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The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1910-07-29
THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW
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Big reduction at Rummell's on
ladies' and children's low cut
| shoes. Brookfield
| DR.. J. FL. Kittredge, dentist, OF
Chillicothe will be at the Anderson
house the 25th and 26th of each
month and stay until all work is
| finished.
The real estate firm of Savage &
Kraft has a new junior member in
the, person of William Gerald
Savage, the fine ten pound boy
that put in his appearance at the
Savage home last Saturday morn
ling. dick" says he expects the
new member of the firm to be a
hustler in the real estate business.
A Mr.. Stanbaugh from north of
Brookfeld, who with his son has
been operating threshing outfit
in the Oak Arbor neighborhood
this week, fell off a wagon at j. L.
Heath's Wednesday afternoon and
the wagon ran over his ankle,
fracturing one or more bones, a
most unfortunate accident, occur
ring as it did at the beginning OF
the threshing season.
DR.. Il. C. Pratt of Brookfeld,
candidate for the republican
nomination for recorder, was in
Laclede Wednesday morning. He
has made a vigorous and careful
campaign of the entire county,
and thinks that with the assistance
of the fine baby boy that put in
his appearance at his home last
week he ought to be able to win,
not only in the primary, but in the
November election as we'll.
In writing to have the date of
his subscription set a couple of
years in advance, j. Ell. Willard
says they had their new house
ready for the plasterers to go to
work on it last Monday. They ar
rived there April 2 and have had
one little rain since, but roads are
not very dusty and are as level as
a floor They have lots of fruit.
It has been pretty warm there
lately, ITO in the shade few days
ago. When the forest fires are
raging it gets up to 12O and 124.
A subscriber once received al
dun through the postofice and it
made him mad. He went to see
the editor about it, and the editor
showed him a few duns of his
own-one for paper, one for type,
one for fuel and several others.
Now" said the editor, I didn't |
get mad when these came because
1 knew that all I had to do was
to ask several reliable gentlemen
like you to come and help me out,
and thenI could settle all of them. +"
When the subscriber saw how it
was he relented, paid up, and re-
newed for another year. !
A team belonging to F. W.
Groes of route three was hitched to
the park rack last Saturday when
q big automobile came along going
south. The horses became frighten-
ed and broke loose but, instead of
running away from the machine,
they started after it at a rapid rate
of speed. When the auto crossed
,he railroad track the team was
,lose behind and the driver, not
caring to race, had to give the
street. The horses tried to turn
n at the livery stable but the turn
vas not short enough and they hit |
he corner of the barn, smashing
!. window and doing some other
damage. One of the horses
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1910-07-29

Meadville chautauqua August
20 to 2S. Buy your season tickets
this week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Federal Auto Bill
Being Considered

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE last
lay of the national legislative conven-
ton of the American Automobile asso-
citation was marked by a hearing on
the federal automobile registration bill
which was introduced into congress
by Representative W. w. Cocks, of
New York The hearing was public
and was in charge of the house COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, of which Representative James
r. Mann, of Illinois is chairman.
Arguments were presented before
the members of the committee clearly
explaining the interstate commerce
features of this bill, and the jurisdic-
ton that congress can evoke to regu-
late automobiles While engaged IN
travel from state to state. 1t is inter
esting to note that the argument that
congress has jurisdiction in this mat
ter was expressed by several members
of the judicial committee in March,
1908, when the first hearing on this
bill was held in Washington.
1t was admitted then that the ques-
ton was an entirely new one to con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Need
TOBe Watched

