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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.

WHOLESALE produce PTiceo.
Observation-Disclosures, 75c ewt;
beets. $1.25 cwt; turnips. $1.10@1.25
cwt; rutabagas, $1.10@1.25 cwt; sweet
potatoes $2.7502.90 cwt; cabbage,
$12501.50 cwt; carrots. 81 cwt.
Apples-spitzenburg, $3.50 bsx;
Winesaps, $2.5o@3.50 box; Rome
Beauties, $2.25 box; yellow Newtowns,
$2.5003.50 box; Baldwins, 81 box;
Black Twig. $225 box; cooking ap-
pies, S tier, $1.25@1.50 box; tier,
$1.7502 box; Ben Davis, $1.50 box;
Wallbridge, $2.25 box; Wageners, $3.50
box.
Oranges-$22603.25 box; lemons,
fancy. $s.2505.5o case; choice, IS
case.
F1our-Local. s4@4.25 Dbl; Mime
sofa, $6.75 Dbl.
Celery, 70075c dog; honey, $3.50
$50; strained honey, Sc lib; rice, $50
$50 cwt.
Butter and eggs-Standard eastern
eggs, $3.50 case; extra select east
ern eggs, 1915 case; best ranch eggs,
SO case; best creamery butter, 32c
lib; cheese. 16h01sc lb.
Sugar-Granulated cane sugar, 1920
per 100 lbs; beet sugar. IS per 100
lbs.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIC ton; bran and shorts. 81
ton; white shorts, SO ton; corn, $1.35
cwt; cracked corn, $1.55 cwt; timothy
hay, SIG ton; alfalfa, $12@13 ton; roll
ed barley, $3.50 cwt; whole oats, $1.45
cwt; chopped oats. $3.50 cwt; wheat,
$1.15 cwt.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef-steers. dressed, 6@shc lib;
cows, dressed, 5h@6c; mutton, Dress
ed, 10c lb; pork, &c Id; hams, 13c lb;
bacon, 1870 lb.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stoek-Steers, $2.75Q3 cwt;
cows, 1925 cwt; sheep, IS cwt; hogs,
$5.25&5.50 cwt.
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens, 12c;
live spring chickens, 12c; live roost.
ers, Sc; live ducks, 12c; live geese,
l2c; live turkeys, 18c; dressed hens,
13c; dressed ducks, lac; dressed
geese. lac; dressed turkeys, 20022c;
fresh ranch eggs, s5c doz; 50 case.
Creamery products, (. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat,
30kc lb.
Feed-Timothy hay, $13@14 ton: al
falfa hay, $1,000 ton; oats,-$1.35 ewt.
Observation-Disclosures, 60c cwt; tur-
nips, Csc cwt; beets, 75c cwt; onions,
81 cwt; cabbage, 80c@$1 cwt: apples,
$1@2 box; carrots, 60c cwt.
Northwestern Wheat.
Ritzville, Wash.-Bluestem, 63c;
club, Sic.
Tacoma, Wash.-Unchanged. Elk.
port: Bluestem. 73c; club. 71hc; red
67hc.
Davenport, Wash.-Bluestem, 5Sc;
club, SEC.
Walla Walla, Wash.-Bluestem,
62hc; club, 61hc t. o. b.
Portland, Ore.-Club, 71@72c; blue.
stem, 73@73hc; red, 6S@69c: val.
ley, 73c.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
Report Favors Lock Canal.

The report Of the isthmian cana
commission recording its decision ir
favor of an IS foot level lock canal
has been submitted to Secretary Taft
The report is accompanied by the
report of the board Of engineers. the
majority Of whom declared for g. seq
level canal.
1t will now be for Secretary Taft
to express his own views upon the
great project in an Endorsement wher
transmitting the papers to the presi
dent.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

eral years. He went to Wlnona in
1877, where he worked as a machinlst,
while studying law, and was admitted
to the bar in 1882. He first attracted
attention during the passage Of the
Dingley tariff bill. by having inserted
provision placing tax Of 10 per cent
on all bonded goods shipped through
Canada to the United States. thus cut
ting off most productive line of rail-
way traffic from the Canada railroads
and giving 1t to the American lines.
He is 80 years old.
-
King Carlos Of Portugal, who for a
week was the guest Of the Count and
Countess Castellane in Paris IA a rovsl
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

the Fifty-ninth Con-
gress, has served
the First Niinneso-
ia District in the
House since 1898
and had previously
served two terms
1S9O-94, in the Min.
nesOta State Sen
ate. The son Of u
Gettysburg pa. ;
b ] a c k s IN I t h, he
worked at his In tn
er's anvil for sew
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
Big Shoe Company Loses.

