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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21

who live within two hundred miles Of
Agra, the scene Of the Christian In.
denvor convention In India, next No.
vefnber, arc planning to 60 to the con.
vention nfoot, holding ayanselist!o
meetings by the way, The vioeroy
has granted the use Of considerable
part OF the viceregal camp and furri.
ture for the use OF the delegates OF
the convention.
The Presbyterian churches in Bra.
I'll have recently been organized into
s>general assembly, having two synods
and Ave presbyteries. Secretary
Robert q. Spear, OF the board Of
foreign missions. has lately been visit.
ing the Brazilian Presbyterians.
The romatic siege which the Mo.
ravian church has laid to Tibet for
half century is strikingly brought to
mind by the recent death Of the
Moravian missionary. Heyde. who died
at the age of SO. He worked from the
year 1862 down into the present
century, on the southern edge Of Thi.
bet, and for fifty years he never left
his field for the homeland. His hope
and expectation was that entrance
would ultimately be granted into Thu
bet, and he spent al this time pre-
pairing for that event. He helped
translate the scriptures into Thibetian
and taught the peasants in the valley
many things, including better
system of agriculture
An extraordinary action has been
taken by the British government in
India forbidding definitely the dedica-
ton of minor girls to Hindu temples,
or their marriage to the Hindu gods.
This practice results In their being
devoted to life of immortality in con-
nection with the worship of the idols.
1t Is announced that the government
means to enforce this law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21
oRPHANAeE HOME PAYS.
Meeting Of German Lutheran Church
at Fort Dodge Elects Officers
PLANS Made

Fort. Dodge, Sept. 1S.-During the
annual meeting Of the officers, direc-
tors and supporters of the German
Lutheran Orphanage at st. Paul's Ger
man Lutheran church Just held, the
institution was found to be a paying
one the necessary steps towards con
tinuing with the good work were
taken.
AT the conclusion of the meeting
the officers for the new year and
some of the directors were elected.
Rev. T. H. Wolfram of Waterloo was
reelected president of the orphanage
association and will serve for period
of three years as do the others elect
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21
PauIham Wins Rio Prize

Ostend, Sept 18-Louis Paulham,
the French aviator, flying in biplane
won prize of $4,000 today He cover.
ed As 1-3 miles in one hour at an aIti.
tude of 240 to 800 feet In alighting
he fell into the North Sea, but was
promptly rescued
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21
Shot Dead BY Negro.

Burlington, Sept. 1s.-Oficer Ellis
Countryman, while patrollis.;; his beat
in the depot district last night. accost.
ed strange negro, asking him what
he was doing. Instantly the fellow
pulled a revolver and shot Country.
man twice in the head, one bullet go
ing through the officers mouth.
Countryman will die. The negro
escaped.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

When the end Of your work is out
Of sight, look aloft.-de Lesseps.
Great truths are portions of the soul
OF man;
Great souls are portions OF eternity.
Lowell
Blessed Is he who has found his
work; let him ask no other blessed
ness: he has life purpose.-Thomas
Carlyle.
In prayer it is better to have
heart without words than words with
out heart.-Bunyan.
And what doth the Lord require of
thee, but to do justly and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy
God micah.
Straight Is the line OF duty;
Curved is the line of beauty:
Follow the straight and thou shalt
see
The curved line ever follow three!
Anon
Christianity is a religion that will
not keep; the only thing to do with
it is to use it. spend it, give it away
Henry Van Dyke.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-21
cHlLLIcoTHE.

Chillicothe.-Mrs. Flora Park of
Fredona, Kas., was an over Sunday
guest of MIR. and Mrs. Fred Hull
G. E. Butin is spending a few days
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
RATES.:

lie is excited over the amazine- second
act of Israel at The Criterion
'theater. In the memory of the Oldest
firstnighter there has never been seen
anything like it. The general opinion
is expressed by the New York Tribune.
which calls the act "stupendous." 1t
says:
Every one expected that Henri
Bernsteins ney play would be pow
erful one; everybody who saw it felt
the tremendous onward, upward rush
of its power. This play contains an
act stupendous in it's force The word
is none too strong. 1t sweeps evsry-
thing before it like the bursting of e.
flood.
Last night the audience lost control
OF itself; it applauded and shouted un-
Til the curtain had risen so many timss
that the count was lost; until the act
Ors were Wearied with bowling"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
1.-THE Silver Star"

