Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-29

The worst drouth in the history OF
northern New Mexico has prevailed
during the last six months.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
aas decided the Samoan controversy il
favor of Germany.
The Great Northern telegra pher:
along the whole line have made de-
mands for an increase in wages.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel corporation, who
has been in Venice some time has gone
to Italy.
The University of Oregon football
team recently defeated Whitman col
lege, of Walla Walla., the score being
6 to O.
Mrs. Ada Gilbert Denis, who wa.
mysteriously assaulted last winter il
Washington, d. c., has died. The
aassult was never explained.
In hard fought contest at Annapo
lis the naval cadet football eleven de-
feated the University of Pennsylvania
recently by score of 10 to 8.
Preliminary work on the Shamrock
III. is processing. Like her predeces.
sor, she will be close up to 90.feet, the
waterline limit, but she will be much
shorter orev all.
From reliable source in Washing.
ton is announced the engagement OF
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the
president, to John Greenway of Hot
Springs, Ark,
DIR. Ellis Duncan, superintendent of
the city hospital, Louisville, recently
shot and probably fatally wounded
Bruce Head, laborer on the Wabash
tunnel near Grafton, Pa.
ABig Four train. made up of bag
gage car and two passenger coaches,
plunged through burned trestle be-
tween Tunnel Hill and Parker, Ill. 4, re-
Gently. No one was hurt.
1t is believed that the Philippines
will experience rice famine. The
island crops are small, the oriental sur
ply seems limited and the price is adj
vancing rapidly. 1t is possible that the
government will be forced to provide
supplies for the poorer natives.
Y. Hidaka, a Japanese, said to have
come from Seattle, entered japanese
boarding house in San Francisco re-
Gently and shot three of his nationality
killing all of them. He then made
his escape in the dense brush notrh OF
the city and has not been captured.
Congressman Russell of Connection,
is dead.
Mrs. William Donovan, who travel.
ed with circus as "the bearded LADY,,
is dead in Brooklyn.
The statement of the national treasury
shows: Available cash balance, S222,
533 ,061; gold SIS, ,494 ,067.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien bested
Jim Jeffords of California in six
round contest at Philadelphia recently.
One of the worst storms that evel
ragged in the Bering sea raked the
Nome coast from October IL to IA
Three lives were lost in the Nome
sea and large amount of damage was
done to building along the water front
Thomas Doran and Henry Rupp two
returned strikers in the coal mine:
were buried beneath fall of roof rock
and fatally crushed.
AS the result of head end freight
collision on the Iron Mountain, sever
miles north of Desoto, Mo-, seven per.
sons were injured.
For the first time since he left the
White House former President Cleve
land will take the stump in a politica
campaign this week.
The cracksmen who blew open the
safe of the bank of Summit, S. d.
recently obtained $6769 in cash, $7SO(
in notes and $4,000 in other securities.
General J. Franklin Bell will be re-
lieved of the command of forces il
Batangas province, Luzon, December
1. He will be succeeded by General Lee
The Reichstag of Berlin has adopted
a minimum duty Of $1.37 on both oati
and barley, in accordance with tn,
proposals. of the tariff committee of tn,
house.
The European troops will probably
withdraw from Shanghai before Jan.
uary /. An agreement having beer
concluded. The negotiations have also
brought about an extention of the open
door policy.
Herman II. Abrams, for SO years il
active railway service. and who dis
patched military trains out of Cairo
Ill, during the civil war under direct
appointment of President Lincoln, i.
dead at Sherman, Texas.
President Roosevelt's name was en-,
Enthusiastically cheered in the chamber
of deputies at Paris recently, when NJ
Juaers, urged the government to follow
the example of the American president
conciliatory attitude in dealing with
strikes.
Ben Brown, a negro, charged with
having attempted to criminally assault
Mrs Henry Dees, a white woman, was
taken from the county Jail at Talla.
poosa, Ga. by a mob of 500 men and
lynched.
The steamer Centennial reports the
loss of two vessels recently the schooner
Courtney Ford and the ship Louis
Walsh, both of San Francisco, and the
death Of four men.
The comptroller of the currency has
dalcarad a dividend of TX mar cant in