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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
Ellen Lease Robbed,

Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease. the lecturer
and reform populist leader, was the
victim Of daring robbery In her room
In New York. While one robber held
revolver with the muzzle pressing
against her temple and admonished
her not to make an outcry. another
went through her fiat from end to
end.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
Baseball at Spokane.

The Pacific National league opens
a three weeks series at Spokane this
week.
The Salt Lake team is there May 80,
o. and June 2, 8 and 4;Ogden June z,
8. 8. 10 and IL; Boise IL, 10, IA, Is
and 16.
Visitors at Spokane who attend the
games will see some fast ball.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
-Four Drown In James River.

Springfield. Mo.-Frank Lee, Frank
Gray, Miss Lou Rhodes and .diss Sarah
Gates, all Of this city, members of a
picnic party, were drowned in the
James river Sunday by the capsizing
Of a boat.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
Population of France,

Census figures Just published show
that the population of France last year
was 39,119.095, an increase Of only
l57, $50 In two years.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
Prolonged Engage ment.
Later.

Toxic, May 30.-In the battle fought
Saturday in the Korean straits the Rus
sian battleships Borodino and Alexan-
der ILL.,, the armored cruisers Admiral
Nakahimoff, Dmitri Douskoi and Vlsd-
imir Monimach. the coast defense iron.
clda Admiral Ousbakofi. the protected
cruisres Svietlans and Jemtchug, the
repair ship Kamchatka and the cruiser
Irtesin were sunk.
The bsttleships Orel and Nicolai l.
and the coast defense ironclads Admir-.
al Seniavin and General Admiral Ap-
raxined were captured.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31

II man never speaks harshly to his
wife he is either considerate or eau
tious.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
conser to Go at Once to Mexico.

United States Minister Conger. who
recently arrived from China. will pro-
coed to Mexico City at once and as.
sumo the duties Of his new position as
ambassador to that country.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31
AVWARSHIPSSUNk
JAPS Held RUSSIANS In The
KOREAN STRAITS.
cannonading Heard In Tokio-Russian
eattleships OreI and Her Sister
Ship, the Borodino, Reported Sunk
They Were Finest Type Of Russian
Navy.

| Washington. Nav 3O.-Japanese Min.
lister Takahira has received a dispatch
from Toxic saying. in effect. that the
fighting in the naval battle thus far
has been with favorable prospects to
the Japanese. The minister's dispatch
is from private sources.
A dispatch was received at the state
department saying that the Japanese
government has made the announce.
ment that its fleet had engaged the
Russians in the straits of Korea Satur.
day and had held them. The report.
ed sinking of the battleship Borodino
is mentioned in a dispatch received at
the state department from the consul
at Nagasaki.
Following is the text of the Naga.
saki dispatch to the state department:
"The japanese sunk the Russian bat.
tleship Borodino and four more war.
ships and a repair ship"
The other dispatch follows:
Japanese fleet engaged the Baltic
squadron this afternoon in the straits
| of Tsushima which was held. Can.
nonading heard from Shore"
The belief in naval circles in Wash.
Iington is that the Japanese resorted to
free use of their torpedo boats in
their attacks on the ships of Admiral
Rojestvensky's meet. The Japanese
have a large number of torpedo boats
in their fleet. and they demonstrated
their effectiveness in the onaratiops
around Port Arthur. Naval officials
here express the opinion that II was
unlikely that such serious losses as
those reported had been inflicted by
ordinary fire.
From information which has been
received in Washington It ia believed
that two of the Russian ships reported
to have been sunk in the Korean
straits by the Japanese are the Orel
and her sister ship. the Borodino.
They are battleships of 10000 tons.
Three other vessels reported to have
been sunk are believed to have been
olu'Se,s' 'he 'enia'n'"s ohe pe'"s re'
pair snip
| Inc orei ana horodino are OF lS'oio
IONS aisplacemeht each' heaV'y ar
mored' well projected ana were de-
signed 10 make 10 Khots an hour. lhey
measured 3S7 feet by 10 feet, with 20
feet draft, and both have a lofty spar
deck fully 30 feet above the water
line. extending from the bow to the
quarter deck. Forward Is mounted q
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-31

