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VOLUME XXXIII WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1906. NUMBER 56

EIIE TRAIN CREW AND ALL PASSENGERS ARE REPORTED INJURED OR DEADII FRIGHTFUL

TRAIN WRECKWabash Passenger Train

Dashes into Open Switch

EVERY ONE HURT OR KILLED

Train Crew Annihilated andPassengers Die Horribly in

the Burning Wreckage

PERU, Ind., Sept. 26?The Wabash

ssi - i train, No. 8, west bound,

r Toledo, was wrecked near Catlin.

111., this morning while running 70

miles an hour.

In rounding a curve the train ranopen switch and a string of

freight cars.Thre< were killed and 3S hurt, with

one niis.-.ing.

The dead: Engineer J. S. Butler,

Ellison, Mail Clerk Harding.

It is reported that every passenger

th( train was either killed or in-

Jared.A.fter the collision the gas tanks ex-

igniting the debris and many

were cremated.

Il is stated every member of the

train crew was killed.

II is thought a number of passen-

ust have expired in the fire.

WOODMEN OFF TO PENDLETON.

One Hundred Leave Today to Partici-pate in Big Woodman "Blowout."

Off for Pendleton to take part in a

Woodman "blowout" at the Uma-

»w county fair tonight, 100v w ria Woodmen trigged out In

full regalia left for Pendleton on aspecial train at 9 o'clock this morning

over the i >. R. & N. The excursionistswill return this evening.

WASHTUCNA'S HALF CROP.

Yield js Declared Good in View of the

Hot Weather.

Crops will average about half of

normal in the Washtucna country thisyear according to J. M. Cleaver, a well

known farmer of that district, who is

n°w in the city visiting his friend,

; Ige J. J. Huffman.Mr. cleaver says the average yield

Is year will be not far from 20

bushels, which the people of that vi-

> think is pretty good considering

the hot winds early in the season.Harvest is just about through in thatsection. A few combines are still out,but this week will see a complete

clean up of the crop.

SCHOOL BOY WEDS.

Grant Steen, High School, and Miss

Maude Ditty, Married.

Grant Steen, aged 17 years, withthe help of his mother, made the pur-chase of a marriage license this morn-ing. Miss Maude Ditty of this city,

was the other party named in the ad-hesive document.

Steen graduated from the eighth

grade of the city schools in June,

1905, and was in the first year of the

Walla Walla high school last year.The enticements' of the little winged

god proved too strong for the student

ambition of Steen and he has now en-rolled in the school of matrimony.

Waller to Cuba.NORFOLK. Va.. Sept. 26?Colonel

Welter, a famous campaigner in thePhillipines and China, is ordered to

Cuba to command the marines.

MAY OVERCOME SHORTAGE

Digging of Wells Planned for RifleRange

ARE NOW TRYING TO RAISE THE MONEY

TOM DRUMHELLER AND OTHER

BUSINESS MEN FIGURING OUT

ACQUISITION OF LEASE.

The only obstacle now in the way

of the government establishing a big

summer military camp and rifle range

at the Big Meadows is the necessary

funds to acquire title or lease on the

land until congress can make an ap-

propriation for the purchase of the

tract outright.

The question of an available water

supply, it is believed has been over-

come.

"I was talking to Captain Howard

this morning and he stated that he

believed springs at the Big Meadows

will supply sufficient water," said

Thomas Drumheller, who was largely

instrumental in the proposition of a

rifle range being taken up by the

army officials.

"Ample water at any event can be

obtained by sinking a few wells. It is

not a question of water, but a ques-

tion of funds to acquire title to the

land until the necessary appropriation

for buying it outright can be made.

Captain Howard's report is favorable

and it is now merely a matter of get-

ting control of the land."

COUNCILMEN AGAIN CONSIDERINGOFFER TO BUY THE THOMAS RANCH

Negotiations for the purchase by the

t 80 acres of the Thomas ranch

~ a reservoir site for the new gravity

system have been opened u«->

-between J. G. Thomas; owner

' the ranch, and the city council.: r Kellough and Councilmen

s. Tausick, Dunham, Kirkman.

rd, McKean and Bachtold, ac-

mied by Mr. Thomas, visited the

tas ranch this morning and lookedr the 86 acres Mr. Thomas offers to

8»e city for $19,000.

"The trip was merely to look overth e ground" said Councilman Bridges,

' \u25a0 \u25a0 the party returned to the city.

"Mr. Thomas went along to" show the

the various boundary lines. No

'ion was reached as to a site and* action one way or the other will

Probably be taken for some time. The

McLean site was investigated some

time ago."

