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W. R. PETERS Manufacturer and Dealer in HARNESS AND HORSE GOODS Carries the largest and beat line of harness and saddles in Adams county. Eveything for the stable. Years"of experience in this busi ness enables us to assure satisfac tion to every customer. Come in and see our goods whether you buy or not. Main street. RITZVILLE, WASH, HOTEL RITZVILLE A. B. SCHMIDT, Prop Everything new, cozy, neat and clean. All service is li'Btclass. Headquarters for commercial traveling men. Sample rooms and suites. Two dining rooms. Leading hotel of the city The Newport Fred Walton, Proprietor. Ritzvllle'i favorite amusement parlors. Bowling, Billliards and Pool Confection*, Soft Drinks, Cigars. Notions, Ktc J. M. Kauffman, House Safety guaranteed. , 1 have all necess- MOVing ary apparatus and Is My machinery for trans . porting large struc- DUSineSS tures on short notice with neatness and dispatch. Excavating a specialty. Charge* Reasonable. Dr. William F. Armann German Doctor. Womra'i and Children's Diseases a Specially* Graduate University of Heidelberg and Berlin. Phone 46t>. Tinnel block. J. M. Angell A. W. AMQSLL ANGELL BROS., Dealers jn pfog es> Liquors and Ggars Cor. Railroad and C street, south side. NOUII PACIFIC RAILWAY Runs Pullman S!eepii g Cars Elegant Dining Cars Tourist Sleeping Cars To_ Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and all points East and West. Through tickets to Japan and China via the Tacoma and Northern P»"ifl« Steamship Co. and American line. Through Tickets to St Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Fargo, Grand Forks, Crookston, Winni peg, Helena and Butte. Passengers must get permits for local freights 57 and 68. For information, time cards, maps and ticketa, call on or write E. W. LYONS, Rltzville, Waah. Or A. D. CHARLTON, Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt., 226 Morrison bt., Portland. Oregon. 0. R. & N. To Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas Gty, St. Louis, Chicago, New York. Ocean steamer* between Portland and San Francisco every five day*. LOW RATES I Tickets to and from all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. For particular*, call on or address. D. HOUSE, Agent, Washtucna. CHICAGO BANK FAILS 11l WAUKEE AVENUE STATE BANK CLOSED ITS DOORS. President Steritland and Cashier Her ring Have Disappeared—Warrants Are Out for Them—Bank Had 20,- Depositors and Over Four Million on Deposit. Chioago, Aug. 7.—With a deficit in its accounts estimated olose to a mill ion dollars and with the whereabouts of two of its hi|?h officials unknown to the authorities, the Milwaukee Ave nue State bank, one of the largest [out lying banks in the oity, was closed by State Bank Examiner Jones. In the excitement following the bank's olose J. C. Visser an official of the Royal league, who had on deposit in the bank funds of that order, fell dead of heart failure. The failure was responsible for the death of one of the depositors and led to the suioide of another man who a month ago had plaoed his earnings of a lifetime in the instntition for safe keeping. Henry Koepke, a small gro oer, on hearing that the bank had sus pended, went to the rear of his store and shot himself. He died a few min utes later wnile being taken to a hos pital. . Riotous scenes followed the an nouncement of the failure and a large foroe of polioe struggled all day to keep an excited crowd of depositors— nearly all of them foreigners and many of the women—from bursting in the doors of the bank. The fact that the bank was on of the verge of failure was first revealed by President Paul O. Stemsand, one of the absent offi cials. A letter to his son, Theodore, who is vioe president, written from St. Paul, started the investigation which brought about the suspension. Another sensational featnre of the affair was the disappearance of the cashier, Henry W. Herring, and the issuing of a warrant for his arrest. The news spread rapidly throughout the oity. The bank for years had been a popular depository for funds saved by working people. Soon a clamorous crowd gathered before the doors and demanded