Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-08-30
the congress and John M. Stahl of Chi
cago. ia secretary.

the congress and John M. Stahl of Chi
cago, is secretary.
Crawford, the sergeant, who aided
the prisoners to escape from the Bull
Pen at Wardner, has been captured at
Missoula, Montana.
William Moran, fireman Of the Chi
cago Northwestern road, shot and kill
ed his wife and afterwards killed him.
self at Marshfield, Wis. recently.
A recent fire at Armona, Cal, the
cause Of which is unknown, destroyed
100000 worth Of property, including
large quantity of this seasons crop
of raisins.
Bergstroen and Zilliacs, prominent
Finlanders, have declared than 10000
Finlanders have decided to leave their
native country owing to government
oppression.
A destructive fire occurred Sunday at
the Standard Oil refineries at Whiting,
Chicago, ILL.,, caused by leak in one of
the stills.
Lady Yarde- Butler, of Oakland, Cal,
daughter of the late General Kirkham,
has been declared mentally incompe-
tent.
The Pope of Rome received in au.
6ience the Rev. w. H. l. Reany, Cath.
Ollie chaplain of the United States cruis-
er Olympia, while there.
Suspicious cases of fever have oc-
Cured at Orizaba, Mexico, and it is be-
lieved to be yellow fever by the super.
ior board of health.
The Yellowstone and Montana stage
coach was upset at Dwelles, about go
miles east from Monida, Mont, killing
one person and wounding six others.
George Tanner. formerly sailor and
latterly water front saloonkeeper,
murdered Deputy Sheriff James b.
Brown and Fannie Barnes in San Fran.
cisco, recently.
A sensation was recently created in
Butte by the disclosure OF copper vein
Of marvellous richness while excavat-
ing for new block to be erected at
the corner Of Broadway and Wyoming
streets.
There were several accidents at the
mines in Butte Sunday. Joe Wilder
was killed and ID. e. Sumner was
struck by new sheet iron roof. He
received several internal injuries. Joe
Koen stepped into a pot Of hot Stag and
was horribly burned.
Forest fires which 1t is thought we're
started from camp fires, are raging on
the foot hills near the entrance to
Platte Platte canyon, about 20 miles
south Of Denver.
The statement of the receipts of the
Philippines from the date of occupa-
tiOn by the United States government
to July 81, last, shows that the total re-
ceipts from all sources for the period
named were $4,249,411.
Under the management OF the Unit
ed States government the receipts of
Cuba from January 1st, 1899. to June
S0th of the current year, exceed the
expenditures by the handsome sum of
$1.4S0,021.
Details of a sensational ARRAY last
Wednesday at Jordan valley, Idaho,
state that Joe Lawson and a man NAM
cd Jensen, two notorious characters,
planned to hold up the store of Blaka-
ty & Parks and Lawson was killed In
the attempt.
Manned and cut off from livelihood,
Newton Holman, until recently an en-
listed man OF the United States army,
serving in Montana and Wyoming.
tried to kill himself with revolver at
Washington, ID. C.
The roundup of riotous negroes in
Mcintosh county by the militia has
resulted In the surrender of Henry De-
laget, the murderer OF Deputy Sheriff
Townsend, and the location for future
arrest of Delaget's brother and the
women directly implicated in the kill
ing.
President Parsons OF the National
Letter Carriers Association has pro-
tested to the Scranton, Penn. carriers
in permitting non-union carpenters to
build the arches and columns which
form the main features of the decora-
tions at the carriers national conven-
tion to be held there next week.
Judge o. Powers, prominent attor-
ney of Salt Lake city, received by ex-
press from Eureka, Utah, wooden box
containing about five pounds of pow
der and dynamite. but handed it over
TO the police. Had the box been op-
ened in the ordinary way it could not
have failed to explode. A search OF
the express office resulted in the dis
covery of a similar box, containing 9
pounds of explosives, addressed to
Warden Dow, Of the state prison.