Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-01-10
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NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
4 Complete Review Of the Events for
the Past Week In This and Foreign
Lands-summarisea From the Lat
est Dispatches.

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A case of bubonic plague has been dis
covered at Manila.
The war department will keep all the
soldiers in the Philippines.
Hon. Judd Russell was elected speaker
OF the Mississippi legislature.
The recent earthquake in California has
started dry gas wells to flowing.
The information now comes that Mark
Hanna will manage McKinley's cam.
paign.
Miners Of the Indiana block coal dis
trict will take the lead in asking for an
increase OF wages.
William Epps (colored) has been hang.
ed in Philadelphia for the murder Of his
wife in January last.
Charles II. Cole of Boston, former pes
dent OF the defunct Globe National bank,
has been taken back to that city.
Monroe Peavey was found dead lying
beside the road near his farm, five miles
east of Spangle, Wash. Natural causes.
A resolution has been introduced in the
senate asking Secretary Gage to explain
the system Of deposit OF government
funds.
Christian Scientists of Lead, s. D., have
rebelled against the orders of the school
board that children attending the public
schools must be vaccinated.
Advices from Honolulu OF the date Of
Dec. 20 state that the steamer Algoa ran
on a reef while entering that harbor On
Dec. 20, and narrowly escaped destruction.
Surgeon General Sternberg has receiv-
ed a message saying the hospital ship
Missouri left Manila Dec. 81 for San
Francisco with 2S6 sick soldiers on board.
An attempt is being made to consoli-
date all OF the milk companies in Chicago
under one head. In opposition to the
movement four dairies will consolidate un-
der the name OF the Illinois Pure Milk
Company.
The high court (senate) at Paris, render
ing its verdict in the conspiracy case not
disposed Of, decided by vote
Of 1855 to 81 that NJ. Deroulede was guilty
and by vote OF 200 to decided on ex-
tenuating circumstances.
Three big champion wrestlers Of world
wide fame are in Spokane. The terrible
Turk is once more there ready TO throw
any one who comes, and Louis Cannon
also has come back. Mcmillan was al.
ready there and q match was arranged
in short order.
Roland Reed, the actor, is better.
Affairs in Luzon, north Of Manila,
are greatly improved.
Gold shipments to Europe Saturday
to several millions.
More than seven thousand exhibitors
will appear at the Paris exposition.
Schwan and Wheaton are now with
separate columns In the Cavite prov.
lnce.
Spike" Sullivan and George McFad.
den OF New York fought rs rounds to
a draw.
The chances are that In another two
months there will be q competing line
OF steamers between San Francisco and
Puget Sound ports.
The senate committee has decided
upon Its report and 1t IL against seat
ing Quay.
Tammany Ia for the Beers as meet.
ings in New York clearly show that
Honolulu authorities believe they
have the plague In the Chinese homes
under control.
The past year was prosperous one
for all the lines, as not one railroad
went bankrupt.
Cape Nome will probably have mill.
tary protection. as more troops are to
be sent to Alaska.
Go See. a Chinese murderer. convict
cd of killing countryman. was hanged
at San Quentin prison last week.
The Great Western Mail line steam.
er Ibex struck on Black Rock Of st.
Sampson island of Guernsey. near Lon
don. Passengers we're saved.
Warehouse and cold storage plants
were destroyed by fire at Richmond.
lncurring loss Of 100000.
Former Speaker and Secretary Car
Isle says he can not see how the house
can seat Roberts. AZ 1t is polygamy.
A score Of British fell dead at Game
tree in the recent battle. The Boer fire
was too torrid for any living being.
Colonels Hare and Howse have ar
rived at Vigan, in northwest Luzon.
with all of the American prisoners.
Captain Reichmann, Seventeenth in
now In the Philippines, had
been ordered to South Africa, to report
on military operations in the Trans
vaal.
On December 1 Wentsbaugh, COM
the Albay "a little gunboat). /.
hoisted the flag on Sibutu island. near
the Philippines. and the chief dato pro
vided and raised the pole. Natives and
North Borneo authorities are pleased.
Jack Livingston. known as the st.
Paul Kid" knocked out kid" Madden
Of Denver. brother Of Billy Madden. in
the third round before the Butte Ath-
letic Club.
Robert T. Lincoln and Norman B.
Ream, executors OF the estate OF George
NJ. Pullman, were allotted a. compen-
sation for their services the sum Of
s425.000.
No limit to our trade. America will
be followed by American goods In ev.
cry province of China that cares to
the cheapest and best COM
gnercfai show.
-Four men were instantly killed on
The Tennessee Central railroad. eight
miles from lockwood. Tenn. They
we're unloading dynamite. when . guam