Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-09
NEWS OF THE ENTIRE WORLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Review of happenings In both
Enstern and Western Hemispheres
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Hxpounded.

resigned his claim as chief executive
of the big organization and the office
will be rendered to William c. Temple
Of Plttsburg. There 75ilkks no further
contest in the courts.
An attempt to destroy with dyna-
mite the Elk saloon and gambling
house in Fairhaven, Wash, followed
by what was supposed to be an at.
'empt to rob it. was recently made. A
stick of dynamite was placed directly
under the spot where the roulette
dealer was accustomed to sit, and was
exploded about 20 minutes prior to the
usual hour for closing the game.
The London Morning Leader pub
fishes the alleged story of the crime
which led to the courtmartial and ex-
ecution of two Australian officers in
South Africa, which is just now excit.
ing keen Indignation in Australia. The
incident which led to their courtmar-
tial was the cold-blooded execution"
by those officers of 10 Beers who were
journsying to Petersburg with the OBJ
ject Of surrendering. 1t was supposed
these Beers had $50 900 with them.
The Oregon republican state conven
lion has nominated the following tick
ct: Governor, ]. W. Furnish, Umatllla
county: justice Of the supreme court.
R. s. Bean (renominated) secretary
Of state, F. I. Dunbar (renominated)
state treasurer G. S. Moore (renom
lnated); superintendent Of public in
struction, J. II. Alderman (renominat
ed) attorney general. A. M. Crawford
Douglas county; state printer, ]. r.
Whitney, Linn county.
The Idaho board of pardons has met
and granted two pardons and three
paroles. One Of the men pardoned was
Antoine Walk, who was sent to the
penitentiary from Kootenai county for
30 years for highway robbery. Lean
der Lee, also pardonsd, was sent from
Haley in 1889 for murder in the sec
md degree. his sentence being for life
The three men paroled are Hyrum
Noebaur, sent from Bear Lake county;
William Baker. sent from Nez Perce
and George Edens. sent from Boise
county.
New York City was dry all day Sun
day, except in q few favored spots,
where rumsellers took big chances.
Casper Kruger, the Oldest son of
President Kruger, and "a other rela-
tives of Mr.. Kruger, bearing the same
family name, are among those who
have recently taken the oath Of allie
glance to Great Britain.
James Carter, q young negro, who
shot and seriously wounded Don
Thomas, near New Glasgow. in Am
herst county, Va, was taken from Jail
at Amherst courthouse just before
midnight and lynched.
A certified check for $4,000, drawn
to the order of President Roosevelt,
has been forwarded to the president
by the committee Of citizens which
Governor Yates of Illinois appointed
in December last to raise funds for
the relief OF Boer women and chill
dren sufferers in the concentration
camps OF South Africa.
George wertz. who recently arrived
in Boise from Thunder Mountain. tells
= thrilling story Of the experience OF
his partner, A. c. Gallupe, in a snow
slide on March %. Gallupe was car
ried 1900 feet down the west side OF
Rainbow mountain and ever preci-
pice, but managed to get out alive
Wertz says the precipice is 1900 feet
high.
Owing to the great distance separat
ing the members Of the Transvaal mis-
sion from Mr.. Steyn, the former prssi-
dent of the Orange Free State, and
General Delarey, the negotiations be
tween the Boer leaders in South Africa
looking to the conclusion OF the war
make little progress. It is expected,
however. that Mr.. Schalkburger and
his colleagues on the mission will
shortly leave here for a more convent
ent center from which to conduct the
negotiations.
The year old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Stratton, who reside on a
farm seven miles from Dayton, was
drowned Monday.
At Hartford. Conn. organized labor
won victory. Following the example
OF Bridgeport and Ansonia. they have
elected a mayor OF the city.
William Ward. shoemaker, was
electrocuted at Seattle by a fallen
electric wire, after warning several
others Of the danger. He was instant
ly killed.
In the Butte, Mont, city election
the democrats carried six out OF the
eight wards. The republicans and
labor party each carried one ward.
In Anaconda the democrats carried
| FIVE out of the six wards.
In the Helena, Mont, election the
republicans elected their entire ticket
with the exception OF two aldermen.
F. ]. Edwards was reelected mayor.
e. S. Walker police Judge and T. b.
Kirkendall city treasurer.
George e. Horner, the Viola, Idaho,
farmer who was recently convicted Of
perjury for swearing that Miss Mary
| Spray, daughter OF a neighbor, was
"over IS" after he had cut the figure
"1S" in the sole of her shoe, in order
that she might be granted marriage
license to wed Horner's brother-in-law'
was sentenced by Judge Chadwick at
Colfax to serve 80 months in the PEN
itentiary at Walla Walla.
A special from Kalispell says that
Nettie Russell. who is familiarly
known as Sensation Nett" has been
placed under arrest for the alleged
murder of William Hawkes., a promi-
nent young farmer of Kalispell. The
1 tuo uaro In O ROW az a Hanaa hall and