Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-07-12
RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON, JULY 12, 1899.
naming member was badly injured by


G. R. Martin, formerly a restaurant
keeper of Chico. Cal, lies at Spokane.
perhaps fatally wounded. He is the
victim of one of the most cold-blooded
and dastardly hold-ups that has been
perpetrated in Washington.
A new rapid-fire gun designed chiefly
for the protection of mine fields, and a
novel, semi-automatic six-pounder for
the navy were successfully tested on
the proving grounds of the Driggs-Sea-
bury Company at Derby, Conn.
Lewis McElroy, exporter in the Ho-
tel Richelieu, San Francisco, who was
arrested in Chicago for stealing $4,000
worth Of diamonds from the trunk of
Mrs. William G. Weld, a guest at the
hotel in May last, has been freed.
DR.. Kinyoun, of the marine hospital
service, says that the report that the
two drowned sailors from the Nippon
Maru were afflicted with the bubonic
plague is untrue, and the scare was
manufactured by the San Francisco
board of health.
kid" Mccoy has been signed by the
Westchester Athletic Club to meet any
two men during the month of Septem-
ber. His first fight will be with Joe
Choynski. who wired his acceptance Of
the $500 purse offered by the West
chester IN. W club.
Relief work in the Brazos flooded dis
trict, Texas, has been systematic, three
relief trains leaving Houston, Calves
ton and San Antonio daily. Probably
10000 negroes are now being fed and
will need to be sustained for some time
by the relief committees.
The Fairbanks-Foster Alaska bound
ary party have returned from the north
and interviews with members Of the
party indicate that the watershed on
White pass, back of Skagway and Dyea
will be accepted as the international
boundary line at that point.
Mike Sheridan, section boss on the
Central Pacific railroad near Elko,
Nebr, was riding along the track on a
railroad velocipede when he was struck
and instantly killed by special train
conveying teachers to the national edu-
cational convention at Los Angeles.
George Hinchcliffe, Chicago brick
manufacturer, has brought suit for
100000 damages against the Chicago
Masons and Builders Association and
number Of the large brick manufac-
turers. His business was ruined, he
says. becaues he refused to join the
trust.
1t Is stated that arrangements have
about been completed to bring the
Washington volunteers to Seattle to be
mustered out. Upon their arrival at
San Francisco they will be put aboard
a special train. The train will have a
pay car attached and the troops will be
paid Off en- route.
Friendly Filipinos in Manila have
been the medium of communication be-
tween the American authorities and
military leaders Of an insurrection in
Cavite province. which for some time
promised to result in bringing over a
prominent general and several hundred
of his followers with their arms.
NJ. Daniel, an administrator Of the
penal settlement on the Isle du Diable
where Captain Dreyfus was imprisoned
has been removed and will be succeed
ed by NJ. La Soucan. M. Daniel was re-
sponsibe for much punishment meted
out to the prisoner in the hope of COM
pelling him to declare himself guilty.
The greatest Indian powwow in re-
cent years has begun at the Omaha
Winnebago Indian reservation. 1t is
held at Yellow Smokes lodge, five miles
north of Decatur. A great many Indi-
ans have pitched their tents and great
preparations are being made for two
weeks celebration. The Indians Of
the reservations of northern Nebraska
have been arranging for this great
event for months.