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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-04
All Eyes Turn
TO the Pacific

General Agent Robert Burns, of the
o. r. & N. road, who returned q few
days ago from a business visit in
Portland, says that all indications in
the head offices of the company point
to an exceptionally heavy influx Of
easterners into the western status dur
ing the coming spring and summer
months, and the O. r. & N is making
preparations to secure it's share Of
the business. In an interview with Mr..
Burns, William McMurray, general
passenger agent with headquarters in
Portland, said that the officers were
highly pleased with the large volume
of business transacted the past year,
and especially that accorded the road
by the Walla Walla valley.
With the A. Y. P. exposition in Sc
aIttla and the National Irrigation
congress in Spokane in August offer
ing attractions to fasteners, it is ex-
pected that the volume of traffic from
the east during the next year Will be
the heaviest ever recorded since tho
completion of trans-continental lines.
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would be much cheaper.
That the road is now the Chicago
and Northwestern there is little doubt.
The surveyors have been working
west from Idaho and connections are
said to have been made between that
place and the other side Of the noun
tains where the Northwestern is al
ready constructing.
Charles Rogers is we'll known to
many people in this city, having serv-
ed in the Spanish-American war with
the First Washington volunteers. He
is said to have been looking for men
to fill his party and this fact caused
the leak as to his purpose in the city
AS has been the policy Of the Stra-
horn engineers, he has been as quiet
as possible in his operations and has
said little in the city, cOncealing as
much as possible, the fact that he is
here.
Camp was broken in PendletOn yes
terday and it is thought Mr.. Rogers
will at once take up the line of sur
vey left by Engineer Clark a year
and a half ago
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Aust two
months from today the national cap
ital will be the scene Of the most
imposing inaugural ceremony in the
nations history.
In the expenditure Of money, time,
and energy the preparations for the
induction into office Of President elect
William Howard Taft will exceed any
thing ever before attempted in Wash
ington. No inaugural committee in
the past has made such rapid pro-
gress in so short a time as has the
present organization.
Hardly had the committee been an
nounced when it became known that
more than $4,000 in subscriptions
toward the inaugural fund had been
rceived This, too, was before any
formal call had been made.
D. w. Martin. chairman of the sub
committee on railroad terminal facili-
ties, has opened offices in the east
wing Of the Union Station, and there
members of his committee may be
found working diligently over the
of visitors who will come to Wash
ington to attend the inaugural cere-
monies.
Chairman Cuno Rudolph, of the
fireworkers committee, promises many
new features in the pyrotechnic dis
play. He has two sites in view for
the setting off of hundreds Of gigantic
bombs roman candles, rockets, and
other fireworks.
Frederick Owen, an architect, and
chairman of a committee of citizens
which has the beautifying of parks
and buildings in view, has planned a
novel scheme. He suggests that hall
of the appropriation for fireworks be
put into Illuminated floats emblematie
Of the various states.
These floats" said Mr.. Owen.
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Indoor Track
ut the Y. n. {. A.

Work has begun on the installation
of the indoor running track at the
gymnasium of the Y. M. G. A. The
track will be a 2S-lap oval and will
be deeply banked on account of the
short turns.
When the gymnasium was first
equipped, the track was planned and
with that in view the gallery was set
apart for that purpose. 1t is in the
gymnasium room, around the walls,
but above the gym floor The installa-
tion of the track will cost about $175.
With the running track completed,
the gymna asium of the local associa-
tion will be one of the best in the
whole northwest. 1t is made Of the
best material and will, to the great
est possible extent do away with the
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Test Hepburn Law.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Hearing
of arguments in the commodities
clause cases was commenced today
before the United States supre me
court The cases involved the consti-
tutionality of the clause Of the Hep
burn rate law prohibiting railroad
companies from carrying commodities
of their own production, and all the
roads affected by this action are own
ers of anthracite coal mines in Penn
sylvania, the products of which they
would be prohibited from transporting
if the law should be held constitution
al.
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Idaho Officers
Are Sworn In

