The Evening Statesman from Walla Walla, Washington • Page 5

SATURDAY; FEBRUARY 2, 1907. r. A. Clise Son Optical Spe- 30 years practiee lining glasses. Eyes carefully exand glasses ground to tit.

21 and 22 Die Brueke Bldg. Book Nook. HAW'S ATTORNEYS READY Intend to Present the Case ol the Detense Monday WERE TOO LENENT WITH JEROME ATTORNEYS FOR MURDERER THINK THEY LET TOO MANY JURORS WITHDRAW. SEW York. Feb.

attorneys are ready begin their presentation of the case. The attorneys ed with Thaw this morning. Hartridge. Peabody and O'Reilly being It was not settled who will the opening statement. Leaving iboner Peabody said lie found good health and spirits and "if the state closes its case (vi daj morning as Jerome intimated, defense will be ready to go on immediately after the recess." 11.

denied the report that Thaw ivould take the stand on his own be, "We will not cross that bridge until we arrive," he said. It is evident the defense thinks it was too lenient with Jerome in the matter of excusing jurors. Peabody he thinks the jurors desires excused should remain. Garvin spent today in a final review of the case and was closeted for hours with til. various witnesses for the Evelyn visited her husband for more than two hours.

Will Call May. NEW YORK, Feb. will call McKenzie and several others to testify that Thaw frequently threatened to shoot White. The jurors decided today not to go to church tomorrow as they can agree "ti same church. They will go driving as Captain Lynch won't separate thorn.

REWARD BRAVE ENGINEER Beautiful Watch and Big Dinner for Saver of Many Lives. CHICAGO, Feb. finest watch that money can buy is on its way to the hospital at Boone, lowa, where "Lew'Shull, engineer of the North- Western's fast mail train, lies suffering from severe injuries. The finest dinner that the west can produce is being prepared for one of the bravest nun who ever threw open 'ii engine throttle and his friends when tti. doctors say he is able to enjoy it.

On the night in question Shull was minutes off his schedule. While trying to make this up. the back scud bolts in the boilerhead blew out. and two big streams of blinding. steam re pouring into the cab.

maktag an inferno in which no man could remain and live. I'h. force of the explosion had blown the ngineer and the fireman from their seats and had left them terribly scalded ami bruised on the cab floor. Notwithstanding, Shull climbed up the eoa lin the tender and staggered into the express car, pulled the emergency air and stopped the train. Take the Elevator for the 3rd Floor and see the New Snaps We Have in Our Exchange Department Davis-Kascr Co.

Everything for the Home ITALIAN CONSUL WAXES HOT Protests Against Action of Colorado Fuel Company HE SITS NO INQUEST WIS HELD REFERS TO RECENT DISASTER IN COAL FIELDS IN WHICH DEATH CAME. DENVER. Feb. Counsel Certi has protested to the governor and the Italian government against the alleged disregard of the law by the Colorado Fuel Iron referring especially to the recent disaster at the Trinidad coal fields where many Italian miners were killed. He claims he was denied information and says there was no coroner's inquest.

He intimates the state winks at law-breaking. ABOVE THE CLOUDS IN WINTER First Successful Balloon Ascension Ever Made at the Season. PITTSFIELD. Fob. Stevens, aeronaut of the Aero Club of America, made balloon ascension here this afternoon, taking with him as a passenger Capt.

T. T. Lovelace, formerly of the United States navy. So far as Stevens knows, this is the first midwinter ascension ever made in this country, and the success achieved will, he thinks, result fri more winter flights. Owing to the extreme cold a long time was necessary to inflat the balloon, as there was great danger of the fabric being cracked by the warm gas.

The ascension, which was planned for noon, did not take place until 3:10, when the balloon rose from a field deeply covered with snow straight into a businesslike snow storm. The mercury stood at 14 above zero. The balloon was stripped to the limit, as the lifting power of the gas was largely negatived by the low temperature. The balloon rose to a height of 3.500 feet and sailed to the northeast. The aeronauts found it so bitterly cold that they remained aloft only half an hour, and effected a landing near the government mill close to the Dalton town line.

