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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-26

warm weather wore his Sunday
pants of red plush and cut from an
CID chair cover. Frederick William
was just as clean and a little SINNER
than usual, and he had On his best
stockings, upon which shone strange
zebra-like stripings. Sophie Bauer
schmidt wore her sisters beads. At
the end of the line struggled Anna
Karenina with her mothers pink chif-
fon veil around her neck.
In spite of her dirtiness that day
had seen a great moral upheaval in
Anna. She was going to be good.
Vainly Miss Lucy had struggled for
this regeneration. The only response
had been a perverse wickedness.
That dinnertime, however, in splendid
rivalry of Sophie's beads she had
stolen her mothers veil. She had tied
it around her neck, and as Anna was
as truly feminine creature of clothes
as Miss Lucy herself, instantly there
had come over her an overwhelming
sense of the goodness of beauty and
the beauty of goodness. When she
had tied back her greasy forelock of
hair with her blue garter, her conver.
sicn was complete, for that was the
way Marie Schaefer wore her hair and
Anna was going to be even as good as
Marie.
This new morality of Annas-
though the mere matter of dirty chif-
fon veil-had brought her safely
through the journey to the Park. At
the. cars frantic cries for "Miz Luzy'
were heard, but it was found to be
Sophie and not Anna who had stopped
to make faces at an envious neighbor
who had been SO nearly left behind.
At last the Fairgrounds were reached
pleasant and sheltered stretch of
lawn guarded by a fat policeman.
There one found many see-saws and a
big sand-heap. In one corner there
was also a pile of rafia and Miss Lucy
seeing, thought with a guilty helpless
ness of the Rata Meeting that she
had hooked to 60 to a matinee.
However, the children amused them.
selves unassisted until Bum O'Reilly
fell off a see-saw. When Miss Lucy
and the fat policeman ran to his res.
cue, "Gee," he remarked with Celtic
cheerfulness, IF amt bust me Sun.
day pants" At which Miss Lucy and
the fat policeman bushed. Il
After Bum had been repaired with
numerous safety pins Miss Lucy called
the children together and distributed
some sandwiches that she had brought
In the silence that fell upon the eat.
ing children she heard the reverent
tones of Sophie Bauerschmidt
tits chicken, amt it?" she whis
pered to Anna.
Anna had never tasted chicken but
"Hod air." she whispered back cyni
calfy, "thad chicgen. Ids veal"
While the children were eating
Miss Lucy, looking around on the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-26
SIMPSONS DEN.

It had always been Simpsons ambi-
ton to have den" He wanted a
roc m of his own where he could think,
where he could smoke, where he could
SIT back in his chair, put his feet on
his desk and bid his soul to take COM
fort unto Itself And all that sort of
tt iEg. ....-.. ..... .- X
That was SIMPSONS ambition.
So when he began looking around
for a suburban home he rented GER
tain place because the agent referred
to acertain small room in it as a
"Gen.'
A certain small room, said; GER
tain small room.
Which sail small room was furnish
ed with book shelves, desk chair and
a collection of stems, Herewith be-
coming SamIscn's den.
Such a cozy place. In the summer
Sampson could sit in his chair in his
den and put his head out of the win
dow to see who were cutting their
grass. In the winter he could sit in
his chair in his den and stick his head
into the dining room to see If the cat
was on the table. When he sneezed
as he sat in his den his brow bumped
the wall in front of him, and in the
rebound the back of his head hit the
wall behind him. And once when he
had a chill in his den the unfortunate
mans headpiece ratified against all the
four walls like pea in pod.
But Sampson was proud of that den,
nevertheless. He grew sensitive about
its ize, and as the word den" gave
the idea of small place, he began to
call it his study. Then when he went
into it he looked like man full OF
thought, and when he sat in it and the
lieht was dim he looked like statue
of Solon the Wise. He bought an en-
cyclopedia, and the books were so
imposing that he cal,.d the place his
library, name that MrA Sampson took
to with pride. Her references to the
library" we're very trying to her
neighbors.
One day a child came in to return
the Sunday paper.
Take it to Mr. Sampson, dear" said
Mrs. S.
The child found Sampson in his den,
his study and his library, surrounded
by his books, his encyclopedias and
his stems, sitting in his chair with
his feet upon his desk, smoking and
altoether as fine sight as heart could
wish for. The child was abashed by
the solemnity of the scene, handed
tim the paper and ran out.
did you find him, dear?" asked
Mrs. Sampson.
"Yes, ma'am,' piped the child.
"Was he in the library?"
"No, ma'am.'
Sampson socked his ears and put his
head out into the dining room to
listen.
where was he, then?"
HE was sitting in the china closet"
cried the scandalized child, "a-smok-
Ing of his pipe"
Sampson is beinning to dislike child
rem.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-08-26
Her Pointed View.