WASHINGTON, FEB. 16.-Future
selling, as now carried on at the New
York Cotton exchange, would be elm
mated by the Introduction of inter
state telegraph and telephone mes
sages relating to contracts FOR future
delivery, declared George W. Neville
of the New York Cotton exchange, at
today's hearing on the anticipation bill
before the house committee on agrlcui-
ture
Think it possible to gamble on tbs
exchange?" asked Representative Hea-
lein of Alabama.
People who play the exchange foF
gambling purposes ought TO nave guar
dams - replied Neville.
rs it possible to operate the ex-
change with speculation-that Is, ma
nipulation up and down. eliminated?
asked Representative Sims Of Ten
nessee.
~ ann astounded,'' was the retort.
that it should be assumed that seq
of merchants would do such things
What do you mean by shaking ouf
the shorts?" persisted Simms.
Cam say replied Neville. THE
proper expression probably is TO POKE
up the shorts and shake out the longs
you bet I cam he replied, wneH
asked if he could name any desirable
change in the cotton exchange praf-
tees. but he referred only to chang
ing the SYSTEM of fixed differences
which, readjusted to spinners valne-
he believed would leave the exchange
as "infallible as mortals can make H.
as Representative Ulson sarcast'caDY
suggested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
TRIES TO KILL SELF
Neiee of Senator EIkins of West Vir-
ginia Wanted to Be Actress
But Denied.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb. 16.-A
few hours after giving what she be-
lieved to be farewell party to a
score Of friends, Miss Agnes Leslie Ell
kins, rs years old, Il neice Of Senator
Stephen B. Ell1ins OF West Virginia,
attempted suicide by shooting in her
apartments in hotel here today.
The wound will not prove fatal
In q letter addressed TO the newspa-
pers. which Miss Elkins wrote after
dismissing her guests she said:
Il simply was tired of life, and the
struggle for existence was more than
I could meet
But friends of the young woman
say disappointed because her relatives
objected to her choosing q theatrical
career was the true cause.
Miss Elkins has studied music for
several years. She was an accom-
plished singer. Recently she obtained
a minor part with theatrical COM
pany in New York, intending to adopt
a stage career. Her relatives protest
ed. She gave up the engagement.
Senator E.lkins is executor for Miss
Elkins fathers estate and it is said
he used his influence to prevent her
from becoming an actress.
Miss Elkins' parents are dead. The
family came to Kansas City several
years ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
AmuSemenIS
Louis James.

Mr.. James next offering in Walla
Walla will be at the Keylor Grand the
alter on February "a, when he will
present one of the most elaborate pro-
ductlons of a Shakespearean play ever
made in this country. Henry the
Eighth is the play in question and 1t
comes at a time fittingly appropriate.
Mr.. James has gone back to the earl
Ter romantic period OF Shakespeare,
when he was young impulsive and
nrolific. therefore in Henry the
Eighth" there is expressed the best
of Shakespeare's spirit and powers In
that period.
hIr. James is unhesitatingly given
the credit of being an ideal Cardinal
Wolsey, one prominent critic in writ
ing of his impersonation saying In
his earlier scenes Mr. James is merely
the successful statesman, hiding his
deem schemes with matchless dignity.
| l. is when he falls, that Shakespeare
has brought out the true greatness OF
the man.
"As his enemies hurl accusations
against him, he stands at bay, he feels
their charges, he recognizes the stamp
they put upon his conduct, and ne
knows his fall is irrevocable. But stlii
he is even at that moment the master
of his accusers As the noble quarry,
the pack of snarling hounds can pull
| him down, but it is the force OF cir
cu1nstances, not his foe, that conquers
him."
Mr.. James is using the version orig
i inally arranged for the late Edwin
Booth, by Mr.. William WINTER, the
! famed critic of the New York tribune,
and scenically, the production VIII be
found magnificent and massive.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
PAGE SEVEN
TAFT SAYS THAT ROOSEVELT
WAS EXCEPTION TO RULE
President Tells Grand Army Veterans
He Rcjoices at Criticisms of
His Acts


WASHINGTON, Feb. l6-Former
President Roosevelt. according To An
opinion expressed tonight by President
Taft in an address to grand army
veterans of the department OF the Po-
tomac, seems to have been an cx-
ception to every rule
This declaration was made by Mr..
Taft in speaking of criticisms that
have been made in certain quarters
as to his administration. lie said he
would feel worse for these criticisms
were it not for the fact that in every
administration with the possible eN-
ceptional," he added, "of that of my
predecessor. who seems to have been
an exception to every rule" There
were vigorous attacks of some sort
Lincoln had radicals and insur-
gents To deal with. and he had the
deuce of time said the president.
but / would be ashamed to think %
comparing the easy year l have just
been through with some OF the years
of darkness he had to suffer. | ana
glad to have been hammered this
first year, because the next three years
will be pleasant, no matter what the
newspapers say about me-"
Senator Borah of Idaho also spoke.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
DWELLING HOUSE AND
FAMILY IN THE CENSUS

