Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-07-18

recently. Nellie L. McQuillian, aged
16, was killed by tightening.

recently. Nellie l.. McQuillian, aged
16, was killed by tightening.
Jack Moffet, of Chicago, got the de-
cision of AL. Neil of California, in the
twentieth round of glove contest at
San Francisco, recently.
The transport, Hancock, has arrived
in San Francisco, "a days from Man.
lila, via Nagaski. She brought 101
passengers and SAT soldiers. Five
deaths and two suicides occurred on
the voyage.
Senator Gear, the venerable statesman
from Iowa, is dead. He had not enjoyed
health for year or more, but was not
considered dangerously i'll until the final
summons came. He was beloved by all
associates.
Captain Healy, Master of the Me-
Culloch came to Port Arthur under
guard insane. He first attempted to
jump overheard, then attempted to op-
en- a blood vessel with a piece Of a
broken medicine bottle.
The directors of the Dime Savings
bank of Newark, N. j., has closed the
institutions door until its affairs can
be Strengthened out Charles West
ervelt, the banks secretary and treas
urer has been arrested.
Six coal and ice storehouses. three
stables, frame dwelling, a number
Of outbuildings and six Pennsylvania
freight cars were destroyed by fire re-
Gently at Sewickley, a suburb Of Pitts
burg, Pa. Samuel Woods, a stable
man, was burned to death and eight
horses were creamated. Loss $4,000.
Announcement is made that that
George H. Davis has been appointed
manager of the New York baseball
club, displacing Buck" Ewing. The
change, 1t is stated, was necessitated
by the inability Of Ewing to suppress
the feeling of factionalism that has ex-
listed among the players during the
present season.
Four men were caught in the act of
robbing Mason & Whitehill's general
store at State Center, Iowa last week.
A number of citizens surrounded the
building and pitched battle ensued.
Ben. Whitehill, one Of the proprietors,
was shot in the leg. One of the rob-
bers was also wounded, and with one
of his associates was captured. The
other two escaped.
"The gold democrats will not put a
ticket in the field this year." says W.
d. Bynum, chairman Of the gold dem
ocratic executive committee in 1896
"We cannot get our electors on the Of
fetal ballots in New York, because the
votes were cast for the party candi-
date for governor in 1898 and the state
law requires that certain number of
votes shall have been cast for state Of
ficers In the preceding election before
the nominees Of any party can go on
the official ballot in the pending con-
test.
Charles w. Barnes, suspected of be-
ing one of the robbers who stopped the
Illinois Central train and looted its ex-
press car of $4,000, three miles south
of Wickliffe, KY, recently, has been
arrested at his home In st. Louis.
John Nelson, of 1868 Finney avenue.
Barnes partner, escaped from the de
tectives, leaving trail of blood. 40
shots were exchanged between the fu-
gitive and the officers, who pursued
him to Vandevanted station, where he
eluded them.
Fire destroyed five large and three
small buildings formerly used by the
Chicago Great Western railroad as re-
pair shops at West Park, just outside
st. Paul. About three carloads Of
shingles were destroyed. Loss, $780,
900. There was high wind blowing,
and the flames spread from the oil
house to the adjoining buildings and
freight cars, Of which there were a
great number in the yard. The shops
Coast Shingle company, and 300 car
loads of their product were in the
buildings.
The secretary OF the treasury has
received letter from G. Rudolph, 826
Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y, on the sit
uation at Cape Nome. The depart
ment sees no reason to doubt the trust
worthiness of the story told by Ru-
dolph. 1t Is becoming daily more ap.
parent to the officials that the condit-
ions in the new gold fields are almost
certain to result in great suffering dur
ing the coming winter, especially as
epidemics of smallpox and typhoid fe'
yer are threatened. Rudolph takes a
very gloomy view Of the outlook al
Nome, where he arrived on June IL
and whence he departed on June 20.