davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04

Mott Weber. the expert lawn mower:
Tr""i~a ut The Statesman office f"'
reference. o.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04

If you wish to rent yOur hoGSe-TrJ
Our Classified Advertisement Page.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
CANADIAN TEACHERS
VISIT WHITE HOUSE

President Roosevelt had his banner
Handwriting day Of the season yester-
day. Besides receiving the Yale base
ball team, which was scheduled for a
game here during the afternoon. and the
usual quota OF Government e.ncials and
other visitors. he held a reception for
500 Canadian school teachers. They were
introduced by J. W. Kent. chairman Of
the board Of education Of Toronto. The
President said:
ladies and gentlemen: There could
be no body Of visitors whom I should
more gladly greet than ! greet this. ]
have, as every good American must
have, the very warmest and strongest
feeling for our brothers across the line
la Canada So / welcome you as Can
adams, then, as n father of six chill
dren, I have a strong feeling for teach
er2-l may say, sometimes, strong
sympathetic feeiing-and when ] greet
You as both Canadians and teachers j
greet you with a double fervOr.
1T is q very real and great pleasure
to see YOU here, and / would not have
missed on any account the chance of
greeting You personally in the White
House 20 say how very, very glad / am
% see you, both I'm your individual ca
pacities and for the sake OF the mighty
Dominion you represent.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
GOVERNOR HUGHES
REACHES RUBICON
Coming Week to Bring
the Crisis at
Albany.

ALBANY, n. Y. March 30.-Charles
T. Hughes, New York's reform COVER
nor. who has shaken up political Albany
as Ii has not been disturbed in years,
has reached his Rublcon, according To
the political .dopesters'f OF the Empire
State. With two big fights on his hands.
one 20 Gust Superintendent of Insurance
Kelsey, whom he charged with having
been incompetent, Governor Hughes
stands a chance of a double defeat.
His enemies say he has lost control
Of the General Assembly and now he
has the alternative of falling into line
and becoming a cog in a great New York
Republican machine. or of throwing
aside of all party lines and making d
direct appeal 20 the voters. There is
the best Of reasons today for believing
he will choose the latter course and il
is this very fact that promises to make
him a national figure.
IL is said that Hughes himself is
thoroughly aware that with the New
York machine behind him. his Presiden-
tial possibilities would be "gilt-edged. g."
but that this knowledge has az no time
tempted him from his present course
on the other hand his enemies say an
appeal TO the public over the heads o.
the Legislature would be political sui
eide.
The coming week IS expected TO bring
the crisis a Albany
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
.BERHAN AT NORFOLK
TO GET MRS. CAKE

Anticipating that she will not fight
extradition. Central Office Detective
Berman went to Norfolk last night TO
bring back Mrs. Moilie. or Matte. cake.
who is wanted here in connection with
the alleged negotiation of a worthless
check and two other irregular transac-
tons. A warrant for her arrest was
issued yesterday. and tomorrow the
case viii be taken up by the grand jury.
Mrs. Cake was arrested in this city
Two weeks ago BY Central Office Detec-
tives HcIan. and McNamee on "a charge
OF attempted biackmail. Miss Margaret
Cunning. of 1923 Four-and-a-half street
southwest. employed at the glove coun-
ter OF one of the large department
stores. received two letters, demanding
that the writer be sent a pair of gloves.
alleged blackmailer proved to be a dis
alleged blackmailer proved to be a dis
tant relative The case was dismissed
in the Police Court for want of prose-
cutiOn.
Mrs. cake is also charged with pass
ing an alleged worthless check on a
relative, Mrs Freese, for S35, which was
Cashed by Mrs. Freese at a Seventh
street department store.
Mrs Cake was arrested in Norfolk
Friday.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
USE OF WORD LADY"
Rifles JUDGE KIHBALL

There is one word which ] would ike
to see abolished from the courtroom and
never again used here. The word lady
it has reached the point when the wom-
en- OF the lowest character must insist
on being called ladies! II disgusts me
to hear the word, meaningless as II IS
used so constantly and applied 20 any
class of women"
This was part Of criticism By Judge
KimbaH yesterday. brought about by
the constant reference Of a certain
Overton Baker colored. charged with
disorderly conduct. to a female acqualnt-
ance of his as .muh lady fren'.' His
honor characterized the expression as
an opprobrious epithet, and said that
the word woman was a fan more dig
nihed and refined expression than lady
lie eXhorted those who frequent the
court to do all in their power 20 rid
the place OF the word.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
.MASONS' GRAND MASTER
WRITES ABOUT FAIR

