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The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
A STORY OR TWO.

"Muh Friends with deep feeling said
Brother Dingcr, rising in his place
during Il recent rcNlval meeting in
Ebcnczcr chapel. "dc earthquakes of
conviction has done grabbed me aud
shook Inc FUN ritlgcpolc to foundations
stone, and Us mighty moved to shout
f"'th What n sinnHn Use bocn, but ]
ueSs don't 'lnr do it, uhwhist dc grand
jury an in scsSiun!'
DC l;Lwd will fuhgiyr w., mulp
trcnblin' brudtcr!" cried the Dustor
"Yassal! Yassuh. organized dat
but dc trouble am dat dc l.awd uin't
on tho grand jury
I'm a lawsuit i'll Pennsylvania not
long ago the question w;s put To I.
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

coming to America. In 1856 he came
to st. Paul and served In the civil
war as Il member OF Company G, Fifth
Minnesota. He was a member of st
Peters Benevolent society and of the
ST. Joseph's Orphans society. MIR
Kunz is survived by Il widow and two
daughters, Mrs. Plcns and Mrs. Will
lam Pohl. The funeral Was held Tues
day morning at the Church of the AS
sumption.
Patrick O'Meara. aged cishty-scvcn
years. who came to Minnesota in No
vcmber, 1856, died Saturday at Green
Isle, Minn He helped to organize Green
Isle township. lie is survived by Il
widow and five sons, two OF whom,
Charles and James, live in st. Paul.
Mrs. Elizabeth DAILY, aged eighty,
died last Saturday at her home, l4s
Sherburne avenue. Mrs. DAILY was ono
of the old residents Of the city and is
survived by daughter, Miss Mary
Daily.
In the death OF Mrs. Anna Fay,
which occurred last Saturday night t.
her home, S31 Rcaney street, another
pioneer passed away. Mrs. Fay was
seventy-thrce years old and is sur
vived by several SONS and daughters.
The funeral services OF Mrs Hann;.
Shea, who died Saturday at Lake l;l-
mo, where she had resided forty years
was held Monday afternoon at Oak
dale church.
of the state Of Minnesota has quite a
Celtic tint in ii 10 say the least, Us
VIC have especially noticed tho fol-
lowing very busy lawmakers that boar
Irish names: Senators Sullivan.
A1oonan, Campbell, eastman, litz-
patrick, Mccall, McGowan and Rep
resentatives Brady, Brown, Conroy,
Cummings, Doyle, lIanlan, Higgins,
Hatten, Horton, Howard, Lennon. Nc
Coy, Mcneil, Mctluccn, Murphy, Magic,
the Nolans, O'Bricn, Phillips, Sullivan,
Spencer, TigEe, White. Wood. Young
and Zeicll. 1t is needless to say they
will make themselves heard. Senator
Moonan, though Il now member in the
senate, is recognized as IL leader and
in the house Brady. Brown, Murphy,
Cummings and Lennon arc being daily
heard and fast forging to the front
| 1t would surely seem true that you
cannot keep them down and tho faster
you pluck them the thicker they grow.
Thomas Fallon. aged 50 years, died
on the 9Th inst. The funeral took
place from the residence of his brotll-
OF, Edward ITalon, A06 Frye avenue
yesterday morning. Services were held
at st. Marks church.
Mrs. Maurice bore Is Ill at ST
Joseph's hospital 1t is to be hopct
the good woman will soon recover.
DR.. John u. O'Brien, tho already
| pOpuldl tillu SNuA6SoL iilctiA III liz
state 1t);islature Of Minnesota, and
whose seat was SO cadavcrously sought
after by John ID. Denegrr. the Re.
publican aspirant, has won out anG
has been finally seated after Il foul
weeks siege.
Div. NO. s, Daughters Of Erin, viii
give q card party and general socia
on next Monday evening at thcil
beautiful Hibcrnian hall.
The following gentlemen have rc.
Gently received city appointments
General superintendent of streets, J. J
Regain, $2,4O0 per annum; p. j. Glea.
son, first assistant, $1,500; j. II. Mnl.
care and p. j. O'Bricn, salaries pei
| Year Ct O0c each
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
miner on the witness stand:

