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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-20
RIvETED LETTERS.

Riveted letters are a decided novelty,
md are the outcome of desire to have
IN absolutely safe envelope, says the
Philadelphia Record. These envelopes,
which can be secured by rivets, are per-
;orated in one or more places, and before
dosing the letter the stem of the rivet,
which possesses a fiat head, is pushed
through the small holes from the inside
If the envelope and the flap then struck
Town. Over that stem a small net with a
'onical hole is placed. This hole is wider
1t the top part where the stem protrudes.
All the parts are made of lead or some
)ther equally soft metal In order to Sc
ure the rivet head has to be hammered
out of the protruding stem. For this
purpose a steel mold or shield is placed
rver it and driven home with the aid of
hammer or with the flat of the hand.
The stem then fills up the conical hole
the nut with which it forms one solid
,iece showing the clear impression of the
HELD or seal.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-20
ENJOYMENT OF QUIET LIVES
In the Astronomical Observatory
There Is Always Peace.

I suppose nobody can be so detached
from mundane troubles as the man whose
calling 1t is to investigate the other earths
of the universe, says Julian Hawthorne in
Golfers Weekly. In the astronomical OBJ
servatory there is always peace. In our
churches we offer up prayers for the po-
litical welfare of the country, and listen
to sermons advocating or deprecating war.
Sitting at home, amid wife and children,
in the security of our firesides, we read
the newspapers and discuss the chances
of battle and the horrors of famine. But
in the observatory there is no mention or
thought of these things. The nearest the
astronomer gets to this planet Is 240, 900
miles - the distance that separates the
moon from us. He does not, however. lin
ger there long; 1t is too near; he is like
the old frontiersman who began to gasp
for breath when any one came within five
and twenty miles of him. Our astronomer
is not satisfied with miles; he wants diam
eters of the solar system; the speed of
light vibrations is his yardstick. Mars is
the nearest spot where he can sit down a
bit and feel at home. He begins to smile
and open his shoulders at Jupiter or Sat
urn; he is striding along at a round pace
with a sigh of relief. he bestraddles the
awful gulf that yawns between us and the
nearest fixed star. and disappears cheer
fully from view in the mists of the Milky
Way. What Is the use of talking to such
a person about the war in Cuba? How
soon do you think 1t will be settled?" you
inquire. He replies that it will require SO
many billion ages for Alpha Centauri to
| alter it's present position. But think OF
those starving folks in Matanzas!" you
continue. He refers you to the fact that
thousand million years hence the sun
will have cooled down, and all the inhab-
i.ants of this solar family will have frozen
into iccles. Have you pictured to your
self the terror of the moment when the
Maine was blown up in Havana harbor?
you want to know. At this he smiles a
| fearful smile, and saying something
about a recent collision of two planets ad.
joining a nebula of Orion, is off toward
the north, probably on a hunting expedi-
ton after the Great Bear. Sometimes
feel inclined to go home.
Yes, it is healthy once in a while to re.
mind ourselves of the relations of things
in this creation. to breathe infinite space
to cool our little fevers in its absolute
zero, to set our watches by the Procession
of the Equinoxes, and to seek a quiet cor.
ner for meditation somewhere behind the
back stars. Hitch one end of your ham,
mock to Sirius, and the other to Arcturus
and compose yourself for a nap of a few
stellar periods; when you wake up. the
matters that SO concerned you here will
have adjusted themselves.
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MORNING MILL BURNED.
Fire at MulInn Throws Three Hun
dred Men Out of Work.

