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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08

The second proposes that the confer
ence agree to the principle that for
every $1,000 a nation spends on pow
der and shot it would spend at least
81 in promoting peace.
The moment seems particularly aus
picious for progress in making perma-
nent peace for the world. The powers
were never more friendly to each
other ententes never more numerous or
more pacific in aspect. Aside from the
heavy increase in armament on the
part of Great Britain, France, Ger
many, the United States and Japan
there is no bellicose phase of interna-
tional matters No one expects any
agreement as yet on the reduction OF
ornaments. but even in that respect
the conference will be educational and
helpful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08

In the course of a speech on the
Brownsville affair Senator Clay of Geor
gia declared that he had no race preju-
dice Senator Tillman jumped to his
feet. eff the senator from Georgia
means to say he has no race prejudice "
shouted Tillman, waving his hands
around in the air, then all 1 have to
say is that he is" There was a
painful silence in the senate. Every
body expected something to explode
with a loud pop. Senator Tillman was
still waving his arms about. His face
looked apoplectic. Senator Clay stood
waiting for the climax. MOI" eX-
claimed the South Carolinian, Il won't
say what 1 started to-" Then he
flopped down suddenly in his seat. Il
thank senator from South Carolina, y
calmly said Senator Clay. There was
burst of laughter, in which Clay and
Tillman joined heartily.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
FINDS WIFE BURNED.
Pittsburg Mans Discovery on Reaching
Home Furnishes Mystery.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, Feb. S.-Albert
Houck found the body of his wife ly-
ing on table of her room. burned to
crisp, when he returned home from
work late last night.
The police department and coroner
are making a rigid investigation of
the death, but so far have failed to
reach definite conclusion. Their first
theory of accidental death was aban-
doned when it was discovered that
nothing else in the room was burned,
not even the table on which the woman
was found.
When the wOmans husband arrived
home the doors were all locked all the
lights in the house were out and ha
was compelled to climb through Gel
lar window. Whether the woman met
with foul play the police are reluctant
to say, but considerable mystery sur
rounds the death.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
GOT Even WITH HUSBAND
Faithful Hubby is drilled by Six Wives
Who Are In On Game With
His Frau.

KANSAS CINTY, Mo-, Feb. s.
About two months ago happy faced
man rushed up to the ticket window at
the Union depot and exclaimed:
Can 1 have those extended thirty
days?" as he handed the agent two
tickets from Chicago to Kansas City.
Sure" sair the agent, as he put on
the necessary ink scratchers and
stamps.
ME to the long lost" said the man,
incoherently, as he scuried away.
His wife and mother-in-law had gone
to Chicago. From there the former
had written that she wished to stay a
week longer than her first intentions.
She went back the return half of her
tickets to have them extended here.
Hubby was having the time of his
life-all alone in an wild and woolly
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
GILMORE IN "AT YALE"

Paul Gilmore, who became a fovorite
here the past two Or three seasons
when presenting THE Mummy and the
Humming Bird" presented AT Yale"
last evening at Staubs and scored
another success in a dainty little play
which if anything is more suited to his
talents and his handsome face and
figure. No audience has left the thea
ter more pleased this season than that
present last evening. At the end of the
second of the three acts there were sew
eral curtains and the applause was Wig
orouS and continued. There were calls
for speech and Mr.. Gilmore finally re-
sponded, making a witty little talk. An
usher handed him a bunch of roses.
He examined the card thereon and de-
clared that he felt like new chorus
girl and glancing upward said "all
right, at the stage entrance after the
show" This sally caused another laugh
He said that he his company made new
records for beating time. that before
his company took up the matter the
best record for the three miles courses
was something over Is minutes, but his
company had cut it down to three and
half minutes. This caused another
good laugh.
Mr.. Gilmore's company gives him ex-
cellent support, without exception. Es-
pecially good is Mr.. Henry R. McClain
as Dave Burly, substitute on the crew
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD.

