Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
IHE TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
vrws OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
4 Complete Review of the Events of
.he Past Week-In This and FOr-
.,9p Lands-Taken From the
latest Dispatches.


The regular army probably will be
enlarged to one hundred thousand men.
Kruger will ask mediation, and If I'M
successful threatens to turn loose state
secrets.
Holland company gets a contract
from the government to build a subma-
rine boat.
Mayor Van Wyck holds his job, as
the scandal Of the ice trust stock is to
blow over.
Turkey is sullen, as papers have been
denied a United States consul. 1t is a
violation of treaty rights.
The funeral of Charles H. Hoyt the
wainwright, was held in st. Lukes
Episcopal church Frid y afternoon, at
Charleston, N. H.
AT New York Chester B. Lawrence,
Jr.. member of the Consolidated Stock
Exchange, made an assignment recent
Iy to George H. Wolbert.
News was received from Kahissallah,
a small coast town in California, Of
the shocking death of little Indian
girl who was sacrificed to witchcraft.
The third assistant postmaster gen.
eral has issued an order directing that
Hawaii is now territory Of the United
States with the domestic registration
system in full operation there.
w. ]. Bryan says: still believing
in the principles set forth in the Chi
csgo platform, shall continue to de-
fend them, believing the American peo-
pie will yet see the necessity for the re-
pudiation of republicanism."
Senator w. E. Mason Of Illinois, who
is suffering from inflammatory rheu-
matism, is reported worse. He Is un-
able to walk. The senator has not been
in the best Of health for the past three
years.
Is Aguinaldo alive? Manila papers
seem to question the fact. Account
from northern Luzon tells of the fleeing
rebel leader being carried down the
river on a raft, in hammock covered
with leaves.
The dead body of a man with bull
let in his head, found near Redding,
CAL, recently is believed to be that of
Frank Michaels of Portland, Ore, who
recently came to this place in search of
employment.
Dorotion Karragdag, an insurgent
lieutenant colonel, and Manuelo Laza-
"a, who it is said, was General Torres
quartermaster, have been arrested in
Balacan province. Karragdag had pre-
viously been arrested and paroled.
A tornado which swept over Della
ware and Knox counties, Ohio, recent
ly, caused losses aggregating $4,000.
The path of the storm was only about
quarter of a mile wide and touched
the earth only in spots.
Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mine
owner, will be president of the Nation
al irrigation congress for the coming
year. He was put in nomination by
the committee on permanent organiza-
ton, and there was no opposition.
The cabinet at London decided to
recommend Queen Victoria to make
Major General Lord Kitchener a lieu
tenant general, so as to enable him to
take over the supreme command in
South Africa when Lord Roberts leaves
the country
The Woolson Spice company has
made a reduction of l cent per pound
In roasted coffee. This was followed
Oy reduction by the Arbuckles Of Is
points in refined sugar The National
sugar Refining company followed the
Arbuckle cut.
Captain Edward T. Strong was
placed on the retired list in the navy
with rank of rear admiral. Captain
Strong was recently in command of
the monitor Monadn ok on the Asiatic
station, and his health broke down
While on that duty.
The dominion government has estab-
nshed quarantine at Carson, B. c., on
the boundary line, on account of the al
ieged outbreak of smallpox at Repub-
nc wash. There are thus far said to
oe three cases of smallpox in the Amer
lean mining camp.
An order came to all tobacco dealers
recently to at once ship out of Iowa
tnelr entire stock of cigarettes and CT
sarette paper. The order came from
the American Tobacco company in con-
lormity with the recent decision of the
United States court.
philippine commission has ecacted
legislation for the government of Be2-
suet. Governor, at a salary of $1,000
a year, to be treasurer, auditor, provin-
cal Justice and head of the constabu-
lary. Acceptance of the Office by the
natives made compulsory.
The Union Pacific has adopted the
plan OF placing armed guards upon its
trains which carry large shipments of