Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-04

eral and NJ. G. Brown of Blairsville for
state treasurer Bryan's name was wild
ly cheered, Chicago's platform endorsed
and William Harrity had to give way
to James NJ. Guffee as national commit
teeman.
\ telegram announces the death near
Coban, Guatemala, of Right Rev. Bishop
Lemmens, Catholic bishop of Vancouver
island and Alaska. The diocese OF
Bishop Lemmens embraced part of Brit
ish Columbia and the entire territory
north.
The 18th annual meeting of the Farm
ers' national congress of the United
States was called to order at st. Paul,
MINI, Tuesday by President B. +. Clay
ton of Indianola, Iowa. Following the
invocation by Archbishop Ireland the
congress was greeted on behalf of the
city of st. Paul by Mayor Doran, and
on behalf of the state by Governor
Clough. The president address calls for
the extension of free mail delivery
the weather bureau, more systematic
crop statistics. the reclamation of the
arid and semi-arid lands, and to restrict
boards of trade to point where they
will prevent fraud in dealing in options
and to entirely stop the bucket shop
disgrace.
The corporation of Brown university
has voted, after a long meeting, to re
quest President Andrews to withdraw
his resignation as president of that in
stitution.
The annual trade review of the Gal
weston News for September | places the
Texas cotton crop for the season at 3
III OPS bales.
Warden Van Dorm has returned to
Boise, Idaho, from HALEY with Jesse
Coleman, one of the convicts who escap-
ed two weeks ago. He was captured near
Sawtooth lake. The posse is now on the
have to stand trial for highway robbery
for holding up a sheep herder. For this
he may get life sentence.
The capitol commissioners have award
ed the contract for the superstructure of
the new Minnesota statehouse for $685.
600. deciding on st. Cloud granite for the
basement and Georgia marble for the
rest of the superstructure, excepting the
dome.
A special train of Is cars of cattle and
one of horses left Wilbur, Wash. The
car of horses and three cars of cattle are
, to leave Seattle for Klondike Friday
morning, the balance of the train GO
I inc to st. Joe, Mo. Another cattle train
will be taken out tomorrow morning.
Thirteen members of the family and
people living on the farm of Henry Mill.
er, near Metropolis, H., were poisoned
and three are dead. 1t is thought at
least eight of them will die. A hired
girl who is insane threw a package OF
Rough on Rats into the well.
Rumors are current in Pekin and
/ Shanghai that the Hong Kong and
Shanghai bank is negotiating loan OF
! lGOOOOO00 pounds for the Chinese gov,
eminent. 1t is stated that difficulties
which arose to prevent the fultllment
of the Belgian loan to Shang Tai Jone
have disappeared and that the loan will
90 through and the much-talked-oi
Hang 10 railway will be started.
Victor l.. Berger of Milwaukee, who
was secretary of the committee which
prepared the declaration of the St Louis
! labor conference, calls attention to the
error in the resolutions, as sent out. He
saws that demand was made for pub
lie ownership of mines and railroads, not
railroads and telegraphs, public owner
ship of mines being considered by the
conference as important to the body
polite as ownership of railroads.