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three events. This was partly due to
the fact that he had a lack of COM
petition, which, by the way, is another
matter not generally understood.
Aside from the competitive spirit
excited by more entries, Sheridan was
forced to get move on all the
time. The rules governing the COM
petition allow only five minutes be-
tween each event, and time is kept
by a stop watch too. With only one
competitor, Sheridan had hardly any
breathing time. The killer for Sheri-
dan, as for many athletes in the all
around, was the half mile walk. Law
son Robertson says that walking is
the most sevd.e strain for an athlete,
as it kills the speed muscles.
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Should the courts decide n favor OF
lower refund is made to importers
and merchants who put it in their
pockets after paying their lawyers
Consumers who have paid prices
based upon the highest rate of duty
get no refund, of course. 1t is velvet
for the importers and merchants. ike
the lawless profit on smuggled or
undervalued goods.
Meanwhile manufacturers of similar
goods have also been selling them for
A price based on the highest possible
rate of duty, thus making an illegltl-
mate rate of profit out of the consumer
in all cases where the courts decide
in his favor 1t is easy to see why the
suits are multiplied so as to crowd the
courts and delay their decision for
ten years
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
Frank keenan, Sails.

Flank Keenan,. who recently signed
contracts with Henry B. Harris where
by he is to star in new play, 1.-The
Heights written by William Anthony
Mcclure, a Chicago newspaper man.
( which will have its premier the latter
part of October, and who meanwhile
will act as general stage director fo'
Mr. Harris, sailed for London on the
Lusitania = last Wednesday, While in
London he. will secure local color and
atmosphere for his new play, part of
which is laid in the English metropo-
lis. and will afterwards go to Swift
erland to secure sketches fO' scenic
settings for that part of the play
which deals with life in Switzerland
Mr. keenan, will, directly on reach
ing London, have an interview with
w. Somerset Vaughan, the London
playwright, whose Victorian farce,
THE Noble Spaniard," will be the
starring vehicle for Robot Edeson
this coming season, and which Mr.
keenan, will stage for Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. keenan, will also interview
James Bernard Pagan in reference to
the latters play, THE Earth" with
which Henry B. Ha'ris will launch
Edmund Breeze as a star
Mr.. keenan,, although he will be a
guest at the Hotel Savoy in London,
will spend one night in a typical Lon
don lodging house in the Whitechapel
district to familiarize himself with the
conditions that exist there in order to
make use of the material in his own
play He will return to New York in
four weeks and Immediately plunge
into the work Of producing the la-ge
number of new plays which Henry
3. Harris has scheduled for produc-
ton. Between rehearsing the COM
panies and getting ready for his own
production of The Heights, he will
be kept on the jump.
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do the same stuff all the time or have
you got uep?"
"A rep?" queries the puzzled 'slIy
pilot
Sure. Repitory. Different acts, en-
tres, some call them. Why Uncle To-
by-he's our clown-has got twenty
entries. Makes a heap Of difference in
the big cities where you have a run"
Il see. Well, l try to say something
new every Sunday"
None of your acts is like carcus
acts. are they? Is there any laughs in
your acts?"
Not many laughs. I'm afraid. But
ministers try to tell their people
things which help them and make
them forget their week day troubles
for a time"
why, that's just like the circus
business-only circusses draw more
people than churches
The scene closes when Polly is
given a, peep at the pictuaes in the
minister's Bible. Her eye is caught
with the figures of Ruth and Naomi
from whose costumes she argues that
'They must be circus folks" She
asks to be read the story, and the min
lister begins with
"'Entreat me not to leave thee.
Whittier thou goest, | will go Thy
people shall be my people; thy ways,
my ways, and thy God. my God p"
This play may be seen at the Key
lor Grand theater in the near future,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
WALLA WALLA THE TOWN