BOISE, Ida, Jan. 4.-Inauguration
of the state officials took place in the
house of representatives Of the state
today The Oaths of Office were ad-
ministered by Justice l. N. Sullivan Of
the supreme court, who succeeds Judge
Ailshie as chief justice The state Of
ficials- elect were presented to the
members of the supreme court BY
their predecessors except in the case
of those succeeding themselves.
The inauguration was not attend
ed by other ceremonies than the ad-
ministering of oaths and a prayer.
Following these ceremonies the senate
ate and house organized, electlng
president pro tenn and speaker, and
adjourned.
ILL., ,arincinaI affair in CONNECTION
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Senatorial Caucus.

HARRISBURG, Pa. Jan. A re-
publican senatorial caucus will be held
today, preliminary to next weeks
gathering of the legislature to elect
senator for the term beginning
March 4. Senator Penrose is candi-
date for reelection and is opposed by
John O. Sheats, state treasurer, who
is identified with the reform element
of the republican party. Senator
Penrose's friends express confidence
that the senator will be reelected
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LONDON. Jan. 4-POlitical develop
ments of the last few days have SHOWN
conclusively that England is approach
ing the most startling crisis 1t mas
known in three-quarters of century
The existence of the house of lords Is
at stake. No such important constltu-
tional issue has been raised in Great
Britain since 1882, when the right OF
franchise. previously based strictly or
property qualifications, was made prac-
tically universal.
The lords have been attacked before
but never very seriously. 1t looks now
as if their years-if not their days-as
a legislative body, are numbered. End
ing the old English system of her1dl-
tary lawmaking will involve practl-
cal reconstructions of the country
constitution.
Mine out of ten Englishmen have
regarded the peers as a foohsh ana
chronism. Bound as the nation IS, u
precedent. however. it has been marc
to inaugurate vigorous movement to-
ward reform. At last the Hberals-the
dominant British political party-haVe
declared they will never rest untll
some form of elective upper house OF
parliament is substituted for the pr s.
ent hereditary one. For three years
liberals have been in office with an
overwh5 lining majority in the house, OF
commons. Allowing for all possible
combinations against them, they nave
approximately one hundred ON any
party issue. But despite their numerl-
cal superiority they have been pracu-
cally impotent. The peers have thWart-
ed them at every turn.
TIE nobility holds nearly one-tentr
of the total land area Of rural Eng
land. It is estimated that these hold-
ings, thrown open to cultivation, wouio
support EngIand's hundreds of thou
ands Of unemployed. Legislation along
th.s line has been suggested. The lords
only laughted at the idea. They keeI
the land strictly "preserv d. for hunt
ing purposes. 1t is absolutely nc
productiv
The licensing bill passed the elective
commons by neany three hundred mf
jOrity. Without even the formal1ty o.
debate the lords rejected the measure
| in caucus. By what the liberals say i
| more than a coincidence, 13O of the 6OC
! odd peers own stocks in breweries
| Thera werel not enough Of them tt
constitute a majority but their infiu
| ence was sufficient to control one IL
| America either of the great partle:
may hope to control both branches o.
congress In England only the con
servatives can control the law-makins
body. The commons may be conserva
4. tive or liberal. The lords are always
conservative.
| When the conservatives control th'
administration the peers pass al
their bills without discussion. If lib
eral government is in power they au
tomatically reject every measure sub
mitted to them. When the liberal par
ty last came into power it did so un
der the direct mandate from the peo
pie to accomplish three things: To re
| wise Scottish landlordfsm: to plac
common school education upon some
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-04
Startling Crisis in England
Commons and Lords in Clash

