Good Samaritan hospital with typhoid
fever and it will be almost impossible
for him to be here.
The board spent today in clearing up
a number of minor complaints and
other matters connected with the
rolls The rolls must be extended and
the corrections made by next Satur-
day in order to get them to the state
board of equalization at Olympia by
the following Monday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
ARE LOOKING FOR BURGLARS
Local Officers in a Hunt for Free
water CraCksmen.
BELIEVED THEY CAME TO WALLA WALLA
MEN ANSWERING DESCRIPTION
OF SAFEBLOWERS HEADING
FOR THIS CITY.
| BELIEVED THEY CAME TO WALLA WALLA

On descriptions furnished the local
authorities by the Umatilla county Of
ficers, the police and attaches of the
sheriffs office have been making dill
gent search for the two men believed
| to have been implicated in cracking
| the safe of Hadley & Hadley's jewel
ry store at Freewater early Wednes-
day morning.
The two men suspected of the safe
| blowing were headed for Walla WAL
| la on the morning of the Goth and
| the Umatilla officers are of the opin-
ion the pair were in Walla Walla We'd
nesday night and yesterday forenoon.
Were Not Found.
The police made diligent search for
| the men among the saloons and ten
derloin district and camps west Of the
city yesterday afternoon but failed to
find any trace of them.
Attaches Of the sheriff's office have
been on the lookout for the two men
| but the local officers say they have so
| far failed to unearth any clues. 1t is
believed the safe blowers are avoiding
| the larger towns and are only work.
ing the smaller towns where there is
less risk in running afoul Of the Off
GERS.
Describe Suspects.
One of the men under suspicion is
described as being 80 years Of age,
dark complexioned, about feet, Z
| inches in height and weighing about
$50 pounds. He was dressed in dark
blue suit and wore a dark felt hat.
The other man is Of sandy COM
| plexion, smooth shaved, weighs about
100 pounds, wore blue overalls, light
hat and dark shirt. The pair it is said,
| was seen on the railroad track north of
Milton a few days ago headed for
| Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
SALOON WAR on At FREEWATER
Local Option People, Beaten at tnt
Polls, Will Fight in the Courts
Against Booze Joints.

A lively saloon war, with the little
town Of Freewater the battle ground,
is promised by District Attorney
Phelps Of Pendleton. Freewater held
saloon election a few weeks ago and
the anti-saloon people were hopelessly
routed. The F'reewater council, We'd
nesday night granted saloon license
to ]. McElrath of Walla- Walla and he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24

is preparing to open up q booze Joint
Immediately.
District Attorney Phelps says the To-
cal option law is still in force in the
Freewater district, Notwithstanding
the results of the election a few weeks
ago, and if Mr.. McElrath opens up a
saloon he will be arrested for violat-
ing the local option law.
According to Attorney Phelps several
prominent anti-saloon workers have
already consulted him regarding the
matter and a complaint will be sworn
out as soon as Mr.. McElrath swings
his sign to the breeze.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
RY TO SAVE AD9lPH WEBER
Governor Of California is Asked to
Commute Death Sentence-Jurors
Also lntercede.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. pa
petition was filed with the governor
to commute the death sentence of
murderer
Several jurors make affidavit they
would not have voted for the death
sentence had the alleged new evidence
been introduced
A neighbor of the Weber family
swears he was not called as a wit
suit prosecution.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
STAKE NO MINES IN CEMETERIES
Judqe Bourquin of Butte Says Gene
terry Jumping is Not Respectable
and Orders Miners Fined.

Judge Bourquin OF Butte, Mont.
holds that jumping cemeteries in order
to establish gold mines is not a re-
s,oo+.hlo business. He also holds that
such conduct is an intolerable nuisance
and outrage upon decency, a sacrl-
leee and a desecration Of holy ground
and an irreparable injury to the sensi-
bilities of the living, for which an ac-
ton at law furnishes an adequate re-
medy.
The court made this statement In
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
Refuse Battle.

