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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

Since both houses of congress have
made by President Roosevelt concern
made bv president Roosevelt concern
ing the secret service, general inter
est has been aroused as to these par
ticular remarks.
Presidential messages are usually
long and usually uninteresting to the
average reader. 1t is doubtful If one
man in a thousand more than glances
at the sub heads in these long state
papers. To find something exciting,
really thrilling, in a presidents mes
sage. is reaching the limit of the un-
expected. But since congress gave
notice that it objected to some of the
things the president said, the general
public has wondered what the presi-
dent really said
In order that everybody may take
a hand in the general set-too between
president and congress, the following
is reprinted from the presidents mes
sage:
Last year an amendment was in
corporated in the measure providing
the secret service which provided that
there should be no detail from the Sc
cret service and no transfer therefrom.
1t is rot too much to say that this
amendment has been of benefit only,
an could be of benefit only, to the
clirlnal classes. If deliberately in
troduced for the purpose of diminish
ing the effectiveness of war against
crime it could not have been better de-
40
tees that had been followed to b
greater or less extent by the executive
h ads Of various departments for TWEEN
ty years.
THE chief argument in favor of the
provision was that the congressman
did not themselves wish to be investi
gated by secret service man. Very
little of such investigation has been
done in the past but it is true that the
work of the secret service agents was
partly responsible for the indictment
and conviction of a senator and con-
gresham for land frauds in Oregon.
do not believe that it is in the public
interest to protect criminals in any
branch of the public service, and eX-
aCtly as we have again and again dur
ing the past seven years prosecuted
and convicted such criminals who
were in the executive branch of the
government so in my belief we should
be given ample means to prosecute
them if found in the legislative branch
But if this is not considered desirable
a special exception could be made in
tie law prohibiting the use of the
secret service force in investigating
members Of the congress"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
1T HAS COME.

Everybody knew it was coming but
it arrived somewhat earlier than had
been expected. The Philadelphia
North American has discovered, now
that the election is over, that there is
to be no tariff revision in the inter-
ests of the general public. In an edi-
torial entitled The Tariff Farce the
North American says:
The tariff hearings by the ways and
means committee at Washington have
progressed far enough to justify the
North Americans view that they are, a
dishonest pretension. Cannon. Payne,
DalZell, Fordney and the others of
the inner circle of the reactionaries
are deceiving no one in their effort to
make a farce and a tariff revision upon
which Taft stood and the national tick
ct was elected. Cannon proclaims
himself a tariff revisionist He does so
In these words: If l live, 1 am going.
so far as my vote is concerned. to see
TO IT that the policy of the republican
party on this question is written in
the national laws as promptly as pos
slble. The laws should be written
promptly, so that business can adiust
itself to changed conditions for the
change VIII of necessity bring disturb
ance' Which means that an eyasive
ana deceptive hodge-podge is to be
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
PREACHING, GOOD AND BAD.

There doesn't seem to be any real
good in such sermons as the Rev. A.
r. Thoroughman preached last Sunday
at Walla Walla on How Tom and
SalIiel Went to He'll From Walla Wall
la Not how to go to hell, but how
to get to heaven, is the lesson the
preacher ought to teach, according to
the ost-Intelligencer.
Moreover, it is an open question
whether any preacher ever really
drives a sound moral lesson home by
denouncing the peekaboo waist, the
novelette,, theaters, moving pictures,
dancing and other fads and fanc1es OF
the day. Such things are nonessen-
tails, not essentials of character. The
evils of the mince pie and the novel
etta are probably no greater than the
evils of too much chicken on Sunday,
or too much reading by laymen of doc
trinal theology, a practice which is
known frequently to have unbalanced
weak minds. Moreover, such attacks
display a lack of logic. To say that
because some persons may have come
to grief by reason of too much mince
pie with spirits in it, or too much
reading of a certain kind, therefore no
rlince pies with spirits in them, and
no novelettes should be tolerated, us
as unreasonable as to say that be-
cause many men become gluttons or
dyspeptics by eating therefore a man
who does not wish to become either
glut'tOnous or dyspeptic should stop
eating, which is obviously fallacy.
The preachers mission should be,
it seems. to preach the good; to fix
the public mind on the inspiring
things, the noble things of life; in a
word, to preach men and women up,
not down.
OF itself, the playhouse will send no
man or woman to hell; nor will the
peekaboo waist, or the waist cut V,
fore and aft; nor will the novelette,, of
itself, or the mince pie, send any man
or woman to perdition, and preachers
reason badly when they assume that
these things, of their own force, will
mar and destroy character.
And character is the thing; preach
character; the need of courage; of hu-
mility; of strength in the right; Of
confidence in the good; of unfailing
belief in the virtues and verities, and
of reverence for that fine nobility of
bearing that marked the life of the
Savior of mankind, for that kind of
is the kind the world needs,
the kind the world is anxious to hear.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
NOT FOR HIM.

