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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
RUINED
RAILWAY
OPINION ABOUT ALTON
ROAD BY STEAD.
HARTMAN PEOPLE, At EXPENSE
OF INNOCENT INVESTORS,
TOOK MILLIONS.

Springfield. ILL.,, April 9.-Attorney
General Stead, in an opinion submit.
ted to Governor Deneen, expresses
doubt as to whether it is the province
of the state Of Illinois TO proceed
against E. H. Hartman and his asso.
ciates for the alleged manipulation OF
the Chicago & Alton railroad proper
ties. II the state should revoke the
company's charter the loss would fall
on the stockholders, the Hartman PEG.
pie already having disposed of a large
portion of their holdings. The attor.
ney general concludes, therefore, that
the best plan would be for the com.
pany itself to seek remedy for the
situation, or even for one or more
stockholders to act.
At the same time Mr.. Stead assures
the governor that should he become
convinced on further Investigation that
the state can relieve the roads condi.
ton, he will take the necessary steps
at once. Notwithstanding his convic-
tons as to the wisdom Of immediate
action, Mr. Stead insists there is not
the least doubt that civil remedy ex.
lists against the "financiers who have
wrecked this prosperous railroad com.
pany, and, at the expense Of innocent
stockholders and bondholders, have
gathered to themselves a harvest OF
millions of dollars"
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
ANY OLD
SALARY
CLEVELAND'S PLAN ON
INSURANCE PAY.
GENERAL STATES ARE PRoPoS.
ING A LIMIT FOR THE
COMPANIES.

New York.-FOrmer President Gro
yer Cleveland, counsel for the Ameri.
can Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents, has just submitted to that
association a brief in relation to the
matter Of salaries paid by life insur-
ance companies. The occasion for it's
presentation, It is stated, is the fact
that certain western states have now
pending before their respecti'.e legis.
latures. bills that would limit the sala-
ries Of life insurance Officers to $4,000
q year. while in others the limit is
fixed at $4,000 a year.
The brief. 1t Is announced, will be
fled with the Wisconsin legislature by
Robert Lynn Cox. who will appear as
attorney for the Association Of Life
Insurance Presidents in opposition to
the bill providing for compulsory in
vestment CT reserve funds In the state.
largely increased taxation Of premiums
and receipts and other subjects.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
SHOOT AT HUMAN TARaETA


Freedmen Bring Bloodless Duelina
to an Exact Science.
Shooting at human targets merely
for the sport derived from 1t and as .
test Of craftsmanship, in other words
bloodless dueling or fencing with pis.
tolls, has been made possible through
the invention by a Frenchmnn Of
harmless wax projectile. This new d.
version is really NO more serious than
fencing with swords and has that spice
Of realism In 1t that tends to make any
sport popular.
The new bullet Is an Ingenious de-
vice and required great deal Of ex-
pertinent before being perfected. Tho
situation was thus A heavy projec-
tile must necessarily have a wounding
force. a light one loses Its precision
and soft bullet will he changed In
shape and describe an irregular trajec-
tory; therefore a harmless projectlle
to be effective must differ from all
these. The Frenchman's product Is a
spherical ball Of wax-fat, with small
charge. and in tests twenty-four balls
were lodged in succession In a rectan-
gle four by five inches at twenty yards
At six-day tournament held In the
Tuilerles the efficiency. Of the wax bull
let was demonstrated.
The combatants wear thick screens
for masks, with heavy glass over the
eyes. and wear thick clothing to pre-
vent bruising from the Impact of the
balls The distance Is rs PAGES and the
weapons are revolvers. The director
Of the combat, keeping his gaze fixed
upon a metronome which beats eighty
to 100 times minute, makes the in
quiry as in an actual duel, Are you
ready?" and when they reply "Yes" tina
director. timing his words exactly to
the beats Of the pendulum, cries, Fire
-One-two-three"
At the command "Flre!" the adver-
saries raise their weapons and shoot
The two shots must be made before
the command "Three!" AS the par
Elephants In these trials were experts
they made good average, hitting their
man six or seven times out of eight
shots Although more than 1900 balls
were fired, there was not the slightest
accident.
The wax bullets can be used in apart
ments as well as In the open air with
out the inconvenience Of the lead ball
Of small caliber, which will probably
lead to Its introduction into, the armies
If the various nations for practice
shooting.-Popular Magazine.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
RESULTS NOT AS PLANNED.
Nature Turns AssOuan Dam lnto .
Joke ON England.