admission. Anticipating trouble, a score of po lioemen were harried to the soene. The people were permitted to file past the doors bearing the posted notice and were compelled to keep moving. Only thu. - '• aving keys to safe deposit vaults were allowed to enter. The shortage is estimated between <150,000 and (1,000,000. Disastrous speculation in real estate and in the security market is said to be responsible. Memebrs of the clear ing house committee were told that most of this amount was wholly unpro tected by adequate collateral. The instution was known as a "fam ily bank." The Siensland family, for years well known residents of the north west side, held mnoh of the stook and members of the family operated the bank. It was organic] in 189 X with a paidnp capital of $250,000 and suc ceeded the banking firm of Paul O. Stensland & Co. A statement made by Vioe President Stensland today showed ft,051,000 in cash on hand. He said that the bank carried deposits of |4,- 300,000 ;md had 20,000 depositors. The last report of the bank was made on June 19. Inquiry at all the hotels in St. Paul and other places wheie he would likely be known failed to looate Paul O. Stensland. Search for him is being continued. U. 3. Admiral Train Dies. Cheefo.—Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander In chief of the United States Asiatic fleet, Is dead of uraemia. Charles J. Train was born in Mas sachusetts, and was appointed to the navy from Massachusetts in Novem ber, 18G1. He was In the naval academy from 1861 to 1864, and was promoted to master in 1866. to lieu tenant commander In 1869., com mander in 1886 and captain in 1898. He served on many stations and duties in the navy, among which were: Naval officer of Atlanta expo sition from 1894 to 1896; commanded United States steamer Prairie, an auxiliary cruiser, in the North Atlantic patrol squadron from March to November in 1898; was commander of the Puritan and later of the Massa chusetts. Stiff Demurrage Rates. The officials of the Southern Paci fic company have decided to raise the rates of demurrage at San Francisco on all freight and will put a new rate Into effect at once. Beginning Mon day, a charge of $2 will be made on all cars of hay. The demurrage on cars of lumber will be increased on August 16. It is hoped by these means to persuade the consignees to unload their freight. The new rates are to be supported with vigourous zeal. Mrs. Maybrlck Is Home. New York, Aug. 7. —Mrs. Florence Maybrick, looking much Improved in health and under the assumed name of Mme. F. Cheney, has arrived in cognito on the French liner La Gas cogne. She.declined to tell of her plans. Mrs. Maybrlck has . been abroad for three months. Mac Arthur in Command. Gen. Arthur Mac Arthur has resumed command of the division of the Paci fic. Owing to the maneuvers, General Mac Arthur will have the temporary command of the departments of Cali fornia and Columbia In addition to his regular duties as division commander. Grim Relic of Port Arthur. The London Daily Mail's Hakodate. Japan, correspondent says that the Russian cruiser Novik, which was sunk by two Japanese cruisers at Kor sakovsk, Sakhallcn, in August, 1904, after the sortie from Port Arthur, and which subsequently was floated, has arrived there. MINING NOTE*. The Silver Crown mine, near Kalls lell, Mont., has a carload of ore j sacked and ready for shipment. The ore ranges from $30 to $100 a ton in value. A 12 drill compressor has been In stalled In the Paragon mine near Mur ray, Idaho, and the 3700 foot flume lias been completed. A contract for 300 feet of tunneling on the Reindeer mine near Mullan, Idaho, has been let to Paul Paulson and J. B. Cameron of that place A strike of high grade lead and sliver carbonates has been made on the Guelph mine, adjoining the Her cules, near Burke, Idaho, on the north side. A strike on the 850 foot level of the Vhite Bear at Rossland, B. C., Is considered the most important made in that mine. During the week 80 tons of ore have been shipped to the Granby Smelter, and 50 tons to Trail. With water 5 cents a quart to de liver at the mines and with mining timbers costing $150 a