Walla Walla is just now attracting
the attention of the whole Inland En-
pire. The fact is beginning TO dawn on
the general public that after all has
been said and done the only town in
the country worth while is Walla Wal
la. 1t is first, a county seat, and a
county seat town always is the best,
everything considered. 1t is the one
town that every citizen of the county
must visit at least once every year,
and most people come to Walla Walla
several times annually, many oftener.
In the second place Walla Walla offers
educational advantages not excelled
anywhere, and this makes it desir-
able place in which to reside. Then
comes the moral side of the city.
Walla Walla is noted far and wide for
its cleanliness; for it's high moral pO-
sition, offering just the condition most
desired for an educational center. 1t is
me CITY TO WnlCn the people O1 the
state may send their sons and daugh-
tiers with the assurance that the moral
atmosphere is ideal. Another feature
of our city, and one of no small con-
Germ. is the progressive methods of
Walla Walla business men. Our mer-
chants realize that it is quality and
cheap prices that draw trade, and no
city in the Inland Empire offers as
low prices or better quality of mer-
chandise. We believe we are safe in
saying that Walla Walla prices, as
compared with Spokane, are more than
twenty-five per cent lower, while
none of the smaller towns are
ahhe to compete. Add to this the
fact that Walla Walla has stores that
carry stocks the equal of the city
stores. Our stores are immense, the
merchants buying in carload lots
and depending on quality and low
prices to move a large annual volume
Of business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20

Weaver, twice candidate for the presi-
dency of the United States on the pop
ulist ticket, visiting his daughter here,
in discussing the tariff today said:
Il think Taft would like to keep hiA
campaign pledges, but if compelled to
make his choice between his pledges
and his duty to keep the republican
party together, he will serve the party
rather than the country. That is where
he would make the greatest mistake of
his life
He said the people understand the
republican pledges to mean the revision
of the tadiff to relieve them of the
burdens of taxation and free them from
the clutch of combinations and trusts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
THE USES OF A CUSTOMS COURT

The customs court in the new tariff
bill is said to be an idea of the presi-
dents. 1t is a good idea. too, if the
best that can be done with this legis-
lative treachery is to make the best
Of bad mess.
1t must be assumed that the court
will be of such high character and
so we'll paid as to be proof against
any kind Of temptation. 1t will pass
upon disputes about the meaning of
laws under which revenues to the
amount of s3OO,0OO,OOO annually Will
sc Objected. Here is invitation TO
corruption beyond the dreams Of Tam
many. The court must be Of such
character that no one can possibly
think Of corruption in connection with
it.
That question settled. the court will
serve the highly useful purpose OF
settling quickly disputes about the
amount of duties to be collected on
imports that otherwise might drag
away for years through various courts
up TO the supreme court of the United
States. These disputes concern the
Interpretation Of the most obscure and
complicated legislation on our statute
books. They are SO numerous and SC
perpleXing that suits for interpreta-
ton of the Dingley law are still pend
ing after L years
1t is not to the advantage of any,
body but the consumer to have the
suits settled promptly. While they
are pending the government collects
the highest rate of duty possible
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
"The Henrietta"

Joseph and William w. Jefferson,
who will appear as "Old Nick" and
Beetle, the lamb respectively in
'The Henrietta will both have char
acters which should suit their perso-
nalities like the proverbial glove. Both
parts are constructed in Bronson
Towards happiest vein of humor and
JUNCTION and the boys bid fair to add
many more and greater lalcels to the
already long list of illustr:ous achieve
ments to the credit Of the jefferson
family.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
pEARsONs ANC CARNEGIE.

