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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

RITZvILLE UNION NO. IA, o. OF w.
Meets every second and fourth Monday
evenings in each month at Greene's hall.
All members invited to attend Visitors
welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
POsTOFFICE.

Open on week DAYS from 8 a. m. to 8
p. m. Sundays mails open one hour, from
8 to 10 a. m. Money order department
closes at p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
Murderer Electrocuted.

J ying Sing, N. Y, May 22-Fntz Meyer,
f'rderer, was put 10 aeath in the electric
Sing Sir son Monday.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Preaching service every Lords day. morn
Ing and evening. Sunday school every
meeting every Thursday evening. Choir
practice after prayer meeting. All are
invited. Griffith'S Corners-Preaching
services every second and fourth Sunday
at p. m. withdrawing every first
and third Sunday at p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
E. D. gibson,
Real Estate and
Insurance.,
Collections and Convcyancing.
Abstraetor and Notary Public.
General Land Agency.
Fire Insurance written In the best com.
panies in the world.
once in Adams County Bank Build
ing,
RITZvILLE, WASHINGTON.
Put Your Money in a Home...
Put Your Money in a Home...

It's the best savings bank on the earth.
will never "go out of business" You've
got 1t right under your thumb-no one can
take 1t away from you. There 1t is-a
shelter In the time of storm. You'll have
a place to sleep II you don't have any
thing to eat-and surely that's better than
having no place to sleep and nothing to
eat. II 10 always something on which you
can realize ready money.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

To fully introduce our Famous ssAOUTHERN
BELLE CIGARS" give to each person buying
box Of 30 cigars for and express charges elegant
nickel plate stem wind SET open face Watch
American make. which with proper should last
for years; also plated watch chain and charm Send
your name and full address-no money. We will send
cigars, watch chain and charm IT, after examin aon you
are satisfied, pay your agent 0 and express charges.
These goods in the o. at these The
Southern Belle is good many 10c cigars offered
Address National Cigar Co., stLouis,M Mo.
When ordering please give the ofhs paper without fail
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

On January 1, 1900, the total mem
bership of the Knights of Labor was
100000.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

RITZvILLE ASSEMBLY NO. 1s1.
UNITED ARTISANS.-Meets first and
third Friday evenings in each month at.
p. m. Visiting members always welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
teller Column was Attacked.

Berlin, May 20.-A special dispatch
from Cape Town says that the relief col
umn as it approached Mafeking from the
south was attacked by strong force of
Beers, who were then repulsed. The col
umn then pushed on and the Beers re-
treated hurriedly. The rear guard con-
tinued in action for some time. The
British casualties were slight.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

TOMANOWASH TRIBE NO. 80, I. o. r.
M.-Meets the first sun of every seven
suns at Greene's hall at the seventh run
and thirtieth breath. All visiting Redmen
welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
STATE Of THE AFRICAN WAR
B0ERs ASK FOR CESSATION.
President Kruger Was Against 1t,
but Strong Pressure Was Against
Him-Britfsh Still Advancing-WfII
Defend JOhannesburg.

Lorenzo Marquee, May 2O.-The Trans
vaal government has decided to send a
message to Lord Roberts requesting cessa-
tion of hostilities, demanding a guarantee
that the lives of all colonials fighting
with the Beers shall be spared and stat
ing that unless these terms are granted
mines will be blown up and Johannes
burg destroyed.
President Kruger and the executive
council were against the proposition, but
strong popular pressure was brought to
bear in favor of it. The Boer president
told me yesterday that he would fight un-
til the last cartridge was used, but many
officials and burghers are shaky and desire
compromise. They do not want to de-
fend Pretoria, fearing that their property
will be destroyed by bombardment.
A few hundred men of the foreign le-
gion attacked Mafeking Saturday and car
ried several forts, but the Beers failed to
support them and the result was a fiasco.
The relieving column of British was with
in few miles of town and the Boer gov
eminent has stopped all telegraphic news
going out.
Relief Column UnOppOsed.
London, May 2O.-A Cape Town dis
patch says:
The relief force entered Mafeking unop-
posed, the siege having been already rails
ed. The latest news received at Cape
Town from the relief colmun which left
Kimberley secretly shows it passed the
Vryburg district without encountering the
federal column. 1t was 1900 strong and
composed the Cape police, Diamond Fields
Horse, Imperial Yeomanry and mounted
regiment with three Maxims. The force
reached Marian river, 20 miles south Of
Mafeking, May IL. The baggage was con.
veyed on led horses and light mule wag.
ons Colonel 7. B. Mahon, who, it is un.
derstood, commanded the relief expedi-
ton, served in the Donga and Nile ex-
petitions with General Kitchener.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. -
Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and
1880 D. m. Sabbath school at II o'clock
m. Y. P. s. C. E., $3.50 o. m.
GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Services every other Sunday in each
Sunday at $3.50 a. m. All German speak
ing people invited.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

