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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
this direction until after the hearing

this direction until after the hearing.
Brown still persists in the story
that he was forced into the quarrel
which resulted so disastrously for his
opponent and claims that this Is not
the first time words passed between
them. He is confident of obtaining the
necessary witnesses to prove this fact
and maintains that Scott was the one
to strike the first blow.
Family troubles are said to be the
cause of the mental disquietude that
Brown displayed during the few days
before the trouble and are given as the
reasons why he was irritable and in a
ready mood for any assault.
Scott was not injured as seriously
as at first thought and was able to
take a drive yeste rday. Although the
wounds prove painful they are not re-
garded as at all serious and the
wounded man will be enabled to re-
sumo his duties within few days.
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Close Saloons.

TACOMA, June 2S.-The fiat has
gone forth to saloons that the new
"open 'front.' law will hereafter be en-
forced in Tacoma With one or two
exceptions saloons have paid no at
tention to the regulation. Acting under
orders from the mayor, License IN
spector Glenn today gave notlhcatlons
and the penalty for infractions OF the
act Physical barriers in the way OF
cigar stands and partitions prevented
many from complying with the strict
letter of the law, but these immediate
II threw open their doors revealing the
interior. Screens and curtains at other
places were removed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28

COMPLAINTS TO BE
HEARD TOMORROW
Property Owners Satisfied
And Paving War Is of
Wind So Far.

Although the air is full of rumors
REGARDING a paving war that is i'm
mfnent in this city, the city officials
are ignorant of any threatened hos
tiIities. and say operations will con-
tnue as petitoned for by property
owners IN the various districts. The
city council will meet in regular ses-
sion tomorrow evening at o'clock for
the purpose of h caring protests
against the assessments for the i'm
provement Of Colville stret by as
phalt. and East Main street and
Is12cs avenue by Blome granitoid. 1t
IS probable, in view of the fact that
at least two property owners on East
Main are dissatisfied with their as
sessments, that a strenuous protest
will be entered. and the session gives
promise Of being a strenu Jus one.
As far as can be learned today,
property owners in the various dis
tricts are satisfied with their assess
ments and are awaiting operations on
streets not yet started. The petitions
Of all property owners relative to
street improvements were granted by
the council, and now that the bids
have been accepted and the contracts
Continued On Page Four)
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TERRIBLE FIGHT ON
MOUNTAINS SUMMIT
Students and Government Caretaker
Fight at Midnight Over Shelter
Which Is Refused Former
by the Latter.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June
2S.-Battered, bruised and suffering
with scalp wounds received at midnight
in death struggle with two univer-
sitv IF Chicago students on the sum-
NIT of Pixies peak, Howard H. Robin
son. a government caretaker, is near
death TODAY The students, John A.
Clark and George Shipley, are in Jail.
They were on vacation. After hard
climb. the two men were refused lodg
ing by Robinson. According to the
students story a fight resulted. They
claim Robinson was the aggressor.
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SLAYER SLAIN BY
STARVING WIDOW
Desperate From Thought That Her
Child Was Starving, Woman
Shoots Man She Says Killed
Her Husband.

NEW YORK. June 2s.-Driven to
desperation by the thought that her
baby was starving, Mrs. Louise Yer
sigia, a pretty widow of 20 today shot
and mortally wounded Dominica Yer
sagia. whom shei iaccused of numbering
her husband a year ago. The shot was
fired on the street in the presence of a
thousand factory employees going te
work. The woman explained the death
of her husband left her penniless, and
she expressed the hope that her VIC
tim would die.
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runners into the fair grounds Sep
tember %, Walla Walla day. Mr..
r lockwood saws the most difficult por-
ton of the run will be from Walla
WaI.a to Pasco through the sand, and
from Pasco to North yakima. Be
cause of the difficulty in travelling
through the sandy portion of the trip.
the start will likely be made early in
the morning, so the runners can pro-
ceed from Pasco at night, and thus
avoid the heat on the sage-brush land.
First of Its KIND.
In case the cross country go-as-you
please materializes, it will be the first
of its kind in this country, and as a
result Walla Walla will receive much
nublicitv through accounts of the race
and photographs of the participants
published in sporting journals
throughout the country. With hun
dreds Of Walla Walla people at the
big gate of the exposition grounds;
with the concert band playing a tri-
umphant air, and with thousands OF
ca ger spectators watching the finish OF
the long run against time, this city
would certainly receive it's share OF
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Load of Shot in Abdomen.

