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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
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ESCAPE WAS CAUSE OF INvESTI-
CATIONS BY OFFICERS AT
FORT WALLA WALLA.

TrumEeter Beckman, whose escape
from Fort Walla Walla Saturday af-
ternoon has been the cause of a Sc
ries of Investigations at the garrison,
is still at large. The mysteries which at
first enshrOuded the case, have been
cleared by Private Robinson, the SEN
try who was in charge of the prisoner
at the time of his escape, and Private
Palmer who was near at hand when
Beckman struck his guard and es-
capped.
The case was taken up and
thoroughly investigated yesterday
morning by the commanding officer of
he garrison. During this investigation
Privates Palmer and Robinson both
made statements to prove beyond a
doubt that they were both attending
their respective duties at the time of
Beckman'S escape.
The statement made by Palmer, who
was at first believed to have been i'm
plicated in the escape, is to the effect
that he was working in. the creamery
a short distance from Beckman and
Robinson and did not learn of the
trouble until he discovered Robson
lying unconscious on the ground and
Beckman fleeing across the south hill
of the cemetery. AS soon as Robinson
was cared for, the alarm was given.
The search for the missing man con-
tinues, but nothing has been heard as
to his Whereab bouts u pto the present
time. A private appeared at head
quarters yesterday and announced that
he had seen Beckman at the Idle Hour
about midnight Saturday. A COM
plete description of the missing man
has been forwarded to the officials of
surrounding counties.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
CANTON WILL CELEBRATE.
Newton Beers Will Assist With Ex.
ceIIent Program.

Canton Walla Walla, No. 1, Patri-
ment at the Central Christian church
week from tonight for the benefit OF
the canton. An elaborate program will
be rendered, the principal attraction
ton of the fraternal play, David anO
Jonathan" by Newton Beers the tai
ented impersonatOr. The canton never
does things by halves and the enter
tainment promised to be one of the
best of the season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
SPOKANE CAR
CHANGES TIME
WILL BE ATTACHED TO NO. IS, IN
STEAD OF NO. 3 IN THE
FUTURE.

Ben c. Holt, chairman of the COM
mit.ee Of the Commercial club on
transportation, has taken up the mat
ter of the irregularity Of the Northern
Pacific train, No. /, into this city ard
after consultation with General Man
ager Mutt, change in schedule is an
nounced.
The sleeper which leaves Spokane
for this city will hereafter be attached
to No Is instead of Mo. 8, as former
ly. The latter train is transcontinen-
tai ard has been from one to six hours
late since the sleeper has been put on,
into this city at anywhere from 8: 80
to $3.50 o'clock. To avoid this, the
sleeper will be attached to No. Is,
which is a local train, made up at
Spokane, and leaving there at p. m
This will put passengers into Pasco
at sos p. m. They will then lay over
in the sleeper until next morning un-
til 6:05, when the train leaves for
this city, upon the arrival of No 2
from Seattle at 5:45.
While this will entail a wait of sew
eral hours in Pasco, it will be at night
and the passengers will be in the
sleeper which does not make it at all
bad. The train from Spokane has a
diner so that the passengers will be
able to get dinner on the train before
they reach Pasco.
By this charge, the trains will prob
ably reach this city on time and the
mails from the sound will get here on
time. 1t will also be benefit for the
passengers from Ellensburg and North
Yakima, who will then be able to get
into the sleeper and avoid going to a
hotel to be aroused at an earthly hour
in the morning. Altogether, the change
is good one, and although the sleeper
will have to leave Spokane a little
early, it will be more than balanced
by the fact that the trains will arrive
here regularly and on time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
FUNERAL OF JOHN II. FOSTER.
Was Held Yesterday FROM His Former
Residence On South Second Street.