thousand, the Furnace Creek district is a tremen dously expensive camp in which to operate just now. The strike which has shut down the Boston & Montana electrolytic smelt ers and the mines of the company in Butte has been declared off. The men agree to resume work pending an in vestigation Into the cases of five smeltermen who were discharged by the company, and whose reinstate ment is demanded by the union. Sixteen shaftmen employed at the Morning mine, at Mullan, Idaho, owned by the Federal company, went out on strike recently for a six hour day or for $5 a day for an eight hour shift. The men have been working eight hours for $4, but claim that as other miners have been given a re duction of two hours in a day they thould receive the same. The ore shipments for last week from Rossland were 6510 tons. For the first time in two years and a half the Snowshoe mine at Phoenix, B. C.. is on the shipping list. Leasers on the Bullwliacker mine at Butte, owned by the Patrick Clark in terests of Spokane, have come into a promising body of 4 per cent copper ore. The management of the Eureka ! Mining company, developing a group of claims a mile and a half up Nine Mile creek from Wallace, Idaho, is , preparing to construct a flume and a , compressor plant in the near future. ! Thousands of acres of placer claims I in the Douglas Creek, Wyoming dis , trict, the mineral deposits of which , are estimated by experts to be vorth from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, will be i opened as the result of a report re ceived by Frank B. Evans from David i T. Bay. chief of the division of the i United States geological survey. Sam . pies, the poorest of which could be ; found in the center of the placer . field, were sent, and his assay has lust been received, showing that the , flirt runs $780 to the ton in gold, 30 1 rer cent of magnetic iron and 54 per i cent of hematite, making these among I the richest placer mines in the coun > tiy. The sample also carries plati i num. on which Mr. Day made no re ■ tort. MR. ROOT HAS A UNIQUE RIDE On Platform up Most Wonderful Rail road Grade. San Paulo, Brazil.—Secretary of State Root on board the United States cruiser Charleston arrived at Santos Sunday, accompanied by Mrs. Root and Edith and Edward Root, and Am bassador Griscom. The secretary rode from Santos on a platform erected on the front of an engine up the most wonderful grade known in railroad construction, hav ing a rise of 2000 feet. At the station here he was received by the governor and other officials and escorted to a carriage In which, accompanied by lancers, he was driven to the govenor's residence. Photographed While Drowning. William Jacobs, 24 years old, and Abraham Jacobs, aged 17, brothers, were drowned while rowing in Branch Creek park lake, New York city. Their boat capsized while the younger brother was standing up to have his picture taken by William Nicholls, an -lmateur photographer. Nicholls en deavored to rescue the young men, but without result. Set Type by Telegraph. A young Ligurian printer, named Cava, has invented a method of type setting by telegraph. He couples the Hughes instrument with a monotype composing machine, and, instead of the message being printed on the tape of the receiving apparatus, perfora tions are made on the monotype paper bands. Completely successful experi ments have been made with the new Invention. The newspapers are com plaining that the Italian government will not allow them to have private wires, without which they cannot make use of Slgnor Cava's discovery. Twenty People Are Injured. Twenty people were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Frisco road near St. Genevieve, Mo. Sunday. The engines were demolished and the tracks torn up for a considerable dis tance. Missouri Flyer Wrecked. Joplln, Mo., Aug. 6. —Frisco passen ger train No. 302, en route to St. Louis, was wrecked In this city. Michael O'Neil, fireman, was killed: E. J. Warren, engineer, sustained In juries necessitating amputation of an arm and may die. The sultan of Morocco is only 26 years of age, but is already quite port ly. In Bpite of the opposition of his subjects, be is decidedly Japanese in his preference for everything that is foreign and ultra-modern. Motor cars, bicycles and photography take up much of his time. He has formed a band of over 100 musicians, and has a piano, which had to be transported from Laraish to Fez on the back of a camel. CARRIED 300 DOWN TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER OF CAPE PALOS, SPAIN. The Italian Steam Ship Slrlo Wrecked and Hundreda of Italian and Span ish Emigrants Were Drowned— Captain Committed Suicide—Fisher men Rescue Survivors. