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FEBRUARY 24, 1906. PEOPLE OF THE DAY KeW Hepublloan Whip. r(Yoe rpssuian James E. Watson of Utnft, tn<> new whip of the nouse ?publicans, is comparatively a young m t0 bear that honor, being but over forty years old. Yet he Jarred long in congress, being now |wg fiftli term. When fresh out of liege, a preen lawyer at Rushville, [° the Hoosier State, he went into a ] a? tign for congress pitted against yvet<-mn Democrat, William S. Hol ' an famous as "the watchdog of the uMory" Watson won out after u that Is still the talk of the f st h Indiana district. His electioc * v liip laeana that one day he is like- I AMES E. WATSON. - go to the party leadership in the I prospects In time for the r ; was first given out that he n .' . ped Tawney as party whir. M reference was made to the fact was an ardent Methodist tnd thai ou two occasions he had beer itate president of the Epworth league. Uter H developed that lie leads the choir in the First Methodist church oi Kosbrille, where he lives, and that in this he vies with James P. Goodrich th - Republican state chairman of In dhna. who leads the choir in his town. Governor In Wronfr Pocket. S. M. (Jrirtitli. water commissioner oi AHoona, was coming up from Philadel phia a day or two ago, and two seats ahead of him In the car sat Governor ftnnypacker. Their top coats hung citl.' by side on the wall of the car. Suddenly the governor arose and began going through the pockets of Mr. Grif fith's coat. "Is there anything in that coat you would like to have?" asked the water commissioner, leaning forward. ffly^c','.'("" - "fowled at this».appar- but Mr. Griffith only imil«Lnd nodded toward the coats. Still th? governor did not seem to un derstand. if there is I'll be glad to get it for Ton." added Mr. Griffith, still smiling affably. Then the governor "tumbled," glanc ed at the coats, saw that he was in the *r one and stammered an apology. -Pittsburg Dispatch. A Statesman's Whiiker*. Representative Graham of Pennsyl vania has whiskers that do not meet at all points. There are too many inter nals between them. Two of his col leagues were discassing him in the kowe lunch room. "In my opinion." said one of them, "Graham's whiskers are punctuated too fcerafly." Teg," S ;ii(i the other, who used to be «n editor, "they are what you might call doable leaded whiskers." — New hrk Times. Nwtma] Life's Xew Head. Qttrles Augustas Pea body, who suc fwdwl Richard A. MeCurdy as presi dent of the Mutual Life Insurance com- Koy, is a native of New York city, **ere he has practiced law for the Past thirty years. It is said that the *w head of the Mutual Life lacks that ajTCTessiveness which character ize most insurance men. He is fifty ft|rs of ajje. (niiet of manner and and decidedly methodical in w badness methods. . £an V in i eßa i ca reer Mr. Pea •Wy showed much interest in the real f "HA ELKS K. PEABODT. law and has ever since mad* T Bl his specialty. He is recognized ■ 411 authority on the subject and for &a y years has been the representative J*e William Waldorf Astor estate in Jj ls country. He is also a director of e Hamilton Fish estate. He is a of the directorate of the Astor &tl °uai bank, Delaware and Hudson 2j£*ny. Farmers' Loan and Trust Illinois Central Railroad ™r a ny. National Bank of Commerce Cnion Pacific railway. SOCIETY RENT BY BATHTUB OnelDay a Week Too Short to Accommodate Women. SOCIETY PRESTIGE CAUSES TROUBLE BANKER'S WIFE WANTS TO BATHE BEFORE BLACK SMITH'S WIFE. CENTER, Neb.. Feb . u _ Thg bath . tub in Saunders' hotel annex barber shop is in hot water all the time on Thursdays, which ar e -ladies' davs" m the, tub. One day a week is proving too short a tim e for the entire femi nine portion of the village to revef in a cleansing sp i ash . Now there are questions of social pre,|:ig e arista* because th e banker's wife wants to bathe before the tub is used by the blacksmith's wife. Mr. Sounders is much worried over the situation and wishes he never had established a "ladies' day" for the only bathtub in town. • In order to solve the difficulty as much as possible, Mr. Saunders has ar ranged a schedule for the various hours from 7 a. m. Thursday until midnight, and each bather is allowed forty-five minutes to make use of the modern convenience. As a result, twenty-two of the feminine inhabitants get near godliness once a week, and the other five women of the county seat work in their bath turns in the absence of thos e who cannot come on schedule hours. Angry Words at Tub. Last Thursday a crowd of women crowded about the bathtub door before tjie sun had fairly got started, and there were some very large and angry words spoken when Mrs. Hansen, forming a good interference, dashed throug the line and held the tub for the first touchdown. Mrs. Saunders told her husband of the complaint that was general and Mr. Saunders consulted the town coun cil and then resolved to post a sched ule on his bathroom door, giving each woman forty-five minutes, so far as the time lasted, arranging the.names ATfjf I . * HOME * I \ iwe nave tte '°° m aa - \m / I I V joining us, now occu- I I pied by A. E. Augustavo, will take possession about the 20th I B of this month and will immediately install our Bookbinding I I Plant, giving us an equipment second to none in the Northwest. ■ I TTZ *JZ BOOKBINDER I I to take charge of the work. We will be prepared to make I I anything from a vest pocket memorandum to the largest Ledger I I used in Walla Walla, Loose or Solid Leaf. And your money I I stays AT HOME, is spent in Walla Walla, and who says a I M printing establishment is not a good circulating medium. fT THE STATESMAN CO. hhh L-T1 in alphabetical order. Mrs. Barrett is a banker's wife, and Mrs. Barnes is a blacksmith's) wife, and Mrs. Barnes gets to bathe first by this rule. | The Schedule. A list of the names posted is as fol lows : 7:00 a. m.