Chappie (blase)-DSn't you think
society is an empty thing?
Miss Fuller-I think there are lots
Of empty things in society.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Diphtheria
In the CitV

Four cases of diphtheria were re-
ported to the city health department
this morning, and Sanitary Inspector
w. G. Gates spent considerable of his
time this morning in placing the resi-
dences under quarantine and in hoist
ing the diphtheria flags. In all there
are at the present time seven or eight
cases of this disease in the city, more
than has been reported in many
months past
Acting health officer J. Ellerie Fales
this morning declined to give the
names of the patients, or to give in
formation regarding the spread of the
disease. evidently believing that resi-
dents of the city should be kept in ig-
norance of the true facts. However,
it is reliably reported that flags have
been put on two houses on North
Sixth street one at 725 North Seventh
street, one at PA West Alder street,
one at 130 Locust street, and another
at S13 West Birch street.
Although the number of cases has
increased, it is understood that none
of the patients are seriously i'll, and
that the form Of the epidemic is not
virulent. Most of the patients are
said to be children who have caught
colds during the recent cold spell. re-
sulting in the development of diphth-
eria
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Trains Moving
Late Schedule

Trains on both the O. r. & n. and
the Northern Pacific have been run
ming behind schedule time for the
past several days. owing to the heavy
snow that has fallen in other parts
of the state The morning train from
Portland did not arrive here until near
noon and the evening train over the
Northern Pacific did not arrive until
almost 2 o'clock this morning. How
ever. conditions are somewhat better
today. and No. 8 from Pendleton Is
reported so minutes late, while No. Z
from Spokane was 80 minutes behind
the schedule.
AS an indication that traffic in the
eastern states is in better condition
than for several days past, No. l, west
bound from Chicago, arrived in Pen
dletOn so minutes late this morning.
On the Northern Pacific line through
the mountains. officials report trains
to be moving almost on time, and west
bound trains from the east are getting
through with little delay. There has
been difficulty on the S. p. & S. line,
but official reports have not yet been
received in this CITY. 1t is thought,
oyer, the snow-slides have tied up
traffic on that road
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Labor Leaders Meet For Council

ratify the attitude of the federation in
this matter"
1t will probably be two years be-
fore il is finally decided in the United
Statee supreme court whether Presi-
dent Samuel GOmpers, Vice-Presi dent
John Mitchell and Secretary Frank
Morrison of the American Federation
of Labor are to be jailed for contempt
of court 1t will be next May or June
at the earliest before the district court
of appeals passes on the case, and it
may go over until fall. Another year
would probably be required for the
federal supreme court to act. This
makes it clear that President Roose-
Welt will have no chance to pardon
Gompers and the other labor lea1ers.
1t will be up to Mr.. Taft to say whether
there shall be pardon if the higher
courts sustain Justice Wright.
One point that will be made before
the court of appeals is that the law
state provides a more severe penalty
than six months in Jail. Here there is
no law on this point, and it viii be
contended that the judge arbitrarily
fixed an unusually severe penalty in
the case of Gompers and Mitchell. The
case will go to the court of appeals
practically as a retrial Of the whole
proceedings relative to the violation
of the injunction.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11

