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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
Manhattan Club,
Incorporated October. 1900.
RITZVILLE, WASH.

OFFICERS.
Jesse Dorman, President
p. r. Clark, Vice President.
E. ID. ellison, Secretary.
C. H. Greene, Treasurer.
TRUSTEES.
w. r. Peters, w. o. Lewis, O. r. Hol-
comb, w. R. Cunningham, Jr., l.. G..
Van Patten.
COMMITTEES.
Reading Room and Literature-W. II.
Tuggle, FL. F. Klaas. d. A. Davenny, G.
A. Carlen, Dr. ]. Frankl
Gymnasium and Athletics.-L. c. Van
Christensen, F. II. Richardson.
Finance and Auditing.-W. r. Cunning
ham, Jr., w. r. Peters. L. Laughlin.
Rules and Decorum.-Jesse Dorman, DR..
John. M. Adams, p. r. Clark.
Reception.-O. r. Holcomb, o. ii.
Greene, DIR. F. r. Burroughs.
The object of this club shall be to en-
courage Athletic exercises and games and
to promote physical culture and social in
tercourse among its members, and the
promotion of temperance, morality and
knowledge
Business meeting first Friday in each
month at s p. m. in it's clubrooms over
Mrs. Hallin's millinery store. Blizzard
room, banquet and convention hall, IL
brary, latest periodicals. athletics, music.
games, piano and other musical instru-
ments for use of members and guests in
pleasant and profitable pastime. Open
every day and evening.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
Put Your Monty y in a Home.

It's the best savings bank on the earth
The cashier will never run or with it--it
will never "go out of business" You've
got 1t right under your thumb-no one can
take 1t away from you. There It is-a
shelter In the time of storm. You'll have
a place to sleep IL you don't have any
thing to eat-and surely that's better than
having no place to sleep and nothing to
eat. 1t Is always something on which you
can realize ready money.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
c. L. HOLCOMB,
LAWYER.

Will practice IN all State and United
States Courts.
Abstracting. real estate Law and sxami-
alton OF Titles. specialties.
Office in the Court House.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

CHRISTIAN CHURCH Preaching
every Sunday at the Christian church at
II a. m. and 1880 p. M; Sunday school at
10 a. M; Christian Endeavor at 6:3O p. m. !;
prayer meeting every Wednesday evening
at 1880 p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
SOCIETIES.

F. AND A. M.-Ritzville Lodge p. & A..
M. No. 10l, meets in regular communica-
ton on the second and fourth Saturdays
in each month at 7:30 p. m. All brethren
cordially invited to be present.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

M. E. church.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. -
Preaching every Sunday at Ii a. m. and
1880 D. IN. Sabbath school at IL o'clock
m. Y. p. s. G. E., $50 q. 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 Lord 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. Griffith's Corners-Preaching
services every second and fourth Sunday
at p. m. Willis-Preaching every first
and third Sunday at p. m.
GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL.
Preaching every Sunday at IL a. m. and 8
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.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH-Sunday school
every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
Preaching every second and fourth Sun
day at IL a. m. and p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
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, 1901-04-24
Adams County Abstract Co.
Incorporated J

Unexpectedly
The only abstract books in Adams county.
Abstracts promptly made.
Accuracy guaranteed.
Office opposite the courthouse.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

FORESTERS OF AMERICA.-Meet
every second and fourth Fridays in each
month in Greene hall. All members in
vited to visit.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

ZENITH CHAPTER NO. IS. ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR.-Regular commu-
ndcations held first and third Monday even
ings in each month at Greene and Sons
hall. Visiting members cordially invited
and always welcome.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

POSTOFFICE.
Open on week DAYS from 8 a. m. to 5
p. m. Sundays mails open one hour, from
to 10 a. m. Money order department
closes at p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

Superior court convenes at RitzvilIe on
the first Monday In April and September.
Jury sessions Of superior court held on
fourth Monday In May and second Monday
In November.
Board Of county commissioners meets at
the court house in Ritzville on the first
Monday in January, April, July and Oc-
tober.
City council meets first and third Tues
days In each month at y. m.
LIND
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24
John F. Lrby,
Well Driller,

has necessary experience and facilities
for sinking your we'll as quickly and
cheaply as anyone.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-04-24

K. OF P.-Prairie Queen Lodge No Sc.
knights Of Pythias, meets Wednesday
night of each week In the Pythian Castle.
Visiting brothers are Invited to attend.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
CHILLING TIE NArIKE.

