Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-04

The transport Meade has arrived a
San Francisco from Manila. On board
besides the passengers, are % officer.
and Ss4 men Of the Twenty-first in
fantry.
Two hundred garment workers O.
Syracuse, N. Y. mostly Hebrews. hav,
struck for : nine hour day, with thu
same pay now given for 10 hours.
A daring jail break took place a
Leadville,, Col, recently. Five pris
oners from the county Jail are now a
large. They escaped by an under
ground tunnel. They had sawed Of
the lock to trap door leading to tn,
sewer, broke the sewer wall and theI
crawled to the outside of the jai
through a small hole in the founda
tion wah.
A letter found In the possession o.
l.. Wachman. a travelling salesman whc
committed suicide In Chicago saloor
recently, leads to the belief that ht
was a member of New York suicide
club.
Max Kastan, 81 years Of age, ant
Mrs. Lydia McRowatt. the same age
lost their lives Sunday in fire which
swept away many buildings at Roc~
away Beach, N. Y. Thomas s. Nc
Krow and year old son Frank; Mar
tin Hanson. aged 2S. and Morris Kas
tan, aged rs, were injured and taker
to hospital in Long Island City
Since being taken to the hospital
young McKrow has died and the father
is probably dying.
Bert C. Lewis, a special officer EN-
ployed at local theater in Los Ange
les, was waylaid and shot through the
body after midnight Sunday while OIL
his way home.
Colonel Patrick Donan. for several
years past advertising agent Of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany, died at his home in Portland
Colonel Donan was widely known
among newspaper men Of the west.
The strike situation in the building
trades at Denver Is unchanged, ex'
cept for the declaration Of the owners
of the ornamental wire works that
they will start up tomorrow with non
union labor. No serious trouble is an
ticipated II the attempt is made.
J. Pierpont Morgan. leaving Rome
for Venice on board the Corsair. cables
the Rome correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, said he was going to
Athens and will return to Venice in
two weeks and go to London for the
coronation.
There are $50 Americans at one ho-
tel in Berlin, and other hotels are en-
tertaining numbers Of travellers from
across the Atlantic. The hotelmen
think Americans are more numerous
in Berlin this year than ever before.
Leading fruit growers and shippers
of California have formed shippers
combine, known as the California Fruit
Distributors, which will take charge Of
the marketing Of all shipments OF
green. deciduous fruits intended for
consumption throughout the east.
Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, who
is nominally secretary to the British
embassy at Paris. will probably be the
next British ambassador to the Uni.
tide States In succession to the late
Lord Pauncefoote. MrHerbert's ap-
pointment will probably not be an
nounced until the remains Of Lord
Pauncefoote arrive in England. The
only question in regard to Mr.. Her
berts selection Is the approval OF King
Edward.
The consolidation of the First Nation
al bank and the Metropolitan National
bank has been formally approved al
meetings held by the stockholders of
the two institutions. On Monday
morning Chicago opened for business
its first $100,000,000 bank.
The several hundred special officers
brought to Hazleton, Pa. Sunday night
for guard duty at the collieries In the
Hazelton district have been distrib
uted. They will be housed and board
ed at the breakers Public sentiment
there is against the special officers and
the local labor union made an effort
to induce the servant girls at the no
tel where they remained over nigh
to strike. The girls are still at work
however. Some of the mineworkers
leaders think the officers are non-un
lon firemen and pumprunners.
The illness of Governor Taft Of th'
Philippine islands. who is suffering
from tonsilitis at Rome, is not consid
cred serious. He is confined to hi
room by a slight fever which accom-
panies his sore throat
II. Z. Nutting of Lardo. in the uppel
end of Long valley. has arrived II
Boise, Idaho. He brings story o.
the drowning of Thunder mountain
travellers that. IL true. constitutes thu
saddest incident that has occurred II
the rus hto the gold fields. Six mel
and is horses were found dead In &
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