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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
BRIDE ATTEMPT WAS FATAL.
Parades' Effort to Purchase Freedom
Resulted in Death of All Rebels.

Parades' Effort to Purchase Freedom
Resulted in Death of All Rebels.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Accord-
ing to a letter received at the Ven
ezuelan legation today by DR.. Paul,
secretary of state, dated Feb. Is, the
surgeons had made a complete ex.
animation of President Castro and
found that he was making progress,
the wound caused by an operation
healing in a satisfactory manner This
information is confirmatory of the ca
BILE advices received at the legation
several days ago.
The same letter gives the details
of the killing General Parades, the
revolutionary leader, and his follow
ers, the statement being made that
after they were captured on Feb. IL,
at point near the OrinOco river, not
very far from where they landed, they
were taken to an old fortress called
the Castle. Two days later Parades
endeavored to bride his guards to per-
NIT them to escape, and this the guards
interpreted as mutiny with terrible
results for the life of General Parades
and his men, and ended unhappily for
the latter for their mutiny.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Though Mr.. Bailey may not have seen
t he has appeared to the country to
De in a position of great delicacy The
mere fact that his case was before a
legislature rather than a court need
have made no difference to Mr.. Bail
ay. Broadly construed, his rule in the
Burton case applied to his own.
That his resignation has not been
forthcoming is probably due to that
hiatus between practice and preaching
which afflicts us all at times. Mr..
Bailey will come back to the senate
whitewashed by a partiZan investiga-
ton, but his moral tail feathers have
been plucked and it will be some days
before he will deliver as universal a
homily on virtue as he poured out in
the Burton case.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
BALLOTS CAST FOR DEAD.
Graveyard Vote Alleged to Have Bee,
Discovered in Mutual Life.

NEW YORK, March. 4.-That sup
porters of the Peabody administration
of the Mutual Life Insurance company
in the recent election did not hesitate
to vote dead men is alleged to have
been established by the discovery of
ballots signed with the names of poll
cyholders who had long been dead. In
one case the policyholder had died in
1889 in Newfoundland and in another
in January. 1906, in New Jersey. In
both these instances the subscribing
witnesses were regular agents of the
Mutual Life.
What part the agents had in the al
legged forgery of dead mems names
may be shown later on if the Interna-
tional policyholders' committee con-
tests the election in the courts on the
grounds of fraud. The graveyard vote
was discovered when ballots for the
Peabody administration candidates
were being compared today with the
records On the books of the company.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
A SPECIMEN PICTURE.

per passed to the next person OH the
right, who must draw body in the
second section Of the paper. connecting
it with the neck that extends below the
upper fold.
The drawing of the body should then
be folded backward and the papers
passed to the right, as before. and the
person now holding them must draw
the legs in the lower section of the pa
per, connecting them with the parts
that extend below the fold
When the drawing has been done the
papers are opened and exhibited. They
will be sure to contain the funniest
figures imaginable. with perhaps the
head of bird, the body of fish and
the legs of man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
ALDRICH AND THE FARM STILL

Senator Aldrich has actually thruS
ribs of the farm still alcohol bill. The
Rhode Island statesman, who bosses
the United States senate, is afflicted
with a terrible fear that if the farmer
is allowed to make his own alcohol
the government will be defrauded out
of some of the revenues. To prevent
so terrible a catastrophe, ne has in
struCted the finance committee to
amend the bill so that there must be a
government storekeeper attached to
every still established. The effect of
this rule would be to prevent the
farmer from establishing his own
small still. In Germany, the govern
ment allows any farmer to make alco-
hOl out of his crop refuse. Matters are
so arranged that the still leads into a
storage tank with peculiar lock and
seal which only a government inspec-
tor can open. When the tank is full
the inspector is sent for the alcohol
is gagged and denatured and the trans
action is closed
But Senator Aldrich and his Stand
ard Oil and distillery trust friends are
convinced that this simple system
could not possibly be made to work in
this country. 1t would never do to let
the farmer make alcohol without an
emissary of the governor to watch
every detail of the operation. OF
course, the fact that under the farm
still system, alcohol would be very
cheaply made and would threaten the
use of gasolene, does not enter into the
calculations of Senator Aldrich. Nor
does the competition farm alcohol
would furnish to the distilery trust
have any inspiring effect on the SUI
perlative caution of the boss of the
senate. Not in the least.
1t may be that this iniQuitOus
amendment will be eXcised from the
bill in conference. 1t may defeat the
bill entirely or it may be accepted for
the nonce by the bills friends But
in the end, even the all-powerful AL
drich will not be able to prevent the
coming of the farm still.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
Porto Rico's Business Boom.

