Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-06-28
DO|NGS Through THE WEEK
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
An Interesting Collection OF Items from
the Two Hemispheres Presented In q
Condensed Form-Culled from the Tel
elgrsph Reports.


The wife of James Mchaels, the bicycle
rider, has secured divorce from him.
Charles L. Littlefield, republican, has
been elected to congress TO succeed the late
Nelson Dingley.
Captain Lorenzo Danforth, serving his
sixth term as Congressman from the Six
teenth Ohio district, is dead.
The steamer Danube, running between
Victoria, Vancouver and Alaskan ports, is
a wreck at Union, 1875 miles north of Vic
Captain Archibald A. Cabaniss, Co. &,
Twenty-fourth infantry, U. S. A, is the
new commander of the Spokane army post.
Seven prostrations were caused by the
heat in Chicago Monday, and one of them,
Alexander Caldwell, a laboring man, will
die. The mercury touched 92 at o'clock.
Professor F. S. Strong of New Haven,
Conn, has been elected president OF the
University of Oregon to succeed c. IL.
Chapman, resigned.
Enoch Ewvankis' young wife, Emma,
and his infant daughter, Emma, were
burned to death in Pittsburg, the result ct
an explosion of an oil can with which the
woman attempted to start fire at their
home The husband was also badly burned.
Michael Comford, a watchman of the
Mountain Consolidated mine in Butte, fell
from an eight-foot scaffolding and crushed
his breastbone. He died from the injury.
toria. Passengers and crew were saved.
Julius Grotzke, aged "a, John Robinson,
aged l8, and Minnie Schieffelbein, aged II,
were drowned in the Wisconsin river eight
mile below Portage by the boat capsizing.
A movement is on foot to erect $4,000
monument to the memory Of the late Rich
ard P. Bland. William j. Bryan has sub
scribed $500, and, with other amounts, in
all about $4,000 has been raised.
Official notification has been received
that the new postoflice building in Butte
will be located on the corner of Main and
Copper streets. The appropriation for the
building will be 100000.
The 3-year-old daughter of j. p Har-
rington of Butte fell into tub OF boiling
water and was scalded to death.
Antoine Heneaken, a well known min
ing man. was hliieu III SeattiS py i"'b
from a staging.
The Natal volunteers in England have
been officially ordered to hold themselves
in readiness for active service.
The total receipts from all sources at
the ports of Manila and lloilo during
the first four months of 1899 were 81, ,4l4,'
636.
Congressman Payne of New York, Dal-
zell of Pennsylvania, Steele of Indiana,
Hull of Iowa and Heatwole OF Minnesota,
will sail for Alaska from Seattle June 20.
Non-union colored coal miners were
brought into Evansville to take strikers
places, when they were fired upon by un-
known parties. Six men were shot, three
fatally.
Peter Maher, the Irish heavyweight pu-
gilist, scored a quick victory over his fel'
low countryman, Mike Morrisey, of Tip
perary, before the LenoX Athletic club
in New York.
A tremendous consolidation deal on
Wall street is practically consummnted.
whereby all the whisky and alcohol con
Germs in the country are combined under
one supervision.
Daniel Patrick, the negro who was ac'
cused of assaulting Miss Bessie ireland,
in Scranton, Miss, confessed the crime.
At o'clock in the morning the mob as
saulted the Jail at Scranton and half an
hour later the negro was taken out and
lynched.
Mataafa recently surrendered 1850 more
rifles and the loyalists have given up
| 1000.
The Bermuda reciprocity commission
has arrived to open negotiations for
reciprocity treaty. g
The 3.year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. G. Hull in Boise, Idaho, was
burned to death recently.
/ Copies of the insurgent organ, Inde-
pendeneia, show that the Filipinos' hopes
Of success are kept ailame by political
movements in America.
Secretary of War Alger has given in
, direct confirmation to the report that
General Joseph Wheeler is to be assigned
to duty in the Philippines.
General Otis recently received a letter
signed by native women OF the province
declaring that if all the men were killed
the women would still keep up the fight
| against the Americans.
The Mexican government has designat
ed a commissioner to present the extra
dition case against Mrs. Rich, now held
in Texas on the charge of having killed
her husband in Mexico.
Burt Thomas of the internal revenu,
service at San Francisco has seized $50,
600 cigars and tobacco valued at $1,000 in
the Capital cigar factory, the largest ci
gar factory in that city.
The first consignment of United States
mail from the Yukon in the past two
months has reached Seattle. There were
IA sacks of it, containing about 10000
letters. The Topeka brought $4,000 in
gold.
A stringent law for the protection OF
workingwomen goes into effect in Ne
braska July ]. 1t is expected that it will
| cause the substitution Of male for female
employees in many shops, stores and fac
| tories.
Frederick w. Peck, United States com
| expects to visit Denver in the near future
missioner general to the Paris exposition,
| TO consult with the mining men of the
west in regard to the mining displly at
/ the Paris exposition.
The situation In the smelter strike
in Denver presents no new develop
ments.
Early Sunday morning a tornado
struck Bradley, Nebr. and partially
wrecked the town.
Two Russian engineers and ten Cos.
sacks have been killed by brigands
near Kirin, Marchuria.
| Fire damaged fhe Moro philtins