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 1.-THE
official definitions of the terms dwell
ing house" and family" with REFER
ence to the population schedule to be
carried by the enumerators in the
Thirteenth United States census. be-
ginning April 18th next, are explained
in the census bureaus lengthy printed
instructions to the canvassers. 1t is
pointed out that the answers should
relate only to conditions existing on
April 18th, the census day"
The words dwelling house" and
given a much wider application than
they have in ordinary speech.
A dwelling is defined as a place n
which, at the time of the census, one OF
more persons regularly sleep. 1t need
not be a house in the common meaning
of the word, but may be, for example.
a room in a factory, store, or office
ii
boat, a tent, or a wigwam The term
also includes a hotel, boarding or a
lodging house, a tenement or apart
ment house, an institution or school
building, if persons regularly sleep in
it. as well as the ordinary dwelling
house.
4 family as a census term may
mean a group of individuals who occu-
ply jointly a dwelling place or part of
a dwelling place, or an individual liv-
the occupants and employees of a no
tel, if they regularly sleep there, make
up a single family, because they occu-
by one dwelling place, and persons
living alone in cabins, huts, or tents;
persons occupying a room or rooms in
public buildings. stores, warehouses,
factories, or stables; and persons sleep
inc on river boats, canal boats, barges,
etc., if they have no other usual place
of abode, are regarded as families.
The enumerators are required to en-
ter on the schedule the name of every
persons whose usual place of abode on
April Is, 1910, was with the family or
dwelling place for which the enumera-
ton is meing made. The head of the
family is to be entered first; then the
wife, next the children, whether sons
or daughters, in the order Of their
ages; and lastly, all other persons liv-
ing with the family. whether relatives.
boarders, dodgers. or servants. The
head of the family, whether husband
or father, widow or unmarried person
of either sex. is to be designated by
| the word head" and the other MEM
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Gives Unique
Poison Test

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.-How
Guessing Hatred Chase Jordan, ne
gro Of Kansas City, Kas., who adver-
tised himself as minister of medi-
cines, medical doctor and doctor OF
liver and gall stones obtained from
$4,000 to $4,000 in eight years for
doctoring members of the Swope fam
ily was told by the doctor" today. He
was called to give a deposition III
the Islander suit brought by DIR. B. c.
Hyde against John G. Paxton, exc
cutor for the Swope estate.
The "doctor's' name was first
brought into the SwOpe case when
Mrs. B. c. Hyde issued statement eX-
pressing confidence in her husband S
innocence and saying that Chrlsman
Swope used Jordan's remedies. JORDAN
gave his deposition after much protest
as he claimed his ministering to the
Swopes had nothing to with the case.
Jordan testified that his medicines
were harmless YARDS" as he cailed
them He said they were compouh'eu
from roots and herbs obtained in for
eign countries and dug in the Woods
near here.
"But how could you tell whether
these herbs were poisonous At'orh-
ev Frank P. Walsh asked him.
"Why. that's easy" replied Joraon.
I'D chew them. If they did not hurl
me certainly they wernt POISONOUS
and certainly they wouldn't hurt my
patients. That's the theory Work
on"
The herb man claims to be South
American. he was raised by negro
named Eli Jordan in Texas Ihere -
no record of his having a physician
license in Kansas.
Six witnesses testified at snort
session of the grand jury today. Ihey
were DIR. w. T. Twyman, Swope fam
i1v physician: o. B. Gentry. drug
eist of independence, of whom Coionei
Swope purchased compound contain
ing strychnine; Benjamin Smlth anu
C. Fields. undertaker's assistants
who aided in the removal of Coionei
swope's body from the vault; siyVest-
or SrangIes. Colonel Swope's conndeh-
tia1 agent. and. John G. Paxton
/ AS usly.announced. the .preiifh-
marry hearing of Dr. B. C. HYDE SET iol
tomorrow morning in independence
will be continued, probably LOT one
week
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

gress, as indeed was stated by many
members during the discussions over
the merits of the bill. Preliminary
work on a large scale was, therefore
necessary, and although two years
have elapsed since that hearing, the
automobiles of the country represent
ed by the American Automobile as
ISOLATION realize that this preparatory
work has been energetically conduct
ed, information on the benefits of the
bill intelligently disseminated and the
consolidation of many national inter
release on bail allowed; bail to be-
given by undertaking or deposit of
cash equal to the maximum fine ap-
plicable to offense.
The right to action to recovery Tor
injury to person or property not af-
fected by the bill.
The effect of Federal legislatios
along the above lines will be beneficial
in every part of the Union and its
practical operation in the District or
Columbia will naturally be communi-
Gated by senators and members az
congress to their various constituents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Walla Walla Passenger Train
Schedule
NORTHERN PACIFIC E. z.

