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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
MINING NOTES.

Milton Webster, head man for c. M.
Fassett as Spokane, leaves this week
for Tonopah to take charge of the
Fassett-Mason property, which is now
employing about 60 men and is doing
a great deal of work. The property is
located 40 miles from Tonopah and
is one of the rich camps of that dis
trict.
At the last session of the mining
congress Denver was selected as the
next meeting place. Directors were
elected as follows: For one year..
H. Richards, Idaho; Thomas Ewing,
San Francisco; Frank Watson, Ore
gon. For two years-John Dern, of
Utah; George e. Dorsey, Nebraska;
e. R. Buckley, Missouri. For three
years-E. A. Colburn, Colorado; G. M.
Shannon, Arizona; J. w. Malcolm, Ell
Paso.
A feature of the last weeks mining
news in Rossland camps is the discov-
cry of the Black Bear are shoot on the
1000 foot level of the LIE Roi mine.
This shoot is the largest in the mine
at the 500 foot level, and on the 900
foot level it is As feet wide.
The CRANKY Consolidated has placed
an order for double conical drum
electric hoist of $50 horse power.
Concessions of from 10 to II cents
more unit for lead, announced re-
centlys by the American Smelling &
Refining Co. to the Colorado lead mine
owners, will not, in all probability, af-
feet the lead product of the Occur
u 4Alene mines.
More than 100000 tons of ore have
been treated by Phoenix, B. c., dis.
lrict's smelters this year.
One of the greatest mining enter.
prises that has been undertaken in
Butte since the formation of the Anal.
gamated Copper company is now un-
der way at Butte, and will be consum-
mated within two weeks. The enter
prise is backed by Joseph A. Coram Of
Boston, who reorganized the Butte &
Boston company Of the Amalgamated,
and was instrumental in launching
other large corporations in Utah, Cal
ifornia, Mexico and Montana. A $685..
100000 corporation will be organized
to take over the following mines: Vel.
low Jack, Carrie, Destroying Angel,
Baltic and Colorado.
Chamberlain and Make of Mexico,
champion rock drillers Of the world,
won the w. c. Greene prize of $1,000
and the Ell Paso silver cup by drilling
40 inches in Gunnison granite in is
minutes. This is IA inches less
than the worlds record held by them.
Page brothers of Bisbee, Ariz., won
second prize. Bradshaw and McIvor
Of Bisbee won third prize.
A strike of four feet of good mill
ing galena ore besides a small streak
Of higher grade ore has just been
made on the 1000 foot level of the
Ymir mine at Ymir. B. C.
Among the resolutions adopted by
the American Mining congress was
one favoring a national department of
mines and mining presided over by
cabinet officer.
While the mill of the Jumbo mine at
Buffalo Hump, Idaho. has been closed
down on account of shortage Of water,
The chlorination plant and active de.
velopment work will continue all win
ter.
By premature explosion of giant
powder at the Crac -erjack mine, in
Buffalo Hump, Idaho, Rufus Hawley,
secretary and manager of the mine.
William Maxey and Charles Perkins
were dangerously injured. The faces
of both were cut with flying rock and
both had limbs broken. Maxey will
lose the sight of both eyes.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
BRIDE FOR KING ALFONSO.

Princess Ena Of 6attenbers, Niece Of
King Edward.
Madrid, Nov. 22.-The Correspon.
dencia asserts that King Alfonso will
be married to Princess Ena of Batten-
berg in May. 1906.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
GREAT Loss BY FIRE
MORE THAN SO LIVES LOST At
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
Blaze Started in Lodging House DC.
cupied by $50 Men in Nude condi.
ton, Who Fought to Get Out, While
Firemen Fought to Get in-Pre.
scented a Horrible Sight.

