Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
WORLD NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Complete Review of Happenings In
Both Eastern and Western Hemis-
pheres for the Past Week-Nation-
nj, Historical, Political and Per-
sonaI Events TerseIy Expounded.

6dIY VI LnG vi cAO NOAtOc5O'
That there has been retrogression
rather than an advance along engineer
ing lines in the navy during the past
two years Is the most significant stale
ment contained in the annual report OF
Admiral George Melville, engineer in
chief OF the navy.
"Mr Kruger has received a dispatch
from Mr.. Hallenburger that the greater
part of Cape Colony is in open rebel
lion" says a dispatch to the London
Daily Mail from Brussels, "and that
the Beers have armed $4,000 Afrikand-
ers within the last three months"
Ex-Gov. John Sargent Pillsbury OF
Minnesota died last Friday morning.
He was governor of Minnesota from
1878 to 1882.
John Flanagan, the champion ham
mer thrower, in his efforts for cham
pionship honors at the track and field
games of the Greater New York Irish
Athletic association, made a new
worlds record in throwing the Sc
pound weight distance of SO feet 916
inches.
Earl Russell has been released from
Holloway Jail in London. The appli-
cation OF Countess Russell to make alb
solute her decree OF divorce will be
heard October %. In the event of the
application being granted, it Is an
nounced the earl and Mrs. Somerville
will be married few days later.
Grief over his separation from army
life, with which he had been associated
for forty years, and to which he was
greatly attached. is believed to have
been the direct cause of the suicide at
Fort Douglas of August Lang, ordin-
ance sergeant Lang was to have been
retired within few days. and rather
than re-enter civil life he hanged hiteet
self in one of the buildings at the
fort
President John w. Springer, OF the
National Livestock association, has is
sued his official call for the fifth an
nual convention of the association to
convene in Chicago Tuesday, Deem
Der 8, and continue in session for four
days or longer. The call provides for
delegates from every state and terri
tory in the Union, and every livestock
association, stockyards and transporta-
ton company is entitled to send dele
gates.
The steamer Centennial reported
ashore near Teller City by the steam
er ST. Paul, has arrived, bringing $50
passengers. The Centennial sailed from
Nome October 8. Among her passen-
gers were thirty who were destitute,
and were brought down by the steamer
free of charge. The Centennials
passengers report that at st. Michaels
winter had practically set in, and that
the streams were frozen and snow had
commenced to fall.
Skagway and vicinity have been Wis
tied by disastrous rain storms.
James r. Woods, who drew the cap
ital prize in the Lawton land district
at the FL Reno lottery last August and
selected a claim valued at nearly $780,
000 is dead of typhoid fever after a
brief illness.
Pat Grove has written another let
ter to the chief of police. The latest
communication from the alleged kid
napeT was mailed in Omaha, and states
that the much wanted Pat is secluded
within twenty-five miles of that city.
A new heir to the Chinese throne will
be appointed when the dowager en-
press meets Prince Ching and several
OF the viceroys at Kai-feng, capital of
the province of Ho-nan, where there
will be a general discussion Of the af-
fairs of the empire.
At Helena, Mont, the grand Jury
which has been investigating the lynch
ing OF James E. Brady, which occurred
here October 2, made its report today.
No indictment was returned, the jury
saying no evidence was found on
which conviction could be had.
petition asking that Cuba. be an
nexed to the United States is being cir
culated among Cuban business men,
and every effort is being conferred upon
annexation, as business men generally.
1t is alleged, believe that the reciproci-
ty movement will amount to nothing.
TWO months ago Frank Virod, a
prospector in the Salmon river coun-
try, Idaho, found in an old tunnel near
his shack trunk containing a human
body bent and twisted TO fit the recep-
tacle that held 1t. 1t had been left
there by man and woman who
passed through six weeks before. Virod
did not know they left 1t.
At Jerome. Aria. the body OF Judge
w. A. McKinnon was found recently in
his home with the throat cut. Life had
been extinct for several hours. The
eoroner's verdict was suicida he