Stevens says that it must have been at least 25 degrees below zero at their highest attitude, and that the effect was like stepping from a warm room into a refrigerator. The cold paralyzed them to such an extent that they could not write notes to attach to the two carrier pigeons which they took along. The view of the snow-covered earth, Stevens says, was indescribably beauti- ful. The flight was taken to familiarize Capt. Lovelace wKh the details of making an ascension and a landing, and he is enthusiastic in his description of the trip and of the way in which Stevens handled the balloon.

The captain is soon to start on a yachting trip around the world with Ralph Brandreth, a young millionaire. They are to take with them the balloon Eagle, which was used today, and expect to make flights in various places, using hydrogen gas, which they will manufacture. ELOPEMENT SUCCESSFUL. Daughter of Canton Contractor Gets Man of Her Choice. HOBUKEN, N.

J-. Feb. R. N- Wilson, a wealthy contractor of Clinton, 0., is expected here tomorrow to make things lively for his new son-inlaw, William Kirstel of New Providence, this state, 'erstwhile his foreman. Mrs.

Kirstel. who, until Saturdaynight, was Miss Ella Wilson, telegraphed yesterday for her father to come here, telling him she was married to Kirstel. Father wired: "Tell Kirstel I'm coming." Saturday night a crowd of 500 persons stood on. the sidewalk in front of the office of Justice George F. Seymour while he married the young couple.

After the ceremony the romance was made Kirstel. a German emigrant, obtained work with Contractor Wilson some years ago and became a foreman. He met the daughter and love resulted. Wilson wool not consent to marriage and several unsuccessful elopements from Canton were attempted. Once the contractor caught his daughter and Kirstel, at a railroad station and Kirstel was out of a job.

Kirstel came to New Providence and began a correspondence with the girl, finally prevailing upon her to come here. She arrived Saturday, with a white dress and a veil and Justice Seymour did the rest. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF Ed De Forest of Dayton, is receiving medical treatment at the Walla Walla hospital. Mrs. George Thompson entertameo the Ladies' Relief society at her home on Poplar street at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

ic Miss May Evans of Salem, is receiving surgical treatment at I Walla Walla hospital. Lorenzo Spackman of Dayton, who was operated on at the Walla Walla hospital yesterday is reported to be getting along nicely. Will Morris of Pomeroy, who is receiving treatment for sciatica at St. Mary's hospital, is recovering rapidly and expects to return home early next week when he wWI resume his duties in a Pomeroy bank. A.

B. Olsen has been granted a judgment of $178.45 and costs against Charles E. Tingley for hardware and agricultural implements purchased from the plaintiff. T. J.

Healy and Miss Ella Boon, young people of Prescott secured a marriage license yesterday afternoon and will be marred in Prescott tomorrow. The couple has a number of friends in their home town. Harold Vincent Milligan. a noted musician from Portland will give a pipe organ reeftal in Whitman chapel next Tuesday evening. Mr.

Milligan gave a concert here about a year ago which made him popular with music lovers in this city, who are looking forward eagerly to the coming concert. PERSONAL MENTION Emery Flathers and D. W. McGhee of Prescott, are registered at the Stale. I.

F. Roberts of Goldendale, is a business visitor in the city. Miss Mamie Collins has returned from Spokane and Colfax where she has been visiting with friends. A. S.

Potter, chief inspector in the United States forest service, has gone to Spokane. INCREASE TEACHER'S PAY. Seattle School Board Agrees to Grant Raise of 10 Per Cent. SEATTLE, Feb. soon as the board of education acting on exhaustive researches made by Superintendent Cooper, concerning teachers' salaries paid in other cities of the country, can prepare a schedule such as seems to its members fair and equitable alike to tthe teachers and the taxpaying public of Seattle District No.

1, it will grant approximating 10 per cent and possibly going much over that sum. It should be noted that no member of the board has reached a conclusion as to what the increase should be, but it can be said safely that the board members, after consulting informally on the question, have privately expressed their belief that the Seattle teachers are entitled to more money for their labors. At yesterday's meeting of the school board a number of tables of statistics were filed, showing the maximum and minimum of salarines paid in various high schools of the country, compared with the rate of wages prevailing here. This brought the matter officially to the attention of the school board, inasmuch as it came from the teachers themselves. WHALE AND SWORDFISH BATTLE Passengers on Pacific Liner See Fierce Fight Off California Coast.

SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. fierce battle between a whale on one side and a thrasher and swordfish on the other turned the Pacific Mail steamer City of Sydney from itse course and gave its passengers an opportunity to witness one of the most wonderful fights even seen. The battle occurred off Cape St. Lucas, the southern extremity of California. The whale was forced to the surface several times by the swordfish, and the thrasher, with its powerful blows.

In retaliation the whale would swing Its tail and the passengers on the steamer saw it hit the thrasher with terrific force. The water for a considerable distance was red with blood. The steamer was not stopped, and the last seen of the fight it was being waged with undiminished violence. DECLARE PRAYER TOO LONG. Restless Solons at Madison Give Pastors a Broad Hint.

MADISON, Feb. prayers delivered at the opening of the Wisconsin legislature are too long to suit the convenience of the legislators. The socialists in particular declare that prayer to open the session is a useless formality and want the ceremony the beginning of the session this wineliminated entirely. One pastor at the beginning of the session this winter took twenty minutes to tell what the nation, the legislators and others desired in the way of material and spiritual prosperity and the members became somewhat uneasy before the time was over. A hint was quietly given the pastors, but the story has leaked out.

Sells Her Property. Mrs. Margaret Kimball has sold to the Whitehouse-Crawford company her residence property at 213 North Second street, the consideration being $4,900. The property consists of two cottages and two lots. The ground is 120x127 feet and adjoins the Whitehouse-Crawford company on the east Foil Plot to Kill the Czar, ST.

PETERSBURG. Feb. to the police today to find the purchaser of a cossack uniform are thought to indicate a plan to assassinate the Czar has been discovered. The Cossack uniform is the open sesame to all the czars palaces. THE EVENING STATESMAN WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON.

JOY! EARLY SPRING II IS! Mister Groundhog Misses the Shadowy Prediction SON FAILED TO HIT IIS IS EXPEGTEI WOODCHUCK FAMILY SNIFFS THE COLD AND WINTER'S BACK IS BROKEN. Consternation reigned in the family today. Mr. Groundhog awoke before daylight. Mrs.

Groumlhog had read to him from The Statesman last night that he was expected to put in an appearance today and he had set the alarm clock for 6 a. m. Faithful little rodent that she was, she had also arisen early, parted her whiskers and curled her bushy tail for wasn't this the biggest day of the year, ground hog day. and weren't she and her marmot hubby to see the big world for the first time since last summer perhaps their shadow too. In honor of the great occasion Mrs.

Groundhog also opened a can of preserved nuts and a box of dessicated wheat kernels for the holiday breakfast. Pretty soon all was ready for the excursion into the big world above ground. But, alas! No sooner had the lord and master of the groundhog household pushed his bewhiskered nose above the surface of the ground than it was hit by a cold, icy snowflake. Bhrrhh! this would never do. Something must be wrong.

Could it be possible that The Statesman was mistaken when it said the weather would be fine today? But the weather man had said so too. Both could not be wrong. So he poked his whole head timidly above the ground and finally came out. A chilly blast struck through his furry coat. He commanded his spouse to remain beneath ground while he looked for his shadow, which it was said ought to be above ground today.

He did, not see it nor could he lind it after he had scratched aside all the snow for a foot about thet top of the hole. So he gave it up and determined to "hunt his hole." TRAIN KILLS BLIND BOY. Gilroy Was Trying to Escape From an Asylum When Run Down. DES MOINES, lowa, Feb. 2.

Gilroy, aged 11, of Ottumwa, lowa, was killed in a Btone cut, three miles from Vinton, by a Rock Island train last night. With Walter McCune of Moorhead, lowa, and Dan Martin of Athleslan, lowa, Gilroy escaped from the blind asylum. Martin was only partly blind, and thought he could pilot the party to a safe refuge. The train came and the boys could not get out of the way. McCune and Martin sneaked back into the asylum and it took hours of threatening to worm the terrible story of death out of them.

