The Evening statesman. [volume], October 27, 1905, Image 1

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VOL UME XXXII.
PENITENTIARY
INVESTIGATION
General Belief It Will Be a
Tame Affair
10 ONE WILL FILE FORMAL CHARGES
Unless Board of Control Summons
Witnesses to Appear Before It at
the Prison.
It is the general opinion of the
people of Walla Walla that the
mucfc-Ulked of investigation of the
affairs at the state penitentiary will
fcaiterytame affair. Although Gov
ernor Mea 1 has announced that dur
-3 pr sent visit at the peniten
(;arv t | ie subject of alleged misman
agement of the institution would be
eo -.-. into in a very thorough raan
j Mr it is n■• believed that it will
i \ m n ; ; a y startling developments.
I y announi ement has yet been made
as i' the time when the investigation
jfould be begun n«>r as to the extent
r: - ng. Governor Mead this
g stated that some time today
or tomorrow the hour for the investi
gation would he announced by the
board of control. He would not inti
mate whether it would be conducted
in a public manner or not, neither
was it stated what would be the
procedure.
Notwithstanding there has been
considerable interest taken in the
subject by local politicians, it is very
evident that unless the board takes
'self the duty of summoning
those who are said to have made ver
.: - asrainst Warden Kees to
app-ar before the board none of
ill appear. Several of the
leaders in the movement that was
started with the hope of getting Kees'
scalp announced this morning that
they would not voluntarily go to the
penitentiary and give any testimony
or file any charges. They stated,
however, that if the board of control
saw fit to summon them they would
Put in an appearance. It is the gen
mi belief that the board will not do
this, and the investigation will re
sult in a farce.
State interested.
Much interest in the affair is be
- ken all over the state and for
: roe time it has been the principal
of discussion among state pol
iticians. i t [g an o p en secret that
s ittle politicians would like
Very Much to see Kees removed. On
the other hand it is also stated that
" s Ankeny and Piles have
Governor Mead to understand
: he r< moves Kees he will in
cur their displeasure. Kees is the
y representative of the Ankeny-
I es combination that has been given
important position by the present
« administration, and it is hinted
s "ould Governor Mead remove
will result in an interesting
• •ween the governor and the
Ar.keny-Pii es combine.
Governor Now at Prison.
vernor Mead, accompanied by
pnvate secretary, Major A. N.
Brown . ■
3 u - Chairman Kincaid, H. D.
t ° nes and J - H. Davis, members of
TValia b ° ard ° f contro1 ' arrived ln
frn a alla yester *iay afternoon
o ni ? They were met at the
Kees ' &N ' de Pot by Warden A. F.
and taken immediately to the
residence at th e penitenti
s morning Governor Mead began
Work- .
amount V g ° mg through a large
had h accur nulated mail that
een forwarded to him from
ar-.i ■• ' kept the executive
1J nis Drh-of
Initil |,< V secretary engaged
The aft *"ioon. f
trol r„r emberß ° f th * board of con "
Put in tv,. A
book, at day ln inspecting ithe
martin and looking after
* complete',": e board
inspect ion of the peni-
Walia before leaving Walla
bs#*'ive 1 lo ° k !into severa l matters
f|V| cts . Pr ° VWID « work for the
• nth PreSent the onl y oc '
Jute mill 18 provide <* 4s I n the
STATESMAN
PRESIDENT'S BOAT IN COLLISION
MAGNOLIA WAS BADLY DAMAGED
Revenue Gutter Ivy Took Off the President's Party and Con
veyed Them to the Cruiser West Virginia—Nobody
Was Hurt in the Collision
NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 27.—The
lighthouse tender Magnolia with Pres
ident Roosevelt aboard, collided with
the fruit steamer Esparta near Nairn,
La., shortly after midnight. The
news reached this city through a
message from Captain William Rose
of the Esparta, asking for assistance.
Rose stated that both vessels were
aground on th e river bank. He said
the Esparta would probably have to
carry the president's party to the
mouth of the river, where the West
Virginia is awaiting them. No one
was injured. From this it is inferred
that the Magnolia was badly dam
aged.
The tugs Wilmot and Woods left
New Orleans at 4 this morning for
the scene. Nairn is about 60 miles
below this city on the west bank of
the Mississippi. Efforts to communi
cate with Nairn by telephone this
morning were futile. It is likely that
one of the tugs will convey the pres
ident's party to the cruiser.
The telephone operator at Empire,
five miles below Nairn, telephoned at
8:15 this morning that the Magnolia
passed there at 2:30. She should
have passed at midnight had there
been no accident.
