Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-11-06
WORLD D'SKENS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review Of Happenings in
Both Eastern and Western Hcmis-
pheres for the Past week-Natian-
al, Historical, Political and Per-
sonaJ Events Tersely Exp0unded.

al, Historical, Political and Per-
sonaI Events Tersely Expounded.
The battleship Oregon Is now on the
drydock at the Puget Sound navy yard.
Australian Jimmy Ryan was
knocked out by Jack Root Of Chicago In
the second round of a twenty-round
contest at Louisville. KY, recently.
Idaho fax Is superior to any other
grown In this country, and deserves a
grade Of its own, above No. l North
western. Such Is the official informa-
tion from the Chicago board of trade.
Seventy-five families lost their homes
and $4,000 worth of property was de-
stroyed by the fire that started in Pc
terson & Co.'S picture frame factory at
Union street and Austin avenue. Chlca-
60.
News was received at San Antonio
that at Purandi. Mexico. October 2S. a
bread riot occurred in which twenty
persons we're wounded, many OF them
fatally. The cause of the riot ia said
to have been the action OF speculators
in cornering the supply of corn.
In New York recently, as Henri Four.
nier, the French chaffeur, was cross
ing the tracks In an automobile in
which other men we're seated, the ma
chine came into collision with a loco
motive and disastrous results followed
All six men were hur. and the ma
chine smashed.
AS the result Of domestic difficulty
with her husband. Mrs. John A. EN-
mitt, II years old. of Halsey, Linn
county, committed suicide recently by
swallowing carbolic acid at the St.
Charles hotel, Portland. She had been
married two days, and was spending
her honeymoon in this city.
President Roosevelt has granted full
and unconditional pardon 10 Gunner
Charles Morgan, United States navy,
who some years ago was found guilty
by court martial of being absent from
station and duty on the cruiser New
York without leave and sentenced to
be reduced several numbers In his
grade.
Justice White has ordered the COM
pulsory liquidation of the London and
Globe Finance corporation, which fos-
tered group of mining companies at
Rossland. In view of the serious allie
cations of fraud made from time to
time, counsel for the directors, Lord
Dufferln, Lord Edward Pelham Clin-
ton, Whitaker Wright and Lemon, de-
clared that they courted the fulles. in
vestigation.
Miss Becera. the daughter of Rodero
Becera, who was Columbia minister to
Washington several years ago. has at
last succeeded in escaping from Vene-
zuela, where she was kept by order of
President Castro, says the Port of
Spain correspondent of the Herald,
where her father. who is now blind.
has resided since his expulsion from
Venezuela. She has reached New York
city. Miss Becera. who was educated
In the United States, has been trying to
escape for several months
Little Ethel Plumb, aged 2 years. Is
dead at the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. H. Parke, at Virginia City, Mont,
as the result Of a duel fought with re-
volvers by Mr.. and Mrs. Plumb. Mrs.
Plumb has a bullet wound in the hip,
Mrs. Parke was shot through the right
shoulder and Mr.. Plumb is in Jail with
a powder burned face. AT the first shot
fred by the husband the child fell dead
with bullet through its head. Many
shots were exchanged before help came,
and the infuriated man was carried on
to tail. The women will recover.
Frank H. Smiley, of Chicago, who
turned states evidence In the Defen-
bach insurance case, has been given his
liberty. He relinquished all right to
the $1,000 insurance on Marie Defen-
bach's life. This ends the criminal pro
ceedings in the case. as Mr.. August M.
Unger is In the pententiary and Way
land Brown was previously let of with
fine. The insurance money, It is
said. will probably go to the unfortun-
ate girls relatives.
The building inspector Of Butte has
investigated thoroughly a large crack
in .he ground for a distance OF 800 feet
81 s@Ao oaoeOAh p1il VI Vuc Cfty. duu
says that the slit In The earuh's surface
Is six inches In width and that no bot
tom can be found tn the opening. The
crack runs north and south, bearing to
the east about degrees. Upon a por-
tion OF this new crack a dwelling is
located at the corner of Gaiena and
Mercury streets. and the house will
have to be moved from It's present site.
This Is the third crack of considerable
size which has within the past year
frightened the residents of East Butte.
All have caused the removal of several
houses.
The condition Of Ii Hung Chang.
who has been seriously Ill. shows some
Improvement. His physicians dag
nosed the malady as Inflammation OF
tie stomach.
Nicaragua has given notice Of the
termination of the treaty Of 1867
granting the United States authority
to build a canal across the country.
Also the treaty OF 1870.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin
says that all American records have
been broken in the Boston wool mar.
ket last week, the transactions aggre-
eating not less than 25,000, 900 pounds
It is announced in dispatch to q
London news agency from st. Peters
burg that scores Of fishing boats were
wrecked and that ITO men were