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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
laps ARE swell HEADED"
So saQs Former U. S. Consul al
Hong Kong in Interview.
lone cH|NAMAN WORTH TWO JAPs'
GENERAL EDWARD S. BRAGG SAYS
CHINESE BOYCOTT WAS
CAUSED BY JAPAN.

. FON DU LAC, Feb. 6.-General Ed
ward S. Bragg, a former consul at
Hong Kong today declared all the talk
Of war with Japan was poppy cock. y
He said the Japanese are the most in
sinuating. swell headed class of people
in the world and TINS due largely to
their victory over Russia.
A break between America and Japan
is possible but not imminent. The re-
cent boycott of American goods by
China was caused largely by the Japan
csc who discovered they couldn't COM
pete with Americans and stamped
American goods with Japanese trade
marks, forgetting to trade the Amer
lean firms names on the other side of
the packages.
The California school question should
be settled by California. One China
man is worth two Japanese as far as
character or manhood is concerned"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
FINE SHOT ONCE DUG COAL.
Man Who Mined Is Now PeerIes.
Champion Of Trap Shooters.

CONCORD1A, Kan, oFeb. g.
William w. Heer, who five years ago
was a coal digger at the Minersville
banks, few miles north of this city.
shooting occasionally at country
matches with an old muzzle- loading
shotgun and black powder, closed tho
year 1906 as the leader of all COMPETE
tors as a professional trap shooter.
winning the high average. During the
year Mr.. Heer shot at 14.O55 targets
and made an average of 96.3, which is
the highest honor in the trapshOOting
world, for it is the highest percentage
ever made by any shooter. Mr.. Heer
is now at his home in the country
near this city, resting from his duties
as a representative of powder COM
pany on the road. He will treasure
the old muzzle- loader with which he
began his career as a trap shot long
before his skill placed him in the lead
over Crosby, Reil, Budd, Marshall, Gill
bert and other trap shooters of ma
tional reputation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
BROKEN HEARTS At $4,000
Two Trenton Girls Each Ask thai
Much "Mazuma" Because They
Were Tilted.

TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 6.--Walter
Caminade. an employee of the Hemacite
company, was arrested This morning
on a capias issued by Supreme Court
Commissioner Edward F.. Evans in
suit for breach of promise brought by
Miss Luciette Skillman, also OF this
CITY. Mr. Caminade was placed under
81 600 bail to await trial at the next
term Of the supreme court. The plain
tiff sues for $4,000 damages.
In her affidavit Miss SkiIlman says
she met the defenia mt in the summer
OF 1905 and that she fell in love with
him at once. He returned her affection
to such an extent that nc called on
Ter every evening soon after the hrst
meeting. She says that he took her to
narties and to the theater and intro
duced her as his affianced wife. MISS
Skillman says that the defendant gave
her MANY beautiful presents and pro-
fessed the most ardent love for her.
The plaintiff goes on to say that the
love and attention of Mr.. Caminade
continued for some time; then he left
her and refused to keep his promises to
we'd. Miss Skillman is an unusually
pretty woman of 26 years.
This is the second breach of promise
suit started in this city within two
DAVIS An action was begun yesterday
nv Miss Lillian May Cartilage against
Frank Ayres. She. also. demands
$40 900 heart balm. Ayres. like Can't
made has been held for $4,000 bail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06

The woman was arrested following
ne discovery of Jackson's dead body,
but so far the police have been unable
70 secure rational statement from
her. She was intoxicated when first
taken into custody and fought the Of
ficers.
1t was thought when Jackson's body
was first discovered that he had died
of heart failure following the Excess
sive use of intoxicants as both ne and
the woman. who claims to be his Wild
ow. had been drinking heavily the
night before and had created consid-
cradle disturbance in the lodging
house.
Owing to the smallness of the knife
thrust through the heart, the wound
was not discovered until the coroner
began his examination of the body this
morning. The bleeding had all been
internal and there were no outward
marks Of violence.
One of the women prisoners in the
ward where Mrs. jackson was first
confined at the city Jail turned over to
Chit of, Polio Wappnstein the bloody
blade Of small pocket knife which
she claims to have picked up. where
the other woman dropped it. This is
the blade which Coroner Carroll de-
clares fits ;he wound in Jaokson's
heart.
The Jackson woman absolutely re-
fused to talk to the police today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

