Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-30
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE.
4 Complete Rsview OF the Events for
the Past Week In This and Torsign
Lands-sunmArissd From the Latest
Dispatchss.

Martial law has been proclaimed at Hill.
versum, l5 miles from Amsterdam.
Isaac H. Congdon, for many years SUI
perintendent of motive power and ma.
chinery of the Union Pacific railroad, il
dead.
Thirty-five shipwrecked seamen who had
nothing in the world but few tattered
and torn clothes on their backs, some in.
jured and all miserable, arrived from Hat
teras.
Major Percy Willis, late of the Second
Oregon volunteers, has been appointed cap
tain in the Forty-fifth regiment OF vol
unteers.
The church Missionary Society Of Lon.
don has received report stating that 40,.
600 persons have died Of famine on the
east coast of Africa.
Hon. A. Henderson, attorney general
of British Columbia, has been reelected
by acclamation as member of parliament
for New Westminster.
Henry Nursen, aged Is years, of Walls
Walla, Wash, was severely crushed under
the wheels Of the Oregon express train in
Red Bluff, Cal, and died there.
j. Hartman Jones, a well-known editor
died suddenly in Seattle. Mr.. Jones be-
tween 1878 and 1888 was the proprietor
and editor Of Godey's Lady's Magazine.
An excursion train on the Cincinnati
Muskingum Valley railroad was wrecked
in the edge of Circleville, o., and five per
sons were seriously injured and 20 Others
badly cut and bruised.
Sioux City's 100000 union depot and
81 ,UO0,O00 worth of terminal. property
were sold at auction under foreclosure to
the Trust Company of North America
trustees for l,l05,000.
| Loretto Villa, one of the chiefs who led
the Yaquis in their 10 years war against
the government and who knows every
inch Of the river jungles, is now fighting
with the Mexican army.
News has arrived stating that mission
were recently attacked by Chinese bri-
gands at Kirin on the China. Russian from
tier on the main Manchuria railway. All
were massacred.
| A cable dispatch has been received at
the war department from General Davis
giving additional details of the conditions
in Puerto Rico. He places the number
of killed at 1000, and reiterates his esti-
mate of 100000 destitute.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip instruct
ed the collector of customs at Port Town
send not to institute proceedings against
the seven Canadian fishing vessels seized
last month near Port Roberts for fishing,
as alleged, in American waters.
| There have been numerous typhoons
raging in the vicinity Of Luzon during the
past week, and very few steamers have
left the bay, while those at anchor were
ordered to keep up stream. All small
craft were ordered into the Pasig river.
The steamer Doric which has arrived
in San Francisco from the Orient, brought
large consignments Of opium. The mani
fest shows that in the hold Of the steamer
are 81 ,588 pounds Of the drug. The total
value of the consignment is $345, 5,056. The
duty amounts to $l29,300.
The stage between Red Rock and Sol
mon was held up half a mile inside the
Idaho line, 80 miles from Dillon. Four
men, II. 7. Reilney, manager of the dredge
company working on the old McNutt
property near Salmon City, was a pas
senger. He had more than $4,000 in gold
dust, which he was bringing to Dillon.
The robbers took it.
Spokane has been very fortunate in re-
gard to securing officers in the regiment,
and Company A has furnished its share Of
clerks. There are nine commissioned Of
fcers from Spokane, and sergeantmajor
and four detailed clerks from Company A.
The United States cruiser Montgomery
has arrived at Rio Janeiro from Monte
video. She reports having rescued the
crew Of the British steamer Nettleton
Captain Vigers, from Norfolk July 20 fol
Rio Janeiro, which went aground Of
Marica, 20 miles east OF Rio Janeiro.
Negotiations are in progress for bringing
the Washington volunteers from San
Francisco to Seattle in a body after theiI
muster out at the former place. Levi
Ankeny, the well-known banker Of Walls
Walla. has offered to bear the entire ex
pense of the vessels charter, which viii
amount to $1,000 or $4,000.
The l4th annual national encampmeni
of the Union Veterans Union was held
recently at Chautauqua Park, Des Moines
Ia, with an attendance of between 4OOt
and 5000 veterans, who came from al
parts of the country. In connection with
4 the eneampment there was also held thu
annual gathering Of the Woman's Veteran
Relief Union.
| G. Turin, a prominent sculptor, II
dead.
The steamer which burned of Fair
port Sunday, the Sir s. H. Tilly. a Ca
madam vessel of 750 net tons
The labor strike In Havana is begin
ing to cause genuine alarm among thu
citizens.
1t is reported at Madrid that cas'
of bubonic plague has developed at thu
Oporto prison.
| Mulai-Abd-Ei-Aziz, the Sultan o
Morocco, had a narrow escape during I
recent thunder storm recently.
Taurino Sauchir1o, an indian, sale
to have been 12o ye rs old. has recent!
been buried at the Mission, San Jose.
1 The exports o. silver from New
York during thek week aggregated
sS1s.152. There ere no gold ship
ments.
i The National Fa {meErsi,op opgress will
meet I'M Boston Oct vSGoyer
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