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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
HILL ROADS MADE MONEY.
q. NJ, N. p. and Burlington Are Bic
Profit Farmers,

PTOUk 6aVOSSUs
The fiscal year Of 1904-5. Just con.
cluded, was the greatest In the annals
Of the Hill system Of railroad lines.
Profits for the Great Northern are es.
timated at ~ per cent on its stock.
Northern Pacific profits at 13 per cent
and Burlington earnings are placed at
approximately 100000 for It's Joint
owners. The latter fact Is given spe.
cial stress. as indicating the remark
able development of business since the
road was purchased by Mr.. Hill four
years ago. Striking results have been
attained by placing the Burlington un.
der the direction Of exceptional oper.
atipg talent.
The Hill system Of roads has In
round figures 10000 miles Of main
track. On this main track there are
outstanding little more than $400..
100000 OF bonds, making $4,000 per
mile OF bonded debt and little less
than $40O, 1000, 900 of stock. being q lit.
tie less than $4,000 per mile Of stock.
This excludes the Burlington Joint 4s.
but includes the Burlington stock. The
whole is selling at market value Of
about $63,0O per mile. This valuation
includes iron ore lands held by the
Lake Superior company In trust for
Great Northern. The fixed charges Of
the system average about 31150 per
mile, while the net earnings are about
$34O0 per mile, or substantially three
times the fixed charges.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
ANOTHER SCANDAL LIKELY.
Department Of Agriculture 10 Under
Fire.

Department Of Agriculture 10 Under
Fire.
II the scandal in the department of
agriculture, involving the integrity of
the crop reports, should develop into
such gigantic an affair as Is now inti-
mated may be possible 1t would far
|overshadow the postoffice Department. q
troubles.
Originally it was merely charged
that there had been a leakage, by
which advance information reached
spectators concerning the report on
the cotton crop. This caused the sus-
pension of Edwin s. Holmes, assistant
statistician Of the department. Then
came the more serious charge that the
figures Of the crop conditions had
been tampered with and the public had
been given dishonest report. while
favored spectators had been permit
ted to know the truth.
On the heels of this report of the
manipulation OF the figures came the
intination. from Secretary Cheatham
Of the Southern Cotton association,
that before he was done he would raise
serious question as to the honesty OF
all the crop reports. This brings the
matter up close to the northern and
western farmer, as 1t has already been
brought to the southern planter.
The allegation involves the reports
on corn, wheat, oats. fruits, hay and
every agricultural staple. The gov
ernment reports have been supposed
the most reliable.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12

he was lying doubled up in the center
of the track. The engineer could not
tell wehther 1t was a man or bundle
of clothes, but applied the air and be-
gan whistling as soon as he observed
the obstruction.
Two daughters Of John Blemauist,
aged Is and 20 years, have been
drowned while bathing in the Idaho
canal. It is believed that one of the
girls stepped into hole and the other
tried to rescue her. Both attended
school at Weiser, and were at home
for the vacation period.
Tom Henry Moxmox, Nez Psrce
Indian, has been arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Schattner, on
a charge of introducing liquor on the
reservation and also with committing
an assault upon a United States of.
ficer.
Philip H. Craven, inventor Of the
Craven shines table, has arranged for
the installation Of test table at the
Federal Mining & Smelling company's
concentrator near Wallace. The ap-
paratus Is now being manufactured
and will be shipped to the Occur d.
Alenes July Is.
The lone highwayman who held up
the Meadows-Warren stage recently
secured between $1,000 and $500. In
the registered mail was about $1,000
in golddust being sent out by the
Golden Rule Placer Mining company
operating near Warran. No clew has
been obtained as to the identity Of the
robber.
For the first time in the history of
Boise the saloons were closed on Sun
day, the doors having been closed at
IL o'clock Saturday night to remain
closed until o'clock Monday morn
ing.
w. Clayton Miller, assistant general
manager of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company, in the Coeur d.
Alenes, has been made general mana
ger, to succeed Fred w. Bradley, re-
signed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
SAYS ENGLAND IS UNPREPAREI
Lord Roberts Delivered Hot Speecl
on Their Military Protection.