Glasgow, Nov. 2O-The most terri
BILE fire which has occurred in Great
Britain for many years, broke out here
in cheap lodging house for men in
Watson street, and resulted in the loss
of 80 lives and the severe injury of
many others.
The flames were first noticed at
O'Clock Sunday morning on the fourth
floor of the building, which was oc.
cupied by $50 men. An alarm was
raised and the fremen responded
quickly, but flames and smoke were
then issuing from most of the windows
on the fourth floor. An extraordinary
scene was created by a procession of
almost naked men rushing out of the
entrance to the building and against
their frantic efforts to escape the
firemen had actually to fight for ad-
mission.
Victims Drop in Narrow Passages.
Reaching the upper floors, the fire.
men found that the narrow passages
were becoming congested with men
who had dropped to the floors over
come by smoke. The fire, however,
was confined to the fourth floor, and
as soon as the firemen were able to
get to work it was speedily extinguish-
ed. The flames had been fed by the
wooden partitions, which threw off
volumes of smoke, resulting in the
suffocation of the inmates, but others
had to be taken to hospitals.
The dead were mostly workmen in
the prime of life. They presented a
horrible sight.
Escape Cut OF.
Many were sleeping in the attic
floor above the burning fourth floor
and these had narrow escapes. The
flames burst through the floor and it
was impossible for the men to de-
scend. The windows were securely
fastened and the men had to break
them SO that they could climb through
to neighboring roofs.
BY 10 o'clock a search of the build
ing was made and complete list of
the victims obtained, which showed
that 80 were dead, and 80 injured.
Sleep in Nude Condition.
1t appears to be the custom of these
dodgers to sleep in nude condition
and the march of the survivors to
the police station was fantastic one.
Some had snatched the covers Of the
beds and others their trousers, while
many wore nothing. The local au-
thorities had to be called upon to sup
| ply the men with clothing and warm
meals. Owing to their migratory
habits and the absence Of permanent
homes, many of the dead will never
be identified. The Identification of
others is rendered difficult by the alb
sence of clothing.
The lodging house burned is the
model institution maintained by the
city and which has been pointed to
with pride as an example of municipal
ownership, but which has been. char.
acterized by Americans who have in
spected it as model fire trap"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
OR. & N.

ToSalt Lake, Denver, Kansas
City, St.Louis, Chicago,
,s New York.
Ocean steamers between Portland
and San Francisco every five days.
LOW RATES!
Tickets to and from all parts Of the
United States. Canada and Europe.
For particulars, call on or address.
D. HOUSE, Agent, Washtucna.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
Birmingham Fire.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. pa solid
half block of buildings was totally de-
stroyed by fire which broke out at
the corner Of Third avenue and Nine.
teenth street. Inc loss is estimated
at $150,000. The amount of insurance
is unknown,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22

In color the squirrel fish is a bril-
liant red, which makes it a conspic-
uous inhabitant Of the sea as it darts
here and there with quick. alert
movements. The body Of the squirrel
fish shows few stripes and is well
covered with sharp spines.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-22
COMING ATTRACTIONS At THE
SPOKANE THEATER.

NOV. Il-l5-MVTTy burIeSQueTB.
Nov. 24-25-Arizona.
Nov. 26-Peck's Bad Boy.
Nov. 2S-29-Thoroughbreds.
Out of town patrons can have seats
reserved for any of the above per.
formances by writing or telegraphing
Jos. Petrich, manager of Spokane the
alter, who will give such orders his
special attention. Prices range from
Is cents to $1.5O.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
SOME ARE BORN BLEEDERs
Peculiar Sickness Which Has Been Brought to Public Notice
 of Late.

The rare peculiarity known as haemophily or bleeding sickness" has been brought to notice anew by Dr. Boehme, German physician. It continues for generation after genera. tion in certain families and is char acterized by an extraordinary ten- dency to hemorrhage. making the ex. traction of tooth a dangerous opera tion, while even pin prick may lead to severe or fatal bleeding. The cause seems to exist in an unexplained fail ure of the blood to coagulate like nor nal blood. The disease has been studied in more than GO European families and in the Mampel family has been followed for more than a century. Johan Peter Mampel and wife were not fbleeders." Of their eleven children three sons were affect ed and from observations on PIP mem bers of these and subsequent genera tions of the family a most singular law of heredlty is deduced. This law is that, while the disease is practically confined to males, it is never transmit. ted by these males to their sons. but only by the women, who are normal, to their sons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
RHoDoDENDRoNs WASTED.
Native Woods Are Devastated td Plant the Millionaire's
 Hillsides.

