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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
COLON|ST RATES TO
WEST TO COMMENCE

Disregarding the fact that some of
the transcontinental lines made a
strenuous fight to not inaugurate fall
colonist rates at all this year, the fight
among the traffic chiefs in Chicago re-
Gently resulted in the granting of the
same, in spite of the fact that the A
Y.-P. rates will be still in effect After
a prolonged debate that dragged on for
days without either side showing any
disposition to yield it was finally de-
cided that the colonist season would
run from September Is to and includ-
ing October 15
S. B. Calderhead of this city. general
agent of the Northern Pacific. is Just
in receipt of the following information
regarding the colonist rates:
Commencing September Is and con-
tinuing daily until and including Octo-
Der Is. 1909. one way colonist tickets
will be sold from Chicago, $50; st
Louis $32; Kansas City and Missouri
river points $25; st. Paul s25. Stop
overs will not be allowed to exceed
ten days at stations west of Glendan
Montana"
These rates are only second class
and include only tourist sleeper accom-
modations.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
JULY WAS COOLER
THAN THE AVERAGE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAIN FOR
MONTH WAS 1.21 INCHES
100 DEGREES HOTTEST.

Weather Observer John Grover has
submitted the monthly meteorological
summary for the month Of July. The
month was a cooler month than usuai
and there was an unusually heavy
rainfall, the latter resulting from the
three days rain from the 26th to the
28th. when .87 inch fell. This storm
was rather a phenomenon, as there is
no record of so heavy a fall during
the latter half of July. There have
been two occasions during the % years
the weather bureau has kept records
in Walla Walla when heavier three
dav storms were recorded, but both
occurred in the early part of July. In
1891 there was a storm when LIZ
inches Of snow fell and in 1902
precipitation of 1.35 inches. Records
as far back as 1873 show there have
been heavier rain falls during the
month of July on four occasions, the
heaviest being 1.54 inches in 1880. The
total precipitation for last month was
1.21. The highest temperature dur
ing the month 100 degrees on the sec
ond and the lowest 48 on the 18th.
On July 81 there was a range OF only
degrees. The hottest it has been In
this month during the past 81 years
was III degrees in 1905 while the cool
est was As degrees in 1891. The aver
age temperature for this month was
II. a deficiency Of degrees. There
wera 81 clear days. six partly cloudy,
four cloudy and five when RAIN fell-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01

Figures Slightly Less Than For May
But Compare Favoraby With All
Other Months.
Other Months.

Although last month did not come
up to the high water mark made in the
building inspectors office during May
when buildings valued at $92,S00 were
erected or contracted for, those work
ing for a Greater Walla Walla have
no cause to be disheartened by the fig
ures for permits amounting to $76,237
issued. This is a gain of over $4,000
over last March and an increase OF
almost $4,000 over April. The largest
buildings for which permits were Is
sued last month are as follows:
Wilbur Toner, Palouse and Craig.
dwelling, $4,000; DR.. Thomas, 1905 Is
aaos avenue, dwelling, $4,000; j. B.
Crawford. 1882 Isaacs avenue, dwell
ing. $4,000: Struthers and Smell, Col
vile and Main, store s19,s07; Mrs
Moore. 1925 Alvarado avenue, dwelling
$4,000.
On the first day of the month per-
mits aggregating s30,337 were issued
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
GASOLINE EXPLOSION
ENDS LIVES Of FIVE
FIRE IN ST. PAUL BUILDING FOL-
LOWS EXPLOSION OF NEW
GASOLINE MACHINE.
Seven Persons Are Also Injured-The
Police Station Set on Fire and
Pictures Burn.

