Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-08
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRE.
Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week in This and For-
eign Lands-summarixed From the
Latest Dispatches.

1t is stated that the organization of the
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company is an as
sured fact.
Col. Wholley of the First Washington
volunteers has been appointed major in
the Forty first regiment
Joseph Kane and William Holey were
seriously hurt by the premature explosion
of blast in the lie Roi mine at Rossland
on Tuesday.
Within the limits Of the city Of Pendle-
ton, Ore, one man, unaided except by a
pistol, held up six persons in bunch
robbed them, and escaped in the dark
ness.
Fire in the Webster House, a small ho-
tel on st. James street, Montreal, caused
the death of three persons, the probably
fatal injury of fourth, while half a dozen
others sustained minor injuries.
Gus McArdle, a bartender in Berry
James joint in Weir City, Kan, was killed
and in less than two hours his supposed
murderer, George Wells, negro miner
from Scammon, was swinging to a tele-
phone pole.
After cruise in Alaskan waters as far
north as Point Barrow, the United States
revenue cutter bear, Capt. Jarvis, has re.
turned to Seattle. She had sixty-odd sick
and destitute prospectors, gathered up at
various nortbland points.
Over 20 miles OF the Atlantic ocean, over
house tops, church spires, towering office
buildings, the Marconi system of wireless
telegraphy worked successfully and trans.
mitted messages between two moving war
ships. The naval test at sea proved that
within radius of 81 miles messages can
be transmitted by wireless telegraphy with
all the accuracy and precision OF an ordi'
nary land line.
While the NJ, X. & T. train from Sher.
man, Tex, was in the city limits, train
robber made a murderous assault on Ex'
press Messenger Concannon, dealing him
blow which it is thought will prove fatal
1t is rumored that package containing
$4,000 was stolen, and the officers say that
fully $4,000 is missing.
A sensation was caused in the senate at
Madrid by the declaration of Count D'Al'
menas that, owing to the Ignorance OF the
Spanish American peace treaty commits.
sioners, three islands of the Philippine
group, the two Batanes and Calayan Isl
ands, both north Of Luzon, were not in
cluded in the scope of the treaty.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company;
ferryboat Chicago, plying between Cort'
landt street, New York, and the Pennsyl
vania depot in Jersey City, was cut down
by the Savannah Line steamer City Of Au'
gusta as the ferryboat was crossing to the
east side of the North river. Within q
few minutes the Chicago sank in 75 feet
of water. 1t is not definitely known how
many passengers were on board, but the
number is variously estimated at from %
to 100. John Bryson is known to have
been drowned. Fireman Vroom OF the
Chicago is missing and is thought to have
been caught in the hold.
Fire recently gutted the seven-story
buildings at "a, So and 9s Mott street
New York, occupied principally by tht
N anhattan Bed and Spring Company
and it Is believed caused the death ol
three persons.
Captain Geo. N. Watson Of Company
j, Twentieth Kansas, just returned
from the Philippines, has secured gov
ernment permission to organize Kan
sas battery of light artillery with III
men and six rapid fire Hotchkiss guns
He will return to the Philippines t
tight under General Funston mex
month. The battery will be organized
here and many of Watsons old com
rany will re-enlist.
The landing stage Of the Waeslant
railroad ferryboat on the bank Of thu
Scheldt at Antwerp broke in two thii
morning on the arrival of the first trair
which was crowded. Many persons fel
into the water and Is or 20 Of the mum
ber were drowned. Ten of the bodies
have been already recovered.
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beres
ford has accepted the post of second II
command of the British Mediterranean
squadron in succession to Rear Ad
miral Henry Noel, whose time expires
Ia January next. Lord Beresford hai
| already selected his staff.