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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE WHO
WON'T RETURN AND SUICIDES
Seattle Scene of Double Tragedy Yes
terday Afternoon-Revo!ver
Is Used.

SEATTLE, July 24.-Hannah Rum
sey, 3S years old, who said her home
was in Colville, Wash, and who has
been living three weeks in a First
avenue lodging house, was shot and
killed in her room this afternoon by
Bert Rumsey, aged 40, her husband,
who then shot and killed himself
Runsey came here from Butte few
days ago and had been endeavoring to
induce the woman to give up her
mode of life and live with him. A
letter from Rumsey, found in the
room, indicated that she had left him
and refused to return.
Hearing three pistol shots in the
Wcman's room this afternoon the land
ldtd forced the door He found the
woman stretched on the floor dead.
The man was across her feet in the
last throes. The still smoking revol-
yer was by them.
The woman had. been shot through
the right chest and in the head, back
or the left ear. The man had then
placed the muzZle of his revolver in
his mouth and had fired the shot that
killed him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Pettibone and Murphy Honored.

DENVER, July 24.-With simple
ceremony the convention of the West
ern Federation Of Miners this after
noon unveailed the memorial erected
to George A. Pettibona and J. H.
Murphy at Raifmont cemetery. The
convention adjournei y noon until
Mon'iav, ti.c deeSa.2$ ;n6 scores of
friends attending the unveiling cere-
monies ADDRESS were delivered by
F. H Hawley, secretary of the
Brotherhood Of t:;t,nI.;ive Engineers
and Firemen and ]. M. O'Neill, editor
Of the Miners Naga%lne. The execu-
tiy1 session thi- :1.,'.iiiS considered
the strikes and lockouts within the
Jurisdiction of the federation affect
ing about 5000 men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
INFANTS GROW TO
MANHOOD SAYS NAcEl
Asserts Government No Longer Needs
to Protect industries So Much
As Once.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Secretary o1
Commerce and Label Charles Mage
and Benjamin E. Winchell, presiden,
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa.
clflc railroad, addressed the conven-
ton of the National Travellers associ-
alton here tonight.
Secretary Nagel said in part:
The demand for a downward re-
vision of the tariff is based primarily
upon the recognition that our infant
industries t1at reached the stage OF
manhood.
What we Iced is sane protection.
These cGnt''i u, can be had only
under consistent ani;. rm stable rai
ional contfol or that all dealers and
all con pctitors from all parts of the
country may enter the arena by the
same rules "f iin game
Mr. Winch Ii .ail that in states
wht'e the twc cent law is in opera
tion the gross earnings of the rail-
roads have deere asod II per sent In
The states where the three cent rate
prevents a gross revenue actually in
creased is per ceht during the same
period, said Mr. Winchell
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25

man had been put off the train by the
'breakey' twice. since leaving Spokane
he was trying to give them the dodge
the third time, and was in the act
OF crawling under the train, between
the coaches when the train started.
catcning young Carman between tne
wheels. The flesh was torn from the
lett leg in such a horrible manner
that 1t was necessary to amputate 1t
just below the thigh.
He was put aboard the train anG
brought to Pasco where Drs. Driscoll
and OBrien performed the operation.
Carman was nervy from the beginning.
and talked freely to those about him
until he was put under the influence
OF anesthetics. He is resting as easv
as could be expected today and the
doctors say he will live.
AT the present time he is being cared
Tor In the operating room of Drs. Dris-
coll & O'Brien. DR.. Driscoll has taken
the matter up with the n. p. author
ltles and hopes to have him removed
TO the n. P. hospital at Tacoma.
Carman Is about % years old. and
says his home is in Mosly. Virginia
he said that it had been about six
months since he heard from his par
ents, but that they were alive when
last heard from. He is a bright young
man, and not like the average 'bo.'
travelling around through the country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
O. DEWITT FARM HOUSE AND AD.
JAcENT BUILDINGS DESTROY
ED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
GRAIN FIELDS BARELY SAVED
Loss Is Estimated at $4,000 With No
lnsurance-Origin of Fire Is Not
known-Harvest Hand, Will Grant,
Overcome by Heat, o. Dewitt and
Grandson Seriously Burned.

