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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01

As the roll was called on the Kirk
man resolution to add 1-4-7 base to
the specifications for the paving of
West Main street at the council meet
inc last night the bland bitulithic smile
on the face of Frank Reese melted
away and that worthy Warren worker
doubled the rapidity of his libial en-
braces on the stem of his pipe as ne
scrowled at Councilman Bachtold,
whose desertion of the bitulithic band
gave the council majority in favor of
Justice TO the property owners of the
west end.
The otner feature of the last meet
ing of the year was the stinging ar
raienment of Councilman GlasfOrd by
Councilman Kirkman on the charges
of discOurtesy TO his colleagues and
falsifying TO them in the matter of
he whereabouts of the specifications
taken from the city surveyors Office
the antedeIuvian councilman to Justify
himself
Glasford on Defensive.
That the publication of his state
ment in the "Bunc" TO the effect that
the original specifications was purely
an accident; that he had on his long
distance glasses instead of his proper
ones when he examined the specifica-
he made the small mistake" of look
ing down the wrong column and so
getting curbing confounded with pave
ment. We're some of the arguments
Glasford put up for his Justification
He also made some melodramatic ref
erences to his long record of official
honesty and waved paper aloft as he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
WEALTHY MEXICAN IN Tolls
Charged With Having LED the
Juninez Raid
OWNER Of MILLION ACRES Of llNO
CAPTURE CONSIDERED MOST I'M
PORTANT ONE EVER MADE
OF A REvoLUTIoNIsT.
OWNER OF MILLION ACRES Of LANO

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. Pa
tricio Guerra, of Coahuila, one Of the
wealthiest and most prominent citizens
of Mexico was arrested yesterday on
charge of being the leader of the
Jiminez raid. He was placed in Jail
here.
Guerra owns a million acres of land.
This is considered the biggest catch Of
alleged revolutionists ever made
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Buys Spokane Property.

D. J. Niebergall of this city has just
completed negotiations for some resi-
dence property in Harrison and Town
sends Highland Park addition to Spo-
kane.
A fine 10-room-house stands on the
property, which was bought on spec
ulation by Mr.. Niebergall for $4,000.
George E. Stone, from whom Mr..
Niebergall purchased the property,
cleared $4OO by holding the property
for three days. l
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
HARRY NELSON MARRIED.
Former WaIIa Walan Becomes Bene
dict at Seattle.

Mrs. L. NJ Kosminsky and her sis
Y7., Mrs. J. c. Macy, have returned
iFom Portland by way of Seattle
"Aefe they attended the marriage
o' their brother. Harry Nelson.
10 MISS Gwendolyn Wood, for
"eFIy teacher in the public schools
'I 'hiS city. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson,
alter spending their honeymoon in
SpoN8ne and British Columbia points,
VIII return to Huntington where they
viii reside.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
= = = = = = = = = = . . Z
MccREA SUCCEEDS cAssErr. .

+ PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. l. Z
+ James McCrea, first vice-presi- Z
+ dent of the Pennsylvania rail- Z
= road, will be elected President =
= Cassett's successor at a meeting Z
= OF the directors to be held today, =
= according to positive information +
+ from the directors. 4
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
M, r Colt Gets Lost.

M. F. Colt, of Seattle, former Wal
la Walla merchant is in the city for
the holidays visiting his son, Fred Colt.
Mr.. Colt. although ne has been away
from Walla Walla but four years. is
by the growth of the gar
den city. Il actually got lost Sun
day in trying to find the house OF a
friend said he.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Pure Food Law in Effect.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The pure
food law goes into effect today. Sec
retary Wilson says it will do more
than anything else to bring the coun-
try into the foremost place in the
worlds commercial race.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Postal in New Location,

The Postal Telegraph company mov-
ed its quarters last night from the
Die Brucke building to the basement
of the Baker Boyer bank building.
They occupy the rooms formerly used
by the Walla Walla Abstract Co.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01


