Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-03-13


is remarkably pretty girl.
At Colfax, recently four persons were
seriously burned and IL others narrowly
escaped serious injury by the explosion OF
Of large gasoline lamp in the dining room
Of the Hotel Colfax while dinner was be,
ing served. Donald Ryrie, Mrs. Ryrie, NJ
J. Grady and w. c. Fudge, who were sit.
ting at table directly under the lamp,
were terribly burned, the skin being
burned off the face and hands of each
Fifteen people were in the dining room al
the time Of the explosion. A panic en-
sued. William Burch, travelling for John
w. Graham 4 Co., Spokane, leaped
through window and hurt his back. He
was followed by Mrs. Ryrie, who was en-.
veloped in flames. She fell down stair
way leading to the basement. Several
others besides those mentioned, including
hotel help, were slightly scorched. Prop
erty loss fully insured.
There was q riot at San Juan recent
ly over a school episode.
Two highwaymen, one of them
masked, entered the village Of OIpe,
Kan. and held up a dozen people, the
occupants Of the two stores.
Ex-President Harrison is quite
sick man and his closest friends are
alarmed. His condition is more seri-
GUS than is generally believed.
Representative Rosenhaupt's freight
rate bill was defeated in the house.
Thirty-seven members voted in favor
Of 1t and SO voted against the meas
ure.
The president has issued an execu.
tive order abolishing the Cuban export
duty on tobacco from April 1. This
action was taken on the earnest rec
ommendation Of the Cuban economic
commission which recently visited
Washington.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$50.000 for public library building at
Vancouver, B. c.. the only condition
being that the city furnish it with
suitable site and agree to contribute
$4,000 annually for the maintenance
<of the library.
A highly sensational attempt to rob
the home of William Mclaughlin, the
millionaire coffee merchant, 81 Rush
street, Chicago. was made recently,
Scores of shots were fired, McLaugh-
Inns son narrowly escaping death.
The residence is in the fashionable dis
trict on the north side.
Ernest J. Wolter. prominent mer-
chant Of Schuyler, Neb., who was ar
rested In that city by United States
marshal on the charge Of attempting
to blackmail United States Senator
Kearns Of Utah. was arraigned before
Commissioner Anderson recently. He
waived preliminary hearing and was
held to the federal grand jury under
$500 bonds.
An application will be made this
for the American Can company. the
combination of the tin can manufac-
turing companies of the United States.
II will have an authorized capital of
| SIS, 900 900, equally divided into COM
mon and preferred stock. The concern
will also have working capital of
100000.
Additional Inducements have been
made to the insurgents to surrender
their guns. General Macarthur has
directed all department commanders
to release one prisoner for every rife
surrendered. An insurgent who sur
renders his gun will be permitted to
name the prisoner to be released. pro-
viding no exceptional circumstances
require this mans detention, in which
case another selection will be allowed.
A crisis has arisen in far eastern
affairs which, in the opinion Of the
British government, is almost graver
than the troubles which originally
turned the eyes of the world toward
| the orient. In this crisis secret nego-
| tiations are going on between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain with q
view to thwarting what both govern
ments appear to consider determin-
ed attempt on the part Of Russia to
plant herself permanently one one Of
the richest tracts Of the Chinese en-
pire.
General Kitchener has granted Gen.
eral Botha a seven days armistice to
| enable him to confer with the other
generals. Dewet and Steyn both re-
mained irreconcilable. They declined
any terms, Dewet adding that on his
part the war had become one of re-
venge. and he intended to do all the
mischief he could. 1t Is probable that
the original armistice Of week has
been extended. 1t Is believed that the
remainder Of Botha's ofiicers have now
been won around and that ne is likely
to make formal submission to Lord
Kitchener March II, when his force
will surrender to General French.
The Spanish gunboat Ponce de Leon
is ashore near Huelva, about so miles
southwest of Seville.
The Official report regarding the pro-
gress Of the bubonic plague in Cape
Town since the outbreak shows q total
OF 102 cases.
At Berlin Prince Albert Zolmei-
BraunfeIs committed suicide, having
learned that the disease from which he
was suffering was incurable.
At Iowa City fire destroyed the col
lege Of medicine and literary buildings
at the University of Iowa. The loss is
not less than $250.000.
At Memphis. Tenn. M. A. Winn. q
well known commercial broker. com
mitted suicide by shooting himself