The approaching peace conference of
the nations at The Hague bids fair to
be the most important gathering of
the kind in the history of the world.
Certainly it will be the first of modern
times in which practically all the civil
iezd nations of the world are repre-
scented. Every organized government,
including Abyssinia and the republics
of South America has been invited to
send representatives, with the sole eX-
ception of the negro republic of Lii
IBERIA. There are influences at work,
too. which bear on the questions to be
discussed and which give promise of
a more practical turn to the proceed
ings.
In short there is likely to be devel-
| lament of the world, instead Of what
| has been called "a mere assemblage
of international law students"
w. T. Stead, the English publicist
has made the suggestion that the pre-
| mier. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman,
be sent as one of the British delegates
to emphasize the Importance and the
wider scope of the conference. says the
Minneapolis Journal Just as Secre-
tary Roots attendance at the recent
Pan-American conference gave to that
gathering a dignity and an Importance
| it could not otherwise have attained,
so the presence of the British premier
at The Hague would help to raise the
| conference to a higher level of impOr-
tame.
Mr.. Stead has started out on a tour
of Europe with the purpose of sound
ing the various governments on their
attitude toward a comprehensive peace
program for discussion at the confer
ence. The principal item in this pro-
gram is Article s of the last confer
ence, proposing a thirty days pause
between nations that have quarreled,
during which time disinterested arbi-
traitors, selected by the disputants,
would discuss the possibility of avoid
ing war. Mr.. Stead holds that such
a pause would have prevented the Boer
war and the Russo-Japanese war.
Two other items are of special in
terest. The first is proposal that
every foreign office establish COM
mittee for conducting propaganda of
peace and good will among the nations
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
sOPHs ARE FROZEN TO TREES.
De Paw Freshmen May be Severely
Disciplined for Nigh Of Sport.
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. Sine

under classmen of De PAW university
violated the spirit of their agreement
With President Hughes by trying "
force a scrap with the sophomore
The freshmen learned that the sopho-
mores were painting their class nu-
merals on the water works stand pipe
captured several sophomores, and tneh
tied them to trees in the campus. "a
heavy rain and sleet fell during the
night, from which the guarding fresh-
men protected themselves. but VIII"
soaked the prisoners. then reezing Oh
their clothing into solid cake OF ice'
Early this morning the guards lei.
their posts and the cries of the cniiie1
sophomores soon brought assistant.
1t is probable that the offenders WILL
beseverely dealt with.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
SAVED DEAREST FOE.
Connecticut Senator Jumped Into Icy
Water to Rescue,