Wallace, Idaho, April lS.-The concen.
tratcr of the Morning Mining Company
is heap of smoldering ruins. About lC
o'clock last night fire started on the
ground floor presumably from stove
used for heating, it being the only fire in
the building and in an hour the concen
traitor, ore bin and part of the railroad
track were destroyed.
The long building sloping up the hill
seemed to act as chimney and when
the fire was discovered it rushed upward
$ rapidly that the employees had barely
time to escape The fire was visible here
but it was over SO soon that it was gen
orally thought to be some buildings in
town until the telephone office opened
this morning.
Persons who were on the ground de
scribe the fire as something terriIc. The
roof was covered with corrugated iron
but so great was the draft that those
iron sheets were lifted like shingles 300
or 400 feet into the air.
The mill was built in 1892, costing or
iginally about $4,000. Improvements
have been made at various times since
$4,000 having been spent on it during the
past year, and the total cost to date has
not fallen much short of $l25,OOO, al
though it could probably be duplicated
now for 100000. Sixty thousand dol
lars in insurance was carried, distributed
among ~ different companies.
Both Peter Larsen and L. L. Greenoueh
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WORK OF SPANISH MOB
MALAGA CONSULATE ATTACKED
The Arms of the United States Torn
Down-Spaniard Are Called Home
From France-RiOtous Students at
Cadiz.

Malaga Spain, April l7.--There was a
serious disturbance here yesterday, re-
sulting in at attack upon the United
States consulate. The demonstrations
began with parade of small crowds
through the streets, shouting patriotic
.ries. But the mob eventually gathered
md attacked the United States consulate,
Stones We're thrown and the mob pro-
,ured ladder, tore down the shield hav-
ng upon it the arms of the United States
md dragged it along the streets
Students at Cadiz.
Cadiz, Spain, April l6.-Students OF
the school of medicine, carrying a flag
attempted to make a manifestation here
last evening, but the police interfered
The United States consulate has been
placed under guard.
Spaniards Called Home.
Paris, April l6.-A dispatch from Cret
to, department of Perault, says all able
bodied Spaniards have been ordered tt
eturn to Spain as early as possible.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-20
THE SACK OF PORT-AU-PRINCE

In the April st. Nicholas Mr.. Frank X.
Stockton continues his series of narrative
sketches of 1.-THE Buccaneers of Our
Coast" Mr.. Stockton thus describes the
capture of the Cuban city, Port au Prince,
by Morgan and his buccaneers:
When the fleet arrived at the nearest
harbor Morgan landed his men and
marched toward the town. but he did not
succeed in making a secret attack, as he
had hoped. A Spanish prisoner had let
himself drop overheard, and swimming
ashore, had warned the governor of the
attack. Thus prepared. this able COM
mander marched body of soldiers along
the road by which the pirates must come,
and when he found suitable spot he
built formidable barricade. Behind this
his soldiers were posted with their musk
cts and their cannon.
But when Morgan came within sight of
this barricade, he considered that 1t would
be entirely unnecessary to attempt to dis
turb this admirable defense, so he march
ed his men into the woods, led them en-
tirely around the barricade, and came out
upon a wide plain before the town.
Here he found that he would have to
fight his way into the city. and probably
much to his surprise his men were pres
emily charged by body Of cavalry.
The pirates routed the horsemen, and,
after a fight of about four hours. took
possession of the town. Here they cap
tured a great many prisoners. whom they
shut up in the churches, and then sent
detachments out into the country to look
for those who had run away. Then these
utterly debased and cruel men took their
usual course after capturing town; they
pillaged, Toasted, and routed. Even when
the poor citizens seemed to have given up
everything they owned. they were told
that If they did not pay two heavy ran
SONS they would be carried away into
slavery and that their town would be
burned.
For two weeks the pirates waited fol
the unfortunate people to go out into the
country and find some of their fellow
citizens who had escaped with portion
OF their treasure In those days people
did not keep their wealth in banks as
they do now, but every man was the GUS
todian of most of his possessions. and
when they fed from the visitation of ar
enemy they took with them everything
OF value that they could carry. Before
the citizens returned Morgan made dis
covery; a negro was taken who was car
lying letters from the governor Of San
tiago, a neighboring city, to some Of the
citizens of Port-au-Prnce. telling them
not to be in too great hurry to pay the
ransom, because he was coming with 8
strong force to their assistance. Wher
Morgan read these letters he changed his
mind and thought it would be wise
thing not to stay in that region any longer
than could be helped. So he decided not
to wait for the unfortunate citizens to
collect the heavy ransom he demanded
but told them that If they would furnish
him with 500 head of cattle and also sup.
ply salt and help prepare the meat fol-
shipment, he would make no further de-
mands upon them. This. of course, the
citizens were glad enough to do. and the
buccaneers sailed away.
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ROOSEVELT TO GO TO FRONT
In Case of War He VIII Enter the
Army.

