Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
o,ulEp FROM DISPATCHES OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
p.vIew of Happenings in Both
e.stern and Western Hemispheres
During the past Week-NationaI,
uietorlcal, Political and Personal
Ev.nts Tersely Told.

hig landslide occasioned by some
subterranean phenomena as yet uneX-
rIained. The slide was accompanied
nv the sound of a muffled explosion
which appeared to come from the
Garth No material damage IS report
ed.
The Russian soldiers, who are nat
urally superstitious, have been deeply
influenced by a widespread report that
the Japanese possess magnetic stones
capable of rendering their adversaries
powerless. Officers are endeavoring
To restore confidence among the men,
who are convinced that they are fight
ing against sorcerers.
At Wichita Kan. some women at a
marty discussed the Reed SmoOt affair
and varied the function by hanging
the Utah senator in effigy.
Guy Wetmore Caryll, the author, is
dead in New York.
Senator Morgan, the democratic
boss of Alabama, is believed to
have paved the way for a long and bit
ter fight against the bill providing for
the civil government Of the Panama
canal zone, which is declared by the
republican leaders, must be passed at
this session. If the venerable leader,
who has fought for the Nicaraguan
route for over 20 years, is in earnest i'll
his opposition, it is thought that the
summer will be well under way before
adjournment cab reached.
Lieutenant Commander Edgar Town
send Warburton, chief engineer of the
battleship Maine, committed suicide
in his cabin on board the vessel.
Sidney johnson, OF New York city
jumped to the street from the top floor
of the 21st story of the sky scraper at
Broadway. Nearly every bone i'll his
body was broken.
A quarry blast explosion three miles
from Charlotte, Va, resulted in the
death of three men and the Wounding
of two others.
On account of not being able to adjust
wage scales, over 1000 men are out of
work III New England.
An air tank in the Erie railroad ma
chine shops exploded recently, killing
John Frederick a gang foreman, and
injuring six others, some of whom
will die. The building was wrecked.
F. W. Wilsey. for several years as
sistant land commissioner of the Nor
thern Pacific. is retired.
At Cincinnati, Mrs. E. B. Hunter,
wife OF a prominent business man of
Memphis, committed suicide in her
apartments at the Grand hotel while
returning from an eastern sanitarium
i'll charge of a nurse.
Owing to an alleged technical error,
the car barn bandits of Chicago were
resenteuced in the criminal court by
Judge kersten. The bandits ale to be
hanged on April %, the date named III
the'original sentence.
President Roosevelt but recently
sent to congress a long report on
the progress Of the beet sugar industry
OF the United States during 1903. The
report says the industry can 40 longer
be called an experiment.
The Union Trust company of Bos-
ton has closed its doors.
General Jiminez, Dominican leader,
Is at Porto Rico, whence he will pro-
coed to New York on secret mission.
Dung COrbett was given the deCi-
sion over Tommy Mowatt, the fight
ing streetcar CONDUCTOR" after six
rounds Of fast fighting at Chicago Sat
urday night
James Johnson, a nephew of j. B.
Marcum, who was assassinated a year
ago was shot and killed by Bummer
Hpleer at the mouth of George creek,
10 miles south of jackson, Ky.
A number of girls employed in the
Dickson Squib Manufacturing COM
pany works at Priceburg, Pa, were
Killed by an explosion recently.
Three masked men held up the Ore
gon express at Copley, California.
Ihey killed Express Messenger O'Neil
ana carried off the Express the con-
tents OF the express box.
Officers Of the American Can com
pahy announce that all differences be-
tween the company and it's employees
nave been amicably adjusted.
Miss Anita Kelley of New York to
"hom jury awarded damages in the
sum of S35 900 against Santa Bar
lara motel company for the loss Of
liiio IN an elevator accident, has COM
pioinlsed her case, receiving $50. 900,
ana payment of all costs of suit. She
sued for $50, 900.
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