David X. Pearsons will literally car
~ out the plan Carnegie proposed fol
himself some years ago of dying com
paratively poor, says the Oregon
Journal He has given away many
millions, mostly to small colleges, ana
this year, as he is about 80 yeats old
and very near the end of life, he pur-
poses to give away most of his last
million Carnegie has given away a
great that it is supposed that it far
exceeds his gifts, so that instead of
dying poor, as he proposed, he will be
richt,, at his death than at any pre-
Vious time-unless he makes some
new and great effort to unload his
vast wealth The people of the Pacific
northwest have an especial interest
in Mr.. Pearsons, who was here last
year, because among his benefactions
have been considerable and very use
full gifts to two institutions of this
region. Pacific university at Forest
Grove and Whitman college at Walla
Walla, both excellent institutions
c~t have had greatly good
influence in Oregon and Washington,
and not only this generation but its
descendants will remember Mr.. Pear
sons kindly for his help to these
schools in their times of need.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
LORD BASIL BROOKE
HAS VANISHED AWAY
No Trace Can Be Found of the Irish
Peer Who Is Supposed to Have
Left San Francisco Months
Ago for Honolulu.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.-Lord
aged "A, owner of $4,000 acres of Irish
heath, has disappeared and his where
abouts is causing untold anxiety
among his relatives The last seen of
him was at the San Francisco hotel,
whare he registered under the names
of Harold Morgan. According to a let
ter received by the hotel management,
Brooke was to have sailed for HonOlu
lu, where his relatives were to await
him on May Is. He has not arrived
there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
Polly and The Preacher.

+ Slang is put TO its best usage in one
Of the scenes in Polly OF the circus
The little sick a-bed lady of the tan
bark. injured by fall from her horse,
is seen tucked away under coVerlets
in the home of tural minister, VINO
iS the good Samaritan of the occasion.
She wakes UP early in the morning
and slowly comes to a realization OF
what has happened. John, the clergy
man. sits beside her, and their con-
versation develops the most charming
episode of the story.
Polly talks in the only language
that she knows, the argot of shoWland,
and the minister gives gentle. often
PUZZLED responses. The spirit of girl
ish naivette, the delicate, impulsive
realism. the little circus tider puts
into these words, invests the scene
with subtle poetry and carries cur
rent of pathos underneath its mild
humor. AS the talk goes on, people
in the audience laugh, and at the
same time would like to cry little.
In this epoch of slangsters, on and
off the stage the vernacular is usual
" forced to absurd hyperbole. Real in
its outward semblance, it is only a
cheap pose within. In life slang is
usually merely an effort to be smartly
colloquial, and when put upon the
stage its insincerity is accentuated.
The Rose Stalls, the Victor Moores,
and the irrepressible slang-mongers
of the vaudeville stage represent a
strained point of view, they are off the
key of reality. But Polly talks in
circus metaphor, because she is a child
who knows nothing beyond it. Het'
slang is absolutely spontaneous.
kinder tough, amt it?" says Pol
Iy when she finally understands that
the show has gone on and left her be-
hind. How long will it be?''
1.-THE doctor can tell better about
! that when he comes" answers the
young minister.
Doctor! AS bad as that, Ell? It's my
wheel, amt it?'
"Yo' what2" demands Mandy, the
colored nurse, in surprise.
my wheel-my creeper. Oh, golly
that hurts. Is it punctured?"
When Polly learns that John is a
clergyman, she bounces up with:
Great Barnum and Bailey! You a
! sky pilot! Well, I never thought
! would be talking to one Of you guys
! MY church is right out there" says
/ John. You can see it from the win
! dow
/ How long have you worked here?''
/ she asks
I've only been here about six
months
i six months! Haven't they got
mighty tired of your spiel?"
I Il hope they haven't"
Gee! Six months in a burg like
this! They must be sick of you-or
perhaps you change your act. Do you
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
COMMITTEE FINISHES
TARIFF CONFERENCE
All Matters Except Those In Which
President Taft Is Interested Have
Been Disposed of and Are
Ready for Approval.

WASHINGTON, July 20IThe con-
gressional conference committee to-
day practically completed the work on
the tariff bill, excepting the matters
which President Taft is particularly
interested in. At today's meeting a
common schedule was accepted.
Material reductions were made in the
duty on the lower grades of cotton
goods, but on the higher grades the
rate provided by the senate was main
tanned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
Weather Conditions.

