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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS AND
INCIDENTS OCCURRING AT
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Many Things Not Commonly Known by
American People Told by Cor
respondent in District.
Use Stamped Envelopes.

A special effort is being made by the
use of stamped envelopes instead of
those which have to have a stamp at
fixed
In furtherance of this endeavor A. L.
Lawshe, third assistant postmaster
general, has issued a highly ornate cir
cular describing and illustrating the
different sizes and colOrs Of the envel-
opes the government has on sale. This
has been distributed by the letter car
riers who, forgetting for the moment
the length of their routes and the
weight of their sacks Of mail, have
for the most part, entered into enthusi
astic details as to the cheapness and
convenience and altogether desirable
ness of this class of postOffice wares.
Everyone who uses government
stamped envelopes is aiding the post
office department in improving the SER
vice." is what LaWshe's circular says,
and, in addition, it enumerateS several
advantages which are to be obtained
from their USE
For instance it points out that Stang s
may be easily lost, misappropriated, or
may become useless through sticking
together. Also a stamp may drop off
in the mail, and then there is the time
consumed in affiXing stamps as an item
to- be considered. All of these difficult
ties, the circular says, are overcome by
using the stamped envelopes.
Then when a purchaser is willing to
buy as many as 500 stamped envelopes
at time, the government will print his
name and address in the upper left
hand corner without any extra charge
The advantage of this is that such en-
velopes do not find their way to the
dead letter office. If the address can
not be found the letter is returned with
out extra postage to the sender. Such
envelopes, if misdirected, are redeem
able at the postoffice from original
purchasers only at full stamp value
This is not true of adhesive stamps.
The postoffice department sells the
envelopes in various sizes, colors, and
qualities but the most usual size can
be obtained for about eight for a cent,
stamp value extra. Thus eight two
cent envelopes would cost about II
cents. One can get them in white,
amber, blue, buff and manila.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
CONNDYER FUNERAL
TO Be NEXT WEEK
Remains of Man to Whom Peu-Peu-
Mox- Mox Surrendered Are Brought
to City for Burial.

The body of Major Narcisse A. Cor
noyer, who died late Thursday night
at his home near Adams, Ore, arrived
at the Hennessey undertaking chape!
awaiting the funeral which will be held
from st. Patrick's Catholic church
Monday morning at 9 o'clock, Rev
Father Van de Ven conducting the SER
vices. Interment will be in the Cath
Ollie cemetery.
Major Cornoyer crossed the plains
with the gold aleners in the famous
days of 40 but not being wholly
pleased with California, came to Ore
gon in 1850, where he located in Mar
ion county. While there he had the
honor of being the first sheriff of said
county after Oregon was admitted 10
statehood In the year 1861 he came
TO Umatilla county where he has re-
sided since. In 1851 Major Cornoyar
was married to Miss Mary Bellequ in
Marion county, who is still living and
is rs years old. He is also survived
by four daughters and one son, all of
whom are residents of Umatilla
county.
The remains of the deceased will be
buried in the Catholic cemetery at
Walla Walla tomorrow afternoon.
The name of Major Cornoyer is well
known to students of northwest his
tory because of his connections with
the early Indian wars. He was pro-
NOTED to the rank of major following
the battle of Walla Walla because Of
his bravery and generalship displayed
in that struggle. It was to him that
the noted chief, Peu- peu-moX- moX
surrendered. During the Bannock war
of 1888 Major Cornoyer was agent on
the Umatilla Indian reservation and
in that position rendered great service
to the white people. 1t was largely
through his instrumentality that the
Cayuse tribe succeeded in capturing
Chief Egan of the Bannocks and there
by brought the war to a close
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
OFFICIALS VISIT AT
PENITENTIARY
Reformatory Board Inspects Prison and
Confer With Warden Charles
S. Reed.

