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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
OREGON ITEMS.
The town OF Athena will soon b

The town OF Athena will soon b
a band organized.
"Holy Moses" the faithful came
the streets Of Cairo. at Portland
dead.
From now on Albany college.
Oregon, will be in charge Of the P
byterians Of the state and will ]
to the entire state for support.
The Arlington hotel at Helix rec
ly burned down, causing a loss
$500. The guests escaped uninju
though several had narrow escape
Mrs. II. A. Sargent Of Portland
lying at the point of death at
home of her sister. Mrs. q. A. Ba
elder. at Palo Alto. Cal. as the
suit of being thrown from a cart W
driving near the Batchelder home
The largest individual sale of wi
made this season in Weston dist
was the crop of Moses Taylor, I
sisting Of 1000 bushels purchased
s. A. Barnes OF the Pacific Coast
vator company at 62 cents per bus
Captain G. J. Hooghkirk Of
steamer Iralda performed q he
rescue recently In the Columbia
er, diving of the hurricane deck
his vessel. 80 feet from the water.
saving the lives of Mrs. Clifford !
ris and year old son. who had b
thrown from their capsized skin
were sinking for the last time.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Burlington Builds to Salt Lake.

Omaha.-General Manager Hold
redge of the Burlington road officially
announced that the road will at once
begin the construction Of 800 miles Of
road to extend Its lines to Salt Lake
city. The line will start from near
Broken Bow, Neb.. and run to Bridge
port. Neb.. where 1t will connect with
the Guernsey, Wyo.. line. Work on
the line from Burnsey to Salt Lake
city will start simultaneously with
that Of the Broken Bow-Bridgeport
cutoff. Amended articles Of the Bur
lington were filed with the county
clerk by Mr.. Holdredge to cover the
new extension, which will be part OF
the Nebraska. Wyoming & Western
railroad. which is an integral Of the
Burlington system. The branch from
Bridgeport eastward to the main line
will be about $50 miles long, and the
lipe from Guernsey to Salt Lake city
$50 miles in length.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25

was found guilty OF making falls.
fidavits in the federal court rece
Seven charges were proven ags
him. The penalty for this Grim
$1,000 fine or three years impri
ment, or both.
Miss Ora Ulsh met with a most
culiar death at Lake Bay. near I
ma. recently. The girl was subjet
epileptic fits, and while engaged
picking fruit she was taken wit
fit and fell into some underbrush
smothered to death.
One OF the largest real estate tr
fers of the last three months was
when Paul Costello purchased the
ma Fahey farm for $34.500. The
consists of over 900 acres of fine W
land. and is considered one of the
in that part Of Lincoln county.
Two masked bandits at 4 o'c
Sunday morning entered the Mad
street power house OF the Seattle !
trio company, bound and gagged \
Boyle. lamp cleaner, and f. J. {
a fireman, the only persons in
part of the building and then bi
into and robbed the deposit bo,
the company Of $500.
The news from Washington that
board Of consulting engineers Of
JIp;toJ Ct,tao ra,Io -, a t;n,, yar,.fon
reported to Secretary Hitchcock
recommended the Okanogan irriga
project as feasible, will be read
enthusiasm in the Okanogan cou
and with approval in all parts of
state. This undertaking will irrii
only 10000 acres.
The tax commission OF Washing
proposes that every conceivable
Gle Of personal property. tangible
intangible. that money in bank,
boarded wealth in the old stool
under the bed or in the jug on
shelf. or in the can buried In the 0
ard and even the pennies In the ba
saving bank shall next year bea
portion Of the state and county ia
Charles Thronson, one OF the lar
farmers in Columbia county. has
en- the following estimate of raj.
wheat and barley, based on res
from $500 acres of summer fallow,
acres Of which was stubble gro
and half Of which was leased la
Crop, 3,413,02o pounds, or 2433 pou
an acre; 22S2 days work, inclut
management. $349O' 67Ss meals.
239.91; feed and seed, $4,000; sc
and twine, $163S.57; rent, $5476
miscellaneous expenses, $3224.58;
tai, $16,0G9.21, or AZ cents a hund
weight.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
cUNLIFFE IS QUESTIONED.
Pinkerton Detectives Wild in Efforts
to Get Money.

