Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-03-19
NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES
Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

ward Ortman.
Hugh O'Neill. founder of one of the
largest retail dry goods business In
New York, is dead.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Cross. aged 66
years, eldest grandson of the late Com
modore Vanderbilt, is dead.
A section of the naval arsenal at
Valparaiso has been destroyed by fire.
The loss Is placed at 100000.
Admiral Schley has gone to Boston.
where he is to attend the celebration
incident to the evacuation day cere
monies.
General Chaffee has signed a con-
tract for the purchase of site for an
army post at a point seven miles up
he Pasig river.
At Kansas City, Mo-. Sunday night
the temperature throughout that part
of the southwest dropped about rs de-
grees. No snow is reported.
A special from Park City says that
Kid Rollie was probably fatally injured
during a boxing contest with Dummy
Rowan at that place last week.
At Kalamazoo. Mich, Sunday, there
was a drop OF nearly 40 degrees in the
temperature. A gale blew and a bliz'
zard ragged throughout southern Michi
gan.
Tommy Ryan Of Kansas City, Mo.
knocked out mysterious" Billy Smith
Of Portland, Ore, in the fourth round
Of what was scheduled as 10-round
bout last week.
Food stuffs are becoming scarce In
Panama, as small boats are no longer
allowed to communicate with the
neighboring coast towns. Panama is
receiving its supply of beef from
Cartagena by way of Colon.
With expressions of regret the news
papers in Berlin print a dispatch from
Washington to the effect that Andrew
D. White, the American ambassador,
will retire next November.
One of the dormitory buildings OF
Byrn Mawr college. at Philadelphia
an institution for the higher education
of young ladies. was burned Sunday
night. No one was injured.
News has been received at Salt
AXE, Utah, Of the death in Chicago
yesterday of J. F. Woodman, the wide
ly known mining promoter and capital
ist of this city. Mr.. Woodman was
born in England 70 years ago.
Senators and members of congress-
are very much interested In the fact
that the pension appropriation bill!
soon will become a law, because they
hope to obtain from 1t some relief from
the pressure on them to secure private
pension legislation.
Geronimo, the Apache Indian chief,
has petitioned the authorities at
Washington to be released from cap
tivity. For the last u years Geronimo
has been a military prisoner at Fort
Sill. General Frank Armstrong OF the
regular army has recommended that
he be paroled and made a citizen.
With Geronimo are 29S Apaches.
James Dick, the so-called rubber
king" who died at Glasgow. Scotland
March 7, bequeathed G100.000 for dis
tribution among his employees, and the
bulk OF the balance Of his fortune goes
to charities. His cashier gets $4,000
bic cook $4,000 and other domestic
servants are to receive in the asgre.
gate thousands of pounds. The clerks
get from a300 to f500 each.
A representative OF the Associated
Press at Salonica has received letter
from Miss Stone. in which she ex-
presses her surprise and thankfulness
at the universal manifestations Of 10y
at the release of herself and Nine.
Tsilka. Miss Stone also conveys her
heartfelt thanks to all those who by
their labor, money and their prayers
co-operated in the release OF herself
and companion.
With reference to the Russo-Japan-
ese war rumors the st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the London Times
says he is able to vouch that the 81
berian railway is declining consign-
ments from merchants because the re-
sources Of the line are fully occupied
in forwarding troops and war material
to Vladivostock.
At Beatrice, Neb., Willard Smith, 20
years of age, who sought to blackmail
a merchant of the town of Tillie, was
shot and killed by one Of a party Of
four men set to entrap him. Smith
wrote an anonymous letter demanding
money. which he went to secure, and
resisting capture, was killed.
Private Schmit of Troop C, OF the
Thirteenth cavalry. stationed at Fort
Assiniboine. while intoxicated Sunday.
attempted to walk to the post from the
Halfway house, a distance Of about six
miles, and was frozen to death. His
body was found on the prairie by
searching parties of soldiers.
All approaches to Colon are now
guarded by small detachments. The
government is throwing up embank-
ments at certain advantageous points
In the center Of the town. and from 200
to 300 troops are kept moving up and
down the railroad line. These are
necessary precautions to avoid insur.
gent surprises and attacks similar to
that of last November.
tenant General Nelson A. Miles OF the
army made a specific request at the
war department to be sent to the Phil.
ippines. and in connection Herewith,
submitted a plan by which, in his
opinion, the war could be brought to
al end without furfher loss of Iifa m