Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-07-30
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WORLD.
FROM HOME AND ABROAD.
Occurrences Odd and Curious-Busi-
ness Matters and AGuirs-PrsOns
worthy of MentiOn-Notes of
Crime and Accident.

The Nebraska State Board of Agricul
ture reports this years wheat crop one of
the heaviest ever raised i'll the state. The
weld will exceed 25OOO0000 bushels, and
the grain is sound and of excellent quail
ity. Corn is also in splendid condition
and an immense yield is anticipated
A case of goods received in New York
recently from Liverpool, England, had the
following message written on it in large
letters: "May success and a glorious vie
tory attend you. Brother Americans, in
your just cause of humanity, is every true
Englshman's wish. Success to the Stars
and Stripes. j. w. L."
Officials of the treasury department re-
port that the entire war bond issue of
100000 has been taken by the people
in small amounts, and that the money
sharks have been baked in their intigues
to secure bonds by fraudulent means.
Uncle Peter Surprise of Cedar Greek
township, near Crown Point, Ind, has
Just celebrated his l05th birthday and is
still strong and active and in good
health Not a day passes that he does
not share in the light work around his
sons farm, and when not engaged in this
he spends his time in grubbmg trees His
only wish is that he may live to Ito years
old.
The highest honors at the commence
ment exercises of the Kansas City college
of Pharmacy were conferred upon a
young woman graduate. She was Miss
Harriet Benton of Odessa, Mo. She re-
ceived diploma and also a gold medal,
which was the first prize for the highest
grade in all the branches taught at the
college.
The oldest living author in her males
tvs dominions, Mrs. Catherine Parr
Trail, is now living in rather straight
ened circumstances at her home at Lake
field, Ontario, in her 9th year, having
maintained literary activity more than
so years, and exhibiting in her old age
a bright and keen interest III all that
makes for the welfare and Improvement
of her race and country.
Andrew Ferguson of Gilman, Ind,
cailms to be the oldest man in that state
He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
in 1902, and consequently is l06 years
old. His sister, Bette Cauolton, who
lives near Franklin, Ind, is 1903 years old,
and his brother, who died IL years ago,
was ll2 years. His mother died at 93,
and his father lived over 100 years Fer
guson is strong and fe,n, sably active
and expects to live 10 or II more years.
At Clinton, la, last Sunday, Paul
Denger, a Chicago and Northwestern
railway baggageman, on returning from
a trip found note from his wife stating
she was losing her mind, was not fit to
live, and was going to die and take two
children with her. Search resulted in the
discovery of the three bodies in a barrel
partly filled with water. The heads of
the victims were submerged, but the feet
protruded. Mrs. Dengler was 3S years
OF age, and the children years and 10
months respectively.
Pink Hodges eN-city marshal of Kyle,
Tex, was shot and fatally wounded by
Frank Martin, we'll known business
man of the place They had renewed
an old quarrel. Hodges was wearing a
steel breastplate but number of the
shots penetrated his body.
The same flag which was hauled down
by order of Cleveland will be hoisted on
the government flagstaff at Honolulu,
when Minister Sewell takes possession of
! the Hawaiian islands in the name of the
/ United States.
The wrecked Spanish cruisers at Santi-
ago are still filled with chaTed bodies,
and yultures are devouing the remains.
| The Cubans. by Admiral Simpsons or
ders have buried over 100 Spaniards who
were washed ashore.
/ 4 wampum belt, which was once the
property of Hiawatha, the famous Iro-
quois chief is now in the possession of
John Boyd Thatcher, of Albany, n. Y, a
well known collector of such antiquities.
Mr. Thacher has three other belts, two
of the Onondaga and one of the Seneca
tribe.
John L. Burke, a famous comedian
we'll known throughout the country, died
at Bellevue hospital in New York City
last week eDath resulted from an acct
dent sustained while diving at Sea Cliff,
l.. /.
Thieves were active in Bucks county,
Pa, on the Fourth. They looted the
houses of farmers who were absent at
tending celebrations, and stole carriages,
harness, poultry and feedfeed to the
amount of several thousand dollars.
Not far from the final resting place OF
Mr.. Gladstone, in Westminster Abbey, is /
the tomb of Gen. John Burgoyne, who
was defeated by Gen. Gates at the battle !
of Saltwater and surrendered to the con
tinental forces at Saratoga in LIT.
The long road bridge which crosses the
Neosho river at Neosho Falls AKIN, col /
lapsed and about 100 steers were thrown /