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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
Crowds Gather at Quebec.

QUEBEC, July 17.-Today marked
the gathering in this city Of the ad-
vance guard of the tremendous throng
which will next week welcome the
Prince of Wales to Canada and cele-
brate the tercentenary of the momen-
tous battle between the French and
the English on the Plains of Abraham.
The hotels and residences of the city
will be wholly inadequate to entertain
ing the crowds and thousands will be
obliged to spend the week in the "tent
cities which have sprung up in the
vicinity Of Quebec. Every effort has
been made to make the pageant and
other festivities the most noteworthy
of their kind ever held in America.
exercises will be held on
Monday and Tuesday, but the
great events Of the tercentenary cele-
bration will follow the arrival of the
Prince Of Wales on Wednesday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
GEORGE D. POTTER FOUND DEAD
Suspicious Circumstances Surround
Death of Spokane Mining King.


EATrLE, July 17.-George d. Pot
ter, of Spokane, one of the best known
mining men in the Pacific northwest,
and inventor of POtter's Safety fender
for street cars, was found dead in his
room in the Prince Albert hotel this
morning. 1t is thought death resulted
from heart disease, although an au-
topsy will be held to determine the ex-
act cause.
Potters was to have kept a business
engagement this morning with D. A.
Doyle, of the Seattle Electric company,
Doyle phoned, and the hotel proprietor
went to call Potter. There was no re-
sponse to his knocks. Potter was
found lying in bed.
Friends of Potter express surprise
that no money was found on his per-
son as he always carried considerable
cash. Not cent was found.
A peculiarly shaped gold nugget
first picked up when Potter discovered
gold in the famous Couer d'Alene dis
trict was also missing.
Potter was worth three hundred
thousand dollars.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17

commission. Captain Beggs, general
purchasing agent for the Panama ca
nal commission, in a, statement given
out said that the poor steamship service
on the Pacific coast is responsible for
the decision.
The Pacific coast merchants have re-
quested that some Of the supplies be
purchased there and shipped to La Bo-
ca. Captain Beggs says that if sup
plies were purchased on the Pacific
coast and there should be a failure to
ship on vessel it would be 20 days
before another shipment could arrive.
On the Atlantic coast shipments can
be made every four days. Twenty days
Is too long an interval for the ship
meht of fresh food, says Captain Beggs,
but prunes and dried peaches might be
on the Pacific coast
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
NINE KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
Town Of C|e-t|um Almost
Wrecked.
CAR OF POWDER ExPLODEs
PIECES OF HUMAN FLESH BLOWN
HALF A MILE-LlST OF DEAD
POWERS WITH FATAL
RESULTS.

ELLENSBURG, WISH, July 17.-Nine
persons were blown to small fragments
ana several were injured and much
property was wrecked and panes of
glass were shattered all over town as d
result of terrific explosion of tbs
powder magazine Of the Northwestern
Improvement company, located a short
distance from Gle -Elum, a small min
ing town, late yesterday afternoon. The
cause of the explosion is unknown.
George Mead, manager of the COM
fany and a clerk in the store went
near the magazine to unload a car of
powder. They had been working but a
few minutes when the explosion oc-
CURED. They were blown into such
small pieces that all hope Of identifica-
tlon was abandoned. The whole town
was rocked and the inhabitants were
panic stricken
A tent where Mrs. Peter Moffatt,
wife of brickmaker, and her two
children lived, was blown to shreds.
Moffatts infant was killed and the
other injured while the body of the
mother was not found and is supposed
to have been blown to small pieces.
Pieces of human flesh were hurled
half a mile.
The dead as far as known are:
George Mead, Andy Grill, clerk; Joe
Rossi, miner; Joe Pogriappi. miner;
Moffatt infant; Clifford Mcdonald,
clerk; two other unidentified miners.
Numbering Mrs. Moffatt with the dead
makes total of nine.
The injured are: Mrs. Robert Simp-
son, injured in the wreck Of her home;
Michael Evans, electrician, struck on
the head by flying brick; Mike Sc
uall, laborer, serious; Moffatts daugh-
ter. 1t is expected some Of them will
die.
Excitement continues in Cle-Elum
today. There is great sorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17