Majority on Short Terms.
Term of sentences are from four
months to life. OF this number 2O5
are serving two years or less, and 502
of the total number are serving five
years or less, which means that about
"a per cent of the total have twenty
months or less to serve, while about
so per cent of the total have three
years and seven months or less. This
is based on the usual communication 1or
good behavior.
"Place of birth-Foreign born, 217;
native born Americans, 623.
Distribution of foreign born-Great
Britain and Ireland. 70; Canada, 80;
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01

$1,000 for legal services to be paid out
of the water fund, and the allowance
of two small claims against the city
pleted the official business for the year
1906.
After some discussion the council
adjourned to meet on Tuesday, jan
uary s.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01

should not be compelled to associate
with older criminals and .degenerates.
Data from Prison Records.
For consideration in connection
with the above, we submit data taken
from the prison records, as follows:
Summary of the statistical tables
of the Washington state penitentiary
for the biennial period ending Sep
tember 80, 1906. Walla Walla.
Number of convicts in penitentiary
Sept. 80, 1904 ..................66 .667
Number of convicts on parole Sept.
80. 1904, ................ 70
693
Received during the two years end
ing Sept. 80 1906. ............ 700
Discharged during the two years
ending Sept. 80. 1906, ........ 613
LAT
Number of convicts in penitentiary
Sept. 80. 1906 1907
Number of convicts on parole Sept
80, 1906, %
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Street Cars Collide.

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. During
a heavy fog this morning two cars OF
the Wilmington City railway collided.
1t is reported that three were killed
and several injured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Free Children by Thousands.

Free Children by Thousands.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 1.-Two i'm
portant laws became operative today,
child labor and anti-bucket shop. The
former frees over 5000 children un-
der II years of age from the cotton
factories.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
Keystone LEGISLATURE Meets.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 1.-The
state legislature met at noon and or
ganized by electing Frank B. McClain
of Lancaster to be speaker.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01

To Supply BituIithic.
The contract with the Warren Con-
struction company to furnish bitulithic
dope to any bidders on street paw
ing at $1.45 a square yard was re-
newed for the year 1907 by passing the
ordinance authorizing the same
through at the one meeting.
The company binds itself by $4,000
bond to furnish the black stuff for the
price agreed.
Considerable amusement resulted
from the reading of the petition of the
socialists for the establishment OF
fuel yard in Walla Walla
and the attempt to refer the commu
nication to Councilman Tausick for
action.
Tausick Dodged It.
He protested when it was referred
to the judiciary committee of which
he was a member saying it would
place MIN in a peculiar position, and
on motion it was laid on the table for
an indefinite time.
The passage of a motion to allow the
bill of Sharpstein & Sharpstein for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
New Enoland Is Ereezinn.

BOSTON, Mass, JAM New Eng.
land is threatened with coal famine
due to the railroad embargo on ac-
count of car shortage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-01
PRISON COMMISSION HAS ADDITIONAL
FINDINGS AND FIGURES FOR GOVERNOR

Sept 80, 1904 ..693
Increase for two years, ......147
Per cent
Per cent of increase Of 1905 $500. 1892
Per cent of increase of 1906, ..... Ill
Total increase in two years -. .21.62
To be exact, 21.21 per cent.
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CONTINUED on Page Four.)
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the one morse rate and as to just what
constituted a public conveyance, the
ordinance was passed unanimously
To Supply BituIithic.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
AMONGTHECANEBRAKES
CONTINUED from page sone.)

around the tables, mindful of the con-
troversy that has been waging at the
expense of the Vice President. There
upon the President took up the glass
again, slipped the wine, held the glass
lowed drained the glass at a swallow.
Because of the peculiar circumstances
surrounding the incident and the man
ner in which the Vice President has
been pilloried, the champions of Pro-
hibition are disposed to make as much
as possible of it.
As it is not improbable that a prohi-
bition law viii be passed for the Dis
trict of Columbia at the coming session
of Congress, there is some speculation
as to what effect it would have at the
White House. Such law was all but
enacted at the last session. 1t will be
pressed again this Winter. AS 1t is the
session prior to "a Presidential and a
Congressional election members Will
not like to vote against it. Should sucn
a hill become law it would be morally
ard legally binding upon the White
no power to enforce it there if d Presi-
dent chooses to ign ore it. The Presi-
dent, however, could hardly purchase
wines in this city. OF course, no one
would think of swearing out a warrant
against the President for a violation Of
a prohibition law, but If one sh ould
the warrant would hardly be effective,
for warrants in the District of Column
bia are always issued in the Presidents
name and by his authority
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
Retirement of Maj. Miller.

