Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-04-13
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NEARLY ALL PARTS OF THE
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HEREWITH.

perate attempt to murder the night
Jailers and escape, but failed.
Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania
signed the bill making the rate Of
fare on railroads within the state 2
cents a mile.
The Mormons are said to be obeying
the marriage laws and President Jo-
seph Smith makes the promise again
in open meeting.
The Chinese government purposes to
raise a foreign loan of S7500,000 for
the purpose of erecting and coupling
arsenals and for the construction of
railroad from Pekin to Kalgan, 1875
miles to the northwest.
Pittsburg is threatened with a beer
shortage as a result of strike of
1900 workers.
Gov Sheldon of Nebraska signed
the anti-brewers bill, the pure food
and the bill cutting express rates.
1t is now said that more than 5000
painters are on strike in Greater New
York
A report from Geneva says there
were two earthquakes Friday in the
Rhaetin Alps on the Austrian-Swiss
frontier.
The steamer City of Troy was de-
stroyed by fire at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y,
recently. The Go passengers were
landed safely.
f. c. Gould, held in Vancouver, B..
c., on charges of forgery, it is said,
tallies with a description of a man
wanted in Virginia on charge of muir
der.
Almost with his last breath Percy
l. Wells a civil engineer of Waltham,
Mass, arose from his deathbed at
San Francisco just as he was about to
sign his will and dashed his head
against the wall with such force that
he died in a few moments.
Ernest Hesner, confessed slayer of
"AI" Everman at Loon Lake, is under
arrest.
Premier Mcbride has left for Lon
don to represent the province in its
claim for better terms.
Anthony Comstock recently made
three raids in New York in which he
seized $1,000 picture post cards which
he claims are obscene. -Four men were
arrested, charged with having the
cards in their possession.
At Chicago Adam c. Rhein, so
years of age, recently shot and fatally
wounded his father in law, William
Rommell, and his mother in law, Mrs.
Minnie Rommel, and then killed him
self
London-Miss D. X. Douglas, cham
pion lawn tennis singles player, was
married to r. l.. Chambers recently
1t has been announced that the
seventh cardinal to be created at the
consistory to be held April Is will be
Mgr Aguirrey Garcia, bishop of Bur
COS, Spain.
1t is stated that there is every prob
ability that Cardinal Merry Del Va
will resign his post as papal secre
tary of state as a result of the publ
cation of the seized Montagini papers
Howard Eaton of Wolf, Mont, has
recently made the statement in Den
yer, Col, that the herd of between
400 and 500 bison owned by Michae
Pablow on the Flathead reservation
was soon to go into the hands of the
Canadian government
At the meeting recently of the min
ers' union at Goldfeld a gnisunder
standing caused the voting to be jug
gled and no definite action was takeI
in regard to the segregation of th'
unions
An order was issued by Secretar.
Taft just before his departure from
the isthums that until further motto
the authority of governor of the cana
zCne shall be invested in Lieutenan
Colonel Goethals. chairman of the CON
mission.
Statistics prepared by the immigra
ton board at San Francisco show tina
If every Chinaman who has sworn tina
he was native born told the truth, eN
ry Chinese woman in the countr
must have been the mother of 3S chi
dTen.
August Belmont, who presided at
meeting of the representatives of car
ital and labor in the mansion of Al
drew Carnegie Friday night at Me-
York city stated that he believed tn
extraordinary prosperous times whic
the country had experienced durin
recent years was certain to chang,
He said capital and labor were in nee
of such meetings now more than the
had ever been.
A Crazy Man Arrested.