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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
COWS PROVED AGED
RANCHMAN'S UNDOlNG.
Sneedino Train Hurls One Animal From
Track and He Is Pinned
Under Carcass.

BELLINGHAM. May S.-To be
knocked down and crushed by a COW
which had been hurled through the air
for many feet by a Great Northern 10
comotive. his legs broken and internal
iuillries sustained, carried to a wagon
TO be taken to a hospital. while a sec
ond COW. which he was driving, stalled
the train until it was taken piecCmea
from beneath the engine. was the rather
peculiar experience of Hugh Bigger
staff \ .O-year- old resident of Ma
rietta, the other night.
Risge-stafrs COWS had wandered
auav and when ne started to drive
them 1omeward, they rushed from the
brush on the railroad track just as the
south-bound flyer came along. One COW
was thrown some distance from tho
steel and struck Biggerstaff squarely
crushing him to the ground and pinnins
him underneath the carcass. When he
was released it was discovered that his
leg was broken and he had sus-
stained internal injuries. He was lifted
into a wagon and taken home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
BRAvELy RESCUE
GERMAN SAILORS
CREW OF STEAMER PETER RICK
MERS PICKED UP AFTER DES-
PERATE FIGHT WITH STORM

NEW YORK. May S.-Suffering from
the exhaus. ion from the ringers of the
storm. 73 men of the German steamer
Rickmers were rescued today, the sub
sidence of he storm allowing tugs to
reach the vessle.
The Peter Rickmers went ashore II
miles west of Fire island. Thirty-three
of the rescued were members of the
ships crew and the balance were men
sent out to unload the Rickmers by Il
Wrecking company when she first went
aground. The storm sprang up and her
hulk was battered to pieces.
One man Of the crew is missing and
it is feared that he was swept overheard
last night by the heavy seas which
tinually washed over the vessel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
INSURANCE CO.
ON THE ROCKS
OF SPOKANE CON-
Germ BEGINS ACTION FOR
A RECEIVER.

With assets amounting to $49.9S and
liabilities amounting to some S16,536-77
the Inland Fire Insurance company of
Spokane is in the breakers and almost
grounded on the rocks, according to l.
NJ Lands who is treasurer of the
company. In the superior court this
morning he filed an application asking
that a receive be appointed for the
company.
1t was on Feb. 3, 1907, that he became
treasurer Of the company and at that
time the company gave MIN a promis-
sory note for $1,000 at per cent. This
he has tried to collect but try as ne
could, he mas not been able to collect
$44O of what is due him. Since June
10 1907. he has been bookkeeper Of
the company and says he is in posi-
tion to know all about the firms con-
dition- owing to policy holders is
s1s.36194; and the total incoming as
sets are but $20,669SO. This latter in
cludes policies in process of collection,
furniture. accounts, etc. Before the
company has entirely gone busted he
asks that a receiver be appointed an1
that he be given judgment for s440
and 800 attorney fees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08

F.LLENSBURG, May S.-Arrange-
ments are being made for the annual
roundup of horses in the hills of Kit
titas. Yakima and Chelan counties
The roundup will start May Is. 1t is
expected that from 20 t. 80 men will
participate and about 100 saddle
horses viii be taken along, so that the
norses will be fresh whenever needed.
Starting at the head Of Squaw creek In
kittitas county, the men Will work
their way to Wenatchee. 1t will require
about two months to complete the work
of rounding up and branding. 1t is es-
timated that about 1000 horses will he
captured during the roundup this year.
Each year the horses are getting to be
of better breed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
MARTINS CASE
. GROWSHOPEFUL
Police Fail to Connect Him
With Murder
MAY Be RELEASED SOON
TIDE HAS TURNED IN FAVOR OF
DRUG SOAKED COLLEGE
GRADUATE.

PORTLAND, May S.-Edward Hugh
Martin, accused Of the murder of Ma
than Wolff may be released.
The tide has turned and the situation
of the drug victim appears in a more
favorable lignr
The Eoilee today announce they nave
compltte ted their investigation against
Martin and that the evidence will be
turned over TO District Attorney Man
ming today. The preliminary hearing
will probably be heard next week.
Much evidence the police hoped to
present against Martin was not found
available. His wife will not testify
against him Even the discovery of the
bloody shirt. which was heavily count
Cd upon as direct evidence against
Wolff. is now discounted by the fact
that the reddler who sold Martin the
three shirts states that he had four in
lis possession. all the same. and that
he sold the fourth one to an unkn ,wn
man.
The manufactures of these shirts
states that probaly there are 10000
shirts of this same pattern in the vicin
ity of Portland.
The revolver borrowed by Martin the
day of the murder was found to be 38
caliber while the bullet in the Wolff
80.
The collar found in the store is num-
Der 16 while Martin wore a Is 1-2.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Wholesale District is Ap-
paPentg Doomed
LOSS REACHES sl,5O0,000
FlREMEN ENCOUNTE f.eNY OBJ
STAcLEs IN FiGHr,NS THE
RAGING FLAMES.

