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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
BurQIar Enters Grocery fStOre

After breaking the window, the in
truder was forced to kick off the
boards fastened just inside the glass.
and after gaining entrance to the shed
found it necessary to break the lock
on an inner door. The work Of gain
ing admittance to the store could not
have been accomplished without con-
siderable noise, and it is considered
strange that the man or men could
carry out the trick so successfully in
almost the center of the business dis
trict, especially so as people in that
vicinity had been on their guard since
the Alder street depredations.
1t is impossible for the proprietors
Of the store to determine just what
articles of stock were removed, but
the cash register was divested of it's
small change. and was saved from be-
ing demolished only by the foresight
edness Of the firm in leaving 1T OPEN
The police have a clue which they
think cannot fail to reveal the identity
of the guilty party or parties, and they
are working diligently on the case.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
OPEN HOUSE
AT Y. M. G. A.
WAS POPULAR

Open house at the Y. M. G.. A yes
terday proved a popular event. many
hundreds of people visiting the build
ing during the day and inspecting the
different departments of the associa-
tiOn's home. Refreshments We're served
to the guests at the office counter
In the afternoon Bruntons orchestra
furnished music for several hours and
in the evening basketball games were
the feature Of the entertainment. Two
exhibition games were playd, one be-
tween the business men and the inter-
mediates, the other between mixed
teams from the Y. M. c.. A. and the
high school. The two teams We're di-
vidad, each having part of the play
ers from the other team. The team
designated as the Y. NJ c. AS won,
3S-37.
Many people who had never visited
the association took advantage of the
opportunity offered and it was nearly
II o'clock before the last visitors had
departed. The officers of the as~oci
ton are much pleased with the inter
est shown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Once Condemned to Hang,
Bradshaw, a Life Termer
At the Pen, Gets a Pardon

After having been incarcerated in
the state penitentiary for less than
three years, Oscar Bradshaw, at one
time under sentence to be hanged for
several years ago the sentence having
been commuted to life Imprisonment
py the governor, was released yester-
day on conditional pardon issued
by Governor Mead.
Bradshaw was arrested August 25.
1902, by Sheriff Frank KEGS and
brought to the county Jail here After
the trial in the superior court pendinp
the appeal to the higher tribunal he
was confined here, but owing to the
fact that papers and documents con-
tanning records Of the first trial had
been misplaced, his confinement in the
county Jail lasted until May. 1906.
when the decision of the lower court
was finally upheld, and Bradshaw was
sentenced to be hanged.
The crime and subsequent trial at
tracted no end of interest throughout
the state. as the deed was considered
one Of the most cold blooded ever
recorded in the annals of southeastern
Washington. According to the evil
dence brought out in the trial. Brad
shaw and William Kellett, at the re-
quest of Olson and on payment Of a
dollar. showed him a box car where
he could beat his way to Spokane.
After the victim had entered the car.
Kellett took his stand outside Of the
door, while Bradshaw entered the car
with the intention of relieving Olson
Of his money. The Swede. who was
beating his way in order to save his
money, opposed the action of Brad
shaw and put up fight in the gloomy
darkness. with the result that he was
shot through the stomach, the bullet
lodging in the pelvic bone.
He was Immediately brought to St.
Mary's hospital, but died within a
short time after he had been operated
upon. Kellett and Bradshaw were
brought to the county Jail here for
safe keeping, and languished for near
ly two years before given trial. Kel-
lett entered a plea of guilty Of murder
In the second degree, and was SEN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Supt. Bond Resigns
To Practice Law

County Superintendent Grant s.
Bond this morning announced his res
ignatiOn as superintendent of the coun-
ty schools, the resignation to take eff
feet about February /. Mr.. Bond will
practice law with Allen H. Reynolds.
"As soon as the work of the office
that / nave before me, is Strengthened
1 will step out and enter the law, in
partnership with Allen H. Reynolds
said Mr.. Bond this morning. There
has been no revision Of the records of
school districts Of the county for 20
years and during that time there have
been many changes. New districts
have been formed and old ones
changed I will remain in office until
I get the present status all definitely
outlined. then / will be ready to leave
my present position.
Arrangements have been made for
a partnership between myself and Mr.
REYNOLDS and We will have our offices
where those of Mr.. Reynolds are at
present located
The resignation of Mr.. Bond comes
as somewhat of a surprise, as MS OF
flee is nearly out, and a successor ell
ected. He has been one or the most
efficient superintendent the county
has had and his friends, while regret
ting his resignation, are pleased WITH
the announcement that he Is. 10 enter
the law Mrs. Josephine Preston re-
Gently elected to succeed Mr.. Bond VIII
probably be appointed by the commls-
sioners to fill out his unexpired term
which lasts until the first Monday III
Sentember.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

