Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-22
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cULlED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

Events Tersely Told.
At Buffalo, N. Y, Henry C. Moffatt's 8
brewery was destroyed by fire recently.
Fire has destroyed the Sabine hotel
and natatorium at Port Arthur, Texas,
The Northern Pacific directors have
declared the regular quarterly dividend
of IN per cent, payable August /.
Charles Derrick, millionaire con.
tractor and builder of Buffalo, N. Y,
Is dead from a surgical operation.
At Hamilton. Ohio. recently Alfred
A. Knapp was convicted In the first
degree for the murder of his wife,
Hannah Goddard Knapp, by jury.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the
celebrated American artist, died re-
Gently at his residence, "a Cheyne
Walk, Chelsea, near London, at the
age Of SO years.
Eighty-eight persons. charged with
taking part in the recent riot and the
attack upon the soldiers at Evansville,
Ind. have been indicted by the grand
jury. More than half of those indicted
are negroes.
The five lodges at Peoria, Ill.,, of the
Knights Of st. John, at joint meeting
have accepted the offer of the inter-
national body to hold their next an
nual convention in this city on June
20, 1904.
The special report of the treasury
experts on their examination of the af.
fairs Of Auditor Petty of the District
OF Columbia fixes the shortage in that
office, for which James M. A. Watson,
a clerk. is now in Jail, at $73,397.
After standing as a hostelry about
140 years. the Lodi hotel, at Kearney,
N. j.. has been destroyed by fire. Gen.
erals Washington and Lafayette are
counted among the historical person.
ages who put up at the old tavern.
Heart failure, due to over motion, is
the cause assigned by the physician
for the death Of P. M. Arthur of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
who died suddenly at a banquet in
Winnipeg. He was one of the strong.
est and wisest of American labor lead.
ers.
In carrying out the program for the
reduction Of the force In the Philip
pines. the secretary Of war has directed
that three regiments of cavalry and
three Of infantry be returned to the
United States as soon as transporta.
tion is available. The regiments hav-
ing the longest service in the islands
will be selected.
At Wichita. Kan, DR.. w. l.. Doyle
shot and killed George P. Varnouf
recently. He then took strychnine and
was dead Is minutes later. The trag-
edy was the result of a feud of long
standing and 1t arose over Doyle graz
Ing his horse on parking under the
care Of Varnouf.
The Chicago packing firms, the "Blg
Six" made defendants in the beef trust
cases. have appealed the suit to the
supreme court Of the United States.
This Is the case in which the packers
were enjoined from the continuing OF
an agreement which the court held to
uC III iCoti uiut Vi tIduc.
The 200 outside laborers of the In.
ternational Paper company's mills at
Corinth. Saratoga county, N. Y. threat
ened to go on a strike. The COM
pany's plant, valued at 100000, also
had narrow escape from destruction
by fire. Five hundred cords Of pulp
wood were consumed before the fire
was subdued.
nese at Honolulu will hold a mass
meeting to make an emphatic protest
against their exclusion from the United
States. They will ask their govern
ment to enact tariff regulations against
American goods as a matter Of retail
iation II the immigration restrictions
are not removed.
The continuous rise Of the Oder river
Glogue, Germany. The entire portion
Of Glogue, in the neighborhood OF the
cathedral. is submerged and the princi.
pal bridge crossing the Oder is threat
ened. Large areas Of Seidmost, Schre-
Eau, Bobering and other small towns
are inundated, causing number Of "a
talities.
Colonel John A. Matile. command
ing the Twenty-fourth infantry at Fort
Harrison, who is to be promoted to a
brigadier generalcy and retired Au-
gust 8, has been in the United States
army AZ years. He entered in 1861
as a private at 18. He served through
the civil war. number Of Indian wars
and the Philippine troubles.
There was no room for doubt in the
last victory Of the Reliance in the sec
ond run Of the New York Yacht club
cruise Of 80 miles. She led from the
start and finished more than a mile
ahead Of the Constitution and over
two miles ahead Of the Columbia, beat
ing the former minutes and 20 Sec
onds in elapsed time and the latter 16
minutes and "a seconds. The Consti-
tuition beat the Columbia minutes and
IS seconds.