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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Reason for Rejection.
IDAHO ITEMS.

The season for partridge, pheasant,
grouse. prairie chicken and fool hen
hunting has opened.
The Lewiston city council has
passed an ordinance granting a street
railway franchise to James G. Trainer
and Fred T. Dubois.
A site has been purchased at Rex
burg. Fremont county, for a beet su.
gar plant which the Idaho Sugar com.
pany will put in. The same capital is
erecting a plant at Idaho Falls. -.
Chalmer e. Shut will not hang for
the killing Of Eugene Klein. After
being out for II hours and taking
nearly 200 ballots, the jury brought in
verdict Of murder in the second de-
gree.
Joseph Dick, one Of the most prom
inent ranchers and citizens Of Bing-
ham county, was drowned recently in
an attempt to ford Snake river above
Idaho Falls. Both horse and rider
were drowned. No trace of either
have yet been found.
A transfer Of 100 acres of timber
land was made recently, for which 1t
Is believed q record breaking price
was paid. F. A. Blackwell of the vii.
liam Howard Land & Lumber COM
pany purchased the tract from John
Mann for $1,000. The land is located
in section II, township AZ, which is in
the st. Joe country.
Grain continues to arrive at Tram
way from the upper terminal, where
1t is reported there is still stored about
$4,000 bushels Of last years crop. The
farmers on Nez Perez prairie still have
many thousands of sacks of last years
grain to haul, much of which will be
delivered at the upper tramway ware
house after harvest is over.
The assessment roll for the year
1908 has been completed. The total
assessment Of all property in Nez
Perez county is >-,uoo,o79. The valua-
ton Of the railroad tracks and tele-
graph and telephone lines added to
this will make the total valuation close
to 100000. The valuation this year
is $1,113,279 over the assessment Of
1902. The number Of acres Of decided
land is 248,377, an increase Of about
1000 acres over 1902.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19

Vegetables-New potatoes, 75c
sack; head lettuce. lbs Csc; toma-
toes, home grown, 508c lib; radishes,
8 lunches &c; dried onions, 1@2c lib;
green onions, 3 punches &c; cucum-
bers, 10@25c doz; beets, punches
10c; cauliflower, 15@25c head; green
peas, sc lib; cabbage, 3@4c lib; turnips.
SOS punches &c; string beans, 6 lbs
Csc; green corn, home grown, 100
15c doz; wax beans, &c Id; summer
squash, 5@10c each; bell peppers, 40c
lib; celery, 5@10c bunch.
Fruits-Lemons, 20@30c doz; or
anges, 25@40c doz; almonds, Jordan,
75c; California, Coo lb; grape fruit,
4 for Csc; cocoanuts. 10@15c each;
lines, soc doz; pineapples, 30040c
each; bananas. 25@30c doz; apricots.
7@10c lib; zoe basket; muskmelons,
5@25c each; peaches, 15@25c basket;
Wenatchee peaches, 20@25c s lib bas-
ket; blackberries, 10c basket; cher
ries, 2 lbs 15c; red raspberries, 10c
basket; black raspberries, 10@15c bas-
ket; watermelons. 25@30c each; nee
tarines, 10c Id; prunes, 15c lb and Csc
basket; new apples, 203 lbs 10c;
pears, Csc basket; cooking pears, 40
5 lbs 20@25c; huckleberries, 12h015c
basket; crabapples, &c lb; peach
plums, 15c basket; grades, 100000 lb.
Poultry-Spring chickens, 25045c
each; chickens, dressed, 17@1sc lib.
Dairy products-Creamery butter,
30c lb; country butter, 15025c lb;
cheese, 18@25c lib.
Eggs-25c doz; case, IS wholesale
Grain and feed-Timothy hay, 9Oc@
81 cwt, $14 ton; grain hay, SOC cwt,
$12 ton; alfalfa, $12@13 ton; chicken
feed, $1.3O cwt, $22 ton; oats, 1.25
cwt, $20@22 ton; bran, Csc cwt; bran
and shorts, $1.1O sack 80 lbs; shorts,
$1.10 cwt; barley, 81 ton; $1.20 cwt;
corn. $3.50 cwt.
Flour-Wholesale, eastern hard
wheat, $5.25@5.75 Dbl; retail, fancy
patents, $1.20 sack; standard brands.
$1.15 sack; common grade, $1.10 sack;
lowest, 81 sack; Washington wheat,
$4.25@4.75 Dbl.
Sugar-$6.50 100 lb sack, IA lbs 81.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Poultry and Chickens, zoos
tiers, 9@10c; hens, 10@11c Id, live
weight; eggs. fresh, IS case, 25c doz;
strictly fresh.
Vegetables-New potatoes, 50060c
cwt; onions, 50@75c cwt.
Live stock-Steers, $3.50 per cwt;
cows, $2.75@3; mutton, ewes, $3@350
cwt; wethers, $3.50 cwt; hogs. live.
$3.50 cwt; dressed, Sc lb.
Coast Wheat Report.
Portland-Walla Walla, 77079c;
bluestem, 8O@82c; valley, soc.
Tacoma-Firmer; but few transac-
tons; bluestem, SIC; club 7Sc.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Madman Kills Seven.

