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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
RREMMER BOY
GOES TO DAD
And Crying Mother Alleged
10 Have E|oped Again

tittla Albert Bremmer will belong
% bis Dapa again today and the little
C,r,,an who, since following his rum
,,.,, wife from Canada last October,
has tried every possible means to get
secession of him, is wild with delight.
,Ithough the order giving the tenn
oorarv custody of the child to his
t,tbar was made early this afternoon
Mr. Rremmer is working and 1t will not
No until 5 o'clock the father will get
nocsassion of his 3year-old son, now
il the custody of the sheriff.
The present possession is only tenn
oorary but on Wedneday, Oscar Cain,
,ttorney for Mrs Bremmer and Ev-
aratt ]. Smith. attorney for Henry
Bremmer. will argue before Judge
Prents as to who should have the per-
nanent possession Of the child.
If Rremmer gets the boy for keeps
h. will put him with his uncle's fam
fiy until he is old enough to be cared
for by his father.
Mrs Lena Bremmer cannot be found
and il is thought she has skipped to
oregon. She was last seen Tuesday
,fternoon on West Main street talking
with a light haired man whose name
could not be ascertained. 1t is said
that shortly afterwards Mrs. Bremmer
and this man left on the Pendleton
train. she has not been seen since.
The man with whom she elOped the
day after her paramOur, Hollis Keith,
was convicted of adultery, is said to be
the same fellow who attempted to kid
nap her little boy from the Gregorys
At her request.
Keith was taken to the penitentiary
this afternoon. 1t is probable his case
vilI be appealed to the supreme court
on a technical point of law.
Mrs Bremmer returned to Walla
Walla today from Wallula. 1t is sup
posed she will continue her legal
fight for the possession of her child
who is temporarily in the possession
OF his father until next Wednesday
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
NESb|TT ASKS
LOAN OF THAW
Trucking Plea Of Man VINO
Sneered al Sister,

NEW YORK, April ia letter it is
said Harry Thaw received yesterday
from Howard Nesbitt, was made public
today.
In it Nesbitt asks for the loan of
800. promising his faithful allegiance
in the future.
The writer wrote at great length to
explain how his childish gratitude had
been aroused to favor the memory of
White"
He says he lied in childish thought
lessness" to Jerome. but had, from the
moment Evelyn told her story on the
stand, been her ''adoring. appreciative
brother
Much more of the same rot finally
approached the climax in a pathetic"
appeal for cash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
Mr.. THOMPSON ARRIVES
Member of Big Dry Goods Firm is
Ready for Business

H. G. Thompson of the firm of
Hanger & Thompson, who are INSTALL
ing the big department store in the
new Denny building at Second and
Alder streets, has arrived in the city
with his family from Chicago.
Mr.. Thompson. for years has been
connected with Marshall Field &; Co.
the famous dry goods firm in Chicago
and is regarded as one of the best
posted and experience men in the
business in the west.
The new firm has practically COM
pleted all details for the installation
of the new big emporium and are now
awaiting the completion of the build
ing in which one of the largest and
most modern stocks ever carried by a
department store in the northwest will
be placed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

VaU 'orm a farmers union in Walla
c,r county for the purpose of Sc
aD,h,ss better prices for produce and
raS ihs the grower. not the middle
f.i~ u dictate quotations and gain a
H. p'oht for the fruits of his labor is
far,,po purpose Of big meeting of
Anrn :. OF the county to Be held here
ca 5. Barret of Barnesville.
f3rr,e, national president of the
Uni.o, cooperative union Of the
berina states. an organization num-
% 1;s million and a half members in
gatbeieh' gatbs.,e states. will address the
glDi,ias and take steps toward OF =
in We d branch of the great union
sor1 ana Walla county.
orgaie'hihg organisg of the work done by this
at ,ba ,N@ on ION may be learned by looking
'''on statistics of the south
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
FAREWELL TO MENINGITIS
Warm Sun Rays Deal Death to
Disease