About 25 members of the Methodist
church and Sunday school, had a
sleighing party yesterday evening.
Mrs. George Cockburn of Milton is
confined to ST. Mary's hospital suffer-
ing from appendicitis and she will
probably be operated on today.
William Morris of Pomeroy, has
been discharged from ST. Mary's hos
pital and will return home within a
few days.
Mrs. Orlando Demaris who has been
receiving medical treatment in the
city has fully recovered and will re-
turn today to her home at Dixie.
Rata Bernice, the five-months- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Wolf.
100 Reese avenue died yesterday even
ing of whooping cough. The funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning from the residence,
Rev. ]. c. Reid officiating. Interment
will be in the city cemetery.
G.. II. Putnam of Kennewick, who
was operated on at the Walla Walla
hospital a short time ago was released
from the institution yesterday and re-
turned to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Turner gave a
delightful chatting dish party to a few
of their friends last night after the
performance at the Keylor Grand.
Pearsons academy and the Walla
Walla high school, will play basketball
in the new high school gymnasium,
Thursday evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06

physician sent for While the at
tendants were not watching, the man
with the broken leg picked up a cane
and hobbled out on the street. He
kept going, and when he was finally
found he was far down Burnside street,
near the Longshoremen's Union hall.
No kind of persuasion could induce
him to return to the hospital or to
go to his home. He remained on the
street all yesterday afternoon, and said
he was getting along fine
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
Suffering From Wound Made By
Husband She Lies StiI
TWO BULLETS STRIKE WonAWs HEAD
HEARS MAN FIRE THIRD SHOT
BUT IS AFRAID TO STIR LEST
HE be ALIVE.

A New York dispatch says: She
waited almost too long, for loss of
blood had made her so weak that she
was barely able to crawl to the resi-
dence of her nearest neighbor before
she tainted. 1t is thought, hOweve,
that she will recover.
The O'Rourkes occupied a comfort
able house and John had a good bust
ness, but he failed to get along well
with his wife. She had him arrested
last week for threatening to kill her
and he was placed under bonds of
$1,000 to keep the peace.
They were alone in the house last
night. Mrs. O'ROurke says the even
ing had been pleasant. Shortly before
1 o'clock she was sitting in a chair
by the fire while her husband was at
table near by. Her back was turned
to him and there had been no con-
versation for possibly half an hour.
Il think I will kill you now" said
O'Rourke. quietly. and she turned to
find him with a pistol in his hand.
mot on Christmas day, john" she
pleaded.
Without replying he raised the re-
volver and fired twice. Both bullets
struck her in the forehead as she sat
in the chair, one ranged upward under
the scalp and the other buried itself
in the skull. The wound bled freely
and to this fact Mrs. O'ROurke owes
her life. O'ROurke took her from the
the other side of the room. She was
conscious, and from remarks she
heard him mutter to himself she
gathered that he believed she was
dead.
O'Rourke sat by the side of the
couch watching her and talking to
himself for half an hour. The wo-
man heard him get up, step to the
middle of the room and fire again.
Then she heard him fall.
Although he had killed himself in
stantly, she did not know it. so she
kept quiet and listened. Finally, after
waiting more than two hours, she
ventured TO open her eyes and steal
glance at the floor. Her husband was
lying there facing her, with his eyes
wide open, and the revolver was on
the floor beside him. She thought he
was dead, but she took no chances,
and for another half hour did not
venture to move. Then she arose and
crept away to get assistance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
BTuuTH|c IS TO Be BARRED
Bill Introduced in Salem Legislative
Evidently Not Drafted by Frank
Reese.

