Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-04-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
An Epitome of the Happenings
of Two Hemisphere.
What is Transpiring in the Unlteo
States Congress-0ther very
Interesting News.

New Brunswick is making lively oppo'
s;.;on in the Dominion Parliament to the
proposed tariff increase.
The United States Commissioners OF
Public Buildings in San Francisco have
advertised for the sale OF site Tor the
postotfice.
The shin McCa'lum, from Rio de ia
metro, IS in quarantine at baltimore ON
inc To three deaths, supposed TO be from
yellow fever, on board.
Upon an appeal bv Armour & 60: OF
Chicago Judge Hughes at Richmond mas
rendered decision de, laring the wanna
meat insnection law contrary 10 the Fed
eral constitution.
The annual meeting Cf the Alton road
resulted in the election of the Old dlrect-
ors and officers except A. Z. Bariett,
chosen to fill one year OF the rnexplred
term of John Crerdr.
Captain Healy, commander OF the
= Bear, has been acquitted on the charSes
of cruelty TO his men end OF drum kennf S.
The committees report is highly com
mandatory to the Captain.
All the Sherifs in Northern Wyoming
are en- the trail of a desperate gang o!
wholesale horse thieves. The thieves
have by this time reached Montana with
200 head Of Wyoming horses.
Concerning the Chinese Enumeration
hill now before the House the New York
Sun editorially says: ut is one OF the
most shameless and oppressive measures
,,,,ar ;ptroduced in COnVresS -
A contract has been signed Whereby
the Burlington and Missouri River road
will build a new line from the crossing
of the Cheyenne river, Wyoming, to
Deadwood, South Dakota. The extern
sion is 100 miles long.
The Iowa Senate has parsed a House
Joint resolution asking Con !ress to rass
laws for the protection OF miners in the
Territories; also asking that the present
bill for refunding the Union Pacific in
debtedness be not passed.
General Schofield refuses to giv4 in
formation ss to the verdict in the Steele
court martial. Probably Lieutenant
Steele WIS found guilty of a technical as
sault and will be sentenced TO short
suspension from rank and duty and repri-
manded.
The alliance between the Union Pa
cific and G. & n has aroused bitter
feeling among Western railroad mana
gers. The Missouri Pacific refuses 10 Join
any association that recognizes the alli-
anre, and cut rates are likely to continue
for some time.
The annual meeting Of the stockhOld-
ers of the Panama railroad at New York
resulted in the reelection of the Old
Board OF Directors. Gross earnings for
the year were 81, l57, S25, against 1916 o.
81 in 1898; surplus earnings 1894 ,l49, a
decrease Of $685. 1914. The large decrease
in gross earnings is ewing to suspension
Of work on the canal in the early part OF
the wear. which caused the cessation of
nearly all local business.
The steamship Nymphea has arrived
at New Orleans from Hamburg, Germ any,
loaded with elaborate machinery for the
beet sugar factory now under construc-
ton at Grand Island, Neb. She also
brought upwards OF fifty tons Of beet seed.
Several tons Of these seeds will 90 for
ward to the Agricultural Department at
Washington as the department has had
applications for seed up to the present
time from over 1900 farmers and appli-
cations are constantly coming in, which
shows the interest taken regarding this
new and very important industry to the
farmers in America.
The Pan American Conference is draw
ing to close. The Committee on Gen
elal Welfare has agreed upon plan of
arbitration fo- the settlement of difficult
ties between American nations. The
plan is that whenever any difference
arises between two or more American
republics it shall be referred to the gov
eminent Of some OF the other republics
for settlement without an appeal TO
arms. In case the parties at issue
cannot agree upon single arbitrator
each is al owed to name oie, and those
named are to se'ect an umpire. This, in
the minds OF the President and Mr..
b aine, is the most important subj ct to
he considered by the conference, AS it is
likely to put stop to the wars that have
so frequently prevailed between the
South American nations, re'arding the
grow tn snd pr prosperity OF all.