Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. samuel. Mother of Jesse James.
viii Exhibit Her Log House.

viii Exhibit Her Log House.
Tucson, A. T., will enforce the Sunday
law.
st. Paul and Minneapolis each claim
population Of 100000
A $4,000 monument to Victor Hugo
is to be erected in jackson park, Chi
cago.
The proposed electric road between
Jersey City and Newark is likely to be
built.
The Monterey, Mexico, and Gulf rail
way will be inaugurated at Santa Cruz
on September Is.
Connecticut last year took ont more
patents in proportion to population than
any other State in the Union.
Mr.. Armour of heef-packing fame has
been in Europe endeavoring to secure
the raising OF the embargo on pork by
| Germany.
President Harrison and party will ar
rive at Mount Mactiregor, n. y, on
August Is for a weeks stay as guests of
w. J. Arkell.
General Dix is to have a monument
| for saving: eff any man attempts to
haul down the American flag, shoot him
on the spot"
The Worlds Fair Directors have leased
right of way that will enable every
railroad in Chicag0 to enter the EXPOSE
ton grounds.
No less than 2c,G00 gallons of apple
and peach brandy will be made this year
on the Delaware peninsula because of
the heavy fruit crop.
Mrs. Samuel, mother of Jesse James,
has received an offer from Chicago to
| exhibit their one storv-and-a- hall log
! house at the Worlds Fair, and she has
accepted the offer.
The Alliance men in Minnesota find
their contemplated act OF withholding
/ grain from market is unconstitutional,
and as they would be liable to criminal
prosecution, they will abandon the
| scheme.
London investors in the Imuri mines
| in Socorro county, n. NJ, cl i'm that they
| have been deceived; that the mine was
salted and that the ore in sight, repre-
sented to be worth 1900, 600, is not
worth $50, 900.
The Northern Pacific passenger train
ran over and killed two drunken Crow
Indians who were lying on the track
near Billings, Mont and their chief
promptly made demand upon the rail
road company for indemnity.
The nl.stment of Indians as soldiers
! is said to progress to the satisfaction of
! the War Department. Six companies
have been organized, and four more are
wanted. But all the young bucks want
! tie cavalry, and it takes much persua-
sion to get them into infantry commands.
! The Central Labor Federations OF New
! York, Brooklyn and Hudson county. n.
J at a joint meeting instructed dele
gates to the Brussels Convention Me
| Nran, Lucien and Saniel) to say to the
| Brussels Convention that the principles
of the United Federation of Labor and
Socialists Labor party were identical
There has been d large increase in the
volume of immigration into the United
States d ring the last fiscal wear. The
total number arriving was 555, 456, as
against 45I, 2i9, an increase during the
year of l04,277. This increase is largely
from the following countries: italy, 20
354; Austria Hungary, IA SOL Germany
q IL; Russia, including Poland, D.
245.
During the nine months since the new
tariff went into effect Of the total value
OF mercha disc imported into this coun-
try 1896 per cent. came in free, while
during the corresponding period
OF 1899 ) 80 per cent. was admitted
free. 1t appears that the value of mer-
chandise imported free during the last
nine months of the past fiscal year was
greater by $30,0l0, coo than the value of
such merchandise admitted during the
whole of 1897, and nearly $4,000 900
greater than during the fiscal year ended
June 80 1889.
The Russian Jews detained at Boston
! by the requirements of the new immi-
grafton law say that the final act OF per
s~cutiOn which drove them from Russia
was the burning Of their village, contain
ing eighteen houses, near Neila.
| crowd of men came from Neila in the
night time and set the place atire. Four
teen Jews were burned to death and
others badly injured. To the surprise of
the Russians, who were accustomed to
see the Jews submit passively to out
| RACES. the inhabitants armed themselves
with stones and sticks and pursued the
! Russians. In the fight which occurred
a youth, whose mother had been burned
to death, killed three Russians with
| crOWbar. Officials from Veila came to
| the scene, and arrested this Young man
and several other Jews, who will proba-
| bly, be sent to Siberia.