Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-09-13

lar estate left by the late Wilson Wac
bingham, who died in New York abou
three months ago.
Express train No. 10 on the Souther
, Pacific was robbed near Cochise, Ariz
| by four masked men, who blew the saf
open and took everything in sight. Th
amount of their booty is said to b
small.
The First Colorado regiment of vol
unteers have been mustered out, pai,
and discharged. The rolls carried sS
men, all told. and the amount disburse,
was about 100000. The regiment ha
| left for home.
1t is understood that General 81
| William Redvers Butler of London will
start for Cape Town Saturday. Tn,
Indian authorities are charterlu,
steamers to transport troops to Soutl
Africa as rapidly as possible.
Patrolman Jack Martin OF Tacomi
was shot and wounded by two mel
whom he was attempting to arrest Ill,
wounded and captured Tom Moore
Butte, Mont, one OF his asailants, bn
the other made his escape.
In single week one-half of the pecai
crop in Texas was killed by the pes
Known as the web worm, and commonl,
called the caterpillar. Reports are still
coming in to the effect that the worms
nave invaded the remaining counties.
A movement is on foot against send
ing exhibits to the Paris exposition In
1900. Many intending exhibitors have
withdrawn their notices of participa
ton, on the ground that the present
state of things in France renders 1t un
safe to send exhibits.
The governor of Idaho says he has
every reason to believe that the Idaho
regiment would be brought from Sar
Francisco to Boise in body. The plan
of the Southern Pacific to Portland, and
from there over the o. X. & N. and Ore.
gon Short Line.
The navy department expects to be.
gin the manufacture of smokeless pow.
der at its powder mill few miles back
from the Potomac river near Indian
Head, within the next two or three
months. Work on the mills has been
pushed energetically, and at present
about 1900 men are employed.
Two hundred feet of a trestle on the
Columbia, Newberry 4 Laurens road.
over Broad river, near Columbia, s. c.,
gave way under a trainload of granite
Several cars and an engine fell SO feet
into the water. The following were
killed: Engineer Dick Weatherby,
Fireman Silas Rennick. Stewart Mar
tin, a negro, Unidentified man, with
head severed from body. William
Bates, an extra fireman, went down
with the wreck, but was dug out from
tons of granite without q scratch.
Deputy Marshal Joseph Pinkham re
turned to Boise, Idaho from Owyhee
county with John Jensen In custody.
The prisoner is one of two desperate
men who attacked Blackaby & Parks
store at Jordan Valley, on the evening
of August %, his partner Joseph Law
son, being killed at the time.
The government steamer Ramona
struck a skiff containing six belated
merrymakers In Quincy bay, ILL.,, all
were thrown in the water and three
drowned. The dead: John Il. Web
kamp, Lulu Broye, Mary Mccarthy.
The other three were saved by clinging
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-
teer infantry has been issued from the
war department. All the field officers
of these regiments are white men now
in the regular army. All company Off
GERS are colored men who served In the
war with Spain.