Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-15
AROUND THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-Natlonal,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Ambassador and Mrs. White have
left London for Rome.
Admiral f. Grenet of the Italian ma
Wy. has arrived in San Francisco from
the orient.
The largest craft on the great lakes
the Ebert H. Gary, was launched re
Gently at Chicago.
The Japanese government has order.
ed 100000 gun stocks from manufac-
turer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Copenhagen.-King Christian Satur-
day celebrated his S7th birthday in
excellent health and spirits.
The revolt against the tyranny of
the church administration is attract
ing general attention at St Petersburg.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her four chill
dren, who have been cruising on the
presidents yacht down South, have re
turned to Washington.
Three men are believed to have been
drowned when the tug Greenyille cap
sized in the Hudson river recently.
Three others were saved.
A telegram from Pekin says the i'll
ness of NJ. Paul Lessar, the Russian
minister to China, is critical. He has
been unconscious since Thursday ev-
ening
Jerry Hardick, Joseph Byers and
George Wagner, employed as cattle
feeders at the American distillery at
Pekin, H., were scalded to death re-
Gently.
The story is revived that Chief JUS
tice Fuller will give up his place on the
United States supreme court bench in
the near future. He reached the age
of voluntary retirement, 70, some time
ago.
For the first time in it's history the
Sunday law as it relates to the clos
ing up of saloons was enforced at u
o'clock Saturday night, and all saloons
in st. Louis remained closed every
hour Of the Sabbath day.
Winfield Pope, formerly a wealthy
horse owner on the Pacific coast, has
been probably fatally wounded by P.
J. Ware, a mulatto belboy, in New
York city. Jealousy caused the trou-
BILE. Pope's neck was cut half through.
Greensboro. B. C.-Major General
Cullen A. Battle died here Saturday,
aged rs years. He commanded the
famous Third regiment of Alabama
troops during the civil war and filled
many distinguished positions in Ala
bama.
The vice-regal lodge at Simla, India,
has been declared unsafe as a result
of the earthquakes, and Lady Curzon,
wife Of the viceroy, and her children
and the viceregal staff have moved in
to houses situated within the lodge
grounds
The Polish workmen and revolution
aries Of Russia have found a new way
of trying to embarrass the government
by organizing a boycott on vodka and
tobacco for the double purpose of saw
ing the money of the poor and reduc-
ing the revenue of the state.
King Frederick Augustus has given
his consent to the raising of the yearly
allowance of his former wife, Countess
Montignoso. to $4,000, in return for
the surrender of their daughter. 1t is
believed that this will settle the con
troversy between the king and his
divorced wife.
The distance from Mukden to Har.
bin is long stretch of $40 miles. as
the crow flies From Hardin to Kat
Yuan, to the north of which the Rus
SLAMS have retreated, it is about PC
miles by the road taken by the Rus
slams and about the same distance
along the highway
While tapping powder in a blast a
the Ardway limestone quarry. abou
four miles west of Allisonia. Va the
blast was accidentally discharged. Thi.
caused the explosion of two Other
blasts that had been set near by. Eigh
men were instantly killed and two
othc's so badly injured as to leave bu
little hope for their recovery.
The dead body of Miss Anna Stew
art, daughter of one of the wealthies
citizens of Madison, Wis. was fount
in a cistern recently at the back doc
of Commissioner n. P. Haughens res
idence, a mile from the Stewart man
sion. Miss Stewart disappeared dur
ing the night from her home. rushin,
from the house in her nightrobe. 1t i
believed she was deranged, as a resul
of illness.