Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
'ULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

Two SudTp edTtHQudhe suoChS WCio
felt at Newport, Ore, Sunday night,
one at p. m, and another at a. M.
No damage was done.
Mrs. Carrie Passmore of Colorado
City, committed suicide at Colorado
Springs by taking carbolic acid. She
is supposed to have been mentally un-
balanced at the time.
The Manila chamber Of commerce
has presented to General Chaffee a set
of resolutions expressing the regard
with which General Chaffee and the
army in the Philippines are held by
the business men of Manila.
It is learned at Butte that because
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
has lost much traffic as the result of
the merger of the Burlington with the
northern transcontinental lines, 1t has
determined to invade the Montana
field with line of its own.
A tornado near Glencoe, Iowa, re-
Gently lifted several freight cars from
Northwestern sidetrack, demolished
them and stopped traffic for several
hours. The body of Patrick Brennan
Of Chicago was found buried in the
debris. The storm did damage at 9TH
er nearby places, destroying outhouses
and telling crops.
The Union Ore Sampling Works and
the lower house of the Secondhand
Supply company, at Thirteenth and
Wewatta streets, Denver, Col, were
destroyed by fire recently. The total
loss is about $4,000. The fire broke
out in the sampling works, but the
cause Is unknown.
Professor Uphues, the sculptor, who
Is to execute the statute of Frederick
the Great to be presented by Emperor
William to the United States, informs
the correspondent of the Associated
Press that he will have no opportunity
to see the emperor and take sugges-
tions regarding the statue before Au-
gust.
Friendly natives in Manila say a re-
port Is current among their country
men that five soldiers of the Sixth
cavalry. who were captured by the in
surgents May 30, have been boloed to
death near Teresa, in Morong prov
ince, Luzon. This report has not been
confirmed by the American authorities
Of that district.
Patrick McHugh, M. p, has been
arrested in Dublin on a warrant on a
charge of conspiracy and intimidation
in connection with the complaint of
tenant Of farm from which a men,
ber of the United Irish league has been
evicted. The warrant was issued by
special court which assembled at Sill
go, Ireland, June 6, under the crimes
act.
Henri Maurice Cannon, the heaviest
man in the world, died suddenly in
San Francisco recently of heart dis
ease. He was born In Zurich, Switzer-
land, 81 years ago, and developed into
a heavyweight athlete. Wrestling was
his speciality and he was also litter
of weights. About 10 years ago he
began to grow stout and at the time
of his death weighed 613 pounds.
The presence of 700 armed men,
sent by Governor Kimball to restore
order at Pawtucket, R. l., had little
influence except in the central parts
of the city Sunday, where the soldiers
formed an invincible guard, and in the
afternoon disorders broke out anew in
the suburbs and spread to the neigh
boring city Of Central Falls. Four
towns will have to be placed under
military control before car traffic can
be resumed.
A lone bandid held up a saloon at
Red Bluff. CAL, recently. While the
bartender was serving four men play.
ing poker with drinks a man entered
the saloon. He had a can under his
arm and it was presumed he came for
beer. AS he neared the table he whip
ped out a long revolver and command
ed all present to raise their hands.
He then raked over 5000 in coin that
was on the table into his can and
backed out the rear door
Fraser River Hatchery,