Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-12-13


and the woods are full Of wor
Much heavy timber Is being ma
tured at the mills which will bt
in the construction Of large
the mouth of North Fork next
The mill will have a capacity Of
feet daily.
The labor situation in Chicago
more reassuring than for several ,
The building contractors make
cret OF their intention Of destroyiI
unions, and the latter are deter
to pick up the gauntlet IL 1t is Il
down on January 1. Outsiders sc
think there is o great deal OF bl
both sides, which. Of course. is nc
new for Chicago.
MONTANA.
It really looks now as IL bran,
smallpox epidemic had started
Butte.
A. II, Benkendorf. of Smith v
has lost his residence aud hous
goods by fire.
John Bisando, an empioys Of tn
mine. at Butte. was painfully In
while at work In the mine.
A. w. Swaney has been appl
deputy sheriff at Kalispell to TAX
place Of Laban Thompson, resign
VIII Engle, Of the lower valley
his granaries and grain by fre tn.
er day. About 1900 bushels of
and 1000 bushels Of oats were bu
The loss is partly covered by insur
G. M. Weidemann of Butte has
arrested for not remitting $112 l
ceived for the C0lliery Engineer
pany Of Scranton, Pa. This is a
pany which teaches engineering b:
respondence.
This year the payment of tax n
has been heavier than ever befo
Butte. Out Of the 3485. 900 due,
$472,000 have so far been collie
leaving less than 1000 to whicl
10 per cent penalty must be added.
terday. the last day to escape Il
per cent addition, over $22, 900 was
In. keeping the clerks busy.
Three mining accidents which. '
not fatal, are very painful. occurr'
the mines In Butte recently. P. J.
land. was thrown backwards agaii
timber. injuring his back serio
John Mccarthy, q station tender q
Bell mine. had q car fall on his
leg. crushing 1t horribly. John H
at the. st. Lawrence. was setting
machine drill when the machine
catching him underneath 1t. His
leg was broken.
The police Of Butte have rect
some information which Is to then
and all disquieting. It is stated
Jew Jess, the mistress OF Robert 6
we'll at the time he murdered
O'Connor. has returned to Butte,
is in hiding. She was wanted IN q
ness. but kept away until sentence
pronounced. And worse still. sht
accompanied by the equally motor
and dangerous Black Pearl. who
parted from Butte last spring after
bing a well known business MAJ
$1,000.
Professor Malachy Dwytr. an old
ident of Butte. formerly Of Ogdensb
N. Y, during q heated religious dis
sion with J. 8. Charlebois, the div
healer, attempted to strike the Ia
and Charlebois called on God to
tect him. and Dwyer dropped d
The men were In the public llbrar
the time. Charlebois. who is from
ena, and once lived In Spokane.
religious zealot, with q reputation
divine healer. and 10 editor Of q p,
cation called "The Living Truth"
ing his discussion with Dwyer he n
the statement that he had read the
ures 1865" which were marked on
forehead Of the pope. Dwyer said
had an anti-Christ significance.
called Charlebois q liar and mad
rush for him with upraised hand
strike him. Charlebois says he st
up and called on God to protect
and before Dwyer could strike he d
ped dead. Dwyer was 68 years
The coroner's inquest this evening
veloped the fact that death was
to heart failure. produced BY exc
ment.
Judge Fraser has decided that
liam A. Storey was legally elected n
or Of Portland by the city council.
Muitnomah Athletic club and OF
pics Of San Francisco proved eve
matched in q recent game Of foott
A young man named Willard Al
was drowned In the Grand Ronde RI
last week. while helping to ford Q,
cattle across.
DR.. F. p. Graves, president Of
University Of Washington. delivere
short lecture to the students Of
high school at Portland on "Hig
Education" He dealt chiefly with
purpose and value Of q collegiate I
cation. and illustrated his talk v
incidents and anecdotes.
The people of Woods. Tillam
county, headed by T. J. Lucy, are
deavoring to raise sufficient funds
build a freight schooner for their {
use on the cooperative plan.
Ex-Governor VIM. p. Lord. mini
to the Argentine Republic. has left
his post Of duty. He will stop at WI
ington TO receive final instruct
from the state department.
The FIRST accident at the scene
operations on the new portage road
The Dalles. on the Washington Q
occurred last week. when q workn
was killed by blast.