Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-06
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Polltlcai and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

The total Appropriation made by this
congress was siSl ,54,629.
An imperial decree has been signed
ordering the formation of third ST
berian corps.
The regular quarterly dividend of
"a per cent on Great Northern is
announced.
The statement of the treasury shows
available cash balance, $2l9,09l,652;
gold, $l07 424,2S3.
The army transport Thomas has sail
ed from San Francisco for Manila with
81 900, 900 in silver money for use in
tie Philippines.
A courlmartial has sentenced Col.
Audreiauaf to the loss of his rank
and civil rights and to be imprisoned
for two and a half years for recruiting
| frauds.
Horace b. Shattuck of Lowell, doing
business as II. b. Shattuck & Son,
dealers in hardware, has failed. The
lie 5lities are stated at $240,000 and
assets $27O0O0.
Samuel Parks, the former walking
delegate of the structural ironworkers'
union in New York, is dying at the
hospital at Sing Sing, He is suffering
from consumption.
King Oscar of Sweden has signed
a decree declaring strict neutrality
between Japan and Russia during the
war. The decree is similar in terms
4, ~ that icsupl hu tho nnuiSh pnVpru-
ment.
AS the mother was in the act OF
LAYING her baby in bed, Fleming Froh-
man of Dallas Mills, Ala, shot his
wife, cut her throat, killing her, and
then inflicted fatal wounds upon him
self.
bill" Devere, plainsman, cowboy
and gambler, who scored a big hit as
the Arizona editor in Hoyt's "a Black
Sheep" died in New York recently.
Devere was known all over the west,
and had many friends in Spokane.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston. viceroy
of India, sailed for home on board
the steamer Arabia. He was given a
. great sendoff. The city was gaiy dec
Grated and large crowds gathered to
. bid him farewell.
5 The Spanish steamer zalkira Bat
, was sunk off Sicily island in col
lision with the British steamer Cres-
t syl bound from Cardiff for Buenos
/. Ayres. Thirteen members of the crew
of the Zalkira Bat were drowned.
| II hou hot
the meetings of the grand circuit at
Empire and Brighton tracks contem-
plate offering $4,000 for stake race
for 2:15 trotters. If carried out, the
purses will be the largest ever con-
tested for by trotters.
Adm ral Sir Cyprlan Bridge of the
British navy. who. before his retire,
ment, March a., was commander in
chief On the China station, has sailed
for England from New York. In dis
cussing developments in the far east
he expressed the opinion that very
large battleships have proved unde-
sirable.
The fast morning train on the st.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail
road known as No IS, running as
worlds fair special, was wrecked one
mile and half from Kimmswlck, Mo.
4 The engine struck an open switch, an;
with the exception of thelas sleeper.
all the coaches were derailed. Many
persons ere knled and injured.
The government Of Panama has in
dictated it's desire to have 81 ,0000 900 Of
the amount to be paid that country on
account of the canal purchase trans
mitted to j. P. Morgan & Co., their
financial agents at New York, the re-
naming 100000 to await the arrival
of the Panama minister in June next.
The treasury department will comply
with this request.
The secretary OF the treasury has
issued a call directing national bank
Repositories to transfer to the assis-
tant treasurer at Mex York on or be-
fore May 10, 1904, an aggregate sum
of $12O00,000. The call on each bank
is for 10 per cent Of the deposit Of
such bank as it stood before the re-
cent 20 per cent call, thus making
total withdrawal of 80 per cent of
public deposits.
Although William c. Whitney's will
provided that his magnificent house
shall be maintained as a home" for
his daughter, Dorothy, and his step
children for two years after his death.
it is reported to have been sold to
James Henry Smith, heir of the S5o,-
100000 estate OF George Smith of Chi
cago and London. None of those di-
rectly interested have confirmed the
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