Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-10-09
WORLD D'SAENS BRIEFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review of Happenings In
Both Eastern and Western Hcmis-
nj, historical, Political and Per-
sonal Events Tersciy ExpOuudcd.


or Henry S. Rowe, of Portland, recent.
ly, at the corner of East Sixth street
and Holiday avenue, within a block
of the mayors home. The robber es-
capped.
Donald McKeracher, for the past
two years paying teller at the Seattle
National Bank, has been arrested on
the charge OF grand larceny and en-
bezzlement. Young McKeracher is, it
is alleged, defaulter in the sum of
$3,2Ly.
James Edward Brady tfe man who
committed an unusually brutal assault
upon o-year-old chfd. Ida rugsley,
in Helena. was takeI from the jail by
a mob and hange1fo a telegraph pole
in the haymarket square, about three
blocks from the Jail. The crowd was
ordely, and after the man had been
hanged it quietly dispersed.
At last Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
has surrendered to Cupid. Before many
months have passed he will lead a
bride to the altar. His financee is Miss
May Palmer, who is of an old New
York family.
The first Sunday of the triennal Epis.
copal convention was devoted entirely
to missionary sermons in the various
churches of the denomination in San
Francisco and adjacent towns The
weather was perfect and the attend
ance at all the meetings was large.
Miss Helen Long, daughter of Secre
tary Long, died recently in Bingham.
Mass. Miss Long died of pulmonary
trouble, which had its inception after
close attention to the social duties of
Secretary Longs first term in the cab.
met.
A. d. Wolmarans, one of the Boer
ENJOYS who has been visiting Mr.. Kru
ger, found the mental condition of the
former president of the Transvaal to
be by no means satisfactory. Mr. Kru-
ger is slowly growing weaker physical
ly and mentally.
A fairly well attended meeting of
anarchists was held Sunday in hall
in Tottenham Court road, Londo -
hear a lecture on the assassinati bi
President Mckinley by r. Kelly Hsl
New York. The audience, largely 60
posed of foreigners, applauded all r. fer
enees to Saint" CzolgOsz and rs
"meritorious" act.
c. f. Deforest, a stranger, died at
the Holy Gross hospital at Salt Lake
Utah. recently from pneumonia. The
news of his death was transmitted to
Denver, where 1t gained more than
passing notice. c. Il. Deforest was an
assayer of national reputation, a me
chanical and mining engineer, chem
ist and student, and the heir to a
large fortune.
Postoflice Inspector John p. Clum has
returned from a trip of inspection
through Alaska. He has reported 10
the department that the service gen
orally Is in excellent condition, more
particularly in the Yukon valley, where
the various towns have a mail service
of once a week in each direction.
The announcement Of King Edward's
indisposition in the newspapers of Co
penhagen, from which city his majes'
ty has just returned, and where secrets
OF the British court are more likely to
leak out than elsewhere, Is causing
some commotion in London. and the
fact that the customary court circular
does not appear in the mornings pa.
pers adds to the uneasy feeling.
The queen OF Sweden, who sent per
sonal words of sympathy to Mrs. Nc
Kinley, has been an invalid for many
years, and is now said TO be in a pre-
cartons state of health. Her condition
causes much anxiety. Queen Sophia Is
sister of the grand duke of LuXem
burg, and of the dowager princess oi
Wied, and an aunt of the queen OF
Roumania, the queen dowager OF the
Netherlands, and the duchess OF AL
bany.
While in fit of delirium August
Sinnil. powerfully built Finnish min
er, who is suffering from acute erysipe-
las, created a panic at Holy Cross Hos
pltal at Salt Lake, Utah, by arming
himself with a large knife and rushing
wildly about the corridors, threatening
to murder any one who sought to re-
strain him in his effort to break out of
the hospital. Despite the fact tina.
every door was securely fastened to
prevent his escape, in his frenzy Sinnil
burst open an inner door, jumped
through a glass window and disap
peared before the police arrived.
A London dispatch says:
British army veterans assert that the
Britism army had grown stale while
only half employed in watching rail
ways and moving across stretches OF
empty country, where the Beers eluded
pursuit and would not stand, but that
It is now again on its mettle when
there is real fighting. Col. Kekewitch
is regarded by South Africans as a Wig
liant officer, with a narrow mind and
lack of flexibility.
While he defended Kimberly success
fully. it was Cecil Rhodes vine recruit.
ed the volunteer force OF colonials and
impaired courage to the people OF the
town. Colonel Kekewich did not get on
we'll with Mr.. Rhodes, who was the
real defender of Kimberley. There is
story that when General French en-.
tered Kimberley, Colonel Kekewich
asked him to put Rhodes under arrest
but was laughed at. He has been one
Of Lord Kitchener's trusted lieutenants
as an experienced officer who thorough
ly understands Boer tactics.
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