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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

The Mediterranean sea less than 100
years ago was infested with pirates.
who took into captivity the ships and
crews of such nations as had not In
some way made peace with or paid
tribute to the Barbary powers. Several
American vessels suffered at the hands
of these buccaneers, and at one time In
single cruise ten of our vessels were
captured, and In November. 1898. the
number OF American prisoners at Al
giers was l15.
To the dey Of Algiers the United
States, like other powers, paid enor-
nous tribute, and to fulfill one treaty Il
cost nearly $1.000.000. In 1898, having
fallen behind in our payments of trib-
ute. we sent four armed vessels to the
dey for arrearages, and our consul. in
presenting these gifts. was forced TO
kiss the hand of the piratical potentate.
The cost Of buying freedom for our
ships from the Barbary powers had
amounted in 1901 to more than $2.0o0.-
| 900.
The United States finally made UP its
mind that this was condition which
no longer could be endured.
on the 18th of May. 1901, after re-
| peated insults and demands. the pasha
of Tripol cut down the fiagstaff Of the
American consulate in Tripoli and noti-
| fed the consul that he declared war
Under Commodore Dale the Enter
prise left Hampton Roads and arrived
at Gibraltar at the beginning 0f July,
| 1901. II appeared of Tripoli and Tunis
| before the pirates of the Mediterranean
| had any thought of such visitor ana
| met the Tripolitan corsair, the Tripoli,
| and left il after an engagement OF three
| hours a complete wreck. having killed
| or wounded 20 of the men and escaping
with every man Of its own crew un~
harmed This was the real beginning
| OF the war with Tripoli.
| President jefferson was disinclined tn
| engage further in hostilities without an
| act of congress notwithstandng Trip
| oil had declared war. Although some
| thing was done against the piraticaI
| powers in 1901 and 1902. nothing In the
| way of actual, elaborate war was again
| on until 1904. congress having passed
an act two years before which was vir-
| tually a declaration of war.
| Commodore Prebe in 1905 left for the
| Mediterranean with a new squadron Of
| two frigates. two brigs and three
| scbooners. BY an accident one Of his
| best ships fell into the enemy's hands,
but he afterward found opportunity to
destroy this vessel and deprive the en-
cmy OF Its use.
on the 25th of July 1904. after much
| wandering up and down the waters or
| the Mediterranean. Commodore Preble's
entire squadron took its station before
| Tripoli. and with the bombardment OF
the capital on the Sd OF August began
a series of engagements that developed
an energy and a heroism in the Ameri-
can navy which were the admiration OF
tho world. 1t was here that the famous
Constitution did such effective work.
Before the end of the year the Tripoli-
tans were glad TO make terms with this
country. and the treaty then established
ended forever piraticai assaults on
American commerce by the Beroary
mowers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11
rcopyright. 1881

copyright, 1881
A battleship or cruiser in l-er beauti-
ful white coat Of paint. with touches OF
chrome about the masts. yards and
edges OF the woodwork. the brass plates
and coverings polished till they gleam
like gold in the sunshine. only the muz-
zles of her guns protruding slightly, al
most coyly, from portfolio or mounted
en- barbette. is "a thing OF beauty" ell
ther swinging at her anchor chains or
dashing ahead through the waters.
which her propeller churns into foam at
the stern. But in days OF battle, when
the white color has been changed to a
dull lead that soon looks grirny and
gives her the appearance OF soiled
dove, with guns staring at length from
wide open exits, the holiday attire strip
ped from her. she makes a forbidding
and ominous picture. In time OF actual
engagement she seems to be nothing
more than a metal hull that has been
converted into n death dealing instru-
ment to work havoc and destruction up
on those she regards as antagonists.
The dove has been metamorphosed into
a vulture. The genial crew are stern
and relentless. apparently inspired with
o murderous fury. as they fight this Pi-
gantic machine OF war, to sweep away
all that obstructs their passage or view
and even with seeming wanton cruelty
to pounce upon helpless adversary.
The latter. however. IL only the poet
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11
Coal For War Vessels.

