Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-08-14
SUMMARY TELEGRAPH NEWS
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and FOr-
eiRn Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

German troops.
Andrew Carnegia has been invited to
become lord rector of Aberdeen university
in succession to Professor Stuart.
The navy department has ordered the
gunboat Machias, now at Boston, to pro-
eeed to Colon to look after American in
terests there.
A heavy rain recently caused serious
floods in Newark and Jersey City, some
Of the streets in those cities being covered
with water.
President Mckinley sent a message OF
coincidence to King Edward upon the
death of his sister, Dowager Empress
Frederick of Germany.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of prop
erty recently at Kellogg. Idaho. Kellogg
is the station for Wardner, the mining
camp in the Occur d'Alenes. The fire is
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
The daring and skillfully executed rob-
berry of the Selby smelling works at
Crockett, or Vallejo junction, still puzzles
/
as to the whereabouts of the $2SO,000 in
gold bullion which was taken from the
vault.
At Portland fire broke out at the Ore.
gon livery and feed stable run by John
Kerr, at the northwest corner of Sixth
and Couch streets, and the flames npidly
spread to adjacent buildings. About 50
horses are supposed TO have been burned
to death. The total loss is about $50, 900.
| A rich vein of copper ore has been dis
covered 25 miles from Dawson. Word has
been received at Dawson that the Indians
from the headwaters have brought down
| a large bag of copper ore OF extraordinary
richness to barter at Forty Mile. A new
strike of gold is reported on Glenn gulch,
| on the American side, near Rampant.
A freight wreck occurred recently on
the Great Northern railroad one and
| half miles west of Sultan. Freight No
10 ran into tree that had fallen across
the track, killing Engineer Charles War
ner and injuring Fireman William Gun
derman The engine is total wreck.
Several cars of shingles and lumber were
burned
Peter Jackson, ex-pugihst, died re-
Gently at a private sanitarium at Roma.
near Sydney, N. S. W., Of consumption.
The census returns will show the
population of Canada to be. in round
figures, about 100000 over figures Of
1891, which were 50S,000 over those OF
| 1881. The returns of 1881 gave an in
crease of $4,000 over the figures for
| 1871.
The official program for the seventy.
eighth triennial conclave OF Knights
Templar, TO be held in Louisville the
last week of this month, has been an
| nounced by the executive committee,
which has had over 100000 to draw
on to make the features of entertain
ment attractive.
United States Court Commissioner
Heacock has, upon the request OF Secret
Service Agent George w. Hazen. issued
a warrant for the arrest of Walter N.
| Dimmick, former chief clerk OF the
United States mint at San Francisco,
charging him with embezzling $4,000
in gold coin, the loss OF which was dis
covered early last month.
There are gravely important develop
ments in the strike situation. The
United States Steel corporation moved
decisively In the direction Of the De-
wees-Wood plant at McKeesport, order
ing it removed to the Kiskimlnetas val
ley. President Gompers or the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. after a two
days conference with President Shat
fer and his associates, has issued for
NAL statement specifically pledging the
federation to the moral and financial
support OF the Amalgamated.
General Macarthur has submitted
statistics bearing upon Philippine mat
ters for the last year which show tha
conditions there are improving on thu
whole and which indicate that 1t II
only question Of time when complet'
peace will prevail throughout the isl
ands. There has been fighting durin,
the year, but the insurrection as for
midable waging of war by anythint
like a central organization has practi
cally come to an end. There remain
only a few small scattered bands en-
gagged In separate guerrilla campaigns
and these are becoming gradually sup
pressed.
Naval officers are deeply interested
in the visit of Captain Chadwick Il
Secretary Long at bingham, as 1t Ii
believed that the secretary was TOLD
the true state of Admiral Sampson.
mind. When Chadwick visited the Bos
ton navyyard his talk with Sampson
disclosed the fact that the latter wa,
completely unstrung, in highly ner
vous state and his recollection o
names, dates and places seriously i'm
, paired. The most important events II
the administration Of the yard wer
) unknown to Sampson, Chadwicl
found, that the nearest and best friend
Sampson had were strangers to hin
to quite the same extent as II they live,
on the other side of the world.
At Victoria, B. c., Sergeant Edwar'
, G. Meades OF the regular army her
shot himself while on duty. The caus
Is unknown.
Forest fires are beginning In wester
Washington. Reports throughout tn
entire western section OF the state sa
that the yearly confiagrations ar
breaking out
The United States steamship low
has sailed from the Puget sound nav