Ou lllG WllllCSS StuNQ.
Were you ever hurt in the mines?"
"1ndade, l was,' responded the man.
Il was half kilt once"
"Now. tell the court whether you
wcrc injured at any other time" con-
tinucd the cross ss-cXaminer.
Yes, | was half kilt in another ac-
cident shortly after that"
Your honor" smilingly intcrjected
counsel for the other side, II object to
this mans testimony.
Upon what ground?" asked the
judge.
'On tho ground that, having been
half killed twice, he is IL dead man,
and therefore incompetent as Il wit
ness.
George Bernard Shaw is a great
lover of music" said all actor. 'ln
fact, before his plays became success
tul, lie made his living as a musical
critic.
"llc was invited by a friend one
night 10 hear a string quartet from
Italy. Expecting q treat ho accepted
the invitation. And throughout the
program lie sut With 4 stony look on
his; face.
'"rhc friend, to draw u little praise
from him. said:
"'AIr, Shaw, these men have been
playing together for twelve years
"'Twclve years" said the other In
an incrcdulous voice. Surely we've
been here longer than that"
AN elderly resident OF Lynn, Ma::s.,
WAS talking about Mrs. Baker Eddy,
the head OF The Christian Science
church.
When she lived hero in Lynn" said
The old man, "slc conducted q TOM
perance campaign for IL timo. She
did II lot of good, though now and
then sle met With II rebuff.
"rlIc story goes that Il tramp once
asked her for help.
"l'll help you. my friend, said Mrs.
Eddy, but first you must answer me
one question:. DO YOU, or do you not
drink hccr?'
The tramp, II hardened customer.
looked at her in amazcmcnt.
"'Why, lady hc said, 20 ccrt'n'y
don't think | squirt it into mo arm
wild Il syringc?''
\ Scotcllman in London noticed !,
baltllcadrd chemist standing at his
shop door, and inquired il lie had amy
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
Installation of Officers.

st. Cecilia Court No. 293, W. c. 0.
r., held their annual installation on
Monday evening OF last week. Mrs
Boardman conducted the installation,
after which a light luncheon was
served and short program rendered.
Those installed We're: Rose D. Ritz
man, c. r.; Alice M. Dwyer, V. c. r.;
Mae H. Hurley, r. S.; Minnie Engcl,
F. S.; Mary O'Keefe, treasurer; Mag
gle Long, Margaret Sheets, Mary Be-
nolkin, trustees; Katie Curran, Marie
Ferlaak, conductors; Mary j. O'Con-
nor, SUSAN Fenton, sentinels.
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
Duties of God-Parents.

The duties of god-parents or sponsors
receive little attention these days; at
least not near us much as they de-
servo. OF course, the honor Of being
selected as god-parent is appreciated.
an offspring as made at the baptism
and perhaps an occasional little births
day present marks the passing years
But how little is this compared with
tho demands OF Holy Mother Church
on all who assume the great responsi-
bility.
Her purpose is not to impose az
obligation of temporal, but OF spir-
itual. guardianship; hence she call,
child and sod-parents spiritual rcla-
tionshlp' %
That the selection may be the hes:
she restricts the Office to two, a mai
and Il. woman; they must be practtca
Catholics, or good character and will.
ing TO assume the grave obligation
tuklllS the place Oh llle parents, llO-
only in tho case OF death, hut in th,
case of their neglecting tho spiritua
education OF the child. With th,
greater duties so, Of course. the lesse
ones, and a. special devotion 10 it,
temporal welfare is also demanded
How Tar these obligations arc respects
cd may be- best secn by considering til,
case OF tho orphans. How rarely t'
We find soh-parcnts assuming thes
duties when tho child is left home
loss? I:ut over unclcS and aunts, ovc
all natural tics, even that Of brothe
tionship.
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