we will have to advertise as they are
doing and go them one better if we are
able. We should gather a fine exhi.
bit and put it up nicely. People don't
know what we can do down here and
we ought to show them. The only
bad thing about it is that it is already
late. We had fine cherry and straw
berry crop this year and now they are
all gone. Next year our crop may not
he so good and we will regret thai
we did not begin earlier. We are just
learning to advertise and we must no,
overlook this opportunity.
F. S. Dement, think it is all right
1 am in favor Of it.
c. K. Holloway am most heartily
in favor of the appropriation. If the
states around Washington are going
to take an interest in the matter !
think we surely should.
Miles G. MoOre-I am in favor Of the
exhibit at the exposition and the ap-
preparation for it.
W. M. Kirkman-I favor the move.
ment.
w. P. McKean-I think it is the
proper thing to do
E. 8. Hennessey-Certai we
should have the appropriation for the
exhibit. Walla Walla should have
headquarters at the A.-Y.-P
F. M. Pauly-We should have it by
all means. The appropriation is al
most a necessity.
George MacMartin-Quote me as
saying anything favoring the appropri-
alton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
SHEPHERD IS
RE|NSTATED
School Board Appoints Him
Principal Of sharpstein
ACTION WAS A SURPRISE
BOARD WAS FINALLY MOVED BY
LARGE NUMBER OF PETITIONS
FROM STUDENTS AND
PATRONS OF
SCHOOL.

Moved by the petitions of hundreds
of students and patrons of the schools
of the city, the board of education last
night reinstated Prof. ]. w. Shepherd
in the schools of the city, making him
principal of the Sharpstein school.
His reelection follows one Of the bit
terest school fights the city has ever
had and was brought about in a great
measure by the hard work of his many
friends both in and outside the schools
At the meeting last night Superintend-
ant o. S. Jones favored his appoint
ment to the principalshop of the ward
school, although he had not been fav-
oring his reelection in the high school,
Another teacher who had not been
previously elected for the coming year
was Miss Mary Burr, who goes back
to her old position in the Lincoln
school. All the other teachers, over
whom there had been controversies,
were left out of the reckoning and the
matter is considered settled perma-
nently
The meeting last night was a spe-
cial one. Few knew of the session,
the regular meeting and even the city
superintendent said he knew nothing
Of it until about o'clock For some
time the board has been anxious to
hold the meeting but the continued ILL
ness of Mr.. Gardner had prevented it,
It was thought best, however, not TO
put off the meeting longer and last
night the directors met, all being pres
ent except H. A. Gardner.
Aside from the election of the teach
ers there was little done. Regular re-
ports were read, bills were allowed and
routine business was transacted.
Besides the teachers above mention
ed, others were elected as follows:
Principal of the Lincoln school, A.
E. Nelson of Kennewick; in the high
schoolEphysics and chemistry, ]. e.
Bentel, ST. Peter, Mimi. commercial,
Charles r. Cook, Portland; oratory and
girls gymnasium, Miss Frances Arm
strong, Chicago; modern languages,
Mary Mcintyre, Ritzville; = history and
boys gymnasium, w. c. .Cochrane,
Los Angeles. l,F a5s
How They Voted.
The matter Of the unemployment of
Professor Shepherd came up on the
motion of Director Criffield, who moved
that Mr.. Shepherd be named as pr'n.
cipal of the Sharpstein school and Mr..
Nelson as principal of the Lincoln
school On this motion, Directors Crif-
field and Stewart voted aye and Di-
rectors Blalock and Hunt voted no.
The vote being a tie, the motion was
lost.
Director Criffield then moved thas
Mr. Shepherd be named as principal II
the Sharpstein school, Mr.. Nelson as
of the Lincoln school ana
Miss Burr as teacher in the Lincoln
school, This motion was carried by a
vote of three to one, DR.. BlalOck be-
ing alone in the negative vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
SOCIALISTS MAKE
A BIG H0LLER
OBJECT TO NEW ZEALAND'S DEM
ONSTRATION IN FAVOR OF
OUR FLEET.