thing like a modern basis; to curb tn,
LIQUOR interests, which have attained
so dangerous political power in Eng
land
The Scottish landlords bill passed
| he commons, went up to the lords,
was nutiiated as to be wholly lnope-
rative. returned to the lower house
and was dropped ais useless in it's new
form.
The educational bill was laboriously
worked into satisfactory shape and
was about to be passed by the COM
rnons. when so plain an intimation was
rece ived from the Church of Englar
elem emit in the upper branch that it,
too, would be rejected, as to make all
further action upon it waste or tlme
So it was dropped.
The licensing bills defeat was the
last straw The members of the liberal
cabinet and the leaders of their party
in the house of commons talked the
situation over and made up their
minds that either the house of lor'
must be abolished or the maintenance
of a liberal organization might as well
be abandoned. They, took up the
gauge of battle on the abolition issue.
The fight, it was decided, will be waged
on financial lines.
In next ApriPs budget, the bill pro-
vding governmental appropriations
and tax levies to meet them, VIII De
several clauses it is considered, certain
tho lords will never willingly submit
them.
Ona will specify a tax of as high as
heavy incomes A second will give the
state % per cent of large estates o,
he death of their owners. A third VIII
tax land values so heavily that tIe
holding of extensive unimproVed tractS
will be rendered impossible. A fourth
will require a liquor license Zee SUM-
cient to drive one-third of the saloons
| in England out of business and 70
bring in S2O,OO0,000 in revenues. Inc
mea sure will be purposely designed 70
hear heavily on the class the peers
represent.
The british constitution allows the
lords to do one of two things with
finance bill They may reject IL ol
PASS it without alteration. No changes
! in any of it's provisions are permitted.
Whether they will pass the proposed
appropriation measuro no one ye'
knows. To refuse will mean the stop
| ping of all allowances for the army
navy and civil service. To think of the
lords risking such a step appears al
most as ridiculous as the other AFTER
native Which ever course they may
| adopt will be followed Immediately
bv the cabinets registration, the dls-
| solution of parliament and a. call TOT
| oaneraI election. The issue will be
reform OF the house of lords.
| Premier Asquith. the liberal leader
is confident of victory. If his approprl-
atoms bill is passed, he believes II VIII
give his party such popularity as 70
insure it's enormous support. If rejected
he is sure it will bring the lords into
detestatfon so bitter as to guarantee a
majority to any party which promises
their abolition.
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Congress Makes Appropriation
For Relief of ItdIy'S Sufferers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-The house
unanimously passed a bill appropriat-
ing $SG0,000 for the Italian earthquake
sufferers, and exceeding the half mil
lion asked by President Roosevelt in
a special message to congress today.
The message says: Confident Of
your approval, have ordered the sup
ply ships, Celtic and Culgoa to pro-
ceed to the scene Of the disaster, where
they willy dispense supplies. Eight
battleships are under orders to pro-
ceed to Italian waters. I recommend
that congress approve of the apphca-
ton of the supplies and make a fur
ther appropriation of 100000 to apply
to the work of relief"
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-Believ-
ing that George J. Murray, an Aias-
kan miner, entered into a pact and
killed his partner, r. G. Fisk, then
failing in his courage to tale his own
life. took his dead friends gold and
disappeared Alameda county authora- :
ties today stated they have asked Hon
oIulu police to watch for the missing
man. Both men We're working their
claim on Halibut bay, in northern
Alaska, and it is said they became dis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Believing A.
that the election by the people of Gov
ernor Chamberlain of Oregon, to Unit
ed States senatorship should be ratl-
fed by the Oregon legislature, Roose-
welt today locked horns with Hitch
cock, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee. 1t is understood
Hitchcock has been using his power
to help Senator Fulton by trying to
induce pledged legislators to repudiate
their promise.
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Killed Partner but did not
Complete the Death Pact

couraged over the outlook and agreed
to die. They wrote a letter Of farewell
TO the world. outlining their plan. The
winner Of the toss-up was to shoot his
comrade and then commit suicide.
Some time ago w. G. Whorf. a coat
mine owner, found Fisks body with 4
bullet hole in the head and discovery
the letter. NJ
1t was recently learned that NJ
was seen in Seattle and It is
he has gone to the Hawaiian Isl
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Hitchcock Helping fulton
To Steal the SendtOrShiD

