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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-12
A Straw

The nervous condition OF tine market
is probably indicated by the ease with
which 70 was affected bv the rumor
of "a decision or opinion of an uufavora-
BILE character. No one seemed 10 know
anything about The reported opinion or
decision. and yet ID checked a sharp up
ward tendency in values. and turned an
active market into Inactivity. Traders
looked at each other and wondered what
TO was. but sold stocks on the rum0r and
bought them back at SNAIL profit This
seemed TO Indicate the market was real
Iv ou tender hooks. indeed 30 has acted
Iu support OF this belief many times
IE the last few weeks
Railroad earnings are satisfactory and
traffic rs very large. but here also
there is disturbing eiemeut. EXPENSES
ID. operating have become very heavy,
and the indications of g. demand for in
creased wages aII over the country Ir
employees iu various capacities are con-
'.u'iug. which is unfortunate from the
operating standpoint as the roads are
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
BEHING SAYS
WALLA WALLA
BEST OF ALL,

L. D. Behrlng, of Dexter, Missouri,
who has been in the city for the past
few. days, left ON the afternoon train
for his home, where he goes to get his
wife and family for a return to this
valley. Mr.. Behring came out to look
the country over, both for himself and
in the interests of several of his neigh
bOrs, who are interested in the north
west. Speaking of the country her.
and the impression it has made upon
him, Mr.. Behring said:
"Walla Walia seems to me the best
place | have seen on my Whole trip.
did not go to the larger towns, as 1
am not looking for work. I want to
buy a little land and there is no place
L can find where the land is as good,
or as cheap, as around here. The irri-
gated districts are all right, but the
WaIla Walla country looks better to
me than any of them l have seen.
Il am going back to report to those
in whose interests / came and while
tho tales We have heard of the cOun-
try seemed too good to believe, l can
say in all honesty to them that they
are not exaggerated in the least. A
party of us will probably reach here
in April
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13

The usual evening family reunion
was being held in the police station
nrior to the evening change of shifts
LAST night. Besides the several blue
coats who were waiting for the nour
of duty to come, there We're num-
Der of civilians lounging in THE out
er office, smoking and talking over
the events of the day, and dwelling
particularly upon the recent arrest of
the Rarrows boy, who is thought to
he afflicted with pyromania- One
theory. then another was advanced as
the cause of the lads wrong doing,
and the sergeant was just telling
what he though of the case, when
Chief Mike Davis entered the room.
CHANGING from one to another of the
evidently contented group, the chief
nodded and joshed, until his eye fell
upon a newspaper reporter WHOSE for
mer home was in the neighborhood of
Dixie At the same time the chief
caught the drift of the conversation,
and with the following words, in his
manner, he closed the con-
versation and at the same time placed
the large placard, "Stung," between the
pencil pusher's shoulders:
"Well did We liver notice that nearly
everyone who has lived in Dixie goes
Wrong?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
important news events scheduled Tor
the coming week are the following:
Sunday.

