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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11
GlimbSeS Through Gotham
Goggles
By Glen GruenSey.

NEW YORK. Sept. l1.-One by one
tre old landmarks of the metropolis
are passing away. To Illustrate the
text there is the Fred Walbaum
i..,mhiing house in west Thirty third
street. Next weel, the doors of this
famous establishment. once dedicated
H. The Goddess of Chance. will be
cpeatd to the general public as mere
restaurant Where once the cards were
shuft!eo and the roulette wheels clicked
0erriiy anyone possessed of the price
may sit and dine il the midst of lux
lrioUs splendor which cost Walbaum
3, large fortune. and where he won
ether fortunes.
The visitor to the place now finds an
elaborate reception room in which the
principal decoration is a Circassian
walnut montel bearing the inscription
rom Omar: When all the temple
- prepared within. why waits the
trpWsy Worshiper outside" History
records that in the palmy days of Wal
i'Um'S hous'. the "droWsy worshipers'
C. dat
one Of the curiosities of the Wal
'aVm place is door which cost
5000. II is of Italian bronze and
oates from 1880. 1t weighs more than
& ton and is seven inches thick. 1t
3. covered with bronze representations
o' anGe's-which may or may not he
appropriate to a gambling hell" An,
cther remarkable work OF art is II.
'lrcas~ian walnut staircase. hand.
carved in designs of naked nymphs and
r.lntds. This staircase cost. it is said.
oyey So, geo.
In the roulette room or the second
tor, where the limit of play was the
Getting. the latter contains dozens of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11
BETTER TIME TO
WESTERN CITIES

hours below the present schedule
James j. Hill of the Great Northern is
held responsible for this move by
ether railroad men.
Passengers, mail and express bust
ness will be affected. One result will
lie the finest through mail and express
tain ever run between Chicago, the
middle west and Puget sound terrific
~.
With this in view the Burlington,
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
have made proposition to the post
office department to put a new fast
l:Iail train in service between Chicago
and Seattle to make the long run in
CO hours.
If the government accepts the propo-
sition of the Hill roads it will result
II facilitating the northwest mail ser
vice by fully half a day. 1t is pro-
Losed to start the new fast train out
Of Chicago about 80 O'Clock and ar
rye in Seattle at noon on the third
day
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11
Make Grade Crossing Orders.

OILY MPIA. Sept. 11.-Orders per-
today by the state railroad commission
as follows:
Permitting the Superior Coal ard
Improvement company to cross King
county road No. 23S. providing the COM
stall a derailing switch to protect The
crossing from runaway trains.
the Mccoy road at grade across the
Columbia & Puget Sound tracks This
new road has eliminated five grade
crossings, and at this particular point
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11

'ovely pictures lighted by electricity.
I his ceiling cost $4,000, and the rug
on the floor is worth several thousands.
There are in evidence many pre-
autions against police raids. which
cnabl, the place to continue in opera
tica long after the other gambling
houses Of the city were closed The
stairWays We're protected by steel cages
and tho windows by heavy iron CRATES
Saloon Men Busy.
Fifteen thousand saloon men in
Greater New York are on the anxious
seat this month. pending the official
decision on the applications for the re-
hcWal of liquor tax c rtificates for the
year 1910. According to the law. all APP
l:ications, with the 5000 fee and
tonds, must be filed on or before next
VI ednesday Between that date and the
first of October. when the present GER
tificates expire a rigid official investi-
cation will be made into the records of
+; Ii applicants.
\ great howl is being raised by the
dispensers Of liquid cheer, many of
whom fear that they will fall by the
Wayside this year and that renewal of
their licenses will be refused. 1t is as
serted in some quarters that it is i'm
possible to profitably conduct saloon
in 2 law-abiding and orderly manner
Such declarations would appear to be
an argument for a reduction in the
number Of metropolitan saloons. As a
matter of fact. this reduction is al
ready in progress, hundreds Of dives
having been wiped out within the last
year. The notorious places which
formerly flourished in various parts of
abe city. but especially in the Tender
loin district and the lower east side,
are now nearly all closed
Corporation Payments.
September should be prosperous
month in New York especially for
| ti-ose who own a few blocks of choice
| dividend paying STOCKS. 1t is estimat-
ca today that the disbursement of div
| lCends and interest by corporations
| curing the month will reach a total of
rot less than $4,000. 600 This gigan-
| tie total will be about equally divided
| between interest and dividends Dis
| bursements of the latter show an in
crease of between six and seven mil
lions over September of last year and
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BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR
September II.
DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE.

