Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-11-09
EASTERN ITEMS.

healthy in the Republic.
There is a bitter crossing fight between
the Duluth, Crookston & Northern and
the Manitoba roads.
The whole business portion of Find
ley's Lake, Pa, was DESTROYED by fire
Sunday.
The baby giraffe born in the Cincin-
natl Geological gardens is dead. Its
mother refused to nourish it.
The latest advices from Blount county
Ala state that the outlaw, Rube Bur
rows, and his partners are still at large.
1t is confidently asserted that the res
ervations OF the Kiowas, Sacs and Kick
apoob will be open to settlers by next
March
There is no compromise possible be-
tween the Baseball league and Brother
hood. If the association remains neu-
tral it will not be molested.
William Henderson, an old and we'll
known theatrical manager, died last
week at StUckbridge, Mass, from pneu-
monia. He was 66 years of age.
The notes of the great-lumber firm of
Wainwright & Bryant, OF Philadelphia,
have gone to protest. Judgments have
been entered aggregating $250,000.
The report that E. J. Baldwin has pur-
chased a half interest in the Richmond
hotel at Chicago is discredited at Chica-
go by those Immediately interest d.
A fire at Selma, Alabama, Sunday, de-
stroved Leopold Bros. dry goods store,
Gill's hotel and several business houses
The loss is over 100000.
Thomas Duane, who is supposed to be
the driver of the hack that carried DR..
Cronin to Lis death, has been arrested
at st. Joseph, Mich.
the body of Annie Price, the Irish giant
ess, Barnum's fat woman, who died last
week, to the hearse,
1t is reported that John Jacob Astor is
engaged to be married to Mra. Bowler, of
widow OF nephew OF George
H. Pendleton.
Stoneboro, mining village Of 200 in
habitants, near Sharon, Pa, was almost
swept out Of existence by fire
Loss, $l50,C0).
Samuel w. Miller, cashier OF the Amer
lean bank at FindlAy, Ohio, was prob
ably fatally stabbed Sunday night by F.
w Stokes his fatherfn-law.
The roads competing 9TH the Union
Pacific and Northwestern will form an
alliance and inaugurate bitter fight
against the Vanderbilt Union Pacific
deal.
Father Matthew has come to America
to raise funds for the c.iq5etinn Of the
church begun ffte yeas 40 X. the Org
inal Father Matthew, OF temperance
fame.
The Mexican government processes to
be seriously offended at the tone Of the
speech of Mr. Miner, when presented
to the Costa Rican governor as minister
of the United States.
Albert Parsons, the 10-vear-old son of
TIE executed anarchist, Parsons, myster-
iO1sly disappeared from mis- home on
avenue, Chicago, and has not
olAINC DNNt1 DSVii.
A movement has been begun at Column
hus, Ohio, hy the labor organizations, TO
pledge every candidate for the State Leg
islature TO support the eight-hour and
weekly-payment bill.
Democratic heelers at Baltin ore are
making confessions of their sins for the
bel eft of their former political OpuO-
nents. The elections take place Tues
day, the 25th of November.
Millionaire w. w. Astor, late minister
to Italy, has written a novel entitled
"Sporza," based on the Milanese song
which he has translated The novel is a
semi historical Italian romance.
Some surprise was caused Sunday
evening in Trinity Epis"o church, the
most fashionable at Newark, n J by
the announcement that Rector j Saun-
ders Reed would resign and go to San
Francisco Chmch.
Two negroes engaged in fight at Mem
dhis With cotton hooks. They had
quarreled over the prior right to unload
at the railroad station. Both received
wounds that will probably cause their
death
Five of the Rarnards, moonshiners.
who killed Henry Sutton la't January in
Hancock county, Tenn, will be hanged
on the 23d of November, the supreme
court affirming the death sentence of the
court below.
Among the proposed "reform" meas
ures to be introduced in the French
Chambers, is one restricting the liberty
of the press and establishing a kind of
commission instead Of jurors to
try offenders Of the law.
Before leaving Omaha each Of the All
America party was presented with, as a
a steers horn brightly pol
ished, decorated with ribbons, and filled
with fancy little sacks containing samples
Of Nebraska grains.
The prospects OF Johnstown, Pa, being
again under water are good. Rain has
been falling almost continually for Il Q
past thirtv-six hours. A great many OF
The streets are already almost impassahle
to pedestrians.
Postmaster General Wanamaker in his
annual report. will recon-
mend that postoffices be established on
the principal steamers plying between
the ports OF the United States and Eu-
rope, similar to the postal service on
railway trains.
Thomas Shea. of Boston, started ont
to kill John l.. Sullivan Saturday, and
found him in Il barber shop with Thomas
j. Kelley, a prize fighter Shea COM
menced the quarrel, and Kelley, seeing
Shea move to take pistol, took razor
from a barber's hand and cut Shea's
throat. Shea ca not live.
Il is believed that Charles W. Hatch,