SILVERDALE, June 28.-Joseph Bu-
ford accidentally shot and killed him.
self Thursday with a shot gun wniie
out hunting. He seated himself on
log, pulled the gun toward himself and
a trigger, catching on twig, dis
charged the load into the abdomen. He
was not far from home and his wife
heard the scream which followed the
fatal shot. A search party was or
ganized and the body was found yester-
day morning. Buford was. so years Of
age and was well known and respected
here.
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COUNTER COMPLAINTS
WILL BE SWORN OUT
Mack Scott Complains Against William
Brown for Assault and the Latter
Against Scott for Provoking
Assault
Complaint was filed in the iustic

Complaint was filed in the justice
court this afternoon by Mack Scott,
proprietor of the Southern cafe who
was injured in cutting affray last
Saturday charging William Brown
with intent to do great bodily harm,
A preliminary hearing will be held
next Wednesday to determine if there
are sufficient grounds to appeal the
case to the superior court for final
action.
Attempt has been made by Brown
to issue a warrant against Scott
charging him with provoking an as
sault, but no action will be taken in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
Want Resignation.

SO involved have opinions grown and
so violent is the opposition engendered
that Schively appears to have gained
an advantage; and legislators are now
said to be anxious to have him resign
thus solving the perplexing question.
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Road Pays Well.
= +++++++++++*+++4 -

KLAMATH FALLS, June 2S-Though
Harriman's road built into klamath
Falls has been in operation only 80
days. freight and passenger receipts
have already amounted to $4,000, ac-
cording to an announcement today.
The freight receipts averaged $500
daily.
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HEAT WAVE
HITS HARD
Twelve Die in Chicago Within Twenty
Four Hours-Mercury at 90 All
Day Yesterday and This
Morning Was Register
ing SO Degrees.

+ CHICAGO, June 2S.-Twelve Z
+ persons died in Chicago as a i
+ result of heat in the last "a hours =
+ according to the coroner's re- T
I, ports today The mercury was i
= lowering about 80 all yesterday +
j. and was at SO this morning. j
+ + + I. j. = I. I. (. + 4 J. i
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Chief Is ILL.

Chief of Police Mike Davis was
taken i'll Saturday evening and has
been unable to leave his home. He
is reported to be considerably i'm
proved today.
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bel" were found in the effects of Leon
and Gain, but Mabel Sigsl denied that
any of them were written by her Elsie
Sigel BECAME interested in the Chinese
through her mothers work as a mis-
sionary in the oriental quarter in New
York, and the girl gradually fell into
company of the vicious Chinese who
used religion as a cloak for their viii
threatening to close up the missions in
Chinatown unless their promoters
agree to keep women and girls away
from them and employ only men as
missionaries.
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AND NOW HE CANNOT
FIND THOSE STREETS
p. 6. Travers Scatters Money Around
the Thoroughfares of San Fran
cisco, and When He Looks
for 1t, 1t Is Gone.

r SAN FRANCISCO, June %.
= After scattering $315 in gold
4. around the streets of San
j. Francisco Saturday, P. E.
+ Travers, of Manila, steward OF
+ the transport Crook, sought aid
+ of the police today. Travers
e told the desk sergeant he re-
= membered laying $50 gold
+ pieces on each fire hydrant as
+ he passed. He also recoliected
= hurting $40 gold pieces up the
r side streets. He is fiat broke
= now.
r .Its tough luck" he told the
+ police, because I can't find
= single street where threw the
+ money"
=. = ! + +++++++++ + = = + =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
SEVEN WIVES IN II
YEARS HIS RECORD
When Sylvester 3. Breese is Married
Tomorrow He Will Have Estab-
lished an Unique Mark
in Martial Ventupres.