President Roosevelt recently put
himself on record as favOring Cham
berlain when on the recent visit of
Chamberlain to Washington he greet
ed him as the next senator from
Oregon" The FultOnites refused to
accept Roosevelt's rebuff as final, and
appealed to Hitchcock with some sue
cess. Roosevelt is angry at Hitch
cocks interference and the two have
had several stormy sessions on the
OREGON situation
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-Owmg
to the inability Of Heney to reach this
city tomorrow, when the trial OF Pat
Calhoun. president of the United
Railroads, who is charged with offer
ing a bribe to a member Of the board
of Supervisors, is to be called, it is
nroba bile that the case will be contin-
ued until JAM IL.
The postponement Will be strenu-
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calhoun Wants to be Tried Now

ously opposed by attorneys for CAL
houn on the ground that their client
has been insisting ON an immediate
trial for some time, and that District
Attorney Langdon and his assistant,
John O'Gara, are present. A telegram
from Heney announces that he will be
in the city on whatever day to which
the case is continued.
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How TO be Happy
Though Crazy

BOISE, Jan. IL am as happy as
if I had good sense" wrote Fred Sc
ward under a sentence of death for
numbering Mrs. O'Neil of Moscow,
Idaho He wrote a letter to his sis
ter. These words will be used in be-
half of the prisoner in the event an eff
fort is made to save him on an in
sanity plea. He will be hanged Feb
ruary 10 unless a stay of execution is
granted
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GhouIs at Work.

VALETTA, Island Of Malta, Jan. 4.
The horrors Of looting and pillaging
by drink maddened, liberty -crazed
cOnvicts, augmented in several places
by the police Of stricken cities, is
graphically told by refugees arriving
here today Scarcely had the dust of
topping buildings settled before hordes
or ghouls began a frenzied attack upon
the living and dead, cutting off fingers
decked with jewelry and ears holding
diamonds. Many Of the police joined
with the looters.
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Yale Actors.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The Yale
Dramatic association will present
two plays at the Waldorf Astoria this
evening and tomorrow. The first, a
curtain raiser will be THE Fire Eat
err while the more pretentions of tire
two will be "The Critic" Many wom-
en- prominent in society in the city
will be among the list of patronesses.
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Baseball Meetings.

CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. 1.-The Ma
tional Baseball commission convened
here today. The Eastern league and
the American association want the
same drafting privileges enjoyed by
the National and American leagues,
and this demand constitutes one of
the principal matters to be decided at
this weeks meeting.
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ActiCn Upheld.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.--The Legali-
ty Of President Roosevelt's action In
dismissing negro troops at Browns
Vile was upheld by the United States
supreme court today in a decision IN
the casel Of Oscar w. Reid, VINO sOugnt
to recover back pay from thei time OF
his dismissal
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with the Inauguration will be THE ball
to be held Wednesday evening and
for which preparations on a large
scale are in progress under the direc-
tion of the two standing committees Of
the Boise Commercial club.
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The koten Trial. &.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The trial of
Sarah Koten for the killing Of DR..
Martin w. Auspitz, whom she accus-
ed Of betraying her. is set for today
before Justice Davis in the criminal
branch Of the supreme court.
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China Deffeats Japan.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-The ris-
ing sun pennants of Nippon are at
half mast throughout the Japanese
quarter while the region of fiuttering
yellow bunting in Chinatown is in
festive mood today as a. result of the
Chinese imperial eleven defeating the
Japanese team at football yesterday.
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VIII Rebuild Cities.

