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Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
MENELIk PROBABLY ALIVE

Rome. Dee 19.-The rumor that King Menelik of Abyssinia is dead has no confirmation. Latest dis patches from Abyssinia dated Decem- ber 12. merely announce the illne ss of the king.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
BUTTS MAY RECOVER.
The Phoenix Man Shot at Yuma on
 Saturday Night.

was shot on Saturday night by Frank Wheeler. is improving. the bullet cut between the ninth and tenth ribs and lodged in the muscles of the back.
 Wheeler is in jail. held awaiting the condition of the victim.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
A PRosPEcToR MIsJuoeeo

Yucca. Cal, Dec 19-W A. Leasuer, d prospector. attempted to cross the tracks of the Santa Fe ahead of a train and was run over. His left leg was amputated above the knee. He was sent to the hospital at Needles
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
THE DEAD AND INJURED.

TucsOn.Dec. 19s-Enginecr William Walker and Fireman P. w. Bauer. both residents of Tucson. were killed. thirteen passengers were seriously in jured and thirty others cut and bruis- ed when train No. {, known as the Golden State Limited of the Southern Pacific. was wrecked three miles west of Benson at o'clock. this morning
 The most seriously injured arc Will lard I. Knight. Los Angeles, mail clerk. may die: John Lawrence of Soldiers Home. Los Angeles. a frac- tured arm; W. R. Walker. mail clerk. of Los Angeles. badly bruised: Mrs L. A. Bellows. of Boston. fractured rib: A Fl. Foster. a mail clerk. of Los An geles. scalp wounds: Wm. Collins of Oakland. bruised: James A. Wilson. wounded in the face; Col. William Fife of Cahanea. bruised: Helen Hor- ton of Los Angeles, back injured: Miss Nellie Corbett. bruised: Edward G. Edmunds. mail clerk. of Los Angeles. scalded; Edward Tenn of Fl Paso. ribs broken.
 The train. which was running thirty miles an hour, went off the rails on d curve. The engine. mail car. baggage car and two tourists went off. The Pullmans and observation car stayed on. The badly injured were brought tn Tucson. The others who were slightly injured and the uninjured were taken to Benson and continued on their journey on a new train made up there.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
HE WANTED WORK.

San Francisco. Dec. 1s.-Because J. H. Swanson. Norwegian foreman carpenter, refused further work to Gill Faudlum. the latter shot him in the jaw. He is in d serious condition.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
SUGAR TRUST OFFICIALS.
The Department of Justice Will Urge Speedy Hearing in the High
 est Court.

Washington. Dec. 19.-Application will be made in supreme court eary in January by the department of justice to advance for hearing the appeal of the government from the decision of Judge Holt of New York. practically exempting from prosecution certain of ficials of the sugar trust because their acts were barred by the statute of lim- itations.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
FLYER IN THE DITCH

St. Paul. Dec. 19.-The Northbound Winnipeg flyer of the Great North ern, is ii the ditch four miles east of Monticello tonight. Fireman Robert son was killed. No passengers were hurt. The cause was a split rail.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
TRAIN HIT BY SNOW FLOW

Crested Butte. Colo. Dec. 1s.-A snow blow wrecked a Denver X Rio Grande mixed train in rear end collision. Two railroad employees were killed No passengers were injured.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20

as far as Tucson. A telephone mes- sage was received from one of them. Sam Dunlap. last night in which he said he had heard that eight were killed.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
A CARDINAL SICK UNTO DEATH

Rome. Dec. 19-Cardinal Satolli has suffered relapse of nephritis. The doctors fear fatal issue.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
WEATHER TODAY

Washington. Dec 19-Foretast for Arizona: Warmer Monday: Tuesday fair in south. rain or snow in north.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20
KILLED IN COLLISION
Fireman and Mail Clerk on Minnesota
 Road

St Paul. Dec. 1s-A westbound passenger train on the Minnesota and Iowa division of the Chicago. St Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha road col lided with a freight at Blakely, Minn. at noon.
 Fireman Joe Zinnell and Mail Clerk F. Torgerson, of St Paul. were killed. None of the passengers were injured.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20

