Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-08-09
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
cULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
Review of Happenings I'm Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.

| substantial interest in the G.. H. Ham
mond company and the Hammond
Packing company, and the transfer OF
stock is completed.
An excursion train on the Ann Arbor
railway, made up of II coaches and
carrying 700 people, was wrecked six
miles north of Cadillac Sunday. Sc
far as known no one was killed.
Battle still being fought desperate
| ly." These were the words contained
in dispatch received at the Colon
bian legation from General Salazar, the
governor of the department of Panama
The strike of the employees of the
Camden Interstate Electric railway has
almost completely tied up the lines
from Guayandotte, w. Va, to Hanging
Rock, Ohio, and intermediate points.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and ex-
penditures shows that for the month
of July, 1902, tne receipts amounted to
$40 ,305, 691, and the expenditures S56..
S13,567 leaving a deficit fo~ the month
of $7,507,S76.
The body of Mrs. George Wolf, who
has been missing since June 81. has
been found in the sand four miles
south of Chippewa Falls, Wis. Mrs.
Wolf was last seen alive on the night
OF June 27, driving with her husband,
who has since disappeared
At the regatta of the Northwestern
Amateur Rowing association over a
course of mile and half, with turn,
the junior four of the Western Rowing
club of st. Louis defeated the Grand
Rapids Boat and Canoe club crew No.
2 by half length. The worlds record
OF 9:281@ was lowered to 9:18.
In streetcar collision at Elkin. Ill.
two cars were telescoped. Fifteen pas
sengers were imprisoned in the wreck
for nearly an hour, and all are more
or less injured. Those most seriously
hurt: Frank Warner, motorman;
Frank Minnard, Mrs. D. G. Hunter and
two children, Mrs. M. e. Eberlin and
daughter.
head-on collision between milk
trains on the Ontario & Western road
at Horton, N. Y, recently, resulted in
the death of four persons Both en-
gines were wrecked and several cars
were ditched. The dead: Andy
O'Neill, engineer; Robert Reese, fire
man; Michael Tulley, trainman:
Frank Monroe, trainman.
Spokane was visited Sunday by three
railway presidents. 1t is perhaps the
first time in history that the chief ex-
ecutives of the three principal lines
centering in Spokane have met here.
They were James J. Hill, president of
the Great Northern and Northern Sc
curities company; Charles S. Mellen.
president of the Northern Pacific. and
A. i. Mohler. president of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company.
The announcement from China that
Minister WI is to remain here indef-
nitely is explained by the further an
nouncement that there has been a
change of plans, and that LANG
Chang, the newly appointed minister
to the United States, who is now in
London acting as secretary to Prince
Chen, instead of coming directly to
Washington to assume his office as
originally intended, is going first to
make visit to China. This will con-
sumo four to six months, so that Min
lister WI probably will not be able to
leave the United States this year.
AT Los Angeles, Cal, a Santa Fe mas
senger train running from Redondo
/ Beach ran through an open switch
Sunday and crashed into an oil train.
/ Both engines were wrecked, as was
! also one coach and four oil tank cars.
The fuel tank of one of the engines
exploded Immediately after the crash.
setting fire to the wreck. Two of the
tank cars became ignited and exploded
| with great force. Burning oil was
scattered in every direction, and the
large oil refinery plant of the Coombs
hennlng company was set on fire. The
plant was completely destroyed as
were all the cars in the wreck except
one.
The monthly statement of the ma.
tional debt shows that at the close of
business July 81, 1902 the debt, less
cash in the treasury, amounted to
$978,910,967 which is an increase as
compared with July l of $4,453, 126,
This increase is accounted for by the
reduction in the amount of cash on
hand. The debt is recapitulated as
follows:
Interest bearing debt, 1891, 070, $40:
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity $1,274.S10; debt bear
ing no interest, $395,537,S16; total
1897 ,SS4,966. This amount, however
does not include $s41. 965,089 in Ger
tifcates and treasury notes outstand
Ing, which are Offset by an equa
Amount Of CHI l. 4 4