Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-25
cULlED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
\ Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.


Count Boni de Castelaine, accompa-
MED by the countess. was received by
President Roosevelt recently.
There was a sharp earthquake shock,
accompanied by subterranean noises,
at La Union, Mexico, recently.
The entire plant of the Jennings
(Mich.) Iron and Engine works was
burned recently. Loss, $4,000.
Very Rev. Fredrick William Farrar,
dean of Canterbury since 1895. died
recently in London in his 72d year.
Hamilton Fish, recently appointed
assistant treasurer Of the United
States at New York, took the oath of
Office recently.
Col. John H. eleven, aged IS. a Mex
ican war veteran, formerly on editor
in st. Louis and later in Davenport,
Iowa, is dead.
The Union Pacific has let contracts
to the extent of $40, 900 900, chiefly for
double tracking the main line from
Omaha to Ogden.
Some of the Roman Catholic mis-.
sionaries in north China are arming
their missions because Of the fear of
further Boxer uprisings.
At Halifax, N. S., a plot to permit
emigrants suffering from disease to es.
cape into the United States is believ-
ed to have come to light.
At Lorain, Ohio. the strike of the
American shipbuilding plant, involving
about 1900 men, inaugurated several
weeks ago, has been settled.
Captain c. w. Hacket, veteran OF
the civil war and one OF the most prom
inent wholesale hardware men in the
west, died at st. Paul recently.
At Paducah. KY, robbers recently
blew open the vault in the deposit
bank OF Bardwell and secured in the
neighborhood Of $4,000. The robbers
escaped.
Rev. Edward Clark, foster father of
Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., founder
of the society of Christian Endeavor.
Is dead of old age. Mr.. Clark was
born In 1920.
Ernest Lyon, the new minister to
Liberia, was presented to the president
recently by Senator McComas Of Mary
land. Lyon, who is negro. will leave
Nonce for his post.
At Des Moines. Iowa, James Burns,
accused of the murder Of Jerry Cor
coran. was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree and life Imprisonment
was recommended.
Marcus B. Raun, editor of the Aus
tria-Hungarian Gazette of New York,
has been appointed q special immi.
grafton inspector to go abroad to ex-
anime into immigration conditions.
A summons has been issued for Mrs.
Hetty Green, reputed to be the wealth..
est woman in the United States, to ap-
pear before Recorder Stanton and ex-
plain why she has failed to obtain
dog license for her pet terrier.
Two wagons have been found i've
miles north Of Atlanta, Ca. containing
eight or more dead bodies. Investiga.
tion by the authorities developed that
the bodies we're being sent out Of town
by a medical college for interment.
Five men Of the crew of the tug
Pilot Of Philadelphia we're drowned in
a collision between the tug and the
steamship Winifred, in the Delaware
river OF Marcus Hook, Pa. recenuy.
The remaining three members Of the
crew were saved.
Nathan NJ. Halleck, president Of the
Mechanics National bank Of Middle
town. N. Y. died suddenly at Los An
geles. Cal. He was on an extended
pleasure trip. Mr.. Hallock was
veteran of the civil war. and had re-
ceived a special medal from congress
for bravery in service.
The handsome residence Of the Hum
bert family on the Avenue de la Grand
Armee. Paris, which was the scene of
it's triumph and eventual downfall fol-
lowing the discovery of the empty safe,
was sold at auction recently to satisfy
the creditors of the Humberts. II
brought $64.400.
Robert Stokes and his wife Of Port
land, Ore, we're found dead on the
floor Of their cabin, q few miles from
Bonneville. Cal, by brother of
Stokes, who lives some distance from
their cabin. He heard two shots and
commenced an investigation which
resulted in the finding Of the bodies
of his brother and sister in law with
bullets through their bodies. The case
Is shrouded In mystery.
Treasurer Harry Niedlinger Of the
Marguerite Sylvia company. In Milwau-
kee. was robbed Of cash and notes
amounting in all to about $4,000 recent.
ly. the money having been taken from
beneath his head while he slept. A
member Of the company who slept
with Mr. Niedlinger is missing and is
suspected of the theft.
At Cripple Creek, Col, the strike
situation is rapidly assuming an acute
phase and there is every indication
that every mine in the district. with
the exception of the Woods end the
Portland companies. will be closed
down.
Miss Zeralda Mcvickers. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Mcvickers Of
Sumpter, Ore, shot and killed herself
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