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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Baseball at Williams College.

WILLIAMSTOWN,M Mass, April IT,
The baseball nine Of Williams College
which in past years has given the
teams of the big universities many
hard struggles and bitter defeats, will
open its 1906 season tomorrow at
Providence with Brown university.
Yale, which Williams has beaten for
the last two years, has refused to
play this year. Columbia university
has also acquired a case of cold feet.
The new games are two with Cornell.
two with Brown and one each with
West Point, Notre Dame and Bodwoin
Harvard will be played on May and
Princeton On June 2, and the Williams
men are confident of winning a victory
in both games.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Easter Lilies Are Cheaper.

NEW YORK, April 17.-With the ar
rival today Of the Bermudian, of the
Quebec Steamship company's line, New
York florists will be in a position to
supply the most widespread demand
for Easter lilies. The hold of the
steamer contains a large cargo of the
fragrant blossoms. The Bermuda lily
crop this year has been exceptionally
large and of fine quality and prices
will be lower.
Owing to the blight of previous
years and the early Easter Last year,
lilies were not abundant and prices
We're high.
The Bermudian brings 10000 box IS
of lilies. These boxes contain Ave
dozen buds to the box and wholesale on
the dock at from three and a half to
six dollars per box according TO the
length of the stem.
Last year the retail price was from
a dollar to a dollar and a half per stem,
but the wholesalers on the Bermudia1
say that the present crop is of such
quantity and quality that the larger
stems will retail at about IS cents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Redskins Begin Track Season.

CARLISLE, Pa, April 7.-Athletes
of Carlisle Indian school will begin
the 1908 track and field season tomor-
row with the annual cross country
race. Several star runners are entered
in this event, which promises to be
Under the direction of Coach Glen S.
Warner the candidates for the various
places on the. track and field team are
showing up we'll, and some Of them are
expected to make some phenomenal
records before the season is over.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Boxing Carnival for Tars.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, April IT,
Next week will be a busy week in
Los Angeles sporting circles, scores of
<pugilistic and other athletic events
having been arranged for the delecta-
ton of Uncle Sans tars. The big bat
tleshops will anchor off the Los An
geles oprts, San Pedro, Long Beach,
Santa Monica and Redondo, tomorrow
and Sunday, and will stay here until
next Friday. The interval will be
filled to oyerfiowing with -amusements
of every kind and every sailor of sport
ing proclivities will be given the time
of his life.
|: What's more, the jackfes will furnish
considerable portion of the spor,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
GOLDEN WEOD|hG
FOR ITALIAN ROYALTY
PARENTS OF DoWAGER EMPRESS
CELEBRATE FIFTY YEARS
OF MARRIED LIFE.

Duchess Of Genoa, parents Of the Dow
ager Queen of Italy, are today cele-
brating their golden wedding. The
Italian court at Genoa Is the center Of
Turin are the scene of popular festiv-
tiles. Because of their democratic
ways and their benevolence the Duke
and Duchess are highly popular all
ulation were received by the aged
couple from nearly all the rulers Of
Europe
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
LITTLE DOING IN
WHEAT MARKET
VISIBLE SUPPLY DISAPPEARING
At RATE OF 100000 BUSHELS
A WEEK.

