Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-02-23


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The house has passed the sundry civ;,
appropriation bill and Immediately took -
the general deficiency bill, the last of tbe
great supply bills.
Both houses of the New York legisatur.
have passed the New York city single no
lice bill over the mayors veto by partv
vote. 1t now goes to the governor for his
signature.
G. E. Perkins, president of the Burlinc
ton road, has resigned, and Vice President
G. B. Harris has been chosen president. Mr.
Perkins remains as director His resigna.
ton is due to desire to be relieved 81
the many cares of the office oflpresident
John G. A. Leishman, United States
minister to Switzerland, who was recentlv
selected to succeed Oscar S. Strauss as the
American representative at Constantnople
today presented his letters of recall 10
President Bremen
A special dispatch from Pretoria saws
the Beers at Kip river deraied a train
containing General Kitchener's baggage.
The train was preceded by another with the
commander in chief as a passenger An
armored train drove off the Beers, but the
latter secured the contents of the train de-
rallied.
The foreign ENJOYS have received an of.
fetal communication from the Chinese
plenipotentialies offering to agree to all
the terms of the powers. The Chinese de-
sire, however, to save the lives of Chao
Shu Chiao and Wing Men, but they were
informed that the ministers insisted upon
the former demands. a complete surren-
der is expected
The resentment of the Cubans against
American interference with the formation
of a government has mquestionably been
increased by the demands made by Secre-
tary Root. The military governors news
paper organ now admits that the consti-
tutional convention will probably refuse
the concession of coaling stations and will
also reject American supervision of foreign
affairs.
The crest of a mountain, whose top is
more than a mile in circumference. slid
into Loughborough inlet, 100 miles north
from Vancouver The great slide was
caused by an earthquake, which shook the
surrounding district for several seconds,
and the resulting shock of the falling
mountain top could be felt long dis
lance.
Grave anxiety is felt for the fate OF
Smith-Doriens column, which has not
been heard of since February 6, when it
lost "a killed and 46 wounded in a heavy
engagement with Commandant Botha at
Boutwell,. The officer in command at Won
derfontein the nearest post ON the rail
way to the scene of the engagement, re-
ports he has no news of Smith Dorien.
who has about $500 men under him
The jury in the case of the state of Min.
nesota against Frank H. Hamiton, charg.
ed with numbering Leonard r. Day, after
40 hours deliberation furnished a genuins
surprise by coming into court and report
ing that it had agroed upon a verdict Of
manslauehter in the first degree with a
recommendation to the mercy of the court.
The jury had been out SO long that hope
of an agreement had about been given up
Captain Jones Of the Eighth infantry
has arrested at town on the bay prov
lHCe Oh l4dRuUd, TlOTeICd Ofluna ana Mig
uel Ponce de Leon, agents of the Tabaca-
leria company, and William Webb, Pedro
Lorenzo and Victoria Scenta, employed by
the Philippine Trading company, OH
charges similar to those brought against
D. NJ. Carman, the American contractor,
namely, furnishing the insurgents with
supplies.
a mob of eight determined men took
Peter Bergman, desperate negro, out
OF the Mena, Ark, jail and hanged him to
tree The crime of which Bergman was
accused was an assault on a IL year old
girl, whose condition is critical The
masked men met Night Officer Jones and
compelled him at the point of a gun to-
hand over the keys and his revolver. Two
of them were left to guard Jones, while the.
Others went to the Jail and secured the
negro. About 2 o'clock they returned
where the officer was being guarded and
gave him his keys and gun. Then the
men quietly disappeared without a word
About two months ago this negro at
tackled an engineer with an ak, nearly
killing him, and he has been guilty of
numerous other offenses. Prompt action
was taken by the authorities, but no clue
has been found as to whom are the mem
bers of the mob