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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
AUSTIN RICE
TO LEAVE CITY
POPULAR PASTOR RESIGNS Pull
PIT OF FIRST CoNGREGA
TIONAL CHURCH..

Rev. Austin Rice has rendered his
resignation as pastor of the First
Congregational church, the same to
take effect October %.
The announcement was made by
the pastor before his congregation
complete surprise to his many frien,is
who had watched with growing inter-
est the splendid work accomplished by
him during his nine years as pastor cf
the First Congregational church in
this city
In announcing his resignation. Rev
Rice said that, in consideration of his
wife'S wishes, he had accepted the
paStora,e e of the First congregational
church, of Wakefield, Mass, and that
he would move to the eastern city
next month. Mrs. Rice, he said, felt
it necessary to be with her aged
mother who is a resident of that city.
Rev. Austin Rice came 20 Walla
Walla in the fall of 1898 and imme-
diately took up the pastorate of First
Congregational church, then located
on\ Isaac and Division streets The
membership of the church at that
time\ numbered 100 while today it
is 40N With the untiring labor so
characteristic to him, he soon gained
the ADMIRATION of all whom he came
in contaN with in his work and his
departureVs keenly regretted, by not
only the members of his congrega-
ton zut By every citizen of walla
Walla.
business injecting of the church
officials will be held next Thursday
evening for the hurpose of acting upon
Rev. Rice's. resigkation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
STEUNENbERG
WAS INDICTED
First Sensation Sprung in
Trial Of Sen. Borah

BOISE, Sept. 23.-The trial of Unit
ed States Senator Borah. indicted in
the conspiracy to Gefraud the govern
ment out of timber lands. began mere
this morning and the first sensation
OF the case was recorded when L. S.
District Attorney Ruick announced
that the Late Governor Steunenberg had
been indicted with Senator Borah and
others under the name of John Doe
This confirmed the previous reports to
that effect
James A Hawley and A. A. Frazer
sat at a table with Senator Borah
while the government was represented
by a number of legalNlights 1ncluuI,,s
Judge NJ. c. Burch of Michigan. and
Special Agent l.. c. Wheeler. who
worked up the governments cases.
Senator Borah was the center of at
traction. He took matters cody and
made no effort to avoid observation.
The work of selecting a jury began
at once and apparently the jury will
be quickly secured. District Attorney
Ruick opened the examination Of the
talesmen for the government.
Three talesmen were examined to
DAY but none accepted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
BRUTAL MURDER
IS DISCOVERED
Floating Trunk Contains Body
Of Girl Wife

SEATTLE. Sept. 23.-Married in
March against the wishes of her par
ents, disowned by her relatives, brut-
ally murdered. her body packed in a
trunk, weighted with rocks and thrown
into the waters of Puget Sound is the
fate of Agnes McCombs, the handsome
17-year- old wife of Frank Covingtor.
The present whereabouts of the hus-
band, who is suspected is unknown
but it is thought he recently left for
Alaska. The body Of the girl was
identified at the morgue by Robert
Robinson who said the murdered girl
was his niece. Her grandmother two
uncles and an aunt live at 721 Yesler
Way, Seattle and her father is at pres
ent on a prospecting trip in Okanogan
county, Wash.
The body of the girl was found yes
terday morning in a trunk by Stephen
Anderson at Fauntleroy beach. Inves-
LEGATION of the trunk revealed the nude
body of the girl with her clothing
rocks. The weight was not sufficient
to sink the trunk.
Covington is Black Sheep.
Frank Covington is a son Of J. B.
MINI, and Frank is alleged to be the
black sheep of a highly respected fam
lily of that city. The girl lived in Sc
attle several years prior to her mar
riage with Covington. The dead girls
uncle. Robert Robinson, is an engineer
with the Pacific Coast Syrup company
of Seattle.
Il always knew Covington was bad"
said Mrs. Roginson this morning. "and
we objected to the marriage After
that event Agnes was not recognized
by us. Her entire family opposed the
match" A letter of Covington's was
found addressed to his sister Edith and
said he contemplated trip to Alaska
soon.
The police are working on the theory
that Frank Covington is guilty. but
detectives are unable to find out where
the crime was accomplished. 1t was
discovered that Covington and his wife
often quarrelled and it is thought that
the couple We're camping when the
tragedy occurred. Since Covington's
marriage he has worked for j. J. Kel-
ley, Of liquor house. After their
marriage he is said to have been struck
on the head with a flat iron one day by
his friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
WILL COME TO WALLA WALlA.
Tacoma Detective Is Sent to State
Institution.