st. Louisville detailed report of
the affairs Of the Tennent Shoe com.
pany, prepared by expert accountants
acting under instructions of a commit
tee of directors in the concern, shows
that in addition to the losses of the
creditors, the preferred stockholders
amounting to 40 persons, will lose
their entire investment, about $780,.
900. Creditors are informed that the
actual discrepancy as shown by the
stock books amounted to $1,133,91O.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

political geography DANIEL c. GILMAN.
at Yale and from 1872 to 1875 presi.
dent of the University Of California.
He has been an officer of the American
Oriental Society, Archaeological Insti-
tute of America, Educational Fund 60
cieties and of many important COM
missions. He is an author of repute
and is well known in foreign scientific
circles.
Tolbert Won Watson, who recently an.
listed in the regular army at St. Louia.
is cousin of Austria's military attache
at Washington, and his father Is an on.
Ger in the Austrian army. Private Won
Watson speaks and writes nine Ian.
guages.
DIR. Sven Hedin Is on his way to Per.
sia, where he proposes to explore thos.
oughly, from a scientific point of view.
the salt deposits Of Dasht- i-Kavir and
Dasht-i-Lut, In the eastern part Of tat
country.
Capt. Stubs. secretary Of Liverpool
Orphan institution, 10 one of the fsv
living persons who served on Nelson's
flagship Victory.
-
w. H. lowering Of Lafayette, Ina,
has the largest and most valuable Sur
day school library In the world, and On
his death it will go to the Indiana Stats
Library Association.
-
James N. Hill, a son Of James ]. Hin.
the railroad magnate, il said to be slat-
ed for the presidency Of the Northssn
Pacific.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
Mrs. Yerkes 10 Married.

After persistently denying her mar
rage to Wilson Miner for some days
the widow of Charles T. Yerkes exer
cised her feminine prerogative and &C
knowledged her husband in the pres
ence of a mass meeting of reporters.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

parsonage in more
ways than one-he
is a royal hunter. a
royal s sport, and,
above all, has a
royal appetite. II
Is said that he eats
four regular meals
a day, has a lunch
every b ur, and
eats en- or m o q q
quantities Of tn Z
richest food "
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

AIDES ago W Oul d
scarcely have suf-
feed for the main
tenance of one of
her household pen
sioners, lives Mrs.
James Fisk. former
ly Of New York
City, and widow of
the ] a m e 8 Fisk
whose murder by
Edward s. Stokes
In 1870 ctartlad tho
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

met, is much more
than the son Of the
Grand Old Man"
of England, for in
his own right he 10
accounted one of
the sturdiest states
men Of the United
Kingdom, and since
1899 has been rec
ognized as the best
whip" Of either
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

League, is promi,
nent in educational
and scientific fields
He has been presi-
dent of Johns Hop
kins University for
many years. He
was born at Nor
witch, nm, in
1881. From 1856 to
1872 he was profess
sOr of physical and
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
Too Cred uIOus.

Here, you" cried old Roxley, turn
ing savagely uron the stranger behind
him. II want you to stop throwing
kisses to my wife,"
whats" retorted the stranger, who
happened to be an Irishman, "how
dye know done it?"
II heard you, SIR"
"Och! Shure, We mustn't believe
ev'rything We hear"
Press.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

Stockholm has the largest death
rate from the use Of alcohol Of any
city in the world. The number Of
deaths from this cause is 80 in 1000.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
Jim" FIsk's WIDOW.