William Walker. the dead engineer. was well known in Phoenix. He was a brother of ]. Elliott Walker former sheriff of this county. He had been a resident of Tucson for thirty years and for almost twenty-five years he had been. in the service of the South ern Pacific. along with his brother. Wood Walker. who lives at Bowie and is also an engineer.
 In the first report of the accident brought to Phoenix it was stated that a mail clerk who was making his fifst run had been killed but that could not be confirmed.
 The destruction of the mail car is an incident of the wreck in which hum dreds of residents of this city are con cerned. for it bore the heaviest load of Christmas gifts ever sent out of this city in one day.
 On Saturday 4s7 registered packages were sent from the Phoenix postoffice and of these Postmaster McClintocll estimates that at least 900 went on the Golden State Limited Tn addition to these packages there were thousands of Christmas packages\ unregistered.
 IL could not be learned last night that any Phoenix people were on the wrecked train. Two are known to have left Maricopa but they were only going
Arizona republican., 1909-12-20

BUILDING AND LOAN MONEY TO loAN-Repayabie s13.ee per month on each s100o borrowed Intsre0t ceaseo on each payment made EhtiIo loan can be paid any time, without notice se extra expense. z. c. PAecoEs Agent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Chicagoans Get Booklets.

The 64page booklets, issued by the
Washington Printing & Book Manu-
featuring company for the CONNER
cial club, were completed this morn
ing, and members Of the Chicago AS
sociat. on of Commerce given lib
eral supply of the same. The publ
cation consists of GA pages Of illus
trations and descriptive reading mat
ter, beautifully colored, and bound in
heavy enameled cover paper, with the
title, "A Message From Walla Walla,
Washington
The visitors all took a copy of the
booklet and also of the special souv-
eniF, printed by the same company,
which has secured the reputation of
turning out only high-grade work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
PERSONAL

]. T. NSchmitt of Pomeroy. is
business visitor to the city today.
Ed Day of Starbuck, is in the city
today on business.
U. S. Logsdon, was in the city for a
few hours yesterday from Waitsburg.
Mrs. A. j. wiEaaby of Athena, is
visiting friends in the city today.
c. II. McGhee of Drumheller station,
is in the city this morning.
E. W. Carpenter of Whitsburg, is in
the city transacting business today.
Mrs. ]. N. Grovele and sons. of
waitsburg, are in the city visiting
friends.
FIX. welles of Pendleton, arrived in
the city yesterday from Pendleton.
J. S. Landers was in the city for q
few hours yesterday from Pendieton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Odd Fellows at Milton.

AS guests of the Milton camp of
Odd Fellows, members of the local
lodge visited that order last night and
met with a royal reception. The
gathering was held in the new hall and
was packed with members from both
this city and Milton. About lis people
went from here on the interurban and
In automobiles and returned last
night about l o'clock All are enthu-
s1astic over the reception rendered to
them and say that never in the history
of the lodge has such time been had.
Many short speeches were delivered
by the various members and after
wards delightful luncheon, consist
ing of Milton delicacies, was served. II
is said that J. Garter Smith, who was
present had a slippery" time in the
Oregon town, but this detracted in no
manner from the hilarity that was en-
joyed by the others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
building Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. This is the last meeting before
the summer vacation. n
Accident Averted.

Owing to the promptness with which
one of the drivers of a government de-
livery wagon acted this morning al
the corner of First and Main streets
what might have proven serious mis-
hap, was averted
In starting his team, one of the
horses caught the cheek strap of the
bride on the end of the pole, and in
rearing, pulled it off. This startled the
horse which Immediately began to
plunge, being followed by its mate.
The driver threw on the brakes and
sent his team in q circle which
brought it up against the curling on
the south side of Main street in front
of the Cloak and NSuit House. Officer
Wilcox then ran to the assistance of
the driver and with his helm s,,e-
ceeded in quieting the team ana re-
placed the bride
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Deputy Arrested.

SAN JOSE, Cal, June 11.-George
Wieland, deputized to come to the Pa
cific coast from Scranton, Pennsylvan-
la to arrest j. W. Morrill, on the charge
of perpetrating a fraudulent mining deal
with embeZzlement Of stock in the
Monjar Mining company valued at
$41,500. His arrest was caused by
Morrill,.
Wieland, who is a wealthy timber
man, was released on $4,000 bail
Morrill, has also filed civil action to
recover money that he alleges Wieland
has embezzled. Both cases will be
heard when the couple return.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Work Goes Well.

