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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-13

During the last two weeks we have
done Il phenomenal business, sold sew
eral carloads of pianos but we still
have left many alluring bargains es-
pecially in instruments OF the highest
artistic grade some of which we have
marked to still lower figure. Some
rare offerings in the lot is Il piano
player for sS5. the little dealer asks
$500 for this particular make A pretty
little Upright Piano for SIPS, easily
worth double the price asked A piano
of the very highest grade, an instru
ment of international reputation.
worth $500 will be sold tomorrow for
$o9S. y player piano, celebra ted
make. selling regularly for $3.50, is
marked Gown to $3.50. A beautiful high
top organ the sS5 style you can have
for s36. Tomorrow We will place on
sale, thirteen returned from rent pianos
The majority of these are practically
hew having been out only a few
months. All have been cleaned. tuned
and polished and our determination TO
close them out quickly is strongly
backed by the remarkably low prices
marked on the tags
Some Closing Out Prices
One Piano Player. regular price $3.50:
Closing Out Price .$s5
Ole Upright Piano, regular price s275;
Closing out Price S128
One Upright Piano. regular price $500:
Closing Out Price .$165
J One Upright Piano. regular price $3.50
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-13

Prudent hou ewives
should take advantage of
these exceptional prices 1
and lay in an ample sup
ply for future use.
Below are a few sale
prices which will give you
an idea of what the others
will be-:
Pure Cane Sugar. Fruit
brand, per cwt. $3.50
S Gallons Coal Oil. 80
Eocine Oil, per ease $3.50
Pearl Oil, per ease $3.50
Standard Corn, per can
Zoe, - for. .$1.0O
High Grade Maine Corn
per can 15c, II for $3.50
Standard Tomatoes, per
can, Toe, II for. .$1.15
High Grade solid pack !
ed Tomatoes, per can
15c, II for. 80. $50
Extra Standard Peas,
per can Toe, l. for $1.15
High grade extra sifted
Peas, per can zoe, u
for $500
Standard String Beans,
per can Zoe, Il for ,S1.15
High grade Refugee
String beans, per can
zoe, l. for S2.0C
BIB package Washing
Powder ......... .15
lib package Pearline 10
IS bars Light House
Laundry Soap .S1.00
| Sims
Grocery
Telephone 63
Telephone 106
Corner Main and Fourth
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-13

Closing Out Price .$198
One Upright Piano, regular price, $500;
Closing Out Price 1892
One Upright Piano, regular price $500:
Closing Out Price 1898
One Upright Piano, regular price $500;
Closing Out Price 1882
One Player Piano, regular price $3.50:
In this stock you will find instru-
ments of the very highest grade. suc..
as Weber. Chickering. Hazelton. Kim
ball. Lester. Haddorf. Pease. Mar
shall & Wendell and others.
You take no risk whatever in pur-
chasing a piano during this sale. In
addition to the factory warranty.
Eilers' personal guarantee accompan-
les every instrument SOLD We stand
ready to make good every statement
that has gone out over our signature.
RUSHING SALES.
Tnese pianos are moving fast and
we give fair warning to our friends
who expect to buy an instrument that
the last of them will probably be sold
this week.
Immense Volume of Business, Close
Margins and Quick Sales; Two
Months Business to be
Done In One Week.
That is the principle We shall adhere
to during the remaining days of this
sale Avoid regrets by making your
selection now The losers are the ones
who wait
no House
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-13
Most Astounding Price Conces
sions Ever Made on High
Grade Pianos and Or
gansat Eilers Clos
ing Out Sale

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
FLOOD THREATENS OLD
UTOPIAN METROPOLIS OF
K CHARACTER

st. Louis, June 6. Mississippi river
floods are centering on the sit Of Marion
City, the utopian metropolis Of the
west, founded by Muldrow and used | m
fiction by Charles Dickens and Mark
Twain. Muldrow was General Scadder
of Martin Chuzzlewit" and Colonel
Mulberry Sellers of THE Gilded Age"
]. w. Appleton, IF Missouri Point,
Mo-. is floating down the Mississippi
river with his family, IL pigs, three
cows, two horses and poultry on a
large raft which he launched Just be-
fore the river broke over and covered
his farm with several feet of water.
He started Tuesday afternoon Intend
ing to steer his raft for high ground
but thus far has not been able to effect
a landing. The raft which is an enor-
nous affair, was built by Appleton two
weeks age in preparation for the flood.
It Is surrounded by a railing to keep
the cattle from falling into the river.
Food for man and beast to last several
days was taken along.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
CREWS COACH PUTS
BAN ON ACTRESS
AND ICE CREAM