London. Marshal Lord Rob
erts created sensation in the house o
lords Monday evening when in length,
and we'll considered speech he deliber
ately Expressed his opinion as a praci
tcsi soldier that the military force O
Great Britain was inadequate, imper
fectly trained and totally unfit to up
hold Great Britain as first elias,
power.
Lord Roberts did not blame the gov
ernment, which, he said, was actuatet
by q national feeling. but he scathingly
attacked the people Of England, who
he said. showed no antional feeling to-
ward tho military until danger arose.
Then. said Lord Roberts, the soldier
was the pet Of the people, but this wa,
only an evanescent enthusiasm which
did not entail self sacrifice and passec
away - soon as the danger disap.
peared.
The speech was delivered in connec.
ton whit motion introduced by the
Earl Of Wemyss and March (conserva.
tive) traversing Premier Bslfour't
statement regarding the impOssibility
Of the invasion of Great Britain and
urging the necessity Of keeping NJ
sufficient lnad forces to repel any poss.
ible invasion.
Lord Roberts said the lessons OF the
south African war had been forgotten.
He had no hesitation in saying that
the armed forces Of Great Britain as a
body were now a. absolutely untitled
and unprepsred for war as they were
when the South African trouble broke
out.
He declared emphatically that the
choice lay between oonscription OF
some practical system of universal
training. and that only by such means
would it be possible for Great Britain
to possess armed forces organized and
trained to meet the demands Of the
empire in the event Of war.
Lord Roberts, continuing. asserted
that any discussion of Great Britain's
military position within the limits Of
the motion proposed by the Earl Of
Wemyss and Msroh would be entirely
unavailing. The country had to deal
with question Of infinitely great im-
portance, the question Of the life or
death Of the empire, the issue Of which
depended upon Great Britain being
ready to defend her eastern possessions
and 1t the same time take part in any
affair nearer homo, either Of which
necessitated the placing in the field of
An army a. large and efficient AZ that
Of any Of the European countries, all
Of which might be regarded as nations
in arms.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
MONTANA ITEMS.

The Swift Current Oil, Land & Pow
er company has struck oil in great
quantities in its well In the Swift Cur
rent field near Browning, 1875 miles
northwest of Great Falls. Several
hundred gallons Of oil of high grade
have been moved from the well and
there is now in the well oil to the
depth Of over $50 feet. The strike has
been made at a depth of about 1850
feet.
The house of e. B. Carter. who re-
sides in the Musselshell country, was
struck by lightning during severe
thunder storm recently. Mrs. CHINA
mon, a member of the family. had the
sleeves Of her dress ripped open and
both arms were slightly burned. The
current passed down her body and
tore of both her shoes. How she es-
capped instant death is a mystery. The
chimney was torn from the roof and
the building was otherwise badly dam
aged.
After an illness of year or more,
resulting from cancerous growth in
his nose and the general weakness OF
old age, Colonel Wilbur F, Sanders, a
pioneer lawyer of Montana, attorney
for the vigilantes in the early days
of the territory when the community
was overrun with desperadoes. one of
the foremost citizens Of the state and
one of its first United States senators,
died at his home in Helena last Fri
day. Colonel Sanders was born in
Leon, N. Y. May 2. 1884. educated at
Phelps New York; academy and ad'
mitted to the bar at Akron. Ohio. He
enlisted in the Gath Ohio volunteers.
participated in the campaign about
Nashville and resigned In 1sC2 on ac'
count Of Ill health.
Because her husband deserted her
to travel with the Crow Indian base
ball team and because he sold her
share of the tribes cattle and spent
the money for whisky, Tillie Suis. a
full blooded Grow squaw, has begun
action to secure a divorce from Geo.
Suis. The complaint was filed in the
district court at Livingston. and is the
first of the kind of record in the west.
Miss Mamie Brown, an IS year old
colored domestic girl. while searching
for a stray COW near the Homestake.
half mile east of Butte. stumbled in
a gopher hole, out of which had been
thrown several small particles OF
quartz in which the gold fairly gilt.
tered.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
EIGHT, T,,rMEN|nkILLE
PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF Big
BLAST OF ROCK POWDER.
Accident Happened Near New cumbsr-
land, Pa.-Ail Victims Were En-
ployes Of Pennsylvania Railroad
Jury Returned verdict-Unknown
Cause and Contractors Not Blamed.

