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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
The Adventurous Feline.

Hello is this the electric light COM
pany? Do you take cats down?-yes,
cats,-She is on a pole, and crying
just terribly. She must have been UP
there a week. for she's just as thin!-
WHARTON, this is Fifty ninth Ave-
nue. big dog is barking at her, too,
and she-what street? Why, | don't
know: l don't live on this street, do
I?-Oh, yes. of course, Bristol street,
the druggist says.-Oh. will your
You are so good, And man just said
she is playing with the transformer
and might short circuit herself, or
something. Well, thank you very much.
L am so glad-GooI-by ,'-Success
Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Not Always What They Seem.

Professor and Mrs. Hadley were on
a train bound for New York, where
Yale's president was to speak before
national convention. He made use OF
the hour and twenty minutes he spent
in the train by rahearsing his speech
in low voice. using his hands to en-
phasize certain passages.
A kindly matron who was sitting d.
who had been watching and listening
leaned forward. and tapping Mrs
Hadley on the shoulder, said feelingly:
You have my sincere sympathy, my
poor woman. | have one just like him
at home. -Success Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
NEED MORE SHIPS.
The Naval Department Finds Itself
Embarrassed.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE nav
al department is under considerable
embarrassment for ships according to
a report from officials With part of
the American navy IN the south seas,
with demands for protection from
zueia. and other central American
points the expedient has been found
vessels which have long been out of
use. The Wheeling will be placed in
yard.
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A THRILLING Moment.

The bomb went off with a dull and
deafening roar, and Second Story Bill
the Pious Burglar. gaZed into the black
recesses of the vault.
AT last" he muttered hOarsely, my
prayers are answered. Fortune is
mine
He went in but in a moment he
emerged, his face white with the rage
of disappointment
Curse them" he cried in his wrath.
"The receivers have been here before
me-" But he was wrong. The vault
had contained the firms collateral Tor
SPECTATORS loans, and the recent fall
in the market had completely wiped out
the margins.-Success Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Oil Still Burns.

TAMPICO, Mex, Aug. 17.-Despite
every effort made to stop it. the minia
ture volcano which is burning the oil
of the Sangeronimo district continues
sand barrels daily Workmen are to-
day pumping immense quantities of
sand and mud into the crater. Since
the we'll began burning on July 4. more
than five million barrels have been de-
stroyed. The oil is valued at one dol
lor barrel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
SMELL SAYS He
WILL Be ELECTED
TACOMA CANDIDATE CONFIDENT
OF WINNING SENATORIAL
TOGA.

TACOMA. Aug. 17.-Judge w. ii.
Smell. when seen at his headquarters
in the Donnelly hotel, Tacoma, AMI
asked how his canvass was progress
ing, said:
Very satisfactory indeed. 1 am de-
lighted to see the loyalty of our Taco
ma citizens. My candidacy doesn't
please the politicians and some of the
papers, but the people are with me.
All over the state the common peopie
are rallying to my support These
cheap politicians who for a considera-
tiCn paid them, stand on the street
corners and stalk up and down the
land talking up their respective can
didates, do not fool the people a bit
The people know their own minds with
out being instructed by those self
appointed political pedagogues. For
my part l don't see much difference in
the methods of either Congressman
Jones or Senator Ankeny."
well, judge, haven't you a hard
task before you in your own county
where the whole Perkins press is
against you and you have no organ?"
Eyes and no. 1t is true the Perkins
press is against ME and it is difficult
without the papers to reach the people
hut as far as these papers are con-
cerned l think the people thoroughly
understand the meat in the cocoanut'
I'm whose interest is your canJi-
dacy?"
'Emphatically in no ones interest
but my own and that of Pierce county
and decent politics in the whole state
and fair treatment to every section o.
the state
who brought you Out?"
Under the primary system the peo-
pie will make their own nomination
Nilioui OSlilS DIOuS1I Out DN any
body. AS an American citizen | avail l.
ed myself of the privileges OF filing my
candidacy for the United States senate
and l will submit my cause to the
ober-thinking people of this state.
q am out as a candidate in the in
terest of no person or faction nor am 1
tied up with any candidate on the state
or congressional ticket. We in Tacoma
are not particularly interested in your
Seattle factional fight. l have many
good friends in King county, men who
have known me for 20 years, and I be-
lieve l will get good support in your
city. My platform is a square deal
Tor ALL
do you really expect to be elected p
II certainly expect to be the next
United States senator"
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Jewell she declines to state. Jewell is
conspicuous by his absence. at the H.
tel Frederick. The woman says he Is
in Portland. Dispatches from Portland
convey the information that Jewelrs
presence would be far more acceptable
at the present time than his absence.
George Joseph, a Portland lawyer Is
particularly anxious to meet Nj.
Jewell and discuss a $500 deficit which
resulted in his bank account as a con-
sequence of his acquaintance with Jew
ell. Two weeks ago Jewell appeared at
the Hotel Oregon announcing that he
and Mrs. Jewell were on their honey
moon. He ran short of cash, presented
drafts on New York, and the drafts
We're cashed. Joseph would like to see
the cash he distributed as a result of
his friendship with Jewell.
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Through Service Soon.

CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-Through SER
vice is to be inaugurated on the ST
Paul roads of the Pacific coast extern
sion late next year, according to a
statement made b. a high official today
The road win break all records by
building 1T bridges on lis miles of
track
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Ready to Go.

An old Scotchman who was threat
ened with blindness consulted an ocu-
list.
"Will you have a little stimulant?
inquired the doctor.
The old ScOtchman smaclled his lips
in eager anticipation.
"Ou aye, I'll TAX drink o. anythin
you have handy was the quick re
joinder.
''Ah, that's the TROUBLED" exclaimed
the oculist You'll have TO stop drink
ing or you'll lose your eyesight.'
The old chap pondered a moment.
"a, weel, doctor, it doesna much
matter; haze seen everythin' that's
worth seem, anyway. "-Success Maya
zine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Arraiunment Postponed.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Captain Pet
and his brother T. Jenkins Haines
were to have been arraigned in the
and charged with numbering William
A Annis. advertising manager OF Rec
reation. sunday night at the Yacht
club. but the hearing was postponed
4 week. The brothers belong to one
OF the most prominent families in the
army They We're manacled together
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17

today that Lieut. Frank p. Lahm and
Charles Chandler of the army signal
corps. and Major Henry Hersey of the
United States weather bureau. will he
official representatives of the United
States i'm the great international Dai-
l.,on competition to be held in Berlin
on October 10 and IL.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS
MANY PASSENGERS TODAY
Disaster on Michigan Lake Results in
Fifty Missing.

are known to DE dead and as many
as so passengers are missing as a re-
suit of the explosion OF boiler on the
steamer Leslana on Carp lake. Three
bodies have been recovered It is be-
tieved that dozen persisted in the ter
ride panic which ensued
Maay in the state rooms were caught
without any chance of escape. Those
on deck were hurled into the water
Mrs. Isabel A. Laberia, of Travers City
Mich was instantly killed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
New Sewer System.

BALTIMORE. Md, Aug. bids
were received until noon today for
81 900 900 of the new sewerage bonds, a
part of total authorized loan OF $1O,-
900 900 for constructing a new sewer
age system in Baltimore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
OFFICERS SEARCH FOR
KIDNAPPED MONTANA GIRL
John S. Howard, the Champion Rope
Thrower Of World, Held for Con-
nection With Her Abduction.