With the completion of the new WELL
the company aims to secure a supply
Of warm water which will maintain a
set standard throughout the year, even
with a big drain upon it for irriga-
tion purposes. One of the "gushers'
photo of which is herewith produced
had an exceptionally strong pressure
and when the flow was tapped, the
stream rose to a height of 80 feet into
the air. When controlled, the flow
completely filled a 7-inch valve, indi-
eating a large volume which might be
secured by the expenditure Of but lit
tie money.
Now that the water problem has been
solved in the Benton county district
it is thought the development of the
country will be rapid, and the action
of the Warm Water Irrigation company
in drilling three big wells is leading
other property holders in the vicinity
to make preparations for like action.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

fenced to 20 years in prison. He was
released on recommendation OF the
state board of pardons October 21,
1908. Bradshaw, at the trial, refused
to enter a plea, preferring to take
chances on the evidence.
He was sentenced to be hanged, but
the governor later commuted the SEN
tence to life Imprisonment, and he has
now been conditionally pardoned
The governor was induced to grant
conditional pardon to Bradshaw
owing to the circumstances surround
ing the committing Of the crime and
on the strength of the petitions asking
for further clemency. Bradshaw was
but IS when he committed the crime
and he was led into the act by an old
er companion who escaped and is now
at liberty. The fact that the father
of the young man was recently injured
for life and the boys assistance Is
needed for the support Of his family.
and the further fact that he has been
a model prisoner since his confine-
ment in the penitentiary weighed in
his favor.
The recommendations made in his
behalf. however, were the chief factor
in securing his release. Judge Rudkin
addressed letter to the mother stat
ing that he would enter no objection
to the granting of pardon and the
special prosecutor six Of the trial
jurors, the sheriff Of Franklin county
when the crime was committed, four
Of the county officials and large
number Of the citizens Of Pasco have
strongly recommended executive Glenn
ency
The terms Of the conditional par
don provide that Bradshaw shall ap-
ply himself to earning a livelihood for
his parents and that he shall at all
times conduct himself in proper
manner, and in accepting the condi-
( tions he agrees to be bound by the
same. The pardon can be~revoked at
any time by any governor Of the state
if the provisions are not complied with.
The pardon was given to the mother
Of Bradshaw, who presented It at the
prison yesterday and secured her
boys release. taking him with her to
the Franklin county home
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

lock farm. BY the utilization of the
water for irrigation purposes, all
danger of late frosts is avoided. and
vegetation thus watered is of rapid
growth, maturing much earlier than
that grown in other sections where
artesian water is not in use.
The company is now preparing the
construction Of an 1S-inch concrete
pipeline to convey the water from the
wells to the land, thus eliminating
seepage, evaporation and needless
waste. Plans are also being consid-
cred for the construction of a 24,O0O,-
600 gallon reservoir in which to store
the water so that it can be used when
most needed. The lands Of the COM
pany have been plated, and are to be
thrown on the market within a short
time. 1t is said that on 35 acres of
alfalfa, soWn by Mr.. Grove last year,
an average of 9 "a tons was cut and
that the price in the field was an un-
usually good one.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

be formally opened for the winter
season of 190S-09 this evening. Disting-
uished among the guests for this sea-
son will be Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan. Mr.. Bryan will be
the guest of honor of the Florida mid
winter fair association, February 4,
the second day of the state fair. and
that evening the great banquet hail
of the Tampa bay will be filled with
guests gathered to do honor to the
Commoner. Governor elect Albert w
Gilchrist, who will be governor of
Florida at that time will preside at
the festal board and distinguished
visitors from other states will have
seats of honor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Who Wrote Love
Letters TO Lillian i!

