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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

the gown to be chic and dressy. What
style Of hat shall I wear with it, I
enclose you a sample Of dark blue linen
Of which have eight yards. How shall
I make it, Thanking you in advance
for your valuable suggestions, I am,
yours truly, Eva L. j.
Jamestown, N. D.
4 The prettiest way Of manipulating
the tan batiste will be the princesse
style gathered to fit the waistline. and
the bottom finished with a hem and q
couple Of folds Of the goods or a group
of tucks just as you prefer. On the
top have deep round yoke, Of Russian
net, the same shade as the batiste, made
perfectly fat, and trimmed with rows
Of half-inch wide ribbon slightly gath
cred, forming scant frills. Line this
with pompadour silk and outline with
double frill, knife pleated, one made
from the goods falling over one Of
the ecru net both quite full, in order to
obviate the defect you speak Of. Head
this with twist Of velvet, either gold
en- brown or the predominating shade
found in the pompadour silk, possibly
mauve, pansy or green, and tie in q
butterfly bow at the left of corsage,
catching in the bertha with it. The
sleeves will be puffs at the top brought
in at the elbow with many rows of shir-
ring forming cuffs, ending in ruffes Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

There has been discovered at Green
ock, Eng, an old-fashioned umbrella
with whalebone ribs, which must be
affords shelter for whole famisy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

into cubes. This makes good and easy
creamed chicken for an impromptu Sun
day night supper, and at 30 or 40 cents
II can Is cheaper than buying whole
chicken when they are expensive. 4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

Tea was cultivated in China 200
years before the Christian era.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
What to Do for Children

as, if it is something he is interested in,
he can be taught to read it as simply
and naturally as he speaks. This il
harder after he has been to school or
has heard ttreading lesson" for then
he will have acquired artificial intona-
tion and the strained voice and unnat-
ural pitch which brings his paternal
listeners to confusion and state Of
chills.
A natural and spontaneous way Of
reading is one of the prettiest accomp-
ishments that can be had, and it can
be taught as easily as spontaneous
speaking if affected ways are not al
lowed to creep in. One mother whose
little folks went to school were always
sent home before the reading class.
They did this lesson at home and were
never allowed a chance to initiate the
class reading Of the other children.
In the tscollections'' Of stamps
stones, butterflies and what not which
are brought in by your boy is one Of
the few interests which you and he car
have in common. There is plenty OF
common ground for interest between
the mother and her girls, but the sub
jects upon which she and her boy car
fraternize are few and far between.
There is nothing rejuvenates in the
. round Of house, table and dress subjects
like the getting away to and learning
about something abstract. It not only
helps the boy but helps the mother her
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
When Chicken Is High

~ GU may not always have chick
Y en-, but if you will cook pork
after the way seen among the
Transatlantic Germans ,no1, nil nat
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
NEGROES TOLD TO GO
over $50 tue on A Train At
LAKE CHARLES, Ii.
Put on Same Train with Body Of Ne.
gro Murderer, White Folks Of the
Town Invade Negro Quarters and
Forced All Of Them, Some Half
Dressed, to Take to the Tran.

New Orleans, July 1.-THE work of
a remarkable city housecleaning party
which placed $50 negro men and WON.
en- on board passenger train at Lake
Charles, La, and shipped them out of
the town and parish is told in the dis
patches to this place. They were
placed on the same train with the
body of a negro who last week shot
and killed the city marshal of Ken
nings. La, and who subsequently died
In Jail at Lake Charles from wounds
received while attempting to avoid ar
rest. Shqrtly before midnight the
negro tenderloin. known as the Hole
in the WALL" was invaded by several
hundred white men, including some
members of the state militia on their
way to the United States encampment.
The dispatch says
House after house was visited and
the inmates not even being given time
to dress, were taken out and turned
over to guard. The motley group
was marched under guard Of pistols to
water tank about mile from town,
passenger train was stopped and
the negroes put aboard and their fare
paid as far as the parish line. mem.
bers Of the guard riding that far with
them. Some Of the negro women were
shipped away In their night dresses"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18

