Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-24
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SUMMARY OF NEWS FRou I'LL
OVER THE WORLD
Industrial Items, Record 81 Casual
ties and the Happenings "f
the Week.

took 522 900 ounces of silver to Europe.
Great excitement is raging on the Blr-
mingham stock exchange owing to the
belief that there has been a corner i'll
cycle tubing, resulting i'll several specu-
lators being pinched and a heavy advance
in prices.
The large sawmill of j. l. Jones at Cot
tage Grove, Or, has been sold to the
Sugar Pine Door & Lumber Company OF
Grants Pass. The plant consists of
large mill, six miles of fume, factory, dry
house, spur track and 1900 acres of fir
and cedar.
During the present month the governor
of PENNSYLVANIA has been confronted by
600 different messages to approve or veto.
all of which have to be considered before
August l., making a greater task than
any which ever confronted president Oi
the United States, the time limit being
the same.
The secretary of war has transmitted
to congress the report of the preliminary
examinations made by Major I. W. Sy-
mons of the corps of engineers on the teas-
ability of ship canal from the great
lakes across New York to the Hudson
river. The estimated cost via Niagara
river, Lake Ontario, Oswego, Oneida lake
and the Mohawk and Hudson rivers IS
placed at $6OO,OOOO0O. But the major Is
also of the belief that the Erie canal when
enlarged under existing plans OF the
state of New York, would result in com
mercial advantages equal to those OF a
ship canal, provided the restrictions were
removed
1t it rumored among the senators that
the president will nominate Terence '.
Powderley, formerly grand master work
man of the Knights of Labor, to be com
missioner of immigration to succeed MIR,
Trump.
Mrs. John Bradbury of California,
whose notorious elopement with IL, Rus
sell Warde occasioned SO much newspaper
talk a few days ago, has been forgiven
and Joined her husband in Chicago, where
the duo are stopping at the Wellington
neither caring to be interviewed
Charles w. Spaulding, accused of EN-
bezzlinp the endowment funds OF the
University of Illinois, has been acquitted
a second time by Chicago court within
two months, the instructions to the jury
being that unless they were sure that
Spaulding intended to embezzle they must
acquit.
Backed by John d. Rockefeller the
Standard Oil millionaire, Commander
Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army, III
company with the industrial and land
commissioners of the Santa re route, IS
looking over lands in Colorado with the
view of establishing an industrial colony,
which will be peopled by the reformed OF
eastern cities.
Tewfik Pasha, Turkish foreign minis
ter. has informed the ambassadors OF the
mowers that the sultan has agreed to their
demands and was prepared to accept the
views of the peace commission. 1t Is re-
liably stated that the powers have hXeo
the indemnity to be paid Turkey by
Greece at 100000, allowing the for
mer a more liberal frontier line.
The governor of Tennessee has an
nounced that the successor to the late
Senator Harris will either be l. NJ lnsiey
of west Tennessee or James G. Richard
son or Benton Mcmillan of Middleton.
Efforts are being made by the commit
fee in charge of the Logan day ceremo-
MES and the ex-confederates association
of Chicago to secure the presence OF MISS
Winnie Davis, "the daughter OF the con
federacv." at the dedication exercises Ill
Chicago on the 22d.
Three boys, John Bridges, Charles
Sweeney and X. L. Montgomery, OF Fort
Worth. were killed while sleeping on the
track at Austin, Tex, by an lnIernatlon-
al 4 Great Northern freight train,
fourth boy, Henry Estis, also with the
marty. was dangerously injured and an
hour later the same train ran over ana
killed a negro, L. F. Cox of Waco.
The exploring expedition of Jesse
Grant and associates, which landed on
the Tiburon islands in the Gulf OF Cal
;fonia. was driven off by the Seri Indians,
who are said to be canabals, the expedl'
t;on making but little resistance to the
will of the Indians, but going to Quay
mas. where more men will be secured and
a stronger party organized.
In runaway accident near Ouray,
Col. Miss Myrtle Shaw of Pittsfeld, ILL.,,
was fatally injured and several Others, all
members of a Y. NJ. c. A. excursion from
Denver, were painfully injured, among
them being Major f. w. Halford, private
secretary to President Harrison dur
ing his term of Office, o. A. Reinhardt and
DIR. Elliot of Denver.
By the explosion of two dynamite
bombs at Guadalajara, Spain, in castle,
several perosns were killed and Others in
jured.
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