Harrisburg. Pa, July 10.-Eight men
were blown to pieces and two others
were injured by the premature explos.
ion Of a big blast of rock powder on
the Pennsylvania railroad improve
ments near New Cumberland at 1880
o'clock this morning. The accident
occurred directly across the Susque.
hanna river from the scene of the
Pennsylvania railroad wreck ON May
IL, in which 3 persons were killed and
many others injured.
All Of the victims Of today's disas-
ter were employees Of P. 8. Kenbaugh
& Co., incorporated, contractors, who
are now building the double tracks for
the Pennsylvania railroad to connect
with the Enola yards.
The bodies of the men were terribly
mangled and particles Of flesh and
bone were scattered for a distance OF
200 yards from the scene of the explo-
sion. The dead:
James Wiseman.
Arthur Green.
Robert Thompson.
Frank Mullach.
Three Italians and one Slav, known
only by numbers.
An inquest was held this after
noon. The jury rendered q verdict Of
premature explosion from an unknown
cause. and NO blame attached to the
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
LATE NEWS.

Walter st. Clair. aged II years.
hanged himself in San Francisco last
Monday. The boy was ordered by his
mother to chop some wood and he be-
came sulky. Later Mrs. st. Clair
found the lads dead body hanging in
the cellar.
James Hamilton Lewis, formerly
congressman from the state of Wash.
ington and now q resident Of Chicago
has been appointed by Mayor Dunno to
be corporation counsel for the city Of
Chicago.
The Chicago Daily News correspon.
dent at Stockholm cables as follows:
War between Sweden and Norway,
with the Norwegisns as the aggressors,
is declared to DO an imminent danger
BY DR.. Sven Hedin, the we'll known ex-
plorer, who has addressed q passionate
appeal to the Swedes in America TO
come to the rescue Of the father land
by raising a naval defense fund of &6,.
000. 200. Hedin asserts that the people
Of Sweden have lapsod into unbeliev.
able apathy with regard to the union
crisis and require urgently to have ag.
gressive patriotism preached to them
BY Sweden's sons and daughters across
the sea. Norway. according to Hedin,
is realizing Sweden's indifference and
unpreparedness and is preparing for at.
tack. 1t has made all. its plans for
falling upon Sweden, when 1t deems
the psychological moment has arrived.
Ten deaths and more than score Of
prostrations resulted Monday In New
York city from the intense heat wave
which visited the city. A grateful
breeze from the sea. served in measure
to tempebr the torrid temperature and
excessive humidity, but the suffering,
especially in the swarming tenement
house quarters, was intense and throug-
hout the day the ambulsnoes were kept
busy removing sunstroke patients to
the various hospitals.
The news Of the mutiny in the Black
sea reached the Russina army through
the Japanese. who fired night shells
charged with proclaim ations convey ing
the information to!the Russian sdvanc.
ed positions and scattered the procla-
nations broadcast. Rain is fall in tor
rents. and all activity at the front has
ceased.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
$40 PER MINUTE WAGER.
Guarantees to Carry Cowboy 1855
Miles In 48 Hours.

Los Angeles. Cal. 10.-The special
train Of Walter Scott, the Cowboy
Croesus," left Los Angeles for Chicago
over the Santa Fe at o'clock Sunday
afternoon on what is expected to be a
record breaking trip between the two
cities. The Santa Fe has guaranteed
to get Scott into Chicago, distance Of
1856 miles. in 4S hours. which is four
hours quicker than the run has ever
been made.
In addition there is an agreement be.
tween Scott and the passenger depart
ment Of the railroad by which the COM
pany is to forfeit $40 per minute for
every minute they run over the spe-
Gifted 4S hours up to a total OF $1,000
On the other hand Scott is to pay the
company $50 per minute for every min
ute that the company beats the guaran.
teed time up to $500. 1t is Scott's in
tention, If he succeeds in lowering the
record between Los Angeles and Chi.
cago, to charter train when he
reaches the latter city and make q try
for the record between Chicago and
New York.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
new CzARIS WANTED