Wichita. Kan, Aug. 16.-Seven per.
sons dead, three others who are ex.
pected to die and an unknown mum.
Der suffering from wounds of a more
or less serious nature-this is the re.
suit of deed of a mailman at Win
field recently. The list of dead is as
follows: Gilbert Twigg, a miller. who
did the shooting, shot himself in the
temple; Sterling Race. carpenter, Win
field; William Bowman, carpenter, OK
ford; Elmer Fernsworth, dying; Daw.
son Tilotson, barber, Winfield; Ray
Davis, Is years Of age, shot in neck,
arm, abdomen and shoulder.
Fatally injured-Elmer Farnsworth,
shot in bowels; Rea Oliver, shot twice
in back. once in right arm; James
Clarkson Of the Clarkson Milling com.
pany, shot through the spine. Many
others received lesser wounds.
Trigg declared that people in Win.
fleld talked about him, and so he shot
as many as he could
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
HURRICANE WAS TERRIBLE.
Thousands Of People on Isle Of ia
maica Are Homeless.

maica Are Homeless.
Kingston, .Jamaica.-There are
heartrending scenes all over this ISL
and. At Port Antonio thousands Of
homeless and starving people have
sought shelter in the old prison and
the few other buildings which sur
vived the hurricane. Those who could
not be thus accommodated are cover.
ing in the lee of ruined walls and dis
mantled piazzas. The railroad sheds
and waiting rooms are filled with wo-
men and children. The merchants are
feeding the hungry to the best of their
ability, but the majority are subsist.
ing on the unripe bananas knocked
down by the storm. The bananas are
boiled in kerosene oil cans over open
fires made from the debris of de-
stroyed buildings. This is their sole
food supply, and it will be exhausted
in nine or ten days.
Similar conditions prevail at other
seaports. In the interior the distress
is equally acute. Scarcely a peasants
home is standing. Even the planters
dwellings, which are built of stone,
have been unroofed with few excep-
tons. The homes and the belongings
of the peasants have been blown away,
and they are contriving rude shelters
from fallen trees, palm boughs and
banana leaves. Owing to the contin.
.ued unsettled weather, with occasional
torrential rains, these shelters afford
little protection. Unless immediate
shipments of foodstuffs come from
America, death by starvation is inevi'
table for many.
The hospitals in the windswept re.
gions are crowded with injured and
the death list is increasing. One man
was beheaded at Port Antonio by a
flying sheet of galvanized roofing.
Many were seriously wounded by fall:
ing houses, trees and walls. Several
houses on the banks of streams were
carried away by floods. The fate Of
their inmates in unknown, but 1t is
feared that there have been many
deaths from this cause. It is thought
that the loss on the island will reach
$4,000, 1000.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19

News Of the sensational suicide Of an
II year old boy was brought to Havre,
Mont, from Wild Horse lake by Mr..
Kettlewell, q wool grower of that sec.
ton. The boy was son Of a pros.
porous cattleman named Hester, from
Texas, who located near Wild Horse
lake recently. The lad shot himself
by using a 5000 rife. placing the
muzzle at his head and releasing the
trigger with his foot. The ball pass
ed through his face and out Of the
top of his head. There is no motive
known for the suicide.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Asks for Help.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 16.-The Bull.
garian government is preparing a me.
morandum to the powers, giving sta.
tistics of the acts of oppression by
the Turkish officials in Macedonia
since the institution of the reform
program there three months ago, and
other evidence in support of the Bull.
garian belief in the hopelessness of
expecting any good result from the
Russo-Austrian reform plans.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Earthquake at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 17.-An earthquake
shock that lasted for several seconds
was distinctly felt in all parts of St.
Louis. So marked was the seimsic dis.
turbance that houses shook and many
persons jumped from their beds in
fright. No damage has been reported.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19

The total loss to the timber owners
Of Maine by the forest fires Of last
spring was $1.041,210, the estimated
value Of the timber destroyed on 277..
495 acres, over which the fires ragged,
or about per cent of the wooded
area of the state.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Corbett Sore Next Day.

