Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-20
TIE telegraph SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lnnds-TakeR From the
Latest Dispatches.

lenzo.
General Miles has completed arrange
ments for the participation of United
States troops in the inaugural parade
The annual convention Of the National
Federation of Women's Musical clubs will
be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from April 80
to May inclusive.
The Boer losses, when they were at
tackled by General French at Ermelo last
week, are said to have been 40 men kill
ed and 200 made prisoners.
Former Lieutenant Governor Bates has
been offered the position OF judge in the
Philippine islands and will accept the ap.
pointment. The salry will be $500 II
year.
The remains of Colonel Albert d. Shaw,
CONGRESSMAN from Watertown, n. ", and
late commander in chief OF the Grand
Army of the Republic, were inferred in
Brookside cemetery with military honors.
President Pro lem. Frye of the senate
has declared William Mckinley elected
president and Theodore Roosevelt vice
president of the United States, and dis
| soiNeu luc JoihI Heetiis VI tic House anu
| senate.
An oil well, which has flow of more
than 1000 barrels day and which has
already inundated five acres of land with
petroleum, was struck in the Blackfori
country, eight miles west OF Montpelier,
Indiana.
| Ignacio Gaxialo, a prominent rancher,
has been ambushed and killed by laqui
| Indians at Siris, near Hermosillo, AriZ.
General Torres made an effort to secure a
number Of Yaqui Indians to take them
to the interior.
Otto w. Meysenburg, formerly presi-
dent of the Wells French Car company
of Chicago, is dead at his country home,
Alma Sieta, at the age of 81 years. He
was among Chicago's most prominent
manufacturers and well known through
out the east.
General DAVIS mas been designated to
conduct the investigation of the charges
against ID. NJ. Carman, the American con
tractor, who with his partner, Theodore
Caranza, Spanish merchant, was arrest
ed February d, charged with furnishing
supplies to aid the insurgents. The evi-
dencc against Carman is accumulating.
| A dispatch from la Paz, Peru, says
that the overflow of the river has caused
the iundation of the city and the destruc-
| tion of bridges. The electric light sys.
TEN has been disabled and the city has
been in darkness for two nights Many
| txraa i,a /
aggregate 81 100000 bolivian money!.
| AT Portland, Ore, Jack Barr, whose
family is said to live on Folsom street,
San Francisco, fired four shots at Belle
| Williams, an inmate OF house on Fourth
street, Portland. But two of the bullets
took effect, both of them striking the
womans' hand. Barr then shot himself
in the head and swallowed poison. lie
is in the hospital and his injuries may
! prove fatal. Barr claims that he deserted
his children to live with the Williams
woman and that she afterwards discard.
ed him.
| The United States training ship Mo.
hican has come down from the Mare isl
and navy yard, after having been almost
entirely rebuilt. She is now bark rugged
and closely resembles the old Hartford.
The Mohican will take aboard about $50
apprentices here and start ON a cruise
TO the southern seas. She will call at
Santa Barbara, San Diego, MAgdalena
bay and Honolulu.
| Colonel Simon Tecson, seven officers, II
soldiers, 50 guns, 2OUO rounds OF ammuni-
tion, surrendered Internationally recently
at San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon. This
breaks up group insurrectos heretofore
| operating in mountains east of Bulacan !;
removes from northern Luzon last forIni-
dable organized force excepting in first dis.
trict. Rigid enforcement proclamation,
December 20. Spontaneous action people
through federal party behalf OF police,
self protection, are producing most sat
isfactory results.
Severe weather prevails throughout
France.
All Europe is experiencing a return
of winter weather.
Slight earthquake shocks were felt
recently in Vienna.
Marshall s. Pike, poet, singer and ac-
tor, is dead at his home in Chelsea.
| Joseph A. Delaharpe, who was we'll
known as scenic artist in the theatres
of this country, is dead.
At the cabinet council at Madrid the
ministers designations were drawn up
and handed to the queen regent.
The work of laying torpedoes and
mines about the entrance to the Port
Orchard drydock is soon to begin.
Throughout Spain the weather is in
tensely cold, the temperature register.
ing eight degrees below zero in Madrid.
II is insisted in Mexico City In gov
ernment circles that there is no plan
prepared for introducing a gold stand
ard.
Jim Jeffries and Gus Rubin may
fight for the heavyweight champion
ship in San Francisco within a month
or two.
The house committee on naval affairs
has reported favorably the senate joint
resolution giving bronze medals to the
officers and men of the North Atlantic
squadron participating In the battle
of Santiago bay.
Secret service officials are confident
they have captured three Of the men
who robbed the internal revenue Office
at Peoria Of $35. 900 In stamps last Jan
| uary.