Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-11-19
WORLDS news SUMMARY
CULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Westean Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terse1y Expounded.

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Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimer dieC
recently in London from congestion O.
the kidneys.
Indications point to a general in
crease of wages of railroad employees
all over the country.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie Rail
road company will meet the wage ad
vance of the Pennsylvania system
The old home of the poet, William
Cullent Bryant. at Roslyn, L. l., was
destroyed by fire recently. The hous;
was occupied by w. Butler Duncan.
At Lebanon, Pa, eight persons are
now dead as the result of the boiler
explosion in furnace of the Ameri
can Iron & Steel company recently.
Auditor Lawshe figures up the
losses to the Philippine treasury on
account of the depreciation Of silver
since January, including the last de.
cline, at $1,054,000 gold.
The Royal Blue Baltimore G. Ohio
Southwestern flyer, st. Louis to New
York, was wrecked recently 20 miles
east Of Washington, Ind. Several per.
sons were injured, one fatally.
The Central National bank of Bos-
ton has failed, the comptroller of the
currency having ordered Bank Ex-
aminer A. w. Neal to close its doors
and take charge of the business as
temporary receiver.
1t has became public that the New
York Central railroad recently has in
creased the wages of some $4,000 men
in its employ from to 13 per cent.
The increase adds nearly $1,0O0,0O0
year to the payroll of the company
After hearing that lasted nearly a
week the grand tribunal of Illinois
for the Knights Of Pythias has voted
unanimously to expel John A. Hinsey,
who was retired from the head of the
board of control of the Endowment
rank last year.
Canadian lumbermen who are in
touch with what is going on at Wash
ington and in Canadian government
circles are alarmed that a duty of 81
per 1000 feet will be levied on Cana
dian sawed lumber entering the Unit
ed States.
Three of the Washington City thea
ters have agreed to yield to the de-
mand of the striking stage hands, &C,
cordins to naembers of tho National
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,
but the managers of the other theaters
playing the leading attractions, say
they will not give in.
The Lake Shore road has announced
10 per cent increase for switchmen
along the entire system. The wages
of the switchmen in the Chicago yards
were raised recently and the notice
will apply to all other switchmen It
will affect about 100 men. 1t Is also
stated that the Nickel Plate will fol.
low with a general increase.
The officials of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg have given no,
tice that the wages Of all employees
receiving less than 5000 per month
would be advanced 10 per cent. to
meet the increase made by the east
ern system of the Pennsylvania com.
pany recently. The advance will af-
feet about 10000 employees.
At Elyria, Ohio, Marshal Henry
krohm was perhaps fatally shot and
an unknown burglar had his head
blown off in battle. The shooting
occurred during fight with four
robbers who terrorized the town. The
gang stole horses and rigs, entered
several houses and shot recklessly in
wild charge down the main street.
Colonel Ed Butler, millionaire and
politician of st. Louis, on trial charg-
ed with attempting to bribe DR.. Chap
man of the st. Louis board of health,
in order to influence his vote on the
Endorsement Of a garbage contract
with the city, has been found guilty
by the jury, which assessed the pun
ishment at three years in the peniten-
tiary.
Attorney A. r. Sneed, who last
summer made an attempt to kill II. v
Platt. now Oregon Short Line agent
at Salt Lake, died in Pocatello recent.
ly from the effects Of self admins
tered morphine hypodermic injection,
surrounded by circumstances indicat.
ing suicidal intent.
According to report which has
reached Tangiers, Morocco from Fez,
the imperial toops have succeeded in
capturing the pretender to the throne
The funeral of Liu Kun Yu, the ia.
nous viceroy of Nankin, which took
place recently at Nankin, was the oc-
casion of unprecedented demonstra-
tions of respect on the part OF the
foreign representatives in that city.
The funeral cortege was of great
length and the obsequies. by command
of the dowager empress, were carried