Gales Ferry, Conn, June 8.-The
Yale crew Is threatened with a COM
bination OF actresses and ice cream.
and Coach John Kennedy has ordered
the oarsmen to keep away. from both.
Today Miss Dallas Tyler, a member
OF Frohman's companies for several
years, leased old Captain Kit Browns
abandoned store next to the quarters,
for an ice cream parlor, Inc said she
would start business tomorrow. She
said she expected to pay for her sum-
mer outing by the pennies she took
from oarsmen and their friends who
come 20 crew quarters. Coach Ken
nedy has notified the oarsmen that
they hardly need to be reminded that
neither ice cream nor actresses form
part of the routine training Of oars
men.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
CHARGED WITH MURDER
OF WEALTHY HORSEMAN

Kansas City, June s. Information
charging Clark Wix, a livery man, with
the murder Of John Mason, a we'll
known horseman of Kansas City, was
fled here late last night.
Mason, who was we'll to do, disap-
peared on January 3 last, and nothing
was heard Of him until last week. when
N a search for the body, the authorities
Of Camden Point, Mo-, exhumed his
body and it was identified. The body
had originally been found in the Mis-
souri, river at that point m buried un-
Identified. Investigation disclosed that
nis skull was fractured In two places.
and the authorities are convinced that
was murdered. Wix Is the last
person with whom Mason was seen
alive. A number Of pieces Of jewelry
belonging to the dead horseman were
found In a pawnshop where Wix had
Ieft them.
\ Wix Of a good family, one
we'll known In this part of Missouri
His uncle Is postmaster at Butler, Mo.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11

New York, June 10.-Mrs. Minnie Eek
hard wants a divorce from her husband,
Henry Eckhard. She filed a petition in
the New Jersey chancery court, and In
cluded a category Of alleged shortcom-
ings which she believes entities her hus-
band to the diamond belt for
They were married on October Z, 1886,
and on h 18th anniversary of the event
she made bold to ask for an increase in
her weekly allowance Of 50 to supply the
table. Eckhard got mad and left the
house. Mrs. Eckhard has not seen him
since. She was left without means to
care for her 6-year-old son and herself.
OF all her husbands methods to choke
the tG-niiy p~ocketbook. she says the limit
was reached when he made their son take
long steps to save his shoes. Short-step-
ping was an extravaganza, he said, be-
cause the boy could cover just as much
ground and save leather by increasing his
stride. Mrs, Eckard say her husband
kept a set Of scales under lock and key.
He would weigh all the groceries, and If
the supply diminished more rapidly thar
he thought 1t should. he wanted to know
why.
1t was impossible for Mrs. Eckhard to
make a fat apple pie or a thick custard.
Eckhard, she says, counted the apples
and gigs, n even the onions when they
were only 81 a bushel. Mrs. Eckhard
sought to demur when Eckhard tabled
the sticks In a package OF macaroni, but
1t didn't do any good.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
WOMAN TO PROBE
WHITE SLAVERY"
s.. TRAFFIC ABROAD
Government Is Determined to
Break Up Vicious Trade
in Girls.

Washington, Juno SIN an effort
20 get to the bottom Of the traffic
IN vice between Europe and this coun-
Try. the government a decided. for
The first time, to send O woman to
Europe to investigate the trade in girls
who are brought here for Immoral pur-
poses.
Government officials, while admitting
that this arrangement has been made,
decline positively to give the name Of
The woman who Is to make this I'M
procedented investigation. 1t is ex-
plained that such al announcement in
advance would make it practically inn
possible for her to succeed in the task
she Is undertaking.
Under Protection.
That there is q regular organized
and profitable traffic in girls between
continental countries and American
cities, has long been well known. In
some Of the European cities. indeed,
there is reason to believe that the
business Is carried on under the pro-
lection of offlcialism. The United States
government has long made especial
efforts to keep out women brought In
for immoral purposes, but 1t has beer
Increasingly difficult to do this with
out imposing unnecessarily hard condi-
lions on all women who are presented
at American ports.
A number Of Investigations Of this
traffic have been made by men, but
the results have not been entirely sat-
sfactory. Consequently the determina-
ton to send a m Her business
will be to get into the confidence, II
possible, Of the people who are con-
Quoting the traffic and to learn as
many Of it's secrets as nay be.
Largely Dupes. u
It is known to the government that
there is some sort Of central intel
.igence in this country which directs
Shis traffic, and which is closely in
touch with the European countries.
Young women are induced in all kinds
VI ways to submit themselves to the
approaches Of the agencies of the
wholesale vice establishments. Some
are peasant girls, coming in the ex-
p~ectation of employment at high sal
aries; others are already adopts in
the ways of the half world. But most
Vt them are dupes in one degree or
another of the agents Of the vice sys-
tenn; and all are regarded as I'M
desirable immigrants, whom Uncle Sam
Is determined to exclude II possible.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
BROWNS IN SIGHT
OF HIS SWEETHEART
ON WEDDING EVE

