Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-08-28
WORLDS NEWSBR|EFLYT TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
Complete Review of Happenings in
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
al, Historical, Political and Per-
sOnal Events Tersely Expounded.

Tho Pennsylvania republicans plat
form strongly indorses the administration
OF Mckinley.
Another heavy test of the respective
merits of the English and American loco
motives on the railroad at Kingston, ia
maica, has resulted in a great victory fol
the latter.
A committee of prominent pro-B Beers 1:
organizing petition in favor of interven
tion in South Africa. The petition will
be presented to the czar on the occasion
Of his visit to France.
The committee on foreign affairs of the
chamber of deputies has refused to gran,
the funds necessary for the representation
of Chile at the Pan American congress, tc
be held in the City of Mexico.
Henry Dolan, who died in New York
recently, left an estate valued at 5000,
600. He has no near relatives there and
his property is to go. it is understood, to
his niece, Mary l.. DE Forrest of Irving
Marshall county, Kansas.
The big oil fire at the Atlantic Refining
company's works at Point Breeze is burn.
ing more fiercely than at any time since
the first explosion occurred. Another
tank has exploded, the force OF the ex-
plosion causing a big tank near Passay.
unk avenue to careen, the blazing oil flow
ing over the street and forcing the fire.
men to abandon that part of the works.
The oil ran into the sewer, which cmpties
into the Schuylkill river, and the officers
say the sewer is raging furnace, and the
flames will soon find their way to the
river surface.
The Colombian gunboat Lapopa sank
recently on leaving Savanilla for Carta-
gena. Steam launches were imme-
diately dispatched to search for the Lapo-
pa, but no trace Of the gunboat was
found. She recently underwent a thor
ough overhauling at Colon, the repairs
costing $25,OOO.
The Hummer" the Alton fast Kansas
City train, ran into freight that had
failed to clear the siding at Prentice, a
station eight miles north of Jacksonville,
III. So far as known there were but two
killed, Engineer Shehan and Fireman Ad.
ans of the passenger train, although sew
eral were badly injured. The passenger
engine and baggage car were wrecked and
the other coaches were derailed.
The Carrie +. Roberts, fishboat, has ar.
rived in Boston from trip of shore with
the biggest swordiish introduced to the
Boston market within recent memory. Be
fore he was cut up or sawed of he tipped
the scales at nearly half ton. His
length was close to IL feet. He was
armed with rapier Of three feet, with
which by chance he might have rammed
and sank a dory il not a schooner
James Jeffries ond Gus Rubin have
signed articles with the Twentieth Cen
tury Athletic club In San Francisco for
a 20-round contest In the early part OF
November, the date to be fixed later.
George Dixon, ex-featherweighi
champion, and Abe Attell of San Fran
cisco. the bantamweight champion OF
the Pacific coast, fought 10 rounds to
draw at Coliseum hall, Denver. re
Gently.
Of the recnt finding OF two dear bodies
on the beach. The first was that Of the
government telegraph operator, who
was drowned last November; the othei
was unrecognizable.
A fresh order proclaiming marital
law has been issued providing for the
closing OF all the country stores In
Queenstown, South Africa, requiring
that all goods likely to be useful to the
enemy shall be taken to all specified
towns, and forbidding country resi-
dents to have in their possession more
than a weeks provisions.
BY the recent consolidation OF rail
ways working on the community Of in
terest basis there are eight systems
which own or control 105.370 miles Of
road out OF the 193.345 miles which
according to the statistics Of the Inter
state commerce commission, made VI
the total mileage of the United States
at the close Of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1900.
The contest of the will OF the late c
p. Huntington by the Princess Clara
HATFIELD, his adopted daughter, will
never come to trial. 1t Is positivel,
asserted that a settlement has beer
effected out of court. The sum Princess
Hatzfield is to receive for relinQuish
ing all claim to a daughters full share
Of the millions of the dead railwa,
magnate is placed at $6.000.000.
! The state department has received
from Consul General Mason at Berlir
a long report setting forth In detail
! the features of the proposed new Ger
man tariff which will most material,
affect the United States products. b.
far the most important Of these is not
ed in the advances Of from so to 30'
per cent in the rates on food materials
and live animals. The rate on whea
Of SO cents would be increased undel
the new bill to S1.54 per 100 Kilograms
The United States sent 1855 metric
tons of this commodity to Germany las
year.
Minneapolis experienced a ferc'
rain, wind and hailstorm recently
which did much damage.
General Robert Williams died recent
ly at the Hotel Netherwood. near Plain
field. N. j.. from apoplexy. He was Il
years old.
A sensational saloon hold-up ant
murder occurred Sunday while the car