Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-11-30
THE GREAT WORLD IN BRIEF
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
General Items From All Sources, Do
nestle, Abroad and spain's In
surgent Islands-Odd Happenings
Business Progress-Crimes and
Accidents.

Inc negroes OF Indianapolis are OrganlZ'
ing colored junta to prevent future race
outrages in the south.
The dipping process for cattle afflicted
with Texas fever is not proving remark
able success in Missouri.
Naval reserves of Illinois who served in
the war with Spain will organize the Hi
nois Naval Veterans Association.
The Cherokee senate refuses to treat
with the Dawes commission, and will now
be governed by the Curtis bin.
General Wood wants the colored Vol
unteers ordered back to the United States,
on account of their riotous conduct.
At Manila law courts have resumed,
Spanish judges hearing civil cases and
American judges criminal cases.
Rear Admiral Dewey will become rank
ing officer of the navy by the retirement
of Rear Admiral Bunce December 25.
Japan has agreed to cooperate with
Great Britain in an effort to restore condi-
tons in China to their former status.
China is reported to have recently
agreed with Russia that troops of the lat
ter country are to be used in Chinese de-
tense.
Great disorder and possibly bloodshed
are feared in Havana when the unpaid
Spanish troops find there is no money for
them.
Over 100000 mail star route bidders
have combined to evade the 50-cent war
tax imposed on each contract bond, but
they will fail.
One of the most important measures to
be urged by the republicans in the New
York legislature will be a bill for pure
beer.
Estimates by the United States treas
ury fix the cost to this country of the
Spanish war up to the present time up to
about $l60,OOO,OOO.
The court at Youngstown, o., is to de-
eide whether William H. Branton, who
shot his wife, died before she did, in order
to award his property to the heirs.
Great prairie fires have been raging in
South Dakota and northern Nebraska dur
ing the present week, resulting in immense
destruction of farm property.
Prince George of Greece, the high COM
missioner of the powers in Crete, entered
upon his duties last Tuesday amid the re-
joicing of the Christian populace.
Johnstown (Pa.) fire companies, in need
of money for current expenses and failing
to get an appropriation, sold their teams.
and now draw their apparatus by hand.
Agent Pollock, in his recent annual re-
port to the interior department, declared
that the Usage Indians are the wealthiest
people per capita on earth, and are aris-
tocrats.
The frozen surface of the River Such
ona, to Velictusting, Russia, broke while
number of people and vehicles were
crossing the stream, and 20 persons were
drowned.
During the winter the United States
marine hospital service will take steps to
prevent the reintroduction of yellow fever
in this country next summer. Experts are
now at work in Cuba.
All of the shoe factories at Marlborough.
Mass, opened last Tuesday morning to
give any who desired to return to work
the opportunity to do so, but none of
the strikers awaited themselves of the
chance.
Mary Billet, over 80 years of age, who
long ago had tombstone with a blank
date line erected over the site in a ceme-
terry which she chose for her grave, died
in the almshouse at Lancaster, p, last
Tuesday.
The British ram battle ship Formidable
was launched at Portsmouth, England,
Thursday. She is said to be the largest
warship in the world. English and Amer
lean flags were intertwined on the Off
cial stand.
Fourteen Texans, commanded by Lieu
tenant Gates, have gone to Cuba for gov
eminent police duty.
In his annual report Secretary Long
will recommend the construction OF three
new battleships.
The anti-cigarette law passed by the
Tennessee legislature has been declared
unconstitutional.
AT the war department there seems to
be an impression that not nearly so many
troops will be needed in Cuba as was des-
ignated in general order some time ago.
Colonel Hanna. at San Juan, Puerto
Rico, says that Goldfish is the principal
food article imported into that island,
and that Nova Scotia dealers in Goldfish
consider Puerto Rico their best market.
Attorney General Griggs has decided
that person may draw money on a
check without a stamp, provided the
check is payable to himself, from his own
funds on deposit in the bank in question
At Portsmouth, Ohio, George w. Fer
guson, a quarryman, mistook blasting
powder for coal and tried to build fire
with it. Two children were killed. Fer
guson was terribly burned and other
members of the family seriously hurt.
Ensign Sticht, inspector Of ordnance al
the Washington navy, has succeeded in
removing charges from half dozen of tho
captured guns recovered from the sunker
Spanish cruisers Oquendo, Maria Teresa
and Vizcaya. =
Gold Bible hill, the mound where 10
seph Smith, the founder of the Mormon
faith, claims to have dug up, under divine
direction, the golden plates on which wer,
inscribed the Mormon Bible, is situated
on the farm of Admiral SampsonS neal
Palmyra, N. Y. The Mormons tried Il
buy the mound in 1893 to erect upon it .
memorial chapel, but the admiral refused
to sell.
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