Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-28
WORLDS 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 TerseIy Told.

Julian Ralph, the author and war
correspondent, is dead.
Both houses of South Dakota in
oint session elected Hon. A. B. Kilt
| edge United States senator.
| The bark Abiei Abbott, salt laden,
| rom Turks Island for New York, went
aground near Ship Bottom recently.
Joe Goddard, the puginst, who was
shot at the republican primaries in
| Camden county, N. j., July last, is
lead.
Raising of the blockade is Venezu-
elias condition precedent to the for
nal institution Of negotiations with
the powers for settlement of their
| claims.
1t is stated on good authority that
The Kettle Valley line, now running
between Grand Forks, B. c., and Re-
! public, Wash, may be extended to the
coast.
The South African money king, AL.
fred Belt, is reputed to be the wealth
lest man in the world. He is recover
ing from long illness. The late Cecil
Rhodes was his close friend.
Frank Marsh was instantly killed
and AL Lake badly injured by cave
ia at the Oregon-Monarch mine, nea.
Sumpter. Ore. The two men were
working in a tunnel when the accident
occurred. Marsh's relatives reside at
athena, Ore.
In a fight between Is Japanese and
three cowboys near Havre, Mont. n.
Makusimi. Japanese, was killed, and
Tom Corrigan, a cowboy, mortaily
wounded. There has been i'll feeling
between the Japanese and the whites
for some time.
The sale of the Sunnyside group of
mines near Silverton, Col, to the Ven-
ture corporation of London for 3d.
100000 has been practically complet-
ed. The Sunnyside group includes 30
claims and two mills, with six miles
of tramway. 1t is a gold proposition.
The United States naval tug, Ley
den, from Porto Rico to Newport,
Wells commanding, with 33 men, went
ashore on a rock off Block Island re-
Gently. High water 80 feet. dense
fog. Probably all will be saved. The
tug is absolutely total loss.
Carl Mueller of Cook county, ILL.,.
mas introduced in the senate bill au-
tLorizing cities in the state to own
and operate street railways. The bill
also provides that no city shall oper-
ate street railways unless the measure
IS approved by three-ffths of those
voting on the proposition.
A head-on collision occurred be-
Gween two Santa re freight trains Ill
CaJon pass, above San Bernardino.
Cal, recently. Two men, Conductor
stewart and Fireman Charles w.
6eckett, were killed, while one other
man will probably die. The wreck is
thought to have been due to confusion
II train orders.
AT Great Falls, Mont, James j.
.uurlay committed suicide recently by
suOoting himself In the mouth. About
oignt years ago Murray, while acting
as footrace starter, accidently shoI
and killed killed Robert Robinson, a
spectator. He was tried for involun-
lary manslaughter and given one year
IN prison. The killing preyed upon his
mind and the prison sentence aggra-
waited his troubles.
Joseph Moser, Jr., and Albert Moser,
Two young men Of Whitney, Idaho,
were killed in a snowslide in Cub Riv-
er canyon, Utah, recently. The two
Mosers, with three other young men.
were engaged in getting out firewood
| when the slide occurred. The whole
party were caught in the slide, but
three of them managed to extricate
| themselves and later assisted in re-
covering the bodies of the two vic
tins.
Two shocks of earthquake were gen.
orally felt in Savannah recently.
A decided earthquake shock was felt
in Columbia, s. c. and suburbs recent
ly.
Ex-Governor Charles r. Ingersoll OF
Connecticut is critically i'll at his res
idence in New Haven. He is 81 years
Of age.
M. w. Savage, recent purchaser and
present owner of Dan Patch. the IA
nous PAGER, has insured the horse for
$4,000.
| James O'Meara, who many years
ago ranked among the foremost journ-
alists of the Pacific coast, is dead.
aged IS years.
Chicago.-Four Of the six brass
molders on trial for conspiracy to
injure nonunion men during the labor
troubles of 1902 have been found guilty
Between ssO,0O0,00O and $40.000,00O
will be paid out by the Chicago banks
this month in the way Of dividends and
interest on stocks and bonds and mort
cages.
At Denver, Col, recently three sa-
looms were held up, all within four
blocks of the state house. Nearly
$1,000 was secured from the saloon
proprietors and their customers. The
robbers were young men, but there is
no clew to their identity.
King Edward has invited Count
Wolff -Matternich. the German ambas-
sador to Great Britain, to dine at
Windsor castle Emperor Williams
birthday.
Twelve men and five women living
on the island Of Los Roques, have died
of hunger and thirst there as a result