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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08

dealer who did much to build up Walla
Walla before his death in 1895.
Mary Cannon, the deceased. was born
in County Westmeath, Ireland in 1886.
When six years of age she accompanied
her parents to Iowa, where they settled
in Mascatine City. She married Mich
ael McMannamon in that city when 20
years of age. Eight years later the
McMannamons came to Walla Walla
county, where they lived during the re-
mainder of their lives.
Eight children mourn the death of
the pioneer lady: Thomas; James,
William and Joseph McMannamOn of
Lind, Wash, Mrs. Ella Day of Lind !;
Frank McMannamon of Spokane and
Mrs. Anna Ennis of Walla Walla.
The funeral will be held from ST.
Patricks church tomorrow morning at
1880 o'clock, the cortege leaving the
Ennis farm at 1O:45
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
COMBINE THREE FLEETS,
New Step in Naval Circles Makes fol-
Greater Efficiency.

WASHINGTON, Mich. S.-Orders fol
the consolida ton of the Pacific Philip
pine and Asiatic fleets have been Sc
cretly given by the navy department
and this step marks an epoch in the
progress of the navy. No additional
ships will be assigned to the Pacific
but the move means, according to a
high authority in the navy department
that the naval strength of the United
States on the Pacific coast will never
be less numerically, than it is now,
and that hereafter the Pacific feet
will be strengthened by the addition
of battleships of the highest class.
The Pacific fleet, as now constituted
consists of the armored cruiser squad
kind in the navy, now on China or
Asiatic station, under the command of
Admiral w. H. Brownson; the Philip
pine squadron under command Of Ad-
miral James H. Dayton and the Pacific
or home" squadron, consisting most
ly of light vessels.
On April 90 Admiral Brownson will
be relieved to become chief Of the bu-
reau of navigation in Washington and
Admiral Dayton will succeed as COM
mander- in chief of the new Pacific
fleet, organized in all respects on the
same lines as the Atlantic fleet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
BuLkHEAD|MG PROVES COSTLY
Every body Within 1920 Feet of Mill
Creek is Levied On to Pay
for Work.

Dion Keefes big piledriver has taken
it's way westward as far as Merriam
street in the construction of the wood
en- bulkhead along the south side of
Mill creek. In spite of the difficulty of
driving the piles in the hard gravel
bed of the creek the work is being
rushed ahead rapidly and the bulk
head will soon be in shape to receive
the okla planks which will be used to
restrain the flood time impetuosity Of
the stream. The bulkhead when COM
pleted will extend from Clinton street
to within $50 feet of the sub fire sta
ton.
City Assessor Cadman has filed with
the city clerk the proportion which
each property owner living within 100
feet of the line of creek will have to
pay towards the bulkheading. Follow
ing are the sums taxed:
From the easterly line of city prop
erty to east side of NOkomis Lane
street-A. r. johnson, $40; city of
Walla Walla, s16S; G. H. Johnson.
$159.97: city of Walla Walla, $61.84.
Total tax, $431.S1.
From east side Nokomis Lane street
to east side Merriam street-City of
Walla, $23.36; Mable Baker Anderson.
$4S6.6O; city Of Walla Walla. 1892;
Grace D. Slovenian, $41S.95; ]. A.
Johnson, $27.30; J. A. Johnson, $153.75;
city of Walla Walla, $128.40. Total
tax. $1,140.36.
From east side Merriam street to
west side of Clinton street-City of
Walla Walla, $3.50; o. ]. Group,
s627.60: J. A. Grandstrand. 1920: In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
SSS6.SO; Whitman college, $4,000. To-
tai tax, $199160.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
EQUALLY HAPPY.
One With Mary, the Other With j.
the Mummy. +


