Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-04-12
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A new method Of fleeing the farm.
era has appeared in Whitman county
and il the public 10 not wsraed it 10
likely it will End many victims. 4
smooth stranger appears At the farm:
house and ot1srs to sell = sraphaphone
with twenty discs, for SIS, and gives .
discount Of $40, which makes the en-.
tire outfit cost but IS. The machine
plays some. pretty music, and the
farmer 10 induced to invest IS for the
sake Of securing music in his homo.
The payment 10 TO be made on the de-
livery, but . contract 10 required. The
contract specified that the purchaser
is to take the grsphaphone At IS and
10 to have twenty discs with the ma.
chine, but clause in smaller typo
provides that he 10 to pay SIS each for
these discs. This brings tho total
purchase price to $3O5.-Davsnport
Tribune.
EVERETT, WASH, April S.-Hypno.
tism has become . passion with pub.
lie school children here, and almost
every school has ito aspiring amateur
OF mesmerism. While under hypno.
tic influence yesterday ono boy stab
bed another. II 10 nothing uncem-
mon to go victims having pine and
needles stuck into their hands and
legs, and they appear to b 90 thor
oughly under the influence that they
show no feeling whatever. The hyp.
notists are said to be trying to got
some Of the girl students under their
control. The police have been asked
to interfere with tho evening meet.
ings of hypnotic classes held ON
Twenty.third street every night.
While the board Of education has
taken no Official action, the teachers
are doing all in their power to stop
the practice, which is said to be ruin.
ing the mentality Of some Of the
younger students who have been ope.
rated on for weeks by embryo bypno.
fists.
Fire broke out about 8 O'Clock last
Friday night in the storehouse Of J. E.
Burbank e. Co., at Cheney, completely
destroying the warehouse and tho
four.story -four mill adjoining. The
flames got good start before being
discovered. BY hard work tho fire de.
partment Was able to save the saloon
buildings Of F. L. Elsdon and Buergel
& Sullivan and Rueter's creamery.
The passenger depot Of the Northern
Pacific railway caught fire three times
from flying sparks, but the blases
were extinguished in time. The mill
and warehouse building loss will Ok.
coed 5000, with $2,5o0 insurance.
The warehouse contained nearly 80
tons Of hay and 100 sacks Of wheat.
The loss to ]. E. Burbank & Co. will
probably DO fully covered BY insur.
ancs. The mill was one OF tho old
landmark Of the town. having been
erected in 1881 by J. G. Davenport.
Tho mill ceased operation four years
ago. The cause Of tho fire 10 mys.
tery, though indications point strong.
~ to incendiarism.
Daisy Ellen, the 6-months.old baby
girl OF Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Irby,
ceased this life Wednesday, April s.
1905, about noon. The cause was .
complicated throat trouble. Inter.
msnt was made Thursday in the city
burying ground At Cunningham.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Burkhart are en-.
pertaining Mrs. Burkhart's mother,
Mrs. Jsmima Rinker OF Galena, Kan.
sas, who arrived this week.-Wash-
tucna Enterprise.
Mr.. Frank Benge has returned from
Walla Walls, where he has been In ct.
tendance upon HE brother, Mr.. Fred
Benge Of Starbuck, who underwent .
severe operation for kidney trouble at
= hospital in that city. He reports
that his brother 10 recovering nicely
from the peration.-Washtucua En-.
terprise.