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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
A BUG THAT CAN CUT METAL
Beetle Which Is Able to Cut
Through Thin Metal.

The Zopherus Melicanus is the only
known species of American beetle that
has strength enough in its mandibles to
cut metal. This curious faculty of the
zopherus was accidentally discovered by
F. w. Devoe, member of the New York
Microscopical Society. A friend had sent
Mr.. Devoe some specimens of this queer
species of bug from the northern
states of South America. The micros-
eopist was busily engaged when the in
sects arrived, and simply provided tenn
porary quarters for the creatures in a
glass jar having metal top in which the
porcelain cap was wanting. Within less
than 48 hours they had cut holes in the
metal sufficient to get their heads through
and would soon have escaped had their
operations remained undecided. By
careful experiment Mr.. Devoe found that
the force necessary to do such cutting
was equal to $3.50 grammes.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.

Mrs MARY BoLLlNeER, 11o1 Mariana
st., Chicago, ILL.,, to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhna, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache. nervousness and
weakness tried doctors and various
remedies without relief After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound. the relief obtained was truly
wonderful. Ihave now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that am entirely cured"
Mrs. HENRY DoRR. No 500 Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. to Mrs. Pinkham:
For long time suffered with
chronic Inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling Was very nervous at times, and
so weak was hardly able to do any
thing Was subject to headaches. also
troubled with leucorrhna After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting n o relief. l had
given up all hope of being we'll
again when read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound was doing decided immedi-
ately to give It trial. The result was
simply past belief After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
l can say ] feel like new woman.
deem 1t my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me Of all my pains and
suffering have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which am CRATE
full May heaven bless her for the
good work she is doing for our sex. !"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
ALL PARIS IN A TURMOIL
SUNDAY FILLED WITH UpRoAR
Arrests Were Numerous, and Over u
Score Were Injured in the Fights
The Police Charged on the Mob
and Arrested Their Leaders.
New York, Oct. "a dispatch from