PENDLETON, Feb.6.-By means of
has introduced in the legislature it is
claimed that the Barber Asphalt com
pany, sometimes known as the asphalt
trust, is seeking to throttle all compe-
ingeniously worded, and on the face OF
the measure appears to be for directly
opposite the real purpose aimed at. The
text of the bill is as follows:
A bill for an act to insure competi-
ton in the letting of contracts fol-
public improvements. Be it enact
ed by the people of the state OF
Oregon:
Section 1. No municipal corpora
ton shall adopt plans or specifications
for the improvement of any street OF
highway of any public Improvement
required by law to be made by con-
tract let after competitive bidding
when such plans or specifications re-
quire the exclusive use of any pattern
or any article or process protected by
any trade mark or any article or pro-
cess wholly controlled by any person.
firm or corporation or combination
thereof
Would Bar Bitulithic.
1t is maintained by the Warren con-
struction people that the passage of
such a law would eliminate them
from further business in this state
and give their asphalt rival clear
monopoly on the paving business. This
is because the bitulithic paving mix
ture is patented by the Warren people
and therefore would be barred in the
future should the Malarkey bill pass
Today Judge S. A. Lowell, local at
tOrney for the Warren people, has
been busy securing protests against
the passage of the proposed law
kilograms protesting against the pas
age of the law have been filed by
several members of the city council
and others who are familiar with the
subject. Aside from this the Warren
company is taking the matter up with
the various members of the legiSla-
ture, and the bill if it passes at all
will do so only after a hard struggle.
Senator Malarkey, author of the bill
is the Portland attorney and general
representative of this state for the Bar
Der Asphalt company
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
collEG|ANs CHANGE COLOR
This Doesn't Mean They're Embarrass-
ed Either-Btue and Maize
Hereafter.

Blue instead of maroon will prob
ably by the color of the Whitman Of
fetal athletic sweater after Wednes-
day next.
The executive committee of the stu
dent association decided at a meeting
held yesterday evening that the change
would be desirable and will submit he
matter in the form of an amendment
to the constitution of the Associated
Students at the meeting of that organ
ization next week.
For nearly a score of years the mark
of athletic distinction at the mission
ary institution has been a big golden
w on a maroon sweater. BY the new
amendment the sweater and letter Will
conform to the new college cOfOrs. The
sweater will be of national blue and
the letter of maize colored felt
/ Another benefit of the change viii be
that it will differentiate the Whitman
emblem from those of its sister ins:i-
tutions Washington state university,
w. S. c. and Willamette university as
we'll as the local college all use the
same letter but the sweater will now
be a distinctive mark because OF its
color.
Another matter which the committee
will take up will be that of having
different kind of wv" for each branch
of athletics. This plan was outlined by
the executive committee last year but
not perfected. The last committee al
so conceived the idea Of having a mark
added to the latter for each year of
service.
When these changes are adopted it
will be possible to tell from glance
at an athlete what branch Of athletics
he excels in and how many years he
has represented his college.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
WALkSON BROKEN LEG
Bone Set Without Aid Of Doctor Proves
to be Strong One.

PORTLAND, Feb. 6-Three hours
after having his leg broken John O'Con-
nor, a longshore man, was walking
about the city and enjoying the enforc-
ed layoff by reason of his incapacity to
work. Furthermore he had nothing
but an ordinary cane with which to
support himself as he walked from one
part of the city to another The frac-
ture was set by r. A. Gearns, another
longshoreman, making the case all the
more striking.
OConnOrs leg was fractured at the
Knee by a sack of wheat striking him
as ii was going down the chute into the
French bark Noemi, which was being
loaded at Montgomery dock No. 2
When picked up by his comrades he
was unconscious. A line was made
fast to his body. by means of which he
was drawn up the chute to the platform
OF the dock. The telephone line con-
meeting with the hospital was not
working, and one of the men hurried to
livery stable and hired a rig to take
the injured man where he could receive
surgical treatment.
10 do this required a lot of time, and
oConnor who had regained his senses
was in great pain Gearns examined
the broken leg and began setting it
After placing the fractured parts to-
gether he quickly wrapped them with
cotton batting. Around this he put sub.
stantlal splints, and these were firmly
dashed. BY the time this had beer
completed the conveyance to carry the
injured man to the hospital had ar
rived. O'Connor was helped into the
buggy, but two hours elapsed before
he arrived at st. Vincents hospital.
oConnor was assisted to a room an,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
STATE TO CONTROL SEWAGE
Dr.. Sheets Introduces Bill at Olympia
Which Is Aimed to Check
Disease. ....

