Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-23
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eiEn Lands-Taken From the Lat
est Dispatches.

the help of non-union men, many of whom
were secured from outside points.
A resolution was adopted by the Min
nesota republicans indorsing former Sena.
tor Washburn for vice president and in
structing the state delegation to present
his name at Philadelphia if circumstances
seem propitious.
Two persons were killed, one is miss
ing and IA were injured as the result of
fire which destroyed the Hotel Helena
at ll0 and ia Ffty-Third street, Chicago.
Five of the injured will probably die. The
dead are: Charlotte Peterson, dining
room girl; Lena, - lsurname un-
known.)
An unknown man jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge Wednesday. When he
came to the surface he was picked up
by a passing tug. 1t is not known wheth-
or he was hurt.
The boiler of a torpedo boat exploded
at st. Petersburg, killing six persons.
The French line steamer La Gascogne,
which has sailed for Havre, carried 49,
100000 in gold.
Plague has appeared again in Japan
and II deaths have occurred in the last
month in Osaka.
A dispatch from the Maritime Exchange
states that the British steamer Samantha
was wrecked near Port Hastings, N. S.,
but that her crew was safely landed.
The secretary of the interior has received
information that the Indians on the
Tongue river in Montana are becoming
restless and that an incipient messiah
craze" has made its appearance there.
The fire in Greenwich, Conn, destroyed
five business blocks, the Catholic church,
one of E. c. Benedict's stables and a few
other buildings, causing total loss of
Sl5O.OOO.
Fire destroyed one side OF Main street
in the business portion of Green Meadow,
MINI. The loss is estimated at $4,000,
with one-third insurance. ,1he origin of
the fire is unknown.
The postmaster of Havana Is under ar
rest, as by his signed confession he ad-
mits to taking cash from the money order
funds to supply his personal needs. He
also admits other Irregularities.
An official cable from, the government
of Cauca, Panama, reports that victory
was obtained by General Prospero Brin.
son over the revolutionary forces COM
manded bv General Uribe at Lebriga, in
the department of San Antander, May l5.
Rev. A. NJ. Echolz Of Middlesport, o.,
commissioner to the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly, representing the Athens,
o., presbytery, dropped dead in the audi
torium of the Washington and Compton
Presbyterian church. He was seated in
a pew in the rear Of the church when at
tackled with heart disease.
Hong Kong papers say that the police
have confiscated large quantities Of fire.
arms and ammunition intended for dis.
tribution among the lawless classes in
China. Piles of Mauser rifles, hundreds
Of rcvolvers and bayonets, 10000 pounds
of gunpowder and 100000 rounds of am.
munition have been captured near Chin
Wan. Twenty-Five men in charge Of this
illegal arsenal have been arrested.
A telegram from Koping, Sweden, re-
ports that as the steamer Koping was pass
ing the Prinz Karl, a man sprang upon
the deck of the latter vessel and shout
ed: "If any one comes near will shoot" :"
At the same moment woman was seen
hanging over the ships side shrieking for
help. The man escaped in boat. When
the Prinz Carl was boarded it was found
that ii men on board had been shot, even
Of whom, including the captain, we're dead.
The rest were found locked in their
quarters.
1t is stated that within the last fort
night bankers of Paris have, through the
Bank Of France, negotiated loan of $751;
100000 from New York bankers. This
money is needed to finance enterprises in
cidental TO the exposition year in Paris.
While France is one of the richest coun-
tries in the world. its stock Of gold was
insufficient TO meet all the demands that
have sprung up this year, and the bankers
OF Paris have borrowed here al compare
lively low interest rates in order to pre-
vent any enterprise from tagging. The
big loan is to be shipped in installments,
averaging about $3,OO0,O00 week. The
second installment has gone, and the
movement will continue for about three
weeks longer. The loan was negotiated
by the National City bank and most OF
the foreign banking houses participated in
it.