Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Industrial Items, Record OF Casual
ties and the Happenings OF
the Week.

The United Mine Workers headquar-
tiers report from $4,000 to 10000 miners
out on a strike.
The Idaho board has pardoned Richard
Peeke, who was serving a life sentence
for the murder of Prosper Langrois, in
Boise county, in 1885. He pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree.
The Cripple Creek district during the
first six months of the present year pro-
duced $6,O75,OO0 gold, and it is predicted
that the output for the year will have a
coinage value of $l4,000000.
The senate committee on commerce,
after an exhaustive inquiry into the
charges against John Goodnow, nomi-
mated consul general to Shanghai, and B.
H. Warner. nominated consul to Leipsic,
has agreed to report both with favorable
recommendations. The committee also
decided upon favorable report in the
case of f. H. Heustis, nominated for col
lector of Puget sound. Washington.
The first netting of the conterees of the
senate and house on the tariff bill began
Thursday. The democratic members of
the conference remained less than 10 min
utes. They withdrew upon an intimation
from the republicans that they desired IN
opportunity to reconcile their differences
before consulting the democrats. With
the departure of the democrats the repub-
licans entered upon a general exchange OF
views.
President Mckinley has decided to
spend his summer vacation at Lake Cham
plain, unless congress adiourns i'll time
for western trip in July.
w. W. Tullis, member of the Texas
state sanitary board, has announced that
he has found herd of cattle in Randle
county infected with Texas fever, and six
counties through which the band passed
have been quarantined.
Judge j. J. Dehaven of San Francisco
has decided that a superior court has no
right to interfere in a Chinese deporta-
ton case in which a United States com
missioner has decided that the accused
should be returned to his native country.
United States Consul General Lee has
rendered an account to the government
gress for the relief of distressed Ameri-
cans in Cuba. His report shows that
only $4,000 was spent, although aid was
given to every American who sought it.
A motion for a new trial has been made
at Helena. Mont, in the case of John
Bloor of Kalispell, secretary of the SEN
ate, sentenced by the district court of
Lewis and Clarke county to one year IN
the penitentiary for secreting the salary
bill The motion is made on the ground
that the jurors trying the case were per
mitted to read the daily papers during
the progress of the trial.
The Northern Pacific has begun suit
against several hundred families occu-
pving land in Columbia, Cowlitz and
Clarke counties claimed by the railroad
company.
While six negroes were eXcavatng tol
a street railway at Lexington, Ky, one OF
them struck 64-pound dynamite cart
ridge, resulting in the instant death OF
five and the fatal wounding of one.
Acting upon instructions from their re-
spective governments the ambassadors ol
the powers at Constantinople have pre-
scented collective note to the Turkish
government demanding a cessation OF the
obstruction of peace negotiations.
The tariff conferrees at Washington
have adopted the habit of going into Sc
cret session to prevent unfavorable crit
cism. The members of the body say then
meetings are secret to prevent deluge
of teegraphic and letter suggestions from
constituents.
The following postmasters have been
appointed in Washington; j. f. Forde
Oroyile Okanogan county, vice j. "
Mcbride. resigned; George Noah, Para
disc, Spokane county, vice X. II. heeny
resigned; C. A. Gwinn, Garfield, Whit
man county, vice H. b. Erwin, removed
F. f. Knapp, Troy, vice w. B. Cooper, re-
signed; w. S. Wickersham, Wickersham
vice j. s. Pebley, resigned.
Judge Ong of Cleveland has declared
the Sunday law preventing baseball
games. to be unconstitutional.
Phillip T. Ashley, executed at Tucson
Ariz.. for numbering John Sanders, q
United States soldier danced jig on the
gallows and said Let her go, Gallagher
when the lever was pulled.
The navy department has ordered the
battle ship Oregon, which participated in
the Seattle Fourth of July celebration
to San Francisco instead of to Hawaii as
previously announced.
BY the arrival of four large pumps fol
unwatering mines in the down town dis
trict at Leadville, 500 miners will be Civ
en- employment. The Bimetallic smeltel
at the same place has been set to work AT
ter nine months idleness and so men were
put to work.
BY the bursting of a reservoir at Ward
jefferson county, Col, two lives were lost