Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-09-24
Late N-ws Items.

Birmingham, the remains of IS victims
of the panic in Shiloh church being in
tered in the various cemeteries for
negroes around the city.
Many people are leaving Colon and
Panama for fear of rebel attacks.
The revolutionists are massing ON the
railroad of the Isthmus. Many liberal
sympatizers are imprisoned for appear
ing OH the streets.
Peter Olson, who shot and killed his
sweetheart, Mary Peterson, in Omaha
September 8, was killed recnetly in a
fight with posse three miles north
Bancroft, Neb.
President Mitchell can call upon the
actors union anywhere for benefit
performance.
The new South African colonies are
to be assessed half billion dollars
for war expenses.
Secretary Shaw has announced that
during the week he has Authorized the
distribution on round numbers of ten
million dollars in public fds among the
banks throughout the country which
have bonds available for security.
Two presons were killed and Al in
jured in a recent wreck on the Balti-
more e. Ohio Southwestern road at
Leesburg, Ohio.
Baltimore secured the next sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
Marie Henriette, queen of the Bel
gians is dead Neither her husband,
members of her family nor majesty s
doctor were present at the time of her
death. Two members of her suit were
with the queen during her last mo-
ments.
There is movement in the intiment
circle of Kruger's friends to send him
to South Africa.
The postoffice building at Minot, N.
ID. collapsed recently and is a total
wreck.
With the single exception of fax seed
Russia's crops for the present season
are the largest that country has pro-
duced in any year in the last ten.
Chief Bank Examiner Geo. S. Leon
ard has taken charge of the New York
Banking company in Syracuse, and
closed its doors.
Prompted by jealousy, A. E. Whit
comb of Chicago shot w. H. Sampson
of Battle Creek, Mich, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Nettler of Chicago at Sampson S
home and shot himself through the
head. Both men are dead and the
woman will live.
The immigration fever of the Jews
of Roumania still continues, and that
within the last three months 1000 Jews
have left the country for the United
States and Canada.
One of the most sensational and dra-
matte incidents that ever took place
in a bull ring in Mexico occurred re-
Gently at chihuahua, when a tremen-
dous bull that had been goaded into
madness leaped an eight foot fence and
landed among the spectators occupying
the reserved seats. There was mad
stampede of the populace to escape the
manning or death. The bull was fin
ally shot by young ranchero.
ATTORNEY General Knox has returned
to Washington after his trip to Paris,
where he conferred with officials re-
garding the sale of the Panama canal
property to the United States.
A onew worlds record at wing shoot
ing with rifles has been established by
Adolph Toepperwein, of San AntonioV
Texas. He broke 986 out of 1000 clay
targets thrown from traps.
. Unless an eight hour working day is
granted in the flour mills of Minnea-
polls strike will go into effect Sep
TENDER 80. The mills of Minneapolis
produce 5000, 900 barrels of flour or
nearly two fifths of the total output of
the country, yearly.
William S. Stratton, the multimil-
lionaire of Colorado Sprins, Col. owner
of the famous Independence mine in
the Cripple Greek distract, is dead
after an illness of several months.
Monday started the nineteenth week
of the coal strike.
At Fort Erie, Ontario, Tommy Ryan
knocked out kid" Carter of Brooklyn
in the last minute of the sixth round.
A gas and powder explosion occurred
in Norfolk, WA, recently in the Big
-Four mine, as the result of which
James Letter, an engineer; John Reic-
kie, miner, and number of colored
miners are known to be imprisoned.
John Larson, a carman at the Butte
e. Boston smelter at Butte, was smoth.