ATLANTA. Ga. May S.-Fifty build
ings are a mass of smoking debris,
property estimated to be worth S1,5OO.-
900 has been destroyed and the fire de-
partment OF Atlantis has passed through
the hardest battle in it's history. as
result Of fierce fire that swept
lanta today While the city was deep in
early morning slumber a small blaze
that too quickly grew into a roaring
furnace enveloped the Schlesinger-Ba
ker building. Fire then roared on, at
times almost beyond control. for the
next four hours.
When the fire was eventually put out
of the fremen. whole block had been
levlld. Men We're handicapped through
out the fight by an uncertain water
supply.
ATLANTA, May S.--A confiagration
is sweeping the wholesale district Of
this city this morning.
Several big buildings have already
been destroyed and more are apparent
ly doomed.
According to a rough estimate made
by the fire chief, the loss will reach
$1,5OO,000 and maybe more.
Firemen are having great difficulty
in fighting the flames and at times ap-
pear to have lost control of the blaze.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The loss it is understood will be largely
covered by insurance.
The fire started at $3.50 oo'click this
morning and burned four houses, de-
strOyed an entire block and damaged
fifty buildings. The Terminal hotel is
a total loss but all the guests escaped
AS far as is Known no fatalities oc-
CURED and no one was seriously in
jured The fire started in tn eCchles-
niger Bakery company's building.
Just when water was needed most
the pressure failed and the flames I.
gained headway. One subpostal sta
ton was burned but the mail was
saved
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
To Organize Goddess Church.

GREAT BEND, Kan, May S.-A
meeting has ben called here next
month of the members of the Church of
Humanity, an organization which de-
Claus Organization will be effected
ard plans made for the extension Of
States 1t is but one more manifesta-
ton of the delusion under which hu-
man. finite beings set themselves as
above the Infinite.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
BIG BEND LANDS ARE
RESTORED TO ENTRY.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May Sap
proximateIy $4,000 acres Of land. with :
drawn from the public domain in con-
ncction with the Big Bend irrigation
proiect. Washington. have been re-
stored 10 entry and will become subject
10 settlement and entry on such dates
and after such notice by publication as
+bo socra.arv of the interior may pre-
scribe. These lands lie in township l."
70 IS north. ranges 80 to 40 east
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
PULLMAN WINS
IN SLOW GAME
MISSIONARIES MAKE GOOD START
BUT DO NOT HAVE THE
STAYING QUALITIES.

Leading out with a score of 81 in
the first inning, the Whitman nine lost
to w S. c.. yesterday on Ankeny field
to the tune Of 11-S. The gana was loose
from start to nnish and there was no
point, until perhaps the last inning.
when the enthusiasm ran high.
Rigsby was batted out of the box
in the seventh. butcher going in to
take his place. Dalauist, the first man
Pullman put in the box. did not last
the first inning out; but McCully, who
went in next. held the local boys down
in god shape. Whitman had the game
in her hand but would not close her
fingers and the innings slipped one by
one to the farmers
Today's game promises to be some
what letter exhibition of the national
game.
2 3 5 7 9-R H E
Pullman II 0 8 0 0 1 4 / Ill 9
Waitman 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 g. II 3
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
NElGHBoRHooD QUARREL BITTER
State Land Office Gets Protest From
Skagit County People.

