Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-11
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of HappenIn0s In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NatIona
Historical Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

Secretary of War Root has arrived
home.
Yale defeated Syracuse at football
Saturday, 80 to 0.
Harvard defeated University of
Pennsylvania In their annual football
game.
Princeton defeated Lafayette. II
to O.
Cornell and Lehigh played q tie
game Of football Saturday. neither
side scoring.
The Grange block, a four story
brick building in Olathe, Kan, was to-
tally destroyed by fire recently.
The negotiations between Russia
and Japan have so far advanced that
settlement may be expected soon.
Mrs. Edgar e. Clark, wife Of the
grand chief Of the Order Of Railway
Conductors of America. died recently.
The third mysterious death to occur
IN the ranks of the demimonde Of
Paris in the last few days has been
reported.
John X. Farwell one of the best.
known wholesale drygoods merchants
In New York, is dead, at the age Of
IS, from heart failure.
John Turner, the English anarchist,
must submit to deportation. accord
ing to a decision by Judge Lacombe
in the United States court.
By a vote of 264 to 1853 the en-
ployes of the Chicago City Railway
company have indorsed strike If nee
essary to enforce the demands Of the
union.
Jack Munroe, the Butte miner
stopped Peter Maher Saturday In the
fourth round of what was scheduled
to be a six round bout at Philadel-
phia.
Frank Keefe, the Rawlins merchant
who shot and killed Policeman John
Baxter and Lieutenant Thomas King
several years ago, has been found
guilty of manslaughter.
The navy department has issued or
ders to the gunboat Newport at Sa-
vannah to coal and proceed to San
Domingo. The action follows advices
OF the serious condition Of affairs
there.
Miss Maud Miller, one of the most
accomplished young ladies in the nor
NAL college at Marion. Ind, Is under
arrest on the charge of raising one
dollar bills to tens. The work was
done with pen AMI ink.
In the wrestling match at Jackson.
vile, Fla, between Tom Jenkins of
Cleveland and Tom Sharkey for the
championship of the world. Jenkins
retained that title, throwing his an.
tagonist the first two falls.
The money in circulation in this
country is nearly three times that at
the time Of the resumption of specie
payments in 1879, an increase in the
past year Of Sill, 100000, chiefly gold
certificates and national bank notes.
A bulletin issued by the census bu-
reau on the cotton ginned from the
growth Of the present year up to Oc-
tober IS, places the amount at $685..
627 commercial bales, against $685.
1872 bales ginned up to the same date
last year.
One of the nerviest holdups in the
history Of the West occurred recently
at Ogden, Utah, when q single masked
rubber entered the Elite club rooms,
lined up three men against the wall
and relieved them Of about $4,000 in
cash and certificates Of deposit.
A receiver has been appointed for
D. Landreth & Sons, seed merchants,
Of Philadelphia. The liabilities are
about $150,000 and the assets much
less. The house is one of the old
est in the country, having been found
ed in 1874 by David Landreth, who
came from England.
In the probate court at New Haven
today William J. Bryan was admitted
to act as executor Of the will of Philo
s. Bennett, an objection to him made
by Mrs. Benefits counsel being over
ruled. The amount of the bond was
fixed at $350.000. Counsel on both
sides indicated that an appeal will be
taken.
The secretary of the navy has sign
ed the order for the dismissal of Mid
shipmen Joseph Drummond Little,
John Henry Lofland and Earl Wor-
den Chaffee from the service. All Of
the men were members of the first
class at the naval academy. They
were convicted by courtmartial of
hazing. Little was appointed from
Ohio, Lofland from Iowa and Chaffee
from Wisconsin, all in 1900.
When Congressman Robinson of
Fort Wayne left for Washington there
was no commotion except among the
mail clerks. They could not under
stand why the eastbound mails we're
suddenly SO heavy from Fort Wayne
until they discovered that several
packages bore the congressional frank
of the congressman and we're des-
tined for Washington. The total
weight of the packages. which includ-
ed the congressman's personal effects.
was 1900 pounds.
At Franklin. Pa, Clarence Doolittle
has beon arrested. charged with the
murder of Willis M. Kingsley, . local
athlete and football player. DoQlittle
and Kingsley engaged in q fight and
Kingsley was declared the winner
after three rounds had been fought.
Before he left the ring, however. II
was discovered that he had ruptured