Pleading guilty to the charge OF
petit larceny in Tacoma, j. c. sans
from, a private detective, was given
an indertimiLate sentence of not less
than one and not more than 20 years.
He will arrive in the city soon to swell
the population of the state prison
here.
Sanstrom had secured star and
a permit to carry pistol and estab-
lishei offices in a downtown office in
Tacoma. All went well for while
but one night he got drunk and with
his star and pistol relieved a victim
of $50 and then tried to get money
from a companion by the same means.
But his companion, Collander, would
not bite. and the matter ended in all
three of those concerned reporting "a
the police station, where the matter
was threshed out He was charged
with robbery, but the charge was
Withdrawn on his consenting to plead
guilty to ,he charge of petit larceny.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
NORTHWESTERN
LOCATING ROUTE
FILES MAP TO SECURE RIGHT OF
WAY OVER GOVERNMENT
LAND

Papers of location for the Northwest
ern Railroad company which gives the
permanent route to be established
from Charleston northeast to Whitman
county, has been filed at the local
L. S. land office
While it is now merely a matter OF
speculation as to the route which will
form the surveyed point in Whitman
county, it is the belief Cf prominent
railroad promoters that the road will
swing down in a southeasterly direc-
ton through Garfield and Columbia
counties to Walla Walla, thus tapping
some of the richest farming land in
Washington.
The portion of the route already sur
veyed, is given as follows: Beginning
at Charleston, lot l, section 2I, north
and west, 3,S2S feet, thence southerly
along the Snake river, to Sec. 1S
range Z. TIP. AZ. thence west, $40 feet
The route continues to follow the
Snake including a distance, altogether
of 29.626 miles
The work was performed by VIM
Ashton, chief engineer of the road and
bears the approval of President w. H
Bancroft. whose signature. appears a:
the bottom of the plat. The survey
began August 21, 1906 and was COM
pleted, September %, the same year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
SNAKE CHARMER STUNG,
Street Fakir Bitten by Poisonous
Reptile.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept. 23.-A
street fakir named Davis narrowly
escaped death from the bite Of ella
monster. one of the most poisonous
reptiles in the world, Sunday after
noon while making an exhibit with
the creature. He claimed he could
charm the monster. A small boy asked
if it had teeth. Davis seized the liz
ards head 20 open its mouth when
with a vicious snap the reptile bit Da-
Wis forefinger, inflicting deep wound.
With great GOODNESS and presence Of
mind, Davis sent a small boy to drug
store for an antidote and a doctor i'm
the crowd came to his assistance. The
man is expected to live.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
PLEADING GASE
BEFORE GOVERNOR
PETITION FOR PARDON WILL BE
CONTESTED BY MAN WHO
WAS SHOT.

WOODBURY., Ore, Sept 23.--E.
l.. Remington went to Salem this
morning with a petition praying for
pardon for himself from a sentence OF
two years in the pentitentiary. He has
been found guilty of shooting W. w.
Slaughter of this city a few months
ago. An appeal is now pending in the
supreme court. Slaughter heard OF
Remington's purpose and Immediately
followed Remington to Salem to pro-
test against the assailant securing
pardon. Both will plead the case be-
fore Governor Chamberlain
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
STAY At HOME
/. FOR INVESTMENT
Local Capitalists are now
Satisfied