June 20 Maj. Harry A. Miller, of the
Fifth National Guard of Pennsylvania
was formally retired after aim ost so
years of military life. Few men, even
in the Regular Army, have seen longer
service. In 1858 he enlisted in Tipton's
Drum Corps at Altoona, and was made
the color-bearer. He went with his
company in the first three-months SER
vice when only IL years old, and then
managed by trick to enlist in Co. B,
Sd Pa, and re-enlisted in the 10th Pa,
serving over three years. After the war
he organized the Keystone Zouaves. be-
came First Lieutenant, and upon the
organization of the National Guard en-
tered that service, and rose thru all
the grades to Captain, and became Ma
jor in the 5th N. G. p. in 1904. He was
in all the riot services Of his regiment
is fine marksman, and has worn for
years the Sharpshooter's Medal.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
The SiIlovvny Family.

Editor National Tribune: l recently
examined a Genealogy book of a re-
markable family-the Sideways of
Welsh extraction-who came. to this
country in 1850, and settled in Massa-
chusetts. and have been great fighters
soldiers in all our wars. Some of
them lived to a great old age. Eliphat
SillOway, of Boston, served all thru
the Revolutionary War, and died at
the age of 106 years, and his wife at
l05 years. Roswell, his brother. served
with Gen. Stark. and cousin with
and died at the age of 80 and 80. Then
came Elias Silloway, who served under
Comm odore Perry on Lake Erie. and
was killed Nov. 10, 1913, leaving a son.
VIM. K. A. Silloway, who served five
years in the Navy and five years in the
Regular Army, then two years in the
Mexican War, under Gen. Scout, and
He then enlisted and was sworn in on
the 18th of April, 1861, and detailed
for duty as an engineer on the Alex
andria Railroad, afterward on Gen.
McClellan's staff, and was in all the
battles of the Peninsula from May 5.
1862. was several times wounded and
at South Mountain severely wounded,
but recovered, and was then detailed to
Gen. Halleck's staff, when he resigned,
re-enlisted, and was detailed for duty
on the Potomac River as an engineer
on the Brooks" and River Queen"
serving till 1864, when he was detailed
to duty on the Rio Grande River with
500 men under him, and was discharg
ed Oct. %, 1866, at Galveston, having
served five years, eight months and II
days, without any pay from the Gov
ernment, as he paid all the expenses
out of what he had laid up. He and
his wife exist on what he can find on
the streets in New York City. They
have a room on the top floor of IFS
Waverly Place. He is a member of
the G. A. r. in Connecticut. Massa-
chusets, New Hampshire and Vermont
being elected as an honorary member
of the Posts he had been Commander
of Still further, / find the following
who served in the civil war of this
family: Seth, Davis, George. Levi, Fred
w, VIM. F., Elias, Hezakiah, Martin.
Joshua, Walter, Patrick, Michael,
Joseph, Samuel, John W., Rufus, etc.
All of these are and were uncles and
cousins of the old Colonel His mother,
sister to Commodore Perry, died at
the age of los years.-L. W. Sammis.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
Something of Hustler Himself.

G. E. Finney. 10Th Ind, Martinsville,
Ind, replies To Ccmrade A. ]. Learned
that he is something of a hustler HIM
self. And when Comrade Learned hears
from the wayback Townships in In
diana he will ge, way back and sit
down. The McCumber bill became, "A
law Feb. 8. and Feb. Comrade Finney
wrote to the Commissioner for blank
application. which he received on the
11th As soon as he got it cut of the
mail he executed it, without an attor-
ney and remaiied il the same day. 50
that il was pat on file Feb. 49, His
certificate was issued April q. The
voucher days in Indiana are the 4th OF
February. May. August and November,
so that he lacked nine days of having
"a full quarters pension. for the quar-
ter of the passage of the law. He was
only seven days behind the law ITSELF
If these sluggish Buckeyes will come
into Indiana they will be taught how
to hustle.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
Flag on the New Custom Hou.e.