HELENA, Mont. Aug. 17.-John S.
Howard. champion rope thrower of the
world, is in the custody of the police
of Billings, Mont, and. is being ques-
toned concerning the kidnoping Of
F'reda Bauer, Is years old, from her
home near the latter city, according to
a telegram received here tonight
Search is seill being made for the
masked men who rode up to the Bauer
night and kidnapped Miss Bauer after
her rather refused to give them money
of them holding the screaming girl
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Highwaynaen Are Murderers.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1.-TWO
19-year- old highwaymen held up Will
liam Lee, early today, and when he
death. Lee was going home. 1t is
thought that the robbers were drunk
and walked on. They felled their vic
tim by using blackjack. then kicked
him. He was taken unconscious to a
hospital
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17

The fire department was called out
about 9 o'clock this morning on long
run to the home OF c.. w. Eiler, about
a mile outside the city limits. The ap-
paratus was not taken clear out, Is
there was no water connection, but the
chemical was used to some extent The
barn and 20 tons of hay were con-
sumed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Mill Pond Mystery.

PALMER, Mass, Aug. 17.-With a
mans footprints as the only clue, de-
tectives are trying To solve the mys-
terry of the murder of Faith Davis,
aged Is, whose body was found in a
mill pond here yesterday. There is
evidence of a struggle before the girl
was thrown in.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-District
Attorney LangdOn today was presented
with a copy of the resolution adopted
by the depositors of the Market street
bank. requesting him to begin i'm
mediately the prosecution Of the off,
Gals and directors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Glenn mt Drowned.

EEI .LINGH AM, Aug 17-E. c. Gle
ment. aged %. the son of a wealthy
English family in Perks. was browne
in the slough at Marietta while bathing
yesterday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Shoshone Project Complete.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug IA
message received by the reclamation
bureau today says that the high pres
sure gates in the outlet tunnel of tbs
ShOshOne reservoir have been success
fully installed and that water is now
flowing through the tunnel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17

some years ago and read for the first
time the four volumes of Blackstone,
power given to the courts to apply to
cases where an injustice would be done
if the letter of the law were enforced.
The most difficult thing legislatures
and congresses have had to deal with
is that of attempting to place certain
limitations upon the equitable powers
of the courts You can by law define a
crime; you can by law, beyond any
quibbling or uncertainty, define the
procedure by which that crime may be
punished. You may with certainty pre-
scribe penalty that will be attached
in case of guilt. but it is exceedingly
difficult when we get out into this
great range of equitable power to alb
sOlutely define the limits wherein those
powers shall be exercised, and for
that reason the greatest powers that
we have conferred upon our courts are
not those that are defined absolutely
by law. but those which are imposed in
general terms under the one name of
equity, and for that reason the men
who sit upon the bench should be the
most careful in exercising these broad
powers because without doubt they are
vested with great discretion and you
cannot always limit it and you cannot
take it away.
Now in America in the last few
years this great movement of organi-
cation in labor has been steadily grow
ing stronger, until today it is most for
midable and every man must admit
that it is power for good. Little by
little, as the years have passed away,
the power of the master over the man
in his employ has been passing away,
so that now he cannot exercise that
great power of dominion over human
beings.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
Taft Enforced Writ.


life that today would undertake to say
that men do not have the right 70
strike. Such man if he were in pub
lie life would be retired just as soon
as opportunity presented itself. 1t in
wolves the principles of equality. Now
how were they to break the power of
the strike? 1t was a formidable weapon
in the hands of organized labor. How
could they prevent men from acting
in concert; how could they prevent
men from persuading their fellow men
to join in a concerted movement callea
strike? How could they hope to de-
strOy that great power of cooperation
among the laboring people of the coun-
try?
And there was a fellow. bright
lawyer, down in the state Of Ohio and
there was judge upon the bench
placed there by Mark Hanna, and the
republican machine, and he conceived
the idea that if he could go into that
court and get a writ of injunction that
would stop these men from acting in
concert, it would absolutely destroy
the power of the strike and he pro-
ceeded to do it and he got the iniunc-
ton that prevented those men from
doing that which was lawful and
right and they served that injunction
upon those men and they said you
shall not persuade your fellow men;
you shall not have the right of peace
able assembly, and God knows the
right of peaceable assembly was one
of the things that we demanded at
the foot of the British crown and be-
cause we did not have it we went to
war. prolonged applause)
For it denied them the right of
using the public press. Think of it, the
right of using the press to discuss the
matter, the right to persuade their fell
low men without intimidation Of force,
the right of assembling to confer as to
the best methods of conducting the
strike; the right to use the journals
in the interests of that strike.
These things were denied to you
and the writ was issued and served on
those men and the men who dared to
assert the immutable rights of every
American citizen, for which this coun
try stands the men who disobeyed the
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before the judge and without trial by
jury were found guilty and thrown
into prison ana the man who issued
the writ, of injunction the man who
stood ready to enforce that writ and
throw them into prison without trial.
without jury, was William H. Taft"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR RENT-FIvE-R ROOM HOUSE TO
rent with barn, close in. Apply o07
Ransom Bldg. 1
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Fire in Suburbs.