new building is designed to be credi,
to Nicollet avenue and will have
white enanaeled brick and plate glass
front.
The many friends OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James McConville decided to give them
a grand surprise on Saturday evening.
Feb. 2, it being the fifteenth anniver-
sary Of their marriage. They assem-
bled to the number OF about SO at
nearby residence and at o'clock pro-
ceeded to the McConvilc home Isaac
Rice was chosen spokesman of tho
party, and calling Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Conville into the parlor. in few well
chosen words presented them with a
beautiful china closet, which had been
selected by the ladies of the party.
| Mrs. McBreen, Mrs. Martin Somers
spirits of the affair, and after a num-
ber Of games of cards had been play
| ed served refreshments. Toasts were
responded to by Mathew Baldwin and
others. Prizes were won by Mrs. T.
McConville and ID. Kane.
G. A. Smith, the millionaire lumber
man. lost between $4,000 and $4,000 as
the result of u fire which Suttcd his
home at 1924 Emerson avenue south
Sunday forenoon. While the loss is
heavy, it is expected that the insur-
ance will cover it. The fire started soon
after Q o'clock in the morning, pre-
sumably from a defect i'll the furnace
When discovered it lad crept up be-
| tween the partitions at the front Of
| the house and for a time it appeared
as though the entire structure would
go. When the firemen arrived they
hesitated to throw much water into
the building for fear of doing more
damage by SO doing than would be
done by the fire. Accordingly, cheNli-
calls were used. THE fire, however,
crept upward and before the fire
| fighters We're aware Of tho extent OF
the blaze the roof was in flames.
| Valdeman Mortensen, the 16-year-
old son of Mrs. Johanna Mortensen OF
3233 Sixteenth avenue south, was all
most instantly killed III an elevator
accident in the Journal building early
Sunday morning. The boy had for
some time been employed by the
Journal company as delivery wagon
driver. Sunday morning, after he had
made his deliveries. he and another
boy about his own age were in the
basement pressroon1. They saw the
heavy freight elevator was idle and
boylike, young Mortensen proposed a
ride in it. The second boy was agree
able. Mortensen jumped onto the plat
form while his companion started the
heavy lift. The Mortenson boy either
became frightened and tried to jump
out or in some manner, fell. His body
was caught between the elevator plat
form and the floor. Almost every bone
in his body was crushed as he was
squeezed into the narrow space.
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

"Aud will YOU havo gas, madam
inquired the dentist. Us a stout, cid
crIy lady entered his Office
We'll" she replied, With Il doubt
full glance ut the doctor, you don
suppose | ann going To let you tinke
around in the dark do you:"
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

\ Scotchnan in London noticed
baltlhradrd chemist standing at hi
shop door, and inquired if lie had an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
ARE SWELL MINSIRELS.

