The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-03

skeeters of New Jersey and enjoying
the more or less balmy breeZes pro-
vided at the upstate and New Eng
land resorts. At the principal railway
stations and steamship offices 1T is
stated that the outward rush will have
broken all records by tonight. All OF
the piers and railway stations are
damned with the stampede OF eager
New Workers bound for holiday and
hundreds of special trains and ex-
cursion boats have been provided to
handle the crowds.
Park Place is perhaps the most
| popular street in the city today as II
is in that thoroughfare that all the
larger dealers in fireworks and explo-
sives have their shops. The police
| in that section have their hands full
to keep a semblance of passageway
On the sidewalks so great is the de-
| mand for the commodities that VIII
| bring sudden death to so many dur
| ing the next two days. According to
an estimate of one of the leading
dealers, no less than $10,00O,O00 will
have been expended for fireworks by
the close of business on Monday.
Unemployment Problems.
| What to do with the man out of
work is the subject Of an investigation
undertaken by the Wainwright COM
| mission on unemployment which to-
| day received the report of sub-com-
mittee on the scope of the labors OF
the body The commission was APP
| pointed jointly by Governor Hughes,
| Speaker Wadsworth of the Assembly.
Lieutenant Governor w ite an d
| Speaker Wadsworth Of the assembly
The commissioners will report to the
| state legislature on the causes of un-
| employment in New York and other
| industrial centers, and also on the
dearth of labor in the agricultural dis
tricts of the empire state.
CTermont Is Ready.
One of the strangest vessels at a
New York shipyard in many decades
is nearing completion at Staten Island
1t is an exact replica of the Clermont
| Robert Fulton's first steamboat, and
will be exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton
Iteration this fall. Only the installa
ton of the engine and the finishing of
the interior remain to be done.
Shipbuilders declare that in spite of
the strange shape of the craft-the bot
tom of the boat is absolutely fiat it's
entire length, the sides are almost per-
pendcular and the bows wedge-shaped
she is remarkably seaworthy. The
engine is especially Jueer in appear
ance. Except for certain safety de-
vices required by law, the new Cler-
which Fulton made his first trip up the
Hudson.
AS the date set for the Hudson-F Full
ton celebration in September draws
nearer, it becomes increasingly evident
that the affair will offer the most i'm
pressive and spectacular pageantry in
the country's history. One of the latest
phases of the celebration is the forma-
ton of Fulton Hudson Publishing
company, which will bring out a mag
i nificent literary memorial of the event.
presenting review of the Hudson
River valley from its discovery in 1909
to the present day. The contributors
include practically all of the men and
women identified in any way with the
commercial and artistic development of
the Hudson of the present.
Is This Justice?
There are times when the unregen-
crate feel inclined to tear the band
age from tn eyes of Nine. Justice and
age from the eyes of Nine. Justice and
and take notice of what is being done
in her name. One of these periods of
discomfort with the administration Of
alleged justice arises from consider
alton of the case of Edward w. Van
derbilt
Some years ago, to avoid being ex-
act, Mr.. Vanderbilt, a man of some
| means, married famous spiritualist
medium named Mrs. Pepper That was
a matter of taste. and the conveyance
of some of his lands to his wife a mat
ter of personal inclination.