For the purpose of inspecting the
buildings at the state penitentiary and
obtaining an insight into the admins
tration of the institution, a party Of
state reformatory officials arrived in
the city this morning and are confer
ring with Warden C.. S. Reed
The members of the party who ar
rived this morning are john Hanson
of Everett, member of the super
visOry board of the reformatory at
Monroe; c. B. Roe, superintendent Of
the reformatory and G. w. Lawton of
Seattle, reformatory architect. Fred
Reeves of Spokane, another member of
the supervisory board will arrive this
afternoon and a thorough investigation
of the penitentiary grounds will be
concluded this evening.
The state legislature at it's last ses-
sion made appropriations for erection
of new buildings at Monroe and the
supervisors are visiting the state pris-
on to pick up architectural ideas be-
fore building plans are decided upon
and work begun. The gentlmen are
giving especial attention to the new
administration building at the peni-
tertiary and it is probable the new re-
formatory structures will be erected
along similar lines.
| The appropriation provides for the
erection of two wings and portion
of the administration building at Mon
roe and it is the intention of the board
| The party will be the guests Of War
den Reed tonight, the members return
ing to their respective homes tomorrow
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

the justice court this afternoon by
Margaret Roseman. to be heard
April s.
The plaintiff claims that on April
15 1906, she purchased a suit from the
defendants place of business, with the
understanding that if it did not fit she
would have the privilege of returning
it. This was done, the gown appar-
emily not being modelled on the proper
lines, but contrary to the stated agree
ment, the defendant has not returned
any part of the cost of the garment,
$3s.
Because of this, the plaintiff now
prays judgment in the original sum
of $3S. with additional interest since
the date of the purchase.
E. c. Mills is attorney for the plain
tiff
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
"Brown Of Harvard"

In Brown of Harvard the WHIT
man sophomores found this year one
of the best plays that the college
students have put on in their annual
theatricals. A remarkably well
chosen cast, combined with evident
good training, made the show enjoy
able. even though the raw edges of
amateurism did show through once
in a while. The play itself is one of
written and is natural in its lines, de-
picting as it does many phases and
sides of college life.
Warren Belt, as Brown played a
first-class leading role, and was
strong in every line. Miss Ruth Snyd-
er. playing opposite in Evelyn Ken
yon,'' was as sweet, winning and
clever as could be desired. Vernon
Cooke in the part Of Gerald Thorne, y
would have been hard to improve.
His acting was strong, and through
out was natural, even more so, per-
haps, than any other character on the
stage. Fred Clemens as Happy
Thurston," Edward Lange as "Claxton
Madden and George Cushman as
"Tubby Anderson" took care of their
parts nicely Tracy Cox as ''Wilfred
Kenyon" had a difficult part to play
and did it well. Otto Johnson as the
heavy was very good. In fact, the
characters clear through were wei
sustained.
1t is unfair to criticize amateur
theatricals by professional standards
and for this reason little should be
said However; little more snap and
ginger a little more freedom in action
would have helped in several scenes
wonderfully. But the play. taken in
ALL was a success and pleased the
large audience which heard it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Log Camps Close.

PORTLAND, April Sowing to the
falling off in the demand for lumber
for rail shipment, the log market has
dropped to such an extent that some of
the camps of this district will probably
close temporarily. Owners of mills in
the country, who depend nearly entire
ly on the rail business, will probably
follow suit until the demand becomes
normal. They attribute the falling off
to tariff revision agitation. Buyers are
holding back to see what is done W.
the Payne bill. This will injure the
spring trade
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Looks Like Lincoln.

Culberson is the Detective" or
sometimes Sherlock Holmes; and
Cullom is "Old Abe" because of his
resemblance to Lincoln. Crane is
SLENDER William and his colleague,
Lodge was 1.-THE Scholar" until that
telephone incident to the White House
since when he has been dubbed Cen
trail"
LaFollette is Battling Bob and
Taylor "Fiddling Bob.' Tillman is, of
course, "Pitchfork Ben Galliger is
known as Doc" or 1.-THE Mayor the
latter because of his position as chair
man of the District of Columbia COM
mittee and the former because at one
time he practiced medicine.
Money, whose middle name is de
Soto is called 1.-THE Discoverer," Smoot
Of Uutah, is the Apostle" Hepburn
is MIR. Pickwick" because of a fam
cied likeness to Dickens famous char
acter. Clay is "Pompadour,'' HALE
1.-The Censor; Frye Grandpa" Dick
is Slick Dick because of his noise
less methods of accomplishing what
he desires.
Stone is ''Gum- Shoe Bill" and Ste
phenson Uncle Ike" while Wetmore
is 1.-The Sphinx"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