important news events scheduled for
the coming week are the following:
Sunday.
ST. Valentines day will be observed
in the usual manner throughout the
country.
Anniversary of the birth of Frederick
Douglass will be observed by negroes
in many cities.
Monday.
Meeting in Washington to comment
ora the eleventh anniversary of the
sinking of the Maine in Havana har-
Dor.
Transport Fitzpatrick is scheduled
troops to man new Philippine forti-
fications.
Automobile shows Will be opened in
St. Louis and Denver, to continue sew
eral days.
Tuesday.
National tariff commission conven-
ton opens in Indianapolis, with dele
gates from all over the United Sta es.
British parliament will resume its
session, and King Edward and Queen
Alexandria will visit Alfonso and Vic
toria of Spain.
Southern convention of the laymen's
missionary movement begins its first
session in Birmingham.
Hearing of government suit against
anthracite coal-carrying roads will be
resumed in New York.
Central division of the Associated
Advertising clubs of America cOnvenes
in Indianapolis.
Kentucky convention of the Anti
Saloon League begins in Louisville.
Wednesday.
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity begins
national convention in Schenectady, N.
Y
!. Annual Tuskegee Negro conference
opens at Booker Washington's school
at Tuskogee, Ala.
Thursday.
North American Conservation con-
gress with the United Sta+es, Canada
and Mexico REPRESENTED, opens at the
white house, Washington.
Twelfth annual session of the Ma
tional Mothers congress begins in
New Orleans.
Meeting of tobacco growers Of CEN
trail sta es will be held in Louisville.
Second annual National Cement
show opens in Coliseum, Chicago.
Friday.
American Whist association begins
its annual meeting and tournament in
Chicago.
Saturday.
National convention Of Theta Delta
Chi Fraternity opens in Boston.
Mardi Gras carnival and automobile
racing meet begins in New Orleans.
Federal Olympic games will be held
in Conven' ion hall, Washington.
Annual New Jersey Automobile
show opens in Newark.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
MARK LINCOLN SITE.
Daughters of American Revolution to
Dedicate Tablet.

CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-As the final
features of Lincoln centenary week in
Chicago, special services and sermons
in honor Of the great emancipation
will be held in nearly all churches TO
morrow, and the Daughters of the
American Revolution will dedicate 4
tablet to mark the site of the old wig
" I'm where Lincoln was nominated for
tfra presidency.
If any previous marks have been
made to denote the Locations Of the
site Of the wigwam where Lincoln was
nominated at the southeast corner OF
lake and Market streets in 1860, they
cannot be found. J. J. Dau, vice.
president Of Reid, Murdoch & Co.,
whose wholesale building is on the
site Of the historic convention hall,
SAYS no mark has been placed on
this structure and that he is sure
there was no tablet or inscription ON
the four story building which former
ly stood there until about ten years
AGO
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
W,iour Memorial.

Rev Robert Warner will deliver a
Lincoln memorial address in the Will
bur Memorial church tomorrow morn
ing at - O'Clock, his subject to be-
Lincoln Anniversary" The choir, un-
der the direction Of Miss Edith Lee,
will furnish special musical numbers
suitable to the occasion, among them
being the anthem, "Sanctus," violin
song Melody" by Glenn Morgan and
a response "God of the Nations" Rev.
A. w. Laningham. Of North Yakima.
will represent the work of the Wash
ingtion Children's Home society, of
which he is district superintendent, and
will deliver the evening address.
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500 REWARD. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work The proprietors have so
much faith in it's curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars fol
any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., To-
ledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13

to whom he was the second time mar
ried, is an adulteress, and that she is
now serving a nine months term in
the Idaho state penitentiary for that
offense, Edward Stanfield today filed
suit for divorce from Cora Stanfield
He asks for divorce and the Gus
tody of their 11-year old daughter.
Letha Hazel.
The Stanfields were first married in
this city November 1, 1894. They
lived together for little more than
IS months, when domestic troubles
arosa and they were divorced. A re-
was effected through the
mediation Of friends and on January
81 of last year they were married
)agaiE
On April 20, the plaintiff says. his
wife left him and came to Walla Walla.
They were then living in Whitman
county. She stayed in this city about
a month and then went to North va
kima, where he says she committed
adultery with several persons, of whose
names he is not certain. About the
first of September, says the COM
plant, she went to Nampa, Idaho. and
tftra committed adultery with one
c. A. Roberts, living with him as his
wife She was convicted of adultery
in the Idaho courts, the complaint re-
cites. and was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for nine months, which SEN
tence she is still serving.
Stanfield says his wife kept their
daughter and that she is coarse, vul-
gar and unfit person to have the child's
care
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
TRAIN SCHEDULE
AGAIN CHANGED

