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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
MOB AFTER THE MURDERERS.
Ned Aiken and Son Flee From Ven-
geance In Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. Pc. G. Mas
sey, a prominent citizen and constable Of
Franklin township, Little River County,
was murdered six miles from Ashdown
last night by Ned Aiken and his son and
two negroes, whom he was trying TO ar
rest. Massey was shot from ambush, his
lungs being torn from his body by bullets.
Massey had previously arrested Charley
johnson, Aiken's son-in-law, for carrying
a pistol and johnson had escaped. About
midnight Constable Massey and Richard
Dickens, a deputy, started to Aiken's
house to arrest Johnson. When near the
house the officers were fired upon from
ambush and Massey fell from his horse,
his body riddled with buckshot and Win
chester balls. The negroes rushed from
cover and opened fire upon Dickens, but
he put spurs to his horse and escaped. Ex-
citement runs high and lynching is prob
able if Aiken and johnson are captured.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
SNOW IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
Fall Of Two Feet at Many Points In
These states.

Chicago, Feb. 2l.-The states OF Wis.
consin, Iowa and Illinois are practically
feet is reported from Illinois and Iowa
points, while throughout Wisconsin and
northern Michigan the fall was much
heavier, in fact the greatest Of the season.
A 40.mile gale has piled the snow into
enormous drifts, completely paralyzing
street railway traffic and interfering with
the operations Of trains. Northern trains
have been delayed in some instances Is
hours, owing to the heavy drifts and
steady fall of snow. which make the use
Of snow plows unavailing. Rain and
snow alternated in Chicago and vicinity.
Not enough had fallen tonight, however,
to interfere with railway traffic.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
NEW COAST FORTF|CA1|ONS
ARTILLERY IS BEING MOUNTED.
A Hundred TeIegraphic Dispatches
Sent Within Twenty-FOur Hours
Oficialx Claim 1t Is Only Follow
Ing Out /. Previous Plan.

New York, Feb. 22.-Nearly 100 tele-
graphic dispatches were sent from Gov
ernor's island, the army headquarters, to
various points of fortification along the
seaboard from Eastport, Me, to Calves
ton, Tex, says the World. All of these for
tifications in which guns and mortars
have been mounted are under the control
of General Merritt, commander of the de-
partment of the east.
General Merritt spent very little of the
day at the island, his staff attending to
the usual amount of telegraphic CORE
spondence. During his absence, Colonel
Barber, adjutant general of the depart
ment of the east, was in charge. The col
onel refused to discuss the reasons of the
activity along the seaboard, except to say
that everything now being done was mere,
ly the execution of coast defense pro-
gram outlined several months ago.
II was learned from other sources that
orders had been received on the island on
Friday night to send from Fort Wads-
worth to Sandy Hook 20 men to clean the
big guns in the fortitications there and to
transfer considerable quantities of ammu-
milton. The same orders brought instruc-
tions to send 4O men from Fort Schuyler
to Willets Point to clean the guns there
and to overhaul the ammunition Fort
Hancock. at Sandy Hook, is also still in
the hands of the army engineers and ord
nance bureau.
The engineers are constructing the ap-
placements for the guns and mortars yet
to come, and when they complete the work
the ordnance bureau will have to set the
guns and carriages and test them before
the folt can be regularly transferred to
General MeTitt's command This work
will not be finished until late in the spring
and the quarters for the artillery will not
be finished under the present program un-
Ill October. Not until then will Fort Han
cock be an official reality.
Two days ago the artillery expert sta
toned at Governors Island, the man rec
ognized by army men as the most skillful
artilleryman in the country, returned from
a tour OF inspection of the Notifications
from Boston to Charleston. The last place
he visited was Fort Caswell, near Cape
Hatteras. On his way back to Governor 5
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
MEN RETURN FROM DAWSON.
Bring News of a Fatal Accident and
the Finding of n Big Nugget.

Victoria, b. c., Feb. 20.-The steamer
City of Seattle reached here yesterday,
bringing five men from Dawson, Carey
Warren of San Francisco, Jack Mcintyre
of Fort Steele, H. Peterson of Victoria,
Jack Hanley of San Francisco and an
other. They report that a $3.50 nugget
was found on Peterson's claim at Shook
um gulch and that Mrs Jessop was acci-
dentally shot and killed in Dawson. her
husband having dropped a revolver which
went off.
Among the passengers on the Inflated
steamer Clara Nevada were AL Noyes and
f. C. Bonicke, both of Juneau. There is
a report in the north that a party with
$l85, 900 in dust was on board.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
ORDERED TO THE COAST.
Troops at Fort sherman Soon TO
Move.

Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, Feb. l0.--The
troops at Fort Sherman were startled yes
terday by the receipt Of an order to put
Company II, Sixteenth infantry, com
manded by Captain Whitehall and Lieu.
tenant Irwin. in readiness for an early
departure for Fort Stevens, there to take
station. The company will probably quit
Sherman within the next AZ hours. Spec
ulation is rife as to the whole meaning of
this initial movement. Indications seem
to point to the early transfer Of the head.
quarters of the Sixteenth infantry to Van
couver Barracks, Wash.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
to sell the remainder of the school lands
in Bingham county

to sell the remainder of the school lands
in Bingham county.
Several bridge men will arrive in Lew
iston about March lst to inspect the site
of Lewiston. Concord bridge, and bid on
the contract for building the structure.
The estimated cost of the bridge is he
tween $4,000 and 100000.
At a meeting of the state land board
held recently 23s forfeituies of school
land were declared. The purchasers have
failed to maintain their payments and
the board will now take possession and
endeavor TO realize on the property. The
land forfeited is in / counties. I.atah,
Ada, Canyon and Nez Perce having the
largest acreage in the order named
Two Mormon elders are at work among
the people in the vicinity of Weiser, with
a view of locating a Mormon colony in
that neighborhoo od The elders have spent
a number of months in the northern part
Of the county and il is about settled that
colony will locate on Bear creek and
probably one in Indian valley.
A map is being made in the surveyor
SthCtul uiltt VIII Dt DttstIttu W
the war department at Washington by
Senator Shoup, together with other infor
nation relative to Boise Barracks. The
map shows the outline OF the states of
Idaho, Oregon and Washington with the
railroads, principal cities and Indian
reservations The Umatilla, Fort Hail.
Lemhi and Duck Valley reservations are
shown to be Immediately tributary to the
barracks here and more easily accessible
than any other point where the army is
or may be stationed. This information is
to be presented to the department in an
appeal to be made for an enlargement of
the post here.
The recent rise of the waters Ct the
Clearwater has enabled the steamers to
make the run to the Lapwai agency. and
two trips were made to that point yes
terday for wheat. There are over 10000
bushels stored in the warehouses on the
river above Lewiston. The wheat is the
product OF the reservation lands recent
ly opened to settlement.
The first quarterly teachers examina-
tion for 1908 will be held at Rathdrum
on Thursday and Friday, February "a and
25. Applicants will be examined for all
grades of certificates. On Friday evening
Professor Gault of the state university
will deliver lecture before the visiting
teachers and the citizens of Rathdrum and
vicinity on the subject, "A Word to the
Youth of Idaho" The Kootenai County
Teachers Association meets on Saturday,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
DEATH OF FRANCES WILLARD.
The Noted Temperance Worker
PASSES Away in New York.

New York. Feb. ls.-Miss Frances T..
Willard. president Of the Worlds Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union, died
shortly after midnight this morning at the
Hotel Empire, this city. At the bedside Of
Miss Willard at the time Of her death
were her niece, Mrs W. w. Baldwin; Mrs.
L. NJ. Stevens. vice president Of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union; Miss
Anna Gordon. Miss Willard's secretary;
and DR. Alfred X. Hill.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
WILLIAM GRAY MURDERED.
Body secreted in n Hydrant Box In
Livingston, Mont.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 2l.-Three boys
while playing near the stockyards yes
terday in Livingston, discovered the body
Of William Gray, a well known mine own.
er, who disappeared from his home Feb
ruary l. Gray's head had been mashed in
and the body secreted in hydrant box
The body had been robbed. No arrests
have been made. Gray was well known
mining man, owning properties in Park
county.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
SHOT HER ERRING HUSBAND.
But a Butte Jury Acquitted Mrs.
Emma Baptiste.

