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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
G. N. HuRR,Es TO AID PEOPLE.
Starving Dakotans Await Supplies
From Railroads.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 23-The Great Nor
thern is sending five express cars from
Grand Forks, N. D., with provisions
for towns asking aid. The traffic on
branch lines is practically suspended on
account of blizzards. Great Northern
officials say the worst storm OF the
winter has been raging for 26 hours al
most paralyzing the roads which were
just recovering from the blockade OF
a week ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

and child but the case in the superior
court will be suspended for three years
and if not taken up again before that
time will be abandoned.
Should the husband abandon MS
wife and child before that time "lth-
out just cause or mistreat ner the
case against McCalley would be TAX
en- up by the state.
Friends of Mrs. McCalley state tha'
she will be with her husband at the
hospital every moment she is able 10
do so.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

Justifies His Action IN Landing Ma
rines at Kingston.
WASHINGTON. d.. c., Jan. "a
Secretary Metcah has received from
Davis a report confirming the press
dispatches in regard to the ordering
of forces from Kingston. He says that
Davis had ample authority for landing
seamen. The report contains the fol-
lowing: yielding to the entreaties OF
the colonial secretary and inspector OF
police, speaking for the government,
landed fifty men under arms from
the Indiana"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
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SUICIDE OF WEsTFALL.

Word was received by John :
= Hoffman, the Eureka Flat wheat
= king this afternoon that John :
y Westfall, foreman of his ranch at
y Prosser, had committed suicide :
. at that place this morning.
y No reason was given for the
. rash act and the Hoffman fam
y lily are at a loss to account for :
. it.
= Westfall was about q years of :
. age and leased the Prosser ranch :
= belonging to Mr.. Hoffman a short
y time ago.
y Mr.. Hoffman will leave for :
y Prosser this evening to investi
. gate the mater.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

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; WITNESS IS FINED.

= Dan Morgan. right-of "a .
= gent for the Inland Empire COM Z
= pany of Spokane. was fined $50 .
= by Judge Brents this afternoon Z
. for being late at the Evans Mont =
= rose arson trial. Z
= The judge told Morgan he un- Z
= derstood Morgan's witness fees .
= and mileage amounted to about Z
= $42 and he would take $3C of that .
= amount. The court was compelled Z
= to wait on the witness only a .
= short time. Z
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

league of some sort if it is to have a
team at all.
Occasional Games Don't Pay.
A game enthusiastically with a Sc
mi-professional team has proven to be
a financial failure m walla Walla sew
eral times. 1t must be straight pro-
fessional say the local financeers of the
diamond and Furthermore it must be
league with at least four games a week
and a percentage column for the fans
to watch each day.
Just what will be done is still mat
ter of doubt. When this is decided a
meeting will be called at the CONNER
cAal club rooms to organize support for
the team Walla Walia will put out.
No definate place for the new ball
grounds has been selected as yet al
though several are being considered.
One thing settled about the location Is
that it must be near the car line. Also
the grounds must be fitted up in far
better shape than last year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
BAKER-B0YER BANK SHARES PROFITS
FOR YEAR WITH ALL ITS EMPLOYEES

v sfc
Of letting its employees share III "~
prosperity.
"The reports of the officers OF tne
bank made at the recent
.no.vad that the year just past had oeen
the most prosperous in its history. we
had much larger deposits last year
than during any previous year. siu
Cashier H. H. Turner this morning.
The unexpected present was Inuc''
appreciated by the employees OF tne
hank who were greatly pleased with the
substantial reward of their ia''
work.
The entire board of officials OF u,e
bank was reelected for the year 1'o'
at the directors meeting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
WOULD BUILD GREAT wARsH'P
House Recommends Construction OF
Vessel to Cost $4,000, 900
Other Boats.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 24.-The
house committee on naval affairs to-
day recommended the construction OF
first class battleship Of not less than
twenty thousand tons, at cost OF ten
millions. in addition to one authorized
last year, two destroyers, at 100000,
100000 for submarines and an addl-
ton of three thousand blue jackets,
and nine hundred marines.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
APPENDICITIS HIS UNDCiNG.
Stole Banks Money and Was Discov-
cred When illness Came.