You can't tell what a woman thin
Of man by what she says about hi
The sun., 1905-11-21

and the labor leaders Of the State Such
deals have been made in the past. 1t
is not unreasonable to believe that they
may be attempted hereafter.
The other amendment Of great political
importance authorizes the Legislature
to issue bonds to the extent Of $50 900 900
for highway Improvement IT Ia pror.
posed to have the State pay one-half the
cost of road improvement, the commune
ties directly benefited paying the other
The case with which such funds may be
manipulated for the benefit Of those
whom the Legislatures masters wish to
cOncilate has been demonstrated often,
The highway Improvement amendment
has wide possibilities,
Albany will need watching next year
There will be gross scandals, deals and
steals il the lawmakers are the autOmata
Of a Boss. But there will be, also, splen-
did opportunities for men in Assembly
and Senate to show the voters that a
Legislature need not be, az it too fire.
quently is. an organization TO be con-
stantly feared and suspected by the tax
payers and citizens Of its State,
The sun., 1905-11-21
surrender Of Islam,s last foothoId il

surrender OF Islams last foothold in
Europe,
1t Is true that the rest Of the allies
have not, as yet, concurred In England's
demand that the Sultan shall renounoe
control over the judicial as we'll as the
tax collecting function in the specified
territory, but the Turks are probably
justified in assuming that II the one con-
cession were made, 1t would be soon
followed by the other. Now, while
ABDUL HAND as a Sultan or temporal
sovereign might submit to exactions
which he thought himself unable TO
Withstand, he knows that in his spiritual
capacity Of Caliph he cannot in any
part Of his dominions permit the funda-
mental duties Of sovereignty to be dis
charged by giaours without forieitlng
his claim to be revered az Commander
of the Faithful, claim now everywhere
recognized throughout the Islamio world
except in Persia, Morocco and a remote
part of Arabia. Such an act OF weak
ness on his part would be deemed equva-
lent to apostasy, and almost certainly
would be followed by the appearance OF
pretenders to the Caliphate at Mecca,
at Cairo and in British India.
Needs must when the devil drives,
however and it may be that ABDUL
HAND would prefer to face the risk OF
a revolt in Islam rather than the danger
Of immediate expulsion from Constan-
tinople but for the hope that Germany
may at the last moment interpose to
prevent the allies from proceeding to
extremities and thus shield him from
the penalties of reousarfcy. We shall
soon learn whether the hope is well
founded 1t would be, of course, imprac-
ticable for the German navy to cope
with the combined war fleets OF the
allied Powers. 1t should be borne in
mind, however that the Austrian and
Italian contingents could not, without
rupturng the Triple Alliance, take part
in contest with Germany and that the
Russian contingent would be Of no
great service, 30 that the brunt of mari
time warfate would fall upon the British
and French warships A war, more
over between the German Empire on
the one hand and France and England
on the other would not, of course, be
confined to the sea, and consequently
before deciding to disregard Germany's
intervention ON the Sultan's behalf it
would be needful for the British and
French Governments TO make up their
minds whether they felt competent or
deemed it worth while to fight Ger
many on land. To that question, in
view Of Russia's present military impo-
tence, 30 far as European conflict is
concerned there can be only one reply,
Manifestly the coercion of the Otto
man Sultan, under existing circnm-
stances, may not prove to be the simple
and easy thing it looks.
The sun., 1905-11-21
HOMEN IN RUSINESS.
One Of Them Replies TO Accusations That
They Menace AOclal Morality.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SIN Sir! Recently
there has been n GOOD deal OF writing about
Tho o,,u ,n sooioty oo,,sod hv IN. entry OF
,''o e," W oon'oH ,rn ~ '. tarIt, ~
women III DuSlheS' lhe ereaV haJoio
women workers resent these accusations as
unjust and untrue.
or cnnroo ,ha,, az, mi o,ton,nt IN d1nv TINT
lhe woman VINO goes 10 WORK Simply W 'ai"
money for furbelows Ii a grave menace TO
those who ere Obliged to work for bread and
Lut,ar ,or aha ,an nr,rJ 10 ,york cbea Der,
t''' 'ei nne 'a' ""Niu w w" ~ asa
u ioVe OF 1hery makes her vicious 'he ohso
IL not 40 ira giC, for she IL simply an annex
TO the most unclent of professIons" and
The sun., 1905-11-21
The Technical Arrest Mania.

