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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
BOOSTERS ARE COMING
Pend|eton Aggregation to Play
Wonders Sunday

Pendleton is going to show Walla
Walla how to play baseball next Sun
day afternoon. That's what Pendle-
ton says In the meantime the local
boys are keeping mum.
The game should have taken place
last Sunday but Pendleton couldn't col
lect all her men.
BlaCkman and LanKard VIII be the
battery for the local boys and they
promise to show the visitors thlng or
two about baseball science.
Report has it that Pendleton has
crack team so an interesting and live
ly game may be looked for with plen-
ty of intervals for the fans and root
ers to get in some of their fine work.
The game will be called at O'Clock
sharp on the Second street grounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
ORCHARD ON CROSS EXAMINATION
IS GR|LLED BY RICHARDSON
Chief Witness In Haywood Murder Case Puts
In Strenuous Day On Witness Stand.
Richardson Displays Temper

BOISE, June 7.-"Judging by the
decisions of Judge Wood in permitting
everything under the sun to be intro
duced in this case, l would say there
seems little possibility of this trial be-
ing concluded before August" de-
elared Attorney Darrow as he took his
seat at the head of the defense table
When court reconvened for the Hay
wood trial today There is no questi,l1
but the defense is bitterly disappointed
at the attitude of Judge Wood The
defense expected to call about 80 wit
nesses but after looking over the
prosecutions array has now summoned
nearly hundred from every point
where Orchard has detailed his crimes
When Orchard resumed the stand
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
MRS. CRABTREE RELATES TALE
Of HUSBANDS BRUTAL CONDUCT

child, her Bessie" the eldest of her
family of five.
When asked for a cause for the dis
appearance of her husband with the
child, Mrs. Crabtree stated that she
could think of none save that Of max
ing life miserable for her. In telling of
the persecution which her husband has
subjected her to, and which culminat-
ed in his desertion last Sunday, Mrs.
Crabtree said:
Whisky Responsible.
For the past six years Mr.. Crabtree
has been drinking heavily and has
been very rough and cross with me-
When he comes home drunk, he often
kicks and beats me so that he leaves
black and blue marks on my body. At
first my relatives blamed me for his
drinking and i'll treatment. To prove
that 1 was not to blame, l called in
my mother one day when my hus-
band was at home. He soon began to
scolj and try to strike me. My mother
tried to interfere, but he cursed and
threatened her until she was afraid to
stay with me longer. After she left he
kicked me. The next day. my eldest
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
SHOOTS HIS FRIEND
WHILE BEAP HUNTING

ASTORIA, June lotto Saline and
Alfred Lampi, who reside in the Deep
river district, near the forks, went out
hunting Tuesday morning. and while
along Alder creek, got separated. Sud
denly Lempi heard a rustic in the
brush and believing he saw a bear.
fired and soon found that it was his
friend that he had shot. The bullet
from the rifle had entered under the
left arm near the shoulder and consid-
cradle blood ran from the wound Saline
retained consciousness, and. being half
carried by Lampi, reached Deep River
late Tuesday night and was brought
over to this city in a gasoline launch
for the attention of a surgeon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07

nation now are charging the people ap-
proXimately $500,00O, 900 more annually
for freight charges than they would
were they to be compelled to do the
business for merely nominal interest
return on actual investment
1t is also alleged that the railroads
could be permitted to charge annual
interest on much more than actual in
Vestment, allowing literally for more
capitalization than value of physical
properties, and yet lower freights in the
aggregate several hundred millions of
dollars annually
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
SOUGHT DEATH UNUDER
WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE

SALT LAKE CITY, June AFTER
three futile attempts to have himself
run over by a locomotive. w. c. Ris-
don, a nomadic railroad man, commit
ted suicide yesterday afternoon by
placing his head under the wheeIs Of
moving truck. His neck was broken.
Risdon's unsuccessful attempts were
made in the Rio Grande Railroad
yards. On each occasion the engines
were stopped before the man vas
touched and he was ordered from the
yards by the sWitchmen
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
IN the Superior Court.