His Crime

CARTHAGE. Ia, Jan. 11.-Rev. John
Carmichael, chased by detectives who
accused him of killing Gideon Brown
ing and throwing the dismembered
body into the stove of his church, near
Port Huron, Mich, attempted suicide
at Carthage this morning. In his
pocket was found "a letter in which
he confessed the crime, saying he
cut the body up. and put it in the
stove, piece by piece. z He declared
Browning had a hypnotic influence
over him. He said he went to Chi
cago after the crime, changed his
clothes and came to Carthage
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11

which is merely a formal ratification
of the choice of the people Certified
copies of the returns of these electo-
raj colleges are then sent to Washing
ton, are there turned over to the pres
ident of the senate on the first We'd
nesday in February, in the presence of
the senate and house sitting Jointly,
and there counted. AS this is mere
ly the official count of the vote al
ready counted informally and known,
this is a mere fOrmality.
There are some other interesting
facts connected with the election Of
a president that are not generally
known. Men holding places under the
government are not permitted to act
as electors. In 1897 it was discovered
after the electors were appointed that
North Carolina, New Hampshire and
Connecticut had selected electors who
were deputy postmasters. congress
sional committee, headed by Henry
Clay. held that their votes must be re-
jected. 1t happened that Van Buren,
was elected regardless of these votes,
but it might easily happen in a close
election, that some mlschance would
defeat the will of the states. Also.
the constitution requires that the cleo
tors shall meet on the same day. In
1857 a snowstorm kept the Wiscon-
sin electors from meeting until the day
following the appointed date. The
Georgia electors have voted twice on
the wrong day. In none of these cases
did the irregular votes count. and in
none did their loss change the result.
The states, and not the people, elect
the president. Thus, while in part the
electoral representation Is based on the
population because there is one elector
for each congressman, in part it is
based on states rights" because there
is an electOr for each senator, and for
each state there are two senators re-
gardleSS of it's size.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Death Claims
Aged Pioneer

Chris Sturm, aged IS years, one of
the oldest pioneer settlers of the Wal
la Walla valley, died at his home on
Sturm avenue, this morning at 9:55
o'clock. following an Illness of four
weeks caused by paralysis. Although
he had been i'll for only four weeks,
Mr.. Stu1m has been failing for more
than a year past.
Mr.. Sturm was born in April, 1884.
and came to the Walla Walla valley
in 1857, living here continuously since
that time. For many years he was
engaged in business, but Of late years
has confined his attention to farming.
He was a member of Washington
lodge, A. O. L. W., and was one of the
more popular members of those organ
iZations. Besides his wife, Mr.. Sturm
is survived by four children. George
Sturm, of Starbuck; Mrs. J. 4. MOrrin,
Of Peachland, Calf; Mrs. w. L. Rus
sell, of Walla Wala, and Chris
Sturm, Jr.. of this city.
The funeral Will be held from the
home Wednesday afternoon at 1:3O
o'clock. Interment will be in the odd
Fellows cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Ice Bath for Sleighing Party

get proper bearings. And suddenly the
sleigh went through the ice into
about three or four feet of water. All
were soaked to Their waists and had to
wade out as best they could. 1t took
nearly an hour however, to eXtrlcate
the horses and get them unhitched.
The sled was left in the water, as 1t
was utterly impossible TO get it out
through the ice and water.
The party then started out on foot
wet and half frozen, looking for shell
ter. Luckily they came upon a de-
serted farmhouse, and soon had large
fire roaring. 1t was due to the f1ood
they owed the protection of the house.
as it's occupants had moved out De-
cause their home is inaccessible. The
night was spent drying out and toast
ing around the fire, wondering as 10
the results of the trip.
When morning daWned. the party
found themselves near the interurbah
car line and took the first car back to
Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11