fence. She had occasion to hasten
downtown very early one rainy morn
ing in search of some goods for her
dressmaker. Downing rather a shabby
tailored suit that she thought suitable
for the disa greeable weather she SAL
lied forth.
She went at once to the store where
she usually traded. Several statesmen
were lounging idly behind the counter
visiting together, and none of them Of
fered to wait on her. Finally, after
salesman had given her very poor and
uncourteous attention, she gave up in
disgust and went to a nearby store
where she purchased a good bill of
goods.
But her vexation waxed the warmer
she had been treated. mot for my
SELF" as she told me, "but to teach
those clerks a lesson that would pre-
vent other women suffering such in
suits 1 determined to return to w. &
LIS and relate my entire experience to
Mr.. l., member of the firm VINO
is a personal friend of mine"
In relating her story to Mr.. l.
she said, "On my goods you lost $500
on lining $1,000, on trimmings So. My
largest charge account has always been
here, but after such objectionable
treatment + walked right over to C-'s
and opened an account there. When ]
considered, 1 thought it was hardly lair
not to give you a mint of the reason
did this
/ have often noticed that plainly
gowned women shoppers, evidently
busy wives and mothers, in the city
for perhaps days shopping, are treat
ed with scant courtesy by the clerks
Their limited time is, of course, ex-
ceedingly valuable to them but they
! are always made to wait at the coun-
ter until their more fashionably at
tired sisters are served. Woe betide
them if they haven't made up their
mind on exactly what they want. Any
thing will be palmed off on them with
| the assurance tldl II Is eAdCtly WHd'
they want as it's the latest thing"
The member of the firm was consid-
erably disguised to learn of this con-
dition existing in his store, and my
her annoying experience had served as
an eye-opener to him. Within week
a personal letter was sent to each
clerk telling them that in order tc
hold their places, uniform courtesy and
willingness to show goods must be
maintained towards all customers re-
CARELESS of their clothes or appear
ance.
/ R1 G-,-,-.>--
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Attention to Aerial Attack.


The problem of defense against aer-
ial attack is beginning to thrust itself
upon the attention Of the bureau OF
ordnance Of the war department. Diri-
gible balloons and flying machines
having emerged from the field of pos
sibilities to take their place as practic-
al weapons Of offense, General Crozier
and the officers of his bureau are advo-
waiting themselves to the eontriving OF
gun which will offset the new danger
The United States will probably fol-
low the lead of Germany in designing
gun carriage for field use which will
allow the training of the gun upon OBJ
jects overhead. The present ordnance
material will be Of sufficient range to
make navigation in dirigibles above a
military post somewhat hazardous The
carriage will have to be altered, how
ever, to allow the gun to be swung in
larger arc and the recoil mechanism
must be changed
1t has also been suggested that a
gun be devised to fire a heated shell
or bullet which would ignite the gas
If it penetrated the enveloping silk, and
cause explosion and the immediate COL
lapse Of the ship.
The aeroplane offers greater diff
cultles for the gun experts Their
rapldity OF flight makes them difficult
targets to hit. The weapon to be used
IN defense against them will probably
be OF the machine-gun type which will
pour stream of bullets into the air
Inere is a gun of this sort now under
consideration by the department which
is SO light that it can be fired from the
shoulder like an ordinary rifle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
OUR Ex-PRESIDENTS.

