Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-08-17
NEWS OF HOME and ABROAD
HAPPENINGS IN THE WORLD.
Items of All Kinds From All Over
Accidents nnd Crimes-PcrsOns
Talked About-NOtes of business
Matters and Doings.

iHc tdIIloIilhl halSlH tlONeGS RNso-
citation has formulated a plan to pool the
raiein product of the state.
\ smokcless powder factory is to be
established at Cleveland, O., by com
pany which has government contract.
Cecil Rhodes is trying to get back AZ
the polls in the South African Republic
the power he lost by the Jameson raid.
Francis Murphy, the well known tent
pcrance advocate, has been appointed
chaplain OF the Fifth Pennsylvania rcgi-
ment.
Frank c. Fleming of Chicago was
crushed TO death by falling 1000 feet into
Il creyasse in the Valdez glacier, Alaska.
Letters received from Alaska say that
many prospectors have abandoned their
search for gold and are locating coal
claims.
Schlattcr, the 'divine healer apollo
gized to the court in Philadelphia last
week for mdliciously tearing down an
American flag, and was discharged.
During the furious electrical storm in
Philadelphia last Wednesday ) II inches
of rain fell in one hour and thrce-quarters,
and the entire city was covered with
water several inches in depth.
An ls-months-old child in Chicago swal-
lowed a hat pin 6 inches long The pin
was located in the chld's stomach by
aid OF y rays, and subsequently removed
by skillful surgeon without injury to
the child.
At Columbus, o., Ephraim W. Sells
the elder of the Sells Bros, well.known
circus men, died of Brght's disease, after
an illness OF several months.
Harvey county, Kan, has not single
cent OF Indebtedness, according to figures
from the county clerks office. Tax Ievies
for the coming year are unusually light.
Spanish officers surrendered at Santiago
will be allowed TO take their wives and
children back to Spain at the expense
of the United States.
Near Circle City, Klondike, July !,
men who were trying to trace a coal vein
found the richest gold deposit ever before
discovered in that region.
1t is reported at Yokohama, that IIa-
waii agreed to pay Japan S200,000 10
settle the dispute about the exclusion of
japanese immigrants from Hawaii.
The business community of Guatemala.
having become tired OF the frequent rev
olutions, would welcome annexation to
the United States or Mexico.
The federal court at Tacoma, Wash,
has decided that insurance companies
must notify policy holders Of arrearagcs
before they can decide policies forfeited.
Philip Hanna, who was American con,
sui ut San Juan nntl the war broke out,
has joined General Miles, to give him the
benefit of his acquaintance with the isl
and.
California sheep herders are taking ad-
vantage of the absence Of troops to drive
their sheep into the military reservations.
They say the dry spell will cause 100000
sheep TO die.
Adjutant General Corbin, at the direc-
tion of the secretary OF war. has issued
an order granting sick and wounded sol
dicrs at hospitals, when able to travel,
one months furlough and transportation
to their homes.
1t is reported from Berlin that the pub.
lication of the memoirs OF Prince Bis
marck will be forcibly suppressed by the
German government, as were the memoirs
Of Emperor Frederick on Prince Bis
marck's advice.
The entire herd Of famous ort-horncd
cattle belonging TO the Hon. John Me-
Keegan OF Bancroft. Neb.. were totally
destroyed by peculiar accident. While
grazing on a high bluff overlooking the
Missouri river, they were suddenly at
tackled by several swarms Of wild bees,
which occupy the trees on the bluffs. In
their terror and pain the whole herd,
800 head, jumped off the bluffs
and were dashed to pieces on the rocks
or drowned in the river.
A pet monkey belonging to a gentleman
in Ottawa, Canada, deliberately commit
ted suicide last week. Climbing to the
top of his large cage, he secured an old
coat which hung on the wall outside.
He tore the lining from the garment, and,
making one end fast at the top of his
cage and placing the other end around
his neck, jumped toward the bottom of
the cage. He was found in this position
strangled to death.
The celebrated French cave-hunter, NJ.
Martel, has explored a natural pit in
the limestone of the Lozere, France, and
made there a most remarkable discovery.
After descending vertical shaft for 200
feet he reached an immense hall, sloping
at the lower end of which was
a virgin forest of stalagmites, resembling
palm and pine trees. Some Of these are
Of great beauty, and one, over 90 feet
in height, nearly reaches the roof of the
cavern.
Our Santiago heroes are coming home.
Typhoid fever at Camp Alger is under
control.
An American cable will be laid 10
Peurto Rico at once.
Lieutenant Hobson is constantly haunt
ed by female admirers.
General Wood has regulated the price
Of provisions at Santiago.
The Yale battery Of artillery has been
ordered to Puerto Rico.
Admiral Sampson reports that the
health of his men is remarkably good.
The corn crop of Nebraska, improved !
by rains, will yield about $25,OOO,OOO.
Mrs. BalliBgton Booth of the American
army has sailed for England
Lieutenant Hobson visited Admiral
Cervera and the Spanish prisoners at
Annapolis last Monday -