A telephone message received by
the United Fruit company from Pi
lot Town says the revenue cutter
Ivy took the president off the dis
abled Magnolia and proceeded down
the river.
The president boarded the West
Virginia at 9:40. He was given a sa
lute of 21 guns. The cruiser imme
diately weighed anchor and sailed.
When the ship struck the presi
dent, who was asleep, and was awak
ened by the jar, put on his glasses
and remarked calmly, "It appears the
RAILROAD OWES RACK TAXES
ILLINOIS CENTRAL IS PREPARING
FOR BIG LEGAL BATTLE
WITH THE STATE.
It Is Claimed That ths Road Is In
debted to Illinois In the Sum
of $33,000,000.
CHICAGO, 111- Oct. 27.—The di
rectors of the Illinois Central railroad
are preparing for a big legal battle,
to fight the claim of the state of Illin
ois of about $33,000,000 for back taxes.
According to an opinion given by At
torney-General Stead, for the guid
ance of State Auditor McCullogh, the
Illinois Central railroad is indebted
to the state to the amount of about
$33,000,000. This includes seve n per
cent of its gross receipts and the taxes
on all its real estate and personal
property, including stocks. It is ex
pected that Auditor McCullogh will
levy this year's tax on the basis of
this opinion and a big legal fight is
expected, as the railroad company is
determined to resist the assessment
and its collection.
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
Umatilla an d Aurelia Came Together
of Frisco.
SAX FRANCISCO. Calif.. Oct. 27.—
The Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany's steamer Umatilla with a full
list of passengers, cargo and freight,
bound for Victoria, collided at 11:30
this morning off Broadway wharf
with the lumber laden steam schooner
\urelia, just arrived from Portland.
The Umatilla struck the Aurelia
amidships, doing considerable dam
age and bursting her steam pipes.
Several plates of the Umatilla's star
board quarter was smashed and
panic reigned among the passengers.
The Umatilla, however, continued on
her way. The Aurelia was towed to
a dock.
ESTABLISHED 1861
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1905.
boat has struck a snag." He offered
no criticism and said he hoped he
wouldn't have to take a bath so early
in the morning, but he could enjoy it
if necessary. Secretary Loeb sent
this j message to Washington:
"In the morning after breakfast
notify Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Rixey
that the president's boat collided with
a steamer. No one was hurt."
"After the Ivy came alongside the
president did not retire, but prefer
red to sit up in the cabin. He en
joyed the accident hugely. It is
said the pilot of the Esparta Is
wholly to blame.
No Word at White House.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 27.—Up
to 10:30 this morning no word had
been received at the White House
regarding the accident to th e light
house tender Magnolia. .Seeretary
Metcalf has been unable to get com
munication with the lighthouse ser
vice in the New Orleans district, but
no fears are felt for the president's
safety.
Later the lighthouse board has re
ceived a telegram from Commander
Sears, commanding the Magnolia,
saying she was struck in the foreside
about 11 o'clock last night by the
Esparta. No one was injured. The
revenue cutter Ivy took off the pres
ident's party. The dispatch says the
Magnolia can be repaired.
The members of the president's
party who left him at Memphis re
turned this morning. Roosevelt en
tertained them at luncheon before
their departure. Someone said the
president would make many a trip
"next term.'' "There will be no next
term. I am serving my last. I will
not even be nominated."
WHEAT DECISION RENDERED
GRAIN COMMISSION RETAINS
BLUESTEM RED MIXED GRADE
FOR THE PRESENT.
Walla Walla Wheat Case Was Fully
Considered by the State Board at
Tacoma.
The Washington State Grain com
mission has rendered a decision set
tling the status of "bluestem mixed"
Walla Walla wheat, a question that
has been a bone of contention between
eastern Washington wheat growers
and grain men and terminal grain men
at Puget Sound points for more than
a year.
Terminal buyers have been and are
at present deducting from 1 to 2
cents a bushel on all this grade of
wheat, maintaining as excuse that it
is deficient in glute n qualities.
The commission describes the re
sult of a test made by th e state
chemist at the Pullman agricultural
college that gives the red wheat a
higher ratio of gluten than the
straight bluestem. Nevertheless, the
grade will not be changed this year.
The wheat, which is the subject of
controversy, is a peculiar red, re
sembling bluestem i n everything save
color. It is raised in all the great
cereal district tributary to Walla
Walla. The farmers and big grain
growers here unite in declaring
it the equal of any bluestem wheat
grown, but nevertheless in the face of
their protests they are docked for
all bluestem containing 10 per cent or
more of the red, under the Washing
ton standard, instead of the 5 per
cent prescribed by the Portland
chamber of commerce grade.