Nature Turns AssOuan Dam 1nto .
Joke on England.
Every year sees new Harvesting Of
natures forces by man for his usea
But Mother Earth seems to have Q
sense OF hum0r and gratlfies 1t BY
turning mans devices into means for
his discontinue. The dam Of Assouan
Is the latest humiliatlng instance Of
tremendous achievement producing
results opposite to those planned.
That mighty engineering work was
to be the monument to the British Oc-
cupancy Of Egypt. 1t was to end oil
famine In the Nile valley. There was
to be no further dependence upon the
chances of the seasons for the enrich
enlng overflows. Held within AssOu-
ans mammoth reservoirs, the fert:liz-
Ing flood could be released whenever
needed. The Nile crops would be per-
feet and the people happy each year.
instead OF at such Intervals a. the
within of the river wllled.
All the nations applauded England
when the work that was to make
Egypt a land Of plenty vas completed.
But nature had not been consulted
with sufficient care. And to-day the
Egyptians are damnlng the dam Of A.
souan with oriental fervor.
Outbursts Of fanatics, aggrieved b.
cause some Of the most sacred relies
Of the past have been submerged might
be disregarded. But there are morn
practical reasons for the growing lis
content Water, once an occasional
boon. now IL had In plenty. But the
crops are not what they were whes
the Nile attended to Its own overflow
ing Grain Is scantier, and cotton. the
country's most valuable. product. 10 d.
teriorating, its once unequaled fiber ap-
preaching every year nearer similarity
with the more brittle. least costly
American staple.
The explanation 10 simple. It was
not the Nile flood but the fertilixins
matter held in solution that richened
the soil. Those properties are pre-
cipitated when the water Ii held stag.
nant behind the barrier at Assouan.
England, thinking Its work finished,
finds that 1t has only begun q moro
dihlcult task. Dame Nature has had
her joke.-New York Mail.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Jacob Riis declares that Mr.. Roose.
welt meant what he said upon the night
Of his election, that he would not 40.
oept another nomintiaon for the piesi.
dency. All the president wants, said
Mr.. Riis, 10 to zee that his policies are
carried through.
Gov. Folk at Jefferson City has com.
muted to life imprisonment the sen.
fences Of Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank
Hoffman, whose execution for murder
at Kansas City on May II, 1904, Of the
woman's husband, Clarence Myers. q
pressman, had been sent for April 10.
This ends celebrated case. Mrs. My.
ers is in Jail at Liberty. Mo-, and Holt.
man is in Jail at Kansas City. Holt.
man confessed the murder and said
Mrs. Myers helped him commit it &C
they might marry. The woman has
always stoutly maintained their limo.
cence.
That the isle Of Pines is not Ameri.
can territory has been officially and
judicially decided by the supreme
court of the United States. The dec,s.
ion was rendered In the case Of Edward
]. Pearcy versus Nevada M. Stanahan,
collector Of the port of New York and
the opinion was announced by Chief
Justice Fuller. who said that up to the
Paris treaty the Isle of Pines had been
considered an intergal part Of Cubs
and that it could not be held to be
covered by Article q Of that treaty,
which included only the islands in the
vicinity Of Porto Rico.
A deal by which the Weyerhaeusel
sydnicate, through its subsidiary or
ganization, the Potlatch Lubmer com.
pany, will secure 500, 900 acres Of rich
timber land in British Columbia, now
owoned by a banking house in Minnea'
polls. represented by Francis E. Arm.
strong Of Rossland, BIC, was practi.
cally closed.
The terms could not be learned. but
it was said the price 10 about $3 an
acre, the total consideration approx.
mating 81, 100000.
The property is located along the
railroad of d. G. Corbin. Facts re.
gardlng the tranfesr were purely con.
lecture so far as could be learned.
Havana. members Of the com.
mittee of the insurgents, with whom
Secretary Taft arranged for peace in
Cuba last September, had a conference
with the secretary lasting three hours.
Secretary Taft refused to give his visi.
tors the date of the withdrawal Of the
American troops from Cuba. After the
conference Seniors Zayas and Gomez
informe the Associated Press that Mr..
Taft had declared it impossible to hold
elections in Cuba until complete cen.
sus of the island had been taken. which
will occupy about four months. he
added that municipal and provincial
elections would probably be held In
September, but he would not give any
probable date for the presidential cleo.
lions.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
IDAHO NEWS.