ST. PAUL, June 31-An explosion
from gasoline, followed by fire in a
four story building on West Third
street today is known to have caused
the death of five persons and the in
jury of seven. The police think that
four persons are still in the ruins:
The dead:
ROAM BOUSKA, 3 years old.
MRS. GAGNON, so years old.
A child supposed to be Clifford Gam
be, 3 years old.
Two men unidentified.
Seriously injured:
Joseph Cagnon, 81 years old, and
Emanuel Foorster.
Mrs. Gamble, mother of Clifford
Gamble.
Chief of Police O'Connor suffered an
irreparable loss in the destruction OF
his private rogues' gallery of 10000
pictures.
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coma; Peter M. Waters, Pleasant Lake.
N d.; Gus Benson, Potlatch. Idaho;
Nell Patterson. Grenacres, Wash; c..
F. Meyer, st. John, Wash; Ed Joyce.
H1llyard, Wash; Henry Schurer,
- Clark, Glaner Mitchell. -
Mathews. H. g. Whittlesey, conductor.
He may live, though condition very
serious.
j. II. Blass. Filler, Idaho; Ed Crell.
number 6O43 Twenty Sixth avenue
northeast, Seattle; John Bromley Spo-
kane; Ed l.. Dixon, Norfolk. Neb.: I.
A. Ezklund, Tacoma; John J. Ward
Seattle; Peter M. Walters, Pleasant
Lake, N. D.; F. L. Miller, Spokane;
John A. Benie, Springfield, Neb.; E.
r. Williams Eua Claire, Wis; w. E.
Brown, Spokane; Ray Loughan. spo-
Kane; William Kearney, Spokane;
Scott Marshall, chief Of police of Ev-
erett, Wash; Herman Gilbert. Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho; w. P. Troyer. St.
Johns, WASH; Burt r. Puliian. Austin
Mo-; E. Campbell Spokane; c.. Tohb.
lesson, Mulerville, Ills; William Shan
nlgan, Spokane; c. w. Peterson. Spo-
kane; >. B. Mcdonald, Drummond
Mont; Philip Beck. Spokane; G. w.
Guslin. Spokane; w. H. Coleman.
Cashmere, Wash: unknown man of
Boise. Idaho; Edwin. Thomas, La
Grande, Ore; c. w. Orr, Danville.
Ills; c. F. VanZandt, banker, of Ar
chic, Mo-; Albert G. Pascoe, Rush
Colo; w. G. Moore, Baker City. Ore;
Arthur M. Harris. attorney, Seattle;
Peter Deirks, Marcus, Wash; Earl
Wilson, Eua Claire, Wis; A. P. Fur
bush printer, University Publishing
company, Seattle; S. K Yarnell. Spo-
kane, whose parents live in San Diego,
CAL; Fred Mullenbrook, ST. Louis;
w. B. Pryer, Boise, Idaho; Daniel r.
Carmody, number 1919 Union avenue.
Chicago; George H. Leavle, Spokane;
Earl r. Gamer Brush, Colorado; John
[. Ward. No. II Pine street, Seattle.
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MEXICO CITY AND VICINITY
ROCKED BY TEMBLoRs-BUIIp.
lNGS FALL FROM SHOCKS.
PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED
Shock Commences Shortly After Noon
and increases in intensity-Nation
Are Damased-Aeapulco Buildings
Are in Ruins.

MEXICO CITY, July 31.-Mexico
City was again severely shaken by an
earthquake today. A shock more sew
ere than any yet experienced rocked
the city for one minute and 40 seconds
The first faint swaying came at 2:43
but the nervous people needed nothing
more than the slightest tremble t.
send them pouring out of doors.
The shock grew in intensity at the
end of the first 80 seconds and sud-
denly shifted direction of its motion
1t began with a long swaying north
to south Oscilliatory motion, which
changed to a humping trepeditary ac-
tion No great damage was done,
though many walls, weakened by the
shocks of yesterday morning, fell
while innumerable public buildings
were cracked.
Palace Is damaged.
The national palace suffered con-
siderably. The war Office chamber OF
ambassadors and other sections Of the
handsome buildings were damaged.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
building, the Stillwell building and the
cathedral were among the other large
edifices. the walls of which suffered.
In the case of the first two the damage
was small.
Reports received here today from
Governor Flores of the state of Guer-
rero declare that in Acapulco the larg-
est and strongest buildings We're RACED
by the force of the re-tremors yester-
day and there has been large property
haf continn
Loss at Acapulco.
At kcapulco the custom house with
its warehouse the military barracks
and a number of other prominent
buildings were absolutely destroyed,
while the municipal palace suffered
serious damage
Thirteen earthquakes within 3O
hours have been registered by the gov
ernment seismograph at Acubaya.
From the time the earth began to
move in the valley yesterday morning
at 7:14 o'clock until the Quivers ceas-
ed at 12:45 o'clock today, Mexico City
has been shaking at Intervals of every
two or three hours. Six upheavals
have been of such strength as to be
felt by the people while the other sew
en- have been felt by the senslat1ve in
struments at the seismograph station.
TORTORSA, Spain, July 31.-The
Ebro observatory registered an intense
earth shock of two hours duration to-
day at great distance.
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organization of real estate men into
a good working institution would have
a tendency to legislate some out OF
.he business. but so far as / am aware
mere is no thought or intention of
doing this. But it is quite apparent
10 serve the best interests OF Walla
"aiia that they be served by all the
real estate men being bound together
into well working organization and
If each individual in the organization
snail maintain an office and organize
1t to reflect credit to his calling, con-
sequently it will inspire confidence in
the minds of those who are induced to
come here for the purpose of invest
ment
There certainly can be no question
as to the propriety of expecting every
man in the calling to share his pro-
portion and contribute his influence to-
wards the maintenance of the organ
ization and this can only be done through
an association the rules of which must
be recognized as the reasonable re-
quirement"
III conversation With prominent
real estate man yesterday, he said:
The association if organized should
work for an ordinance that would
definitely set forth certain require
ments of capability. stability and defi-
mite location as a condition precedent
to the issuing of city license as a real
estate broker"
He argued that. mo calling in the
city placed a man in position to con-
troll the financial interests of the peo-
pie more than that Of a real estate
broker and that it would accomplish
a great deal more in the way of secur-
ing the confidence of the investigating
public if it could be shown that the
real estate men of the city of Walla
Walla were licensed by the city.
"a fee should be charged that would
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01

