Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-04-28
THE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
. Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-In This and For
.,un Lands-Taken From the
Latest Dispatches.

large order of automobiles has been
.bipped by Chicago firm to Hawaii.
Mllnam Booth, the pioneer race horse
raiser of California, is dead at the age
Of 70.
The Hawaiian trade is growing, as the
;mports and exports totaled nearly forty
millions.
The Presbyterian ministers of New
York express themselves in favor of i
change in the creed.
Many of the most peaceful of striking
Italians are leaving Croton Landing TO
sesk work elsewhere.
William A. Clark of Montana has been
.ascted to the board of directors of the
Trust Company of America.
On account of dissensions among its
members the ministerial council at Madrid
has been displaced by new one.
At the Jefferson day banquet of the
Democratic Club in Brooklyn a letter of
regret from Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa
was read.
The trial of w. w. Anderson, the at
torney who shot Tammen and Bonfiels,
proprietors of the Denver Post last Jan
uary, has begun in Denver.
The Swedish riksdag has voted 3,OOO,0 900
kroner for ammunition and rifles, l2OOO,-
900 for new field artillery, $4,000 for
volunteer rifle associations, and has
agreed to increase the new naval con-
structions for 1901 to l,725,0OO kroner.
Indictments were returned by the grand
jury at Frankfort, Ky, against John ".
David and Green Golden as accessories TO
the murder of Governor Goebel.
John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the
treasury, says that he had been asked by
Governor Taylor's counsel to appear for
him in the United States supreme court
iii the Kentucky appeal, but he had de-
.elined to do so because he was too busiv
occupied with other matters.
A row among the delegates to the re-
publican convention started before that
body had been called to order in Mont
gomery, Ala. After a scene of great ex-
cltement, accompanied by some shooun5
in which one man was seriously hurt, the
governor cleared both factions out Of the
state house building and grounds.
The appraised valuation of the estate of
Cornelius Vanderbilt amounts to about
S6yOO0000. Exclusive of the residuary es.
tate, which is held i'll trust for Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, the valuation of
properties calculated from the amount of
inheritance tax is only $32 100000 This
inheritance tax amounts to $320,272,
which has been paid and receipted for by
Comptroller Coler. This sum represents
What was the property of Cornelius Van
derbilt in New York, but does not in
eeude the transfer tax on the $1,000, 900
left to Cornelius Vanderbilt by his father,
William IL. Vanderbilt, with power of ap-
pointment The estate of Cornelius Van
derbilt was supposed to have been worth
at least $l2500O,OOO. At the time of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt's death last September
Chauncey NJ. Depew estimated that the
entire estate was worth $7O,OOO,OO0
The packing house of the Ajax Dyna-
mite Works near the village of Kaw-
kawlin, Mich, was blown up, killing
three men.
Miss Mary E. Dinse of New York
Jumped from the Brooklyn bridge last
week without serious injury. Miss
Dlnse is the second woman who has
ever attempted to end her life in this
way.
Two people persisted in a fire at Ed
lnpurg, N. d. The business portion of
the town suffered the main property
loss, which is estimated at 100000,
with insurance of 100000. The neigh
oorlng towns sent relief
Ambassador Choate is back in Lon
oon and Henry White is to start for
washington. These events give rise
70 stories that Choate is to succeed
secretary of State Hay and that White
Is 10 suggest move to satisfy the Boer
sentiment.
Inc Prince of Wales, heir to Eng
,"no throne, received an ovation when
ne returned to London. Thousands
'hronged Charing Cross station and ap-
proaches and cheered the man who es-
oaped the assassin's bullet. King Oscar
VI sweden was also a welcome guest.
alexander Calder, the first partner
VI Alex Mcdonald, the Klondike king,
uieu at Selkirk, Alaska, March 20. His
"ile VIII bring the body to Seattle for
,nIerment. He was 45 years old, born
~ Nova Scotia, and was one of the
'icnest men in the Klondike country.
noDert Soames, freight engineer on
, snu canadian Pacific, was instantly
Allied at Beaver Canyon while taking a
IAN through. He was going at the
r . OF 80 miles an hour, when the en-
sue ran into rock slide. The loco
lotiVe and three cars toppled over, and
ooames WAS thrown apainst q nrniact.