James Glenn, under arrest for EN-.
hezzlement, committed suicide at
Juliaetta recently.
The Western hotel, owned by Thorn
as O'Geary at Priest River, was des-
troyed by fire recently. LOSS $4,000.
Charles Lydon, chief Of the Lewiston
volunteer fire department, has tender
ed his resignation to Mayor Henry
Heitfeld.
The trial Of Lee Garrett, charged
with killing Malcolm Coombs in sa-
loon at Occur d'Alene last November
resulted in his conviction.
The Lewiston Odd Fellows are max
ing elaborate preparations for the
celebration of the 8Sth anniversary
of the founding of the order in Ameri-
ca, which is April 26.
Hugh Wetherby was attacked and
beaten by four Indians while he was
building a fence on an Indian allol-
ment leased by ]. A. Showalter near
Spalding. During the fight Wetherby
shot one Of the Indians.
Professor H. L. Talkington has been
appointed by Governor Gooding as the
third member of the Idaho State His
torical society. Professor darlington
is connected with the Lewiston normal
school.
A band of men is searching in the
vicinity of Warren and Logan in north
ern Idaho for Belt Aleport, the mail
carrier between those towns. 1t IS
feared he may have been buried In a
snowdrift as he has been missing for
several days.
David Arthur, walking delegate for
the Lewiston labor unions, was ere.
mated in a fire recently that totally
destroyed three buildings and par
TALLY ruined two others, entailing An
aggregate loss of $12,945, with $500
insurance.
There was approved recently to the
state of Idaho state selections aggre-
CITING in area 1904 acres for lands In
the Boise, Lewiston and Occur d'Alene
llend districts for the state for charit-
able and other institutions. The land
SO approved in the Boise district are
in township north. range east; in
the Lewiston district in township rs
north, range 1 east, and in the Occur
d'Alene district in townships So and
81 north, ranges S, / and 2 west.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
CAN THEY
DO IT?
RICH MEMS SCHEME TO
DOWN ROOSEVELT.
PRESIDENT MAY BE FORCED TO
ACCEPT THE NOMINATION
AGAIN IN 1903.

1t Is said on authority at the White
hand for the claim that the president
holds that there is a movement afoot
to defeat his policies in the next con.
gress and in the next convention. 1t
is declared that the combine has al
ready fund Of 100000 with which
to carry on its campaign in opposition
to the president.
With all the ardor and determine.
ton Of which he is capable President
Roosevelt is investigating the rich
mems conspiracy which he has public
ly declared is being formed to thwart
him in the perpetuation Of certain re-
forms which he has begun.
Close personal friends intimate that
4 sufficient confederation of facts now
In his possession may mean that
Roosevelt will feel impelled to stand
as a candidate for reelection.
They gleefully point out that the
president will soon stand as the soil
tary anti-third-termer in the socalled
Roosevelt organization" which they
say is made up Of some political lead
ers and all of the common people,"
Senator Hansbrough of North Da-
kota, who. in season and out, has been
openly declaring that the president
shall succeed himself, and Delegate
Andrews Of New Mexico, who were
guests at the now noted Bourne din
ner, and Senator Bourne of Oregon
himself saw the president recently.
They were even more reticent when
they left the inner sanctum than
when they entered it. What they
knew about the dinner at which it is
charged the existence of the rich
mems conspiracy" was first made
known was for the presidents own
ears.
Adherents of the president in COM
menting recently upon affairs signif-
closures have been made and Senator
Penrose Of Pennsylvania has had no
part therein, the men participating
most likely have been pleased to enter
a denial Of the story.
1t is no disparagement Of the presi-
dents good intentions to state that he
does not resent with such warmth of
yore the intimation that he again lead
his party in the next presidential con-
test. This is obvious-that he has
often emphasized his purpose not to
accept a denomination. He stands on
identically the same ground now. But
he is confronted with the fact that
policies and not persons is the ques-
ton to be solved.
An intimate friend of his. who does
not care to be quoted. says that the
president would like his party to Sc
lcct Secretary Taft as his successor.
The same authority declares that the
president has not gone as far in the
Endorsement Of Taft's candidacy rs the
latter's friends would have it appear.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10