1t was Pasteur, the great man of
science who Immediately after parting
from his daughter, newly married and
departing for a distant home, was
heard to murmur to himself. in tones
betokenng the dawn of comfort: lat
least now l shall be able to devote my
self to typhoid fever" A scarcely less
surprising substitute for the joys OF
family intercourse, says the Youths
Companion, was that which solaced
certain professor of archaeology and
Egyptology on the marriage of the
only daughter. who had been the mis-
tress of his house since her very early
girlhood.
A week before the wedding. a new
mummy, of peculiar interest, had ar
rived for the college museum, of which
he had charge, and owing to the fact
that changes were being made in the
building, had been brought directly to
his house. He was eager to study 1t.
but the pervasive excitement and bus
tie vi lHt Nt'uilio pi I It'i ''sioiAf' ~ N'i''
turbed the atmosphere of scholarly
quiet to which he was accustomed
that he found himself unable to con-
centrate his thoughts.
There was a close bond between the
father and daughter, who had never
before been separated. and although
the young couple were to live under
his roof on their return. the parting mo-
ment was a trying one. The young
husband essayed comfort
After all it's only month, sir he
ventured.
Certainly. certainly" agreed the old
professor surreptiously dabbing his
eyes. land it's al RIGHT, John. and I'm
perfectly contented-perfectly. The
honeymoon trip is an admirable insti-
tution-admirable admiltlble! You'll
have Mary for a month, and I'll have
my mummy, and I'm sure we ought
to be equally happy"
He did not understand why John
coughed violently and Mary flashed ar
April smile through her tears and
everybody was laughing as the car
riage rolled away
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08

Moro, jumped on mule and galloped
to the Asturias guardhouse, the Jura-
mentado following a close second.
lone of the guards under command
of Lieut.. Matthews, I'd infantry, fired
five Krag bullets into the pursuing
Moro, but the latter refused to stop.
The sixth shot broke the bolo blade
at the hilt. but still the Juramentado
rushed on.
AT this juncture Musician Lash
fired a shot from Colt revolver hit
ting the Moro's heart He fell at full
length a few feet in front of Lash.
One more step and swing and he
would have had the soldier at MS
mercy.
There were seven bullet holes in
the dead Moro. Mclaughlin will re-
cover"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
BOYS RIDE WITH BEAR.
Half Grown Cub Takes Fast Ride With
Young Tobossanists.

PORT JERVIS, Mich. S.-George
Woolsey and James Cooley We're to-
bogganing near Orbensburg. Fremont
township, Sullivan county. The descent
half mile long. was down three hills
with a short level intervals between
them. George and James were whizz-
ing down the last decline. which is
lined with scrub oak. when they saw
ahead a little bear running down the
hill as fast as its stumpy legs could
carry it.
The boys were too astonished to
throw themselves from the toboggan
which hit the cub. The animal fell on
George and james: it's hard to say
which of the three was most scared.
At the foot of the hill the toboggan.
entirely out of control. brought up
against Il low stone wall and the shock
hurled the boys and bear over the
wall into the brush.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
END OF PRETTY ROMANCE
Boy Leaves Home to Make Money S,
He Can Marry Sweetheart.


He Can Marry Sweetheart.
CLEVELAND, March S.-Rev G.
w. Hiatt performed a wedding cere-
mony yesterday afternoon that marked
the elimination of a romance in the
lives of Victor E. Eiler, a draugiltman
for the Cleveland Construction COM
pany. and Miss Ethel Mae Wishner of
Appleton, Wis.
The two were sweethearts in Apple
ton, from their childhood days, and
when Filler came to Cleveland three
years ago, he told her he would send
for her as soon as he could hew out
his way in the world and make a
suitable home.
Sunday he telegraphed for her She
arrived Monday night and the two
were guests at The Euclid. Yester-
day they got a marriage license and
We're made one by Rev. Mr.. Hiatt
Eiler was just of age when he left
his sweetheart three years ago and
she was little girl of Is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
SHETlANOS COULDN'T STAND
At Least Not on BituIithic, and Uncle
Toms Cabin Parade Had to
Stop Awhile.