Admiral Evans refused somewhat
CURLY to accept a house which some
citizens of Los Angeles proposed to
give him. How far the donors hoped to
get their money back in real estate
advertising of their city as the home
of a hero, is not known. But it is
pretty plain from the words of Admiral
Evans's refusal that the authors of the
project were unknown to him and that
he did not consider them his friends.
It is natural to make comparison be-
tween this instance and that which
caused Admiral Dewey so much en-
barra ssment. Yet the cases are not
altogether on the same footing. The
house given to Admiral Dewey was
in the city which was his natural and
permanent home. His personal
friends endorsed and took part in the
project, rejecting no more than him
self upon possible awkward conse
quences.
Dewey had a simple, unsuspect ting
nature, was less a man of the world
than Evans is, and both he and his
friends were little dazed by the swift
and splendid Towering of his populari-
ty. Neither could forsee the reaction
of odium that burst upon him when
he really treated the gift, as his own
property, to be disposed of in accord
ance with his own inclinatfons.
That will probably be the last of
an American practice, laudable in it's
motives, but mischievous in it's con-
sequences. Men who deserve greatly
of European nations receive large ma
terial rewards from the government.
From Marlborough to Kitchener, pal
aces and royal grants, pensions and
parliamentary votes of money, have
been showered upon the naval and
military heroes of England. The lack
of any such provision under our gov
eminent provoked popular subscription
to take its place in hours of fervent
enthusiasm.
Gifts We're showered upon the civil
war heroes from Grant down without
any such direct and violent reaction
as overlook Dewey, but with an in
creasing feeling on the side of both
public men and public opinion that it
was impertinent to offer, and indeli-
cate to accept them. The one con-
spicuous exception to this feeling in
late years proved such a fragrant err
ror on both sides that the rule may
now be considered to be firmly es-
tabliShed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
WHITE DEATH PROVES
GROCERY BOYS JOKE,
Chicago Lad Reads Sherlock Holmes
and Then Proceeds to Keep
Police Busy.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE mystery
of the knights of the White Death
letters which We're recently sent TO
various clergymen and prominent cit
liens in this city, with the threat that
unless they left large sums of money
at designated spots they would be
nut to death, was cleared up when
William Pollard, % years DID, driver
OF grocers wagon, was arrested and
confessed to having sent the mis-
slves as joke. Pollard blamed Conan
Doyle's stories of crime for his ex-
plot. Fascinated by the novelist,s
lurid pictures. Pollard declared he
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
THOUSANDS KILLED IN
BATTLE WITH REBELS
Persian Cossacks Closing in on NAL
contents and Casualties Heavy
on Both Sides.

BAKU, Russia, Dec. 14-Although
repulsed repeatedly with terrible
slaughter, the Persian rebels are nar-
RAISING the shahs cossacks in a des-
perate effort to prevent the uniting of
the royalist forces from the north and
south. who are advancing from both
directions in the determination to wipe
out the rebel army
Tabriz has been chosen as the objec-
tive point of the royalists From un-
official reports the daily battle In
northern Parsia has been fought with
terrible carnage in a territory no
larger than the American state OF
Florida. The casualties each day are
said to reach we'll near 1000 from the
ranks of both rebels and royalists.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

