Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-09-20
OO|NGS THROUGH THE week
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
A Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Foreign N
Landn-Sum marixed From the Lat
est Dispatches.

broken out IN the MOdDlte quarter, DeTlln
DIR. Pozzi, the physician attending Cap
tain Dreyfus, says that the condemned
man is hopelessly i'll.
The queen regent Of Spain has signed
decree proclaiming martial law in the
province of Vizcaya.
John Blanchard, for nine years editor in
chief of the Minneapolis Times, is dead.
after an illness of several months, aged 81.
The London solicitors of the French
consulate have resigned as a protest
against the verdict OF the Dreyfus court
martial.
Four Guatemala banks have agreed to
loan the government $2,5OO,0 900, and will
increase their paper currency correspond
ing amount.
Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa has
handed his resignation to the president, to
take effect as soon as the powers can agree
upon his successor.
A cyclone swept over the Island OF
Bermuda recently. Many houses were
blown down and others unroofed. No
lives are reported lost.
Four men were killed and two injured
in a headend collision, which took place
on the Rock Island, two and half miles
east of Oxford, Iowa.
The revolution in Venezuela, under the
leadership of General Castro, is gaining
ground. The insurgents now occupy
Neigua, three days march from Valencia.
The German third.class cruiser Wichita
while participating in the autumn maneu.
vers, exploded her boiler at kiel, -four
persons being killed and four others in.
jured.
The little town of NorthwOOd, Grand
Forks, n. d., is completely destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $200,OO0
Fifty business firms have lost their entire
belongings.
Colonel Kosterlitzky at Magdalena, has
been ordered to hold his battalion ready
to come to the scene of trouble between the
cowboys and Mexican guards at Naco, at
moments notice.
The British steamer Thermopylae, Cap.
tain Phillip, from Sydney, N. S. W., via
other Australian ports for London, has
gone ashore at~the entrance to Cape
Town. She Is M<s4eck.
Sir Thomas Lijton has made an Offer
of $25OOOO for the estates which includes
the Lakes of Killarney, and il his Offer
is accepted he will present them to the
Irish people in trust.
In February Peary will again move
north. The journey toward the pole will
be either by the Greenland coast or from
Cape Hella, as conditions may determine.
The Diana brings the news back.
DIR. j. ID. Griffith of Chicago has COM
pleted an official test Of the Mauser pistol
used by the German cavalry. He says il
is effective to 500 yards. 1t is said the gov
ernment may adopt the weapon as a re,
suit of the test.
The steamer Rio de JaneirO, Just from
China, will pass into the hands Of the gov
ernment for the transportation of troops
as soon as she is discharged and has gone
on the drydock. She will sail for Manila
September 25.
Becoming convinced that his fighting
strength has weakened, Jimmy Barry, for
a long time the champion bantam weight
has declared of his coming fight with
'Sig" Hart, and announced his retirement
from the ring.
The Brazilian government has protest
ed against the sale Of the lands Of the
duke OF SAKE to the German government.
The government Of Brazil has been in
formed that Bolivia has sent division OF
troops to occupy Acre.
The United States transport Tartar has
been detained at Hong Kong by the harbor
authorities under the British merchant
shipping act, whereby her capacity is linn
tied to $50 passengers, although the Tar
tar has licensed capacity Of 1910.
The secretary Of the treasury has decid-
ed, in view Of the money stringency in
New York, to anticipate October interest.
This will amount to $3.50, 500, and is due
on the per cents Of 1897. The secretary's
action was taken without solicitation.
The Ketchannie was lost in a storm of
the Tasmania coast, and the crew all
drowned. The crew consisted Of John
Rockwell, master, 4s, Hobart; Thomas
Price, Is, Bristol; Sigerd Maynussen, TO-
Norway; Neil McKinnon, 81, Scotland.
The American Jewish new year book
recently issued, estimates the Jewish pop.
ulation of the United States at l,l03, 800
New York has 100000: Illinois, $4,000;
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Ohio, 10000; Cali
fornia, $4,000; Maryland, $4,000, and
Missouri $4,000.
Severe rains and floods have caused post
ponement of the Hungarian cavalry NH
neuvers near Papa, Hungary, at which
Emperor King Francis Joseph Is expected
to be present. Ten soldiers were struck
by lightning at Also-Kasmark, four being
killed.
The government steamer Ramona
struck a skin containing six belated
merrymakers in Quincy bay, ILL.,, all
! were thrown In the water and three
4 drowned. The dead: John e. Web
kamp, Lulu Broye. Mary Mccarthy
The other three we're saved by clingine
to beer keg from the overturned boat
An order for the organization of two
colored regiments to be known as the
Forty-eighth and Forthy-ninth volun
Ger infantry has been issued from the
war department. ALI the field officers
of these regiments are white men now
in the regular army IA All company Off
GERS are colored mer yho served in the
war with Spain.
Hon. John Hay, secretary Of state
makes this emphatic STAY hent regarding
the alleged secret allianD. between Eng
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