Klaw & Erlangers latest produce
ton. 1.-The Silver Star" with Adeline
Genee, is a theatrical triumph The
play goes into the firms New Amster-
dam theater, New York, November 1.
and will run out the season. 1t is one
of the most brilliantly Spectacular
stage pictures ever devised
The five advertisements in which
Mile. Genee appears are possessed each
of a radical difference from it's
neighbor. The first, the fairy dance,
is the tWinkling, elfish measure of two
years ago. The second, the march
militaire," is a broad contrast The
hornpipe dance in gay little sailors
costume is the third and is inherently
a novelty from Mile Genee She ends
the first act by fancing up an in
cline backwards on her toes, a feat of
pure skill unparalleled on any stage
in any country.
The dance of the Spirit of Cham
payne, in the second act, is even moro
interpretive, though it lack none Of
the magical technique of the first
three. AS the daughter of the vine,
Genee is a glorified embodiment of
the motion of the restless heart OF
champagne.
In the third act, Mile. Genee as
Spring speaks for the first time in
her life from the stage, and breaks the
tradition that a European prem1 re
danseuse shall not speak any lines. 1t
is here that the triumphant dancer
reaches he zenith of her power.
technical and poetical. In this number
she dances on her toes for a few Sec
onds ovsr three minutes.
All of Mile. Genee's dances are new.
For her accompanist, Klaw & Erlan-
ger engaged the celebra ted composer,
c.. J. M GlasSr, of Vienna. Alexander
Genee, Miss Genee's uncle and in
structor, rehearsed the ballet and the
young English coryphee who Were
brought over for the production.
The play, by Harry B. Smith, with
music by Jerome and Schwartz and
Robert Hood Bowers and William A.
Helon, is in three acts with four
scenes "The Silver STAR is by far
the largest and most pretentious stage
spectacle of which the American
theater world may boast. The scenes
are of immense dimensions and are
artistic in color, design, texture and
general effect.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
AND AMERICAN CIVIC AS
ISOLATION MEET.
Want a Celebration of the Nation's
Birthday Similar to That cf Wash
ington This Year.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 16-When the
National Municipal league and Ameri-
can Civic association met here to-
day in joint session, one .of the first
announcements given out was that
the twin organizations will imme-
diately begin a nationwide crusade
for a safe and sane Fourth of July
celebration similar to that observed
in Cleveland, Washington and other
cities the last summer. The organ
izations are pledged to use their in
fluence to secure the passage in all
cities of ordinances prohibiting the
use of explosives in connection with
the annual observance of Indepen-
dence day.
The National Municipal league was
formed in 1894, the outcome of the
Philadelphia conference for good gov
eTnment Its membership has grown
steadily until today the active mem.
bers number more than 1900 men
and women drawn from every. NUM-
cipality between the two ocsans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
Audience Had to Wait.

Elsie F'erguson's. canary bird,
Bimbi, which plays one of the most i'm
portant roles in such Little Queen
at the Hackett theater. was arrested
Saturday night for speeding.
The speeding was not done on the
wing, but in a motor car. Miss Fer
guson, who lives at the Hotel Seville,
takes the bird home with her every
evening after the performance, and
last night she forgot Bimbi when she
went to the theater. The canary is
"discovered' at the rise of the curtain,
and therefore the play could not begin
phoned the hotel that she would give
IS to anyone who would g;et Bimbi to
Bimbi was put in a taxicab, and
Chauffeur William Dennis was prom
ised the S. if he reached the Hackett
in the given time. He was doing his
best when Bicycle Policeman Allsmby
arrested him for reckless driving at
the corner of Forty second street and
Broadway. At the Thirtieth street
station the chauffeur pleaded to be al
lowed to take the bird to the theater
befire being locked up. His request
was refused, but a telephone message
was sent to the Hackett, and Howard
Schnebbie, manager of Such a Little
Queen" came in great haste and an
other taxi for the feathered law
breaker, Bimbi reached his place of
business in time to play his part,
though the curtain was held fifteen
minutes because of his hardness.
Magistrate House, in the Night
Court. fined Chauffeur Dennis 81 for
reckless driving. No charge was pre-
ferred against the occupant of the
taxicab.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
OKLAHOMA HAS HER
SECOND BIRTHDAY

