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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
MeniaIs Profit by Mistake.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
By mistake several days ago Represen-
tative Hughes, Of West Virginia, fav-
orably reported to the house from the
committee on accounts a resolution in
creasing $50 to So, a month the salaries
of four colored cloak room men, whose
duty it is to hang up coats and mats of
members, shine their shoes, etc. The
resolution was agreed to at once. Just
as the resolution was announced Mr.
Hughes realized that he had been di'
rected by the committee to report the
resolution with the recommendation
that it should not pass. Today he
moved to reconsider the action. But
this motion was laid on the table by a
vote Of SO to Al, thus affirming the
increases.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
Hack and Dray Ordinance Agitates
Fourth Street People.
WANT IT BR0UGHT Up and PASSED
CLAIM COUNCIL PROMISED TO
HELP PAY FOR PAVING
THOROUGHFARE.

Property owners On Fourth and Elm
streets are anxiously waiting to see
whether the council at tonight's meet
ing will take up and pass the hack and
dray ordinance, which has been pigeon
holed so long that the papers have
become musty with old age. For sew
eral weeks prominent property owners
OH Fourth street have been hot foot
after members of the council to get the
ordinance up for consideration, and it
is said that two members of the street
committee promised last week to bring
the ordinance up tonight and dispose
of it one way or the other.
Stand Part Of Paving.
Pronerty owners on Fourth and Elm
streets have a decided interest in the
hack and dray ordinance, as its pas
sage depends on whether Or not the
council is going to make good prom
ise made several months ago to help
pay for the paving of those two streets
by levying a quarterly tax on all hacks,
draws and express wagons in the city
and applying the proceeds to the cost
of the proposed improvement.
It is asserted on pretty good author
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
NOT MUCH FOR THE NAVY
Very Small Appropriation Expected
From Present Congress.
DON'T LIKE B0EhpARTES ESTIMATES
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL
AFFAIRS STILL AT SEA
OVER NATTER.
DON'T LIKE BOHAPARTEs ESTIMATES

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
Because of an utter lack Of team
work. between the navy department
and congress the present session oi
congress promises to go by with little
accomplished for the navy. The house
committee on naval affairs is dissatls'
fed that Secretary Bonaparte should
have sent in estimates for s120, 900
in appropriations for the next nscai
year when the state of the revenues
does not permit of such an apportion-
ment for the sea power. The com
mittee has already cut abuot $20,00o.
00Oout of the total. Members sa!
they dislike to do this, as it woulo
have been better for the department
to have used the knife before the As'
Inmates were snt to congress.
Appropriation Small.
When reported the naval bill wall
carry between s9S,OO0,O0O and $780,
900, 900. The members of the house
anticipate additions of sS,OOO,o0o to 81.
100000 by the senate. The house clm
mittee is still at sea regarding naval
increase. The navy department mas
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
BILL COMING
BEFORE SENATE
TiNman Tells Of Abuses Of
Practice.
GIVES SOME INSTANCES
Pitchfork Statesman Will Report
on the Hepburn Rate Bill
Next Thursday.
GIVES SOME INSTANCES

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
Tillman expects to present his report
on the Hepburn bill next Thursday.
1t contains over 5000 words. The DEM
ocrats are trying to arrange for a con-
ference on the matter. Speeches were
made this afternoon on the general
subject of rate regulation.
Senator Scott introduced an amend
ment to the rate bill providing for
interchange of cars on the various
lines. Court review, is provided.
A favorable report has been author
lied on a resolution appropriating $780,
900 according to the presidents recon-
mendations for the investigation of
railroad combines and the alleged mo-
nopoly in coal oil.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections is to report a bill specific
ally prohibiting political contributions
by national banks and declaring that
officers of banks so doing are guilty OF
felony. Tillman offered the committee
the names of several banks in one city
who are alleged to have contributed
He also declared that Rothschild and
other Europeans interested in the main
tenance of the gold standard in this
country contributed to the republican
campaign fund in 1896.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
Alex Frazier and James Band,
Sandbagged and Held Up.
FORMER WAS RELIEVED OF BIG sum
MEN WERE IDLING ABOUT WAIT.
ING FOR TRAIN WHEN ROB-
Berry OCCURRED.
Special to Evening Statesman:

