Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-28
LOCAL EVENTS Of THE WEEK
TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL MENTION
OF THOSE IN THE Towing PANORAMA
OF LOCAL HISTORY

OF THOSE IN THE 1OVlNG PANORAMA
OF LOCAL HISTORY
Harry ]. Whittlesey, who for the past
three years has been stationed at
Chemulpo, Korea, arrived here Satur,
day. having returned by way of France,
Italy, Switzerland and London, sailing
from South Hampton for New York,
being four months from the time he left
Korea until he reached Spokane. While
in that far away country he was in the
employ Of the American Mining Co., in
Cyanide Mills. He was an eyewitness
to some OF the events OF the Russo
Japanese war whose base of operations
was nearby Chemulpo. He left Monday
for Berkeley, California. to spend the
winter in school. He was raised here,
and is the youngest brother of Mrs. w.
w. Gent When Gen. U. S. Grant was
touring the world and passed through
Ritzville station some twenty odd years
ago, his father, the late John Whittlesey,
Their being the railway agent at this
point. When the train stopped here for
a moment, General Grant stood on the
platform of the car, and speaking to
Harry, said: Little boy, how far is it to
the next station ?"
Strenuous life. as we find it in our
metropolitan cities. has faithful por-
trayal in the third act OF can Orphans
Prayer" the great pastoral play which
will be seen at the Opera House in Ritz
vile. Tuesday evening. October 4, 1904.
The locale OF the scene is New York;
"Down Town District" with a church, a
saloon. and sky-scraper Office building.
In the latter is shown the great vault
robbery, where real vault door is
drilled, filled with, giant powder and
blown IN true burglar fashion. A sneak
thief enters the vault for the purpose of
theft, and is unconsciously locked in
by the owner who locks the door pre-
paratory to his home going. The sneak's
accomplices, who are on "watch, 1"
''crack" the vault to release their pal
The undertaking is successfully carried
out. but the unwilling prisoner pays a
fearful price for his liberty, for the
force of the explosion. together with
frightful powder burns, marks him for
life.
A splendid special issue Of the Lind
Leader. entitled "The Excursion Edi.
tion." was published by Editor A. P.
Haas and distributed on the Knights
Templar trains on their pilgrimage as
they passed through that town from
the San Francisco Conclave. Four
thousand copies were printed and the
publication is a credit to the county.
Half.tone cuts of the town and principal
buildings, together with brief and
intelligent writeup of the state in gen
eral. and Adams and Lind in particular,
appear in the paper. Such effort is
worthy OF commentator, not only from
the people of Lind and immediate
vicinity. but from everybody from one
end OF the county to the other.
Opening day. October grid. will see the
finest parade ever put on in Spokane
by one of the annual fairs. The Inter-
state fair this year will make this parade
something unusual. 1t seems that SIIoo
was left over two or three years ago by
some Fourth of July committee which
did not have use for all the funds which
had been raised for it. The fair has
secured the consent of most Of the sub
scribers that this money be used by the
fair. 1t has been decided to put 1t into
something elaborate in the way Of a
parade. This probably will be in the
nature of historic and pioneers parade
OK teams, prairie schooners, cowb boys,
hunters and Indian. This will be novel,
interesting and instructive.
Married-At the residence of G. A.
Carlcn. in the south part of this city.
Monday. evening. Sept. 26. 1904, Mr..
Glenn L. Mccoy to Miss Tena Carlen,
Rev. c. G. Harmon. pastor of the First
Methodist church of this city. officiating
clergyman. The wedding was very
quiet, only the nearest relatives being
present. The estimable and highly re-
spected young lady bride is sister of
Mrs Chas. Johnson, Jr., and the groom
has lived here many yeas. having been
in business. and for long time was en-
ployed by the city on the water works
system. Both have many friends. The
NEWS extends congratulations.
Geo. Milan, brother Of ex-Repre-
sentative Hon. Joseph Milan, died in a
sanitarium at Medical Lakeon Monday.
W. l.. Mustard came in Tuesday at
a. m. driving up from Washtucna with
Miss Kate Milan, a neice, who left for
Medical Lake on the early morning
train. Mr.. Joseph Milan also lies very i'll
at his home on Cow creek.
Mrs. W. X. Kennedy and daughter
Mrs. ! Watson Myers, returned Sunday
from llwaco, Wash, where with Mr..
Myers. they spent the summer on the
ocean beach. The gentleman is much
improved in health and will arrive in
day or TWO from the Sound, where he