ing, and the need Of large corpora
tons TO rthe development of the new
state is being recognized.
Oklahoma was admitted to the
union of states on November 16, 1897.
The people of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory had struggled for years for
statehood, and finally were permitted
to launch into the field of self-gov-
eminent as a sovereign state.
Wild demonstrations marked the
receipt Of the news at 8 O'Clock on the
morning of November 16, that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had issued and sign
ed the proclamation admitting Okla
homa Immediately following the
news Governor C. ~ Haskell and a
complete set of state, county and
township officers were inaugurated,
the state ceremonies occurring at
Guthrie.
On December 2, or about two
weeks after the admission of the state,
the first legislature of the state con-
vened at Guthrie. 1t was composed
of 153 members, 100 in the house and
"A in the senate sThere were but IS
republicans in the house and five in
the senate all the other members being
democratic.
This legislature was confronted
with the task of revising and adding
to the statutes of oklahoma territory
Governor Haskell at the oTening Of
the legislature submitted long mes
sage, and the legislature with its
overwhelming democratic majority,
put through most of the measures sug-
gested.
These included Jim Crow law for
the separation Of the races, a law
guaranteeing the safety of deposits
in banks, stringent prohibition and
dispensary law known as the Bill
ups BILL" ands something over zoo
other measures. The legislature way
in session six months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
BEGIN A CRUSADE
FOR SANE FOURTH

There are also 1S1 local associations
affiliated with the national league. the
aggregate membership of these being
in excess of 10000
Ex-Attorney General Charles j.
Bonaparte of Baltimore is president
Of the league. His address in the
opening session of the Cincinnati
meeting will be an important feature.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff is the leagues
secretary, and his review of the year.
1.-THE American Municipal Situation"
covering the whole country. will be a
concrete report of the work Of the last
IL months. Direct nominations, public
health, the commission form of NUM-
cipal administration, municipal bud
gets and research, immigration and the
relation of the liquor question to NUM-
cipal affairs are some of the themes of
the discussions and, in a general way,
the meetings will be a sort of clear
inghouse for an interchange of pres
ent-Qay IDEAS.
AT the sessions Of the American
Civic association, there will be dis
cussions by experts, in city planning.
forestry, school gardens, tree culture
play grounds, the abatement of the
billboard and smoke nuisances and
the preservation of such great scenic
beauty as Niagara Falls and Yosemite
Conservation of natural resources
and plans will &c drafted for the sys-
tematic extension of that vital sub
ject President J. Horace Mcfarland,
of Harrisburg, Pa, will preside at the
sessions of the association.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
STATE WITH UlIQUE CONSTITU-
TON HAS BEEN IN EXIST
ENCE TWO YEARS.
Since Admitted to Statehood 1t Has
Been Constantly on the Trail
of the Corporations.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 16.-OIla-
homa, the infant commonwealth which
is the prize baby of the democracy and
is held up as a horrible example" of
precocious depravity by the republi-
year of it's existence. During these
two short years it has attempted re-
forms which have excited comment
all over the nation and has proved
itself in every way a warm baby"
One of the most important of the
legislative reforms which Oklahor
mans have attempted, the bank guar
anty law, has been emulated in sew
eral states, and is being agitated in
many others, with the possible result
that it will spread all over the coun-
try The system has many critics In
high places, who allege that such a
law makes the honest banker re-
sponsible for the defections OF his
dishonest brother. The fathers of the
plan in Oklahoma profess to be en-
tirely satisfied with it's workings.
They point out that it is a provision
of nature that the innocent must
suffer for the guilty, and that it is
as we'll that the bankers should do
some of the suffering, rather than
that it should be all loaded on the
equally innocent depositors, who baN>
always heretofore had to hold the
bag.
The history of Oklahoma during the
two years it has been state mas
been marked by constant camping
on the trail of the corporations. All
kinds of laws for their regulation
have been passed, but the fever of
is now apparently subsid-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
AmuSementS
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Not in months has the Majestic Of
fered such a highly commendable
billing as this week. The show is
one hour of hearty laughter and is
enjoyed by ALL Behind the footlights
in this popular vaudeville house this
week are to- be seen some of the best
comedians on the stage today.
The show opens with a sentimental
picture entitled Little Jimmie This
is IS good motion picture as has ever
been brought to Walla Walla. Long
& West open the bill in their singing
and talking act. The act is one huge
joke from beginning to end Crazy
is no name for it but even with this
handicap it is one long side-aching
laugh. Maxine Wells is a little of
everything, from a ventriloquist to
Il Don't Care Eva Tanguay." Her
impersonation of this crazy act" is
good. She captured the house several
times last night. Zanfella and Mans
field close the bin with their burles-
que sketch entitled THE Lazy Mes
senger Boy This is also strong.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16