Special to Evening Statesman:
ECHO, Or, March 13.-Alex Frazier
and James Rand, while idling around
the depot at this place, waiting for
train last night, were sandbaged hy
two men and robbed. Frazier was
robbed of $125 and ticket to Port
land and Rand was relieved of a
smaller amount and a ticket to Spo-
kane. The robbers escaped in the
darkness and the officers SO far have
been unable Ito get a clue Of them.
Both of the men were dazed by the
blows rained on their heads and could
offer but little resistance after the first
few blows. Frazier was badly cut
about the head and face. Rand and
Frazier have been employed on the
irrigation works here for several
months and 3htended to leave last
night, Frazier going to Portland and
Rand to Spokane.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
HARNESS KETTLE FALLS.
Graves Proposes to Generate Electricity
for Operation Of Lines.

SPOKANE, Wash, March 1S.-Jay
p Graves has paid $4,000 for the
falls of the Columbia river at Kettle
Falls. Wash, rs miles north of Spo-
kane. The river there can produce
1OO, 900 horsepower of electricity at OK
treme low water and the falls are
credited with being the largest in the
United States after Niagara and the
Shoshone falls on the Snake river in
southern Idaho. Mr.. Graves is ex-
pected to install an immense electrical
generating plant to supply his Inland
Empire electric railway system, radi-
ating out Of Spokane, and also to sup-
ply the mines and smelters In the
Boundary district of British Columbia.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
WHITE GIRLS
MURDERED
Horrible Conditions in Negro
Assignaton Dens.
sLEUTHs GETTING PROOF
Revelations Are Result of the
Evidence Given in the Trial
of Bertha Claiche.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March 13.-As
the result Of raid today and the ar.
rest Of five inmates of a resort the
police think they have secured informa.
ton as to the fate Of white girls al
legged to have been murdered in a den
kept by a negro politician, Robert
Spriggs, now under arrest. 1t is known
that two girls were beaten to death
and it is almost certain there were
other victims. Each hour as the re-
suit of Bertha Glaiches trial is reveal
ing cases of women and girls kidnapped
and forced to lives Of shame in man.
ner beyond belief, according to- the
police.
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ity that if the council turns down the
ordinance and leaves property owners
on those two streets to shift for them
selves in paying for the proposed i'm
provements that some interesting his
tory regarding the way property own
ers were inveigled into giving their
consent to pave will be brought to
light. AS the story goes, two mem
bers Of the council went among the
property owners and promised that If
the selection of the kind of pavement
was left to the council the hack and
dray ordinance would be passed and
the revenues would be applied to the
cost Of the Improvement. In other
words. the hack and dray men were to
help pay the cost of paving Fourth and
Elm streets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
old MAN BADLY INJURED
Thomas Ray Tumb|es Down Base
ment Of Ransom Building.
SUSTA|HS MANY BROKEN BONES
LATELY ARRIVED IN WALLA
IN SEARCH OF MISSING
DAUGHTER.
sUsTA|Ns MANY BROKEN BONES

Thomas Ray, an old man from Okla
homa. who arrived in Walla Walla g
daughter, fell down the basement OF
the Ransom building yesterday morn
ing and sustained a broken arm, a
fractured shoulder blade and three frac
tured ribs. The old man was removed
to st. Mary's hospital, where DR.. c.
N. Suttner attended to his injuries.
Ray was On his way to DR.. Suttner's
Office in the Ransom building when the
accident occurred. He mistook the
door leading down into the basement
for the elevator door and before the
elevator boy could interfere the old
man went tumbling headlong down the
short flight of stairs, landing in heap
at the bottom.
DR.. Suttner was called and the old
man was taken to the hospital, where
it was found he was badly injured be.
sides the fractures, suffering greatly
from the shock. Ray is rs years OF
age. He left a little town in Okla
homa a few weeks ago in search of a
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Howard. He
traced her to Walla Walla, but on ar
irving here was unable to learn her
whereabouts. Two sons in Idaho have
been notified of the accident and it is
expected that one of them will arrive
in the city in few days to look after
his father.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13

furnished nothing but division of Opin.
ion as to whether the next battle.
ship should be $4,000 tons or more
ly launched. Not only has the depart
ment not yet advised the committee Of
the type OF the one battleship there
is a chance of having authorized, but
no final decision has been reN ched as
to the specifications, nor have con
tracts been made for the building of
the Michigan and the South Carolina,
authorized more than one year ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
FIRE IN SANTA ROSA.
Grand Central Hotel and Other Build
ings Burn.

