Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-16
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE
A Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week I'm This and Foreign
Lands-summarissd From the Latest
Dispatches.

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Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000 to
found public library at Keighley, York.
shire, England.
About $1,000 worth Of damage was done
in Anaconda by a cloudburst that took
place west Of the city.
The British battleship Sans Pareil, while
returning from the maneuvers, sank the
British ship East Lothian, Captain McFar-
lane, 1889 tons, at Torquay, England.
Ben Thompson, colored, "a years old,
was lynched at Alexandria, Va, for at
tempting an assault on Lillian Clark, the
8-year-old daughter of Edward Clark.
First Sergeant John jackson was shot
and killed at Fort Douglas by Private w.
II. Carter, and the latter was then shot
and instantly killed while resisting arrest.
Former Governor w. Y. Atkinson Of
Georgia is dead at his residence in New
man, Ga. He had been i'll for 10 days. He
was one of the leaders of the democratic
party in Georgia.
A horrifying accident occurred 80 miles
east of Moscow, Idaho. The lS-months-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Thorn.
burg was literally roasted alive in wagon
bed of burning straw.
The Glenn-Lyon miners of the Susque-
hanna Coal Company, 1900 in number,
joined the Nanticoke strikers, and now all
the employees of the company in this re.
gion, a total of 5000, are out and the
mines are closed.
The first run of the New York Yacht
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as far as Watch Hill and back to Gard
iner's bay was one of the most successful
in the clubs history. The Columbia beat
the Defender.
1t will not be long now before the
wounded and invalid members OF the First
| Washington volunteers, who have been
getting back their health and strength al
Presidio hospitals, are on the way to their
homes in Washington.
An electric car of the Big Consolidated
line in Cleveland, Ohio, was blown up near
the Euclid avenue barns Tuesday. The
car was badly torn. The motorman, name
not known, was badly hurt. There was
one passenger on the car.
| Official advices from Old Point Comfort
and Hampton, Va, to the marine hospital
state that no new cases of yellow fever
have occurred in that vicinity since the
one reported at the soldiers home Tues
day, and that there have been no deaths.
1t is learned that a movement is on foot
to form another whisky combine to op
pose the Kentucky Distilleries and Ware
house Company and to take all the plants
which tnat company ,aiiea 70 acquire oi
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ri. steamer Emnress ~ China br;nos
mea oer details of The wreck of the steamer
Mupobaki Maru in the Orient Just before
tbe Emnresa N China left Yokohama one
hoat Load containing nine surviyors
reached Yokohama. Another boat con.
tanning 20 persons was reported safe. Two
boat loads were lost,
The United States cruiser Olympia
has arrived at Leghorn, Italy.
A recent storm caused great destruc
ton of property in Hicksville, Ohio.
Secretary Root is beginning to get a
firm grasp on the administration OF
the war department.
John Engle. "a years old. was killed
two miles west of Rochelle. ILL.,. by a
Northwestern train.
The Rev. ]. H. Bomberger of Colum.
biana declines to accent the presidency
of HeideIbure university.
Patterson McCIure of Bloomington,
Ill. aged GIL. committed suicide by cut
ting his throat with a razor.
The strike of the employees of the
American Smeltinp g. Refining Com.
nanv NJ Denver is declared Off
Mice o,;ver Pow NJ Fond DIN Lar Wis
aged % was run down by a Northwest,
ern switch engine and instantly killed
Ethel Burnbam of Crawfordsyille
Ind Was dragged to death bv a COW
che having attached the halter IN her
wrist.
lanes Murphy. 247 Shaw street
Montrea, One. was killed upon the
tracks ~ the 81. Joseph south Bend
e Southern railroad,
patrick Drury. of Springfield. Ill
while suner,ntending some renairs on
h;s horsa took hold NJ q trolley wire