rushed through to passage, without re-
gard to the needs of the consuming
public or the legitimate business inte-
rests if Cannon preserves his old-tme
power to see to it. in behalf of the
trusts. It is to be called the Payne
bill. we hear And the god-fathershlp
of Serene c. Payne is sufficient sure
ty that the product will be freak and
a changeling."
Is the Philadelphia North Amerl-
can really so simple as it pretends? dt
might have known that the fathership
of the republican party, so far as
tariff revision measure is concerned
would be sufficient surety that the
product will be a freak and change
ling"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
IMPROVEMENT OF SKAGJT
RIVER RECOMMENDED
Government Engineer Reports in Favor
of Spending 100000 For
Dredging Stream.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-The secre-
tary of war has sent to congress the
report of the chief engineer On the sur
vey of the Skagit River with a view
to its Improvement for the benefit of
navigation. The report favors an ap-
preparation of 100000 for dredging
channel through the delta at the
mouth of the river.
the report states that the improve
ment is justified because of the large
movement of agricultural products and
lumber on this river, the lumber being
IN sufficient quantity to last fsty years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

about 420 acres, about ESQ acres of
the very best of black foothill farm
land, suitable to orchard, potatoes,
grains of all kinds, and timothy; 80
acres of fine meadow now. Farm
land lays good; balance good past
ure. This is a fine place for diversi-
fed farming. Small improvements,
spring water; three miles to station
Adjoining land sold for SIS per acre
which is no better and does not lay
as WELL
100000 DOWN BUYS A NEW MOD
ern bungalow of rooms: IL base
ment, fire place, dumb walters and
wood lift, laundry tubs in basement.
Close in and in best part of city
Price only $4,000.
$1,000 BUYS A FINE PLACE CLOSE
to Whitman College. House new,
seven rooms, basement, lot 5Ox137.
in Lemons addition will give good
terms.
$1,000 BUYS A FINE BUILDING LOT
in Greens Park addition. Lot 60x175
lays high.
$22 PER ACRE BUYS 500 ACRES OF
good wheat land close to Clyde;
rents for third.
A FINE DIVERSIFIED FARM ES-
pecially adapted to dairying; 40
acres alfalfa. balance good pasture,
good 7-room house, fair barn; close
to school and station; about an
hours drive from city. Place con-
tains 80 acres; price $4,000.
$40 PER ACRE BUYS 100 ACRES OF
the finest kind of grain land 1 IA
miles of Waitsburg; part of this is
fine garden and fruit land; place is
soWn to summer fallow fall wheat;
small improvements.
$35 PER ACRE BUYS FINE d.
versified farm of 240 acres; 100
acres in summer fallow wheat: so
acres bottom land; 80 acres of which
is good alfalfa land; balance best
of pasture, running water, will take
$4,000 down balance on easy terms.
Close to school and station, and
about an hours drive from city.
$4,000 BUYS ONE-HALF ACRE,
nice new bungalow fine barn, wind
mill, everything new and modern, a
fine suburban home
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Wala Walla and Vicinity: FAR To-
night and Tuesday.
WASHINGTON: Fair tonight. TUESDAY
fair except rain near coast.
Weather Conditions.
Rain has fallen during the past "a
hours in western washington, western
OREGON and northern California, Ill
1fgbt amounts: and snow in southern
Idaho and northern Nevada. the pres
SIRE has risen in the Pacific northwest
and the Pacific coast disturbance IS
NOW central in the Canadian posses
si,ns north of Minnesota. Light precl-
pitation has fallen at scattered places
in the middle Atlantic states. Moder-
ately cool temperatures prevail over
most Of the United States this morn
ing. The indications for this vicinity
are for fair weather tonight and Tues
day.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
North Yakima Fears Coal Famine

NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 14.-People
of this city are buying coal at the rate
of 80 cars per day. Another coal fam
me- such as we experienced in this city
two years ago, is feared. Residents
have made provision for the storing of
many toas and coal men are kept busy
filling the OFFERS that seem to nave
no end.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
HIGHER COURT
SUSTAINS HARTMAN

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Harriman
will not be compelled to answer ques-
lions pertaining to his deals in South
ern and Union Pacific stocks, which
may be asked him by the interstate
commission, according to decision of
the United States supreme court today
The decision reverses the finding of
the state circuit court of the southern
district Of New York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

had determined to see how they would
work out in the hands of the Chicago
police. So he organized the knights
of the White DEATH and with a Sner-
lock Holmes fancy wrote out a bun
die of letters illustrated with skulls
and crOssbones. The demands Sfor
money, he said, were simply added to
enliven the mystery, as he never went
to see whether the money was left
or not
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
MANY DEATHS
WE'RE CAUSED
BY ACCIDENTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Between
10000 and $4,000 workmen have been
killed during one year by accidents
throughout the United States. accord
ing to the report of the bureau OF
labor. The report covers the years
between 1900 to 1906, and shows that
in more than a million deaths of males.
more than nine percent were due to
accidents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
BURGLARS Active at Pc Ell

