Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-04
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review CT Happenings i'm
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
' al, Historical, Political and Per-
sOnaJ Events TerseIy ExpOunded.

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railroad systems.
The annual report of the superin.
tendent of the life saving station for
the year 1901 shows the smallest loss of
life from vessels suffering disaster
since the general extension of the SER
vice.
Son of NJ. NJ. Kaign, of Chicago, Sc
verely wounded w. S. Haynes in Knuts
ford hotel lobby, Salt Lake. The vic.
tim had been prominent in the wedding
o. assailant's father several months
ago. Much mystery surrounds the
shooting.
Chamberlain states the terms of en-.
lisment Of the Canadians. All volun-
teers who go to South Africa must be
able to ride and shoot. Will be allowed
Imperial Yeomanry rates of pay. Pre-
ference given to single men.
Charles Lingquist shot and probably
fatally injured his sweetheart, Julia
Tostevin, at Austin, small town ten
miles north of Helena, Mont. He then
turned the revolver on himself, and in
flicted wounds that will, the attending
physician says, prove fatal.
At Helena, Mont, Amos Book recent
ly shot and instantly killed Harry Bur.
well. They had been practicing for a
Thanksgiving shoot and Book, thinking
to scare Burwell, commanded him to
hold UP your hands," as he entered
the house, leveling the shotgun at him.
In trying to raise the gun, his finger ac-
cidentally touched the trigger, and Bur
we'll fell back dead, after uttering the
words, Book, you have shot me-
Burwell was II and Book 1S years old.
Millard T. Harrison. will receive the
Endorsement of Representative Wesley
l.. Jones for the Spokane postmaster.
ship.
President Roosevelt Is said to have
taken sides with the states against
the railroad combine in the great
Northwest
A telegram received from a private
agent at Dubnitza says that Miss
Stone and Nine. Tsilka were alive on
November "a.
The Chinese quarter of San Fran,
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ARRAYS recently. in which two Chi
nese were killed and third one ia
tally wounded.
Half million to a million dollars
are the estimates of property dam
aged by fire Thanksgiving in the
vicinity Of Ninth street, at the East
river, New York City. Several fire.
men were hurt, but none seriously.
If the Beers will yield Salisbury will
not be so harsh as has been implied.
Secretary of State for Home Affairs
Ritchie says premier's remarks that
mo shred Of independence should be
left to the republic" have been twist
ed and distorted.
Liberals are to surrender Colon. A
conference of rival factions aboard a
warship in Colon harbor. The details
of the understanding have not been
allowed to leak out. Fighting on We'd
nesday at Buena Vista was of the
most savage nature.
Knocked out in the second round,
Of which / minute and A seconds had
elapsed was the referees verdict in
the fistic battle between Young Cor
bett of Denver and Terry McGovern
of Brooklyn, who has held the feather
weight championship unfiinchingly
since he won it from George Dixon Is
months ago. Outwitted and outpoint-
ed with a fighter Just the same as
himself, McGovern had to lower his
colors recently at Hartford, Conn.,, to
Young Corbett within six minutes
from the start of the fight.
Two men suspected of having held
up saloon at Standpoint were caught
at Milan, Wash. One of them resisted
arrest and was fatally shot by Sol Ed
monson.
1t is reported at Mullan, Idaho, that
Thomas Ashcroft, cook at the Hunter
mine, and Peter Dole, were killed to-
night in a shooting scrape at the COM
panys boarding house.
During a recent fire at Omaha the
supply house of the Creamery Package
Manufacturing company at Eleventh
and Jones streets, three firemen were
injured and loss of $S5,000 sustained.
The report OF the manager of ath-
lebics at Harvard university for the
past year shows that the receipts from
all branches of athletics amounted to
s117,317, and the expense to $78,23S.
The receipts from football were $55, ,S18,
and expenses $19,699.
Four Thousand Boer sympathizer at
tended a meeting held at Detroit, Mich,
Sunday. under the auspices OF the
Transvaal league, and applauded the
anti-Brltish sentiment of Commandant
Jan Krige, who served under Gen
Botha, and ex-Congressman ]. ]. Lentz,
of Ohio.
William Alexander Selkirk, a Cali.
fornia pioneer of 1850, and for nearly
half century prominent figure in
the newspaper .and political world OF
the Pacific coast, died in Seattle re.
Gently after lingering illness, aged 72
years. He had been an invalid for many
months.
A bill will be introduced in congress
at the next session reducing the postage
on letters to l cent. 1t is doubtful II
the bill becomes a law. One cent post
| age has been demanded for a number OF
years. but so long as the receipts Of the
postoffice department are not equal TO
the expenses. the officials are not likely
to call strongly for cutting the present
| letter rate in two.
The Denver Post says Senator viii.
liam A. Clark. of Montana, and Thomas
| +, Walsh. of Colorado have II is ri