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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
N. w. Railway News.

1t is said that the $4,000. 900 cash
received by the Union Pacific from w.
A. Clark for the southern branch of the
Oregon Short Line Is to be spent on
extensions. either in Washington or
Oregon. or both. This may hasten the
line, which was reported several weeks
ago, that Hartman is surveying west
ward from Spokane. perhaps connect
ing with the Bellingham Bay road.
But nothing definite has developed yet
as to Washington plans.
President Mohler Of the o. r. & N.
recommends building line east Of the
Deschute river into central Oregon,
partly following the route Of the Co
lumbia Southern and continuing south
and east. meeting the main line at
Boise City. It would form a good al
tentative route to the coast for Union
Pacific traffic, and would open up a
territory rich in lumber and grain re-
sources. Surveyors are now in the
field on this line and northeast Of
Boise towards the Butte extension.
These two plats alone would add over
600 miles to the Union Pacific. or 100
miles more than sold to Clark. They
would shorten by 200 miles the route
via the Hartman lines from Montana
to Portland and by 100 miles the dis
tance from Salt Lake to Portland.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Cavalry Men Fight.

Tucson, Ariz., July IA special
from Wilcox, Ariz., says: A terrible
fight has occurred between the men Of
Troops l and M on the one side and
Troop E on the other, all Of the Four
teenth cavalry, at Bonita, three miles
from Fort Grant. Revolvers, carbines,
knives and slungshots were used. Cor
poral Seidensticker Of Troop M was
fatally wounded in the groin and
Trumpeter Davis, also of Troop M was
shot through both thighs. The men
who did the shooting are unknown at
present. One hundred shots were fired
and a house wrecked. About SO men
are implicated.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
TRhSE REPORT.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Review Of
Trade says: Business responds to i'm
proved conditions. Distribution of
seasonable weather and fewer labor
controversies, while the wholesale and
iObbing trade. especially at the inter-
ior. shows the encouraging effect Of
brighter agricultural prospects. There
is the customary excessive demand for
farm hands. Receipts Of holiday traf.
fic and trade In holiday goods indicate
no diminution In purchasing power.
and semiannual inventories show
more gratifying situation than expect
ed. There Is less than the usual mid
summer idleness In manufacturing, ex-
cept In the cotton industry. Commod-
ity prices advanced slightly during
June Dun's index number on July l
being $99,456. compared with $9s.936
a month earlier. A decline Of "a
per cent Is recorded In comparison
with July. 1902. chiefly In articles OF
food. Railway earnings for June are
1871 per cent larger than last year and
253 in excess Of 1901.
Ins tallation OF new converters and
other repairs interfere with work Mt
some prominent steel mills. which ex-
plains in part the quiet condition Of
the market.
Raw wool is firmly held, fair prices
being secured at the London American
auction sales.
Failures numbered 1874 In the Unit.
ed States.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
MOST HORRIBLE DEATH.
Negro Paid for His Assault on White
Girl.

Wheeling, w. Va.-A special to the
Register from Bluefields says: The
little town Of Devon, Mingo county,
was the scene recently OF the assault
ing Of little ii year old girl by a
negro. followed by his subsequent
lynching by an enraged mob number
ing over 200 men. The little girl was
caught short distance from her home
by the negro and carried to neigh
boring wood. where her body was tied
to tree, bound and gagged. Her
absence was noticed by the neighbors,
who Immediately formed themselves
into searching party. She was found
in an almost dying condition. but was
able to tell to the horror stricken
searchers the story. Wild were the
cries for vengeance when the little
girls story was heard, but after a con-
sultation 1t was decided to lay in wait
for the fiend.
In a short time he appeared and
was just renewing his assault upon
the helpless child when the entire mob
Of concealed searchers emerged and
made for him. He would have been
torn limb from limb on the spot, but
the horrible crime of the negro de-
manded a more cruel death and the
cool heads kept the enraged mob back
and the negro was dragged to the vii
lage common and bound to tree.
Again the mob gave vent to their wild
desire for revenge and il was by the
greatest efforts Of the leaders that
they were kept back.
The clothing of the negro was torn
from his body and pins, tacks, PEN
knives and every conceivable weapon
Of torture was stuck into the skin OF
the negro as he struggled, vainly
pleading for his life. He was allowed
to suffer hundred deaths. with his
body bleeding in thousand places.
The almost lifeless form Of his victim
was then placed before the glaring
eyes of the brute, while willing hands
cut the tongue from his swollen mouth.
His cries became incoherent and be-
fore the enraged citizens could be
checked the skin was literally cut from
his body and distributed among the
villagers. He died with his eyes on
the little girl whose life he had ruined
His heart was then cut out with jack
knives, his toes and fingers chopped
of and carried away as mementoes.
His bloody and mangled form was
then soaked with kerosene and fired.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
SERIES OF WRECKS.
One Person Killed and Four Seriously
Wounded.