There is one plant which everybody knows and appreciates, viz, rhododen- dron. Small wonder that every million aire wants to own hill side and cover It with rhododendrons, for they are the most gorgeous Towering hardy scrubs the world has ever known, says the Gar den Magazine They have no fragrance or sentiment, as rose has; the individ- ual flowers are only one inch and half across, and the clusters may contain less than a dozen blossoms, but when you get solid bank five feet high and fifteen feet across, of rhododendron flowers set of by their thick, waxy, lus- trous, dark green, immortal-looking foli- age, 1t needs only one look to understand why people plant them in such quan- tities-by the carload!
 But alas! they perish by the carload, too. And one of the cruelest things a man can do is to drag up rhododendrons, azaleas or laurel from the woods, trans plant them with no more care than de- ciduous shrub receives, put them in full sunlight and watch them sicken and die. All these broad-leaved evergreens are slow growers, shade lovers, haters of stagnant moisture, extremely sensitive to drought and sure to suffer if they are exposed to full sunshine during sudden warm spells in winter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
PLUMAGE OF THE OSTRICH
Infinite Care and Thorough Knowl-
 edge Requisites to Perfect ; Production.

The domestication of the ostrich in South Africa for the sake of it's plumage took place less than 30 years ago. To-day the capital invested runs into millions.
 0striches are curious birds. The male bird sits on the eggs during the night 6 p. m. to g a. m.), the hen takes up sentry duty during the day. and the curious thing is that the pair are punctual to a minute. Eggs left unprotected for single night will be useless next morning. The incu- bation lasts from AZ to 45 days. When eight days old the chicks are removed from their parent birds and put in small inclosure with an old boy or woman in charge to tame them; unless this is done they will, when grown up, retain a great deal of their wild na- ture.
 When the feathers are required a cap is placed over the head of the bird, which is then put into a box. The feathers are not cut unless prop erly matured; that is to say, when the blood vein running in the quill has sufficiently dried up so as to prevent bleeding. The long wing feathers are cut about one inch from the flesh. The short ones are drawn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
BATH IN CRUDE PETROLEUM
Method Employed by Texas Cattle men of Kidding Their Herds of Ticks.

Down in Texas they have curious way of treating cattle for the tick an insectparasite which attaches itself to the hide of the animals and produces irritation and fever.
 The disease is contagious, and, as it prevails in Texas more generally than elsewhere, cattle from that state are usually quarantined before they are al loweI to cross the border going north.
 A method of disihsection has been devised, however, which is said to be sure, and it is curious one.
 The animals are driven from the cor rals one after the other up narrow incline. When they reach the top the pressure from behind crowds them over the ridge of a slippery chute, and they go down a toboggan slide.
 At the bottom of the chute is vat of crude petroleum 15 or 20 feet square and three or four feet deep. The ami. nal is as likely to land on his head as his launches, and that is the intention Before he can climb out of the vat his hide gets a thorough soaking, and the result is holocaust of ticks.
 It only takes three or four minutes immersion to do the job, and in well. arranged dipping vat," as the place is called, about 200 steers can be treat. ed per hour. Under the rules of tht agricultural department steersi tha have been dipped in crude petroleum are exempt from quarantine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
HE WAS AN APT coNJURER
But He Was Frightened When Ger
 tain Trick Was Asked For by Sultan of Morocco.

The troubles of France over the Mo rocean question recall the difficulty into which a French conjurer got al Fez in the time of the late sultan. He was wandering about the country, meeting with great success among the Moors, when the sultan heard of his skill and immediately sent for him to Fez. He was commanded to perform before the court and the trick which met with most success was that of the two pigeons.
 The conjurer produced couple of pigeons, one white and the other black and cutting of their heads, placed the head of the white pigeon on the neck of the black one and liberated the two birds. who flew about the sultan, whc was much taken with this trick and al once sent for two magnificent slaves one white and the other black. and ordered the unhappy man to perform the trick on them.
 The oonjurer knew that to refuse would mean his own death, but he was equal to the occasion. He declared that he could do the trick easily. but that the magic weapons he had with him were not strong enough for two such big men. He therefore asked leave 10 go and fetch the necessary tools. promising to return and perform the trick in a few days time
 As soon as he got to the coast he set sail for France and took particular care never to go near Morocco again.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
HE Lin- - e,.siY.
Publisher Missed the Daily Cunning from Lawyer to Which He Was
 Accustomed.

