Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE NEW
AND OLD WORLD.
Comprehensive Review Oh 'he I'm
pOrtnnt Happenings OF the
Current Week.

trict by at least 5000 majority.
John Fratt of Racine, Wis, has been
elected head banker of the Modern
Woodmen, and Rock Island was chosen
as the permanent headquarters of the
order.
A Washington special says the sui
tan of Turkey has withdrawn his OBJ
lection to the appointment of j. B. An
CELL as minister to Turkey, and Mr..
Angel will leave for ConStantlnople on
Saturday.
Judge Taft of the United States
court has appointed Samuel N. FELTON,
as receiver of the Columbus, Sandusky
& Hooking Valley railroad. The road
has suffered on account of dizziness in
the coal trade. 1t is claimed there is
a large amount due the employees and
for supplies, taxes and other charges.
1t is stated at Omaha that the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific have
reached an understanding ana that
closer traffic relations between these
roads will begin Immediately. All the
western business of the Union Pacific
will hereafter be routed over the
Southern Pacific from Ogden, in re-
taliation for the opening of the Ogden
gateway by the Oregon Short line,
A large crowd attended the Jubilee
derby at EPSON, England, Wednesday.
The stakes were 5000 soverelgns, 800 TO
second, POP to third, over course
about a mile and a half. The betting
before the start was to l on Galtee-
more The derby was won by j. Cub
bins brown colt Galteemore, by Ken
dial out of Morganette.
Edgar Harris, a Baltimore letter car
rier,3 years old, shot and killed his
12-year-old son George and his young
daughter Ada, wounded his daughter
Ella, aged IA, and then turned the PTS
tol upon himself. He is lying at the
point of death in a hospital. Harris
is thought to be mentally unbalanced
on account of the recent death of his
wife.
d. Wilson was hanged Thursday at
MorristOwn, n. j., for numbering his
wife in June last year.
In the French chamber of deputies
Baron des Rotorous has submitted
motion to raise the duty on American
products if the United States fixes
prohibitive duty on French products.
Richard Crocker's bay horse Amer
icus won the Riddlesdown plate Of 200
sovereigns at the third days racing at
Epson.
The state guards were called out at
Urbana. Ohio, and are still on duty at
the jail yard The people are getting
worked up to high pitch, and trouble
may be expected at any moment over
the assault of Click Mitchell upon Mrs.
Gaumer. Her condition tod3y is crit
zeal.
While the directors of the First Ma
tiOnal bank of Dover, Del, were exam
ming the accounts of william N:
Boggs, the paying teller, they received
a letter from him saying he was $3S,
900 short and had left town. He gave
the details of his irregularities, which
had extended over 10 years.
now inheritance tax law Oh
Pennsylvania is declared unconstitu'
tional.
Lawrence Townsend Of Pennsylvania
has been nominated minister to Portu-
gal.
Ellis II. Bobberts of New York has
been nominated United States treas
urer.
Quite a severe shock of earthquake
was felt at Helena, Mont, Saturday
morning.
The death is announced at Colorado
Springs of Benjamin E. CroWell, one
Of the foremost pioneers of Colorado
Conrad N Jordan has been nominal
ed assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York.
Mount Vesuvius is again in eruption.
An area of 1000 yards long by 500 yards
wide is covered with lava.
A. V. Monarch & Co, distilling COM
pany of Owensburg, KY, has assigned.
Liabilities, 800, 900; assets, $4,000
Fright due to hearing a man snore,
caused the death of 3-year-old
child in New York city. The snorer
has been sent to Jail for 10 days.
Richard M Scruggs, a prominent
merchant of st. Louis, has been held for
the grand jury, charged with SNUG
Cling jewelry into the county from Lon
don.
Fire at Portland, Or destroyed the
Rambler cyclery. The Cactus saloon
adjoining and Miss Williams boarding
house were damaged by water. The
loss is $35, 900.
Governor Tanner of Illinois has sign
ed the gas bills. AS a result the com
panies forming the Chicago Gas Trust
will be able to consolidate, saving, it
is said, $25O,OOO annually
c.. j. McNamar is reported to have
purchased the N. N. stock brand Of the
Home Land Cattle Company, contain
ing from %, 900 to 900 head of cattle,
the largest transaction that has ever
been made in Montana.
Thirteen bands of sheep, a total of
81, 900 head, are now on the move from
the Inland Empire to points in Ne
braska and Kansas. The greater part
were bought in eastern Oregon and the
rest in Washington.
An earthquake startled many Of the
citizens of Lansing, Iowa, early Sun
day morning.
Mayor Olmsted of Spokane mas writ
ten a letter to President Hill Of the
Great Northern, urging more eQuita-
BILE freight rates for Spokane.
The bonded debt of Boston has stead
lily increased, now amounting "a $49,-
1893, 1926. The annual interest is $2,0S2,-
000
A fire in the Standard Biscuit Com
pany's factory a [ San Francisco caused
a loss OF 100000 in property and the
lives of three firemen.
Thomas w. Booth, ex-president Of the