Perry early the other morning. He
was lying alongside the o. X. & N
track waiting ior the arrival of pas
senger train No. 2, and fell asIeep. 1t
is supposed that he was suddenly
aroused by the approaching train and
when he attempted to rise was struck
on the head. He leaves a widow and
six children.
A wreck on the Southern Pacific oc.
CURED at Klausen, four miles east OF
Ashland. Engineer r. c. Stagger and
Brakeman Lockerman were fatally in.
jured. Brakeman Sam Wiley is badly
hurt.
The other afternoon at Austin, the
terminus of the Sumpter Valley rail.
road, a whirlwind played havoc on one
Of the streets. 1t detached the frame
portion of the postoffice building from
the old log structure and completely
turned 1t around. Men at a hotel 100
feet away did not experience any sen.
sation, but were somewhat alarmed
when they saw the postoffice building
whirled about an instant.
The announcement Of the appoint.
ment Of a new vicar general Of the
archdiocese Of Oregon City, as sue.
cessor to the late Right Reverend
Monsignor F. X. Blanchet, has been
made by Archbishop Alexander
Christie.
Ethel Hooker. aged IS. telephone
operator at Plainsview. committed sui.
eide recently by blowing off the top OF
her head with shotgun. Apparently
there was no particular reason for the
rash deed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
many KILLED and INJURED IN
CHICAGO and DENVER.
Bolt Struck Tree Where Persons Had
Taken to sheIter-euildlnes Were
Set on Fire and Lightning Struck
Cable Of Telephone company-esy
Killed and Lady Dead In Storm.

One person was killed and four 9th
ers seriously burned by lightning Sun
day while seeking shelter from rain
storm under a tree at Iowa street ant
the Lake Shore drive, Chicago.
The injured: William Haupers
George Homan, Charles Steeling, 10
seph Steeling.
Several buildings were struck by
lightning and set on fire, the most Sc
riously damaged being the residence
of Archbishop James e. Quigley, al
623 North State street, which sustain
ed loss Of about $4,000.
The bolt Of lightning is thought tc
have struck cable of the telephone
company. as nearly every telephone
bell on the north exchange was rung
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
KILLED HER BROTHER.
Esther Mitchell Shot Him In Depot at
Seattle.

Esther Mitchell shot and instantly
killed her brother, George Mitchell, at
Seattle last Thursday afternoon in the
waiting room Of the Union depot. The
shot was fired just as Mitchell rose to
take the evening train for Oregon. The
brother, who was acuitted only the
Tuesday before Of staying Franz Ed
mund Creffield, the leader of the "holy
rollers" dropped in his his tracks.
Esther Mitchell was at once arrested.
The Mitohells. George, Perry and
Fred. were sitting with Esther on
bench in the big waiting room, talking
together and apparently on the best Of
terms When the Oregon train was
announced, George Mitchell rose and
started forward. His sister stepped to
his side and pressing the revolver close
to his head. pulled the trigger before
anyone had realized what was happen
ing.
Esther Mithcell is the sister to avenee
whose alleged i'll treatment George shot
Creffield. She has refused to have any
thing to do with her brother since the
shooting. Thursday was the first time
time they have been seen together on
good terms.
Esther Mitchell made the following
statement:
Mrs. Crefiield and l talked over the
matter Of killing George. The one that
had the best chance was to do it. Mrs.
Creffield bought the gun.
We were at the room about o'clock
during the afternoon and l thought
that would have better chance to do
it than Mrs. Creffield gave me the gun
and was to do it. We agreed that IL
was to be done as soon as possible.
Mrs Creffield had been ont once or
twice looking for George and II she had
got the chance she would have done 1t
and would have done the same. Tho
first that got chance was to do 1t. I
would have done 1t before il had got
chance"
Esterh Mitchell 10 the IS year old
girl for whom her brother George shed
the blood of Franz Edmund Creffield,
when he shot down the leader of the
80 called" holy rollers" in Seattle, May
z. 1t was because Of her alleged ruin
by the fanatical leader that Mitchell
too life and risked his own, and the
cold blooded murder of George Mitchell
is his reward.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
NEWSOF NORTHWEST.
WASHINGTON, IpAh0, MONTANA
and OREGON News ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-Fali Trade ls Good.
IDAHO NOTES.