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-Lillian Russel
+.o octress announced today that she
shortly wauld publish two volumes VI
love letters received in her long stage
career.
One book will contain the serious
epistles of love from ardent admirers
the other book will contain the TOOL
ish and funny ones. The actress-has
a trunkful. Many authors of the love
letters are wondering II sne lhteho'
to print names.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
jolly fIkSNtO Have Public
Wedding at Carnival Tonight

Promptly at II o'clock tonight, to
the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, softly played by the Walla
Walla Concert band. E. v. Henderson
and Miss Edna Smith. both we'll
known young people of Spokane will
take their place at the hymeneal altar
in Pavilion rink, where Judge J. J.
Huffman will, in full view Of the pub
lie, speak the words that will make
them hence and forever one.
In addition to receiving the $206
diamond ring and the check for 800
from the Elks, the BRIDE to be will
wear an elaborate trousseau, present.
ed by W. j. Morgan, Of the Walla
Walla Cloak and Suit House, and Ma
dame LeMar, and the gown will be
one of the most beautiful ever gracing
a bride in this city. The committee
in charge of the carnival has request
ed that from 1O:45 O'Clock until after
the ceremony is performed no cOnfet-
ii will be thrown by those in the hail.
No confetti will be sold tomorrow
night, as the supply is running short
and is expected to be exhausted be-
fore tonight's festivities are closed.
The program by the band, and the
vocal numbers for both this evening
and tomorrow night, are to be espe-
cially pleasing and music-lovers should
not fail to hear them.
One of the largest crowds of the
week was in attendance last night and
the proceeds realized for the relief OF
stricken Italy amounted to $74.25,
which Treasurer William Metz has
turned over to the committee here in
charge of relief work.
The members of the Commercial
club will meet in their rooms this
evening at s o'clock, and as a token
of appreciation for the services to the
club rendered by the Elks in years
past. will attend the cornwall in body
and it is expected that the attendance
tonight will break all records estap-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

ing the work of regular receiver, as
that hearing is set for January s. and
before that the temporary receiver
would not have time to get fairly
started in the business of the company.
The American Home Fire Insurance
company was organized recently hy
the main stockholders of the old Walla
Walla company and it is thought with
the intention of getting merely the old
company on frmer financial basis,
when 1T was seen to be drifting in
evltably on the rocks. The same direc-
tors, almost without exception. and the
same large stockholders, are behind
the new company.
Petitions are being circulated among
the policy holders this afternoon. which
are to the effect that the receivership
Is IN the right hands. and asking that
1T be made permanent Many signers
are reported to have been secured to
the petition.
I'VE have heard nothing Of the pc
fitions that are being circulated" SAID
T. P. GOse this afternoon There is
nothing to say concerning the case, it
Will not come up until January 81
"The petitions are likely to be Of
little effect, for there are few policy
holders left said a we'll known in
surance man this afternoon "We
have not been as busy for years as
since the matter came to light 1t is
all new business to us, for we have
seen it coming for some time and cut
out the local firm some time ago. And
understand that III every insurance
office in town practically the same con-
ditiOn exists"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
MatheWSOn will
Coach Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, January q
Christy MathewsOn will coach the
Crimson players next year New
Yorks great pitcher assumed his du-
ties at Cambridge yesterday and will
have full charge. but will devote the
greater part of his time to the box
men. Mathew sons contract with Har-
ward will not expire before the col
lege season ends in June, so that the
New York Nationals will not have the
use Of his skill until that time. 1t is
reported that Mathewson may retire
permanently from professional baseball.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