Funeral services of the late John n
Foster were held from his residence
3l9 South Second street, yesterday af-
ternoon, at o'clock, Rev J. c. Reid
officiating. Mr.. Foster died September
q, but the funeral has been postponed
awaiting the arrival of his son, DR.
Frederick Foster, from Philadelphia
A large number of friends of the
deceased attended the funeral to pay
the last tributes of respect to the be-
loved old man who has passed away
The pail bearers were: w. P. Wi
mans. David Keeler, H. E. Johnson, J
+. Mclean, George Evans and Aller
Reynolds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
NO DAMAGES DUE
FOR LOST PROFITS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. Judge
Seawen has decided that Ewmoto, the
Japanese restaurant keeper, whose
place at Folsom street was damaged
by mob some months ago, cannot re-
cover from the city damages for any
thing but the actual loss incurred. In
his complain he sued for $4,000 dam
ages for loss of good will and prohts
in addition to compensation for the
breaking of windows, crockery, etc.
Judge Seawell holds that the statue
must be strictly construed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
HURT DURING
CLASS FIGHT
Student Draws Knife and
Cuts His Fellows

CORVALLIS, Ore. Oct. Tn fight
between the freshmen and sophomores
of the State Agricultural college, three
students were cut and slashed by
knives pulled by an excitable student
last night. The sophomores planned
a hazing bee and attacked the fresh
men. In the midst of the rush a knife
flashed and three students dropped.
Efforts are being made to hush the in
cident up and the names of the in
jured students are refused.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
WIN FOOTBALL GAME,
THEN SLEEP IN JAIL.

Portland. Ore, Oct. AFTER gut
ting a candy store at the little col
lege town Of Forest Grove, Ore, SIX
mmbers of the Portland high school
football team were arrested by the
sheriff of the county Saturday night
and placed in Jail, where they spent
the night.
The youths won a game from racine
university by a score of to y, anu
were so elated they appeared to own
the town. A woman was in cnarSe
OF the store when the boys entered
After they left she telephoned to Hills
boro. the county seat, and the sheriii
tool, the boys from the train and lock-
ed them up.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
STANDARD GOT
BIG REBATES
FORCED NEW YORK COMPANY
OUT OF BUSINESS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

NEW YORK, Oct. Phil Harrison
of the New York Lubricatlng coin-
pany was the first witness in the
Standard Oil hearing today Inc
Standard Oil drove us from the South
African business so We We're compeileo
to buy from the Standard Oil in that
country in order to fill our contrac's'
The Standard got lower shipping rates
than We did and afterwards forced the
.shipowners to raise our rate on
threat to build independent lines"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
|ALLEGE BRIBERY
Of FORD JURY
Prosecution Viii Investigate
The Verdict

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct THE
prosecution is again crying bribery as
the result of the disagreement of the
Ford jury Saturday and state they will
investigate at once the rumorS of
bribe money used to influence the jury
for acQuittal.
A special meeting of the grand Jury
will be called by the prosecution to in
vestigate the bribery charges against
the late Ford jury
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
CASES DISMISSED.
Frank L. Barnes and Eugene Niles
Will Not be Tried.

Judge BrentS dismissed the case of the
State of Washington versus Bert Tur-
ner The crime charged against Tur-
the person of Frank l.. Barnes, COM
mitted in Waitsburg, May 10, 1907.
The case of the state versus Eugene
obstruction on the o. r. & n track
was also dismissed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
FOOTBALL BOYS
WEAR BIG GRIN
RESULTS OF SATURDAY GAMES
ARE ENCOURAGING FOR
WHITMAN TEAM.

