Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-06
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
4 Review of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Weck-NntionRl.
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terseiy E>pounded.

j. Ogden Armour has purchased a
substantial interest in the G. IL. Ham.
nond company and the Hammond
Packing company, and the transfer Of
stock is completed
An excursion train on the Ann Arhor
railway, made up of II coaches and
carrying 700 people, was wrecked six
miles north of Cadillac Sunday. So
far as known no one was killed
Battle still being fought desperate
ly." These were the words contained
in a dispatch received at the Colon.
bian legation from General Salazar. the
governor of the department of Panama
The strike of the employees of tho
Camden Interstate Electric railway has
almost completely tied up the lines
from Guayandotte, w. Va, to Hanging
Rock, Ohio. and intermediate points.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and ex
penditures shows that for the month
of July. 1902. the receipts amounted to
s49,305,691, and the expenditures s5G-
Sl3,567 leaving a deficit for the month
of $7,507,S7
The body of Mrs. George Wolf, who
has been missing since June %, las
been found in the sand four miles
south OF Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mrs
Wolf was last seen alive on the night
of June 27, driving with her husband
!, who has since disappeared
/; At the regatta of the Northwestern
Amateur Rowing association over a
course of mile and a half. with turn.
the iuDior four OF the Western Rowing
! cluh OF St. Louis detected tn Grand
Ra Is ! at and Canoe clul, GREY No.
by hal length. The worries record
of H:2Sh was lowered TO 9:1S.
In streetcar collision at Elkin, Ill.
two cars were telescoped Fifteen pas.
sengers were imprisoned in the wreck
for nearly an hour. and all are more
or less injured. Those most seriously
hurt Frank Warner, motorman;
Frank Minnard, Mrs. d. c. Hunter and
two children, Mrs. NJ. r. Eberlin and
daughter.
A head-on collision between milk
trains on the Ontario e. Western road
at Horton, N. Y. recently resulted in
the death of four persons. Both en-
gines were wrecked and several cars
were ditched. The dead: Andy
} O'Neill, engineer; Robert Reese, fire.
man; Michael Tulley, tralnman ;
Frank Monroe, trainman.
Spokane was visited Sunday by thre o
railway presidents. 1t is perhaps the
In, bnt he, ,li too
!, ecutives Of the three principal lines
centering in Spokane have met here.
, They were James ]. Hill, president Of
the Great Northern and Northern Sc.
curlties company; Charles s. Mellen.
president Of the Northern Pacific, and
A. L. Mohler, president Of the Oregon
Railroad e Navigation company.
The announcement from China that
} Minister WI Is to remain here indeh.
; nitely Is explained by the further an.
nouncement that there hts been a
change OF plans. and that Liang
, Chang, the newly appointed minister
to the United States. who is now In
London, acting as secretary to Prince
Chen. instead of coming directly to
originally intended, is going first to
make visit to China. This will con.
sumo four to six months, so that Min
lister WI probably will not he able to
leave the United States this year.
At Los Angeles Cal, Santa Fe pas.
senger train running from Redondo
Beach ran through an open switch
Sunday and crashed into an oil train.
Both engines were wrecked, as was
also one coach and four oil tank cars.
The fuel tank of one of the engines
exploded Immediately after the crash,
setting fire to the wreck. Two of the
tank cars became ignited and exploded
! with great force. Burning oil was
scattered in every direction, and the
large oil refinery plant OF the Coombs
Refining company was set on fire. The
, plant was completely destroyed, as
were all the cars in the wreck except
one.
, The monthly statement Of the ma
tional debt shows that at the close of
business July 81, 1902, the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
$97S910,367, which is an increase as
compared with July / Of $4,453. 1876.
, This increase is accounted for by the
reduction in the amount of cash on
hand. The debt is recapitulated as
, follows:
Interest bearing debt 1891, ,070.340;
debt on which interest has ceased
. since maturity. $1,274,s10; debt bear
ing no interest. 1896, 5,537s16: total
81, 1927, 1884 ,966. This amount, however
does not include sSf1 ,9G5. .OS9 in ce--
tifcates and treasury notes outstand.
Ing, which are offset by an equal
amount Of cash on hand held for their
redemption. The cash in the treasury
is classified as follows:
Gold reserve fund. $3.50. 900 900; ;
trust funds, ss4I ,9G5, ,OSi; general fund.
$26G. 500, including $126.152.991 In
national bank depositaries: total. s11.-
27S. .iSS,59S against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amount
ing to 1924. 1904 .999. leaving cash bal.
ance on hand Of $3.50. 3.97i,599.