Declining Years of Woman Who Was
Onoe . Social Leader.
In a little two-story wooden house
on K street, South Boston, Mass, de-
pending upon an income which two dec
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

A volunteer in Colorado regiment
at Manila has been cured Of suffering
by being shot Thorough the throat by a
Mauser bullet.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

Swedish school children, under the
guidance of their teachers, annually
plant about 600, 900 trees.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07
~~~~e~%~~~

Herbert John Gladstone, tho new
Secretary of State for Home Affain In
the Campbell Bannerman Liberal cab
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

When abusing man In fun, don't
60 too far.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-07

James N. Hill, son Of James J. Hin.
the railroad magnate, il said to be slat-
ed for the presidency Of the Northssn
Pacific
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
HILL HAS ALL
KINDS OF CARS

In his reply to the interstate
commerce committee concerning
the scarcity of cars, j. ]. Hill stated
the $60,000,000 bond issue contem-
plated by the Great Northern is in
tended to provided additional track
age and equipment, new lines and
terminals being under considera-
ton.
He claims there are plenty of
cars in spite of the fact that grain
growers are unable to ship their
product or procure fuel. Hill says
dealers have neglected to lay in
winter supplies of fuel.
Spokane dealers have tried since
last June to lay in supplies.
The inquiry at Minneapolis has
developed the fact that from 10 to
13 days are now required to move
a freight train $50 miles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
PRESIDENT SUBMITS MESSAGE AND
: REPORT ON JAPANESE SITUATION

and Korean attendants was found
to be equal in all respects to those
provided for white children, but
the secretary claims that the
school Is so situated that many of
the Orientals could not attend it
on account of the distance to be
travelled through the burned dis
trict.
Metcalf endorses the widespread
objection to Japanese men attend
ing the primary grades, and points
out that all the political parties in
California have inserted planks in
their platforms favoring both ia
panese and Korean exclusion. 1t
is remarked that the feeling
against Asiatics on the coast is in
tensified, especially in labor circles,
by the report of the bureau of
commerce and labor wherein 1t is
shown that white labor has been
almost entirely driven from the
Hawaiian islands and the Japanese
are gradually forcing the small
white traders out of business. A
similar condition is feared on the
Pacific coast unless restrictions are
placed.
The secretary suggests that the
objection to Japanese men in the
primary grades could be easily met
by rule limiting the ages of pupils
attending those grades. Promin-
ent labor leaders the secretary met
had no objection to Japanese chill
dren being educated, but they were
unalterably opposed to grown men
beginning in the primary.
A volumious mass of document
airy evidence is submitted to show
that japanese restaurants in San
Francisco were boycotted, and that
the proprietors finally agreed to
pay $3.50 to have this boycott de-
clared Off. 1t is stated that 800
was paid and the Japs were trou-
bled no further. In some instances
windows were broken during the
trouble and the Japs claimed to
have suffered the usual annoyance
attending a boycott. Detailed state
ments Of the Japanese so affected
are given in the report.
The secretary also submits state
ments from Japs to show that sew
eral Of them have been attacked on
the streets In the course of the ex-
element following the earthquake
and fire.
Children threw rocks at Jap
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
COP GOT
+. COLD FEET

Considerable excitement is mani
tested at police headquarters today
over the charges brought against
certain officer by Louie" the
night bartender at the All Nations
saloon, PIP Stevens st. Louie says
this officer showed the white feath-
er the other night during the pur.
suit of Demonicia Diprato, who
shot and killed Maria, his cousin
After the shooting several police.
men and citizens joined in the
chase. Louie proved the fleetest
and was near Diprato when the
latter stopped, covered the bar
tender with his gun and COM
manded him to stop. Then the
murderer ran between two wood.
piles near the Rome saloon and
Louie pointed out his hiding place
to this certain policeman. The po-
liceman started in the other direc.
ton hot foot. Louie does not know
the policeman name, but says he
can identify him. He has been
asked to report to headquarters
next time he sees the officer. Chief
Waller today said: 81 shall do all
in my power to find out who that
officer is. We don't want towards
on the Spokane police force"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18

DoneS; when she married at the
age OF II she suffered those same
troubles; her business worries Just
before Sidney's birth; the fathers
addiction to alcoholic liquors prior
to and after the birth of Sidney:
the boys Authorizations that peo-
| pie were after him and that he was
possessed of devils; his inability to
master his lessons; the belief that