EPWORTH LEAGUE.-Devotional ser
vices every Sabbath at $3.50 p. m, at the
M. e. church.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL
Preaching every Sunday at Ii a. m. and s
p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer
meeting every. Wednesday at p. m. All
German speaking people are cordially in
vited to attend. Others are welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
SOCIETIES.

K OF P.-Prairie Queen Lodge No. q.
Knights of Pythiss meets Wednesday
night Of each week In the Pythian Castle.
Waiting brothers are invited to attsnd.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

- " f:-SIGf1e queen Aoo&e mo- ~,
night Of each week in the Pythian Castle
Waiting brothers are invited to attsnd.
l. o. o. F.-Ritxville Lodge No. 50. I. q.
n; meets every Thursday night at :
invitation and a fraternal welcome 10 ex-
tended to sojourning brothers.
, =. AND A. M.-Ritzyille Lodge F. q A.
n No. 1ol, meets in regular communica-
ton on the second and fourth Saturdays
in each month at 1880 p. m. Ali brethren
cordially invited to be present.
ZENoBIA LODGE NO. u.s. D. of R., I.
Q: o. F.-Meets every first and third
hail. IN a. sood p standn IN
always welcome.
meets first and bird t Saturday. Of each
month at Greene's hall.
L. Q. T. M-Meets second and fourth
Greene's hall. Visiting lady Maccabees
will be cordially welcomed.
X. o. T. M-Defiance Tent No. Ia
knights of the Macabees, meet first and
third Saturday evenings at 1880 sharp All
visiting Sir Knights welcome.
w. OF w.-Ritzville Camp No. 4es,
meets first and third Tuesdays Of each
month. All neighbors in good standing
are invited to visit the camp.
M w. A.-Ritzvllle Camp No 65s5,
meets second and fourth Fridays of each
month. All Modern Woodmen are request
cd to attend.
ToMANowAsH TRIBE NO. 50, I. o. r.
M.-Meets the first sun of every seven
and thirtieth breath. All visiting Redmen
welcome.
RITZvILLE ASSEMBLY NO. 1a.
UNITED ARTISANS.-Meets first and
third Friday evenings in each month at.
9 p. m. Visiting members always welcome.
RITzVILLE UNION NO. IA, o. OF W.
evenings in each month at Greenes hall.
All members invited to attend. Visitors
welcome.
ZENITH CHAPTER u. d. ORDER OF
THE EASTERN STAR.-Regular commu-
hcations held first and third Monday even
ings in each month at Greene and Sons
hall. Visiting members cordially invited
and always welcome.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
EPwoRTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ser
Vices every Sabbath at $50 p. m, at the
M. e. church.
CONVERSATIONAL CHURCH. =
Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and
1880 p. m. Sabbath school at II o'clock
| m. Y. P. 8. c. E., $3.50 D. m.
GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Services every other Sunday in each
month at 1880 a. m. Sunday school every
Sunday at $3.50 a.. m. All German speak
| ing people invited.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Preaching service every Lords day, morn
Ing and evening. Sunday school every
| Sabbath at 10 a. m. Mid-week prayer
| meeting every Thursday evening. Choir
practice after prayer meeting. All are
| invited. Grif1th's Corners-Preaching
| services every second and fourth Sunday
| at 3 p: m. withdrawing every first
| and third Sunday at p. m.
| GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL.
Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and s
p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday at 8 p. m. All
German speaking people are cordially in
vited to attend Others are welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