The Daily Statesman-esc per month
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He Can Hunt
A. R. CAREY secured hunters IL
cense today.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
NewspaDer's Mission,

A decent newspaper that is worthy
Of the name prints all the news that's
fit to print. 1t is neither swayed by
favoritism nor prejudiced by enmi-
ties. 1t prints facts always, and ex-
aggerations never Intentionally. 1t
has always the courage of its convic-
tions, and can be neither intimidated
nor cajoled into printing or falling to
print something contrary to the
wishes of its management. 1t is ever
ready, however, to correct error or
unintentional misrepresentation of
which it may be guilty, and which
will occasionally find its way into the
most jealousy guarded columns.
Such a newspaper will sometimes
offend, and occasionally make enc
mics for itself, but journals, like in
dividuals, that have no enemies are
apt to have either fixed opinions or
convictions worthy of the name.
An honest newspaper, like an hon
est man, does the best it can. When
it gives offense, it is genuinely sorry.
and hopes that all animosities will ha
short lived. 1t does not, however,
forget that it's mission is to print the
news and be honest with its constitfa-
ency, the whole of which cannot Es3
expected to be of the same mind.--
Albany Herald.
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hand, having by that time acquired
q high rate of speed.
Had been running a race for the
worlds record, I am sure l should
have won the prize. 1t was amazing
to me how fast 1 could run, as I con-
fess my blood turned perfectly cold
when l could feel the hoarse blowing
trunk of the elephant only few
yards behind me, and l expected ev-
cry minute to be crushed into a jelly.
In that particular part of the coun-
try these marshy plains are extraor-
dinarily sticky and slushy, so the mo-
ment I dashed into the grass, at the
record breaking speed at which J. was
travelling, my feet stuck in the soft
and slushy mud, and 1 was precipi-
tated with my face and hands into
the slush, my rifle sinking deep.
This was the supreme moment of
apprehension. l said goodbye to the
world and imagined myself dead. No
one could have been more surprised
than l was when, a reasonable time
to be killed in having elapsed, I got
up again and perceived the elephant
a few yards off, cantering away in the
opposite direction.
His back view was a great relief to
me. He had come to within two or
three yards of where l had fallen,
and having himself sunk in the soft
mud, had turned round and struggled
away, leaving big circular footmarks,
regular holes four or five feet deep in
the mud.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
SAVED BY THE MUD,

During a hunting triy in Africa
Mr.. A. Henry Savage Landor had a
narrow escape from two elephants he
was stalking. He had got within ten
yards of the male elephant, and TAX
ing careful aim, pulled the trigger.
The story of what followed is told
in Mr.. Landor's book, Across Wild
est Africa
The cartridge never went off, but
unfortunately my Kresh, who relied
on: the effectiveness of my weapon,
fred at the same moment with his
matchbox. We were such a short
distance from the animal that he ac-
tually hit him in the head. l shall
never forget my surprise when the
elephant. lifted his trunk skyward,
and in his fury roared like thunder.
A moment later the elephant, with
his trunk extended, dashed after us,
I, too, with my useless rifle in my
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
HE COULDN'T HELP 1T.

