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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
AR0UNDi7HE WORLD
TELEGRAPH SHORT NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
Admiral Dewey is better.

The strike of the Chicago team
sters is expected to spread rapidly
during this week.
Perim.-'In fight between work
men and the raDDle, one person was
killed. The troops restored order.
Colonel w. J. Wilmere. one Of the
most prominent figures in distilling
interests in Kentucky, died in St.
Louis recently.
A small tornado struck the resi-
dence part of Mcpherson. Kan, Sat
urday afternoon, demolishing several
small buildings.
Florence, Col.-The heavy roof of
the kiln room of the Portland cement
works caved in Saturday, killing Reu-
ben Boyliss, Grove Miller and George
Leonard, workmen.
Naples.-The eruption of Mount We
suvus is more active. There have
been heavy explosions, and the guam
tity of lava emitted produces mag
nificent spectacle at night.
Cedar Rapids, Ia.-E. L. Enyder, the
Olin banker, who disappeared March
last, has been returned to Iowa. He
was arrested in St. Louis, charged
with embezzling $125000.
Daniel COstable, the Italian who was
arrested while endeavoring to force an
entrance through side door of the
White House, was declared to be in
sane and admitted to an asylum.
Rome.-The pope has appointed
Cardinal Satolli. former papal dele
gate to the United States, to be pro-
tecter of the sisters of charity of the
Incarnate Word at San Antonio, Tex.
An assignment has been made by
a. c. Wilcox, a private banker at the
head of A. C. Wilcox & Co., 65 Liberty
street, New York, develops the fact
that the concern had string of small
banks in New York.
Berkeley, Cal.-Consternation was
among the members Of the senior
class when II was announced that 100
or more women and men of that class
had failed to secure the requisite cred
its, thereby making 1t impossible for
thcil W Siduudtc.
The removal of the body OF John
Paul Jones from the old st. Louis
cemetery In Paris to the United
States, thanks to the efforts of Gen
eral Porter, the United States ambas-
sador, has called forth some interest
ing comment in the European press.
Hamburg.-The Russian steamer
Gorgistan. which was brought from
England and reftted here as a repair
ship. has been ordered to proceed i'm
mediately to Libau. This causes the
belief to obtain here that the Russian
Fourth Pacific squadron is about to
sail for the far east.
st. Petersburg.-Admiral NazitOn
was shot and killed by an orderly In
his room. The orderly fired three
shots from a revolver at the admiral.
The crime is attributed to the anger
of the murderer at his dismissal from
his duties as orderly and being or
dered to proceed to the front
Archibald McKeriardy, American
consul at Muscat, Arabia, was mar
ried at st. Margaret's church. West
minister, Saturday, to Olive Christian
Mavlery. an East Indian, who has
spent five years working among the
poor of London. The bishop of Lon
don officiated, and Nine. Calve partic-
lpated in the choral service.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
BOGUS QUEEN Is GONE.
Also $4,000 She Extracted From
Italians In Boston.

Boston.-A woman who claimed to
be Charlotte, wIle of Macmillan, form
er emperor of Mexico, and brother Of
Francis Joseph. present emperor Of
Austria, has, according to the Herald.
left the city after securing about $40..
900 from members of the Italian COL
ony on the pretense that she was a
rightful claimant to the Austrian
throne.
"She is." the Herald says, being
sought by over 100 residents Of the
north end district, who for almost
eight years have been paying her
money to enable her. as they sup
posed. to gain possession Of the Aus
trlan throre, upon which event TAX.
ing place she promised that those
who helped her would be made min
listers and mobiles and be given vast
estates. One woman, the wife OF
prominent Italian, gave her $4,000 on
the strength OF the promise that she
should be made duchess. An organ
grinder contributed few hundred dol
lars all his savings, with the under
standing that he would be made court
musician. Others contributed tens
and hundreds on similar assurances.
Mysterious secrets. such as would
overthrow the present Austrian ruler.
were credited to the woman. When
she appeared In Boston eight years
ago 1t was mysteriously whispered
among the few in the north end
that Charlotte, sister In law OF EN-
peror Francis Joseph, was In Boston
in disguise. having escaped from
Brussels. where she had for many
years been confined in an asylum.
"Latterly the Italians had become
suspicious and began to hint openly
that Charlotte and her henchmen
we're delaying matters. Recent visits
to the throne room disclosed that the
woman had left"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
RITZVILLE
IRRIGATION DRAWS ATTENTION
Washington and Oregon People Losing
Millions Of Dollars.