\ strong area of high pressure IS
central on the Washington Oregon
coast and fair Weathd' has continued
in the Pacific coast states. A depres-
sion over the eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains is attended by
showers at scattered places in the
Rocky mountain states and a thun-
derstorm in southeastern Idaho. There
is a large area of high pressure CEN
trail over the country east of the Mis-
sissippi which is attended by faf'
weather everywhere in that section
except the New England states and
along the gulf coast There has been
a general rise Of temperature in the
Rocky mountain states. The indica-
tions are favorable for continued fair
weather in this vicinity tonight and
Wednesday with moderately high tenn
perature.
JOHN GROVER, Observe.
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AmuSementS
|~0~0~0~0VO&O%0@.
Clever Bill at the Majestic,

Opening the week to a crowded house
last night, the management of the
Majestic vaudeville house put on the
cleverest bill that has ever been staged
IN this city. Without exception the
stunts are the best ever seen here and
there is not a dull moment in the
whole show. Even the moving pictures
are extraordinarily good, and it was
a pleased audience that left the house
last night
Opening with the White lola" in the
Black Art the bill has good begin
ming. This clever wielder of the "blac,x
art does some nifty stunts with her
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20

magic" and keeps the audience guess
ing all the time. bringing stools, ia
bles. chairs and every kind OF article
from. the air, only to have them van
isb at her command, she ends her act
with a disappearance dodge that Is
really clever.
The second act is another winner
Understanding a coster singer, ar
Irishman" and a broken down traSe-
dian, Johnny Hughes has an act tha'
would be worth top line in any Dill
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
GOOD ROADS
THE SUBJECT
OF HIS TALK
CONTINUED From Page One.)

(OUHtIHUeU FTOIH rage OIIc'I
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the success of straw roads, though he
favors the policy of placing the straw
at a season when the rains will cause
it to pack and form solid mass that
will not dis;ntegrate with heavy traf-
fic. He suggested the experiment of
placing some Of the straw on the gov
eminent macadam road west of the
city as a possible preventative of dis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
Revision.

The long tariff screed
You reluctantly read,
And you VOW as the climate grows no
That this temperature,
So hard to endure,
Needs downward revision lot.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-20
WEATHER FORECAS | .

Fair tonight and Wednesday.
Washington: Fair tonight and We'd
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If you want to buy or sell store
try The classified columns.
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Classified Ads for Results
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SEATTLE, July 2O.-General James
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Sale of Real Estate.

By virtue of an order and decree of
the county court of Rock Island coun-
undersigned, Blondine Case, administra-
triX of the estate of Charles Z. Case.
deceased, for leave to sell the real es-
tate of said deceased, at the Septem-
Der term A. ID. 1908. of said court, to-
wit: On the 25th day of September. A.
D. 1908, 1 shall. on Wednesday, the 18th
10 o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock
in the afternoon of said day, to-wit, at
the hour of o'clock p. m, sell at pub
lie sale, at the east door of the court
house. in the city of Rock Island. in
said county. the real estate described as
follows. to-wit:
Iof lots ten G0l and eleven I'D. in
block F. in Edgewood Park addition
to the city of Rock Island.
Also the undivided one-third u-O
part of the west twenty-five and sixty
t25.60) acres of the
southwest quarter tsouth of the Indian
boundary linel.. of section thirty-one
(SD, in township eighteen Us). north
of range one %, west of the fourth
principal meridian, excepting that part
thereof described as follows. to-wit:
of the southwest quarter of said section
thirty-one (SD which is one thousand
three hundred fifty-two and five-tenths
1,352.5) feet east of the southwest cor
ner of said section; thence north three
hundred fifty and twenty-four one-hun-
dredths t350.24 feet; thence east ninety
/ SuD lttt. lntHtt Souln GU
fifty and twenty-four one-hundredths
(35024) feet; thence west ninety GOD
feet to the place of beginning; and ex-
ceptinE also the west sixty GOD feet
of that part of lot twelve U2). in block
IF" in Edgewood Park addition to the
| city of Rock Island which lies south of
the Indian boundary line-all in Rock
Island county. Illinois. on the following
terms. to-wit: Cash in hand upon the
confirmation and approval of said sale,
| Dated this 18th day of May, A d
1909. BLONDINE CASE.
Administrative of the Estate of Charles
| L. Case, Deceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Sarah w. Liscom, deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
Sarah w. Liscom. late of the county of
Rock Island, state of Illinois. deceased.
hereby gives notice that he will appear
before the county court of Rock Island
county. at the county court room, in
the city of Rock Island, at the July
term. on the first Monday in July next,
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend for the purpose Of
having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the UNDER
signed.
Dated 18th day of May, A. d. 1909.
HARVEY d. MACK
Administrator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11

