Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-07-12
WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY
CULLED FROM DISPATCHES.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-NatiOnn1,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Expounded.


AT Elmira, N. Y, occurred the great
est rainstorm in years last Sunday.
Marshall j. Williams, chief justice
of the Ohio supreme court, is dead
aged 65 years.
The federal government of Austria
liza has decided not to become a party
to the Brussels sugar convention.
Miss Jennie Harrison was gored to
death by bull in a pasture at Ode
nah, in Greer county, o. t., recently
John Stromberg, composer and lead
er of the orchestra of the Weber &
Fields company, is dead, aged AZ
years.
Robert Wilson of Detroit and Ward
Kiser, aged II, of South Bend, Ind.
were drowned at Benton Harbor
Mich, while bathing.
At Baltimore five hundred pants
makers and pressers are on a strike,
tying up 200 small shops, many OF
them so called sweatshops.
Fire at Clinton, n c., destroyed AZ
stores and residences, causing a loss
OF 900, on which there was little
insurance. Among the buildings
burned was the Episcopal church.
At Weston, Mass, DR.. Mary Damon
of Minneapolis, a member of a promi-
nent Concord family, committed sui
eide here today at the home of a rela-
tive by cutting her throat
Milwaukee was visited Sunday by a
fierce wind and rain storm that
wrought much minor damage. The
storm is reported as severe in the
northern part of the state, but wires
are down.
A tornado passed just north of Phil
lips, Mich, Saturday night, wrecking
a portion of the mammoth tannery of
the United States Leather company
AT GAINESVILLE during a storm ST. Pat
rlck's Catholic church was struck by
and destroyed.
At Chicago freight handlers to the
number of nearly 5000 men, employed
in the different railway houses and
depots in Chicago, at a special meet
ing have decided to go on strike with
in 48 hours to enforce their demand
for higher wages and a recognition of
their union.
Among the decorations and gifts
given to the foreign ENJOYS to the cor
onation of King Edward the Most No.
BILE Order of the Garter was bestowed
upon the Grand Duke Michael of Rus
STA, the duke of Aosta of Italy. the
crown prince of Portugal and Arch
duke Franz of Austria.
AT Grand Forks, N. D., while their
young son and daughter and several
companions were singing and dancing
in the parlor, Charles }. Mccormick. a
Great Northern conductor, and his
wife lay dying in the bath tub in their
residence, where their bodies were
found some hours later by the son.
Cause not known.
A committee of workmen who have
been dismissed from the state arms
factory at st. Etienne, near Paris,
have published a manifesto to demand
the return Of sums of money which
they contributed for pensions while
employed at the factory, and declar.
ing that in the event of the demand
being refused the men will march on
Paris.
Aguinaldo was told on July 4 that
ne was fire eto go anywhere he pleased
and General Chaffe asked him if he
had any complaint to make of Ameri.
can discourtesy or harshness. Aguin.
aldo replied that he had no such com.
plant to make. He told General Chat.
fee that he was going to visit friends
at his home in Cayite Viejo, in Cavite
province, and inquired what protec
ton the American authorities would
AFFORD him. He seemed to be afraid
to venture out. General Chaffee re
Piled that Aguinaldo would get the
same protection as any other citizen
Taking his revenge for a quarrel OF
long standing, Theodore Oefeur. a la
borer of Chicago, shot and killed his
vile as she lay asleep in bed. He
then shot his baby son and his step
daughter, Lizzie STRAIN, who were
sleeping with his wife, wounding the
former, probably fatally, and putting
a bullet in the latter's shoulder. De
feur also fired at his two stepsons, but
missed them. He then hid in an attic
until the police arrested him.
A terrific wind and rain storm swept
over western New York at an early
hour Sunday. Rivers and creeks rose
rapidly, overflowing their banks and
sweeping away houses and barns and
livestock. The loss will reach into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and communication with small