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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
The Depot Situation.

The report of the Spokesman Review
correspondent from this city that the
Northern Pacific Railway Co., owing to
the raise in their assessment had decided
to not build new depot and make other
important Improvements at this point
this season has brought deep concern to
the citizens. An investigation of the
matter however discloses the fact that
the company assessment which is in
creased this year by Mr.. Louis Walton,
county assessor, has no bearing on the
case whatever. The action OF the Nor.
thern Pacific officials was doubtless
brought about solely by the protest Of
the warehouse owners who are compelled
to remove their buildings and other grain
buyers directly and indirectly effected by
the proposed changes. In common JUS
tice the following letter is published that
better understanding Of the real situa-
ton may be had by all who are in any
way interested.
SPOKANE. WASH. May 81. 1904.
Mr.. L. f. Paskill Agent.
Ritzv,lle. Wash.
Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the
goth in regard to the warehouse situation
at your station. You have been misin.
formed as regards the willingness Of
these people to make the move.
A representative Of one Of the ware.
house companies has stated to me tina,
his firm was not willing to move to the
new location unless all of the houses
went down there.
This whole subject OF warehouse tracks
new freight house and a suitable passen
ger depot for handling the business a,
your station is now up to the citizens oil
Rtzville. II they are willing to bring
such pressure to bear as will create Z
grain market Oh the tracks for which w
have received authority to proceed with
the construction. everything will 60 along
smoothly; if not, the whole matter will b,
dropped until satisfactory arrangement!
can be effected.
We have no desire to work hardship
on any of the grain concerns doing bust
ness in Ritzville and do not propose t.
force any two or three concerns down or
the new tracks and allow others to re
main where they are. The few firm:
that would move down there under al
arrangement of that kind might just a.
we'll 60 out Of business.
trust the citizens Of Ritzville will TAXI
a hand in this matter and through thei
committees or Business Mems Associa
ton, succeed in effecting an amicabl'
arrangement. In the meantime we shall
do no work. Yours truly,
A. BEAMER, Superintendent.
The president and secretary of thu
Chamber Of Commerce. recognizing TIL
seriousness of the subject in its presen
light, have valiantlv taken UP the matte
and now issue the following call to which
it is hoped everybody will respond b.
personally attending the meeting ant
expressing their views and desires.
\ Chamber Of Commerce Meeting.
All members of the Ritzville Chambe
of Commerce are requested to be presen
at meeting of that body at the cour
house next Tuesday evening. June I4th
at s p. m. to act upon corresponding
received from the Northern Pacific rail
way company in regard to building new
depot at Ritzville. Also to transact othel
important business. All citizens are
earnestly invited to attend.
| ]. ID. BASSETT. President.
| ID. w. Pettijohn, Secretary.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08

mission 10 the IbiI Auu tu0 Auu meu.
agement pays it to the exposition
management. This 10 done 90 that
the exposition has . sinch on you
every day for the gate money. Full
Information will be sent about rates
etc., il you will send postal card ask.
ing for it aud use this address: H.
sids Inn. Worlds Fair grounds. St..
Louis, Mo.
"A word about this hotel may not
be inopportune, ~ it has features 40
distinctive % are found on the Pike
Like everything else connected with
the fair, the hotel 10 built on . nam.
moth scale, and can accommodate
over 6OOO pereons. Imagine nearly
all the inha bitauts u Adams county,
country and towns combined, living,
eating and sleeping under one roof.
There are $500 employees connected
with the hotel; in the dining room
are $50 walters serve who the tables
they by their number painted on sup
porting posts throughout the dining
room.
"a guide later showed several Of us
through the kitchen, which 10 veri-
table beehive OF industry, with every
thing systematically arranged. For
example, the soup 10 cooked in Nsn
eighty-gsllon pot or vat. Tue dishes
are washed BY machinsry-being
dumped into iron baskets, dipped into
revolving hot suds lifted by crane and
passing on successfully into three hot
rising waters aud dried instantly bv
heat.
Owing to the inflsmmable material
OF which the Iun 10 built, W. we're
somewhat dubious about staying At .
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
Notice

To all concerned and others:
MY son Glen o. Howard aged " years
having left his home and my control and
refusing to obey me or accept my advice,
therefore notify all merchants or other
persons not to trust or harbor him on my
account as will not be responsible or
pay any debts he may contract or other
obligations he may incur.
Dated at Ritzville, Washington this
Bib day Of June. 1904.
|, |, Howard.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
Notice TO Stockholders.

