Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-10-31
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
4 Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eixn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

22.9 per cent.
Rev. DIR. j. N. Crang of Baltimore drop
ped dead in the pulpit while addressing the
Presbyterian synod of Virginia.
A negro was lynched by a mob of his
own race for assaulting a colored girl at
Wellston, Ga. Another negro was lynched
near there for similar crime last week.
William A. Paulson, convicted of receiv-
ing a deposit in the Central Trust 4 Say
ings bank Of Chicago, of which he was
president, while knowing the bank to be
insolvent, today was sentenced to serve an
indefinite sentence in prison.
A special dispatch from Madrid says the
French steamer Faidherbe Qate Chigwell)
was sunk in a collision with the French
steamer Mitidja, which was seriously dam
aged, but succeeded in reaching Alicante.
The Mitidja rescued eight of the crew of
the Faidherbe, but "a other members OF the
crew were drowned.
No credit was given in the best informed
circles to the report that the control OF the
Pacific Mail company had passed from the
Huntington and Southern Pacific interests
to Chairman Hartman of the Union Pac-
ifc.
Three hundred strikers held up trolley
car at Mahanoy City, Pa, that was carry
ing about 40 men to work at st. Nicholas
collery. John Fisher, who resisted, was
severely beaten.
Sir John Cowan, Bart, of London, Ia
dead. He was born in 1914.
Colonel ]. X. Ross died at his home
in Indiapolis recently, aged So years.
He was widely known in X. Of P. cir
cles.
A battle was fought between imper-
ial troops and Boxers October 23, and
the rebels were routed, 900 Of them be
ing slaughtered.
John l.. Sullivan was recently oper-
ated on for hernia. The doctors say
Sullivan will not be able to leave the
hospital for six weeks.
Dispatches from Mukden to the war
office say that proof is at hand that
400 native Christians were massacred
at Mukden before the Russian occu-
patton.
lu6 SttIe III LIt Dduh VI ocSuo DIoth-
ers of Bridgeport, Ind, was blown open
by burglars recently and robbed of over
81, 900 in cash and many notes. The
robbers escaped.
The schooner Llorem caught an cleo
trio wire in the bay at New York and
exploded the torpedoes that were laid
during the war An American schoon-
er had narrow escape.
The steamer Alpha has arrived at
Vancouver from the north. Her pas
sengers say that there 10 now little pos
sibilty of the completion of the Daw-
son telegraph line this winter.
The Elezabethport Banking Com
pany, from which William Schriber
stole little over 500. 900 in two years
has made settlement with Mrs. Annie
Hart, upon whom much Of the money
was spent.
General Azcarraga will take the port
folio Of minister OF marine provision.
ally at Madrid. Admiral Mozo having
withdrawn from the ministery owing
to the refusal Of the premier to allow
an increase Of the navy cadets.
Joseph Chamberlain secretary OF
state for the colonies, and his son, John
Austen Chamberlain civil lord OF the
admiralty, have sailed for Giberaiter.
whence they will proceed to Malta, to
visit Sir Francis Wallace Greenfell. the
governor of Malta.
The body OF Captain De France, son
of the general of the same name, has
been discovered at the bottom Of a prec-
ipice beyond Maurendon, in the COM
mune of st. Martin D'Arc. Captain de
France left camp last spring and 1t was
believed he had been murdered.
The imports of specie last week were
81, 1894, ,s93 gold and s35.977 silver. The
exports of gold and silver from this
port to all countries aggregate $1.019,.
800 silver bars and coin, and $12.500
gold. The imports of dry goods and
merchandise were valued at $11,117.-
651.
The one hundreth birthday of the
late field marshal Won Moltke was mar
ked recently by Emperor William caus-
ing a general army order to be issued
extolling Won Moltke, thanking Prov
idence for giving the fatherland such a
man. and expressing the hope that the
army will emulate his martial virtues,
and thus derive strength for the full
fillment of the exalted and difiicult mis-
sion ass. t;ned to II,
The 7 ansvaal has recently proclaim
ed a par. OF the British empire, the pro
clamatit being attended with impress
sive ceremonies The royal standard
was boisted in the main square of the
city, the Grenadiers presented arms.
massed bands played the national an
them, SIR Alfred Miner read the pro-
clamation and 5000 troops representing
Great Britain and her colonies march
ed past
According to the Ofieial Messenger
the grain shortage Is not confined TO
the eastern provinces and Siberia The
provinces richest In cereals are actual
ly suffering ON account OF poor har-
vests. Grain 10 forwarded ahead OF
other merchandise and grain railway
rates have been reduced
A special from Poplar Bluff, Ark,
says: A sheriffs posse In pursuit Of
the We prisoners who escaped from
the )oniphan ! al overlook the men
near Dalton. 7" A battle was
sr'' 4. IN which ~~rs of the
were DANCE, Tsr~s
prisoners e