SNATCHED FROM GRAVE. Preacher, Apparently Dead, Is Revived By Faithful Doctor and Nurses. NEW YORK. Feb. the Rev.

William Randolph, pastor of the Reformed church at West Nyack. N. is alive today he owes to the persistence of a physician and three nurses, who refused to consider the case hopeless after he had actually stopped breathing, and when to all appearances he was dead. Dr. Louis Bradford Couch of Nyach, is the physician who snatched Mr.

Randolph from the brink of the grave. Through gratitude the minister has has made the facts public. FIGHT OVER 60 CENTS FATAL Refusal to Pay Small Debt Costs Life of Borrower. NEW HAVEN. Feb.

dispute over 60 cents led to the killing of Rafaello Petrone last night. According to the evidence obtained by Coroner Mix today, the man who did the shooting was Luciano de Lucia, who was captured in Meridan today. Petrone had borrowed 60 cents from De Lucia and had refused to pay it. FRUIT PUNCH POISONS EIGHT. Refreshment at a Dance Makes Prominent Women 111.

NORFOLK. Feb. prominent women who attended a dance last night were poisoned by drinking fruit punch. They became severely ill. but all ar now on the road to recovery.

Pineapple in the punch is supposed to have been the cause of the poisoning. Silks Scattered On Prairie. OLONTORF. Feb. silks valued at $2,000,000 were scattered over the prairie Saturday during a blizzard, when ten express cars on the Great Northern were ditched.

Tine train was demolished, every car being broken to splinters. All night trainmen and citizens searched the fields to recover the silk. Looters got some of it and the railroad estimates its loss well into the thousands. The silk, came from China and was consigned to a New York house. NOTED ORATOR TO SPEAK.

Dr. Breeden to Begin Revival at Central Christian Church. One of the most noted religious orators in the United States. Dr. H.

O. Breeden, will begin a month's revival services at the Central Christian church tomorrow. Rev. BrccdCH is the highest salaried speaker in the Christian church and great preparations are being made for an enthusiastic series of meetings by his brethern of the local church. He will be assisted by Rev.

Morton Gregory and Rev. Shaffer of the local churih. The evangelist will be accompanied by his wife during his stay here. PRANKS" GO TO JURY. Akron Postmaster Wants College Boys Who Stole Cakes.

AKRON, 0., Feb. L. S. Ebright appeared before the grand jury today in pursuance of his threat made some lime ago to prefer charges against students of Buchtel college, who. he says, carried cakes and canned fruit from his eellan at Hallowe'en, constituted larceny, instead, and it was a party at the house.

The boys called it only a college prank, but Elbright insisted that it constituted larceny, instead, and was very ungrateful in the boys after he had treated them to cider and pumpkin pie. Five students, along with Postmaster Ebright, were witnesses before the jury today. GIRLS WERE "AT HOME." Reynolds Hall Angels Entertain Boys at Informal Reception. Paradise descended for the boys of Billings hall last night and established itself on Whitman campus. It was the occasion of an "at home" at Reynolds hall, and the pleasant parlors of that Mecca of Whitman youtil were the scene of unalloyed bliss for several hours.

Reynolds hall used to throw open hpr doors every Friday evening but the number of other affairs taking place on that evening this year has made this the third informal reception since September. SONS OF MARCUS IN COLFAX. Missionaries Are Held at Whitman County Town by Washouts. Whitman college basketball players are tied up in Colfax presumably because of washouts. The game which was to have been plf.yed yesterday evening at Moscow with the University of Idaho, will probably take place this afternoon.

If this arrangement can be made the team will run down to Pullman late in the afternoon and play the state college this evening as scheduled. PRETTY CHILDREN'S PARTY. Happy Little Ones Enjoy Pleasant Time at Howard Residence. Little Ethel Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

C. K. Howard. 400 Elm street, was given surprise party yesterday afternoon in honor of her fifth birthday. number of happy juveniles played games throughout the afternoon and tnjoyed dainty refreshments at o'clock.

