Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-09-26
NEWS OF The WORLD.
SHORT TELEGRAPH items FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
4 Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphe eres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

DR.. L-apponi, physician to the pope,
Is i'll with cancer Of the stomach.
The German mission to the sultan
at Fee. headed by DR.. Rozen, the Ger
man minister. has left Tangier.
At Marysville, Ky. James Chester
Savage, aged 13 years. confessed that
he deliberately shot and killed his
cousin. William l.. Savage.
John Frederick Wiessner president
Of the J. +. Wiessner Banking COM
pany at Baltimore. died recently Of
Brights disease. aged AZ years.
albert T. Patrick, the lawyer con-
demned to die for the murder of viii
liam NJ. Rice. does not want pardon,
but vindication. according to report.
Simplified spelling in civil service
examinations will be accepted the
same as the old style, according to an
order just issued by the civil service
commissioners.
Three persons were injured and o
ive-story brick building destroyed by
fire in Chicago in the paint and oil
factory of the Wadsworth-H Hoyland
company at Chicago.
At Springfield. O., Albert Davis. COL
cred. was found guilty of murder in
the first degree. He murdered his
sweetheart, Hazel Reed, last June. In
IN unusually atrocious manner.
Captain Humphrey. depot quarter.
master at Honolulu. states that the big
army transport Sheridan, which re-
Gently went on the rocks at Barber's
point, near that city, would be saved.
The Goldfelds Daily Sun has been
sold to J. M. Burnell, of Denver. and
its name will be changed. The trans
fer is a victory for the Industrial
Workers of the World, as they dicta-
ted the terms.
NJ. Santos-Dumont does not think
much of the success of Professor Bell,
the young Canadian who is reported
to have maneuvered an aeroplane at
Brantford, Ontaria. by means of wire
less" electrical power.
A richly jeweled crown which cost
800, 900 and was known as the Crown
Of st. Michael, has disappeared from
the church at Mont st. Michael.
France, where 1t was placed in 1875
by the parishioners, who subscribed
to buy II.
The Texas state synod of the Cum.
berland Presbyterian church passed q
resolution repudlating the action Of the
general assembly church In session at
Decatur last May. at which they de-
clared union Of the Cumberland and
the Presbyterian church Of the United
States Of America.
With the departure Of the flagship
Chicago from BremertOn navy yard
near Seattle the entire Pacific squad
ron will be In movement for Califor-
nia waters, after having been there
the past six weeks. following the re-
.ief of command OF Admiral Goodrich
oy Admiral Swinburne.
Carl Daenzer. the Nestor of the Ger
man-American press. is at the age OF
So years. in Germany. where he had
spent the last few years since his re-
tirement from the editorship Of the
Anzieger des Westens. the Oldest daily
newspaper In the West. having been
started in 1884.
While in some departments the
Washington State fair, which closed
saturday, was far superior to any OF
the former ones In other departments.
it fell far behind other years. The
races were the best ever held here,
while the poultry exhibit is acknowl-
edged by all fanciers to be the largest
and best ever given In the northwest,
aot even excepting the Portland expo
sition. The stock and fruit exhibits
were both below former standards, the
stock being poor.
The competition of the two great
machinery producing countries OF the
world, the United States and Great
Britain, is marked by several interest.
ing features. Statistics show that
America leads in new and skillful me-
chanisms to save the cost Of labor.
while British leadership is In bulk OF
production and export. Both coun-
tries are rapidly increasing their for.
eign sales.
Announcement has been received OF
the engagement Of Miss Gertrude Hill
of st. Paul, daughter of ]. J. ALL, pres
ident of the Great Northern Railway.
to Michael Gavin. II. of Memphis. The
date for the wedding Is not yet fixed.
but it probably will be celebrated just
before the Christmas holidays at the
Catholic cathedral Of st. Paul. II is
said that Archbishop Ireland will Of
iciate. Gavin is the son of the late
NJ. Gavin, one Of the wealthiest gro
GERS Of Memphis. Tenn.