Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-11-06

Mrs. Elizabeth -HaEbury. who was
born June 8, 1893, is dead In London.
Mrs. Hanhury was notable half cen,
tury ago as an antisiavery. prison re-
former and other philanthropic mat
ters she could see to read ana wiite
up to her Tooth year.
At meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the William Mckinley Ma
tional Memorial Arch association, 1t
tary Gage, the treasurer of the asso-
cation, to raise $l,500.000 for con.
structing the proposed arch. Material
progress was reported by the execu-
tive committee In the work of prepar.
alton of raising subscriptions.
Jack Hebron, familiarly known as
'Pasco Jack" a railway switchma
from Pasco, was shot and almost in
s.tantly killed at Ellensburg. Wash.
Sunday night by Ed. Smith, a locomo-
tive fireman. Both men were under
the influence Of liquor and became in
volved in an alteration. and In the
scuffle Smith fired two or three shots,
1T least one of which took effect re-
sulting in Heffron's death within a few
loments. Smith is In the county Jail.
rendIng his preliminary examination.
The prisoner is shout % years of age.
The census report on males of
chool. military and voting ages for
II states and territories shows the
following summary for the country az
1 whole: Persons of school age. to
20 years. 26,110.7SS. of whom 24.s97.130
IRE native born. 22,490,211 are white.
md 13,S06,160 are males. Males
If militia age. 16,36o,363. of whom
is,132.2s0 are native born. and
14,495,396 are white. and males
4 voting age, 21329,s19, of whom
'6.227.9S5 are native born AMI
t9.306,143 are white. OF the total num-
',er Of males. 81 years Of age and over,
,.326.255 are illterate. OF the 16,-
227,2S5 native horn males, 81 years
" age and over. l.7O6,292 are illiterate
md Of the 5.102,534 foreign born. 620..
G02 are illiterate.
Ellis, H. Roberts. treasurer Of the
United States, in his report of the
transactions of his office during the
last fiscal year, says that the treas
rry was never stronger than at the
close of that period. The operations
which we're Of the first order both iE
variety and magnitude. resulted IN
noteworthy changes in the paper cur
fency. as well as a steady and health
ful growth Of gold in the treasury ana
in the general stock. The net ordin.
ary revenues for the year were $5S7,
6S5,S37 an increase of s20.444. .4S5 over
those OF 1900, which were the next
highest recorded. The increase came
from each of the heads of resource,
hut chiefly from the internal revenue.
On the side of expenditures the total
of $500 9,967,353 has been exceeded only
four times. in 1863. 1864, 1865 and 1899
The surplus OF $77.717.9S4 was slightly
under $4,000, 900 less than in 1900.
report Of Commissioner Hermann of
the land Office says that 15.562,79b
acres of public land were disposed
Of during the last fiscal year. an in
crease Of 2,108,90S over the previous
year. which was the banner year in
public land sales. The net surplus
from the entire land and forest
administration is $3.54S.442. The
report refers to the large mum.
ber Of prosecutions begun in Idaho
rrd Montana for perjury and subordia
alton Of perjury in entries Of land
under the timber and stone act, which
entries, 1t Gays. apparently were made
for speculative purposes and have be
come the property of one man.