Gen. Geo. B. Loud carried out very
successfully his program for raising
an immense American flag over New
York's magnificent s7.000.000 custom
house. There were about 200 Grand
Army veterans forming the head of the
procession, and they were escorted by
u squad of mounted police. Behind
them marched large procession, with
the Catholic Protectory Band furnish
ing the music. Assembling in front of
the Custom House, Gen. Loud made an
Introductory speech. There was an
invocation by Rev. G. f. Strobridge,
and the flag was pulled to the top of
the building by detail of veterans,
and several thousand voices united in
singing the Star-Spangled Banner
Representative JOS. A. Goulden deliv-
cred an admirable address, and the
proceedings closed with benediction
by the Rev. VIM. A. Olmstead.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
Some Queries.

w. r. Ramsey, 150th Pa, Palmyra,
n. j., has some queries for comrades
to answer. For example, in an engage
ment such as Gettysburg. when a regi-
ment armed with muZZle leaders is
actually engaged, how long will 1t take
to exhaust 60 rounds per man? This
includes all supplies from boxes Of
dead and wounded comrades. How
much space is required per man when
regiment is engaged in battle? For
example, there are conflicting ideas
with regard to Stones Brigade at Get
tysburg as to the distance from right
to left of the 149th Pa, while in posi-
ton on the Chambersburg Pike. Both
sides Of the controversy are agreed as
to the location of the center. ComrS de
Ramsey was in Camp Parole, Annap-
oils. from Sept. %, 1864, until Feb. 10,
1865, and has had difference of opin-
ion as to the number there with a COM
rade of his regiment who was a pris-
Oner with him.
The National tribune., 1907-10-10

neously from Col. Chiffon and one OF
my staff that the enemy. VIII ose pres
ence had been ascertained as late as
$50 q. M, had feyacuatei his works
and WAS lrelreating.
Encouragement From HIS Corps COM
manderS.
Gen. .AIcClellan says that 80 threat
ening were the movements of the enemy
on rboth banks yNof- the Chickahominy
that it. was impossible to decide until
the afternoon where the real attack
would. be made" A circular was sent
10 the corps commanders asking how
many of their troops they could spare
10 help out Gen. Porter. Gen. licintZci-
man replied that he could not hold MS
advanced position without reinforce
ments tho he might SPAR four h"igaaes
for a little while. Gen. keyes said that
he could not spare any, as he had hard
" force enough II hold his lines ;ls tEey
were Gen. Sumner teles -aphed thI,
Badly Smith was apprel.ensive of an
attack in heavy force, and that heavy
columns could be seen massing against
him at 'Garnett's House. AS late as 5:15
o'clock Gen. Franklin telegraphed that
he did n it think il would be prudent t.
take any more troops from him. and
Gen. Sumner telegraphed that if Gen.
Mcclellan would take the Responsibility
of defending his position with his front
Lille ne Woulu SeUu ffcUCn anu
Meagher's Brigades to Porter's assist
ance. The corps commanders. as well
as Mcclellan. were firm in the belief
that they were confronted by at least
10000 men. and altho il had been
demonstrated that Porter was attacked
by about 60,e9e. they felt convinced
that there were still nearly 1905 on
their side of the river and in their front.
A NomcntOus Council.
LoHgstreet, Jackson and the Hills We're
sorrowfuIly gathering up The shattered
organizations. restoring order and dis
cipline, taking account of their fright
full losses and planning for the morrow,
Gen. Mcclellan called council of war
of hiscorps commanders around a great
log fire that sent its flanes leaping high
up among the soEnber branches OF the
oaks and hickories. Mcclellan, who did
moi lack daring. when he had arrived
at a decision. felt the stimulus of the
battle which had been waged, and was
resolved upon leading his army straight
into Richmond then only four miles
away He could have done this even
without the losses which Magruder had
pictured, but was dissuaded by the de-
termned opposition of his corps COM |
nlanders, and particularly HeintZelman. |
Franklin, negative and cautious as he
always was, was strongly opposed;
heyeS seems 10 nave Deen Hltle coiISiu-
cred, and Sumner was for once not san
guine The most potent argument was
that Jefferson Davis would gladly eX-
change Richmond for Washington, and
that Lees army, being released from
the defense of the Confederate Capital,
would at once move upon Washington.
Again one of McClelland's high resolves.
which would have given him enduring
fame, became sicklied DER with the
pale cast of thought" and the great
opportunity was lost forever.
ITO be continued.)
The National tribune., 1907-10-10