New York, June Con his wedding eve
and in sight of his sweetheart, Jennie Hal
prin, who was powerless to aid him, Isa-
dore Mirkinson drowned in "Forty-foot
Pond" jamaica bay. .GH
Mlrkinson, who was 10 years old and
employed as a pharmacist, went with his
sweetheart for a Sunday outing at Fish
Pond creek. He was q strong swimmer.
and insisted on going into the water,
though his sweetheart begged him not to,
having had a dream OF seeing a man
drown. He had swum out only about 30
yards, with Miss Halprin watching from
the pier, when apparently he was seized
with a cramp and sank before aid could
reach him.
Miss Halprin attempted to leap into the
water, but was prevented by bystanders.
Several oun ,men bathing attempted to
save Mirkinsor by diving after he sank,
bat could not reach the bottom Of the
deep hole. '
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
FURNITURE VAN
FALLS 200 FEET

New York, June 10.-A heavily loaded
furniture van, three horses drawing it
and the driver, James Ladine, tumbled
200 feet down the Palisades, heal the
village Of Alpine, opposite Yonkers.
The police In Yonkers, nearly two miles
across the Hudson, saw tremendous
clouds Of dust shoot skyward and
thought a giant explosion had occurred.
The point from which the truck
horses and man fell to the beach below
seems almost like q precipice from the
river. The wall of the giant hill, how
ever, is broken by steep slopes and
3utting rocks and mounds 1t was
where the heavy vehicle and plunging
horses hit these places in the down.
ward flight that the force Of the success
sion of falls was partially broken and
h great clouds of dirt thrown into the
air.
Though the van and it's LOAD of fur
niture were smashed to flinders the
driver escaped death and the horses
were seemingly unhurt. Ladine was
hurled backward when the truck hit
the bottom from the drivers seat into
a mass Of bedding. This saved his life.
though he suffered two big cuts on the
head, three of his ribs were crushed,
and 1t is feared he sustained internal
injuries.
How the horses escaped nobody who
saw the appalling accident could ex-
plain. In the descent there were places
where horses end van made a sheer
drop of 20 feet.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
SOCIALISTS KICK ON
KING EDWARDS VISIT
TO AWFUL RUSSIA

London. Tune 6. - Violent protests
were made by socialists and labor
members in the house Of commons this
preaching visit to Russia. The speak
ers drew lurid pictures of alleged con-
ditions in the Muscovite empire, de-
claring that while they had no objec-
ton to King Edward privately visiting
his relative, Emperor Nicholas, they
had the greatest adherence of the idea
Of a state visit to Russia, with its hor-
rors, tortures and prosecutions" Fra
ternizing with the hangmen Of liberty
in Russia they declared to be "a shame
and disgrace to Great Britain, which
could not avoid contamination IL she
mixed in evil company"
A socialist motion condemning his
majesty's visit to Russia was defeated
225 to SO.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
BARON SAYS WoMAN TILTED
HIM TALKS OF SUING HER

Paris, June GA sensation WAS caused
here in exclusive society circles by the at
tempt Of a Swedish baron, WHOSE name
has so far been kept a secret, to hle a
breach Of promise suit against the wife OF
Or. Chance. an American dentist in Paris.
Until her marriage in London three
weeks ago Mrs. Chance was Mrs. King.
widow Of a Chicago lumber millionaire.
The baron says Mrs. Chance was engaged
to him n the first he knew of her inten-
ton not to keep the engagement was the
news of her marriage.
Mrs. Chance says she never was engaged
to the baron. She admits they were I'm
each others company q good deal, but
says when she became engaged to DR..
Chance she got a written acknowledgements
from the baron that he had no claim on
her.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
POLICE NAB SO
PRISONERS IN RAID
ON GOTHAM JOINT

