Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-10-30
WORLDS 'SNEHS BRIEFLY TOLD
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review of Happenings in
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
pheres for the Past Wcek-Natf0n-'
nj. Historical, Political and Per-
sonnI Events Tersely ExpounJed.


James r. Woods, who drew the cap
ital prize in the Lawton land district
at the Ell Reno lottery last August and
selected a claim valued at nearly $50,
900, is dead of typhoid fever after 9
brief illness.
Pat Grove has written another let
ter to the chief of police. The --latest
communication from the alleged kid
naper was mailed in Omaha, and states
that the much wanted Pat is secluded
within twenty-five miles of that city.
A new heir to the Chinese throne will
be appointed when the dowager EN-
press meets Prince Ching and several
Of the viceroys at Kai-feng, capital Of
the province of Ho-nan, where there
will be a general discussion Of the af
fairs of the empire.
A petition asking that Cuba be an
nexed to the United States Is being cir.
culated among Cuban business men,
and every effort is being centered upon
annexation, as business men generally,
1t is alleged, believe that the reciproci-
ty movement will amount to nothing.
Two months ago Frank Virod. a
prospector in the Salmon river coun-
try, Idaho, found in an old tunnel near
his shack trunk containing human
body bent and twisted to fit the recep-
tacle that held 1t. 1t had been left
there by a man and woman who
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did not know they left it.
At Jerome. Ariz.. the body Of Judge
w. A. McKinnon was found recently in
his home with the throat cut. Life had
been extinct for several hours. The
coroner's verdict was suicide. He
came to Arizona from Montana, and
had held several positions in the terri
tory.
At Lowell, Mass, the financial trou-
BILE which unfortunately caused great
suspense to the officers of the Mer-
chants National bank for three days.
in consequence of the disappearance Of
its teller, Albert G.. Smith. and its
bookkeeper, Lewis H. Swift, has been
smoothed out. The bank lost about
$115,00O. The officials and directors
officially state this. and at the same
time they have returned valuable Sc
curities."
Sir Thomas Upton in an Interview
says: II am going straight back to
England to consult with Watson and
Fife as to designing new boat. l
shall challenge again next year and !
think it wise to DO so with new boat.
| shall send notifications to the New
York Yacht club in the regular way
when | have consulted Watson and
Fife. Beyond doubt the new boat will
be a ninety-footer, although she may
not carry as much sail as Shamrock.
I have not decided who shall build the
new boat, but think the Dennys did
we'll with Shamrock II, and should be
given another try.
Unrequited affection for the Countess
Frances de Correaux, known In Chi
cago as Mrs. Z. p. Carpenter, Is sup
posed to be responsible for the madness
of Victor O'Brlen. rich young club
man of San Francisco, student at the
university Of Chicago, who became VIC
lently insane recently.
BY the marriage of Miss Alta Reavei
to Thomas Shea and of Miss Myrtle
Morr to Cliff Reaves by Rev. John Da'
mon at Seattle, the romantic courtship
and double elopement that stirred the
little town of Prescott, Walla Walla
county. Wash, to fever heat, was
brought to fitting end.
Sir Redvers Butler has been relieved
of the command of the First Army
| Corps, in consequence of the speech he
made October 10, after the luncheon
given in his honor by the Kings Royal
Rifles, dealing with his famous dis
| patch to Gen. White at Ladysmith. He
has been placed on half pay, and Gen
French has been appointed TO succeed
him.
A shocking suicide occurred a.
Spangle when Frederick T. Briggs, The
Northern Pacific station agent, blew
out his brains by placing the muzzle
of a A caliber revolver in his mouth
and pulling the trigger. The bal
passed through the head, making IT.
exit at the top of the skull. Death wa.
instantaneous. The deed was com
| mitted near the house In which Briggi
had lived. The suicide Is supposed Il
be due to temporary insanity, causet
by suffering from isciatic rheumatism
A dispatch from Brussels says it Il
rumored there that Commandan
General Botha is camped with 400'
men between Wakkerstroom and Err
relio. vf aFr
At Memphis the worlds pacing rec
ord for a half mile race with othel
horses was broken recently at Bill
lings park when Audubon Boy wen
half a mile in 100 IA.
c. w. Reynolds. a wood contractor
at the Golconda mine, near Bake
City. met with a frightful death
While driving a four horse team dow
a steep hill the coupling broke ant
the horses ran away. Reynolds wa
thrown to the ground with such forc'
as to break his neck.
A big forest fire Is raging Just ives
of Colorado Springs. Colo.
At Chicago because he was denie'
the sight of his two little children
James Kennedy, laborer, recent
murdered his wife and killed himself
The couple were married twelve year
ago. but quarreled recently and ser
arated.
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