IN the superior court of the county
VI "alla Walla it was yesterday or
dered by Judge T. H. Brents that Nellie
Bowman, guardian of the estate OF
NAarIeS and May Carlson, minors, be
S'dhted her petition authorizing her to
=" the estate of the above at pr1-
yate sale.
George w. Smith, administrator of
vile estate of NJ. L. Smith. deceased,
"1S ordered to give an additional bond
VI $4,000 before making a sale of the
" estate belonging to the estate OF
decedent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07

Richardson at once began a grilling
cross examination in the expectation
of breaking down the witness. Orchard
made a couple of minor corrections in
his testimony of last night Orchard
was questioned at length relative TO
the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine at Wardner when he had
only been member of the union one
month. He remembered but little
about the make up of the train or about
who composed the party that blew the
mine up. but he positively asserted he
was not playing poker either at Null
len or Burke at the time of the ex-
plosion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
At
JAMESTOWN
Party Will Celebrate Georgia
Day al Exposition

WASHINGTON, June THE pres
ident, Mrs. Roosevelt and guests will
leave Sunday night on the Mayflower
to attend the celebration of Georgia
Day ct the jamestown exposition, The
party will be met by Governor Terrill
and staff and the exposition officials.
They will be escorted by the Georgia
troops and regulars under General
Grant to the stand, where the president
will speak, review the soldiers and re-
ceive on behalf of the officers of the
battleship, Georgia, silver service
from the citizens of the state. There
will be two receptions and addresses.
The National Editorial Association re-
turns to Washington tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07

tendance. Owing to the rapid increase
In membership throughout the state,
local Odd Fellows predict there will be
fully 1000 delegates in attendance next
year.
Inc monument to be erected in the
Odo Fellows cemetery will cost in the
nelghborhood of $2500. The Rebekah
lodge inaugurated the movement some
months ago and already have a sub
stantial sum raised. 1t is proposed to
unveil the monument next year while
the grand lodge is in session here.
The Walla Walla delegates, in at
tendance at the Spokane meeting are
expected home tomorrow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
&RAND LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS
MEETS IN WALLA WAILA IN 1903
Buqed Convention in History of Order
Planned for Next Year-.-$5OO for
Monument to Dead Subscribed

Tho Grand lodge of Odd Fellows and
,,,;o+od organizations, in session at
Snotane yesterday, selected Walla
r,,rs as the next meeting place and
.,,4 1900 toward a monument to be
,,s,,ad in the odd Fellows cemetery
trs in memory of odd Fellows who
~, ar tba state odd Fellows home.
Local Odd Fellows were highly elated
..5,r when it became known that
u ,Ia Walla had been selected for next
-.,r's convention. The grand lodge
.,mnrises the three organizations of
ii. order the state encampment, the
arxiliary order of Rebekahs and the
Grand lodge At Spokane this year
there were fully 500 delegates In at
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
WANTS CLAUSE ABOLISHED.
Hayashi Meets Japanese Representa-
tive from America.

TOXIC, June IA representative of
Japanese residents of the United States
s,rrive! here today and called upon
Foreign Minister Hayashi. 1t is report
ed that Hayashi assured him that the
American proposals that Japan enter
u utual agreement for the restriction
CT labor immigration would be re-
sected He says Hayashl told him
every effort would be made to cut out
the last clause of the articles of the
present treaty. when it comes up for
revision in 1909, but it is expected
America will not yield. 1t is probable
a special commissioner will be sent to
America to examine into the exact con-
dit:or,S.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
BERTHA BE|Ls1E|N DEAD
Mysterious Disappearance from
Asylum Finally Cleared Up

PITTSBURG, June "A story that
was printed here this afternoon says
that Bertha Beilstein, an Allegheny
girl who. nearly 10 years ago, killed her
mother and then attempted suicide and
escaped last October from an insane
asylum here, had died three weeks ago
IN a county asylum at Los Angeles.
She lived there several morths under
the name of Olga Miller. An autopsy
showed that tumor on the brain had
been developing for years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
BAD REPORTS FROM KANSAS
Crop Estimates Fall 80 Percent
Result Of frOstS

CHICAGO, June Reports from
Kansas say the crop conditions show
only 52.3 per cent May frOsts having
lowered the governments estimate of
May l of S2 per cent. This indicates a
crop yield of only about forty million.
while the normal is over 80 millions.
Wheat opened lower, July wheat SELL
ing from SO ga to 95 ga. The report
boosted it to 81 ga and the traders
went wild.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
LID IS ON
IN PORTLAND
District Attorney Manning
Calls for Closed Town

PORTLAND, June 7.-District Attor-
ney Manning announced today that he
would rigidly enforce the Sunday clos
ing law, put the lid on throughout the
county and close every saloon. Manning
has been in office three years and this
is the first effort to enforce the Sun
DAY law Sheriff Stevens states he will
compel even the newspapers to close
publication on Sunday
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07

transportation Company 10 Fined.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Western
transportation company was fined
$1,000 yesterday for granting rebates
tc the sugar trust. The company plead
ed guilty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07

DR.. ALLEN FOR GOVERNOR.