M. w. A.-Ritzville Camp No. $685.,
meets second and fourth Fridays of each
month. All Modern Woodmen are request
cd to attend
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23

w. OF W.-Ritzville Camp No. 49,
meets first and third Tuesdays Of each
month. All neighbors In good standing
are invited to visit the camp.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

eral men have done a deed deserving of
the Cross, without any one of them
having distinguished himself above his
comrades. In that case the several Of
flcers select one non-commissioned Off
Ger to be decorated, and the soldiers,
marines or seamen also gather and ap-
point two Of their number to receive
the Crosses.
HOnOrs Come Thick Upon Him.
Besides the ceremony of presenta-
ton in the presence of his comrades"
he went on, 'the Victoria Gross man
has his lame mentioned in a general
order from the War Office, with the
particulars of his heroism, and his
name also appears in the London Ga
zette, likewise with am account of what
he did, and the original papers are kept
sacredly in the archives of the War
Office forever afterward. That Register
is probably the most democratic roll in
Great Britain, for upon it the names
of mobiles and highly placed officers pre-
cede and follow those of lowly privates
and drummer boys, the one as much
honored as the other.
There have been erasures from that
roll, but they can be made only by
direct order of the Queen, who decides
personally al cases where charges are
nuadge against V. c. men. Treason,
cowardice, felony Or any Infamous
crime are the causes for which a former
hero can lose his place in the Register.
The Queen says in her warrant: we,
our heirs and successors shall be the
judges of expulsion or restoration
Cross Carries a Pension.
winning a Victoria Cross means a
pension of $50 a year from the date of
the act for which the cross is bestowed.
Then, in ease where holders Of the
Cross become deserving Of 1t once more,
a clasp is added, and each clasp means
an increase of $40 a year in the pension.
OF course, dishonorable conduct on the
part Oi d v. ~, uidA ucpiA'So AiAh VI Ms
pension, as we'll as his place on the reg
ister."
The number of crosses bestowed is
kept down by a strict observance OF the
specification which the Queen made in
her original warrant in 1856, and made
emphatic by another in 1881, that the
o should be given not on account
of rank, nor long service, nor wounds,
nor any other service, Circumstance or
condition save the merit OF conspicuous
bravery" Politics, said the officer,
never is allowed to play q part in the
matter.
The Queen arranged for the estab-
lishment of the cross in 1856, the nine
teenth year of her reign, and signifed
in another royal warrant in 1867 that
crosses could be distributed to OFF,
GERS and men who had distinguished
themselves in the insurgent wars in
New Zealand. In 1857 a second royal
warrant had made members of the
East India service eligible. and in 1881
came a third warrant making strong
er the phrase conspicuous bravery
and stating that the warrant was is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