At last public interest in the state
of Washington in government irriga-
tion, which has been too long apath.
etic. is becoming stirred. AS the facts
sink into the public mind, 1t is real.
lied that the interests Of Washington
and Oregon have been woefully neg.
lected.
Under the irrigation act, the pro-
ceeds from the sales OF public lands in
l6 western states and territories are
set aside as government fund for the
reclamation of the arid lands of those
states and territories. That fund now
exceeds $27,O00,000 and 1t is a deplor.
able fact that while the states OF Ore
gon, Washington and North Dakota
contributed in round numbers $12,OOO,.
600 of the $27 7,000,0U0, not dollar has
been expended on government projects
within these three states!
The state of Washington has con.
tributed about $4,000, 900. Oregon near.
y $5.000.000, North Dakota about 81.
10000, and 40 per cent OF the $3,OO0,-
600 from tn.S state has been with
drawn already and applied to irriga-
lion projects in other states.
And this Notwithstanding expert in
vestigation has shown that In eastern
Washington alone are 100000 acres
Of irrigable lands which can be put
under ditch. The great Big Bend
project alone would reclaim about
10000 acres. The scheme for i'm
pounding the headwaters of the Yak
ina river would reclaim about 450, 900
acres more. The impounding Of the
waters of the Falouse river in Wash
tucna coulee would reclaim 100000
acres of the finest soil in all the west.
AS much more land can be reclaimed
by diversion of the waters of the Co.
lumbia at Priest Rapids. The Okan-
ogan country has a meritorious pro-
ject of 1000 acres, and what is call
ed the Kittitas project would reclaim
100000 acres.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
JeHries Retires.

Chicago.-James J. Jeffries, cham
pion heavyweight pugilist of the
world, has retired. Disease accom-
plished what no human being was
ever able to do. A combination OF
rheumatism and malaria fever has put
the pugilist out of the fighting game
for all time, according to an an.
nouncement made by Jeffries, who
has cancelled all his theatrical engage
ments and started for California In
an effort to regain his health. Jeffries
is going to Los Angeles. where he in.
tends to build home. In the future
It is his intention to devote his time
to several valuable mining claims he
and one OF his brothers possess in
Arizona.
Before leaving for the Pacific coast
Jeffries said:
Thank God, l am through with box
ing. have suffered more pain during
the last few days than in all my fights
put together. Understand, | am not
physically down and out, simply full
OF malaria and rheumatism. but l have
decided to retire from the prize ring.
have two reasons for taking this
course. My present physical condition
Is one, and the other is because there
seems to be no one in sight to meet
me capable Of giving the public a run
for its money"
Billy Delaney, Jeffries' manager
and who practically brought Jim Cor
bett to the front, will retire from the
pugilistic field along with the cham
piOn.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
WASHINGTON IMPORTANT POST.
Russia Therefore Sends . Diplomat OF
lae First Rank.

st. Petersburg.-The appointment
Of Baron Rosen to succeed Count Cas-
sini as Russian ambassador at Wash.
inglon has not yet been gazetted, and
the press here generally Is in ignor-
ance OF his appointment. Commenting
upon Count Cassini's successor. how
ever, the press uniformly recognizes
the Importance Of the role he Will
play. The Bourse Gazette considers
the post at Washington one OF the
most difficult and responsible in the
Russian diplomatic service.
America" the paper says. now oc-
cupies a high position In the worlds
policies. Europe must listen to her
on every important question. Not on
ly in the far east. but In the near
east the voice Of America must be
heard"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
MONTANA NOTES.