WELLINGTON, N. T., July 1.-THE
socialists in Aukland are threatening
TO hold a demonstration of the unem-
ployed as protest against the public
expenditures incidental to the recep-
ton of the American fleet.
In the house of the assembly Mr..
Malcolm, one of the members, declared
that there was danger that the visit
of the American fleet may cause the
colonists to place dependence upon the
United States rather than upon the
motherland.
He therefore, regretted that the in
vitation had been given.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
Back Broken in Mine.

VANCOUVER, B. c., July 17.-Ed-
gar Floren, a miner, had his back brok-
en- in an accident al the CRANKY mine
yesterday. F1oren had given a signal
to a driver of an electric engine, but
failed to jump out of the way when
his signal was obeyed. He was pinned
against a wall He will die.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
Calls for Reports.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE comp
troller of the currency today issued a
call for the reports Of the condition of
all national banks at the close of busi-
ness, July Is.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
NO ZONE TRADE
FOR THE PACIFIC
PURCHASING AGENTS ACCEPT AT.
LANTIC'S TALES OF DEARTH
OF SHIPS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 17.-Un-
less word is received from Colonel
Goethels today to the contrary, Paci-
fic coast dealers will not be considered
in the purchasing of supplies by the
commissary department of the canal
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-17
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
RIOT IN JAPANESE HOUSE.
An Exciting Debate Precedes the Pas
sage Of the Budget.

Toxic, Japan. an exciting
debate, which developed into a riot
on the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives, the budget was passed by
a majority Of 1912. In the course of
the rioting speakers howled at the
Chair and charged favoritism, the OPP
posing members demanding an apol-
ogy, The Chair suspended the ses-
sion for half an hour, and upon re-
Stunning apologized handsomely to the
Opposition.
Several of those who took part in
the debate called attention to the
fact that more than half of the budget
was devoted to ornaments. 1t was
also pointed out that the financial
measures of the Government did not
contain provisions to prevent an out
flow of gold while the balance of
trade had tendency against Japan
Upon the side of the Ministry the
principal speaker argued that it was
unwise and dangerous to discuss pub
licly the nations finances from a pes
simistic standpoint, thereby creating
unnecessary alarm abroad
He called attention to the natural
resources of Japan, which, he said,
were only awaiting development by
cheap capital.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
S7ARCHEXPLODEs, KILLSFWE
Four Workmen and a Merchant
Are Victims at Providence.
Mysterious Accident Wrecks Fac
tory and Makes an Odd Spec
tacIe-Probablc Cause.

Providence, r I. - Five persons
were killed by the explosion of a
mixer in the starch factory of G. S..
Tanner here. The building was bad
ly wrecked by the explosion and fire
following completed the work of de-
struction. The dead are: A. l..
Chase, Richard Comes, John Dautt
and two workmen known only as
Mike and Tony
The starch factory was an old
brick structure OF three stories, The
exact cause Of the explosion remains
to be determined. Mr.. Tanner init
mated that it may have been due to a
spark from defective electric wiring,
igniting the starch mixture prema-
turely.
The explosion tore away great
hole in the centre of the building and
carried away the larger part of the
roof. There was an upward rush of
smoke, flames and fine powder,
which looked like white cloud, and
through this could be seen portions
of timbers and bricks falling within
the building, and outside it's walls as
we'll.
The house of Hose Company No. 2,
in the rear of the starch factory, was
slightly damaged, and so much debris
was piled about the door that it was
fifteen minutes before the fremen
could get out to fight the fire.
The property loss due to the explo-
sion and fire will probably not exceed
$4,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Resorts Push Waterway.

The Mayors League of New Jersey
Seashore Resorts, which was organ
lied several years ago, and has since
worked assiduously for the benefit
of the various resorts, was enter
tanned by the Board OF Trade, Of
Wildwood, and the Councils of the
boroughs Of Wildwood, Anglesea and
Holly Beach The occasion was the
regular yearly meeting Of the league
A banquet was served at the house of
the Holly Beach Yacht Club, at Wild
wood Crest, and Mayor Stoy, of At
lantic City. the president, was toast
master Many spirited addresses
were made recounting the accomplish
ments Of the league and suggesting
new schemes for the advancement
and betterment of the resorts. The
projected inside waterway or channel
from Cape May to Sandy Hook, con-
Meeting all the coast resorts along
the route and providing safe inside
course for pleasure craft and light
commercial traffic, was discussed, and
all present pledged continued interest
and influence for its accomplishment.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
In All Parts Of the state.