A special telegram to the Chicago
Daily News from st. Petersburg says:
From a most reliable source your
correspondent IL informed that the
local reform leaders Of Moscow, most
Of whom hold official appointments,
have resolved that il the czar should
persist in his unyielding attitude they
will convoke national assembly and
elect another czar.
Nicholas, however. seems to appre.
ciate the gravity OF the situation. His
object in selecting Warrington a. the
site for peace negotiations and Count
Muravieff a. one of the envoys was to
gain time. He hoped that In the mean.
time the interior troubles would sub.
side and that General Linevitoh, hsv.
ing been reinforced, would show the
Russians in favorable light In the
field.
Events have upset the calculations.
The country 10 torn BY revolution.
Moscow itself threatens to name . pro.
vinoial government.
japan has now occupied the islands
Of Sakhalin and brought the war into
Russian territory. General Hazegawa
10 Fastening to invade the province Of
Ussuri, and thus the japanese envoya
will have right to demand cession
OF territory.
Muravieff will now proceed to Wash.
ington ct once. The csar will also
leave for Moscow. He will instruct
various mayors Of oities now in con.
ference there to meet him at the Illen.
sky palace, where he will declare his
readiness to yield to their requst for 70.
forms aud will ask foi their support.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
No "Pull" Goes.

An important order has been issued
by President Roosevelt. announcing
the policy hereafter to be followed by
the administration In making appoint.
ments or promotions In the military
branch OF the government The pres.
ident orders that II any ofhcer Of the
army or navy hereafter shall solicit In.
fiuences, aside from the records of his
service on file in the war or navy de-
partment. in order to obtain promotion
or assignment. he should be debarred
thereby from the Advancement or de.
tall which he IL seeking.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
INDIANA TRAINS IN COLLISION.
Were Going at the Rate Of 60 Miles
an Hour.

While running at the rate of 60 miles
an hour an eastbound New York fast
mail train on the Big Four collided
with the westbound freight. No. 80.
which was pulling into siding at Oak
all. fve miles west Of Greencastle. Ind.
Fireman Tippy. aged 40. Of Indian
apolis was fatally. and Engineer A. M.
Garner Of Mattoon. ILL.,, was seriously
injured. Both of the injured were on
the mail train. The engine. one mail
car and the combination car left the
track and ran so feet into a corn field.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
RACE RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Two Persons Shot In Battle at Base
ball Game.

odi 0dmes
New York, July 1.-Two persons
were shot. one probably fatally, In a
fight between mobs of whites and ne
groes In West Sixteenth street. The
trouble began when Henry Hart, a col
ored man, was attacked in the street
by number Of white youths, who &C
cused him Of interfering with a ball
game.
A shot fired from a negro tenement
struck Mrs. Mary Donohue. who was
attempting to lead child out Of the
tenement, in the head. inflicting q
probably fatal wound.
The police broke into the house and
arrested Albert Middleton, who is sup
posed to have fred the shot. and five
other negroes.
In spite OF the presence Of a large
body of police reserves. desultory
fighting between whites and blacks
continue until a sudden downpour Of
rain scattered the combatants.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
IDAHO NEWS.

Miss Lucy Aiken, q telephone opera
tor at Moscow, received severe shock
Sunday afternoon while working at
the long distance board. and will not
be able to work for several days.
Fred Sweetman was killed Sunday
morning by a train, q mile west Of
Weiser. When seen by the engineer
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
linevitch's Army 10 Mutinous.

The Toxic correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph declares that
General Linevitch has sentenced sew.
eral Russian officers to death for cir.
culating seditious circulars, and on the
authority Of the papers Japanese cor
respondent at Moji, Japan, asserts that
all Poles and Jews in Linevitch's army
are mutinous and are constantly sur.
rendering SO as to enjoy q pleasant
captivity as prisoners of the japanese.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
StrangIed With His Queue.

Strangled to death with his own
queue. the body of Lin Moon Chuck, a
Chinese physician, was found lying In
the entrance Of squalid Chinese
house in Chinatown in San Francisco.
1t is supposed that he was decoyed to
that place by fictitious call to attend
sick person and then killed and
robbed. He was known to carry con-
siderable money, and also had some
valuable diamonds and jewelry.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
Cigarette Smoker Jailed.