In a circular letter to. the 5000 master
Masons in this jurisdiction. issued under
the seal of the grand lodge, DR.. Francis
!. Woodman, grand master of Masons
Of the District Of Columbia, has given
expression TO the lively interest he has
taken in the forthcoming Masonic fair
The letter was written yesterday and
viii be read at the regular communica-
tons Of the blue lodges at their semi
monthly meetings between now and the
opening Of the fair on April Is. 1t VIII
be read with interest by every member
of the fraternity.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31

the political parties
William Jennings Bryan radical Democrat; Henry NJ Whitney
Theodore Roosevelt Republican
issue.
There is words difference proposed pans
parties But the difference billions
ties, and policies wide apart nudir zenith
Shall the remain railroad squeezed
out?
Shall the nation responsibility failures
oyercptazaon.
that vested wrong may right?
FOR PHYSICAL VALUATION
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
CONFERENCE OF D. a. R.
TO NOMINATE OFFICERS

The sixth annual conference of the
District Daughters of the American
Revolution VIII be held at the New
Willard on Tuesday, April ., the morn
ing session opening at 1880 O'Clock. The
reports of the chapter regents. district
officers, and standing committees win be
Of unusual interest Airs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey, the state regent, viii preside.
The nomination OF State regent and
state viceregent for the coming year by
the delegates to the sixteenth Continen-
tai Congress viii be made at the close
Of the conference. AS Mrs. Mussev has
already served two years as State re-
reelection.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31

gross the whole interest Of a Presiden-
till campaign. The Democrats need not
demand Government ownership if they
go tins far They have long been seek
ing a position on this railroad question
that would make them occupy the more
advanced ground, without going 10 Gov
er7ment cpnership. In this issue they
have found it,
Chance for United Party.
Apparently. # is pointed out. the con
servative Whitney and the radical Bryan
are in agreement that the physical value
is the utmost ,n which railroads are en-
titled to returns ID Mr.. Whitney viii
deliver New England's conservatism 10
Jh5t view. and Mr.. Bryan can hold his
oTn Western and Southern supporters to
liz. there is The Lnance of a united party.
Tod3y's developments indicate increas-
ing improbabil.ty that the President will
soon make q public statement OF his
views on this question The Whitney
Bryan correspondence puts the matter
i'm such shape that whatever he says
viii be compared with the proposition
on which these two Democrats seem
agreed and instantly The issue will he
joined The COunseIors or the admins
trauon are Ia no haste 10 make such an
issue They believe good morals are on
their side. but they fear whether the
majority Of voters is there.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
.oNE DEPARTMENT THAT PAYS.

New York city department of water,
gas and electricity is one of the few de-
partments that actually make money.
than i expeDds
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
PRESIDENT NOT HOSTILE
TO RAILROAD INTERESTS

August Belmont and Representative
Jefferson H. Levy, both of New York.
saw the President yesterday afternoon.
They discussed the railroad situation
with the President. and while they
would not make public the results oh
tanned, if any. they made # clear that
the President was not as hostile toward
railroads as il has been made TO appear
in some quarters.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING
COLLECTIONS ON INSURANCE

Twenty-Five hundred cards with
description of john O. Murray. alias
Mouray, who Is wanted for alleged en-
bezzlcmelst We're sent out By the police
Yesterday. Murray was employed as a
collector for the North American Acct
cent Insurance Company, with Offices
~ q 81 city About ten DAYS ego he dis
appe--ed. and. il is alleged. was 500
short IN his collections Murray is an
expert solicitor Tor industrial and acci-
deft insurance. lie Is thirty elg3t years
old
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
Bryan-Whitney Combine
Opposing the President
For Campaign of 1908
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM:
The candidates for 1908:
William Jennings Bryan, Democrat
The crucial issue;

Railroads shall be vigorously regu-
lated by the Federal Government,
whose control OF rates and opera
tions shall be amplided, with a view
to enforcing charges that viii permit
the companies 20 earn a fair return
on the PHYSICAL value Of their
property.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
REPURLICAN PLATFORM.
i, Republican.