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-V. Pillarella.
been the manager of Italian banks in
number of cities. was arrested this
morning at the instigation of the po-
lice of Youngstown, Ohio, On charge
of fleeing with a deposit of seven
hundred dollars. Pillarella was TAX
en- with appendicitis, his illness at
the hospital causing his rejection.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL BURIED.
Miss Blanche eowman's Funeral At.
tended by Loving Classmates.

The funeral of Miss Blanche Bow
man, the high school student who
died Tuesday night from lung trou-
BILE, took place this afternoon at 2
Washington street. The services were
conducted by Rev. r. ]. Reid. The
sophomore class of the high school at
tended in a body to pay last tribute
to the memory of their beloved class
mate.
Interment took place in the Masonic
cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
SENATOR ALGER
DIES SUDDENLY
Former War Secretary,
Once Leading Figure
EMBAlMEO BEEF RECALLED
Though Unpopular During War
He Possessed Great
Qualities

WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator
Russell A. Alger died this morning.
His home is at 1401 Sixteenth streev.
Heart disease from which he has
suffered some time was the cause.
The end came suddenly. He at
tended the senate regularly though i'll
health had caused him to decline to
enter the race for reelection. William
Alden Smith who has been elected to
succeed Alger, March 4. said: II don't
wonder that his heart gave out. He
was so lovable and nsympathetic that
his generous heart was the biggest
part Of him."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
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FOR NEW PoSTOFFIcE.

= Postmaster Brunton today re-
. ceived word from Washington
= that the bid of Mrs. Susan Abbott
. for a lease for the new post Of
. fice building had been accepted
= by the postmaster general
= The new building will be erect
. ed at Second and Birch streets
= The rental will be $500 a year
. and the building must be ready
= for occupancy by May 1, next.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
Dynamite Gets Victim.

LA GRANDE, Ore, Jan. 24.-G. w.
Hunter, president of the Grande Ronde
Electric Light company. was killed by
an explosion Of dynamite which was
being thawed out by workmen three OF
whom were injured. He was passing
and had stopped to talk to the men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

DENVER, Col. Jan. 24.-It was
learned today from facts previously
suppressed by the courts - that Mallon
Smith, the democratic state chairman
and the lawyer representative of the
big corporations. secretly divorced his
wife and gave up the two children and
then secretly married Maeme E Har-
grove of Kansas City. divorced
woman. with two children.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

Mike Toner Goes to Olympia.
Michael Toner has gone to Olym-
pia where he will attend the state
assessors meeting. He is expected
to be gone several days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
BRYAN IS cHEERED AT SALEM
He Wasn't Addressing The eoarders a
The State Asylum Either.

TIC WASH F<UUToSS''9 'sse @e' -
The State Asylum Either.
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 24.-Pryan held
the wheels of, the legislature checked
for an hour this morning while he ad-
dressed a packed hall of representa-
tives. He was accompanied by Cover
nor Chamberlain and given an ovation.
He spoke on the theories of the gov
ernment in the advocation of the initi-
ative and referendum recall, attacked
corporations, congratulated Oregon on
popular election of her senators, thank
ed sthe democratic members for voting
for republican senator's who were the
choice of the people and advocated a
railroad commission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24

Italy Is Quake vi,itsd.
ROME Jan. PA severe earth
quake occurred yesterday in central
Italy along the Adriatic coast.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-24
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EATHER

, Snow flurries; colder tonight .
, and Friday.
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New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
OUR SOUTHERN NEIT SETGHBOP.

