Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-09
The TELEGRAPH SUMMARY
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
4 Complete Review of the Events of
the Past Week-Tn This und For
ei9n Handkerchief From the Lat
est Dispatches.

|
Kid Mccoy whipped Bonner, a Penn
| sylvania pugilist, in fast seven-round
| fight in New York last week
Adjutant General FINLEY of the Unit
| ed Confederate Veterans reports that
40 camps were organized during the
| year, raising the total number from
| 140 to 1870.
The first chamber at The Hague has
rejected by 20 to 20 votes the govern
ment bill to secure workmen against
accidents. 1t is expected the ministry
will resign.
The house last week defeated the pro
| posed antitrust amendment to the con-
stitution by a vote of 154 to 131, the
vote being divided practically on party
| lines, republicans for and democrats
against
The safe of the Bank of Sheldahl
at Des Moines Iowa, was blown up by
robbers, who secured $1,000 and escaped
after holding so unarmed citizens at
bay with rifles.
A heavy explosion of chemicals at the
Eastman kodak works, just outside the
city of Rochester, N. Y, wrecked a por-
| ton of the building. Foreman Tracey
was instantly killed and several others
| injured.
Della Fox, the we'll known actress,
was committed to the insane asylum
by Justice McAdams of New York. on
petition of her brother, and the evil
dence of physicians showing that she
! is laboring under a delL ion.
Gen. John B. Gordon, at the Louis
vile convention of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, succeeded in allaying
the feeling that was caused by receipt
of fraternal message from the G.
A. r.
Major March believes that Aguinaldo
is wounded or dead. For days detach-
ment of the Thirty-third infantry fol-
lowed the trail Of the fugitive, sighted
the party at Lagat, and brought down
the leader.
! The street railway strike at st. Louis
continues. Lieut.. Col; lavender has
been placed in command of the posse
which the sheriff has been endeavoring
to raise, but without much success. for
several days past.
A contract has been let by Mrs. Jane
L Stanford for new chemistry build
ing at the Leland Stanford university.
The total contract price is slightly in
excess of 100000. The building is to
be completed in time for the fall open
ing.
Late reports from Samoa say the
Germans are having considerable diff
Guilty with their portion of the lately
divided islands. On the other hand,
! United States officials declare every
thing quiet and prospects bright in Tu-
tuila.
The president has appointed Col. Lu-
Their H. Hare of the Thirty-third volun-
! teer infantry, captain of the Seventh
cavalry, and Col. J. H. Smith of the
Seventeenth infantry, to be brigadier
| generals of volunteers, in recognition
of their distinguished services in the
Philippines.
Capt. Roberts of the Thirty-ffth reg.
iment and his two missing companions,
captured at San Miguel de Mayumo,
province of Bulucan, Luzon, May 90,
are still in the hands of the rebels, who
have communicated to the Americans
their intention to treat the prisoners
we'll and in accordance with the laws
of war
Geo. Leonard Wood, military cover.
nor general of Cuba, cabled the follow
ing statement relative to the frauds in
the Cuban postal service and the gen
eral condition of the islands: "I firmly
| believe that the irregularities in the
| Cuban postal service which amount to
! plain theft only, are all that will be
discovered. The postal service has not
been under my jurisdiction. I learned
Of the frauds, instituted an inquiry and
took steps to secure the punishment of
the men implicated"
The naval court martial which has
been trying Capt. J. H. MCGOWAN on
charges of scandalous conduct and ne
glect of duty in connection with the
killing by him of a Filipino while in
command of the Monadnock in the
Philippines, has submitted it's conclu-
sions and sentences him to be suspend
and be reprimanded by the secretary of
the navy. There was also unanimous
recommendation for clemency.
The plan of Gomez to amalgamate party
organizations in Cuba is not meeting with
favor.
Little Clifford Howell of Spokane, while
playing on the cars, fell under the v heels
and was instantly killed.
The Chicago India famine renef com
mittee received the following cablegram
from Lady Curzon yicerine of India:
Chief of Police Lavelle has spread con-