MANSFIELD, Ogn., June 1.-Chief
Engineer F. A. Haines, of the Coos
Bay Oregon-Idaho railway, who is out
with a gang of surveyors, stated to-
day that 20 miles of the road are sur
veyed, including two different SUBMITS.
He says the difficulty in getting over
the mountains to Douglas county will
not be as great as was feared. Another
surveying gang will probably be put on
the work and more money is to be
solicited to carry the work on quickly
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
HELP THEMSELVES
TO ALL THEY SEE
And Are Welcome to it-chicaea
Business Men Take Some Souv-
enirs of Their Visit to
WaIIa Waila.


'If you see anything you want, take
it," seemed to be the motto of the
Chicago excursionists who were in the
city this morning as the guests of the
Commercial club, and as a result of
their diligence in living up to the mot
to, the club rooms were Invested of the
large wall picture of the bunch of cat
tie on the Drumheller ranch The
picture took the eye of the visitors,
and after securing the consent of the
directors, they took it from it's fasten-
ings and placed it aboard the special
train, with the understanding that the
words, "Walla Walla Valley, Wash"
are to be placed upon it in gold letter.
ing and the picture hung on the walls
in the quarters of the association in
the Windy City.
The penants which had been secured
by the publicity department.. were al.
SO appropriated, but as they will give
the city much publicity in the east, no
regrets were expressed. Richard Lit
tie, the war correspondent, who 3c--
companied the excursionists as a rep
resentative of one of the Chicago DAHL
les, was shown the curio cabinet in po-
lice headquarters and told he could
have his choice of a souvenir
We'll" said Dick, Il want som ething
that will bring me the most money.
Have you a deck of marked cards
those fellows have about cleaned me
out" The sergeant, in view of the
fact that the new criminal code has
just gone into effect, compromised
with the pencil pusher, by asking him
if a skeleton key would not fill the
bill.
Certainly it WILL promptly replied
Little, tucking the skeleton into his
pocket. "The way Til pick safe locks
when / get back will make some men,
bers of the Chicago association of
commerce think a western bandit is
in their midst"
The photo of the skeleton key and a
story connected with it's history will
appear in the Chicago Record Herald
when Dick gets home again.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
II you want to sell or buy, see Fox
Rooms 8 and 4. Barrett Bldg.
Annual Basket Social.

Next Sunday morning residents Of the
Cottonwoon district will assemble at
the Cottonwood church for the purpose
of holding what will be the 25th an
nual basket social. This event has
been held during the second week of
June for the past % years and is now
recognized as one of the most import
ant occasions that occurs during the
year At II o'clock in the morning the
children will hold special exercises and
in the afternoon Rev. Van Patten will
conduct services.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Mills JUDGE Pro Tenpore.

Before E. G.. Mills, who is acting in
the capacity of judge pro tempore,
the case of Gus Harras against Rein
hold Harras and Pete Hanson is being
heard in the superior court this af-
ternoon. 1t is claimed by the plain
tiff that he owned certain lands on
the outskirts of this city, and that on
September 1. 1908, the defendants
forcibly and unlawfully took posses
sion of them 1t is further alleged
that the same were held by force and
that Reinhold Harras, in particular,
threatened to- kill the plaintiff if he
attempted to regain them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Splendid Program.

A splendid program, well executed
marked the close of the Fischer
School of Music last evening at the
/. M. c. A. Perhaps the largest
crowd ever gathered to witness a pu-
pills recital was the one last evening
and for more than two hours the
pupils held the undivided attention to
a program of difficult selections The
program included compositions from
Bach. Behe, Borowski, Orth, Dutton,
Woodman, Wood. Clement Heller
Gade Griegs Spohr, Gurlitt, Burgmul-
Ter. Lang, Schubert Pepper Chadwick,
Schuman and MacDowell.
The two last numbers on the pro-
gram, "A Deserted Farm and To a
Wild Rose" were arranged for strings
by Mr.. Fischer.
Those taking part in ensemble work
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Rates Are Lowered.