Porto Rico's Business Boom.
The Porto Ricans are smart enough
to sharpen their business wits instead
Of machetes. Figures just announced
show that the trade between the Unit
ed States and Porto Rico in the calen-
dar year 1906 will exceed $4,000. 600
against less than 100000 in 1897. the
year before annexation.
The value Of merchandise sent from
Porto Rico to the United States in the
ten months ending with October. 1906.
Is $1,000, 1877 and Of merchandise sent
from the United States to Porto Rico
in the same period $16.5O9. GAG. making
total for the ten months of So. S3O.-
OS3, and thus apparently justifying the
assertion that for the full twelve
months ending with December the total
will exceed $4O,OOOOOO. In the calen-
dar year 1897. the year Immediately
preceding annexation, the total imports
into the United States from Porto Rico
were $1,943,251 and the total exports
to that island $2.O23.7 1851. making a to-
tai of $3.967 .OO2. or less than one-tenth
of the total promised for the year
just ended.
Not only has the trade of Porto Rico
with the United States increased enor-
mously. but the general trade of the
island shows also large increase dur
ing the period in question. The total
value of merchandise passing in and
out of the island in 1906 was practical
ly twice as great as that of any year
prior to annexation. This remarkable
growth in the general commerce Of the
island. result of the growth Of pro-
ductiOn of staple articles entering COM
merce and the consequent growth in
the consuming power Of the people, is
shown by figures compiled by the bu-
reau Of statistics. which for the first
time state the values in gold of the i'm
ports and exports Of the island in each
year for long term of years and thus
enable an accurate comparison Of the
commerce today with that existing un-
der Spanish control. The figures thus
compiled show that the exports Of the
island in the fiscal year 1906 were
$23.25O.OOO against $12.75O.OOO in the
highest year prior to annexation. 1892
and the imports were in 1906 practical
~ $22.OOO.OOO against an annual aver
age of about s125OO.OOO under Spanish
rule.
A very large proportion of the trade
Of Porto Rico is with the United
States. OF the total merchandise leav-
ing the island 81 per cent goes to the
United States. and of the total mer-
chandise entering the island S6la per
cent is from the United States. these
figures being based upon the records OF
the ten months ending with October.
1906. the latest available figures. IL
1896. two years prior to annexation.
the share of the exports sent to the
United States was ii per cent and the
share of the imports taken from the
United States p per cent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
BAILEY AND BURTON.

From his cell in the Ironton Jail.
former Senator Burton may in his
minds eye have glanced toward Aus
tin, Tex, where present Senator Bailey
stands at bay, his back against the
wall. while the most humiliating
charges are hurled at him, and all he
can respond it Liar! liar! liar!"
Bailey is charged with conniving for
fat fee at the re-entry of the Stand
ard Oil company into Texas against
her antitrust laws, and of taking
money from H. Clay Pierce as a loan,
which was afterwards charged on the
books of the Standard as legal ex-
penses in Texas" says the Minneapolis
Journal. 1t may be some consolatlos.
to Mr.. Burton to lay these charges be-
side the Congressional Record of Dec.
IS, 1905. and re-read the speech then
made by Bailey in the Burton case.
Bailey was then at his best as a
moral censor of the senate. He never
shone more resplendently than he did
on that occasion, and it may be said
that there was no senator who was
not visibly impressed with the solemn
protest of the young Bayard of the
south against the continuance on the
roll of the besmirched senator from
Kansas. He declared the rule to be
that when a senator found himself
compelled by sense of delicacy to-
ward his associates to absent himself
from the senate chamber, he ought to
resign and give his people a chance
to fill his place while the case pro-
ceeds against him in the courts. If a
senator so situated will not resign,
the senate. Mr.. Bailey added, ought
to relieve him, presumably by expul.
sion.
The case against Senator Bailey is
proceeding with great animation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