II the present war lasts for a year. II
il expected by the navy department
that az least 100000 tons OF coal will
be used 10y our warships. Last year tho
consumption was only 13S.3ls tons,
which cost 1866, 900. The case is very
different now, when every vessel Ia in
commission and hundreds Of auxiliary
craft are added.
The navy has to pay all sorts OF prices
for coal. varying from $3.50 to SIS per
ton, the latter being the price at GER
tain South American ports.
Before the war began ii cost the gov-
ernment $3.50 per ton at Key West.
whereas the price has since risen to
$3.50.
Two steel piers are being built by the
navy department for coaljng purposes
at the Dry Tortugas. each of them 314
feet long. and also two steel sheds, each
capable of containing 10000 tons Of coal.
These sheds will be equipped with the
latest holsting apparatus, which is able
to handle the coal in enormous quanti-
ties. Giant shovelF, each holding two
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

So while the admiral. the commodore.
the captain and all the officers gain
the credit or assume the responsibility
Of either victory or defeat the sailor
who has risen above his primitive grade
10 that OF a petty officer Is deserving OF
much commendation for the part he
plays In the few houra', turmoil when
the bclching fame and whizzing balls
the shrek OF shells and the rafting din
OF Gatlings interlningied with the pep
perry report Of rifles are settling the
question Of naval supremacy or DEM
onstrating the weakness of iron walls
and stone casemates against modern
projcctiles forced with tremendous pow
er anG travelling with almost incredible
speed. THOMAS N. JAMIESON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

the express purpose Of watching this
method of attack. Every big gun on
the ship is now depressed, and a storm
OF iron hail belches from the muzzles.
while the rapid fire guns and the rifle
men In the fighting top all direct their
energies against this most dreaded OF
foes. Shooting at the molelike trail OF
the torpedo. II is struck and demolished.
The missiles of destruction now begin
to rain upon the torpedo boat. BY some
means she must be injured or crippled.
and one lucky shell or ball in her ma
chlnery or steering gear will render her
useless for the remainder Of the en-
gagement at least IL IL is not possible TO
sink or capture her.
Then. to add to the horror OF the situ-
alton, there is the appalling smoke. for
while smokeless powder is being placed
on some OF our war vessels its use In
far from general. and the Spaniards do
not seem TO have any knowledge OF it.
SO the deep pail OF battle lowers, and
there arc urid flames from blazing
ships or burning forts 60 add a further
element OF massive dreadfulness. The
magazine must be watched with wide
open eyes, for single stray sparks would
entail instant humiliation.
The risk Of the enemy's shell pene-
trating It's chambers must perforce be
accepted. but there cannot be a seconds
respite from eternal vigilance.
a Gatllng or any other rapid fire gun
fs likely 10 become ovefheated and will
then fire Itself without even the action
or the automatic movement though this
would necessarily continue its opera
tions. There. Is danger of explosion
then, for the breach may become clog
ged. and while the ship would not be
materially injured a half dozen men
may be blown into fragments. II there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

A young American girl staying tem-
porarily with family abroad had been
made to feel occasionally the pro-Span-
ish tendencies of some OF the people.
One evening at dinner q young man.
pointing to his glass OF beer. attracted
the attention Of the company present
by airily remarking to our Sspresenta-
tive:
"see this glass Of beer Ths darn
brown represents Spain. solid ana sub
stantiai. while the froth represents the
United States"
Yes" was the quiet reply, ~buS I oos
q no United states Is on top"
f cover his confusion the young man
quickly dranS his beer only to be FUR
ther iatgLel at by the statement, ~And
after drinking. tho United States stiI)
remains"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

In the course OF the Arguments be-
fore the house OF lords I'm case in
which the necessity for additional re-
freshment accommodation at Oban sta
tion o~~~- r.ora v'0tse~ f'~rcif n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

Women have more ,hanccs ~ life In
their favor previous to 50 years thar
men have, but feMer aftsrwAfd ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-11