About year ago junior member of prominent firm of lawyers made departure from his usual line and undertook to collect debt due a downtown publisher, relates the New York Herald. The amount in dispute was $2,00O. It had been hanging fire for long while and there seemed very little chance of ever collecting it.
 I've tried every way can think of," said the publisher. Maybe you can scare the fellow into paying up. If you can. I'll give you half you col lect."
 The lawyer took the case and finally collected the money. Then came a tussle with the publisher, who failed to live up to his end of the agreement. He paid half of the s1,O00 fee, as promised, but withheld the remaining $500.
 For the first two months tie law yer's efforts toward a settlement were conducted in a dignifed manner. Con- servative methods proving unavailing, he resorted to a system of petty an- noyances.
 Day after day his errand boy was dispatched to the publishers office with a written or verbal request to settle the account. For four months this persecution continued, but at last there came day when in the rush of business the lawyer neglected thus to jog the delinquent's memory.
 Late in the afternoon he was re. minded of the cessation of hostilities in an unexpected manner. Into his private office, where he was engaged in a serious consultation, there pene- trated a red-headed, wide-eyed boy.
 Say" piped the youngster, I'm from Mir Blank, the publisher. He wants to know why your boy ain't been around to-day to dun him for that $500 he owes you"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Moliere Under Nemesis.

Henceforth even the commemoration tablet cannot be accepted as conclusive evidence of the fact which it records. The discovery has just been made, says the London Globe, that there are two houses in Paris marked with tab lets relating that "in this house Mo- Here was born" Still worse, they introduce confusion as to the date of that event, one of them stating it to have taken place in 1920 and the other in 1922. One of these houses is in the Rue du Pont Neuf and the other at a corner of the Rues St. Honore and Sauval. Moliere seems to have had uncommon ill-luck with his dates. It is not long since two houses in the Rue Richelieu claimed to have been that in which he died, and the dispute was only settled after difficult negoti- ation. There is g dramatic nemesis about the idea of the father of French comedy himself becoming comedy of errors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
NO FISH WI noo. foeEsTs
Preservation of Timbers Necessary to Keep Streams from Run
 ming Dry.

The preservation of our streams IS necessary to the preservation of our fish, but many of the readers may not yet have considered how intimately the preservation of our forests is con nected with the preservation of our streams and hence the very existence of many fish, especially brook trout, depends upon the preservation of the forests, says Recreation.
 To illustrate this relationship be- tween forests and water. make a cou- pie of troughs, line one with clay to represent the country denuded of trees the opposite trough lined with sods of grass or moss to represent the forest clad mountain side, set them on an incline and connect their upper ends with 8 rough reservoir. Pour a pail of water into this reservoir and there will be a wild rush of water down the clay-lined trough, while the moss and grass-lined one will drip for hours.
 It only needs a little imagination to convert this machine into forest clad mountain and one denuded of tim Der.
 The cloudburst represented by the contents of the bucket suddenly poured into the top reservoir is only dan- gerous cloudburst on the barren slope By the use of this simple device you can explain to child the absolute ne- cessity of preserving the forests upon the watersheds. If we would have con- tinuous running water and not the cer. tainty of flood and drouths which are caused by the watersheds being reck. lessly denuded of timber.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Hay-Loft in Automobile Barn.


 A Philadelphian who has country house near his home city recently ac- quired an automobile. For its proper ac- commodation he built barn near his house. When the structure was com pleted a party of friends invited to inspect 1t noticed that the barn was a two-story building. They wanted to know what he intended to keep in the second story. The owners explanation didn't explain, but his wife revealed the reason for the second story. You Bee," she said, the second story was Intended for hay loft and 1t was not until the thing was built that either Henry or I realized that an automobile doesn't eat hay"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Fish That Change Color

Among the curious Observations
 made by students at the Bermuda bio
 logical station Is that some of the in- habitants of the water there are able to initiate the color of the rocks and reefs along which they swim. The common fish called the grouper pos sesses this power. Its chromatic vari- ability runs through a considerable range of colors. A specimen of the octopus vulgaris, after jerking an oar from the hand of an inquisitive nat uralist. escaped pursuit by its ability to initiate the exact shade of any brown or gray rock on which it rested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Auto Fire Engines.