MONEY TO LOAN.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE security at
lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers, Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
STEAMBOAT TIME TABLE.

WHITE COLLAR LINE = SUMMER
HEDULE-Steamer Helen Blair. for
Muscatine and Burlington, every Mon
AIS p m. for Muscatine only.
Steamer Columbia for Muscatine and
Burlington every Tuesday and Thurs
day. y. IN. Regular Saturday eXcur-
Fare soc.
For burlington, Keokuk and way
points Saturday IL p. m. Returning to
Rock Island on Tuesday 1880 a. m.
Special rates. Inquire of
G. j. MANGAN. Agent
Telephones-Old ISIS; new 5152.
These boats connect at Burlington
with steamers for all points south.
w. \. BLAIR.
Manager, Davenport Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Executors Notice.

Estate of c. August Mennicke, de-
ceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed eXecutriX of the last will and
Testament of q. August Mennicke. late
of the county of Rock Island. state OF
Illinois, deceased. hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county, at the
|county court room. in the city of Rock
Monday in August next. at which time
|all persons having claims against said
lcstate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment to the undersigned
Dated this 22nd day of May, A. d.
1909. ANNA MENNICkE.
Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Public Notice.

In the District Court of the United
States, for the Southern District of
Illinois; Northern Division.
In the matter of Hilda ]. Nelson,
bankrupt
In bankruptcy, before Adair Pleas
|ants, referee.
To the creditors of the above named
Bilda ]. Nelson of Moline, in the county
Iof Rock Island and state of Illinois
Take notice that the above named
Hilda J. Nelson has been duly adjudi-
|cated a bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of her creditors will be held at
the Office of the undersigned. on the
northeast corner of Second avenue and
Eighteenth street, in the city of Rock
Island. in said county. on Tuesday,
June Is. A ID. 1909. at the hour of 10
o'clock a m, for the purpose of prov
ling claims, examining the bankrupt,
selecting a trustee, and transacting such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,. this fifth
day of June, A. d. 1909.
ADAIR PLEASANTS. Referee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11

For all points between ST. Louis. Mo,
ana st. Paul, Mimi, steamers st. Paul
timetable:
For st. Paul and way points steamers
will leave Rock Island, Ill. at 1880 a. m
on June 4, IL, %, july ]. 5. 10, IA. 10,
%, IS, Aug. /, 6, 10, is, 10, "a, 20, Sept
2, 6, IL.
On above dates a special rate of 81
VIII be made to Clinton, Iowa, and re-
turn. going on the steamer and return
ing on the /. & /. railway.
For st. Louis and way points steamers
will leave Rock Island ILL, at els a. m.
on June s, IL, 26, July 5. 3, Ia. Is. 90,
81. Aug. /, S, 10, IA, 10, %, %, Sept. i,
6. 10, Is.
For further information apply to
GEORGE LAMONT. Agent.
Rock Island, Ill.
Office, lis Seventeenth street. Both
phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-11
Administrators Notice.

The undersigned having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate Of
Ellen Wangelin, late of the county
of Rock Island. state of Illinois. de-
ceased hereby gives notice that he will
appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room,
in the city of Rock Island. at the Aug
ust term, on the first Monday in August
next. at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose
of having the same adjusted. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
Dated 18th day of May. A. d. 1909.
JOHN WANGELIN,
Administrators