One man was overcome with heat,
a second man and little child were
seriously burned about the face and
hands when fire destroyed the farm
house and several adjacent buildings
ON the o. Dewitt place, seven miles
cast of Walla Walla at 1870 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
The injured are:
Will Grant harvest hand Over
come by the heat while fighting
flames. Condition serious
o. Dewitt painfully burned about
the face and hands.
Clifford Hughes, grandson of Mr..
Dewitt, almost overcome by heat.
Will recover
The loss is estimated at about $4,000
with very little insurance.
The only thing saved from the De
Witt house was two bed quilts. For
a time it looked as though it would be
impossible to save six square miles Of
wheat and barley adjoining the house.
The yield of wheat on this vast stretch
will be about so bushels per acre. AL
though Mr.. De Witt Is sorry of his
loss. he considers it next to nothing.
as to what it would have been had his
wheat been destroyed.
1t will probably never be known how
the fire started. for when it was first
discovered there was no person in
the house and the men in the harvest
fields saw the entire top story ablaze.
There was a grand rush fof the house.
No water pressure could be secured
After licking up the seven toomed
house in a few moments the flames
connected with the wood shed which
went up like powder. The smoke house
was the next structure to be licked up
and burning grass set fire to the roof
of the cellar. After desperate fight
the grass was put out only a little
distance from the wheat fields which
represented a fortune. Besides all the
household goods, over 30 gallons OF
LAIRD, so Jars of fruit and large
amount of other food stuffs were con-
sumed.
Grant, employed on the Dewitt
place as a harvest hand. was overcome
whila trying to force an entrance 10
the house The heat was so great
that he dropped. as though shot with
in a few feet of the flames and would
have been roasted alive had not
friends rushed in and dragged him 10
safety. The heat was so intense that
one could not stand within many feet
of the building. 1t is thought the
grandson was burned by the grass
while III. Dewitt was burned endeav-
oring to save his house. The hre
started in the second story. There
had been no person in the house since
dinner. A large barn was saved.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
ROCKEFELLER Says
HIS MONEYS A|S'N
SAYS GOVERNMENT HAS NO
RIGHT TO LEVY TAX ON IN
COMES JUSTLY EARNED.
Mans Right to Undivided Ownership
of Property Can't Be Denied
Him, Says Magnate.

NEW YORK, July 25.-While it is
not quoted directly the New York
World prints this morning, under a
Cleveland o. date, what purports to
be John D. Rockefeller's attitude on
the proposed income tax.
His convictions" says the World,
''he has expounded in substance as
follows:
e''When man has accumulated a
sum of money within the law, that is
to say, within legally honest way,
the people no longer have any right to
share in the earnings resulting from
that accumulation. The man has re-
spected the law in accommodating the
money. Ex post facto laws should not
apply to property rights. Mans right
to undivided ownership of his prop
erty. in whatever form, cannot be de-
MED him in any process short of con-
fiscation."
It is estimated that the income tax
would mean an annual loss of between
s150. 900 to 100000 to Mr.. Rockefel-
ler on the rough estimate that his in
come is between $15,OOO.O00 and $780,
900. 900 annually.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
WRECK ON WABASH
ENDS MANY LIVES
PASSENGER TRAIN PLUNGES
WITH COACHES BENEATH
MISSOURI RIVER.
Two Known Dead and One Trainmar
M ssine, and Between 25 and
so Are Badly Injured.

GANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 24.-At
least two persons are known to be
dead, one is missing and between 25
and 80 are injured as a result of a
wreck of Wabash passenger train No
so miles east of here tonight.
The train fell into the Missouri river
when the track had been weakened by
a landslide. The dead:
ENGINEER PHILIP FLOWERS.
FIREMAN d. BOND.
Coaches Are Submerged.
The engine, baggage car, mail car
smoker and d deadhead sleeper plunged
into the water and were completely
submerged. Many of the injured pas
sengers are seriously hurt.
In the darkness and confusion at
whether or not the missing trainman
is in one of the submerged coaches or
whether he escaped to dry land.
The train left Kansas City at 9
O'Clock and was due in ST. Louis at Z
O'clock tomorrow morning. 1t was
composed of eight cars, including a
baggage and mail car.
The wreck occurred shortly after 10
O'Clock two niles from Orrick, the
nearest telegraph station The in
jured were placed on freight train
and started for Kansas City This
train was expected to arrive here about
8 a. m.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
FINAL SETTLEMENT WILL PROB
ABLY BE TO MAKE THIS
ITEM ON FREE LIST.
CONFE2EES TO WORK TODAY
Will Spend Day Wrestling With Tar
iff ProbIems-OiI May Be Put on
Free List-Lumbsr Rate $1.25 Per
Thousand-CoaI and Iron as and IS
Cents Per Ton.
Cents Per Ton.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-The hide
question was settled and unsettled to-
day, and while there seems little doub,
that eventually hides will go on the
free list of the new tariff bill, the
contest over their status cannot be re-
garded as closed.
None of the questions made prom
inent through President Taft's interest
in them was settled today, although
the conference was in strict executive
session all day. The conferees expect
to spend a large part of Sunday wres-
ting with these problems. The indi-
cations are tonight that the confer
ance rates upon the important ques-
tons still in dispute will be as fol-
lows:
Hides free; oil free: lumber. rough
$125 thousand feet, with proper
tionate differentials; coal, As cents a
ton, without the house reciprocal
clause: iron ore, Is cents ton; print
paper, $3.50 a ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
AcETYLENE POOR HEADLIGHT
Railroad Commission Not Swayed by
Great Northern.

TACOMA, July 24-The Great
Northern has $50 freight engines in
Washington not equipped with electric
headlights. and owing to the expense
of installing them the railroad has
been trying to demonstrate to the
state railway commission that acety-
lene lights answo- the purpose. State
Railway Commissioners Jesse Jones is
in Tacoma today. having just returned
from Everett, where the Great North
ern made tests of lights before him
and Commissioner Lawrence.
Commissioner Jones said that a
man could be seen sitting on the tract,
80 rails, or 1S0 feet away when the
electric light was used and only about
Is tails when acetylene gas was
burned
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
CHINESE SELLS LITTLE GIRL
INTO BONDAGE so SHE ASSERTS
Ina We Yue Sells Fling Toy to Ching
Hinq of New York For Six
Hundred Dollars

WASHINGTON, July PA Chinese
girls mania for five cent theatres and
not, as she says, $500 in gold, caused
Ing Ye Yue, Chinese merchant of
Washington, to place little Fling Toy,
who lived in his household. in the care
of Chin Hing of New York. So said
Ing Ye Yue, and his reputation for
veracity is said to be second to none
in Washington's Chinatown.
Fling Toy and another girl Moy Yum
Toy, ran away from home and when
the pair were found yesterday by the
children's society, Fling Toy said she
had been sold into bondage, Ing Ye
Yue having received $500 for her. The
latter denied the girls story. He
brought her here from China, he added
to be company for his wife who has
returned to China on visit.
According to the girls story. Yue's
son bought her for $3.50 and Yue sold
her to Chin Hing because he said he
was going back to China.
Ing Ye Yue is famous as chef.
He once was cook on the presidents
Yacht and the power of the supreme
court of the United States was sue
cessfulIy invoked by him when he
wanted to quit the government service
before his term Of enlistment had ex-
pired. He is regarded as the wealthiest
Chinaman in Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
WOUNDED SPAN|ARDS
RETURN TO SPAIN
TELL STORY OF FIERCE FIGHTING
WITH MooRs-sPANIsH LOSS
ES THREE THOUSAND
Moors Lose Thousand-Fight Desper-
ately Hand to Hand With Sword
and the Bayonet.
+ + + + + + + 4. + + + I. + + +

MALAGA, Spain, July 24.-The
steamer Menorquin, with 80 wounded
aboard. arrived here today from Mel
lila. where the hospitals are over
crowded. Passengers on the steamer
declare that the residents OF Melllia
are panic stricken, the successes OF the
Moors giving rise to the benef that
they will swoop down on the city
itself. Fridays battle was sangulnarv'
there being much hand to mana hsht-
ing.
The Moorish tribes now gathering
close to General Marina's camp are
estimated at 1900. Their recent losses
are said to have been nearly thou-
sand The Spanish forces lost not
less than 5000 men.
When the battle became general tiie
Standards endeavored to trap the
NToors between two lines OF nre. me
tribesmen however. were too wary
o,d fought desperately. They re-
treated only when they were ilteraiiy
b,,r,ad hack at the point of Spanish
havonets At dusk there was lnii III
the fighting.
Colonel cabrera while addressing
words of cheers to his Wearieo men
f.u dead with a bullet in his hear'
with cry of rage. the Spanish FORCES
.laa ont 70 avenge the killing ano
earca fight with bayonet and sapre
followed The, Spaniaros 'hen "i'
drew to their original base.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Contested Title Confirmed