The memory of the Fashoda incidents
is not yet lost on even the most cursory
student of passing international events.
1t brought England and France to the
very point of embodiment. 1t possessed
most of the explosive elements usually
regarded as necessary to bringing about
national strife. Were it not that French
good sense or the French sense of I'M
preparedness interviewed, great
European war was inevitable
The expedition of Maj. Marchand,
which was the cause of the bitter out
break of national rivalry and racial dis
ceived in the interest of science. Events
showed that there was much more of
politics than science involved in it. The
knowledge that nas since been brought
to the world of the circumstances at
tending Marchands rush to Fashoda
shows that in point of sheer brutality
and murder of innocent human beings
it will bear comparison with the worst
that is to be found in the record of the
progress of so-called Christian civiltza-
ton among barbarous races.
The story of Marchand's expedition. or
at least of his own participation in it, IS
well told by w. S. Cherry, the only
American who took part in it. Mr. Cher
ry was in Central Africa without money
and in pursuit of adventure when his
services were engaged by the expedition.
He was appointed tchief engineer of the
Marine Coloniale Franchise. The dignity
and substantial Importance of the posi-
tfon he acquired was reached through his
success, as he states it. "'in putting to-
gether and supplying the missing parts
of an old and dismembered steam engine
which had gone to the bottom of the
Congo in transport wreck. and in
setting it up aboard a little river steam
er and making it turn the paddles in a
wheezy but effective fashion"
Mr., Cherry was young man and join
ed the expedition for the opportunities for
sport which it offered. He knew nor car
ed nothing about the politics of it. He
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
STREET ENcUMBRANcEs.

The Pioneer Press has a very unob-
jectionable article on the sign nuisance.
1t is unobjectionable from all points.
While those who will may read between
the lines a gentle protest against this
bucolic Disagreement of our streets those
who have all manner of signs sticking
out over the streets like sore thumbs. will
take no offense. A little more ginger
reason why the signs should not be re-
moved-no legal reason. They are a
menace to life and limb, usurpation OF
the rights of the people to an unobstruct-
ed use of the streets, and a Disagreement
of the city. In short they are a nuisance
as much as the standing sign on the
street. We regret to say that the streets
Of st. Paul are beginning to look like
those of a wide-open village where the
streets are dominated by the vendors Of
truck.
The dealers in fruit and garden stuff
are growing boIder and holder in their
encroachment on the all to narrow side
walks. Not content with the appropria-
ton of three feet next the wall of the
ten-foot sidewalk, they place rows of box
es and baskets filled with vegetables
along the curb line. leaving a path Of
from one to two feet for the public
Often this narrow alley is appropriated by
the enterprising salesman. in which case
the public must go into the street to pass
In several places the firm" has a hole
in the wall to afford an excuse for &C.
cupying the sidewalk with truck A no
table case in point can be found just
above Seventh street on st. Peter. Here
in the early part of the day it is almost
impossible to pass on the sidewalk.
While introducing a crusade against the
unsightly signs why not compel the vend-
ers of truck to confine their stuff to one
half of the sidewalk Would this be ask
ing too much?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
0anted-4 larger City Policy.