A carload Of Minnesota potatoes has
been sent to a colony of HOllanders
on Burton beach, in Teton county, for
planting.
Anaconda is planning the biggest
kind of Fourth Of July celebration.
Butte and all the surrounding cities
are to be invited to join in the fes-
tivities.
Senator Clark of Montana astonish-
ed some people in New York by pur-
chasing an entire bronze foundry SOLE
ly because he was unable to secure
work from it as soon as he wished.
Four children of Albert Nordstrom,
a butcher, had a hairbreadth escape
from being run down by an engine
of the Montana Central at Sanders
street crossing in Helena.
Carbon county feels assured of a
railroad to the Bear Creek coal fields.
Although the new line will connect
with the Bridger branch Of the North.
ern Pacific. it is declared that 1t will
be Independent of that company in
every way.
Vice President Fairbanks will rep.
resent the president at the opening OF
the Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland on June l. The vice pres.
ident had a conference with President
Roosevelt at which final arrange
ments were made. President Roose
welt has arranged to take part in the
opening of the fair as he did at the
opening Of the st. Louis exposition
At 4 O'Clock on June l he will press
a button which will start the ma
chinery of the exposition.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
snyder's Dead Number III.

Snyder, Okla.-Four more OF the
persons injured in Wednesday nights
tornado died Sunday-Miss Mize, Mr.
Paulson, John McCart and Miss Bus
ser-bringing the total number OF
known dead to 1T. A number Of per
sons are missing and several of the
injured are in critical condition.
A pocketbook containing $32 was
picked up today 10 miles from Snyder
1t belongs to Mrs. James, who was
killed and 1t was carried 20 miles In
the storm.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
Effects Of Tornado.

Snyder, Okla.-All the recovered
bodies of victims Of Wednesdays tor
nado have been buried. shipped away
or shipment provided for. The home
less persons nave found shelter and
the wounded are being carefully at
tended. Eleven members OF the Fes-
senden FANNY were killed. Their bod
les will be sent to Gridley, Kan, Tor
burial.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
Commander Eva Booth coIIapses.

Chicago.-Commander Eva Booth OF
the Salvation Army, collapsed Sunday
night while preparing to address an
audience in Orchestra hall. Her
trouble was due to an liberated tooth.
which has caused her intense pain for
several days.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17

Mexico bought 1877 locomotives and
23,308 tons Of steel rails from the
United States in II months Of 1904
calendar year. This was an increase
of 20 locomotives and $1,000 tons of
steel rails over tke corresponding
period of 1908.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
Nationals.

Rochester Union and Advertiser:
The place for the pugilist. II there is
any place for him, is the prize ring.
He has no business to have anything
to do with decent amusements like
baseball.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
Says Dewey 10 Violently ~.

New York.-Mrs. Dewey. wife OF
Admiral Dewey. sent note to the
Founders and Patriots dinner at the
Hotel Astor saturday night saying the
admiral was violently Ill.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17

A woman who was plaintiff in an
action in London court the other day
said she earned her living by lending
out silk skirts. Ahats and feathers to
working girls for holidays.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
GET MORE PAY AND GO TO WORK
Strike Of $4,000 Agricultural Labor
ers In Porto Rico Ends.

Washington, May 1.-THE strike OF
the $4,000 agricultural laborers In Por-
to Rico has ended. They have secured
30 per cent increase In wages and .
nine hour day.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
IDAHO SOUlBB BS.

w. T. Booth is the new president
of the chamber Of commerce at Boise.
The Caldwell fiourmill was destroy.
ed by fire Saturday. The loss is about
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17

In every quarrel the person who has
been the least to blame is generally
the most ready to be reconciled.-
Bowlder.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
WRECKED THE TRAIN
SANTAFE PASSENGER DITCHED
NEAR EMPORIA, KANSAS.
Six Passengers Injured and Two Will
Probably De-Was Fourth Attempt
to Wreck Passenger Trains During
the Past Four Months-No Clue to
the Wreckers.