3 By the change in the time of ar
rival in Portland of passengers who
leave Walla Walla On No. 43 at $3.50
o'clock in the evening over the o. r..
& n line, dining service on the train
may be- enjoyed and breakfast served
before arrival in the Rose city. The
train from Walla Walla will leave at
$50 o'clock as formerly but Walla
Walla passengers will be taken into
Portland on No. instead of No. and
will arrive at their destination at 9
O'Clock. The time OF arrival has been
somewhat irregular with No. 5 though
thte train was scheduled to pull into
Union depot at 7:15 o'clock.
The change goes into effect tOmOr-
row.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
, CAUGHT ON THE .
, RUN ABOUT TOWN =
ARE ALWAYS SHARP
o O Q . - . g 9 . 9

Secretary Bob Johnson of the WAL
la Walla County Fair association, is
generally recognized in this community
as one of the most Wide-aWake and
up date business men with
in the limits of Walla Walla, and the
many business enterprises with which
he is associated brings him into touch
with all classes of people. Bob isn't
plutocrat, and is not so serious that
he cannot take a joke in the spirit that
it was intended, and for that reason il
is pleasant pastime for some of his
intimate friends to 'hand him a pack
age" every now and then.
One of these parcels was delivered
yesterday when the report was given
newspaper boys of the city that Bob
would start the prize fight ball rolling
with a donation of $4,000 in case the
mill could be pulled off on the north
side of Mill creek. The REPETITION OF
the rumor wound up with the sugges-
ton that the news-g atherers see the
secretary in person.
AS Mr.. Johnson has been more than
ordinarily active in working for the
SclcCtlOIl VI IL ItCefdI Dullul0S site on
the north side of town, the report was
accepted in good faith, though for veri-
fication, the secretary was interviewed.
Sure" he said, IF they'll erect the
grandstand on the site selected for the
federal building on this side of the
creek, I'll give $4,000 to swell the
purse"
rs there anything in the report that
you are contemplating the removal of
the fair grounds to the north side of
the city,"
That has never occurred to me-" re-
piled the secretary, scratching his
head; 1.-The fair grounds are on the
south side of the creek Yes, we are
going to cut the association grounds
up into town lots. and change the To-
cation to the Dacres HILL
Twas no use; Bob" was ALWAYS
ready for quick reply, given in
language that could not but convey
the impression that he was giving ut
terance to pipe dream" and the man
who gave out the initial ninch about
the prize fight is now in bad standing
with members of the press club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
USED LODGE FUND
WHEN HE WAS ILL
Unable to Repay $21 His FraternaI
Brothers Gauss His Arrest.

0INIHCTS SduSJ |hTCSSs
SEATTLE, Wash, February 13.-
Roy Macdonald, erstWhile treasurer
tof the F'raternal Brotherhood FIRE.
mont organization is under arrest
charged with larceny by mbszzlement.
He was taken into custody yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff M. M. Freeman
and his bail fixed at $500. Bond prob
ably will be furnished by his father
The amount involved is only $21
Macdonald after his election as treas
urer of the Fremont organization sus-
tanned an injury that kept him con-
fined to his bed for a considerable
time. His scant funds were used up
and to keep the wolf from the door
he says he dipped into the funds Of
the lodge of which he was the GUS
todian Macdonald thought would be
but short time before he could re-
pay the money. Times were hard for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
CHURCHES
First PRESBYTERIAN,


what Jesus Would Do?" will be
Rev. James Clement Reid's theme at
the First Presbyterian church, Sunday
morning at II o'clock. At night, MT.
Reid will speak on What Would Je-
sus Have Me Do?" Before beginning
his sermon proper, at night, Mr.. Reid
will discuss briefly the recent move
ment in Cincinnati. and elsewhere
which has come to be known as the
"As-Jesus- Would-Do Movement" The
Guartette choir, composed OF solo1sts'
will give some special selections at
each service. Pastor and people JOIN
in cordial invitation to strangers
At the morning service, the choir
will sing the anthem ooh Come, Ye
Weary" by Florio, and Mr.. Brainard
will sing a SOLO. AT night, the choir VIII
give the following anthems: Great
God, to Thee My Evening Songs by
Shelley and 'Now the Day is Over"
Tours
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
BALLINGER QUITS
HIS SEATTLE JOBS