Sunshine means paralysis to the
murderous micrObe which causes spin
al meningitis, according to City Health
Officer A. E. Braden.
THE present warm clear weather
will practically wipe out all danger Of
the dread disease visiting Walla Wal
la. l think there is little danger of it
now" said the doctor "The germs
cannot work in this sunshine at all
1t is the best thing known to render
them absolutely harmless
All over the northwest the approch-
ing summer is having the same effect
on the few scattering cases of the
terrible malady and will undoubtedly
stop the threatened epidemic.
Three cases of small pox which are
at the pest house are the only cases
of cOntagion in the city at the present
time. The last of these was stricken
down with a light touch of the dis
ease yesterday at st. Mary's hospital
and removed to the proper place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
PULLMAN CADETS ARE
TO ARRIVE NEXT MONDAY

A special train of eight passenger
coaches and a baggage coach will ar
rive in this city Monday from Pull
man with the 400 members of the
cadets of Washington State college.
A message was received by c E.
Van de Water Of the Commercial club
committee to this effect and he wired
back advising that a man be sent
down in advance to see that all ar
rangements of the grounds for the
encampment are satisfactory.
The tents of the Pullman boys will
be pitched on the grounds at the city
park and water and cook houses have
been provided for their convenience
The encampment will be here several
daVS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
FROM HAY BUDDR|US IS KILLED

wagon. which had no brake. slid down
upon the horses and the animals. un-
rearing.
Mr.. Buddrius was pulled off the load
and sat clinging to the tongue while
his son jumped to the horses heads.
When the horses We're finally
brought to a standstill the young man
looked for his father and found the
body lying, with the skull crushed
flat, few feet behind the wagon.
Undertaken Cookery brought the
body in this afternoon. A wife and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

Jerked from a high load of hay by
three plunging horses and riding for
few fatal moments on the tongue Of
the wagon to be thrown under the
flying heels of horse and to have his
skull crushed. like an empty gourd
under a wheel. was the fate of Charles
w. Buddrius this morning while driv-
ing to Dixie from ais farm two miles
east of that place.
The accident happened just below
the Cornerman ranch while the ole
man and his son. Robert, were driving
TO the Dixie haymarket. Coming
down a little hill the heavily loaded
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
WIFE OF CONVICT ASKS
COUNTY TO ASSIST HER

Pathetic in the extreme was the
plea of Mrs. S. w. Swaza whose
husband is in the penitentiary, to
the county for aid to support her
three little children.
Mrs. SwaZa has been working at
the farm of DR.. Woods, the veterin-
airy, for several months. in order to
support herself and children and
now her health has nearly given out.
She heard the county had a fund for
such a cause as hers from whichc she
could draw a small monthly install
ment to help her.
Her husband was sentenced from
Adams county for criminal assault
and his sentence does not expire un-
til August, 1908. His wife is seeking
to get him parOled - he can help
support the family. Swaza ran away
from his home in Occur d'Alene
with the hired girl and was caught
at Ritzville.
Mrs. Swaza was informed the
county commissioners would look in
to her case at their next meeting
She is not in actual want at the
present time. and says it would kill
her to part with her children.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED
John schWantzka, Attends Lodge,
Goes Home and Dies

John Schwantzka, an employe of DR..
tropp, was found dead in bed this
morning at the Cropp residence. Heart
trouble was the cause. Mr.. Schwartz
IA, who was member of Trinity lodge
OF Odd Fellows attended the banquet
given by the order last night and was
feeling we'll when he left the hall. He
nad been working for DR.. Cropp a
number of years
No relatives of the dead man live
mere, but his mother. brother and sew
eraI nleces and nephews live near AL
oany' ore. They have been informed
oi The death and unless other arrange
mehtS are made by them the funeral
VIII probably be held tomorrow after
"oon under the direction of the Odd
Fellows.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

