Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK
An EpitOme of the Happenings Of
Two Hemisphere.
What is Transporting at the Capital of
the United States-0ther Very
Interesting News.


cred in Piatt county, Ill.
An association of hop dealers has just
been incorporated at New York city.
1t is proposed to erect a large plant at
the Sudbury nickel mines in Canada.
The Wisconsin State Grange demands
that the legal rate of interest be reduced
to per cent.
More than 100000 tons of iron ore
were shipped from the Lake Superior
mines last year.
Kansas City grain dealers are endeav-
oring to bring about change in the
method of fixing grain rates.
Cummings of New York has intro
duced in the House resolution of SYM
pathy for the Jews in Russia.
Kansas farmers are organizing with a
view to holding corn from the market
and forcing the price to 81 bushel.
Colonel Joseph II. Smith of Los An
geles is said to have a good chance to be
made Surgeon-General of the army.
The Michigan Grange has adopted
resolutions opposing the Alliance scheme
for government loans to the people on
real estate.
c. p Huntington has been appointed
special receiver of the Central Land
Company of West Virginia, with bonds
of 100000.
Six thousand families in Northwestern
Kansas need assistance, owing to crop
failures. Railroads will carry provisions
free of charge.
The Acknowledgement of Texas has
decided that the courthouse of Bowie
county must be built at the geographical
center, which is in the woods.
President Diaz has issued call for a
convention of the Governors of the Mex
lean States to consider the advisability
of the abolition of the interstate tariffs
1t is again reported that Brigham
Young Jr. has bought a valuable grant
OF 100000 acres, situated in Mexico,
where Mormon colony will be estab-
lished.
President Diaz and Secretary Romero
state that Mexico has no desire to legis-
late against the United States and no
wish to retaliate because of the Me
&inley bill.
The report of the United States Con-
sui at Kingston, Jamaica, represents that
island as a splendid field for the manu-
facturers and merchants of the United
States TO cultivate
The amount tace value) of altered
and counterfeit notes, coins and imita-
ton money captured and secured bv
secret-service agents during the last wear
amounted to $54S, 755.
In the case of the American tug AIoguI
the Dominion Customs Department has
decided that the vessel was clearly within
Canadian waters when seized and there
fore liable to penalty Of 500.
So many patients in the hospitals in
New York have been inoculated with
Koch's lymph that their number has
ceased to be interesting. Physicians are
waiting to see results of the experiments.
The mail route between Greenville,
Ga, and Lutherville has been discontin-
ued because complaint came from citi-
ZenS of the latter place that the mail
carrier brought in too much cOntraband
whisky.
The naval appropriation bill has been
completed. 1t provides for one triple
screw protected cruiser, similar to cruiser
No. y, the cost of which is limited to
$2,750,000. The bill carries a total ap-
preparation of about $50, 100000.
The President has signed the bill pro-
viding for the maintenance of discipline
among the customs officers; also the
joint resolution providing for the print
ing of decisions of the Land Department
of the Interior regarding public lands
and pensions.
Press reports state that the Florida
Ocean and Gulf Canal Company will be-
gin soon the work of cutting the pro-
posed ship canal from st. Augustine to
Cedar Keys, Fla. The canal will be III
miles long, Is feet deep and from 2G0 to
$50 feet surface width.
Thomas Duffy, the newspaper carrier
at New Orleans who shot at one of the
Italian prisoners charged with the muir
der of Chief of Police Hennessy, has
been convicted of wounding less than
MAYHEM" the maximum penalty for
which offense is two years imprison-
ment.
The recommendations of the Pan
American Congress for a meeting of an
international monetary commission hay
ing been adopted by all the American
Republics, President Harrison has is
sued a call for the first meeting at Wash
ington on the first Wednesday in Jan
uary next.
The Sisters of the Holy Sacrament is
the name decided upon for the new re-
ligious order that Miss Kate Drexel or
Sister Catherine, as she is now called, is
to establish and which will have for its
special object the ameliOration and i'm
provement of the condition of Indians
and colored people. The site is fixed at
Arundel, near Washington.
The Interstate Immigration Conven-
ton in session at Asheville, n. c., pro-
poses to engage speakers to address
meetings in the North, East and West
and contend against the prejudice to-
ward the South. 1t is also proposed to
use the stereopticon, showing views OF
interest in the South, etc. Representa-
tives will start out within ninety days.
This will be done to induce immigration.
In the case of the Southern Pacific
Company against Byron Allison for pos
session of lands in the San Francisco
district claimed by the railroad under
IFS patent. Secretary Noble has decided
lhat the evidence showed that the land
had been taken up under the pre-emp-
ton act bv George Collins long before
the railroad received its patent or ALI
son took up a homestead. Collins VIII
get the land.