Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-08-29
news Of THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF TIE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisph eres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Captain Nathan Appleton, the well
knpwn author and traveller, died re-
gently in Boston.
There is to be an invasion Of this
dDuntry next fall by number OF
English prize fighters.
Spokane, July 4, 5, 6 and Z, 1907, Is
the place and date for the great ma
tional meeting Of the Baptist Young
Peoples union.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Basil Miles of Pennsylvania as first
secretary of the American embassy at
st. Petersburg.
l.. Anthony, postmaster at Ruthven,
La, hanged himaelf in the postoffice
this morning because of a shortage
of $135 in his accounts
The cruiser Marbhhead has been
detained at Mare Island navy yard,
where she will be repaired instead OF
at Puget sound, as at first Intended.
Guorday. who sought to force him.
self into prison. is so Ill at hotel IN
Chicago that it Is unlikely he will
ever see his private penftentiary COM
pleted.
Just at present the German emperor
is having all kinds Of trouble with
the newspapers and the newspapers
are having all sorts of trouble with
the German emperor.
The recent discus sions on both SIDES
of the Atlantic on the possibility that
Emperor William ntay visit the United
States have not bceh treated seriouHly
by the German press
The Gaekwar of Basoda, who has
been travelling through Scotland. says
that he spoke jokinGly when he fold
the New York reporter that American
women lacked real beauty. II have
xeally found American ladies' charming
women" said his hlGhness.
Tiflis. - The country mansion ol
Prince Palavandoff at OkOni was SCI
on fire by peasants last night. the
princess was unable to escape and
was burned to death.
1t is very surprising to learn tna,
despite the mortality in the Grand
Army of the Republic. the membership
of the organization Increased by more
than 5000 during the past SIX months
Mexico has decided to prohibit the
importation of arms and ainmun1Hon
into the state of S0noro for the pur'
pose of preventing the hostile Indans
in that state from procuping suppeies
Nearly an entire block front of heis''
ness buildings in West Fourth street
between Mercer and Greene stretk
New York. were partially burned re
Gently, causing damage to dozen
firms exceeding $250,000,
The depositors of the del'unct Enter
prise National bank OF Allegheny
which failed last Octpbdr, have re-
ceived their first dividend lin the shape
of receivers certificates for 20 pei
cent of their deposits.
Twelve armed meu held up the
Ivanoff passenger train about ter
miles from Moscow and robbed rAil
way cashier OF $2O0 and escapeei IL
the forest. Subsequently. two OF the
robbers we're arrested.
The jury in the case hi Doss Gaai
braith. the alleged lyDcfer, who Is a.
trial at Springfield. Mo, failed ia
agree and Gailbraith was discharged
The vote stood 10 for aoq<ftfnl and
two for conviction.
It is understood that NJ. Edmond
Rostand, NJ. Catulle Mendes ami oN1oI
leading French poets and dramattsds s.
are organizing a demonstration agaAns'
the refusal of the council OF the 10
gion of Honor to decorate Nine. Sarah
Be-nhardt.
Piggott, Ark.-Suddenly becon1ne
insane, Mrs Frank Polsgrove. wife ol
a well known farmer Of the st. Fran
els neighborlpod. killed her husband
and 4-year-dd child and fatally
wounded her other two children. boy
of and a girl Of Z.
1t is said that at least a nHlhon
"vacatimists" - Americans inclrded
have left London during the last ~
days. or the million 1t is safe to
wager that at least 100000 are in Sco t.
land. Perhaps never before in Its hie''
tory have there ever been as many
people on the soil of Scotland as there
are today.
Who would ever imagine that Nine.
Melba, one of the reigntng queens OF
song today, once went forth with a
pail Of paste in one hand. a huge
paste brush in the other. and a roll OF
bills under her arm? Such thing.
however, actually happened In the
early days of her career, when she was
hungering for opportunities to sing
in public
The new German submarine boat
ich was launched at Kie2 the other
is provided with the Dequeviilay
Jmersion system. This enables the
It to disappear under water and re-
)ear at the surface without dimin-
ing speed. and renders 1t matter
extreme difficulty for an enemy's
illery to bring their guns TO bear
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