Local football enthusiasts are smil-
ing broadly at the outcome of the
games played Saturday by the Univer-
sity of Washington and University of
Idaho with high schools and wonder
ing where the Whitman college team
would have come in
University of Washington played two
25-mirute halves with the Seattle high
school, in which the latter held the
big u team down to a to 0 score.
The Spokane high school team went
down to Moscow and administered like
treatment to the University of Idaho
WIS outplayed at every point. Not
once was the high school goal in dan
ger and twice they were close enough
to try for field goals, which they un-
fortunately missed
Whether it is the new rules which
gives the advantage so much to a
lighter and faster team, or whether
the universities are not going to be
abb, to furnish the dope this year, is
a question which is as yet, unanswered
but the result of Saturdays games
shows there is something radically
wrong in the big schools which have
been sending out hot air in large guam
titles about their football teams. One
sporting editor on the coast has pre-
dicted that the fight for champion
ship this year is to be between the
y. of w. and w. S. c. Seattle high
school must surely be included now.
w. S. c., however, showed up much
better in their practice game Satur
day. Enticing the Cheney Normalites
down to Pullman they rubbed it into
them to the tune of 46 to o. 1t is
said that five minutes was the long
est time required to make a touch
down. The college team outweighed
the normal team 27 pounds to the
man, however, and this may have had
something to do with the score.
Fast Work Will Count.
The opinion throughout the country
this year is that it is not weight
which is going to tell on the gridirOn
this year but that speed and trick
plays will make results. Coaching,
say experts, is to be the real test of
the team. If team has a coach who
knows the game, knows how to teach
it and can invent some plays which
will work. his team is likely to have
good show of winning, even if it lacks
weight Speed is another necessary
requirement this year.
Saturdays games with the secon-
Diary schools are taken to be proof
positive of this theory. The college
teams could not make their downs
through the line, try as they might,
and the trick plays they didn't show
up. Some of the knowing ones say
this is because they are holding them
for the college games, but certainly
the humiliation of having the scholas-
tic players beat or tied, would nave
brought out their best. AS yet noth-
ing more definite than forecasts can
be made. but from the looks of Sat
urday's games, taken in conjunction
with the way Whitman lined up
against the local high school with Dut
four varsity players, it is safe to ven
ture that the game which decides the
championship of the northwest VIII De
pIayed on the Whitman grld1ron
Thanksgiving day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
MEAD MUST USE
Ak ON BARBER
c. B. COLLINS REFUSES TO RE-
SIGN FROM THE STATE
BOARD.

OLYMPIA, Oct. IA fiat refusal to
resign membership on the state board
of barber examiners, was wired Gov
ernor Mead today at Spokane, by
Charles B. Collins, the Olympia men,
ber of the board whose resigna ton
was demanded by telegraph Saturday.
If Mr. Collins is to leave the COVER
nor's official family he will have to be
fired, for the Olympia man, prefacing
his remarks with the statement that
he has been given "a dirty dear', has
accepted the advice of friends and in
vited the governor to bring on his AK.
Mr.. Collins was appointed by the gov
the term of c. w. Whistler of Seat
tie, having secured strong endorse
ment here and other places, the local
BARRIERS standing unanimously behind
him, as did the Olympia Trades Coun-
ell. He took office last June. After
Collins appointment, Carl Coke, men,
Der of the board from Spokane and
the secretary, resigned, and Whistler
was reappointed from Seattle, leaving
Spokane out of the board. Henry Sha-
Ter of Tacoma, constituted the third
member of the board. Spokane began
harping at once that a board member
was needed there.
Spokane's Claim Unjust
"There is no more need of board
member in Spokane than in another
city," said Mr.. Collins. 'The board
gave them a deputy examiner, local
secretary of the BARRIERS uniorI there.
who has given satisfactory service
drawn his pay. He was recommended
TO the board by former Secretary Coke
of the board. Similarly deputies are
appointed for all first, second and third
class cities in the state. Spokane has
no Just kick coming, and l refuse to
take this throwdown of myself and
friends here without protest.
"They have been complaining that l
refused to give Spokane the represent
-ation promised on the board. l want
to say that no such promise of the
kind was made, and the regular deputy
named for Spokane was all the repre-
sentation possible or needed" said Mr..
Collins.
Reports from Spokane indicate that
the present intention of the governor
Is to replace Mr.. Collins by Thomas
Ivey, the present deputy for that city.
No further word has been received
from the governor by Mr.. Collins.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
Russian Prisoners Revolt.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. Pre-
ferring death to Siberia a gang OF zz
prisoners revolted this morning while
en- route. Twenty-Five of the prisoners
vere killed as were also six of their
guards. Eleven prisoners escaped.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
WRECKED TRAIN
TO SEE LOVER
Miss Iva Waggoner Con.
feSses TO Detective

ROCHESTER, Ind, Oct. Miss Iva
Waggoner, daughter of the Rev. ]. E.
Waggoner, today confessed that she
wrecked the Lake Erie and Western
passenger few days ago for the pur-
Steffy, who was a member of the
Wrecking crew. The railroad det-
.ective suspected her and got a confess
sion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
SENATOR ANKENY IN LEWISTON.
Accepted Invitation to Take Part In
Opening Parade.