Pc ELL. Dec. IA. E. Shuts Jew
elry and hardware stores and Joe
Levlno's saloon were visited by burg
lars last night, entrance being effected
through rear windows. The thieves
obtained $3.50 in cash, $50 worth of
JeWelry and twelve quarts of whiskey.
There is no clue to their identity
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

NEVADA CITY, Calf, Dec. IA
Frank c. Beatty, general passenger
agent of the Nevada county narrow
gauge railway, dropped dead on BEN
nett. street, Grass Valley, this morn
ing while on his way to his office
Heart disease was the cause. He was
70 years old.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
New Road to Omen.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. IL
Through trains will be running be-
tween Salt Lake and San Francisco
over the Western Pacific road by July
of next year." said James A Blair of
New, York, a banker, who has helped
a number Of Gould projects.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

wait for the cars at the Book Nook.
Read The Statesman-25c a month.
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Wait for the cars at The Book Nook
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WHAT ROOSEVELT SAID.

JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Washington times., 1908-03-20
Minister'S Stock Of Mems Furnishings

Mems Rubber Collars; mostly in
turn over style. sizes Il To Is nC
Minister'S price, 2Jc each. Our ~
price, ...,.....s........
Walters Coats. made Of black Al
pacd and white Duck mate
rails. All sizes Minister'S XnF
prices, Sl.uO and Sl5J each. n "
our price Observation-Disclosures. 4
Mems Brighton" Arm
Bands in plain and fancy - II
col0rs. Minister'S price, I5c ~
pair Our pricc......-.......-...
Mems Suspenders, including such
celebrated makes as I'll. & p"
10 Gordon and OF b
equally as well known n -
brands. Minister'S price. SOC ~
pair. Our price,. .-.-..--.... ~ -
wizard and bulldog" Gun 20
Holders, sold by Minister at 10C ~
pair. Our price. ..-.............. -
brighton" make Isle
Carriers, IN plain and fancy 8Ir
CUloTs. Sold by Minister at 4 -
l5c pair. Our pIICe--.-.........-A
NickeI-pIated Tie Holders. T.
sold by Minister at sc. To I
Be closed out ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
DRAMATIC CLUB
ORGANIZED AT VILLA MARIA
ACADEMY. wYTHEvILLE, VA.
INFORMAL DANCE GIVEN TO
SCHOOL BY CLUB IN CELE-
BRATIoN OF THE EVENT.

Wytheville, Va. Oct. 7.-On Sat.
urday. October 3. 1908, the senior
classes of villa Maria Academy or.
ganized a dramatic and german club
with an enrolment OF twelve mem
bers.
OFFICERS elected as follows:
President-Miss Marcella Hurt
Of Abingdon. Va.
Vice President-Miss Gertrude
Calvin, OF Powhatan, w. Va.
Secretary-Mlss Rose Sandoz. OF
opolousar. La.
Treasurer-Miss Anastasia Ps.
tiers, OF Clifton Forge. Va.
Chairman-,Miss Alice Gilsmore
of wytheville. Va.
Stage Manaser-Mlss Ruth
Browne. OF Norfolk. Va.
Property Man"-Miss Ora Lewis
OF Tazewelb Va.
Ushers-Miss Clara Gilmora o,
Wytheville. Va, and Miss Will:
May Carr. of Fails Mills, Va.
After the general election apd
prfliminaries were completed the
remainder OF the pupils received
invitations to an informal dance
given to celebrate the organization
OF the club.
At 1870 the guests arrived and
were cordially welcomed by The re.
ception committee which consisted
OF Misses Ruth Browne, Marcella
Hurt Lula O'Donnell and Gertrud,
Calvin.
After being seated a brief ad.
dress was delivered by the presiden,
In which The object OF the society
was explained and the following
statement made:
The dramatic club will produce
four public plays during the coming
session.
First, probably at Thanksgiving
will be "Penlope," or the milk.
mans Bride" well comedy OF
great merit.
Charades, .ableaux and dances
VIII be given at frequent intervals
and one new member elected by
popular vote at each meeting.
At the close or this announce.
ment dancing began. Many pretty
and attractive german figures were
led by various club members and
the popuar barn dance received is
share Of attention.
Delightful refreshments were pre-.
sen-ed during the evening by the
superioress OF the Academy and
were thoroughly enjoyed.
The last feature OF the enter-
tainmen was a selection rendered
by the vocal class and II too. was
greatly enjoyed. as this department
Is one OF unusual proficiency and
is perfectly trained.
On next Saturday evening a pri-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
BEWAHE OF OINTMENTs FOR
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY

as mercury WIN s,rely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
Ing 1t through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu-
liable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good
you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t Is taken internally and made In
Toledo. OHIO, by F. ]. Cheney q
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price, 7Bo.
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatiOn
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
GARY PASTOR MARRIED
REV. j. +. WOLFE GOES TO IN.
DIaNaPoLIs FOR Hts bride.

A recent issue OF Ia indianapolis
Star has the, following.
= AT 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon Miss Pearl Gordon STOCKTON
and the Rev. ]. f. Wolfe. Of Gary.
w. Va, were united in marrlaxe
by the pastor of Meridian street
NJ. L. church. The ceremony was
performed at the home OF the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Stockton. on East Ohio street. The
house decorations we're marked
throughout with the greatest sim
plicity. The first parlor was used
Tor the ceremony room, the couple
standing in front OF bank OF palms
and ferns arranged in front OF the
window. The wall pockets aad vas.
es were filled with white roses and
carnations. The brides brother
Mr.. Paul Stockton. played the we'd
ding music. The ring bearer. Miss
Helen Barnes, carried the ring I'm
Gala lily. The bride wore n
pretty gown OF white messaline over
SILK made in princess fashion and
trimmed with Irish lace. The veil
was caught with white rosebuds and
the boquet was OF brides roses tied
with southern smilax and white sat
In ribbon. The Rev. and Mrs. Wolfe
left yesterday for Chicago on a
wedding journey and VIII later go
south to live. The brides going
away gown was taupe colored tail
ored gown with hat and gloves to
match. The guests who came TO at
tend the wedding were Mr.. and Mrs
j. T. Barnes, Hon. and Mrs. S. A
Barnes and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. o.
Barnes OF Seymore, Ind"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

MONITOR PULvERIzED "a, all
stores.) The -four OF quality.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
Observation-Disclosures
NAY II. 1pnR.


Leave $3.50 a. m. for Roanoke.
Norfolk and all points on the shen-
andoah divlsron. Pullman Sleeper
Roanoke to New York. via Hagers-
town, Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke
to Norfolk.
$3.50 a. M for Roanoke. Rich
mond. Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
Dining Car TO Roanoke. Parior Car
Roanoke to Norfolk.
1865 y. m. for Roanoke. Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley. PHILADELPHIA
and New York. Sleeper to Phlladel-
phia. Cafe Car Gary aud Roanoke.
1919 y. IN. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg. Richmond. Norfolk. Pullman
Sleeper TO Roanoke and Pullman
Sleeper Roanoke TO Norfolk.
Leave Bluefield 500 p. IN. for Ken
ova. Columbus and all points West
and Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars
S:15 n. IN. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
Leave S:25 a. IN. and 2:25 p. m.
daily for Tozewell, Norton and al
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and points or
the Cllnch Valley division at g:4O D
M. and TAO p. m.
Leave 6:10 n. nj. for welch and
intermediates stations.
Leave 1O:45 IN. for william
son and intermediate stations.
Leave 2:40 p. m. for Welch and
intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West.
ern Railway for tickets, maps And
additional information.
W. d. BEVILL. @. p. A.,
Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
KILLED GIRL
WOMAN, AGED FORTY. Kills A
SEVENTEEN YEAR Old GIRL.

At Union Hall Saturday Lucy
Mitchell killed Minn!e Mcbride with
an axe. Thu two women. II seems,
had dispute over some love AFFAIR
All Of the family were at church
when the Tragedy occurred. The
murderess was arrested and taken
TO Rocky Mount. whore she was
placed in Jail