New York, June 6. A spectacular
raid vas made late last night on two
houses in West Forty-seventh street.
ations were going on. A large force OF
police dashed up in automobiles and
took IS prisoners. The raids were made
while the streets in this section. the
heart CT the theater district, were
crowded, and the action Of 200 or more
officers 500 attracted a great throng.
Police lines were formed around the
entire block. reVolvers were flashed
everywhere by police and plain clothes
men n all attempts to escape were
frustrated.
The police report the capture OF a.
large quantity of gambling parapher-
malta from h raided houses, one OF
which was formerly owned by Honest
John Kelly. n
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
CONDITION OF CROPS
ON PERCENTAGE BASIS

Des Moines, Ia, June 8.-George A.
Wells, secretary OF the Omaha Grain
Dealers association and well known
crop expert, sends out his first report
today, declaring the crop conditions on
the whole better than in June last
year despite the abnormal precipita-
ticn. He figures a large shrinkage in
the corn acreage as a result of tho
floods. He places the growing condi-
ton Of the grain as compared with last
year at this date at, winter wheat 102
per cent, spring wheat 80, barley, 102,
oats. 1872 On acreage he gives winter
wheat 104 as compared with Last year,
oats 101, barley 101. rye 80, fax 90.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
BANK CLEARINGS
CONTINUE TO GAIN

New York. June 8-Dun's review to-
morrow will say: Again the difference
Of n day in the weekly statement Of
bank clearings materially affects re-
turns, this time u~nfavorably. The total
bank exchanges at all leading cities for
Ave days, ending Thursday. being ST.
POS, 109, 900, a decrease of 20.3 per cent
compared with six days In the Same
week a year ago, and 1873 per cent less
than the corresponding week In 1906.
Eliminating this difference Of one day,
as Is done in the statement Of average
daily figures, and IT appears the bank
exchanges averaged each day in June,
to the day, $451, 0S5, 900, against sass, 49,
900 a year ago, a substantial improve
ment over the earlier months Of this
year, When heavy losses were recorded
in comparisons with both preceding
years. The improvement continues
especially marked at New York city
n is largely due to greater activity in
the stock market.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
BOY SWIMS TWO MILES
TO SAVE THREE LIVES

Georgetown. Del. June a.-SeIby NJ.
Harrington. IA years old, braved death
in a raging sea-, swimming two miles
through storm tossed Chincoteague
bay and saving the lives OF two siS-
tiers and a cousin.
Young Harrington, his sisters, Flor
ence, aged IS, and Ruth, 16, and his
cousin, Clartce Harrington, went SAIL
ing in a small boat. A gust struck the
little craft and overturned 1t, throwing
the occupants into the sea-
They chung to the upturned boat,
with the wave washing over them.
Their cries for help were in vain be-
cause Of the distance from shore. See
ing no alternative. Selby started to
swim for help. The lad almost per-
ished, but finally reached land.
Several fisherman got q yawl and
with Selby, who insisted upon return
ing, they reached the capsized craft
and rescued the young people.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
UNVEIL TABLET TO
LINCOLN ON STEAMER

New York, June 8.-Under the aus
pices of the Grand Army of the Re-
public an interesting ceremony took
place On board the Hamburg American
line steamer President Lincoln at Ho-
boken this afternoon, when a bronze
memorial tablet containing Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech. which had been
placed IN position On the steamer, was
unveiled. The speakers included Gov
ernor j. Franklin Fort, Of New Jersey;
Captain Hebbinghaus and Lieutenant
Commander w. s. Sims, Of the United
States navy; President Nicholas Muir
cay Butler. of Columbia university;
Mrs. Kate f. Jones, president of the
Women's Relief corps; Warren Lee
ioss. national patriotic instructor,
Grand Army Of the Republic.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
20 PANCAKES MERELY
WHETTED HER APPETITE

Waterbury, Conn, June 1O.-Twenty-
three pancakes and u large slice OF
fried ham constituted a mere working
sample for Miss Grace Schoomaker's
appetite, according to her employer,
Miss Sarah Peck Judson, keeper of the
Judson Inn at WATERFOWL, who Is re-
sisting the girls suit for forty-one
months wag at $40 a month.
Miss Schoomaker, 1t is alleged, woke
the boarders with the noise of her feet,
which were so big, Miss Judson de-
clares, that she was kept busy hunting
for shoes to ft tkem.
The plaintiff, on the other hand, says
she had to sleep in the cellar, work a
lawn mower, feed chickens, push a
wheelbarrow, make furnace fires and
do other things, like a man.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
EIGHT KILLED IN A
STREET CAR COLLISION