The stockholders Of the Farmers Ware.
house Go. will hold the semi annual
meeting Of the company in Ritzville,
Wash, Saturday. June 10. 1904. at 10 a.
m, A full attendance is desired to tran
sact the general business to come before
the meeting. JAMES TURNER.
MANAGER
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08

Come ye now. avoid the fall rush. !
will be absent from Office during July
and possibly part of August.-Dr. P. w.
Yearsley.
F. P. French was in Lind transac ting
business Monday.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08

Lind, wash, April, 10. 1904.
70 the people Of Adams county:
here announce myself as candidate for the
Oilice of county auditor and desire the nomina.
tion upon the Republican ticket when the
convention assemblies in RitEville on Sept 10.
1904
CHAs. Z. AnsBAroH.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08

Ellington. wash. April 10. 1901
At the urgent request of many neighbors and
friends desire 70 present my name to the Re
publican county convention for the nomina
ton OF auditor OF Adams county. subject to the
pleasure of that convention which meets in the
city Of Ritsville on the 10Th day Of september.
1904.
". y. RiEAESscHsEDER.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
CANDIDATES. CARD.

hereby announce my candidacy for the
nomination Of sheriff on the Republican ticket
subject to the will Of the Republican county
con yeutiOn. SPENCER d. IRBY.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08

Attorneys W. w. Zent and c. L. Hol-
comb are trying the road supervisor case
Of w. c. Griffith VS.. A. S. Newland and
Adams county before the Supreme court
in Olympia this week.
Chas. Fisher and Miss Ida Stevens.
employees Of the Ritzville Steam Laun.
dry. were married Sunday at the Baptist
parsonage by Rev. E. P. Lyon.
A. S. Newland. wife and family and J..
F. Fletcher left Tuesday for months
visit at the World fair in the Ivory city.
Charles Johnson ST.. revisited his old
home at Portland Ore. returning Wed.
nesday. where he was called on business.
Rev. E. P. Lyon and wife left Mon
day to attend the Spokane Baptist asso.
citation which is in session this week.
o. R. Holcomb is in attendance at the
session Of the grand lodge. !. o. o. F..
converting in Tacoma this week.
u. Joyce is Spokane business visitor
today buying supplies for his plumbing
contract on the Tinnel block.
Born: On College hill this city June 6.
1904 to Mr.. and Mrs. W. ID. McCollom,
a son.
Alton Davenny was Walla Wslla
business visitor Saturday.
Sam Carter made flying trip to Spok-
ane yesterday.
F. E.Crawford of Lind. was trading in
town Monday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
NOTICE !

To the Tax Payers of the Town of Benz
ningtOn.
A Rate BIZ OF the Town Taxes of 1901 Las
been placed in my hands for collection, as fol-
lows: 20 cents on the dollar for the Town Tax,
20 cents on the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, IS cents on the dollar for the Town Dis
triCt School Tax.
hereby demand payment OF said taxes. and
notify you that ! viii attend at the Bennington
County Savings Bank from 9 O'Clock Il m. until
4 O'Clock p m.
There will be a discount of per cent on
Town Tax II paid within 30 days,
c. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington VI, July /, 1901.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

