Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-04
news OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
4 Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
During the Past Week-Natlonal
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Kiyo Sue Inui, q native Of Kobe,
Japan. has won the first prize in the
annual oratorical contest at the
University Of Michigan.
A Naples, Italy report says: An
automobile containing Mrs. Jannette
Gilman and daughter and French
chauffeur ran over and killed Giovan-
nj Fara, 13 years old. The ladies' faint
ed from fright and the chauffeur ran
away. He was followed by carbineers
and arrested
buildings and grounds has agreed to
report a public building bill carrying
appropriations of $20.000.000.
AS a result Of the coal strike every
paper mill in Wisconsin may be forced
to shut down considerable portion
of the summer on account Of lack Of
fuel. Water power is inadequate to
operate them.
The Transcontinental Passenger as.
sociation has sanctioned a one fare
rate to the coast for the round trip
from all points west Of Chicago, COM
mencing June and ending Sept. /.
Senator Tillman announces that he
will make his campaign In South
Carolina on the issue that the state
liquor laws must be amended.
The presidents determination to
take no hand in coal matters until
every possible means of settlement
Is exhausted meets the appreciation
Of even the administrations sharpest
critics.
A canvass Of members Of the house
committee on public lands shows that
there is no possible chance of the pas.
sage Of the Lacey bill abolishing the
Office of land office receivers. as sec
retary Hitchcock has SO strenuously
urged.
Henry Hughes, convicted in the so
called bridge trust case at Sandusky,
Ohio. has been sentenced to pay a fine
Of $1,000 and costs Of $500. Hughes
will appeal.
The National Congress of Mothers.
will meet at Los Angeles, CAL, early
in May.
Orders have been issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company re.
ducing the hours Of its 5000 shopmen
from 56 to 25 hours a week because
Of the impending coal strike.
The correspondent at st. Petersburg
Of the London Observer says that q
plot has been discovered to blow up
the national parliament with bombs.
The employees Of the Havana Elec-
trio railway are on strike for higher
wages Eight hundred are out.
Two dynamite explosions in dif-
ferent parts of New York city. Satur.
day. killed one man and injured nine,
three seriously.
Sigurd Ibsen and M. Horst have been
appointed members Of The Hague
court Of arbitration.
c. M. Hatche's store at Bridgeport.
Conn.,, in which is located the post
Office, was robbed of $4,000 recently.
Santa Fe passenger train No. 10.
the Ell Paso-C Chicago flyer. east bound.
went into the ditch 81 miles south of
Las Vegas. N. M. recently. Twelve
Mexicans en- route to Colorado were
seriously injured, at least one Of whom
will die
Prince Won Buelow. of Berlin. has
been made a member of the Prussian
house Of lords.
Secretary Boneparte was the chief
speaker Saturday at the graduating
exercises Of the naval medical school
at the national capital and presented
diplomas to the 81 young doctors who
finished their course.
United States Senator Alger IL
seriously Ill at hotel at Atlantic City,
N. j., but his physicians say that the
senator's condition is not dangerous.
All the union painters Of Denver are
out on strike for higher wages.
The Oakland street car situation is
unchanged.
Agrarian disorders continue to be
reported at various places in Russia.
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding Of
the diocese Of Peoria, ILL.,, has returned
to his home greatly improved in health
after an absence Of three months In
the south.
The Theodore Roosevelt, believed to
be the fastest passenger steamer on
lake Erie, has been launched.
St. Paul. MINI. put on its holiday at.
tire Saturday in honor of its 50th
anniversary as . municipality. and
celebrated with parades Of bands.
military and civic organizations.
The Jap famine Is not 30 bad as at
first reported, still there has been
much suffering.
The date or holding the national en-.
campment Of the war vetrans in
Washington, D. c.. is Octobed and
will last through the week. The presi-
dent will address the veterans and re-
view the parade.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Frederick w. Whittenredge Of New
York as special ambassador to repre-.
sent the United States at the wedding
Of the king of Spain
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Smith was in.
stantly killed and constable Robert
McCabe was seriously shot about six