Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-01
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cULlED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
\ Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terseiy Told.

1li ,OUU,VUU, OUeTlnS IL At par anl
Keeping $4,000,000 in the treasury. The
new capital will be partly used in
acquiring Occur dAIene mines. The
stock does not yet pay dividends, as
the earnings have heretofore been
spent on the property.
More than $4,000 is the price put on
the heads of the trio of highwaymen
who murdered passenger and wound
ed three others in desperate attempt
to hold up Santa Monica car.
United States Consul General Cow.
dy has succeeded in locating in pri-
vate sanitarium in Paris Moses Fow.
Ter Chase Of Lafayette. Ind, whose
whereabouts have been the subject
of diligent search for several years.
Two French physicians examined the
youth and pronounced him incurably
insane.
The empress Of Germany was
thrown from her horse while riding
at Grunewald recently and her right
arm broken.
James N. Harlan, attorney general
+ Porto Rico. has called on the presi.
lent and rendered his resignation, to
take effect April 30.
William II. Mexican, who for near
~ 80 years was editor in chief OF the
Public Ledger, died at his home in
Philadelphia at the age of SO years.
There are 1893 trusts in the
United States. representing an aggre
gate capitalization amounting to near
ly one-seventh of the entire wealth
If the United States.
An extraordinary number Of fires
have been reported In Vienna recently
in various country districts Of Austria
Hungary and Galicia. The authorities
suspect that the fires are of incendiary
origin.
The London Times Monday morn
ing published two dispatches from
New York which, it is announced.
we're transmitted by the Marconi sys
.em of wireless telegraphy. The dis
patches contain about $50 words.
Arrears Of taxes amounting to about
;57 100000 have been cancelled and
overdue taxation. exceeding $15.000.
300. which the peasants owe to the
Russian district authorities. has been
assumed by the central government.
It develops that the dead man found
at Prosser recently fell of the east
sound limited train. He was stealing
4 ride. His name is Fred Remelow OF
Springfield. H.. and he had worked on
The Northern Pacific as section hand
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, 1t is reported,
the Woodward mine, operated by the
Delaware. Lackwanna & Western Coal
company. which had been idle for
ONE time, will resume work. THIS
,olliery employs about 1900 men and
boys.
Two companies Of Macabebe scouts
,ignally defeated the main body Of
San Miguel's force recently. 1t Is be-
Iieved San Miguel was killed. Lieu.
enant Reese was seriously wounded.
The scouts lost three men killed and
had II men wounded.
Two hundred Irishmen, whose feel.
Ings had been outraged by the per.
formance Of "McFadden's Row Of
Flats" at a New York theater. rose in
their seats recently and pelted the
performers with rotten eggs. rotten
vegetables and fruit.
Stanley county, South Dakota, has
a murder mystery. William Kunnecke,
sheep raiser whose ranch is SO miles
out on Cottonwood creek, Is In Jail
on a charge Of murder and the dis.
membered body of Andrew Demler is
at Fort Pierre awaiting interment.
President Dan Mcdonald and Sec
retary Smith Of the Western Labor
Federation have issued an official call
for the sixth annual convention of
that organization to convene in Den
YER, May s. and continue until all bus
mess has been completed.
The doors of the Montana peniten-
tiary were opened for Henry Grab
horn, who is serving a life sentence.
The governor recently commuted
Grabhorn's sentence upon the petit
tions he received. Grabhorn was con-
victed of murder in the second degree
In Beaverhead county in 1887.
The Fernie coal mines strike is at
an end, as a three year agreement
has been officially signed. Negotia.
tions were protracted, and at one time
settlement seemed remote, but con-
ciliatiOn committee succeeded at last
Work will be resumed at once.
A remarkable occurrence happened
the other afternoon at Weiser. Idaho.
During a heavy shower there was a
fall of some white alkaline substance
It made white spots on everything It
touched; windows were white with it.
It had q salty taste. Just previous to
the rain a large yellowish cloud was
observed in the heavens. Many per
sons are of the opinion that 1t is vol.
canic ashes. but where 1t came from
is a mystery.
II is announced at the war depart
ment that the following officers Of the
army will be promoted and retired
with the grade Of brigadier general
upon the retirement Of Major General
r. p. Hughes. April II, when Brigadier
General J. F. Wade will be promoted
to the grade Of major general: Col
onel w. p. Gross. Thirtieth infantry;
Colonel J. r. Myrick, artillery corps:
Colonel J. B. Rawles, artillery corps
Colonel T. A. Baldwin, Seventh cav
airy; Colonel R. II. Bucker. Eighth