Commenting on the wheat situation
! the West Coas, Trade this week says:
There is no improvement in the sit
| uation, and no expansion in the volume
of business doing. Export values are
distinctly weak, simply because it is
impossible to work business for the
European market upon basis of cur
rent quotations, and, while the mills
are still according a fair support to the
situation, because of the fact that there
is very little wheat offering, the tend
ency is lower at the present, and, un-
less there should be a recovery abroad,
show material Improvement.
"The condition best calculated 20
work a recovery would be decided
falling off in the record exports from
Argentine, a development which should
occur in the near future at the rate at
which shipments have been sent
abroad since the turn of the year,
though there are as yet no indica-
tons of marked slump and the re-
duction in offerings with which to sup
ply the demands of importing coun-
tries has not been rapid enough to re-
move the tendency to weakness that
has. beer characteristic for some time. |
Slight advances have been scored in
speculative markets in this country, in |
consequence of lack of sufficient rain |
in the southwest, but on the whole |
there has. been an absence of crop dam |
age scares such as usually tends to
season, while the general average of
the winter wheat areas appears to be |
we'll above the normal.
Leading European producing coun-
tries are also in line with good crop
prospects, preventing the realization
of advances in consequence of the de- !
pletion of supplies in this country and
abroad The American visible is de- -;
creasing at the rate of about a million
bushels week, and is now ap-
proximately 100000 bushels, or
about 100000 bushels less than at the
same time last year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
TAFT at Sphinx Club.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Secretar,, of
war Taft will be the guest of honor
and principal speaker at the last din
her OF the season of the Sphinx club,
to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria to-
morrow night. He will spend Sunday
here with friends, and will take. adj
vantage of the opportunity to get some
of the rest of which he has been de-
pr1ved for weeks. On Monday evening
he will deliver an address before the
Laymen's Missionary movement at
Carnegie hail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
PLAY BALL" CRY !
Of THE UMPIRE
NORTHWEST LEAGUE OPEN
SEASON TOMORROW-FANS
ARE DELIGHTED.

SEATTLE. Wash, April 17.-Open-
ing contests of the Northwestern league
will be played tomorrow, inaugursA-
ing a season that promises to be- the
most exciting and spectacular in the
history of the national game. Butte will
open in this city, Aberdeen at Spokane
and Vancouver at Tacoma.
Although three of the towns in the
league are comparatively small, the
clubs have the backing of men of great
wealth and the class of ball played will
probably be superior to that in any
other minor league in the United States
The manager of every team has been
ordered to get together squad that
will capture the rag. regardless of ex
pense. and the millionaires Of the lum
Der and mining towns are heroically
putting up the needfui.
Snappy Bah the Rule.
The Northwestern league has been in
existence for two glorious years and
was founded as a. rivalC to the Pacific
Coast League Of which Seattle and Ia
coma were formerly members. Owing
to dissa tisfaction with the arrange
ments with the California cities, the
Northwestern League broke into the
game and its existence has been more
than justified by subsequent events,
Last year Seattle witnessed the fas,-
est and snappiest baseball that mas
ever been played west Of the Rockies
and the prospects for the season just
opening are even better.
Aberdeen After Pennant. =
Aberdeen won the pennant last sea-
son. Aberdeen is a sawmill and tide
water town of about $4,000. The mil
lionaire lumbermen backed the team
and engaged bunch of former big
leaguers that had everything their own
way from start to finish.
This year. however. Aberdeen is go
ing to have some hard shedding. The
big cities do not like the idea of the
sawdust outfit standing at the head.
and there win be some bowling if the
arrangements do not trim some of the
pomposity out of the lumberjacks.
Vancouver, which finished last. l.
now in the hands of a hustling crowd.
and the Canadians, who like baseball
fully as well as their cousins on this
side. can make 1t decidedly interesting
for the manager If his team does not
stay with the bunch. The Canadian
team is heavily backed by wealthy men
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Taft aWii SECT aDeiedation.z

No - ss1aN:s*
+ BROCKTON, Mass, April 1.-two
delegates will be selected today to, rep
resent the, Fourteenth Massachusetts
district IN the republican national con-
vention. 1t is considered certain that
Taft will be Endorsed, as the fight is
between rival Taft men. - -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Old Dominion League.

RICHMOND, Va, April 17.-Baseball
will have it's premiers in the Old Do
minion tomorrow, when the Virginia
league will open its season with Roa-
noke at Richmond, Portsmouth at Nor
folk, and Danville at Lynchburg. The
schedule provides for 1875 games.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Louisiana Field oav.

BATON ROUGE. La. April IT,
Louisiana State Cniversity's annual
field meet was inaugurated today and
will be continued tomorrow, when the
finals will be decided
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
Harvard VS.. HOPKINS.

