Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review Of Events in Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-Natlonal, Histort'
cal, Political and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

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noisy demonstrations in Chicago BY
the messenger boys.
w. X. Vanderbilts Quos Ego, witt
Johnson up, won the PriX JuXy Suls
(hurdles) recently at Paris.
Gen. Bell declares he will bankrupt
the state of Colorado if necessary &c
preserve peace at Cripple Greek.
At least four lives were lost in the
fire which destroyed the Hotel
Brunswick at Rochester, N. 4, re
Gently.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Santiago de Cuba recently, the
fourth within month. No damage
was done.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the southern confeder'
acy, is seriously i'll at Castle Inn in
Buffalo, N. Y.
William Gillespie Wylie of New Or.
leans. justice Of the supreme court OF
Louisiana, aged " years. died of pneu-
monia recently.
Curtis Jett, sentenced to be hanged
December IS for the assassination of
James Cockrill, has been taken to
Louisville for safe keeping.
A son was recently born to Gen
sral' and Mrs. Funston. The second
son is to be called Frederick, Jr. The
older son was named for General Mac
Arthur of Philippine fame.
Lieutenant oliver s. Eskridge Of
the Twenty-seventh infantry, at Ma
Mia, p l., has just been sentenced by
court-martial to three months con-
finement' in quarters and fine OF SIS
for being. off guard without leave.
Because he found his master intoxi-
Gated when he ran out as usual to re-
oeive his caress, a setter dog belong
ing to Willis Boomer, carpenter of
East Portland appeared deliberately
to commit suicide under the wheels of
car the other day.
Three protests have been flleu with
the board of control of the irrigation
congress, contesting the award of the
Havemeyer $500 cup for the best sugar
The principal protestor is A. B. Cor
man Of Colorado.
Admiral Lambton has sailed for
South America to assume command
Of the South Atlantic station. Under
instructions from the navy department
at Washington. he will prepare; the
squadron for the winter maneuvers in
the Caribbean sea.
Jack Johnson has accepted the Of
fer of the Century club of purse of
$4,000 for 20-round fight with Sam
McVey in. Los Angeles October 27
The battle will be for the colored
heavy weight championship of the
world.
Judge Peter S. CrosscGp of Chicago
says in a statement issued a short
time ago that he will not resign IRON
the United States circuit bench to ac-
sept the position of general counsel
for the Northern Securities, or rep
resent the company in the pending liti-
cation against it.
| AT Providence, R. l., Geo. c. Can
non broke the worlu s record for
steam automobiles at Narragansett
4 park. He cut the mile record OF
\ 1902 As to 1901 fat. Then he went
after the five mile record of sos, es
tablished by himself last year, and
made new mark Of 5:36 3-5.
AT recent session Of the Farmers
National congress, the resolution com
mittee adopted resolutions favorint
government ownership of railroads
and postal telegraph system. Unre
stricted agricultural reciprocity will
Canada was voted down by the com
mittee. A resolution favoring the ad
mission of Oklahoma as state wa!
Endorsed.
The big event recently at the En-
a.. ~ 30 4 Il,
champion gelding, Major Delmar, t.
beat his own record Of 2:001-4, ant
to beat the worlds record of 200
held by Lou Dillon. He trotted ,
most wonderful mile, and in gam
but tired finish shot under the wir,
in the record time.
A high speed trial over the Sossel
experimental electrical railroad a
Berlin resulted in attaining speet
Of over III miles per hour. Ever.
part of !. the 100-ton car was intac
and the roadbed was not affected. TIL
fact that the machinery and roadbet
were not impaired gives every nope o
attaining a speed at the rate Of IL
miles per hour.
A murder and robbery occurred re
Gently on the Middletown road, abou
Is miles from Washington. Pa, Sam
uel T. Ferguson Of the Ferguson Cor
struction company of Pittsburg wa
instantly killed and his secretary
Charles L. Martin of Cincinnati, wa
fatally injured while driving alon
the road in buggy, carrying $3.50
in cash with which to pay off some O
their men. when suddenly an explc
sion of dynamite in the roadway litel
ally tore the rig to pieces, killing Fen
yuson outright and throwing Marti
200 feet, tearing his left arm almos
, from the socket.