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The O1st PA.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give a short sketch of the 61st
Pa. u. w. Christen, Pittsburg, Pa.
The 61st Pa. was organized at Pitts
burg Sept. z. 1861. and finally mustered
out June IS. 1865. Col. o. H. Rippey
was killed at Fair oaks, Col. George C..
Spear killed at Fredericksburg, and
Lieut.-Col. John w. Crosby killed at
Petersburg. Col. Robert L. Orr was in
command when the regiment WAS mus
tered out. 1t belonged to Getty's Divi-
sion OF the Sixth Corps. Army of the
Potomac, and WAS a lighting regiment,
losing 237 killed. or 11.9 per cent of an
enr0llment of 1887. Its total of killed
and wounded was S72 and 10 died in
Confederate prisons. 1t lost more off,
GERS killed than any other regiment in
the Union army.-Editor National Trib-
me -ars.,t.-
The National tribune., 1907-10-10
THE FIGHT AT RESACA.
The Battlefield Revisited, md Distances
Verified.

Editor National Tribune: From time
to time for many years stories of the
battle of Resaca, Ga, have appeared in
our soldier paper. / now wish to give
my version of that scrap, for the rea-
son that ] was there The First Bri-
gade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps,
led the charge, and was formed in col
umn by regiments. Col. Harrison's 10th
Ind. was first, then the 1929 H., 18th
Ohio, 129,h III. and 1O5th Ill. In the
order named; the 10th Ind. on the top
of the hill, the others back and down
the hill on the north side. All were
in thick woods and out of sight of the
rebels, but not over 30 rods from the
rebel battery OF four 12-pound brass
guns.
We were hidden from the rebels by
the woods until we reached the open
ground at the foot of the hill, when we
received the fire from the battery, also
three-gun battery at the right and
front. about 120 rods away, which had
an enfilading fire upon us, until We got
| near the four-gun battery. No stop
was made until the battery was cap
| tured, and many of US were between
the battery and the Infantry line OF
the rebels, and with many others l Was
within 80 feet OF the infantry line, in
the path between the battery and their
works. For some reason we were halt
ed here, which l think was a mistake.
I as most OF tne FcpeIS HSd !cIt Inelr
works and but little firing was done By
either side for short time. We should
| have gone to their works and then
stood as good q chance on our side as
they would on theirs. They returned,
and soon we fell back 10 the battery
and held il until relieved after dark,
and the rebels left during the night.
| ! was shot thru the arm when within
80 feet of the rebel line, and saw a
man killed few feet to my right, which
22d Wis. men mentioned in The Na-
tionai Tribune July H.
| The reason that give these distances
| is that the next morning after the
| battle i went over the ground and
picked up my bayOnet from behind the
tree where / was when wounded The
next morning l spent half Of the day
looking over the field, and five years
ago. in company with Geo. Price (55th
/ Ohioi, went all over the ground again,
and / stepped the distance from the
battery TO the infantry works, and
found it So PAGES. The hill we charged
down, all woods then, is now cleared,
and the level ground back of the rebel
| line, q cleared field then, is now thick
! timber 40 or so feet high. The old
! fort and line of works are easily found:
lalso where the boys Qncluding an old
| bunkmate of mine) were laid away.
After the war all of them that could
be found were removed to Chattanooga,
and lie in that beautiful cemetery there,
and each plainly marked SO far as
known, but over 5000 were unknown
and about 5000 known.--A. II. Rowe,
Co. X. 1929 ILL.,. Benton, Mich