The sawmill of Decker & Allen
burned Sunday: loss, $4,000. not in
cluding 15,ooO feet Of lumber. The
mill, which had been in operation only
two weeks, was saving for the Tis-
dale Manufacturing company.
The postoffice department has noti-
fed the postmaster that Kendrick is
to have second rural delivery route
commencing September 1.
President Roosevelt in q letter re-
ceived by Senator Dubois has assured
the senior senator from Idaho that he
would send a communication to the
national irrigation congress. which
will convene in Boise on September
2. 1t is understood that the president
will make irrigation and forestry the
subject of his communication to the
congress.
Alex Mcdonald, an employe Of the
st. Joe Boom company, was drowned
in the st. Joe river. between st.
Maries and the sorting gap, near Har-
rison.
In the United States land Office at
Lewiston the services of an additional
clerk have been granted and G. Orr
McMinimy. attorney. has been appoint
ed.
Major Charles M. O'Connor of the
Fourteenth cavalry. now at Boise bar.
racks. has been promoted to be lieu
tenant colonel Of the Ninth infantry
and will leave soon for Jefferson bar
racks, Missouri.
Connection was made by the Wash
ington Water Power company with
its new power plant at Post Falls re-
Gently. and 1000 horsepower current
was generated and turned on the feed
wires for its electric car and lighting
system. Only one Of the three gene.
rators, each capable of generating
5000 horse power, was put in opera
ton.
Farmers in the vicinity of Gilbert
have banded together to buy thresh-
ing machine and will harvest grain
this year on a community of interest
plan in opposition to what they term a
threshing trust.
S. d. Boone. a prominent HALEY pro-
moter, has made filings on 10000 acres
Of land in Blaine and Fremont coun-
ties, which he proposes to reclaim un-
der the Carey act. Water will be OBJ
tained by tapping the Big Wood and
Malad rivers. A big reservoir will be
constructed at the junction of the two
rivers. New York capital Is interested
in the project.
Boise barracks is to remain a mill.
tary post. The sum Of $4,000 will
be spent this year in rehabilitating the
post
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
MONTANA NEWo.

On account OF the mysterious death
on July 2 of a woman named Katie
Smith at Superior. Henry Reslip, a
resident and one of the best known
men In western Montana, is confined
In the county Jail here with charge
of murder hanging over his head
Prosperity prevails In the numbering
industry in western Montana this sum-
mer.
The estate OF James Tuohy, who
died In 1893 at Butte, has been ordered
distributed by Judge Bourquin Of the
district court. The estate Is valued at
$2S7, 700. and among the bequests are
several large amounts to the Catholic
church.
Several thousand dollars damage
was caused Saturday noon by the hail
storm that visited a small strip Of
country two miles north of Plains.
His Royal Highness, Maharaja
Gaekwar. royal prince Of Baroda, In
dia, accompanied by his wife, Princess
Maharina, their eldest daughter. a
brother Of the prince. Sempatraro, who
acts as secretary. a valet and a maid,
stopped at Livingston en- route to Vel
lowstene park. The party is on its
way east.
Taught by drift-wood along the bank
Of the river a mile from Dillon. the
body of an unknown man was found
by two fishermen recently.
Ernest G. Stackpole, who is held at
Los Angeles for the murder OF Joel
Schreck. with whose wife he had held
Illicit relations before they formulated
a plot to take Schreck's life, Is known
to many persons in Montana. He was
raised in Butte.
A deal has been closed for the
transfer Of the Gamer ranch. in the
valley below Great Falls, to the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge Charity associa-
tion, and the erection Of a Masonic
home is to begin Immediately.
The sixth annual convention Of the
Scandinavian Brotherhood Of America
for Montana began in Helena Thurs
day.
A big crowd from Anaconda went to
Butte to attend the annual picnic Of
the Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen.
Three serious runaways occurred in
Livingston as the Sells-Floto circus
procession passed along the streets.
The most serious accident happened
to the wife and two small children of
Arthur Davis. Mrs. Davis was picked
up unconscious, and remained in that
condition. One child had a leg brok-
en- In two places.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
SPOkANE e
Wholesale Produce Prices.