terminals, increase the railroad invest
ment, and then go to the railroads in o.
dlgnlhed way and ask for reimbursement
1t viii follow naturally and II will thu
be permanent. Do not ''houer." as one
OF the Minneapolis dailies suggests. do
not say please" but with the feeItne.
that the demand is just proceed with
confidence to ask for MINNEAPOLIS and
St Paul that adjustment which GROWTH
and business are rightfully entitled to.
instead of this larger policy, however.
lhose VINO are intrusted with the bust
ness leadership of MINNEAPOLIS have
sought to make progress bv demands
anu liI-tlmed comparisons. and unwise
newspaper publications. All work of that
SUI SUI VIII De futile. 1t is not in human ma
Iure TO be- told what we must do: but
we are all susceptible to the dignfded de-
mand that is courteOusly expressed.
mere are great things ahead for Min
d lIetLo ana ST Paul if they act to-
gether Mr.. Hill is about to fnaugurate
trade With China and Japan Instead
OF hesltating about vacating two or
three Stub-ends of streets wholly within
rdtlroad property, which the public does
not want, wouldn't it be wiser for Min
neapohs to say to the Omaha COMPANY
by act OF city council, Go on with vou,.
development in this city," Wouldn't il
pc using time to better advantage 10
be working with Mr. Hin so as tn e+or
oriental business in MINNEAPOLIS and 81
raul for distribution; in advising with
MIN as TO the establishment of industries
- SN.-I'Oo ZIG PiOulICt Oh HnlCn can
so to China in part, than to be Usinr
newspaper space IN the publication of
that which offends and does not accom-
plish?
The rate question win settle itself in a
most unexpected manner lust as all
questions reach natural solution To-
peka offered forty acres of valuable land
TO railroad company as terminal:
Minneapolis newspapers advise against
the vacation of two or three stub-ends
Of unused streets What a contrast of
public policy! Isn't it time for Mime
apolis and St Paul to substitute a large
policy for petty one? Down in the
are growing In the central West is
Omaha, working at this moment for her
advancement. What are MINNEAPOLIS
and st. Paul doing? Losing opportunities
because of short-sighted, narrow polio. cs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
FIRST F4IRB1NKS. THEN ROOSE-
YELT

Our state has been honored with
weeks visit from Indiana's presidential
aspirant, Senator Fairbanks; and now
we shall play host to Vice President
Roosevelt, the favorite son, or one of
two or more favorite sons of New York.
Senator Fairbanks spent a week at in
spection of the Minnesota political track.
and closed by taking an experimental
sprint of a practical order which ended
in a runaway and smash-up. This added
TO the senator's fame, and particularly
the incident when, on opening his eyes
after two hours of insensibility as re-
suit of the accident. he remarked This
is nothing; it does not compare with run
ming for the job of justice of the peace In
Posey county Indiana"
Roosevelt may get no opportunity to be
hero of runaway accident. But he has
a big opportunity to show the farmers of
Minnesota how to drive a yoke of Here
ford streers and grow rich in the produc-
ton of Shanghai ROSTERS and wolf scaIps
He can repeat Horace Greeley's act and
tell us, What I know about farming
or, he may pursue the plan of William
II. Seward, whose Minnesota speech of
over forty years ago is still quoted as one
of the broadcast and most far-seeing pre-
dictions Of Northwestern Development and
destiny. Indeed, Roosevelt's opportunity
for fame in the craftsmanship line is bet
ter on the whole than that of Senator
Fairbanks with his runaway.
The visit of these two national char
acters calls attention to the fact that
Minnesota has become important political
ground. The incident that, since the pass
ing away of Senator Davis, Minnesota
has no presidential nominee to present
next time makes this state all the more
important to aspirants from other states.
After Fairbanks and Roosevelt, let us
hear from Foraker and Tom Reed. Min
nesota is q frst-class summer resort from
both political and pathological stand
point
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
9t the 5heaters.