he could install and support great
theaters; his habits of stealing from
his fellows and then displaying the
articles; belief that he was pur-
sued by woman and the buying of
revolver to protect himself from
her; staring at the girls at high
school; the killing of his father
and lack Of complete hiding of the
body; efforts to conceal the blood
in the room while the bloody rugs
were put in plain view on the
porch, and his actions at the time
of viewing the body"
DR.. G. w. Libby Of this city was
then called, and after stating that
In his opinion Sidney Sloane was
insane, he detailed points in the
hypothetical question upon which
he based his opinion, much the
same as the experts who preceded
him.
The defense yesterday called DR..
j. M. Semple, DR.. Edwin Kimball,
DR.. j. r. Nicely of this city, and DR..
D. w. Howells of Medical Lake
asylum and DR. j. w. Owens of the
Idaho asylums. They all testified
that in their opinion Sidney Sloane
was insane. DR.. Nicely was not
familiar with the hypothetical Qeus-
ton and was excused until this
morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
PROSECUTION ATTEMPTS
D|SPR0OF OF INSANITY

The defense in the trial of Sid
ney Sloane finally rested it's case at
1923 o'clock this morning. Court
then adjourned until 1890 owing to
the fact that the prosecutions hy-
pothetical question on the subject
of the accused's insanity was not
ready. Prosecutor Barnhart said
that he had worked on it until IL
O'Clock last night and that Assist
ant Pugh had worked until a. m,
and was still busy.
Judge Huneke's ruling not al
lowing Attorney Robertson's ex-
perts to characterize or explain
what particular kind Of insanity
Sidney Sloane is afflicted with has
greatly fastened proceedings and
it is possible now the case may
reach the jury Saturday.
Attorney Robertson this morn
ing made a plea that at least one
of his experts be allowed to char
acterize Sidney's insanity, but the
court denied him, claiming the jury
need know nothing further than the
bare opinion as to the sanity or in
sanity of the accused.
DR.. ]. M. Semple was recalled
and asked to detail what points in
the hypothetical question he based
his opinion on as to Sidney Sloanes
insanity. He replied "The loss
of consciousness in the theater; the
young lady's Intellectual efforts to
arouse him; the administering of
six fatal blows, any one of which
would have caused his fathers
death; placing a towel around the
head; efforts to hide the body;
failure to thoroughly clean up the
blood; taking those bloody rugs on
to the piazza, where they were in
plain view; the lack of emotion on
sight of his dead father; the state
ments of officers that they never
saw one SO Indifferent; the boys
flippant and insulting references to
witnesses who were testifying in
his behalf; the stigmata of degen-
eracy; the absolute Indifference
when questioned even to the extent
of saying he could kill his mother.
Those are the salient points"
He was not cross-eXamined by
the prosecution.
DR.. ]. A. Nicely Of this city was
called as an expert by the defense
and asked upon what points in the
hypothetical question he based his
opinion that Sidney was insane. He
said
1.-The sufferings Of the mother
through her girlhood and her be-
lief that she had no flesh on her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
(Scripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
The president today submitted to
congress the report of Secretary
Metcalf on the Japanese situation
at San Francisco. In a brief mes
sage serving as an introduction the
president points out that the re-
port deals with three subjects-ex-
clusion of Japanese from schools,
boycotting of Japanese restaurants
and acts of violence committed
against japanese in San Francisco.
The president makes especial
mention of testimony to show that
Japanese children are bright, clean
and well behaved. He has no OBJ
lection to barring Japanese men
from the schools, but hopes it will
not be necessary to bring suit to
establish Their light of the children
to attend. The president desig-
mates the Japanese treaty as the
supreme law of the land and re-
peats his threat to use the entire
power of the United States,
military and civil, to enforce 1t if
there is any failure on the part of
the state to afford the protection
guaranteed Japanese.
The school question occupies but
q small portion Of Metcalf's report,
the Blk of 1t being devoted to boy
colts of Japanese restaurants by
organized labor and assaults on
Japanese.
The secretary recites the fact of
the San Francisco school board es-
tablishing separate schools for
Asiatic children, claiming that this
action was largely influenced by
the Japanese and Korean Exclusion
league, an organization having for
its purpose the extension of the
Chinese exclusion laws to the other
two nationalities named. The men,
bership Is composed almost entire
ly of union workingmen. He also
mentions complaint made by many
residents Of San Francisco against
Japanese ranging from 16 to 20
years OF age attending primary
grades and sitting beside white
children of seven and eight years
sls. Metcalf found SO Japanese
pupils distributed among 23
schools. OF the SO % were born in
the United States and are therefore
considered citizens under the con-
stitution. The Oriental school es-
