Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-12
NEWS THROUGH. THE WEEK
NEWS At HOME AND ABROAD. q.
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. angs and Industrial Notes-Crimes
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at laramie, Wyo., have been closed, and
all the employees discharged, .ees ees.a
A 10 pen cent reduction in wages has
gone into effect at the Boston :Company's
cotton mills at Waltham, Mass. 'f "}
The Indian commissioners, in their an
nual report, say that there is evidence of
steady progress. in industrial pursuits and
education among the Indians. %
All of the ranches and cattle of Beatty
Bros, in Kansas and Oklahoma, have
been sold to the Bryce Bryce Cattle Com
pany of Montana for $350,000.
Superintendent Gayle of the Indiana Oil
Company has discovered a process of OBJ
taining gas from. wells which have been
drowned out, by. water. and is buying in
old abandoned, wells! o4 4f43"
The house committee on pensions has
reported favorably% the Gibson bill. eX-
| tending the. benefits of the pension lawsto
ex confederates who. enlisted in the union
army before September |, 1864. 81 vas.
Father Isadore, who was in charge OF
! the Catholic mission, at Anadarco, OKLA,
killed Father Placadius by the accidental
discharge Of q gan 'wlrile hunting. yi Z,
i In the case of "a. beauest to the Smith :
I.sonian Institution the supreme eourt of
the united States has decided that man
eau rbequeath property, the title to which
is in his wife. where She holds it simply
as trustee for him .y-s,t
Peter Christiansen, a wealthy and &C.
centric farmer living near Sacramento,
Sal. died n trsysMeeks ago. IT. develops
j that he left Nill which was II. the custo-
Idly of San Francisco lawyer. who has
I since tiied The 'lawyer's executors mail
ed, the will 10 Christiansen, and it is now
] in the dead. letter Office, whence it will be
!. I-reclaimed and probated s'a-88i a b
The executive. committee of the rephb
lican congressional committee is announc-
ed as follows; Representatives Hull of
Iowa. Cannon of illinois, Mercer of Ne
brask5. Senators Proctor of Vermont.
4 Gallinger Of New Hampshire, Wilson of
+, Washington, Representatives McClear Of
Minnesota, !I.ondenslager of New Jersey
and Pearson of North Carolina. a.,
: jackson Jones.of Hampstead, L. l., com
mitted suicide because his wife cut off her
[hair 4.44e 6al HrGt Hsf.9t@h V'J'
: Captain Crowninshcd, chief of the bu-
reau of navigation, is said to have secur-
ed the plan, of Cuba's defenses.
1T is said that two Spanish detectives
have been watching the Holland submar-
= inc boat at The shipyard at Elizabethport,
j n. ].
The infantry and cavalry at Fort Leav-
l. cnwortf, Kan, have been ordered to be
ready to move on six hours notice,
Central and southern New Mexicq is
overnln with sheep thieves, and trouble
is Feared ... eas s.,i 81.
/ A cave said to rival The Mammoth of
Kentucky, has been discovered in Center
county, Pa. r#s H' .'a1e.
n Floods and avalanches have nearly de
stroyed the mining town of Monte Cllsto,
! state of Washington. .s# ''' '.
OF the SO 800, GOO revenue of the state OF
Wisconsin, nearly $20O0O00 is obtained
from fees, of which the railroads pay over
1925 900. - 20 52e3 ''.@.'-
La Lucia, prominent Havana news
paper, advises the Spanish government to
prepare for war with the United States.
Heavy rainfall in the farming regions
of California has broken a long drouth,
which threatened to entirely destroy the
crops. "a
1t is believed in official circles in Lon
don that the French cabinet is attempts
ing to bring about crisis in Africa in
order to return TO the popularity enjoyed
prior to the Zola trial
The Gonzales hacienda, in the state of
Tamaulipas, Mexico, consisting 81 100000
acres, has just been sold to a New Eng
land syndicate for 81 100000, gold. The
purchase includes 10000 cattle, 1000
Ehorses and mules and about 5000 goats. a
4 Wooden shoes are produced in France
7 to the extent of about 100000 pairs
] yearly. In the province of Lozere they are
4 made by hand, 100 persons are engaged
in their manufacture and the yearly pro-
duct is more than 100000 pairs.
j President Mckinley has sent to the SEN
ate the name of William J. Calhoun OF
Illinois. to be interstate commerce com
missioner St"
I There has been a heavy fall in consols,
Americans and. stocks of all kinds in Lon
4 don in consequence of disquieting rumors
| from China West Africa, Spain and Amer
| lea. with rumbling thunder all around the
/ sky. -,--a
The Pacific cable bill has been agreed to
in the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. 1T provides for the
1 construction OF a cable from San Fran
/ cisco to Japan, via the Hawaiian islands,;
and grants an annuity of 100000 for 20
years in consideration of which all govern
ment messages are to be transmitted free.
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Los Angeles Petroleum.. Fields.