A board Of trade is being organized
at High Bridge.
Thieves stripped the clothes line in
Mrs Johnson's yard at Woodbury..
Cape May will make tests at var
ious points for a new water supply.
Paul II. Ludlam has been renom-
mated as chief of the Miilville Fire
Department.
Postmaster Edward M. Sutton, OF
Ocean City, has been appointed to the
Executive Committee of the New Jer-
sey Association of Postmasters.
The revival in the Glassboro M. P.
Church has closed with fifty-five pro-
fessed conversions.
Pemberton Methodist Church has
elected w. H. Heisler. Elwood Dob
bins and r.. H. Dobbins for three-
year terms.
Rev. William @. Mcknight, of
Greenport. N. r., has accepted call
to the Deerfleld Presbyterian Church,
John M. Hyde, Of Pennington, has
been appointed Deputy Clerk for
Hunterdon County.
Or. Rogers, OF Woodbury., killed
three cows suffering with tubercu-
| losls at Pennsgrove. by direction Of
the State Board Of Health.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
WOULD USE JAIL INSTEAD or FINES
Senten Not Favored

sentence is not a harsh punishment.
Time is the only thing we have in
common, and / have the conviction
that the equitable punishment for
crime would be the abolition of fines
and the imposing of Imprisonment
under the indeterminate sentence,
Let the time for liberty depend upon
the reformation of the prisoner.
Desire For Freedom Helps.
''The strong natural desire for free.
dom will give the incentive and fur.
nish the hope for the desired refor-
nation 1t is rank folly to throw
into a common prison the first often.
der, the vagrant, the drunkard and
the hardened and confirmed criminal
and expect a reformation. Your rot
ten apples will faint your whole bar.
rel
In the workhouse I saw many men
who were warmer, better fed and
freer from care; in brief, better off
than many an honest, poor man OF
family outside out of work and de.
pendent upon a niggardly public char.
ity for his support. | would not be-
less humane to the prisoner, but
would be more generous to the man
WIZ 10 mAAiA5 W 0uhOA eNhu AChie "A
honest.
1.-THE workhouse should have sep
arate departments, the inmates elias!
sified and the different grades kept
apart from one another All should
have to work Promotion from low
er to a better grade should be made
| for good conduct, satisfactory work
and proven betterment Increase the
privileges as the prisoner ascends in
grade and at the end have your work
| farm and manual training depart
ment. Turn your prisoner out into
| the world able to do some honest
work, get him place to work or see
| that he has the means to live an hon
est life till he obtains employment
and the great problem and danger OF
society, the recidivist, the constantly
recurring criminal. will be In pre- SIS
of rational solution"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
BANK ROBBERS GET $4,000
And Escape, After WrecIxing Building
and Rousing Whole Town.

Rich Hill, Mo.-Stealing $4,000
in cash after dynamiting and wreck
ing the $4,000 building of the Farm
ers and Mechanics Bank in this city,
five robbers, all heavily armed, ter
rorized the citizens and after ex-
changing shots with the Sheriffs
posse escaped to the rough country
south of here.
No one was injured by either the
shots or the explosion.
A terrific roar caused by the dyna-
hitting of the vault of the bank awoke
the town half an hour after midnight.
The population hurried to the two
story brick bank building in the CEN
ire of the city. Many persons arrived
in time to see the robbers ride away
Cashier j. w. Jamison said that
all the cash in the bank had been
stolen by the robbers. The bank
building was completely wrecked and
many neighboring buildings we're
damaged by the explosion.
The Sheriff of the county organized
posse, but as the robbers got a good
start there is little prospect of their
being overtaken soon. The rough
country to the south Of the city af-
fords good refuge for the robbers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