The owner of a Harlem fiat house
omitted to pay gas bill. The company
cut off the supply. The law and the
convenience Of the tenants require that
the halls of fiat houses be lighted, 50
the janitress bought candles and placed
one at the head of each stairway last
Friday evening, A child, tripping down
the stairs set fire to her skirts at one of
the candles and was severely burned
The police arrested the janitress con a
technical charge of assault.
1t is to be hoped that the limit Of ab-
surdity in arrests has at last been reached.
Indeed 1t is hard to see how police in
genuty can so much further in the way
Of trumping up technical charge.
1t is nearly time that the police notion
was dispelled that an arrest must neces-
sarily be made whenever anything un-
toward occurs. 1t is nearly time for them
to learn that where the element of guilt
is doubtful arrest may well be postponed
in favor of investigation. They should
learn that this is especially the case
where they are dealing with people Of
average responsibility, who, to GER
tainty, can be found at any time that
they are wanted.
1t is nonsense to say that the police
have no discretion in such cases, that
they are compelled to arrest instanter.
Every day in the week inquiries are
going on in which strong suspicion of
crime attaches to certain persons, and
the police simply don't dare make ar
rests until case is made out on which a
Magistrate is pretty sure to hold the sus-
pected ones.
Why should one rule prevail for tech
nical and another for material charges?
Why should arrest ever precede investi-
cation when there is no chance of the
suspect running away? Can the police
never be got to understand that an
arrest is SO deadly blow to personal
liberty and self-respect that one should
never be made on slight provocation?
The sun., 1905-11-21
Reason for the Big Hearst Vote.

To THE EDITOR oY srHE Sun SIR Doubtless n
good many others sAgrr In Mr.. Francis 4. Dlmocl 5
Reflection and PcrpleNlty" On the last election
Municipal ownership might as curative agcrcy
be compared 10 the little apple OF gIecni,h l.ue
thatsln the middle of all orchard grew" IN We
had realized what n large proportion OF our fc!ow
citizens apparently thought we needed. we should
shortly have found occasion to revive the once
popular song Listen to my tale OF woe"
but we didn't, and are now safe for a season OF
further reflection From my humble point OF view
II seems that we suffered less from blind partisan
ship In this last election than ever before for while
the right had CLOSE call" there never was cam.
paign In which was more dlcu TO learn the voters
>tntentons from known general party Affiliations
than during this one II was the most srlit and
mixed situation ever presented during my expert.
ence as voter.
Were not the nearly quarter OF million men
who voted for certain person prompted bg their
desire to he rid OF the domination OF another Ger
tain person NOV under good ground and did they
not seek that means OF relief through failure to see
the better means open 10 them Had the insight
been keener jerome would have had large ma .
jority instead OF safe plurality, and probably
other figures would have been more rcassurlnR
However, the fight was won and Mr. Dimock can
surely hnc cause for CO ngratulatlun n reflection
without perplexity. H. W. fpMoSps
NEW YORK. Nov, TO-
The sun., 1905-11-21

Some hater Of merit, who hides himself
under the signature w E. Russell, Demo-
crat, dares to tell the Springfield Repub-
icdH blasphemous things like these
viii venture to assert that there not ten
Williams Democrats In this whole state.
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS is TO day the worst
political sorchead in Massachusetts,, and his inHu-
encc is nil"
One reads this With shuddering with
uplifted eye and ear astrain Surely some
chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the
stores of heaven, red with uncommon
wrath, must burst out at once and crush the
wretch who reviles the immortal WILLIAMS.
Mr. BowLEs indignant rolls:
=" 1t is fact that many Democrats and Repub.
llcans, within the Republicans knowledge. were
Influenced by the letters OF GEORGE FRED WILL.
IAMs,"
1t ia a fact and WILLIAMS is a factor
and benefactor. Why are not those letters
scattered over the country? Why s this
good seed wasted on the barren soiL-of
asSachusettS?
The sun., 1905-11-21
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBITION.
Modern Methods Of Combating the DkcaS,
TO he on View Here.