+ SPOKANE, June 7.-Dr. r. w. :
+ Allen of Spokane is being urged !
+ by his friends over the state to +
i become a candidate for the repub- i
+ lican nomination for governor. He I
+ has received many letters recent !
+ ly asking hi INTO announce him. !
+ self for the place, as well as per- +
+ sonal solicitation. Many of the +
i. letters come from friends and +
+ supporters in the coast cities. !
+ + 1. i. + /. + 4. I. I. = = I. !. 1. + !
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
MATHEWS MUST KEEP PEACE
Snake River Rancher Placed Under
$500 Bonds.

In the case of w. L. Mathews heard
before Justice Huffman yesterday, the
defendent was placed under $500 bonds
to keep the peace.
Mathews was charged with carrying
hre arms and shreatening the life of
Wm Osborne. Both parties live in the
vicinity af Clyde, and about three
years ago entered into a horse trade
in which Mathews claims he was wor-
sted. Mathews, who is an old man.,
orooded over his alleged wrong, and it
is claimed threatened the life CT Os-
borne on a number of accesions Some
twenty residents of Eureka Flat were
called in to testify.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
More Trust Busting Talk"

WASHINGTON, July 7.-District At
torney Sims of Chicago, talked trust
busting" with the president today. 1t is
the harvester trust will be
attacked BY Sims.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
REVIEWED STANDARD

!. ST. PAUL, June THE federal 1
court this morning decided against 1
+ the Standard Oil Co. and order I
I. ed the trust to answer the first 4
!. Monday in July, the allegations 1
!. in the government bill to which :,
+ it was objected in a bill of excep- I
+ tions. This means that the en- I
+ tire history of the Standard Oil 4
!. company will be reviewed in the !
]. United States court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-07
FUTURE KING IS BORN.

, STOCKHOLM. June 7.--Prin- Z
+ cess Margaret, wife of the Crown I
: Prince Gustavus Adolphus, today 1
: gave birth to son. who is the I
: future heir to the throne. 1
: + !. + i. + 1. i 1. 1. = I. = /. = i, I
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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23

class ball did not count on the pitch.
crs. Adolph Ritzmann, who pitched
the winning game, has been with the
fast Wahoo team during the past two
summer vacations. Rltzmann won the
nickname wheels" and the reputation
Of being fast pitcher at Seward col.
lcgc. And Rev. IL. Bggers, the pitcher
for the pastors, has seen some base
ball, too. Eggers was with the St.
Louis Concordla Seminary nine two
years ago when they won eighteen
games out of nineteen and defeated
such college mines as Washington, Mis-
souri, and Christian Brothers univer-
sity teams. Rev. Mr.. Eggers was or
dained last fall.
Rev. NJ Schmidt OF Kenesaw caught
and caught well. He wore his glasses
back of the baseball mask and he saw
everything that came. Rev. Mr..
Schmidt is n man with n family. Fiji
teen years ago he was great player
with Concordia college in Milwaukee
Prof. George Weller, principal OF the
Lutheran normal school at Seward,
was one of the enthusiastic watchers
of the Saturday game. Most OF the
young men on the winning team have
graduated from his school during the
past few years. One OF Mr.. Weller's
sons, John Weller has been elected
captain of the University of Nebraska
foot ball team and will lead the Corn
huskers" through the 1907 season.
The proceedings OF the Lutheran sy-
nod are In German but the Lutheran
ball game Saturday was played In Eng
lish. The national game Is great
American game and only the English
baseball vocabulary is adequate for It,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23
Dust From the Diamond.