Washington, April lS.-Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt will probably resign his Office
as assistant secretary of the navy in case
of hostilities with Spain to accept CON-
mand for active service in the army,
Nothing definite has yet been decided
upon as to what assignment he will &c,
cept, but it is believed he would prefer
to serve with the New York state troops.
From the beginning of the present diff
culties with Spain Mr.. Roosevelt has been
prominent among those who believe war
is the only solution of the problem, and
since the disaster to the Maine his ad-
vice to the president and members of the
cabinet has uniformly been for immediate
action against the Spaniards with the full
power of the army and navy. He has
never doubted that the Spaniards We're
responsible for the wreck of the Maine
and believes that act fully justified an i'm
mediate declaration of war
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AN OPEN LErreH 70 MOTHERS.

We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORiA," and
PITCHERS CASToRIA," as our Trade Mark
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyarhis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHERS cAsroRiA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear tho
facsimile signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHERS
cASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers Of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you haze alvays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
ny name except The Centaur Company of which
chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March ., 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-20

Washington, April lathe testimony
taken before the senate committee on for.
eign relations in connection with the in
vestigation into the relations between the
United States and Cuba was made public
today. 1t constitutes a book of about
$50 pages and includes not only the testi-
mony taken since the disaster to the
Maine, but also much that was known
before, and running back for year or
more.
The statement which contains the
greatest current interest is that made by
Central Lee on the 18th instant. In his
statement Lee says he was informed on
very good authority that the Spaniards
have placed two rows of torpedoes just at
the mouth of the harbor of Havana within
the past two months or subsequent to
the Maine disaster, and that switch
boards are in a room in Moro castle.
"Had you any reason to suppose the
harbor was mined at all before the blow
ing up of the NIaine?" asked Senator
Frye
"No, sir, had no reason to suspect
anything of that sort up to that time"
He then went on to say that Weylers
letter to Santos Gusman had led him to
believe that mines might have been placed
there previous to the Maine incident, and
he said this supposition was strengthened
by telegram from Weyler of which he
had cognizance. Upon the whole he
thought the Weyler letter 1.-THE Lame let
ter) was correct copy of the genuine
letter. The telegram to which he referred
was addressed to Eva Canela, a noted
Spanish woman and admirer of Weyler,
and to Senior Gusman, and it read as fol
lows:
"Grave circumstances cause me to ask
you to destroy my last letter of Febru-
airy H."
Lee said this telegram had never before
been published, and he found in it strong
confrmatory evidence Of the genuineness
of the Weyler letter.
With reference to the responsibility for
the destruction of the Maine, Lee said:
81 am satisfied the explosion was from
the outside. l have always believed the
Maine was not blown up by any private
individual, but by some officers who had
charge of the mines and electric wires
and torpedces in the arsenal, who thor
oughly understood their business, for 4
was done remarkably well.
81 don't think Blanco had anything to
do with it. l don't think he had any
knowledge of it. l was sitting in my
room at the hotel when heard the ex.
plosion and saw great column of fire
go up in the air. After ascertaining il
was the Maine l went right down to the
palace and asked for Blanco. He came in
at once. He had just heard the news and
was crying. Tears were coming out OF
his eyes. He seemed to regret it as much
as anybody saw in Havana.
III think it same from some subaltern
officers who had been there under Weyler
and who were probably anti -Blanco any
how and who had full knowledge of the
business"
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ALL 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:
Local wheat prices advanced two cents
bushel yesterday over the closing prices
Saturday. Prices also advanced slightly
at Central Washington points. Other
wise the local market is unchanged.
Oats-At Spokane, f. o. b., $ls@lS.50
Rye-COuntry points, I. o. b., 65@70'
per cwt.
Flour-Per barrel, So. 10.
Hay-Timothy, $l0.50@ll per ton
wheat hay, 50; alfalfa, $40.
Eggs-Ranch, $375@4.
Wool-Fine medium, 6@7c per ID; me
dunn, 5@6c per Id.
Produce-Fancy creamery, 40 and GO
lb tubs, CSC per lb 5, 10 and 20-lb tubs
Csc; prints, 27@2Sc; California butter
25@26c; county butter in rolls, 2O@23c
per Id; cooking butter, Ice; cheese, twin
full cream, l3@l4c; cheese, twin, skim
milk, 92@l0c; ranch eggs, $4@4.25;
honey, white comb, l3A@l4c; fancy, loo
per Id.
Observation-Disclosures 40@42c per cwt
onions, $250@2.75 per cwt; beans, 1902
per Id; cabbage, 81 per cwt; cauliofiwers
$l.25 per doz; green onions, 23@25c pei
doz; lettuce, zoe per ID; spinach, &c pei
lb;rhubarb, SC per ID; tomatoes, SO a
crate; sweet potatoes, SO per cwt; radish-
es Acc per doz; green peas, SC per lb;
asparagus, Sc per ID; cucumbers, 1925
per doZ.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, 9@lOc
per Id; dressed, ll@l2,S turkeys, live, II
Ollie; dressed, l2@l5c; ducks, live, lOc
dressed, ll@l2c per Id; geese, live, log
lie; dressed, l2@l23c.
Meats-Beef cows, live, $3@325 per
cwt; dressed, $6@6.50; steers, live, 1925
@35O; dressed, $6.50@7; hogs, live, $4.75
as; dressed, $8@6.50; mutton, live, "A
4ac; dressed. s@Sac per Id; dressed veal,
7@sc.
Portland, Or, April ll.-Wheat-Firm !;
Walla Walla, Soc; valley and bluestem,
S2@83c per bushel.
Tacoma April ,ll.-Wheat, Firmly
held; No. l club, SOC; No. bluestem, s3c.
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When We Grow Old.