+ FRESNO, Cal, June 28.- +
i When Sylvester B. Breese is +
+ married tomorrow to Miss Me- +
+ linda Goods.e of Santa Rosa, ,
J. he will have established a +
+ unique record of one marriage +
+ for every II years of the II he +
+ has lived. His first wife died +
+ in 1880 The next five We're +
+ lost by divorces secured by 4
+ him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-28
GENERAL HURTISS
TO RUN ON FOURTH
Famous 6-Year- Old Stallion Will APP
pear On the Track In an Exhibit
ton Heat At the Sunday Cele-
bration.

One of the features of the celebra-
ton at the fair grounds on the af-
ternoon of Sunday, July 4, win be the
exhibition mile by General Hurtiss
the 6year-oid stallion owned by
Gene Koontz, of Council, Idaho, and
trained by William Hogoboom, of this
giV. General Hurtiss is by Alexis,
and has a record of ga, holding the
northwestern record for 3-year-olds.
Last season he beat Charley D., a
california horse, at the state fair for
q purse of $4,000 crossing the tape
IA to the good.
In the eXh .bition mile on the Fourth,
General Hurtiss will be driven by
William Hogoboom, who has had
charge Of his training for the past
iour years. a running horse will ac-
company the General in the exhibition
mile. in which Hurtiss will be urged
10 break his former record
Calling for Seats.
IL ls probable, from the manner In
which box seats are being reserved
llls week, that every seat in the
siandstand will be filled at l O'Clock
next Sunday afternoon, when the fes-
u''ues open at the fair grounds
Great interest is being taken in the
ia pace, in which eight local horse
men have entries, and the event will
'e one purely for the honors, as the
WARY Is intense. The track is be.
ing put in the best possible condition
'i4ls week, and the events Of the
7'h and 5th promise to eual those
'n the card for the county fair mex
'all' Special attractions of all kinds
nave been arranged for by Secretar.
No0ert H. Johnson, and the hundreds
u visitors who are the guests of th'
latlon for the two days celebra
VIII have no complaints to reg
'S'er' There will be something doin,
every minute.
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detectives hope to wiring a confession
from him. Paul Sigel, father of the
murdered girl, believes that it was
Chong Sing who lured Elsie to Icons
room on the pretense that the man was
seriously ill and that Leon killed her
in a fit of jealous rage. Chu Gain, the
taurant, was also an admirer of Elsie
Sigsl he and Leon being rivals for her
affections. The detectives have gain
ed much information regarding Elsie's
association with Chinese from her
cousin, Mabel Sigel Many letters
signed ELSIE" and some signed ma
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NEW YORK, June 2S.-The capture
near Amsterdam n. Y, of Chong Sing,
the chum of William Leon, the Chi
nese wanted in New York city for the
murder of Elsie Sigel, granddaughter
of the late General Franz Sigel, led the
police to believe that they were close
on the tran of the murderer. 1t is
positively known that Leon went to
police are certain that Chong Sing
knows more about the movements of
the fugitive than he has yet told He
will be held as an accomplice, and the
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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-06
PLANT FOR VALHALLA COMPANY
Pumping Apparatus Will BE On the
Ground by March 25-2,5SO,
900 Gallon Capacity.

The big pumping plant for the Val
halla Orchards will be on the ground
not later than March Is. It's capa-
city will be 2,580,O00 gallons daily,
which amount of water will be more
than enough for the watering of the
$50 acres, which at this time comes
under the ditch
w. T. Tolch, of the Prowell En-
gineering company, is the consulting
engineer and no pains or expense has
been spared in getting the fullest
information and expert opinion on
the most efficient method of water
ing the Valhalla Orchards.
This will be model plant in every
way and a credit to the company and
its consulting engineer.
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DAl[ACH HOME
FROM THE EAST
SAYS EVERYBODY is INTEREST
ED IN LEARNING OF THE WEST
EXPECTS A GREAT BUSINESS
IN LAND SALES DURING SEA-
SON.