Wet bitulithic caused a delay of sew
eral minutes in the onward march of
the Uncle Toms Cabin" parade yes
terday afternoon.
The little Shetland ponies accom-
panying the show had not lived long
enough in Walla Walla to solve the
mysteries of the Warren pavement and
when they came to a stretch that had
been recently washed on Alder street
were unable to keep their footing.
The discontinue of the little fellows
was pathetic as well as amusing. They
were assisted up by their attendants
only to fall again and before the wet
section was passed had delayed the
procession several minutes.
This was the second feature of the
parade. On Main street one of tine
fierce bloodhounds,' designed to
chase Eliza" across two rods of pa
pierre mache ice, broke away from the
make a meal off a Walla Walla equine
standing hitched to a team beside the
curb.
The parade didn't look good to the
Walla Walla horse and he started to
do a two step. Such unseemly con-
duct on the part of the cayuse started
moral wave in the brain Of the ca
nine and he jumped for the plunging
animal and took good bite at its fore
leg. 1t was with difficulty that a
member of the show troupe divorced
dog and horse
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
ALL WANT PULLMAN CADETS
Every Military Company in City to do
It's Utmost to Have Encamp-
ment Here.

Every military organization in Walla
Walla will cooperate with the CONNER
cial club in the effort to bring the Pull
man cadets here.
The local G. A. r., Spanish War
veterans, Sons of Veterans and the
Army and Navy Union have been asked
to assist. Colonel Goodwin of Fort Wal
la Walla although he cannot officially
act with the committees will do every
thing possible to entertain the young
soldiers from the agricultural college
if they should come.
The club committee, c. F. Van De
Water, H. S. Blandford and S. B. L.
Penrose, yesterday extended to the
cadets of W. S. c. through President
EnOch Bryan. a formal invitation to
hold their annual encampment in the
garden city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
CROSSED WIRES TIE UP CITY.
Trolley Cars Even Forced to Stop On
Brooklyn Bridge.

NEW YORK, Mch. S.-A fire in
Washington street, near Myrtle avenue
in Brooklyn, last night, caused tie
up of surface and IL" lines in that
borough and on Brooklyn bridge for
more than an hour.
The fire department telephoned the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company's
main power station to cut the current
off all lines, but only in the neigh
borhood of the fire. The man who got
the order thought the current was to
be cut off on every line in the borough
and that was the word he passed
along.
The Smith street Park and Flushing
avenues surface lines and the East
New York t. were the only parts of
the B. r. It's system which moved a
wheel for the next hour. The termi-
nails of the bridge were thronged and
the widest sort of rumors were abroad.
A good many persons got an idea a
strike had been declared and looked
forward to spending the night fighting
their way home afoot through the
storm.
The saloon where the fire originated
was in the building Nos. 1923 and 1926
Washington street. The first alarm
sounded went out on a crossed wire
with the result that it summoned APP
paratus from neighborhood half a
mile away. In consequence four alarms
had to be sent out before a sufficient
force of firemen were summoned to
get the better of the flames.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
MORO STOPPED SEVEN BULLETS
Crazed Juramentado Pursues Wounded
American Soldier

WASHINGTON. March S.-That the
service of the army in the Philippines
is not of the prosaic sort is shown by
a letter just received by an army Off
Ger from a colleague stationed al Jolo.
In part he says:
"A JuramentadO, thirsting for Chris
tan blood, ran amuck in this town to-
day and succeeded in almost severing
the left arm of Packer Mclaughlin
with one swing of his bOlo.
Mclaughlin was herd guard at the
time and the attack was entirely un-
expected. With his arm dangling at
his side he escaped from the crazed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
CIGARS MADE BEFORE WAR.
Found in Old Pennsylvania Homestead
We'll Preserved.

READING Pa. Mch. S.-A batch OF
cigars that were made before the civ
il war has just been found stored away
in the old Schnader homestead neal
Mohnion. The find was made by Jas
F. Schnader, who Immediately reported
it to Deputy Revenue Collector Grams
ton. There were 1000 cigars in the
batch, made in 1859 and all were in a
good state of preservation.
Only little while ago another box
of cigars, made about the same date
We're found in the old Keinert home
stead in Hereford township.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
FALLS DOWN DEEP SHAFT
Chicago Woman Plunses to Death
From Fourth Floor via EIe-
vator Well.

