Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-02-19
A LOOK ALL AROUND.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Items of Information Gathered From
wide Area-POlitical Happen
ings and Industrial NOtes-CrimeS
and Accidents.

Orders have been sent to Captain Samp-
son, in command of the North Atlantic
squadron off Key West, to send the tor
pedo boat Gushing to Havana with stores
for the use of the Maine.
A memorial has been presented to Pres
ident Mckinley by a delegation OF New
York business men, representing large
number of well known firms in that city,
asking action be taken by this govern
ment looking to the re establishment OF
peace in Cuba.
News comes of the murder of a Mexican
in the placer district of Tenachi, 1877 miles
east of Hcrmosillo, Mexico, as the result
of which IL Americans are in jail in Te-
pachi pending an investigation. The
names of the prisoners are not known.
General Prospero Morales, formerly
secretary of war under General Barrios
and late head of the unsuccessful rebel
lion, has been declared president OF Gu
atemnla.
The loss of life and destruction of prop
erty by fire at Thirteenth and Pike streets,
Pittsburg, was the greatest i'll the his
tory of the city. At least ID people were
killed, over Il score were injured and
property valued at million and half
was destroyed.
Diplomatic relations between the Unit
ed States and Spain through Minister De
LONE are at an end and correspondence
will he conducted exclusively through
Minister Woodford in Madrid until Spain
sends new minister to Washington or
designates a charge d'aflaires.
Michael Cudahy, the malti-million-
aire of Chicago, was in Los Angeles, Cal,
the other day. He is making tour OF in
spection of his interests i'll southern Cali
folnia He has under consideration the
advsability of Transforming the Nadcau
ranch of 1000 acres, which he owns near
Florence. into beet sugar farm and
erecting factory which will equal any
in southern California.
\ new office for advising the japanese
emperor and ministry in military and
naval affairs has been created, to be
known as the Gensui Flu, the members of
which will be chosen from among the add
mrals or field marshals who have rem
dered special services. Prince komatsu,
Marquis Yamagata, Marquis Oyama and
Marquis Saigon have been appointed
members of the board and given the title
of generalissmo.
Advces from the Orient report an as
sault by Japanese artisans ON Mr. Sands,
secretary of the United States legation at
Seoul The attack was unprovoked and
the police did not interfere. Sands, how
ever, held one of the assailants and com
PEELED the police to arrest him. Afterward
complaint was lodged by the United
States consul and the japanese authori-
ties have arrested various persons sup
posed to have been engaged in the affair
amount and has paid out $4,000.
Senior Depuy De Lone the late Spanish
minister, has left Washington for New
York. When asked if he had anything to
say on the eve of his departure. he an
severed with only final goodbye
John L. Kennedy has commenced suit
at San Francisco against j. q. & l. \. Day,
contractors, to recover Sll2,500. alleged to
be due for services rendered during the
building of a canal and locks in the Co
lumbia river at Cascades. He stated that
in consideration of one-third of the profit
he advanced money to the contractors to
endbie iuclH W Collplclc inc Nbihs lol
which they received $l,750000 from the
government. Kennedy alleges that the
net profit of the contractors was 100000
and he is entitled to onethird of that
\ special from Madrid says that the
populace of that city is greatly enraged
owing to the belief that the Spanish cabi-
net apologized to the United States. The
populace, the dc Rmtch adds, is bitterly
opposed to such Il course and they are eX
ceedingly hostile to the government and
may make a demonstration.
Luther c. Billings, pay director in the
United States navy, has been found guilty
by the court martial in session at the
Washington navy yard for the past five
days. of falSehood and scandalous conduct
and has been sentenced to dismissal from
the navy. The result of the trial has
caused the greatest surprise in naval
circles.
[. II. Wilkinson representing the Brit
ish Yukon Co., sapS the construction
Of a railroad through the White pass, from
the head of the Lynn canal to Lake Ben
nett will be begun Immediately by his
company The road, which will be IS miles
in length, will be completed within 90
days OF the beginning of the work.
News has reached Nelson, b. c., of the
murder OF ID, Connors at Kuskanook the
new town at the head of Kootenay lake.
The facts of the case so far as learned
show that the murdered man, who was
teamSter in the employ of contractors for
the Crows Nest Pass railway construc-
ton, was sitting in the barroom of Erick-
sons hotel when man known as DOYLE.
knnXNn in D.