OLYMPIA. Feb. 6.-Dr. Sheets, rep
OLYMPIA. Feb. 5.-Dr. Sheets, rep
resentative from Pierce county, is
working for the enactment of house
bill No. 81, which he introduced, to
prevent the pollution of waters. The
Of health and it follows to a great ex-
tent the law of Massachusetts. Dr.
Sheets says:
Massachusetts placed control of
water and sewage with the state board
Of health about 20 years ago, with the
result that the death rate from ty-
phoid fever has steadily fallen off and
is today lower than any state in the
Union. The death rate of typhoid fe-
yer is an accurate general index Of the
purity of the water supply, and in each
state that has passed effective laws
this death rate has decreased in pro-
portion to the effectiveness of the law.
1T has been found that the most
effective method of controlling the
purity of water supplies has been to
place the control Of water sheds and
sewage disposal with some central
body, such as the state board Of health,
which will look to the interest of all
parties concerned and especially to the
preservation of the public health, and
such a body can obtain better service
and have a record of information that
no cities could get without very great
expense.
There are many questions that arise
wherein the interests of one town may
conflict with that of some other town
and which are easy of solution, but
will not be undertaken by either To-
cality unless some central board has
the right and power to decide what is
really necessary. This is what this
bill is intended to do and it has been
found competent in other states.
AT present our water supplies are
fairly pure, but with increased popu-
lation and commercial activity they are
steadily and surely becoming more and
more polluted, and it will be economy
for the state and it's commercial in
terests to prevent now, rather than
later to eradicate, pollution from the
water supplies of our cities and towns. y
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
BLOODY KNIFE FITS WOUND.
Police Have Clue to Death OF Samue
Jackson In Seattle.

SEATTLE, Feb. 6.-There is tl1y
cut through the heart of Samuel jack
son, who was found dead in bed at the
Nicholas lodging house, 1900 IL F1rs'
avenue Saturday morning, and the
blade of a small pocket knife found IN
the possession of Alma Jackson. sup
posed widow of the man, exactly nts
the wound, according to County Coro-
nor F. NJ. Carroll, who today held
post mortem examination.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
SPECIAL SALE OF CUT GLASS
Saturday at 2:30.

y Ladies invited every afternoon. =
y Private sales at cost Auction =
y sales regardless of cost. Hard =
y wick's jewelry store. This stock =
y belongs to the creditors and / am =
= turning it into cash for them. =
. There are bargains here that cam .
. not be duplicated except at an =
assignee's or bankrupt sale. =
y % A. K. DICE, Assignee. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-06
Uncle Joe Cannon Is III.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Speakef
Cannon is confined to his nome VII"
the grippe. Dalzell is presiding. Inc
bouse committee of the whole Is COLI
s;dering the rivers and harbors appro-
priation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-10
ALBANIAN IS SHORT
FORMER MONTGOMERIAN IN JAIL
At ATLANTA.
Alleged to Have stolen Large Sum from
woodward Lumber Company, By
Whom He Was Employed
As BoOkkeeper.

Atlanta. Ga, May 9.-(special.)- &c.
N. Higgins of Alabama, a bookkeeper
for the woodward Lumber Company
is alleged to be short in his accounts
The shortage which. 1t Is said, may
aggregate several thousand dollars was
discovered by accident late Tuesday
afternoon by Cashier w. s. Larned, OF
the company, who had occasion to
refer to the bookkeeper's cash book
The cashiers attention was attracted
to an alleged false entry involving
the sum of 500. He Immediately con-
ferred with Higgins, the result being
that the young man broke down and
confessed. stating that for the past
two months he had been stealing his
employers funds.
Cashier Larned Immediately notified
the police to take charge of Higgins.
Before officers could arrive to take
charge of him. Higgins attempted TO
commit suicide by severing the arteries
in his wrists. He was prevented, how
ever from doing himself much harm.
Higgins begged the turnkey at the
station house to lend him a knife to
finish the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-10
MAJOR SCOTT DEAD
ORGANIZED THE FAMOUS BLACK
HORSE CAVALRY.
Came to Montgomery soon After Sc
cession and In Known TO Older
Citizens of Aiabama--Wa-
tervvays Commission.