riENRl DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE.
Henri de Ia Tour dAuvergne, vi
.onte de Tureane the great French
niitary officer of the seVente enth cen
tnry. was born in Sedan on Sept. II,
GIL. and his birthday will be made the
occasion today of the dedication of a
magnificent memorial in his native
town.
He was the second son of Henri
Due de Bouillon. and Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Prince William | of Orange. At
the age of Is he entered upon the pro-
..ession of arms under his uncles the
Princes Maurice and Henry Of Nassau
lieu. he was made colonel of regl-
nent and first distinguished himself
at the siege Of La Motto in Lorraine
from 1889 to 1912 he served in Italy.
end for his valor received the title of
marshal of France
In 1913 he was entrusted with the
command of the French troops on the
Rhine. and his achievements during
the last five years of the Thirty Years
war proved him a leader ineXhaustible
in resource. In 164S he utterly routed
Me!ander and Montecuculi TAT SOnmer-
hausen on the road to Augsburg. This
victory, followed by that of Condo over
The SpaniardS at Lens, resulted in the
rsace Of Westpha'ia and closed the
thirty Years War.
His devastation of the Palatinate in
1874, though done under express or
ders. left a dark stain upon his reputa-
ton. On July 81, 1915, he was killed
by cannon ball at the battle of Salz-
bach.
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TEN HOURS WILL BE CLIPPED
FROM RUNNING TIME BY
THE BURLINGTON.
Sixty-two hours From Chicago te
SeattIe-Leave Chicago 1:50 p.
M and in Seattle Third Day

CHICAGO, Sept. IA move which
Nil probably mark the beginning OF
;!eed war between western roads has
cen made by the Burlington. which
has served notice that beginning to-
morrow the road Will no longer observe
tLc w stern passenger speed agree
nIent 1t Will reduce the running time
f its main Chicago Denver train two
aCurs.
The action Of the Burlington pre-
ares reduction Of the running time
rom Chicago to Seattle to 81 hours-1O
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Silhouette Gowns.

Silhouette gowns are the very latest
IL d of fashion to delight the hearts of
Womankind and keep husbands awake
Of nights. Lillian Russell. VINO will
open her engagement in The Widows
Night next week, is responsible for
the invasion
1t is said by those who have inspect
&c the fair I.illian's gowns that the
Silhouette style is similar in some ways
to the directoire. only more SO. The
gowns are of the Greek mode and fit
the form as if put on by a shoe horn
Miss Russell is confident that her
gowns represent the ultra fashionable
r'ade of a few months hence Married
n'en who had hoped for something
simple and inexpensive may as we'll get
busy chasing the nimble dollar.
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Stop information,

Reno racing men insinuated that good
things are being put over in Califor
citation announced this afternoon that
it would not permit the results of races
last race is run. Every effort is be-
ing made to prevent information being
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11
Venezuelan Claims.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1l.-By the
agreement of both governments the
time for the fulfilling the provisions oil
the protocol for the settling 81 AmeH-
can claims against Venezuela expires
TODAY. II is thought that satisfactory
will be concluded.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11
New Steamer Service.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11-Weelkly
sailings, instead Of every two weeks
as formerly. We're inaugurated today
by the Philadelphia e. Gulf Steamship
company between this city and NV
Orleans
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11

York this season He was in his usual
health when he went abroad. Clyde
Fitch was born in New York in 1855
and began writing plays as soon as he
left school He has written more than
score of successes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11

