Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-26
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
ooLIeo FROM DISPATCHES Or
THE ASSOCIATED pRess.
Review Of Happenings In s,,..
Easter" and Western Heml.ph.-..
During the Past wssk-N.tion.,
Historical, Political and p....,
Events TerseIy Told.

The Peoples National bank Of sw.,
ton. VT, has failed.
William O'Brien has been roo,o.
member of parliament from Cork ~.
unopposed. ''''
e. H. Hartman has ordered 60 ooo
tons OF steel rails at $2s a ton for ths
Hartman roads.
FIRE mas destroyed two blocks in tho
center of Martinez, Cal The loss T.
estimated at $150,OOO.
Mrs. Lydia A. Monroe, Of Riverside
CAL, has been chosen supreme chic,
of the Rathbone Sisters.
August Anderson, a farmer nj st.,,,
county, Indiana, is dead in a Chicago
hospital from the bite of a mosouIto
II. Chandler Egan of Exmoor at
Highland park has won the western
golf championship for the second time
Clarence H. MacKay, who Withdrew
his horse race entries on the death
of his father. will not again take nm
the sport.
During riot in the stockyards Sat.
urday night one man was shot and in.
stantly killed and three others were
injured by stray bullets.
A floating dock which was on its
way from st. Petersburg to Linau for
the use Of the Baltic fleet, is total
loss. having broken in two.
+. The harvest in the government Of
Samara, Russia, is the best in many
years. The grain crop. mostly wheat,
is about 885,615,O 10000 bushels.
Five persons were killed at Minden.
a station on branch of the Missouri
Pacific railroad, this afternoon by the
explosion of car of dynamite
At the recent national convention
of the Sons of Veterans William E.
Dustin Of Dwight, ILL.,, was elected
commander in chief by reclamation.
M. C. Bennett of Des Moines was
drowned in the Mississippi river after
having leaped into the stream in an
attempt to escape from the work
house.
Allen Gotten, strike breaker, was
found unconscious in the Chicago
stockyards Saturday with his eyes
lacerated until the sight had been de-
stroyed.
]. Frank Kirby, formerly Of Blue
Springs, Mo-, blew out his brains AZ
Roswell, N M. He was considered
one of the wealthiest shee2men In
that vicinity.
Immense bodies OF chinese troops
are now drilling IN the centrai po'.,on
OF the Kingdom under .ne alle.''u :.
OF Japanese omcers wen ferSeu -
the art OF modern warfare
Magnlnceht farisiah gowns, ....ss
at $5OO,ooO, are In a ruiheo conu'. -.
in the palace OF manufactures 40 ~
result OF the heavy transform Wn-
swept over the worlds fair
The Denver city council has passed
an ordinance making the use Of trad
ing stamps punishable by fines o.
500 to $500 for each offense, or jail
sentence of from 80 to 80 days.
AT Chicaeo Frank Mitchell has shot
h,a housekeener BESSIE Smith, BE-
cause he was Jealous of her, then
turned tho revo,ver upon Himself and
fred a bullet into his left temple.
CORPORATION Counsel Tolman Of chi
m On has given tn Mavor Harrison IN
onin,on declaring that the packers at
the stock Yards have no legal right %
house mon in their hacking houses.
r.. =. .om. orest,on whether
mere 10 SUM v Su v,Ij 10 to
e,, 80 ,.nd ~ the de-
onI.aeo ~ 'ane ,a,.a. Ho NAV pre-
pa .,nent y, 'no Wass.,vor barrscks.
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