supporters will be put on the easiest
way, ard that is front and fastened
to the underwaist. This makes a mi,
on the chest and drags it over. II
takes only just little more pull than
on the back, and down drops the chest
Are the bands around the waist weigh.
ing on the muscles that are made to
hold up the body so they are not strong
enough to work when so much is put
on them? The boy gives way under
the drag Of an i'll fitting coat collar
which is too thick. See that there is
no pull or weight OH the back Of the
neck. When nothing pulls the young
spine over or presses it down and the
proper muscles are allowed to hold II
up. the back will usually be straight
and fiat. Want of pure air to fill the
lungs and the drag Of poorly arranged
clothing have given many child an
incurable hump or q sunken chest for
life.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

ut is so strange. doctor" complain
ed a woman patient recently. that
when l have had perfectly good
nights sleep l should so often wake
up with headache"
How many pillows do you have I'M
der your head?" asked the physician.
Zone thin pillow" was the answer.
'Try two fairly thick Ones" the doc
tor advised. adding that many con-
gestive headaches were caused by peo-
pie sleeping with their heads too low
The blood settles in the head. and the
sufferer wakes with dull feeling or
thrObbing pain. Persons subject to
catarrhal headache should be careful
to have their heads high enough at
Bazaar.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
Instead Of RihbOna.

The mother of small girl whose
ability to lose hair ribbons was a
source Of constant worry solved the
problem by using strips of plain or
Powered muslin. These she hemmed
neatly, making them the width Of or
binary hair ribbons. They laundered
nicely and always looked fresh and
clean. while the loss Of one of them
did not mean so serious thing as II
a brand new hair ribbon had disap-
peared. OF course these little muslin
ties were not used for dress up" Occa-
sions, but for ordinary home wear they
proved to be as satisfactory as they
were inexpensive.-New York Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
The Bath Rug.

I The bath rug should be made of
washable material. should be daily
shaken and the floor, if of tile, wiped
with a damp cloth. Wooden bathroom
floors should be busted with a long han
died lambs wool brush, and especial
pains should be taken to clean under
and behind the fixtures, so as to re-
move every accumulation.
That everything thus collected should
be burned seems obvious, but long and
rigorous training sometimes Is required
to persuade the ignorant not to drop
them down the Pushes. Nothing is more
provocative of plumbers bills than this
Even bits of soap, although they seem
harmless. have tendency to collect
all other solid particles and cause an
accumulation which it will cost to re-
move. The interior of the catch basin
must be daily cleansed with long han
died stiff brush, slightly curved at the
end This brush should be excellent Of
its kind. else the bristles will fall.
For cleaning the marble basin and
the bathtub and faucets strong soap
SudS with ammonia or soda should be
used now and then, but for the daily
cleansing one of the quickest and best
agents is gasoline.
MOisten a small cloth with this, and
a quick rubbing will cause the streaks
of greasy dirt to disappear as If by
magic. All nickel is frightened at
once by gasoline There are Obiec-
tons to the odor, but fresh air from
the windows. opened at the top and
bottom, will remove this.
For safety never do the cleansing
when there is artificial light of any
kind in the room. Use only a small
bottle for holding it and hang this
outside the bathroom window when
not in use by wire fastened to its
neck for the purpose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
steel Dinner Knives,

