Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-04-01

promoter. and formerly president of
the Commercial Gazette company, is
| dead.
Citizens OF the United States resid-
ing in Chez Foo, China, have made an
earnest appeal, through Consul Fowler
at Chez Foo to the charitable in Amer
lea and elsewhere on behalf of the suf.
ferers from the appalling Yellow river
floods of this year.
Captain James Mcqueen Forsyth.
who has been recovering in the ma
val hospital at Philadelphia from a Sc
we're illness, has received word from
Washington of his appointment to
command the cruiser Baltimore, now
in the Philippines.
The state department is advised that
Francis C. Randolph, an American cit.
zen, has been found guilty of "delib-
crate homicide" at Bogota, Colombia.
Charles Mccoy and Carl Conner,
each about II years old, were boxing
in Center, Indiana, when Conner gave
Mccoy a fearful blow over the heart,
causing a hemorrhage. The blood
| poured INTO IQo dDuOhiCh III d
Death was almost instantaneous.
The baking powder trust has been com
pleted and the $20000,00O capital stock
was subscribed twice over
Mr.. John Sherman is now better than
at any time since he was taken sick His
recovery is confidently expected
President Hill of the Great Northern
! 4 IL hoforo l..
state Grain Growers Association, now in
session at Fargo, \. d.
Six hundred employees OF the Fox Press
ed Steel Company have quit work because
the firm refused to grant an advance of
10 per cent in their wages.
The ordnance bureau of the war de-
partment has sent circular to the gov
ernor OF each state of the union stating
that the arms and ordnance stores fur
nished the volunteers during the Spanish
war will be returned to the state in kind
All the Mahoning mil owners have
voluntarily advanced the wages OF labor
ers from $lI5 to $l.25 a day. Fifteen
hundred men will be benefited by the in
crease
Albert Griffith, the Australian pugilist
known as Young Critic" was declared
insane and sent to jefferson asylum, Chi
cago. Little hope for his recovery Is en-
tertained.
Six hundred and fifty operatives in the
Warren, X. l., cotton mills are on strike
owing to the discharge Of an operative
who signed a paper calling for the organ
ization of a union.
One hundred and fifty men are at work
on the ruins of the Windsor hotel fire.
The first human remains to be found on
the Nfty-seVenth street side OF the ruins
have been unearthed near the wall OF the
annex. There were recovered a number
of bones and portion OF a skull.
William A. Brady and Martin Julian,
on behalf Of Jim JefIries and Bob Fitz,
simmons, have agreed to accept the bid
of the Coney Island Jockey Club for a
25-round contest between these two
heavywei9hts. The contest will take
place May 2G. George Siler OF Chicago
has been agreed upon as referee.
Acting Secretary Meikleiohn has issued
an order stating that gold having been
discovered on Anvik river and its tribu-
taries within the limits Of the military res
ervation of Fort st. Michael, Alaska, all
mining claims in the region, in accordance
with the mining laws and usages, are to
be recognized by the military authorities
! in the reservation.
The fall of snow during the last
week in Vermont has been greater
than at any similar period this year.
DR. Charles Corey of Tacoma shot
and killed his wife last week while
the two were lying asleep.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has
made public statement concerning
exports at Havana during February.
/ 1t shows the total shipments of to-
| bacco at 13,488 bales. The great bulk
| of this went to New York The total
| exports of cigars for the month was
| 16,744,490. The total cigarette ship
ments for the month were 1,010, 405
| packages. The shipments of cut to-
bacco amounted to 1884 kilogrammes
/ The shipments of leaf tobacco were IS
barrels. The exports, free of duty, dur
ing February, reach 5,145,393 kilo-
| grammes, chiefly sugar, pineapples,
preserved fruits, old iron, etc
| General Isaac H. Bailey was found
dead in his room at the Waldorf-As-
toria, in New York. Death was due
| to apOpleXy.