Emporia, Kan. May 15.-Santa Fe
passenger train No. IA was ditched by
train wreckers mile east of town at
2:30 this morning. Six passengers
were injured and two will probably
die
The injured:
James Eugor, 79 years Of age, of the
soldiers home at Leavonworth, fatally
injured; right leg fractured in two
places. head and hands cut and back
injured.
J. o. Rice, Santa Fe car repairer
on way from Topeka hospital to
Shawnee, Okla; badly bruised, left
ear partly torn off.
Nate Hendricks, Roswell, N. NJ,
cattleman; back and hips sprained,
long cut across forehead and scalp
wound; condition serious.
]. l.. Cooper, Spickards. Mo-, farm
er. hands cut, elbow fractured.
E. A. Taylor, Kansas City Mo-. con-
ductor: deep cuts on scalp, four teeth
knocked out; confusion on right leg,
both hands cut.
F. A. Grover, fireman, Topeka !;
thrown from cab and back and should.
ers injured.
Remove Spikes and FishpIates.
This is the fourth attempt in the
last four months to wreck passenger
trains in the same place. Previous at.
tempts were made by piling ties on
the track, and were without serious
results. The wreck Sunday was caus.
ed by removing the spikes and fish.
plates of two rails on the inside of
a curve. The engine passed over the
loose rails safely, but the mail car
left the track and was dragged 100
yards along the embankment before
the train was stopped. The next five
cars. the express and baggage cars,
the smoker and two coaches, went
into the ditch. The end of the bag
gage car went up in the air high
enough to ground the telephone
wires. Two Pullman sleepers remain
ed on the track.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
Passengers Were Asleep.

The passengers were asleep when
the wreck occurred and became great.
ly excited, but soon formed a wreck
ing crew and went to the relief of the
men in the overturned baggage car.
window was broken and of seven
men in the car. six were found in
jured. Stretchers were made from
car doors and the wounded were car
ried to nearby field, where a hos
pital was improvised. An hour after
the wreck. a relief train arrived from
Emporia and the injured were taken
to EmpOria.
There Is no clew to the wreckers.
track wrench and claw bar were
missing, and they were found in a
pool Of water near the wreck.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17

American locomotives. to the num-
ber of 100. sold In England In single
year.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17

The first annual scholastic field and
track meet at Pullman of the high
schools of eastern Washington was a
greater success than its promoters
had hoped for, which means that 1t
will be regular event each year in
the future.
The following is the standing of the
different towns in the recent Pullman
track mnat.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-17
SPORTS.

Central Washington will form a
baseball league consisting of the fol
lowing towns: PrOsser, Pasco, Walla
Walla and North Yakima.
John l.. Sullivan, ex-champion pugil.
list of the world, who is doing stunts
at Spokane vaudeville show house
says: Regarding my proposed fight
with Mitchell, there Is nothing in the
world would suit me better than to
have go with my old time friend to
show the public which one has de.
Perforated the most, and l will clearly
demonstrate the world that a man
is some use after he is 40 years OF
age.
The Yale freshmen eight won from
the Columbia freshmen eight in their
annual boat race on Lake Whitney.
The double wrestling match be
tween Two Feathers and Mcmillan
Jack O'Neil and Jack Curran, came
off at Missoula Friday evening be
fore one of the largest crowds that
has ever amended exhibitions of this
character in Missoula. Two Feathers
won the match in one of the cleanest
and best matches that has ever been
seen in that part of the country. Jack
O'Neil was declared the winner in
the handicap with Jack Curran, but
the purse was split between the two
men. O'Neil was to throw Curran
three times in an hour 1t took him
"a minutes and 10 seconds to get the
first fall, and in throwing him Cur
ran was hurt badly by being thrown
off the mat and falling into some
chairs. knocking him unconscious for
nearly an hour.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27
TRAILS TO OPEN
FOREST RESERVES
Protection Against Fire Planned
by Observation-Disclosures (,
Will Be Gamers.

Washington, Oct. 27.-During the
coming winter and spring many miles
of trails will be built in the government
forest reserves. One Of the chief cares
of the forest service in the management
Of the reserves is to protect them
against fire. The trails will afford a
means Of reaching all parts of the for
est reserves on horseback and the fire
lines will form vantage points from
which the fire may Be attacked or
against which it may be directed and
there controlled.
There are already many miles Of
trails in the various reserves, but most
Of them are rough, in poor condition or
not passable for horses. The trails to
be built will be carefully planned and
constructed with an easy grade. This
does not involve much expense, for in
many situations a perfectly good trail
can be built for $40 mile and many
miles will cost less than SIS. The work
will be directed by the regular forest
officers and the rangers themselves will
perform most Of the labor.
There is no question but that these
trails will prove of inestimable value in
protecting the forest reserves. Many
/ of them will also be worth as much
more in making regions accessible to
hunters and prospectors which are now
almost entirely beyond reach.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27
SLIDES DOWN TANK
AS GAS EXPLODES
Workingman Makes Sensational
Escape in Wreck of Duluth
Company's Plant.