lirger will To-Day formally resign as
ce-prosident and trustee Of the Seattle
expo sition, and also withdraw from his
law firm to assume his duties as Sec
rotary of the interior of Taft's admin
is ration.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13

amount.
Finally after new officers were elect
ed he could not get the necessary
money and G. L. Willis an officer OF
the lodge swore out the warrant. Mac
Donald is a young man of previous
good character. His father is fish
dealer here.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Central Christian Church.

The subject Of the morning sermon
will be Goods Revelation" This is the
second of the series of sermons by the
pastor on the Fundamentals. Evening
subject: "The Supremacy of the Spirit
as Illustrated In the Life of Abraham
lincoln"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Park Street Baptist,

At the Park Street Baptist church,
the subject Of the moring sermon will
be the Lessons from the Life of Lin
coin" and in the evening "The Great
est Emancipation" The music is under
the supervision of Mrs. F. D. Apple
gate, who herself will render special
selec ions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
\ First Conversational.

Rev. Raymond c. Brooks will preach
tomorrow morning a. II o'clock on the
subject. 'The Human and Religious
Side of Lincoln" gationalism"
will be the subject of the evening dis
course.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Grace M. <. Church.

Rev A. w. Laningham, of the Wash
ington Children's Home society, OF
North Yakima, will preach in the
Grace M. E. church tomorrow morn
ing at II O'Clock. NJ G. Royal will de-
liver the address at 1870 o'clock In the
evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
participate are scheduled for the
Sun Men to Dine.

participate are Scneduleu IOr TIC
night.
Sun Men to Dine.
Some of the most prominent men of
the country will gather about the ban
tiuet cables of the Hotel Brevoort to-
night to take part in the annual talk
fest and dinner of the New York Sun
Alumni association. This will be the
fifth anniversary of the formation OF
the association, and it will be cele-
brated by special edition of the Sun
by the former members of the staff. TO
be one of Dana's men was, a score OF
years ago. the ambition of half the
newspaper men of the country. Many
of those who achieved that ambition
have since climbed even higher on the
ladder of literature fame, and the llst
Of those who will attend tonights din
ner reads very much like a who's
who" in literature.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
United Brethren.

Rev. J. B. Ball will preach tomorrow
morning at II O'Clock on the subject,
MANS Origin and Fall" Rev. Balte-
zore will occupy the pulpit in the even
ing. and will speak on 'The Home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
FILLED Self
With a Nail

SKAGWAY, Feb. 13.-With a rusty
nail, William E. Merrill, of Seattle, to-
day cut his throat from ear to ear, in
the federal Jail, dying within few
minutes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Marvin M. e. Church.

Rev. A L. Thoroughman will con-
duct special evangelistic services in
the Marvin M. E. church tomorrow,
both morning and evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Seventh. Dav Adventists.

Elder O. A. Johnson will preach to-
morrow evening on the subject "The
United States In the Light of Prophe-
cy." Special music has been pro-
vided for the services.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Christian Scientist.

The subject of the sermon in the
First Church of Christ Scientist, to-
morrow morning at II o'clock, will be
"SOul"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
First Methodist.

The special evangelistic meetings
will continue in the First M. E. church
and services will be held at the usual
hours tomorrow morning and evening.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
German Methodist,

Rev H. F. LANCE will speak tomor-
row evening at 1880 O'Clock on the
subject, continuing Book of Job"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Odd Fellows Temple.

Edmund Olney, the healer, will de-
liver an address, in Odd Fellows temple
tomorrow af ernoon at 3 o'clock on,
"OUr Possibilities"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
Red Cross Miss. on.

There will be no preaching service
in Red Cross Mission tomorrow. Sun
day school services will open at. 2:3O
o'clock as USUAL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
OIivet Congregational.