The tuberculosis Exhibition under tho
auspices of tho National Association for
theStudy and Prevention Of Tubercuio >
and the Committee on the Prevention Of
tuberculosis of the Charity Organiaa'iol
Society will be opened at the Museum %
Natural History on Monday, November ~
and will continue day and night Until tie
evening of Saturday, December o.
Among the exhibits will be models Z
tents and other outdoor living place.
The New York Health Department W.!
show various phases of its work, by which
it has reduced the tuberculosis death ra's
more than 20 per cent in the last ten years.
The Tenement House Department and tho
tenement house committee Of the Charity
Organization Society will present moIa.I
of old and new tenem ent houses.
tuberculosis clinics of Bellevue and alIiei
hospitals will be represented. This exhibit
will also show ty pical dark bedroom,
of which there are said to be 800 900 in New
York's tenements side by side with lighted
room of the same character after a window
has been put in by order of the Tenemauj
House Department. Models of cells IN
Clinton State Prison, where most of tI"
consumptive convicts are Kept, Will also
be shown in comparison with the ordinary
cells, whlch are held Responsible Tor the
large death rate from consumption among
prisoners. There will also be pathological
exhibits from various cities of the country.
Four public addresses will be given.
On the evening of November q Talcott
Williams of Philadelphia will make the
opening address. On November 20 Samuel
Gompers, Prof. Graham Taylor, j. W.
Sullivan and Prof L. 7. Deyine will speak
on the labor aspect Of tuberculosis. On
December DR.. Abram Jacob and several
physicians from out of town will speak on
the medical side of the subject. On Decen-
ber DR.. s. A. Knopf will talk on the teao,-
ers part of the campaign against tuher-
culosis and an effort will be made to q
the hall with public school teachers. TIE
exhibition and lectures will be free.
The sun., 1905-11-21

and trainers rental Of property, printing
Of tickets, training table and travelling,
uniforms and other paraphernalia, and
doctors bills, there ought to be still q
considerable margin of profit Where
does the money go? Is there surplus
actually turned over to other college
representative organizations short OF
funds? Or does careless management
exhaust every cent Of the great sums
received at the ticket offices?
At Princeton the undergraduates are
demanding full reports from the athletic
association, and refuse to be satisfied
with complacent silence or put off by
dummy reports. The Prinre'onidn
says
princeton men are anxious TO see stated the
amount OF each separate item OF expense; II here
is q surplus and how II Ia used This desire is reh
sonablc and proper In every respect, An annual
financial report which shows something 10 not a
favor TO be granted as TO humble petitioners by tho
lordy athletic management. IL is the right of
every Princeton man and must be respected by th Q
association"
The free publication of such reports
from all football managements can be
nothing but beneficial. To refuse 1t is
to acknowledge an existing laxity in the
business management of the sport.
The sun., 1905-11-21
Political Eject OF Two Constitu.
tional Amendments.

The incomplete returns Of the vote
cast November on the seven proposed
amendments to the State Constitution
indicate that all Of them were adopted
and will become operative OIL January l.:
Two of them are of particular interest
because Of political possibilities.
The Amendment 10 Section l of the
twelfth article Of the Constitution gives
to the Legislature power "to regulate
and fix the wages or salaries. the hours
Of work or labor, and make provision
for the rejection, welfare and safety Of
persons employed by the State or by any
county, city, town, village or other civil
division of the State. or by any con-
tractor or sub-contractor performing
work, labor or services for the State, or
for any county, city, town, village or
ether civil division thereof"
This amendment was designed to per-
init the adoption Of such laws as the
cut stone and prevailing rate cf wages
statutes, which under the present Con-
Eutuuon were declared to be unconsti-
tutional Under it there is no limit on
the dickers that may be made between
those who eontrSl the ma jority at Albany
The sun., 1905-11-21
SERVIAN CHIEFTAIN DIES AT IN.
Fought the Turks for Many Years as Ban.
dlt and Rey0lutiOnlst.

Stojan Zikits-Gyurgyts, a veteran rcyo.
lutionlst, IA dead at Nisch In Scrvia, at tho
age Of III years. He was born of Servian
parents in little village near Nisch, which
at that time was In Turkey. In 1904, when
the Servian King BLACK Peter" the grand.
father Of the present ruler OF Servia, pro.
claimed the revolution against the Turks
Stojan joined the revolutioniste. lie
fought In several battles and received u
severe sabre wound that nearly cost him
his life.
After his recovery he swore he would ha
avenged on the Turks. He returned to hI
home and organized band Of robbers who
spent years in plundering Turkish Villages
and killing inhabitants. He fought with
the Greeks, and after Greece became
kindgom he returned to his old home
Meantime the Turks had put price on hl4
head, and they captured him, but he made
his escape and fled to Belgrade. There he
met Prince Milosh Obrenovits, to whom
he presented petition picturing the de-
plorable state OF the Servian people and
asking him to extend thu, revolution to oil
parts of Turkey. A year later he turned up
In Russia, where he was received by the
Car Alexander H., to whom he presented
a similar petition.
When he returned to Seryia he became
again the leader OF robber band, and
aItnOuBn many attelllpIS were inaue W GA, l.
ure him by the Turks he always eludcd them.
When the Serbo-Turkish war began in
1875 Sto jan, who was then near his ninetich
year, was sent by the head of the Seryian
army to learn the strength OF the Turkish
forces. He fulfilled this mission, and when
the war was over he returned 10 Nisch, his
old home, it being no longer under Turkish
rule and settled there to spend the rest Of
his life.
Stojen married twice, and three children
survive him. The oldest is 20 years and the
youngest 40 years Of age Stojan enjoyed
remarkable health for a man of his year.
His memory, sight and teeth were good
until the last, but for many years his hrar-
ing had been bad. In an interview few
months before he died he was asked if ne
was not tired Of living.
AS long as am able to drink my portion
Of roxy whiskeyl and wine shah be glad
to remain in this world" he said.
The sun., 1905-11-21
A Remarkable Suggestion From Rhode Island

