Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-16
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY.
5ULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week--National.
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.

The cotton goods curtailment move
ment in Fall River, Mass, has extend
ed and $4,000 operatives are idle.
Joshua Crane, Jr., of the Boston Ath-
letic association, for his fourth time
has won the annual championship Sc
ries at court tennis.
A prairie fire which swept the sand
hills country of Mcpherson and Lin
coin counties, Neb., has been brought
under control as a result of heavy rain
and snow.
A. d. Galbraith formerly manager of
the Topeka mine, in Russell gulch Gil
pin county, Col, in jail at Denver on
the charge of misappropriating the
company's funds, has confessed to hay
ing murdered his wife and little son in
his cabin in Russell gulch in March.
The republican convention of the
Twentieth New York congressional
district chose L. H. Hartman, Orange
county, a delegate to the national con
venton.
The senate committee on public
lands has agreed to postpone until
next session of congress the bill to
| transfer control OF the forest reserves
from the interior department to the for
estry division of the agricultural de-
! partment.
Fresno, Cal.-Richard Manoogian,
while awaiting the return of a jury,
| which bod triad hin, on tb0 cboruo ,f
numbering Oscar Michael ON July 2,
1902, threw himself from the window
OF Judge Austin's courtroom to the
pavement below, receiving injuries
from which he died.
The British punitive expedition op-
Grating against the Okpoto tribe of ma
tives in Nigeria, British West Africa,
lost four men killed and As wounded
in the fighting recently when the Ok
potos fought their way into the midst
of British square.
Amiens, France.-Two thousand
strikers recently attacked a force of
infantry sent to guard a factory. Cav
airy reinforCements arrived and charg-
ed the mob, using their sabres upon
those who refused to dispense. Many
of the rioters were fatally wounded
and a number of soldiers were serious
ly injured by stones thrown by the
mob.
The new capital Of the Philippines
will be about 1875 miles from Manila
on a plot Of ground over 500 feet above
the sea level, which will make it far
more healthy for Americans.
Central Wisconsin Sunday suffered
severe blizzard
The worlds fair has issued a spe-
cial series Of passes for the use of high
police officials of this and other coun-
tries during the exposition period.
Major General Wood, with l 500 men,
is about to begin a campaign to com
pei the allegiance of the sultan of Tara
ca and to compel him to turn over to
the Americans the persons of 20 muir
derers and number of stolen rifles.
Taraca is on the shores of Lake La
mao, Island of Mindanao.
Four boys suspected of connection in
the robbery in GAINESVILLE, Conn, when
$4,000 was stolen from the home of
Henry Davis, a recluse, are under ar
rest. About $4,000 was found in their
possession. All the boys are under 20
years of age.
A general strike Of the employees of
the National Biscuit company's factory
in New York has been ordered because
of alleged discrimination against union
men.
A slump of cents a pound has
occurred in the price Of gum camphOr,
extensively used in manufacture.
Acute cerebro spinal meningitis is
so prevalent in New York as TO assume
almost the proportions of an epidemic
A deal whereby the Taylor Signal
company of Buffalo, n. Y, and the
Pneuamtic Signal company of Roches-
| ter are to be merged into one firm,
to be known as the General Railway
Signal company, with a capital of So
600, O00 has been completed.
The London board of trade returns
for the month Of March show an in
crease in the imports of $8,879, 900 and
decrease in the exports of 81, $40, 500.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell
has decided to give a public exhibition
of his tetrahendran kite. or flying ma
chine, before the National Geograph-
ical society at an open air meeting
and exhibition to be held in Washing
ton, d. c., on April 30.
Living in richly furnished home on
! the West Side, a FAMILY of Chicago