Paris fire fighters race to the scene of disaster at rate of 21% miles per hour on A 24-horse power automobile.
 which, including the eight flremen and
 full salvage equipment, weighs three to seven tons Its four cylinder oil en- zine, instead of working directly on to the axles, drives a generating dyna- mo, the current of which is received by an electromotor. and the latter drives the axles through differential and sec ondary gear, four combinations af- fording various speeds. It climbs the steepest streets and leaves all horse drawn ears of its kind far in the rear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
FIGHTING AT BAKU.
Situation Throughout the Caucasus
 ExceedinRIy Tense.

ENceedlnEiy Iense.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 5.-Dis- patches received by the ministry of the Interior estimate that fifty persons were killed during the fighting at Baku, Caucasia. Sept. ?, with a relatively large number of wounded, the majority of whom are Tartars.
 No official accounts of Sundays cas- ualties nor of the events of yesterday have been received. but private dis patches report that corpses are lying about tho streets and that incendiary fires, which have already destroyed 151 buildings. are in progress.
 Both factions after the former disor- ders supplied themselves fully with arms, and they are now almost as well equipped for street fighting as the troops. The situation not only at Baku. but also throughout the Caucasus. has been exceedingly tense for weeks. The disorders at Shusha had just ceased when the street car strike at Baku fur nished the occasion for another out break
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
GERMAN WOMEN WORKERS.
Move to shbrten Working Hours Meets wit!h Vigorous Protest
 frorh Employers.

The German Society for Social Re- form has petitioned the federal legis- lature of Gertnany to pass an act to regulate the working time of females over 16 years of age who work in fac- tories or industrial establishments. The petitton disks:
 .aThat the present maximum day of ii hours be Fedtced to ten hours for such employds, and to nine hours on days preceding Sundays or holidays.
 That who're the authorities per init oyertimd. the work shall not ex- reed 12 hourk day, and on Saturdays not over ninie hours. and should stop by 7:30 p. m
 ssThat the dinner pause at noon be extended to pne and half hours, the shortening of this pause to be allowed by the pub{ic authorities only after they have consulted the female ems ployes upon the subject.
 'sThaf worhen be not allowed to work in factories Tor similar occupations un- til six weeks after confinement, nor during the fortnight following the six weeks, unless a physicians certificate permits it. :.
 This petition has met with almost unanimous opposition from the em- ployers. Their objection to this re- form measure is based on economical reasons. They say that many branches of manufacturing are limited to a short season in dach year, during which over time work is essential so as to fill orders timely They allege that through this reduction of the working hours German manufacturing, especial ly that for the export trade, would DC seriously injured, the price of goods made higher, and, in many cases, owing to inability to fill orders prompt ly. trade would diminish, and thereby the condition of the operatives be- come worse instead of being bettered. as the proposed change of the law in tends
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
Whsels for Vehiclss

Attention has been called by tech. nical writers to the fact that the wheels of vehicles intended for driving roads have not kept pace in develop ment with the other parts of carriage mechanism Experiments with heavy vehicles indicate that wheels should be made higher and broader In Eng. land 1t has been recommended that with a maximum axle load of eight tons the width of tire should be about ten and a half inches. Increase of the diameter of the wheel is said to bs more effective in preventing damage tc roadbeds than width of tire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-05
New crocodiles Are Caught.

Tn some parts of India the natives dig a crocodile pit which they cover with sticks and leaves. The pit sur rounds little island or a mound oi earth and is close to a stream where crocodiles abound. On this mound they fasten young goat and it's bleat ings during the night attract the crocodiles, who break the frail fool of sticks with their heavy bodies, and fall into the pit prepared for them.