Butte, Mont, Feb. l7.-Mrs. Emma Bap-
tiste has been acquitted OF the murder of
her husband, James Baptiste. The ground
of aequittal was insanity. Baptiste, tel
egraph operator, left her and married
frankie Bell, concert hall singer, claim
ing he was not lawfully welded to Emma.
She went to the pool room where he
worked and shot him
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
Decide for FusiOn.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. ls.-The popu.
list convention here resulted in victory Tor
the fusion forces The state convention
was set for June Is. The middle-ofthe
road faction, which desired an April con
vention, found itself so much in the mi.
nority that it made ne struggle. Il will
make an effort to control the convention,
however.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

Port Townsend. -,b. 22.--As a eonse
quence Of the unfavorable criticism that
has followed the sinking Of the steamer
Clara Nevada and the trouble that at.
tended the departure of the steamer North
Pacific for the north, carrying gold seek
ers, Colonel Heiistis, collector OF customs,
has determined To compel vessels bound
Tor Alaska to carry only the number of
passengers allowed by the federal permit
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

New Bedford, Mass, Feb. 2l. The
sixth week of the cloth mills strike opens
without any indications of the opening
Of the mills on the part of the manufac-
turers. There is a feeling, however, that
the coming week will see meeting of
representatives on both sides as suggested
by Commissioner Barry of the state board
OF arbitration, that some arrscseI,sas;J, en-,
looking TO a consideration OF on
may he discussed. ever "
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
strike on American Soil.

Dawson City, Jan. 10, via San Francis
co, Feb. 22.--News has reached here of 4
rich strike on American creek. 1870 miles
down the Yukon river. Tonight Is men
left Dawson for the new diggings, which
are on American soil. 25 miles across the
boundary.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
Killed at His own Fireside.

Huntington, W. Va. Feb 2s.--Rufus
Schaefer, prosperous farmer in Union
district, was assassinated Sunday night.
He was sitting before HIS own fireside
when bullet was fired from outside the
house.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

To make friends Of men put money in
their purse. To make friends of women
show them how 20 become more beautiful
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

The first entry on the books Of the New
York subireasury WAS 'Fedit to Lieu
tenant w. s. RRosecrans hvernment
disburging officer
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
To Buy Swiss Railroads..

Berne, Feb. 2l.-.The referendum has
resulted in popular apr"N' F1he pre-.
posed state purchase g" "
erland at a cost
francs 5000"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

The New York chamber of commerce
was organized by 20 merchants in Faunce's
tavern on April 8, 1858
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
RATES ARE CUT IN TWO.
Canadian Pacific ExplOdes n Bomb
Among American Roads.

Chicago, Feb. l9.-The Canadian Pacific
road yesterday exploded a bomb among
its American competitors by announcing
wholesale reduction of rates. These
cuts affect business in two directions. In
the first place the rates from all New
England points to Minneapolis and st.
Paul are slaughtered, and again New
England points and points in the state of
New York have had a blanket rate ap-
piled so far as all business to the north
Pacific coast points is concerned. These
tmnscontinental rates have been cut al
most in two. The present rates from the
Atlantic seaboard to the north Pacific
coast are $40 35 first class and $G7 40 Sec
ond class. Today the Canadian Pacific
will make these rates from all points in
New England, $40 for first class and $50
for second class. Rates to st. Paul will
be cut from $29.5O first class and $3.50
second class to $50 first class and $40 Sec
ond class.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23

A railway mai - in iii
Travelled N"a 20
es6.l44
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-23
Northern Pacific Meets II.

Tacoma, Feb. l0.-Thc Northern Pacific
railroad announces big cut in passenger
rates to become effective today, Saturday
February 10. The rate from Tacoma to
st. Paul. Duluth and points in AIinneso-
ia, North Dakota and Manitoba will be
cut in two. Heretofore the rates to the
above points have been $50 first class and
$40 second class. The rates from Tacoma
to Chicago will be $3l.50 first class and
$2G.j0 second class. To points in Ontario
and Quebec as far east as Montreal and
south of the line of the Grand Trunk rail
way, Port Huron to Montreal, $40 first
class and $50 second class. The same
rates will prevail from the east to Ia
coma. The Canadian Pacific announces
that it will meet these rates one day later
Sunday, February 20. The Great North
ern has also met the cut.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
u Scene of Terror In India.