NORTHERN PACIFIC Z. Z.
D,,,r,are For Time
p psico Spokane. Seattle, Tacoma. Port
lsnd. 80 30 A. NJ. and g 40 L. NJ.
9avton, Waitsburg (Mixed) -. ) 30 Z. NJ.
FTTeka and Pleasant View, Sunday
Arrivals From
Seattle Tacoma, Spokane. Portland,
md east. . 40 A. NJ. and s 90 I. NJ.
n,yon and WaitSburg (MixedD 9 100 A. u.
Eureka and Pleasant View. Sunday
only (Mixed) ......-....5 40 L. NJ
o
0. R. & n. R. L.
Departures For Tame
Athena Pendleton, Echo, The Dalles,
,, PSFt PeDdcton and east 3 : 90 P p n
DAYTON DAYTON Pomeroy, Colfax and Spo-
kane ..9:15 A. II.
Portland, Wallula. Spokane. 10 10 A. NJ.
Dayton and way points. ......S 100 A. NJ.
Esllua aud way points. y 100 A. NJ.
arrivals From
Portland The Dalles, Echo, Pendleton,
and Athena ..........7 :05 2. NJ
Spokane ,Olfax, POmeroy and Day, :,
ton .............. q 700 r NJ
Portland. Wallula and Spokane 8 10 A. NJ.
DAYTON and way points. q :4O L. N.
MOTOR CARO-. r. s. n.
Arrive from Dayton and way
points .................. 1856 A. NJ.
Leave for Wallula and way
points ................ II 100 4. NJ.
Arrive from Waliula and way
points .......... Is Z. NJ.
Leave for Dayton and way
points ........-...-.---- a 30 T. NJ
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
THE EVENING STATESMAN WAILA WAIIA WASHINGTON.

ta;ns inward of 100000 playbills,
bound in $40 volumes. There are 10
volumes of London playbills, 161 vol
urnes OF provincial playbills and three
volumes containing foreign playbills.
Geoffrey, Abbott, of St. Adams. ana
a renchman by birth introduced into
England religious tragedies to his schol-
ars about ITO A. d. The first piece
acted was called 'sThe Miracle of st.
Catherine"
The first protest against the giving
of plavs was in the year 11S, when
tbe scholars of St. PauIs school, Lon
don. presented a petition to King
Richard H., praying his majesty to pro-
hibit some persons from representing
nubliclv the history of the old tesla
ment.
In England among the first comedies
nroduced was ..Piscator: or the Fisher
CAUGHT" which was written by John
Hooker Bv some authorities it is said
to have heen the first comedy proper
ever written in English, but the first
English comedy proper is generally &C
knowledged to have been Ralph Rols-
ter Doister," by Nicholas Udali, in 1851
The former is said to have been pro-
duced in 1886. Another early comedy
was "Gammer Gurton's Needle writ
ten by Bishop Still in 1866, and printed
in 1876.
The first Italian, comedy was BaJar-
dos "Timone,'' produced before 1884
although a pastoral drama by Agnolo
Poliziana. entitled "Orfeo," had ap-
peared in 1472
In the same year the first Spanish
comedy was written.
The first patent to act plays was
granted by Queen Elizabeth In 1914 10
James Burbage, the father of the great
tragedian. Richard Burbage, an actor
in the Earl of Leicester's company.
The Theater Royal, Drury Lane, was
built in 1862, and the noted Lincoln
Inn Theater was trected in 1762
The forthcoming production of RIOS
tand's "Chanticleer," in which all the
characters are birds and fowl, is no
novelty to the stage, for in the SIN
teenth century "Aeson's Crow was
performed, in which the actors we're
dressed as birds
| One of the earliest musical comedies
was Flora; or Hob in the Wen. IL
was written by Colley Glbber ana pro-
duced in IT'S 1t was taken from
| Doggets "hTe Country Wake, reduced
| to a farce, several songs were added
and this is the first record we have OF
anything like the musical comedy OF
| today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
HENEY LEAVES FOR SOUTH.

