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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Sunday School
Association is
Meeting Today

The final day session of the Coun-
ty Sunday School association was
held this afternoon at the Y M. G.. A
under the leadership of President
Robert Carey. Mr. Carey, with the
assistance of Rev. c. j. Boppell, of
Spokane, general secretary of the In
land Empire Sunday School associa-
ton, has been holding meetings in
Touchet and Prescott for the purpose
Of organizing the whole eounty into
effective associations His plan has
been to divide the county into dis
tricts, one known as the West Walla
Walla, comprising all the small towns
in the western part of the county; a
second known as the East Walla Wall
la district embracing all the eastern
portion of the county; and the third
consisting of Walla Walla city.
The meeting held this afternoon
closed the work of the association at
present and both Mr.. Carey and Rev.
Boppen are enthused with the results
obtained, both in number of members
enrolled and the interest and help they
have received by the people of Tou-
chet. Prescott and Walla Walla. Some
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11

abraham Lincoln was not a rougn'
unco11th character who fitted into the
history of the United States by mere
accident. He was a cultured gentle
man. educated in human experience.
Such was the main thought brought
out nv Rev. DR.. Alexander Blackburn
of the First Baptist church of Baker
CITY. who spoke to the students OF
Whitman college this morning on the
life of Abraham Lincoln.
DIR. Blackburn is a veteran OF the
civil war. He heard Lincoln denver
several of his great speeches and his
,.o,,,;nenscences of Americas great
statesman were told in n vivid, real
;stic manner which made their i'm
nrese all the more great on the minds
of those who were fortunate enough
,oFbave heard the address. DIR. Black
burn spoke in part:
.sThe great characters in history can
only be studied at distance as we
recede from them I doubt if We ever
know the greatness of Lincoln. The
best biography of his life is yet to be
written. Walt Whitman has declared
that no artist has ever caught the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
DR.. Blackburn Speaks on Lincoln

true expression of the sadness of
Lincoln's face"
He was born in Hardin county,
Kentucky in February II. 1909, of En-
glish descent The influence of his
mother was one of the greatest things
in the young boys life. His mother
died when he was but nine years old
yet the influence and the remembrance
of her dominated his actions during
his entire lifetime
"One of the distince features of his
early life was his power of assimila :
ing knowledge He began to be edu-
Gated from his early childhood. The
five books which he read when yet a
young lad and which We're only obtain
ed by him through borrowing which
he studied and which widened greatly
his views of life. These books We're
the Bible. Pilgrims Progress Ae-
sops Fables Life of Washington"
and History of the United States!es
AT this point Dr. Blackburn illus
trated his address with several stories
of Lincoln's great overgrown form
and his early ambition that some day
he would be president of the United
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11

States The power of Lincoln's wit
and his memory were two strong
features which pulled him out of many
tight places and which made his life
among his people popular and trust
worthy. During his late youth Lin
coin took trip to New Orleans on a
flat boat and saw for the first time
the sight of human slave auction.
The sight left an indeliable impress
OH his mind and he vowed then and
there that he would hit that institu-
ton some day and that he would hit
it hard How hard he did hit will be
remembered in the Emancipation
Proclamation which was issued jan
uarv /, 1868, in which all the slaves
in the seceeded states were liberated.
Zone of the most interesting and in
tense times in the history of the Unit
ed States and also in the life OF Lin
coin was during the period of the late
fifties when the slavery question was
the burning issue of the day. The
Missouri Compromise, the Fugitive
slave law. the Dred Scott decision, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Posse Hunting
Double Murderer

TYLERTOWN, Miss, Feb. 11.-A
posse is hunting Sylvester Bearden,
aged 25 who killed George Walker and
his daughter Inez with a shot gun and
beat two of Walkers children into in
senSibility with the butt of the. gun.
The children are expected to die.
Bearden visited Inez last night and
Walker ordered him away. Bearden
got a gun and ran amuck.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Health Officials Has Plan
For Sanitation Of
The City.
PRESENT FORCE TO
HANDLE THE WORK
Commercial club to Appoint
Committee to Take
Up the Matter.

