Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-09
WORLD SAENSBR|EFLY TOLD
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review of Happenings in
Roth Eastern and Western Hemis-
phere. for the Past week--NatiOn-
aI, Historical, Political and Per-
saoBaI Events Tersely ExpOunded.

Improvement. HIS physicians ulag
E0sed the Malay as Inflammation OF
TIE stomach.
Nicaragua has given notice of the
termination of the treaty Of 1867
granting the United States authority
to build canal across the country.
Also the treaty of 1870.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin
says that all American records have
been broken in the Boston wool mar
ket last week, the transactions aggre-
eating not less than 25.000,000 pounds.
1t is announced in a dispatch to q
London news agency from st. Peters
burg that scores of fishing boats were
wrecked and that ITO men were
drowned during a recent storm on
Lake Baikal,
Lord Kitchener has reported to the
war Office q disaster to the British
near bethel. Eastern Transvaal, in
which two guns were lost. several of
fcers Killed or wounded "a men were
Killed and 100 were wounded
Mrs. Elizabeth HaEbury, who was
born June 8, 1898 is dead in London.
Mrs Hanhury was notable half cen
fury ago as an antislavery, prison re-
former and other philanthropic mat
tCrs, she could see to read and write
up to her Tooth year.
At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the William Mckinley Ma.
tional Memorial Arch association, it
was determined on motion of Secre
tary Gage, the treasurer of the asso-
cation. to raise $1,500,000 for con-
structing the proposed arch. Material
progress was reported by the execu-
tive committee in she work of prepar-
alton IF raising subscriptions.
Jack Heffron, familiarly known as
~Pasco Jack" a railway switchma /
from Pasco. was shot and almost in
s.tantly killed at Ellensburg, Wash.
Sunday night by Ed. Smith, locomo
the influence of liquor and became in
volved in an alteration, and in the
Fcuffie Smith fired two or three shots,
at least one of which took effect, re-
sulting in Heffron's death within few
moments. Smith is in the county Jail,
pending his preliminary examination
The prisoner is about % years of age.
The census report on males of
school military and voting ages for
all states and territories shows the
following summary for the country as
a whole: Persons of school age. to
20 years. 26.110,7SS, of whom 24,S97 1870
are native born, 22,490,211 are white,
and 1896, 160 are males. Males
of militia age, 16,360,363, of whom
13.122.280 are native born. and
54.495.396 are white, and males
CT voting age, 21,329,S19, of whom
16,2279S5 are native born an1
1906 lab are white. OF the total num-
her of males. II years of age and over,
2,326255 are illiterate OF the 49,
227 285 native born males, 81 years
of age and over, ,706, 292 are illiterate.
end of the 5.102.534 foreign born, 620,-
002 are illiterate.
Ellis, II. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States. in his report of the
transactions of his office during the
last fiscal year, says that the treas
Try was never stronger than at the
close of that period. The operations
which were of the first order both in
variety and magnitude. resulted in
noteworthy changes in the paper cur
Teucy. ss we'll as a steady and health
full growth of gold in the treasury and
in the general stock. The net ordin-
ary revenues for the year were $751;
SS5.337 an increase of $20.444 ass over
those of 1900 which were the next
highest recorded. The increase came
from each of the heads of resource
hut chiefly from the internal revenue
On the side of expenditures the total
of $500 967 1853 has been exceeded only
four times in 1863, 1864, 1865 and 1899
The surplus of $77717.9S4 was slightly
under 100000 less than in 1900
report Of Commissioners Hermann OF
the land Office says that 1862, 79t
acres of public land were disposed
of during the last fiscal year. an in
crease of 2.10S,90S over the previous
year. which was the banner year in
public land sales. The net surplus
from the entire land and forest
administration is $3.54S,442. The
report refers to the large mum
Der of prosecutions begun in Idaho
erd Montana for perjury and subordia
alton OF perjury in entries of lane
Under the timber and stone act which
entries. it says, apparently were made
for speculative purposes and have be
come the property of one man.
Fire at Jennings, La, recently de
stroyad DroDertv valuad NJ .,o,o ~,