Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-07-10
RITZvILLE, WASHINGTON. JULY 10, 1901.
SUMMARY Of WORLDS NEWS
sEws OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
4 Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.


change will take a vacation.
Dan Mcleod. the Scotch wrestler,
won the matcn with Tom Sharkey,
the sailor pugilist, at the Broadway
arsenal In Buffalo.
Cornell won two out Of three events in
the intercollegiate regatta and lost but
one. Pennsylvania carried of the honors
in the freshmen race.
At 1890 Thursday morning it was
estimated that the total number OF
deaths from heat in the last six days
in Greater New York was 600.
Shamrock III. was again defeated by
her predecessor by a minute and half.
Injunction is dissolved against Denver
saloonkeepers and they may sell liquor to
women in boxes now.
The freight handlers are on strike at
East st. Louis. Seventeen hundred men
are out and not a wheel is moving in the
city.
In Globe, Ariz, recently IA buildings
were destroyed by fire of an unknown
origin and 10 families OF miners are home
less Loss, $4,000.
The Homestead hotel at Virginia Hot
Springs, in Bath county, Virginia, was
totally destroyed by fire recently. All the
occupants escaped, but many Of the guests
lost their valuables. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
In San Francisco an early morning fire
in the Italian quarters destroyed three
ramshackle lodging houses. A young
lady is missing and an aged woman is
dying from burns received while trying
to escape from one Of the destroyed build
ings.
Sumner Surrat. lineman in the
employ of the Seattle Electric COM
pany, while working on a pole came
In contact with a live wire aud was
killed before help could reach him.
It is estimated that 1000 volts passed
through his body.
l.. Y. Judd, the wealthy milling man OF
Pendleton, Ore, accompanied by few
friends, has attempted the ascent of
Mount Hood, II ,225 feet, as far up in the
snow line as an automobile can be driven.
Mountain climbing with an automobile is
a novel idea, that has never been tried in
this or any other country.
Sixteen harvest hands returning home
from the wheat fields Of western kansas
were robbed by gang of men near June
ton City recently while riding on a
freight train. They were compelled at the
point Of revolvers to surrender their
money. One refused and was shot in the
leg. The robbers escaped after securing
from $40 to $50 from each man.
No arrests have been made In con-
nection with the shortage Of 100000 In
the mint at San Francisco and specula'
tion as to the real culprit Is OF varied
sort.
To the disappointment Of all the
Americans at Henley the Leander Row
ing club defeated the crew Of the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania In the final
heat of the grand challenge cup.
In a fair trial recently In a smart
breeze Shamrock |. beat Shamrock IL
by over 200 yards in three mile turn
to wIndward. This Ia the older yachts
most decisive victory over the cup chal
lenger.
Comptroller Of the Currency Dawes
has rendered his resignation to the
president, to take effect October /. Mr.
Dawes resigns his Office In order to
enter the senatorial contest this fall.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany is advised that the Argentine con
gress has declared Buenos Ayres In @
state of seige for six months, and has
established censorship on all messages
thereto.
The disciples OF John Alexander
Dowie visited Evanston, a Chicago su
burb, the other night and, despite the
efforts of the police force of the place
mob of 1000 people drove them out
of the town.
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco Is In
receipt of a letter from Andrew Carne
gle offering to give $750.000 for libra
ry building, provided the city furnishes
suitable site and appropriates $4,000
year for maintenance.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art In
New York is made the residuary lega
tee Of the late Jacob s. Rogers, the loco
motive manufacturer, whose will has
been filed for probate at Paterson. II
will probably receive $8.000,000.
The Chicago Tribune prints reports
from all over the country showing the
number of persons killed and injured
as a result OF celebrating the Fourth ol
July. The number actually killed IL
less than last year, being 10, against
80 then, but the number injured is con
siderably larger, the figures being 1911
against 1925.
Albert C. Postwick OF Boston, the
automobilist, broke the worlds record
for one mile on a 40 horse power ma
chine recently at Elkwood Park. Long
Branch. The record was broken In the
second mile of an exhibition squirt OF
three miles, which he covered In
3:531s. He had made the first mile In
1:1SA, the second In 1;16s4 and the
third in 1:17
A forest fire southwest Of Buena
Vista. Col, has destroyed many thou
sands Of dollars worth Of valuable tim
ber.
The steamship Braemar has arrived
In Tacoma from Yokohama with 5000
tons Of silk and new tea and 81 steerage
passengers.
The total attendance 10 date at the
Pan-American exposition Is 1.77s.s11.
The average daily attendance for June,
including five Sundays. was over 81
600.
Elmer Burkhead, aged 10. adopted
son Of M. II. Burkhead, section foreman