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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

place whose sole attraction is the best
climate in the country Think OF it
and this the twentieth century.
And then look at the tyrant Mack.
more active than any of the others
specializing in human flesh. He had so
many slaves that he had to spend $780,
900 last year to give them shelter.
In a few weeks the unspeakable
Mack will command about As OF his
conscripts to leave for the south
While free American citizens in the
north are having their legs trapped by
bowling March winds, and once in q
while doing Brodie on an icy pave
ment, these lowly serfs VIII be in the
south, breathing in the mild air. and
taking drives through lanes studded
with palm trees
A mockmgbrd's song. or. perhaps, n
5lushing strawberry showing it's head
in the roadside. may break the slaves
SORROWS and give him hope that some
day he will enjoy the liberty of a w.
W. V. II. motorman. a wild dream,
yes; but it may come true.
But there is surcease, even for a
slave. At last, about the first of April.
the cruel overseers lash their whips
and drive them north again. Then, I'M
til October, they are compelled to toll
two hours an afternoon in the feds.
Here they sweat, fret and fume un-
til their work is finished, when they
pick up their tools and disappear into
catacombs where they are kept.
Crowds watch them as, with down.
cast heads. they drag their feet away
Possibly one of the number has not
done his work well. Maybe he I'M
hooked a wild throw or booted
! grounder in the ninth and it cost the
game. If such a thing happens, then he
will receive nothing but taunts by the
onlookers.
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Fighters Delayed While
Tdlk-FeSt is GOi1lQ on

promoters in the bidding war. He
points out that all the squabbling is
being carried on merely to keep the
match before the public, and that the
place has already been chosen. 1t
sounds very possible. The chain OF
myterious circumstances that have
characterized the picture fight" from
the time the alleged articles were sign
ed in Hoboken, taken into considera-
ton, makes anything belevable.
Richards Reputed Offer.
The fact that there is to be given
s101, 900 to the principals if the fight
color to the San Francisco story. If
Richard had not known for certain
where the contest would be held, if at
all, he would not have agreed to part
with the thousands. Furthermore, it
must not be forgotten that Jeffries
and Johnson are enlightening our
vaudeville audiences the country over
with their acts. That publicity is a
most valuable accessory to a theatre
cal enterprise is unquestioned. The
Richard Gleason vocal war has certain
ly kept the actor pugilist before the
public.
One would believe that harmony
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
SLAVERY RANK ON
BASEBALL DIAMOND

In California there is another Abra-
ham Lincoln, who wants to break the
letters of the baseball slave.
The professional ball player of to-
day" he says, lis as much in bondage
as the black who toiled away his life
in the southern cotton fields before the
war of the rebellion. Congress should
rout out the ubiquitous reserve clause
and make the ball player as much of
freeman as a person engaged in any
other occupation
1t is up to President Taft now to
investigate this condition of serfdom,
which is in such plain defiance of the
constitution (the Spalding Guide) they
use to run the government. Let the
president tear himself loose from
Washington and stick with a big
he will discover things winch will
stagger him.
in New York last week and watched
how Johnny McC;raw, overseer of the
John T. Brushs plantation. forced
slave Christy Mathewson to accept
something in the vicinity of $4,000 to
travel in the Giants de luxe specials
for period of six months.
Unable to escape it. Matty has to
live in robin blue suites at the toppy
caravansaries and dine on terrapin
and broiled peacock livers Doesn't the
patriotic corpuscles of every true
American simmer at the degradation
forced on poor Matty?
Take the two Simon Legrees VINO
control the PhiIlies and Athletics.
President Fogers first act after getting
the club was to tighten the shackles
of the vassals he owns. Almost every
day he puts a new unfortunate In
bondage. Throughout the country he
has slave traders buying up other hu-
man freight to consign to Philadelphia
Late in February all of these men
will be herded together in Philadesa
phia like so many cattle, and snen
placed on a special train and taken to
Southern Pines, North Carolina, a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

BOSTON. Feb. 1.-THE popular
ity Of John L. Sullivan, the former
heavyweight champion pugilist, never
seems to Wane. When the big fellow
appeared on the pier recently with
his newly welded wife and accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jake kilrain,
to sail on the Iverni for an extended
trip in Great Britain and Ireland, an
immense and enthusiastic crowd was
on hand to greet him Sullivan's
chief reason for taking trip to Eu
rope is said to be his desire to renew
his acquaintance with King Edward.
Twenty-Five years ago the only John
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WALLA WALLA Y. NC. n.
DEFEATS NORTH YAKIMA