CINCINNATI, Mch. S.-An uniden-
fled woman in the Mercantile Library
building. this afternoon. rang for the
elevator and when the boy opened the
door she stepped in, and fell through to
the basement four floors below, the
body striking the machinery and
causing the car to rush up and lodge
between the tenth and eleventh floors
imprisoning the boy. The womans
body was frightfully crushed.
The elevator victim was later identl-
fled as Miss Clara Buschman, the
daughter of prominent surgeon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
And Russla's Most important
Prisoner Escapes
SCULPTOR MODELLED HUMAN HEAD
Glory OF MODERN DAYS THAT
RIVALS MONTE CHRISTIE FOR
BOLD INGENUITY.

81. PETERSBURG, MATCH o.-IIe-
; CORY Gershuni, whom the Russian gov
eminent considered its most important
political prisoner and who has arrived
at Nagasaki, Japan, owes his freedom
principally to a dummy of green cheese
ton.
In the snowy, secluded valley of
Akaturi, near the Monaghan frontier
of Siberia is. one of the most dreaded
convict prisons, built so as to be par
ticularly adapted for the political pris-
oners who are prone to attempt es-
capes. Here it was that Gershuni,
who had been the moving spirit and
organizer of the revolutionary section,
was sentenced to Is years impris-
onment. He had scarcely arrived at
Akaturi when his comrades began to
contrive his escape.
An opportunity presented itself in a
little building serving as provision
stores The cOnvicts do their own
cooking. and have, therefore, to go
frequently to this building. of course
always under the eye of warders and
soldiers To be able to dig, unnoticed,
tunnel in this place big enough to
allow a human body to pass, and to
do this by snatches, carrying away
handfuls of the earth and concealing
the hole itself for a long time, seems
indeed a superhuman task. But it was
accomplished.
Struggled in Sack to Storehouse.
The next task was how to get Ger
shdni from his cell to the storehOuse
and leave him there for the night, as
darkness that he could venture upon
lis perilOus enterprise. His comrades
had frequently to move to the store
house barrels or sacks of potatoes,
orable opportunity Gershuni was SNUG
sled into the storehouse in one of such
barrels before the very eyes of the un-
suspecting warder, and left there for
tho Might
The next precautionary step was tia
most difficult of all-namely how to
conceal the absence Of the fugitive
from his cell.
Fortunately Gershuni was not kept
in solitary confinement but in the
company of other cOnvicts in the same
cell. One of these, evidently a born
artist-sculptor got hold of cheese suf-
ficient to make a human bust, and
this he managed to shape well enough
into resemblance of the head and
face of Gershuni.
Russian political prisoners, when to-
gether. are wont to spend their leis-
ure in loud and heated debates on
various topics Of philosophy, politics,
religion, science and literature, and
the prison authorities are only too
happy to leave them alone to debate
and shout themselves hOarse to their
hearts desire, instead of breaking out
in dangerous mutinies.
Thus Gershuni's bust, now made up
as a kind of ventriloquest dummy. was
addressed and spoken to by the con-
victs in vehement debating tones, when
ever a warder's steps were heard ap-
preaching the door. The Waterman
looking through the little window, and
seeing all were present contentedly
passed on, and thus a good deal Of
time elapsed before the discovery of
the daring escape was finally made,
but not before Gershuni was already in
safe hiding.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
BUSINESS SHOWS Up WELL
Trade Strong in Face Of Adverse
Circumstances.
SPRING GOODS MOVE IN RAPIDLY
THREATS OF STRIKE IN THE
BUILDING TRADES KEEP BACK
OPERATIONS.
SPRING GOODS MOVE IN RAPIDLY