MADRID, July 31-The govern
ment's silence as to the loss of life
at Barcelona is still unbroken and no
statement is vouchsafed giving an ad-
equate idea of the bloody incidents
attending the repression of the rev.
olution
TOn1ShtS summary of the situation
shows conditions at Barcelona greatly
improved and belief prevails here that
by tomorrow all will be over No in
formation as to the numDer or revolu-
tionists court hartialed and sentenced
has reached Madrid. Already the work
of clearing away evidences of reVOlu-
ton at Barcelona has begun and var
ious industries will, according to these
reports resume operations at once.
Throughout Catalonia the situation
is decidedly ealmer and reports from
other parts of the country bring news
of similar Improvement in conditions.
Moors Prepare New Attack.
AT Melilla the Moors are preparing
for a new attack upon the Spaniards,
but General Marina has been instruct
ed that as soon as the big army Is con-
centrated he should assume the often
sive, march out of Melilla and strike a
decisive blow
Work of reinforcing Melilla is Oc-
cupying the war department.
King Alfonso today visited Gatafeoto
to view the artillery corps bound for
the front. The fund for the war vic
tins is growing Queen Victoria today
contributed $4,000 and the queen
mother $4,000.
Situation Comparatively Quiet.
MELILLA. July 31.-Although heavy
artillery mounted upon the forts con-
tinues to throw projectiles against the
Moorish stronghold on Mount Guruga,
the situation is comparatively quiet.
In spite of overwhelming odds and the
fatigue of battle, the conduct of Span
ish troops continues excellent. Inhab-
itants of Melilla have opened their
houses to receive wounded Spaniards.
Among the natives there is rumor
that Roghi, the powerful Moroccan
chief, is coming to pacify the tribes
men, but this is doubted.
train transporting engines was
derailed and attacked by Moors near
Melilla, but they were repulsed with
loss. General Marina is planning. un-
til reinforcement comes to make u
grand march to Zelouan, in the inter-
ior The Moors, it is declared, were
lacking in food and munitions and
were forced to desist in their attacks
and withdraw to the lead mines to
make bullets.
Government Takes Precautions.
MADRID, July 31.-The government
has adopted most rigorous precau-
tions against the general strike at
Madrid which worl1men's organizations
threatens to inaugurate Monday. Many
republicans and socialist sympatn1zers
have been arrested.
According to the newspaper Ell
Mundo, steps have been taken to or
ganize a volunteer cavalry body SIM
liar to the American rough riders 70
fight the Moors officers and soldiers
will bear all expenses of equipment,
transportation and sustenance of the or
ganization throughout the Moroccan
campaign. Sons of leading families
are clamoring to participate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
CHINESE KILLS VICE
CONSUL IN new YORK
SHOOTS DR.. LUCK WING IN BACK
ON FIFTH FLOOR OF NEW
YORK OFFICE BUILDING
Assassin is Arrested-Wife Arrives in
Time To See Husband Die
Without Speaking.

