Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-04-05

Windsor hotel in New York last week
found the bodies of two men nearly in.
tact. One was practically identified
as that of Harry w. Loree, a mail
clerk. The identity of the other is un-
known.
Judge Silas U. Pinney. of Madison.
Wis, Is dead. He was q member of
the state supreme bench for seven
years.
The steamer Tartar has arrived at
Victoria. B. c.. from the Orient after a
stormy voyage. She brings news of
the massacre OF 80 farmers by aborig.
ines at Byorsetsu, Japan. Germany
is said to be concentrating a feet at
Annoy with the evident intention OF
seizing Futsien.
The Chilena bark Eliza. that went
ashore while on her way from Puget
sound to Shanghai with load of lum.
ber. was to be sold at auction after the
Nippon Maru left Hong Kong.
Grant @. Gillett. the Kansas plunger
who escaped to Mexico after abscond
ihb WIN IdttlCLiSh hhouNsg tintihE
to have made a contract with a Chica.
go stockman named Burke to look af.
ter his caCtle interests in Peru. Soon
after his arrival in Mexico, Gillette
purchased hotel at Chihuahua. which
he Is said to have just sold at loss.
The pulpit supply committee of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church In
New York decided to recommend that
Rev. Alex Connell be called as pastor
of the church to succeed the late DR..
John Hall.
Judge William Cowles James, OF
Council Bluffs, Ia, is dead, aged So
years. of heart failure.
A furious Easter snow storm ragged
in South Dakota all day, about six
inches having fallen.
1t is announced that Count de Villa
Gonzalo, former Spanish ambassador
to Russia, has been appointed Spanish
ambassador to Great Britain.
According to a dispatch from Hong
Kong serious disturbances have re.
Gently occurred in the vicinity of Can.
ton and British torpedo boat has
been sent to protect British interests.
The destroyer will soon be followed by
other vessels carrying troops.
A deed transferring the interests OF
the Minneapolis & Pacific Railroad
company to the Minneapolis G st.
Louis company was filed in the Office
of the secretary of state last week. The
a M ~ a tra Of
100000.
Contracts have been let for the ship.
ment over the Cheyenne & Northern
OF 1.500 cars Of southern cattle to the
ranges of northern Wyoming and
southern Montana.
Oscar Strauss. United States min.
lister. had an audience with the sultan
last week at Constantinople. The In.
teryiew. which was protracted, was of
the most cordial character.
The first shipment OF cherries of the
season which has been made was a
box from the ranch of J. II. Ough, go.
ing to Chicago. This promises to be a
record-breaking year for apricots.
which, with favorable weather, will be
in the market by the middle OF April.
Archbishop Tovar. with the bishops
Of Balion. Arequipa, Puirredeon. Puno,
Falconio. Suillinao, Rico and Chacha.
poyas. have left New York to attend
the council at Rome.
The London and Southwestern Rail-
way company's steamer Southwester,
which was sent to search for the bodies
Of victims OF the wrecked steamer
Stella, went ashore last week.
Baroness Hirsch, widow of the late
Baron Hirsch. the Hebrew philan.
thropist, is dead. The baroness leaves
several million pounds sterling, chiefly
bequeathed to charities.
The naval store ship Celtic has
reached Manila.
1t has been decided that Admiral
Howison's flagship Chicago will pro-
coed to the South Atlantic station via
the Mediterranean and Red sea and
thence around Cape OF Good Hope,
touching all the principal ports.
1t was reiterated by two members Of
the cabinet that no consideration will
be paid to any proposition for the Gu
ban army outside the $4,000, 900 fund
now awaiting their acceptance.
The schooner Cleaner from Parres.
boro. N. s.. for st. John, N. B., laden
with coal, was last week given up as
lost with all hands. The crew has
reached Parresboro with news that
their vessel foundered In the bay OF
Fundy.
The entire Spider and Fly" COM
pany. including 80 players and L. A.
Wing, H. c. Brundage and II. C. Ora
ham. the managers Of the Lyceum the
ater, were arrested in Tacoma last
week by the sheriff for violating the