Mystery regarding the relations OF
Charles Kniffin. the man who died at
St. Marys hospital. March Is. from an
abcess in the throat and William
HAYES. the Touchet farm hand. who
claimed to be his brother, has been
deepened by the receipt of letters
from two sisters of the dead man as
serting that Hayes is no relation
whatever.
The sisters. Mrs. Dollie Finde of
South Dakita and Mrs. G. L Burch of
Iowa have both written to Under
taker E. s. Hennessey, who had charge
of the deceased and his effects.
II will be remembered that Hayes.
who visited the dead man few hours
before his death and took away a
packe. of letters which he had un-
der his pillow. refused TO tell the ad-
dress of his relatives. But few days
after the death of the dead man d
nostal came for him from one of his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
MORE MYSTERY DEVELOPS IN THE DEATH
Of CHARLES KN|FF|N IN WAlLA WALLA

sisters. Hennessey obtained permis-
sion from the postoffice authorities to
take the address Of the sender and he
at once communicated with her.
The result was the letters contained
the peculiar information about Hayes.
The fact that Kniffin himself just be-
fore he passed away said that Hayes
was his half brother makes matters
more complicated.
1t seems there must have been some
peculiar thing in the relations between
the two men that gave Hayes a hold
over the deceased. 1t is said Hayes
has admitted having some money be-
longing 10 kniffin but he will not turn
any over. 1t is thought perhaps this
is what made him so reticent in re-
gard to telling the names of the rel
atives of the dead man.
Mrs. Finde writes:
This man Hayes is no relatiy
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

= How do you like being solicited 1
= by dozens of eager youngsters
= each day and asked to pay for
= diamond ring, or jamestown
= ticket for some one else? Doesn't
= it make you tired to buy political
= organs with nothing in them but
= voting contests. boiler plate and
2 sleepy rubbish?
4 For TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A I
= MONTH you get a bargain in
= news printed in The Statesman.
= You get what you pay for with 4
= out any big splurge, or annoyance. 4
= The bargain news is brief. terse 4
z reading for the busy business I
= man, the tired housekeeper and 4
= the overworked society woman. !
4 + Z = = + z = = = = = = = Z
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
RIGHT OF WAY SECURED.
Project Will be Of Immense Advantage
to UmatiIIa County.

PENDI.ETON, Or, April 13.-Prac-
tically all of the right of way for the
proposed electric road which is to be
built from Simmons landing on the
Columbia river to HOldman has been
secured, except through the land in
cluded in the government irrigation
project. and it is thought this will soon
be secured. G. A. Hartman Sr. is here
from Portland in the interest of the
road.
The line of survey starts at Holdman
and runs directly west for IL miles to
a point near the government reservoir
of the Umatilla irrigation project. and
then turns almost directly north and
runs to Simmons landing. crossing the
o. r. & N. track at Cold Springs sta
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
PRESIDENT BARRET IS COMING TO
ORGANIZE A BIG FARMERS union

where the union is particularly strong
There they practically control the mar
ket and force dealers to pay a.a la
nrice for products. In every s.a'1
where the farmers have organized 'nuS
far beneficial results have oeen nv
ticeable as a result and the leau,ne
wheat growers and producers OF 'nis
mart of the state are eager 10 see
ident Barret and take the ilii'ial ,pI
j, the organizing for their mu'ua'
betterment. do 70
The proposition will also be % maue 10 ~
,,a,,a tho headquarters of the union III
Walla Walla. This will prove an ao -
s;+innal inducement for the farmers VI
the county to work for the installation
of the proposed new union.
President Barret will talk IN wait s;,
burg. April 20, and in Prescott Ap'" !"
%.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

two sons. Robert and Charles. sur
vive.
The man who met death in such
sudden and unusual manner was born
in Germany 6S years ago. He came
to this country when a young man
and settled at ST. Cloud, Minn. With
his family he moved to Walla Wal!a
in 1900, and lived on a small farm five
miles southwest of the city until last
fall when he bought the Stockdale
farm near Dixie
The funeral will be held at 2:3C
tomorrow afternoon from the German
Lutheran church. interment being in
he CITY cemetery
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

whatever. He is no half brother at
all of Charles Kniffin and l cannot
tell you anything about him"
Mrs. Burch, the other sister, writes:
THAT man Hayes We do not know
him. He came here as bum. MY
brother gave him something to eat.
Charlie gave him some money and ne
used to come to the corner of the lot
and wait for him to talk with him.
did not like his looks"
The sisters also say the father OF
the dead man is alive and also
small daughter. His wife. whom he
married 13 years ago. was divorced
after one year. and married again.
That Hayes knew something in re-
gard to the relations between knlInh
and his wife which other people oia
not know and that this placed the
Diseased in his power is a posslpie
solution of the strange relations pe-
,ween the two men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
TO TALK TO MEN.
Rev. II. s. erode Will Address tn.
Mems Club Monday Evening.