Pittsburg, Oct. 2o.-Edward G. Cum
life, who committed the $101, 900 theft
from the Adams Express company and
who was captured at Bridgeport, Conn.
is thoroughly exhausted. Upon his ar
rival from the east he was taken to
the local Office Of the Pinkerton agen.
cy, where he was put through a pro.
cess Of sweating by the officials.
Notwithstanding the severe examin-
alton given Cunliffe in the Pinkerton
offices, it is said no additional admis-
sions were secured from him. The
prisoner was exceedingly aggravated
when he was told nearly $4,000 more
of the money was found wrapped in a
laundry package in Bridgeport. 1t is
believed he will remain stubborn about
the remaining $1,000 and will only re-
veal it's location when he is assured of
clemency by the courts.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Thomas M. Dickson and wife Of
MAYHEM celebrated their golden we'd
ding recently. ..
G. c. Mccoy, the veteran mail con.
tractor and an old resident of Walla
Walla, died recently.
A county institute for teachers In
Stevens county is called to meet at
Colville November 13.
Secretary Hitchcock has approved
the Northern Pacific grant Of land
selections. 1913 acres in North Yaki-
ma, Spokane and Waterville districts.
Surveyors for the proposed railway
between Fletcher and Connell are
once more upon the ground. Active
work will probably be commenced by
November 1.
While playing with matches the 2h
year old daughter Of ex-Mayor Hardin
of Bellingham caught fire in her cloth
ing and was so badly burned that she
died later.
Willie lie Veeney. the young son Of
William LIE Veeney. was accidentally
killed at Paha. The boy fell out Of
wagon. striking on his head and burst
ing a blood vessel.
Harry Allen, convicted of robbing
the postoffice at Camden, November
3, 1904. was sentenced by Judge Whit
son to serve eight years in the peni-
tentiary at McNeill.s island.
The case Of the state VS.. George
Chronback for the murder Of Joe Bon
nett. a Polish countryman, near Pc
Ell, July 16, came to close at Che.
halls with verdict Of murder In the
second degree.
0. v. Darrow, well known Ia.
coma druggist, was sandbagged into
insensibility and robbed while on the
way to his home. The highwayman
took a diamond ring valued at $50
and 81 or SO in change.
Charles e. Johnstone. the Northern
Pacific brakeman who shot Alvin
Price, a negro hobo. on train while
the latter was beating his way coming
toward North Yakima, on September
8. was acquitted IT the charge.
Ben Oppenheimsr. travelling man
for a Portland hardware firm, who is
known In eastern Washington, has
been sentenced at Montesano to one
year in the state penitentiary at Wal.
la Walla for embezzlement.
Motive power on the Idaho division
Of the Northern Pacific railroad will
be increased early next spring by the
arrival in Spokane Of 10 more nam
moth freight locomotives of the W
class introduced on the division last
summer.
Attorney James Hopkins Of Spokane
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Northwest States
WASHINGTON. MONTANA, idaho
and OREGON news items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Is Good.
IDAHO EWS.

Patrick McGrath, aged rs, who was
knocked from q trestle near Mullan
by Northern Pacific engine, died at
a Wallace hospital.
Rumors are current that the o. r.
& N. Co. is considering putting on an
other passenger train between Wal
lace and Spokane.
Sheriff Doust has arrived at Rath-
drum with five Cinnamon who had
been arrested in Bonners Ferry by a
customs inspector for violating immi-
grafton laws.
That the fish and game law of this
state applies to Indians as well as to
white people was the substance of a
recent decision handed down in the
district court by Judge Steele.
William Schuldt, Nez Perce county
treasurer, has received a remittance
from Shoshone county of $6723.11,
which is the amount Shoshone county
held in trust for the "a school districts
of the annexed area.
Word has been received from Con.
gressman French that he has recon-
mended the appointment Of J. NJ Elder
as postmaster of Occur d'Alene to
succeed d. F.. Mason, resigned. The
appointment will doubtless soon fol-
low. Mr.. Elder is now in charge of
the office.
The county commissioners at Mos
COW have rejected the applications Of
Oscar Egstrom and Louis Sheath for
retail liquor licenses at Princeton; al
SO the application of B. A. Walker
for license at Avon; also objected to
the issuing Of licenses to George Lash
brock of palouse for a saloon at
Princeton.
The Idaho State Press association
completed it's work and adjourned on
Saturday at Moscow. The significant
resolution was adopted that the full
legal rate would hereafter be charged
for all state notices, proclamations and
legal matters requiring publication by
the state. The next annual jaunt
was fixed to be from Coeur d'Alene
to the principal points In Alaska.
United States Attorney Ruick has
received a dispatch from the depart
ment of justice to appeal the Dick
case to the supreme court. In this
case the circuit court of appeals at
San Francisco recently decided that
the federal government had no juris-
diction to prohibit the sale Of liquor
in the town Of Cuidesac, on the former
Nez Perce Indian reservation. Dick
served a. sentence for selling liquor
on the reservation. but the court held
as the title to the tow.::cite where the
selling occurred hai passed from the
national government, therefore 1t had
no Jurisdiction.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Moscow Land Fraud.

Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 24.-The land
fraud cases against Kettenbach, Kes.
ter, Dwyer and Robinett Of Lewiston
were called in the United States court
Monday, and Attorney Borah requested
that the cases be passed until 2 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. The request was
granted, and the defendants, who were
seated In the audience. soon retired
from the room.
The most interesting feature Of these
cases centers around the close and
secret manner in which the jury venire
is being guarded by the officials.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Recover the Stolen Jewels.

Victoria. B. C.-The $4,000 worth OF
diamonds and emeralds set In Al rings
which we're stolen from c. e. Red.
ferns jewelry store, were recovered
at Vancouver, where they had been
hidden by the persons who took them
from the store. Harry Redfern. son
of the. proprietor of the store, his
cousin, G. Kurtz, and q woman from
Vancouver are said to have been In
the store at late hour on the night
the jewels we're taken. Kurtz. 1t ia
stated, accompanied Detective Palmer
to Vancouver when the jewels were
recovered. 1t is improbable that there
will be any prosecutions.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Four Are to Swing Same Day.

Reno, Newt. f. German, a San
Francisco printer and linotype opera
tor; J. P. Sevener, an ex-convict;
Fred Roberts Of st. Louis and Al Lin
derman. a Stockton, Cal, laborer, will
be hanged at the Carson prison on Fri
day, November II. Twice convicted
of numbering Jack Welch In Humbolt
county. New, they we're refused an
other hearing by the supreme court
and we're sentenced in the district
court at Reno.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Journalists Regret.

Many of the weekly publications Of
London, including the Spectator, the
Saturday Review and the Outlook.
have articles expressing regret that
the dean of Westminster should have
sanctioned the interment in Westmin-
lister abbey Of the ashes Of Sir Henry
Irving. and denying to Irving great
ness as an actor in the sense that Gar
rick was great.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Germany Increases Navy.

The German government will not
propose to the reichstag an increase
in the navy beyond the additions pre-
viously determined upon, which were
six large cruisers and IS torpedo boats.
Recent incidents in German-British re.
lations have not, therefore. Influenced
the government naval policy except
that unusually heavy outlays will be
asked for the equipment Of naval sta
tions, new docks, etc.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Her Crew Of "a 10 Missing.

Fecamp, France.-A dispatch from
Ymuiden, Holland. reports the finding
on Doggerbanks. in the North sea. Of
the wreckage of the steam trawler
Gambetta, which left Fecamp Septem.
Der 15 and was spoken October 2,
when sailing toward this port. The
trawler has not since been reported,
and 1t is presumed that her crew Of
"a has been drowned.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
YELLOW JACK ALMOST GONE.
Mississippi Has Raised All Her
Quarantlnes.

New Orleans, Oct. 28.-While this
was the fifth consecutive day on which
no deaths Of yellow fever were report
ed, which in itself was a cause for
much general satisfaction, the most
gratifying information came in the
shape of a telegram from the state
health Office Of Mississippi that on
Monday evening all of Mississippi's
quarantines would be raised. Another
source Of congratulation was a COM
from DR.. Tabor Of Texas
that Texas would admit people from
Louisiana. who would make an affida-
Wit that they had not been near an in
fected point for six days previously.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Rush the cuidesac Line.

CONSTRUCTION work Wal be started
on the Culdesac- Grangeville line about
November L." says T. H. CroswelI.
Northern Pacific engineer, who has
been in charge Of the work and who re-
turned from the coast in company with
G. M. Levy.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
COMES As ENVOY OF MENELIt
To See Roosevelt In Regard to New
Treaty Of Commerce.

