Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-14
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationnl.
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Expounded.

Jesse Stone, lieutenant governor OF
Wisconsin, is dead.
Thirteen persons were killed in 9
landslide at Marcia, province OF
Emilia. recently.
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas
sador, continues quite i'll, and his i'll
ness is giving the family some alarm
A longshoreman known as "CockncS
George" was shot and instantly killed
by James Williams, at Portland las
Sunday.
Miss Alice Robertson, a Washington
girl, has won the degree of doctor Of
philosophy at the University of Cali
fornia. She is the third woman sc
honored.
At st. Martins. N. B., George Ross
aged III years, is dead. On the occa
sion of his 10th birthday the munici
pal council of st. John county pre-
sented him with an easy chair.
Bressano at police headquarters ac
knowledged the murder. and said he
felt better for having committed the
deed. 1t is believed that trouble over
a woman led him to kill Tornish.
The extensive hox factory and plan
ing mill of the Truckee Lumber com.
pany around which the town OF
Truckee, California. was originally
built, was totally destroyed recently.
Ida and Lola Vonderhyde. aged re-
spectively Is and IS years, daughters
of George Vonderhyde, hanes maker
of Carson, New, were drowned Sunday
afternoon at Gardeners dam, on the
Carson river, about six miles from
Carson.
The bulletins issued at Castle Loo
concerning the condition of Queen
Wilhelmina. have been reduced to one
day, and 1t is expected that they
will soon cease altogether. The
marked improvement in her majesty's
condition continues. and the constant
attendance Of her physicians is nc
longer necessary.
Mark McIllvaine, aged II years
of Somerset, Pa, while out hunting
with a boy named Bricker, aged Is
accidentally shot his comrade in the
mouth with target rife. Realizine
what he had done McIllvaine hurried
home and shot himself in the fore
head, dying within a short time
Bricker's wound is serious, but he will
probably recover.
The cold weather of the past few
days having continued with its accom-
panying frosts, much damage has beer
done to fruit trees In New York. The
farmers think the cherry crop has
been ruined. In eastern New York
and western Massachusetts, youne
trees in general suffered, but many
buds were not far enough advanced
to be blasted.
At Bridgeport. Conn, Lawrence
Bressano, a fireman in the Atlantic
hotel, crept into the meat room Sun
day morning and split the skull Of
Michael Tornish. the chef, with a meal
cleaver. He then took large butcher
knife and slashed the body, cutting
off the nose and ears, gouging out the
eyes and cutting strip after strip Of
the flesh off the victims body shrdla
the flesh off the victims face. When
the upper part Of the body was un
recognizable Bressano jumped on II
and danced from the head to the feet
Upon the arrival Of the police. who
were attracted by the frenzied yells
Of the murderer. Bressano turned his
attention to his would be captors. He
was not subdued until knocked sense
less.
For the first time since its construc.
ton. Fort Worden, near Port Town
send. Is occupied by a battery of
United States artillery.
Joe Cans, the Baltimore colored
lightweight pugilist, Is champion In
his class after knocking at the door
for the past 10 years. Frank Erne
lost to him In the first round at Fort
Erie.
An Alaska transportation cut rate
war. which will probably be bitterly
fought with disastrous results to the
lines engaging in 1t and correspond.
ing benefit to the travelling public, has
been inaugurated.
The death OF Senior Severe, the Bra.
lillian aeronaut who, with an assist
ant, was killed recently by the explos.
ion of his airship at La Paix, in which
he was making trial trip, created
terrible CONSERVATION.
Eight hundred men are now on
strike in Denver Col. Six large unions
are involved. The lumber yards,
woodworking mills and the livery sta.
bles are completely tied up, while
many bakeries are practically closed,
owing to the strike of bakers.
The ice in the Yukon has broken
and the winter is over. The breakup
was unusually quiet this year. It oc.
Cured during a binding snowstorm.
with the thermometer at 40 above.
The water rose six feet but little dam
age resulted.
In view of President Roosevelt g
message urging an appropriation of
$500 900, the house committee on ap-
propriations Immediately reported a
substitute relief bill for relief at st.
Pierre. making 1t 100000 and placing
its disposition under the president Of
the United States.
At Pittsburg, Pa, the Sheridan yard
Of the Panhandle railroad was the
scene recently Of the most disastrous
explosion and fire known in that sec
tion for many years. A score OF lives
were lost and about 200 persons were
so badly burned that, according to
the judgment of physicians In attend
ance, rs per cent Of them will die
from the effects Of their injuries.
Patrick OLeary. a boy years old.
son Of James O'Leary. living in the