In going TO Mexico the Secretary of State
visits a country which may appropriately be
called great and with which the United States
has long had relations of most agreeable char
2cter. Time was il is true, when hostilities
prevailed between the two. and when Mexico
had cause TO think herself oppressed and robbed
10y this country. We do not know that any
FMeXican has ever condemned the conduct of the
united States in provoking that war more
severely than many of the most eminent repre-
sentative Americans did at the time and have
done with undimlnished emphasis since But
1t has come TO he generally recognized on both
sides Of the Rio Grande that the territorial ra
suits OF that war We're decidedly for the GOOD
Of both countries. and that honorable amends
u Mexico for the aggressions of 1916 were
made when the United States intervened TO
save Mexico from European conquest and made
possible the restoration of the native rule which
has since proved SO successful and under which
Mexico has risen to her present enviable place
among the nations of the world.
IN extent and variety of territory Mexico is
one Of the greatest countries in the world Her
area is as great as that of France Germany
Austria. Hungary and Italy all put together.
Her longitude ranges through more than thirty
six degrees or from Alabama TO California Her
range of latitude is eighteen degrees corre-
spending TO that from Cape Verde TO Barcelona.
or from Aden 10 Rome Her climates comprise
fc-rid, temperate and cold. Her resources min
eral and vegetable. are rich beyond calculation.
Eer strategic position, between North and South
America and between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans with seacoast of more than six thou
sand three hundred miles. is of the greatest i'm
porfance- Her population IS q close comnpti-
tor with that OF Brazil for second rank in tbe
western Hemisphere and is more than twice
rs great as that OF Canada. Her possibilities
OF industrial and commercial development are
enormous Her social condition is sfeadil, inn,
proving and her political status is as orderly
snd secure as that of most civilized nations Her
relations with all the powers of the yIobe are
friendly and honorable.
Between the United States ani Mexico rela
tions should and indeed must i,e c,osa and in
creasingly profitable TO both parties. The two
countries abut Immediately upon each other
Tor more than eighteen hundred miles. or t,yica
as far as from New York TO Chicago In going
t. and from orr Panama Canal n large pa;t of
cur commerce must go past the coasts and ports
0f Mexico When the intercontnental railroad
scheme is fulfilled as il bids fair to be in the
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
ELECTING FEDERAL JrDGES.

In his article in The Independent denying
the constitutional right of the federal courts to
invalidate acts of Congress Chief Justice wal
ter Clark OF the Supreme Court Of North Caro-
lima argues in favor of the election of all fed
eral Judges. BY the Constitution the appoint
ment of justices OF the Supreme Court is vested
explicitly in the President and the appointment
Of the minor Judges is indirectly so vested so
that an amendment to the Constitution would
be necessary to alter the present method OF
choice The obstacles in the way of a change
even if it were generally considered desirable,
are therefore great There is a growing senti-
ment in this country in favor of the direct elec-
tion of United States Senators. and ten times as
many voters are interested IN stripping the
legislatures of their gobetween power of selec-
ton as are interested in taking away the Presl-
dents power to appoint judges. Yet the passage
of a constitutional amendment popularizing the
Senate is still a distant probability.
We do not see the force however. of one Of
the chief arguments against an appOintive and
in favor of an elective system. 1t is not at all
clear. in opinion, that better bench would
be secured If Supreme Court justices and Circuit
and District judges were to be elected by cir
cults and districts. Justice Clark says:
The people are wiser Lhan the appointing
power. which. viewing judgeships as patron
age, has with scarcely exception filled the
federal bench with appointees of its own party.
President would naturally prefer to appoint
a judge from his own party, but many of our
Judges have in fact been named by a President
of another political faith. In the Third Federal
Circuit, for instance, two Of the three Circuit
judges are Democrats appointed by Republican
Presidents. President Roosevelt has selected
numerous Democrats for seats on the Federal
District bench. But If judges were 10. he elected
linz ba STR tjx adj N
and successful candidates would owe their pro-
motion much more directly to partisan activity
and influence. Judgeships would certainly he
more distinctly patronage" than they now are
Presidents have generally made selections for
the bench more on the basis of personal and pro
fessional merit than on that of political service
and q President is more likely to look dspas
sionatey the claims Of aspirants than is
party nominating convention. 1t is greatly to be
doubted whether we should have a federal bench
as learned, impartial and free from political
bias we have now if we had launched twenty
years ago the experiment of choosing judges by
popular vote in circuits and districts.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
I'M WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. Sept. 2S.-Consuelo Dowaser DucH-
ecs Of Manchester. who spent several days at the
New Willard in this city in company with MI ana
,rrs = " Vanderbilt Of New York. and Mrs
Ponsonby has gone for visa 10 the jamestown !
exhibition and other Southern points Ine stay OF
.be duchess in Washington uncstentatious
and quiet that few people knew OF her presence
here She visited all points of interest in the
capital.
Don Mario TorIonia and his wife. who was Miss
Elsie .Ioore of Brooklyn. have spent week in
seeing the sights Of the capital and left the city
to-day for Jamestown and Virginia resorts.
CAPTAIN Goland Clarke. D. s o. 18th Hussars
OF the British army will arrive in Washington on
Monday and will marry Miss Mathilda Hannesan,
daughter of the late Colonel Selman K. Hanne-
gan OF this city at 81 Johns Church at noon on
Thursday Only a few relatives Will witness the
ceremony In the afternoon Captain Clarke and
his bride will leave the city for Vancouver on an
eighteen months trip around the world
The wedding date of Miss Catherine Cullom
Ridgely and Phelps Brown. whose engagement was
announced early last summer and was the outcome
Of a musical farce written by Mr.. Brown and per-
formed by an "all-society" cast. with Miss Ridge
" manager. is announced for october a. ana
will take place in this city
The Controller of the Currency and Mrs. Will
lam Barrett Ridgely have taken possession Of their
newly acquired residence in nth street. Just or
Massachusetts avenue.
a number OF army and navy people have re-
turned Washington for the season. among them
being Rear Admiral and Mrs. II. T. 3. Harris,
who spent the summer In Europe. They have
opened their residence IN Rhode Island avenue
General Writ Davis and Mrs Davis also have re-
turned the city for the winter.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFror, The Tribune Bureau.l