,-.- ..-a-.ai and thas
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21

ing days or weeks in preparing for a pro-
per celebration Of holidays. OF all of the
days that attracted unusual attention on
the part of the Yankee soldiers, Christ
mas stood at the head. however.
With most of the young fellows Christ
mas, 1861. was their first away from
home. Many of them had hard work to
appear happy as they looked at presents
from dear ones and ate the good things
sent them. But great changes had taken
place before Christmas, 1862. At least
10000 of the Army of the Potomac had
fallen out of line-dead. wounded or pris-
oners. The track of its march was red
red from Yorktown to Richmond and from
Richmond to Malvern Hill; from Cedar
Mountain to Manassas; South Mountain
to Antietam, and the reddest spot was
Fredericksburg. What gloomy Christ
mas 1t was for the Northerners. They
had. only few days before. been badly
defeated in their attempt to drive Lee and
the Army of Northern Virginia from the
heights of Fredericksburg. The people at
home may have started Christmas din
ner to the boys, but it did not reach them
On Christmas, 1868, the army was shiv.
ering along the Rappahannock and Rapi
dan, and as far out as Culpeper Court
House. 1t was too cold, and the meI
were too poorly housed to enjoy the day
Christmas dinners were the order of the
day in 1864. The army was strung along
behind Notifications from Richmond tt
below Yellow House, on the Weldon Rail
road. distance of nearly forty miles. The
Sanitary and Christian Commissions had
arranged to supply the army with @
Christmas dinner. Few men were over
looked. Except that In 1861, it was the
happiest Christmas for the Yankee army
since the trouble began. There were many
signs that the next Christmas would be
enjoyed at home, and so it was by all who
escaped from the hot times from March e
to the evening of April 8, after Grant and
Lee had met at Appomattox.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
HUGE CHECKS.
Enormous Sums Represented by Bits
of Paper.

Checks for large amounts seem to be
the order of the day, but even Sir Thorn
as Lipton's large check in payment of i'm
port duties covering a certain period Of
time, the installments on the purchase OF
the Anaconda mines, or on the Coast
railroad in America, which have all amaz-
ed the world in turn, pale into insignif-
canoe compared with those that have
been drawn recently. The payments
made by the French government as war
indemnity to Prussia have hitherto held
the first rank, in the opinion of well
known fnanciers, as the largest ever
known, but the check drawn for the larg-
est amount on record represents the bal
ance of the war indemnity, with the in
terest thereon, paid by China to Japan,
namely, fll,OOs,S57 los Cd. The Chi
nese government borrowed, through the
Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, the sum
of fl6,O00,000 to pay this indemnity.
The money was transferred at the Bank
of England, from the account of the Chi
nese ambassador to the credit of the gov
eminent of Japan; the check bears the
endorsement of the Chinese minister to
England, Lofenluh, and that of the man
ager of the Bank of England, and it is al
SO signed by the manager of the Hong
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
AL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations, Wool Figures,
and the Price Of Produce.

Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse - Country
points: Club, bulk Ale, sacked 44c; blue
stem, bulk 45c, sacked 4Sc. At Spokane:
Club, bulk 44c, sacked 47c; bluestem, bulk
Ate, sacked SOC.
Oats--At Spokane I. o. b., $l.l0 Der
cwt. 49, ne
Barley-Country points T. o. b., s5c per
cwt.
Rye-Country points I. o. b., TIC per
cwt; Spokane, 75c per cwt.
Feed-Bran and shorts, $l2 per ton;
shorts, $l3; bran, $40; rolled barley, $50;
chicken feed, $4,000.
Corn-Whole, $l.l0 per cwt; cracked,
$i.l5.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40
and 60-lb tubs, Csc per Id; s, 10 and 20
Id tubs, zoe per lib; prints, Csc per lb;
country butter, in rolls, lie per lb; cook.
ing butter. l0c lb; eastern creamery
prints, 25c; cheese, twin, full cream, l3,c
lb; cheese, twin, skim milk, 9a@lOc Id;
ranch eggs, $6.25@8.5O: selected eggs.
$6.75; honey, white comb, l3c per .b;
fancy, lac per ID.
Flour, per bbl-Gold Drop, 1915; Big
Loaf, $4.l5; Banner, $3.50; Plansifter, 81
Superb, 1915; Spokane, $3.50; Swan Pat
ent, SAILS; Snowflake, 1915; White Lily,
$3.50; whole wheat. $3.50: rye, $3.50;
graham, $3.50. Per bale-Whole wheat
$l.s5; rye, $l.s5.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight 9@l0c
lb, dressed l0@llc; spring broilers, $40
$50; turkeys, live 9@l0c, dressed ll@
l2ac; spring ducks, dressed l1@l2c; geese
live lO@llc, dressed l2@l2Ac.
Meats-Beef COWS. live $2.50@275
dressed $5@5.50 cwt; steers, live $2.75@
3, dressed $4,000; hogs, live $450@4.75
dressed $6@6.50; mutton, live 4@4ic
dressed 7a@Sc; dressed veal, 7@Sc; lamb
l24c wholesale.
The following prices are paid in Spo.
kane to farmers and other producers:
Hay-Tmothy, $40 ton; wheat hay
sos; alfalfa, $ll.
| Eggs-Ranch, $6.25@6.50.
Wool-Fine medium, 6@7c per lb, me
dunn, 5@6c per lib.
Vegetables-Potatoes, $4,000 per cwt;
cabbage, $l.50@l.75 per cwt; turnips, 81
per cwt; onions, 10000 per cwt; beans
HOLE per lb; carrots, 81 per cwt; beets
SLIPS per cwt. %.
Portland, Ore, Dec. l8-There was Q
little more life in the local wheat market
the past week, the improved condition
Of the eastern markets, together with ar
advance in Liverpool options bolsterine
the market up somewhat. Walla Walls
was quoted as high as 5S4c and valley
was in better demand at 60@6lc. Blue
stem was steady at 82c.
Wheat shipments from Portland for the
week ending Saturday were 433,24S
bushels.
Tacoma, Dec. 18-Wheat - Higher
club, soc; bluestem, GOOGLE.
San Francisco, Dec. l2.-Bar silver
59sc.
Mexican dollars, 473c.
Lead, $3.50.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21

Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
This rare piece Of paper is at present in
the possession of w. II. Harris. Another
large check was presented at well
known bank a. few years ago for $780,.
OO0-that was the sum paid by the De
Beers Diamond Company for the pur-
chase Of another very large diamond
mine. The check in question was signed
by two directors. After it had been paid
photographs of the check were taken and
sold for small sum, and were bought up
very rapidly. Another large check was
that drawn on the London and County
Bank. few years back by the Great In
liam Peninsular Railway Company, and q
short time before this check was paid
through the clearing house for over g.
100000, drawn on Messrs. Glyn & Co.,
which was paid to the Bank of England.
Tit Bits,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
journal of the Year.

How fair into our hands Ii came.
Snowwhlte was every separate page,
Wherein each day we were to keep
The record Of our pilgrimage.
Our hearts were tender with regrets
Over past failures: eyes were dim
With watching out the dying Year;
We soreiy grieved to part with him.
And grieved still more because the boob
OF life he brought and bore away,
Our hands had botted carelessly
And sadly marred from day to day.
And so we took the New Years book
With naught of Boosting, much of prayer
That when complete, the Judge might ans
cleaner, purer record there.
And yet-and yet-oh, needless heartsi
How have your promises been kept?
How many crooked lines were penned
And errors made while conscience sleptf
And now the 6nal page Is turned;
And. In the solemn midnight tryst,
This one last line we humbly add:
Forgive! forget! for love Of Christr'
The Intqri0F
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
THE PRESIDENT At MACON
FIRST TIME HE HAS CALLED.
Given q Cordial Welcome in Another
Southern City-Brief Addresses Were
Made-Proceeded on the Way Toward
Augusts-Reviewed the Troops.

MACON, Ca, Dec. 20.-Macon exper-
fenced for the first time the pleasure anil
honor OF entertaining a president OF the
United States and the welcome accorded
President Mckinley and the distin-
guished party accompanying him was one
BETTING the importance of the occasion.
The presidential special reached the city
shortly after o'clock in the morning, the
party having already breakfasted aboard
the train. At the station the presiden-
tial party was met by Is carriages.
Lined up along the street was the Sew
enth cavalry, the bright yellow of their
overcoat Innings making vivid contrast
against the fog and drizzle that pre-
vailed. After driving through the streets
the president took his place on the re.
viewing stand at Central City park. Az
the regiments of General Wilson's corps
passed, the respective commanders took
their places on the stand with the pres
idential party.
The troops passed in this order: Third
volunteer engineers, Second volunteer in
fantry, Seventh volunteer infantry, Tenth
volunteer infantry, Third North Carolina
infantry, Sixth Virginia infantry, Sew.
enth cavalry, regulars.
A memorial address was presented tc
the president by the confederate. veter'
ans. The now famous reference to ''cart
for the confederate dead" in the presi
dents Atlanta speech was framed in d
huge wreath of flowers and placed on the
pedestal of the confederate monument.
President Mckinley spoke briefly from
the reviewing stand. He confined his re
marks chiefly to the pride American
people should take in their army. Gen
erals Wheeler, Lawton, Shafter and VIII
son also made addresses.
At 1890 o'clock the presidents party
partook of luncheon at the residence o.
Judge H. H. FELTON, in Mulberry street
A half-hours public reception followed
and at ll:3O the party left for Augusta
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
Labor N0tea.