Toledo, Ohio.-James Austin, Jr.,
a police judge, of Toledo, has just
finished a sentence of one day in the
city workhouse, imposed by himself
while on the bench this week. Judge
Austin has been anxious to learn
from experience the exact meaning of
a workhouse sentence, and arraigned
himself on a technical charge of ecu
riosity," going to the workhouse in
the patrol wagon the same as COM
mon prisoner.
"As l stood handcuffed ready to
get into the patrol wagon with the
crowd cf Market Square loafers max
ng fun of me and of my situation,
he SAID, after his experience, II was
simply enduring what I had seen
many a poor victim have to suffer in
days gone by. The time / spent in
my own society in the cell has recti-
fed my former views of time, for ]
know there are more than sixty min
utes in an hour when you spend that
hour in cell, with nothing to smoke,
chew, drink, read or write, and only
the slant of the shadows in the cell to
let you know what time it is.
found our workhouse well warmed
and scrupulously clean, the food
wholesome and the discipline firm but
kind.
~ All Cheerful.
II was impressed with the uniform
cheerfulness of the inmates; it re-
minded me OF the happiness of ire
sponsible children" he continued
when we went out to cut ice the
chosen men obeyed, but did not seem
to 60 with alacrity. The thoughts OF
the prisoners seemed centred on get
ting out. They did not appear to be
anxious for work In fact, in the
winter time our workhouse is mis-
homer, through no fault OF the OH
rials. 1t is our loafing place, our har-
Dor and haven of rest for the derelict
of society.
If all the warehouses; are con-
Quoted ON the humane principles OF
the Toledo workhouse a workhouse
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
Our Marines and Infantry Cover
25 Miles in Cuba In 10 Hours

Havana. companies of ma
rines ana three companies of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry, proceeding
for target practice to Guanajay,
marched on Saturday twenty-five
miles between 6 O'Clock in the morn
Ing and 4 O'Clock in the afternoon,
with hourly halts OF ten minutes and
an hour for dinner They travelled
at the rate of kilometer in ten and a
half minutes, which Is considered ex-
ceptionally good work for Americans
In the tropics.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
Hard Lines For Trarnps.

The borough lookup at Clayton
has been made as inviting as renova-
tors can make it, and yet it is likely
that tramps will steer clear of the
borough The improvements Of the
lookup include new paint, frescoing,
fumigation, scrubbing, new cots and
fresh mattress, but. alas, Mayor Mich
oils has decreed that every man who
goes into it must first take a bath.
Many wanderers have heretofore APP
piled for lodgings at the lookup, but
the water for the bath is to be cold,
the towels short and thin, and it is
likely that nearby towns will be
more literally patronized.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
Predicts War With Japan, Does
French Lecturer at Harvar

Boston. Andre Tardieu, editor of
the Paris Temps, now delivering the
series of lectures at Harvard, said
war is imminent, but while do
not think that the present internal
conditions would permit Japan to
rush into war in the next three
months with this country. am cer-
tain that ii an agreement governing
Japanese immigration is not reached
soon the little brown men will be
quick, to seize the opportunity to
teach the proud Westerners a lesson. :
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
USE ELECTRICITY on sAvAGEs
Novel Method Adopted by Japanese TO Exterminate
Head Hunters.

San Francisco.-The determination
of savage, murderous head hunters
by electricity is the latest novelty in
troduced by the Japanese in For
mosa, according to Walter Clifton.
manager of a Formosan mercantile
company, who arrived here recently
on the Japanese liner America Maru.
"These head hunters" said Cliff
ton, number about one hundred
thousand and infest the entire east
ern coast of the island. All efforts
to civilize them have failed They
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
TO Fight Child Labor Bill Again.

South Jersey glass manufacturers
expect to wage vigorous fight
against the passage of the Child La
Dor Bill which Assemblyman Gin
nelly, of Mercer County, introduced
in the Assembly, prohibiting children
under the age of sixteen years from
working in the factories and mills at
night. When a similar bill was in
troduced last year it passed in the
Assembly, but the manufacturers en-
ployed lobbyists to defeat it, and the
Senate committee let the measure
sleep"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

recently inveigled a party of three
hundred Chinese and Japanese into
an ambush, on the pretence of show
ing some treasure, and killed all but
three.
Large bodies of troops were sent
out, and now when a company of
head hunters is located the place is
surrounded by a wire fence The
wires are charged with electricity.
The soldiers begin to shoot; the
savages stampede, and then the dead
ly wires get those that the bullets
miss