The very best that there is in the
world of minstrelsy will be seen at the
Keylor Grand theater next Saturday
afternoon and evening, when Lew
Dockstader ana his important organ
ization ewill hold the boards. Dock
stader'S name is a synonym for quail
| ty in minstrelsy, and although he has
rot been seen on the Pacific coast for
the past six years, he has not by any
means been forgotten. The east has
! held this favorite corkist so effect
ually as it's own that his big band Of
| singers, dancers and comedians, have
each year filled long seasons without
| its being possible to tour west of Den
| Yer. This spring, however, Mr.. Dock
Stader has completed arrangements
| for an extended tour of the coast and
Walia Walla is fortunate in being Sc
lected as one of the stops for the
only minstrel show that plays eX-
clusively in the first-class theaters of
America. The organization surround
ling Mr. Dockstader is one of 20 people
| and it's production is promised to be
one which would have been considered
| we'll nigh impossible for considera-
ton a score of years ago.
In the formation of a minstrel en-
| tertainment, the first part is usual
! ly he point in view to surpass any
| thing that has ever been staged in
minstrelsy. 1t is a conceded fact that
Mr.. DOckstader has succeeded in his
present offering in completely eclips-
| ing anything ever before accomplished
in this line. It is called the palace of
Emeralds.'
| L consists of set heavily studded
with globes. so designed and so lighted
that they take on the semblance OF
Jewels of enormous size and delicate
green color. Chairs of gilt and seats
in imitation gold mosaic are placed ir
the inches and on the raised platforms
in this set. and, thanks to judicious
lighting and effective arrangement OF
the performers, the stage picture is
made to take on uncommon attract
| iveneSS.
| According to the extravaganza OF
rhese last of the long line of MINISTRIES
IDockStader has made a scenic invest
ment of his first part which would
blind the modest old eyes of Cotton
land Kimball. to say nothing of Airing
ton and BILLY" IBackuS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
COUNTY rREAsURER'S NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing warrants are called and will
be paid on presentation at my office,
towit:
Warrants on the county road and
bridge fund from No. 31,59S to No. 81,
1872. inclusive.
Warrants on the county indebted
ness fund from NO. 30,001 to No. 3O,1S2
inclusive.
Warrants on road district No. 3 from
No. 32,155 to No. 32,164, inclusive
Warrants on road district No. 4, UP
to No. 1854.
School district No 1, from No. 1851
% No. 7,77S, inclusive.
School district No. from No. 116
to No. 131, inclusive
School district No. 80 from No. 3,173
to No. 317S, inclusive
School district No. 35 from No. SO
to No. 101, inclusive.
School district No 81 from No. 81
to No 53, inclusive.
School district No. So from No. 103
to No. 100, inclusive.
School district No. 10, warrant No.
67 only.
District No. SO, warrant No. IA only.
School district No. "a, warrants Nos
6S and So.
School district No. 50, warrant No
Sc only
School district NO. "a, warrant No
only.
All warrants Of school districts No
! ., AZ and II.
Interest on said warrants will
cease June %. 1907.
W. J. HONEYCUTT
Treasurer of Walla Walla County
Washington.
First publication June 20, 1907.
Last publication June %, 1907.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
CLERKS TO TAKE ACTION
Will Institute Vigorous Campaign
to Shorten Hours

SEATTLE, June 21.-The clerks
union decided last night to institute
an active campaign in it's efforts to
have the new schedule of hours asked
for adopted by all stores in Seattle.
Representatives of the union will
this morning begin tour of all the
establishment in Seattle in which
clerks, whether members of the union
or not, are interested, and each firm
will be called upon singly to grant
the working hours named by the or
ganization. Any concerns refusing
the request will have their union cards
Cancelled and be declared unfair.
An officer of the union said that the
decision to pursue this course should
by no means be looked upon as indie
alive of a strike. He asserted that be-
yond the declaration of unfairness by
organized labor there would be no
fur her action.
While a number of employers have
made known their willingness to grant
the new schedule, quite a few are
holding aloof and asking the modifi-
cation desired, be made. Some want
the demand of a. M, to p. M, the
hours asked on Saturday, by the
union in stores where women are en-
ployed, changed so as to be from
$50 a. m. to $3.50 p. M, cOntending
that much of the Saturday shopping
is done late in the evening. Others OBJ
ject to the hour for lunch, pointing
out that in order to allow every en-
ploye a full hour would leave the
store short of labor for the time being.
For all other days of the week the
union asked $50 a. M, opening and
6 D. m. where men only do the work,
with an hour for lunch in each case.
From a. m. to 10 p. m. is asked for
the men clerks on Saturday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
HAIL TO THE PRUNE.

