Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-23
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY.
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
\ Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

Events TerseIy Tolo.
At Princeton, N. j., Grover Cleveland
quietly observed his 9th birthday re-
Gently.
speculative world for several years,
nas beel announced ON the cotton ex-
change at New York.
The transportation companies In
maryland must PROVIDE sepai ate apart
uients for Negroes in the future.
The conaiIIOn of Mrs. Nelson A.
Miles, who is dangerously i'll At Wash
ington, u. c., is reported be,.er.
Charley Neary Of Milwaukee recent
~ got the decision over Dave Sulli-
van of New York in a six round bout
Tommy Mowatt of Chicago has been
matched with Young Corbett for a
six round bout in Chicago on April l.
Baron Wilhelm Won Hammerstein is
dead at the age Of 66 years, says a
Berlin dispatch to the New York
Staats Zeitung.
The handsome country home Of Ru-
iolph Spreckles, located three miles
vest of Sonoma, CAL, was destroyed
oy fire recently.
Owing to an epidemic of scarlet fe-
YER now prevailing at Delavan, Wis,
the local health authorities have clos
ed the CITY schools.
Commander William e. Sewall, late
governor of the Island OF Guam. is
lead at Mare island. CAL, as result
Of intestinal disorders.
Harry r. Thurber. a we'll known at
lorney of Detroit, is dead. He was
private secretary to President Cleve-
.and during ms second term.
James Walters. the San Francisco
oell boy who stole the diamonds OF
Baron Won Horst, has been sentenced
TO serve five years in San Quentin.
Lieut.. G. S. Richards. Twenty-third
infantry, and Lieut.. B. Nelson. Twelfth
cavalry, are charged with having du-
plicated their pay accounts in the Phil
ippines.
A member of the cotton exchange
estimated Mr.. Sully's total holdings
at 100000 bales. on which his loss in
10 days probably was in excess of
So, 900, 900.
six tiremen have been severely in
iured in fire. of supposed incendiary
origin, which burned the old Holden
school building at Loomis an4 Thirty
irst streets, Chicago:
Ten thousand lithographers through.
out the country are out of work, as a
result Of the failure to agree on the
acceptance of a plan of arbitration
to these operatives for one year.
The suspension of Daniel J. Sully
& Co., the senior of which is Daniel
7. Sully, the operator whose dealings
in and manipulation Of the cotton mar.
ket have been the sensation Of the
According to news received from the
east. it is rumored that Colombia has
given up the idea of invading Pana-
ma. Public opinion in many parts OF
the republic favor the recognition of
Panama.
Allen P. Lovejoy, whose wealth is
estimated at several million dollars,
was found dead in bed. Mr.. Lovejoy
who was 79 years old, had large lum.
DER interests In Oregon, California and
:. .sconsin.
Rear Admiral Coghlan. commanding
the Caribbean squadron. shortly will
be relieved from service on the 18TH
mus Of Panama by Rear Admiral Sigs-
bee. commanding the South Atlantic
squadron.
General Leonard Wood has been con.
hv IA q a
the vote being As to JIG. The rank
dates from August 8, 1903. the day
President Roosevelt made the promo
ton.
Robert Hooker, the man who initial
ed the prince Of Wales, now King Ed
ward, into the third degree of Mason
ry and fought and won the earl of
Derby's first political battle. died re-
Gently at San Bernardino. Cal.
A receiver has been appointed in
supplementary bankruptcy proceedings
brought against Maurice Runkle, who
for many years was a government con-
tractor and was involved in the post
Office investigation.
The jury in the case Of State Sen.
ator Jesse L. Jewell Of Missouri on
charge Of soliciting a bribe Of $4,000
to influence his vote and that of two
other members of the legislature to
repeal baking powder bill, has dis
agreed.
After experimenting many years ].
T. Spencer claims to have perfected
at Grand Junction, COL, a method Of
growing seedless apples. which Is des-
tined to revolutionize the apple indus
try. just as seedless oranges rsvolu-
tionized orange growing.
John M. Peters. son Of 4 Brooklyn
manufacturer. who was found near his
fathers factory last November with
two bullet wounds In his head. has
been discharged from the hospital in
better health than ever before. but
with one Of the bullets still In his
brain.