y 4enSal postoffice superintenden,
mas received from one of his Babu in.
apectors this report of an accident at a
rlVer Which had to be forded owing to
the breakdown of a bridge:
AS was to pass the river or water
through my cart for absence Of any
hoat some ~alligators ran on nv oxen
lehee the oXen getting fear forcibly took
away my cart i'll an abyss below the
"at'r CT II feet which the cart,nan
1a4ltd to obstruct. The oxen forcibly
leIt the cart and fled to the other side
of the river by swimming. | myself be.
ing inside the matscreen of INV cart
tAo Whole cart fell down in the abyss, I
usod to cry loudly at the time. The cart
with myself was drowned in the mean
time the Oycrsecr Babu Melcndra Nath
Chose and my cook jumped on the wa
Ter ana o my cart in a place where
- water then 1 myself jumped Oil the
water and saved my life. The alligators
getting fear from the cart fled to the
roadside and no sooner we came to tbe
road they jumped on the water. Had I
been under sutfocation for three minutes
more then there was no hope of nv life.
The nearest residents told there
utter that some men died this yeax in
Ehe abyss by the attack of the alligators.
| am much unwell the voice of nv
Is fallen low and out of order
rom the ~suffocation. "-London Stand.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Inc Ossorvatore Romano TINS az.
plalns why the pope does not anno,r 20,
inc streets OF Rome: "If the Done WONT
"Oout III Rome, he would incvit,blv ha
mace N object of demonstrations Of 10
spectful enthusiasm on the nart ~ 81 H. 10,
i1,lliul' ana by a natural reaction these
DEMONSTRATIONS would be followed bv
u. a OF a hostile character. The mona
Moula DC simultaneously applaudod ana
nlssca and surrounded Ly tumults on,1
lactlon fights. Tho aoyc7n,nont .ilu
co o,ll1l military honors to him, but if
toulu not long tolerate in the streets Of
nome demonstrations in favor of ~
s prpu VINO, after all, is a dispogsessod
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Effects of Imagination.

some years ago Il number of students
III Europe were concerned in u charge
which demonstrated the powerful effects
OF imagination. In a frolic they donned
dlsSulses and arrested another student.
Whom they tried in a Electrically ar
ranged and dimly lighted chamber and
condemned to death. For several hours
they kept their horror stricken victim
Ill Il darkened room, and having inform
cd him that he was to be behcaded band.
aged bis eyes and led him to another
apartment.
a cro"a Was assembled, but restrain
ed their mirth as the victim of the
practical joke was forced to knecl down
and placed his neck across the spindle
OF a three legged stool. They prepared
1or a great outburst CT laughter as the
neck ct the poor young fellow was
touched with Il slender a but instead
Ilad to shed tears Ct regret for the &C
ton, as immediately upon being touch
ed with the cane the young man fell
dead.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Oxygen is Il million times less Eat
t~rictablo' or Susceptible" than iron,
II therefore experiments to show its
tffract2blllly have to be extremely del
lcato. 1t WAS with one Of them that
Professor Fleming concluded his lecture.
nc took a soup bubble-soap and water,
by the way, being diamagnotio-and
filling it with air placed it in the field
OF q very strong electro magnet. Tho
bubble did not culver. Then he filled
another bubble with oxygen, and again
turned on the current. Instantaneously
the bubble inclined itself toward tho
magnet. 1t bobbed back again when tho
current was turned off, but at q second
attempt, when again tho current was
on, the attraction so unsettled
that it burst.-London Graphic.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Why Elephants Fear ryicc.

1t seems incredible that so small and
harmless an animal as a mouse is able
to brighten III elephant almost out Of
his senses. One littlo mouse in the hay
Oh which they are feeding will stam-
pede an entire herd. In their native
land there are little animals, known as
chacanas, which feed Oh a small, sour
berry CT wEioh elephants are very fond.
They live III settlements, something
after the E.anne Of prairie dogs, under
the berry bushes.
When feeding, tho elephants tramplo
the little towns, and the ~chacanas, in
their fright, run up the tubes Of the Gle
plants trunks. Their lorG, sharp claws
catch i'll the flesh, and they cannot lie
elected. The more violently the mon-
ster blows through its coilcd trunk the
more firmly the hooked claws of the lit
tie animal become imbeddcd in the flesh.
inflammation and death are the result.
In captivity the elephants think they
arc in danger Of the deadly chacanas
they SEQ q mouse. New York
Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Bill Was Fooled.