IF anyone is not satisfied with
Walla Walla and the surrounding
country and the opportunities for de-
velopment here. he ought to take the
trip we did through central Oregon"
said ]. w. Lahgdon, his afternoon.
Mr.. Langdon. in company with II.
&c. Baker and Chas. F. Jones. have just
country and to central Oregon, where
they have been looking for invest
ments.
I'VE went first to the Twin Falls
country and looked over that pro-
ject. The north side of that project
did not look good to us at all. The
Twir. Falls project proper is a great
one and the land there is good But it
is mostly all taken up and we were
looking for land to develop and not
land already developed. 1t is a great
land for alfalfa. but a little too high
for fruit. being 400 feet above set
level
From there we went to Ontario,
where we got a private rig to take
us through central Oregon.
From Ontario to Burns is 159 miles
r6 hn ic nd
for agricultural purposes. Around
Burns is nice stock country but all
taken up.
From there we went 21O miles to
Prineville and found no land at all.
The country is good for nothing in
agricultural lines and all the stock
land has beeh taken up for years.
The stOckmen have taken up all he
streams and there is nothing left.
From P!ineville we went to Shaniko,
Rough Country.
THE country is all rough and there
is little timber on any of it. 1t is
is easy to understand, ir. going
through it. why there has never been
a railroad through it, 1t wouldn't pay.
The country is all mountainous and
the mountains are all scab rock and
no trees and little soil
THE roads are fine and it would
make an ideal place to take an auto
trip.
'We found no land at all which
looked good for investing. 1t is all
stock country and already taken up.
ut that. We found central Oregon 10
be as old as the Walla Walla valley.
'The Harvey valley around Burns,
is the most interesting. place. Outside
of that there is nothing ir. central
Oregon.
1--WE had long. hard trip, but in all
a good one. And we came back rea-
liZing more than ever the possibilities
Walla Wala has for a future
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
s. F. HENDERSON
SERIOUSLY ILL
WELL KNOWN CONTRACTORS
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
SATURDAY.

While putting On his clothes. JUS,
after arising Saturday morning. Smith
F. Henderson was stricken with par
alysis and has been seriously i'll at his
home, 373 South Second street, since
that time.
Mr. Henderson is one of the best
known contractors in the city and his
health up to this time has been gen.
orally good. On arising Saturday
morning. he suddenly fell over with a
stroke of paralysis caused by con-
gested blood vessel in the brain. For
several hours he was paralyzed, but
today his physician reports his condi-
ton much better and his chances for
recovery excellent.
No particular cause can be assigned
for the stroke. it simply came on with
out warning of any kind.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
WILL REoRGANIZE STANDARD.
Capital to be Placed In Hands OF
Younger Men.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-It was an
channels that the Standard Oil would
soon be reorganized with $40O.000,00
or $5OO,O00,0O0 capital placed in the
hands of younger men more in touch
with the sentiment of the times than
the present officers. The Standard is
waiting until the present investigation
is over before taking the final steps III
the matter This step was taken as
the result of a recent conference at
which time the reorganlza1lo ION OF the
committee made it's report advocating
this change.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
WONDERING HOW
II WAS DONE
lNVlNCIBLES TOOK WONDERS
INTO CAMP AT SECOND
STREET PARK.
InviLcibles. II.
Wonders, 5.

InviLcibles. IL.
Wonders, 5.
In ''cinchy," spirited game played
yesterday afternoon on the Second
street grounds, the Invincible tribe
won glory in defeating the Wonder
team by a score of IL to s.
1t was all done so easily The game
started off with a mighty rush, and
durinhg the first three innings, the
Wonders strayed too far across the
Hartman border and the wireless
which came drifting back spelled
defeat in every word.
Devoid of sensation, the game pro-
gressed until the sixth inning, when
Aubin Strengthened up and played the
hero stunt by driving a lukewarm
Spaulding GU, for a single. McCool
followed, and when the gong sounded
the score stood 2 to in favor of the
Invincibles.
The seventh dawned bright and
clear for the Invincibles. There was
absolutely nothing to Ii. Lankard
started out with long drive to CEN
ter. Aubin chalked up a ditto, and
hen. Durry fumbled with the "2S"
mark and came back 20 minutes too
late with McCooPs pop-up. Kimmer-
ly entered in the free-for all and fin
ished by a lip sending hot grounI-
er through Segrist During the mixup
which followed the Invincibles slowed
up with four more to the good
1t was only a question of few
more rounds. and the jig was up; the
Wonders pulling out six runs to the
bad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
PAST ALLOTTED TIME,
Called Away After Living Beyond
Three Score and Ten.