Edward Hammel, travelling salesman
for medicine company. who has been
convicted Of smoking cigarettes. and Is
serving q sentence of 20 days In de-
fault Of payment of a fine of $25 and
costs assessed by Judge Foster Of vt
terbein. Indiana. will In all probability
be compelled to serve the entire sent
ence.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
MUTINEERS give Up
HAVE SURRENDERED TO GOVERN.
MENT OF ROUMANIA.
The BattIeship kniaz Potemkine has
Been Formally Transferred to Rus
sian Navy-AIl Suppiies Had Been
Exhausted-Everything Portable Of
Value Had Been Carried Away.

Kustenji, July 11.-Following orders
received from the Roumanian govern.
ment, the Kniaz Potemkine has been
formally transferred to the Russian
navy. Admiral Kruger sent a flag
lieutenant on board the vessel and no.
lified the officer in command that he
was ready to transfer the Russian
crew to the battleship. This was done.
the Roumanian flag hauled down and
the Russian hoisted after the usual sa.
lutes had been fired.
An inspection of the vessel revealed
everything in the widest confusion.
All of the supplies had been exhaust
ed, the officers cabins had been looted,
the money taken from the ships strong
box and everything portable Of value
carried away.
For the last three days the vessel
has been navigated by sublieutenant,
who was kept at his post by guard
with a revolver at his head. 1t Is de-
clared that all Of the mutineers want
ed to surrender at Odessa. but that
they had been cowed by their leader,
Matuschanko, who knew that IL he
was captured by the Russians he
would be promptly hanged.
The crew of the Potemkine was sent
into the interior today and the mutt.
neers were given an enthusiastic re-
ception.
Seven officers were prisoners aboard
the kniaz Potemkine. They were In
pitiable condition from i'll treatment
They declare that Matuschenko him.
self killed 10 officers of the battle
ship.
All Papers Destroyed.
All the papers and books belonging
to the vessel were destroyed.
1t appears that the decision to sur
render the Kniaz Potemkine was made
when it became evident that no other
vessels would join in the mutiny. The
crew of the battleship seemed to be
unaware of the surrender Of the
Georgi Pobiedenosnez, and thought she
was also coming to Kustenji to capitu.
late.
Three junior officers Of the Potem.
kline, who had been forcibly detained
on board of her after the mutiny. were
released here and are awaiting orders
from Admirable Kruger. Their swords
were returned to them before they
were sent on shore. They declare that
the men were respectful to them all
of the time that they were on board,
but that they were kept under surveil.
lance all of the time. They are appre.
hensive as to their treatment when
they get back to Russia.
Torpedo Boat Goes On.
After the surrender of the Potem.
kline the Roumanian officers boarded
torpedo boat 267. which has accom-.
panied the battleship on her wander.
ings. To their surprise, they we're told
by the men ON board Of that craft
that they were loyal to the czar; that
they had not mutinied. and that they
had accompanied the battleship under
compulsion. They asked that they
be given coal enough to see them to
Sebastopol. The Roumanians feared q
trap and demanded that the torpedo
boat either be surrendered or that she
leave port within half an hour with.
out taking on either coal or supplies.
After consultation, the men In COM
mand Of the torpedo boat decided to
return to a Russian port. and sailed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12

Letters are dropped two or three
times a day on to a wren which is sit
ting on her eggs in the letter boz OF
d. Baker, an English draper. but the
bird keeps its place.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12

The Russian minister at Rio
Janeiro and all his family are Budd-
hists, while the Japanese minister and
his secretary are Christians.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
In Memory Of Hay,

Philadelphia, July 10.-A meeting in
memory of John Hay was held in the
synagogue B'nai Halberstam Sunday
by Roumanian Jews. The attendance
was very large.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
Cashier Stole t309, 900.

Hagerstown, Ind.-Cashier Bowman
of the Hagerstown National bank, who
committed suicide on July 3. was q de-
faufter to the extent Of at least $309.-
900, It has developed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12
COUNTY NEWS

Offices: News Block, G street bet Main
and Railroad avenue, opposite First Ma
tional Bank. Telephone No. 1873.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12

O. R. HOLCOMB,
Attorney and
Counsellor at Law.
Will practice in all the q. =. Courts
and Departments and all Washington
Courts. Office Ritzville. Wash.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-12

DIR. FIR. BURROUGHS.
Physician and
Surgeon.
once: Second st., between D and u.
RITZVILLE, WASH.
ALICE C. FRENCH
United States Commissioner
Final proofs taken and filings and other
land entries made.
RITZVILLE, WASH.