Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-01
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
TUE WORLDS NEWS IN BRIEF
rences of All Kinds at Home
Abrond-Informatio for the
curious-Items of Accident" and
c.,ues-Persons worthy of Note.

ona new case Of yellow fever near Wa
terford, Miss.
,stor,s Honduras syndicate will push
"a work along now that the war Is end
General Miles plan is to reduce the
army by reducing the number OF com
nanies in a regiment.
The king of Korea and the crown
.;nco who were i'll from supposed pois-
oning, are recovering.
Benoit, Miss, reported free of yellow
fever. ,.. ...... 49,
Italy is enmged at Colombia over the
Cerruti claim.
The free soup kitchens in Havana are
being gradually closed.
The pecan crop OF Texas is almost
complete failure, and prices are advanc-
ing.
The Fourth United States infantry re-
+rrrpd with 235 men to Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,. where it was located before beng
called out.
Two million bicycles have been made in
the world since the wheel was perfected
Mount Vesuvius is in violent eruption,
and the spectacle is the grandest since
1872.
Detroit Mich, has been chosen by the
Sons of Veterans for their encampment
in 1899.
The treasury department has received
$4,000 900 thus far from the sale of war
bonds.
The supply of food at Dawson is report
ed to be sufficient to carry the camp
through the winter.
More than 1900 Jews Joined the vol
unteer regiments in the United States to
fight against Spain.
The Indians in Supia, Ariz., are lett
destitute, in consequence OF the destruc-
ton of their crops by recent storm.
A committee of three statesmen having
no interest in the case will be selected to
determine the Alaska boundary.
During the extremely hot weather last
August Dakota farmers did their field
work at night by the light OF the moon
Heirs to the estate of George NJ. Pull
man say that debts against the New York
property, worth 100000, will wipe it out.
The cartmen who haul sand to Rome for
builders work 10 hours day for 30
cents and sleep in the stables with their
mules.
The queen regent of Spain visits daily
the sick soldiers who have returned from
Cuba, and attends personally to their
needs
During a riot among striking plasterers
on the outskirts of st. Louis, one man
was fatally and three others seriously III
jured.
Miss Cora Flood, daughter of the Cali
fornia millionaire, has donated Menlo
Park mansion and $40 acres OF land to
the University of California
The japanese press IS almost unani-
nous in expressing the hope that the
United States will permanently retain and
govern the Philippine islands.
In Green county, Ky, near Greensburg,
Il human skeletons have been found in
cave. The remains are evidently those
of a prehistoric people.
The Kankakee river, in Illinois, is said
to be slowly drying up, on account OF
the drainage of the swamps from which
1t receives its supply OF water.
The annual convention of the national
Baptist association, at its meeting III
Kansas City, decided to enter the mission
airy field in Cuba Immediately
Bradstreet reports the crop impairment
IN August proved to be less than feared,
and the average condition OF the leading
crops, notably wheat, corn, cotton and
potatoes, is better than one year ago.
Major General Davis has disapproved
the findings of the court martial in the
case of Captain Duncan, accused OF tam
perlng with confederate soldiers graves
and ordered the captain released from ar
rest and returned to duty.
The government will send troops to
garrison Cuba early in October.
Spanish troops from Cuba and Puerto
kco are to be landed at different ports
in Spain.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is Frustrated over
the death of her daughter, Miss Winnie
Davis.
behring sea seal herds are disappearing
20 rapidly as to threaten extinction OF
the sealing industry.
Australian rabbit skins are being con-
verified into seal skins for the American
market.
The Italian government has recon-
"ended to the powers that international
''t,on to be taken against anarchists.
ruily $500 people are homeless, and
:O'S OF S2,5O0,000 was incurred by the
nlHcendiary fire at New Westminster, b.
Inc Italian government has notified