Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-27
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.

Events Veroely ola.
The Chicago laundry strike is to be
prosecuted with renewed vigor.
Prince Henry of Prussia has arrived
at Madrid on a visit to the Spanish
court.
The employees Of the Montreal Strait.
way are out on strike and the road Is
completely tied up.
The annual conventions Of the
American Labor union and the West.
ern Federation Of Miners are In ses'
sion this week at Denver.
w. P. Brown is the new cotton king.
He has the market in swing and de.
clares he will make New Orleans the
cotton center Of the world.
At Plaquemine, La. a boiler in viii.
son & Cochran's sawmill at Wilcox
exploded recently. killing six persons
and seriously inturing nine others.
In the boat races between the
Georgetown and naval academy crews,
the former carried of all the honors,
winning first and second places in fine
style.
The Pacific squadron, under com.
mand of Admiral Henry Class, has
been ordered to the navy yard at
Bremerton, Wash, for docking and
general overhauling.
Judge Hines, winner of the Ken
lucky derby and a prominent candi-
date for the American derby, was an
easy winner of the $4,000 Hawthorne
handicap at Chicago.
Boyd Irwin, q youth of 21 years, is
under arrest at police headquarters at
Denver. charged with threatening to
dynamite the Cheesman hotel unless
he was paid the sum Of 100000.
Antoine Calcagno Of San Francisco
shot and killed his former paramour.
Madeleine Picconi recently, and then
committed suicide. The couple had
been children together in Italy.
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head
of the great banking house. is much
wrought up over the Russian mas
sacres, and his powerful influence will
be exerted to secure protection for his
unfortunate coreligionists.
Paul Blouet MAX O'RelD died in
Paris recently. He had been ailing
for several months and never recover
cd entirely from the effects Of an
operation performed some time ago in
New York.
The strike which for several days
has practically paralyzed the business
of Denver. involving nearly 10000 men
and women and threatening to force
into idleness twice that number of
union members, has been settled.
The reclamation service Of the
United States government has plans
on foot at the present time whereby
over 250,00O acres Of arid land in Nal
heur county will be reclaimed from
the desert and irrigated at an expense
Of $2,OO0,OOO.
The Offices of George T. Sullivan.
259 La Sale street, Chicago, were raid
ed by the police recently and so men
who were speculating we're placed un.
der arrest. Sullivan is charged with
operating a bucket shop and swindling
his patrons.
The body of Miss Risa Kaiser of
Manchester, Ind, was found In Tan
ners creek recently. Her skull had
been crushed and her face bruised and
gashed. 1t is supposed she was at
lacked, when her father. who was close
behind her, returning home, was
knocked down and left unconscious.
He is still in a critical condition. The
negro suspected Of the crime has not
been found.
The recent Yale-Harvard dual track
meet proved full Of interest in point
of performance. and because the re-
suit was not a certain Yale victory
until the last two events. the hammer
throw and running broad jump. were
decided in Yale's favor. The final score
was: Yale, 81; Harvard, 46.
The will of the late Irving N. Scott
vice president and manager Of the
Union Iron works. San Francisco. has
been filed for probate. 1t Is entirely
in the testator's handwriting and be
Queaths the entire estate. valued al
ebout 100000. to his wife and tive
children, who are to serve as executors
without bonds.
The Woodmen of the World, in sov.
ereign camp at Milwaukee, has prac
tically ratified the recommendation q
the committee OF the whole. It was
decided to invest $250,000 Of the re
serve fund in government bonds and
a large amount in municipal securi
ties. The changes in the constitution
were more of a remedial than of q
radical character.
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