Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-12
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

The Baptist church in Byron, Mimi.
was blown up by dynamite recently.
The handsome new capitol building
erected at cost of $1,O00,00O at Jack
son, Miss, was formally dedicated re-
Gently,
The business portion of the town of
New Lisbon, Wis, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire recently. Loss ap-
proXimately 100000.
Two Santa Fe trains collided head
on, one mile north of Stilwell, Kan,
recently and nine persons are dead and
rs said to be injured.
Dissatisfied with the wage scale, 300
men belonging to loading gang OF
Armour & COS plant at the stockyards
in Chicago have gone on strike.
McChesney, the vests greatest thor
oughbred, won the Harlem National
handicap at Chicago recently. At
every turn in the race he was winner.
Both the Illinois and Michigan Cen
trail railroads have granted their
freight handlers at Chicago the same
increase in wages as conceded by other
roads.
President Wilson says Grand Trunk
negotiations for the purchase of the
Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk
Pacific have temporarily stopped, but
he hopes they will be renewed later on.
The bronze statue of Carrot A. Ho-
bart, erected at Paterson, N. j., in his
honor, was unveiled recently. The ora
tor of the day was John W. Griggs, at
torney general in McKinley's cabinet.
The Middlesex lawn tennis tourna-
ment at London for the championship
is finished. In the final of the gentle
mems open doubles Hobart and Ma
honey beat Glenny and Morley, 81,
81, rs.
Joseph H. Choate, United States am
bassador to Great Britain; Robert s.
Mccormick. ambassador to Russia, and
Charles Tower, ambassador to Ger
many, have returned to the United
States for short visit.
A six day race for the cycle cham
pionship of America was concluded re-
Gently at Providence, R. l., with the
team of Frank Kramer and Charles
Hadfield in the lead. The distance coy
cred in the six days was SIP miles.
The federal grand jury returned a
true bill against A. w. Machen, former
superintendent of the free delivery
service of the postoffice department,
charging him with having accepted
brides in connection with department
contracts.
There was a sensation at Lincoln,
ILL.,, recently, over the discovery Of
satchel full Of dynamite hidden near
the Chicago & Alton tracks in Lincoln.
This was located within a few feet
from the point where President Roose-
welt left the train.
After one of the most eventful ses-
sions in the history of the province of
British Columbia the legislature has
been prorogued by Lieutenant Cover
ninth parliament, although the formal
proclamation of dissolution will not be
issued for time yet.
Mrs. Kate Taylor has been sentenced
by Judge Wesley D. Howard to die
in the electric chair, at Dannemora
prison, N. Y, during the week begin
ming July 5. Mrs. Taylor on the night
of Jan. 26 last, shot and killed her
husband and burned his body in the
kitchen stove during the three days
following.
1t is thought John Bell is the man
whom the fisherman saw shoot himself
on the Powell street wharf in San
Francisco recently and then disappear
beneath the waters of the bay. Bell is
secretary of the Pacific Coast Marine
Fishermen's union, whose headquar-
tiers is in San Francisco and with
branch agency in Seattle.
Coming close on the heels of long
report from kear Admiral Evans, COM
mander in chief of the Asiatic squad
ron, concerning the grave internal sit
.uation in China, the assembling of his
squadron in Chinese waters is regard
ed as significant. The battleships Ken
lucky and Oregon and the cruiser New
Orleans have arrived at Chefoo, the
monitor Monterey and the collier Pom.
peii at Shanghai.
A. e. Ames & CO., brokers who failed
In Toronto, Ont, recently. have handed
out a statement in which they state
that the firms liabilities at the end Of
last month We're $l0,140,000. with ;
hook surplus in the business of 81,
10000. To this surplus is to be add
ed the surplus of individual members
of the firm, outside of money EN-
ployed as capital in the business. Witt
the savings deposits of s24o,OOo added
the liabilities are reduced in round fig
ures to s7,50O,OO0. The firm hopes t
nay all creditors in full.