The most delicious thing about Lovers
Lane" is Mile James profile, but that
does not argue by any means that the
play is lacking in good things On the
contrary! The large audience that wit
messed it and incidentally the opening Of
the theater's regular winter season last
night at the Metropolitan saw ono of the
daintiest pastorals that has ever been
presented in St Paul. Lovers Lane" Is
not the sort of pastoral that depends for
it's success on a generous exhibition Of
live stock, or the realistic portrayal of
the homely arts of churning, milking etc
1t is a pretty picture of village life. with
very human parscn and a little orphan
asylum waif for the central figures. some
clever caricat1res of familiar village
types for the background. and plenty Of
very pretty rural scenery for detail
Clyde Fitch delights in holding up for
the benefit of theatergoers the frailities
of humanity, but in few of his PLAYS has
he succeeded in getting so artistic an at
mosphere for the setting of his cynicism
as in Lovers Lane
The play was we'll presented last night
Ernest Hastings gave very individual
presentation of the role of Rev. Thomas
Singleton. Mr.. Hastings acting is of the
repressed school, and therefore his hui
NOR is never boisterous nor his sentiment
maudlin. Miss James Simplicity John
son was clever bit of character work.
It is difficult to believe that this small
person with the ingenious little face.
the childish stature and the abrupt man
ners is in reality young LADY already
advanced in her twenties. Her conception
of the role marks her as a CAPABLE voHnD
actress and an attractive personality adds
TO her charm A slight hoarseness was
the only thing that detraeted from her
successful work last night.
Frank c. Hartwen, as Uncle Bill and
Miss Florence Webster, as Aunt Melissy
were very good Miss Sadie StriDgham
was exceedingly natural as Mattv. the
minister's housekeeper Miss Lizzie Con-
way as Bridget the Hibernian cook.
avoided any appearance Of OVERRIDING the
role. Hosea Brown proved an Interesting
character in the hands of A. L. Trahern.
Arthur c. Sanders, as Mr.. Skillig. did
some clever work in the brief while ne
was on the stageA Miss Sears. Miss Emily
Wakeman, Miss Annie Mifflin ard Miss
Lillian Lee presented humorous types in
convincing manner. The rest of the
cast was adequate, but not exceptional.
An autumn scene and a spring scene IL
the apple orchard are two of the attrac-
tive things about the play. The former
especially was decidedly poetic. and it
was TO be regretted that the ,,omDanv
spoiled the artistic effect by coming back
to bow their acknowledgment of the
hearty applause. The scene was supposed
to represent early evening, but when the
company came foeking back the lights
were suddenly turned on and the Illusion
thus destroyed. The second act of the
play introduces the audience to the pupils
and teacher Of the village school. There
are over a score Of boys and girls on
the stage including the fat boy of the
school. A display of boyish gallantry, a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
ITALT'S FUTURE.

The progress of political events IN Italy
since the accession of the young king has
fairly justified the interest shown in it
by all students of international events.
Whatever the policy of ItaIy's new ruler
may be, it is plain that it will not be
servile copy of that of his father.
The affirmative friendship which has
been displayed between Italy and France
within few months roy mean a new
alignment of continental powers. This
change OF position has been further
emphasized by the attitude assumed by
Italy toward the triple alliance Italy's
attitude toward at least one member of
that alliance is now merely one of open
hostility. No renewal of the international
agreement will be consented to by Italy.
according 20 the Italian ministerial press.
unless serious modification is had of ex-
listing treaties, unless guarantees are Of
fered of maintaining the equilibrium on
the Adratic as well as on the Mediter-
ranean, and unless, further, new treaties
are entered into making clearer the
rights of Italy and other powers in the
Balkans
All this is palpably aimed at Austria.
The Italian press. inspired plainly by the
italian foreign ministry, is making open
war on Austria. The Balkan question. In
its revived form, points indirectly to at
least an entente cordiale between Italy
and Russia. Out of this. it may not be
altogether unreasonable to look for the
possible formation of new triple ALI
Bnee with Italy, Russia and France as
The contracting parties.
1t has ever been a source of astonish-
ment to enlightened students of
European continental politics that Italy
should have been a member of the
dreibund She had little to gain by it;
ana. 50 far at least as related to her
sadly demoralized finances, everything
to lose. Over ten years ago Mr.. Glad
stone made this truth apparent. That
profound international scholar. Sir
Charles Dixie, in a succession of papers
remarkable alike for their luminous and
exhaustive treatment of international
politics, has treated the same subject
from the same standpoint, to the point
of demonstration.
1t is after all not so much political as
social and financial reform and
Encouragement which is Italy's present
D greatest need. The condition of the
masses of the Italian peninsula is worse
today than it mas been at any time
since the existence of the papal states
and it has been growing worse steadily
Governmental exactions have grown
greater the burden of the ruling politt-
cal and social classes continues to crush
the faces Of the people into the earth
Under the guise of needed public i'm
provements the Italian peasant ana
artisan have been robbed of even the
81 adow of their supposed bi1th-ight The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26
HOUSEKEEPING, A. d. 1000.