Thee present were: Francis Kent, Mary Henson, Ruth Howard, Mabel Clark, Lucy Bishop, Opal Gray. Eva Howard and Mildred Howard. HEAVY RAINS ALARM VALLEY California It Deluged With Water and Streams Are Rising. STOCKTON, Feb. heavy rain poured over the San Joaquin valley, all streams are rising and it is feared a large section of the valley will be overflowed by Monday or Tuesday, reports from the Sierras are that the snow is not melting.

It was feared the rain was warm enough to bring down the snow, which ould have caused serious floods. No New Trial. Judge Brents has overruled the motion filed by Attorney Blandford for a new trial in the case of Anton Kass against the city. Kass brought suit for $4,000 for damages received from a defective sidewalk. The jury awarded him $400.

ON TRAIL OF HARTJE PITTSBURG, Feb. District Attorney Robb says he has found the forger of the Ma- dine letter introduced by Hartje in the divorce case and thinks he will be able to prefer charges of forgery, perjury and conspiracy before night falls. The letters. are supposed to have passed be- tween Mrs. Hartje and her coach- man, Tom Madine.

They were used unsuccessfully in the trial to blacken Mrs. Hartje's charac- HUNTER BUS HIS PARTNER Will Cummings Shoots R. C. Alexander While Hunting Rabbits Near Touchet. While hunting rabbits near Touchet, R.

C. Alexander was accidentally wounded in the hip by WW Cummings, a boy 14 years old. Alexander, who is about years of age. and Cummings, were each armed with 30-30 rifles and Alexander was walking behind the boy. when the accident happened.

The lad was carrying the gun on his shoulder and had carelessly failed to adjust the hammer. A sudden movement made by the boy discharged the weapon and the bullet lodged in the fleshy part of Alexander's hip. The wounded man is being eared for at St. Mary's hospital. The physician says the wound is not serious and the man will be discharged shortly.

NEW TELEPHONE MANAGER HERE J. E. McGillivray Goes to Seattle to Start Factory to Make New Fixture. George Combs, of San Francisco, the new manager of the Peeilie Telephone and Telegraph company, arrived in Walla Walla today and began to "get onto the ropes." of his new position. Mr.

Combs is from the engineering department ol the company and is a thoroughly experienced telephone man. J. E. McGillivray, the present manager will leave for Seattle next Thursday, February 7. He will engage in the business of electrical construction and electrical supplies for himself.

Mr. McGillivray has patented a contrivance for doing away with the iron braces for the cross arms on telephone poles. He will engage in the manufacture of these in Seattle. Gilbert Hunt and several other leading capitalists of Walla Walla are interested in the company which will manufacture McGillivray's invention. ESTRAY SALE.

Notice is hereby given that J. Z. Smith on the 4th day of January, 1907, took up and now keeps at his place at Berryman's Station, the following estray two horses: One 12-year-old sorrel gelding, branded left shoulder; weight, about 900 pounds, roached mane; white strip in face. One 9-year-old brown mare, branded on left shoulder; weight about 1000 pounds; wire cut on left front foot, bob tailed. Said estrays will be sold to the highest bidder for cash at the place kept, as above specified, on Monday, the 18th day of February, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, unless the owner thereof, or his legal representative, shall appear prior to that time and make out his title and pay all charges against said estray.

Date of first publication of this notice, February 2nd, 1907. J. X. McCAW, Auditor of Walla Walla County, Wash. By J.

CARTER SMITH, Deputy. Rising From the Grave. A prominent manufacturer, Wm. A. Fertwell, of Lucama, X.

relates a most remarkable experience. He says: "After taking less than three bottles of Electric Bitters, I feel like one rising from the grave. My trouble is disease, in the Diebetes stage. I fully believe Electric Bitters will cure me permanently, for it has already stopped the liver and bladder complications which have troubled me for years." Guaranteed at E. L.

Smalley, druggist, Price only 50c. Royalty Travels "Incog." LOXDOX, Feb. king and queen left today for Paris, travelling incognito. All Swedes to Vote. STOCKHOLM, Feb.

A crown bill extending suffrage to all classes was introduced in parliament today. Goes to Portland. President S. B. L.

Penrose left yesterday evening for Portland via Seattle. He will spend a few days assisting the Portland Y. M. C. A.

in its campaign for a larger building. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money it it fails to cure. E.