—Mrs. Albright. 7:45 a. m.—Mrs. Arnold 8:30 a. m.—Mrs. Barnes. 9:15 a. m.—Mrs. Barrett 10:00 a. m.—Mrs. Carper. 10:45 a. m.—Mrs. Davidson. 11:30 a. m.—Mrs. Divoky. 12:45 p. m.—Miss Evans. 1:30 pm.—Mrs Ferguson. 2:15 p.m.—Mrs. Grant. 3:00 p. m.—Mrs. Gruben. 3:45 p.m.—Mrs. Hanson. 4:30 p. m.—Mrs. Hook 5:15 p. m.—Mrs. Mushbour. 6:00 p.m.—Miss James. 6:45 p. m.—Mrs. Johnson. 7:30 p. m.—Mrs. Jones. 8:15 p. m.—Mrs. Kladicek. 9:00 p. m.—Mrs. Larson 9:45 p. m.—Mrs. Miller. 10:30 r. m.—Mrs. Nelson. 11:15 p. m.—Mrs. Newburn At midnight the twenty-two have bathed and the other twenty-two femi nine residents of the village have to get in their washing at odd moments. These Ave are Mrs. Pavish, Mrs. Saun ders, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Woerth. Mrs. Saunders, as the wife of the man who owns the tub. is the envy of all, for she can bathe at any time she chooses by getting up early enough in the morning. Xo provision is made for the unmarried ladies. "MOUTH OF HELL" IS FOUND. Curious Painting of Great Historical Value Discovered in Priest's House. PARIS, Feb. 24. —Theodore Coe ar rived from Italy this week, bringing a curious large painting entitled "The Mouth of Hell," representing monster jaws toward which are drawn human beings in the midst of flames. It is supposed to be a part of an original composition by Maffeo Da Verona, which served in the decoration of one of the cupolas of St. Mark's Mr. Coe discovered it at the home of a priest in Venice, who kept it rolled up in a dark corner, unsuspecting that he had a work of art of great historical value. He declared a high valuation to the official charged with authorizing the exportation, who said it was too high and allowed the official to take the picture from the country on a les- ser valuation. THE EVENING STATESMAN, WALLA WALLA. WASHINGTON. SEESPAPERS FOR FIRST TIME John Long Looks Up Divorce His Wife Secured in 1895. NEVER KNEW WHAT THE GROUNDS WERE WAS ON RANCH WEST OF SPO KANE WHEN DECREE WAS GRANTED YEARS AGO. Although 11 years have come and gone since Anna Long secured a decree of divorce from John W. Long, on the grounds of abandonment and non-sup port, today was the first time that Mr. Long actually knew on what grounds his wife secured a legal separation. Mr. Long, who is farming in the Spo kane country, arrived in Walla Walla yesterday for the purpose of looking up the records in the case and he spent nearly two hours this morning going over the papers on file in Clerk Hill's office. Anna Wa s a Good Woman. "Anna was a good woman. Good enough for any man, but she was coaxed away, Mr. Long declared when he came to the complaint in which it was alleged that he had abandoned his wife and two children. "I never left her. She left home while I was away on a ranch trying to make a living for us. I tried every way I could to get her to com e back, but she refused, so I guess it is best that we parted. But she was a good woman and I was sorry to lose her." Came Near Marrying Again. Mr. Long said his wife had married AUCTION ! $10,000 Stock of Jewelry Sales Daily, 2:30 and 7:30 p. m., until entire stock is sold. Nething reserved. My guarantee goes with every article. John Hardwick 17 again and was now living near Butte. Mont. Mr. Long said he never married again, although he came very near it a few years ago. ' Yes, I was to have been married, but the woman declared that I had not obtained a divorce from my first wife, so it was all off. I wasn't quite sure about the divorce my wife had secured and thought I would come to Walla Walla and look up the records." Mrs. Long secured a divorce in 1895 when W. H. Upton was judge of the Walla Walla superior court. S. E. King was attorney for Mrs. Long and the records show that Mr. Long made no defense to the action. At the time of the trial he said he was out on a ranch west of Spokane. MISS ALICE HAS DOUBLE. It Is Senorita Godoy, Mexican Minis- ter's Daughter. (Washington Correspondence Chicago Post). A debt of gratitude is due Senorita Mercedes Godoy from Mrs. Alice Long worth. Senorita Godoy looks so much like Miss Roosevelt that not more than half the people of Washington, and com paratively few strangers, can tell the twain apart. Senorita Godoy is the de butant daughter of the Mexican minis ter. At the last White House recep tion the Mexican girl appeared, and all the evening she was followed, re