Annapolis, Md, June s.--The injured
from the collision on the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric line
car here las night, In which eight per-
sons were killed and a score more seri-
ously hurt, are reported to be doing
nicely this morning. All are expected
to recover. W. E. Slaughter, general
manager of the electric line, who is
thought to be most seriously injured,
is reported resting easy, He may lose
the sight Of one of his eyes.
Responsibility for the accident has
not been definitely determined, but 1t
was caused, 1t Is said, by confusion in
orders as to where the cars should
pass.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
BEEF PRICES GO
CLIMBING SKYWARD
Packers Reported to Be
"Worried" Over the
Situation.

New York, June 10.-Beef packers
throughout the United States, and es-
pecially In this section Of the country.
are becoming alarmed over the great
shortage in beef supply. Since last
week the price has risen from one to
two cents a hundred pounds. The
price now Is around one-third greater
than 1t was the first part OF June. 1907.
The sharp rise in prices said to be
due entirely to shortage of supply of
cattle In the market and already there
is talk of having to have beef which
was exported to England lasts winter
shipped back to this country in cold
storage.
Chicago, June 10.-It was
today by Chicago packers that because
of the shortage of cattle and CANNED
meats the price of beef and canned
meats will be increased between l and
2 cents per pound. BY .. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
WRECNNG
SHIPS, KILLS 27O
The Survivors Tell of Harrow
ing Experiences With Sharks
Waiting for Them.

Victoria, B. c., June 6. - The Cana
dian Australian liner Manqua has ar
rived here bringing news of the de-
struction of a pearling feet In a ty-i
phoon off West Australia. involving q
loss Of 40 luggers and 270 lives, 20
being whites.
The disaster occurred near Thurs
day island, the typhoon striking the
fleet just as 1t was starting for the
pearling grounds, scattering the ves-
sells, completely wrecking some and
driving others ashore. About 20 Aus
tralian pearlers were lost. The other
victims were Malays, Manila men, Jap
anese and Kanakas.
The survivors reported narrowing
experiences, some being picked up I'm
the last stages of exhaustion after
having u away their masts, clinging
to the wrecked hulks while the sharks
followed, waiting for the exhausted
men to drop from the w~reckage.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
HEIR or sIO,OOO,OOO
ESTATE Will MAKE
10000 Men HAPPY
Plans to Establish Quarters fol-
Relieving Wants of Those
Who Need Money.

Los Angeles, Cal, June &C. W
Averill, who recently inherited $40. 900,
900 from an aunt in Massachusetts,, de-
clares he is going to make 10000 or
more people happy.
After a visit to his old home, Farm
ington, Me-, he will establish headquar-
ters In a big city, perhaps Chicago,
where he says all who need help and
deserve It, can find 1t.
I am not going TO be a fool about
this" he said today, but II being a
fool is being deceived occasionally, all
right. I have succeeded in piling up
n few hundred thousand by my own
exertion but can never spend an income
Of $40, 000, 900. II a man has $500 and
needs as much more to carry out his
plans and make him successful and
thereby happy I propose to give the
added $780,"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
AGAIN FACES CHARGES
OF LITTLE ACCUSERS

New York, June 8.-Raymond Hitch
cock, the comedian, was called to the
criminal branch Of the supreme court
today to answer charges preferred by
three young girls.
In a previous trial on a similar charge
the case against the actor fell fiat.
Hitchcock was committed to the
Tombs prison without bail this after
noon, when his trial was suddenly ad-
tourned until mex Monday. The ad-
journment came when Hitchcock's
counsel conferred privately with Jus
tice Goff Immediately after the first
Juror had been selected.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-06-11
CHILD SUFFERS FROM
BLOOD POISON

Ida Grove, Ia, June 8.-Mary, the 81
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Alderman, while playing ran
into a wire sticking up out Of the
ground about our weeks ago and ter
ribly scratched her face. The wound
nealed over and nothing more was
thought of it. Sunday the sore began
hurting her and in a short time blood
poison set In. Hard work on the part
Of the doctor saved her life.