Fast in the ice through which they
broke, unable to pull the sleigh to
which they were hitChed, out of the icy
cold water the horses drawing the big
bob sled in which the employees of
the Walla Walla Paper & Stationery
company We're riding, went down. and
the occupants of the sleigh were forced
to wade to their waists for hundred
yards, with no relief or aid in sight.
1t was Saturday night this eX-
perience happened to the clerks of the
Corner" and the Book Nook" They
are social bunch and got up sleigh
ing party among themselves. Driving
to Milton, they enjoyed themselves
there for awhile and then set back on
the return.
When the Sunnyside ditch was
reached, in the neighborhoOd of the
state line, the country was found
flooded Or rather it had been flooded
and was then covered with ice Owing
to the snow, it had not frozen to any
depth and it was also owing to the
snow that the driver was unable TO
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-What is
likely to be the most important ses-
sion ever held by the executive COM
mittee of the American Federation of
Labor was convened here today. With
iaiI sentences hanging over the three
leaders of the federation, Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison, vital issues af-
fecting the organized laborers of the
country are up for discussion.
Resolutions sustaining the attitude
of the leaders of the big organization
with its 10000 odd councils and 2,O0O,-
600 of members will be submitted, and
the policy of the federation, in view OF
the courts action and scathing ar
raignment carried in the decision, Will
be outlined.
Secretary Morrison, one of the con-
victed men. discussed the case in the
following manner:
we propose to exhaust every effort
To sustain our right to free press
and free speech. | am confident that
the position taken by the federation Is
right. and that the people of this coun-
trv will ratify this attitude. l believe
thev will give the trades unlonlsts the
same rights and privileges that are be-
ing accorded to trades unionists In
Great Britain-as provided for by the
trades dispute act adopted there two
wears ago. Mr.. GOmpers referred Il
that act in his speech to the court
ITndnr the act. a union cannot be
muIcted in damages on account of
strike.
1T seems" said Mr.. Morrison, THAI
in the district of Columbia there i;
really no limit to the sentence that car
he imposed for contempt of court. In
great many states there is limit. III
| New York, for instance, six months l:
| the maximum.
eve propose he added, ito exhaus
every effort to sustain our right to
free press and a free speech. / believe
and I am confident that the position
taken by the federation is right, ant
that the citizens of this country vii
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
TiIIman Replies to Roosevelt

for one kind of a criminal and run
ming down another. Mark you. he
knew about this deal since July"
The senator devoted much of his
speech to the presidents delay in
making it public, and then plunged
into a lengthy discussion of his con-
nection with the land deal He ad-
mitted the authenticity of some of the
letters. attached to Roosevelt's letter
to congress on tile subject. He severe
ly arraigned Roosevelt for helping
his dear friend Hartman, to hold two
million acres of public domain be-
cause Tillfnan wanted to purchase
| 400 acres"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Weather Slightly Warmer But
Still is Plenty Cold EnOuqh

t'ea made for county aid, but for the
most part people of the city have
Weathered it through in good shape.
Many cases of frostbitten ears and
frozen toes are reported over the city,
the most of these being due to the
fact that the persons who are suffer-
ers did not appreciate the fact that
the weather was really cold
Local traffic conditions are again
normal and street cars are making the
regular schedules. In the Walla Walla
valley the snow is not deep enough to
block trains and the fact that they
are late is due to waiting for main
line connections.
Through the mountains the snow is
many feet deep and has proven a
great hindrance to traffic. Along the
Columbia river, between The Dalles and
that the o. r. & n. company took off
two trains, Nos. and 4, until the
track is cleared.
In the east the storm is spending
itself without getting to the Atlantic
coast. Chicago this morning had a
temperature Of six degrees above zero,
while ST Louis had four to the good
ST. Paul, however, is still chilly, with
the mercury down to IS below.
Local indications are that the
weather will be cold for the next -
hours, with snow mixed in at occa o.
slCnal intervals Some % the old
timers claim thay can see chinotk
iE the Sky, but tie weather bureau
sees nothing tha' promises relief
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
William H. Taft is Elected
President of United States