A bill has been introduced to make
eX-presidents honorary members of
the senate for life, at a salary of $685.
600. Another provides that eX-presi
dents shall have a seat in the house
with the privilege of debate. but no
vote, with the pay and allowance of
members.
This subject tempts one or more
members in every congress. And yet
the proposition lacks responsiveness.
Our ex-presidents get along very well
without office, and the government
gets along very well without them in
office. They are free to advise through
the newspapers or from the lecture
platform as to public business, and if
they want to try for a commission in
liberty to do so in the usual way. Bet
ter let the matter stand as it is.
Take the case Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Would he have been placed to his per-
sonal comfort or to the welfare of
the country, had he gone from his
chair in the White House to a chair
in the senate for life? TIE question is
easy. He would have chafed under a
sort of restraint. He would have felt
himself deprived of liberty of action.
AS to the senate. it would have well
coined him with twitching hands to
a hospitable row. Not half a dozen
members on either side of the cham
bsr would have conferred with him on
any subject with any pleasure.
The same was true of Mr.. Cleveland
who left office after bitter snarl
with the senate. He would not have
been comfortable there. and being
wholly without legislative experience
would have had to grope for awhile
for his bearings. And as for the de-
bates, his ponderous style of delivery
would almost have shut him out
Only a few of the men upon whom
the country has bestowed it's highest
honor have appeared lonesome OF
needed money after leaving office
With the exception of Washington
the Virginia presidents were poor
business men. and General Grants fl
nancial embarrassments grew out OF
a venture he should never have made
The friends of the great soldier should
have saved him from Wall street as
sociations. He was the Kind of man
open, generous and unsuspicious, to be
overreached by tricksters in a field
where he was without experience.
In all the other cases the record
shows nothing to complain of. The
younger Adams served in thehouse
with distinction, and Andrew johnson
had re-entered the senate when dealt
suddenly took him. Jackson played
the sage in retirement with dignity
and personal comfort. Pierce nves
some years and enjoyed life. Buch
anan had only his failure in office t,
haunt him. Hayes retired to a snu,
home and the pleasant society of hi
Old neighbors. Harrison returned t
a lucrative law practice and resume,
MS old place as leader of the Indian;
bar. Mr.. Cleveland. at Princeton
probably enjoyed life more than Il
had ever done before. And Mr.. Roose
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
!. Evening
q Chit.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

That the poorly
, dressed customers are
generally treated with
difference and mat
IGNITION by the clerks
in department stores
is a deplorable fact
T h a t eXper fenced
shoppers are obliged
to acknowledge.
A very wealthy Wo-
man recently told me
that she had always
thought tnis state
ment exaggerated I'M
til she verified it by
an unpleasant exper-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Buy Flying Machine.

The Silver Dart" the most recent
~ developed of American flying ma
cnines, will probably be acquired by
the war department, together with the
Wright machine, as the nucleus for
the aerial branch of the signal corps
inventor Herring, of New York, who
mas . contract with the department for
the delivery of machine, has formed
2 coaabination with Glen Curtis. and
The Silver Dart" with the addition
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
+ = = = = + 4. + + !. + 4. I. j !. + !
+ OXFORD WINS, .

= LONDON, April 3-Upsetting +
= the predictions of experts, Oxford J.
= ahead of Cambridge in the annual /,
= Thames race from Putney to !,
= North Lake, four and a quarter !.
= miles. Thousands witnessed the !.
= event. The time was IA minutes =
= and so seconds. =
+ + + + I. + = + I. = = ++*+**
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Miners Idle

SCRANTON, Pa, April 3.-Four
hundred coal miners are idle as a re-
suit of the first strike in the anthraci.e
region since the expiration of the
agreement between the miners and op-
orators. The strike followed the dis
pute over repeated reductions in wages
in the Keystone colliery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

Welt, we may all be sure, is going to
have "a corking time" in Africa, and
later.
Let us bring up our presidents in
the way they should go. and when they
becomes exes they will not depart
from it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
CITY WILL CLEAN
Continued From Page One.)

Park club, who have been responsible
for the movement, will work in con-
junction with the Commercial club
committee and in addition, several aux
Hilary committees will be named to as.
sist the executive bodies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
SWITCHING WILL
Be STOPPED NOW
ENGINES IN YARDS NEAR BAKER
SCHOOL WILL BE USED
VERY LITTLE.
Switching Is to Be Hereafter Confined
to Upper End of Yards During
School Hours.

Orders have been issued by the 10
cal officials of the Northern Pacific
company that all swi,c ching, such as
can be held until after school hours, be
eliminated in the yards of the COM
pany, and that in case operations must
continue during the time school is in
session the switch engines be taken to
the lower section of the yards just as
seldom as possible and thus cut down
to minimum the noise resulting from
activities in the freight yards.
This order was placed in effect this
Principal John Woods, of Baker school,
who called to the attention of City ST.
perintendent o. S. Jones the great an
nOyance caused by the swi ching OF
cars on Spokane street near the school
building. Superintendent Jones, in
turn, notified the board of directors,
who instructed President G. B. Stew
art, by resolution, to communicate with
local officials of the Northern Pacific
company.
LII MS complaint, Principal "OouS
said the great amount of noise often
made it impossible to hear oral re-
citations during certain periods of the
day, and that, as the switching was
not always done at the same hour, it
was difficult to arrange for written
work on those occasions. 1t has fur
nished a splendid opportunity for the
noisily-inclined boy or girl to speak
and study in an undertone without be-
ing detected, but in way that has
been demoralizing to the discipline of
the room. Even the quiet pupils have
been made restless and inattentive, re-
sulting in much loss of time to pupils
in the four rooms on the west side of
the building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
WOMAN SUES w. J. MORGAN
FOR sac ON MIsFlT SUIT

