Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-01-03
DO|N6S THROUGH THE week
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
1 Complete Review of the Events for
the Past Week In This aAa Foreign
Lanas-sumnari.eA Fron the Lat
est DisDatshss.

Roberts and Kitchener have sailed from
Gibraltar for Cape Town.
Philadelphia will equip an hospital ship
to be sent to the Transvaal.
A recent snowslide hit the White Pass
L Yukon Railroad rotary outfit.
Cincinnati democrats are preparing to
make a hard fight for the convention.
The Lowell Arms Company, u sporting
goods firm OF Boston, has gone under.
\ blizzard was sweeping over Alaska
in the vicinity Of Skagway on Dec. %.
An unknown bark and II men were re.
Gently swallowed by the sea near Norfolk,
Va.
\. c. Hodges & Co., bankers and
brokers OF Boston, have suspended busi.
ness.
BY recent proclamation. the queen warns
British subjects against assisting the
Beers.
Chicago letter carriers have withdrawn
from the organization Of the Knights OF
Labor.
Director Roberts Of the mint says greed
in speculation is the prime cause Of tight
money.
A petition is being drawn up by the
shippers Of the country against raising
the rates.
Railroad men purchase valuable tract
OF land in Arizona and expect to open up
zinc district.
The striking French coal miners recently
made big demonstration, but were held
back by officers.
Pennsylvania coal miners want IN in
crease OF wages, and threaten to strike il
it is not granted.
Investigation Of the cause OF the wreck
in Kendrick canyon found that the train
men were to blame.
France hopes for trouble between Eng
land and the United States, and is much
pleased with the prospect.
Emily Drake of brandon, Man, was
hung for killing her mother because she
was jealous OF her children.
Alderman George Hill Of Milwaukee,
Wis, committed suicide recently by shoot
ing himself through the head
Fl. Hayward was arrested in Portland,
Ore, by the police on a charge Of murder
committed ut Pennington, Utah, over a
year ago.
Prot. Eliot +. Couez Of Washington, D.
c., the world famed ornithologist and sci
enlist, is dead at Johns Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore.
The celebrated Pinnacle rock, which
overhung Cumberland gap, and was II
noted natural spectacle, has fallen from
the lofty height.
The boiler OF locomotive on the Den.
yer l. Rio Grande railroad blew up at
Minturn, Col, killing Engineer Quacken-
badly that he died few hours later.
The Bank of Montreal has subscribed
$4,000 TO the relief fund for the British
soldiers in South Africa. 1ne directors Of
the bank added 1880 to this amount in
personal subscriptions
Seven Indians, including two squaws,
were drowned a short distance west OF
Ashcroft, b. G., by the upsetting Of q
canoe in which they were attempting TO
cross the Thompson river.
Fire recently destroyed the Wholesale
and retail dry goods establishment Of Geo.
Dewald l. Co., and the crockery store Of
NJ +. Kaag, Of Fort Wayne, Ind, causing
an aggregate loss Of $2O0,OO0.
During riot among Al negro men and
women on trolley car in Morrsiana,
New York, one man was fatally shot and
two were dangerously wounded. Charles
Trassy, who did the shooting, was arrest
ed.
American goods have seen coniscated
by the British in heavy amounts An ex'
port agent Of New York says his merchan.
disc was consigned 10 a reputable firm in
Lorenzo Marquee, and he objects to losing
his money.
The recent Nooksack river flood caused
great damage to farms and buildings. Five
OF seven bridges over the stream have been
swept away. Rain and chinook wind
suddenly melted the snow in the noun
tains.
The escape Of Winston Churchill was
narrow. lie eluded the Beers for over
seven days by hiding during the day and
sneaking along the railroad at night. He
was hidden under a huge pile Of sacks
while the Beers searched for him
The bank OF Montreal shipped $780,.
900 gold to Canada.
Eleven millions in bonds was voted
for public improvements In San Fran
cisco.
"Kid Parker, Of Denver. knocked out
Tom Morlarity Of Boston. In the 10th
round of twenty-round go"
The disappearance of L. c. Phillips.
leading hardware merchant Of Port
Townsend, is shrouded in mystery.
Adjutant General Corbin reports that
! the contributions to the Lawt0n relief
fund amounted to $30.525 Saturday.
Ex-Congressman Michael Griffith. of
Eau Claire, Wis. head Of the state tar
commission. died suddenly this even.
[, ing in his Office Of apoplexy.
Thos. Mackellar, senior member OF
the firm of Mackellar. Smith q Jordan.
type founders, died Of pneumonia at his
home In Germantown Saturday.
The Cheyenne flyer on the Union Pa.
cific railroad crashed into the Boulder
Valley train at Brighton, Col. One
man was killed and II persons injured.
The past year in trade shows failures
fewer In number than for the last seven
years, and vast increases in the capaci-
ty and earning power Of the Nations
factories.
Alfred Morrison. of New York. a prof
fessor OF Language ] mistook his wife