Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-02
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cUlLED FROM DISPATCHES o.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Happenings In Beth
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Natienal
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

Miss Marlowe has quit the stage for
the season.
Typhoid RACES at Butler, Pa. There
has been 10 deaths and 1900 cases
since September Is.
The appraisal Of the estate Of Col
lis p. huntington. who died ON August
lS, 1900, shows that he left a net real
and personal estate In this state val.
ued at $2S.SO1,765.
A violent storm swept the French
coast recently. The cities OF La Ro-
chelle and Bordeaux suffered heavily.
1t is feared that casualties have oc-
Cured among the fishing fleets.
Indictments were voted by the Chi
cago grand jury against Harvey Van
Dein, Peter Niedemeier and Emil Roe
ski. the three young bandits who were
arrested. An indictment was also vot.
ed against Gustav Marx. who murder.
ed Officer Quinn and was with the 9TH
ers in the majority of their crimes In
dictments were voted charging Van
Dein with completely in five murders.
against Niedemeier for four murders
and against Marx for four murders.
Roeski will stand trial for one muir.
der.
Jules Levy. the world famous cor.
netist, is dead.
The appeal of the United States
Shipbuilding company against the do
cioiou ~ Tuduo Kirbn a trtol, sDnolut1uw
James Smith. Jr.. receiver for the
corporation. was decided against the
company.
George Reynolds. the II year old
son Of Captain Peter Reynolds Of the
st. Louis police department, was shot
and killed at Chicago recently. BY .
bullet fred by John Wheels. q photog-
rapher. who had shot at three burg.
lars whom he had caught rihing his
show case and set to flight. One Of
the bullets struck Reynolds in the
mouth.
Fire In the heart of the business and
manufacturing district of New Orleans
completely destroyed the plant OF the
National Biscuit company and dam
aged considerably q number of sur.
rounding warehouses and other prop
erty. The plant covered about .
square. The loss to the biscuit CON-
pany and surrounding property is ~
timated at about $225,000.
Philadelphia.-In one of the most
tiresome and uninteresting football
games ever witnessed on Franklin 6eld
the West Point eleven Saturday do
feated Annapolis by q score of 10 to
s. Two miserable fumbles In rapid
succession gave the navy their only
score. As football game 1t was q
dismal failure. but as a society func-
tion 1t was a glorious success.
The efforts Of Alfred Dreyfus to -
cure a judicial examination Of his case
have been at last crowned with sue
cess. After examining the dossier In
the case submitted to him by General
Andre, the minister Of war. Minister
Of Justice Valle. has transmitted that
document. together with the petition
Of M. Dreyfus, for q revision of his
sentence, to M. Durand, the president
of q commission Instituted by the min.
istry of justice. This commission will
pronounce upon the admissibility Of
the request for q revision Of sentence.
Sensational developments are
promised in the anti tigambling crusade
at Portland.
Squire Osborne and his son David
of Pikeview. Hart county. Kentucky.
were killed outright. and William
Gardner and John Bennett were Per.
haps fatally wounded by an assassin
who fred upon them from outside Q
window of the Osborne residence while
they were sitting around an open nre.
Jealousy over girl is the alleged
cause of the killing, and Custer Gard.
ner. a nephew of Squire Osborne. ID
In jail charged with the killing.
A majority opinion handed down BY
the Washington state supreme court
takes the very unusual course Of going
back Of an enrolled bill to interpret
the meaning Of law passed by the
last legislature. The opinion is In the
Bellingham election case, where IN At
tempt was made 10 enjoin the election
Of officers for the consolidated cities of
Whatcom and Fairhaven to be held
December 20. The court allows the
election to proceed.
The present population Of the six
largest cities in the state is given -
follows: Seattle. 121.s13; Tacoma,
52.7 .7s9: Spokane. 47.902; Bellingham,
21,199: Everett. 20.133; walla walla,
12.709. The percentages Of increasx in
these six cities for the past three yesrs
has been: Seattle. 81; Tacoma, 10;
Spokane. 80; Bellingham, 91; Everett.
IA. and Walla Walla, 26. In the past
three years 14s.323 people have set
tied west Of the mountains and e3,1el
east.
Grover Cleveland says he is not Q
candidate. He absolutely declines to
even consider Q nomination for the
presidency.
In the presence Of q crowd of about
1900 persons. composed of whites and
negroes. Phil Davis. Walter Carter
and Clint Thomas. all negroes. were
lynched recently within q short dis
tance Of Belcher. which Is 20 miles
from Shreveport, La. The men were
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