Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-19
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.
BRIEF ITEMS OF THE WORLD.
Odds and Ends of Happenings I'm the
dents, Crimes and business Mat
ters-Fires, Fever and Family
News.

Ninety-two flour mills in North Caro-
lima grind all the wheat grown in the
etate.
Over 1850 has been raised in London
for the Spanish soldiers wounded in the
recent war.
The Cubans will declare for independ.
erce at the convention soon to be held
at Camaguey.
Savannah, Ca. has been selected as
the winter port of departure for gov
eminent transports.
Admiral Cervera's personal ensign, re-
covered from the cruiser Colon, has been
sent to Washington.
Thirty kegs of beer were consumed
by the guests at wedding of foreigners
at Shenandoah, Pa
A chain of Canadian police stations has
been established along the Yukon from
Dawson to Lake Bennett.
The yellow fever grows worse at jack
son, Miss, despite the efforts of the health
authorities to check the disease.
A balloon line from Europe to America
is the projected enterprise of Vienna
company headed by Count Zeppelin.
During the yellow fever epidemic cur
few ordinance in Meridian, Miss, re-
quires everybody to be at home after S
p. m. An hour later is permitted to the
people OF Jackson.
1t will require weeks to form an intel
ligent estimate of the losses sustained in
Colorado by the recent forest fires.
The enrolled members of the Methodist
church in Canada is 2S0,537, one-tifth of
the entire population of the Dominion.
| An appeal for the relief of starving Gu.
ban soldiers has been made to the Red
Cross Society and to Secretary Alger.
The National Horsethief Detective AS
sociation held its annual session at Alex
andria, Ind, last week.
Forest fires near Wichita, Kan, drove
clouds of insects and birds from their
haunts in such vast numbers as to dark
en- the sky.
Ex- Governor Swineford of Alaska says
that the gold-seekers who returned empty
handed have themselves to blame for lack
of foresight.
Secretary Long has named the four
new monitors contracted for last week as
follows: Connecticut, Florida, Arkansas
and Wyoming.
The United States army is to be reor-
ganized with four corps instead OF eight.
and radical Encouragement of divisions
and brigades.
The deaths among the troops in ths
Philippines during July, August and
September numbered four officers and S3
enlisted men.
Admiral Dewey intended to use the
transport China to ram the Spanish fleet
under Admiral Camara if it had put in
an appearance at Manila.
Robert p. Porter has returned from Ha-
vana with financial and industrial intor-
nation about Cuba to be embraced in he
presidents message.
Four men OF sheritrs posse who We're
levying on some property belonging to a
farmer were killed and one fatally wound
ed by a man named Hollingsworth aud
his friends in Cannon county, Tenn.
The Red Lake reservation in Minneso
la has Just been thrown open to settle
ment unuer the Nelson act, which re-
quires five years residence and the pay
ment of 81 rs an acre at the end OF that
period. The territory includes 361 900
acres.
The annexation of Hawaii has given
big boom to the sugar industry.
Rural free mail delivery service has
been ordered at Parkersburg, w. Va.
| al. nf n
sicana, Tex, are said to net him about
800 day.
Mrs. Lille Isenberg of Vicksburg,
Miss, died Sunday night from the effects
of spiders bite
Ex-Treasurer Wedber of San Francis
co, CAL, has been convicted of embezzling
$76,242 of public funds.
The Kentucky court of appeals has de-
cided that the railroads in that state
must furnish separate coaches for nc
groes.
The president will not announce the
selection of an ambassador to London
before his return from his western trip.
1t is stated that proclamation will
be issued in China threatening the in
1 ulcllOu Vi catpildi puhiohihche upon "iy
person insulting Europeans.
A. C. Cleveland of Nevada has an
nounced himself candidate for United
States senator from that state to succeed
William M. Stewart.
Large numbers of counterfeit 500 sill
yer certificates have been produced in
San Francisco. 1t is said that 5000 OF
these spurious bills were sent to the
Klondike.
Alaska Indians have abandoned fur
hunting and Joined the whites in the
search for gold. As the result, Alaska's
fur output has dwindled from $750,0o0
to 100000 in year.
The converted yacht Wasp has been
assigned as training ship for the use Of
the Illinois Naval Militia. The vessel
will soon start for Chicago, via the st.
Lawrence canal.
Reports from various points in Geor-
gia indicate that the storm of last week
was disastrous to the cotton crop, and
the damage sustained is believed to have
reached $5,O00,OO0.
The Texas Old Settlers Association
has bought a thirty-acre tract of land
for a permanent meeting place This is
a fine grove on the tract, and hand
some home will be erected, to be used
as place for the society's reunions.
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