Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-09
NEWS SUMMARY
CuLlED FROM DISPATCHES o
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In Bo.h
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai,
Historical, Political and Persona
Events Tersely Told.

Congressman Burke died recently
at his home in Philadelphia.
Backed financially by the United
States government, salmon fisheries
congress will be convened in Seattle
February 23. 1904.
iiams in the third round OF what was
scheduled as SIX round bout recent
ly in Philadelphia.
kalman Foldessy, who was arrested
in New York during President Roose-
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-
ber 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 it is
impossible to get to st. Pauls, 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 bribes 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
II cases Of diphtheria, eight Of which
have been removed to the newly pur-
chased detention hospital.
The declaration Of martial law has
paralyzed all buSiress 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
Hossza, 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,
| Obe 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,.
Noo to >1250oO.
NJ. Raume, the French astronomer.
noted for his studies of volcanic phe-
nomena, although a 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
- m
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.
1t 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. It is said Wentz has
been hiding in the mountains not far
from Finney, a 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 tempora-
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 a proclamation declaring Grip
pie Creek under martial law and sus-
pending the writ Of habeas corpus.
He declares that the gold camp is in
state of insurrection and rebellion
and that the civil authorities are pow
erless.
Frederick II. Rindge Of Los Angeles
has received word of q fire on his
Malabu ranch. one of the largest in
Ventura county, Cal The ranch house.
recently constructed. together with a
number OF smaller outbuildings. were
destroyed. 1t is rumored that many
cattle were destroyed by the flames.
Estimates of loss run from 100000 to
$150,000.