New York, Oct. "a dispatch from
Paris says
Revisionists and antirevisionists seem
to be spelling for fight. Captain Drey-
fus, whether guilty or innocent, has GER
tainly caused veritable cyclone of pas
sion to be let loose. Paris was in tur-
MOL all Sunday. Crowds scufiiing, up
roar and arrests was the program OF the
last IL hours. At this moment the
mounted republican guards are patrolling
certain parts of the city and all of the
police are on the alert.
About score of people are said to
have been seriously wounded in the war;
ious free fights which have broken the
monotony of the Partisan Sunday. In
one quarter alone over 40 arrests have
been made. OF these Is have been kept
and the others liberated.
Prominent Men Arrested.
Among the latter is Francis de Pres
enze, one of the first authorities on for
eign politics in France, and leading
writer in the Temps. With him were ar
rested NJ. Ernest Vaughan, director OF
the Aurore, and NJ. Morhardt, another
of the Temps editorial staff.
All three were to have addressed a
meeting in favor of revision in the Drey-
fus case. This manifestation was announe-
ed to be held in the Sale Wagram. When
NJ. de Presence and his colleagues arrived
at the meeting place they found it shut
and surrounded by strong Gordon of
police, busily engaged in keeping back a
crowd, variously estimated at numbering
from $4,000 to 10000 persons.
In spite of the protests of NJ. de Pres
enze's party, who had paid the rent of the
hall, the police refused admission to any
one. Arguments and expostulations
were both unavailing as the brigadier II
the police remained inexorable
Charged on the Mob.
The crowd, however, had grown impa-
tent or holder, for it finally broke
through the ring of police. From crush
ing to giving blows was but step and
many took it. The police agents return
ed them with interest in the shape of ar
rests. AT once the fight became general.
The police made a charge and drove the
crowd back to the place des Ternes
Blood flowed in abundance from noses
and in the middle of the riot the three
organizers of the meeting We're arrested
by order Of M. Bontief, the police divis-
ion commissary, and led off to the sta
ton. They there found company enough
and to spare, almost all bearing the
marks of having been handled with any
thing but care.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
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:
Wheat at the warehouse-Country
points, Club, bulk 44c, sacked 45c; blue
stem, bulk 47c, sacked 4Sc. At Spokane:
Club, bulk Acc, sacked 47c; bluestem,
bulk 4Sc. sacked Ace.
Oats-At Spokane +. o. b., SIG ton.
Barley-Country points. +. o. b., TOO
75c per cwt.
Rye-Country points, I. o. b., Toe per
cwt.
Flour, per barrel-Gold Drop, 1915;
Big Loaf, $4.l5; Banner, $3.50; Plansifter,
81; Superb, 1915; Spokane, $3.50; Swan
Patent, $4.l5; Snowflake, 1915; White
Lily, $3.50; whole wheat, 81; rye, 1925;
graham, $3.50.
Feed-Bran and shorts, 81 per ton;
shorts, $l2; bran, $40; rolled barley, $40;
chicken feed, $1,000.
Hay-Timothy, So per ton; baled tim.
othy, $40; wheat hay, $7.50@8.50; oat
hay, $3.50; alfalfa. $40.
Corn-Whole, 1923; cracked, $z4.
Wool-Fine meulum, O@7c per lib; me.
dunn, 5@6c per lib.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40
and G0lb tubs, 2Sc per lb; 8, 10 and 20
lib tubs, 29c per lb; prints, 25c per lib;
country butter, in rolls, l3c per Id; cook
ing butter, Toe Id; eastern creamery,
prints, 25c; cheese, twin, full cream, l2sc
Id; cheese, twin, skim milk. 9a@lOc lib;
ranch eggs, $4,000; selected eggs, Yo25;
honey, white comb, lac per Id; fancy, lie
per lib.
Vegetables - Potatoes, 10000 cwt;
cabbage, $l.75 per cwt; turnips, $i.25 per
cwt; cucumbers, 75c per box; onions,
$l.5O per cwt; beans, l3@lsc per lib;
carrots, SLIPS per cwt; beets, SIPS per
cwt.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, lO@lle
Id; dressed, l2@l3c; spring broilers, $40
$50; turkeys, live ll@l2c, dressed l2@
l3c; spring ducks, dressed $4@4.5O doz;
geese, live l0@llc, dressed l2@l2ac
Meats-Beef cows, live $2.5O@2.75,
dressed $5@5.50 cwt; steers, live $2.75@3,
dressed $4,000; hogs, live $4.5O@4.75,
dressed $6@6.50; mutton, live 4@4ac,
dressed 7a@Sc Id; dressed veal, 7@8c
Id; lamb, l2ac wholesale.
Wheat.
Portland, Or, Oct. .-Wheat-Weak
and lower; receipts, heavy; Walla Walla,
57@5sc; valley and bluestem, 60@6lc.
Tacoma, Oct. 3.-Wheat-Cl SOC;
bluestem, Gle.
Metals.
San Francisco, Oct. 3-Bar silver,
60sc.
Mexican dollars, 474@47ac.
Lead, 1882 l.2.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Fully 10000 Of the population of In
Ola are annually killed by snake-bites.
The most deadly Of all Indian reptiles
appears to be the cobra di capello.
which y greatly dreaded by the bare
legged Hindoos. With a view to re-
ducing the mortality. the government
tried the effect of offering a reward for
gnakes' heads; but, instead of diminish
Ing the number Of these reptiles, It only
Increased 1t. as 1t was discovered that
the natives were breeding the snakes in
order to secure the reward.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 3.-Four miners
were burned to death in the Lehigh slope
of the Lehigh Valley Company at Midvale
Saturday. A fire broke out in the slope
about noon AT the time there were
about 20 men in the mine. All were got
ten out but four. The dead: Peter Crick,
Peter Coral, Martin Simotocitich, John
Soronski. A miners open lamp is sup
posed to have set fire to the timber.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

There Is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years was supposed 70
be incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced It a local disease. and prescribed
local remedies and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment. pronounced It incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to be a con-
stitutional disease. and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo.
Ohio. ia the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
Now Has n Rafting.

San Francisco, Oct. 3-The steamer
Centennial, which three months ago was
engaged as transport to carry troops
to Manila, but was released on reports
that she was unfit for the service. has
sailed for Seattle for cargo of coal. The
vessel has undergone complete over.
hauling and now has first class rating.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
"FIRsr LADY" or HAWAII
Wife Of the Former Republic's Amer
ican-Haw aiiau President.


