Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-12
LATE telegraph BREvET|ES
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.

Vancouver won the lacrosse match
against Victoria by IL goals to 1.
The American squadron has sailed
for Vile Franche, southern France.
The Colima (Mexico) volcano re.
mains in a violent state Of activity.
No casualties are reported.
King Peter of Servia Is being open
Iy terrorized by his encourage, accord
ing to the Belgrade advices.
Andrew Carnegie has offered the city
Of Dublin the sum Of $4,000 toward
the erection Of free public library.
Saturdays statement of the treasury
balance sheet shows: Available cash
balance, $231,247,9S6; gold, $102.25O.-
9S3.
Postmaster Wise Of Fairdealing, Mo-,
is in Jail on the charge of being short
in his accounts to the extent Of over
81, 900.
Policeman Charles Vodeman Of
Brooklyn has been shot and probably
fatally wounded by Vincent Thomas,
safe expert, in a quarrel at Coney
Island.
The textile strike which was inaug-
urated in Philadelphia has been prac-
tically declared OF, when 10000 Of
the 10000 strikers decided to return
to work Monday.
Mrs. Van Cercke Of Shawnee. Kan,
reported to the depot authorities In
st. Paul that she had lost a hustle,
containing $3.50, while enroute to st.
Paul on a Rock Island train.
Rear Admiral George w. Melville.
who was retired for age last January.
has relinquished his duties as chief Of
the bureau of steam engineering and
was succeeded by Rear Admiral
Charles w. Rae.
Charles A. Gould, son Of the million
aire car coupling manufacturer. and
his wife. were violently thrown from
their automobile in front Of their coun-
try home at Bayside. l.. I. They were
finally restored to consciousness, and
their condition is said to be improved.
The volcano Kilauea near Honolulu
is virtually lifeless for the first time
in many years. There was an enor-
nous lava slide from the rim of the
pit and since then neither stream nor
smoke has come up from the crater.
Kilauea Is the largest active volcano
in the world.
The general lockout of the New
York jewelry workers decided on by
the manufacturers has gone into ef-
feet. Fourteen hundred men are af.
fected. The cause Of the lockout Is
the demand of the union that one Of
the firms discharge an employe be-
cause he was not member Of the
union.
Frank Reese. II years old. who has
been enc of the attractions at a fire.
works display at Chicago recently, fell
so feet in the sight Of 1000 people. as
a result of an accident to the slack
wire on which he was performing. The
force of his fall was broken by a small
scaffolding that held fireworks under
the wire and the boy is said to be not
seriously hurt.
One thousand Bulgarian insurgents.
half of whom are armed with Mann
licher rifles, and the remainder with
hatchets. are threatening the town Of
vodena, 46 miles north Of Salonica. It
is rumored that 10000 insurgents. di.
vided into four corps. are operating
against the troops in the village of
Monastir and that 10000 more are op
Grating at Castoria.
Kate Walsh, rs years old, has tried
to end her life by jumping from the
sixth floor of an apartment house In
New York City. There is q cistern
at the bottom Of the air shaft. and the
woman jumped through the boards
which covered 1t and into the water.
The police carried her to the hospital.
and there 1t was found that the in
juries were not serious, despite the
great distance she had dropped.
Advices from Baku. south Russia.
show that $4,000 men were involved
In the strike which commenced there
July Is for an eight hour day and in
crease in wages. For week the strik-
ers were masters of the situation, both
in the town and In the naphtha fields.
Only 600 troops were available. For
10 days Baku was without trains and
for several nights the town was with.
out lights, while no newspapers ap-
peared.
August Gonzalves. the Portuguese
boy, whose mother In California has
made an extraordinary effort to locate
him, was picked up in Council Bluffs.
Iowa.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Eugene B. Cooney, the 13
year old son Of e. H. Cooney, city edi-
tor of the Great Falls Leader, has been
cleared away by the discovery Of the
young mans body floating in Lake &c.
wall, 20 miles from Butte. The body
had been in the water for six days.
1t is reported from Sedalia, Mo-. that
thirty persons were injured and none
killed by the derailment of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas fast passen.
ger train, known as the Katy flyer No.
6. near Schell City.
The London Daily News prints q
dispatch from Warsaw. which says
that an American association, said to
comprise $1,000 farmers. has addressed
itself to the Russian ministers Of
finance and agriculture. requesting
their assistance in raising the current
prices Of agricultural produce. particu-