Word was received last night that
the local "Y'' basketball team de-
feated North Yakima by a score of 81
to 81 The contest was said TO have
been the most interesting played in
North Yakima this year, and there was
large crowd present. The team work
of the locals won the game, no one
trying to star, while Page for Yakima
played a star game, throwing 10 out of
the II baskets made.
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one years ago the pair We're bitter en-
emieS. On July s in Richburg, Miss,
Sullivan and Kilrain met and fought
one of the most brutal bare knuckle
battles ever held. In the seventy fifth
round Kilrain's seconds threw up the
sponge as q token of defeat. Shortly
after the battle the men met and be-
came fast friends For the last two
years the pair have been appearing
on the vaudeville circuit in a boxing
stunt Upper illsutration shows Mr..
and Mrs. Sullivan on the left and EIr.
and Mrs. Kilrain on right on board the
Ivernia Lower pictures show the
men as they appeared when they
fought that memorable battle in 1889.
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SIR LB ~ IsD

fight company, incor by now. As
viii be remem bered, the conflicting
statements aired while promoters are
fighters conferred in this city were
many. However, it was thought that
every phase would be Strengthened out
before a month There would be no
more disagreements.
But such does not seem to be the
case Occasionally John Arthur john
son let's drop a remark or two that
causes the sporting world to scratch
its head in bewilderment, bordering
whether the men ever will enter the
ring. All Of which does not tend to
Continued On Page Fonr.)
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/ LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD
TENNIS
WRESTLING
RACING
BOXING

Seattle, the managers of the Univer-
sity and Whitman teams have agreed
on Tom Steele of the local High school.
Steel is himself good player, knows
the game well and will undoubtedly
make a splendid referee. The time
of halves will be twenty minutes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

