Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-09-01
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Representatives, postoffice clerks from
six of the principal cities of the west
met in convention at Chicago last Mon
day and formed national union under
the auspices of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
The first and second federal grand
juries at Chicago have returned indict-
ments against the Standard Oil COM
pany before Judge Bethea in the Unit
ed States circuit court. The irdict-
ments, which contain 642S counts, are
all in connection with the granting of
rebates.
Three Spanish ships captured by Ad-
miral Dewey in Manila bay May l,
1898, have been sold by the navy de-
partment for $103. They have been
stripped of everything movable and are
simply hulks practically useless for
any purpose of the navy.
The convention of the American Bar
Association is in session at st. Paul
this week. 1t is expected that between
500 and 600 attorneys will attend the
sessions.
An unknown man committed suicide
at Occur d'Alene last Monday. He
shot himself.
1.-THE japanese government will open
Dalny to the commerce of all nations
after September l. 1t is to be free
port.
dorothy Davenport of Pasco, aged 4
years, recently fell from second story
window in a hotel, distance of Is
feet, and escaped death by falling on
a hoarhound weed. She fell head first
Roswell, N. MI. S. Merscham
1 travelling overland from Portales, dis
covered two men sitting upright in 6
wagon, dead, and four mules dead il
the harness, near Kenna. The men
| have been identified as Victor and
Thomas Simpson, brothers, who lived
on farms near Elida. They were kill
ed by lightning when driving from
Rowsell to their farms.
1t is said that China has placed
heavy orders for artillery with the Jap
anese factories.
General Won Liarlarski, acting mill
tary governor general of Warsaw, Rus
STA was shot and killed last Monday af-
ternoon while driving in cab. The
assassin escaped.
Fire did $14, 800 damage at Lacrosse,
Washington, last Wednesday. For a
time it looked as though the whole
town was doomed. The losses are par
TALLY covered by insurance.
Official statistics of the terrorism of
last week in st. Petersburg show that
4 officials, gendarms, police and sold
iers were killed, 80 were wounded, 291
private persons were killed or wounded
81 spirit shops were plundered private
and individual institutions were robbed
of $3.50, 815 and state institutions of $84,
981. Besides this, there were over 15O
armed attempts to rob banks, houses,
etc.
Bronzed by the suns of many chimes
during year of travel completely
around the wolrd, William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska, twice the nominee
of the democratic party for president
of the United States and already in
dorsed as the candidate for 1908, came
into New York harbUr Thurdsay on the
steamer Princess Irene, and received
an ovation from large welcoming par
ties who went down to the Quarantine
to meet and cheer the incoming vessel
and its distinguished passenger.
Mr.. Bryan was very much fatigued
when he boarded the steamer, and dur
ing the entire voyage suffered from in
digestion and severe headache. His
illness was not serious enough to inter
rupt his work, however, and he devoted
a large portion of the nice days at sea
in preparing his speeches and keeping
up his correspondence.
On account of the frequency of at
tack on policemen of Moscow, Russia,
the project of police has issued an order
declaring that the men had been
wounded owing to their own fault in
not taking precautions, adding that
they must hereafter employ their arms
in the most energetic fashion in case
suspects should attempt to approach
them. There is considerable apprehen-
sion in consequence of this virtual
license to shoot at will.