may be paid at any time within thu
ty days from the date of theA6rst
publication of this notice withQ6 pen
atty, interest or cost; also Rat each
property owner is hereby Nfified that
the first installment Of Zach assess
ment is due apd payable at the Of
office of the Pity Tasurer on the
property own9s Eerested are here
by notified tof ap>ear at my office in
the City Hall\a6d pay same
r. G. PARKS, City Treasurer
First publication in Evening States
man November Is; last publication
November 25, 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
Return of kreisler.

Fritz Kreisler has returned to
violinistic fame more surely and firm
ly fixed than ever Mr.. Kreisler has
splendid leaps in delicate reserve, in
instinuation, and in mystic subtlety.
His execution is as broad and manly
as ever; his temperament is still COM
polling, his emotional passion irresist-
ible; but he makes his points more
cleverly and less badly; his yersatil-
ity in Interpretation is more manifold;
his vocabulary of expression is en-
larged In pure beauty of unforget-
table aesthetic grandeur his outpour-
ings of soul have become a golden
flood pour ing into an ocean of melody.
His concertos are played with a con-
summation of virtuosity, but his tech
nique and lightning like bowling is not
intrusive; the rapturous strains are
far more than a mere SeeSaW II bril-
lance and sentiment. The suites and
Chaconnes of Bach become under the
master tour of the muscular but sup
pie bow arm, visions of infinite beauty
which sing in the ears for days. The
self effacement is absolute; the dex-
terity of manipulation is invisible and
the full charm of the composer is gen
erously allowed to eclipse the part
played by the medium between the
spirit of the dead and the apperception
of the living. At the Keylor Grand,
November 81.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
Ezra Kendall in 1.-THE Vinegar Buyer"
November 27.

Ezra Kendall, the famous comedy
star comes to the Keylor Grand this
month in a new version of Herbert
Hall Winslows three-act comedy, The
Vinegar Buyer The first act shows
the main street of small Indiana
town called Bascombs Corners, the sec
ond is the exterior and grounds of the
local sanitarium and the third the
drawing room of a residence in Indian
apolis. The story Of the comedy con-
Germs the adventures of Joe Miller who
is patterned from the James WHIT
comb Riley's poem, Jap Miller Joe
is a happy-go- lucky jack of-all -trades
who lands in the small Indiana town
ana soon becomes one of its mann
STAYS. and his various vicissitudes FUR
nish the plot. Mr. Kendall plays the
part of Joe Miller, the man who al
ways has a speech at his command
and besides having himself elected
n,avor of the town, straightens OH
Some lox affairs. There is much local
color that falls to- this clever come
dams lot and his audience is l-ept IN
roars of laughter from the first to the
final curtain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
"The Third Degree"

Among the early offerings at the
Kevlor Grand is Henry B. Harris pro-
duction of Charles Klein's latest play,
"The Third Degree" fresh from lts
RIM of seven months at the HUDSON
theater. New York It has been some
time since the author of The Lion anu
the Mouse" has contributed new
NAV. and the announcement that Ihe
Third Degree" will be seen mere silor.-
ly. should create considerable box
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
office activity.
Charles Hartford.