DR.. II. S. Brode of the biological de-
partment of Whitman college will give
an address before the Mems club of
the First Congregational church at it's
meeting Monday evening.
His subject will be Some Modern
Ideas in relation to the Darwin theory
of evolution"
The address and it's discussion will
come after the usual monthly ban
quet which will be held in the base
ment of the church at $50 o'clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
IF WEATHER MAN IS GOOD
We WILL SEE GOOD BALL

Bad weather only can prevent two
scrappy games of baseball at the Walla
Walla ball park tomorrow afternoon.
The first chapter in the double
header, the contest between the Da-
-Kaser company and Gilbert Hunt
company will take place at 2.S"
O'Clock, while the Tacoma Tigers will
play the Walla Walla team one hour
later.
70 get in some good practice during
the sunshine of the past few days and
its fan friends are confident that the
home team viii put up a far better
game than it did lastweek. Tempany
and Lankard will be the Walla Walla
battery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
; + Z = = + = = = = + + = + {
EIGHT AXE BURNED. 1

= GUNTER. Texas, April 13.-
= Eight persons are dead as a re-
+ suit of an attempt to start fire
I: with kerosene this morning.
= The dead are: ]. c. Price and 1
- five of his children, Jennie Ry-
+ ers. step-daughter, Aline Up 1
+ church, a niece.
! Price arose late and wanted 1
+ breakfast. 1
!. He started fire with oil and 1
+ received fatal injuries in trying 1
+ to save others from burning in 1
+ the house.
i 1. + !. 1. i. :. 8. y + + !. s. 4 s. I. I!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
JOSEPH ALDERMAN DIES
AFTER lONG ILLNESS

Familiar for nearly three decades 60
'He people Of Walla Walla. the face
u Joseph Alderman will be seen no
The pioneer warehouseman
,'' manager died this morning at the
''''r ol Samuel Loney. after an i'll
cause.
'oSeph l.. Alderman was born at
y ''Sours, Pa, in 1870 He came to the
'nc 'a''nc coast in 1850, making the trip
-ul cape Horn. From California
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
ANOTHER kNOckER.
Charles A. Towne Throws Mud at Our
lovabIe, Honest President.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-Charles
A. Towne fears not the buzzsaw. He
says:
Tnere never was time when
Roosevelt did not hope to get as many
terms as possible
Roosevelt is good psychologist
and realizes if the people think they
cannot get him they will want him all
the more
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
TOO CLOSE TO THE LAW.
Former Whitman Student Made Record
At kai!otus as Officer.


Edward l.. Chittenden. former
Whitman college student. and once
captain of the missionary football
eleven, is being talked of for one of
the councilmen of Kahlotus, which has
just been incorporated as a city.
Ed has been in the city with his
wife for the past few days visiting his
sister and friends. He is now lead
ing merchant of the railroad doomed
city. During the attempted clean up
Of the city last winter. the Chittenden
brothers. Albert and Edward. were
deputy sheriffs but their strenuous
work against the gamblers caused the
sheriff to replace them. Edward was
recently elected constable by unan-
imous vote of both parties but did not
want the office and did not qualify.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
BROWNS IN SLOUGH.
EIeven-Year- old Portland Boy Meets
Death in The Water

Death in the Water.
PORTLAND, April 13.-Emmett Ma
lone the 11-year-old son of David f..
Malone, living at 706 Corbett Grove,
was drowned in the slough at the foot
of Meade street at $50 o'clock this
morning. The lad was engaged in
rafting wood across the slough from
the Portland Lumber company's wood
yards. He had just left the yard and
was polling his raft across. when it is
supposed his pole got hung in the mud
and in the effort to pull it out the boy
was thrown into the water.
No one was on the raft with him. al
though several small boys were watch
ing from the bank. His playmates say
that he could not swim. An effort is
being made to recover the body.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
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MANY iMPERIlLED. j