Steel dinner knives should be cleaned
every time they are used. Otherwise
they will look black and dull. Bristol
brick with soap is the best thing to
use Let the blade of the knife rest fiat
upon a board and rub the steel with a
bit of sOaped cloth dipped in the brick
reduced to a powder. Some house
ing knives instead of cloth. If the
blades have become rusted cover them
with olive Oil and quicklime. Put away
for two or three days, then rub with
brick.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

tons. and is a contributor to the mag
azines. She was born in Connecticut
In 1885 and was married to Calvin r.
Corbin in 1861. Her first important
work as a leader of her sex was in the
foundation of the Association For the
Advancement of Women. The most
recent book which she has brought out
Is "A Woman's Philosophy of Love-"
published in 1892 Mrs Corbin opposes
woman's suffrage on the ground that it
threatens home life and is an adjunct
to Socialism,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
MOTHER RUNS OUT GAMBLERS
Because Her Little Boy Did Not Show
Up at Orchestra Recital She
Gets Suspicious.

PENDLETON, March. 4-Behind
the bare news story of the arrest of
those who We're caught by the police
in the rear of Tom SCOTS Barber
shop, playing draw poker. there is a
good story. Mrs. Wilkins, mother of
money by the three men in the game,
was responsible for the RAID and it was
through her mother intuition that an
other secret gambling institution has
been rooted out of Pendleton. Her
son did not appear to fill his engage
ment as violinist at the production of
Uncle Toms Cabin and Mrs Wilkins
suspicioned something wrong.
The Search
Prompted by the mothers fear that
her boy was persisting in a too way
ward course she went out on the street
and after an hours search. in the dead
hours of the night, learned of his
whereabouts. She hunted up the night
officers and asked them to raid the
gambling place.
The gamblers, who, it is believed,
had drawn the boy into the game FOR
the purpose of getting his money from
him under mere pretense of playing
tor the profits of the sport realized
their guilt enough to draw the boy
aside and offer him sums of money
II he would leave the city on the
sly. But the boy too felt the guilt of
his course as it was presented through
his mothers action and he refused to
leave town.
Scott Ordered Alvey.
l.. Van Meter and Charles Patten
two of the gamesters We're fined $25
each and c. r. La Grande who Is
believed to be the one who put I'D
the game was fined SIS, which being
unable to pay. he was put in Jail.
Scott was ordered to leave Pendle-
ton and not return. He was granted
until Monday morning to make him.
self scarce. Quite a good sized crowd
gathered in the court -oom to hear
sentence pronounced.
The police have made several at.
tempts to catch Scott with evidence
enough to convict him for the last
two years, but each time the wilv
colored man escaped the finger of JUS
tice
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
8EQR YoUNGSA
FelkSGA5
COMPOSITE PICTURES.
A Drawing Game In Which There Ii
n Fund of Amusement.

A Drawing Game In Which There Ia
Fund of Amusement.
To play composite pictures each boy
and girl in the party should be fur
nished with a sheet of paper and a
pencil. They should be seated in a cir
Gle so that no one can see what the
other is doing. The paper must be
folded twice, One-third down and one
third up, thus dividing it into three
equal parts, and then spread out open.
Each person makes a drawing Of a
head OH the upper part of his paper,
letting the neck extend little below
the first fold. The more comical the
head the better. 1t may represent fish.
fowl or flesh.
The top section of the paper should
then be folded backward so that the
drawing cannot be seen and each pa
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

1t is not related in the report of
their meeting in Chicago that Council
man Bridges and Mexican called on
"Hinky Dink" or "Bathhouse John to
ascertain how those aldermen from the
First Ward ran the Windy City,
ing Whereat much valuable infOrma-
ton to the Walla Walla city council
was lost
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
Ralkx bureau Drawers.

What is more tiresome than bureau
drawer that balks and sticks and goes
in sidewise or refuses to go in altogeth-
err? But rub the edges lightly with
sandpaper and see how bright the
world looks. or rub laundry soap all
around the top of the drawer and on
the little wooden shelf it runs on. Sim
pie homemade" remedies, both of
them, but worth trying.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
To Grill on Closed Range.

