Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-06-19

eral buildings collapsed, some lives
were lost and number of people were
injured.
The death of William II. Korn of
Leadville from yellow fever in quaran-
tine at New York marks the extinction
of the last one Of the party of prospec-
tors who left Colorado last March to
dig for gold in Bolivia. The other
members Of the party, Thomas Quayle
of Aspen and Frank O'Keith and Will
liam Hahn of Leadville died in Be-
liVia.
Preparations are being made to test
the Farrelly antitrust law passed by
the last Kansas Legislature. A case has
been brought up by the Kansas retail
grocers against the Kansas Wholesale
Grocers' Association, a new organiZa-
ton recently formed at Kansas City
for the purpose. 1t is alleged, of evad-
ing the Farrelly law. 1t is stated that
sugar, tobacco and other trusts are
placing contracts with the new Whole
sale Grocers Association with view
of evading the law.
Sheriff Glib and Deputy w. u.
Smith have arrived at Miles City,
Mont. from Rosebud station with two
Indians. Yellow Hair and Sam Crow,
who are connected with the murder of
Hoover, which precipitated the recent
Indian scare. They We're taken to the
Jail, where both Indians implored the
sheriff not to put them in the same cell
with Whirlwind, already arrested BY
sign language they indicated that he Is
crazy and that they feared violence at
his hands. The officers do not know
whether it is a case of real or feigned
insanity.
While respondent over hard times
William Hunter. an Albany. Or, farm
er, jumped into a 63-fOot well last week
and was drowned
The TOrrey company's (of Chicago
! coal mine near Clinton, burned last
week, causing a $4,000 loss. The 10
! men working in the mine escaped.
During a friendly wrestling match
! in Brooklyn between Albert Benson and
! T. Olsen last week the formers neck
was broken.
During a hail and wind storm at
! Caldwell, Ohio, last week many build
! ings were unroofed and hail stones as
/ large as hens eggs broke hundreds
| of windows.
Governor Rogers has appointed Dan
! Stewart of Walla Walla, T. b. Gum,
j. NJ. Baxter. William Lee, North va
/ kima, and +. -. Schnebly, Ellensburg,
state fair commissioners.
Word from Washington states that
the missing papers in the case of Nc
| Bride VS.. the state of Washington have
been found, having been in the hands
of special agent who failed to turn
them over TO the ueDdT
A new volcano recently broke out
near Tehuantepec, Mexico. In the ac-
companying seismic disturbances the
| village of Mistequila was destroyed,
but no fatalities are reported.
Farmer d. Estes and Ray Estes OF
Leavenworth, Wash, charged with as
saulting George Briskey with intent to
Kill have been bound over for trial be-
fore the Kittitas county superior court
in $500 bonds. 1t is doubtful If they
can secure bonds.
The Reading, Pa, iron works has
closed indefinitely, throwing 1000 men
out of employment. The cause is that
men in the departments supplying the
iron are on a strike and the supply has
run down.
Harry Whalen, the human ostrich,
died at Kansas City from the effects OF
a surgical operation to relieve him. Two
pocket knives, three knife blades, three
ounces of fine glass lacks, nails
screws and staples, to the number OF
70. were taken from his stomach.
Last week Edward S. Edwards,
Welsh rider of the Century Wheelmer
of New York city, raised the Amerl
can record for "a hours road riding tt
349 2-5 miles. The next best previous
record, 314 miles, was made by smith
of Baltimore several weeks ago,
The report of Expert G. p. Dam, VINO
has been at work on the books OF King
county, Wash, shows a shortage in the
accounts of County Treasurer w. Cor
don of nearly $4,000.