Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-02-17
news OF The WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NatlonaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

John Brady, %. unemployed waiter,
is unuer arrest in st. Louis and has
confessed to having stabbed Ia women
slightly. He says he just felt a de.
sire to cause pain to any woman.
Among the 1SS members of the
class which graduated from the Unit
ed States naval academy at Annapolis
last Monday, who shortly enter upon
their two years service at sea before
receiving their commissions as en-
signs. are an unusually large number
of bright young westerners.
President Loubet Saturday night
gave farewell dinner at the Blysee
palace to the cabinet members and
their families, a number of personal
friends and the members of his staff.
Mrs. Edward Lett and her three
children were burned to death in fire
which destroyed their home at Mis-
souri, Valley, Iowa. The oldest child
was but years of age.
Delegates from AZ states and the
District of Columbia are forming the
divorce congress at Washington this
week
Charles Raines, mayor of Milford,
Ill, and Gilbert Vennus, a politician
of Milford. are under arrest, charged
with enticing Myrtle Taylor, 16 years
old, into a room. Raines is also Charg-
ed with enticing Essie Childs. 10 years
old. Both were bound to await action
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of $4,000 and Vennus $1,000.
Rev George G. Ware who was re-
Gently convicted at Omaha of conspir-
acy to defraud the government by il
legal land entries, has rendered his
resignation as pastor of st. Johns
Episcopal church at Deadwood, S. D.,
and of Christ's church at Lead and
has also sent to Bishop Hare at Sioux
Falls his resignation as a minister of
the Episcopal church.
At a recent meeting of Irish mem
bers of parliament John e. Redmond
was reelected chairman of the Irish
parliamentary party.
Irving d. Smith, a wealthy resident
of South Dakota, is dead. His wealth
consisted of lands in that state and
Iowa reported to be valued at ST.
100000.
Negotiations between the Union Pa
cific railway and the st. Paul & Ia
coma Lumber company have been
closed whereby the Hartman inter
ests have acquired II acres of Tacoma
tidelands. forming an ideal site for
railroad terminals and having a front
age of 1900 feet on the bay and about
1400 feet on the Puyallup waterway.
The property is the highest priced land
on the tideflats and cost approximate
ly $1,000,000, of which the Union Pa
cific has paid large amount in cash.
r. E. Strahorn, promoter of the
North Coast railway, who has return
ed to Spokane from an extended visit
east, says recent dispatches were
wrong in quoting him as announcing
that contracts had been let to j. G.
White & Co. for building the road He
declared also the announcement was
unauthorized that the line would be
built from Pasco to Spokane.
Horace G. Mckinley, the alleged
arch land fraud man wanted by the
government in the Oregon land cases.
is in Shanghai, China, in company
with we'll known variety actress,
Little Egypt
A petition asking for the expulsion
of Senator L. @. Plat of New York
from the senate, whihc had been filed
with the vice president, was laid be-
fore the senate Monday.
The price of wool this season is
higher than ever before in Arizona.
The average price of that bought to
date has been 90 cents.
Miss Grace Thurston, oldest daught-
er of former Senator Thurston of Ne
braska, is dead, aged 90 years.
Ten unknown victims of the Valen-
cha were inferred at Victoria. last Tues
day, alongside five others. The I5
graves are in a row, each numbered.
Superintendent Hussey of the provin-
cial police has kept all information re-
lating to the victims in the hope that
some may be identified.
Thomas w. Ashdin, Indian agent at
Sintaluta, Saska, who died at Victoria
recently was one of the first to join the
northwest mounted police and was
with Major Walsh when Sitting Bull s
surrender was received III the Riel re-
bellion.
The advisability of starting an inter-
national movement for the relief of
distress and suffering in Japan was re.
Gently dioussed by the president and
his advisers at the cabinet meeting.
Recent advices have indicated that
famine is prevalent in japan and large
numbers of people are threatened with
death.