Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-11
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CHANCES ALL OVER THE WORLD
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Record of MIsfortuneH' Mishaps and
Crimes, as Well ns of Indus
trial Progress.

field. r. l., Wednesday, aged 81.
Fire in the paper mill OF Manning &
Paine at Troy, n. Y, damaged the ma
chinery and building to the extent of
| 100000.
Simon Lowenthal of Syracuse, n. y,
a we'll known liquor agent, aged IS, and
rcputed to be one of the wealthiest men
in that place, was struck and instantly
killed at Utica by a New York Central
freight train.
As predicted at the start by the party
leaders, the democrats, populists and sill
yer republicans of Nebraska have joined
hands in fusion and the ticket placed in
the field is: Supreme judge, John J. Sui
! Ivan. democrat, Columbus; state uni
versity regents, Evan Forell of kearney,
populist, and George F. REMOVER Of
Wisner, silver republican
General Fitzhugh Lee. United States
consul general at Havana, accompanied
/ by his son and private secretary, is en-
route home on leave of absence.
Robbers held up Gulf road train
near Twin Mountain, Col. and secured
about $4,000 from express packages and
registered letters.
State Attorney Deneen at Chicago be-
lieyes he will convict Luetgert, the
| butcher accused of numbering his wife
and cremating the remains, with a part
of a skull and the index finger of a hand
which he says were found in the vat.
Two cars loaded with perishable freight
left the track near Nelson, B. c., last
week and went rolling down the mount
ain side No enc was injured, the rest
of the train remaining on the track.
The Oregon congressman have agreed
to recommend the following government
appointments in that state: United
States district attorney, John Ii. Hall of
Portland; United States marshal, ZOeth
Houser of Umatilla county; appraiser of
customs at Portland, Col. o. Summers OF
Portland; register of the United States
land office at Oregon City, I. L. Geer OF
Marion county.
Kansas City's third annual horse show
was probably the SWEETEST affair # the
/
ages and visitors fA6m 10 different
states took part in the parade at Fair
mount park. Kentucky was particularly
we'll represented, both by women and
horses, and the three leading prizes went
to that state.
Three thousand men are blasting out
trail at Skaguay in order to reach
Klondike this winter.
| Mrs. Dan Pullon and three children of
| Quilliute, Wash, are in Port Townsend
enroute to Klondike. Mrs. PullOn and
the three children were deserted by Pull
Ion several months ago, since which time
she has worked in the fields, accumulat-
| ing sufficient collateral to send six horses
and convey herself and children north.
She is absolutely fearless as to the trips
outcome.
The chief of police at Barcelona, Spain
and his assistant, who were investigating
recent dynamite outrages, were shot, sup
posedly by an anarchist
f. A. Carrie, managing editor of the
Oregonian since 1889, has severed his
connection with that paper and has gone
to New York. where he will direct the
destinies OF the Commercial-Advertiser,
an afternoon paper of the latter city. His
successor on the Oregonian will be +.
Bross, who for years has been an editor
ial writer on the paper, graduating from
the position of a reporter.
A snow storm has swept over Scot
land, the Grampian hills being complete
| ly covered.
The Spanish minister for foreign af-
fairs, the duke of Tetuan, has called upon
the new United States minister, General
! Stewart L. Woodford.
John Taylor, cook at the Selkirk mine,
has been arrested by detective at San
don, b. c., for the murder of a sheriff
in Arkansas four years ago while re-
sisting arrest for cattle stealing
The United Labor League of eastern
Pennsylvania, at a largely attended and
exciting meeting, gave expression to an
open revolt against Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor.
The report from Camp Skaguay is that
miners are breaking down under the ter
rible strain caused by the hardships they
are compelled to endure. Failures are
numerous, thieving and crime has in
creased to such an extent that on Fri
day, August 27, the executive committee
met and promulgated an order to the
effect that the first man caught stealing
would be hanged without even the for
mality of trial or leave to say his pray
ers
Clair, the l4-year-old daughter of Will
lam Falconer of Wadner, Idaho, was kill
ed Monday by the accidental discharge
of small pocket rifle which her friend,
Mrs Brown, was exhibiting. The ball