@Why do you take so much pains
to make that call?" asked one COL
lege boy Of another during the holi-
days. "You know you'd have lot
better time at the concert, and I
want you to go with me. You know
l do"
"Yes, old fellow, l know it, and
1 want to go with you; but you see,
it's this way. l promised my mother
I'd call on this old friend of hers,
and the friend is expecting me. This
is really the only time 1 can go, and
I know they will both be awfully
disappointed if I don't. You see,
they were chums when they were
young like us, and I've heard about
this Mrs. Brown all my life, and, of
course, she has about me. You see
how it is. I can't help going; and
then 1 always enjoy meeting my
mothers friends"
1t was only a little thing for this
young fellow to lose concert in
order to give pleasure to an older
person, but it is just little things
that many young folks carelessly
leave undone without realizing how
much happiness the attention would
give-Home Herald
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
CHAPTER XIX.

THE SHATTERING. OF THE CASTLE.
The Rolfes sat at breakfast in the
dining room of their Russell Square
house. That is to say, James Rolfe
was taking breakfast. while his wife
stood at the window looking into tho
garden, gloomy with its black trunks
and sooty evergreens. regardless of the
Geld. Her face was charged with
clouds which betokened thunder and
lightning --
Harriet" said her husband, turning
round and looking at her, whats the
good of it? What the devil is the good
of carrying ON like this?"
She made no reply.
Il say. Harriet, grumpiness doesn't
help. You may sulk as much as you
please, but you won't send Tom back
to Egypt"
81 can't bear it," she cried, starting
up and walking about the room. Il
won't bear it.
"What will you do then, Harriet?
You might as we1l declare that you
won't have a toothache. Because, my
dear, bad temper never yet cured
tootha che or changed mans luck
"Oh! you deceived me--you deceived
me-"
"No. Harriet. no,' he replied, calmly,
~ did not deceive you. Do sit down
and have breakfast comfortably. No,
my dear. Don't les as call things by
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THE TREMBLING PIRATE AND THE
BUTTERFLY.
A Pirate sat on rosebush twig,
And brave and bold was he;
When along came Butterfly, fierce and
big,
And as savage as he could be!
The pirate shivered and shook with fear,
He gave a despairing cry.
He said, II could brave a Buccaneer,
But I'm scared of Butterfy!"
The Pirates teeth were chattering fast,
The Pirates blood ran cold;
He thought each minute would be his last,
As he watched that Butterfly bold.
He quivered and quavered and quaked and
quailed,
He whimpered and whined and wept,
He shook in his shoes, and his vlsage
paled.
AS the Butterfly nearer crept.
Now I've told you the tale as far as I can,
For Pm sure l do not know
What became of the poor little Pirate man,
And his fierce, ferocious foe.
Carolyn Wells, in st. Nicholas.
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THROUGH SEWER FOR DOG.

A little black and tan dog trotting
along Main street, in Catskill, N. ".
with an Italian woman, saw leaf
blow along the gutter and disappear
into a surface water opening. He
went to make an investigation. 1t
was slippery with ice>around the hole,
and before he could stop himself he
disappeared with yelp into the open
ing. He shot through a twelve-inch
pipe into the Main street sewer and
landed at the bottom, seven feet be-
low the street.
The cries of the woman and the
bowling of the dog soon attracted
crowd, which could do nothing for
the prisoner through the opening.
up the street, but it was decided to
open a side street sewer leading to
the main street sewer near where
the dog was. Volunteers at once
went to work and made the dirt fly
for two hours before the branch sewer
was reached and opened.
When it was opened, the dog could
not be coaxed to the exit. In
short time the owner of the dog, a
young Italian, arrived. Borrowing a
lantern, he entered the opening, and
crawling through it for about 100 feet
to the main sewer, he got the dog.
Backing out with the animal in his
arms, he was greeted with cheers
from at least fifty persons who had
been waiting for the rescue. ASIDE
from being wet and scared, the dog
was all right.-New York Press.