Vegetables-Potatoes, 6Oc cwt; cab
bage, $3.50 cwt.; lettuce, zoe lb; rhu
barb. $1.O0 crate; onions, 30c doz.;
spinach, 75c crate; Walla Walla as
paragus. Sc lb; radishes, soc; toma
toes, 1904 crate; strawberries, $3.50
@3.50; cherries, $1.75@2; Walla Wal
la peas, &c lb; gooseberries, $1.7502
crate; beets, 30c doz; new potatoes
1925 cwt.; California red onions. Q;
carrots. soc doz.
Oranges-$4.O004.50 box; lemons,
fancy. $4.75@5 case; dried figs, 760
,0c; 10 lb box; figs In bulk, &C lb;
black figs. 10 lb package. SOC: Fard
dates. SQ9c lb; golden dates. 708
lb; cranberries, SIS Dbl, IS crate; ba
aanas, $2.75G3.59 bunch.
Flour-Local. $4Q4.75 Dbl; Mime
sofa, $5.75@6 Dbl.
Butter and Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs
current receipts. $3.50 case; fresh
ranch. selected. $3.50 case; best cream
cry butter. 22c lb; cheese. twins. 16c
ID; local ranch butter. 21c ID: Califor
MIA butter. 22c lb.
Honey-$3.2503.5O; strained honey
SC lb.
Sugar-Granulated cane sugar. $5.5F
per 100 lbs; beet sugar. 35.s5 per 10t
lbs.
Coffee - Common package goods
S16.25 per 100 lbs.
Seed-Alfalfa, $14 cwt; red clover
$3.50 cwt; Kentucky bluegrass. $12.6
cwt; timothy, IS cwt; opion sets. 81
b; white clover. tic.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran. $16 ton: bran and shorts, III
obs ton; white shorts. $21 ton: corn
$1.35 cwt: cracked corn. 31.45 cwt;
timothy hay. $2O022 ton; alfalfa. 31t
ton: rolled barley. s1.3O cwt; whole
oats. $1.60 cwt; chopped oats. $1.6t
cwt; wheat. S1.20 cwt: red shorts. $1s
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef-Steers. dressed. 718c lb.
.ows. dressed. 507Nc lb; mutton
iressed. 10@12Kc lb; pork, sK0@
lb: hams. 1870 lb; bacon. lac ID: lard
i0011c lb; dry salt extras. 10A Ollie
b; dry salt backs. 11Kc 10; veal. fan
cy. small, TIC; veal. fancy, large. 80
&c ID.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock-Steers. 81 cwt: cows. ::
cwt; sheep. $405 cwt; hogs. 81 cwt.
Hides-Green steers. SC lb: cows. Il
lb; salted. Nc higher; dry HOES, 1E
ID: calfskins. green. 10c ID; kip. Sc lb;
sheepskins. $1@1.26.
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens. 13Ac;
live spring chickens. zoe; live roost
ers. lie; live ducks. lac; live geese
l2c; live turkeys. 16c; dressed hens
t5c: dressed ducks. 14c; dressed
geese, lac; dressed turkeys. 18c; fres!
ranch eggs. $505.25.
Creamery products. (. o. b. SPOKANE
First grade creamery butter fat
22Ac.
Feed-Timothy hay. $17019 ton; al
falfa hay. 312.00; oats. 31.40 cwt.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Theatrical Notes.

THE Danites" is to be revived by
Mckee Rankin.
THE Lion and the Mouse" is In its
tenth month in New York.
A new play Of life on the plains
Is called "The Coyote Doctor"
Frank Norris "McTague" has been
dramatized for Wilton Lackeye.
Maude Fealy is to star In the Ell
lusions Of Beatrice"
Charles Klein's latest play is called
daughters Of Men,"
Olga Nethersole has announced her
intention Of playing Portia next sea.
son.
Blanche Ring is to star next season
under the Dillingham; management.
using Lulu Glaser's late vehicle, Miss
Dolly Dollars"
II is now announced that Forbes
Robertson and Gertrude Elliott will
tour America next season in George
Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleo.
patra."
Georgia Caine has been engaged as
leading woman with Sam bernard in
his play. The Rich Mr.. Hoggenhei-
mer."
THE Jungle" in its dramatixed
form. Is to be produced first in Chi.
cago. 1t is promised that It will make
4 sensation Of the first water.
Louise Allen Collier has been en-
gagged to appear with Lew Fields in
his new play, which will open at the
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Fatal Row at a Big Picnic.

Oakland, Cal. July 1G.-William B.
Francisco. was shot and instantly kill.
ed Sunday evening during a fight with
two special officers at butchers pic
mic at Shellmound park. A brother of
the dead man was wounded during
the light. L. H. Baldwin of San Fran
cisco and George Starr Of Oakland,
two special officers who did the shoot
ing. are in the county jail charged
with murder.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Nicaragua May Participate.

Salvador advices report that Hondu
ras has sent troops into Guatemala
thus giving the revolutionists strong
support. This action Of Honduras has
been expected, and General Toledo IL
now counting on aid from Nicaragua
Confirmation has been received here
Of the execution Of laredo Quinonas
a Mexican. in Guatemala. 1t is stated
that this was done because Quinonaa
had publicly censured the Guatemalan
government.
The Mexican government is main
tanning an attitude Of neutrality, and ID
closely watching the southern border
to prevent its violation.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Seven Children Drown.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-Eight children
at . picnic on q river bank only three
blocks from home went wading. The
smallest one slipped into . deep hole
in the river and in try ing to rescue her
seven others we're drowned. The dead {:
Lucille Sweeding. aged Z; Hazel Sweed-
ing. ~; Gladys sweeding. 10; Josie
Sweeding, 12; Ruth Coyle. 8. Souix
City; Cora Coyle. Q. Souix City; Clara
Usher, J6.
Ruth Klersey, the only survivor, said
they were wading when Lucille Sweed
ing slipped OF shelf on the river bot.
tom into deep hole. Hazel Sweedine
rushed after her. slipped into . hole.
then the next girl rushed after her and
% they kept trying to save each other
until all except Ruth Klersey had
drowned. She then ran homo and gave
tho alarm. Four Of tho bodies were
quickly removed from tho water, but
It was too late TO resuscitate them. All
the bodies have been recovered.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
TOUR THE NORTHWEST.
Prominent Newspaper Men Of the East
on q Junket.

