Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-05
NEWS THROUGH THE WEEK.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Items Of Informa ton Gathered From
Wide Area-POliticnl Happen
inEs and Industrial NOtes-Crtmes
and Accidents.

The report comes from Wisconsin that
one of the largest timber deals ever made
] in the United States will be closed within
/ two weeks The property is one billion
! feet of sugar pine on the Klamath river.
! in northern California. The consideration
will be something like 81 100000.
/ Representative Barrett of Massachus-
etts has introduced resolution allowing
/ the naval affairs committee to incorpor-
ate in the naval appropriation bill an APP
preparation not to exceed S5135000 for
new dry docks or extensions to existing
ones at New York, Norfolk, Port Royal,
New Orleans and Mare Island, Cal
/ 1t is reported from Brenham that the
agents of McFadden Bros of Philadelphia.
one of the worlds great cotton firms, have
been instructed to stop buying cotton. The
same notification is said to have been
sent to all their hundred or more agents
in Texas Inquiries are said to have
brought the answer that it was because of
the Cuban complications. This has caus
ed considerable furry among the local
cotton men.
News has been received of the death at
BEIRUT. Syria, OF Mrs. Emily r. Mont
gomery, a missionary. aged 80 years. She
went to Turkey with her husband 80
years ago, and has been one of the most
devoted and efficient missionaries in that
country.
While resisting arrest at Baker City.
Ore. William 5. Johnson. alias Omaha
Bob was shot by Officer Bailey and NOR
tally wounded. Johnson was walking
through the streets at midnight threat
ening to clean ont the town when the
officer attempted to arrest him
William Chenery. cashier of the Port
land Me-, postofce, who died last Fri
day. was short $4,000 in his accounts. ac
cording to postofiice inspectors who have
lust examined the accounts Mr.. Chenery
has held the position of cashier about 40
wears. and had never been suspected of
peculation
Judge Sharp. at Baltimore. Md. has APP
pointed Simon p. Schott receiver for the
Bank of South Baltimore. The assets are
estimated at $4,000 and liabilities at
/ $4,000. The larger portion of the de-
posits, amounting to Sl30000 are by poor
7
/ people.
1t is announced that the wooden com
mission house of Sawyer. Manning & Co.
of New York is in financial difficulties.
caused by the failure of the RSslingt0n
WOODEN 0s'D''Nf>--,,v-ath~-W innooAxt Nors-
ted Company and the CaIci1estcf wooieh
mill. for which receivers were appointed
/ in Boston Monday. Sawyer. Manning &
Co are said to have imlorsed paper for
these concerns to the amount of 81 100000.
The Canadian government has decided
to permit Canadian gooos to be shipped
from Vancouver and Victoria in Ameri
can vessels free of duty by st. Michaels
to the Yukon for the coming sea son. An
order to this effect has leen sent to the
customs Office on the coast. The order
applies to the Yukon route by st. Mi
chaels. and does not include Skaguay or
Dyea.
Charles Henson was divorced at Belle
Vile. H., from his wife. Miranda, and
within an hour married to a Chickasaw
Indian girl from Wyandotte, |. T.
AdvicPs from the City of Mexico state
that all the employees of the large Colme
ma & Barron cotton factories have gone
on strike because of cut in wages.
Steve Bilheimer has been appointed
chief clerk of the railway mail service.
with headquarters at Little Rock, to sue
coed b. d. Lydick. Che new clerk has
been in the service lS years.
w. j. Scanlan the actor. Familiarity
known as Billy" died at Bloomingdale
asylum. New York City. Seaman was
stricken with paresis six years ago and
was removed to the asylum. He never re-
covered from the attack and for three
years has been a hopeless imbecile.
A rich deposit of lead ore has just been
discovered OH the farm of Victor Hilton,
! near Nashville, Ill. The ore crops out on
top of high bluff, and the pieces broken
off assay almost 80 per cent pure lead.
Rev. Sam Jones arrived at his home at
Gainesville, Ga, from his western lecture
tour and announced himsel an independ-
ent candidate for governor Of Georgia on
a platform of his own, which he will an
nounce shortly
Captain Oldrieve. who is planning to
walk across the Atlantic ocean from Bos-
ton to Havre, France, will begin his jour
ney July a. He will wear on his feet
pair of cedar boxes five feet long, with
fins at the bottom and sides They are
very light, but strong enough to sustain
his weight In these he is able to walk
over choppy seas, and even in heavy
swels of the ocean. Captain A. w. An
drews will accompany him in a small
boat.
Fire has destroyed the large -four mill
of Cargill and Fall at Houston, MINI. The
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