Connecticut Senator Jumped Into Icy
Water to Rescue.
WATERBURY, Conn.,, Feb. S.-State
Senator Finton J. Phelan rescued his
direct political foe from death in the
icy waters of Mad river. He is Pat
rick Kelly, republican leader of the
Sixteenth assembly district, from which
Phelan was returned to the legislature
several terms after bitter political
fights. in which Kelly headed the OPP
position.
Phelan was crossing the bridge over
Mad river shortly before midnight
when he was stopped by cry from the
water. Looking over. he saw a man
struggling in the river. Without wait
ing to remove his overcoat the senator
vaulted the rail, jumping 20 feet
into the icy water. He caught the
man as the latter was going down. Tie
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whom Dick Seeley. the role essayed by
crew. This ungracious, villainous part Is
cleverly played by Mr.. McClain, who
manages to ring in the true spirit of
jealous and successful candidates for
the crew.
AT Yale" is play Of college life
as might be imagined. The scenes are
typical of life at a big university and
the climax is nicely reached with the
annual boatrace between Harvard and
Yale. The plot is very simple and little
pretensions are made along this line.
The play is one which especially ap-
peals to college men and women, and
Mr.. Gilmore and several members Of his
troup were on yesterday entertained by
friends at the University of Tennessee
and in the play in the act one, Univer-
sity of Tennessee banners and pillows
and one "E. l. l." banner, were in evil
dence along with others from various
colleges and universities over the coun-
try. Mr.. Gilmore, at the close of the
season, is apt to have one Of the finest
collections of college banners to be
found anywhere.
A pretty little romance Of the college
variety is woven into the play, Dick
Seeley, stroke of his crew, Yale 'O5 fall
ing in love with the photograph of the
sister of his college chum. Jack Ran
dali, the role so. cleverly taken by Mr..
Clinton Clay. Incidentally to the action
af the play number of college char
acters and others that come in, in con-
introduced and without exception all
are pleasantly interpreted. Act is the
sitting room of Jack and Dick. Act
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diatribe upon the man for the betrayal
of his wife's confidence. They pointed
out how loving and faithful she was
how much she thought of him, and how
totally ignorant she was of all his wild
behavior.
1t was at the Refreshments" that
wife pitched the third strike-the one
that made all Boston weep.
Don't you think" she remarked to
the guests at large, don't you think
that l have the finest husband in the
world? Just think, he let me have a
six weeks visit in Chicago. He staid
at home and was lonely and good.
know that it must have been simply
dreadful for him to stay alone in the
house every night. 1t must have been
awful lonely, and for six long weeks,
too. But he always keeps my happi-
ness uppermost. Don't you, dear?''
cheek
Hubby looked up. Six matrons glared
at him like poison: six husbands grim
ned and winked at each other. Hubby
inwardly groaned. His collar seemed
like a hangman's moose about his
neck
Somehow he lasted through the even
ing. He has only a dim, hazy recollec-
ton about the guests leaving. And af-
ter they were all gone-well-he just
naturally confessed. And wifie-well
she forgave him. Women always love
a sick man most, anyway, whether the
disease is physical or mental. 1t wots
not. They are happy now, though, he
still is not yet wise to the game.
Peace has her victories" At least
that was the verdict at an east side
dinner party, where one of the young
matrons, who was a part of the con-
spiracy, told the story.
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HEAD DETECTIVE JAILED
SIeuth Must Produce Man Who Start
ed Dona Gilman Story.

DAYTON, O., Feb. S.-Capt. NJ. p
Haley, chief of a detective agency Of
Cincinnati, was committed this after
noon for contempt of court in thwart
ing the efforts of the grand jury to OBJ
tain the testimony of Detective Walter
E. Karnes in an inquiry concerning
Dora Gilman's murder on Oct. is last.
Karnes, in an interview in a Cincin.
natl paper, made the statement that
he could produce a woman who would
testify that about IL o'clock on the
night Of the tragedy she saw parties
carry a burden from the Gilman home
The grand jury has been trying to
serve Karnes with subpoena, but he
went into hiding
Capt. Haley was appealed to by the
prosecuting attorney to produce Karnes
and he agreed to do so. He was told
that he must produce Karnes or re-
main a prisoner. Karnes has mater
ialized suddenly in Cincinnati and says
he would come tomorrow morning
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Kansas City, at the club, and among
and amidst the jubber wauks and jub-
jub birds. So the great idea struck
him to keep the tickets and also keep
on having a good time for another
month, and only send the tickets to his
wife a few days before they expired.
He had his time, and his wife and
mother in-law an elongated visit. The
latter also had some thoughts which
were not on the program. But they
had come back, and hubby prepared
himself for the worst. To his utter
establishment, wife and mother-in law
fairly deluged him with kind words and
endearing terms for allowing them such
a long visit. And the soft purring
completely disarmed him.
But wife had a long snickernee up
her sleeve. She took six of the young
married women of her social set into
her confidence, and told each of them
to soundly berate her husband on every
occasion that offered itself for his mean
deception and wrong conduct. They
were " Tell tidl IIICI huSOohuS
had given the whole snap" away to
them. This way really true in num-
Der of cases.
Six Wives Read Riot Act.
Those six young matrons performed
their mission to a queens taste. The
manner in which they read the riot act
and Mrs. Caudleished the miscreant
hubby on every conceivable occasion
was enough to drive him to try to buy
a drink after 1 o'clock at night.
The climax came at party which
wife gave. During the affair each of
the half dozen conspirators managed
to hand out" an especially vitriolic
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THE OLMSTED REPORT.