Now that Hawaii Is annexed It 10
proper to inquire who is to be the FIRST
lady Of the land" or Of the islands, to
be more explicit. 1t is possible that
there may be, as in the case Of the
United States, numerous successive
first ladies" Of Hawaii, but at present
Mrs. Dole, the wife Of the American
Hawaiian who was the President of the
former republic, occupies the enviable
position. Mrs. Dole used to be Miss
Annie P. Cate Of Massachusetts,. She
is only few years younger than her
husband, and the reports that come
from Americans who have travelled in
Hawaii say that she is one of the most
fascinating women in all the delightful
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
Driven out by yellow Fever.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 3.-The announce
ment of 10 new cases of yellow fever yes
terday has had the effect of Fastening
the departure of the remaining citizens
More cases will doubtless be reported be-
fore nightfall. The state officials are
leaving the city and the state house is
deserted. ~
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
Fighting IN south Africa.

London, Oct. IA special dispatch
from Cape Town says:
The German troops have indecisively
engaged the rebels at Asosea- Eleven
soldiers were killed. Reinforcements have
been asked for.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

THAT hospital" said the guide, "waa
built and endowed by deaf mute"
''Indesdr said the loquacious lunatic,
"thsp 1t il the FIRST authentic case Of
being dumb-foundsd that ever en-
countsred. New York Journal.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Rev. Freeman was appointed chaplain
in the navy June 4, 1897, and credited to
the state of Indiana. The remains will
be brought to Logansport for interment.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller.
Au Sable. Michigan. April q. 1896
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

ERE Permanently Cured. No nrs or nervousness
Iiie sfter first days. use Of DR.: Kine's Great
Nerve ltestorer. Send for FREE $500 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. R. n. KLINE, La, go
Arch street, Philadelphia, p
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

The average number of horses killed in
Spanish bullfghts every year exceeds
5000, while from 1000 to 1900 bulls are
sacrificed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

1t is stated that much of the socalled
vanilla extract is made from coal-tar pro.
auctions and the tonka bean.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Wisconsin possesses a natural bridge
with nearly as much attractiveness as the
one in Virginia made famous by the WIS.,
its Of George Washington The Badger
bridge is located In the town Of Honey
Creek, eight miles east Of Prairie du Sac.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Of the public schools in Bavaria 70.5
per cent are Catholic. 263 per cent Prot
estant, and only 2 per cent (i44) mixed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

No household is complete without bottle OF
The famous Jesse Moore Whisky. 1t is pure
and wholesome stimulant recommended by all
physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
An Out-of-the-way Verdict

Au Out-Ol-tue-W why terulcG
A Georgia Jury recently brought in
the following extraordinary verdict:
I'VE. the jury. find the defendant al
most guilty,"-New York Tribune.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

A home for barkeepers is to be estab-
lished at Waukesha, Wis.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Most mes spsnd too much time 60
Nc . eonmtstssA
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

Try Seedlings Best tea and baking powder
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05

To-day.-Never was the Christian re-
Iigion 30 effective as 1t is to-day-Rev.
7. T. Munger, Unitarian, New Haven,
CnnO
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
Pin1pIes

Are the danger signals Of impure blood.
They show that the stream of life is in bad
condition, that health is in danger of
wreck. Clear the course by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla and the blood will be made
pure, complexion fair and healthy, and
life's journey pleasant and successful.
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