Wounded.
One person, a girl, was killed, four
we're seriously injured, at least one Of
whom will die, and a score slightly
hurt in a wreck on the Terminal Rail.
road associations line between Gran.
ite City and Madison, Ill. Spreading
of the rails of the trestle, which had
been injured by the food, is believed
to have caused the accident.
In Colorado.
AS a result of a disastrous freight
wreck on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, James Mauer, a machinist's
helper from Salida, sustained a frac-
ture Of the right arm and severe
bruises about the head and body, and
four other railroad men were less se-
riously- injured.
At a point one mile west Of the
Hanging bridge in the Royal Gorge.
the freight, running east at the rate
Of about 20 miles an hour, left the
track on a curve and the engine and
three other dead locomotives. con-
signed to the Florence & Cripple Creek
railroad, rolled down the embankment
into the river. Ten cars loaded with
ore were also derailed.
In Iowa.
Two st. Paul freight trains collided
near Amana. Both engines and II
cars were piled in confused mass.
Four people we're killed. The collision
was caused by mlsreading Of orders.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
KILLED HIS soN-IN.LAW.
Shot Him the Second Time While on
OPERATING Table.

Operating Table.
Bluffton, Ind, July 14.-John Ter
rill, a farmer living near Petroleum
has killed his son in law, NJ. Wolfe,
firing the charges of both barrels Of
shotgun into Wolfe's head as he lay
on an operating table. The operation
was compelled by gunshot wound in
flicted by Terrill a shot time before.
Wolfe had deserted his wife and baby
and suit was brought to compel him
to support them. Early in the morning
Wolfe drove past the Terrill home,
shouting insulting remarks and shak-
ing his fist at Terrill. When Wolfe
came by again Terrill shot him in the
leg.
Wolfe was hurried to Petroleum,
placed on an operating table and pre-
parations were made to amputate his
leg. While a crowd stood around
watching the surgeon. Terrill broke in
the door. He drove the crowd from
the room at the point Of his gun and
with the remark II am going to get
him now," fired both barrels into his
son in laws head. Wolfe was terribly
mutilated. At the time Terrill fired
Wolfe was half conscious. After the
shooting Terrill climbed into his
buggy, reloaded his gun and, holding
the crowd that had formed hastily at
bay, drove to the sheriff's residence
and surrendered.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
confessor 10 Offended.
Election at WaIla WaIla.

Walla Walla. July 14.-Gilbert Hunt.
Ankeny candidate for mayor, pulled
through by bare majority of IS votes,
defeating F. S. Dement,, the anti
Ankeny candidate. The marshalship
resulted in the overwhelming slaugh-
ter Of A. Frank Kees. the Ankeny can
didate. He was beaten by Jerry Brown.
anti-Ankeny candidate by 30S plurality.
A recount may reduce Mayor Hunts
plurality even lower than 1t is. The
Ankeny people elected one council
man, while the anti-Ankeny people
elected two. Only three members Of
the council were to be elected.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Dish onorabIy Discharged.

Washington, July 14.-First Lieut..
l.. M. Bushfeld, Seventeenth infan-
try, was tried at Vancouver barracks,
Wash, for conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman, making false
statements, conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline.
disobedience of orders and breach Of
arrest"
He was found guilty Of all the
charges and the specifications laid
hereunder and sentenced to be dis
charged from the service. The presi-
dent has approved the sentence.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
ing at $7.25 ton, a higher price than
was ever before paid at this season of