washington Sept 2S-The President received u
dow a handsome gold-mounted sword from Iolle
o, IIitachivarna the champion wrestler OF Japan
- 1ras introduced by Viscount Aoki, the Ja9-
ose Arnha ssador After the President returns
e., his Western trip Hitachiyama Will make an
.ber visit to Washington with one OF his Wrestilhs
mariners and give the President an eAiiiOi'i"h VI
the sumo style of wrestling
c.retarv Loeb nut an end this afternoon to the
,,,veracious reports about the tennis match e
-, 4he president and the Lord Bishop of London
,atardav afternoon Instead of the President beat-
ina the Bishop and the Bishop oeauhS tle
dact as various stories were told neither won
They changed partners and SIDES aIter e"cn =
ard no score was kept: therefore both won aEd
both lost for each side of the net had nuinoei
of victories to it's credit All the participants thor
orghly enjoyed the play.
The President will start Mt 40 o'clock to-rnoIiO"
night upon his trip to Canton. ONO u -
cato tho monument to President Mckinley, tHeiice
down the Mississippi River and to louisiana sur
peon General Rfxey, of the navy. will he MS piS
sc,an on the Journey. and his party Will lcIuue
Lob, ArcTlbennv Civil Service Commissioner WIZ
is 10 he his host in Louisiana; Secretary Lceo WHO
will go as far as Keokuk; DR.. AlexanSef Lam
bert Of New York; Maurice G. Latta, ASSISTANT
secretary to the President; Mr.. Netherland ex7cu-
five clerk of the White House staff. ana tle u9u'l
Secret Service guard
Callers at the White House to-day incluoeo So
o+or,, 1retcalf Postmaster General Meyer, Sen
a+ors Curtis and Burkett. Admirais cowLes anu
prorreon Assistant Postmaster General Hltci-
cock Charles A. Moore. of New York and RePie-
sentative Wiley, of Alabama.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
JONAH.

It is remarKable-or perhaps it is not at all
remarkable, but is merely the most natural
thing in the world-the way some crank rclig.
ionists repudiate their followers their fellows
who happen 10 come TO grief through the prac-
tce of their creeds.
Somebody starts n Church on the comforting
creed that il is impossible for anybody to drown
For Il time its members. assembled on dry land
exultingly proclaim that not one of them was
ever drowned or is in danger of drowning But
some day the devoutest deacon in the Church
drops his baby overheard from boat. confident
in the Impossibility of its drowning. The baby
sinks like stone, and is fished out dead and
the deacon is i'm trouble about it. WherellDon
the whole Church" rises and chants in unison.
oh no; he never WAS one m u.s.
Somebody else starts Church on the theory
that every sick person is possessed of devils.
and that the devils are 10 be cast out by the
manual process-to wit. mauIng and hauling
and comforting thA patient, until the devils.
through sheer discomfort, are driven TO seek a
more quiet and peaceful abode. Some day some
jealous believers in this athletic creed apply
their faith 10 patient, whom they manhandie
until life is extinct OF course they are there
upon in trouble. And. of course the Great Pan
iandrGm of their creed tumbles over himself IN
haste TO declare that he never taught nor meant
any such thing, and that they are schismatics
and l1retics.
We had always supposed that one of the
glories of true religion was that its professors
bore one another's burdens and steod l1yally by
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
WHAT Is 4 DEMOCRAIF

