Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-17
'RMSFRgM fA|l AROUND
TERsE ne ~FRoMTHE WIRES
A Complete Review of the Events of
the PaAT week IN This Tmtf "FOrs'
eiRB Lands--summarized, From the
Latest Dispatches.
Standard Oil certificates are selling

standard OH certlncateS are Selling
for $3.50, 49,. ,s,,,ote, ,,e. ,,d
Fire at South Bend, Ind, destroyed
the gymnasium Of Notre Dame. ~ ~
Major General OTIS has taken COM
mand of the, department, of the lakes.
In the Dominion elections the lib
erals wonEi2S. the combined opposition
81 seats. ,ehn9ili gi8di beiJeppnRd
ID. Sir Charles Upper, leader of the
conservative party In Canada, an
nounces his intention to retire % from
public life, ..r,...s1 a. ~
Thomas Hackett shot. and killed j.
Hamilton at Brockvitle, KY, in a quar-
rel over politics. "a iyR l.iH 00W &
A fiat increase Of cent a pound has
been put upon beef, pork and mutton,
by Chicago packers. ; a3!5al9 cAn
H. N. Clemens, of Silver City, New,
foreman of the Virginia Water Com
pany, Shot and killed Kim Keiger
Keiger commenced the lshootihghnS
Secretary Root is going to Cuba for
his health, says a special to the Tri-
bune from Washington. More than
this" he has not eonfided to his closest
official associates. JIG
The employees of the American Steel
and Wire company of Worcester, Mass.
suffered a reduction of ~ per- cent
The workers are far from being elated
over this evidence of prosperity.
At st. Petersburg the Novoe Vremya
says two steamers and swenty odd sail
ing vessels were wrecked in the Black
sea during the recent storms, several
laundering with their entire crews,
A terrific explosion of gas occurred
recently in Buck Mountain eolliery,,
near Mahoney City, Pa. Thirty men
We're in the mine at the time and three
are known to have been killed. "a
At Offenbach, Hesse, recently two
express trains came into collision. A
gas reservoir exploded, setting fire to-
the wreckage, and seven persons were
burned to death and four injured .,
While excaVating for a. sewer at
Cumberland, Nd, large cave-in oc-
curred' buFEing a number of men un-'
der ~ feet of slate rock. Two men,
Isaac Formati' and George Rice, have
been takenl out deadseH cHmnH "
A, syndicate composed of. Pittsburg
and New York capitalists has formed
a new coal com pany' which will be CAPT
talized AT 100000: THE purpose is
to develop Immense tracts Of coal land,
practieafly all of which is located in
WaskaTEtUn County, Pa. c.e as*s1 ~ 10
Biloxi, Miss, situated on the sound
SO miles from New Orleans, was swept
by terrific fire recently, which des-
troyed upwards of TOO Houses and rem
dered hundreds of people homeless,
Biloxi is town Of 1000 people and a
well-known summer resort Of 'Missis-
sippians and Louisianians, and a VIM
ter resort for northern people. nus -.
Officials of the ,Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron and Steel Workers an
nounce the settlements today of the
strikes at the Riverside Iron Works Of
the National Tube company and the
Bessemer-Alabama plant of the Tennes-
see Iron and Steel Rail company The
resumption of the two plants will give
employment to 5000 men. d4
The preliminary official report of the
Russian crops materially conflict with
the rumors of the alleged failure of the
Russian cereals which have been cir
culated for some weeks. According to
the report referred to, the wheat crop
is 45,150,000 quarters; rye, 97,250000
quarters; oats, 100000 quarters, and
barley, 25,750,000 quarters. This is the
best wheat crop since 1896. a .,
Carnegie will establish a polytechnic
school at Pittsburg, Pa.
Beckham's seat is safe. The kentucky
republicans will not contest. aitd.1t
Jim Jetfries and Tom Sharkey have a
match arranged to take place some time
in May.
The report of the dead letter office
shows that over seventy million packages
were received during the year. .c.
\ sensational murder occurred in Vie
toria, b. c., when Thomas Council shot
and killed William Ashley, a prosperous
gardener. .......... ...,.., L45
Holland has EXPRESSED a Willingness to
purchase on behalf of Mr.. Kruger for the
exiled Beers a portion Of German South
west Africa. ,ff
Bright's disease threatens the life of
Senator Davis of Minnesota, who has been
struggling against pain and discomfort OF.
a wounded foot for weeks. 4+
i. w. Vaille, director general of the
posts Of the Philippine islands, in his an
ndaI report to- the postmaster general
shows a surplus of $l9,6S2 to the credit of
the Philippine postal service. WI .tt
At Yokohama the chief sensation of the
week has been the attack by lunatic
unon the rarriaoe of the emnress Al the