Senator Ankeny is today in Lewis
ton, where he accepted ar invitation
to participate in the parade of the
Tribe of Chadi at the opening of the
Lewiston fair this morning.
The parade portrayed the historic
events of the country from prehistoric
keny, being one of the pioneer set
tiers of Lewiston, participated in those
features which involved the early his
tory of the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
NINE EXPLOSION
At RAvENSDALE
MANAGER OF COMPANY STORE
FATALLY INJURED IN
ACCIDENT.

SEATTLE, Oct 7.-Telephone mes
ges just received state that the
Northern Pacific coal mine at Ravens
dale, Washington, blew up late yester-
day from gas on the second level. Har-
store, was fatally injured. The mine
caved in. More explosions are ex-
pected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
Another Strike Threatened.

DENVER, Col, Oct. IA final de-
mand will be made on the Denver Rio
Grande tomorrow to reinstate three
week. If not a strike is proba bile which
may extend over all of the Gould
roads.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
Ford Trial Next Week.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. THE sec
ond trial of Tirey L. Ford will begin
one week from today. That Rue1 VIII
be called as witness at this trial is
certainty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
Ihaw Trial December 2.

NEW YORK, Oct. THE secono
trial of Harry K. Thaw was set TOT
December 2, today, by Supreme Judge
Bowling.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
+ I. + + = = = + + + = + + = .
Not WalIa WaIia Boxers. .

+ Kanshowful, China ore 1,-One 1
+ hundred boxers We're killed by I
+ government troops yesterday at 1
+ Canaufu for participating in re- /!
+ cent riots.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07
THIRD VICTIM OF BRIDGE
Unknown Man, Killed in Portland by
Terrible Fall.

PORTLAND, Oct. THE Ford
street bridge has claimed another vic
tim. Early this morning the mangled
and crushed body of an unknown man
a. terrible fall of 120 feet. This is the
third death in the last few months at
this point. Two were claimed to be
suicides, and one murder. The bridge
crosses the jefferson street canyon and
leads to Portland heights.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-10-07

PORTLAND, Oct. 1.-THE man who
jumped from the Ford street bridge
last night is H. Nilsson of Yacolt.
Wash.
The Yale expositor., 1907-01-04
IRRIGATION DITCHES-METHODS
OF SOIL PREPARATION
Much Depends Upon Right Location of bitches and
Thorough Cultivation Land.

The new settler in an irrigated dis
trict seldom appreciates the import
ance of preparing the surface of fields
so that they may be cheaply, easily
and properly watered. Crops In an
arid climate are as a rule good or
bad, according as they have received
the proper amount OF water at the
right time, and when the ground is
left so rough and uneven that water
can not be evenly applied the effect
is shown in the reduced yield. The
preparation of the land is first cost,
and If done thoroughly during the
first or second year little expense
need be incurred afterwards. The diff
ference in cost between a smooth,
well-graded field and one which is
poorly graded and rough may not ex-
coed IS per acre, yet this sum is
often lost in one season by diminished
yields due TO imperfect watering,
caused by a rough, uneven surface.
Thorough preparation of the surface
applies with particular force to a crop
like alfalfa, which grows years after
year from the roots. and which is cut
from three to six times each season.
But the preparation of land for ir-
rigation should follow the building OF
supply bitches. While this rule is fire.
quently disregarded 1t will be found
better to grade land in conformity to
The Yale expositor., 1907-01-04
THE GOVERNMENT MUST PAY.

ages for the church. The bill did not
pass and the matter. was referred TO
the court of claims. Dispositions were
taken recently before w. F. Keith.
clerk of the Sturgeon court of COM
mon pleas, to be read before the court,
where the matter is still pending.
The evidence tended to show that
the church building was used by the
federal soldiers for almost the entire
duration of the war. The building
was built in 1858 or 1859, and was as
good as new when the war broke out.
John Robinson, then a small boy, sold
pie TO the soldiers, and hence was able
to tell that the troops occupied the
church and the condition of the build
ing at the close of the war. There
was a fort or trench dug around or in
front of the church-a deep ditch,
across which fence rails were laid
angling to prevent charge. There
was some kind of a stockade built in
side the fortification, and the bell tow
er, or cupalo, was torn away and
small platform built upon the top,
where sentinels would sit all day with
field glasses surveying the country
around for miles, looking for the enc
my. There were no trees on the prai-
rie then to obstruct the view.
The church will probably get $500
or $500 from the government.
The Yale expositor., 1907-01-04

