Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-03
AT HOME AND ABROAD
SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
Industrial Items, Record OF C"suai-
ties and the Happenings OF
the Week.

ficer of the confederate veterans.
Four hundred delegates were present at
the populist state convention at Des
Moines, Iowa, C. V. Holley was named
temporary chairman. His address was
for the free coinage of silver at 10 to l.
The Hawaiian annexation treaty form
ed the principal topic of consideration by
the senate committee on foreign relations
Wednesday. The treaty and accompany
ing papers were read and referred to a
subcommittee consisting of Senators For
aker, Davis and Morgan with instructions
to investigate the question and report to
the full committee.
The Lucky Star group of gold mines,
Is miles north of Fort Steele, has chang
ed hands. Donald Mckay and John NJ.
Burke secured bond on the properties Il
short time ago and they have just sold a
quarter interest to Francis McLelland,
representing a syndicate of st. Paul cap
italsts, for 100000 equal to the bond
on the entire group.
Spokane horsemen have decided to hold
a race meet there July 3 and f.
The large department store of Longini
& Thomas of Mankato, Mimi, is closed.
The liabilities are estimated at $4,000;
assets 100000.
Cordeley & Co., stock brokers of Bos-
ton, Mass, have assigned to Charles *.
Cobb OF Nicholas & Cobb. 1t Is believed
the liabilities will be $l50000 1t is un-
derstood that the firm was caught short
in Boston & Montana Mining Company's
shares.
The federal council has authorized the
Swiss minister at Paris to sign the sup
Elementary convention, concluded with
the states in the Latin monetary union,
increasing the proportion of silver coins to
be struck off by each contracting party.
Congressman Edward Dean Cooke of
the Sixth Illinois district was found dead
in his room in Washington, presumably
of heart disease. Mr.. Cooke retired about
IL o'clock at night, apparently in perfect
health. Cooke was native of Iowa and
was 4S years old.
The princess of Wales jubilee dinner to
the poor was success. About 10000
denizens of the slums were sumptuously
entertained at various centers. The prin-
cess, accompanied by the prince of Wales,
Princess Victoria of Wales and Prince
Charles of Denmark, visited the principal
halls.
Fire in seven-stOry manufacturing
building at Laight and Greenwich streets,
New York, drove 300 people, who were
employed there, out. All got out safely
except one man, who jumped from Win
dow and was badly injured. The princi-
pal tenant was w. f. Dietz, a lamp manu-
facturer. The loss will amount to $780,
600
The demand, except in few lines, is
nection with the Anglo-Egyptian eXpedi-
less pronounced than it was two months
ago, SAYS Bradstreets. There is no ma
terial increase in the volume distributed,
compared with year ago, and prices for
staples are lower. But there has been an
Improvement compared with the situation
prior to the presidential election of 1896,
and as contrasted with last January.
Many of the larger merchants and manu-
facturers characterize the business record
for the first half of 1897 as disappoint-
ment in contrast with anticipations IN
December. 1896. On the other hand, con-
dence is widespread i'll revival of de-
mand this fall.
The Swiss government has authorized
their minister in Paris to sign the supple
mentarv convention concluded with the
states of the Latin monetary union to in
crease the number of silver CONS to be
struck by each contracting party.
Cordley & Co. of Boston, caught short
of Boston & Montana Mining Company 5
shares, have assigned to Charles X. COBB
of Nicholas & Cobb. 1t is believed the
liabilities will be about $l50,000.
Four Mormons, Elders Rydalch, Pom
eroy, Parish and Jones, were run out of
Meridian, Miss, the other day. They be-
gan by making a house-tO-hOuse canvass
for converts, which so incensed the peo-
pie that the first attempt to hold a meet
ing was summarily stopped, and things
were made so unpleasant that the evang-
eists left on the next days train.
During the past season the United
States fish commission has distributed
over hundred million cod fry, Matched
at Gloucester and Woods Holl, along the
New England coast; 100000 shad, col
lected in the Potomac, Susquehanna and
Delaware rivers, were distributed along
the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to
Florida about a hundred million lob
sters, taken in Maine and Connecticut,
were liberated by vessels engaged in the
work; about one hundred and twenty
million whitefish fry and one hundred and
fifty million lake trout fry have been
planted from the hatcheries on the great
lakes. Other hatcheries in the west have
distributed third more.
William j. Bryan spoke to $4,000 peo-
pie on the Chautauqua grounds near Car