M. G. Royal will deliver the morning
address in the Olivet Congregational
church tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13

c. M. HALL, carpenter and contrac
tor. Day or contract work. Phone 972.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-13
PILES CURED INeTo DAYS

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching. Blind, Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in to IA
days or money refunded. soc.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
RUSSIA HOLDS SECOND PLACE
Second Only to United States in the
Matter Of Greatest Railroad
Mileage.

II 1t Is question merely of bigness
the Russian railroad system is far and
away the first in Europe. There are
already many more miles of railway
In the vast empire than in any other
country in the world excepting the
United States, and Russian railways
are still only in their infancy
1t is of course quite true that there
are now in the United States more
miles of road than in all Europe and
almost as many as in all the rest of
the world put together, and that our
territory is SO large and as yet so
far from complete development that
we shall probably keep the lead as
far as railroad enterprise is concerned
for a long time to come.
But in taking these large views,
says Moody's Magazine, we have for
gotten that Russia is two and half
times as large as all the United
States put together with a population
more than half as large again as our
own; that in territorial extent it is
more than twice as large as all
Europe; that it stretches across the
world for 10 degrees of longitude
nearly half way around the globe
and that 1t includes one-sixeth of the
land surface of the planet
1t Is not surprising that in such q
country railroads should have had a
large development, that already there
is considerable mileage and that
the prospects in this direction seem "a
have no limit. In the future Russia
and the United States are likely to di.
vide the railroad empire of the
world between them
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Alaska stiII Has Much Gold.

The decrease of the gold product of
Alaska, which is noticeable for the
years 1907 and 1908. has been seized
upon by some persons as an indica.
ton of the exhaustion of the metal
But such is not the case. The de-
cline has been due to labor troubles
and lack of water. which is regard
ed as temporary only. There is every
indication that the product will be
very materially increased in the near
future, owing to the establishment of
valuable facilities. A number of good
roads have been built recently, by
which the freight charges for interior
transportation will be reduced. Foun-
daries and similar establishments have
been located at desirable points, and
by q recently devised process the
sluicing season will b prolonged into
the winter. y-.- -
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Last Thought Was His Record.

Passengers on a train wrecked
near Bristol. Ca. recently told of the
bravery of Engineer Bush, who died
as a result of his injuries. Bush was
painfully working his way out OF the
wreck of his engine, scalded and
frightfully bruised, when the few pas
sengers who retained their senses dug
into the mass of twisted and burning
iron to meet him. When the passen-
gers offered him whisky he begged
them to look after the comfort of the
other passengers. Told that no pas
sengers had been injured. he said:
That's good. But before I take this
whisky I want you men to smell my
breath and testify, if need be. that l
had not been drinking when this hap
pened. All a man has is his record"
And Engineer Bush went out on his
last run with his record spotless.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-10-30
Newcomb's Definition Of magnet

Newcomb's Definition Of Magnet"
Personally, Newcomb was an agree
able companion and a faithful friend.
His success was due largely to his te-
nacity of purpose. The writer's only
personal contact with him came
through the STANDARD Dictionary
of whose definitions in physical sci
ence Newcomb had general oversight.
On one occasion he came into the Of
fee greatly dissatisfied with the def
milton that we had framed for the
word magnet q conception almost
impossible to define In any logical
way. We had simply enumerated the
properties of the thing a course
which in the absence of authoritative
knowledge of their causes was the
only rational procedure. But New
q Abs mind demanded logical treat
ment, and though he must have seen
from the outset that this was a for
lorn hope. his tenacity of purpose kept
him. pencil In hand, writing and eras.
ing alternately for an hour or more.
Finally he confessed that he could do
no better than the following pair OF
definitions-"Magnet, q body capable
of exerting magnetic force" and
Magnetic Force, the force exerted by
a magnet" With a hearty laugh at
his beautiful circulus in definiendo he
threw down his pencil, and the imper
feet and illogical office definition was
accepted.-North American Review.