TACOMA, March S.-Business in
wholesale and retail lines is making
an excellent showing in the face OF
continued adverse circumstances af-
fecting the transportation situation.
For the first months of the year
the volume Of distribution has been
well in excess of any previous year,
and there is no noticeable hating, al
though the effects of prolOngatiOn of
the embargo on freight shipments in
the lumber trade is necessarily felt in
many sections. While money is not
notably scarce for commercial opera
ploying their capital in keeping their
plants running, with no opportunity
for marketing their products to the
rail trade for weeks, and until some
relief is afforded will find difficulty in
meeting their accounts with the mer-
chants. More plants are closed down
this week, and general suspension
must follow, except with such mills as
plus by water. The roads are making
a little better showing in the delivery
of merchandise, and late shipments
are being given fairly quick dispatch,
of freightage that has been on the road
since December or before which there
is little on no attempt of grain ship
ments, and it is hoped that within the
next week or two mills and exporters
will be able to supply their wants.
Fine weather has been influential in
the movement of spring goods, and in
all lines there has been an active dis
tribution, while the receipt of stocks
for asserting broken lines is helping
the situation to considerable eX-
tent Farm work is also being inaug-
urated under favorable conditions, and
the crop prospect is getting better
with the advancing season. with a
good outlook for wheat, fruit and gen.
eral farm products.
Railroads Develop.
Railroad activities continue to de-
brought to the fore, through the activ-
tiles of the Hill and Hartman inter-
ests in securing a commanding posi-
ton as regards the traffic of the Pa
cifc northwest. 1t is now claimed
that both systems will at once make
extensions around the olympic PENN
sula. opening up a vast territOrity that
has heretofore been held in allegiance
owing to a lack of transportation ia
cilities. While there appears to be a
tendency among the big railway sys-
TENS of the country to curtail opera
tons in the line of new extensions and
improvements, due partly to the diff
Guilty of securing money, because Of
partly to the policy of disciplining the
public for it's attitude, it is probable
that the Pacific northwest will not
feel the effects of this tendency, for
ing to the belief that the most active
era in railway construction in the his
tory of the country is about to be in
augurated here.
Further complications are threateed
in the building trades locally with
threats of a general strike, which is
having some tendency to check con-
struction operations, many big pro-
jects being held in allegiance owing to
the uncertainties of the situation, but
building is still exceeding the record
of previous years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of w. H. Meyer, architect,
until Saturday, March 18th, at 2
o'clock D. m. for the erection and COM
pletion of a two story frame hotel
building to be erected on the corner of
Main and Thirteenth streets. for Luz
Glen Genevay.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at the office of w. H. Myer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
Rev, Reds Father II.

Rev. J. c. Reid received word today
of the critical illness of his father, who
lives at Auburn, KY. He wired at once
to see if his father could live until
he would be able to reach home If so
he will leave for the east tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
GIRLS SOOTHE VANQUISHED.

Sweet Balm is Poured On Wounds Of
Pacific University.
Defeat was robbed of part of its
bitterness for the debating team from
Pacific university yesterday evening
because they were entertained at
Reynolds hall by their opponents and
bunch of fair cO-eds.
After the feed" Roy N. Wolfe, lead
err of the victorious team, poured a
little rhetorical balsam into the
wounds of the WebfOOt orators and a
few college songs were sung. The
team left on the 9: 80 o. r. & N. train.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
Webfooters Buck Seattle.

DENVER, March S.-The Portland
contingent at the Western Bowling
that Seattle shall not get the next meet
ing though Seattle has summoned more
boosters. Utah, Idaho and Montana
We're well represented at the successful
if noisy. opening last night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
MAGNATES MUST APPEAR.
Grand Jury Will Indict Rich Directors
for Wreck at White Plains.

NEW YORK, March Sit was an
nounced today that the grand jury
would probably Monday, indict 13
multimillionaire directors of the New
York Central as the result of the wreck
of the White Plains special. Follow
ing this announcement came the news
of the death of Miss Sarah Merritt aged
25. of Pleasantville, making the oath
victim of the wreck
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
Butte Miner Man Dead.

BUTTE, March SC. H. Clark busi-
ness manager of the Butte Miner died
this morning of heart failure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-08
SPRAYS COMING.

showers tonight and Saturday."