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr' The Prcsl
dent OF the L nIcd States declares that the Amerl-
can Government cannot and viii not intervene
by effective moral protest. or otherwise TO shield
the Jews In Russia from assacrs under the blood
atonemcn," Savagrry OF Christian fanaticism.
Al the same time the President OF the United
States serves notice on Pckin that the American
Government VIII use all the resources at It's com
mand. even 10 the employment Of the military
and naval forces OF the United States. TO prevent
the massacre OF Christians in China.
How about that As It Is now In evidence that
the Russian Government itself instlgatGs these
brutal atrocities against Its Jewish subjects.
would II not be In order for the American Govern
ment to refuse 10 hold diplomatic relations with
such bruIes and close the American Legation at
ST Petersburg and hand the Russian Ambassador
al Washington his passports
THAT" rAClaims Count Casslnl, would so
slrengthrn the revoutionlsts as TO dethrone the
Gar. II is not to be thought Of"
Hut shall We as a civilized, liberty loving nation
tacity upho the dcspotSm Of this Gear and thereby
make ourselves morally responsible for these Rus
Sian horrors DO we not In fact become by our
non action participants In those unspeakable
horrors. Notice served on Russia that a continue
ton OF the massacre OF JewSwill compel the United
States to sever diplomatic relations with such a
brutal dcspotism as an act due to our own self.
respect as a civilized nation would prove lmme.
diatey effective. CHARLEs GANo BAYLOR.
PROVIDENCE, X. l.. Nov. ls
The sun., 1905-11-21
The Naval Demonstration Agains;
Turkey

Although the progress Of events in
Russia continues to be watched with
absorbing interest on both sides of the
Atlantc, attention must now be directed
also Il the concerted attempt of five
Christian Powers to compel the Ottoman
Sultan to execute certain administrative
reforms in Macedonia and the ad djoining
vilayet or province Of Adranople. In
pursuance of the plan agreed upon "A
fleet comprising British, French, Italian
Austrian and Russian contingents and
commanded by an Austrian Admiral is
about TO assemble In the Pir&us, whence
1t will proceed to make naval demon
stration against a Turkish port. 81
multaneously it is reported that de-
mand has been made by Russia for the
immediate payment Of the arrears of
the war indemnity imposed on Turkey
by the Treaty of Berlin, the penalty
threatened in the event of further default
being the occupation Of point on the
Turkish coast of the Black Sea. Simul-
taneously, also, we learn that the Russian
Black Sea squadron has left Sebastopol
for an unknown destination, perhaps
the Bosporus.
Except for two reasons we should take
for granted that the Sultan ABDUL
HAND would yield to such organized
coercion, inasmuch as he possesses only
the derisory semblance Of a navy, and as
however strong may be the Notifications
of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus,
his empire Is vulnerable at many points,
as, for example, at Smyrna and Salonica,
from which ports are derived large
part of its customs revenue. The two
considerations that possibly may lead
him to resist the demands Of the allied
Powers are, first. a reluctance to impair
his Caliphal dignity and influence by
concessions apparently tantamount to
an abdication of sovereignty in a part
of his realm, and secondly, the nom
participation Of Germany in the naval
demonstration. The collection Of taxes
and the administration Of justice, accord
ing to Islamic law, are looked upon by
Moslems as the vital functions Of govern
ment, and the delegation Of such func-
tions in Macedonia and Adrianople to
nominees of foreign and Christian Powers
would be construed throughout the
MQalsm HQEld A. A 42ag step toward the