At last that much looked for report
of the landscape architect, j. c. Ohm
sted has been opened by the council
and given to the public. 1t is now
proffered to the people to read and con-
slider.
In some respects the report Is sat
isfactory as an argument for a park
ing system. In others, owing to ex-
pensive changes proposed, it is not SO
acceptable. Yet Mr.. .Olmsted prop
erly suggests that the wider scope
may be curtailed le.ssening the ex-
pense and yet providing each section
of the city with pleasure grounds.
The report may well be preserved
for reference and its adaptability at a
future time may not be questioned.
OF chief Importance are the reasons
given for utilizing the city park in
stead of selling it off in town lots. Also
may be well considered at this time
the plans for driveways and park
strips along Mill creek.
Above all. things the suggestion OF
the architect as to the necessity OF
planning now for the parks of the flu
ture should be given serious considera-
ton,
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y 4
y NOTES FROM WASHINGTON. <

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. S.-Dur-
ing the last two years the house COM
mittee on Agriculture has made sew
eral attempts to do away with some
of the bureaus more or less of import
ance from a scientific view point, but
the friends of the scientists who are
drawing comfortable salaries have been
numerous enough to prevent their sep
aration from the public service. Last
year the effort to abolish the socelled
free seed graft, was unavailing. This
week the committee discovered that
congress had been appropriating $52.-
900 year for the support of the bio
logical survey bureau of the depart
ment whose duties are defined in
high sounding paragraph issued by
the agricultural department, but that
as a matter of fact the services OF
the experts had been utilized and the
major part of the money expended in
an fort to chart the country for the
purpose of showing where frogs thrive
best and where they can most easily
be propagated.
The director Of this survey, the COM
mittee found, had what one of them
called, bug on frogs, and was de-
voting all his energies to study of
this topic to the exclusion of every
thing else. Frogs legs are admitted
to be delicacy by a great many peo-
pie but the practical men of the house
committee concluded that it was an
Infant industry" that could get along
without federal assistance. This con-
clusicn was reached after much dis
cussion and many numerous refer
ences to the experts of the bureau.
Congress has unsuccessfully attempted
to limit the possibilities of some OF
these bureaus in the past. and profit
ing by the lessons learned in that di-
rection the house committee settled
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cold all but paralyzed him. but afto,
a hard fight he got the drowning man
to pier Of the bridge, where he chm.
and shouted for help. His cries wera
heard, but it was Is minutes be-
fore the pair were dragged out.
Senator Pheland could not distinguish
the features of the man in the dark-
ness. They were both taken to a nearhv
house to be warmed and given dry
clothing. Then the senator recognized
Kelly.
Kelly was so far gone that he was
unconscious for the better part of an
hour. When he came out of his SIN.
por he asked who had saved him. Pie.
Ian came forward. Kelly held out his
hand and cried:
I'll do anything but vote for Won
Wlint Phelan."
Hereafter you are my dearest foe +"
responded the senator.
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the question by striking out every dol
lar of tn appropriation for the sup
port of the bureau and putting 1t out
of the public service entirely. The
senate may put it back, but there is
bound to be a pretty contest over the
perpetuation of this frog developing
bureau of the government.
The late Tom Reed, when taunted
by the democrats in the house with
the large appropriations made by the
republicans for the support of the gov
eminent, replied that this was a Bill
lion Dollar country. Speaker Cannon
in a speech recently said that this
country "was hell of success
Both men were justifying the pub
lie expenditure of funds. Two bills
that are to be acted upon by congress
within the next fortnight, again en-
phasize the fact that the resources of
the United States are enormous and
that its financial budget must be in
proportion to it's receipts.
The river and harbOr bill reported
this week, which carries the money
for the Improvement of the great har-
bors and the waterways of the coun-
try, carries a total of S3,466,13S for
these internal improvements. This, a
few years ago, would have been con-
sidered an expenditure amounting to
prof1igate extravaganza, and yet it does
not begin to approximate the appro-
gress. The naval committee, which
has been wrestling with the items
connected with that expensive arm of
the public defense. will soon bring its
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08

Notwithstanding the protests OF the
people who foot the bills, regardless OF
the oft repeated cry of short funds,
Councilman Mexican and his associates.
taking advantage of the absence OF
Bridges and Tausick, voted through
the ordinance appropriating $4,000 for
a crematory last night. Not one per-
son acquainted with the deal but be-
Iieves there were strong financial in
ducements to buy so useless luxury.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
DEATH TAKES AGED PAIR.
Blind Couples Wish to Die Together Is
Granted.

CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-FOur days ago
aged Frederick Head entered the room
of his wife, kissed her, pressed her
wasted hands. and murmured:
IF we only can go together. I'll ask
nothing more"
"Ah, yes, if We can only go together
repeated the woman, who had Travelled
through life with him for more than
half a century.
Both were blind. They had not
gazed on each others face for two
years. Both had passed the threescore
and ten mark.
And the old couple had their wish
Mr. Head died Tuesday night His wife
died Wednesday night, their deaths be-
ing but "a hours apart.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Red Feather Tonight.

While the music of the highly sue
cessful comic opera Red Feather"
by Reginald DeKoven, Charles Klein
and Charles Emerson Cook, which
will be seen at The Keylor Grand
Theatre, February 9Th, is said to be
fully the equal of that grand old ia
vorite, robin Hood" also the work
of Mr.. DeKoven, there is strongly
developed vein of comedy running
throughout the story. Almost at the
beginning of the first act appear three
conspirators. They are so funny that
they fairly divide hOnors with both
the music and singing. The trio con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
PITY THE FALLEN.

Right or wrong, the shocking story
of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, told ON the
witness stand yesterday in brave
effort to save her husband from the
executioner, appeals to every western
err and creates a sympathy for Harry
Thaw heretofore withheld. What eff
feet it may have in the east, where
the worldlings are all too familiar with
the oft repeated tale, is problematlcal
Whatever Thaw's life may have been
it cannot be doubted he loved the girl
who, when of tender age, was thrown
into the maelstrom of a big, wicked
city, unprotected. to make living Tor
a weak, silly mother and an Indifferent
brother. That she fell, voluntarily, or
perforce, is not to be wondered at,
when her environments and lack OF
guardianship are considered.
To Stanford White she was but the
shrinking victim of depraved passion;
one more lustful wreath to be dis
played to his degenerate associates
The more shrinking, the more fearful
the greater the british joy of her de-
spoiler.
Whatever her after life became, 1t
is White and her weak mother who
are to blame. White has paid the
penalty The law insists his slayer
be also sacrificed. In the east the
mere ruin of young girl is not suf-
ficiently sinful to warrant the taking
of human life. In the west-well
in the west We have them with us
but they are in greater danger, when
discovered.
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shows the boathouse at Gales Ferry
Yale's crew quarters, start of the race,
the race and victory.
Throughout the play a number of
musical selections were rendered. Mr..
Gilmore leading several of the college
songs, with his crew for the chorus.
Act 3, scene one brings Miss Frances
Scarth to the front with the song Love
Me and the World is Mine" which she
sang very sweetly and in fine voice, re-
fuSing encore.
"At Yale" was heartily enjoyed by
the large audience and incidentally the
audience was the largest which has
ever greeted Mr. Gilmore at any Of his
former Knoxville visits.-KnOXville,
Tenn, Journal and Tribune.
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The parking plans in the Olmsted
report are sufficiently expensive to at
tract the support of those councilmen
who voted for an $4,000 crematory
AS paving is also called for it may be
Frank Reese will give the council
permission to adopt at least a portion
of the report.
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MODEL VILLAGE FOR WAITS.

Money Left by Henry Seybert Goes to
Pennsylvania Poor Children.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.-By plans
for the disposal of the $1,50O,OOO fund
left by Henry Seybert, in 1888, ana
which were made known yesterday,
model village for children, covering
300 acres. and the first of its kind III
the world. is to be built at Meadow
brook farm, 13 miles north of PHladel-
phia.
There will be cottages for 1000 poor
children and school training facilities'
Other branches of child-saving worh
will be developed in the future as neeo
arises under the institution which was
created by Seybert in honor OF MS
father and mother.