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 6.—A terri ble marine disaster occurred Sunday evening off Cape Palos. The Italian steamship Sirio, from Genoa for Bar celona, Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, with about 800 persons on board was wrecked off Hormlgas is land. Three hundred emigrants, most of them Italians, and Spaniards, were drowned. The captain of the steamer commit ted suicide. The bishop of San Pedro, Brazil, was lost, and It is reported that an other bishop is among the missing. The remainder of the passengers and the officers and crew got away In the ship's boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from the shore. A number of fishermen who made attempts at rescue were drowned. Those rescued from the vessel are now at Cape Palos in a pitiable condi tion, being without food or clothing. The Slrio struck a rocky reef known ns Bajos Hormigas and sank soon afterward, stern first. Hormlgas is land lies about two and a half miles to the eastward of Cape Palos, The Slrio was owned by the Navi gaziono Italiana of Genoa. Before he committed suicide the captain declared the steamer had 645 passengers on board, and that her crew numbered 127 men. The Slrio had 570 passengers when leaving Gen oa. but additional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelona, where the vessel touched a few hours before the disaster. Reef a Continental Menace. The disaster occurred at 5 o'clock In the afternoon. The steamer was threading a difficult passage through tlje Hormlgas group, where the Bajos Mormigas reef is a continual menace to navigation. The vessel fcsgan to settle immedi ately after she had struck and a sen sational scene of panic ensued on the vessel. The fishermen along the coast sought to render every assistance and sent out boats, which brought many survivors ashore. Most of the officers and crew of the Sirlo are nw" **■' saved. The survivors have go camp on the main square of t! at Palos. Harrowing scenes . acted as the stricken famili iously seek beloved ones ami rescued. A mother who lost hi children went insane. The di the Sirio gave up his wife ai as lost, but they were finally In by one of the rescuing bor the scene as this family was t was most affecting. One of the Doais sent out by the fishermen brought in 42 passengers. In Deplorable Condition. The condition of the survivors Is most deplorable. They have lost ev erything, and are without food or clothing. The military authorities of Cartagena have dispatched a tug to the scene carrying relief supplies. The buildings of a circus and a poor house are being used as temporary quarters for the survivors. In addition sadness is added to the catastrophe owing to the fact that a number of fishermen who were con ducting rescuing operations were drowned In consequence of the over turning of a boat. The captain of the Sirio Just before he committed suicide attributed the wreck to his own imprudence. All the ship's books were lost. It Is impossible at present to ascertain the full extent of the disaster. Nine tenths of the passengers were Ital ians. and the remainder Spaniards. FOREST FIRES IN BOUNDARY. Timber Ablaze for 20 Miles Along C. P. R. System In B. C. The forest in the section along the Columbia & Western railway between Cascade and the Bull Dog tunnel Is iblaze in places. The flames have reached Farron, where they destroyed the station, roitndhouse, the water tank and a large boarding house, en tailing a loss of about $5000. The employes of the railway at Far ron made a strong fight against the flames, which after destroying the 'luildlngs passed on toward the Bull Dog tunnel. The flres now extend along the road for about 20 miles and the entire available Canadian Pacific railway force from Cascade to Rob son is endeavoring to save the trestles, of which several are high and long. There had been an unusually long, dry, hot season and once a fire is started In the forest it burns itself out, as there is no means of stopping it. The Bryan* Are at Venice. Venice.