Geo These documents. which are still
IN MI Hradley'S possession, show how
carefully the undertaking was planned.
Cook had everything he needed. Brad
,ey SAYS. but nothing that he did not
need He declares that many polar
expeditions have been defeated in their
aims by the very weight of unneces-
sary impedimenta. He insists that
Cooks achievement exposes the folly
Of spending hundreds of thousands Of
dollars to fit out polar search. Every
thing which Cook selected for the dash
to the pole was as light as it could pos
sibiy tie made. For instance. the stoves
that DR.. Cook used weighed only three
pounds. whereas Peary and other arc
tic explorers have carried cumbersome
cooking outfits some Of the stoves
Weighing fifteen pounds. Bradley fur
Their points out the very common sense
fact that the smaller the party the less
food and equipment necessary which
he declares was the real secret Of Dr.
Cooks success.
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the commission found an underneath
crossing impracticable by reason 81
drainage and an overhead crossing to"
expensive.
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BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children Of
ped wettlng. There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble Mrs. Nj. sum-
mers, Box w. South Bend. Ind. will
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment with full instructions
Send no money. but write her TODAY if
your children trouble you in this way
Don't blame the child the chances are
it can't help it. This treatment also
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day Or night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-11

entire expedition. including the eos.
f the schooner and the big game hunt
ing trip which preceded the actual
-Ourney to the pole was less than $50
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Clyde Fitch, the noted American play
wright died in Paris. where he is re-
operation. Mr. Fitch went to France
something over a month ago to witness
some theatrical productions look after
his interests in connection with the use
of some of his plays in the European
theaters and finish two plays that he
was preparing for production in New
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Make arrangements to 60 to Seattle
On Walla WalIa day.
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the increase in interest payments will
amount to almost as much
1t may also be pointed out as a sign
Of returning prosperity. that with this
months payments included. the dis
iursements by corporations d, ring
tie first nine months of this glorious
Year Of 1909 will reach a total of more
than $1,O40,O0O, 900. which is more than
Sl20,000.O00 than during the same pc
rod last year. Who says we are not
all prosperous.
Craftsmanship.
craftsmanship is the latest pastime
among the clubwomen of New York
The Good Government club is respon-
sible for the new game, by which fair
politicians hope to gain practical
knowledge of wire pulling and other
pursuits now usurped by masculine
statesmen. The club is to have a pres
ident, a caminet congress and a
supreme court, all patterned after the
real article. 1t is declared by the pro-
nOters of the movement that the ir aim
is not more frivolous amusement. but
that they hope by this means to edu
cate the women of the city along lines
which will enable them to hold any Of
fee, from President down to constable.
With the greatest eclat
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Cooks success.
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
Politics in North Carolina.

J. P. Hughey, I'd n. c., Volga, N. c..
is a specimen Of those unfiinching
North Carolina Unionists who would
not be forced into the Confederate
army. His father was killed in Mexico.
and his mother taught him love and
reverence for the Flag under which his
father had died. AS he approached his
18th year the Confederate conscriptors
We're hot after him, but he managed TO
elude them and make his way to the
Union camp, where he enlisted in the
I'd \. c. and served until he was terri
bly, injured by bullet from q bush
whacker's rifle, which took off his right
hand and left but a thumb and finger
on his left. In spite OF his disability
Comrade Hughey has been active and
successful in life, and Is an ardent Re-
publican. He feels much elated over a
victory to which he contributed largely
in sending r. ID. Grant TO- Congress
from the 10th District over Democrat.
Mr.. Grant is representative of the
plain people of the hills and mountains,
and his election is their. victory.
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
Lincoln's First Set Speech.

