Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
[ telegraph SUMMARY
.,us OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF
p.viey of the Events of
i. past week--lH This AND f or"
~ ..nds-Taken From the
latest dispatches

.,dant Kruger says ehS
Presi.sd only with independence.
BE- sa'is srssident has made the first an
Ins pom, ,t that Mr.. Knox had accept
>. .sq he post of attorney general 70 the
cabinet sron Tba to Morong is
lns IA nv American troops and the
NV D'.r Office is highly pleased Win 'ne
'.tsst good news from huzo ,.aho,ss on
n'st New Orleans the warehouse Oh
2, sa0th side plantation, containing
tns 80 quantity of sugar, was destroy
Cd ~ T Tic it is reported that the
= ,ans have been endeavor1ng to en-
kuSs'a purchase of the disputed rail-
i0rC' ,,sing from the original Chinese
owners. oourasrond.
!, tbe Daily Telegraph the Beers
CIV sh,fted their seat or government
trom petersburg to a point % LILIES
northeast. - narsora,,v nre.
"a tho Red Cross medal to Nine.
ssrrlers, head of the French amou-
,.noa department, for her services 10
the BRUSH wounded. ~
- ptttsburg dispatch of April etn
..yo the demand for tin and plates Is
snusnally heavy and this week mas
every plant of the American Tin Plate
company in operation. !,
the navy department has awarded
a. contract for the building OF the 70
sno protected cruiser Milwaukee to
~ Union Iron Works Of San Francis
i The contract price is $2,S67 600.
lord Kitchener, reporting to the Lon
don war office the finding of an aban-
doned and destroyed pompom near Vry-
held saws: This accounts for all the
enemy's guns known to be in the south
ern district
The steamship Rhein, which arrived
recently from Bremen, broke the rec
ord as a passenger carrier. Besides
her crew, which numbered over 400,
she had 2502 passengers. OF the latter
50 came in the cabin.
Major Ammon A. Augur, Twenty
fifth infantry has been transferred TO
the Twentieth infantry. Major Eu-
gene F. Laid, quartermaster, U. S. v,
/ has been ordered upon the completion
Of his duties as treasurer of the island
Of Cuba to proceed to New York for
further Instructions.
John w. Gates will retire from the
office of chairman of the American
Steel & Wire company and take a long
trip abroad. He has returned to Chica-
i go from New York after an absence of
| three months and said he expected to
resign, as he felt that he had worked a
good many years and ought to give
younger men chance. He will retire
from active business for awhile.
3. G. Griffith of Pascoag, R. l., won
the grand American handicap shoot by
Kliilag IL straight in the shootoff, miss
and out, and got $500 in cash and the
silver cup. The second man was J. l..
y. Morrison of st. Paul, who killed II.
and he received $500. R. Rahm of
Fittsburg was third, with IA kills, and
ne got $500 in cash. A. H. Fox of Balti-
more missed his first bird in the shoot
of.
AT Lexington, KY, with the cry "The
vendetta; the vendetta on his lips,
ueneral Cassius M. Clay, the famous
aOoiitlonist and duelist and former
oaited States minister to Russia, re-
Vsntly led his little bodyguard to battle
against sheriffs posse which had
sOne to Whitehall, his palatial mansion
y Madison county, to serve papers on
le general in a civil suit instituted
1salnst him by his daughter, Miss Mary
= olay. Many shots were fired and the
pUSse finally departed without accom-
pusning the purpose of its visis. 1t is
sporeed that General Clay was wound
y uurlng the ARRAY. Fleeing from his
supposed enemies, he barricaded him
aen IN his den" in the mansion and
uefe ne remained guarded by his faith
vi servants. Whether or not he is
funded is only known to himself and
Ills little bodyguard. No surgeon
uas been summoned to the house and
aOas dare approach except on invita-
AZ Marseilles the striking lockers
luase decided to resume work.
augustus Byram, one of the pioneer
Iiuing operators of the far west, is
'esu at his home in Chicago.
geographic advices received from
,Camond, Quebec, announce that the
1sihess portion of that town rests in
- midst of raging torrent.
lrs. Michael Chart of the town of
nae and her 7-year-old daughter
ary were drowned in the Kinnikinnic
f'er at the Kinnikinnic avenue bridge
Il Milwaukee,