hold-all cheering Justify and driving
everything before them until they
reached the summit, with the Devons,
Manchesters and Imperial Light Horse
at their heels, when suddenly a bugle
rang out, Cease Firing! Retreat"
True, it was a Boer trick and a Boer
trumpet that was being winded to de-
moralize the "~redcoats," but they did
MT know it The British soldier is a
machine, who obeys without thinking,
and he did cease firing and was
about to retreat when this pint-msas-
ure chap jumped into the breach.
Retreat be dammedl" he screamed,
and then, lifting his bugle and put
ting his whole heart into one blow, he
sent gthe t'Charge!" rocketing over
the hill. Some of the men heard the
swear" and all heard the bugle.
They charged, and the Boer line was
split and shattered.
Farmer of Majuba Hill.
1t was a drummer who had the honor
to be the youngest man who ever were
the Victoria Cross. His name was
Michael Wagner, and his chance am
AT the storming of Magdala, under
Lord Napier, in Atoyssinia. The path
leading to the gate of the fortress was
filled with obstacles, aud the defenders
of the gate were pouring a whitening
fire over it. Led by the drummer boy,
a small party climbed the hill by a cir
cuitous path, forced their way through
a breastwork Of thorns and engaged the
enemy, beating them back. Then the
main body Of the army advanced and
the works were taken. The drummer
boy was one of the first to enter.
Then there is Corporal Farmer.
whom everybody knows as Farmer of
Majuba HILL" He was a member of
the Army Hospital Corps, and, of
course, it was his business to look at
ter Colley's men in that CHASTITY mas
sacre. Corporal Farmer and his COM
rades had gathered the wounded men
together in a little hollow of the hill
for shelter, but the Beers were pouring
bullets in everywhere, and the wound
ed soldiers were being wounded a sec
ond time. Farmer found a white flag
and waved it over the little group,
when a ball passed through his flag
arm. He said, Never mind, I've got
another" and lifted the flag again in
his left hand, when that was shot
through, too. Then he fell, only a few
yards away from General Colley.
1--WE got tired telling the story" he
said to me last night, when l asked If
he would put it in his own words. He
is assistant door-keeper at the Criterion
Theatre, and after helping to form the
long cue" Of people that wait outside
the pit entrance every night he guards
one of the exits.
1T was in February that ] vas shot,"
he said, "and / got my cross in August
/ was sick in the hospital at Newcastle.
though. until the last Of May. Yes,
the Queen herself gave me the Cross.
at Osborne House. in the Isle Of Wight
Ny general went with ne. and when
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

From STAN Correspondent of the Register.
LONDON, January 11.-Lord Rot
erts of Kandahar, who will arrive at
the Cape in a few days to take charge
of the biggest British army that ever
took the Geld, is a little man. as every
one knows, and there Is rot much room
left on his coat for additional medals.
You can see that for yourself by
studying the accompanying picture of
him, taken only a few weeks ago. But
OF all the honors betokened there.
and all the others which a genuinely
fond public has given to him and
will shower upon him later if he full
flls their hopes in the Transvaal, the
j simplest the least expensive intrinsi-
cally, and by far the most democratic
is the one for which, If necessary, you
may be sure he would sacrifice all the
Others.
ut is the Victoria Cross, the first in
the row on his breast.
Some OF the humblest men, social
~ and financially, in the Empire
have decorations just like it. But, the
general and private, white man and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

sued as some doubts had arisen u
TO the exact qualification for the
cross.
Candidates From This CamDafgn.
Although no oficiaI statement has
been made on the subject, it IS fair
to assume that Lord Wolseley has al
ready decided on a few at least of the
v. C. winners of the Transvaal war.
Winston Churchill has been declared
by the public to be deserving OF one
for his efforts in behalf of the wound
ed when the armored train was at
tackled; Trumpeter Sherlock, the boy
who shot three Beers with a revolver
and whose example every British boy
is dying to emulate-some of them
having run away from school with
that project in mind-has established
a clear claim to n
More people than he himself will
be disappointed if the "bugler boy
of Ela~ndslaagte" is not made a v. c.
The story of his deed has travelled
faster than his name, but he is true
to the type of Napolean's drummer
boy, who didn't know how to beat a
retreat" Attached to the Gordon
Highlanders, who seem always to be
prowling around when there is any
storming Of heights to be done; be it
in Europe, Asia or Africa, he and
they mounted the slope-at the crest
of which the Bocrs had their strong
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

before Lord wolseley, the Commander
in-Chief. who passes upon them ana
decides to which applicants the Cross
shall be given.
'Of course the Cross goes most often
to a soldier, sailor or marine, and when
it happens that the fortunate man is
in England he receives his medal from
the hand of the Queen herself. If he is
in the field. however, or on shipboard,
he receives his decoration from the gen.
eral or admiral in chief command on
the semi-annual inspection day and in
the presence of the men who were at
the scene of his exploit.
OF Course They Apply.
Then men who have done brave
things do apply personality"
Certainly they do. That is in keep
ing with the spirit of the warrant
which the Queen first issued, in 1856,
and which says that Her Majesty de-
sires that the new decoration should be
highly priced and eagerly sought az
ter In that warrant she said that as
the third class Order OF the Bath was
limited to the officers in the higher
branches OF the service. and as no way
then existed to reward heroes adequate
ly for meritorious actions-for army
medals of the ordinary kind are given
only for long service and exceptional
conduct-the Victoria Cross was insti-
tuted.
Sometimes it has happened that sew
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21