What IS q Democrat and who are DemocratS
Wien our neighbor THE World propouhueu
this query il kindled the fires of an lneAtli-
gushable controversy. Thousants hhNe "S
tempted 10 solve the riddle, but nobody mas se'
offered anything which anybody but hlhlseii 10
willing to consider a prize solution Dl1lereiioeS
of opinion are liz fact. becoming more tenacIous
and more acute.
Oklahoma recently elected a Governor anu p"
Legislature officially tagged Democratic. III
some quarters their Democracy seems to De
taken at full face value. Mr.. Bryan, Tor instance
grows enthusiastic in The Commoner' over
what lie calls "a great victory for the beiio-
Gratis" Victories which can be appropriated as
Democratic are rare enough nowadays. ana the
acknowledged leader and ''overSeer' of the party
gratefully announces that 1.-The faithful Deih-
..ocrats of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
..are entitled 10 the highest praise for the good
work they have accomplished so enthuslaSl'C
is The Commoner" that it bursts into verse:
From Kinsfsher TO Okmulgee. clear down to
the Texas line. :, xo,;r-
Everything is Democratic, ana we eIe 4oeiiii"
Bully news from Oklahoma-Democratic to the
core r.,
And when Taft gets word ABOUT II ne WIN A00
almighty sore.
There are other experts on Democracy, now
oyer. who shake their heads ruefully and de-
cline 10 admit that oklahoma is Democratic 70
the core" They contend. on the contrary, thaL
the new states Democracy is not even SKIN
deep We called attention. recently TO the lac1
that on the very day of the Oklahoma eiec'ioh
Colonel Watterson served this notice OF evictloh
on all Democratic politicians disposed TO hirt
with "sumptuary legislation:
AS TO the politicians whichever Of them calls
himself a Democrat and seeks vote upon the
promise of sumptuary laws him every Demo
crat should spot a political leper unworthy
TO tie the shoes of a real Democrat.
We noted for Colonel Wattersons benefit tsat
Democratic Oklahoma had shown leprous
streak by voting prohibition into its constltu-
ton by n majority of over 10000 The colenei
did not thereupon write poem jubilantly recon
Cling Democracy and political eprosF. NO; ne
insisted on diyorcing the two forthwith and ab-
soIutely. To our suggestion he replied:
Why bless your dear. old. simple minded soui
there isn't a Democrat in Oklahoma-no, not
one.-leastways, not what we call Democrat!
This explanation squares Colonel Watterson
and the leprosy proposition But it leaves The
Commoner's" poet in something of hole. The
great mystery deepens What is Democrat
and who are Democrats?
New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
THE CHURCH AND THE NATION.

Something resembling crisis In the affairs
of the English Established Church seems to be
at hand provoked i'll part by the controversy
over the law permitting marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister. The enactment of that
law was opposed by the bishops in the House
of Lords and by many strict Church-men in
both houses Now that it Is enacted in spite
of them many of these stern. unbending'
clericals continue their opposition to 1t, and
some of the bishops dscountenance or even
forbid the celebration of such marriages by the
clergy or in the churches of their dioceses.
This, il is urged by more liberal Church men
and by Nonconformists is an illogical exercise
of ecclesiastical authority, If not indeed
thing worse The bishops are one of the ruling
estates of the realm, and they and the other
Church-men In Parliament are part of the
government: and 1t is therefore their duty to
acouicsce in the will of the majority and 10
accept the laws which the majority enacts.
Moreover, the Church itself is department of
the government. Its compliance with the civil
law is therefore strongly demanded. If it were
an independent organization, like the Noncon-
formists, il might be more at liberty to make
such ecclesiastical rules as it pleased. AS nar
tional establishment, it is bound to abide by the
expressed will of the nation.
Such views are held not only by Nonconform-
lists but also by many Church-me and not
only by laymen but also by ecclesastics The
Bishop of Carlisle addressing his diocesan con-
ference the other day, put them forward
strongly He had opposed the deceased wifes
sister bill more on grounds OF expediercy than
or principle but since it had been enacted he
regarded il as Incumbent upon the Church 20
accept II and to permit the celehrat tjon of sunb