ROME, Jan. 4.-Undaunted by ruins
and memories of horrors citizens of
Messina and Reggie are planning to
rebuild their homes and reconstruct
these ancient cities.
The news that the cities are to be
rebuilt was brought here by Cardinal
Navy, archbishop of Cantania, who
said:
The destruction of the cities is
complete, still there is no thought
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Make Bio Saving.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-ComptrOller
Metz has ordered his staff to work un-
til p. m. beginning today, thus ac-
ceding to the demand Of the Greater
New York Taxpayers conference on
Mayor Mcclellan for increasing the
hours OF city employees from seven
to eight daily. This means a saving
of s1O,000,0O0 a year on payroll alona
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huge cloud of smoke is ascending from
the crater of Stromboli, and a rain of
ashes is falling thiclzly.
The bill passed first by the house,
and later by the senate, provides for
a half million in cash and 100000 in
supplies for the quake sufferers.
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
COSgr0Ve to Start
Home ThurSddV

PASO ROBLES. Jan. 4-Governor-
elect Cosgrove Of Washington. an
nounced today that he will leave here
Thursday of this week for OLYMPIA
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Loses Case

+ WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The +
+ supreme court of the United =
+ States today denied the govern =
i ment's petition for a review of =
+ the case in which the Standard r
+ Oil company was fined $2O,000,OO0 =
+ by Judge Landis. +
+ i. + I. + + + /. 1! ]. I. + 4. = + + +
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among the prominent citizens of the
dismantled towns that Messina and
Reggie will be abandoned. Many of
the smaller towns may not be rebuilt,
as they are literally blotted out and
their sites are of no commercial value
1t will be six months before the ruins
may be safely visited or cleared away.
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I. = + 1! + i = + + + + +
FLEET IN THE CANAL.

, WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The
: battleships Connecticut, Vermont,
+ Minnesota and Kansas of the
!. American fleet started through
+ the Suez canal early today for
+ Port Said. The ships were grant
+ ed right Of way through the ca
nal.
:. i. 4. 4 q = = + !. 4. = I. 4. = + + :
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where he will be inaugurated Jan. IL.
His health continues to improve. All
plans for departure have been COM
pleted. After the inauguration he
will probably return to Paso Robles.
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More Shocks

NAPLES, Jan. A series Of heavy
shocks occurred on the Lapari Island
in the northern straits of Messina, at
tended by renewed activity of the VOL
vano on the island of Stromboli. A
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Hepburn
Wins Out

BOISE, Jan. 4.-The opposition to
the reelection Of United States SEN
ator W. B. Hepburn practically COL
lapsed today
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JOLT that so often stiffens runners on
indoor tracks. 1t will be rushed to an
early completion.
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CABINET RESIGNS

+ BELGRADE, Jan. lowing to E
j. the public demand for a more ag i
j gressive attitude on the part Of I
!. Servia toward Austria, the Ser +
]. Wan cabinet resigned today. q
j. + 1. I. I. + + i. !. i. !. i i. i. j. ]! ].
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The principal affair in connection
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-25
ORVILLE WRIGHT
PROVES POWERS
OF AEROPLANE

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Cutting
all sorts of circles in the air, Orville
Wright demonstrated the ability of
the Wright brothers aeroplane to
fly. With today's fight which last
ed twenty minutes, the preliminary
official trials may be said to- have
been concluded. AS but three days
remain in which to conduct official
tests, the Wrights will probably un-
dertake the first one Monday
Orville at Ft Myer this evening
surpassed all previous performances
of the Wright aeroplane in the mat
ter of speed and sharpness of turns.
Wilbur calculated the average speed
with and against the wind to be
forty-seven miles an hour. One OF
the circles at full speed was esti-
mated to be within a radius OF
fifteen feet.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-25
ATTEMPT TO ROB MAN
INPUBLIC BUILDING
(By Associated Pressl

SALT LAKE, July PA daring
attempt to rob E. B. Sweet, a Pull
man employ was made today in the
hall way of the Commercial Club
building on West Temple street,
Sweet was going up the stairway to
the Pullman offices with a, bag con-
tanning $500 and was confronted
by the two men who demanded the
money. Upon Sweets refusal to de-
liver he was struck heavy blow
but the approach of some other mer
scared the robbers away and the!
disappeared up the street. Later ths
police took two men into custody al
suspects.