Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-08-06

Under the management of Gen. w H.
Gentry, of Lexington, Ky, the members
of the Gentry family in Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Tennessee, Texas and kentucky
are to hold a monster reunion next month
at Crab Orchard Springs, Ky.
II. f. Hawk, his father-in-law, +. L.
Phiffer, his daughter Grace and negro
servant named Pink Glenn of near TeXar-
kama, were poinsoned by eating water
melon said to have been poisoned in the
patch where Hawk bought it. Glenn
died.
The first bale of cotton raised in the
United States this year, which was pre-
sented to President Mckinley by the cit
liens of New Orleans, was sod at the New
York Cotton Exchange last Wednesday
for $500 and the proceeds donated to the
United States hospital fund.
Star Pointer paced mile at Detroit,
Mich, in 2:0l IL.
The army of invasion to Puerto Rico
will number $4,000 when completed.
1t is reported ex-senator Brice has de-
cidcd to again enter Ohio politics.
The bodies of six infants were found
last Friday on a vacant lot in Boston
The Pennsylvania alien tax law has
been declared unconstitutional and void
The town of Skaguay, Alaska, is still
under martial law and all saloons are
closed.
Owing to the great number OF sick, the
garrison at Santiago is breaking down
with Overwork.
Artillery is being concentrated in the
Northern Sierra in Spain, where a Carl
ist rising is feared.
The Mississippi state board of health
has released the town of McHenry from
yellow fever quarantine.
Twenty school yards in Boston were
opened as Fairgrounds for children dur
ing the summer months.
A wealthy American named Reegel lost
his life last Saturday on Mont Blanc by
falling into the crater.
Smallpox in Jackson county, Ky, has
led to strict quarantine regulations, eX-
tending over the entire county.
Secretary Alger says there is no foun-
dation for the report that the CubanS
have been cut off from rations
One of our first class battleships, prob
ably the Oregon, will be sent to reinforce
Admiral Dewey at Manila.
Captain Eulate, of the Spanish cruiser
Vizcava, who is a prisoner at Annapolis,
is betraving evidences of insanity.
Druggists of Iowa have begun a boy
colt on proprietary medicine dealers
who raised prices because of the war tax.
Ex- Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii will
seek to recover from the United States
crown lands and a large sum of money
A Madrid dispatch received i'll London
says that the young king OF Spain Is sui
ferino from an attack of measles.
At Tampa, Fla, disabled officers return
ing from Cuba speak in the highest terms
of the work of the colored troops III the
fighting at Santiago.
Margaret Waldstein of Boston has gone
to a New York hospital asserting that
she was hypnotized and the doctors are
unable to relieve her.
The convention of United Confederate
Veterans at Atlanta, Ga, decided to hold
the next annual encampment at Charles
ton S. c..
Examination of the hulls OF Cervera 5
ships showed that and s inch guns had
proved more effective in destroying them
than those of larger size.
The crew of the cruiser Brooklyn pre-
scented to Commodore Schley the compass
taken from the Infanta Maria Teresa.
The customs duties to be collected at
Santiago are to apply whether goods are
shipped from the United States or other
countries.
RUSSTA'S PRICELESS JEWELS.