Chicago. agreement between
81 railroads west Of Chicago and the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and Engineers has been signed. The
pay Of firemen on all GLASSES Of engines
is to be increased IS cents per dag of
10 hours or less, 100 miles or less of
the rate 70 pay in effect on January /,
1907.
No change is made in computing
time and the advance 10 not to apply
to men working on a basis Of 1917
miles err hour.
Teh rate Of fremen in frst.class
yards 10 to be $2.25 per day Of 10
hours. overtime pro rata. In all other
yards the rate is to be $2.1 IL.
An increase Of Is cents per day Of
10 miles or less IL given to firemen ON
engines carrying . rate Of $3.50 or
more. In addition to the increase of
pay the rfiemen are to be relieved Of
all work Of cleaning engines.
The increase granted to tho firemen
10 estimated to be about in the same
ratio - that recently granted to the
conductors adm trainmen.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
sPoKANE e.
Spokane Wholesale Produce Price

spokane wholesale produce Prices.
Notwithstanding, local, 50 cwt;
California, SO cwt; cranberries IS Dbl;
potatoes, $1.25 cwt; turnips, $3.50 cwt;
onions, 50 cwt; carrots, 75@s1 cwt;
horseradish, 10@12hc lb; celery, s5c
@$1 doz.; dollhouse lettuce, Csc; ruta.
bsgas, $3.50 cwt; parsnips, $1.25@1.50
cwt; tomatoes, $3.50 crate; grape
fruit, 81; rhubarb, S@1Oc lb.
Apples-Cooking, $1@1.25 box; Ar.
kansas Blacks, $1.75@2.75 box; Black
Twigs, s2@2.25 box; Spitzenburgs
s2.25@2.50 box; Yellow Newtowns,
$2.25@25O box.
Nuts-English walnuts, 17017kc
lib; almonds. 22c Id; pecans, Csc Id;
chestnuts, zoe lib; black walnuts, zoe
!b; hickory nuts, 12hc; soft shell
hickory nuts, 15c lb.
Oranges-$3.25@3.50 box; lemons,
fancy, IS case; dried figs, 8O@90c 10
lib box; figs in bulk, &c lb; black figs
10 Id package, 90c; Fard dates. 9@10c
Id; golden dates, 8@9c Id; bananas
$2.750325 bunch; raisins, fancy, 100
13c; raisins, bulk, 1Oc lib; currants
12hc ID.
Butter and Eggs-Local eggs, case
81; best creamery butter, CSC ib; Co
lumbia creamery butter, 35c ID; cheese
twins, 1Sc lb; Wisconsin loaf Swiss
3sc Id; limburger bricks, tic Id:
cream brick, zoe lb; Wisconsin twins
tic Id; Tillamook, 16hc Id.
Honey-In comb, $3.50; strained
honey, exc lib.
Sugar-$5.55 per 100 lbs; beet, $685.
Coffee-Common package goods
$17.40 per 100 pounds.
Seed-Alfalfa, SIC cwt; red clover
$3.50; Kentucky bluegrass, $16.500
IS cwt; timothy. $5.5O06 cwt; white
clover. 316.5001s cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live stock-Steers, $404.26 cwt:
cows, $2.5e03 cwt; sheep, $4,000
cwt; hogs. s7.5o@s cwt: mutton. SC
Id; veal, 406c Id; veal, fancy small
No. 1, .70Sc lb; fancy large. 6@6c
Id; pork. 8h0sc lb.
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens. 13c ~;
live spring chickens. 15016c ID; live
roosters. 10c ID; dressed hens. 16c;
ducks. live, 14c ID; dressed. 1ec lb;
turkeys. live, 1Sc; dressed. zoe lb:
fresh ranch eggs, $5.6006 case.
Hides-Green, SC Id; sailed, 1c high
er; dry hides. 1701Sc; calfskins
green. 10c lb; kip. SC lb; sheepskins,
50c0$1.2b.
Creamery products, T. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat.
36hc.
Feed-Timothy hay, $20@21 ton;
alfalfa hay. SIG ton; whole barley,
S5c0$1.05' cwt; wheat, 95c@$1 cwt.
vegetables-Applies, 76c0$1 box;
potatoes. s5c cwt; beets, 85c cwt; par
ships, SIC cwt; carrots, 40050c cwt;
turnips, $4,000 cwt; rutabagas. $50
90c cwt; onions, 81 cwt.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
OREGON soUIes.

Arrangements are being made to es.
tablish telephone system over the
Blue mountain forest reserve, near La
Grande.
George o. Goodall of La Grande has
been chosen secretary of the new Ore.
gon railroad commission. E. J. Mil
Ter of Astoria is chief clerk and state
statistician.
Many of the prominent people al
Freewater and Milton are protesting
vigorously at the high passenger tariff
fixed by the Walla Walla Traction
company between these points and
Walla Walla.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
MONTANA ITEMS.