Plans whereby the garbage question
in this city during the coming season
may be handled in more Satisfac-
tory manner, are being considered this
week by Health Officer Dr. E. E.
Shaw, Sanitary Inspector w C. Gates
of the city council the idea being to
district the city, giving each wagon
man a certain territory to care for. 1t
is probable the street commissioner
and the health officials will work in
cooperation to the end that the resi-
dence portion of the town may be Civ
en- better attention, and as soon as
weather > conditions will permit, the
campaign for cleaner city is to be
taken up.
According to plans as now outlined,
it is proposed to divide the city into
six separate districts, one to be as
signed to each of the six drivers in
the employ of the department. BY
this method each driver would be held
responsible for the condition of his
portion of the town, and any complaint
made by property owners would be
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11

BIRTHDAY

Tomorrow will be Lincoln's birth
day, and as it is a legal holiday in the
state of Washington, all banks, coun-
ty, city and federal offices will be
closed. The business houses will not
observe the holiday, however, and
there will be no cessatio1 Of trade.
The schools and col.rG-,- o-served
the day today, owing to the fact THAI
no sessions are held Oh Saturday. Ar-
propriate exercises were hell in all
the grade and high schools, and DR..
Blackburn spoke ut Whitman college.
The G.. A. r. AMI its anxil'iarieS, tn
w R. c. and the Circle G. a. r., will
meet tomorrow aftern"1n and make
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Small Damage from
fire This Morning

Both fire departments were called
telephone alarm from the home OF
Samuel Loney at Second and Oak
streets. where fire in the basement
threatened the destruction of the build
ing. The chemical from the central sta
ton was placed in immediate operation
and this controlled the blaze until
line of hose could be laid and water
turned on. Within 10 minutes after
the fire boys arrived on the scene, the
flames were under control, though fire
was shooting from the windows upon
their arrival and dense clouds Oh
smoke made their work difficult.
The damage. which consists chiefly
of the scorching of the ceiling OF the
basement. and minor breaks to the
furnace pipes will not exceed $500. The
flames did not reach the upper portion
of the dwelling, though some smoke
filed the rooms on the first floor. Lit.
tie damage was done, however, either
by smoke or water.
According to the firemen, the blaze
was caused by ashes and SCOT IN the
f,ue of the fire. place becoming lgniteo
and dropping to an opening IN 1he
basement used for cleaning away the
accumulation of ashes. TINS open
ing. several inches square, had not
been closed, and the burning soot
started a fire in large quantity Oh
kindlines stored near the fiue. The boys
from the central station handled the
<14:-.a IN Do ore FOuf.1
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
High Cost of Life
The Cause of Death

BERKELEY, Calf, Feb. 11-Un-
'ence in the face of increased cost of
living, n. +. Williams, civil war vet
eran early today shot his wife and
committed suicide in their humble
West Berkeley home The aged man
fired at his wife as she lay asleep in
bed The bullet graZed her forehead.
making slight flesh wound. Evident
" he thought he had accomplished his
himself and sent two bullets in his
brain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Republican Papers Stand on
Ratio of Five to One
Against Him.
INDEPENDENTS ARE
EIGHTEEN TO ONE
Straw Vote of the Chicago
Tribune Overwhelming
Against Uncle Joe.

CHICAGO, Feb. Republican
newspapers Of the west today stand
on ratio of five to one against the
reelection of Speaker Cannon to the
speakership in the next congress. while
the poll shows ratio of is to one
against his reelection among the in
dependents west cf the vicinity of Chi
cago The poll was conducted by the
Chicago Tribune in the states OF Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana. Wisconsin,
Iowa. Kansas. Colorado, oklahoma,
Utah, Wyoming, Minnesota, North Da-
k0ta, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, California, Neva-
da. Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The following questions were asked: !:
First-Is Joseph Cannon, of Illinois,
YOUR choice for the speaker of the next
congress?
Second-Do YOU endorse the Aldrich-
Cannon tariff law or the Aldrich-
Cannon organization of the senate and
house.
The replies to the first question
Which the editors returned, would have
settled the fate of the speaker had the
@lotne actually been among the
congressional constituencies represent
ed. The republican editors declared
against Cannon 1858 strong. But 81
Independent editors favored his re-
election, while 541 voted an emphatic
No.
Supporters Of the Aldrich- Cannon
Tariff and the regular organization OF
"e senate and house were similarly in
NE minority. Eight and twelve repub-
'ean editors declared for the tariff and
0e organization. Opposed were 2,6S6
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
ReinhOld HdrrdS
Case is Settled