PINAR DEL RIO, Aug. 24.-The
government had massed all the avail
able troops at Pinar Del Rio to ave-'+
the threatened attack when it w
learned General Guerrero was unwil-
ling to risk a battle. He is at pres
ent attempting to take the smaller
towns.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
Want BETTER FACILITIES
Board Asks Available Money For
For Jute Mill
LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY FOR IT
WITH PROPER LAWMAKING WAL
LA WALLA PRISON WOULD
BE ELFSUsTAINING.
LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY FOR IT

The state penitentiary, according to
M. F. Kincaid, chairman of the board
of control, can not only be made alb
solutely self supporting, but in addi-
ton grain bags can be generally sup
piled to the farmers of the state at an
annual saving of several hundred
thousand dollars. instead of being sup
piled to a limited few grain growers,
if the state legislature will pass the
necessary laws.
The constitutional provision which
requires that no money may be ex-
pended without legislative appropria-
ton is the most serious obstacle, but
one that may be avoided by making
a sufficiently large appropriation. And
it must not be forgotten that no
matter how large the legislative ap-
preparation may be for the peniten-
tiary revolving fund it will mean no
increase in taxes, for that fund is sup
piled solely from the sale of peniten-
tiary products.
In this connection is the following let
ter. recently written by Chairman
Kincaid, the Seattle member of the
board of control, to F. P. Connell, of
Tekoa.
Mr.. Kincaid's Letter.
"At your personal request state
ment of the grain bag situation now
existing insofar as the state manufac-
turing is concerned, has been quite full
ly prepared. and after carefully going
over the data relative to this matter,
we have concluded to write you this
personal letter, and if the information
which we give you will eventually as
sist in the tllieviation of the present
stringent condition which exists in the
grain bag situation, 1 will feel that the
letter has not been written in vain.
1--WE have a fund connected with this
institution known as the revolving
fund. for which the last legislature
appropr1ated the sum of $150,000. This
sum was made available from April 1,
1905. to March 81, 1907. The fund is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER 8
Stronger and Better Than
Ever This Year
WHERE TEACHERS ARE TO Be
List of Assignments Made by
Superintendent--Some of the
School Features
WHERE TEACHERS ARE TO Be

City superintendent Of Schools, o. S.
Jones, has just returned from a va
cation trip to the coast and Sound
points and is again busy working out
the details for the next years work Of
the schools.
The schools will open September 3,
and indications point to a large in
crease in attendance over that of last
year.
Never before have the schools of
the city been so well equipped for
broad liberal, up-to-datei work as at
the present time" said Superintendent
Jones this morning. "The entire course
has been strengthened from primary
to high school. Besides the regular
studies of the ordinary school course,
music, drawing, manual training,
commercial course and gymnasium
have been provided.
"The work done in music last year
proved a real inspiration to pupils, and
paved the way for larger returns this
year.
Is Valuable Training.
"Few parents realize the value that
lies in the work done in sewing by
the girls. and in the bench work of
the boys. No loss is observed in any
of the regular studies by reason of the
added subject of manual training;
but. on the other hand the added in
terest resulting from using hands as
well as heads brings better results
along all lines Of study.
THE expression of ideas by use Of
pencil and brush through the medium
of drawing in the public schools has
made the American people first in
rank among the nations of the world
as designers of fabrics, wall paper,
carpets and general decoration.
Greatest Inducements.
"Walla Walla offers the strongest
possible inducements to every boy
and girl for a complete and liberal ed
ucation We have one of the finest high
school buildings in the state, with we'll
equipped boratories-physical, chem
ical. and biological. Our gymnasium
which will be completed In a few
weeks, is the largest, most costly
structure for the purpose in the state;
and already there is on the way from
the east a full equipment of appara-
tus both heavy and light-for both
boys and girls; so those who attend
high school in Walla Walla will have
the benefit of thorough training both
physical and mental.
"Walla Walla has reason to be proud
for no city in the state has been more
liberal. nor has used better judgment
in the expenditure of money for
schools
The following is the assignment OF
teachers to the several schools for next
year:
Teachers Assigned.
High School-E. ]. Klemme, princi-
pal; Katheryn Blynn, Milton Dunlap,
Leroy c. Dake, Laura Bowles, j. w.
Shepherd, Rachel Hamilton. H. l..
Walters, Caroline Jaycox, Jane Ridge
way Fowler.
Baker School-John Woods, princi-
pal; Rose Gilbreath, Bonnie Jean
Painter, Edith Moffat, Mary G. Thomas
Charlotte Prendergast, Cassandra Mes
segee, Cheba Preston.
Lincoln School,. c. Ryan. princi-
pal; Mary Burr, Flora Jones, Nettie
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
Claims Fiqht Made.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 24.-Mr.
Sleeper, the American charge de At
faires at Havana, cables the govern
ment claims that Guerrero was de-
Del Rio.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
'"SANE WOMAN'S DEED.

q, CAN BERNARDINO, Aug.
: mrs. Albert Young, in
: over Holiness Religion"
' fatally burned. She es-
, pso from the hospital a week
, IN male attire. Her hus-
, thought he could restore
~eF reason.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
FAIR WEATHER.

