Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-03-15
was almost destroyed by fire, the loss
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was almost destroyed by fire, the loss
being placed at $l5o,00O.
A dispatch from Allahabad, India,
says it is reported from Yarkan, Chinese
Turkestan, that large force of Russian
troops has arrived at the Russian post
Fort Murghabi, on the Murhabi river.
The report that the Italians have seiz.
ed San Nun, province of Che Kiang,
which the Italian minister, Signor Mar.
tino has demanded as a naval base and
coaling station, is officially declared un-
founded.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Frederick der Crosse, Captain Diehl,
which arrived at Bremen on March 9th,
is aground off Schulau in the river Elbe.
Hon. j. L. Tiiman, register of the
treasury, is dead.
Ex-State Senator J. C. Hoar, Of Wash,
is dead.
/ The Chicago has been detached from
the squadron OF Rear Admiral Sampson
and has sailed from Havana to Hampton
Roads, under Admiral Howison.
| Captain Thomas W. Shields, well
1
General Price, in the Confederate army,
| is dead
| Thomas i. Donaldson, the diver, who
was injured in diving into tank at Mad.
ison Square Wednesday, is dead.
| Nine Schumann Heink, the famous
contralto singer is critically i'll with cry.
sipelas in New York.
MIR. kiplng is still improving. Una
bic to keep Mr.. Kipling in ignorance of
his favorite daughter Josephine's death,
the news was broken to him tonight by
Dr. Durham. The blow was a heavy
one, but the father bore up bravely.
The Daily Telegraph of London, ex.
presses its intense satisfaction at the un
wonted scene of review of American
troops" at La Valetta, island of Malta.
on Thursday, by Lieutenant General Sir
Francis Grenfell, governor of Malta.
Sherman f. Day as special master has
sold under foreclosure at auction all the
lands granted the Union Pacific Railroad
Company in Wyoming.
General Manager Parker of the Chica
20, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, has
announced that the three thousand sec
tion hands and other employees of the
company's roadway in his department
were to be given an immediate advance
of from five TO ten per cent in wages.
Lon. Edwards, of Los Angles, who shot
and killed his mining partner, Charles l.
Evans, at their cabin west of Ashland
last week, will have TO answer TO charge
Of murder which has been filed against
him by District Attorney Watson.
Detective Steele has arrived with vii
liam 0'Keefe rwh6 over ffve Years fieo
shot two men here in a saloon and after
being arrested, jumped his bond. He was
| captured in Seattle. Wash
North of England coal merchants ar,
alarmed at the steady growth OF tn,
American coal trade to European port.
that formerly took English coal
Secretary Long has directed a circular
letter to the commanding officers Of all
navy yards and stations, reciting the
passage by Congress OF resolution pro
viding for the payment OF so per cent ad
ditional for all work in those yards and
stations in excess of eight hours per day
performed by Iaborers.
In conflict recently between the Span
ish soldiery and a nNmber of mutneout
convicts at Santonia, sixteen miles east
of Santander, the site OF an important
arsenal, and of several military maya
zines, one convict was killed and several
| wounded.
Orders have been received by Captain
| Robinson, Of the United States Quarter.
masters department, to purchase 1900
tons of hay oats and bran and 100000
feet OF assorted lumber for direct ship
ment to Manila The supplies will be
carried on the ship Marion Chileott, now
at Seattle.
The U. S. transport, Conemaugh, has
sailed for Manila with 300 mules.
Dr. ohns. Il. Murry, son Of DR.. X. J
Murry, one OF the best known and high
ly respected residents Of Sewickley, Pa,
shot and instantly killed John Jennings
(coloredl, his fathers butt er, without
| cause.
Four men have been arrested in Chi
cago charged with demanding $500 black.
mail from Frank ii. Cooper, of Siegel,
Cooper & Co.
| In head-on collision between two
freight trains near Bradley's Station, on
the Highland division of the New York
New Haven l. Hartford railroad, Engi
neer George Dean, of Hartford, was in
stantly killed and his fireman, Dan Ken
nedy, of Danbury, died few hours later