BALTIMORE, April 17.-One of the
best lacrosse games of the intercol-
tomorrow, when the teams of Harvard
and Johns Hopkins will meet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17

FRESNO, Cal. April 17.-With some
of the best dogs on the Pacific coast
Fresno Kennel club was opened today
aud will last through tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17
; SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY.
California vs., Stanford.

Il SAN FRANCISCO, y, April 1.-THE
annual intercollegiate varsity track
meet between the University Of Califor-
MIA and Leland Stanford university
will take place. tomorrow on the
gfo0lids Of the latter instnution
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17

themselves. For weeks past tryouts
have been held aboard the various
ships in the fleet and in almost every
branch of sport when the jackies come
ashore they will bring with them
their own candidates for championship
honors
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-17

G. N. HALL, carpenter and contrac-
tor. Day or contract work. Phone. 972.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
PURE FOOD BILL
 WILL BE DRAFTED

Atlanta, December 3.-The secretary of the Association of Chemists of the South, who held a meeting in Atlanta this week to consider pure food regulation and to draft a pure food bill for introduction in the various legislatures of the south, an- nouneed today that the association had decided to work for the passage of the bill which was approved by the southern commissioners of agriculture and the na- tional fedora ton of millers.
 The standards for the grading of grain as fixed by the National Grain Dealers association was adopted.
 A uniform tax stamp about one inch square was approved, the weight of the package of feed stuff to be given on each stamp.
 The association decided that the use of sulphur a clarifying agent in the manu- facture of syrups, sugar and molasses Is permissible. The standard of the Louisi- s.na state board of health on root beer and meat was adopted. The use of sul- phur dioxide as a clarifying agent by che sugar industry was discussed by Dr. H. P. Jones of the Louisiana state board of health. Dr. Halsey of Tulane university and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Jack Tar Out of a Job.

Harris Merton Lyon in Appletons for De-
 cember.
 For Jack-out-of-a-job today and unwl- ling to enlist in the navy, where he must be able to pass an examination, there is
 but one familiar industry for him to take up-that of longshoreman. Here he can make his 20 or 30 cents an hour each day, living by free lunches and that whisky
 which is called on the painted board out side the purest whisky in the western
 hemisphere" It retails at cents a glass
 and will help him forget his former pros perity and his present estate For if
 ever there is class of hunlanlSind which
 realizes that the inevitable progress of man. especially of the working man, is downward through hard luck to ultimate 1 misery. when he shall be irret1ievably in-
 solvent and without friends, that class is composed of longshoremen. They are the
 lees of sea fare. They come, indeed, from all the walks of life. their only require ment being that they have strong backs and imperyious digestions. One old sage who imparted to me that "a mon wer a fool to lux to his friends fer help had
 been in his palmy years fight promoter; had matched Dan Creedon, Bob Fitzsim-
 mons before he knew he could fight, Kid Lavigne and others; had afterwards be- come a bartender uptown, then down by the water, and had finally gone to work as l found him. trucking in cargoes for a company of stevedores at Peck Slip Nav Yes. paddles. thugs from the Bowery, coal
 passers, porters and the like, are Jack working fellows in this employment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Another venezueIan outraqe.

St. Vincent. B. W. l., December B. Captain Jewett of the British trading schooner Lady Remington arrived here yesterday from Carupano Venezuela. This schooner, with a cargo of live stock and vegetables for Trinidad, was seized some 10 weeks ago by the Vene- zuelan authorities off Margareta and the crew and passengers were detained as prisoners. Captain Jewett said today that on November 25 the Venezuelan government sent the crew and passen- gers home, but kept the Lady Kenning- ton. It is now reported that the schoon- CT has been deliberately sunk by the Venezuelan officials at Margareta. An inquiry into the whole occurrence Is be- ing conducted here. No cause for tn e confiscation of the Lady Remington has been given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
SPEAKER CANNON
 DEFENDS RULES