Bv. a decisions rendered this week, the
supreme court of oregon put an end
to the famous Hheinhold Harras case
which has been in the courts of Ore
gon for the past three years, the court
having denied a rehearing of the case,
and forever cancelling and holding
void the lease made by Desire St Den
mis- on $40 acres of reservation land to
Hheinhold Harras. Though Harras' in
terests in the lease had been trans
ferred to Attorney w. D. Bailey, of
Pendleton. the case has been fought
under the name of Harras.
This decision of the supreme court
ends a long and bitter legal battle LOT
possession of one of the most valuable
farms on the reservation. 1t VIII be
remembered that Rheinhold Harras Sc
cured the lease from ST. Dennis while
the two were in Walla Waila three
wears ago It was to run for a period OF
fen wears and the rental to be paid
was not as much as the use of the
land was worth
Soon after the lease was made 81
Dennis brought suit to have 1t can
celled. alleging that Harras had maoe
him drunk in order to get him TO sign
the lease and that it should therefore
he held invalid. Before the case was
settled. ST. Dennis died, but the nsh'
was continued with his widow. Agnes
st. Dennis, as the plaintiff.
The case was finally carried 70 'ne
supreme court of the state where Har-
ras or Bailey lost out. pe'ition ioi
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Shasta Limited
Has Close Cali

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.-After a
narrow escape from being wrecked at
Roseburg, Ore, the Shasta limited of
the Southern Pacific arrived here to-
day Engineer Butler, of the limited,
was slightly injured and it is estimated
the damage to rolling stock is $500.
The limited is reported to have
struck the ed of a freight car which
had beee left on the crossing, partly
over the track of the main line. The
limited struck the car and derailed
another, but the flyer did not neave
the track. Passegers on the limited
were jolted but none was injured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Mrs. Hyde Does
Not KnOW vet

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Hyde
is probably the only person here who
doesn't know of her huSbandS arrest
on the charge of killing Swope She is
ill and hasn't been told that Hyde is
out under bond. Today he consulted
Attorney Conkling, whose action in en-
darsing Hyde's. application for release
on bail created surprise, the prose-
cutor's action being unusual in first
degree murder charges
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Newsies Want to Dominate
Field and Object to
"Scabs Butting In
HAVE ORGANIZED
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Will Request the Circulation
Managers to Refuse Sale
To Non Members.

Walla Walla has now blossomed in
to the real city class by the organl-
zation of Newsboys union, which Is
in full working order, the union hav-
ing been effected at a meeting held
in the Y. M. c.. A. this week, officers
being elected as follows: Harry Con-
ger, president; Clifford Berg. vice
president; Charles Gonzer. secretary
c. w. Hadden, treasurer The object
of the organization, which will have
about Is members, is to ostracize those
newsies who take up the work of SELL
ing papers on the streets whenever
they desire for few cents for spend
ing money, and do not follow the Oc-
cupation for permanent support A
number of the boys who daily "cry''
Continued on Page FOur)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Eighty Killed in
Volcano Eruption

r0HI llMoN, Costa Rica, Feb. II.
s"V persons were killed by the
F'0" OF Poas, according to reports
which say the eruption which
"e worst in the history Of the
''a'n' has ceased. The deaths were
oy stones thrown from the
scientists forsee in the eruption
"na of severe earthquakes in
america and the Panama zone
nave warned Washington to
s'nen the vulnerable spots in the
- construction in preparation for
aaakes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
GENERAL CHAMORRO CAN CAPTURE CAPITAL.
OF NICARAGUA WHENEVER HE
DEEMS IT OPPORTUNE.
Revolutonsts Win Sweeping Victories Over the Army
of Madriz and Fall of Managua Seems Certain
Kidding the Country of Opposition