—William J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan, Mlsg Grace Bryan, Colonel Moses C. Wetmore of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Dunlap and their daughter of Jackonviile, 111., Bpent Bunday here sightseeing. They were Interested especially in the work of restoring the campanile at St. Mark's. The party had luncheon with Mr. White, the American ambassador. Atkt Millard to Junket. Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 7. —Senator Jos eph H. Millard has received an invi tation from President Roosevelt to accompany the presidential party to Panama next November. Two Dead In Wreck. In a headon collision between twt. nassenger cars on the Lake Shore electric road two people were killed outright, a third was fatally Injured, several seriously. CHAMBERLIN l« A SICK MAN Rumor Say* Hit Condition Is Vory Critical. In pallmentary lobbies a rumor la current that Joseph Chamberlln's health Is in a most precarious condi tion. It has been openly stated that after the fatigues of the Birmingham birthday oelebratlon he had a lit, and for some days before his son Austen's marriage he was very 111. Miss Galbreth, a school teacher and the Misses Hilda and Margaret Saw yer were drowned in the South Coos river near Allegheny recently. The young ladles were bathing. Miss Gal breth, who could not swim, got into deep water and cried for help. Several men were standing on the bank, but none offered to help the young woman, so Miss Hilda Sawyer went to the rescue, but could do nothing with the drowning girl. Then Miss Margaret Sawyer went to the assistance of the girls and gave up her life in a vain endeavor to lend them aid. Miss Galbreth is from eastern Oregon. SIMPLE LIFE WARDS OFF ILLB. Cancer Rare Among All Savaget, Says Savant. That cancer can be warded off by the "simple life" is the lesson learned by Dr. Nicholas Senn, who returned to Chicago recently from an extended tour through the interior of Africa. In describing his explorations through the "dark continent" Dr. Seen de clared that the nearer man approach ed the lower animals In simplicity of habit and diet the less liable is he to cancerous growth. He said cancer Is almost unknown among the natives of the interior of Africa, because of the simple habits of the people, and that civilized man Is like a hothouse plant and cancer due largely to overnutrl tion and luxurious living. Dr. Senn went to study the pyg mies and aboriginal race of that coun try and the pests which infest it. DREYFUS LONGS FOR WAR Would Show How He Appreciate* Honor*. Dreyfus, in an interview at Paris, declared that he would be glad person ally if a great foreign war should break out and if he could by his con duct on the battlefield show how much he appreciates his latter day treatment at the hands of the French nation. He does not hesitate to state that he would be willing to die for the nation on the field of battle if cir cumstances would only permit it. SPOKANE'S MARKETS. Wholesale Produce Price*. Vegetables—Cabbage, $2.26@2.50 atoes, $3@ cwt; cwt; lb; $1.75 cum -51.50 •ate; >ers, orn. Apples—Red June, $2; other vari ties, $1 ©>$1.75. Peaches, 76c@$l box; oranges. $4.75 @5.25 box; lemons, fancy, $6.5007.50 case; dried figs, 75@80c 10 lb. box; figs In bulk. 6c lb; black figs, 10 lb package, 80c; Fard dates, B@9c lb; golden dates, 7@Bc lb; bananas, $2.75 @5 bunch. Flour—Local, $4 bbl; Minnesota. $5.75@6 bbl. Butter and eggs—Fresh ranch ?ggs, current receipts,'s7 case; fresh ranch, selected, $7.50 case; best creamery butter, 24c lb; cheese, twins, 14c lb; local ranch butter, 15 ■®20c lb; California butter, 23@24c 'b; Minnesota butter, 26c, lb. Honey. $3.50; strained honey, 8c lb. Sugar—Granulated cane sugar, $5.55 per 100 lbs. Coffee—Common package goods, $17.25 per 100 lbs. Seed—Alfalfa, $13.50@>14 cwt; red clover, $15.50@16 cwt; Kentucky bluegrass, $13.50 cwt; timothy, $5@ 5.25 cwt; white clover, $16@20. Wholesale Meat Price*. Beef—Steers, dressed, s@6c lb; cows, dressed, 4@sc lb; mutton, dressed, 9c lb; pork, 10c lb; hams, lb; bacon. 