Railroads shall be vigorously regu-
lated by the Federal Government,
whose control of rates and opera
lions shall be amplihed with a view
to enforcing charges that win permit
the companies to earn a fair return
on the COMMERCIAL value of their
property.
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
TROOPS WILL GUARD
POPE LE0'S CORPSE

ROME. March 30-The Italian gov
eminent has assured Pope Plus that "a
strong guard win be afforded the body
Of the late Pope Leo during its passage
through the streets 10 new place OF
irternent in the church Of the Lareran.
Upon receiving this assurance. the Pope
announced that the removal would take
place IA the daytime. the date TO be set
r4far
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
CHINESE WILL EDUCATE
BOYS IN FRANCE NOW

PARIS. March s0.-As a protest % the
anu-Chinese attitude which California
has adopted excluding students from
Sons Of mauadaTlns. with government
scholarships originally intended for
American universities, are now in
France 20 pursue their studies All of
them have enrolled in universities OF
Paris
The Washington times., 1907-03-31
sLIGKT INcREAsE Ia vALuE.

The inventor Of eau de cologne was an
Italian. Giovanni Farina. Farina Of
fered yainiy TO sell his receipt for $3.50
in 1903. but few years ago it was sold
Iy his heirs for $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
SUITS I
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

The Yankees defeated the Chicago White SoX
again yesterday at American League Park max
ing the winning run in the eleventh inning
when Doyle sent out a two-bagger and Brockett.
who ran the bases for him, scored on single by
Elberfeld.
1t interesting game throughout
wild throw in the seventh inning by Moriarity
allowed two Chicago men 70 cross the plate.
which tied the score. Errors by the visitors also
figured in the scoring In the ninth inning both
sides changed their pitchers, Doyle being sub
stituted for Chesbro. The latter pitched good
game up to the seventh inning. when he began
to weaken. White sent in to take Smiths
place for the White Sox. Keeler was applauded
for two good catches. after fast sprint OF
Suvan's fly in the fifth inning. The batting
honors went to Elberfeid, with total of three
hits.
The Yankees made their first run In the third
inning singles by KleinOw. Keeler and Elber-
field. and their second in the fifth inning, when
Moriarity sent out a two-bagger. went to third
Conroys sacrifice and tailed wild pitch
The visitors We're not able To score until the
seventh inning. Ebelrs fly dropped safely be-
tween Elberfeld and ConrOy; LapOrte made
fine stop of Donahue's low drive, but was too
late in getting the ball TO first. with the result
that Donahue safe and Isbell got to third.
Davis hit TO Moriarity who threw him out at
first, and DOnahue doubled at second
DoUgherty drew four wide ones and stole second.
and on Moriarity's Wild throw over kleirow's
head both IsbeU and Dougherty scored.
In the eighth inning both sides scored run.
The White Sox got one when Elberfeld threw
wild to Chase which allowed Smith 10 get 10
first, from where he scored on singles by Jones
and Isbell 1t looked as if the Yankees would
make good count in this inning. for Conroy
and Hoffman. the first two men up. singled and
both advanced base on DOugherty's error
Keinow hit TO Rohe. who threw TO Sullivan, and
Conroy run down trying to make the plate.
on the play Hoffman got TO third and KlenOw
10 second. Hickey batted for Chesbro and hit 10
IsbelI. The latter's throw TO the plate was late,
and Hoffman tailed. while KleinOw got TO third.
Hickey stole second. Keeler then hit 70 Smith.
who touched out Kleinow at third Elberfeld's
fly 10 Davis killed further hopes. The score
follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
POLICE STOP BOXING.
Injunction SaUcS One Ciub, the
Other Is Raded.

The Crown Athletic Club held boxing exhibi-
tion last night in ClermOnt Avenue Rink, Brook
yn, In spite of the police and the Shertaff. When
Sheriff Flaherty. with a score of deputies. and In
spector Halahan, with a squad OF bluecoats and
i small army Of plain clothes, reached the build
ing, they were met by John f. Regan the clubs
counsel. with injunction signed by Justice
Maddox, Of the Supreme Court Flaherty left
there Immediately to raid the Folly Athletic club,
in Military Hall, Leonard and Scholes streets.
williamsburg
The Inspector and the plain clothes men re-
mained. Four bouts were pulled off" Hallahan
fourth round Toby Moran had Charley Dixie
man. his opponent the verge Of knockout
The fourth round had gone only few seconds
when the inspector rang the bell.
About three hundred persons We're present, many
being kept away by th' report that the police
would stop Tho bouts. The injunction is returnablc
decision on II is Rot made before Monday there will
be another exhibition that evening Johnny"
Oliver. manager 'of Harlem Tommy Murphy. is
president OF the club
About a thousand members" of Jimmy Hasen-
plugs society for the advancement OF art" had
paid their weekly dues 10 the Folly Athletic club
and were gathered about the ring last night.
Every coat OF and every cigar going full
blast. when the entertainment committee got up
and announced.
.Yousc gents stop smok.u. Auy one maxim a
noise viii get trun out see. This amt rough
house Joint Rer next number 'H our az rf'sramme
VIII be an exhibition OF boNln uy KID IAInaIe.
der Mex can wonder. and Plug Hasseupfecer.
der Harlem Beaut.' Bot members of dis club
Dsr Kid in dis corner. and IN, Bcaut dis"
And the police this" announced Captain
Murphy AZ he led his mon from the Stage street
et,tjIn through thr door .rbe KID and tho
'Hcaut' tried 10 leave by the window together but
tho space was already occupied by the entertain
meut committee. VINO lost his gold mounted sus-
pcaders in the crush. Eight other members tried
To get OF the other window. but failed. \ hun
drcd more others tried to get out the door held
by the police but failed They collected few
bruises In the EFFORT however. Tim Captain Mur-
ply i-t everybody go home and posted the sign on
the door But the members say they will get
an injunction which Will make the sign look Ike
thirty cents
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
LIVELY PLAY ON COURTS
Final Rounds Reached in the 44mack
ASSN Club Tournament