Corbett was so sore next day that
Sam Berger, one Of his seconds, says
that 1t was impossible to rub him.
He can scarcely endure the weight Of
clothes. and he can not bear to be
touched anywhere over the stomach.
One blow over the kidney also gives
him much pain. Doctors say he is not
internally injured, but many who have
had experience Of the effect of blows
believe he will suffer as Sharkey has
done from the terrific punches of
Jeffries.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
Buggy Wrecked by streetcar.

Kansas City, Aug ia buggy
containing four persons was struck
and wrecked by a streetcar on the
Electric Park line. Mile Berens was
perhaps fatally hurt.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19
PANAMA CANAL BLOCKED
TREATY REJECTED BY coLUM
eIAN GOVERNMENT.
Il Never Expected It to Be Ratified
Columbian Senate Thinks Uncle
Sam eluffing About Nicaragua
Route-New Military Commander
Appointed.

Panama, Columbia, Aug. 10.-The
unanimous rejection Of the Panama
canal treaty by the senate Colombia
has created a profound impression
here in all circles. The question on
all lips is what will become Of Pana-
ma. The only consolation the 18TH
mians have is that the rest Of the re-
public with exchange at very high
figure and with an upward tendency,
will suffer a great deal more. 1t seems
that the government never expected
the treaty to be ratified and 1t was
not supported at all in the senate.
General Valezzo, an old veteran and
a distinguished army officer, has been
appointed military commander Of the
department of Panama. It is thought
that the fears caused by the rumors of
a secession movement on the isthmus
may have Influenced the appointment.
Sensation on the Isthmus.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. 19.-The re-
lection Of the canal treaty by the Co
lombian senate has produced a ire
mendous sensation on the isthmus. It
was generally thought that the treaty
would pass with some notifications.
There is good reason to suppose
that the majority Of the senate re-
gard the Spooner amendment, to build
by the Nicaraguan route If the Pana-
ma route was rejected by Colombia,
as a mere threat on the part Of the
United States. They are convinced
that the Nicaraguan project is impos-
sible, and that the United States will
again deal with Colombia.
The rejection is a heavy blow to
property owners here, who have been
investing heavily on the prospects of
the treaty being ratified.
Reason for Rejection.
The reason given for the rejection
of the treaty by the Colombian senate,
it is said here, was the alleged en-
croachment on Colombian sovereignty,
which its opponents contended would
result from the treaty. This informa-
ton was contained in q dispatch re-
ceived tonight by DR.. Herran, the Co
lombian charge, from Foreign Minister
Ricos, at Bogota.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-19

P. J. Reener. about 80 years Of age,
lately Of Springfield, Mass, commit.
ted suicide at Spokane recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Mockridge-Fabian Recital.

The name of Whitney Woodbridge, the
great lyric tenor, coupled with that of S.
Monroe Fabian, the pianist, will greatly
interest the musical people of Washington.
Mr. Mockridge will appear in connection
with Mr. Fabian IN a song recital on Fri
day afternoon, January %, at the Column
bia Theater, under the direction of Mr..
George Lawrence Mr.. Mockridge has been
singing with great success in Europe for
the past five or six years. On appearing
in England he was engaged for the Hen
schel symphony concerts, at which he
sang the "Preislied" (''Meistersinger'D 4.
Immediately after he was engaged by Jo-
seph Baruby for the Cardiff triennal fes-
tival and the Cardiff Musical Society. He
sang in the Crystal Palace concerts and
all the important provincial choral society
concerts, including the Birmingham feSti-
val chorus and the Manchester Halle con-
certs. one of the latter being a substitute
appearance for Edward Lloyd in st Fran
els" produced under the direction of the
composer. Mr.. Fabian will play an inter
csting program of piano numbers, and is
well known in Washington that his sue
cess is regarded as assured. Seats are on
sale at Philpitt's agency, in Droop's music
house. 90 PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Popular Sunday Concerts.