Of course, President Polk and his
supporters could not answer these ques-
tions satisfactorily, and they did the
next best thing in bitterly denouncing
Lincoln and his resolutions. He sup.
ported theEl by a mastery speech an
hour in length, which was his first set
speech In it he vigorously repelled
the accusation that the Wings had not
loyalty supported the Government, and
pointed out that Gen. Taylor was the
hero par excellence of the war, that the
Wings, with few exceptions, had voted
for all necessary supplies. and that they
had joined Loyalty in prosecuting the
war after it had been Illegally ard un-
constitutionally begun. Clay and Web
ster, the great Whig leaders. each gave
a son who fell in battle, and from Lin
coins own State went such well-known
Wings as Marshall, Morrison, Baker
and Hardin. They all fought bravely,
and Hardin was killed, in whom the
Wings of Illinois lost their best man.
OF the five high officers who fell during
the war four were Wings.
The effect of this speech, as well as
that of mSRy others, was lost in the
sudden cessation of the war by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which
brought peace, the cession of the ter
ritory and the exciting events following
the acquisition of California and the
discovery of gold. Lincoln found, how
ever. that his course was not popular
at home, with many of his friends CEN
surfing him, but he and the other Wings
stood firmly together, since their course
was that of principle which they could
not abandon.
Lincoln was not averse, it would
seem, to electioneering on the floor of
Congress, for in the campaign preceding
the Presidential election be obtained the
floor in July (1S4S( and made one of
the most popular of his speeches, full
of humor, plentifully punctuated with
laughter and cram full of telling points
In support of Gen. Taylor. 1t was rich
speech. an earnest of what he would do
when he got out of Congress and into
the regular campaign. Oddly enough,
1t is the only speech that was made by
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
THE NEWsBoYs'l HOME.
A Splendid Philanthropy Built Up at
Toledo, Ohio. 10

Comrade S. G. Harvey, 18th Mich,
and Special Agent for the Ohio Cen.
trail Lines, came TO Washington in
| charge of a train containing the
Buckeye Division of the Uniformed
Rank of the Maccabees. For many
years Comrade Harvey has been the
| right-hand man of James Il. Gunckel
the Toledo philanthropist, who has
built up such a splendid institution in
the home for newsboys. Mr.. Gunckel
and Comrade Harvey began number
of years ago to help the newsboys, and
the work was so manifestly good
that a number of Toledo public-spirited
citizens united in an agreement to
each furnish $500 a year fer a term OF
years to the institution. Everybody
took some interest in it, a valuable
was worth in the market $4,000.
Upon this magnificent building has
arisen worth $4,000. 1t has a club
room, gymnasium, baths and other at
fractions for the boys, and an audito-
rum capable of seating 100 people.
1t is expected that the rent of this
will go far toward paving the running
expenses of the institution. Comrade
Harvey brought with him fine band
of 40 pieces, all of the players news
boys of various ages from the smallest
tot that made his living in the streets.
The band, which was organized and
drilled by Prof. Kohler, is one of the
best in the country, and 1t renders
classical music and the higher works
OF the art in manner scarcely to be
surpassed by the best bands this side
the Atlantic. The band as we'll as the
members of the Maccabees were well
taken care of in Comrade Harvey's
train, and the band attracted much
attention in its parade up Pennsylva-
mia Avenue
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
Lincoln while in Congress which was
reported in full.
Opposition to Slavery.

Taylor was elected. 1t had little in
flucnce, however, on the fortunes of
MIR. Lincoln. He took very little part
in the discussions of the session which,
was closing his term in Congress, and
he had positively declined reelection.
Even then he was thinking out the
great problem of how TO check the eX-
tension of slavery, to which he gave
more and more time and attention as
the weeks slipped by. AS has been
stated, he declared often that he had
voted for the Wilmot proviso, in its
various phases, some AZ times. He was
always in his seat, and always voted
with his party, and always that vote
was opposed to the extension of siav-
cry. The question of property in slaves
CALLED him at all times. He had come
to think that the National scandal of
traffic in human beings right in the
shadow of the National Capitol was a
burden no longer TO be endured. SO it
was that his chief preoccupation during
this second session was to be registered
as his second legislative protest against
the extension of slavery. He believed
that Congress had the power to restrict
slavery in the territory under its ex-
elusive jurisdiction, and proceeded eau
leading men and prominent members
of Congress to test this belief.
The Lincoln bill as at last completed,
in brief. provided for the manumission
of slaves by the Government on appli-
cation of the owners, they to receive
their full cash value Other provisions
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
A CHAMPION RIDER.
DR.. ThrOclmOrton, of Sidney, o., Ex
GELS Roosevelts Performance.