Ministers play ball like anyone else
only they don't beef" over the UNI
pire's decisions.
Minister'S and parochial teachers
at least Lutheran ministers and teach
ers-have the spirit that makes for
good clean sport. They go into the
game with good natured energy, they
accept defeat gracefully, and they don't
try to intimidate or mob the umpire.
Whether it was the umpire or the
mines, there wasn't a murmur at the
umpire's decisions Saturday afternoon.
There were more ministers than
Norfolk people at the ball game Satur-
day but then the visitors had the ad-
vantage over Norfolk in knowing the
kind of game that was going to be
played.
Here are the addresses of the Luth-
eran pastors who went down to defeat
before the Lutheran teachers Satur.
day; Rev. o. Matuschka of Gladstone,
Of; Rev. NJ. Schmidt of Kenesaw, c;
Rev John Winges of Laurel, 2b; Rev.
C. Rodenbeck of Pebble Creek, 3b;
Rev. II. Hartmann of Louisville, RI;
Rev. j. Frese of Hooper. SIS; Rev.
George Barth of Bertrand, 1b; Rev
TIL. Frese of Lawrence, If; Rev. e
Eggers of Hemingford, p.
John Rodenburg (2b), Arthur Stein
krauss (3b), and Gottfr. Bindewald (c)
of the teachers nine were among this
years graduates of the normal school
at Seward Henry Phueger (ss) is
still a student at Seward and Julius
Komerofske (cf) teaches near Seward
Adolph Ritzmann the pitcher for the
teachers is from Wilcox, Fred Meinke
the first baseman, from Platte county
Victor Catenhusen Qf) from Iowa and
Theo. Auf dem Berge (rO from Oma'
ha.
Most of the annual games have been
taken in by the ministers but the teach.
ers came to Norfolk with a new and
faster generation of players. Last
years game was stopped by an injury
to one of the players.
People who went to the driving park
expecting to see anything but first
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23
PHIL MOLLER IS KILLED
POPULAR NORFOLK BRAKEMAN
is GROUND TO DEATH.
WORKING ON A STOCK SPECIAL
In Some Manner Which VIII Probably
Never be Exactly Known, Young
Brakeman Was Thrown Under Train.
Thirty Cars Passed Over Him.
tFrom Mondays Daily.l

[From Mondays Daily.l
Falling beneath his own train, Phil
Moller, a Norfolk brakeman, was
ground to death by the rapid turning
wheels about midnight Sunday just at
the edge of Nickerson, the first station
this side of Fremont.
Just how Moller came to his death
can probably never be known. AS the
train came into Nickerson he climbed
up on the cars to signal as his train,
Il South Omaha stock special, swung
through the town. Once on the train
or in climbing up on the first car, the
young man fell Then the whole train
OF some thirty heavy stock cars rolled
over the spot where the young brake
mans body had fallen.
Moller was missed by fellow train
men at Fremont Word was telegraph
ed back. At Nickerson the remains
were picked up by the train crew on
No. 1l6, through freight under Con-
ductor Briggs. The body, terribly NUT
Hated by the passing cars, was taken
into Fremont to await advice from
eastern relatives.
Young Moller has been n brakeman
out of Norfolk for about year. He
has no relatives in Norfolk but back
in Champaign, ILL.,, father and mother
and other relatives reside. Only few
weeks had passed since the young man
returned to Norfolk from a visit to this
Illinois home, now darkened by the
tragic death of son and brother.
Phil Moller was unmarried, young
man of about twenty-four years.
Among the train men running out of
Norfolk the dead brakeman was popu.
lar He had not yet joined the local
trainmen's order, but his application
for membership had been filed with
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Moller was working out of Norfolk
on the Chain gang" and Sunday even
ing it came his turn to go with South
Omaha stock special with Conductor
Weitz in charge. The watch which
he carried stopped at 12:45, indicating
the time of the accident.
1t is expected that the body will be
taken east for burial.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23