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 16.-FOllow-
ing close on the dispatch OF n teie-
gram declining to become candidate
for governor of California on the Lin
coin Roosevelt league ticket, Francis
j. Heney. suddenly changed his plans
and departed for San Francisco to-
night.
Heney does not admit that he is 4
candidate, and when asked tonight II
he expected to take any interest IN
the campaign he smilingly entered Il
denial
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

bers of a family as wife, father, moth
er, son, daughter, grandson. daughter
in-law, uncle, aunt, niece, boarder.
lodser.l servant, etc, according to the
son bears to the head of the family.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
]. H. Timmons, Transfer

All manner of freight. goods and mu-
steal instruments handled with care.
All orders promptly attended to. Fo--
warding freight speciality. Office.
Hedger's Jewelry Store. Telephones.
Res, ~ Store 265
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

II NAV not be generally known that
the library of the British museum con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Torpedo Strikes ss4.;eshlp

TOULON. Feb. 16.-Admilal JON
quieres, commanding the battleship
squadron practicing in the gulf of ia
pan, reports that a torpedo launched
by the Patrie struck the Republique,
DANA ginor her hull
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17

The very offer that may mean
great advantage to you may be mere
today and gone tomorrow. snapped
up by a more watchIul claSslheo
advertisement reader.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-17
Grace George.

"A Woman's Way" the new play IN
which Grace George will be seen at the
Kevlor Grand theater soon, might be
described as a comedy of common
sense. The character played by MISS
George. Marion Stanton, is a young.
bright. charming American wife. but
contrary to Cyprienne in "Divorcons'
discovers that her husband has fallen
in love with another woman and, by
her common sense and humorous treat
ment of the unpleasant situation, COM
pletely, wins back his love and easily
defeats the scheme of the other woman
to get him.
If may not be generally known that
~ flny
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-09-09
ODDIE NOW LEADS
IN GOVERNORSHIP FIGHT

With large number Of precincts
yet to hear from, the vote for the
Republican nomination for Governor
is still in doubt although from re-
turns received by the Journal it ap-
pears that Massey is leading by 262
Dispatches from Tonopah from
Oddie's friends claim that Oddie will
receive the nomination by 200 ma
jorty L il possible that many of
the precincts yet TO hear from will
eaar@e the vote as it stands at pres
enHa bat aerorrliag 20 the tabnIation
made late last night NIassesss ia
The lead. ! may require an official
cotnt 90 determine the result
In the battle for the nomination
for Attorney General it is anyone's
fight with the chances apparently
fayoring Springmeyer, the insurgent
Republican. Up to late hour last
uigat the returns showed him to be
33 votes ahead OF Brown with pre-
cincts vet to near from calculated to
increase his lead.
From the face OF the returns it is
impossible to state who has won for
either office AIasseys lead may be
cut down when the full returns from
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-09-09
More Hay
Than Stock

Senator Williams returned home
the last OF the week from a trip to
Reno, where ne says the cattle situa-
non Is anything but encouraging. In
the Reno section he says there is
more than enough hay to feed the
cattle that will be fattened there for
the market, which means that none
will be shipped by Renoies into this
valley for feeding. Several Reno
buyers are contemplating coming
down here to buy Churchill county
cattle, which would, according TO Mr..
Williams. be shipped ont at once and
be fed Washoe county hay and urges
those who have cattle to hold them
and either sell them to a Churchill
county hayman, or iced them on their
own ranches, if possible, for this val
ley's supply of surplus hay is large,
and from the present outlook, the
demand for it will be l-ight-Cnuch-
i'll Standerd
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-09-09
Wonder Camp
Coming Up

According to the Wonder Mining
News, the camp is making rapid adj
vancement Both the Jack Pot and
Nevada Wonder properties are doing
an immense amount OF work. On the
Nevada Wonder group the work OF
clearing ground for the proposed mill
is proceeding in good order In the
meantime, Manager 3. Daniel =
adding new men to his force contin-
ually, and within a, short time tbs
Nevada Wonder mill viii be q 'fe@f-
ity, grinding the ore with the aid OF
the electric juice tnat Is being rushed
into the camps Of Fairview and Won
der from away across the desert over
in Mono County, California. Within
another six months the Nevada Hills,
the Nevada Wonder, the Jack Pot and
dozen other III mes will have pushed
this countys production 10 a point
where the county will be accorded a
respectable position i" the list OF bull
lion producing cunties { the state.