Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-21
telegraph NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National
Historical, Political and Personal
Evens Tersely Told.

Sir Thomas Upton is back home,
almost completely recovered in health.
Colonel l.. s. Babbitt, U. S. A.. re-
tired, is dead in Dover, N. j., after
an illness of three years.
The safe in the State Bank at Hub
bard, Neb., was blown open recently.
The robbers secured S1100.
Under extremely bad weather con-
ditions Harvard defeated West Point
Saturday, 5 to 0. There was much
fumbling on both sides.
Dan Patch, 1853, recently broke the
worlds pacing record to wagon. and
came within a quarter Of a second OF
eQualing his own sulky record.
Albert Joerndt, letter carrier. is
now in the Chicago Jail awaiting ar
raignment on the charge Of stealing
letters and money they contained.
An atrocious attempt was made at
Rossland, b. c., recently by unknown
incendialies to destroy the city. Four
empty buildings were fired inside Of
three hours.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant sailed
from New York recently for Europe
on the steamer Sampania. being called
abroad by the sickness Of her sister,
Mrs. Potter Palmer who is i'll in
Paris.
The archbishop Of Lima, Peru. has
sent a note to the minister Of justice
asking the government to veto the
recent law approved by congress Civ.
ing facilities for the marriage Of nom
Catholics.
frankie Neil of San Francisco,
champion bantamweight pugilist, and
Johnny Regan of Brooklyn fought 20
rounds to a draw recently at Los An
geles. 1t was one of the fastest fights
ever witnessed here.
The International Bank & Trust
company Of America, w. H. Hunt,
president, with branches in New York
and San Francisco and various points
throughout Mexico. has closed its
doors.
The two companies Of American ar
tillery which occupied Santa Clara
and the five batteries at Havana have
left for their return home. Two thou
sand people were assembled at the
Punta and 1000 more at the Place.
DR.. ]. E. Jay. prominent physician
residing near Asheville, N. c., recently
killed his three children, aged 2, 4 and
years, using hammer as a weapon.
He then set fire to his home. The
flames were extinguished by neighbors.
Secretary Moody has approved the
estimates for the support of the navy
for the next fiscal year, as recommend
ed by the chiefs Of bureaus, amount
ing to $102 2.s66,4 as against $79,-
s16,791 appropriated for the last fis.
cal year.
The Northern Pacific may have to
struggle along without q president
for couple Of months, according to
the latest advices from st. Paul. 1t
Is announced that Charles s. Mellen,
the president, will leave st. Paul Sat
urday.
At Dayton. Ohio. with no excuse to
offer. other than they had quarreled.
Charles F. Weiffenbach. well conect-
ed in Dayton. early today choked his
wife to death. He later went to police
headquarters, coolly told his story.
and was locked up.
Six masked men robbed the Far.
mum, Neb., State bank recently, &C.
curing $4,000. One Of the men was
arrested, and the officers. with blood.
hounds. are on the trail Of the 9th.
ers. Dynamite was used, and the safe
and bank furniture was wrecked.
The jury in the case Of Daniel Voor.
HES Miller and Joseph M. Johns. on
trial in the federal court at Cincin-
natl all week on the charge of an
alleged conspiracy to extort bribe,
reported shortly before midnight that
it was unable to agree, and was dis
charged by Judge Thompson.
Miss Pansy Ballard, a freshman stu
dent of the University of Nebraska.
took a large dose of carbolic acid
while standing in front of st. Mary's
cathedral recently. She then stag
gered into the church and trying to
kneel in a pew. died while in the act
Of muttering a prayer. She was a
daughter Of E. E. Ballard. business
man of Fort Dodge. Iowa.
Fifteen persons were killed and
about 40 injured in a collision which
occurred recently on the Belvidere
division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
raod company near Washington cross
ing at Trenton, N. ]. The persons
killed md injured were laborers who
were on a work train and were on
their way to work at Washington
crossing to repair washouts along the
road.
Details from the upper Ojai, Cal.
valley tell Of disastrous mountain
fire. Dwellings, barns. water plants.
fruit trees. timber and brush were
swept by the flames. The fire is said
to have been started by Miss Smith
near the Thatcher school. She had
started small brush fire In the yard.
The wind scattered the flames, which
became uncomfortable.
The war department has received
information from Manila that as a re-