In June Montana will entertain $50
business men from Omaha.
The trouble in the John O'Brien
Lumber company's plant at Somers
eliminated in a walkout and every.
thing in and around the mill. with the
exception of the machinery for light
and water. has been out Of commits
sion.
Attorney General Galen of Montana
filed a precipe In the district court at
Helena. Mont, recently requesting
the dismissal of the case against
former State Treasurer Timothy e.
Collins. charged with wrongfully re-
tanning interest on public funds.
James Wisner, a German, killed him
self by hanging near Electric recent
ly. He was found in barn suspended
from a rafter, his feet dragging on the
floor. A letter in German in his pocket
said he had attempted suicide twice
since early in March. r~
What promises to be one Of the
most interesting contests of recent
years has been instituted in the courts
Of Butte to break the will of Ra-
chel X. Williams, who died recently
at the age Of 70, disinheriting her 7
year old granddaughter, Dorothy, her
only blood relation, bequeathing in her
will an estate of about 100000 to ].
Davis, a multimillionaire banker of
Butte. The mother makes sensational
allegations CT fraud and conspiracy
against Banker Davis and Lyman Har-
ley, whom she accuses Of unduly in
fluencing the deceased.
A. F. Nichols of Three Forks is dead
at his home there at the age Of ~.
Mr.. Nichols was one Of the old and
prominent settlers Of the Gallatine val
ley. He emigrated to Montana in the
sixties.
During q row recently at the Ten
Mile house over q poker game, par
licipated in by a number Of railroad
graders, whose camp is near the scene.
Peter Milesalovich drew . revolver, APP
parently intending to shoot one Mel
son, who, he says. insulted him. The
Croatian missed his mark. the bullet
striking Nick Milich, q fellow country
man and pal. indicting q wound from
which he died.
w. A. Oden. the night operator at
Plains. IL still held in jail at that
place awaiting further development in
the case Of the mail robbery which
occurred there some time ago.
The police Of Butte have arrested
George Watson, whom 1t is alleged.
perpetrsted several bold jobs as pick.
pocket In that place.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10

New York.-William T. Stead, the
English editor, In an address before
the New York conference Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church. pleaded fo1
the assistance Of American Methodist
in he movement for international
peaoe. which 10 to b considered at the
next Hague conference. "Are you
American churchmen-are you nom.
bers Of the church Of Jesus G hrist in
Amerioa-willing to take aston 10 ~
cure the enactment Of this law - an
International statute" he saked, land
say there shall be . moments pause b
fore the dogs Of war are unleashsd?''
"Ame Amenl" came in . chorus
from all over the church.
"Ameni Oh. nobody cares . damn
for an amen, unless It leads you to dc
something to put into effect your pray.
ers." the speaker responded.
Said he: "You Methodist arc the
second church in America. II you put
your forces to work ct the task before
u. we might have got results. Tho free
church in England announced IL wa
ready TO act under tho direticon Of the
archbishop Of Canterbury in the matter
and wehn left they were oonsdierins
whether IL would not be better for the
Church Of England and the Roman
Catholic church to unite in joint sot.
ion.
don't know whether you oan do
this here. but are You willing 10 act to.
gethsrl"
Loud responses Of Eyes," "Yes.
came from all over the audience. A
committee 10 draft suitable resolutions
was appointed By Bishop Berry.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
Folk Pardons Prisoner.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 8.-Gov'
ernor Folk has committed the sentence
Of Emil Hartman and julius Lehman.
former members Of the St Louis house
Of delegates, convicted Of boodlins
to expire on June IL. They were SEN
fenced in 1904, Hartman for six years
and Lehman for seven years.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
Nine Blacks Die In Wreck.

Hableton. Ca. April 9.-In a wreck
OH the Southern railway about one and
half miles from here eight or nine
negroes were killed and IL to IL in
tured, several probably fatally. An
open switch IL reported to have been
the cause. allowing the west bound to
crash into another train standing on
the main track.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10

license at La Crosse by the board of
county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners
has refunded the payment to the o. r.
Il N. Of the per cent discount on the
payment of their taxes on real prop
erty, amounting to $1161.7S, which was
paid three days late.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10

"Oh, Tom" exclaimed the fair youns
maid, as tlseI auto flew along. 'theres
q church just ahead there"
But" replied the clipping lover, we
can't be married there"
"Well. but we might stop there awhile
and pray that we may not be over
taken. Press
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10
Ask New Trial.

New Orleans. April "a new trial
was asked for Greene and Gaynor by
p. w. Meldrim of Savannah, who made
the closing argument for the defend
ants in their appeal to the United
States circuit court Of appeals.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-10

Alico-I hear your husband u eoans
b have an automobilel
Eva-That's something wouldn't
permit under any circumstancna
Mourning colors don't become ~
Tliegeade Blaettsr.