SANTA ROSA, Cal, March 13.-The
little town Of Guerneville, in the heart
of the redwood region and a summer
residence for thousands of people from
all over the state, was visited by fire
early this morning, which destroyed
the Grand Central hotel and other
wooden buildings in the business sec
ton. The loss is about $4,000. The
origin of the fire is a mystery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13

felt that their community had not re.
ceived it's share of attention in coun-
ty affairs and that while that locality
contributed largely toward paying the
running expenses of the county, the re
turns from improvements in the way
Of road building and other matters
have not been anywhere in proportion
to the amount Of money contributed.
This may be true in a certain degree,
yet it seems to me that it does not
justify the plan Of seeding from Walla
Walla county,"
Club Will Act.
President Catron stated this morning
that he would take up the subject with
the Commercial club within a few days
and suggested that a committee be ap-
pointed to confer with the Improve
ment club of Waitsburg, which seems
to be the prime mover in the annexa-
ton question.
Naturally the people of Columbia
county are very desirous Of having the
new territory added to Columbia coun-
ty and the Commercial club of that city
is doing everything possible to boost
the movement. A meeting of the
Waitsburg Improvement club is to be
held at Waitsburg March 20, when the
matter will be taken up. Judge M. NJ
Goldman, Judge Chester F. Miller and
DR.. M. Pietryzcki have been selected
as a committee from the Dayton or
ganization to attend the meeting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
GEN. RIVERA
A SCRAPPER
Attacks Sagiano for CRITICS.
ing Spanish Generals.
CRITIC IS KNOCKED DOWN
General Weyler Gives Notice
That He Will Take Defense
Into Own Hands.

MADRID, March ia nephew of
General Rivera, former commander of
the Spanish troops in the Philippines,
today attacked savagely Deputy Sogi-
ano for criticizing the acts of the Span.
ish generals in Cuba and the Philip
pines. Sogiano was knocked down and
lost two teeth. General Weyler, after
the attack On Sogiano, said that lie
would take his defense into his own
hands. Linares and others threatened
defend their honor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
SECRETARY TAFT WILL Co ION BENCH
1t Is Practically Settled That He
Will Succeed Justice
Brown,

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
Secretary Taft will accept the position
of associate justice of the supreme
court vice Brown, who has signified
his desire to retire on account of fail
ing eyesight. Taft held a conference
with Root after the cabinet meeting
today and it is believed he has finally
decided. Taft will go to New York to
consult his brother regarding his ac.
ceptance tonight. The acceptance will
remove Taft as probable presidential
candidate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
Bait Was AIIurinq,

The bait was an alluring one, and
PROPERTY owners, seeing a chance &c
shift half the expense onto the hack
and dray men, bit and left it to the
council to select the pavement, which
naturally went to the bitulithic people
OF make hluF,gt keeping faith with
the property owners the hack and dray
ordinance was drawn up and went &c
its second reading, but for some mys
terious reason it was pigeOnhOled and
there it has remained ever since. Prop
erty owners began to smell mouse
several weeks ago and since then have
been hot foot after the two council
men, with the result that they prom
ised to have the ordinance brought uI
at tonight's meeting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
TERRIFIC STORM At SALT LAKE
Much Damage Done to Power
Plants

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 13.--
There was a terrific storm here last
night and extensive damage was done
by the wind to trees. Wires are down.
Store fronts were blown in and the
power plants were all damaged. IT
commenced to thunder after midnight.
The hail then turned to snow, drifting
II inches deep. 1t is still showing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
Her Interests Are Closely Allied
With Wa||a Wa||a.
PLAN TO OFFSET annexation MOVEMENT
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL SEND
COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH
IMPROVEMENT CLUB.