The season of 1909-10 has opened
brilliantly fer Charles B. Ha2ford. The
public has left no doubt of it's readi-
ness to welcome him in a modern play,
sufficiently strong in human interest
to call for his best abilities. "The
American Lord as interpreted by him.
is study in human nature and not a
merely farcical creation, and the COM
edy is the more effective because it is
spontaneous outgroWth of the plot
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

Notice is hereby given to all property
owners in opening of Bellevue Avenue
Assessment District No. /, that the
assessment roll for said district and
the diagram accompanying the same
were filed in the office of the city
clerk on the 18th day of November,
1909; that the same are open for pub
lie inspection: that on the 23rd day of
November, 1909, A the hour of 1880
o'clock p. m. thu City Council will
meet and sit ID hear appeals of all
parties aggrieve by said assessment,
at at t, which time he said City , Council
that may be presented by the owners
of lots or parcels of land in said dis
trict, relative to the special benefits
that will result to each, and as to
whether each is equitable and proper
Tomato to the special benefits result
ing to each, or will be in excess @of
the benefits resulting thereto. All COM
plants and appeals must be submitted
in writing.
T. D. S. HART, City Clerk.
First publication in Evening States
man, Nov. Is, 1909; last publication,
Nov. %, 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
Epiqrams of "Inconstant George"

"Inconstant George" in which
Charles Frohman is presenting John
Drew at the Empire theater, New
York, is deemed by the critics to have
the wittiest lines of any play seen in
America for years. These are some of
them that one remembers: GA man
must choose between loving women
and understanding them" To-day with
votes for women, easy divorce and lack
of religion, girls are impossible. They
all want to be happy It's absurd. -
Gone must either be unhappy or
horrid. I'd rather be horrid."
The girl 'Tnconstant George" finally
marries is "Micheline" MARY Boland).
In one of the most amusing scenes
between them she tells him what his
friends think of him behind his back
seWeather cock" is one of the names.
"But why weather cock?' he asks.
because" she answers, they say you
TO with every wind that blows, ana
though you make a noise you never
really say anything
"They say you belong to SET
where they have to form mental syn
dictate to get through the morning
nanar and that YOU have barely
enough head to catch cold in
In another scene Georges frieiio'
who has discovered that George mas
been flirting with his wife and MS
cousin both at the same time, says:
"Why should I be astonlshed at YOU
heing infatuated with two women
whom I myself admire sufficiently 10
be the husband of one and the COUSIN
of the other"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
Negro Fair Opens.

AUGUSTA, Cal, Nov ia great
function at ST. Peters marked the
celebration today of the Episcopal Ju-
bilee of Plus X. Pilgrimages are mere
from many parts Of the. world, includ-
Ing large parties from the United
States and France
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
CITY TREAsURER's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the as
Sessment Roll for Local Improvement
District No. AZ under the provisions
Of Ordinance No. 1884 of the City Of
Wa'la Walla, entitled can Ordinance
levying a tax to gutter, curb and i'm
prove North Spokane street from the
North line of East Main street to the
South line of East Rose street, the
same being Local Improvement~Dis-
trict No. AZ, and providing fev~the is
sue and sale of local Improvement
bonds on said distri4tto pay there
f ns2 and ss tss n{s,s tnf fSI
ty days fr1fns the date of the first
publication of this notice without PEN
atty, interest or cost; also that each
property owner is hereby notified that
the first installment Of each assess
ment is due and payable at the office
of the City Treasurer on the 18th day
of December, 1909. All property own
ers interested are hereby notified to
appear at my office in the City Hall
and pay same.
r. G. PARKS, City Treasurer.
First publication in Evening States
man November Is; last publication
November 25, 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-16
CITY TREAsURER,s NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the as
sessment Roll for Local Improvement
District No. So under the<sprovisions
Of Ordinance No. 1873 oFthe City of
Walla WeTa. entitle1~An Ordinance
'evying tar to /6ve, gutter, curb
and improve fE2( Main street from
the East lirh6f Pa,ouse street to
the South line of Isaacs' Avenue the
same being Local Improvement Dis
trict No. SO. and providing for the
issue and sale of local Improvement
bonds on said district to pay there
for" is now in my hands for collec-
ton and that any assessment therein