tablished for Chinese, Japanese
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
NEGRO THUG
ATTACKS A
WOMAN

Mrs. Jennie Paulson, 1876 Fifth
av., was attacked by a negro about
s o'clock last night at the corner
of Walnut st. and Tenth av. and
robbed of a purse containing IS.
The footpad struck her across the
face and knocked her down. He
grabbed the purse and started on a
run for town. Mrs. Paulson's
daughter, Mabel, who was with her
and wore some valuable jewelry
was not molested. The police have
no clews.
]. Munson, living at the Cliff
house, reported to the police last
night that about o'clock, while
crossing the Northern Pacific
tracks on Post. ST., negro held
him up at the point Of a revolver
Munson had no valuables with him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
LEGISLATORS ARE
GINNING TO
BACK UP

Reports are being circulated that
the direct primary bill will be bit
terly contested at the next meet
ing Of the legislature. A number
OF members-elect to the legisla-
ture who pledged themselves to
support the initiative and referen-
dunn law are showing disposition
to throw 1t overheard.
The part played In the next le-
gislature by members who have
pledged themselves to support
these laws will be watched with in
terest by the State Federation of
Labor and the State Grange, and
the people kept fully informed on
what value these members place
on their written agreement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18

DESERTS
ABE RUFF
(Scripps News Association.)

(ScrlppS news ASSoClat1On.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 49,
Proceedings in the case of Mayor
Schmitz and Ruef took sensation.
al turn this morning when ]. c..
Campbell, Schmitz's counsel, an
nounced a motion to set aside the
indictment against the mayor. II
denied, he said he would file de-
murrer and be ready to proceed to
trial
The announcement caused a
thunderbolt to Ruef, whose face
paled. He fidgeted in his chair and
attempted to attract the mayors
attention by Juggling at his coat
sleeve. The mayor refused to no.
tice him, arising at the instance of
his attorneys and walking out Of
the court room.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18

ent being a Welcome to the Hon.
orable Metcalf." Some of the ex-
tracts are inflammatory and all are
filled with praise for President
Roosevelt. A few editorial ex-
tracts from leading San Francisco
newspapers bearing on the subject
are included
The president lays especial en-
phasis on this concluding sentence
of Metcalf's report:
'Tf, therefore, the police power
of San Francisco is not sufficient
to meet the situation and guard
and protect Japanese residents to
whom, under our treaty with Japan,
we guarantee full and perfect pro-
lection for their persons and prop
erty. then it seems to me it is
clearly the duty of the federal gov
eminent to afford such protection"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18

WOULD THROW
REPORTERS OUT

Some of the delegates to tho
Central Labor union last night
wanted to exclude reporters from
the meeting of that body. The
cause for this action was due t0
reports of the proceedings being
printed in local corporation papers
which it was claimed were highly
colored The motion was voted
down, the central body feeling that
it had nothing to conceal and not,
being alarmed over any statements
appearing in the newspapers. y
The committee to meet comH
mittee from the Structural alliance,
was continued. The committee,
will discuss present difficulty ext
listing between the cement workerse
union and the building laborera,
over Jurisdiction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18

laundryman, and delivery wagons
were bombarded with potatoes and
pieces of brick. The most serious
disturbance was the stoning of DR..
F. Omori, of the Imperial univer-
sity of Toxic in the streets, where
he was studying the effects of the
earthquake. Extensive correspond
ence with the police is reproduced
to show what methods weer taken
to protect the japanese Officers
were on duty at boycotted restau-
rants, but there was no marked
disorder. The petty assaults on de-
livery wagons appear to have been
followed by no severe measures.
Many of these cases were not re-
ported to the police.
A considerable portion of the re-
port is filled with extracts from
Japanese papers. the most promin-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
teddy MIGHT
SEIZE ROADS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 49,
There is talk Of a special message
from the president advocating lei
gislation empowering the Interstate
commerce commission to seize rain
roads when a fuel or food famine
endangers any part of the country
on account of car shortage.
Many members of congress are
criticizing the president for the
message habit" saying he will
defeat his own ends by too much
urging. /.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-18
NEGROES WILL
LYNCH NEGRO
(scripps News Association.)

WINNESBORO, La, Dec. 49,
A negro mob with bloodhounds is
in pursuit of Noah McLendon, a
young negro who killed Amanda
Wright, his mother-in-law: Mary
MoLendon, his wife; Gus Wright, a
brother-in-law, and seriously
wounded Washington Smith He
will be lynched by members of his
own race if caught.