It was rumored that Mr. Thomas had

offered the 80 acres for a sum con-

siderably less than the first offer of

$19,000 which was rejected but Coun-

cilman Bridges said he heard nothing

of it. He said he understood the old

offer still held.

Members of the council are some-

what divided over the uestion of the

advisability of the council buying 80

acres for the site, some of the mem-

bers arguing that 20, or even 10 acres

would be sufficient for the reservoir.

The offer made by Mr. Thomas* for

SO acres carried with it practically all

the water rights of Thomas which

would >aye to be acquired by the city

in some other way If it is decided to

purchase a smaller tract of ground for

the reservoir.

BANKER GETSEASY SENTENCE

Stensland Arrives in Chicagoand Pleads Guilty

GIVEN INDETERMINATE TERM

Maximum Will be Fourteen

Years for Man Who StoleThousands

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.?Paul O. Stens-

land pleaded guilty in court this af-

ternoon to the charges growing out of

the wrecking of the Milwaukee Avenue

State bank.Stensland was sentenced under two

indictments, one charging he received

for deposit a check for $60, after he

knew the bank to be insolvent, the

other charging the embezzlement of

$400,000.

On the first he %vas sentenced to

from one to five years and fined $120.

An the second he got 14 years sen-tence to run concurrently, making

the maximum penalty, and in case

of good behavior to deduct part of the

term.Stensland arrived in charge of As-

sistant State Attorney Olsen and of-

ficers this morning.

Avoids the Crowds.

He was taken from the train and

rushed through the rear of the sta-

tion down a freight elevator to a car-riage to escape the throng awaiting

him.

He was hurried to the United States

attorney's office where that official

behind locked doors, held a long con-ference with him.

Depositor Kills Himeslf.

Because he lost $400 in the Stens-

land failure, Sylvester Katustichynsk

committed suicide by hanging thisi

morning.

Stensland, the prisoner, expressed

indignation at his treatment in NewYork where he said he was treated asa common felon. He thinks his formerposition should secure him considera-

tion.Stensland Not the Worst.

States Attorney Healy this after-

noon, officially stated.

"There is no doubt Stensland is ac-cused of much that he did not do. Heis by no means the greatest crook inthat bank. I consider Herring a mucngreater crook. The evidence shows thatHerring committed forgeries. The case

against Herring is complete and there

is no need of Stensland's testimony

to convict him, but we will probably

use it to make assurance doubly sure.There will be others implicated."

TO OFFER BIG REWARDS.

Atlanta Council and Governor Plan toArrest the Rioters.

ATLANTA, Sept. 26.?The governor

will confer with the city council in aspecial meeting latfi this afternoon andit is expected the^ result will be to-morrow the city and the state willeach offer a reword of $10,000 for theapprehension of the rioters.

The troops are ordered home andthe troops at the home city will patrol

the city tonight.

\u2666 Duke's Grandson Is a Convict. ?

\u2666 SAX DIEGO, Sept. 26.?Arthur \u2666

\u2666 Acton, sentenced to three years -\u2666\u25a0

-?? in San Quentin for the robbery \u2666

\u2666 of a saloon, proves to be the son \u2666\u2666 of John Acton, the famous Eng- \u2666

\u2666lish sculptor. \u2666

\u2666 His mother, Lady Mary Louise \u2666

\u2666 Douglas Hamilton, is a descend- \u2666

\u2666 ant of Duke Hamilton. -»

MURDERER 111 GOOD HEALTH

Adolph Weber, Slayer of Father,

Mother and Sister, Does Not

Think He Will Hang.

FOLSOM, Calif., Sept. 26.?The

condition of Adolph Weber, who is

sentenced to "hang tomorrow at noon,

has steadily improved the past few

weeks and he is now in good physical

condition.

Weber gained eight pounds since he

arrived here. His actions are quiet and

natural but he talks little and ap-parently does not dread the coming

of the morrow as he is confident ot

another reprieve, or commutationsPreparations for the execution are

complete but the prison officials would

not be surprised if the governor in-

terfered.

Say He is Crazy.SACRAMENTO, Sept. 26.?Attorneys

Johnson and Tuttle today filed affi-

davits with the governor asserting,

in their judgment, Weber is crazy.

The governor has taken them under

advisement.

To Elevate Peasants.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 26.?Offi-

cial action by the ministry this af-

ternoon removes all class distinction

under which the peasants labored andwill raise them to a status equal to

all other classes. Stolypin is responsi-

ble for the drastic reform.

NEW NATURALIZATION LAW

It Will Go Into Effect TomorrowMorning

MUCH RED TAPE SURROUNDS PROCESS!