black, each had the proudest moment
OF his life when that little bronze
cross was laid upon his breast. And
Lord Roberts, sailing away to fight on
the field where his only son had just
probably was supported in
sense of loss by the consensus Of
inion that the action in which the
young man had lost his life would
have won for him also the Victoria
Cross if he had lived.
How His ". @. Was Won.
Lord Roberts his V. c. in the
Indian Mutiny when only a lieutenant,
~forty-one years ago, in the course of
an action that was unpleasant enough
to be named Khodagunge. While the
fighting was going on he saw two of
the enemy-Sepoys-making off with
the British colors. He was on horse
back, and started after them, when
they turned on him and aimed their
muskets at him. One missed him; the
others gun missed fire, and by that
time he was on them, slashing away
with his sword. He killed one. The
other took to his heels, and the stand
ard was safe. Only a few moments be-
fore the lieutenant had saved the life
of one of his men by cutting down a
Sepoy who was about to kill him with
a bayonet~
Lord Roberts wears nine decorations
on his breast on dress occasions, as
the illustration shows, and how many
more he may have no one feels sure;
even the religiously exact Army list
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21
Useless Labor.

M.stress-Have you washed the FISH?
Bridget-Shure, mum an what's tn use?
Isn't it right out Of the water, ~mum?-ohio
State Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-21
Fixing the Tint.

Some scientific fellow says that red
noses are caused by wells"
well, come in and have a vail with me-"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-14
COULDN'T FOOL HIM.

This Man Knew a Steamboat When
He Saw One.
The agent of one Of the ocean steam
ship lines, says the Chicago Tribune,
told the following story Of st. Louis
man who got into New York the day
after the maiden arrival Of great
liner:
After gazing at the vessel from the
pier the st. Louisan said to the man at
the gangplank:
"Purty good sized steamboat"
"Shes liner, ocean liner" was the
lofty reply.
"She's purity high up, amt she?'
ocean liners have to be. But when
she is under way she doesn't look so
high"
"Her chimneys amt very high,
though"
"You mean her tunnels. No; they
never make them high for liners"
"Hinges on 'em?"
"Never heard of hinges on funnel"
GLOW does she get under the
bridget"
what bridgeY
'Why, any bridge. Steamboats, out
our way have hinges on their Chin
neys, and when they come to the
bridges oyer the river they lower the
chimneys, and she scoots under like
she was creased"
The man at the gangplank observed
the st. Louis man with lofty indiffer-
ence.
"She amt got any warehouses on
her sides nor none at her stern" re-
marked the st. Louis man after he had
made further inspection.
"Liners have propellers," said the
man at the gangplank, and his nose
! turned up visibly..
"Well, I'll bet she can't run. 1t takes
two wheels and bow like an arrow
head and scant hold to give steam
boat speed. sonny, and don't you forget
1t. If this steamboat was to get into
the Mississippi, she'd go hard aground
first clip"
81 have told you this is not steam
boat
"Shucks! You can't gimme that.
saw picter Of her in one of our news
papers before left home. and the
printin under it said steamboat dc
you think st. Louis editor don't know
! steamboat when he sees one? You're
not on to your job yet"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-14
How to Give a Cat medicine.

A New York gentleman has a very
fine Angora cat, and so fine specimen
of her kind that she is famous In
large circle of fashionable folk. She is
not rugged in health, yet she cannot be
persuaded to take physic. 1t has been
put in her milk, it has been mixed with
her meat, it has even been rudely and
violently rubbed in her mouth. but new
er has she been deluded or forced into
swallowing any of it. Last week a
green Irish girl appeared among the
household servants. She heard about
the failure to treat the cat. "Sure,"
said she, "give me the medicine and
some lard, and I'll warrant she'll be
ating all give her!" She mixed the
powder and the grease and smeared it
on the cats sides. Pussy at once licked
both sides clean and swallowed all the
physic. Faith" said the servant girl,
everybody in Ireland does know, how
TO give medicine to catv'