marked upon and stared at in a semi polite way by the thronging mulMtude, which thought sne was the president's daughter. The object of all this attention speaks very little English, and it is supposed that at first she had no idea why she was being mobbed. Finally, however, some one told her, and then she entered into the spirit of the thing and carried ou- the part forced upon her from sheer love of the adventure. Present at the reception were fully fifty schoolgirls who. are attending some of the fashionable educational institutions in Washington- They had no thought that Senorita Mercedes was any other than Mis? Alice, and, like the languishing maidens in "Pa tience," they gave themselves over a sort of schoolgirl adoration. Some one unkindly undeceived them late In the evening, and the girls were half angry and half tearful. Meanwhile Miss Roosevelt, in a cor ner of the blueroom, was escaping at tention save from the members of the receiving party and from a few special ly invited guests who were allowed en trance to the apartment where the general public does not dare trespass, drlwas shrdhi snrrllii shrdlu shrdluuu "BUD" SMITH THINKS IT OVER DQD't Know Whether to Plead Guilty to Burglary or Not. WILL STUDY ABOUT IT UNTIL MONDAY MORE SERIOUS CHARGE PENDING AGAINST ROOM WORKER, SAY THE POLICE. Between now and Monday sometime "Bud" Smith, captured under a bed at the Palace hotel a few mornings ago, will decide whether or not he will plead guilty to a charge of burglary. Smith had about decided this morning to enter a plea, of guilty and take his medicine, but when he was brought before Judge Brents at It) o'clock he asked that his case be continued until Monday, when he will enter a plea. More Serious Charge Afleged. It is rumored in police circles that a more serious charge is pending against Smith if he decide? to make a fight to escape conviction on a burglary charge. The charge, it is said, will be preferred by a well-known Walla Walla girl, who only reached a legal age a short time ago. The name of the young girl is being kept a secret and will only be divulged on Smith attempting to es cape the burglary charge. Smith is fearful that the additional charge will be lodged against him. Hardy Averse to Overcoat. Thomas Hardy, the novelist, recluse and genius, lives on the outskirts of Dorcester in a red brick house sur rounded by tall trees that hide his house from the curious. He dresses as simply and independently of fash ion as most men of genius have done from the beginning of history. His pet aversion is the wearing of an ov ercoat, and when the weather begins to be cold he puts on a waistcoat made of sheepskin in the old-fashioned country style. As the cold increases he puts a woolen waistcoat over the sheepskin, and adds others according to the temperature until at times he wears as many os four or five at a time. Mr. Hardy has now turned his attention to poetry .a branch of lit erature which has always interested him. It is interesting to remember in this connection ifca: the great critic, Coventry Pat more, told the author that 'A Pair of Blue Eyes" should have been written in verse. ADS ON CREATURES. This Mariner's Mark on Sharks and Birds of China Sea. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Should any deep-sea skipper off the Cape of Good Hope run foul of a flock of alba tross which look as if they had been used for models of a school of ad-writ ing, he will confer a favor upon Cap tain Jarvis F. British's four-masted bark. Lawhill, now in this port, by not ing the date and position. On his trip from Hongkong. Car<.iin Jarvis and his crew took paints to I****- orate stray sharks and birds as caenx aboard and turn them loose ftglui. -a the China Sea a fourteen-foot shark was landed on deck. With indelible red ink Captain Jarvis had the man eater inscribed with the following leg end"Submarine No. 0999, H. B. M. Shark.*' followed by the date of launch ing and the ship's position. After the monster had been properly christened it was dropped overboard again. While tlie big vessed was running before a two and three knot breeze, iin<K r low topsails, around t!ie Cane of ('mod Hope, an excellent opportunity presented itself to invite a number of albatrosses and.cape hens aboard. With the red ink a number of them were appropriately labeled and set adrift. Across the smooth, pure breast which is so ( (impact and well oiled that it has a solid imperious front, the name of the ship and her position, with The wate, was inscribed. A Veteran Politician. HELENA, Mont. Feb. 24.—Preston H. Leslie has returned to Montana from a 4000 mile trip to Kentucky, the scene of his former great political activity, he having served two terms as governor of that state, as well as a similar honor in Montana. He visited Thompkinsville, Ky., where sixty-six years ago he was admitted to practice. Despite his 87 years, the trip was made alone and without incident, save in Kentucky, where he was accorded a most hearty reception from the day of his arrival until he departed. He an- nounced himself pleased beyond ex pression to return to the state of his adontion. PAGE SEVEN