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO AVOID

COLONIZATION OF FOREIGN

VOTERS?RUSSIANS RUSH.

The new naturalization law passed

by Congress last June goes into effect

tomorrow and the county clerk's of-

fice has been rushed for the past few

days recording the declaration of in-

tention of Walla Walla aligns anxiousto get in under the easier provisions

of the old law.

Nine Russians came In early thismorning to declare their purpose to

forswear the Czar for Uncle Sam.These were George Shoab, JacobBrehm, Jacob Schwartz, Gootfried

Hartwig, Henry Hoff, George Hoff,

Philip Freis, and Carl Schafer.

The thing that has caused the scur-ry in Russtown the last few days is

said to be provisions in the new law

that every one who would be a citizen

must be able to speak the Englishlanguage and. most of all, that nonaturalization papers can be issuedhereafter, even first papers, until 90days after application has been made.

Most important of all no paper can beissued 30 days before an election.

Time to Learn.The examination in the English lan-

guage does not take place until finalpapers are issued, but these must beapplied for within seven years fromthe time of taking out the first paper.Heretofore, there was no limit on thetime in which second papers must betaken out.

All those taking out papers beforemidnight tonight can come in underthe old law. This is the reason forthe Russian advance on the hall ofrecords during the past few days.

Xot only are the requirements moresevere but the manner of keeping the

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GRIM WAR ISAPPROACHING

Army Orderd in ReadinessFor Cuban Trip

EVERY AVAILABLE SOLDIER

Forty Thousand Men Will beNeeded in Quelling the Is-

land Insurrection

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.?The de-

partment received orders from Oys-

ter Bay this morning to have the

army ready to go to Cuba on the

shortest possible notice.

It was stated in the war department

this morning that in the event of

armed intervention in Cuba, probablyevery soldier stationed in the United

States would have to be sent.

It is the opinion of officers of thegeneral staff that successive expedi-

tions will be necessary until 40,000

men are on Cuban soil.

It will at ieast seven days before

the whole army could be embarkedowing to lack of transportation facil-

ities.

Liberal Charges Treason.HAVANA, Sept. 26.?The Liberal

leader, Seayas, charges the adminis-

tration with treason in delivering the

government to the Americans and

moderates on the Taft commission

and with favoring the rebel commis-

sion. He criticises the government for

its unconciliatory attitude.

It is likely there will be no quorum

in congress Friday. The moderatesurge absenteeism in order to suspend

the government and force the Amrei-

cans to seize the island.

The Liberal leaders are either in the

woods, or in jail, so they cannot at-

tend.

All Officials Resign.HAVANA, Sept. 26.?The resigna-

tions of all the Cuban cabinet werepresented to President Palma today

and accepted. They will remain in of-

fice until Palma's own resignation ispresented to congress.

Sees No Light.Secretary Taft said:

"I have talked with the representa-

tives of both parties and still see nolight.*'*

The official call for the special ses-sion of congress is issued. There is

still hope of the moderates attending

the session to allow action to main-

tain the republic.

Senator Dolz, a moderate leader,

this afternoon intimated in case the

Americans establish a government

without Palma's party as leaders

there would be a rebellion against the

L'nited States authority.

SALUTE IN THE CLOUDS.

Fired On Top of Pikes Peak in Gener-

al's Honor.MAXITOU, Colo.. Sep;. 26.?Prob-

ably the highest official's military sa-

lute ever fired was that of this mim-

ing by a battery of the Twelfth Unit-

ed States artillery, fired in honor of

General Pike from the summit of

Pike's Peak, three miles above the

sea.

FIFTEEN ARE BURIED.\u2666 SAX FRANCISCO, Sept 26.? \u2666

\u2666 While a body of workmen were \u25a0\u2666?

\u2666 tearing down a wall at Kearney \u2666

\u2666 and Pine streets at 2 o'clock this \u2666

\u2666 afternoon, the wall fell, burying \u2666

\u266615 workmen. One is dead and \u2666

\u2666 two are injured of those so far «

\u2666 recovered. *

MRS. OELRICHS ILL.

Goes to California to Contest Will and

Contracts Pneumonia.

SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 26.?Seized

with an attack of pneumonia that

threatens serious developments, Mrs.

Herman Oelrlcha is confined to Mead-

owlands, the country home of M. B.

DeYoung at San Rafael. She was

taken ill last Saturday. Mrs. Oelrlcha

came here from the east after thedeath of her husband to commencesuit against the will.

