Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-06-08
OUInInnnI III HUhLD D N[HO
NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
A Complete Review of the Events of
the Past week-In This and For-
eign Lands--Tnken From the
Latest Dispatches.


Chinese have agreed to pay Interest
on the indemnity at four per cent.
Recently the Latah, Wash, postoffict
was broken into and robbed of 500.
The town of Jasper. Texas, has been
wiped out by fire. 1t is believed that
burglars set fire to the place.
During desperate fighting near 10
hannesburg over two hundred British
were slain. The Beers left nearly two
score dead on the field.
Customs officers made an important
seizure of Chinese silks and a quantity
of cigars and wines in the quarters of
the Chinese crew on the steamer Tartar
at Vancouver, B. c.
In the municipal elections, Senior
Gener, the nationalist, was elected
mayor of Havana, recently, receiving
Ills votes, against 1888 for Senior
Mora, republican, and 3,211 for Senior
Garcia, democrat.
In Covington, KY, Mrs. Kate Hester,
aged 32, after a quarrel with her hus-
band at the supper table, shot and kill
ed him, as we'll as their year old
daughter after which she put the re-
volver to her own head and blew out
her brains.
Officials Of the administration, for
the first time since the announcement
of the decisions of the supreme court
in the insular cases, admit that there
Is a possibility of an extra session of
congress in July.
Dial Hawkins, lightweight champion
of the Pacific coast, and Billy Arm
strong, the popular manager of the
Rossland Athletic club, will meet in
Rossland in a 20-round contest June
IS for a 5000 purse.
Further details of the great fire
which ragged on the Isthmus of Tehaun-
tepec for several days have been re-
ceived, Over 70 people were unable to
escape the rapid progress of the flames
and were burned to death.
Rev. Thomas Pearne, aged 81, and for
81 years a minister in the Methodist
church, is dead at his home in Gin
cinnati. He was United States consul
in the British West Indies during part
Pocatontas, pigeon owned by S. ].
Shrek, broke the homing pigeon rec
ord Sunday by flying from Alligator
lake, Miss, distance of 400 miles, on
an air line, in hours and Al minutes.
The speed of Shrecks bird was 1882
yards per minute.
At meeting of the generals Of the
allied troops at Pekin, it was decided
to transfer the administration of the
city of Pekin to the Chinese officials
gradually during June. Coun Won Wal
dersee, accompanied by his staff, will
leave Pekin Monday.
The strange sliding movement of the
city of Butte, which has been notice
able at intervals for several years, has
again manifested itself by five large
cracks in the earth in different sections
of the city. The largest crevice oc-
Cured on West Galena street, where
a crack II inches wide and of consid-
cradle length and depth has appeared.
A heavy rain and hail storm covered
a wide area recently and did great dam
age to all crops in Texas, especially to
fruit. A special from Palentine says
the damage to property inside the city
and to crops in the surrounding coun-
try will reach $150,000.
A cable message has been received by
William Cramp & Sons announcing
that the first payment for the cruiser
contracted for by the government of
Turkey has been PAID by the Imperial
Ottoman bank. Until now there has
been an element of doubt as to whether
the cruiser would ever be built, but
with the first payment made the work
will be carried forward.
Lieutenant John NJ. Neil, an ex-offi-
Ger of the regular army, stationed at
the Preside near San Francisco. was
arrested in Minneapolis by a deputy
United States marshal on instructions
from San Francisco. charging him with
forgery of vouchers in the army three
years ago.
The stranger who came to a hotel in
Fergus Falls, Mimi. and registered as
George Gilbert of Portland, Oregon.
was found lying on the floor of his
room with bullet hole in his fore
head. A revolver was found near the
body and the man had evidently killed
himself
Incomplete details have been receiv-
ed at Bieber, Cal, of the lynching of
five men at Lookout, Modoc county.
The lynched We're Calvin Hall, 70 years
old, his three halfbreed sons, Frank,
James and Martin, aged respectively
&c, 10 and 16. and B. D. Yantis, aged 81.
Cause-stealing.
II am Elijah. the prophet, who ap-
peared first as Elijah himself, second
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