Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-15
THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF HEMISPHERE.
4 Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Nationai,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events TerseIy Told.

| Advices to St. Petersburg from Sam.
ara say that anarchy is reigning there.
Secretary Hay and the minister from
Uruguay have signed an extradition
treaty between the two countries.
The battle on the right flank and
around Mukden appears to be the
greatest of the war, except Port Ar
thur.
w. J. Clark of Independence. Kan,
was found dead in bed at his rooms in
San Francisco. Gas was issuing from
two burners.
George w. Wakefield, judge Of the
district court and ex-president Of the
Iowa State Bar association, is dead.
aged IS years.
Robbers entered the Bank of Rem
frow, Oklahoma, recently. at an early
hour, blew open the safe and escaped
with $27OO in cash.
All the diamond settlers and polish
ers in one of the trade centers in New
York are on strike for 10 per cent
increase and shorter hours.
A magnificent living specimen of the
California condor has been shipped to
the Central Park zoo in New York. 1t
measures II feet from tip to tip.
Mrs. Mamie Nye Jackson. widow Of
Frederick Wolcott Jackson, formerly
general superintendent of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in New Jersey, is dead.
Henry Norcross Mum. editor of The
Scientific American, is dead at his
home in New York. He was member
of the firm which published that paper.
Dowager Empress Margeria Feodo-
rava, the czar's mother, will soon leave
St. Petersburg for Denmark at the ur-
gent request of King Christian, her
father.
Vice President Fairbanks has ap-
pointed as his private secretary Fred
C. Fairbanks, his son. He was gradu-
ated from Princeton in the class of
1908.
Santo Domingo's debts total the sum
of $24,643,3S7, according to date COM
piled by Senator Morgan. The amount
is owed by the little republic In big
Jumps.
Thomas ]. Ryan has been informed
by the president that he is to be con-
tinued as assistant secretary of the in
terror. Mr.. Ryan has held the Office
nearly eight years.
The British steamer Saxon Prince,
bound for Vladivostock with a cargo
of steel rails. has been seized by the
to Sasebo for trial
Count Tolstoi is against the strikes
in Russia. He says the people take the
wrong course. Religious and moral
perfection of the individual is the prop
er course to pursue.
1t is now announced that 20 lives
have been lost as a result of the ex-
plosion which occurred recently in the
Cambrian colliery at Clydachvale, in
the Rhonda valley. Wales
o. e. Snyder. the Olin Uowa) bank.
er, who assigned last December. has
disappeared. A warrant for his arrest
has been issued. Snyder's liabilities
amount to $145.0O0. mostly bank de.
posits.
President William r. Harper of the
University Of Chicago has 80 far re.
covered from the effects Of his recent
surgical operation for cancer that he
feels equal to taking a journey to Eu.
rope.
| Ebenezer Buckingham Converse. a
we'll known lawyer, practicing In New
York, is dead at his home In Engle'
wood. N. ]. He was q son of the late
Charles c. Converse. Judge of the su.
preme court Of Ohio.
Water from Minnehaha Falls will be
used in christening the battleship Min.
nesota. announces Governor Johnson
Miss Rose Marie .Schaller. the univer.
sity student, is to christen the battle
ship.
Saturday Is payday at the CRANKY
and the Montreal & Boston mines. at
Phoenix, B. c., and the amount to be
distributed being about $4,000. or with
the amount also paid out at the com.
panies' respective smelters, about $75.
900.
An explosion in the Yough mine near
Irwin. Pa. caused by a miner igniting
a blast. started fierce fire in the shaft
and endangered the lives Of no men
who were at work. All escaped in.
jury. however. Efforts to smother the
flames have been unsuccessful.
The funeral services of William Bate
of Tennessee we're held in the senate
chamber Saturday. The president,
members of his cabinet. the chief JUS
tice and associate justices of the su-
preme court. the diplomatic corps,
members of the house Of representa-
tives. who are in the city. and repre-
sentatives of the army were present
and occupied seats in the chamber.
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