Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-04
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Annoy, China.-Active construction
work has begun on the goverament
telephone lines which are to connect
Annoy with Tsunchou Flu, so miles to
the north, and Changchou Flu, 80 miles
to the west.
Thomas Worell, prominent in Ne
braska politics and the man who ex-
posed the alleged grain trust, com
mitted suicide at Lincoln recently by
taking poison.
Suffering from a broken heart,
caused by sorrow over his sons dis
grace, Ira c. Hoops, 60 years old, a
wealthy attorney of Kokomo, Ind,
committed suicide today at his home
An authoritative statement confirms
the statement that the condition Of the
empress of Russia is no less critical,
but that her convalescence has been
slower than her physicians had hoped.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.-The senate,
on a third reading, approved the gov
eminent bill requiring obligatory mill
tary service under CONSUMPTION.
Jacobs Creek, Pa.-The total of
bodies recovered from the Pittsburg
company's mine now reaches IT'S.
Rutland, Vt-Three were drowned
and six barely escaped the same fate
by the breaking Of thin ice on a skat-
ing bond at Castleton. Kate, Mary
and George Clark, all under 10 years
of age, were skating on the pond and
ventured on to unsafe ice. The ice
broke and they went into the water
Washington.-John Chandler Ban
croft Davis, for the last "a years re-
porter for the United States supreme
court and formerly United States min
lister to Germany, died here recently.
He was born in Worcester, Mass, De-
cember 20, 1922.
San Francisco.-Affidavits have been
served on District Attorney Langdon
by T. c. Coogan, Louis Glass attorney,
in his attempt to get his client, the
Pacific States Telephone magnate, out
of Jail
Denver.-Miss Cora Marie Arnold of
this city was married recently in
Santa Fe, n. NJ, to Albino Chavarria,
a full-blood Indian.
Thornville, Ohio.-Kinsa Belt, one
of the captors of Jefferson Davis, died
at Thornville recently, aged GO years.
He was member of the One Hundred
and Thirtyeighth Ohio cavalry.
Cholera is ravaging the pilgrims of
Mecca, the deaths at Mecca, Medina
M
Despondent over continued i'll health
Henry F. Terry, a we'll known society
man Of Brooklyn, committed suicide
by shooting himself.
Colorado Ute Indians are travelling
in bands in southern Utah, raiding
sheep and cattle men, according to a
report
In pistol battle following the rob-
berry of the Vandalia passenger depot
in Smithboro, H., recently, one of two
robbers was shot five times and EN-
DRY Brown, city marshal of Sorrento,
Ill.,, was wounded twice. Both men
are reported as being in a serious con-
dition.
Senator Newlands of Nevada is on
deayoring to prevent withdrawal of
the government troops from Goldfield
until some other means of protection
is had
Butte, MOnt.-On the showing made
by counsel representing the parties in
terested, Judge George NJ. Bourquin
in the district court continued the
matter of the appointment of a re-
ceiver for the State Savings bank
until January 16, on condition that by
that time F. Augustus Heinze will
place $250,000 in cash and M. S.
Largey $4,000 in cash to the credit
of the bank.
The Great Northern Railroad com.
pany has given notice of appeal to
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals at San Francisco in the case of
the Kalispell Lumber company and
others against the Great Northern
Railroad company in which Federal
Judge Hunt granted a temporary re-
straining order preventing the railroad
from putting into effect higher tariff
on lumber shipments until the inter
state commerce commission has
passed upon the question.