If the bars of crate are too small
or too near together for grilling remove
the boiling ring and lift up the hot
plate over the fire. Then place the
gridiron in a horizontal position over
the Goals instead Of attempting to grill
In front Of the fire, and the effect is
just as good. Great care must be taken
that the fire is bright, clear and quite
free from smoke before the gridiron is
placed over it. otherwise the operation
cannot be successful
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
MRS. CAROLINE r. CORBlN.
She LabOrs to Keep Her Sex From
the Ballot BO..

She Lahore to Keep Her Sex From
the Ballot BO,.
Mrs. Caroline +. COrbin Of Chicago.
who for many years has been president
of the Illinois Association Opposed to
the Extension of Suffrage to Women.
is a bitter opponent Of any and all
movements tending to bring her sex
into contact with the ballot box. Mrs.
Corbin aims to elevate and advance
women in the social plane, but she
does not believe in the ballot box as a
means to her end Her motto is. THE
home for women and women for the
home" and it is along these lines that
her life work has been mapped.
Mrs. COrbin has published many
books. most of them upon social ques.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Some of the men who laugh when q
woman gets down from a wagon or
off a car backward would pull the muz
tie of a loaded gun toward them when
crawling through a fence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
For Reddish Hair.

A shampoo that should give blond
cast to reddish hair is made Of one half
ounce of honey. half an ounce Of rhu-
Barb stalks and three ounces of white
Cine. Let the three stand together for
twenty four hours. then drain. Wet
the hair evenly with the liquid. rub
and let it dry. Then wash off in clear
water.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Another pitiful spectacle in the Thaw
trial will be the taking of the witness
stand by Harry Thaw's mother to Law
bare the secrets of the Thaw nursery
Truly earthly punishment is supreme
for some parents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

The swollen fortunes of the chew
ing gum manufacturers would be re-
duced somewhat II more schoolboys
and schoolgirls would remember where
they stuck theirs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Admiral Togo's proposed visit to
these shores is at least seventeen points
too late Since he stood on the burn
ing deck hero after hero has been posed
in the limelight. and the next cOmer's
credentials must be no older than yes
ter1ay
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

The governor of Rhode Island took
Washington's birthday as an occasion
for saving that Washington was not a
great soldier, statesman or scholar. he
neglected, however, to point to Rhode
Islands senator as representing all
these-and more.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

One objection to raising the pay Of
the private soldier in flush times is the
difficulty Of reducing it when general
wages take slump During the civil
war government Dounties evened things
up. A liberal allowance Of good con-
duct pay extra would reward the de-
serving men and tend to improve the
service
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Professor Pickering of Harvard fig
ures that the mercury or Mars some
times falls to 460 below zero. Doubt
less the Martians retire to great caves
dug in the interior to get at the central
warmth of the planet. 1t is easy
enough to keep warm, if you go where
the warm is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Mr.. Taft may take a greater inter-
est in the presidential nomination
when he is reminded that one strenu-
GUS campaign will do him more good
than six bottles Of any obesity cure on
the market.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

The next great reform of Mayor ION
7, Johnson will be to make streetcar
riding entirely free. Mr.. Johnson
hopes to be continued as mayor until
this is brought about.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
Brass Pans.

Brass pans that have stood for some
time should be rubbed with vinegar
and salt to remove verdigris. Clean
with polishing paste or with bath brick
dust and water. Then rinse out well
with hot water and polish with soft
cloths. Treated like this your brass
pans will be perfectly safe for any
kind of cookery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
The Fatherly Centipede.

There once was a poor old centipede.
Who found himself in the direst need.
He had a thousand legs. you know.
And that is Just what caused his woe.
A wife and family beside
With good stout shoes he must provide.
So he bought shoe store out complete.
For his babies had ten thousand feet.
And he had no money left at all.
For his heart was big, bat his purse 81
small.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

Room for guessing in the news that
Japan has quit buying British locomo
lives and is now making her purchases
from Germany and the United States.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04

There wasn't as much genuine. live
local news in the two issues or the
Union, yesterday and this morning, as
there is in one issue Of The Statesman
Truly that fortyeight hours is vacan-