Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-10-25
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRE
4 Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week In This and For
eign Lands--Summarix From the
Latest Dispatches.


1t is stated that John d. Rockefeller
the Standard Oil magnate, is about to in
crease his mining business TO a large ex
toni on T.xada island
h;,, fro dia considerable a,moce +,
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ny i"iiiig walls oe'erai o'h'is are HISS
ing Inc ioss VIII oe @ioo'ooo'
The newspaper Patrla at Manila hl'
been suppressed, and its editor, Senol
Utur. IA Spaniard. placed under arrest on
the charge OF printing and publishing se
ditious documents.
Major Frank X. Upham. treasurer, act
Ing quartermastcr and commissary OF Tia,
soldiers home at Santa Monica, Cal, in
st.u,ly killed himself by accident.
1cn pounds Of giant powder exploded II
the 3uU-foot level OF the Rabbits Foo
mine near Eureka, Utah, where the mer
were at work, killing James Redford AM
Oscar Slett. The other men were brought
to the surface alive, but almost sufiocatet
BY eas. Paul Berk, miner at the Grand
Lcntlal, was killed by shot going of
& lile he was still in the winze
Dan Creedon of Australia knocked out
Fat Ready OF Washington in New York
in the eighth round of what was to hay,
been a 25.round bout at l5S pounds.
Admiral Sampson. in the speech mad,
At Morgantown during the reception tc
Captain Chadwick. created sen .ation and
contributed a most interesting chapter tl
the unwritten history of the Santiagc
campaign.
State President J. NJ. Hunter arrived II.
Spring Valley, Ils., on the call of the ex
ecutiye committee OF that district, anl
called strike OF 1000 miners employed
by the Spring Valley Coal Company. Tn,
men all struck, and the supply of Goa
from this point will drop 5000 tons. Tn,
difficulty which brought on the strike i,
alleged to have been the refusal of Genera
Manager Dalzell to stop union dues at tn,
tompIny's office.
The sale of the Sutro street electric road
in San Francisco was formally consum
mated, after some spirited bidding il
Judge Colfey's court. the purchaser being
the Sutro Street Railway COMPANY. anJ
the price to be paid $4,000.
DR.. Klapper. editor of the Deutscl
Agrar Correspondent of Berlin, has beer
sentenced to Imprisonment in fortres
for six months on account of lese ma
jeste for criticising Emperor William.
Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idah.
has protested against the proposed re
moval OF federal troops from the CoeuI
d'Alene district.
A large number OF men have handed in
their names to Captain p. Mel. Form oi
the Rossland, b. c., rifle company, as vol
unteers for the Canadian regiment nov
being formed for service in South Africa
Joseph Heinitzi, the alleged mine sater
is lodged in the codnty Jail at Olympia
WASH, awaiting his friends to put ~
5000 bail before he can be set at liberty
The American bark wilma, Captain
John Slater, caught fire at Tacoma dock
and will be a total loss. She was loadina
at the st. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com
pany's mill for Australia, and had 400, ,00(
feet Of lumber below her decks at the tim,
OF the fire. This, with the vessel, whic,
was uninsured, will make the total los.
S3I 900.
Georgia Parker, an unfortunate llv
ing in Rossland, B. c., died from drink
ing a quantity OF corrosive sublimate
Vincent Burch, waiter on the ferry
boat Sausalito at San Francisco. was
stabbed to death by Manuel Mcbride
cook on the same vessel
Columbia is a three time winner
She tore across the finish line six min
utes to the good in the third race, SO
the cup remains in the United States.
Chicago's population was increased
by 5000 in one day by the decision OF
the Illinois supreme court, which has
ratified the election of last spring, an.
nexing part of Austin TO the city.
Choynski whipped Jimmy Ryan OF
Australia in a decisive maner. He
showed himself a better man all round
In the seventh round three knockdowns
proved too much for the antipodean.
The Great Northern road has lately
bought II. .0OO. 900 feet of fir timber in
Washington. nearly all of 1t for the
roads proposed ore dock at Alloue2
bav.
Harry Elkes. the professional hicy.
clist. was injured by being thrown
from his wheel on the Berkeley oval
track. He sustained a badly lacerated
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