Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-12-30
LATE TELEGRAPuIC NOTES

LATE TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
Iowa capitalists invest in largo ,,,e,. g
Texas rice lands.
ROBERTS and Kitchener have sailed from
Gibraltar for Cape Town.
Philadelphia will equip an hospital ship
70 De sent TO the Transvaal
"A recent snowside hit the White Pas.
" uKon Railroad rotary outfit.
cincinnati democrats are preparing 10
MAKE a hard fight for the convention.
Inc Lowell Arms Company. ,porting
soVis hrm OF Boston, has gone under.
a blizzard was sweeping over Alaska
IN the vicinity of Skagway ON Dee. %
An unknown bark and - men were re-
Gently swallowed 10y the sea near Norfolk
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f. c. Hodges & Co., bankers and
brokers' OF Boston, have suspended bu,i.
ness.
ny recent proclamation, the queen warns
british subjects against assisting the
Beers.
Chicago letter carriers have withdrawn
from the organization OF the Knights of
Labor.
Director Roberts of the mint says greed
IN speculation is the prime cause of tight
money.
\ petition is being drawn UP by the
shippers OF the country against raising
the rates.
Railroad men purchase a valuable tract
OF land in Arizona and expect to open up
a zinc district.
The striking French coal miners recently
made big demonstration, but were held
back by officers.
Pennsylvania coal miners want an in.
crease of wages, and threaten to strike If
it is not granted.
Investigation OF the cause of the wreck
in kendrick canyon found that the train.
men were to blame.
France hopes for trouble between Eng
land and the United States, and is much
pleased with the prospect.
Emily Drake OF Brandon, Man. was
hung for killing her mother because She
was jealous of her children
Alderman George Hill of Milwaukee,
Wis, committed suicide recently by shoot
ing himself through the head.
\. +. Hayward was arrested in Portltnd =,
Ore, by the police on charge OF murder,
committed at Pennington, Utah, over 4
year ago.
Prof. Eliot +. Couez of Washington. d.
c., the world famed ornithologist and sci
enlist. is dead at Johns Hopkn, hospital,
Baltimore.
The celebrated Pinnacle rock, which
overhung Cumberland gap, and was It
noted natural spectacle, has fallen iron;
the lofty height.
The boiler of locomotive on the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad blew up at
ATinturn Col, killing Engineer Quacken-
badly that he died few hours later
The Bank Of Montreal has subscribed
$4,000 to the relief fund for the British
soldiers in South Africa. Inc directors Of
the bank added $500 to this amount in
personal subscriptions.
Seven Indians, including two squaws,
were drowned short distance west Of
Ashcroft, b. G., by the upsetting OF Il
canoe in which they were attempting to
cross the Thompson river.
Fire recently destroyed the wholesale
and retail dry goods establishment OF Geo.
Dewad & Co, and the crockery store OF
VI. F. Kaag, of Fort Wayne Ind, causing
an aggregate loss of $2OO0OO.
During riot among II negro men and
women on trolley ear in Morrisana,
New York. one man was fatally shot and
two we're dangerously wounded. Charles
Trassv, who did the shooting, was arrest
ed.
The recent Nooksack river flood caused
great damage to farms and buildings. Five
Of seven bridges over the stream have been
swept away. Rain and chinook wind
suddenly melted the snow in the noun
tains
American goods have oeen confiocated
bv the British in heavy amounts An ex-
port agent of New York says his merchan-
disc was consigned to a reputable firm in
Lorenzo Marquee, and he objects to losing
his money.
The escape OF Winston Churchill was
narrow. He eluded the Beers for over
seven days by hiding during the day and
sneaking along the railroad at night. he
was hidden under a huge pile OF sacks
while the Beers searched for him.