Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-10
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH I1EHs FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Charles Christador, the capitalist,
shot and probably fatally wounded
himself in his offices in a st. Paul
bank building. 1t is not yet determin.
ed whether the shooting was acciden-
tai or with suicidal intent.
At attorney announces that Ftzsim-
mons and his wife have effected a
complete reconciliation.
The smeltermen employed at the
British Columbia Copper company's g
smelter at Boundary Falls. B. c., have
won their strike for an eight hour day.
Both smelters resumed operations at
once.
On January 6, 1759 George Wash
ington and Martha cambridge Custis,
were married.
The Kansas supreme court decided
that the law providing for separate
high schools for the whites and ne
groes at Kansas City. Fan. is valid.
1t is officially announced that Mid
shipman Stephen Decatur, Jr.. of
Portsmouth, N. H.. has been found not
guilty on the charge of hazing and has
been released from arrest and restored
to duty.
Five men were instantly killed. four
others fatally hurt and seven seriously
injured by the explosion of a ton of
dynamite at the quarries Of the Dol.
ese & Shepard company at Gary, ILL.,,
recently. All of the men injured are
foreigners. -
A 100000 fire occurred recently in
the $350,000 plant of the Lacombe
Electric company at Denver. The in
surance is placed at IS per cent.
Train service on all lines running
out of Moscow, Russia, has been es-
tablished.
William C. Dins, president Of the
Citizens Investment company, was
found guilty of obtaining money under
false pretenses by jury in the cir
cult court at st. Louis. and sentenced
to Is years in the penitentiary.
The gigantic project Of connecting
by rail the island Of Vancouver with
the mainland of British Columbia has
been long mooted, but Is just now
taking some practical shape for the
early commencement of this great en-
terprise.
The National hotel at Washington,
one of the Oldest hostelries in the city,
was threatened with destruction by
fire recently. The monetary loss is
SIS. 900.
Leonard B. Imboden and James A.
Hill, convicted of conspiracy to wreck
the Denver Savings bank and direct
its funds to their use, we're sentenced
by Judge Palmer in the district court
to be confined in the state prison lor
nine and ten years at hard labor.
CASTOR Smith. a Frenchman under
conviction for bringing two young
French women into the country by
way Of Canada for immoral purposes,
was sentenced in the federal court at
Salt Lake by Judge Marshall to two
and one half years Imprisonment and
to pay a fine of 500.
In a fight between Norton and Arm
old families near Sand Springs. KY,
recently. James Arnold and his son
were killed and Mrs Arnold was shot
through both arms. The families were
related by marriage. The trouble
arose from a dispute over the CUSTODY
of a grandchild of Arnold.
The state department has received
a cablegram from Nicaragua announc-
ing that the Albert brothers. who have
been in prison. have been pardoned
by the government.
On account of the serious condition
OF affairs on the Siberian railroad.
many stations of which are In a con-
dition of anarchy. II districts through
which the line passes from the Ural
mountains to Lake Baikal, a distance
of 1900 miles, have been placed under
martial law.
The Montreal express on the Boston
& Maine railroad was wrecked near
Hoosick Falls. N. Y, and seven per-
sons injured.
Jacob C. Rustman, president Of the
Jefferson Ice company Of Chicago. was
found dead in his office with a bullet
wound in his head. Beside the body
was found a revolver. The police be-
lieve it to be a case of suicide.
Arthur W. Ryder Of Harvard univer.
sity, an authority on Sanskrit Ian
guage and literature. will act as in
structor at the University of Califor-
mia.
From advance sheets Of the ofiicial
Catholic directory, 1t is found that the
total Catholic population of the Unit.
ed States is 12,651.944. an increase Of
189,151 over last year.
Although Japan is advancing by
leaps and bounds toward state OF
civilization comparable with that OF
the western nations, she has not reach
ed in the matter OF newspaper pro.
duction the standard Of excellence that
prevails In America.