IF there ever was a maligned, SLAM
dered and uniustly treated vegetable
if is the prune. From time immemo-
rial joke writers have coupled INC
nrune with motherinlaw, angular
landlady. star boarder and the other
! perennials. There isn't poaroliis-
house in Baltimore, says the Baltimore
News where some guest has not py
untimelv lest hurt the feelings of the
nrune. This. in spite of the fact that
the prune is a health giving proouc'
of Mother Earth and an ln1alilpie
remedy for many ailments that nesh
iS heir to- Given the prune, tne
chicken wing and the butter, most any
hoarder could make a joke. But the
nrune is no Joke Sundried, evapo-
rated or parboiled for curing INC
prune is a blessing among sweets OF
the harvest. 1t is a medicinal master
piece a dietic delight. a juicy JOY.
How many Baltimore boarders know
that the first prune industry started
in the eastern United States in 1854
and was removed to California for CHI
matte advantages in 1868, and ever
since has Do6n oii" al u oii'AA
America is the greatest prune-produc-
ing country in the world exceeding
in output even France, where the
medal was formerly located? How
MANY Baltimore scoffers know that
california, Oregon. Washington anu
Idaho produced 1OO.OOO.0O0 pounds of
prunes in 1900, as against only 2OO,-
600 pounds in 1880, and that these four
states produced more prunes than
Servia. Germany, Spain, Australia or
South America, the other prune cOun-
tries. Why, the prune is an 1ndustrl-
Gus element in society, ranking with
the great American hen Wherefore,
then, the cruel jest:
Come, let us raise our voices high,
Our harp-strings all attune-
And let our challenge sweep the sky;
Defenders of the Prune!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
DORSEY HILL SAVES
CONTINUED from Pare One)

But there is many a slip. Half way
up the counter baked. The ladder
became unruly. AS the minutes pass
ed and the shouting and excitement
of the rabble on the ground increased,
the strain on the brave men in the
window became terrible. Nels Peter
son let his pipe go out. Wynans COM
planned that the lawn needed now
ing. Bond said nothing but thought
deeply.
Just as the great weight, which was
breaking the backs and arms of even
these men of muscle, was on the point
of sliding back and down and crushing
the helpless people below, Dorsey
Hill grabbed the lower end of the lad
der and lifted it high above his head
With this aid the counter was speed
lily hauled into the window.
Until late in the evening, howeved
excited conversation upon the moving
of that counter could be heard in any
part of the court house. 1t was sur
prising how many superior methods OF
handling that counter developed after
it was all over
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
TO TAKE FIELD DAY JULY 4
National Guard EnCampmept A
MAPPED Out

OLYMPIA, June 21.-Orders gov
erning the assignment and move
ment of National Guard troops to the
various government forts for the
usual summer service in the field,
were issued today by Adjutant Gener-
al Ortis Hamilton. The guardsmen
will be in camp between July and Is.
The order is as follows:
A camp of instruction for the Sec
ond infantry regiment National Guard
of Washington, will be held in the ar
tillery district of Puget sound begin
ing the 4th and ending the 18th of
July. Company commanders will see
that their organizations are fully
equipped for field service as in pre-
viOus maneuver camps. Transportation
necessary for this tour of duty will
be furnished from these headquarters,
and Captain Harvey j. Moss. regi-
mental quartermaster, is designated
as acting quartermaster general, with
authority to issue transportation re-
quests and the necessary instructions
for handling the same. Captain Moss
with Lieutenant VIM. E. Mcclure as
assistant. will have charge of the de-
training and embarking of the differ
ent organizations at Seattle, where
they will be modified and transported
by steamer to Forts WOrden, Flagler
and Casey. Captain Moss will make
necessary arrangements for the trans
portatiOn from Seattle to the forts
with the United States depot quarter
master at Seattle He will then pro-
coed to these headquarters on the oath
inst, for the purpose of issuing trans
portation requests and preparing tent
age for shipment.
Regimental headquarters, together
with the First battalion, Major Otto
A. Case commanding, consisting of
companies B. D. K. and L. will be as
signed to Fort Worden. Second bat
talon. Major w. L. Lemon commands
ing, consisting of companies E. C and
H, will be assigned to duty at Fort
Casey. The Third battalion, Major
John Stringer commanding, consisting
of companies A. G. F and M, will be
assigned for duty at Fort F'lagler.
The artillery district commander is
requested to make such disposition of
company A. signal corps, and hospital
detachment. with officers, as he may
deem for the best interests of the SER
vice.
The differential pay rolls for the
state will be fully prepared, signed and
delivered to the regimental adjutant
before the completion Of this tour of
rival of all organizations will be as
follows:
The commanding officers of B, D. L.
and A, signal corps. will have their
orga nizatiOns ready to move from the
Seattle armory at II o'clock, noon, Ju-
ly 4th.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
ADJUSTMENTS
A BARRYMORE STORY.

