Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-23
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
eign Lands-Taken From the Lat
est Dispatches.

The recent democratic state convention
held at Montpelier, VT, nominated a full
state ticket by acclama ton and declared
for Bryan and the Chicago platform, and
against the imperial policy OF the add
ministration and the republican party.
A Santa Fe freight train ran into and
demolished a street car at Main street
crossing, at Hutchinson, Kan, killing Mrs.
j. S. Patten, Mrs. William Burtche and
Mrs George Kown. Mrs. Kown was
dragged from the wreck by her husband
and died in his arms. Kown was badly in
jured, but will recover.
With the motorman dead on the front
platform, a Chicago electric car crowded
with passengers shot across the railroad
tracks at Fortieth street just ahead of a
freight train, and for three blocks ran at
full speed with no one at the controlling
lever. The motorman, II. A. Morgan, had
fallen helpless from heart disease, but the
passengers did not realize their danger I'M
til after it was over and the car had been
stopped by the conductor
General OTIS received a warm well
come at his own home at Rochester, N.
Y.
Gen. MacAbulos an insurgent leader
and PHILIPPINE chief surrendered to Lis
cumb.
Free State is not yet quiet as the
Beers are too active there to suit the
British.
Japan has an eye on Russia there
fore the joint action in China has one
drawback to it.
Chicagos colored population is deep
ly interested in a plan to establish a
colony in Hawaii.
The body of man with his throat
cut from ear to ear was discovered re-
Gently in the upper river at New York
city.
Yellow fever has broken out at Que
mados, eight miles from Havana, where
United States troops are stationed.
Thus far there have been four cases, 3
of which proved fatal.
Oscar Gardner won on a foul in
bout with Billy Barrett of New York in
the fifteenth round of what was to have
been a 25-round bout before the Broad
way Athletic club on Friday.
A coach on the City LeaIenworth
electric line crashed into work train
at curve 10 miles east of Leaven-
worth. The coach was splintered to
kindling wood and five railroad men in
jured. The car carried no passengers
News has been received from Paris
of the death of Louis Schwabacher, who
passed away after an illness of several
months. Mr.. Schwabacher was we'll
know in Seattle and on Puget Sound,
where he was interested in several en-
terprises.
Sullivan Converse, of Chicago and
his father were drowned recently while
bathing in the bayou Chilcot Miss, in
full view of their fourteen-year old son
and brother. Sullivan Converse was
one of the volunteer seamen on the bat
tie ship Oregon during the late war
with Spain. His mother, Mrs. Ira NJ.
Converse, is we'll known in literary cir
cles as a newspaper correspondent.
The accounts of Cuba's treasurer nave
been examined and no extravaganza is
apparent.
Mrs. Beverage, wife of United States
Senator Albert j. Beyeridge of Indiana, is
dead
The instruction in Bulgaria is spread
ing. Fifty peasants have been killed by
the military at Duran Lekah.
Captain Orson Lee of the Forty-ffth
volunteer infantry was drowned of the
coast of Albay on the 10th instant.
Billy Hanrahan of New York was
knocked out in the 18th round of his fight
with Tommy West of Brooklyn recently.
The steamer Knight Bachelor cleared
from New Orleans for Cape Town recently
with 1000 horses for the British govern
ment.
The political crisis in British Columbia
has about come to head, and there seems
no reasonable doubt that Lieutenant Gov
ernor McInnes will be dismissed.
The entire business section of the village
of Middleton, eight miles west of Madison,
Wis. was wiped out by fire. The insur-
ance loss is $4,000 to 100000, with the
actual loss much greater.
The statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund, exclusive OF The $780,
100000 gold reserve in the division of re-
demption. shows: Available cash balances,
Sl4S, 959,7l3, gold $695lS,292.
Governor Beckham, the youngest COVER
nor Kentucky has ever had, and The
youngest in the United States, has issued
a statement formally announcing his can
didacy for the democratic nomination to
succeed himself
Charles Baldic was fatally shot at Coun-
ell, Washington county, Idaho, by George
Bassett The trouble occurred in a saloon
run by Rassett. It seems Baldic had been