There's much to please in well-spent lives, AMI
yet,
When we grow old
Somehow round sunniest scenes will cling re.
gret,
When we grow old.
We force content-our hearts on other days;
We toil-with thoughts beyond the starry
ways:
And smiie-whiie yeaning for some absent
face,
When we grow old.
The lack of sympathy makes living drear.
When we grow old
If we might oftener feel Its wholesome cheer.
When we grow old!
As years accumulate. there is an air
of something lacking, strangely cold and
bare
O lessen'd circle and o vacant chair
When we grow old!
VIII T. Hale in Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Colfax, April ll.-Wheat is stronger to-
day and some dealers are paying GO cents
for No. wheat, sacked in the ware
Metals.
San Francisco, April ll.-Silver bars,
house.
55sc; Mexican dollars, 45A@46c.
Lead-Quiet; brokers', $3.50.
Bar silver-55ac.
Mexican dollars-443c.
Lake copper-Quiet; brokers', $ll.75
@l2.
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ARMY ORDERED TO THE FRONT.
Movement of the Regular TrOops of
the United states to the south.

Washington, April 16. - Decidedly the
most warlke step taken by the depart
ment in preparing for the possibility Of
an encounter with Spain was inaugu-
rated yesterday when orders were Issued
for the concentration at four points in the
south of six regiments of cavalry, % reg
iments of infantry, and the light batteries
Of five regiments of artillery. At Chick
amauga there will be six regiments of
cavalry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery; at New Orleans
eight regiments of infantry; at Tampa
seven regiments of infantry, and at Mo-
bile seven regiments of infantry. Since
the civil war no such proportion Of the
,rmy has been modified, and the move
ment itself is the best evidence of the
gravity of the situation as looked upon
by the president and his advisers. The
determination to rendezvous the troops
in the south where they can be acclima-
tiled to the conditions of more tropical
climate, has been under consideration by
the president and his cabinet for some
time. 1t was not until yesterday, how.
ever, that the president, in view OF the
enormous expense which will be entailed,
felt justified in taking this step. When
Secretary Alger returned from the cabi-
net meeting, he at once called into con-
ference General Miles and Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin and acquainted them with
the result of the cabinets deliberations.
There were hurried consultations, in
which the quartermaster general, who
has charge of the transportation of the
troops; the commisary general. who
looks after their subsistence, and repre-
sentatives in Washington of various rail
roads running to the south, participated.
The orders as finally given contemplate
the movements of troops to the places in
dicated, as follows: To Chicamauga bat.
tlefield, the First. Second, Third, Sixth,
Ninth and Tenth regiments of cavalry
and the light batteries of five regiments
of artillery; to New Orleans, the First,
Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth, Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth regiments of infantry; to Mobile,
the Second, Third, Tenth, Eleventh, Nine
tenth, Twentieth and Twenty second
regiments of infantry; to Tampa, the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth,
Seventeenth and Twenty first regiments
If infantry.
The heavy batteries of artillery in each
of the five regiments mentioned will re-
main at their present posts. The two new
regiments of artillery recently authorized
by congress have not been recruited to
their full strength, and in addition are
