Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-28
Late News Items.

and cattle, surrendered at Balmoral
Transvaal recently.
At Denver the safe in the treasury
department of the Colorado Telephone
company was opened and looted OF
/ $1,000 recently.
L. ii. McHenry, for several years
chief engineer OF the Northern Pacific,
and one of the receivers of that prop.
erty, is to become chief engineer of
| the Canadian Pacific railway, which
! position he will assume on June l.
Emperor William has directed that
Adjutant General Corbin, General S.
| NJ b. Young and General Leonard
Wood shall be his guests at the Ger.
man military maneuvers next fall.
More than this, the foreign Office has
informed the representative of the As.
| sociated Press here that the emperor
was very glad the American generals
are coming to Germany.
| 1t Is said in Boer circles at The
| Hague that the peace proposals made
to the conference at Vreeniging,
Transvaal, include the condition that
the Beers In the field be allowed to
| consult with the Boer delebates in
Europe before definite settlement is
reached. II is declared also. upon the
same authority, that the British gov.
this request.
In the legislature at Victoria, b. c.,
resolution of sympathy with the fam.
lilies of those who lost their lives in
the Fernie disaster was passed and
Colonel Prior, minister of mines, an.
nounced that the government had for.
warded check for $4,000 for the i'm,
mediate necessities of the needy and
would follow with another check for
the same amount when it was re-
quired.
Near Fairhaven. Wash. recently,
two men held up a saloon known as
Butch's place. In accomplishing this
and effecting their escape from the
police three men were shot. one prob.
ably fatally. They were: Policeman
Anders Peterson, shot in the left side
just below the heart. will probably
die; Nightwatchman Grandjcau, shot
in tne right side. will recover; Thomas
Barger, bystander, shot through the
right shoulder, not seriously wounded
A disastrous fire occurred at Grants
Pass, which consumed the Sugar Pine
Door & Lumber company's plant and
all of the lumber in the yards; also
Williams Brothers e. Kendall's sash
a nd ci
The fire was caused by some one set. |
ting fire to the sawdust pile some dis
tance to the west of the factory. A
strong west wind blew the sparks |
across the track. setting fire to the |
dry lumber. Before sufficient water |
could be secured the fire was beyond |
control and about six acres were laid |
In ashes. Fortunately the fire occur
red when the yard contained 100000 |
of lumber instead OF eight or ten mil |
lions as at the close OF the timber sea
son.
The prevalence throughout South |
Africa Of the optimistic feeling in re.
gard to the peace negotiations Is hard
ly based on solid facts. The protrac.
tion of the conference Mt Vreeniging |
Is not necessarily hopeful sign. The |
delegates to the conference, although |
they have abandoned their hope of
securing independence. still have
many points Of difference with the
while an obstinate mi
nority continues to retard the work.
II is most unlikely that those who
are in favor OF peace will throw up
the sponge so long as decent minor.
ity is desirous of continuing the strug.
gle. and all the discontented element
must be taken into account before II
is possible to give any sort of predic-
ton as to the issue of the present ne
gotiations.