H G. Wells in Fortnightly Review
In many houses there are still the of
fensive duties of filing lamps and black
ing boots to be done. Our coming house,
however, will have no lamps, and, as
for the boots, really intelligent people
will feel the essential uglinesS CT wearing
the evidence of constant manual toll upon
their persons. They will wear sorts Of
shoes and boots that can be cleaned by
wiping in minute or so. Take now the
bedroom work The lack of ingenuity in
sanitary fittings at present forbids the
obvious convenience of hot and cold wa
ter supply to the bedroom, and there is
a mighty fetching and carrying of water
and Stops to be got through daily, bat all
that will cease. Every bedroom will have
it's own Embarrassing room which one
will use and leave without the slightest
disarrangement. This, SO far as up
stairs" goes, really only leaves bed-mak-
ing to be done, and bed does not take
five minutes to make. Down stairs a vast
amount of needless labor at present
arises out of table wear. Washing up
consists of a tedious cleansing and WHIP
ing of each table utensil in turn, whereas
it should be possible to immerse all dirty
table wear in a suitable solvent for a
few minutes and then run that off for the
articles to dry. The application of
solvents to window cleaning also would
be a possible thing but for the primitive
construction of our windows, which pre-
vents anything but a painful rub, rub,
rub, with the leather. A friend of mine
in domestic service tells me that this rub
bing is to get the window dry, and this
seems to be the general impression, but
/ think it incorrect. The water is not an
adequate solvent, and enough cannot be
used under existing conditions. Conse-
quently, if the window is cleaned and
left wet, it dries in drops, and these drops
contains dirt in solution which remains as
spots. But water containing a suitable
solvent could be made to run quite sim
ply down window for few minutes
from pinholes in a pipe above into
groove below, and this could be followed
by pure rain water for an equal time,
ana in this way the whole window clean
ing III the house could, I imagine be re-
duced to the business Of turning on tap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-26

hordes of emigrants leaving the ports
of Italy and adjacent countries represent
only that proportion of the poor oppress-
ed race which can and mems to escape
the iron heel of military and aristo-
cratic despotism.
Until the terrible burdens of govern
ment in Italy are materially reduced, I'M
til the all-pervading greed and corrup-
ton of the upper classes are removed or
Ieesened it will matter little indeed to
the unit of Italian society what the
treaty alliances of the nation may be-
It may be that the new departures in
augurated by Victor Emmanuel look to-
ward the ultimate accomplishment of
these ends. But the step is certainly not
long one in this direction. Domestic
peace and prosperity is the great need
of Italy. This it cannot have until it has
entered into at least a modus vivendf
with the Vatican. All the advances on
that behalf have come from the papal
authorities.
On the surface of things at least there
does not seem to be much of a prospect
of seeing this condition called into ex-
istence. Concurrently with the e-estab-
lishment Of friendly relations between
Italy and France, the French republic
has brought to a close its hostile policy
toward the religious orders of the
Catholic church. The young kings chief
adviser, like Crispi is an irreconcilable
enemy of the papacy;- and it has
been surmised in many quarters that the
hostility of the French authorities to-
ward the monastic orders has much to
do with the Understanding reached with
Italy
A great problem confronts the rulers of
Italy. It is one involving the very exist
ence of that nation as factor in inter-
national affairs. If Italy is not soon
forced to occupy the position which Spain
does at this moment, there must be a
radical change, amounting practically to
revolution, in it's affairs. It has entered
on a condition of national decadence. 1t
remains to be seen whether in his new
International policy or In any other way,
the young Italian king is capable of the
great undertaking of saving his king
dom and his people from the fate which
has apparently awaited them ever since
that national cfimera, italian unity,
first appeared on the scene.