NEW YORK, July ol.-Dr. Luck
Wing, Chinese vice consul at New
York, q graduate of Lehigh and Yale
universities, who married an American
girl Is years ago was mortally wound
ed at his Office on the fifth floor OF
No. Is Broadway this afternoon by a
Chinese who gives contradictory re-
ports of himself in pidgeon English
DR.. Wing died in ST. Gregory's hospital
tonight.
DR.. Wing was shot in the back with
revolver. The bullet, entering be-
low the shoulder blades, lodged in the
lower lobe of the left lung. Mrs.
Wing, who is ill herself, was driven
to the hospital in time to be at the
bedside of her husband before he died
| Dr. Wing recognized his wife, but at
no time was strong enough to make
an ante-mortem statement.
Michael Mcdonald, who for 27 years
has been special Watchman at the
Chinese consulate, identified the muir
derer tonight as Wong Bow Cheung,
who. he says, was formerly a steward
on the United States battleship Indi-
ana. The man, himself who was first
thought to be a Japanese, gave his
name to the police as Matuda Woung
and said he lived at No. 1915 Button
wood street, Philadelphia, though un-
til recently he had been employed as
cook at Galen Hail. an Atlantic City
| hotel.
He came to New York only yester-
day. He is under sized and crop hair
ed and wears American clothes.
No rational motive for the murder
has developed. Mcdonald says he be-
lieves the man is crazy.
Nobody witnessed the shooting. The
assassin was arrested when he reach
ed the street by policemen who MOTTO
ed his agitation.
Prisoner Is Quzzed.
Quong Wick Nam, the Chinese inter-
prefer who figured prominently in the
Elsie Sigel case quizzed the prisoner
at length tonight. He talks freely to
any one, but his excited and broken
answers to question seem to bear out
McDonalds theory that the man Is
deranged
From his conflicting statements it
was gathered that he had grievance.
against the vice consul because appli-
cations for aid had been refused. AL
though he complained of being in want
the police found $14.65 in his clothes.
He denied that he murdered DIR. Wing
and asserts that he fired in self de-
fense. He says he was being forcibly
elected from the consulate when he
resisted and the vice consul drew
revolver. They fought for the weap-
on, he declares, and he got it and
fired point blank.
Mrs. LUX Wing, woman of refined
appearance, said tonight that her hus
band came to this country from Can
ton about 40 years ago with 200 other
lads sent over by the Chinese govern
ment to get an education.
Recalled by his government he re-
turned to this country at his own ex-
pense, spent three years at Lehigh
university left for Yale and was grad
uated there from the Sheffield Scien-
tific school, Subsequently. she said,
he was an attache at the Chinese lega-
ton in Washington. She refused to
discuss her marriage or to give her
maiden name
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
OSAKA FLAMES ARE
NOW UNDER CONTROL
Fire Has Reduced Four Square Miles
Of Japanese City Into
Ashes So Far.

OSAKA, Japan, August AT 6
o'clock this morning the confiagration
had reduced to ashes a large portion Of
this city, and $4,000 buildings have
been destroyed. An area of four
square miles was swept by the flames.
The fire is now under control it is be-
iieyed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
RE TrumbIe Lectured at Milton.

Prof. r. E. Trumble last night gave
an instructive lecture at Milton In
Davis hall on the life history and the
hest method for combating the Goblin
moth. He advised the Milton grow
ers to begin spraying for the second
hatch of Goblin moth tomorrow. This
will destroy the pest before they enter
the apple. There were 100 Milton
growers present.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
DEEP SILENCE IS
MAINTAINED
SPANISH GOVERNMENT REFUSES
TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION
CONCERNING REVOLT.
IMPROVEMENT Is NOTED
Summary Of Situation at Barcelona
Seems to Show Situation Is Some
what Better-MelIila Is Being Re-
inforeed-Spaniards Shell .Moors-
Spanish Troops Brave.
12O REVOLUTIONISTS TO BE
SHOT.

SAN SEBASTIAN, July 81
(By way of the French from
tier. AN authOritive parsonage
declared tonight that ten courts
martial sat continuously
throughout Thursday and Fri
day and that the number of
revOlutiOnists condemned and
shot is estimated at 120. About
5000 revolutionists were killed
or wounded by machine guns or
rifle fire.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
Orchestra Tonioht,

The Dunnigan Family Orchestra will
render one of the best programs yet at
the union meeting in the court house
yard this evening commencing at s 80,
Is minutes earlier than usual. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01

following is the program: March,
Hahant- Thomas; Loves Old Sweet
Song, Malloy: Adigio from Wrania,
Himmel: Softly Now the Light of
Day, Parks, Offertory. The Rev. M. L.
Sanders is to deliver the address.
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WIFE AND TWO SONS
DROWN At ATHO[.I.
MINISTER Is LEFT TO MOURN
LOSS OF THREE IN FAMILY
BY TRAGEDY.
Principals Were Well Known in This
City. Where Two Brothers Of De-
ceased Woman Live.