NEW YORK, July 24.-The long
contested title of A. K. Vandeventer.
treasurer of the Southern Pacific rail-
road and representing the interests of
E. h Hartman, to valuable lands
created at Rockaway Point off jam
aica Bay. l.. l.. by the winds, the waves
and the tides, has just been confirm
ed by Judge Chatfield in the federal
circuit court. Mr.. Hartman mas long
intended to make the point the base
of great railroad and shipping term
inalS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
COUNCIL sTFsr COMMITTEE
sEUREs ST 8 ICES OF A. e.
MYERS : q INSPECTOR.
loEHR FIEj HIS REPORT
citv Enqineer wakes Report of Work
Being Done by Seattle Paving Com
pany Which Will Be Submitted to
Council Tuesday-Report Shows
Laxity in Method of Doing Work.

A direct result of the recent
agitation over the alleged violations
by the paving companies of the speci-
dcations provided fer in the contracts
with the city and because of the re-
port by City Engineer Loehr of the
manner in which the wd,k on certain
streets are being done. the street
committee Of the city council
secured the services of A. E. Myers
to inspect the work of the paving
companies Mr. Myers salary is $3.50
per month. He is an expert in con-
crete construction and asphalt paving.
That the council intended getting a
man fa inspecting the paving did not
become known until yesterday morn
ing after Mr.. Myers arrival. The
decision of the street committee was
made after consultation with the other
members of the council in caucus a
few days ago.
M Myers arrived here early yes
trday morning and will start inspect
ing the work being done by the diff
erent construction companies Monday
morning The city, although forced to
pay high price for Mr.. Myers, hopes
to put a stop to the talk OF the failure
of the Rich & Harris Construction
company, not complying with speci-
fcati0ns in its construction of the
base There has been no top put on
50 far Mr. Myers comes from the
east and has just finished inspecting
work being done for the city of Spo-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Lumber Plant Destroyed.

TACOMA, July PA telephone
message to the Ledger from Lester
Wash, says the Morgan Lumber COM
pany's sawmill plant at Lestef, TO
miles east of Tacoma, was totally des-
troyed by fire this afternoon Ihe
loss will aggregate about $35,O0o, with
insurance for two thirds of the sum.
Between 145 and 155 men are thrown
out of employment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
WAITSBURG FIRE
lNCINERATES MAN
DESTROYS BUILDINGS

WAITSBURG, Wash, July 25.-
(SpeciaD-Fire which broke out
, shortly after 1 o'clock this NOR
ming in the Farmers Rooming
house, resulted in the inceration
of one man, a lodger, name un-
known. and the destruction or
the building as we'll as the har-
ness shop of w. G. Shuman
. adjoining. The loss Is $4ooo.
The origin of the fire Is un-
; known.
. The body of the man was
, found after the flames mad
. burned the building to the
> ground. Apparently the man
. had not awoke until escape was
. cut off for the clharred remains
. were found lying on the partial
, ly consumed mattress or the
!, bed. The lodging house was
. a two story frame structure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Serious Forest Fires.

SPOKANE. July PA special 10
the Spokesman Review says
rr,,a r,ost serious forest fire OF the
-rasent season is raging north OF
Murray. Idaho, with nearly miie
front It is in the national 1ores. on
scrip land held by the Shesiih :. oi'ih
Timber company of Minneapoiis-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Mccain Is Canned.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Inspector Nc
Cam was arrested following the grand
jury's action and soon after gave bonds
for $4,000 and was released. He went
at once to the office of Acting Chief
Of Police Schuettler and handed in his
star. Later Schuettler ordered his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Rush New School at Peck.

PECK. Idaho, July 24-The frame
work for the schoolhouse is almost
completed, as a large force of men i:
at work on the structure. The build
ing will cost approximately $500 and
is of wood. 1t will have two rooms
1t is situated on a high bench three
blocks from the business center
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Killed BY Train.

MENOMINEE, Mich, July 24-Ole
Erickson. president of the State bank
of Escanaba. Mich. his wife and his
niece were killed today when an au-
tomobile in which they were riding
was struck by a train.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Death List Reaches Al.