The children will bring lunches and
meet on the steps Of the church, from
which place free conveyances will take
them to the picnic grounds at 10
o'clock. Grown people will accompany
the expedition so that parents need
have no worry for the welfare OF their
little ones on the trip.
ID. u. Lutz OF Tilden was the first
man to send an order for pickles to the
new Norfolk Pickle & Vinegar factory.
The order came Saturday and was for
full barrel Of the new factory's choic-
est products. The new factory, which
is completed, Is beginning active oper.
ations and within a short time its
pickles and other products will 20 out
to the trade Of this territory. The first
big vat Of picking cucumbers was
sealed on Saturday. One vat contains
700 bushels Of cucumbers and there
are many watts still to be filled.
Sunday was a particularly disagree
able day In Norfolk. A strong south
wind, carrying tons. Of fine dust, ragged
all day long and permeated the most
securely fastened windows. The storm
area Of low pressure into which the
wind blew, arrived from the northwest
at about o'clock in the evening. The
area was featured with heavy clouds
but no rain fell here. After the center
of the low area had passed to the
southeast and the wind had changed
to follow it, the atmosphere cleared
up, the barometer shot higher and the
temperature became cool.
Norfolk has been extremely fortu-
nate this summer in having no local
names on the long list of north Ne
braska drownings Of the season. Nor
folk people have, however, had no end
Of narrow escapes from the waters of
the Elkhorn and Northfork this sum-
mer and only chance and good luck
has stood in the way of several drown
ings. Last week j. l.. Hersheiser with
a bathing party of relatives and friends
were out in the Elkhorn by the Boche
camp. With four nieces, three of them
young ladies from away, Mr.. Hersheis-
er started across the Elkhorn at a
point where the river had been COM
paratively shallow but where the cur
rent had recently cut out deep hole
Without warning the party were swept
off their feet. 1t was only by the most
strenuous efforts that Mr.. Hersheiser
succeeded in bringing the young ladies
out Of the deep water. To add to the
danger Of the situation Becky Eccles,
who was a member of the party, was
taken with cramps on swimming out
to assist in the work of rescue and
with difficulty reached the shore.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23
PLAN UNIQUE BALL GAME.
LAWYERS, REAL ESTATE MEN, IN.
sURANcE MEN PLAY.
WILL MEET TRADE PROMOTERS

On Friday Afternoon a Home Talent
Baseball Game Of Interest In Nor.
folk viii be Pulled OF at the Local
Driving Park.
On the Friday afternoon Of August
30, provided fate and the weather man
permits most all OF Norfolk will go
out to the driving park to see real
ball game: nine Norfolk boosters from
the ranks of the Trade Promoters as.
ISOLATION pitted against nine ball vet.
Grams chosen from the Norfolk attor-
neys, Insurance, loan and real estate
men.
The game will be the result of n
challenge promulgated by the trade
boosters. Some OF the details of the
contest have been written down in the
following agreement:
THE players OF the Trade Promot-
ers are to be selected from the mem.
bership Of that association; and be 1t
Further understood that no partici.
pant In the game shall have played in
n matched game of ball during the
year 1907.
ut Is agreed that the winners OF
the game shall receive the entire gate
receipts. However, 1t is agreed and
understood that should the attorneys,
insurance, loan and real estate men be
victors, the total gate receipts will be
donated to the treasury of the Norfolk
public library.
But, In case the trade promoters
are victors the gate receipts are to go
into the treasury of that organization
Game to be played August 80, 1907
-. d. Sturgeon,
Frank II. Beels,
Burt Mapes,
81. S. Mathewson."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-08-23
JOHNNY, HERMIT, INSANE
WELL KNOWN AND UNIQUE CHAR
ACTER is UNBALANCED.
HE OWNS THE YELLOW BANKS

"UncIe Johnny, the Hermit" Known
to This Part of the Country as Pc
cular Being, Has Become Very Much
Deranged.
Uncle Johnny, the hermit" for for
tyone years quaint character at the
Yellow Banks fourteen miles north
west of Norfolk, has been declared in
sane and committed to the state insane
hospital here. The Madison county
board of insanity yesterday afternoon
took this action on complaint of the
sister of Uncle Johnny" whose real
name is John McKirahan. uncle
Johnny" was the first treasurer of
Dodge county, Neb.
Living all alone out in the wildwood
for forty-One years, this hermit has
lost his mind. For some years he has
been deranged and today he is insane
at all times. Much of the time he
knows nothing at all.
Wandered With Cattle.
For some time the man has been
straying away from the home of his
sister, Mrs. Jemima Frost at the Vel
low Banks. He would be gone three
or four days at time and when found
would be bewildered. At times he be-
came unconscious and for days he
would lie in a comatose condition, I'M
able to eat. His sister had to force
him to eat and drink.
McKirahan came to Nebraska from
Illinois with his brother. He lived
at Wisner before coming to the Yellow
Banks. He was at Fremont before the
Pawnee outbreak and came to Battle
Creek when the final victory was won
in the battle at that place, against the
reds.
Uncle Johnny" is perhaps seventy.
two years of age. Report said he was
eighty-two. He owns the Yellow
Banks-240 acres. His sister will be
appointed guardian.
This hermit formerly had a little
cave in the banks. There used to be
rumors of an old romance, but nobody
ever confirmed the story, so far as is
known.