Printers have organized union in the
Klondike, at Dawson City.
The injunction issued against Denver
machinists has been dissolved.
BARRIERS national headquarters will be
removed from Syracuse to Cleveland.
Pittsburg breweries, 16 in number, are
being gobbled by $20,0O0,0OO combine.
Five Chicago firms signed contracts
with the woodworkers to respect union
conditions.
British printers instructed their off
Gals to invest their surplus funds in
cooperative institutions.
All but five of the "a pottery plants at
East Liverpool, o., have been brought
into line for the new trust.
1t is reported that the non-union brew
cries OF st. Louis have sued for peace with
organized labor and will unionize.
Western papers state that the tannery
trust is considering the advisability of
reducing wages because business is bad.
New York c. L. U. will have nothing
more to do with souvenir, histories, etc
They are all put down as "sandbagging"
schemes
Henceforth political discussion may
take place in the Chicago Federation of
Labor, but all endorsements will be sub
mitted to a referendum vote.
Rothschilds are negotiating to pur.
chase $4,000 acres of land in the Mariposa
grant in California for a million dollars.
1t is thought that the Rothschilds will
operate bonanza farms through their
agents.
Stoneware manufacturers of Ohio held
meeting at GAINESVILLE last week and
perfected a combination. They are going
on strike for higher profits. Whether
it will be reduction of wages or an
arbitrary advance Of prices is not fully
determined.
The ship owners combine of San
Francisco, which controls all the Pacific
coast shipping, has ordered reduction
of So month in wages for all classes of
seamen. "The scale is the lowest ever
paid seamen on the Pacific coast" And
the prosperity buffers have Just been
elected to office, too.
The $l50,000,000 -four milling trust is
go. The tin plate trust will be COM
plete In a few days. The Havemeyer
and Arbuckle plutocrats will combine
and the sugar trust will DO free from all
competition. The federal steel combine is
swallowing the Cleveland Lorain l.
Wheeling railway and the Wheeling &
Lake Erie road. These brief sentences
tell the story Of one days news in daily
newspaper.
The painting machine, which is COM
! ing into general use in the western
country, where freight cars, railway
stations, ETC., are painted, is now fol-
lowed by paper-hanging machine, which
trims, pastes and hangs wall paper direct
from the roll at any point and angle. It
weighs only seven pounds and does the
work of two skilled men. What with
war in their ranks and machinery push.
(, ing its way to the fore, the painters and
paperhangers are surely in for trouble.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21
DEAFNESS CAN NOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they can not reacf
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by con
sttutional remedies. Deafness Ii caused by az
infiamed condition of the mucous lining Of TIT
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets infam
ed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect
hearing. and when 1t is entirely closed deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the infamma
ton can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten ar
caused by catarrh. which Is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for an!
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cal
| not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send TO
circulars, free. $500
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills ara the best.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-21

Indies towards the enjoyment of rare
fruits, rare scenery, and festivities that
always crowd the Christmas season.
Christmas trees, the American Santa
Claus, and stockings, cut comparatively
little figure in the celebrations at Havana
and in the other Cuban cities. still balls,
parties and masquerades follow one an
other in bewilderngly rapid succession,
and 1t is not to be assumed that the soldier
boys will remain in camp all Of the time
that this fun and variety is going.
This mardi-gras class of celebration,
particularly prominent in Porto Rico, is,
however, bound to pail on the true Amer
lean taste, and while it extends over a
week or more, the one especial day will
be remembered and signalized. In
the Philippines our soldier boys ind
European tastes quite in evidence. with a
fair representation of residents from the
United States. Manila is progressive
city-cosmopolitan enough to include the
energy and variety that make the holiday
season quite a gay round of entertain
ments and celebrations.
In the tented field proper the soldier has
occasion to feel joyous and hopeful. An
other Christmas tide, and nearly every
regular and volunteer on soil now foreign
will have returned to where the home
Stars and Stripes wave in peaceful gran
deur. The palm tree will be memory,
the Christmas tree-real and generous
will bear double gift for the soldier and
the hero!