Miss Roosevelt Denies It.
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 27.—Miss
Roosevelt, enroute to Washington,
positively denied her reported engage
ment to Congressman Worth or any
bod yelse.
PANIC IN ST. PETERSBURG
ANARCHY THROUGHOUT EMPIRE
Czar Has Warship Near His Palace That He May Embark at
a Moment's Notice in Case of Danger—Would
Probably 60 to Denmark
CHICAGO, Ills., Oct. 27.—The Daily
News correspondent at St. Peters
burg cables that disturbances have
increased to such ,an extent through
out the empire that there is practical
ly no government. The provinces
continue to report bloody struggles
between the military and mobs. Rev
olutionists have triumphed over the
soldiers at Kharkov, Ekaterinoslav
and other places. In every city taken
the public treasury has been seized
and the leaders have forced obedi
ence to their orders. Shops and offices
are closed.
Strike Spreading.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 27.—The
strike is spreading through all classes
of labor throughout European Russia
today. Three leading papers have
been forced to suspend in this city
for lack of workmen. Conflicts have
occurred in many towns, with numer
ous casualties, but the general situ
ation is quiet, pending developments.
General strike demonstrations ev
erywhere were ordered by the labor
committees Saturday. Witte is su
preme. At Warsaw and Pabianice
the police refused duty as soldiers
CHANGE NAVY REGULATIONS
NEW ORDER OF SECRETARY OF
NAVY BONAPARTE IN
EFFECT TODAY.
Assistant Secretary Will In Future
Have to Visit Every Naval Sta
tion On Atlantic Coast.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 27.—8y
order of the Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte, that section of the navy
regulations defining the duties of the
assistant secretary of the navy nas
been materially modified. Under the
new rule the assistant secretary of
the navy will be required to "visit
every first-class ship and every naval
station on the Atlantic coast each
year, and, if he can find any time,
outside of these trips, he is expected
to go to the Pacific coast and inspect
the ships and stations there. Confi
dential and oral reports are to be
made to the secretary. The new reg
ulation does not say how much of his
time he shall be acting secretary of
the navy, but it does give his oth«w
duties In detail. The assistant secre
tary is to determine all matters of na
val militia, what loans or gifts of pub
lic property i n the possession of the
navy shall be given to it, and what
services of ships in commission or of
officers and men in the marine corps
shall be granted in connection with
state, municipal or private functions;
repairs to ships, advertising, and the
newspapers which shall be employed
to that end. He is also to investigate
the personal character of every appli
cant for a position in the marine or
pay corps, and wherever else in the
navy appointments are made from
civil life, and make confidential re
ports to the secretary.
The Chicago Grain Market.
CHICAGO, Ills., Oct. 27.—Wheat
89 1-2, corn 46 1-2, oats 30 1-8.
♦ Harris Jury Still Out. ♦
♦ After being out for more than ♦
-•• 24 hours the jury in the case of -♦■
-•■ Neil Harris had failed to reach ♦
-♦■ a verdict at 3:30 this afternoon. ♦
♦ At 3 o'clock further instructions
■*■ from the court were asked for. ♦
-•• The question was if the jury ♦
could recommend mercy in event ♦
-♦■ of his being found guilty. The ♦
-•■ court answered "certainly." ■♦■
and refused to mount guard, fearing
the populace.
During the afternoon the wildest
rumors were ( circulated. The city
was seized with panic and students
began to congregate at the Uni
versity announcing ( that they in
tended to take the building in Vas
sili Ostrov district against the mil
itary and hold a beg meeting tonight,
to which the workmen of all social
groups would be invited.
The supply of food in this city is
so low that soldiers' rations now
consist of only a little salt meat.
A message.from Peterhoff, where the
czar is, says all the warships are
under steam, and an imperial yacht is
ready to convey the czar.at a mo
ment's notice to Denmark, if it be
comes necessary for him .to flee for
his personal safety. Order continues
to prevail in this city.
Fire Cripples Telegraph Service.
WARSAW, Oct. 27.—0n account of
the big fire telegraph service is prac
tically cut off from this city to Mos
cow and Berlin.
It is reported that a fire started
at Warsaw last night is beyond con
trol and that part of the city is doom
ed.
IS ROOSEVELT'S GIRTHDAY
PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES
WAS BORN FORTY-SEVEN
YEARS AGO.
Big Celebration Will be Held in New
York Tonight—President
Not at Home.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Forty-seven
years ago today, on October 27, 1858,
President Roosevelt was born in the
house bearing the number 28 on East
Twentieth street, i n this city. Presi
dent Roosevelt being on his way
from New Orleans to Norfolk, Va., on
board the cruiser West Virginia, he
will be unable to spend his birthday
with his family, as he has been in the
habit of doing for many years, nor
will he be able to be present at any
of the celebrations arranged in honor
of the day.