OLYMPIA, May S.-What apparent
ly is a bitter neighbOrhood quarrel,
has been transferred from Skagit coun- :
ty to the state land office in the form
of protest against the confirmation OF
the sale Of 80 acres of land on La
Conner flats to Thomas @. Lockhari'
Frank G. Olson is the protestant anu
ten ranchers from the vicinity of Mount
Vernon were present to testify.
The land sold for $50 an acre, ana
the improvements were appraised AT
sS.676. Olson claims that the improve
ments are worth only about S4500, and
that the land in its raw state snoulo
sell for 800 to $3.50 an acre.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
EXPERIMENT STATION TO
RECORD DEMONSTRATIONS

STATE COLLEGE. Pullman, May s.
The staff of the State College expe-
riment station has announced the be-
ginning of an extensive line Of demons
trations, the purpose of which Will be
to bring f42oat the breaking up Of the
large wheat ranches of the Inland EN-
pire into smaller tracts, on which
farming of an intensive character will
be done In the work Of experimental
ton the staff is at present working IN
with the Commercial club.
Of Rosalia, Wash. who have furnished
ten-acre tract of land for work In
Intensive farming.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
le Anderson woman can remember

the Anderson woman can remember
it:
Il am going to Spokane and have
rented my ranch to W. H. Barnes, who
is TO have third of the stock. Left
Jeff for Barnes to pay 500 to. l am
well. Write Send box of clothes which
l left at Martins stable to Spokane,
c. O. D."
This message was written but never
sent. 1t was addressed at first to c.
c. Gose. but later the address was re-
moved and the message was to be de-
livered by a messenger boy.
Frank DAWN, a we'll known saloon
man of the city, had somewhat sim
liar experience, Barnes approaching
him to write the message, but thinking
the man crazy, he did not do so and
paid no attention to him.
Madeline George an Italian girl,
also was approached by Barnes; but
as she could not write English she was
left by him for the Anderson girl
So bit by bit, Barnes is becoming en-
shared in the web of his own weaving.
Clumsily constructed by his own hands
the fabric has been spun finer and finer
by Sheriff Haviland and his assistant.
until now he has practically no escape
Maurice Fitzmaurice, the mysterious
Pendleton attorney who is to defend
the Barnes boys, went to Dixie this
morning where it is supposed he will
try to find evidence to prove the man
insane. Insanity, it is understood, Is
to be the defense of the murderer, but
how any man, deliberately and coolly
planning and carrying out such a mur-
der, can be cleared on this excuse,
seems hard to see by the men who have
seen the fractured and bruised skull
OF the murdered woman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
RETURN POWELL
TO WALtA WALLA
CAPT. SMITH OF PENiTENTIARY
GOES AFTER ESCAPED CON-
viCT.

OLYMPIA. May 8.-J. ID. Smith, as
sistant superintendent of the peniten-
tiary, was here yesterday to secure ex-
tradition papers for John f. Powell,
alias Roche, alias Williams, now in
the county Jail at Santa Clara county.
Cal. and an escaped prisoner from the
Walla Walla penitentiary.
Powell was employed with other
prisoners in building the state reforma-
tory at Monroe when he made his
escape.
He had about Is months to serve on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses 1t is the second term
he has served, the first being under the
name of Frank f. Williams.
He was arrested in California on a
similar charge and recognized by the
authorities there and the Washington
pen:tentiary officials were notified
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
IDAHO UNIVERSITY TOWN
PROMISES TO GO "pRY.o

MOSCOW. May S.-The city council
by vote Of four to two, has called a
special election for May 49, at which
the question of abolishing the saloons
crowded mass meetings have been held
and popular petition has signatures
polled at the last election. The fact of
Pullman. the neighboring college
town, going dry has given the cru
sade further impetus here
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
BOISE GIRL IN
TROUBLE EATFR|SCO
PRETTY IRENE DUFF ACCUSED
OF PICKING POCKET OF HO-
TEL GUEST.

SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-A pret-
ty young woman who the police say
is Irene Duff of Boise, Idaho, is in
custody on a charge made by Arthur
Lister Of Newton, Iowa that she
robbed him OF $120 in the Golden
Gate park.
The girl was wandering in the lobby
of ST Francis hotel when her move
ments attracted the attention Of De-
tective Troll.
While he was talking to her Lister
rushed up and accused Miss Duff OF
picking his pockets.
No formal charge is made against the
woman at present but the police ara
investigating her record. She was very
stylishly dressed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
L. D. Ralyea, Accused of Selling Liquor
Without License, Held for the
Superior Court.

NORTH YAKIMA, May 81. d.
Ralyea, druggist of Wapato, was yes
terday arrested by Sheriff Edwards on
warrant charging him with selling
whisky without a license Ralyea was
prominent in the movement to have
WapatO Incorporated. a movement
which. it is alleged, was backed by the
liquor interests in order that more sa-
loon licenses might be obtained than
the commissioners would grant. Ralyea
DeriOr court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Lectures at Conference.