A. G. Dallach, of the Wenatchee
Orchard Growing Company, returned
last night from a several months
trip in the east. The principal OBJ
ject. of his journey was to handle
the property of the Valhalla Orchard
Company, and he had wonderful sue
cess in disposing of these ten acre
tracts. He went as far east as New
York and Boston and he states that
everywhere there is an interest
shown in the far west. The special
rates to the A.-Y.-P. fair will be
used by thousands of people who will
come west for the purpose of making
a home in this state He found that
all the railroad companies are max
ing ssrehuous efforts to make ready
for the great rush that is to come
westward just as soon as the fair
opens.
Mr.. Dallach is more optimistic
than ever over the Wenatchee valley
since his return from the east. He
thinks that land values in this valley
have not begun to reach the limit.
There is a disposition among thou
sands in the east to come west and
buy land, something that will pay
good interest, and from the published
reports of the great apple industry
in the Wenatchee valley, this is the
Mecca to which they will flock. Mr..
Dallach thinks that there will be
more land transferred in this valley
thiss year than for any time in the
history of the valley.
While east Mr.. Dallach purchased
a Rev tool for use in his orchard
opArations here. It is called Case
line Tractor and to it may be at
tached the cultivators and harrows
used in an orchard. This gasoline
machine has the power of about four
teams and will be very useful in the
cultivation of young orchards. This
machine is being made at quincy,
Illinois, and will be here in time for
they spring work.
Mrs. Dallach is still Ysiting friends
in Chicago and will not be back for
several weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Dal-
ZACH will build here some time dur
ing the season on lots they own in
Grand View addition.
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PICKED UP Zoo
VOLT LIVE WIRE
YOUNG FRANCE HAD NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH YESTER.
DAY. - RUBBER SHOES AND
FOOL LUCK SAVED HIM.

That J. H. France is alive today is
owing to the fact that evidently it
was not intended that he should lose
his life from an electric shock, and
also from the further fact that he,
on yesterday, wore heavy rubber
shoes.
Young France, who is a younger
brother of Ellsworth and G. G..
France, and has been living on the
&c. G. France place this winter, was
engaged yesterday in moving build
ing from Murray street up towards
the Duffy pumping plant. In moving
a building he had torn down several
of the service wires and when near
the pumping plant had forced loose
the main 1900 voltage wire that fur
nishes the power for the pumping
plant. After breaking the wire the
young man picked it up and wrapped
it around one of the poles. Had he
not been standing on the ground and
also had on the heavy rubber shoes,
he would have been burned to death
on the spot.
AS soon as the word came to the
Office of the Wenatchee Electric COM
pany that the wires were down, a
man was sent to repair the damage,
ana found out that young France was
lucky fellow, and it is not likely
that he will be nearer death than he
was when he calmly picked up a
I220O voltage live wire.
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To OPEN A BIC DE-
PARTMENT STORE
w. c. HUNTER, CHICAGO MAN,
WILL BE HERE IN A FEW
WEEKS TO OPEN UP A LARGE
ESTABLISHMENT.

W. c. Hunter was in this valley a
couple of weeks last summer as a
guest of A. c. Dallach, with whom
he is interested in some land ven
lures. Mr.. Hunter was very much
pleased with the prospects of the
city and valley and expressed himself
at that time as being confident that
in time Wenatchee was going to
make very substantial city.
At the time he was here he owned
and operated large department stores
at La Grange and Oak Park, Illinois,
and he stated when he left here last
season that just as soon as he dis
posed of his eastern interests he
wanted to come back to Wenatchee
and go into business here Mr.. Dali
ZACH saw him while in the east and
he had just closed out his stores both
at La Grange and at Oak Park and
make arrangements for a building.
He proposes to put in a very large
stock, handling everything as handled
by the big general stores of the east
Mr. Hunter is one of the most sue
cessful mercantile men of the east
and comes here very enthusiastic
over the hopes of future greatness
of Wenatchee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-06
WAR MULE DEBT
a YEARS OLD
GOVERNMENT HAS AT LAST
RECOGNIZED CLAIM OF TEN
I'D MULE
ASSOCIATED Press. J

Washington, D. c., Feb. 6.-James
Wyrick's mule succeeded today in
kicking his bill through the Senate
and his career as a legislative dis
turber is ended.
The president is expected to sign
the bill, and the career of this IA
nous animal will pass into history
James B. Wyrick. declared to be
loyal, lived near Rogersville, Tenn,
had mule taken away from him by
Colonel Sisemor of the Union army on
December II, 1864. Mr. Wyrick
later dropped around to get his
money, but found Colonel Sisemor
had departed for the north and no
voucher, as promised, was forthcom-
ing.
The bill passed by both branches of
Cangress and is now on its way to the
president, appropriates $50 to pay
for the mule impressed into the gov
eminent service more than A years
ago.
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ROAD FINISHES
THE WESTERN END
EXPECTS TO BE
RUNNING TRAINS THROUGH TO
COAST BY FIRST OF MAY
ISHED.
(By Associated Press. J