Washington, December 3.-'A piece of machinery necessary to assist the ma jority of the House of Representatives whether it be republican or democratic, in working it's will. is the way in which Speaker Cannon today characterized the House committee on rules.
 ..There is a general public belief, due to lack of knowledge misapprehension and demagogue editorials and press re- ports" he said, that the committee on rules issues an order to the House and that it must obey the order. The com mfttee on rules does not wish to have defeated on the floor of the House any measure which it may present and as ii should assist the majority to work its will the republican members of the committee endeavor to learn, some times by caucus or conference, what the de- sires of the majority are.
 .'The object of the minority party, whether republican or democratic, is to criticise and stir up discussion,' con- tinue4 the speaker Tt is not of much importance to the country whether I pre- side over the House or have a seat on inc floor. The republican members will, as usual, hold caucus or conference to determine the organization of the House The democrats will also deter mine the organization which they desire We must, of necessity, if not of choice, accept the will of the majority"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
REIGN OF BARBARISM.
Government of the Philippines Is Se-
 verely Criticised.

Cambridge Mass, December 3-1he ad- rninstration of affairs in the Philippine Islands was criticised by Mooreheld Story, president of the Anti-Imperlalist league, in an address before the under graduates at Harvard union tonight.
 T say that the government in the Phil ippines will fail" said MT. Story. Look at our dealings with the Indian during a period which is well termed a century of dishonor. Even in the case of the negro we do not know how to deal with him. The negroes are not sure of their lives in the south or the middle west, and one can hardly find a good position here in Boston. though he may be a com potent stenographer or lawyer, or what not.
 "Government in the Philippines has been one continual reign of barbarism, cruelty and failure. The objection to letting the islands go is that some other power will get them. This Is not so, for it could easily be arranged by inter- national agreement to make them a neu- tral country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
GREAT MOVEMENT
 ID JOIN CHURCHES Federal Council Begins Its
 Business Sessions HENDRIX IS PRESIDENT Resolutions Are Offered Favoring Close Federation of All Christian
 Churches In Foreign
 Mission Fields.
HENDRIX IS PRESIDENT

Philadelphia December 3.--Nith una ninity of action that went far beyond the expectations of the leading spirits in the movement for unity of church action the federal council of the churches of Christ in America began it's business ses- sions today The organization of the council was practically completed, and the delegates. of whom there are more than 4O0, representing 8 denominations with a membership of about 1S,0W,W, have entered upon the real work of the council. Bishop F. R. Hendrix. D. D., of Kansas City, Mo, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. was honored with the presidency of the federal coun- cil by a unanimous vote of the delegates
 Two reports of committees were taken up and disposed of, one of them after an interesting debate. This report related to the cooperation of all the churches in the foreign mission fields, and was pre- scented by the Rev James L. Barton of Boston, Congregationalist, together with five resolutions one of which favored the closest possible federation of all Christian churches in foreign mission fields, and .the elimination of denominational distinc- tions
 Bishop floss of Nashville of the Meth odist Episcopal church. south, attacked the resolution in a vigorous speech. I've may have too many denominations, he said. 'but who Is going to cancel them? Unity is good, but liberty is better
 After discussion the reference to the elimination of denominational distinctions was stricken out and the resolution was adopted
 Another resolution adopted approves the union of educational institutions in mis- sion countries wherever practicable in which teachers and students of various denominations shall have equal privileges. The other report considered contained resolutions recommending cooperation work along special lines of Christian ef- fort in interdenominational organizations, all of which were adopted without discus sion. Besides the naming of Bishop Hen drix as president the following officers were elected.
 Permanent recording secretary. Rev. Dr. Rivington D. Lord, Brooklyn, Free Bap- tist.
 Treasurer, Alfred R. Kimball, New York, Presbyterian.
 Four simultaneous popular meetings were held at convenient points in the heart of the city tonight, at which Chris ton unity at home and abroad was dis cussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
ROOSEVELT HAS
 NARROW ESCAPE

Washington, December 3.-It- was learned tonight that President Roosevelt hau a narrow escape from serious injury while out driving yesterday afternoon. The prompt action of Lieut.. J. B. Lyons of the local fire department, who was driving a heavy fire hose cart and who threw his horses to the ground in or der to avoid dahing into the chief ex- ecutives carriage alone prevented bad accident.
 The fire horses were travelling at great
 speed when the driver realizing that the hose wagon would dash into the Presidents carriage but for some desper- | ate measure, jerked the animals back and threw them on their launches. Their hoofs, it is said, almost struck the car riage in front of them as they fell The hose wagon was slightly damaged. The fremen were responding to an alarm of fire from the home of Representative
 Krank o. Lowden of Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
People Still Expect War.

