Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-13
An ice trust has been formed in Chi,
caoo with a capital of 81 600 600

A dispatch from Pekin says that Ii
Hung Chang is in the pay of Russia and a
traitor TO Chinese interests.
Over 500 horses will participate in the
spring meeting at the Cumberland Park
track, Nashville, Tenn.
Lewis Adams, aged II years, is in Jail
at Norman, Oklahoma charged with steal
ing horse from his grandfather.
Steps are to be taken at Chicago to or
ganze national association of horse
breeders and horse dealers.
f. X. Woodbury., so years old, was kill
ed at Port Chester, N. Y, while trying to
rescue his bicycle from under train.
1t is expected that 100000 names will
be added to the National Volunteer Asso-
citation list now open at Lincoln, Neb.
An absentminded man in New York en-
tered neighbours house by mistake, was
taken for burglar, shot and instantly
killed.
The Missouri State Board of Equaliza-
ton has fixed the value of real and per-
sonal property in the state for taxes OF
1898 at $959,296,907.
Seven children, 80 grandchildren and 40
great-grandchildre of Eli Reed attended
his Doth birthday anniversary at his home
near Old St. Louis, Ind.
Mrs. William G.. Whitney, wife of ex-
Secretary of the Navy Whitney, is not ex-
pected to recover from the accident that
happened to her while hunting in North
Carolina recently.
The Pavey bill, proposing an amend
ment to the New York constitution so as
to allow the state to dispose of the canals
to the federal government, has been de-
feated in the state senate.
The property damaged by the recent
flood near Greensburg, Ind, will exceed
$l50,00O. At least dozen people were
drowned in that vicinity. In the vicinity
of Princeton, Ind, the damage will ex-
coed 100000.
Very destructive prairie fires have &C.
Cured in Texas The blaze originated in
Pecos county and swept the whole of the
Glass Mountain country. Over 600 miles
of country have been devastated.
A tribe of Yaqui Indians has been sub
dued by a ruse of the Mexican govern
ment Its chief was taken for visit to
the capital, appointed general and given
uniform. After his return to his tribe
he regarded himself as the ruler of Mexi-
co, and with his 800 warriors has aided to
preserve peace among other tribes.
The Tichborne claimant is dead at the
age of SO. He spent 10 years in prison
for false impersonation of the heir of a
noble family. His lawyer made speech
to the jury lasting nearly two months,
for which and other offenses he was dis
barred.
In round figures the amount of gold
which has been imported into this coun-
try since the movement started, on Feb
ruary 25, which is on the way now, and
which has been ordered for importation,
is $40,000,000. This includes nearly &c..
100000 from Australia.
c. w. Wilson, a Cuban hero, is in Hot
Springs under treatment. The Little Rock
Democrat says that Wilson served in the
Cuban army directly under General Go
mez, participating actively in 80 battles.
He received IL bullet wounds and had
part of his right foot blown off by shell.
He was imprisoned in Moro castle Deem
Der 2 last, under death sentence. He was
pardoned through the instrumentality of
Consul General Lee and taken on the
Maine, where he received his first medical
and surgical treatment. He afterwards
reached New Orleans and from there went
to Hot Springs. He is now suffering from
the effects of his wounds and completely
broken down in health.
Furniture and all portable property is
being removed from New England coast
residences in fear that Spanish privateers
will loot summer resorts.
The Little Rock, Ark, board of health
reports five cases of smallpox in the city.
All the sufferers are negroes, who are
confined in the pest house.
Out of SO counties in Colorado, 81 have
women superintendent of schools, and
every school board has one or two women
members.
A large quantity of rejected tea was re-
Gently returned to China from New York
as the result of examinations by officials
of the treasury department.
1t is said that combination has been
formed at Pittsburg, Pa, by big river coal
operators to corner the southern coal mar
ket in anticipation of war prices.
The Wellman polar expedition has Sc
cured the Arctic steamer Fridtjof for its
trip to Franz Josef land. The Fridtjof is
considered the best ice steamer in the
world.
|. The original copy of the declaration of
independence in Jefferson's own hand
writing has just been found among the
archives of the American Philosophical
Society in Philadelphia.
A Michigan man has in his posses
sion piece of hard tack biscuit, issued
to him as a part of a ration during the
late war, Though 80 years old, the bis
cult is in an excellent state of preserva-
ton.
Hudson Maxim, brother of Hiram, the
inventor of the famous Maxim gun, has
invented cannon to throw torpedoes
into the air. 1t promises to be even more
deadly than his brothers death-dealing
invention.
The authorities of the Missouri expert
ment station have determined to continue
experiments with sugar beets at least
another year, as their work has not def
initely settled whether the cultivation of
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