The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-29
Monday.

Monday.
Thomas Hueston, pool champion,
meets Jerome Keogh, in New York for
the worlds championship.
Trial of Patrick Calhoun, accused of
attempting to bride supervisors in con-
nection with overhead trolley fran
chises, begins at San Francisco, Cal.
Governments attorneys time for TAX
ing testimony in suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil company expires.
John D. Rockefeller begins duty as
foreman of grand jury which will in
vestigate white slave" traffic in New
York
Defendants in suit brought by the
United States against the Union Pa
cific and other roads to bring about
the dissolution of the merger of the
so-called Hartman lines. begins taking
testimony at Cheyenne, Wyo., today
John Mitchell vice president of the
American Federation of Labor makes
a speech as guest of honor at the At
bration tonight.
Tuesday.
Battling Nelson starts training at
Millets, in the California hills, for his
fight with AID Wolgast for the light
weight championship of the world.
Voters in second congressional
district of Georgia vote today to select
a successor to the late James NJ
Griggs, M. C.
Illinois puts into effect law prohib-
iting into that state importation of cat
tie from California, Oklahoma, Texas,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis-.
sippi, Tennessee, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, unless accompanied by certi-
ficates from United States bureau of
animal industry that they are free
from fever
Edward Payson Weston, the veteran
pedestrian starts another trans con-
tinental walk from Los Angeles, with
the promise of making the trip from
ocean to ocean in 100 days.
Oliver Splitter, the dock superin-
tendent at New York, convicted with
four others in governments sugar
frauds suit, to be sentenced by Judge
Martin
Tired of getting up before break
fast to get a train from New Britain,
Conn, to New York every morning
President T. j. Lynch of the national
league, makes New York his residen-
tial city beginning from today.
Legislative committee of New York
! legislature today makes report on pri-
mary reform investigation. 1t is ex-
pected that the action will mark the
beginning of a bitter fight which will
be test of Governor Hughes strength
in the republican party in New York
The .22Calibre- Rifle League of
J America begins indoor rifle tournament
at Pittsburg, at which prominent rifle
men from all parts of the country will
compete for indoor honors.
| Henry S. Graves, former director of
the Yale forestry school, assumes
duties as United States forester. sue
ceeding Clifford Pinchot, who was re-
mover as result of his controversy
with Secretary of Interior Richard Bal
linger.
Mrs. Russell Sage gives $3.50, 900 tc
Yale university to obtain a new earn
pus at the head of Hillhouse avenue
The gift is the second largest in the
history of the institution
President Thomas Chivington today
removes headquarters of the American
Association of Baseball clubs from
| Milwaukee to Chicago.
Franco Canadian tariff treaty be-
comes effective today. Upon conces-
sions which Canada will give Seven
teen most favored nations" will depend
future tariff relations of Canada and
the United States.
| Government printing office begins
new method of printing postal cards
which will be an Improvement over the
| method of the private contractor The
cards will be printed from rolls of
cardboard instead of sheets, the sup