15c lb; lard, 11® 11 »/£c lb; dry salt extras, ll@ll>4c 'b; dry salt backs, lb; veal, fancy, small, 6%@7%c lb; veal, fancy, 'arge, 3@sc lb. Wholesale Feed Price*. Bran, $16 ton; bran and shorts. $17 ton; white shorts, $21 ton; corn, $1.30 cwt; cracked corn, $1.40 cwt; tim othy hay, $16 ton; alfalfa, $13 ton; -oiled barley. $1.10 cwt; whole oats. $1.25@1.40 cwt; chopped oats. $1.35 @$1.60 cwt; wheat, $1 cwt; red shorts, $16 ton. Prices Paid to Producers. Live stock —Steers, $3.25@3.60 cwt; cows, $20)2.50 cwt; sheep, $3@4 cwt; hogs, $6@6-.25. Hides—Green steers, 8c lb; cows, 7c lb; salted. He higher; dry hides, 15c lb; calf skins, green, 10c lb; kip, Sc lb; sheepskins, $1@1.25. Poultry and egges—Live hens, 13 @13V4c; live ,spring chickens, 20c; live roosters, 10@llc; dressed hens, 15c; fresh ranch eggs, $5.75 06. Creamery produce, f. o. b. Spokane —First grade creamery butter fat, 22V4C. Feed —Timothy hay, $13@>14 tons; alfalfa hay, $10.50@11 ton; oats, $1 cwt. Northwestern Wheat. Davenport.—Bluestem, 59c; club, 1 67 c. Rltzville.—Bluostem, 60c; club, 57c. Walla Walla. — Wheat—Bluestem; Old. 64c; club, 62c f. o. b. Bluestem: New, 62c; club, 60c f. o. b. Tacoma—Unchanged. New export: Bluestem, 71c; club, 69c; red, 66c. Portland.—Club, 68@69c; bluestem, 70@71c;red, 65@66c; valley, 71@72c. For a New Rust-Jap Treaty. Negotiations have been begun by (he foreign ministry for the conclu sion of a new Russo-Japanese treaty of shipping and commerce. First National Bank, Ritzville, Washington. Capital and Surplus, $110,000. Ia the oldest, largest and only national bank in Adams county. Offers its customers every facility consistent with conservative banking. Places loans for term of years en farm and city property under especially favorable contracts. Pays interest on time deposits. Its officers are experienced and courteous and its directors among the most substantial business men in the county. J. D. BASSETT, President. U. K. LOOSE, Vice Pre*. A. T. KENDRICK,Cashier. If you are going to build Call on White River Lui A full stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber and all Building Material also Heath & Milligan Ready Mixed Paints. OILS GLASS WALL PAPER WOOD COAL I——— — — — — This is the time of yea r to build, and while you are at it, bear in mind that to J* D. Sellars build right costs less in the ' end. lamin a position to vOntrACtOr build your house and build Arrhifprf it right. Let me do your nrem icci work and you wiU be Builder pleased. Let me draw your Rltzville, plans and your wife will be Wish. P.O. Box 472 pleased.* My motto: The best is none too good. Yo\i can't afford to eave anything but the beat. a PI sn in MPff Largest Lumber Manufacturing Plant in the World. Josh Billings: I love a rooster for two things, one is the crow that is fn him, and the other is the spurs to bask up the crow. If you are tempted lo think thae we crow untruthfully, just investi gate and see how we "back" the crow up With the largest stock of lumber and building material to be found in Adams county A. H. SMITH, Manager First-Class Rigs Reasonable Rates The Sto Liver> Feed WM. FOLFortD, Prop. Horses bought and sold. Cabs at all houra. Phone—Main 267. Rltzvllle, Waah. I*llll II INCORPORATED Merchant Millers* W.™KREAaE^Maaager, Hlgheat market price paid for wheat, sacked or In bulk. Manufac turera of the Celebrated Krone Patent Flour. All grocers aell It. Wheat storage capacity, 160,000 bushels. 0. H. Greene, Pres. W. H. Martin, Cashier. C. E. Shipman.Vice Pre* The Pioneer State Bank Established In 19 o 1 Capital, $100,000 RITZVILLE, WN. A conservative banking business transacted. Safety deposit boxee for rent. Interest paid on time deposits. Your business solicited. W. C. REEDER, Carries a complete line ot Harness, Saddles and Blankets. Also a very Urge stock Oj Furniture and Sewing Machines