was ever before paid at this season of
the year.
A spruce log 40 feet long. measuring
nine feet in diameter at the top and
IA feet at the butt and scaling 1000
feet, was towed into Tacoma recently
with trail of logs, for the box fac.
tory. The log was cut on the Skagit
river and is pronounced the largest
log ever foated on Puget sound.
The greatest exhibition of baseball
ever seen in Tacoma was played last
Saturday between Spokane and Ia
coma. 1t was a royal pitchers battle
between Loucks and Dammann. with
honors evenly divided. 1t lasted 16 in
nings and was called on account Of
darkness. Score to 3.
General Frederick Funston, COM
manding the department of the Co.
lumbia, has issued an order for com.
petitive rife range meet to be held at
Fort Wright at Spokane from August
3 to 8. There will be present COM
petitors from every company now sta
toned in the department, who shall be
chosen at preliminary competitive
shoots.
Two hundred and twenty-five thou.
sand two hundred and eighty-four
acres Of land we're taken up by home
stead and desert entry during the fls.
cal year just ended in the Walla Walla
land Office district, which comprises all
Of Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield.
Asotin and Franklin counties, the bulk
Of Whitman county, about half of Ad-
ans and Klickitat and a fraction of
Yakima.
A serious wreck, devoid Of fatalities,
but accompanied by great damage to
the engine and cars, occurred at Ed
monds, near Everett. on the coast line
Of the Great Northern. recently, caused
by the engine colliding with a COW
on the track. The entire train, with
the exception Of the rear car, was
thrown from the track. The engine
was smashed into fragments, the bag
gage car hurled to the right side of
the track and turned completely over.
and the smoking car and passenger
coaches turned over on their sides.
None Of the passengers was killed and
no limbs broken, though bruises and
minor cuts were plentiful.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
To Consolidate Religious Workers.

A movement of signal importance in
the religious world was launched by
the Christian Endeavor convention in
session at Denver. It is a tentative
proposal to work for the amalgama-
tion Of the Christian Endeavor society,
the Epworth league and the Baptist
union, and it will be presented in the
form of a petition from the Endeavor-
ers to the other two national bodies.
In taking the initiative in the advoc-
acy of such union the Christian En-
deavor society points to its priority
of establishment as justification.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
THREE NORTHWEST STATES|
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of interesting Items
Gathered From Exehanges-cullIngs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
IDAHO ITEMS.

The old Elmore mine at Rocky Bar
Is to be reopened.
Mrs. Johnlin, an aged Indian woman,
living near Kamiah, was run down and
instantly killed recently by a freight
train. She was trying to get her dog
of the track.
A little girl years old, the daugh-
ter Of w. e. Boyd, rancher, living
about five miles west Of Weiser, was
killed recently by being kicked by a
colt with which she was playing. Her
neck was broken.
The financial report of Shoshone
county for the quarter ending June 30
has been completed, and shows that
on July there were outstanding war
rants amounting to $69.S64.77, while on
April l Of this year they amounted to
$69,661.27, an increase during the past
quarter of only $203.50.
Word is received that Charles Roth
ermel has been killed at a placer mine
13 miles above Twin Springs on the
Boise river. A portion of the gravel
bank caved on him and when he was
extricated 1t was found he was dead.
Mayor o. B. Steely and 21 other
citizens of Pocatello were arrested re-
centinly charged with sprinkling dur
ing the big fire in the "Y" last week
and to the charge pleaded guilty and
were fined 81 and costs, amounting
in all to IS each.
Registration for the Boise election
closed with 1924 names on the books
Peter Girten, aged Sc years, died re-
Gently at his home in Caldwell.
The Nampa force o, the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company is
putting in an exchange at Pearl.
The Ada county teachers institute
and school Of methods will be held in
Boise in the new high school building
July 81 to August 81 inclusive.
The bunk house of the Gold Eagle
mine at Neal burned a few days ago.
Everything in the place was lost and
it is reported that some Of the men had
sums Of money consumed.
A great strike Is repo.ssd from juno
ton Bar above Pine Grove. 1t has
caused considerable excitement in that
section and several men have gone in
to secure property in the new district.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Body That Of James Howard.

Seattle. Wash, July 15.-Through a
photographed published, the Everett
police have identified the remains OF
the murdered man whose body was
found near Auburn on Saturday. The
body is that OF James Howard. former
ly Of Everett. Deceased was also
known by the name Of James Currie.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Drowned In Yukon River.