The continuation OF the tournament on the
lawn tennis courts OF the Amackassln Country
Club Yonkers brought the winners up To the
final rounds Of the various events yesterday
The seni-dnals of the mixed doubles, in which
Mrs George l.. Chapman and Artemus Holmes
defeated Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Pouch setless pro
vided the liveliest play OF a day. The winning
pair brought off their strokes with such ac-
curacy that the former national champion and
her husband We're unable to check them
In the semi-fiual of the mems doubles the Co
Iumbia University pair-H. V. Hatch and G W.
Peser-failed TO show the form that was eN-
pected OF them. and were beaten by t:
r Tornlnson and DR.. ROlfe Floyd Hatch
also lost his match In the semi-hnals OF the
singles. The Columbia player had Just moved
up-by winning a hard contest with I'll. ~ Davis,
staten Island, at 6-4, 6-4. when he faced
Holmes The latter was on his game, and he
took the se1nI-fnal bracket by the score 81.
6-3 The summary follows
Challenge cup singles, second round-H y Hatch %
lunba defeated II. A Davis. Staten Island. g.. o l.
" v Bennett, West side. defeated a. : Runyon Park
4-G. e, B-2
Third round-Artemus Holmes. KnOlwood Country
club defeated H. V Hatch, Columbia. 6-l, b-S
Mems doubles final round-T +. Toulllnson and
pr Kofe Floyd. side defeated II v Hatch and
C. W Peiser Columbia 6-i. % -
Mixed doubles semi final round-Mrs George Il Chap-
try club defeated and Mr.. w H. Pouch. Powei'on
Club G-l, 81
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
FIREMEN INJURED BY EXPLOSION
Two Employees of Gas Company Arrested for
Negligence in Repairing Mains.

Nearly an entire fire engine company was in
jured early yesterday morning by a gas explosion
in the home Of Wesley A. Tyson. the theatrical
ticket agent. at No. 226 West 49th street. Two OF
the men were adly injured that they had 10 he
taken 10 Roosevelt Hospital When the police
learned that complaints had been numerous in the
neiehborhood Of the careless way in which en-
ployes Of the Consolidated Gas Company had been
repairing gas mains and house connections In that
block they arrested John Connor. the foreman. and
William Crandal. the assistant foreman, in charge
Of the repair work. Battalion Chief Devsnney be-
leves that the explosion and fire were caused by a
lighted candle in the hands Of Of the work
men. and q charge OF negligence has been made
against the men In the West Side court they
paroled in custody OF counsel until wednes-
day afternoon.
When the lremen reached the house the men
from Engine Company % went into the basement
In three minutes there an explosion
knocking the men 10 the floor All but two got
out into the areaway. John McC4uigan and James
r Nugent were unconscious, and there diff
Guilty in resuscitating them at the hospital. Lieu
tenant Simpson. Hook and Ladder No. 4,
burned from head to foot, but remained at work.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
MAKES OLD POLICE STATION PAY.
R. E. Bowling Rents Church Street Prop
erty on Per Cent Basis.