On Sunday night, January 3, at the Co.
lumbia Theater, at S:15 pm. the Washing
ton Symphony Orchestra will inaugurate
series of popular Sunday evening concerts
In order to make these concerts as attrac-
tive as possible. popular prices will be
charged, ranging from 80 cents to $50. The
program for tie concert on Sunday evening
next will include LISTS Hungarian Fan
tasy'' for piano and orchestra. which will be
played by Mr.. S. NJ. Fabian. The orchestra.
under the direction of Mr. Reginald De
Koven, will play in the first part of the
program. an overture The Village Fair.
by Arthur n. White; II is in manuscript and
will be played for the first time. The next
orchestral numbers will be the 'Lorelei
paraphrase by Nesvadba. the entr acte from
''MIgnon' by Thomas. and the prelude 10
the second act of Lohengrin by Wagner
After the intermsSion the orchestra will
play In the second part the "Torchlight
Dance" and the Dance of the Bayaderes.'
part of the ballet music from the opera Of
"Feramore" by Rubenstein; the odd Folks
at Home" arranged for string orchestra by
Carl Bush; waltz by Mr.. De Koven. called
Magnolia Blossoms, and finally the march
from 'Tannhauser" by Wagner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
HIGH COLLARS CAUSE HEADACHE
Moreover, They Are Bad for Ones
Nerves, This Man Says.
From the Dallas News.

FROM the Dallas news.
you may not know it, old fellow, but
there is very intimate connection be-
tween the hgih collar and the headache"
said an observant man, "and L have
proved my faith in the statement by re-
fusing to wear collars of the high sort.
1t is bad business, my boy. High col
lars choke up the veins and arteries and
interfere to some extent with the circu-
lation of the blood in the neck and head.
Do not understand me to be knocking
any particular brand of high collars. SO
far the appearance of the high collar
is concerned. l confess that like it.
I'm my own case it has been a great
blessing in at least one way, for fellows
with long necks, you know, do not look
so well when you harness them up in low
collars. My neck is long. long a
cranes, and the high collar has kept me
from leaving too much of 1T exposed.
Why, I've got so much neck that when I
first began to wear low collars l was
almost ashamed to venture out into the
street. I felt like I but half dressed,
and the feeling was not so far wrong al
that for the low collar does leave a good
part of my anatomy open and above
board, as 1t were. But this fact does not
bother me now. l simply don't care at
all. Exposed neck is a whole lot better
than headaches, you know, old chappy.
/ was speaking of headaches just now.
That's what 1 wanted to tell you about.
The high collar does something more
than interfere with ones circulation. 1t
scratches and irritates the skin. keeps
ones chin at an unreasonable. uncom-
Portable and unnatural angle and causes
one to acquire a nervous frigidity of habit
When you meet your friend who is in
the habit of wearing a high collar pay
particular attention to the way he moves
and holds his head. 1t isn't at all nat
ural. 1t is all due to the high collar.
Mark you, there are high collars and
high collars. Some of them approach ra-
tionalism in neck dress. Others are about
as far from it as it is possible to get
without engulhng the whole head But,
OF course. every fellow to his own liking
in these matters. I wear low collars be-
cause they are comfortable, and because
believe the high collar is a producer of
headaches, and bad thing for ones
nerves generally"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Choral Society.

The Choral Soc!etys performance OF
"-The Messiah" on Sunday evening will in
troduce to Washington an unusually at
tractive singer in the person of Nine. Anita
Rio She has not been many years before
the public and has devoted herself entirely
to concert work THE Messiah" given
every year in most of the large cities, nee
essarily is studied and sung by every con-
cert singer Nine. Rio was fortunate to
attract attention in this work. and was en-
gagged by the Handel and Haydn Soc ETY., in
Boston, an organi82tio to which all other
oratoro societies in tho cCu.itly look for
guidance. Her last important appear nee
was under Prof. HorLtip Parker leader
ship at the first coicCrt of the new choral
organization in New Haven, organized I'M
der the auspices of Yale University as Il
successor to the Old Gounod Society. Nine.
Rios associates are NJ IS janet Spencer,
alto; DR.. Don Jackson. tenor, and Nj.
Ericsson Bushnell, bass all of whom have
sung here before.
On next Sunday evening, for the first
time, the society will have the cooperation
of the Washington Symphony Orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Miss Maud Powell and Mr.. Marcel
Gourmet.