1t is an old story, but it is Bar
rymore one at the expense of John
Drew. the uncle of the Barrymore trio
of children, Ethel, Lionel and Jack
And it is told by John Drew himself
The scene was the Lambs club. The
characters were Mr.. Drew and a gen.
tleman whose name is not incidental
to the story. Drew was asked by
the gentleman to what he owed his
success in his chosen profession. He
replied:
ITO Maurice BarrymOre's children.
How 500" queried the individual re-
ferred 10 above.
Well, you see. at the end of their
nightly prayers each of the children
has been taught by their father to
say: please God, bless papa and
mamma, and make Uncle John a good
actor
Miss Barrymore will appear at the
Keylor Grand June 25.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-21
FREIGHT GRAFT EXPOSED
In Transportation Department Of
Southern Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-Scan-
dial of serious magnitude has been I'M
earthed in the transportation depart
ment of the Southern Pacific, which
has occupied the attention of the high
est officials of the system since the
discovery of the plot two weeks ago.
For the past year, merchants re-
ceiving freight in carload lots in San
Francisco have suffered from the con-
ges ron of freight traffic on the Harri-
man lines. One of the greatest diff
culties was in the holding of cars in
the extensive freight yards in Sparks,
Nevada. Frequently the officials of
the road found themselves unable to
expedite the movement of cars de-
tanned at Sparks, and shippers suf-
fered without relief.
Shipping clerks in the large whole
sale grocery houses told their firms
that while repeated complaints made
to railroad officials had been without
result, they had learned that some
thing could be done by seeing Roy
Mauvais, of the Mauvais Auto Car
company, who had acquired the rep
utatiOn of being able to get a car out
of the yards in Sparks and into San
Francisco, when the traffic department
of the Southern Pacific company could
do nothing.
In their desperation, one after an
other of the larger shipTJrs in the city
looked up Mauvais, to test his reputed
ability in the matter Of the movement
of expedited freight. To their appli-
cations, he answered with business
like terSeneSS, noting down the num-
Der of the car which had been held
up, and assuring them that 1T would
be delivered in the city in "a hours"
The transaction with Mauvais was
complete with the payment of a fee
of $50 per car. To their surprise the
merchants found that Mauvais' predic-
ton came true. The car arrived. fol-
lowing the payment of $50.
The matter reached the ears of the
Southern Pacific officers. and detec-
tives were put to work on the matter,
with the result that it was discovered
that a ring had been formed as a re-
suit of the congestion, and large sums
had been exacted from shippers as the
price of expediting cars. Railroad
men, of course, are involved in the
conspiracy. Yard officials and sub
ordnates along the line secured big
profits from the system of graft which
grew out OF the freight blockade last
fall Railroad men are puzzled by the
ease by which Mauvais and his allies
hunted out and put ahead cars which
the company's agents tried in vain to
expedite. At the same time they see
no way to punish unofficial freight
agents who are not connected with
the company.