Of Minister of the Interior Won Plehy q
stones were thrown at him, and his
carriage windows were broken. The
identity Of the minister's assailants has
not yet been discovered
General Hesse, aid-de-camp to the
emperor, who was on duty, told the
news to the emperor. He received it in
absolute silence
At Peterhof Consideration reigns. NJ
de Witte is already talked of as NJ. Won
Plehve's successor.
His majesty did not leave the palace
turing the entire day, although lie had
arranged 10 90 to Oranionbaum, nine
teen miles from St Petersburg. to at
tend the conservation of the new har-
Dor.
The empress has not been informed
of the tragedy in view Of the hourly eX-
pectation of the birth of an heir to the
throne.
For years Wiutscheslav Konstantino-
witch Plehye was denomnated by the
outside world as the most powerful
man in Russia" the IMAM behind the
throne" the black shadow that east a
sinister gloom over all the domestic
economy of the Russian empire. A
man of no charm Of character, of alb
solutcly no social hrillancy, of no ac-
complishments other than those of
ccasclesS labor ana interchangeable per-
severance he became in the minds of
those whom he prosecuted to the death
the personihcation Of mans relentless
hatred and ptiless vengeance.
When Car Nicholas II. came to the
throne Plehve was the most powerful
man, in many respects, in Russia. In
1901 he was appointed secretary Of
state for Finland, which country he
soon had in a state Of revolt by reason
of his now habitual cruelty in govern
ing the people under him.
The massacre of Jews at Kishineff
in the spring Of 1903 raised about
Plehve an almost worldwide storm Of
eXccration. He Was denounced as the
palliator if not the mstgator Of the
outrage 1t was said that lee had
caused it for deep political reasons. the
most important that he wished to pre-
vent the ear from carrying out GER
tain reforms at Kishineff, which. If sue
ccssful there would have been extend
ed throughout the empire
NJ. Durnovo, who was NJ. Won
Plchve's assistant. has been appointed
minister of the interior ad interim.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

attempt at resistance. however, when
seized by the detective and confessed
his crime but refused to give his
name.
The explosive is believed TO have
been composed of pyroXylin, as It gave
off little smoke. The force of the eN-
plosion was so terrific that it not only
broke every window within q radius
of half % mile. but reduced the heavy
paving stones TO powder, heaved up
the pavement and flung a heavy piece
of the ironwork Of the carriage across
the canal, severing the thick mast Of
a barge, which fell, stunning the cap
tain of the barge Everybody in the
street was knocked down and more or
less bruised
So great was the force Of the eNplo-
sion that the windows of the railway
station were smashed, the bridge at the
railway approach to the station was
damaged and the pavement was torn
up.
According to some Of the bystanders,
just BEFORE NJ. Plehyes carriage ar
rived young man was noticed looking
intently out of the window Of a res
taurant near the Warsaw railway sta
ton.
When the carriage was abreast Of the
restaurant the young man hurled
bomb. According TO one account 1t fell
under the carriage; according to anoth-
err, inside the vehicle.
NJ. Plehve was blown to pieces in the
explosion, his head, arms and legs be-
ing torn from the trunk. The coach
man was blown from the box, and the
carriage was shattered. Only the rear
wheels of the vehicle could be found
after the explosion.
The assassin, slightly injured by fly
ing fragments, ran from the restaurant
and tried to escape, but he was seized
almost instantly. The police at once
searched him and found another bomb
in his pocket
A crowd had gathered, but 1t scat
tered when the report spread that the
murderer had another bomb. The pO-
lice threw a Gordon about the railway
sation and covered with a cloth the
remains of the murdered minister,
which lay in the street.
Several dead bodies were lying in
the street, and there was large num-
Der of injured. Ambulances were sum-
moned, and the injured were removed.
NJ Plehve was reading some papers
when he was killed, and they were
still clutched in his hand as his dead
body lay on the ground. 1t is said that
they were documents which he was
taking to the emperor.
The assassin was said TO be suffer
ing from a wound in the stomach 1t
had noe yet been possible for the police
to interrogate him.
AS Minister of Justice Muravieff was
driving to the Peterhof palace to report
to Emperor Nicholas the assassination
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
shot by Texas white Cans.

