Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-05-16

Illinois republican delegates have been
instructed to cast their votes for Mekin-
ley.
John Graham, a laborer, was shot and
instantly killed in Butte, Mont, last
Tuesday.
The two-year-old son af j. A. Richards,
superintendent of the Vanderbilt ranch,
was accidentally drowned near Ellens-
burg ON Sunday.
Alma Frudein, young domestic, died
in the county Jail at Butte, Mont, from
the effects of q dose OF corrosive subli-
mate taken with suicidal intent.
The Missouri supreme court has sent
enced six murderers to be hanged on
June 10, 1900 They are: Ernest Clever
niger, Robert Cushenberry, John A. Hol-
loway, Sam Waters, David Miller and
Jack Bradford.
Passenger rates to Cape Nome have
again been advanced by Dodwell & Co. to
$3.50 first class. The Victoria is now
the only vessel that has not been sold
out. There are no class tickets to be
had except on the Edith.
Tom Sharkey at Tattersall's, in Chi
eago knocked out Joe Choynski of Cali
fornia in two rounds. The fighting was
of the hurricane order, both men landing
repeatedly, but Sharkey had the fight
well in hand throughout.
The body of John Whalen was found
in the artificial lake at Lakeview, Butte,
Mont. 1t was undressed. He is said to
have gone. into the lake to sober up and
is supposed to have gotten beyond his
depth.
The British iron ship Sierra Nevada,
Captain Scott, from Liverpool, January
9th, was totally wrecked outside Of the
beads. Five of her crew were saved,
but it is believed that % others, includ-
ing the captain, pershed. The Sierra
Nevada was owned by Thompson, Ander-
son & Co., of Liverpool.
During a riot between strikers and
workmen at the Buttonwood mine of the
Parrish Coal company at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, about 20 men were badly injured,
including Superintendent w. T. Smyth.
The strikers dispersed the workmen. The
sheriff has been called upon to suppress
the riot.
The name of President McKinley's run
ming mate in the coming campaign is now
known. 1t is John Davis Long Of Mas
sachusetts, at present secretary of the
navy, and formerly representative in
congress and governor of his state. Sec
retary Longs nomination for the vice
presidency has been practically decided
upon by friends OF the president, with
the sanction of the president himself. 1t
is, OF course, possible that something may
arise to change this decision, but that is
not probable.
Senator Shoup has introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill, di.
recting the secretary Of the interior to
turn over the Fort Sherman reservation
abandoned in Idaho) to the board OF
managers of the national home for dis
abled soldiers, in order that branch
of the national soldiers home may be
established at that point.
One of the worst wrecks which has oc'
Cured in Wyoming in recent years took
place on 0'Neill's sidetrack, 10 miles west
OF Rawlins, on the Union Pacific, when
an eastbound fast fruit train, drawn by
two locomotives, dashed through an open
switch and down a high embankment.
The dead: Louis Banta, fireman, Raw
Inns; James johnson, fireman, Rawlins;
two boys, aged about 20, who were steal
inc riIa anEnntrn The inIlr-
ed: Engineer Frank Rehemyer, Andy
Sholer, engineer; both will recover. En-
gineers Rehemyer and Sholer jumped from
their engines before the end of the siding
was reached and escaped with few in
juries.
Judge Foster Of New York has dismiss
ed four indictments against Francis IL.
Weeks. Weeks ia a lawyer, who, as
manager and executor of about 10 estates
Incorporated about 81 100000. Ten
indictments were found against him. Rec
order Smith sentenced him to 10 years
at hard labor. His term will expire to-
morrow.
In view of the recent eight-hour move.
ment throughout the country the report
made to the house Of representatives by
Chairman Gardner of the committee on
labor on the Gardner eight-hour bill and
the general subject Of eighthour legis
htion, has timely interest. The bill
requires clause in all government con
tracts that the labor under the contract
shall not exceed eight hours daily.
The employees Of the st. Louis Transit
company, numbering about 26O0 men,
made good Tuesday their threat to tie
up the street railway traffic of the city.
In doing so they not only paralyzed the
business of the company which operates
all the electric and cable roads in the city,
with the exception Of those owned by
the st. Louis & Suburban company, on
which a strike has been in progress for
two weeks past, but brought matters to
a standstill in half dozen other lines OF
business as well. 1t was the most com
plete tie-up ever seen in St. Louis.
Situation is unchanged and only mail
cars are running on the st. Louis street
car system.
Lord Salisbury took the grace out Of
the recent visit OF the queen TO Ireland
by the vehemence with which he warned
| Irishmen that recent events in South
Africa proved that there could not be
practical independence anywhere in the
empire with opportunities for arraying
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