Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-30
TELEGRAPH NEWS SUMMARY
cuLLE0 FROM DISPATCHES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Review of Happenings in ~.
Eastern and Western Hemisnb..
During the Past Week-Natio..,
historical, POLITICAL and Psr..
Events TerseIy Told.

AT chicago State Senator Michael,
butler' with his bartender and
friends, have fallen victims n TWO
holdup. The men left the sor. .One
saloon with 5000 in cash ana ;
valued at $500. 'o"eiry
russia is negotiating with Crooo.
and Argentina for the purchase of ua
ships. VI war
Inc total sum of Toronto's LOSSES !.
the recent fire increases ranidI,,
the experts reduce the fguros as
louen estimates to something like ~
curate amounts. The loss is Mo-
at $l3,OOO,OO0, with insurance of,s1o
100000. u PlV'
Inc resignation of A. E. Mitchell ..
superintendent of motive power on tbo
Northern Pacific has been annopnoaS
Mr. Mitchell goes to the Erie ROOD
The pension appropriation bill oar
rylng an appropriation of over s197
oOO,OOO, and the emergency river ond
harbor appropriation bill, which oar.
rles $3,OOO,O00, were passed NV tho
senate, leaving only general defcioncu
and the military academy bills of 49,
entire list of supply bills to bo oan
sldered by the senate.
An additional force of $500 WORK
men, making an all night WORKING
shlft or nearly 1000 men. will no.
ginning last week, force the work ~
the worlds fair to completion for tho
opening.
Edouard Naville and H. r. Hall an.
nounce the discovery through excaya.
tlons on behalf of the Egyptian explo.
ration fund the most ancient shrine
yet uncovered in Thebes. 1t is a NOR.
tuary chapel of the period of King
Mentuhetep Nebkherura of the elev.
enth dynasty, $500 B. C. 1t is in an
exceptionally good state of preserva.
! tloh' IL is not doubted that a great
deal will be learned through this dis.
cOVery of the history and art of the
eleventh dynasty.
Inc re1chstag of Berlin voted s10O.
600 for the German settlers in German
Southwest Africa, who have suffered
through the Herroro uprising.
The contract by which the control
OF the Panama canal passes to the
United States is signed and sealed
The title to the canal is now vested
in the United States.
A son was born Saturday night to
Representative and Mrs. William R.
Hearst
George H. Primrose, the minstrel,
and Miss Asher Nerney a San Fran.
cisco singer, were quietly married re.
Gently in New York
Mayor B. B. Brown of Pueblo, was
indicted by the grand jury on four
counts, three charging false preten-
ses and one alleging forgery. All the
charges grow out of payrolls in the
city departments.
The Canadian government proposes
to deal directly with foreign nations
and not through Great Britain as here
tofOre.
President Roosevelt has selected
Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court
of first instance of the Philippine ISL
ands to succeed William H. Hunt as
governor of Porto Rico
The body of man found dead at
} Omaha has been identified as that OF
Major James w. Davis, aged a. The
man evidently had taken his own life
by swallowing strychnine.
Miltonvale, Kan, was nearly de-
stroyed by fire recently The loss is
over 100000.
AT Peoria not wheel is turning al
, the big plant of the Glucose Refining
| company, the 500 employees having
> gone on strike.
A telegram from Nome says the
Arctic Brotherhood hail. which COST
| $4,000, has partly been destroyed Dy
: fire and that the local lodge OF inc
, order has subscribed $4,000 to rebuild
! Lodges of the order are asked to SUD
. scribe.
q At the point of a revolver held III
3 the hand of a masked burglar, MI anu
/ Mrs. S. Weixel were Saturday morn
5 ing forced to submit to robbery IL
Q their home at 312 Harvard avenue
north, Seattle. After he had threa.
ened death to his victims, the Doiu
burglar secured only SO for his trouDie'