Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-27
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings In Goth
Eastern and Western Hemispherss
During the Past Week-NatioraI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terseiy Told. -.

EVents Jersey Iolos 80.
t.:
Former Congressman Charles ].
Boatner of Louisiana is dead.
William ]. Bryan spent his birthday
recently serving on a jury in the dis
trict court.
Mont Pelee volcano. on the island of
Martinique. is discnarging dense
clouds Of reddish smoke.
Count Boni de Castelaine, accompa-
MED by the countess. was received by
President Roosevelt recently. d!
There was sharp earthquake shock.
accompanied by subterranean noises,
at.Ls 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 I'D year.
Hamilton Fish, recently appointed
assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York, took the oath of
Office recently.
Col. John r. eleven, aged IS. a Mex
lean war veteran, formerly on editor
in st. Louis and later in Davenport,
Iowa, Is dead.
The Union Pacific has Jet contracts
to the extent of $40, ,0000 chiefly for
double tracking the mainssaine from
Omaha to Ogden, saalsa
Some of the RomaA Catholt y mis-
sionaries in north China aresA 1lpg
their missions because of the faJltf
further Boxer uprisings. q
At Halifax, N. s., plot to pSfxt
emigrants suffering from disease TO ss8}
cape into the United States is believs
ed to have come to light.
At L6fdii. Ohio. the strike Of tho
American shipbuilding plant, involving
about 1900 men. inaugurated several
weeks ago, has been settled.
Captain G. 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 Paduoah, 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 q. 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
at once for his post.
At Des Moines, Iowa, James Burns,
accused of the murder of Jerry Cor
cran, 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 a 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 q
DOG license for her pet terrier. ~
Two wagons have been found FIVE
miles north Of Atlanta Ca, containing
eight or more dead bodies. Investiga-
tion by the authorities developed that
the bodies were being sent out of town
by q medical college for interment.
Five men Of the crew Of the tug
Pilot of Philadelphia were. drowned in
collision between the tug and the
steamship Winifred, In the Delaware
river off Marcus Hook, Pa, recenuy.
The remaining three members Of the
crew were saved. 3 f
Nathan M. 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 a
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, 1t
broaght $64,400.
Robert Stokes and his wife Of Port
land, Ore, were found dead on the