Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-25
BRIEF MENTION OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
Record of MisfOrtunes. Mishaps and
Grimes, as Well as of Indus
trial Progress.

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Kingston to j. r. Keene for $4,000.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece was signed at Constantinople
Saturday.
The duchess of Marlborough formerly
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, has given
birth to son at Spencer house, the dueal
London residence.
The treaty of peace between the gov
eminent and the insurgents was signed
in Uruguay yesterday.
The price of all kinds of food is rising
steadily at Madrid, Spain, owing to the
growing depreciation of silver and of pa
per currency.
The First National bank of Benton
Harbor, Mich, is in the hands of Bank
Examiner Caldwell of Detroit. About
100000 is due depositors.
In his weekly report to the marine
hospital service Sanitary Inspector Brun-
ner at Havana says that for the week
ending September 8 there were 326
deaths, of which Is were from yellow fe-
yer, 20 from enteric or pernicious fevers,
"a from dysentery and 80 from enteritis.
The United States consul at Annoy,
China, says in a recent dispatch to the
state department that the Chinese people
prefer American cotton fabrics spinnings,
flour oils, canned goods and meats, and
even buy them at higher prices than 9th
er importations can be had for.
Jimmy Michael Saturday won the
greatest cycling event ever run on any
New England track. 1t was the interna-
tional 25-miIe race on the Charles River
track and was run in the fastest cycling
time the world ever knew, covering the
distance under AZ minutes.
Anderson, Ind, reports that the Amer
lean wire nail works, employing 700 men;
the Lippincott lamp chimney works, IN
which 400 men are employed, and the
Macbeth lamp chimney works, with
like number of men on its pay roll, have
resumed in full blast after shutdown OF
two and half months.
Captain Gotta of the Twelfth infantry,
who some time ago was condemned to
death for characterization for the killing
of major of his regiment in Sonora dur
ing the Yaqui rebellion was shot in the
City of Mexico Saturday. Detachments
from all the garrisons were present.
A thousand persons have fled from Mo
bile, Ala, to st. Louis, until frost kills
the yellow fever germ.
Two cases of leprosy are reported in
Walsh county, n. d. The "tctlms are
Scandinavians.
A flood has swept over Armada, Tex"
about 80 miles south of FL Paso. People
were driven from their beds, taking ref
uge on the high ground.
Regents Windus and Powell have re
signed as regents of the Washington ag-
ricultural college and school of science.
The president has appointed Archibald
j. Simpson of Arizona to be minister to
Ecuador, and E. G, Kennedy of South Da-
kota to be United States marshal for
South Dakota.
Comptroller Eckels has declared sec
ond dividend of per cent in favor OF the
creditors of the Merchants National bank
of Seattle, Wash, making in all 80 per
cent on claims proved, amounting to
1924, 959.56.
w H. u. DlNdus anu L. W INV WIN
ocratic candidate for governor were the
principal figures in a free silver rally at
Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Bryan spoke in
the afternoon to 5000 people.
New York and Seattle men have sub
scribed the capital necessary to build
narrow gauge railway from Skaguay over
the White pass to Lake Bennett. In the
syndicate are ex-United states Senator
Watson C. Squire of Seattle, Senator
John p. Jones of Nevada, and James +.
Mcknight, formerly general counsel OF
the Northern Pacific railroad.
Korea has Joined the international tel
egraphic convention.
The Hawaiian senate by unanimous
vote has ratified the treaty of annexation
to the United States.
Major Ballame, private secretary of
Governor Rogers, has been appointed ad-
iutant general of the state of Washing
ton.
Reports from all parts of Japan indi-
cate that the rice crop this year will be
exceptionally good, in fact, it is predicted
that it will exceed anything seen during
the past 10 years.
United States Consul O'Hara at San
Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, reports to the
state department that the peso is worth
but $3.50 in gold, drop of SO cents in
six months. On the other hand, provis-
ions have advanced.
The preliminary treaty Of peace be-
tween Turkey and Greece which was
signed on Saturday by the representa-
tives of the sultan and of the powers has
been ratified by the sultan.
The japanese government has taken up
100000 out of the remaining 100000
shares of the Formosan railway and has
persuaded Formosans to take up the bal