4 Duluth, Oct. 27.-Hans Nicholson, a.
laborer employed at the Northwestern
Boiler works, made sensational slide
at the Zenith Furnace company's gas
plant in Garfield avenue yesterday af-
ternoon, when an explosion of 175,000
feet of gas wrecked the big telescope
and shook the ground for blocks around.
Nicholson felt series Of rapid shocks
before the flames shot thru the steel
covering, and made a hurried descent by
him just as he crawled over the edge Of
the crater, and his clothing and hat
were burned and his face blistered by
the heat. His injuries are not of dan
gerous nature.
Leaks Of powerful current of cleo
tricity caused by a short circuit, either
in the light or power wires on Garfield
avenue, were reported about two hours
before the explosion. It is believed
main into the holder, when it spanked
and caused the explosion, as there was
no other means, it is said, for the fire to
have entered the holder.
Engineer Harper, employed by the de-
partment, who was at work near the
holder at the time of the accident, says
it was preceded by heavy rumblings.
the ripped portion of the top reached
height Of probably 800 feet. The
holder has diameter: of SO feet. Each
of the "telescoped' sections is 20 feet
in height, the upper being telescoped
into the lower, which is submerged in
water. ~
Immediately following the explosion,
which released the pressure within, the
holders fell with crash into the water
pit. =. .~-.&-"~ :, =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27
HUGHES SCHEME
YIELDS A PROFIT
Utopian Idea Lost, but Business
Pays 81 for Every 81
Invested. ~.

: Louisville, KY, Oct. 27.-After TWEEN
ty-fve years the somewhat utopian idea
of Thomas E. Hughes, or Tom Hughes,
as all the world knew him, the author
of "Tom Brown at Oxford,' "Tom
Brown at Rugby,' etc., now regarded
as classics in English literature, for the
establishment Of sort Of refuge for
educated but impecunious Englishmen,
has received fruition, but in a way
scarcely dreamed of by the distin-
gnishea author and philanthhropist;
the fact that the stockholders in the
original company will soon receive So
for every ST. invested, with the hkeH-
hood Of a still further accretion.
Along in the early eighties Of the
last century Hughes conceived the idea
of the founding in America Of a colo
ny for British sons. At that time his
personal popularity, was 50 great that
he encountered. no serious difficulty in
organizing a company, which bought
100000 acres Of land on a beautiful
plateau of the river Cumberland. The
outlay was. about ESQ 900, and the lay
in Rugby was made the occasion of a
great demonstration, in which Mr.
Hughes and several governors Of the
states took hand.
Original Scheme a Failure.
The whole English-speaking world
looked on with interest. Mr.. Hughes
intent was that our cousins across the
herring pond should have the advan
tages Of the "bawth,'' the club and
the hounds. The Englishmen came al
right enough, and while they :, showed
great familiarity with the "bawth,'
they were utterly at sea when it came
a. fat EitH failure ao Mr.. Hughes came anne ove1
again in 1887, but his presence was Of
no avail. The colony consistently los
money.
Then the English began to go on
and the Americans to come in, at frs
for health, and then for profit. The,
secured long leases on the property an
began to develop it. Negotiations ar
now pending between the new settler
and English owners looking to the pur
chase Of the entire tract. It is ric]
in coal and iron, and if the Englishmel
sell now they will receive So for ever,
one originally invested. This is on tn
authority of Robert Walton, manage
of the Rugby company, limited, who. i
looking after matters connected wit
the sale.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27

ments. I am tipped off on the place. I
60 to that place and buy up all the land
makes its plan public and there is a
rush to get my land which nobody
cared particularly for before. Amt it
perfectly honest to charge a good
price and make profit on my invest
ment and foresight On, it is. Well,
that is honest graft
In his breezy and picturesque style,
William M. WINS, the republican can
ddate for gives his de dRaaa
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall
got his country place at Good Grounds
by means of it. n + ~
Honest graft said Mr.. Twins
Hmeans the result Of early knowledge
which makes politicians speculate. for
themselves thru their official positions.
It is just such fhonest graft as is
shown by the conduct Of the life insur-
ance companies as brought out by the
legislative investigation. It enables in
dividuals to make private fortunes out
Of public improvements