SEATTLE, Feb. 6.-The last gap
between Seattle and the summit of
the Cascades on the Pacific coast ex-
tension of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway was closed yester-
day and the final spike driven, al
though none of the big officials was
observed The completed stretch of
track, which marks one of the fast
est feats of road building on record
in the United States, leaves only two
breaks to be filled, and has caused
the head officials to figure on trains
running into Seattle by May, a month
ahead of the time which has been
given out heretofore
By using the tracks of the Column
Bia & Puget Sound railroad from
Maple valley into this city, the st.
Paul is now able to operate trains
to a point % miles east of Ellens-
burg, where a tunnel is being driven,
track having been laid from the Col
umbia river to the east end of the
tunnel already. The other gap is in
Idaho, where another tunnel now I'M
der construction forms the last link
in the opening of the line through
to the east.
The main tunnel in the Cascades,
which will be about two and three
quarter miles long, will not be COM
pleted for two years, but the road
has track laid over the summit with
out the customary 'switchback," a
series. of "shoo-fies" having been
laid which do not exceed a grade
OF 2.5 per cent on this side and 30
per cent on the eastern slope. The
.275 grade is in effect for only a few
miles. gradually decreasing to It's
per cent whence the slope runs down
to the level of the Sound proper. The
tunnel east of Ellensburg is expected
to be completed in March, and the
laying of track through the bore will
then be merely matter of few
days.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-06
TALKING OF NEW DIRECTORS
A Number of Names Have Been Sug-
gested as Board of Directors
of Commercial Club

The annual meeting of the Wenat-
chez Commercial club to be held
Monday night is attracting a great
deal of interest and already there is
a large list of names suggested for
the board of directors. The sugges-
ton of DR.. King for president OF
the club seems to be meeting with
general satisfaction and there seems
to be no other name mentioned.
For directors there have been men
toned: W. r. Prowell, Mike Koran,
Harry Taylor, ]. F. Weber, DR..
Blake, George r. Fisher, J. H. Miller.
A. u. Wells, Frank Case, F. w.
Smith, Fl. l.. Webster, o. S. Stocker,
Jack Scamen, Arthur Bousquet.
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THE WH|R[' A
WH00P|NG HIT
PACKED HOUSE GREETS THE
SPLENDID COMPANY OF LOCAL
SINGERS AND ACTORS WILL
BE REPEATED TONIGHT.

4 was the best show l have pro-
duced in months. Wenatchee beats
Spokane. We made a bigger hit and
more finished production tonight
than l was able to give the Spokane
people. I am proud of you" With
these words James w. Evans assured
him last night to give a creditable
performance of THE Whirl o. tn
Town." of his high appreciation of
their remarkable success. That his
praise was sincere no one could doubt
who saw his face and heard his voice.
The audience, which filled the the
atre, also seemed to agree with Mr.
Evans verdict and sealed their ap-
prevail with continuous rounds of the
heartiest applause. The travelling
men in the hotels are saying this
morning that they enjoyed ''The
Whirl" far more than the average
production of the best plays by pro-
fessional companies.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church are feeling good over the fin
ancial success of the venture. Every
seat was taken and so many were
turned away last night, being unable
to get desirable seats, that it has
been decided to repeat the perform
ance this evening.
The plot itself, the music and the
acting were not more interesting to
the audience than the makeup"
used by various members of the cast
Safe to say that many of the char
acters would not have been recog-
nized by their closest neighbors but
for the assistance Of the program.
r. S. Ludington not only acted the
part of the senator from the country,
but he looked it ''to a finish" His
private secretary, Lem Tucker, was
impersonated by L. G. Olds to per-
lection. No one would think that
such a handsome fellow as W. H.
Halling could be made up to look so
ugly as he did in the part of the
detective. 1t was a fine bit of char
acter acting. And Mrs. Jack Quigg,
who took the part of Mandy and