The vessels lacked arms. 80 ana
fuel. aud one Of them. tn CEaegpAal
Colon. did not carry guns eneah Tor
a ship Of ooe-teath its toanASA Whea
Admiral Cervera was asikea WAese
the guns were be replied: -IA tie
pockets Of the coatrartssx u h
Claimed that on the four vesae1 the
Cristolal Colon, vixcaya, OQnendo
and Maria Teresa-there were only
six guns Of Large calIbre. two each
upon the three last named
When asked what the govern
ment expected to accomplish By send
ing over this feet one OF the captains,
with a sarcastic smile. replied that
Moret, who is dreamer, believed 1t
was possible to lombard New York,
Boston, Washington, Chicago, st.
Louis, and blockade all the rest Of the
cities of the United States with four
half-armed men-of-war and three tor
pedo-b boat destrOyers. He said that
they could get no coal at Martinique
and missed the English cOliiers he
cause the latter had been captured by
the Yankees. At Curacao they got
barely enough coal to carry them to
Santiago.
who would suppose" continued
one of the Spanish officers, that the
second capital of Cuba. and the most
prosperous city on the island. woul,l
he empty of all provisions and sup
plies when we arrived there! 30 short
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30
WERE SACRIFICED.
STORY OF cERvERA's OFFICERS
Tbs R1sst Was Ordered to Certain Destrse-
tisa 10 BAiisfy spanish Politicians-The
Piaa to Cross the Atlantic Was Fool
hardy.

Chicago, July PA dispatch to the
Record from Annapolis gives an inter
esting Interview with the Spanish Of
ficerx now on parole there. The cor
respondent says:
While the officers of Admiral Ger
vera's squadron decline TO discuss the
probabilities Of peace or the conse-
quences that may follow Watson's ex-
pediti0n and the invasion of Puerto
Rico, they talk very freely OF their
own experience and consider them
selves as having been sacrificed 10
atone for the sins of the ministry at
Madrid. This expression was used by
one of them in discussing the fate of
their fleet They declare that the dis
patch of their vessels from Spain to
| the West Indies under the circum-
stances then existing WIS an unpre-
cedented example OF administrative
folly, for which Mr.. Moret, then min
! lister of the colonies at Madrid. wa.
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

en- of. as reported in your pap{s
The only naval guns used in the foil
ficatiOns We're from the Rcina Mert.-
des."
asked the officers about the effet
of the dynamite shells which the VI
suvius threw toward the city Tht-
replied that the noise of the explosI{,
caused great terror among the 81
diers, and particularly among the ell
Zens, and n great deal of earth ws
displaced, but the shells did not hH-
pen to fall where they could do grett
damage. All of Cervera's offices
agree that the Vesuvius is most I'd
midable and destructive agent of wa.
asked my friend who suggesttl
the sortie of the fleet. He threw d,
his hands in horror.
Would that knew" he exclaime1.
Would that knew the man who s,.s-
gested our sacrifice. 1t was the mot
cruel and unnecessary command tint
was ever given to brave men. We
were ordered to enter the very gates
of hell for no other purpose. as / cal,
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

Were provisions that instead of re-
cciving stores we were ordered by the
government to take the sailors' ra-
tions from the holds of our ships and
distribute them among the soldiers.
The merchants had sold out and had
not replaced their stock, 80 thnt they
would have little to lose In case of tAe
capture of the city by the Americans,
while the cOmmissarlat of the army,
by some dreadful mismanagemef,
had made no provision for siege.
Half the soldiers were sick and III
of them were on starvation ratios.
During the battles Of the first daysbf
July LOO sick men were carriedhn
carriages and carts b the trencies
and made TO fight. although manyiof
them fell from exhaustion. The lbs
pitfalls were emptled. We sent l lot
of sailors from the slips TO ssist
them, but none of our ains were fax
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

conceive, thsn to crafty the politicians
and sensation- n-morEers in Spain who
clamored for some Offensive demon
strstion. Some Of my comrades think
there was an intention to bring about
= disaster that would furnish an e1.
cuse to make po -ce. but ! believe In
the first theory"
He said that the captains had sent
an earnest protest against going out to
certain destruction, but peremptory
orders came from Madrid.
Did the sailors rem0nstratef Was
it true that You had to make them
drunk to prevent 4 mutinyT
No, indeed" exclaimed my friend,
Indignantly. They are the bravest
men in the world. They knew nothing
about our plans. Not a man on board
any q the ships. except the command
ers. was aware that he was expected
to face almost certain death until the
cruisers started for tho open sea that
Sunday morning. and even then very
few Of them asked questions. The
word was passed around that we were
going out to fight the Yankees, and
the poor fellows were enthusiastic over
the prospects Of a battle"
Did you expect to escape"
NO; we expected to die. As have
said, the sailors knew nothing of the
fate that awaited them. but there was
not an officer on the fleet who did not
feel thnt his end had come. There was
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

