Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-07
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES
Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

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Congressman Otey. Virginian OF
wealth. Is dead. He was a veteran OF
the confederate army.
Senator McLaurln will not again en-
ter the race for the senate In the
South Carolina primaries.
At Everett Wash. the safe door OF
the Great Northern ticket ofice was
blown open recently by burglars and
about 800 stolen.
All efforts to bring the Jeffries-Fitz
simmons fight to Seattle in the sum,
mer have been called off because OF
Governor McBride's opposition.
At Ellensburg, WASH, in a saloon
as the termination Of a quarrel be
tween two well known gamblers. Jack
Ellis shot and killed Ben Stanley.
The Jury In the Francis Glessing
Paine, alias Joe Malvern, murder case
at Everett, Wash. has returned a YER
dict Of murder In the second degree.
DIR. Thomas Wilson. curator Of pre-.
historic archaeology in the Smithson-
ian institution and the National mu.
scum for years, died in Washington,
ID. c.. Sunday, in his 10th year.
Two persons we're killed and As in.
jured. three fatally. In a head on col.
lision between an immigrant train and
fast freight near lockwood. Pa. on
the Baltimore & Ohio railway.
Congressman Amos J. Cummings OF
New York died last week at the Church
Home and Infirmary in Baltimore OF
pneumonia incident to an operation
aged 81 years.
John d. Rockefeller. 1t is understood.
is behind the Virginia-North Carolina
Chemical company's designs on the
German potash fields.
AL Weinig of Buffalo was knocked
out recently by Joe Choynski Of Chi.
cago before the Empire Athletic club.
in the sixth round of one Of the fiercest
bouts ever fought in Louisville.
The Wells elevator at Buffalo was
destroyed by fire Sunday night. A
large quantity Of grain had been placed
in the elevator during the past week
and the loss on the building and con-
tents is estimated at s225.000.
At st. Louis for short time Sunday
afternoon terrific storm Of wind and
rain prevailed. causing much damage.
Lightning resulted In several fires.
one of which destroyed the machine
shops and a section Of the foundry of
UytlItop, and philin Mada rt,e natant
pulley plant in South St Louis. The
loss ia estimated at 100000.
1t is now believed that no further
consideration will be given by the
president to the subject Of retiring
Lieutenant General Miles. 80 long as
the commander of the army continues
his present attitude Of reserve, and
that the case will be allowed to remain
as 1t is unless General Miles should do
something or take some action to re.
vive the unpleasantness.
The fire at Mil Gamer. town on the
right bank of the Damiotta branch of
the Nile, in which q number of lives
were lost and thousands Of native res.
licences destroyed. burned three days.
Potter Palmer. one Of Chicago's 3
most prominent business men. Is dead.
Physicians who attended him are at
a loss as to the ultimate cause Of his
death. as he did not appear to have or
ganic troubles.
J. T. Robinson fell so feet down an
ore chute in the Tiger mine at Wallace
Sunday. He has a good chance OF
recovery. Not bone was broken. but
he was badly bruised all over and in.
jured internally.
One thousand molders. pressers and
laborers employed at the fire brick
and terra Gotta works at Cheltham.
in the outskirts of St Louis. are on
strike. The skilled men struck out OF
sympathy for the laborers.
The Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern
railway grade across the Manly ranch,
FIVE miles below Grand Forks, has
been completed and track laying op-
erations resumed. The rails will be
laid to Nelson, Wash, before Friday.
At Los Angeles, Cal. In a fierce bat.
tie with detectives Sunday afternoon
DR.. e. W. Aldrich Of Chicago I was
killed and City Detective Hawley seri.
ously wounded. The fight occurred at
the ofices Of DR.. Aldrich In the Hotel
Savoy.
It is reported at Jacmel. Hayti. that
San Domingo. the capital Of the Do
minican government. has surrendered
to the insurgent forces. President
Jiminez of the Dominican republic is
said to have taken refuge In the
French consulate.
Queen wilhelmina is still alive
None of the doctors attending her
majesty left the palace Sunday night
and neither the queens mother MOI
the prince consort went to bed. The
confinement of the queen was long
and difficult and artificial means were
resorted to.
Advices from Jibout, French East
Africa, declare rumor is current that
battle has been fought between Turk
.sh troops and the Imam tribe Of Ar
abs at Koffutidor, on the frontier OF
Arabia, in which the Turks were de
feated, losing 400 men in killed and
wounded. The Arabs are also said
to have lost heavily.
Colorado Ferest Fires.