lished since the opening Of the carni-
val.
Following are the programs 20 be
given this evening and Sunday even
ing:
WaIla WaIIa Band.
March, Scott Special" ...... Philips
Overture, "Athalia" .... Mendelssohn
Idyll, Sweet Jasmine" .... Bendix
Selection, prince of Pilsen" .Luders
Mr.. E. L. Smith.
Kerry Mills, "Barnyard Dance. Mills
Vocal Selections.
Baritone Solo ...........Se Selected
Guy Allen Turner.
ContraltO Solo Selected
Miss Muriel Bodwell.
Mixed Quartette Selected
Mrs. F. B. Thompson, Mr.. A. G..
Jackson, Miss Muriel Bodwell Mr.
G. A. Turner.
Soprano Solo ..............Se Selected
Mrs. F. B. Thompson.
Vaudeville Program.
Vaudeville Sketch NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
III. c. Gregg and Robert E. Lynch
MOnOlOgist .............. Ed. Moncrelf
Italian and Chinese Monologist 80.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Harry Wall
Talking Juggler ........... La Toska
SUNDAYS PROGRAM.
WaIa WaIIa Band.
March, Call Of the Wild. 80. .Losey
Overture, Martha" ...... .Flotow
Selection from II O. u" ..... johnson
Intermezzo, FLOATING Along" .......
....... ..... Burlington
america" collection Of National Airs
Tobani
Vaudeville Program.
Vaudeville Sketch ......
III G. Gregg and Robert E. Lynch
MOnOlOgist .......... Ed. Moncreif
italian and Chinese MOnologist -.
Harry Wall
Talking Juggler .......... La Toska
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Suicide and Starvation Add TO Horror
Ruined Cities TO be BOmbdrded by Fleet
=
EXPLAINS EARTHQUAKE.


+ VALLEJO, Calf, Jan. q
+ Prof T. j. See, director of the ma
j. val observatory at Mare Island,
i. today made the following explain
3.ation of the earthquake and til
+ dal wave in Italy, and Sicily:
i 1.-The great earthquake and sea
+ wave in the straits of Messina
j are one of the most remarkable
j. on record. The worst of such dis
!. turbances are caused by leak
i. age of the, oceans. This gradual
+ ly forms steam beneath the
!. earths crust, where molten rocks
+ slowly swell till more space is
i. required; yielding, readjustment
+ occurs.
j Mountains are formed this
+ way, usually by expulsion Of Ia
+ va from beneath the sea and
j transference of it under land.
I. This is why mountain ranges
/. are formed parallel to sea shores.
+ The seismic sea-wave in Italy
j shows that SO much lava was
J. expelled from beneath the sea
I. that the bottom was undermined
]. and caved down during the quake
+ Then the sea retired to fill up the
+ depression. When the currents
+ met at the center of the depres-
+ sion this later raised up into
i ridge above the normal height,
+ and when the swell subsided it
+ sent a great wave ashore to add
j. to the horrors of the quake.
!. The country will now quiet itself
j for a long time"
j. + 5. i + !. j. + ]. !. I. / i Z ! +
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Wrote Bad Check,

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2-Charged
with drunkenness and suspected OF
passing worthless checks, J. c. Sand
strom, formerly a policeman in Port
land, has been arrested here In ne
gotiating for the purchase of a sa-
loon here it is alleged he had given
a brewery a worthless $4,000 check.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

ROME, Jan. 2-King Emmanuel to-
day ord red the sale of his Sicillan
estate on the western part of the ISL
and to provide relief funds. The to-
tai property loss is estimated at
billion dollars.
Unable to endure the strain of the
added horrors, many refugees from
Sicilian and Calabrian towns, devasted
by the quake have committed suicide.
Relief measures in MeSsina and
Reggie are pitifully inadequate
Throngs of hunger crazed men, wom-'
en- and children surround the diStrib-
uting stations, clamoring for bread
At one station in Reggie, the mob of
famiShed WretcheS armed with stones,
bricks, pieces of wood, and iron bars
attacked a detachment of Soldiers,tw two
of whom were killed. Many of the
mob were bayonetted and children and
women were trampled upon Many
were fatally injured. Similar scenes
were enacted at Messina
Evelyn Pierce has arrived here with
the news that her brother Joseph H.
Pierce, the American vice consul at
MeSsina, and the members of his
household were drowned by the tidal
wave after escaping from the quake.
The death of American Consul Cheney
at Messina is practically certain.
Hundreds of rescurers have fallen
among the victims of quake and wave
at Messina and Reggie. Continuous Ia
hor, lack of food and the imposslbility
of sleeping. have driven them to a
state of incipient Insanity in which
they found survivors. 1t is difficult to
tell the rescurers from the survivors.
Sailors and soldiers have given their
clothing to sufferers and are conse-
quently going almost naked.
AS soon as the living are removed
from the ruins at Messina and Reggie,
the remaining buildings will be lev
elred by bombardment as there is no
sibility of the buildings being used
again.
The Vatican gardens here are trans
formed into a hospital for the wound
ed refugees from Messina and Reggie,
so the pops can attend sufferers per-
sonally The church authorities have
reported to the pope that they think
many Americans are in the ruins at
Messina.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Question of who will be
Receiver not vet Settled