SALEM, June 11.-Since the matter
of the reasonableness Of the wool rates
enforced by the Southern Pacific and
O. r. & N has been taken up by the
railroad commission, three new tariffs
have been filed by the two companies
making substantial reductions. I'm
the matter of wool tariffs will be dis
continued. Wool was taken from the
class rates on the O. r. & N. and
made a commodity rate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11

Mitchell Palmer, representative from
Pennsylvania, is leading the movement
to have the United States bring the
coffin containing the body OF William
Penn, to this country and have IL in
TERED on the banks of the Delaware
The body of Penn now reposes I'm. \
practically abandoned cemetery In
Buckinghamshire. England, and, con-
sidering his distinguished career, the
grave is not appropriately marked. Mr..
Palmer intends to take the matter up
with the president and endeavor to get
his support.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Must Appear in Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11-City
Auditor j. A. Roster was served with
a. writ today demanding. that he ap-
pear in court Monday and show cause
why he should not audit the May pay
rob of Detective w. ]. Burns, and his
corps of assistants. The amount in
volved is $3.50. The. writ was is
sued as a result of "a petition filed by
District Attorney Bangdon. 1t is al
legged that Roster refused to act be-
cause w. H. Matson, attorney for the
United Railroads, threatened to sue
his bondsmen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
BODY Found In Bay.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 11.-E1oat-
ing in the bay off Fort Point, the body
of a woman, aged about 50, was found
today by w. F. Gambert, fisher
man. She was dressed in neat tail
ored suit of green and her underskirt
and stockings were of silk. A gold
watch pinned to the waist, bore the
engraved initials "T. C. S." 'E. to c..
1893" was engraved on wedding ring.
The decomposed state of the body pre-
cludes all possibility of Identification.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11

A. d. Knight of Pend1eton, is a
business visitor in the city today.
W. e. Brock of Pendleton, is in the
city today transacting business.
J. Fl. Gwinn is in the city from Pen
dleton today.
Miss Isis Moss Of Tlicel, Oregon, a
former student of Whitman college,
is visiting Miss Jessie Criffield in Mer-
RAM street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Dies in Hospital.

The remains of Willis c. Heter, who
died this morning about $50 o'clock in
o local hospital after a lingering ILL
ness will be shipped to Dayton tomor-
row where interment will take place.
The body is now lying in state in the
Undertaking parlors Of MacMartin and
companv. The deceased was native
of Illinois and was born in 1855. He
is survived by a wife and three chill
dren
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Connors Is Guilty.

Thomas Connors, who was ar
raigned in the superior court upon the
charge of petit larceny, being repre-
sented by W. III. Dunphy, was found
guilty of the charge imposed against
him and was sentenced to serve an
Imprisonment of four months in the
county Jail and to pay the sum of
500 as a fine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Hours 8 a. m. to 8 .. m.

were:
Violins-Carl Ryan, Glenn Morgan,
William Welles. Lillian Russell, Char
lotte Loney, Beulah Kelly, Conrad
Dietrich, Albert Niebergall
Violas Fred Larson, Theodore
Berthold, Roy Stanfield.
Cellos-Harold Crawford, Harriet
Young, Bruno GanzWig.
Bass-Kenneth Kline.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Fox Accepts Invitation.

y HOQUIAM. June 1I.-Hon. John A
Fox, special director Of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress. has ac-
copied the invitation of the Hoquiam
Commercial club to speak in this city
tonight Other cities Of the harbor
have heen invited to attend.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
RAISES
MUCH CURIOSITY
Man Of Mystery Has the Whole Town
Guessing Today and No One Has
as Yet Been Able to
Locate Him.