The proposition Of cutting off three
townships in the eastern end of Walla
Walla county and attaching them to
Columbia county, which is being agi-
tated by a number of people in Waits
burg and Dayton, was the topic of dis
cussion by prominent members of the
Walla Walla Commercial club today.
1t was the general opinion that such a
movement would prove very detrimen-
tai to Walla Walla county and some
action should be taken to stall the
proposition.
Immediate Action Needed.
One prominent member of the club
said this morning: Such a PROPOSE
ton as advanced by the leaders in the
movement is a matter that should re-
ceive immediate consideration by peo-
ple of Walla Walla and every effort put
forth to show the people of Waitsburg
that their interests are closely allied
with those Of this city and that they
would be the losers by breaking away
and joining onto Columbia county. AS
1 understand the matter, some Of the
Waitsburg people have for some time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
STANDARD OIL
INVESTIGATION
Witness Tells Of sys'en
Of Espionage.
INDEPENDENTS WATCHED
Railroad Agents Are Bribed to
Give Information Regarding
Shipments by Rivals.
INDEPENDENTS WATCHED

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 13.--
The interstate commerce commission
today continued the inquiry into freight
rates in the oil district. Witness e. l..
Wilhoyt, district agent of the Standard.
told how he and others in like positions
paid railroad clerks to give the details
of independent oil companies revenues
written on plain paper and unsigned.
He said the Standard kept track of
every independent shipment from the
refinery to the consumer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
PASTOR CONVICTED.
Sentenced to One Year in Prison for
Criminal Relations With Woman.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., March 13.-Rev
w. H. Jones, a Baptist minister and
former pastor and circuit rider Of
seven churches in Henderson county,
was convicted at HendersOnville Sat.
urday of criminal relations with Mrs.
Angeline eagle, and sentenced to I'M
prisonment for one year.
The woman also was convicted and
fined 500 and costs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
SENATOR DEPEW is ILL.
Feels Crushed by Reception
Senate.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March ia
friend Of Chauncey Depew this after
noon admitted that the senator is home
sick in bed. There is no immediate
danger. It is not likely that he will
return to the senate, being crushed by
his reception there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13

Charged With Perjury in Libe
Suit.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March 10
Colonel Mann, editor Of Town Topics,
has been indicted on the charge Of
perjury. R. ]. Collier, publisher Of
Golfers Weekly, was complainant.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
S p, Freight Train Wrecked,

REDDING, CAL, March IA south
bound Southern Pacific freight train
was wrecked two miles south of Greg
from the track and it is reported that
three tramps were killed. wrecker
has gone to the scene.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
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ARRANGE FOR BIG
LEAGUE MEETING.

At a meeting of representa-
tives of the Walla Walla and
The Dalles districts of the Ep-
worth League, held at the First
Methodist church this after
noon, it was decided to hold a
joint convention in Walla Walla
May "a to May q. A commit
tee was appointed to prepare a
program. 1t is expected that
fully 1000 delegates will be pres
ent from the two districts at the
convention.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
Turkish Troops Are CannibaIs.

LONDON, March ia traveller re
turning from Arabia says that Turkish
troops have massacred $4,000 natives
during their operations, resorting 20
cannibalism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
ANNA VALENTINE WILL HANG.
United States Supreme Court Rules
Against Murderess.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 13.-
This morning in the case Of Anna
Valentine. the New Jersey Italian muir
deress, the supreme court affirmed the
an must hang.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13

The Chicago Grain Market.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 13.-Wheat,
TIN @77c; corn, 43@44%c; oats, 2sA
@2sHc. :,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-13
MAN WITH PINCH BAR BUSY
Mysterious Individual Cracks Club
Saloon ann Gets s20.75.
LIFTED OFF IRON SHUTTERS IN REAR
SNOWY TRACKS IN REAR OF
SALOON ONLY CLUE THE
POLICE CAN OBTAIN.
LIFTED OFF IRON SHUTTERS IN REAR

