Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-15
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snip OF AanIIIal MonreIo, wnIcn Was
SUNK ny ADMIRAL Dewey, was noateu
ana ueacned last Monday. Inc skelc-
tons OF about 90 Oh ner crew were
found in the hulk.
john De kalco, an Italian convict,
who was serving q LIE sentence at the
Oregon penItentiary tor killing his wife
in Portland on February 70, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat and
severing his windpipe.
The schooner Margaret l.. Ward was
rammed and sunk by the Southern Pa
ciHc steamer Ell Rio 25 miles east of
galveston bar recently. Two children
of Captain McKown of the schooner
were lost and one seaman of the same
vessel.
A. H. Eagan, superintendent of the
Illinois Central, Is organizing party
to go into the mountains to search for
the remains of his brother, benjamin.
Eagan, formerly superintendent Of the
Great Northern, who became lost and
perished in the region about Bolton,
Mont, while hunting deer last Decem-
ber.
The Omaha police are looking for a
man named Frank E. Knight, whose
wife they believe was poisoned and
then buried secretly. Mrs. Lucy Stiles
and her son, Malvin Dusenbery. are
under arrest and charged with the al
legged crime. Knight was traced west
ward to North Platte, and is believed
to be making his way to Wyoming.
The United States government is in
the market for 40.4fi,0 900 pounds of
barley. bran, corn. nay. oats and
straw at Seattle.
Arrivals from the Klondike says the
trail between White Horse and Daw-
son Is lined with dead and disabled
horses.
In the second round OF what was
scheduled as a 10 round go before
the Butte Athletic club, Harry White
knocked out Henry Taylor and the
latter is at the hospital and reported IN
a dying condition. Both fighters are
colored.
President Roosevelt is in the Vel.
lowstone park and for the next 16 days
ne expects to enjoy complete rest ana
cessation from public duties. He will
be in almost constant communication
with Secretary Loeb at Cinnabar, but
nothing except of the utmost import
ance will be referred to him.
The British Columbia legislature has
reenacted the antiOriental immigra-
+tion legislation framed on the lines of
the Natal act and provided an educa.
tional test to be- passed by Chinese
and Japanese desiring admittance to
the province. The bill passed a sec
ond reading.
On Roosevelt day, May &c. the rail-
road will materially reduce. rates for
visitors to Spoka and other points.
Senator Clark 8 application asks for
a franchise for complete system OF
street railways, covering the most i'm
portant streets of Los Angeles, and
makes It a condition that the fare
charged on the lines Of the new sys-
tenn shall be cents.
Miss Fireda Pink, an Is year old
girl senior at the Indianapolis h1gh
school, is at the point of death as a
result of injuries received in a basket
oall game at Crawfordsville.
Ben l.. Thompson, cashier Of the
Bank of Commerce. was shot to death
on the public square Of Sherman. Tex.
recently by w. f. Stone Of Texarkana.
rhe men met on the street and withou:
preliminary parley drew their revol-
vers and opened fire.
Adlai f. Stevenson. formerly vice
president Of the United States. lost
his hair and mustache and received
painful burns on the face. head and
hans recently while trying to sxtingu'
sh a fire at his home In Bloomington.
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