Alleging that w. J. Morgan. pro-
prletor of the Walla Walla Cloak and
suit House owes her sss for q re-
turned tailor suit. case was filed in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Leaves for Utah.

Captain w. r. Smedberg, of the
fourteenth cavalry. left this afternoon
TOT collinston, Utah. for an extended
sojourn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Danger to Pupils.

City superintendent o. S. Jones, who
directors, not only cited the annoyance
caused by the operations of switch en-
gines, but dwelt upon the danger to
pupils in crossing the tracks.
"The danger from these engines
said he "is much greater than from
trains that pass simply through city,
since the pupil cannot tell, when an
engine and cars are standing on the
track, which way the train will move.
Children are told not to cross the
tracks in such cases, but the older ones
often take the chances rather than
watt pupils sometimes wait and thus
come tardy While this is condition
of long standing, the increase in rail-
road traffic, as we'll as in the pOpula-
ton of the city, increases the danger.
Flag men might be placed at the
crossings to lessen the danger, but that
would not stop the noise"
Willing to Comply.
Officials of the Northern Pacific who
We're seen this morning said they were
heartily willing to comply with the re-
quest of the school board that
swi- ching near the building be cut
down to a minimum, but that there
were times when the engines were
compelled to move on the lower tracks.
AS much as possible the engines are
employed in the upper yards, where
the noise does not interfere with stud
les in Baker. school. and efforts are to
be put forth henceforth to reduce the
annoyance caused by swi ching opera
tions in the company's- yards.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
VNIejo Opens Ball.

VALLEJO, April 3.-The baseball
season will open in this city tomorrow,
when the local team will cross bats
with their old friends. Napa.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

See the money makers in the Class
sif1ed columns today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
PUZZLE PICTURE.

Looking for res..+s' Classified Adds.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-10-12
ZVEZA MED S~LOVENSKIMI
LIBERALCI IN LASKIMI
KLERIKALCI.

Pod tenn naslovom pise "Rdeti
Prapor' sledeGe:
o tel zvezi smo re veekrat go
vorili ali vedno Sc je odgOvorilo,
da to nj bila zveza, da .je bill to lie
dogovor "a odborniSka mesta in
mic %druzega. Vsaka laz ina KRAFT
Ike noge in tudi ia Jill je imela.
az eco del Litorale'', glasilo
laske klerikalne stranke, prinaSa
V pondelikovi stevilki vsebino
kompromisnega dogovora med
slovenskimi liberalci in talijanski-
mi %klerikalci, XII je sledeGa:
1.) Priznava italijanskim kleri-
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-10-12

kalcem pravico do enega dezelno-
odborniskega mesta.
p Popolno samostojnost v YER
skin in narodnih vprasanjih.
b. Slovenski klub ~(liberalci)
da izjavo, ia ne BIO stavil predlo-
gov, Xxi so nasprotni ver1 IN GER
Xvi in tudi ne bo podpiral takih
predlogov, ako bi kak drugi klub
KAY takega predlagal.
Kakor vidijo Gitatelji, nj Hri-
bar edini, Xxi je zatajil svoj pro-
gram. Zatajil ga je tudi Andrej
GabrSGek, XII whit neprenehoma
NEE mad reakcijo klerikalizma.
Prodal je svobodomiselnost "a emo
odbOrniSko mesto. Vprasamo vo-
lilce ,ako morejo Sc nadalje vero-
vati mozu. XII prodaja svoja ma
celia "a odbOrniSka mesta? Cas- .ie,
da izpregledate!
- Cikaski svobodasi pa pripo-
rocajo amer. SLOW. delavcem, maj
sc naroGe ma GabrSkovo 5000.
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