Robert Il. Dowling. president of the City Invest
Ing Company, who bought at auction last February
the old Church street police station al the unset
price OF $S30O0 to protect the light and air Of the
big Broadway-C street building, leased ves-
terday the police station to a business man for
twenty-one years at total net rental Of $500 900
The lessee may remodel the police station into a
six story business building, and # he replaces It
with q modern mercantile structure the new build
ing must not be nero than six stories high. as Il
provision of the lease prohibits the lessee from in
creasIng the height Of the present structure or
erecting building OF snore than six stories on the
site.
BY this lease Mr.. Bowling will get u little more
than per cent yearly from his investment Of
s3300O0
The old Church street police station is at the
northeast corner of Liberty and Church streets
and occupies a plot fronting 22S feet in Liberty
street and 1877 feet in Church street Mr.. Bowling
will not get possession OF the site until the police
station being built on the plot Nos. l56 and los
Greenwich street, and extending to Nos 163 and
165 Washington street. is completed. The old
Church street police station site contains 2773
square feet and the plot In Greenwich street about
10000 square feet.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
MISS BOOTH GETS WARM WELCOME.
Salvation Army Commander Returns to
Headquarters from Western Trip.

Miss Booth the commander OF the Salvation
Army received warm welcome at the hcadquar-
ters IN West 18th street last night. her return
from tour Of the West. The Salvation Army
band played special airs for the occasion. and the
army glee club led the singing.
Miss Booth. after telling the meeting that she
had met n man in California III years old said she
had travelled nine thousand miles and had made
speeches during twenty nights and fifteen days of
her travels. She said she addressed twenty thou
sand persons at one meeting in San Francisco. I'm
every state except she had visited the gov
ernors and had introduced herself The work of
the Salvation Army, she declared progressing
rapidly in the West She attributed the interest 10
the work of the army and not TO her speeches
Miss Booth advised the army men and women
to continue their good work In the slu!ns People
cannot be saved by those In high places but each
of us must do the work. People can sit on the
fence with wealth. in politics, in society hut YOU
can't sit on the fence with religion. Religion must
possess you completely and wholly" she said All
OF the staff officers of the army addresses OF
welcome to Miss Booth
New-York tribune., 1907-06-18
JOSS HOUSE REMAINS.
ConfucianistS To Be Undistmbed
While Building Is RemodeLed.

For sixteen years the followers of Joo Keaou
have been uninterrupted in their medtations
the teachings OF Confucius in a very humble way
the top floor of No. 20 Mott street. In all that
time, day and night, the odors Of burning incense
ana Chinese tapers, or prayer sticks have per
vaded the room. But It was rumored last week In
Chinatown that the great tosshouse.' by which
title this temple of worship is best known to
visitors and also TO the habltues or this section OF
the city, TO be down at least closed for
months that the building might be altered
There was much uneasiness among the followers
of Joo Keaou for some days, and the number Of
forms kneeling In the rooms in meditation or recit-
ing the precepts about hlial niety brotherly love
and vrtuous living as promulgated by Confucius.
considerably augmented If the building is
to be torn down whittier 20 To- meditate?"
they asked one another I'm subdued tones, the
fumes Of incense circled about them ana carried
their thoughts back TO China and especially 10
Peking. to the Temple Of Heaven there. where for
than a century. II is said the followers OF
Joo Keaou have been undlsturbed in their medita-
tons
YESTERDAY however. there was much rejoicing
in the Mott street temple. because the attendants
there received word from Jastrow Alexander the
owner of the building, that his plans Tor improv-
ing the great joss house and also the three story
building in the rear and Nos. IL and 10 hoytTS
street would be carried out under the supervision
OF MaxHilian Ztpkes. the architect. without dis
turbng the religious sanctuary.
Mr.. Alexander Is State Inspector Of Gas Meters.
He intends to improve tho premises with arcade
building extending from Doyers street to Mott
street which viii cost S25.Op0 and remind those
who have visited Peking Of the store buildings
there.
On the iachdeS Will ne l4'''4s OF Hi.iSllH anu "'
strange looking fish, the likes of which have never
been caught by truthful fishermen and which
show that China not only has numerous street
takers but many nature takers The work OF
tearing down the Doyers s. building was begun
yesterday on that plot wifi be erected three
story building. And the five story structure iu the
rear and the Mott st building are bc rcmod-lled
that there viii be arcade over the combined
parcels The arcade will have frontage IN Doycrs
St OF about 20 feet in Mott 81 of about 20 feet and
a depth OF IA
There Will he fifteen stores. Al the Doyers ST.
end OF the premises Will he Chinese concert h0u
and Chinese museum The arcade Will probably
be known the Taou, because. at No. II Doyers
St. a number OF Nongollans who believed In
Taonsm leased in 1873 the premises for use as
temple dedicated I4aou-tsze. who was q CON