Miss Maud Powell. the celebrated Ameri
violnist. will make her appearance
here in her native city, at the Colombia
Theater Tuesday, January 5. at 4:15 pm.
Miss Powell is closely identified with
Washington. having been born and reared
here. and being the daughter of Major
Powell, former superintendent of the pub
lie schools. Her returns to her native city
with renewed triumphs and added laurel.
having played in all the principal cities of
Europe where she went as soloist of Mr..
Sousa's band.
Miss Powell plays for the New York Phil
harmonic Orchestra on January 8, and has
so many other enga gements that the man.
agement accounts itself most fortunate in
securing her services.
Mr. Marcel Gourmet, the celebrated basso
of the Conried Metropolitan Opera Com
pauy, who will be remembered as having
made fine impression. as Jupiter. in Phile-
mon ct Baucis (Washingtons only night of
grand opera last winter, will be heard here
again at this concert.
. Mr.. Gourmet graduate of the Paris
Conservatoire. and has sung in opera in all
the principal cities of Europe and before all
the sovereignS of the different countries
He will sing some of his famous operate
ariaS at this concert
Seats are now on sale at T Arthur
Smiths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Empire TheateF.

Saved from the Sea" nautical meio-
drama with the record of "A years sue
cessful run in England and the stamp OF
approval of American audiences, comes to
the Empire Theater next week The story
of the play is founded on an incident which
occurred In England February % 1889 in
the Exeter jail. The plor is woven around
a child who is saved from the sea by two
fishermen-Dan Ellington, n man OF humble
birth, but one of natures Hobiemen. and his
shipmate. a half-cyaZed old fellow known
as Surly jim. The company is composed of
capable players. carries much special
scenery and novel electrical effects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

will present Ned Wayburns Minstrel Miss
es. Adolph link. the dininutive comedian;
Bedini and Arthur. In their extraordinary
Juggling act; Menifee Johnston and Com
pany in the one-act comedietta, ''The Gold
en- Rose" Adamini and Taylor, the Gypsy
musicians; Martini and Macmillan illu-
sionists extraordinary; Harry Smirl and
Rose Kessner in The Bel Boy and the
Waiting Maid" and the vitagraph motion
pictures, "Rube and Mandy at Coney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

Hayward Henline-''If had my choice,
Instead Nv dis panhandlin' game, I'd like
ter own a whisky dstillery, six saloons an
red automobile, an nuthin' ter do but
smoke cigars, mix up in politics an live
eighty years.
Lowered Socks-'Say, Hen, yer wonder!
Wild dat imaginashun Nv yours you orter
bin poet."-Judge.
Sportsman-'Any good hunting in this
part of the country?'
Natiye-s'Lots of it,
Sportsman-..What kind of gamer"
Native-'No game at all. Just hunting
illustrated Bits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Go South, Young Man.
From the Southern Field.

There is no dearth of opportunities in this
country for young men, They are more
Plentiful and more easily awaited of then
at any time In the history of this country.
The place for their development has simply
shifted to new fields. While It is no longer
possible to trade a pair of boots for the
site of the city of Chicago. nor buy up
square miles of mineral and timber lands
In the north for a song, a few generations
hence stories of fabulous wealth, based
upon modest investments In the great unde-
veloped south. will sound as apochryphal
as many of those relating to the amazing
development of other sections in years past,
which are nevertheless true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
"Old Homestead"

The famous New Englander Joshua Whit
comb in the person of Denman Thomp-
son, with all his quaint Swanzey neighbors,
will entertain his legion of friends at the
Columbia the week of January 4. This
charming picture of rural simplicity and
virtue. which Denman Thompson first in
troduced to the public eighteen years ago,
can surely be called classic, even though
New England one. Ii still retains its
original favor of the soil, and seems to
increase in favor with the passing years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Kernan,s Lyceum Thaater.

The attraction at the Lyceum The1ter
next week, commencing Monday. will be
The Utopians Company SpeciHlties are
provided by such well-known stars as Joe
Madden and John W. Jess. Alexander and
Kerr. Emmonds, Emmerson and Emmonds,
McRae and Wyatt, Nice and Coy. George
H. Diamond and Belle Harvey. The show
concludes with skit entitled ''iiotel Ups
and Downs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
Three Little Maids.

The attraction at the New National Thea
ter week after next will be Charles Froh-
man and George Edwardes' London Com
pany in the latest musical success, Three
Little Maids" which comes with the pres
tlge of q long run in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

Man. is in itself prophecy. The last act
of the play represents actual sea tight
and is considered a most effective s1ene.
The bill for the Tuesday. Thursday ana
Saturday matinees will be the romantic
melodrama, ''The Pledge OF Honor one of
Mr.. Shea's strongest plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
"Under Southern Skies.

Washington theatergoers will have an OPP
portunity the week of January of wit
Messing at the Lafayette Opera House Lot
Ito Blair Parker's romance of the sunny
south. Under Southern Skies" It's third
year finds the piece playing to even larger
audiences than evc$ before. An entirely
new scenic production has been furnished
for this season.