Cross Fights Extradition.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.?Jacob

A. Cross, arrested in Berkeley on a

charge of conspiracy In connectionwith the Oregon land frauds. Imme-diately secured a bond of $5000 andbegan to take steps to fight his ex-

tradition to Oregon where the indict-

ment was returned. Cross maintains

his innocence.

Chicago Grain Market.CHICAGO, Sept. 26.?Wheat 72

~

s .72%; Corn 4S. 48; Oats 34%, 34 V*.

BIG PAVILION OVERTAXED

Many Applications for Space areTurned Down

816 FORCE OF IWDR'TORS WORKING\u25a0 v I

EVERY AVAILABLE BIT OF SPACE

IS TAKEN UP AT FAIR

GROUNDS.

"I am sorry now that the mer-

chants' pavilion was not made a thirdlarger," said Secretary VanDeWater

at the fair grounds this morning whilesurveying the big pavilion where

scores of carpenters, electricians and

decorators are at work erecting booths

and installing the electric lighting

system and decorating the big build-ings for Walla Walla's big fair which

opens next Monday.

"Every inch of the 32,000 square

feet of space that was allotted for ex-hibition purposes has been sold and

we have been compelled to tufti down

several applications simply because

we haven't the room."

Merchants who have arranged for

space in the merchants' pavilion had

carpenters and decorators at work to-

day erecting the booths and several

will be ready for the exhibits by

Frh?ay night. The force of decora-

tors was increased today and by Fri-

day night the main pavilion will be

in readiness for the exhibits. The two

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Walla Walla newsdealers who dis-

continued handling many of the lead-

ing magazines several weeks ago, un-

der threats of being boycotted by the

labor unions, because the publica-

tions were considered unfair to union

labor, have placed the objectionable

periodicals on sale again.

Among the magazines objected to

by the labor unions were McClures',

the Ladies Home Journal, the Satur-

day Evening Post, the Delineator and

Designer and about 10 other leading

publications. Copies of the October

number of these magazines were con-

spicuously displayed in front of one of

the newstands this week.

"The newsdealers have agreed to

handle the magazines again despite

the objections of members of the lo-

cal typographical union, who it

IS FOUND DEADIN ELK SALOON

Frank Mench, Ex-Convict, DiesWith Heart Failure

SHOT BROTHER FROM BEHIND

Scolded for Drug Habit Murder-

er Took Revenge in Coward-

ly Manner

Frank Mench. an ex-convict, 40

years of age, employed as a swamper

in various saloons around town for

two years was found dead in the rearof the Elk saloon at 124 West Main

street by Captain of Police Davisshortly before noon today.

Mench was found lying on the side-

walk by one of the night police lastnight. He complained of feeling ill

and the officer took him into the sa-loon and left him there. Mench spent

the night ln a chair. This morning ra-

rangemen't« were made with 1... L.

Hunt to take Mench to the county

poor farm.

Dead on Floor.j Hunt was late In coming up town

land Mench was allowed to remain inthe saloon. Shortly before noon oneof the men around the saloon no-

ticed that Mench had slipped from

his chair on to the floor. Suspecting

that he was in a serious conditionCaptain Davis was telephoned for.The officer found Mench dead and thecoroner was notified. Following an in-vestigation Coroner Cookerly decided

an inquest was unnecessary as it wasapparent the man had died of hearttrouble, or kindred complaints,

brought on by the excessive use ofmorphine and whisky.

The body was removed to Macmar-tin & Company's undertaking parlors.

Mench has no relatives as far as isknown and he will probably be buriedat the county's expense.

Cold Blooded Murder.

"Mench killed his brother in Piercecounty and served a 17-year sentencein the penitentiary," asld Captain Da-

vis this afternoon. "He was releasedfrom the penitentiary about two

years ago and since then eked out anexistence by swamping out saloonsand doing other odd jobs. He was a

dope fiend and drank heavily when-ever he had money."

Former employes of the penitentiary

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NEWSDEALERS OE WALLA WALLASELL MAGAZINES, RISK BOYCOTT

seems, started the movement," said

one dealer this morning. "We found,

from the news companies, that ofevery city of any prominence in thenorthwest where the unions demandedof newsdealers that they discontinuehandling the magazines objected to.Walla Walla dealers were the only

ones who paid any attention to the

demands.

"Since we began handling the mag-azines again, several union men have

come in and said they would not

trade with us. Our decision to handle

the magazines again is In no respect a

defiance of the union men's demands

but. on the contrary, it was a matter

of business with us. Our customers

demanded that we handle the maga-

zines and, rather than lose much of

their trade, we agreed to put themagazines on sale."