GALVESTON, Tex, JULY 29.-John
W. Larrimore, colored, the county
chairman of the Republican executive
committee of Caldwell county. of Lock
hart, Tex, has been killed at his home
Mt that place. He was shot through
the body several times with a Win
chester rifle. Another cOlored man,
Tom Caperton, also prominent
Republican politician, was taken from
his house close to that occupied by
LaTimore, and "whitecapped."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

ELIZABETH. y. j., July 29.-Dur-
ing a heavy rain Patrick Meckessey,
sixty years old, employed by the city,
was drowned in sewer which he was
engaged in cleaning when the rain be-
gan. The downpour was so sudden and
heavy that before the imprisoned man
could get to a manhole the rush Of wa
ter was upon him. and he was swept
from his feet His comrades attempt
ed TO save him, but We're unsuccessful.
The body was recovered after the rain
ceased.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
CHICAGO STRIKE.
RniIroad.Men Have Become Involved
In Labor Trouble.

CHICAGO. July 29.-An the rail
roads entering Chicago have become
involved in the stockyards strike. \
general order was issued by Lawrence
j. Currun. president of the Freight
Handlers union notifying all members
of the union employed by the various
RAILROADS. throughout Chicago to refuse
TO handle any freight whatever for the
packing houses where the men are now
on strike. If the freight handlers live
up to the order Of their president it will
work a severe hardship on the packers.
as the notification TO the men states
explicitly that no freight delivered by
or billed to the packing companies,
whether delivered at the freight houses
by teams or in cars, is to be touched by
the members of the union. What the
railroad officials will do in such an
emergency is not known. A meeting of
the railroad managers was held last
night to discuss the situation but what
action. II any, was decided upon was
not made public.
Both sides to the dispute at the stock
yards are claiming n victory. Accord
ing TO the packers all the plants in
Chicago are running at nearly the reg
ular capacity. on the other hand. the
labor leaders declare the packing in
dustry in this city is completely de-
moralized and that business is almost
al a standstilI That the statement of
the labor leaders is not altogether true
is evidenced 10y the fact that the pack
ers are Strengthening thousands of ami
mails every twenty-four hours. There
We're several desertions from the ranks
of the strikers, but this loss was offset
by an equal number of strike breakers
quitting their new positions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
BOMB FOR PLEHYt
The Cars Great Minister
ASSaSSinated.
CARRIAGE DYNAMITED BY FINN
Many Persons Killed by Explosion a
ST. Petersburg.
ASSASSIN FATALLY HURT BY MISSILE

Terror of the NihiIists and Reputed
Author of the KishineT Massacre
slain In the streets of the Capital
His body Was Torn Apart and
FearfuTIy MutIInted-Was Great
Power In Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 20.-W. X
Plehve, the cars minister Of the III
terror, was assassinated here at II
o'clock yesterday.
\ bomb was thrown under NJ
plchves carriage just as he arrived AT
the Warsaw railway station on his way
to Peterhof, where the imperial family
is now residing.
The minister was instantly killed
The driver of his carriage and several
persons who were standing near by
also met instant death, aud a number
of others were injured.
The assassin is young Finn named
Leglo and is thought to have been fl.
tally injured by the bomb with which
he killed Plehye.
An accompIice Of Leglo, also appar'
emily a Finn but whose name is un.
known, has been arrested He had In
his possession a bomb which he tried
to throw, but he was overpowered by
the police just in time to prevent great
loss of life.
A cyclist detective arrested the as.
sassin, who endeavored to escape,
though wounded by splinters in the
face, arm and abdomen. He made nc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
Estate OF Alon1o 3. Valentine

VIII Presented.
STATE OF VERMONT, ss At session
- District of Bennington. 10 I OF the Probate
Court holden at the Probate Office in Benning-
ton. IN said District, ON the 18th day Of July
A, D., 1904
Present John V. Carney, Judge.
An Instrument pugpOrting To be the last VIII
and Testament OF AlOuZO b, Valentine, late Of
Bennington SAID district. deceased, being
presented by j lnie A Valentine, one of the
executors .uvreu named. for Probate, It is
ordered by said Court that all persons con
Cerned therein, be notified 10 appear at a ses
sion thereof to be held at the Probate OF
fee in Bennington. In said District on 29,h
day OF July, A. ID. 1901. at 10 o'clock m the fore
noon. and show cause II any they have, against
the probate of said VIII; for which purpose iii,
further ordered that this order be published
three weeks successfully in the Bennington
Evening Banner, a newspaper printed at Ben
nington in this State previous TO said time OF
hearing.
BY the Court.
Attest. JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
city of Roclland Lny on old wreck.