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.- Z
: The fire which threatened the 4
: new eight story Hamlin hotel {
: early this morning, destroyed (
+ building adjoining at Leaven- 1
+ worth and Eddy streets. {
+ 1t is believed to be the work 1
+ of an incendiary. 4
+ Two hundred guests. were /
+ asleep in the hotel at the time I
+ but all were awakened by the /
+ night clerk. .!
+ The hotel was only slightly /
+ damaged. =. /
+ + /. 1. !. + /. 1. + /. 4. + 1. + j 1
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

ne moved to Echo. Ore, in 1878. In
1880 he came to Walla Walla.
ne was employed by the Jones-Scott
company until 1896, when he went te
work Tor Samuel Loney, with whom
ne remained until his death.
AS far as known no relatives of the
dead man live in this country.
The funeral will be Monday after
noon from the undertaking chapels of
MacMartin & CHAMPION.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
Enoineer Stevens Arrives.

NEW YORK, April 13.-John F. Ste
yens arrived this morning from Pam
anna He will go to Washington to
report and then attend to private busi-
ness. He thinks of a trip to Europe
for a rest He would add nothing to
what was already published about his
retirement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
canitaIists Are Indicted.

MOBILE. Ala. April 13.-The fed-
eral grand jury today indicted Albert
baldwin. senior, president OF the
New Orleans National bank. Cnap-
man Hyams, Frank T. Howard. Ia, Ia,
vid Morris and Alfred MOTIFS all
New Orleans capitalists, on cnarse'
of violating the antilottery law:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
THAW TRYING
FOR RELEASE
Efforts Being Made 10 Secure
Bail Order

NEW YORK April 13.-Harry Thaw
says he is hopeful Of being admitted
to bail.
Delmas visited the Tombs this morn
ing and was the only attorney calling
on Thaw. He said he is still Thaw's
counsel
Delmas was closeted with the prisO-
ner for three quarters of an hour and
looked like he had a strenuous time
when he came out.
The attorney refused to talk about
his possible retention.
Thaw was restless and was up early.
He read the papers and refused to talk.
Evelyn appears almost a wreck this
morning. The other women of :,
family have recovered from tf'
shock.
1t is said the attorneys will go to
other county to seek a writ of halle;
corpus ordering Thaws release vi. l.r
bail.
Peabody, saying he spoke W
Thaws authority. says there will e9e
no change in the attorneys.
1t was reported late this afternOt
counsel except Delmas. 1t is re-
ported the prisoner this morning
said to the Californian:
go and make good. Get me out
on bail"
Thaw and all his relatives in this
city declare they do not believe
Blair Thaw made the statement at
tributed to him in recent dispatch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13
Breaks Coast Record.

PALO ALTO, Cal. April 13.-ln
the Olympic-Stanford track meet
here this morning Andrew Glarner
of San Francisco Olympics, beat the
coast record for $50 yards. lime l.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

Another Earthquake in Kingston.
KINGSTO.,, April 13.-The worst
occurred today since the
one that destroyed the city. Little
damage was done.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-13

Half Brother Talks.
ROME, April ia. Blair Thaw,
Harry's half brother, says it has
always been his opinion that Harry
was insane
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-02
THE STREET RAILROAD.
]. T. Callaghan Comedies With Abram
Mann's Views.

Mr.. Editori | was very much pleased
with the article from Abram Mann in
last Saturdays Times, interrogating our
city council, 10 regard to the conduct Of
the power and traction company, IN fail
ing to live up to their franchise. Why
didn't our city council cooperate with
the Montpelier city council to compel
them 10 1.-Two UP TO it2 When they came
70 our city, as Mr. Mann said, we had
first class accommodations on the rail
roads at fiye-cpnt fares. And they came
intending to give US the same rates,
which were in operation for some time.
until they simply just took notion To
raise the rates. What right had they
to do this, unless they found an easy
way 70 work the bluff with our city
councilg Now, ii our city councils, one
after another, fail TO do their duty in
the interest Of the city, then the citi.
gems should talk hold Of the matter aud
know the reason why. / would also like
to ask, what right has any city council
to give The free use Of our public streets
To any corporation for twenty years?
claim they have no right TO do IL unless
they have the power and right To make
rules and regulations for all time to
come. But the people don't give them
suea rights.
J.. n callaghau.