Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-05-31

Judge John Mackay, one of the fore
most lawyers of Ohio, is dead.
On May Gath the body of a man wa
found in the Columbia river about tw,
miles above Scott, Wash.
Two brothers named Anderson wer,
drowned Sunday near Astoria, Ore, b!
the capsizing of a sail boat.
Brigadier General George w. Wes
is dead, aged 81 years. He was pro
NOTED to brigadier general for braver,
at the battle of Antietem.
The ninth attempt to float the Amer
lean liner Paris was made and proveo
an utter failure. Her bottom is abso
lutely impaled by the rocks.
Among the passengers who arrived
in New York Sunday on the Lauen
berg, from Matanzas, were General 10
seph p. Sanger and Colonel George r
Cecil.
Advices from Hardeeville, S. c., re
port the burning to death of Jacob Sol
omon, his wife and seven children In
an accidental fire that destroyed theiI
house.
squadron, the cruiser New York and
the battleships Texas, Indiana, and
Massachusetts, Admiral Sampson com
manding, have sailed for Newport, RI
Angus Mcleod and Anton Pesenda
working in the Diamond mine, Butte
Mont, while drilling a hole where the
blast had not been fired, were blown tc
pieces by the explosion of the powder
The international 100-kilometer bi.
cycle race, in Paris, was won by M
Bourette, in 2:17. The winner was
seven laps ahead of c. w. Miller, the
Chicago cyclist, who secured second
place.
A terrific hail storm struck Hast.
ings, Nebr., and continued fifteen min.
utes, during which time over 1000
panes of glass were broken, fruit and
grain destroyed, chickens and birds
killed. and several persons hurt.
r. p. Robinson, of Oakland, Cal,
who has just returned from Copper
river, Alaska, says that he knows of 80
prospectors in that section who are
missing. If not already dead they will
die in an effort to reach civilization.
The through train from Chicago to
Minneapolis over the Rock Island &
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railways, was wrecked at lis Sunday
morning at the crossing four miles
southeast of Waterloo, Iowa.
Word has reached Chamberlin, 8. d.
of disastrous and fatal tornado that
passed across the country In the vicin.
ity of Bijou hills, rs miles south OF
Chamberlin, resulting in the death OF
seven persons and the serious injury
of two others.
Howard Kretz, young man about
% years old, who says he Is an art stu.
dent of the academy Of design of New
York, made startling and successful
jump from the Brooklyn bridge Just
before dusk Sunday, and came out OF
the river uninjured.
The report of NJ. Ballot De Beaupre
says: "If the court adopts the conclu.
sion OF its reporter, 1t will order q re-
vision OF the case and will send Drey.
fus before fresh court martial to be
judged according to the law" In that
case acquittal is certain.
DIR. Richard Cornwall, a prominent
physician with a varied career, com.
mitted suicide at the home of his
brotherHin-law, DR.. J. c. Whittier, In
Kansas City. dying almost instantly.
He left note saying that dependency
over financial affairs prompted the act.
Lena Bouts. aged IA, and a younger
brother, children Of Frank Bouts, OF
Rapid City, s. d., are under arrest, the
girl being charged with numbering her
father. She shot him through the
head while he slept. The man was
cruel to his family, who lived half
starved much of the time.
Probably the most destructive lorna.
do that ever visited Nebraska passed
through the northern part Of Hamilton
county, destroying from $4,000 to
100000 worth OF property. including
Is dwellings, one church, one school
house, two iron bridges across the Blue
river, barns, corn cribs, outbuildings.
orchards, fences and stock.