Snly one chance. n slight possibility
.4at one or perhaps two of the ves-
Ais might escape. The arrangement
u the Yankee fleet was favorable.
The lookouts told us that the New
York had gone to the east and the
Brooklyn was the only ship in sight
that could outsail the slowest Of our
vessels. 1t was the intention to ram
the Brooklyn Immediately and sink or
disable her. even though one Of our
vessels went down with her. Then 1t
was hoped the others could outrun the
battlcships. Our plain failed because
we could not get near enough to the
Brooklyn. She did not close in on us
like the Texas and Oregon, but stood
off at long range, and when the Maria
Teresa started for her she made n
wide sweep and ran away. Cervera
asked Commodore Schley why he did
not come nearer, but got no satisfac-
tion. But the Maria Teresa was al
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

take prizes among our shipping and
blockade and lombard the ports of
the United States in retaliation for
what our tleet was doing in Cuba.
Admiral Cervcras officers say that
these demands were made by people
who Were not aware of the unfitness
of the navy. and the ministry could
not make ii known without exposing
the long-continued corruption of the
marine department and the robbery of
the government by the diversion of
funds appropriated for naval de-
fenses. They think it possible the
true state Of affairs was unknown to
some of the ministers and that per
haps Mr.. AIoret shared the delusion.
The minister of marine, who WIS
fully aware of the situation. remon-
strated. and was sustained by prom
inent officers of the navy. But he was
compelled 10 yield. and finally issued
peremptory orders for an expedition.
which every man familiar with the
navy knew was not only hopeless but
suicidal.
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

directly responsible. but he was sup
ported by all of the members of the
Cabinet except the minister of marine,
who finally and with great reluctance
consented to issue the necessary Or
ders 10 Admiral Ccrvera. They ex-
plain that public sentiment in Mad
rid and elsewhere throughout the
peninsula, rs represented by the poll
ticians and newspapers. demanded
some offensive demonstration toward
the United States. They We're not
satisfied with the defensive policy OF
the administration. ';rhcy were impa-
tient because the Spanish army In
Cuba was bottled up in Havana, San
tiago and other ports by our blockade
and because every vessel sent TO It's
relief was captured as a prize of wnr.
They insisted that fleet of cruisers
which was idle at Cadiz should be
sent out to destroy our commerce,
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

most Instantly disabled by shells from
the Texas, which met her ut the mouth
OF the harbor, and the Oregon was a
great surprise. We had no idea that
any battleship could make her speed.
1t was something we were not pre-
pared for. 1t was the Oregon that pre-
vented our escape"
what was the matter with the
Spanish gunnery? Why did your shots
do no more damage?"
First, because we had only few
long grange guns. There were none on
the Colon and only two each on the
other ships. Then we had no proper
range-finders, and our sailors lacked
practice. The gunnery Of the Yankee
fleet was marvellous. Nothing finer
was ever seen In the world"
My Spanish friends declined to dis
cuss the effect upon the people and
government of Spain of Commodore
Watson's expedition, but they showed
great anxiety when told that he would
certainly bombard Cadiz or Malaga or
both.
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

The girls, of Vassar wanted to raise
the flag in honor of the Manila victory;
sent and the othetauthoritles wouldn't
give their consent. \Did they sit down
and weep. Not once. They climbed to
the roof, tore the azure robe OF night.
and set the at a re- In -olnru nm the flag
seah. And when the president retnff-
ed he swung his hat for them and ran
up two flags more.
The Meeker herald., 1898-07-30

In an order TO the army relative to
the health and efficiency of the SOL
diers. Gen. Miles says: THE history
of other armies has demonstrated that
in a hot climate abstinence from the
use Of intoxicating drinks is essential
to continued health and efficiency"
This precautionary advice of Gen.
Miles to officers and men of the army
might be Needed with profit by civil
ians who mistakenly suppose that al
coholic beverages are beneficial in hot
weather. The truth is directly the con-
trary. Other things being equal, he
endures hot weather best who is least
addicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors OF any kind. The above re-
marks apply also to cold weather.