The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-07-02
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At St. Louis. August Adler aged %
fell into thej Mississippi. His brother
Fred, aged 20, attempted to rescue
him and both We're drowned
At Minneapolis, Mimi, w. F. Bech-
tol, former president of the North
western Life Insurance company, was
today sentenced to states prison for
five years He was convicted of grand
larceny from the company.
The body of Matthias Jackson, a
negro charged with criminal assault
was found hanging to a tree about l.
miles from Alexandria, La. He was
lynched after being taken from dep
uty sheriff, who was taking him 20
that place for safe keeping.
The health report of Manila shows
that no smallpox, cholera or other con-
tagious disease was present during
the past semester. This is the first
time in the history of the Philippines
that semester has passed in which
contagious diseases did not exist.
Daniel F. Raum. once a prominent
attorney and social leader of Peoria H.,
and son of Green B. Raum, ex-commis-
sioner of pensions, was taken to Jo-
liet penitentiary to begin serving -,
indeterminate sentence, having been
convicted of forgery and embeZZl-
ment.
Rev. J. A. Pine, for the past few
years pastor of the Christian church
at Dayton, Wash, has been appointed
state evangelist for eastern Washing
ton and northern Idaho. and has
handed in his resignation to take eff
feet as soon as another pastor can be
found to take his place.
Wages for farm hands, which re-
Gently dropped here to s1.75 ana
board. have risen again and men en-
ployed in the hay fields now earn 1925
per hay and board. Even at this figure
the demand for men can hardly be met
by local employment offices.-Yak1ma
Republic.
Six additional clerks, a messenger
and assistant porter have been al
lowed the Portland postoffice. POST
master Mimic received notice from
Washington yesterday to this efrevl
and the new men will begin work
July l, being selected from the ap-
plicants on the civil service list.
ker City, Oregon) must stand trial
for the murder of her husband. Yes
terday the grand jury found a true
bill against her, charging her with
murder in the first degree, and she
was remanded to the custody of Sher-
if Owens without bail-Tonopah
Daily Herald.
According to the Wall Street Jour
nal the receipts of the Great North
ern for June promise to show an in
crease of 25 per cent over June of
last year, aggregating s5S.O00.O00 or
more for the year, and showing a
surplus of s22.000.OOO for its stock
holders. Why, then. should James J.
Hill be so pessimistic?
The movement of sheep to the Bit
ter Root forest reserve has COM
menced and fully 10000 from the Nez
Perez. Idaho, Adams Franklin and
Whitman counties will find summer
feed in that district. About $4,000 have
been moved from the eastern Washing
ton counties during the past few
weeks.
Bend is to have trout barbecue on
the Fourth again this year. About
1000 fish will be caught for the feast
and kept in cold storage until the
day of days when they will be pre-
pared for the table by Chas. Cotton
The law limits the catch to 125 a day
for each fisherman. but it is an easy
matter TO string 10 men along the
river at favorite spots for few days.
Over 1000 Bannock, Shoshone and