Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-12

June 10, 1900. They are: Ernest Clever.
niger, Robert CushoHberry, John A. Hol.
loway, Sam Waters, David Miller and
Jack Bradford
Passenger rates to Cape Nome have
again been advanced by Dodwell x Co. to
$50 first class. The Victoria is now
the only vessel that has not been sold
out. There are no class tickets to be
had except ON the Edith.
Tom Sharkey at Tattersalls, in Chi
cage knocked out Joe Choynski of Cali.
fornia in two rounds. The fighting was
of the hurricane order, both men landing
repeatedly, but Sharkey had the fight
we'll in hand throughout
The body of John Whalcn was found
in the artificial lake at Lakeview, Butte,
Mont 1t was addressed He is said to
have gone into the lake to sober up and
i, supposed to have gotten beyond his
depth.
The British iron ship Sierra Nevada
Captain Scott, from Liverpool. January
9TH, was totally wrecked outside of the
heads. Five of her crew were saved
but it is believed that - Others, incud-
ing the captain, persisted. The Sierra
Nevada was owned by Thompson, Ander-
son & Co., of Liverpool,
During a riot between strikers and
Workmen at the Buttonwood mine of the
Parrish Coal company at Wilkesbarrc,
Pa. about 20 men were badly injured
including superintendent w. I. Smyth.
The strikers dispersed the workmen. The
sheriff has been called upon to suppress
the riot.
The name of President McKinley's run
ming mate in the coming campaign is now
known. 1t is John Davis Long of Mas
Sachusetts, at present secretary of the
navy, and formerly a representative in
congress and governor of his state. Sec
rotary Longs nominat ton for the vice
presidency has been practically decided
upon by friends of the president, with
the sanction of the president himself. 1t
is, of course. possible that something may
arise to change this decision, but that is
not probable.
Senator Shoup has introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill, di.
recting the secretary of the interior to
turn over the Fort Sherman reservation
abandoned in ldaho) to the board of
managers of the national home for dis
abed soldiers, i'll order that branch
of the national soldiers home may be
established at that point
One of the worst wrecks which has DC.
CURED i'll Wyoming in recent years took
place on O'Neill's sidetrack, l6 miles west
OF RaNlins, on the Union Pacific, when
an eastbound fast fruit train, drawn by
two locomotives, dashed through an open
switch and down high embankment
The dead: Louis Banta, fireman, Raw.
| Inns; James johnson, fireman. Rawlins
! two boys, aged about 20, who were steal
! ing Il ride. names unknown. The I'M ur
ed: Engineer Frank Rehemyer, ANDY
! Sholer engineer; both will recover. En-
gineers Rehemyer and Sholer jumped from
: their engines before the end of the siding
was reached and escaped with IA few in
/ juries.
Judge Foster of New York has dismiss
ed four indictments against Francis II
Weeks. Weeks is Il lawyer, who, as
! manager and executor of about 20 estates
misappropriated about 81 100000 Ten
: indictments were found against him. Rec
order Smith sentenced him to 10 years
at hard labor. His term will expire to.
J morrow
! In view of the recent eight-hour move
ment throughout the country the report
made to the house of representatives by
Chairman Gardner of the committee OH
labor on the Gardner eight-hour bill and
the general subject of eight-hour legis-
lation, has a timely interest. The bill
requires a clause in all government con
tracts that the labor under the contract
shall not exceed eight hours daily.
The employees of the St. Louis Transit
company numbering about 260O men,
made good Tuesday their threat to tie
up the street railway traffic of the city.
In doing so they not only paralyzed the
business of the company which operates
all the electric and cable roads in the city,
with the exception of those owned by
the st. Louis & Suburban company, on
hch a strike has been in progress for
two weeks past, but brought matters to
a standstill in half dozen other lines OF
business as well. 1t was the most com
plete tie-up ever seen in st. Louis.
strike Is or.