BALTIMORE, May S.-As the first
of series of lectures in connection
with the Methodist Episcopal quad :
rennial conference, Bishop Charles r.
Galloway, of the Methodist Episcopal
Churc u South, will deliver an address
tonight ON L. @. C. Lamar. the Great
Pacifcator- DIR. James Buckley. edi-
.or Of the New York Christian Advocate
viii Introduce the famous southern
clergyman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
M|N0 IS TURNED
BY KEEN SORROW
OLE OLSON, INSANE SWEDE, IS
PICKED UP sY THE AU-
THORlTiES.

Ole Olson was taken up by Patrol
man Wilcox, on the charge Of being in
sane. Olson is not at all violent and
some great sorrow either imaginary or
otherwise. He sits al lday and weeps,
saying: IF you only knew, if you could
understand When a woman was put
In jail for disorderly conduct, he
thought it was some one he knew and
he rushed at her crying Lulu. Lulu
He is clearly insane and will have his
hearing soon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Martin Retains Counsel.

PORTLAND May 7.-Ex- United
States Senator John NJ. Gearin has
been retained as attorney for Edward
II. Martin. the alleged slayer of Pawn :
broker Nathan Wolff, and hard hght
for the life of the former army officer
is press,ged.
Gearin is recognized as one or the
most brilliant lawyers in the state.
Martin still persists in the declara- =
ton that he can prove an ailDi ana MS
attorney has already began to secure
evidence to support his assertion.
His preliminary will not take place
for several days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
TENEMENT FIRE KILLS FOUR.
Firebuo Starts Blaze Which enas IN
Loss Of Life.

NEW DIRK. May -Four lives were
-. in fro evidently of incendiafy
nature in the tenement district TINS
norning. Samuel Sache; Eva berg
Hattie Kopelam and one unidenti'led
man were killed More than a score o.
,,aoo,a were badly inj-red. Many were
osIoen when the alarm was given
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Call In Much Cash.

WASHINGTON, May Sit is stated
that the secretary of the treasury has
received ali of the 100000 from ma
tional banks, called for on or before to-
day. An additional sum of $25,000,OOo
has been called for on or. before May
%.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Lennon SUED BY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
COMPLAINT ALLEGES DEFEND
ANT is DAMAGING CHURCH
PROPERTY BY EXCAVATIONS.

,Tal Christian church yesterday
1vs~n suit for injunction against Eu-
gene Lennon, VINO. the complaint re-
elites, IS doing the church great damage
According to the complaint Lennon
mas begun excavations on the property
II the church in such a maner that fuei
''Ahot be supplied TO the church anu
-aS inConvenienced it in other ways.
wherefore the church asks that he be
'"loined from further excavation anu
Nat he be required to pay damages 10
Ae amount of 500.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
RAW TAKES POISON AND
FATHER LOSES HIS THUMB.

ABERDEEN, May S.-The 1S-monthS-
ia cbi,d of Ralph Sturgis, was nearly
killed last night by swallowing car
bolic acid Only the most vigorous
.roo+mant saved its life. and it is still
i, q precarious condition. Mr.. Sturgis
i working in a shingle mill at Mark
ham, and it is reported that nc iia0 9
.,,,nh severed while at work yesterday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
+ + + + + + WAPATo DRUGGIST
FrostF For Farmers
Frost For Farmers.

j. IN the forecast given out from +
= the weather bureau today heavy. +
j. frost is predicted for tonight. +
j Farmers are warned to watch =
+ their fruit and smudges should be +
). in readiness. While the cold. wave +
j. may not hit this valley heavily. =
+ vet there is imminent danger to +
+ fruit and every precaution should +
j. be taken to protect the orchards =
j. against the ravages of the rapa- +
+ cious Jack Frost. =
j. + \ 1! + + 1. 4! + + j. f + +
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
MURDER Of MRS. ALOR|CH
PROVES A TERRIBLE TALE
Coroner's Jury. Viewing Battered and Bruised
Body of Slain Woman Return Ver-
dict of Murder.

