Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-30
telegraph NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Events In Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres During
the Past week-NationaI, Historl.
cal, Political and Personal Events
TerseIy Told.

A compromise put an end to the
noisy demonstrations in Chicago by
the messenger boys.
w. X. Vanderbilt's Quos Ego, with
Johnson up, won the Prix Juxy Suis
(hurdles) recently at Paris.
Gen. Bell declares he will bankrupt
the state of Colorado il necessary to
preserve peace at Cripple Creek.
At least four lives were lost in the
FIRE which destroyed the Hotel
Brunswick at Rochester, N. A., re-
Gently.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Santiago de Cuba recently, the
fourth within q month. No damage
was done.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow Of the
president of the southern confeder-
acy. is seriously i'll at Castle Inn in
Buffalo. N. Y.
William Gillespie Wylie Of New Or
leans, justice Of the supreme court Of
aged ~ years, died OF pneu.
mOnia recently.
Curtis Jett, sentenced to be hanged
December 18 for the assassination Of
James Cockrlll, has been taken to
for safe keeping.
A son was recently born to Gen.
eral and Mrs. Funston. lhe second
son is to be called Frederick, Jr. The
older son was named for General Mac
Arthur Of Philippine fame.
Lieutenant Oliver S. Eskridge OF
the Twenty-seventh infantry, at Ma
Mia, P. l., has just been sentenced by
to three months con-
finement in quarters and fine of SIS
for being off guard without leave.
Because he found his master intoxi-
Gated when he ran out as usual to re.
ceive his caress, a setter dog belong
ing to Willis Boomer, a carpenter Of
East Portland, appeared deliberately
to commit suicide under the wheels Of
a car the other day.
Three protests have been fle, with
the board of control of the irrigation
congress. contesting the award OF the
Havemeyer $500 cup for the best sugar
beets to A. Rhoades of Garland. Utah.
The principal protestor is A. b. Cor
man of Colorado.
Admiral Lambton has sailed for
South America to assume command
OF the South Atlantic station. Under
from the navy department
at Washington, he will prepare the
squadron for the winter maneuvers In
the Caribbean sea.
Jack Johnson has accepted the Of.
FOR NJ tho rnntnpv r1,th nf a nf
$4,000 for a 20-round fight with Sam
McVey in Los Angeles October 27.
The battle will be for the colored
heavy weight championship of the
world.
Judge Peter S. Crosscup of Chicago
says in a statement issued short
time ago that he will not resign from
the United States circuit bench to ac-
cept the position Of general counsel
for the Northern Securities, or rep
resent the company in the pending liti-
CATION against II.
At Providence, r. l., Geo. C. Can
non broke the worlu s record for
steam automobiles at .~arragansett
park. He cut the mile record OF
1:02 As to 1901 fiat. Then he went
after the five mile record Of Cos. es-
tablished by himself last year, and
made a new mark of 5:36 3-5.
At a recent session OF the Farmers
National congress, the resolution COM
mittee adopted resolutions favoring
government ownership of railroads
and a postal telegraph system. Unre.
stricted agricultural reciprocity with
Canada was voted down by the COM
mittee. A resolution favoring the ad.
of Oklahoma as a state was
indorsed.
The big event recently at the EN-
pire City track was the effort of the
champion gelding, Major Delmar. to
beat his own record Of 200 IA, and
to beat the worlds record OF 200.
held by Lou Dillon. He trotted a
most wonderful mile, and in a game
but tired finish. shot under the wire
in the record time.
A high speed trial over the Sossen
electrical railroad at
Berlin resulted in attaining a speed
Of over III miles per hour. Every
part Of the 100-ton car was intact
and the roadbed was not affected. The
fact that the machinery and roadbed
we're not impaired gives every hope Of
a speed at the rate Of 1875
miles per hour.
A murder and robbery occurred re-
Gently on the Middletown road, about
Is miles from Washington, Pa. Sam
uel T. Ferguson of the Ferguson Con-
company Of Pittsburg was
instantly killed and his secretary.
Charles L. Martin Of Cincinnati, was
fatally injured while driving along
the road in buggy, carrying $500
in cash with which to pay off some Of
their men. when suddenly an explo-
sion Of dynamite in the roadway liter
ally tore the rig to pieces. killing Fer
guson outright and throwing Martin
200 feet, tearing his left arm almost
from the socket.
Old Uncle Ben wanted to have his
nortrait nainted hut ha didn't care IN