Seattle, July 15.-The drowning in
the Yukon. of Andreafski. OF Frank
Refs and Shorty" Smeizer, two gam
blers. formerly living in this city, is
reported from st. Michael in a letter
dated June 26. They were floating
down the river from Fairbanks on the
Tanana, when their boat capsized.
Reis' body was recovered the follow
ing day by Indians.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Cashier Wrecks the Bank.

Newburg, N. Y, July 14.-Joseph W.
Cummins is in Jail on q charge of
grand larceny. He was secretary and
treasurer and cashier of the Cornwall
bank and is alleged to be a defaulter
to the extent of about $4,000, wreck
ing the bank.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Oliver to Succeed Sanger.

Oyster Bay. L. l.. July 15.-At a
conference between President Roose-
welt and Secretary Root 1t was de-
cided to appoint Robert Shaw Oliver
of Albany to be assistant secretary
of war, vice William Carey Sanger.
resigned. Mr.. Sanger has decided to
retire on account of the Ill health Of
his wife.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
MONTANA SQUIB6.

Work on Helena's new freight de.
pot has begun.
Wool Is selling for TN cents a
pound at Great Falls.
John Mcguire. the veteran theatri-
cal manager Of Butte, is going into
the newspaper business at Missoula.
While there will be no races in Ana
conda this year, there are quite mum.
ber of horses training in and near the
city.
Peter Strupp. aged Ga, one Of the
Oldest and most highly esteemed pi-
oneer residents Of Virginia City. is
dead.
1t is probable that some Of the best
Of the thoroughbred cattle In Deer
Lodge county will be taken to the
state fair.
The Office of the Z. l.. Bonner Lum-
ber company Of Deer Lodge was
robbed recently. Quite q sum Of
money was taken.
Most OF the materials for the Peo-
pies Electric Light company's new
works at Bozeman have arrived and
work has started In earnest.
A wreck OF freight train on the
Coeur d'Alene branch of the Northern
Pacific near Iron Mountain ACQUIRED
recently. No one was injured.
Serious trouble between the cattle
and sheep men on Sage creek has
broken out and 1t Is feared blood will
be spilled before the end is reached.
Directors Of the Helena Baseball as
sociation deny the report that they
have offered their franchise in the Pa
ciflc National league to Ogden for $500
or any other sum.
Ernest Rakowitz, one OF the best
the state, was arrested recently and
placed in Jail. charged with forgery
committed while intoxicated.
The members OF the Montana state
fair executive commission have given
the matter of the fruit exhibits of the
fair into the sole charge Of Commit
teeman Samuel Dinsmore Of Missoula.
William FOrsythe, an agent for the
Armour Packing company at Butte.
was caught recently in the wicked
jaws Of a folding bed weighing 700
pounds and came near being suffocated
before he could extricate himself.
Governor Toole has pardoned J. A.
Andross. who year ago pleaded guilty
to embezzling the funds Of the Helena
Water Works company Of which he
was cashier. The company Joined with
prominent citizens in request for
clemency.
Mrs. A. A. Forbis, mother Of Mrs.
NJ. B. Brownlee of Spokane and Of
John F. Forbis, the attorney of the
Amalgamated Copper company. died in
Portland, Ore. recently of heart
failure. Mrs. Forbis was So years old
and the disease which caused her
death had been creeping upon her for
long time. She came to Montana in
1864 and removed to Spokane five
years ago.
While in a boat with his brother
upon q small pond near Whitefish lake,
Roy Tyler began rocking the boat and
1t soon overturned. Both men were
thrown into the water. AS both men
were good swimmers, those looking
on thought nothing Of the accident.
One suddenly sank, and before any one
realized what had happened he was
drowned.
State Game Warden Scott has sub
mitted to Governor Toole his semi.
annual report for the six months end
ing May 81. 1908. The report shows
that during that time the arrests made
for violations Of the game laws Of
Montana were 43. In 26 cases convic-
tions were secured, three we're ac-
quilted, IL were dismissed and three
cases are now pending In as many
district courts.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Captures Escape Convict.
Gilbert Mullins, Fort Leavenworth
Mutineer, Back In Jail.

Junction City, Kan. July 14.-Gil-
bert Mullins. leader Of the Fort Leav-
enworth mutiny in November, 1901.
who escaped from the county Jail here
Saturday with three others, was re-
captured by Patrick Folck. to whose
home he had gone to ask directions to
the house Of a man whose acquaint.
ance he had formed while in Jail here.
'Folck pointed out the way and then,
arming himself, followed after Mullins
and ordered him to surrender, firing
as he did so.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Bumped Hjs Head,

Tacoma, July 15.-Jay Taylor, a ste
nographer in the office of Mayor Camp
bell. while busting a skylight lost his
balance and fell head first, striking
on a desk. His skull was fractured
and recovery is doubtful.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Burned In q Haystaek.