ATEoL, Idaho, July 30.-(Special.) y
The little town of Athol was shocked
this evening when it was learned that
Mrs Frank Spalding, wife of Rev
Frank Spalding, OF this place and her
two sons, had been drowned near this
place
Several reports are current as to how
the accident occurred, but none are
authoritative. The father who is the
pastor of the local NJ E. church, is
suffering from the shock to such an
extent that friends fear he will not
recover
The triple funeral will be held on
Monday afternoon and the mother and
her two sons will be buried side by
side.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
Sugar Beet Crop Look. Fine.

WAvERLY, Wash. July 31.-The
heavy rains of this week. together
with previous rains of the season. will
max. the heaviest sugar beet crop yet
raised here.
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Both Mr. and Mrs. Spalding nave
MANY friends here. Harry and Alex
ander Mcdonald. both of this city.
are brothers of the dead woman, and
thew were almost overcome when In
formed of their sisters untimely fate.
Rev. Spalding was formerly pastor OF
the Athena Nj. E. church.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
REAL ESTATE men
TAKING INTEREST
PLAN TO FORM LOCAL ASSOCIA-
TON OF REALTY MEN MEETS
WITH FAVOR.
Committee Appointed to Enroll All
Non Members of Commercial Club
and Other Duties.

Interest in the organiZat tiOn of a real
estate mems association is increasing
daily Yesterday every man inter-
viewed on the subject thought the idea
the only salvation for the real estate
men and for the proper development
of this valley. The men in the real
estate business here realize there is
no system by which the best results
can be secured. Each firm works as
an individual and works independently
of every other man in the business.
If one man falls down on a sale, the
buyer, the chances are is lost to the
valley AS one prominent broker said
yesterday that he believed the time is
ripe for such an organization and II
will live and grow if each member
will do his duty and take an interest
in a united work.
AS was shown by speaker in the
meeting on Friday night that an or
ganization could reach out and get
more people here than single individ
ual, and it was also mentioned there
is too much buying among the peo-
pie of the valley, while such transac-
tions are indicative of healthy mar
ket, yet it did NOT accomplish what is
most needed-more people.
Meacham Talks.
In an interview with L. E. Meacham
manager of the publicity department
Yesterday. he said: 1T might come into
the minds of some who are not main
tanning an office in the city, that the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-01
Payne Makes Appeal.

Mr.. Payne appealed to his republican
colleagues to stand by the bill saying
that if they wanted to drive their party
into chaos they could vote against it,
But he said it would be a de;usion to
vote against the bill upon the idea
that the Dingley rates would be con-
tinued
I'VE have revised the tariff and have
taken off unnecessary duties" said Mr..
Payne. "Not along the line generally,
but in our revision of the tariff we
have revised the tariff downward and
yet we have held the scales so evenly
that we have done no injury to any
person or any industry in the United
States.
These rates increase the revenue
from customs less than four million
The corporation tax is estimated to
produce $26,000,000 and tobacco nine
and one-third million dollars"
'The Dingley law during all it's per-
iod of existence has provided ample
revenue and there is no doubt this
law will do the same for another IL
years"
Revenue Increase $42,OOO,0OO.
Mr.. Payne estimated that the in
crease Of revenue that would result
from the enactment of the bill would
be $40 100000 annually
Champ Clark of Missouri, the demo-
cratic leader said President Taft had
been imposed upon by being made to
believe that the conference report was
really revision downward.
Mr.. Clark submitted a table show
ing, according to Mr.. Clark, that the
average rate Of the report is III per
cent higher than the average rate of
the Dingley law.
If scores Of new items in the report
but not in the Dinglew law. were
added, Mr.. Clark said, the average m
crease would be at least two per cent
THAT the president has been de-
ceived by tariff experts and near-ex-
perts as to this conference report be-
ing a down ward revision in any rea-
sonable sense Of the term can, think,
be mathematically demonstrated"
continued Mr.. Clark. Certainly, Mr..
Payne's statement is one of the most
deceptive documents ever submitted to-
the gaze of men. 1 do not charge him
with Intentional deception, but he too.
has been deceived by slight of hand
performers in arithmetic"
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