Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-07-26

the invitation of Whitman county
farmers to meet with them and discuss
the question of freight rates in the
state of Washington.
The Yohe jewels are missing and
Captain Strong is formally charged
with larceny. The actress visited po-
lice headquarters in New York and
alleged that Strong is a thief.
General William H. l.. Barnes, of
San Francisco. one of the leading law
yers and one of the most eloquent ora.
tors of the Pacific coast. is dead OF
hemorrhage of the lungs. He was 66
years of age.
The census bureau has issued a bul.
letin in the United States for the year
1900. 1t shows that at the time there
were 1,379,673 farms in the entire com.
try, which were valued at SIG ,574, 694,-
PIT.
James w. Stahl, one of the old set
settlers in Kalispell (Mont) valley,
committed suicide in his home by
shooting himself in the head with
large calibre rifle. His head was COM
pletely severed from his body. He had
been blind for over year and his suf-
fering from other complications caused
his mind to become affected.
The official vote for governor at the
recent election, in Oregon, shows the
following result: Chamberlain (dem. J,
41,S57; Furnish (rep.), 1851; Hun
saker (pro), 1888; Ryan (socialstl
3771. Chamberlains plurality, 276. r.
S. Bean, republican candidate for SUI
preme judge, received a plurality of
17,146, the largest plurality ever given
candidate in Oregon.
Mrs. d. NJ. Durfee, wife of Judge
Durfee of Philipsburg, Mont, was mys
teriously shot and it is thought fatally
wounded at Missoula. Mrs. Durfee had
been to see her dressmaker and was
on her way home when she was hit by
what is thought to have been stray
bullet. Little hope is entertained for
her life.
No tidings of Tracy, the convict muir
derer and posse dodger have been re-
ceived and the pursuit is abandoned
by officers, at least temporarily. That
Lewis Ward, the alleged Whatcom
gambling house booster and dime
novel hero, who has posed as Tracy's
friend and pretended to have been
Sheriff Cudihee's adviser in the recent
Sawyer lake fiasco, is rank impostor
and was never at any time within
miles of the lonely cabin raided by the
sheriff's posse last Thursday is today
the talk of the entire underworld of
Seattle.
A statement has been prepared at
the immigration bureau showing the
number of immigrants who arrived in
the United States, by countries, by the
fiscal year 1902 as compared with
/ 1901. The total arrivals of the last
! fiscal year were 64S743 immigrants,
! and 82,055 other alien passengers,
making a total of 730,79S. This is !.
/ increase of 160,825 immigrants over
1901 The principal increases during
the last year, as compared with 1901
were as follows:
Austria-Hungary, $500; Italy, in
Guiding Sicily and Sardinia 1879;
! Russian Empire and Finland, 22,090;
! Japan, 9O01; Sweden, 1868 German
Empire, 6653; Norwa, 523c; Greece,
/ 2194; Denmark, zoos.
! Following are the. names of the cOunS
! tries from which the largest number of
immigrants came during the last fiscal
year:
Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia,
178,375; Austria-Hungary, 1889; Rus
sian Empire and Finland, 107,347; Swe
den, 30.S98; Ireland, 29,13S; German
Empire, 28,304; Norway, 174S4; Japan,
14,270; England. 1855.