The very offer that may mean
great advantage to you may be here
day and gone tomorrow, snapped
Up by more watchful classified
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On account of the fact that +. b. APP
piegate of the city Y. NJ. C. A who
usually referees all inter collegiate
contests in this city. is at present in
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the most deadly poisons known From
what We know % the nature Of comets
tails the matter in them 10 exceedingly
rare.
Then too the test ~ the spectroScOpS
10 very delicate. OF necessity We
must assume that compared with the
density OF the sarth's atmosphere the
amJsnt Of cyanoeen 10 vanishingly small
and IL IL could penetrate to the earth's
surface the percentage Of cyAnOgsn in
tho air would bs 20 small that NO possible
harm could result. hat the earth -
covered with thick envelope Of air thou
sands Of times denssr than the particle
Of gas in tho comets tail. and this would
not permit any molecules OF kAs to reach
us. No we will not he poisoned with
cyanogsn gas. nor will the tail bring
pestilence and disease.
Modern medicine tells IN that Diseases
are caused by bacteria and it 10 highly
probable that no living organism could
stand the intense cold % stellar space.
Consequently thsrs IL nothing 60 fear
from shs comet. and ne can devote all
our attention TO its interesting features.
Whether we will experisnce anything
unusual when We pass through tho tail
we do not know for certain.
The particles will bvsish past IN at the
rate Of forty miles q second. and a. they
will perhaps he charged with electricity
We may have q fine display og northern
lights. or aurora borealis; bua In the city
with the glare Of the electric lights moth
ing unusual viii bs noted.
How this great country Of ours has
changed since the last visit Of Halley's
comet. in 1887 The new country was
just being opened up and civilization was
pushing westward. What changes the
railroads madei Then came tho tcle-
graph. the telephone. the Harvesting OF
electricity and then wireless telegrap h1.
The automobile 10 q necessary part % oar
everyday Hes-and we are just learning
20 Az. What wiz sks earth be like In
ioa6. when Hallsy's comet next comeSg
This youthful country IN all its great
nssa ID destined 70 play an Important
cart in HaIlsy's comet observations. In
our country are tho most powerful tsae-
mooDan Ia tho world and the greatest
astronomsrs at the eye end Of them tO
Ilns them: AZ our obssrvatories the spec
tronoops has been developed 60 its high
sst degree and the photographic camera
has revealed objects % exquisite beauty.
We NAV vel congratulate ourselves on
the part Americans arc playing In modern
astronomy. but tia only thing Ne regret
- that New York city has not q big teis-
SCOOP To assist In the splendid campaign.
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,,. tail frisk around when ths com~s
--'lnd. the sun that Ne con assume only
,ha, the tail h continuously formed
anew . new tail not every day but every
s.-0nd.
Ih- old material thar had formed IN.
,sl Yesterday h lsGe behind in spaos.
A. = result % this Continuous lection og
natter comets must Of necessity BE- con-
urrrusly grOwinG smaller: neverths-
- W. have recorcis of Hallsv'n nnsnaa
Tor more than two thouaand yeara AZ
rwrptv nine returns 60 viaia the aslE,. and
.rll n CONTINUES to shine apparently with
snd,mmed hlstFe. Indeed the wonders
- the heavens are marvellous,
Rut what force repels the tailP When
s'crt~,city and magnetism came a. be
studied &c was found that examples Of
,lertromagnetic repulsions were COM
r.ou. ~ IL was assumed that there
v,s some electrical force In the sun COW
er,ug the repulsiOn Of the tail But what
vas the nature OF this force?
electromagnetic 10 a very general
torn. Arrhenius. the Swedish astroo-
cu,er. has shown that the modern theory
~ light. first propounded by the cele-
hrated Clark Maxwell. brings a. a necea-
AIRY consequence that the suns hRht
"y~rts a pressure on all matter on which
= falls the PARTICLES % matter are
l--Ee in sire their weight In many times
the pressure of sunlight; hut 10 the par-
,iclss are decreased the pressure becomes
greater and greater with respect 10 the
weight. and u 10 only necessary TO have
PARTICLES small enough 70 have them
rspelled from the sun instead Of attra :ted
To- II. due to gravity.
indeed. on thee assumptions an arti-
hcial comet was made In the laboratory
Nv Professor Nichols and Hull az Dart
mouth University. Consequently We be-
hove that the PARTICLES forming the tail OF a
comet are excessively minute and that they
arc repelled by the pressure due to the
suns light. So We come TO have an idea
II What q comet In like.
The nucleus Of n comet consists Of a
loose cOnGlomeration Of matter. like
rocks. with large interspaces. Willis
this Hs=sssr h 40 . long distance from
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zane within so.1oo milss OF each osher.
That was suflcisaa Co scare the world.
Tor was not ths head % the comet
enormouas
One little point ian the Calculation did
not sink into the popular mind, and Il was
a very vital point too. fOS these oalcula-