Perry, Iowa. July 14.-Frightened
because he had set fire to his fathers
barn, Abner Carpenter, Jr., s years old,
hid himself in the hay NOW and was
consumed in the flames.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Coast Wheat.

Tacoma, Wash.-Unchanged: blue
stem, SIC; club, 78c.
Portland, Ore.-Walla Walla, 750
76c; bluestem. soc; valley, 7S@79c.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Flood browns Thirty.

Breslau. Prussia. July 15.-Thirty
lives have been lost in a food which
has destroyed so houses at Graeffen-
berg, a village Of Austria, in the valley
of Frieuwalda.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
WASHINGTON NEWS.

On July IA there were "a inmates
Of the Spokane county poorhouse.
Haying has commenced in the val
ley along the Occur d'Alene river.
The o. II. & N. is placing In a new
stockyard at Thornton for the use Of
shippers.
A collection of Alaskan wild animals
will form part OF the Washington
exhibit at the st. Louis exposition.
Merchandise slot machines continue
to run in Spokane, although this is
practically the only city or town In
the state where they are running.
The Spokane Interstate fair manage
ment will offer many prizes for ex.
ribits In the horse and cattle depart
ments and the showing this fall prom
ises to be better than ever.
II the management Of the fruit Sec
ton Of the Spokane Interstate fair. to
be held October 5-13, carries out It's
plans the display OF northwestern fruit
will excel that Of any similar exhibit
tion.
The total receipts of the Spokane
postoffice for the fiscal year ending
June 80 last amounted to $137,255. as
against $113,331 for the preceding fs-
cal year. This is a gain Of 21.1 per
cent.
Application for the requisition Of e.
7. Oglesby by the governor Of Missis-
sippi was honored by Governor Nc.
Bride. Oglesby is a negro and is IN
der arrest at Everett. He is wanted
for murder.
Miss Philip Smith. the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Smith Of Col
vile, committed suicide recently by
taking strychnine. Miss Smith was
10 years of age. No reason is known
for her rash act.
The Odd Fellows Of Tacoma have
formed a temple association with a
capital stock Of $4,000 and purchased
a three story block on Pacific avenue,
which will be elaborately fitted up for
the use Of the order.
John w. Arrasmith has been reap
pointed state grain inspector by Gov
ernor Mcbride. David Anderson of
Rosalia and William H. Reed Of Ia
coma were reappointed as members Of
the state grain commission.
David H. Shaw, Sr.. coroner of Whit
man county,a pioneer Of the Pacific
coast and the Oldest Mason in Wash
ington, died Sunday morning. aged n
years and 8 months. His death was
due to old age and kidney disease.
With a bullet hole in the side Of his
head the body Of a well dressed man
was found recently near the tracks,
about four miles from Auburn. That
a murder was committed there can be
no doubt. The victim was about SO
years Of age.
A corps of government engineers
have begun work on the road in the
forest reserve on Mount Tacoma from
Longmire springs to Paradise valley.
under the direction Of Engineer Rick
seeker. Congress has appropriated
SO, 900 to build the road.
Buyers have come in from different
parts OF the country lately and are
trying to secure contracts with the
farmers of Yakima valley for potatoes
at SIS ton. Alfalfa hay is now sell.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
France Loses Trade.

Paris, July 15.-The imports for the
last six months increased s2s.570. 500
and the exports decreased $3.731 600.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15
Tow PjstoIs Kill.

Pittsburg. July 15.-Six boys have
died of tetanus since July 4. all of
whom were victims Of the toy pistol.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15

J. O. Mogan. O. W. Rathbun
MO0AN & RATnbUN
Attorneys at Law.
General practioners in all courts State and
Federal. Collections and insurance. Examin.
once, rooms and Gritman Building.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-15

T. Waldo Mufphy,
Attorney at Law,
Largo blocks Of forest reserve, soldiers
additional and scrip for unsurveyed
government lands, constantly on hand.
Room 62-65 Jameson block.
Spokane, Wash.