Nothing further has been done in
the matter Of the receivership for the
Walla Walla Fire Insurance company,
and the case will not come up in court
again until January s, the date or
iginally appointed for the hearing on
permanent receivership. In the mean
time, either side will be allowed to
make any showing, but no decision
will be made in the matter of the in
tervention or the receivership.
"All the business Of the Walla Walla
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

Fire Insurance company will be REIN
sured in the American Home Fire In
surance company" said Temporary Re-
ceiver John McGhee this morning. Il
have received advices from the Chi
cago office, now the headquarters, that
all policies are to be taken over and
Further than the above, Mr. McGhee
had nothing to say regarding the mat
ter. Nothing has been done concern
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Deaths Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The state
department today received a cable
from Consul Crownshield, at Naples
possibility Of the buildings being used
Cheney, and Vice -Consuls Lupton and
Messina. 1t was impossible to recover
the bodies. Lupton had just arrived at
MeSSina
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Infant Daughter Dies,

Following an illness of a week
caused by convulsions, Harrietta Ey-
erett, the infant daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. H j. Everett, 414 West Pine
street, died in st. Mary's hospital
shortly after noon today, at the age of
one year. The funeral will be held
from the family home tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. J. H. Beaver
of the Park Street Baptist church, con-
Quoting the services. Interment will
be in the city cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Drilled ITO Feet and Got
Volumes of ArteSidn Water

That the dis
covery Of unlim-
tied quantities Of
artesian water,
not only in the
Whlla Walla val
ley,. but in other
portions of south
eastern Washing
ton, is to revolu-
tioniZe irrigation
methods of the
country is proven
by the organiza-
ton Of the Warm
Water Irrigation
company in which
w. F. Grove,
George Barnett,
w. s. McCaus-
lard, and other
Walla Walla peo-
ME are interest
ed. The com
pany, holding ap-
pr oxi m ately a
thousand acres of
fertile land near
LuzOn, Re n t o n
county, on the
North Bank road
has at present
three large artes-
ian wells on the
p',I g C e., fro m
which water is
b e i n g secured
a n d w thin a
short time drill
ers will start op-
eratiOns on the
fourth.
T n e av er age
depth of the wells
of the Warm Wa
ter Irri G a tion
company is ITO
feet, and there Is
no dinunitiOn TO
the flow. The esti-
mated cost Of the
wells Is 100000
each, and the tenn
perature of the
water, 73 degrees,
Is five degrees
higher than the
water from the
wells on the Rla-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Want Government Boats to
Curb Railroads Power

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.-Cali-
fOrnia shippers will carry the fight
against increased railroad rates to the
interstate commerce commission i'm
mediately. Their protests are unef-
fective The increased freight rates
are in operation today. Shippers are
contemplating asking congress and
President Roosevelt for a government
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

mama.
Every shipper is asked by the exc
cutive committee, which handled the
shippers freight, to keep a strict ac-
count of the increased freight bills, So
tlat evidence will not be lacking in
the event appeal to the interstate COM
mission lis successful
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02
Prohibition Fight.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 2.-The
,io,,or issue in all its phases will be
a burning question before the legls.a-
ture when it convenes heref tnls
month. State~ wide prohibition advo-
Gates are making strong claims ana
opened headquarters here with for-
mer Senator L L. Pendleton in charge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-02

other road, which she did.
Did you expect my little daughter
to dlsmount on meeting you?
AS for my little girl, shel shall take
her rides as usual. If she be so unfor-
tunate as to meet you again, feel
confident that this communication
from me will be sufficient to assure
her safety hereafter"