Ell Hagg Abdullah-Ali Sadik Pasha.
prince of the Mohammedan church.
general of the Abyssinian army. min.
lister of commerce and envoy Of EN-.
peror Menelik to President Roosevelt.
has arrived In New York on the
steamer Cedric. He comes ostensibly
in regard to the new treaty Of COM
merce between this country and Abys.
sinia, but actually his mission is to
study the possibilities Of closer rela.
tions with Europe and America.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Professor Judd Hangs Himself.

Baltimore, Oct. 23.-Professor Syl-
vester Dwight Judd. aged IS years.
formerly an assistant professor Of b.
ology at Georgetown university. was
found hanging by rope from q rafter
in the garret of his home on the old
Frederick road, he having committed
suicide.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Midway to Nicola BY c. p.

Canadian Pacific engineers are rum
ming q line west from the roads ter
minus at Midway. B. C. The indica-
tions are that the company will build
westerly to connection with its
Nicola road, now under construction.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
SIX were DROWNED
PLEASURE LAUNCH COLLIDES With
A BARGE OFF n. ]. COAST.
Captain Vince Undertook to Pass Be.
tween Tug and Barge and Was
Struck by the Hawser and Knocked
overboard-Launeh Capsized and
Rolled Under Barge.

Beverly, N. j., Oct. ga launch
containing nine men, all Of Philadel-
phia, collided with barge in the Della
ware river, off this place, resulting in
the drowning of six of the occupants
Of the little boat. The other three
were rescued by the crew of the tug
boat Bristol. which was towing the
barge when the accident happened.
Those rescued are:
Captain John Winch, owner Of the
launch; w. F. Russell and J. Ruther-
ford.
The dead are: William Winch, John
Ellis. John Stevenson, Samuel Heron,
Norman Delaney, James Yonkers.
The launch was hired by eight Of
the men. most Of whom lived in the
northeastern part Of Philadelphia. The
sist him in running the boat. The day
was spent near Croydon, on the Penn
sylvania side of the river. The start
home was made late in the afternoon.
Opposite this place the launch met
the tug Bristol, in command Of Cap
tain Mott, which was towing barge
to Bordentown, N. j. Whether Cap
tain Winch saw the barge is not
known; nevertheless, he attempted to
cross the tugs stern. Captain Mott
hailed him and tried to prevent him
from doing SO. Captain Winch was
standing at the wheel Of the launch
as he went around the stern Of the
tug. The hawser of the tug struck
him and knocked him overheard. Be-
fore the captains son or any other
member of the party could take the
wheel to steer the launch clear Of the
barge, the latter struck the frail boat
amidship, capsizing it.
The launch rolled under the barge,
and it's occupants went with it. Cap
tain Mott put the tug about and went
to the rescue. He and his crew threw
ropes and life preservers to the strug-
Cling men in the water, but they were
able to save only three of them. The
rescued men were landed here by the
tug and cared for at hotel.
Captain Mott, assisted by several
residents Of Beverly, went in search Of
the bodies and were rewarded by find.
ing three. but darkness put an end to
the work.
Another Accident.
Yonkers, N. Y, Oct. 23.-Five per-
sons, the body of one having been re-
covered, are believed to have been
drowned by the running down Of a
catboat by tug of South Yonkers.
Members Of the South Hudson Boat
club heard cries for help out on the
river, and in the heavy mist that pre-
vailed were able to make out the out
lines of a capsized -sailboat and Of q
tug that was running rapidly down the
river. The cries ceased before the
yachtsmen, who had put out to the
rescue in a rowboat, reached the cat
boat, which they found deserted and
with her side stove in. In a coat
aboard the boat they found a list Of
names. which proved to be those Of q
party who had gone sailing in the Doat.
They were Edward Nelson, the owner
of the boat; his son Edward, Benjamin
Benson, P. Simpson and Earl Thomp-
son, all of South Yonkers. The body
of Benson was found not far from the
scene of the collision. Nothing has
been heard of the missing men.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
ON FIRST TRIP she BLOWS UP.

Two Missing From Launch and Two
Fatally Burned.
st. Louis, Oct. ga gasoline
launch containing four passengers,
making its first trip on the Mississippi
river, exploded near Ivory station. IA
miles below the city, and two of the
passengers are believed to have been
drowned, the other two being probably
fatally burned.
The missing:
Fred Phee.
An unknown man.
The injured: Edward Duffy. Sr., Ed.
ward Duffy, Jr.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Painter Wiiiems 10 Dead.