Mrs. Emily Hamisch. aged "a. died
at the home of her daughter Mrs. ia
cob Lamn, 211 Colville street yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Hamisch is a native of t;ermanv
and was born in that country ir 1893.
She is the mother of Mrs. Jacob Lamb.
proprie' or of the City Bakery. She
has lived in Walla Walla for several
years and has made many friends
here.
Funeral services were held from the
German Lutheran church at o'clock
this afternoon, Rev. Berthold officiat-
ing. Intermeht will be made in the
city cemetery
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Radicals Win,

ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 23.-Re
suits of the third election show that
he radicals have won sweeping vic
tory and that the next Duma will be
controlled by extreme lefts. 1t is ex-
pected the new Duma will be even
more irreconcilable than the last one.
Many were afraid to vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
ALTON WILL NOT
Be PROSECUTED
GOVERNMENT POLICY WAS AN
NoUNCED AT CHICAGO THIS
MORNING.

CHICAGO. Sept. 23.-The govern
ments program in regard to the
prosecutions of the rebate cases was
announced this morning and the Chi
cago & Alton will not be prosecuted.
formal statement will be made in
Judge Landis' court room tomorrow
This decision will cause the govern
ment's counsel to announce that all
immunity pledges will be kept IN all
cases
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
WANTED BLOOD HOUNDS.
Palma Wanted Dogs to Help Solve a
Mystery.

A long distance telephone from Pal
yesterday received by citing War
den Smith stated that man
had mysteriously disappeared frOi1
that place and asked the help
of the penitentiary blood hounds
to help locate the missing man. AS
the trail would have been Obliterated
before the dogs could have been
shipped to the scene of the mystery,
they We're not sent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
LAST AWARDS MADE.
Winners Of Labor Parade Prizes Are
Announced.

Announcement is made today of the
winners of prizes in the labor parade
of the carnival which took place Sat
urday afternoon.
The first prize of SO went to the
plumbers union. The second prize. SIS
went to the cigar makers. and the
third prize, SO went to the painters.
Some misunderstanding arose over
the prizes to be given to the eques-
trians in the flower parade Thursday
afternoon but this has been arranged
with satisfaction to all and the award
is announced as follows: First, Ar
thur Jones, $40, second, Paul White
house. $5. This is the last award of
prizes for the harvest festival.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
WILL BE ON SKATES.
Rink Opens Tonight for Season OF
Amusement

Tonight is the opening of the skat-
ing season at the big pavilion rink
and there will be big rush to be on
the floor on the opening night.
No special arrangements have been
made for opening night, but there will
be plenty of skates and there will be
good music All who go are assured of
as good a time as it is possible for the
careful management of the big rink to
make.
The floors have been gone over this
summer and sandpapered Everything
has been done to put the place in the
best possible condition. Music will
be furnished by Edgar Smith, which
insures the best.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Negroes Against Taft.

WASHINGTON, Sept. "a con-
eerted anti-Taft movement among the
negroes all over the country has de-
'eloped and is alarming the Taft men
negroes have organized in the eas'
and south under w. Calvin Chase. ed1-
'or Of the Bee, a republican newspa-
per for colored people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Horsemen In Quarrel.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Jere Wyn-
eberg, the horseman and lawyer,
served notice on Tom Williams. of the
California Jockey club, that If j. }.
off the track as the result of con-
troversy with Witty Boots Rurnel,
is not reinstated, he will fight the
matter in the courts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Ionoworths In Wreck.

CINCINNATI. Sept 23.-Represent-
atiye and Mrs. Longworth We're in
railroad wreck on the Pennsylvania
railroad near Cincinnati on the last
Stage of the trip home from Honolulu.
No one was injured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Pendleton Has a Fair.

PENDLETON, Sept. 23.-The Uma
tilla Morrow district fair opens tomor-
row. One of the largest crowds and
best exhibitions for fair in the his
tory of Pendleton is already in the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
+ I. = = = + = = + = = + = = =
! STRIKE WILL END. !
+ Peace i'm Sight by Efforts Of I
= Roosevelt. /

+ CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Presi- +
= dent Small of the TelegrapherS' =
= union said today that the strike +
Z. is certain to end within ten days =
+ by arbitration caused by the in +
= teryention of Roosevelt. =
!. + i. = + I. = = = = = + + = +
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
SWEENY WILL
SUPPORT ANKENY
DECLARES HIMSELF IN FAVOR OF
WALLA WALLA MAN TO RE-
PORTER FOR TIMES.