Observer Newman issued the
following forecast Of weather
conditions at noon today:
Fair tonight and Saturday"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-24
RAA[ GREELY IS THROWING ROCKS At HERO Of SAN FRANCISCO

; e'sss>> - :
, sIYNCHEh~ yE STARTED. =
? ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. PA =
mob of 500 men have gone to y
Decatur, where the supposed y
, assailant of the Lawrence girls y
is imprisoned, to lynch him. y
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

A N old theater-goer, scanning a recent play
n bill, said musngly: a." / wonder how many
of the unfamiliar names here are des-
tined to stand at the head of future casts.
The theatrical profession is like and politics in
one respect. The little-known party worker or the
unheard-of warrior may emerge from the ranks
at any moment and take command of the organi-
cation. So in the theater, the who oper-
ates the slapstick or carries my lady's train
in the play of to-day may take the center of
the stage tomorrow and hold it for the rest of
his career
Then the old-tirner produced ancient-looking
theater program that he said he was treasuring as
a souvenir. 1t contained the cast of characters in
the comic opera, "Evangelne, as played at the
Boston Museum in 1876. He said it had laid in
the bottom of a trunk in attic for thirty years,
when recently it was resurrected Here an extract
from it:
Evangeline, the heroine Victim of an enduring
affection which nearly proves her ruin)
....-.... Miss Lillian Conway.
Eulaie her confidante Confidently hoping for
woman's rights ......... =. Miss Sadie Martinez.
Catherine, Gabriels Gan ant-idote for rnelan-
choly) ............... Mr.. George X. Fortesque.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

Mary Anne, Eva's maid (Ready marry
ybody until Wagner has made her acquaint-
anCe) .......... 80. "a. Miss Josie Hall
lie Blanc, the notary. Mr.. William H Crane
Captain Dietrich. of the Queens Own (Famiiar
with hard tack and Hardee's tae-tics) .....
-. 49,: Mr.. Nat GOODWIN
Chief of police, peeer (So-called because he
never known to heed any appeal pris-
might make &c.. Mr.. Richard Golden.
The Hsifer. 1.-TWO of a Kine-d) .........
......... Messrs. w. Turner and Henry E. Dixey.
Gabriel Evas worshper CA good singer SO that
if you shipper you would rate him
good in Uoice) ........ Miss Eliza Weathersby
Benedict, the blacksmith. Mr.. Edwin s. Tarr
Fritz Hubert Cap Die a5 Miss Annie somervle
Rudolph Maurice ~ III - Miss Kate TART
The Lone Fisherman mystery. Though from his
name it would appear that he is a Mr. NJ
....,.......... ........... Mr.. James S. Mafit.
There have been other single plays in which
numerous persons who afterward became famous
acted together; but this cast probably the most
notable of the kind in American theatrical history.
Every player in the foregoing list either then,
or later became, prominent. Crane, Goodwin,
Golden, and Dixey have long been stars. The first
four have won fame in the legitimate drama, while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

Fortesque continued in comic opera. Few of their
presented admirers ever heard that together they
Capered through the nonsensical situations in
Evangeline'
1t is also little known that Richard Mansfield once
carried spear and enacted uninportant part for
brief period in this famous play He did not win
fame even recognition in this role, however. 1t
was as Koko in Mikado" that he first attracted
much notice in comic opera.
OF all the strange introductions to fame on the
stage, there never stranger one than that of
Dixey. He danced his way into public favor the
legs of a cow-and the hind legs at that. Probably
of his fellow players of those days thought
that the seventeen-year-od boy kicking about
inside the imitation cow-skin would ever take
leading place in the theatrical world
Several of the feminine members of that same
cast afterward starred Sadie Martinez, Jose
Hall, and Annie Somerville in particular were pub
lie favorites And Miss Conway, Miss Weathersby,
and Miss TART were long known as leading public
entertainers Edwin Tarr and James Mafit
also rated as clever actors.
For Evangeline" it is claimed that it has devel-
oped celebrities and has been witnessed by
more people than any other American play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

