Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-26
The TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lnnds-TaIxen From the Int
est Dispatches.

The boiler of torpedo boat exploded
at st. Petersburg, killing six persons.
The French line steamer La Gascogne,
which has sailed for Havre, carried 3d.
100000 in gold.
Plague has appeared again in Japan
and IL deaths have occurred in the last
month in Osaka.
A dispatch from the Maritime Exchange
states that the British steamer Samantha
was wrecked near Port Hastings, N. S.,
but that her crew was safely landed.
The secretary of the interior has received
information that the Indians on the
Tongue river in Montana are becoming
restless and that an incipient messiah
craze has made its appearance there
An official cable from the government
of Cauca, Panama, reports that victory
was obtained by General Prospero Brin-
son over the revolutionary forces com
manded by General Tribe at Lebriga, in
the department of San Antander, May 10.
The fire in Greenwich Conn, destroyed
five business blocks, the Catholic church,
one of E. G. Benedict's stables and few
other buildings, causing total loss of
Sl50000.
Fire destroyed one side of Main street
in the business portion of Green Meadow,
MINI. The loss is estimated at $4,000,
with one-third insurance. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The postmaster of Havana Is under ar
rest, as by his signed confession he adj
mits to taking cash from the money order
funds to supply his personal needs. He
also admits other irregularities.
Rev. A. NJ. Echolz of Mddlesport, O.,
commissioner to the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly, representing the Athens,
o., presbytery, dropped dead in the audi
forum Of the Washington and Compton
Presbyterian church. He was seated in
pew in the rear of the church when at
tackled with heart disease.
Hong Kong papers say that the police
have confiscated large quantities of fire.
arms and ammunition intended for dis
tribution among the lawless classes in
China Piles of Nlauser rifles, hundreds
of revolvers and bayonets, 10000 pounds
of gunpowder and 100000 rounds of am
munition have been captured near Chin
Wan. Twenty-Five men in charge of this
illegal arsenal have been arrested.
A telegram from Hoping, Sweden, re-
ports that as the steamer Hoping was pass-
ing the Prinz Karl, man sprang upon
the deck of the latter vessel and shout
ed: IF any one comes near will shoot. y
At the same moment woman was seen
hanging over the ships side shrieking for
help The man escaped in a boat When
the Prinz Carl was boarded it was found
that ii men on board had been shot, seven
OF whom, including the captain, we're dead.
The rest were found locked in their
quarters.
1t is stated that within the last fort
night bankers of Paris have, through the
Bank OF France, negotiated loan of $l5,-
UooOOo from New York bankers. This
money is needed to finance enterprises in
cldental to the exposition year in Paris.
While France is one of the richest coun-
tries IN the world, its stock of gold was
insufficient to meet all the demands that
have sprung up this year, and the bankers
OF Paris have borrowed here at compare
lively low interest rates in order 20 pre-
vent any enterprise from tagging The
big loan is to be shipped in installments
averaging about SO 1000 900 a week. The
second installment has gone and the
movement will continue for about three
weeks longer. The loan was negotiated
by the National City bank and most OF
the foreign banking houses participated in
it.
The royal military tournament was
opened in London by the Prince oil
wales at Agricultural hall, Islington
under very happy auspices.
Two Yosemite valley stages were hello
up at Big Oak Flat by lone highway
man. One stage was going into and the
other was coming from the park. The
robber secured $500.
Negotiations for the sale of the Raw
hide mine, the once famous gold pro
Queer of Tuolumne county, CAL, to al
English syndicate, have been practi
cally completed. The price named il
$500
The report telegraphed from Sar
francisco that bubonic plague is preva
lent there are denied by the board o
health, the Merchants association
Mayor Phelan and others interested il
the welfare of the city.
A recommendation has been made 70
all unions to strike in St Louis by thu
labor leaders in that city. Rioting ha
broken out afresh and half dozen mel
snot during the disorders. Two are be
heyed to be fatally wounded.
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