Washington, May ESPECIAL. y
News of the death of Az lor, John Scott,
Of warrenton. Va. has been received
here.
At the breaking out of the Civil War
he went to Montgomery where he was
commissioned by President Jefferson
Davis, and doubtless is remembered by
the older citizens of the Alabama
capital. Major Scott, who was 81 years
of age at the time of his death. was
the organizer of the celebrated Black
Horse Cavalry.
The Waterways Commission, of which
former Congressman Bankhead is a
member, will soon make a trip to the
Southern waters. Colonel Bankhead
expects to accompany the party. No
money has been appropriated to defray
the expenses of the commission. and
1t is quite a tax upon the members
poor in purse, but the understanding
here is Congress will be asked next
winter to reimburse those who are
compelled to go down in their pockets
in a cause of such Importance to the
country. 1t is thought Congress will
act favorably upon the proposition.
Alfred ]. Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-10
STREET APPOINTED
SUCCEEDS JUDGE ROULHAC AS DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY.
Was Endorsed by Referees, which In
dicOtes That Roosevelt Is Making
Play for Alabama Delegation
For Taft.

Washington. May 9.-(speciaL)-
Thomas r. Roulhac. the district at
torney at Birmingham, was today re-
moved from Office by President Roose-
welt and o. d. Street appointed in his
place.
Street was recommended for the po-
sition Immediately after the referees"
realized that their recommends lions
would be followed as indicated by the
Hundley appointment.
The appointment is generally taken
to mean that the administration will
give the referees" absolute control of
the States patronage pending the fight
over delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention.
1t is thought in administration cir
Giles that with the referees" in pos
session of the offices. Taft or any other
man the President may back is certain
to receive the States delegates
Roulhac is Democrat and his ap-
pointment four years ago met with
general commentator as 1t was taken
to mean that the President had cut
loose from the Southern Republican or
ganization.
Roulhac has made a satisfactory dis
trict attorney in every respect His
removal is entirely due to the exigen-
cies of the Republican political situa-
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-10

CROOKED WORK
Ordered Darlington to AL
ter Defective Ballots.
INSURANCE ELECTION FRAUD
Administration Ballots Were Chloro-
formed at Serugham's Request.
Ca-rfngton Airs Methods Used By Nevs
York Life International Conn
n,ittee--Is Promised Immu-
nifty by District Attorney.
INSURANCE ELECTION FRAUD

New York. May &C. F. carringon.
a former employe OF the International
Policyholders Committee. testified on
the witness stand. in police court today.
that George X. Scrugham, manager for
Tue committee, Instructed him and other
employees, 10 alter defective ballots sent
10 them an connection with the elactloa
u directors OF The New York Life
insurance Company. He declared, also.
that Scrugham mad not forwarded to the
New YORK Life teIiers so-caled ..ad-
mlhistration ballots" which fen into
the hands of the PoIicyholders Com,
nlttee
"Scrugham told me that when any "a
the administration ballots fell INTO INV
hahds' mere was no need of sendin.r
them TO the company" testified Cars
rington, and he added jocularly thar
j might send them up stairs to him. an
he had some chloroform for them" Carr
Eihstoh testimony was given after ha
mad been promised by Assistant pis-
trlct Attorney Smyth that anything ha
testihed to would lcI be used against
him.
Inc testimony of Darlington was gfy-
en- in police court when he, Scrurha m
and Charles Stirrup. were arraIgned on
charge of conspiracy in Connection
with the New York Life election. stir-
rup WAS also an einpioye OF the Intar~
national Policyholders COMMITTEES.
Darlington took the stand fos the
prosecution and testified TO several cons
Versations between Scrugham and Stir
rup. and representative of the Dis
tfict Attorney. He said that when the
first ballots began to come in, they
were examined by clipping or very
small strip of the end of the envelope,
after which the envelopes were care
fully resaied. II defective ballots wera
found. they were fixed up" He de-
clared that this was done by Scrur4
hams order. When there was plenty "a
time, the defective ballots and enynls
opes were returned TO the poIicyhoiders
with request that they make the corr
rectton. But when only two ar threa
days remained, he declared, the correcz
lions were made by the Office stan. Ne
| said that. acting under instrucftonr
| from Scrugham. he told the clerks ID
make as close a copy of the policyhoid-
ers hand writing as possible Later.
when the .timo was growing short. he
was told to instruct the girls not "a
take any great care in this respect Ht
said the reason the. altered and cor.
rect ballots were kept separate Was sd
that II correct envelopes and balIot1
came in from policyholders they could
be substituted for the altered ones
Darlington said that, when he went to
the polls as a Policyholders' Commit
tee watcher, he had instructions from
Scrugham to challenge all administers
ton ballots and to let all COMMITTEES
ballots pass.
At the conclusion of Carrington's tas-
timony. the hearing was adjourned un-
til next Tuesday.