of returning footsteps, and the couple entered.
Yes" the Princess was saying, looked in
the carriage and it wasn't there. | thought per-
haps-"
IF it's here, miss reiterated the pleas
ant1y, " I'll find it for you Was it diamond ring?
oh, dear mol" she FASTENED Quite worthless
a sort of Joke; but it had associations Don't
trouble Little girl have you seen ring?"
'Meia's mouth opened naudibly, then she hid
her hands and shook her head in a perfection of
guilt.
Let's see!" said the detective dryly. And he
drew forth the telltale hand, much to the woman's
establishment and 'Melias distress.
never stole it, she sobbed. 1t was give mel
Dare sayl" commented the other. An what
are you doing here? You come on with me!
be known, for Just then the trio became a quar-
tet. The Prince removed his hat and said Jerklly:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29

q found the ring and gave it to her. 1t was
my fault entirely
During the icy silence which followed the de
tective stared from one groWn-up to the other and
discovered that the situation larger and more
complex than he used to. And the upshot of it
that he walked forth empty-handed
- And now, said the Princess in a COOL pleasant,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-07

of which much has been heard. McKane
likewise did not indorse the purchase
of property adjoining the Tonopah Ex-
tension company. which. as develop
ments have demonstrated. would have
been of considerable value to the latter
company. McKane Is also believed to
be at faul for not letting schwab OBJ
tain control of the Jumbo. at Goldheid.
"As a sequel. the impression exists
that McKane offered his holdings to
Schwab. who declined them. preferring
to ave the market absorb them. be-
lieving that less would ave to be paid
for the stock in this manner than any
other way. This action has resulted in
marketing the stock at much lower fig
ures than would have occurred IL the
entire holding had been sold privately
in n block. The selling of this big
block has been at the bottom of the
present decline. to which may be added
the promiscuous selling which a down.
ward movement suggests. AS brokers
we have been personally selling other
high-class Tonopah stocks to buy Ex-
tension at present prices. True, the
mine may not be worth s14. 000. 900. but
1t surely, to those who know 1t, has q
liquidation value above present quota
TONS"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-07
MONEY AND GIFTS FOE
GoLDrIELD FIRE BOYS

The special license collector for Gold
field has reported to the county commits
sioners that he las collected and for
warded to the county treasurer for the
three months ending July 1, the sum of
$3,126. Only about a dozen licenses
have remained uncollected out of the en-
tire list of licensed business ouses and
professions of Goldfeld. The amount is
a little more than was expected when
the schedule was made Up. This will af-
ford considerable satisfaction to citi-
zens of this city when 1t is remembered
that the money derived from this source
is devoted to the fire department.
The fire department will soon have
a fine new bath house, the gift of a Gold
field citizen. 1t will be equipped with
a good shower, and be connected with
water and sewer mains. This is some
thing the boys have long needed, as a
bath and good rubbing down is almost
indispensable after a run.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-07-07
in TONOPAH EXTENSION

The New York Commercial vi In
answer to a request for an explanation
regarding the pronounced weakness of
the stock, j. C.. Weir of Weir Brothers
& Co. yesterday said:
1T will be news to a great many to
known that Donald Gillies has super
seeded John McKane as Charles NJ.
schwab's right hand man in Nevada.
Donald Gillies, who has been associated
with the Schwab properties for some
time, has shown by the character of his
work and the results accomplished that
he is the proper man, and his selection
is a satisfactory one. Mr.. McKane has
resigned from all of the Schwab prop
critics in Nevada in which he was in
any way connected. 1t is not known
here whether McKane's resignation was
voluntary or otherwise, but that the
breach has been made and is now on.
there is no doubt. The move, If one
may judge from the expressions of
opinion heard from the west, is ap-
proved of, and better results are ex-
pected to accrue to the Schwab prop
critics as an outcome Of the new rela-
tons.
1T is believed here that McKane was
responsible for the sensational valua-
ton placed on the Extension property