Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-02


yanced age
ronger wants to come home but Pres
,dont Mckinley, however, desires him
70 remain in China.
oAicial statistics estimate the French
vintage of 1900 at 67,352, 661 hectolitres,
r,bich is an increase of 19, 444, 9S1 hec-
tolitres over 1899.
At Sharon, Pa, an Erie & Pittsburg
freight train ran into crowd of men
IN their way to work. Five men were
killed outright being cut to pieces.
III Hung Chang asserts that the pun
,shment to be imposed upon Prince
chvang and Flu Slang has been carried
ont according to the demands of the
foreign ENJOYS.
The latest edict of the Chinese court
expresses the desire that Chi-Hsien and
Hsun Ching Yu, now in the hands of
the powers, be handed over for imme-
date execution.
At st. Petersburg, in honor Of Wash
ington's birthday Mr.. Charlemagne
Tower. the United States ambassador
and Mrs. Tower gave reception to the
American colony.
Fighting has occurred between a
large body of Bulgarian agitators and
force of Turkish villagers, near Che
yegheli Macedonia Six Bulgarians
we're killed and three taken prisoners.
Five Turkish soldiers were killed and
several wounded.
The president has issued a procla-
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senate for executive purposes immedi-
atey upon the dissolution of the pres
ent congress, March 4.
At the John Hopkins university the
designations of Presidents Gilman and
Professor Herbert B. Adams are an
nounced i'll health being given as the
reason Both were accepted.
At Santa Cruz, Cal, DR.. Pierce B. Fa-
gen, pioneer of the state, is dead. Dr.
Fagen laid out the site of the city of
Des Moines, Iowa, in 1916. Deceased
was native of Iowa, aged 80 years.
An imperial decree orders the Chi
nese officials in Pekin to repair to the
palaces so that they may be in readi
ness to receive the court, which will
Mr. Cudahy is in receipt of letter
from Pat Grove. He maintains that
he had nothing to do with the kidnap-
ing, but kept away from Omaha be-
cause he feared the hot-tempered peo
pie would lynch him.
Although the situation arising out of
the Russo-American tariff controversy
is unquestionably full of peril, neither
well informed Americans or well in
formed Russians anticipate an I'M
breakable deadlock.
Colonel Walter Schuyler, with de-
tachment of the Forty-sixth volunteer
infantry, had skirmish near Santa
Cruz, province Of Cavite, in which sew
eral insurgents were k1lleu. The Amer
leans captured 10 rifles.
At Tacoma Herman Eifrig, watch
maker, shot and killed himself in the
rear Of a saloon. Whisky and gam
bling were the cause. Eifrig leaves
widow and four children.
John Boyce, pioneer and freighter of
the early years, and lately stockman
of Echo, died recently at the hospital
at Pendleton, Ore, of grip. Mr.. Boyce
was born in New Hampshire in 1928,
being rs years of age.
Mrs. Louise Dryfoos wife of we'll
known wholesale liquor dealer of Sc
attic, committed suicide Sunday after
noon, shooting herself with 45-calibre
revolver. She lived for three hours
after the shooting. 1t is thought her
m afpo
j. P. Morgan has just completed the
project by which another and the great
est consolidation of capital is added to
the notable list of the last 10 years.
The steel combination plan has been
consummated at a conference, and the
news is the topic of half the converse
ton.
The bill providing for the Louisiana
purchase exposition at st. Louis has
passed the senate with an amendment
Which provides for the closing of the
exposition on Sunday, and further
amendment providing for a govern
ment exhibit at the Charleston exposi-
tion. The bill passed the senate with
out division.
On the North German Lloyd steam
snip Werra, which recently left for the
mediterranean, was a party of scien-
tlsts bound for Sumatra to view the
eclipse of the sun on May II. There
were 3S members of the first party,
among them being Professor Alfred e.
burton, Professor George L. Hosemer,
harrison w. Smith and G. ~. Matth- /
ews.
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