not included in today's orders.
The department has so distributed the
% regiments of infantry at convenient
places on the gulf that they will be &C.
cessible for transportation to Cuba. Pro-
posals have been invited from steamship
companies for chartering vessels.
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500 REWARD, 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all Its
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tlonal disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous SUR
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers. that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t falls to cure. Send for list
of Testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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"They Safd.n

They said OF her, what deeper natures feel
Her calm existence never have felt;"
They said. Her placid HIPS have never spelt
Hard lessons taught by Pain; her eyes reveal
NO passionate yearnng no perpexed appeal
TO other eyes. Life and her heart have dealt
with her but lightly."-When the Pilgrims
dwelt
First on these shores. lest savage hands should
steal
To precious graves with deserving tread,
The burial field was with the plowshare
crossed.
And there the maize her slken tresses
tossed.
With thanks those Pilgrims ate their bitter
bread,
While peaceful harvests hid what they had
lost,
What II her smiles concealed from YOU her
deadI Lucy Larcom.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-20

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WHY.

Why isn't counting an heiress a check
suit?
Why aren't stenographers' notes figures
of speech?
Why is 1t that we seldom see an auburn
haired old maid?
Why isn't graveyard the last measure
a man resorts to?
Why doesn't a man lead a double life
when he is beside himself?
Why is 1t that all the rogues manage TO
get into the other political party?
Why does a man usually show his wife
more courtesles abroad than at homer
Chicago News.
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What the Birds Say.

Do you ask what the birds say ?The sparrow
the dove,
The linnet and thrush say, II love. and
lover
In winter they're silent, the wind is sc
strong;
What it says don't know, but 1t sings q
loud song.
But green leaves. and blossoms, and sunny
warm weather,
And singing and loving. all come back together
But the lark is SO brimful of gladness and
love,
The green fields below him, the blue sky above
That he sings and he sings. and forever sings
he,
love my Love. and my Love loves me.
Answer to a Childs Question" by s. T.
Coleridge. in Because / Love YOU"
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ALABAS TINE

to feed vermiA with paper to hide them
and to Absorb Che moisture of respiration,
and an animapN glue culture ground on its
face for diseased germs; this having strong
colors added. iiie q colored shirt, to hide
the dirt; then think of "the nasty prac-
tice" OF repe Ing this paperlng. without
moving the oldA and number of times at
that. as many DO. Then think of a room
coated with purt, porous. permanent Ala
bastine. whichtss retinted with but little
trouble or sxpyN e. and is purifying and
sweet-smeiling " 4 fills cracks. Wall pa
per free would iearer than Alabastine
II cost of re paper Is considered.
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Major McEIderry 1. Dead.

Omaha, April l7.-Major Henry Noel
derry, department of Missouri, died today
at Hot Springs, Ark, of Bright's disease.
DR.. McElderry has been i'll but short
time. He was married about six weeks
ago at Baltimore to young woman OF
that city.