tions showed that the earth would reach
this critical point in ita path at least q
month before the comet did. The calcula-
tlona az th@ astronomers regarding
Valleys comet do rot admit of error.
The earth comes closest to the comet On
the evening Of May ~. when 10 still will
30 h.OoO.OOO miles from the comets head
Fourteen million miles between us and
dnngsr 10 rather a wide margin,
To speculate on what would happen 10
thu comet hit the earth n idle. 10 would
indeed jar our old earth Considerably.
Tor the comet would be q projectile Of
thousands Of tons. flying a hundred times
- fast a. the swiftest moving shell from
modern twelve inch gun.
Still though We will not bump into the
head Of the comet; We will pass through
the tail and the head win sweep across the
face % the sun. There will be unusual
happenings and all astronomer will be
On the alert TO SEQ what takes place.
The comets Of 1919 and 1891 both crossed
th~ face OF tho sun. but no one was really
surs that anything unusual had taken
place. On May ~ next about ~ p. VI
tho comet will encroach ON the western
edge Of tie sun and pasa across its diao
almost through the centre. taking about
an hour altogether 10 make the transit.
In New YORK city Il will bs impossible
20 80 any of this phsnOmsnon. for the
sun will have set below the horizon hours
before. Observers from the islands OF
the Pacific Ocean will have a rare chance
to study this. but it 10 altogether likely
tina. nothing much OF In unusual nature
But it is possible that the passage
through tho tail will prove interesting.
Some writer's have roretOld the danger
that Ne will be in when this happsns. for
does not the spectroacope tell that cyano-
Gen Ras 10 in tho comets tail in largo
Quantities, and " NOT cyahogen the prih-
cipal component Of pr'isaic acid. ono OF
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the sin IL In inactive and there is no tail
A. il comes nearer and nearer our central
tuTninary the heat Of the sun starts ac-
lions. gases are formed and tail H.
thrown OF. at first slowly. and then with
greater and greater activity as the sun 10
approached.
The tail grows in Iength and has its
maAimum extent in miles when the comet
sat periheliOn. Tho COMETS tail IL curved.
depending on the relative velocities Of tho
matter leaving the head and Of the comet
N its orbit. and the curvature a. a result
the comet 10 moving.
THE COMET THRoroH A TELEsCoPE.
Most people are Of the opinion that &c
'1sy could only see through a great tels-
.cope they would see marvels that are I'M
uosslble TO SO with the naked eye. II
such q wish were granted and an oppor-
unity we're given the reader Of this to
look through the largest telescope in the
World. the IerkSs glass. which 10 shown in
the illustration. IL 10 safe 90 predict such
PERSON looking through this big telescope
for the first time would b terribly disap-
f"Inted.
Those unfamiliar with q telescope i'm
AEine that IL would be possible To 80 the
whole comet at once. very much maRni-
sd and shining with . brilliant light.
such an idea ID utterly wrong. With
ant telescope you could ese only a very
ANAL portion Of the comet &C one time.
D. khy rnARnified IL IN true. but the he
ginner would not no able 90 appreciate
vhat hs woald Sc. and - q result would be
-o"uticAl a. TO what q highly trained eye
could discern. Indeed the comet will
-s~nt far prettisr picture in May to
~" raked eye than 10 win in any telescope.
hg ~ small.
PhptogTaphs Of q comet are not taken
v'h a long telescope. bat with COMPARE
'r"y short instrument. In order TO make
No telescope OF camera - sentative ss
rssiuie u IL necessary 20 have the ratio Of
A"rtIre 10 focal length a. great ~ can be
haf~ The exquisite photographs Of
I-1' Barnard. TIC Enost skilfh. phOtO-
s-auIIc astronomer In the world. ars made
VIII what - known a. the Brics telescops
Z" 'a Yerkes observatory.
It- ~ a camera only bfty inches in
2 hut with lens ten inches In aper-
~" these photographs show en-
49," detail. and they give ~ . fine
'-t ~ the matohlsss beauty os the comet
'f- ky II IN unfortunate. however.
''- 'n~ir eatsIr-s cannot b. brought
''' apt IVY the uss Of high class
!+i"' fur reproductions.
VII IHL COMET sTHIEE TEE EAETW7
- 'dea n sOne writer's that the comet
~ ~ strike the earth u perfectly prspos-
10" The earth has passed through
"r-' -nuaSt s,avsM. The most noted.
wac that ~ the comet of is2S.
'-" 80 found that the paths Of earth
met a. me place IN their orbits
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10 protect 10 from the street. and open cir
services will be held there during ths
summer months. IL " good deal OF an
experiment because Of the noise Of the
Broadway cars and also because the
southern exposure will tend Ca make
rather warm
A memorial door " being put in lead ng
into the honor room in the newly addcd
chapel ID ~ the gift Of James VI, Hell
fouetetn, tho or1anist and choiFmas.er %
Grace Church. and in erected in memory
Of his mother. II IL OF heavy bronze
s'iFInounted Ivy an arch Of FrelIch lime
stog~ prOfusely decorated.
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PLANTS OF FLAT JEWELLERS
NOISES ann DOGS THE CHIEI
CtISES or TROg BIE.