DR.. ]. A. Throckmorton, dentist of
Sidney, o., is veteran and passionate
ly devoted to horseback riding. When
he heard of Roosevelts sensational ride
to the Shenandoah and back, or 90
miles in one day, DR.. Throckmorton de-
termined to beat it for the honor of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
w. r. c. He dedicated his achieve
ment to those organizations. Securing
relays of fine thorobreds, he started
from Sidney. making 126 miles in IL
hours and SO minutes. Among other
things in which he takes pride are that
his spurs of peculiar pattern, were Civ
en- him by Capt. John d. Barney, of
Virginia, who was a Captain in Stone
wall .Iackson's Brigade. DIR. Throck-
morton was boy in Virginia during
the war, an excellent rider then as now,
and did good service for the Union be-
The National tribune., 1909-03-25
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
(Continued from page one.)

that '.war existed by the act of Mexico.
Hostilities then began regularly, and the
invasion of Mexico followed.
When war was once declared the
Wings Loyalty supported the Flag, altho
they condemned the preteXt upon which
the struggle had been precipitated. Mr..
Lincoln pilloried the Presidents false
assumption in his message by his
famous Spot resolutions" which went
to the heart of the matter in true, law
yer-like fashion, and were quite brave
thing to do for young and unknown
lnember. These resolutions asked the
President TO designate the spot on
which the blood of our citizens was
shed, and if it was not in territory
Which had been clearly under the Cow
ernment of Spain until transferred to
that of Mexico, and whether the people
of that "spot" were not peaceabie Mex
leans, who were cultivating their fields
until they fled in terror from the ap-
proach of the America narmy. Also,
whether that spot was not far isolat-
ed from all other American territory by
wild, uninhabited regions, and none of
The citizens had ever thought of them
selves as Americans in any way. Also,
whether the blood of our citizens that
was shed was not that of American Off
GERS and soldiers sent into the country
by the order of the President Lastly
whether this movement was not con-
trary to Gen. Taylors statement that it
vas unnecessary to the protection of
Texas.
The National tribune., 1909-03-25

of the bill prohibited the bringing OF
slaves into the District except by off,
GERS of the Government, who should
come from slave-holding States. An
| other section provided for a temporary
system of apprenticeship and eventual
| emancipation for children bern of slave
mothers after Jan. /, 1850.
Mr., Lincoln gained the support OF
Joshua r. Giddings and of all the Abo-
litionists in the House. but the bill died
the death which might have been eX-
pected. The minute the bill was re-
ported to the House it was met by that
violent and unreasoning opposition
which ever greeted any such measure
at that time. The social influences in
Washington We're dead set against any
proposition that would ameliorate the
condition of the slaves. on the grounds
that such action would tend to vulgar
iZe society"
AT the close of his Congressional ca
reer Lincoln became for the first and
only time in his life an applicant for
an appointment. He asked President
Taylor for the office of Commissioner
of the General Land Office. 1t seems
incredible that Lincoln, of all men,
should have thought he could fill a
Bureau office. He didn't get it. The
President appointed another Illinois
man, and thus Lincoln was saved for
the great work of preserving the Ma
tion in the hour of her greatest peril.
Later the President said he would be
glad to give Lincoln the Governorship
of the new Territory of Oregon.
Lincoln declined the offer with
thanks. He belonged to Illinois, and
he and his devoted wife felt that their
fortunes were indelibly linked with the
young State.
Lincoln lived plainly and quietly at a
modest boarding house while member
of Congress. Mrs. Lincoln came to
Washington to visit him, but never en-
tered into the social life at any time.
The salary of q member of the House
at that time was $500 per annum,
with the usual mileage and an allow
ance of s35 for stationery for the long
session and s25 for the short session.
Not very good picking, even for a
"backwoods' lawyer.
Lincoln, back home again, took up
his law practice, but meantime did
everything in his power to elect the
Whig candidate, Stephen Logan, but he
was turned down by Democrat.
Lincoln, in one of the briefest niog
raphies of the greatest man in the
worlds history, said of himself at this
period: From 1S49 to 1854, both in
1 practiced law more assidu-
ously than ever before. / was
losing interest in politics when the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise
aroused me again"
(To be continued.)