Adams County,  Ritzville, WA  

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The Washington State Journal and Adams County News, Thursday, July 3, 1907, issue

Sad Case
	Mary Figlewski died at the asylum last week. The woman was committed May 4, 1904.
	Notice of the woman's death recalls the sad circumstances under which she is alleged
to have become a raving maniac, and has since remained in that condition. With her nine children
she was on her way from Green Bay, Wisc., traveling over the Great Northern, to join her husband
who had secured a location and home for his family at Riverside, Wash. She became violently  
insane after entering the state of Washington. The commitment papers state the supposed cause to
be worry over travel with her family and over shortage of funds on the train. It is further
stated that she threw her four months old babe from the car window while the train was in motion,
and attempted to jump out after it.
	Following the commitment of the woman at the asylum, her husband, Joseph Figlewski,
instituted an action against the Great Northern Railroad company to recover $50,000 damages,
claiming that the woman's insanity was caused by the manner in which she was treated by a conductor
on the train on which she was traveling.
	It is claimed that the mother, with all her children, visited the railroad agent at Green
Bay and purchased what transportation she was informed she would need to bring her family to
Wenatchee, Wash. Provided with the transportation which she had secured, it is set out, she was
admitted to the defendant's train at St. Paul.
	On the journey a conductor of the company, it is alleged, rudely demanded of her that she
produce transportation for some of the minor children, or he would put them off the train.
	She explained that she had not the money to comply with the demand and that she had been
assured by the agent at Green Bay that she had all the transportation required. The conductor
repeated his insolent conduct from time to time, until the woman was in a high state of nervous
fear, and while in that condition ditched her babe from the window, and has been a raving maniac
ever since. At the hospital she had to be fed by an attendant and then only with a long spoon.
									    -Medical Lake Mail

Jacob Oestreich
	Jacob Oestreich, a rancher who lived 9 miles south west of Ritzville, was born at Alt  
Messer, Russia, 45 years ago. He came to this country and settled down in Franklin County, Neb.
>From here he moved to Klickitat County, this state, and several years ago he came to this county.
In 1892 he was married to Miss Nellie Carter. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oestreich,
two are dead. Mr. Oestreich had been ailing for sometime. About two weeks before his demise he  
went to Spokane for treatment, but died of that much dreaded malady, heartfailure, on June 26th
and was buried from the German Congregational church on June 28th, the Rev. K. Stahl officiating.

The Washington State Journal and Adams County News, Thursday, August 14, 1907, issue

Rudolph Radtke
	One of the saddest accidents which the Journal has been called to chronicle took place
last Sunday afternoon about 10 miles south of Ritzville, where the 11-year-old son of Gottlieb
Radtke, and a few of his playmates, walked down to the new railroad track, which is being  
constructed near their place, commenced playing with explosives which had been left there by the
constructing crew. This the boys picked up and carried it a ways with them and finally applied a
match to it with the result that Rudolph was so badly burned that life expired in a few hours.
Medical assistance was immediately at hand and everything was done that the Dr. could do, but
all of no avail. The sorrow stricken parents have the sympathy of the Journal in this their day
of sorrow.

The Washington State Journal and Adams County News, Thursday, August 21, 1907, issue

Cerital Popple
	Cerita Popple, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. Popple who lives near Odessa, died of
appendicites at her home and was brought here for burial on Friday last. Miss Popple was a cousin
of Mr. George Tinnel.

The Washington State Journal and Adams County News, Thursday, September 18, 1907, issue

C. D. Gillispie
	LIND - The remains of C. D. Gillispie were shipped to his home at Hicksville, Ohio, last
Wednesday night, for interment. They were accompanied by Ed Springer.