Edwin F. Girard, the mysterious Mr.
Raffles,'' who has been waiting since
Tuesday for some one to capture him
and claim the $500 cash reward offered
by the Evening Statesman, has the
town "by the ears figuratively speak
ing, and more than one stranger has,
during the past feew days, vaguely
wondered who in blazes 'Raffles' was.
With few exceptions, every newcomer
seen on the STREETS is challnged and
accused point-blank of being the "Mys-
terious Mr.. Raffles of the Evening
Raffles" is at large and enjoying him
self immensely
Interest in the chase is increasing
hourly, and with the interest, the num-
Der of captures" grow correspondence
number of people have been escorted
to the office of the Evening Statesman
for Identification, but with no direc,
results. Everyone has entered into
the spirit of the thing in proper man.
ner,. and those who are captured err
roneously derive as much sport out of
the situation as does the mysterious
Mr.. Rafffes,' who stands on the corner
and watches the progress of the chase.
Just how much longer Mr.. Girard
can succeed in maintaining his dis
gufse is a matter of conjecture, for q
number of alert individuals have come
dangerously near landing the $500, and
are alive on the trail of the man of
many faces. Not men and boys alone
are taking part in the game, but women
as well have started the ball rolling,
and of "Raff' would keep his identity
unknown for any great length of time,
it will be necessary for him to give
the fair ones the go-by.
Thought She Had Him.
About 10 o'clock last night as one
of the pencil-pushers of the Statesman
sat in front of the office cooling his
fevered brow, in the night breezcs.
two young ladies came tripping down
Alder street, chattering and laughing.
They passed the office, but when they
reached the walk in front of the Nor
row-Drew store, thought struck them,
and after few whispered words, they
turned and retraced their steps. TINS
was repeated two or three times, until
one of the girls screwed up her cour-
age, pulled copy of the Statesman
from her t-waist-somewhere from
the hidden depths that man knows not
of-and accosted the interested scribe
with tie stereotyped salutation:
You are the mysterious Mr.. Raffles
of the Evening Statesman"
When informed that there was moth
ing stirring, the fair ones, completed
their promenade, and before they had
gone a block, gave the salutation to
another. The2"Raffles'' stunt is Great
ing no end of amusement, and those
who are wide-awake and keep sludging,
stand in fair way to cop the reward
Mistakes don't count-anyone will
make them, and it is, to be expected.
But stay with it. Three hundred bones
look like gigantic summer vacation
with the A.-Y.-P. thrown in for good
measure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Yakima Day at A. Y. 2.

SEATTLE, June 11.-This is Yaki-
ma day at tha exposition. A great
many residents of the fruit belt of
eastern Washington are present. Sew
eral hundred were brought in on a
special train last night. The days
events began at To- o'clock with a par
ade of Yakima people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
TOWN,TOPICS
For Vagrancy.

-.oroa Green was arrested last night
= o'clock by officer Bert Cashatt, and
lied at police headquarters on the
,sorge of vagrancy He deposited a
-, bond for his appearance in justice
-. this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Simpson McCorkeII.

Mr.. Walter d. Simpson and Miss
Jeanette McCorkell, both of Umatilla
county, were quietly married in the
study at the Central Christian church
by Rev. S. c. Fisher at O'Clock Thurs
day evening. The groom is teacher,
having taught in this county several
years. They will make, their home in
Weston.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Overfield for JUDGE.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Peter D.
Overfield was nominated as judge for
the third division OF Alaska by Presi-
dent Taft today. He succeeds Thomas
III. Reid, who was forced to resign
Changes of misconductrare still pend
ing against him. p.@.t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11

attempt to complete the case of the
prosecution in the Calhoun trial failed
The prosecution wants Maroney to give
testimony regarding the alleged at
tempt to witness John Helms not to
testify.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
haitian Arrives.

Clarence W. Hatten arrived today
from Cleveland, Ohio, and will assume
charge of the boys department of the
Y N. C. A. work at once Mr. Hat
ten will announce definite plans for
the summer entertainment of this
branch of the work within a few days
and it is thought that some new and
novel features viii be introduced.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Car Stalled.

OAKLEY, Kansas. June 1.-THE
Shawmut car, leading the New York.
Exposition race, is stalled here today
on account of rain. The driver expects
to reach Denver tomorrow morning
The other four cars will probably
re- ch Denver later the same day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
lanes DAYTON Arrested.

On the charge of vagrancy, James
,o,.+on was arrested at O'Clock yester-
a., evening by officer Cashatt, and is
n,w occupying a cell in the city jail
.,aiting hearing in Justice .McKinney's
oo1Tt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
DR.. Suttner Better.

DR.. c. N. Suttner, who has been
confined to his home for the past sew
to be improving rapidly and will soon
be able to resume his duties.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
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ANOTHER MASSACRE.

+ CONSTANTINOPLE, June II. =
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+ officers were killed while attempt q
! ing to remove Abdul Hamid from =
p the Salonica palace where he is 4
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