Neuilly. France-The Belgian painter.
F1orent Willems, died here Sunday.
He was born at Lege In 1923. Some
of his best known pictures are owned
In the United States.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
Niagara Falls Wearing Away.

NId0drd FdHt wearing NWays
Ottawa, OMIT is said the Cana
dian side of Niagara falls has receded
300 feet during the last eight years,
and an investigation will be made by
the international waterways commits
sion.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
PHONES THAT HE KILLED MAN.
Frank Womack Tells Salt Lake Po.
lice of Fatal ARRAY.


Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 23.-About
midnight Frank Womack, a freight
handler at the Oregon Short Line de-
pot, formerly of Weiser, Idaho, called
the police station by telephone and an
nounced that he shot and killed Joseph
Mathews, formerly fireman on the
Short Line, and more recently an en-
ploye Of the city water department.
Womack roomed at Mathews house.
Witnesses say that Mathews said be-
fore the shooting that he was going to
put Womack out because Of the lat
ters attentions to his wife. He forced
Womack to get up out Of bed and had
begun to beat him, when Womack
fred three times.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
TUNNEL 20 FEET BELOW STREET.
Large Excavation Under New Chicago
Postoffice Completed.

Chicago.-The great tunnel under
the new postofice has been completed,
and the two crews Of miners who, for
the past 40 days, have been working
toward each other from opposite ends
of the bore, finished the work of ex-
cavation forty feet below the street
level. The postofiice tunnel which is
to be used exclusively for the trans
mission of mail matter, and is one Of
the most important and noteworthy
features of the Chicago subway. is IL
feet 6 inches wide by IA feet high and
extends from Jackson boulevard to Ad-
ans street, q distance Of 396 feet.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25

There is no meat trust in Australia.
There mutton sometimes sells for as
little as two cents q pound.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
COUNTY NEWS

Ohices News Block, G street bet Main
and Railroad avenue, opposite First Ma
tional Bank. Telephone No. 1SS.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25
RITZVILLI

the best town on earth
pure air and pure water
the garden spot OF East
ern Washington.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-25

A live publication do
voted to Adams county
and resources Of the Pa
cific northwest. Circu-
latep among prosperous
people who petronize ad-
vertieer1.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-07-06

he will go to Portland to believer an
address before the Religious congress
Thomas Kinkade, wife and son Otis,
of Menden, Mo-, are here on visit.
Thomas Kinkade is IL brother of Uncle
Dave Kinkade. 1t is their first visit to
this coast and they are well pleased
with the country.
The Sparta Sunday scnool will give
an ice cream and strawberry social July
llth at the Damman warehouse.
Everybody invited to come out and
have good time. Bring along a well
filed purse, eat early and late, often
and long.
Post Wheeler, an old friend of Fred
j. Long recently of New York and
Boston, is guest of Mr.. Long for the
summer. Mr.. Long and Mr.. Wheeler
at one time were both reporters for
the same daily paper and of course are
very close and warm friends.
The highest cash price paid for
chickens by the Ellensburg Trading
Co.. on Bird street. lStf
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-07-06

few days with his parents, who
live in that city.
Miss Martha Power and Mrs. f. j.
Arthur left Sunday for Coupeville,
Island county, for Il short visit before
gowing to Portland.
Robert Chandler of Sprngvile,
New York, arrived Monday to spend IA
couple of months visiting with his
cousin, Leslie j. Gardiner.
Monday evening, july 9TH, the Pres
byterian- gave II reception in honor OF
thoir new pastor, Rev. w. a. Hitch
cock. at the home Of Chas. Stewart.
5. T. Packwood returned from his
bushes, and social visit in CleElum
Saturday. He says ClcElum has grown
wonderful during the past few years.
&. b. Graves Of Seattle, came over to
spend the Fourth in his good old home
town and among his many friends of
whom he ma, host of in kittitas val
lev.
Moore y Mason. with O. +. Hyer as
helper have Just finished nice resi-
dence for Frank bradshaw and started
in on large barn, 3GXJ6 feet for Jake
Eego yesterday.
Thos McC austland Of North Yakima,
came mp Saturday to look after his in
tere,ts in this valley. He reports
all the first cutting Of hay in that
county ruined by excessive rains.
Rev. Friedrich c. Lee left Monday
fornoon for visit with his family in
Seattle on the Fourth. From there