BLUEFlELDS, Nicaragua, Feb. H.
(By Wireless to CoIon.)-Chamorr
has three thousand we'll trained men
under his command and he will capt
ure Manasua whenever he deems it
opportune, according to couriers arriv-
ing today from the scene of fighting
at Lagarita, Santa Clara. The couriers
say that Mena. completely victorious
at LaGarita, Santa Clara, was COM
PEELED to retire. to Moosan where he
set himself the task of holding the
governments troops while Chamorro ad-
vanced to Managua
Chamorro's intention was to ap-
proach from the northwest to rid the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
Ourn to Death
IN Their Home

'oN' Ohio. Feb. 1t.-Mrs.
NJ. nays aged so, an invalid. and
b., '0es' aged so, a nurse, were
70 Death; and Hubert HAYS,
"a, ~ vas probably fatally burned
""'n their home burned. HAYS
p.. n0 unconscious in the snow
N,. mouse and the ~omen's bodies
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
ALLEN SANITY
CASE IN COURT

Using many gestures and acting in
his customary nervous manner, John
B. Allen was on the stand this morn
ing protesting strongly that he was the
sanest member of the Allen family and
that he was perfectly rational and ca
pable of taking care of himself. AL
len said he was railrOaded to the asy-
lurn once where he was confined for
five or six months between October
1907 and April, 1908 He was very
bitter against the witnesses brought
rr,optinnad On page Four)
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coast of several government forces in
that section. This explains the capture
of Natagalpa, the capital of the prov
'nce OF the same name, by the revoiu-
tIonists, news of which has just reached
here. Couriers say that if Chamorro
had marched directly to Manaeua he
would have taken the city last Tuesday
or Wednesday. Twenty six of Menas'
men were killed and sixty wounded at
Santa Clara, where they were greet :
y outnumbered. General BIandeI was
among the killed. "Gabe" Conrad, an
American, was wounded at Santa Cia-
ra, and brought here today, is suffering
with bad abdominal wounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11
CZdrind Very III
And may not Live

EYDTKUHNEN, Russia, Feb IL
The czarina's condition is critical to-
day She is not able to recognize her
husband and children Dispatches are
strictly censored The czarina is suf-
fering from hysteria and periods of
|melancholia and it is believed death
will come in short time.
Dying of Fear.
LONDON, Feb 1.-THE real nature
of the illness of the Empress of Rus
sia told in today's dispatches is prob
ably concealed by the official censors
at st. Petersburg and Eydtkuhnen.
The illness of the czarina is popularly
believed to be an affectation of the
brain caused BY the constant fear of
anarchistic and nihilistic plots. There
is scarcely a day passes but that in
formation concerning pIu-- TO destroy
the czar or some member of the royal
family reaches the palace.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-11

arrangements to attend in a body the
services to be held at the Park Street
Baptist church in their honor, at which
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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
Dell House library.

A search for a child short story,
THE Griffin and the Minor Canon"
In a volume all by itself revealed to a
persistent city shopper the thought
and money that are expended on the
furnishing of dolls houses. Book
stores had not the story in a single
volume, but in department store
one young woman interviewed had re-
Gently been transferred from the toy
department and was able to contribute
a helpful hint.
Il think she said you can find it
In one of the dolls houses down
stairs"
Curiosity had by that time become
a sauce to literature, so the shopper
hurried downstairs to inspect the doll
houses. Three of the most expensive
houses contained Libraries consisting
of a score of diminutive books and
each book contained a child's story
complete. One of them was 1.-THE
Griffin and the Minor Canon"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
nave ceased to think of the young