while | do not expect to take any
ial fight, | shall, in so far as l can.
support Senator Levi Ankeny for re-
election to the United States Senate.
In no event will l be candidate for
that office myself A@
Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, presi-
dent of the Federal Miningaand Smelt-
ing company. the richest lead produc-
ing concern in the United States, has
declared himself entirely out of the
race for United States senator and at
the same time has pledged himself as
supporter of Senator Ankeny, OF
Walla Wala. His words quoted at
the beginning. of this article indicate
his attitude. This statement he made
to a reporter for The Seattle Times
Saturday afternoon as he was about to
enter the office of United States SEN
ator Samuel H. Piles in the Burke
block.
Calls on Senator Piles.
Il am calling on Senator Piles mere
ly as matter of courtesy and to re-
new an old friendship. This is my
first visit to Seattle in about TWO ana
a half years. said the Spokane mil
lionaire and there was reminiscent
| look in his steel gray eyes as he re-
membered that jubilant day in jan
uary. 1905. when Sam Piles came back
from Olympia with the senatorship in
his pocket which was practically tho
gift of Charles Sweeny. the mining
magnate and millionaire banker or
Spokane.
Because Sam Piles is a poor man
but a good one and a deserving one
| would rather see him elected United
States senator than anyone else in
this race Charles SWeeny said to his
faithful p legislators who We're sum-
moned in council in his apartments at
Olympia late in January. 1905 when
the election Of Senator Addison G..
Foster. of Tacoma, seemed certain.
SWeeny had been offered the senator
ship by bunch of Wise politicians on
the condition that he would tap sew
eral barrels of coin of the realm.
Refused to Buy Votes.
Not being particularly addicted to
the idea of buying votes, Sweeny balk-
ed and there are still number of
former solOnS in this state who are
waiting for the big cash money that
never came. Then it was that Sweeny.
by throwing his support to Piles and
aided by the Ankeny men, made the
King county man senator.
The Ankeny part of the deal is no
secret. The friends of Ankeny con-
trolled even after Sweeny decided to
quit. 1t was the Ankeny strength de-
livered to Piles that made good the
SWeeny delivery and settled for a GER
tainty the issue as between Foster and
Piles.
The disclosures in the Standard Oil
investigation will not seriously affect
the prosperity of the country at large
said Sweeny John D. Rockefeller
and his associates in Standard Oil did
not buy that stock for speculative
purposes, but because of it's income
value. Consequently the shrinkage of
100000 900 reported in the press dis
patches since 1901 will not affect them
because such shrinkage will not di-
miniSh the dividends
AS for Amalgamated Copper. the
closing down of the mines and smelt-
ers in Montana is an assured fact and
is merely one of a dozen or more in
dications that the country is producing
too RAPIDLY in all branches"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23

Mrs. Ida Baxter.fds this city. who
has been receiving medical treatment
a the Walla Walla hospital for the
mast seven weeks, was discharged to-
day
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23

c. A. Rogers has filed suit for di-
vorce in the superior court against
his wife Mary d. Rogers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
Oregon Methodists Convene.

PORTLAND, Sept. 23.-The Oregon
Me. e.hodsts' conference opens here to-
morrow. Bishop David Moore will
make the principal address. They will
be in session for the balance of the
week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-23
TlLFORD is GRiLLED.
Kellogg Is Not Satisfied With Stand
ard Oil Investigation.

NEW YORK, Sept 23-Prosecuting
Attorney Kellogg gave Treasurer Til
ford of the Standard Oil, a disagree
able morning today. He is dissatisfied
with the results of the investigation
up to date in relation to the sale of
subsidiary companies. Kellogg turned
upon Tilford and grilled him unmerci-
fully.
He asked Tiford why the Standard
Oil gave the Chicago Gas company,
then controlled by Benedict and others,
such a lucra tive contract to furnish
supplies and wanted to know if the
contract was in part consideration for
the sale of the Manhattan Oil company
which Kellogg believes the Standard
acquired instead of a reputed English
syndicate. Tilford replied he did not
know.
You swear it was not cried Kel-
logg. Tilford replied Not to my
knowledge" Kellogg then developed
the fact that Tilford had signed the
contract which closely connected all
the companies in the old trust agree
ment. He was told to bring this con-
tract into cOnrt