once the eyes above the fan wandered
TO us, and in another moment she was
kissing auntie-yes, actually as if she
were overjoyed to see her. She even
seemed a little agitated. as she said:
Here is my husband. Harold"
turning to him, I've just come across
my dear old friends-Miss Howard,
and her niece, Dolly; her father is the
squire near my old home, her mother
was one of my kindest and best
friends"
i found Mr.. Rainsford most easy to
get on with, really entertaining
companion, and / was soon chattering
away to him as If had known him for
years. He had travelled much-and
read; he talked brilliantly-his wit
was sparkling tongue sarcastic
he made me laugh continually. He in
formed me that he liked young people
especially lively young people, and
that he was exceedingly sorry that
they were coming to the end of their
visit Just as we had arrived.
For the next three or four days the
Rainsfords and we shared the same
table, made the same expeditions, and
the long-severed friendship was neatly
spliced. Before we parted from
the Rainsfords IL was arranged that
Rodney and /, with Bennett, our maid,
in attendance, were to pay them a
visit before we returned home. 1t was
my first experience Of a country
house party"
Doume Castle lay in valley, and
we looked down on its gray towers
and dark woods long before we en-
tered the gates of Its winding avenue
We arrived just in nice time for tea
The hall was crowded, there we found
Lurline playing the hostess to admira
ton.
She greeted me warmly, and pres
emily escorted me up to my room. II
was in a stone-fagged corridor, and
hung with tapestry.
1--WE put you next to Maud Ans
truther," announced Lurline. "Yor
can keep one another company, and
be sure you make yourself quite al
home. dear" Here she kissed me
and hurried away to see after hel
other visitors.
Us 1t not like delightful haunted
castle in a fairy taller" l said to m,
neighbor ere we parted for the nigh
(the gloomy, echoing passages. thu
mysterious, dark corners, the silence
Afforded sharp contrast to the merr!
party We had Just left.
yea" she replied; its a capita
house to stay in--but they rarely hav'
guests--worse luck-his health is h'
excuse. To me he seems always per
fectly well--and the old lady. his mo
ther. hates society"
The Yale expositor., 1907-01-04
ALTON, ILL.,, EXECUTIVE MADE
FAMOUS BY BIRDS.
Writes Many Letters TO Children Ask
ing for Little Brothers and Sis
ters-Gets Live Birds From
Germany.

Chicago.-Mayor Edmund Beall,
who Is regarded In Alton as being the
most successful and busiest mayor AL
ton ever had, and who has the record
of putting Alton In the front rank in
Illinois for the amount of public street
improvements made, finds time in ev-
cry day OF the last month to keep up
a unique correspondence with the lit
tie children, most of whom he has
never seen. 1t was after the arrival
of pair of live storks sent to Mayor
Beall by Carl Hagenbeck of Stellingen,
near Hamburg, Germany, as an express
sion of the Endorsement of Mayor
Beall's ideas about having big families,
that the snow-headed mayor of Alton
began to receive letters from little
folks in neighboring cities. The let
ters were couched in childish terms,
but in many cases between the lines
could be read the promptings of a
fond parent.
The letters which the mayor most
delights to answer are those from his
little correspondents asking the mayor
IL he would be so kind as to send his
storks to bring little baby brother
or sister to the home to be playmate
for the lonesome little writer. MAN.
ma would be ready with the clothes
for the baby the writer's would say,
some time within a few weeks or a
month" and If Mayor Beall would just
let his birds make visit and bring a
baby he would make a lonesome lit
tie boy or girl very happy.
With a spirit which makes Mayor
Beall known in Alton as one of the
greatest lovers of the little folk, he
writes to each and all that he will
send the storks for visit at the time
suggested, If papa and mamma are will
ing and ready to take care of baby
and in some cases he has received &C
acknowledgement from the little folks
! that the birds came and filled the or
der as promised.
The storks are still one OF the
most interesting things in Alton. The
donor of the birds told Mayor Beall
they were more difficult to get than
any wild animal he had ever captured
The belief in Germany and Holland
that the birds are omens of good luck