W. GROVE'S signature is on each box; 25c. PIANO TUNER. Sidney Lyle. the well known piano tuner, is in the city.

Inquire of your music teacher for reference, and phone 372 if wanted. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c.

SEA WEATHER SERVICE Scheme For a Worldwide Forecasting System. EVERY SHIP A WIRELESS STATION Chief Moore of the Would Have 411 Ocean Eonlyoed With Telegraph It WooM of Hon OraravliKlon Can Be Effected. Willis L. Moore, chief of the I can weather bureau, hopes to Bee tbo day when every ship of any elite fbal sails the seven seas will be weather observatory, equipped with instrument" furnished by the weather bureau of the department of agriculture and making daily reports of Its tlons either directly to Washington or to some wireless telegraph station will transmit them to Washington, say. a special dispatch to the New York World.

As a corollary weather reports nt dally would be furnished every ship having a wireless, telegraph equipment. Then the dangers of navl gat ion would be greatly lessened, for If a navigator can have twenty-foi'T hours' warning of a storm that Is moving in his direction he can take measures to sail out of the probable track of the disturbance or if that Is imprar tieable take steps to have his ship in such a state of preparation that (be danger of wreck is reduced to a minimum. By the use of wireless Kitys Chief Moore, it will be possible discover where storms originate If that point of origin is within the reglODH which ships sail in numbers grenl enough to afford opportunities for reports. On land ami sea there are In strunients which measure within a few feet of a break iu nu electric current, it will be possible to figure almost closely with respect to destructivestorms. The American weather service warnings of the approach of the recent southern hurricane t'-me for allshijvj along the coast above the southern of Florida to get into shelter.

The fact that the storm continued eastward after passing through the straits of Florida instead of curving north want come boiling up the coast doea Ml detract from the value of the warning The storm simply failed to go where it would have caused the greatest destruction had there been no warning. If the wireless telegraph service been in existence all the shipping in the lane leading from Europe to tho West Indies would have been of its approach, together with an curate statement of the direction it hatl when It departed from the ken of tho observers on land. Navigators hi that lane, knowing that the storm not strike anything to again change Na course, would have been justified in believing that it was coming straight for them long before their began showing them the existence of a disturbance somewhere must them. There is a good foundation upon which to rear the propound mpfjratrac hire. Great Britain.

Franco, (Jermnny and Spain, in Europe, nnd Japan, the orient, maintain weather service patterned after ours, the pioneer 'n that line of research, with which exchange of news maintained. Tho daily weather maps of those counti-leH are sent to the United Htates govern ment, and all the storms reported to them are carefully recorded by 0M forces employed by the United StatvM government. The other day in the bureau of ocean meteorology a cartographer was trans, ferring the lines made by the Japanese cartographers to a blank map of bts own. The Japanese record will be of use In the future to show what www happening in the eastern seas on a given day, and a comparison of snob maps will enable forecasters to obtn'o a good idea of what will happen where. An international agreement either in the form of a treaty or a mere agreement between the heride of the vartonv services will be needed to make tho proposed service of value.

It be necessary to have it understood what part of the seas each nation wllr take to "cover" with Its own reposU of phenomena, else there would be eml less confusion. One great obstacle now to such a system le the fight among the invent ors of the various systerna of wlrelesu telegraph instruments. They win nrtt communicate with each other. That state of affairs will not exist a month after any one of the strong govern menta decides that there mast be an Interchange between the rival systems, such as is made by the railroads of the United States. Th's government can forbid the transmission of messages-for any system that refuses to exchange with another just as easily as it tan forbid the transportation from state to another of meat that ban not been inspected by the federal govern ment.

The national government right to force its Inspection upon tens of adj state, but its right to for bid or to regulate interstate is unquestioned. The rival wirelew systems could be treated fn that way. The of a wor.ld be comparatively simple nearly every branch of the government service is now equipped with apparatus. When the nations det'do upon wnat conditions the wireless com panies may transmit their Into and across their territories the problem of collecting data for an ocean weather service will be reduced to the vary simple one of organization. PAQE FIVE.