seen anything Of a Teller round
here with red whiskers an a suuint?'
queried Bill Sykes of Newberg. as he
adjusted his red comforter and blew q
solloroTs blast from his bibulous nose
preparatory to taking a little stimulant,
cause If you have I've got business
with him.. He como to my house yes
terday, an after talking around a spell
an telling liannor he thought she was
my darter an making a fool Of her he
SAID he would have to inspect the well.
Sent out by the state, you know.
We'll, L got u pailful of water, an
ne poured some in a sasser and looked
at 1t through Il mikyscope. Then 1 look
ca at it, an say, fellers, that water was
lull OF all1gators a foot long-microbes
nc called Il The upshot was I bought
the mlkyscope and some stuff to Dut in
the well to kill the animals, an I paid
MN $40, but twas partly Hammers
fault"
Here Bill looked around defiantlv and
continues: THAT stuff was salt an wa.
Ter an there want no bugs. They were
painted on the glass to the mikyscope."
and with a rather derogatory remark
ABOUT the honesty of man generally Bill
lett III quest of the man with the souiut,
-DoWaglac Republican.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
John Millions Portrait.

John Millions harmonicall aid in.
genioso soul did lodge in a loautiful]
and wcll proportional body. He was a
spare man, He had abroun (auburn)
hayre. His complexion exceeding faire
he was so faire that they called him
the lady of Christ's College," OVAL
race. His Gle adarke gray. He had a
delicate tuncable voice, and had good
Skill. His father instructed him. He
had an organ in his howse; he PLAYED
on that most. OF a very cheerful hu-
mour.-He would be chearful even in
his gowteftts, and sing. He was very
healthy and free from all diseases: sell
dome tooke any physique, (only some.
times he tooke manna:) only toward his
latter end he was visited with tho
gowte, spring and fall. He had a very
good memorie, but I believe that his
excellent method of thinking and dis
posing did much to helpe his memorie.
pronounced tho letter R littera
canlna) very hard-a certaine sine of
q satyricall witt. Temperate man, rare.
" drank between meales. Extreme
pleasant in his conversation, and at din.
ner, supper, ETC., but satyricall. -Au.
brief Lives"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22

Inc Fc'lt journal Of Paris says that
nothing IS so curious and ~instrnctivo -
TO observe the Enslishman when travel.
ing as compared with the Froncbuan
1he former is calm, punctual. nrccico
ana with only the necessary quantity Of
baggage. lie will Journey thronob
emma with merely q valisc. He il not
impatient. Eo loves travel. It is to him
an Inclination and Il felt want. On rbo
oeher hand the Frcnchunan when iour.
neylng IS restless, nervous, impatient.
oored; the entire time he spends loolin,
lertlVely at his watch CT consulting tho
railway time table. Ho isalwaysc crowd
eu up with parcels in addition to his
porthlanteau: He is, as u rule, in.
numbered with many useless articles
a. lact' he disliEes travel, which he
an ennui and q fatigne.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
identified by a Blind Man.

A blind man picked out his dead wife
i'll the New York morgue a few days ago
by his delicate sense of touch, says an
exchange. Two women, both of the
same namo and both of whom died in
Bellevue, were taken to the deadhouse
at about the same time. When tho
morgue keeper caught tho blind mans
right hand and guided it to an upturned
lace no said, "No, no; that's not my
Mary!' The drawer was closed, and tho
next Il was pulled out. The sightless
man laid down his stick this time and
used both hands. His face was transip-
as the tips of his fingers rested on
the sharp set, cold features. "Marv -
nc whispered, II have found you, dear!
How thin your face has grown! How
cold you are, Mary-how coldr" The
blind man had made no mistake. The
dead woman had been his wife.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
London Book Thieves.

Sucking, tho book seller, gave me
quite a little chat ON book thieves the
other day. Book thieves, said he,
are most plentiful. They are also most
%audacious i'll disposing of their stolen
wares. One of them did me rather neat
ly not long ago. was sitting in nv
shop, thinking no harm, when a rather
clerical looking man came in and offered
me an abridged edition of Littre's Die
tlonary at al. Of course I bought it.
Judge my surprise when I found out
about two hours afterward that tho
clerical looking gentleman had stolen
that copy of Littre's Dictionary from
the stall i'll front of my own shop! I
may add that l had the satisfaction of
recovering some volumes and Juggling
that respectable clerical looking gentle
man, who, as 1 afterward found, had
been doing many of my confreres in the
same artistically nonchalant manner -
London Correspondence.