Vienna, December S.-The populace ls innbued with the idea that the govern ment Is only waiting for the close of the Jubilee festivities to threaten hostilties in the near east. All kinds of warlike rumors are being spread broadcast. It was thought that at the annual military conference of the empire and the chief officers of the army, which began today at Hofburg and was attended by Arch dukes Franz Ferdinand and Eugene and General Shoenaich. ministe of war some aggressive steps would be taken. But, on the contrary, the Emperor informed the conference that peace was not likely to be disturbed. War rumors, therefore, were officially denied. The latest ad- vices received here from Constantinople Indicate more peaceful condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Why7
From Harper,s Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Hubert Henry Davies, the playwright. who has spent much time in London, tells of an amusing interview between the owner of a publication in the British cap ital whereof George Bernard Shaw had been the dramatic critic, and Max Beer bohm, on the occasion of the latter's S assumption of the duties laid down by G. B. s.
 The owner advised Max of the salary that had been paid George Bernard ob- serving at the same time:
 Being comparatively inexperienced, you, MT. Beerbohm, cannot, of course, expect so much.'
 "Oh, yes, I shall" hastily interposed Max. Indeed, I shall expect more! Shaw knows the drama so thoroughly that 1t is an easy matter for him to write about 1t, whereas I, knowing nothing whatever about it, shall find it dreadfully hard work n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Y.M.C.A. BUILDING
 OPENED IN KOREA

Seoul. Korea, December 3-The new Young Mems Christian association build ing, which was recently completed, was formally opened by Prince Ito today with much ceremony. The event was almost state occasion, the imperial princes, all the Japanese and Korean government officials and foreign consuls being pres ent.
 Thomas Sammons, the American con- sul general. read cordial cablegram from John Wanamaker and Prince Ito opened the ceremonies with a speech in which he expressed his sympathy with the great work of the Y. M. C. A. in Korea and promised his heartiest sup port.
 The Japanese and koreans in Seoul have subscribed most literally to the new buildings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Place for Everything.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
 One of the notices which though good are rarely applied Is "A place for every thing and everything in its place." A Lon don cab driver seemed to think that af- fairs were ordered after this pattern. As he swung down the strand an American sitting beside him asked him to point out the spots of interest
 Right you are, sir.' agreed the driver, touching his hat There's Luggit I'll, where they ang em.'
 A little later: There's Parliament 'ouses, where they make the laws wot does it. across the way. An there s Westminster Habbey, where they buried the good uns wot didn't get 'anged.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
Vorys Confers With Taft,

Hot Springs. Va, December 3.-A thorough canvass of the Ohio political situation was made today by President elect Taft and Arthur I. vorys, who stopped here today on his way to Cin- cinnati from Washington. MT. Taft Is taking no part in the senatorial situation. He was told by his former chief of staff that Charles P. Taft's control of the situ- ation was at this time most satisfactory
 Nr. Vorys will take an active part in tie senatorial campaign in behalf of the Cfpcinnati capitalist Senator Foraker and Representative Burton are candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-04
SENTENCE COMPUTED.
Negro Is Rushed Away From Town To
 Escape Mob.

Frankfort Ky, December 3.-Robert Hooker. a negro, sentenced to hang to- morrow at Lexington, obtained commu- tation to life Imprisonment by the act of Governor Wilson today.
 Hooker arrived at the state pententiary here tonight, being rushed from Lex ington by Sheriff McEroy and deputies in an automobile to escape possible mob violence, as much feeling was aroused by the governors action.
 Hooker shot Newton Veal, prominent farmer to death, the evidence showing that the murder was coldblooded
 Governor Wilson says in committing the sentence that he was satisfied that the entire story was not told.