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-William
Howard Taft was elected president
Of the United States by the electors
who gathered today in the capital
cities of the various states to cast their
votes for president and vice. president
Although the returns VIII not be
canvassed by congress until next
month. it is confidently anticipated
that Taft and Sherman have been
successful in today's election.
The principal business before to-
Gays sessions Of the state electors was
the selection Of messengers to carry
the news to Washington. Each state
selects such a messenger, and in most
of them there have been many candi-
dates for the honor.
According to the law the state
electors at tOdays sessions, will eff
feet their own organization, select
their presiding officer and tellers, cast
their votes and select from their num-
Der the messenger to carry copy of
the results of their vote to be delivered
to the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives Two more copies will be
forwarded by mail. according to the
constitution of the United States. Con-
gress, having received all of the cleo
toral votes from all the states passes
on the result.
In theory these electors are free to
choose whom they please-and this
was designed to be the case by the
makers of the cOnStitutiOn-but in
practice they vote for the candidate
nominated by the party whose electO-
raj ticket they represent. This they
do not in obedience to law but to par
ty pledge and custom, and In Ameri-
can history there never has been a
case where this custom and party
pledges were violated.
AS they are pledged, and it is
known to whom they are pledged, there
is no uncertainty about the result,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Dorsey Hill Receiver
OF WdIId WdIld Fire

Falling this morning from the snug
berth of the county clerks office which
he has held for five years, Dorsey M.
Hill landed this afternoon in the re-
ceivership of the Walla Walla Fire In
surance company.
His appointment was a compromise
and bitter personal argument and dis
play of animosity by the attorneys
representing the creditors of the COM
pany. The Hollon Parker company,
and the Walla Walla Fire Insurance
company. asked for the appointment
of John w. McGhee Jr, while the
other creditors asked for either A. K.
Dice. r E. Allen or f. H. Boyer They
stated, however. that any fair minded
man would be suitable to them.
The appointment was postponed
from last Friday, when Judge BrentS
gave both sides an additional time to
hear arguments. The case was set at
10 o'clock this morning, but again
postponed to o'clock this afternoon.
Attorney J. L. Sharpstein opened fire
At the session of court, being spokes-
man for Attorneys GOse & Gose. Ed
Mills. and others. He stated that the
petition presented by the attorneys ask
ing for McGhee, in which the petit
TONERS asked for his appointment as
creditors, was obtained under false
pretenses and he read affidavits and
, statements from policy holders to that
effect. He eliminated d. H. Cox, stock
holder of the Walla Walla Fire to the
extent of $4,000 f. l.. Smalley, a
$4,000 Stockholder the HOllOWays and
the ParkerS. and stated that aside
from these there was only $3.50 rep
resented that desired the appointment
Of McGhee. He read an affidavit sign
ed by himself that he had interviewed
these policy holders personally and
that they did not want McGhee. He
laid that Elam's bank had $4,000 ac-
cOrding to its certificate to the state
examiner. that had not been account
ed for, and that Elam wanted McGhee.
Closing he asked for any man in the
county, Of fair mind and ability.
Replying, f. +. Barker, in bitter
attack said that the matter of distinc-
tion between policy halders and credi-
tors was settled by law and that the
moment a receiver was appointed the
policy holders are creditors. He said
that the influence of a lawyer who
would so to these people and secure
their signatures, as had been done
should bear no weight He asked for
McGhee. he said, because he was a
fair man and he had first suggested
him.
Judge Brents cut the fireworks short
intercepting a reply by Mr.. Sharpstein
by saying that he regretted the bitter
ness in the matter and that while he
entertained the highest respct for Mr..
McGhee he felt it would place him in
an embarrassing position and therefore
he would name a man who had not
been suggested He then presented the
name OF Dorsey NJ. Hill. No opposi-
tion was made by either side to the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-11
Le0iSIdture Meets
MeigS is Speaker

being made on the various questions
which are to come before the session.
\ bitter struggle over local option and
race track gambling is inevitable.
There are no new developments in
the governorship question. 1t is gener-
ally believed here that Cosgrove wi
come up to be inaugurated as soon as
he storm breaks Meanwhile Mead is
holding down the governors chair. If
t is apparent that Cosgrove will not
be here for some weeks, the matter
nav get into the courts.
Governor Meads message to the le-
gislature. one of the longest N
history of the state, it is said. will
probably be read tomorrow or the day
following.