nave ceased to think of the young
lan.
Miss Wells expected to find a sulky
Ind obstinate young lady in Miss
can, but was agreeably disappointed.
The new pupil settled right into place
ind gave no trouble. Inste ad of sulk
ing she sang There were fifteen
other girls, and while all of them
constantly kicked about the weak
soups and the oleomargarine on the
thought 1t was romantic. No other
woman in the world would have sus-
Dected her of duplicity, but Miss Wells
did. Her heart and hand had never
man, but she could figure that If such
had been the case she would not have
given him up so easily. A mother
light be hoodwinked, but an old maid
never.
And Miss Wells vigilance was soon
rewarded Within four weeks she
opened the prison door to youpg
ran with pencil and notebook IL
hand He was taking the census o.
Tue country That scar? 1t was
here,
Go away, sir" cried Miss Wells.
and the door was banged on his heels
A week later, when the grocers
delivery boy drove up to the kitchen
n Trough the back gate, Thomas passed
HIM with grumble. Something
warned Miss Wells. She left a class
10 walk through to the kitchen, and.
b. hold, the grocer's boy was a young
man. And the scar? Yes, it was
II ere; but though he was driven
n.aay he went with his head up ana
determined look on his face.
Then the various small boys earned
various quarters by hanging around
the grounds, but they failed in their
attempts if they had notes to deliver.
Oae day one of the girls gashed her
hand A doctor was sent for to dress
It With him came young medical
student. That is, he got as far as
the door again. and then that scar
gave him away,
Miss Jean Kelly had been In the
school for three months when Miss
Wells got a shock. One of the girls
turned tattle-tale. She announced
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
INSURGENTS MAKE GOOD SHOW.
Results in California Indicate That
Roosevelt LEAGUE ic in Control.

San Francisco.-Complete returns
still are lacking in the state primary
vote of Wednesday but every column
of figures that comes in from the re-
mote counties only adds to the insur'
gent victory all along the line
The plurality c. Hiram w. Johnson,
insurgent candidate for the Repub-
ican nomination for governor, now Is
estimated at 10000. Alden Anderson,
regu,ar Republican. did not carry a
single county, Charles f. Curry left
San Francisco with $500 more votes
than Johnson. but the southern re-
turns wiped this out.
The battle lines now are being
planned for the election fight between
Johnson and Theodore A. Bel, the
Democratic nominee. The Democrats
express every confidence of winning,
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
IS GAYNOR WORSE?
CURRENT RUMOR ANTAGONlZES
OPTIMISTIC BULLETINS SENT
OUT BY HIS PHYSICIANS.
Fact Pointed Out That Bulletins Are
Confined to Bare Statements.

New York Officially nothing but
good news came from st. Mary's hos
pital in Hoboken Wednesday con-
corning the condition of Mayor Cay
nor
According to his physicians this
was his best day since being shot in
the neck last Tuesday This state
ment was contained in bulletin, both
positive and optimistic, issued at 9:15
Wednesday night, instead of at $50,
as heretofore:
"915 p. Midday has been the
best day the mayor has experienced
since his injury, and this evenig he
is stronger than at any previous time.
There is no foundation for the
alarming rumors which have been in
circulation. If conditions continue as
satisfactory as they are now only two
daily bulletins will be issued here
after.
"Arlitz, Brewer, Stewart, Dowd,
Parrish"
Reports from the hospital that the
bulletins from the mayors bedside
were masking the whole truth were
widely current Wednesday afternoon
and evening with considerable basis
for credence beneath them.
Counte. balancing the disquieting
rumors, the mayor was able to take
milk, toast and eggs, the nearest ap-
proach to solid food since he was
wounded The immediate members of
his family still see him only for brief
intervals, and nobody else but the doc
tors, Secretary Adamson and the
nurses see him at all.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-20
TRY This, This Summer,

The very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to soda fountain
and get glass of Coca-Cola 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles-5c everywhere
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ca, for their free booklet THE Truth
About Coca-Cola" Tells what Coca
Cola is and why it is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa-
ton compiled by authorities.