NEW ORLEANS. July "a" itn
definite reports today of 1S deaths no'
heretofore recorded in the hurricans
which swept portions OF Texas ana
T,,;s,ana last wednesday. the death
list tonight totals Al with six persons
nreviously m reported missing stlll un-
accounted for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Record Wheat at Genesee.

GENESSEE, Idaho, July 24-T.
Driscon, one of the largest wheat buy
ers of Genesee, reports the best out
look for wheat in years. There VIII
be an immense crop to harvest this
year and the yield will be from ~
to so bushels an acre There Is scar
city of help to handle the hay har-
vest and many men will find employ
ment to handle the large wheat crop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
STEALS RIDE AND LOSES LEG
vouno Man Loses Leg Under Whee's
Near Cunningham.

PASCO. Wash. July 24.-tSpeoial'
William Carman, a young man VINO
was beating his way from Spokane 20
tho coast on the second section OF NO.
TX last night. paid his fare by sacri-
ficing his left leg and almost MS en-
tire right foot. The accident happens"
shortly after IL o'clock. just as 'he
train was leaving Cunningham car
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
THREE PRISONERS ARRIVE
ON TRAIN FROM PASCO
Two Brothers Charged With Assault
and Battery and One Held
as a Witness.

Deputy Sheriff Floyd Haviland and
Sheriff Vance Davis, the latter OF
Pasco brought three men to jail last
night Two brothers. Z. d. Hatcher
and V. J. Hatcher, are sent up for sc
days. charged with assault and bat
terry They calm they are from Port
land.
The third was Walter Armstrong, ar
important witness in a case to be tried
at Pasco in the near future. The
commonwealth is not afraid the witt
ness would leave, but there was. it is
sa d. possibilities of his being intimi-
dated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
BsIIoonists Collide in Air.

NEWTON, Ills, July 24.-During a
balloon race here today Clarence Dun
can and Roy Eastman, both of Vim
cennes, collided 1000 feet in the air
Eastman's leg was badly crushed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25

PARIS, July 24.-The new Frencn
cabinet was completed today when
General Brun and Admiral De La
Payere accepted the portIoiios VI "''
and marine respectively.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
Context of Report.

IN response t0 the request of the
mayor I have the honor to submit my
report of the concrete base as placed
ol the Rich & Har''s Construction
company Of Seattle: Said company IL
assembling the materials required for
'"e IT, base mixture required under
ule specifications. is using a mixture
VI sand and gravel taken from pl'
III Omatlla, Oregon. without seperat-
.ns the sand i'om the gravel this mass
IS placed in a continuous mixing
machine. together with unknown
quantities of cement and water. Al
Ter this unknown quantity of sand,
cement and gravel has been agitateo
considerable in the machine the mass
Is declared 1-4-7 mixture and placed
m the street.
F9ltoWlng is my report of the ce-
Weht and yardage taken from actual
.,eaSurements !, and accurate account OF
N'e sacks Of cement used. also the
I'"ouht OF cement by sacks required
,'F perfect 1-4-7 mixture, calculated
u'm The yardage actually in posi-
u'h' tHere followed a detailed state
''S.t Tor each day of operation.)
Iotal used S.243 sacks; required
SlsSo6 sacks"
ANe hgures show most concluSivelN
mat while an excess of cement has
eh used ii has not been uniformly
uiouted Theproduct from the
oN'i'uous mixture is not unifo.rm mol
a., t be made so with the materials
go; uhScreened. AS the product i
' as strong as its weakest part,
uu recommend that the contiuuou:
IAture - as now being used be abolish.
~. ana the base mixture be used a:
VIC Specifications call for.''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-25
One Full Week Devoted.

Practically one full week has been
occupied by the conferees in an effort
to settle these questions. Most Of the
time has been devoted to hides. This
subject is complicated by statements
coming from boot and shoe interests
that they are ready to agree to sub
stantiaI reduction on leather goods if
hides are not put on the free list.
These interests apparently felt sure
there could be no reductions on boots
and shoes below Is per cent ad val
orem, the house rate.
President Taft stated to a number
Of his callers that he would insist
upon a reduction to at least 10 per
cent ad valorem, with proportionate
decreases in the rates of other leather
goods