Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-11
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES o
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In eo:h
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Persona
Events Tersely Told.

, Historical, Political and Persona
f., Events Tersely Told.
Congressman Burke died recently
at his home in Pnuauelphla.
Backed financially Ivy the United
states government, a salmon fisheries
congress Will be convened in Seattle
reDruary rs. 1904.
Jack O'Brlen knocked out Jack vii.
liams in the third round OF what was
scheduled as SIX round bout recent
ly in Philadelphia.
kalman toIdessy, who was arrested
in New York during President Rooss-
velt's recent visit for writing threat
ening letters, has been committed to
the state hospital for the insane.
The Rappel. Of Paris. publishes a
dispatch from st. Petersburg announc-
ing the massacre by Boxers Of num-
Der of Christians in the Szechuan
province of China.
A cablegram from Tegucigalpa. Hon
duras, announces the death Of Sonora
Guardiola. mother of the wife Of Pres
ident Palma of Cuba. and wife Of for
mer President Guardiola Of Honduras.
Henry Billings Brown, associate
justice of the United States supreme
court, will be totally blind within a
week or two, according to information
impaired to him by his physician.
The rise In the Tiber has flooded
the country SO near Rome that 1t is
impossible to get to st. Paul's, two
miles out of the city, as the district
surrounding Rome is now covered by
four feet Of water.
Five of the men charged by Liant X.
Salisbury with accepting brides for
supporting the project to supply Grand
Rapids with water from Lake Michi-
gan, appeared in the superior court
and pleaded guilty.
The report of Health Officer Snow,
in regard to the diphtheria epidemic at
Stanford university. shows a total of
IL cases of diphtheria, eight Of which
have been removed to the newly pur.
chased detention hospital.
The declaration of martial law has
paralyzed all business in Cripple
Creek, Heavily armed pickets of the
National Guard are stationed on all
street corners and many residents Of
the city do not venture upon the
streets.
Handcuffed to a man he is alleged
to have defrauded out Of $500, Gabriel
HOSEA, the young foreign banker of
Sharon. Pa, wanted for the embezzle-
ment of nearly $4,000, made his es-
cape from an Erie train at Bingham
ton, N. Y.
Paris, Mo.-Enraged because Miss
Anna Hartman. for whom he had Sc
cured license to wed. would not mar
ry him, Frank Dawson shot and fatal
ly wounded his sweetheart and seri-
ously wounded his successful rival.
ODE Hughes.
William Clarke & Sons. bankers Of
New York. have assigned for the bene-
fit of creditors to the Van Norden
Trust company. The firm is compos-
ed Of James and Hudson Clarke and
had a mercantile rating Of from $75,.
900 to s125.000.
M. Raume, the French astronomer
noted for his studies of volcanic phe-
nomena, although very old man, has
taken up his residence on Mount We
suvius in the hope that the researches
he is about to undertake will result
in important discovery.
As a result Of the coroner's inquest
at Chicago over the body of John
Quinn. the detective killed by Gustav
Marx. one of the car barn robbers.
while the officer was trying to arrest
him recently. Marx was held to the
| grand jury on an additional charge
! of murder. Later. In the criminal
court, Marx changed his plea in all
the cases against him to not guilty.
It is reported that Edward L. Wentz,
the young Philadelphia millionaire
!, who has been missing since October
a, has been found and that he is prob.
, ably demented. 1t is said Wentz has
: been hiding in the mountains not far
from Finney. station on the Norfolk
& Western railroad.
The banks at Colfax, Ira. Baxter
and Mingo, Iowa, owned by George D.
Woods, who committed suicide at Col
fax. have closed their doors Temporal
rily, the crisis being precipitated by
the filing Of mechanics lien on the
fixtures in one of the banks.
Governor Peabody Of Colorado has
issued proclamation declaring Grip.
Pile Creek under martial law and sus-
pending the writ of habeas corpus.
He declares that the gold camp ia in