Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
culLED FROM DISPATCHES -
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Review of Happenings in D.
Eastern and Western Hemispher..
During the Past Week-Natjon,,
Historical, Political and Perso..
Events Tersely Told,

An imperial decree has been e;n,
ordering the formation of a third 81
berian corps. 'f
The regular quarterly dividena !,
"a per cent on Great Northern !,
announced.
Inc statement of the treasury shorru
available cash balance, $219.091 e5o.
gold, $107, 424,2S3.
The army transport Thomas has s,a
ed from San Francisco for Manila with
$l,O0O,OOO in silver money for pso i
the Philippines
A courtmartial has sentenced N,
Audreianaf TO the loss of his ronL
and civil rights and to be imprisoned
for two and half years for recruiting
frauds.
Horace B. Shattuck of Lowell, doipv
business as H. B. Shattuck g. Son
dealers in hardware, has failed. m.
liabilities are stated at $4,000 ana
assets $4,000.
Samuel Parks, the former walkin,
delegate Of the structural ironworkers,
union in New York, is dying at III.
hospital at Sing Sing. He is SUFFERING
from consumption.
King Oscar of Sweden has signed
a decree declaring strict neutrality
between Japan and Russia during the
war. The decree is similar in terms
to that issued by the Danish govern.
ment
AS the mother was in the act Of
laying her baby in bed, Fleming Frob.
man of Dallas Mills, Ala, shot hi,
wife, cut her throat, killing her. and
then inflicted fatal wounds upon him.
self
Bill Deyere, plainsman, cowboy
and gambler, who scored big hit az
the Arizona editor in Hoyt's "a Black
sheep died in New York recently
Devere was known all over the west
and had many friends in Spokane.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, viceroy
OF India, sailed for home on board
the steamer Arabia. He was given
great sendoff. The city .waazgaily dec
Grated and large crowds gathered to
Dlu MIN farewell.
The Spanish steamer Zalkira Bat
was sunk off Sicily island in a col.
lision with the British steamer Ores.
syl, bound from Cardiff for Buenos
Ayres. Thirteen members of the crew
Of the Zalkira Bat were drowned.
Horsemen have been notified that
thn nDt i1,c Of tIa
Empire and Brighton tracks contem.
plate offering $4,000 for a stake race
for 2:15 trotters. If carried out, the
purses will be the largest ever con.
tested for by trotters.
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge of the
British navy. who. before his retire
ment, March IA, was commander in
chief on the China station, has sailed
for England from New York. In dis.
cussing developments in the far east
he expressed the opinion that very
large battleships have proved unde-
sirable
The fast morning train on the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail-
road, known as No. IS, running as
worlds fair special. was wrecked one
mile and half from KimmswIck, Mo.
The engine struck an open switch, an+,
with the exception Of thelas sleeper,
all the coaches were derailed. Many
persons were klIled and injured.
The government Of Panama has IN
Dictated its desire to have $1,000OOO OF
the amount to be paid that country on
account Of the canal purchase trans
mitted to ]. P. Morgan & Co., their
financial agents at New York, the re-
naming 100000 to await the arrival
Of the Panama minister in June next
The treasury department will comply
with this request.
The secretary OF the treasury mas
issued a call directing national BANK
repositories to transfer to the assiS'
tant treasurer at Mex York on or Dc
fore May 10, 1904, an aggregate sum
OF $12,000,000. The call on each pam
is for 10 per cent Of the deposit u
such bank as it stood before the TO
cent 20 per cent call, thus making
total withdrawal of 80 per cent u
public deposits. :,
Although William c. Whitneys WIZ
provided that his magnificent nou'o
shall be maintained as a home lo'
his daughter, Dorothy, and his s'ep
children for two years after his uea's,
it is reported to have been sola
James Henry Smith, heir of the SUy ,
100000 estate of George Smith Oh ~.
cago and London. None of those =,