0v4r the remains of Mrs. Anna
htrich. who lies in the morgue at the
Undertaking parlors of Coroner Mac
Martin an inquest was held this morn
,rg At 70 O'Clock, resulting in the fol-
owing verdict by the jury:
We the coroner's jury. find that
Mrs. Anna Aldrich came to her death
from q fracture of the skull caused by
blows from some dull instrument in
the hands of some party or parties to
MS your july. unknown.
Dated this Sth day Of May, 1908.
" :. CantonWine, foreman; Emmett
Exams. NJ. G. Walker, Chet Foster,
Frank McInroe Fisk NJ. Walker.
The evidence brought out in the in
quest was that with which almost ev-
.rycnr is by this time familiar. En-
NETT Evans krew and identified the
ho3y as that of Mrs. Anna Aldrich, as
did also W. s CantonWine.
Dorsey Brunt5n testified to the find
.us f the body. which he said was left
tvs- as it was found until the arrival
of the coroner The body was hanging
t~ the hole caused by the upturning of
me root, of the tree. face turned side
ways.
nr. Van Patten was next called and
testified 70 having examined the body.
He sai2 that there were no marks OF
violence on the body. but on the head.
BACK Of the left eat, was a cut, caused
~ some sharp instrument This had cut
the tissues 10 the periosteum of the
bone and beneath the tissues he had
found fracture of the skull. The
right anterior quadrant of the Uranium
disclosed a compound depressed frac-
ture. in which all the tissues were rup-
tured ana parts of the skull driven into
the brain substance for an irch or an
inch and a half. The area of the frac-
ture vas about five inches in diameter.
Considerable laceration of the Draih
substance was detected. Blood clots
had formed, as we'll. The wound back
Of the left ear was caused by some
sharp cutting instrument ard the other
by some duh or blunted weapon.
shown the pickhandle found in the
yicinity last night, DR.. Van Patten
~aid the wound on top of the head was
caused by some such weapon and the
one behird the ear might have been
,aused by the edge Of the handle, which
was new and quite sharp at the corners.
How the Crime Was Comm tied.
MANY theories have been advanced
rs 10 how the crime was committed
n" most tenable of these being the
ne worked out and given below. Mrs
Ndrich was induced 10 so to her upper
~uch where she was told w. j. keeney
MS cutting poles and posts. Never
having been there but once before, sne
dij Mt know the way and was easily
le,i - the unfrequented spot where her
BODY vas found. Here it is evident that
she was induced to leave the buggy
snd get out, supposedly to examine
timber which she though hers, but
which in reality was not hers nor any
where near her upper farm.
Buck brush is thick in that region
znd from the marks where the team
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
SCHOOL DIRECTORS WILL
EMPLOY MARRIED WOMEN

MONTESANO, May S.-The board Oh
directors of the Montesano puoi'0
sch,ols have decided to have no more
married teachers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08

Blue Jacket Assaulted.

j. Blue Jacket Assaulted. :
+ SAN FRANCISCO, May 8-Four Z
= thugs attempted to hold up James =
+ FiIdey, a blue jacket from the +
= Vermont and as the result of the :
= struggle, FiIdew lies in the hospi- 4
.ataI with a fractured skull. i
= + 4 = + + Z + + Z Z = = Z.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-08
Pickhandle Found.


The finding of the pickhandle by r.
w. Griffith. some hundred feet from the
place where the body was discovered,
adds another link to the evidence
against the suspected man. On the
piCkhandle was blood and some hair
which as the blood dried, fell away,
but the stains are indelible. A small
piece OF bone is also lodged in one Of
the places where the stick is marred.
Not less important than the finding
of the bloody handkerchief was the
picking up of the pair of gloves known
to have belonged to Bud" Barnes and
which. when found. were covered with
blood This tightens again the already
narrowing evidence against the man.
Her head beaten in, her brains la
cerated by the pieces of bone forced
down by the blows, her gray hair mat
ted with blood and look of horror, Of
terror. fright, Of fear, in her eyes, the
body was brought to the city. Not
man can look at the remains of the
Door woman. unmoved. Hardened
though they may be. the sight Of the
terribly bruised and battered skull and
above all the inexpressible look of fear
and horror in her eyes. brings none
too well concealed curse upon the
murderer.
Yaster.,ay'S developments are bring
ing guilt nearer and nearer the door or
the SUSPECTED man. Every circumstance
laws the guilt upon the prisoner ana
tho sheriff's office is weaving chain
of circumstantial evidence so strong
that there is little hope of his escape.
The story of Effie Anderson wom-
on of the demi- monde, who wrote al
BARNES request, telephone message
nurn,rte4 to be from Mrs. Aldrich TO
har friends is one of the strongest
noasbes of the web in which he Is en-
cnared r is as follows. as nearly as