Instead Of the holdup artist the
police now have 'the man with the
pinch bar to contend with. That mys-
terious individual followed up his neat
job of cracking Peter Werners saloon
a few rights ago by prying off the
iron shutters of a window in the rear
of The Club saloon at 116 Main street
some time after o'clock this morn
ing and making away with $20.75 in
the cash register and pocketful ol
cigars.
Snowy Tracks Found.
When the day bartender went or
shift this morning he discovered the
burglary and notified the police. Snow
tracks in the rear of the building and
an iron shutter lifted off its hinges
game mute evidence Of how the mys
terious stranger gained entrance to the
saloon.
The cash register was left open an6
s2O.75 that Nick Schneidisch. pro
prietor of the saloon, left in the drawer
when he closed the saloon about IA;
o'clock this morning was missing. The
burglar also helped himself to pocket
full of a choice brand of cigars, showing
that he has a discriminating taste
Mr.. Schneidisch is not sure but that {
bottle or so of his choice brand o
whiskies is also missing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
STIGMATIZES CHARGES
AS N0NSENSICAL TALK
Declares Excellent Traffic
Service Is Given to City
At Present.
CITY TO Be Advertised

The publicity committee of the
Jobbers and Shippers AssOcia-
ton viii hold its first meeting
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at
the Offices Of the American Sc
curity and Trust Company.
Plans viii be considered for a
wholesale campaign of advertis-
ing, which VIII bring the advan-
tages Of Washington as a busi-
ness center prominently before
the people Of the whole country.
In this campaign the city's resi-
dental attractions are 10 be
emphasized. 1t is regarded as a
leading inducement Of the many
TO be offered manufacturers that
Washington is perhaps the most
delightful place Of residence
among all American cities.
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tirety refused. a complete tie-up OF ca
nal work would follow
Without the trains in active opera
ton for hauling the excavated material
from the sh0vels. absolutely nothing
could be done in the way of ditch-dig-
ging. The engineers are standing well
together.
They have an organization in the zone
the only labor union here, and though
not chartered oy the International Bro
therhoOd, they claim they would have
coming from the States TO take their
places
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
.FIREHEN CALLED OUT
TO EETINGUISH BOTTLE

NEW YORK. July 30.-AIrs. Lewis
Weber of POI West I27th.street, took her
son, nine months old. from his nurse
yesterday afternoon and told the girl 10
boil the babys milk bottle and its
rubber mouthpiece.
The servant put the bottle and mouth
piece into saucepan. set II over a gas
name and went away and forgot it.
The water disappeared, the rubber be-
gan to char. and smoke filled the room
and drifted out of the window.
Some one in the street sent in an
alarm, and when the firemen discovered
that they had been called to extinEuish
a nursing bottle they were SAVAGE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
DYNAMITE TRAIN
TRYING TO KILL
CARS KINSMAN
Anarchists Thought Vlad-
imir Was Passenger
From Belgium.

PARIS, July 3O.-An unsuccessful
attempt was made near Charleroi,
Belgium, to dynamite a train on
which it was believed the Russian
Grand Duke Vladimir was a passen-
ger. 1t is reported that the fireman
on the engine was killed The at
tempt is attributed to Russian an
archists, who, it is supposed, were
informed that Vladimir was aboard
the train, although in reality he was
not a passenger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
Attempt to Lynch Boy;
Officers Repulse Mob

WASHINGTON, Pa. July 35.-Coroner
Slpe and Deputy Crumm arrived here
WIN bempsJer az o'clock. Both told
CT exciting Incidents when they placed
tnelr prisoner on the trolley car ar
CanonsDurE. where an attempt was
made 70 seize pempster. When Cornner
Sipe placed Dempster on the rear ular-
form lhe crowd pushed forward sholIt-
ing; XIII him. and Lynch him -
About twenty boarded the ear and
dragged the negro ana the officers from
ne car. During the struggle 10 regain
handled 7'i'
The prisoner was sakcn on the car
again. but dragged second time from
Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-07-30
Revolutionists Quiet;
Wait to Strike Blow

ST. PETERSBURG. July SO.-There
is practically no change today in the
situation throughout Russia. Disorders
are reported from several quarters, but
nothing approaching d general upris-
ing has been attempted, and the gov
ernment still has the situation well in
hand.
The Ievolutionists are clinging to
their original program of remaining
quiet until they are prepared 70 strike
an effective blow against the govern
men,. The outbreaks which have oc-
CURED have been spontaneous upris-
mgs, which were caused by the re-
ceipt of news OF the dissolution Of the
douma and the circulation of the vi
borg manifesto. In some cases they
were started in direct opposition to The
advice of the revolutionary leaders.
Mass Meeting of WOrkmen.
There is a significance in some Of tho
developments or the last day. The posi-
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