Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-02-06
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
>ULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
During the Past Week--NationaI
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Terself Told.

The Omaha Mckinley club cele-
brated the birth of William Mckinley
with a banquet.
Mrs. Roosevelt gave another music
ale at the White House recently, to
which very large company was in
vited.
Otto Seiloff of Chicago, was given
the decision over Jerry Mccarthy of
Salt Lake recently at the end of 30
slow rounds.
Charles j. Ellis, of San Francisco,
a real estate agent committed suicide
recently by shooting himself through
the head at his residence The only
reason assigned is insanity
Exhausted at the end of the 18th
round recently kid" Broad of Cleve-
land, abandoned his contest with Ed
die Hanlon of San Francisco, and tho
referee awarded the fight to the Cali
| 70 nian.
Ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis has
been released from the state peniten-
tiary of Minnesota through the de-
clslon of the supreme court which
quashed the indictment under which
he was tried, convicted and sentenced.
Kansas is the storm center for
freight rate on grain and in the next
fortnight it is likely that the state
will be pretty thoroughly drained of
the 90, 900, 900 bushels of wheat which
are supposed to be held by the farmers.
The report of the commissioner of
patents for the calendar year 1908
showed that the business transacted
exceeded all previous records. The
total cash receipts of the office were
81, 6,697, leaving a surplus of $685.
600. There were go, 213 patents applied
for and 81 500 issued.
Fire at Progreso, the chief port
, of Yucatan, recently destroyed an
entire square of business houses and
public buildings, including the market
The loss is $4,000, 900. The rail-
: way offices were consumed. The
{ public buildings were not insured and
r the loss on them is $500, 900.
/ Negotiations for the fotation of
s have come to a temporary halt. The
banking interests declare that the
t Russo-Japanese situation makes such
a transaction inadvisable at this time,
because it would tie up a large sum
, of money which might be used
elsewhere to better advantage.
News has reached Panama from
Bogota that, as Generals Reyes and
Cavallero have assured Columbia
that the United States will only OBJ
ject to her landing forces in the canal
zone, the Columbian government in
tends to organize and send an expedi-
ton against Panama.
Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy Kramer,
on trial second time for the murder
IN January, 1901, of her husband,
Phillip FL. Kennedy, was found not
guilty by jury at Kansas City. At
her first trail she was convicted and
sentenced to 10 years in the peniten-
tiary. The conviction was reversed
on technicality.
By his will, Captain Daniel G. Parr,
who died recently, aged 70 years,
leaves Immediately $500, 900 in person
al property and after the death of his
last grand child, $3.50, 900 in realty,
or his entire estate, toward the
establishment and maintenance Of
PARIS Rest" a refuge for old and
lnfirm woman at Louisville, Ky.
Canton, Ohio, observed McKinley's
birthday in an appropriate manner
Lieutenant General Chaffee, as chief
of staff, has made report to the secre-
tary Of war, which will be transmitted
to congress, urging an appropriation
of 1000, 900 for the purchase of four
tracts of ground, one each in the four
quarters of the United States, for
military maneuvers.
The Chefoo correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says a foreigner
who has arrived there reports that
the Russian steamship Arugun, upon
which hewas passenger from Maya
saki to Port Danley, was fired at by
a japanese warship outside of Chem
ulpo harbor. Three shots were fired
across the Arugun's bows, but no
further attempt was made to stop her.
was made.