Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-15

klmmel, an eX-pollceman.
The California & Oriental Steamship
Company have received cablegram that
fourth steamer has been secured at
Hong Kong, named the Han Tung, and
will leave that port with full cargo for
San Diego, February 23rd.
1t is estimated that half of the Georgia
peach chop has been killed and the other
half greatly damaged as a result of the
recent cold wave.
The body of William p. Jordan, who
disappeared from the Oregon Soldiers
Home hospital on the morning of January
9th, was recovered one mile below Ford's
bar in the South Umpqua river. The
coroner's jury returned verdict of sui
cidal drowning.
Alexander Phillips, sailor on the
barkentine Geneva, has been missing for
q week, and the ship sailed without him.
A fire at Pueblo, Colo, destroyed the
Deremer theatre building, causing losses
aggregating $4,000. Frozen water plugs
interfered with the work of the fire de-
partment. 1t was 26 degrees below zero
when the fire was burning.
One of the attaches of the Chinese le-
cation in Paris, believing that he was be-
ing prosecuted by the secretary of the le-
CATION, Lien Young, killed the latter by
shooting him with revolver, and then
committed suicide.
Fire at Vanwort, Ohio, destroyed a
number of business blocks, causing to-
tai loss of $4,000.
A mob took Cupid Redding and two
unknown negroes from jail near Atlanta,
Ca, and lynched them. The prisoners
were delivered after short parley with
the sheriff and the mob entered the Jail.
The Short Line is having an unusual
experience between Payette and Wieser,
Idaho, The Snake river became jammed
with ice and flooded the track, causing
bad washout, the track being weakened
for long distance.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Independent Order of Birth Abraham,
which has 10000 members throughout
the United States, took place Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday in Industrial Hall.
in Philadelphia.
The board of experts on insular affairs
have established themselves in their quar-
tiers in the Lemon building, Washington,
ID. c., and are going over a mass of pa
pers referred to them by the war depart
ment. I.
Sixteen skaters living in the suburbs OF
Rogers Park and Lake Forest, Chicago,
were carried out into Lake Michigan on
ice foes. Ten of them were rescued.
Mark Wentworth Durham, owner of
the famous Oaklawn farm, the most ex-
tensive breeder Of pure bred horses in the
world, is dead.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries have
signed articles for fight some time be-
tween April 4th and May 26th.
"Kid" Mccoy has accepted an engage.
ment to meet Joe Choynski. He says he
will fight any time ritter March Goth.
On the steamer from Yokohama came
General" Z. Riego De Dios and Senior
NJ. Rivera, who are "Aguinaldo's special
commissioners to Washington" They
were much disturbed when told Of the
latest developments in the Philippines.
The peach and apricot crops of Vernon
and Cedar counties, Mo-, are reported
killed.
DR.. Pierce, United States charge at st.
Petersburg, cabled the state department
that the conference proposed by the car
looking to the disarmament Of nations
will be held at The Hague.
41Nn La L,,.l
Front street, Toronto, Ont, occupied by
Owens, Quent & Co., crockery and glass
ware dealers. The loss is 100000.
The engagement is announced of Lis
penard Stewart of New York and Miss
Romela Dahlgren, granddaughter OF the
late Admiral Dahlgren.
The trial revision bill was adopted by
vote of 1892 to 232 in the chamber Of
deputies at Paris.
Four mines placed in the harbor for its
protection from hostile attack during the
war with Spain were torn from their
moorings by the storm and drifted about
the harbor until the waves cast them up
on the beach at the Marine park in South
Boston. Each mine was charged with 200
pounds of guncotton, and II exploded
would have blown up any vessel unfort-
unate enough to be in the vicinity. Luck
lily there was no such collision with the
drifting terrors.
Deputy Constable Welsh arrived at
Sacramento CAL, at midnight with a
1 Chinese woman whom he was taking to
Portland, Ore. The woman was taken
from him here on dispatch from San
Jose and will be returned there on a
charge Of larceny.
The stage running into Santa Barbara
was held up by lone highwayman who
was concealed behind fallen tree He
was armed with shot gun, and after re-
lieveing J. W. Armstrong and William
Paddock, commercial travellers. OF $40,
made his escape.
james Lenihan, the first Indian COM
missioner Of the province Of British Col
umbia, when the departments were re-
organized under the council Of 1874, Is
dead in San francisco.
Thomas Hogan, miner who came to
San Francisco from Leadville, Col, was
found dead in his ROOM. He went to bed
in an int9xfpd6; f6r lawn pnS, probably
blew out snth s<litionel TEXAS alIed
with gas {
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