ROCKLAND. Me-, July 29.-It has
been discovered by wreckers from Bos-
ton that part of the steamer City of
Rockland is lying on a section of a
former wreck believed to be that of the
City of Portland, which went to pieces
on the Gangway lodges in 1881. The
discovery of the old wreck was made
by divers, who report that the chances
are good for floating the stranded
steamer =
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

FORT WORTH, Tex, July 29-The
strike situation here was very quiet.
The strikers opened a commissary sta
ton today for those out of work. Man
ayers of both plants asserted that the
killing was in excess of the number
slaughtered before the strike.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
To Whom II May Concern ;

Having been appointed, by the Hon. Probate
Court for the district of Bennington, guardian
OF the pe.son andestate of George II. Shurtler
of said Bennington hereby give notice that /
will pay no bills,rof his contracting from the
date of my appointment. and all persons are
forbid to harbor or trust him on my account
ALEXANDER X. RlTCHIE,
Guardian Of George II. Shurtlen.
Bennington, VT, June 9th 1901
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
Items OF News OF The Past Week Gathered
from Various Sources.

Judge Parker has fixed August 10th as
the date for notification of his nomina.
ton for the Presidency.
III. II. Crum, formerly dispensary COM
missioner, died at his home at Denmark.
this State, at noon Tuesday.
Thos. Taggart, of Indiana, has been
unanimously elected chairman of the
Democratic national committee
Judge Henry, on July %. at Rome, Ga,
sentenced Bob Souther and Courtn. v
Baker, both negroes, to be hanged on
august 10; The former killed two ne
groes and the latter killed his wife
Jack Bone will be hanged there on Au
gust IT,
The electric power plant at Portman
shoals, on Seneca river, has been com.
PEELED to close down several times re-
Gently, for a few hours, on account of
low water. This necessitated the tenn
porary shutdown of several manufacture
ing enterprises in Anderson.
London Williams and Lige Nunually
negroes, became involved in difficulty
on the night of the 23d, at Griffin, Ca.
and both of them are lying wounded in
the county Jail. Williams is shot through
the jugnlar vein and will die, while
Nunnally's wound is flesh one and not
dangerous.
The twentysecond annual meeting of
Gist Rifles Company d. Hampton Le-
gion, Survivors Association will be held
in Spring Park, Williamson, S. G., Fri
day, August 5. at II o'clock, a. m. All
Confederate Veterans and Veterans of
the Grand Army of tho Republic are
cordially invited.
DIR. Il. r. Mellow was found dead in
his bed in his home in Charleston yester
day morning. 1t is supposed he had
been dead since Saturday. The coroner's
jury rendered verdict that he came to
his death from natural causes. DR.. Nc
Dow killed Capt. F. w. Dawson, editor
OF the News and Courier. March IL, 1880.
Joseph w. Folk, city attorney of 81.
Louis, who has made himself famous as
fearless prosecutor of the Doodle gang
which has disgraced that city, has been
nominated for Governor of Missouri bv
the Democrats. Missouri is a Demo
cratic State, and there is no doubt of his
election. His energies will be given
wider range, and more will be heard Of
Folk when he reaches the Governors
chair. He is bound to be one of the big
men of the country.
At the meeting of cotton mill mon rem.
resenting North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
held in Greenville, S. c., yesterday. it
was decided to decrease normal produc-
tion as follows: In North Carolina, so per
cent; South Carolina, 2GI per cent: Geor-
gia. Alabama and Mississippi, 25 per cent.
The mode of curtailment is left with the
mills-either to run all machinery part
ot tho time or to run full time on part of
the machinery.