The Roosevelt Home club, which
was organized on October 12. 1904, by
twenty-five admirers of the president,
will celebrate the day by a banquet
which will be give n tonight in the
room of the old Roosevelt home,
where the president was born forty
seven years ago. The president had
been invited to be the guest of honor,
but, of course, could not come.
The club is determined to preserve
The house in which President Roose
velt was born and to maintain it as a
national landmark. The club now
numbers about three hundred mem
bers, and applications for membership
are received daily from all parts of j
the country. Mr. L. P. Glasel is the
president of the club and Arthur Ful
ler the historian. Many prominent
friends and admirers of the president
have been Invited and some interest
ing addresses will be delivered.
DOUBLE DUEL AT NOME.
Four Miners Fight Battle With
Knives.
NOME, Alaska, Oct. 27.—As the
Result of a double bowie-knife duel
over the Tundra claim near Fort Dav
is, Edward Killilea and B. S. Haugh
nessy, partners, were stabbed In a
dozen places and both will die. Ho
mer Bounds and son Lee were badly
cut, but will live. The last .two have
been arrested and placed in the fed
eral pail. All are well known min
ers.
B. S. Haughnessy, who participat
ed in the double duel is dead and his
partner is dying. Bounds and his
son are recovering.
LOCAL WHEAT QUOTATIONS!
Blue Stem. 66 1-2 cents
Club. 63 1-2 cents f.o.b
NUMBER 138
ROOSEVELT
INDORSED
Interstate Commerce Conven
tion Takes Action
RAILROAD MAGNATES ARE DENOUNCED
Resolutions Were Adopted Demand"
ing i Legislation for the Supervis
ion and Control of Rates.
CHICAGO, Ills., Oct. 27—The sec
ond day's convention of the inter
state commerce commission consid-i
ered resolutions setting forth and ap
proving the recommendations of
President Roosevelt and urging
broad Jegislation. Speeches were made
by many denouncing the railroads
and trust magnates and urging that
transportation facilities Jbe restored
to the control of the people.
Joseph H. Call, an attorney of Los
Angeles, spoke. He cited decisions of
the supreme court to the effect that
empowering the interstate commerce
commission with power to regulate
rate is constitutional and one of the
rights of the government. He said
he wanted that right restored to the
commission.
The "rump" rate convention was
entertained by many speeches, the
trend of which was that the rail
roads could fix rates fairly themselves.
The speakers denied that the dele
gates were railroad men. A perma
nent organization was proposed.
George X. "Wendling of San Fran
cisco tried to speak just before ad
journment for lunch.
This afternoon the rump conven
tion adopted resolutions expressing
confidence in President Roosevelt,
but declaring opposition to conferring
upon the interstate commerce com
mission or any other appointive
agency the power to prescribe spe
cific rates. They declare that dis
satisfaction with existing laws is
due to the delay in reaching a deter
mination of questions. Congress is
urged to provide the necessary ma
chinery to counteract this.
Baby May be Heiress.
LAWRENCE. Kan., Oot. 27.—The
Illinois foster parents of little Emily-
Darwin, the famous incubator baby
of the world's fair pike, won a point
yesterday in their fight to make the
infant, believed to be the most widely
known baby in the world, heiress to
a third of a million dollars. Judge
Stuart overruled the motion of Mrs.
Charlotte Bleakley, who now has the
child, for the dismissal of the ha
beas corpus suit filed by James G.
Barclay of Moline, 111. The claim of
the Barclays, who say that little Em
ily is the daughter of one Edith Stan
ley, will now be heard on its merits.
Into the evidence, which will be
heard here next month, will enter the
strange story of the substitution of
a dead infant for a living one, whose
mother mourned her as dead; of the
mother's discovery, and of her fear
aroused by reading Victor Hugo's "Les
Miserables," that the little one was
suffering the fate of Cozette.
If the baby is held by her foster
parents she will inherit a good-sized
fortune.
TELEGRAPHIC OPERATOR
FACES PENITENTIARY
During the Strike Last August He
Interfered With the Operation
of Trains. /
HELENA, Mont., Oct 27.—C. C.
Beach, a telegraph operator who
went on strike with th e Northern
Pacific and Great Northern opera
tors last August, will be tried under
the Gravelle law, which fixes a
punishment of five years for inter
fering with the operation of trains.
Beach pulled the plugs from a .switch
board and for a number of hours
stalled every train on his division.