Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-10-05
THE WORLDS NEWS N BRIEF
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
The Occurrences of the Time From
Far and Near-Odds and Ends OF
General ualities and
Crimes-Notes of Business Mat
ters and Events of Interest.

OfhcerS TO ODey AmeIlczth cohaueis'
The presence of a British man-of-war
prevented Germany from raising her flag
at Apia, Samoa.
The Portuguese authorities have been
warned of an anarchist plot to assassi-
nate King Carlos.
The international conference proposed
by Italy to discuss measures for the sup
preston of anarchism will be held in
October.
The Spanish peace commission has been
instructed to maintain Spain's indisput-
able sovereignty over the Philippine ISL
ands.
John Donahue, San Francisco cable
gripman, found $1,000 belonging to
George Mulligan, returned Klondiker
He was given $40.
General Lee may not be given the COM
mand of our army of occupation in Cuba.
General Wade of the regular army is like.
ly to get the place.
Mrs. Berry Of New York finding burg
lar ransacking her house, choked him into
submission and marched him to the police
station.
Hogs are dying of cholera by hundreds
near Valparaiso, Ind. It is estimated
that farmers of that section i'll lose from
SIS, 600 to $4,000.
General Miles is Of the opinion that it
would not be safe to send the army of
occupation to Cuba before the middle Of
November or the first of December.
It is said in Washington that General
Wheeler will organize and equip the cav
airy division for Cuba, but that he will
not accompany the expedition.
General Blanco has issued an order au-
thorizing the soldiers of the Cuban army
to travel unarmed on railway trains in the
provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana.
The failure Of many prospectors to reach
Dawson City, Klondike, gives rise to the
belief that they have perished in the float
ing marshes between the Nelson and Pease
rivers.
Jesse Wilkerson, son of Sedalia, Mo-,
policeman, fell and broke both legs the
other day. 1t as the 18th time his left
limb has been broken during his short
life. The right leg has been broken four
times. The right leg has been broken
four times, the bones of the l0-year-old
boy being so brittle that the least shock
fractures them.
Commissioner Scott does not believe
that the war tax will be repealed by the
next congress, as the proceeds will be
needed for some time to come to meet the
war expenses of the government
The Rough Riders horses were sold in
New York last week. The best one OF
the lot was bought by farmer for $40.
The sale realized $4,000 less than the
horses cost the government.
Last week, in Kansas City, L. A.
Moore, clock repairer for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, was instant
ly killed by fall Of three feet. He was
standing on short ladder winding a
clock, when he fell backward TO the floor,
breaking his neck.
The public schools at Muscogee. ]. T.,
opened last week. and for the first time
in the history of the Indian Territory
white children residing there had an op.
portunity to attend, public school ad.
vantages having heretofore been exclus-
lively confined to Indian children.
"A Cynthiana, KY, man went home to
supper the other night and found his
wife standing on her head wedged in be-
tween the bed and the wall in such a
way that she could not move. The poor
woman was nearly dead, and without any
coaxing promised her husband after she
was restored that she would never again
try "summersets" to reduce her fatness
She paid New York firm 81 for a re-
ceipt for obesity. At last reports she was
as fat as ever.
The Nebraska corn crop is estimated at
$50, 900 bushels, worth $37 100000.
This years income in Oregon from
grain, hops and wool is estimated at $l4,-
100000.
Capt Brooks was murdered on his
yacht Chispa, of San Fancisco, by two
pirates.
Iowa towns along the Mississippi river
report the water lower than at any time
since 1861.
The American flag will be raised over
San Juan, Puerto Rico. with elaborate
ceremonies.
Richard Malcolm Davis, the southern
novelist and educator. died in Balti-
more, aged 76 years.
The agitation in Jamaica for annexa-
ton to the United States has almost
provoked open violence.
Sir Arthur Curtis, an English baron,
is reported to have been murdered by n
dians in the Klondike.
An old Georgia law, requiring negroes
to sit on the three rear seats in street
cars, is being enforced.
Over 10000 men marched in big pa
rade in Brooklyn last Sunday as pub
| lie protest against blasphemy.
| A congress Of mothers. under the au-
spices Of the national organization, will
be held at Omaha.
Andrew Adams, formerly a newspaper
reporter at Providence, r. l.. is to marry
Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii.
| All the coast lights OF Puerto Rico. ex-
cept the one at San Juan, destroyed by
the bombardment have been relighted.
! Neatly all Of the wrecks in Manila
harbok kb-ye been blown up by dynamite
and by order Of Admiral Dewey.
Ge 4 Wheeler will command the
noun ion in the knights Templar
Parad Nurg. Pa, october11.