Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-10-03
cuLLEo FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
A Review of Events in Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres purinc
the Past Week-National, HistorI.
cal, Political and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

Johnson up, won the Prix Juxy Suis
(hurdleS) recently at Paris.
Gen. Bell declares he will bankrupt
the state OF Colorado if necessary to
preserve peace at Cripple Creek.
At least four lives were lost in the
Ere which destroyed the Hotel
Brunswick at Rochester, N. a., re-
Gently.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Santiago de Cuba recently, the
fourth within month. No damage
was done.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the southern confeder-
acy, is seriously i'll at Castle Inn in
Buffalo, N. Y.
William Gillespie Wylie of New Or
leans, justice of the supreme court of
monia recently.
Curtis Jet, sentenced to be hanged
December IS for the assassination of
James Cockrill has been taken to
Louisville for safe keeping.
son was recently born to Gen
eral and Mrs. Funston. The second
son is to be called Frederick, Jr. The
elder son was named for General Mac
Arthur of Philippine fame.
Lieutenant Oliver S. Eskridge of
the Twenty infantry, at Ma
Mia, P. l., has just been sentenced by
court-martial to three months con-
fnement in quarters and fine of SIS
for being off guard without leave.
Because he found his master intoXi-
Gated when he ran out as usual to re-
eeive his caress, a setter dog belong
ing to Willis Boomer, a carpenter of
Rast Portland, appeared deliberately
to commit suicide under the wheels of
. car the other day.
Three protests have been fileu with
the board of control of the irrigation
congress, contesting the award of the
Havemeyer $500 cup for the best sugar
beets to A. Rhoades of Garland, Utah.
The principal protsstor is A. B. Cor
man Of Colorado.
Admiral Lambton has sailed for
South America to assume command
Of the South Atlantic station. Under
instructions from the navy department
at Washington, he will prepare The
squadron for the winter maneuvers in
the Caribbean sea.
Jack Johnson has acce tied the Of
$4,000 for a 20-round fight with Sam
McVey in Los Angeles October ".
The battle will be for the colored
heavy weight championship of the
world.
Judge Peter S. Crosscup of Chicago
says in a statement issued a short
time ago that he will not resign from
the United States circuit bench to &C
coll
for the Northern Securities, or rep
resent the company in the pending liti-
cation against it.
At Providence, r. L., Geo. G. Can
non broke the worlu record for
steam automobiles at Narragansett
park. He cut the mile record of
1892 AS to- 1:01 fat Then he went
after the five mile record of sos, es-
tablished by himself last year, and
made new mark of 5:36 3-5.
At a recent session of the Farmers
National congress, the resolution com
mittee adopted resolutions, favoring|
government ownership of railroads
and a postal telegraph system. Unre-
stricted agricultural reciprocity with
Canada was voted down by the COM
nittee. A resolution favoring the adj
mission of Oklahoma as state was
Endorsed.
The big event recently at~the EN-
pire City track was the effort of the
champion gelding, Major Delmar, to
beat his own record of 200 IA, and
to beat the worlds record of 200,
held by Lou Dillon. He trotted
most wonderful mile, and in game
but tired finish, shot under the wire
in the record time.
A high speed trial over the Sossen
experimental electrical railroad at
Berlin resulted in attaining speed
OF over 1T miles per hour. Every
part of the 100-ton car was intact
and the roadbed was not affected. The
fact that the machinery and roadbed
were not impaired gives every nope of
attaining a speed at the rate of 125
miles per hour
A murder and robbery occurred re-
Gently on the Middletown road, about
10 miles from Washington, Pa. Sam
uel t. Ferguson of the Ferguson Con-
struction company of Pittsburg was
instantly killed and his secretary,
Charles l.. Martin of Cincinnati, was
fatally injured while driving along
the road in a buggy, carrying $4,000
IN cash with which to pay off some OF
their men, when suddenly an explo-
sion of dynamite in the roadway liter
ally tore the rig to pieces, killing Fer
guson outright and throwing Martin
zoo feet, tearing his left arm almost
from the socket.
Coast Wheat Report.