Prominent Newspaper Men Of the East
on Junket.
Twelve newspaper correspondents of
Washington, D. c.. representing some
of the largest newspapers in the
country, will pass over the state this
month. The party includes: Richard
V. Oulahan, New York Sun; Angus
McGween, Philadelphia North Amer
lean; Thomas J. Pence, Raleigh News
and Observer; Edward G. Lowry, New
York Evening Post; Richard H. Lind
say. Kansas City Star; D. Hastings
McAdam, st. Louis Republic; w. G.
Miller, Scripps-McRae Press associa.
ton; Jesse l.. Carmichael, Detroit
Free Press; w. s. Couch, Cleveland
Plain Dealer; Maurice Splaini, Pitts
burg Post; John P. Miller, Baltimore
Sun; Jackson Elliott, Associated
Press,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
In a Denver Storm.

During downpour Of rain at Den
yer Colorado, Charles Hollingshead
Jr.. aged 10. was killed by lightning
and Miss Eliza Ham, aged "a, died Of
heart failure. due to overexertion in
running through the storm to her
home. Both deaths were reported to
the coroner today. Young Hollings.
head was returning home. when light
ming struck telegraph pole near
where the boy was walking and the
flooded sidewalk communicated the
deadly fluid to his body.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Chicago Mail Under Ground.

The underground system for the
transportation Of mall In Chicago was
inaugurated Monday. when the tunnel
connection between the postofics and
the LaSalle street station was put In
operation. All the tunnels are part
Of the system Of tunnels which under
lie the city's streets and which aggre
gate nearly Is miles of underground
electric lines for the transportation Of
freight. =
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18

Douglas Company to Present Military
Drama This Week.

drama ] MS week.
Belasco & Fyles' military drama,
The Girl Left Behind Me-" is the
offering of the Byron Douglas COM
pany at the Columbia theater, corner
Howard and First streets, Spokane,
this week. The locale OF the play is a
western frontier army post in COM
mand of General Kennion. An Indian
uprising is threatened, and q scouting
party Is sent out to watch the Reds.
In the party are Lieutenants Parlow
and Hawkesworth. The former is the
afiianced husband OF Kate KennionP
daughter Of the commander. He proves
a coward on the expedition. but on
the return of the comand to the fort
he shifts the blame to the shoulders OF
Lieutenant Hawkesworth, who, to
prove his bravery. is sent on danger
Gus expedition to bring relief to the
fort
During a post ball on the following
night the Indians surround the fort,
and are to attack at daybreak. The
garrison Is Outnumbered and General
KenniOn Is about to shoot his daughter
to prevent her capture by the savages
when bugle call is heard and rein.
forcements come to the aid of the be-
sieged garrison. Byron Douglas will
have the role Of Lieutenant Hawkes.
worth. Miss Henriette Browne will ap.
pear as Kate Kennion. The part OF
Lieutenant Parlow will be taken by
Thomas Clark. a new addition to the
company. and w. J. Montgomery will
appear as Scar Brow, an educated In.
dian. Popular prices prevail.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18

Kaiser Wilhelm has q violent dis
like for cats, and it is believed In Ber.
lin that he .instigated the ordinance
which puts tax on felines of the cap.
itaL Unless q cat wears q collar and
medallion showing that the tax has
been paid, It will be killed by the po-
lice.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
Tax Collector Shoots HlmseIf.

To avoid the disgrace Of arrest on
the charge Of defalcation. Albert
O'Brien. tax collector of the borough
Of Totowa. N. j.. shot and killed him.
self while oflicers were approaching
his house. O'Brien's shortage approx
mated $4,000.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-07-18
ThaW Goes to Church.

For the first time since he has been
in the Tombs prison, charged with the
murder of Stanford White. the archi-
tect. Harry Kendall Thaw, the young
Pittsburg millionaire, attended divine
service Sunday in the prison chapsl.