Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CHANCES ALL OVER THE WORLD
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Record of MisfOrtunes, MIshaps and
Crimes, as Well as of Indus
trial Progress.

CINE Firemen has contributed Sl4OO to
the national miners fund.
Joe Walcott knocked out George
Green in the 18th round at San Fran
cisco, Thursday night, after one of the
fastest fights ever seen in San Francisco.
Walcott led in nearly every round.
Green showed none of his old time dash
and vim, and seemed to be utterly at sea
in meeting and guarding against the
sturdy colored mans rushes.
William j. Bryan has returned to his
home in Lincoln, Neb, after an absence
of three months travelling in the west,
has been elected a delegate to the APP
preaching county convention and will
take an active part in the same
The site for Chicagos new 100000
postoffice is a bed of mud, and the archi-
tects say piles must be sunk lO3 feet to
insure stable foundation.
The duke and duchess of York, who
are making a tour through Ireland, and
being feted and dined, and presented
with addresses of welcome by the vari-
GUS towns through which they pass
With favorable weather for the next
two or three weeks the farmers of On
tario will gather the best crops they have
had for 20 years.
The Spanish government will immedi-
ately construct one large ironclad and
six cruisers of 5000 to 1000 tons to form
the nucleus of three squadroons.
nd Do+o hn
PAGERS, have been matched for a mile
race at Mystic Park, September IL, for
$4,000, winner to take ALL
During a severe windstorm at Chicago,
the dancing pavilion at Norwood Park
was blown down and Mrs. Kate Brown,
member of a picnic party was killed,
while several others were severely in
jursd
United States officials are overhauling
the records of the Puget sound custom
houses, and it is strongly rumored that
number of prominent people, socially
and politically, will be arrested charged
with smuggling Chinese into the state.
United States Consul Monaghan at
Chemnitz, Germany, reports to the state
department that American commercial
houses having agents in that country
are compelled to pay tribute on exports
and suggests that the American govern
ment retaliate.
At the Buffalo Grand Army of the Re
public encampment resolutions have
been passed asking the government to
give crippled soldiers the preference in
government positions, that the National
Monument Association be requested to
aid in a movement to erect monuments
to Lincoln in every city in the land, re-
questing the government to set aside 64O
acres of land in the Indian Territory
for the benefit of the Oklahoma soldiers
home, and to request the government to
build a sanitarium i'll Charleston harbor
in memory of Major Anderson of Fort
Sumpter fame.
As a result of a first-class row over
the carrying of delegates to the letter
carriers convention in San Francisco, a
general rate war has been started from
Chicago and Missouri river points, the
fare from Chicago and return being
$3.50, and that from Missouri river
points and return $50.
A big labor convention is now being
held in St. Louis. attended by James
Carson, state president of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois, Eugene v
Debs, president of the Social Democracy;
c.. Ratchford, president of the lnterna-
tional Mine Workers and MIR. Lloyd, IN
ternational president of the Carpenters
and Joiners' union. The real purpose OF
the meeting is to devise means Tor and
ING the striking coal miners Of Pennsyl-
vania.
w. T. Cavanaugh has received his
commission from President Mckinney
and will tomorrow enter upon his du'
ties as postmaster at Olympia, Wash,
in place of A. w. Wisner
The Austrian government, it is stat
ed. has proposed the rejection OF the
British plan for the settlement OF the
Graeco-Turkish difficulty, and urges
that the five remaining powers proceed
with the conclusion of peace between
the two countries.
Jack Leonard, the condemned murder
or of Jacob Malquist, now in the Spo-
kane county jail awaiting the action OF
the supreme court of the United States
will soon be returned to Colfax to suffer
the death penalty. The time for perfect
inc this appeal expired August 26' and
as appeal was never perfected, there Is
mo record of it in the United States SUI
nreme court, and consequently that court
non take no action in the case.
Mrs. j. H. Staples safe at the CITY
Brewery at Walla Walla. WASH was
blown open Monday night, the roooer,
making away with $500 in money and