lack OF knowledge OF the rules govern
ing apaTtnIens houses 10 the main cause oi
the dissatisfaction OI many tenants and
incidentally Of the APprehonsive look
worn 10y renting aEent- in the spring.
This year the apprehensive look las de-
V.Iop...I earlier than usual along With the
warm weather. Op-O SinsiOws 'n March
are hound 60 pTecipitats two questions
that .SOthsr agents ia general dogs Hn''
noises. particularly noises.
In the days when fats were tenanisd
mostly by persons born and brought
np in fiats ih@ss questions we're less
rrOuhlaaosns. A. soon "a recruits Ia
apartment house life began tO include
sirSt hundreds. then thousands Of former
duellern in private houses and boarding
houses the questions came to the front.
You never told me there was violin
PLAYER in the next apartment who prac-
tised every day two hours at a stretch.
Indignantly complained a tenant the
other day N she dropped into the chair
10y the agents desk.
4 didn't know II. madam the agent
returned.
The janitor knew it, the tenant con-
tinued. "Whsn I told him that he must
put a stop 10 10 st oncs he said that you
we're the ono TO talk 20 about H..
When does the man prsctiseF
Both morning and afternoon. When
ever plan 70 take q nap after lunch he n
sure to choose that time 20 begin
HALF an hour latsr-it took half an hour
to make q clear to the caller that unless
the violin player practiscd after 1890
r. NJ. the Mssnt did not intend to interfere
with him-shs went away declaring that
she knew her husband would break his
lease.
There are soms Cat hunters Said
another aR~ut softly to the departing
hack % q trim middle aged woman who
carried a long hst q adslrcsses OF apart
ment houans in her hand. who ought
to live in tho middle Of a ten acre lot
That lady 10 one of them she has moved
thres timea len two years and experts 10
move again May because the tenants
overhead STAY up late nightS She h
hunting Tor an apartment % sH rooms
at 80 or 80 a m0atb.
NO. this lady n not from the country
She 10 q New YOrksT. who lived qt1ietly
in q private house tan her husband had
buuinass rsverses knowing her tastes
asked sShy sho id not rent rooms In n
private bo1s-,. and she answered because
Il WaW easier TO keep hose IN a modern
GAt.
so IL 10. Nsverths'e~s il 10 foolish for
any one who wants absolute quiet to rrnt
roosss In the average apartment hoss=e.
af6 IL wcmen In gensral wore better
informed reapeotin@ tho laws governing
tsnmntp IN apartment houses many. am
sure. would not buy furniture and Get
up housekeeping in q h&a and agents and
janitors wOuS have an eester time.
I'm tho fats which do not draw the line
a. many childrsn there are fewer conn.,
plaim4s' about noise than IN the apart
mNnts wAsEN children are barred and
rents are higher. probably because on tho
whole thoy quiet down cartier at night
and also becanse moot % the tenants
have become used To ths soFt u noises.
II 10 from the apartments psnting mt from
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On the south aide of the recently con-
s,rOcted chapel u Grace Church. on the
site formerly occupied by Fls;schmann's
restaurant. is an open air pulpit bullt
against ths wall II n made u the same
granite that was employed IN tire con-
str0cfiOn Og the church. Il 10 ak fee:
high and decorated with chiselIed figures
illustrative % the Beafitudes. the first
haf Of each verse II which 10 in
scrihesl above and belOw the figures.
The pSIPit ~ veil A. the new chapel was
designed by William W. RsnWick. . New
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York architect u 10 entered by bronze
door from the chapel and has no canopy
or covering Of any sort To protect the
Wcacher from sim or ran.
The pulpit faces a yard % by Ioo feet.
most Of which 10 owned by Grace Church.
there being . triangular ssrip bordering
ON Tenth street which In leaHed. This
yard IN Co he soddsd. leaving n cement
walk parallel Co the church on the north
AIDE. A hedge similar o. that which
surrounds the old yard north OG the
church 10 Ia be planted against the fences
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Gnpgeeeaented
From iAs CsMtrsI Law JournGI

FT0W Ws LeNFTuF Law JouTnNf.
Why should my olient bO convicted Of
murder7- demanded counsel for tho &C.
cused. NO other man has ever bosn
convicted in this jurisdiction On such q
charge
The prosecuting attorney s1mittesi
that u HADN'T occurred 90 him IN thar hglls
and the prisoner vas eccOrdARgly dis
charged
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NalwahSa SDla HBwnsI.

Fr0BI he NfHe FTFfe FNessT.
few days ago Baron NeuDauer vent
- the Graft Discount Bank IN order ~
uelI ar tsaa state lottery bond ON xiAn--
~ A the number Of inv bond. 'he bank
rGylrial TecoRntgsd N a. one othai three years
ago mad y ON he hrst prize q 80. 80 kFOnen