Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-09-27
ITEMS FROM ALL around
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRE
Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past week In This aud Forsixn
Lands-summarissd From the Latest
Dispatches.

The permanent organization of the Am.
erican Hide 4 Leather Company has been
effected.
A formal strike of bricklayers and stone
masons employed on the new federal
building in Chicago has been ordered.
Jules Guerin has surrendered. He is
the man who defied all French authority
he was coaxed from his improvised fort.
Kid Mccoy had little difficulty in get
ting away with Steve O'Donnel in the
arena in New York city. 1t took six
rounds.
The heavyweight championship battle
between Tom Sharkcy and Jim Jeifries
will take place on October 27, instead of
the 23d.
As a result Of domestic quarrel Jud-
son Herrenden of Port Huron, Mich, has
three bullets in his body and Mrs Herren-
den is dying
But three of the Spanish vessels now at
Hong Kong will be of any Use to the
United Statcs-the Don Juan de Austria,
Isla de Cuba and lsla de Luzon.
An attempt was made recently to wreck
the east bound passenger train on the
Montana Central passenger train on the
Montana Central railway at Iron Siding,
north of Helena, Mont
Rear Admiral Winfield s. Schley will
succeed Rear Admiral Howison in com-
mand of the South Atlantic station. He
has no protest to make against the as
sgnment which the navy department Sc
lected for him.
The trial of Admiral Montojo former
chief in command of Spain's naval forces
in the Philippines, has began. The prose-
cutiOn demanded a sentence of imprisOn-
ment for life, with dismissal from the SER
vice.
ihe oilery owned by the Fraser River
Oil & Guano Syndicate, situated opposite
I4adner's Landing, Vancouver, b. G., was
almost totally destroyed by fire recently.
The loss exceeds $4,000, covered by in.
surance.
General Brooke has issued an order per-
mitting municipalities TO pull down and
dispose Of all temporary Spanish fortif-
cations, returning to the owners such ma
terial as was confiscated by the Spanish
COR governmental parposes.
Over 5000 persons are dead and missing
as a result OF the recent typhoons in
Japan, according to advices brought 10y
the steamer Empress Of India from the
Orient. The empress dowager Of China is
said to be seriously III. Ii Hung Chang
has been recalled to power.
Masked men attacked the sheep camp Of
the Warren Live Stock Company, 25 miles
northwest of Sterling, Col, beating the
her,ier, a young man named Grain, nearly
to death, shooting about 100 sheep and
scattering 1900 more. Grain will probably
die.
President Loubet has visited the site OF
the exposition Of 1900 and urged the di-
rectors OF the work to exert themselves TO
the utmost, in order to show the world
in 1900 that France Is still strong, la
borious, united nation, whose generous
soul il filled with the sense Of her mission
OF progress and peace, and that she has
not been affected by feeting quarrels.'
There we're 80 new cases OF yellow
fever at Key West and two deaths.
Sig. Marconi, promoter of the wire
less telegraphy. has arrived In New
York.
Abner Mckinley. brother Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, has arrived in San
Francisco.
II Is said that an Italian steamship
company will establish a line to the
coas. OF Chill.
DIR. George A. Hendricks. professor
Of anatomy of the University Of Min
nesota. is dead.
President Mckinley will probably
make few speeches in Ohio during the
present campaign.
The seventy-frst annual meeting OF
the Odd Fellows grand sovereign has
adjourned sine die.
The steamer Barbara Boskowltz sank
in the Skeena river carrying down with
her 500 cases of salmon.
The plant and contents of the Ameri-
can Tin Plate company was almost to
tally destroyed by FIRE at Atlanta, Ind,
loss $3.50, 900.
Almost a thousand more miners have
Joined the strike In Alabama. But two
collieries in the New river district are
now in operation.
The government issued decree clos
ing Colombian ports to ships having
the bubonic plague on board. arriving
from infected ports.
There has been a recrudescence OF
the bubonic plague at Alexandria. Two
cases have been officially reported, one
Of which has proved fatal.
The following presidential postmas-
ters have been appointed: Idaho-F. s.
Stevens, Blackfoot. Washington
George w. France, Hoquiam.
Owing to increased use of II In busi-
ness money is tighter in New York
and II is said that arrangements are
being made to import gold from Eu-
rope.
Barrett, Farnum & Co. OF Chicago,
have failed. Notice was posted up on
change requesting that all trades with
this firm be closed The house was
understood to be heavily short on
wheat.
In consequence Of anti-semite distur-
Dances in Algiers the government has
established military patrols. practical
ly amounting to proclamation OF mar
tial law.
!, The Lenox Athletic club OF New York
has asecured tina 16-round hont hafuaav,